freenovelworld Chapter 656 Audio Evidence
Chapter 656 Audio Evidence
At 2 a.m., Vision Capital.
Lin Chuyue sat at the conference table, staring at the anonymous recording on her laptop screen—Shen Yanli's voice was still clear:
"If she wants to inherit Shen Fang's name, then she must inherit the debts she left behind."
"Including this one—a money laundering account hidden in an ISA sub-fund."
The sound was like a poisonous needle, piercing Lin Chuyue's nerves.
She had already checked the structure of ISA III and had never found any illegal transfers. However, if this recording were deliberately edited and taken out of context, and then combined with anonymous bills and abnormal investment reports, it would be enough to constitute a case of "major financial ethics risk"—a devastating blow to her reputation and international credibility.
The door behind me suddenly made a sound.
It's Li Zhanchuan.
He was dressed in a black shirt and looked serious: "ISA Asia Pacific regulators have received the whistleblower's report. If a preliminary response cannot be completed within three hours, Dawn Capital will suspend the merger process."
Lin Chuyue turned to look at him: "Are you also thinking... that this recording was prepared a long time ago?"
“Yes.” Li Zhanchuan nodded. “It wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision; he had been planning it for a long time.”
Lin Chuyue lowered her eyes and slowly tapped her fingers on the table.
“He must have known that I would eventually choose to fight back. So from the very beginning, he was waiting.”
"When I have power in my hands, I will also have evidence of my crimes."
Li Zhanchuan approached and whispered, "We can trace the source of the audio. My legal resources have already intervened, but the key question is—did Shen Fang actually make this deal?"
Lin Chuyue remained silent.
She never truly grasped all of her mother Shen Fang's cards. Shen Fang was a complex person; she left behind a vast family business, but also a stain on her reputation, countless unfinished accounts, and a "death will" whose authenticity no one could definitively say.
Now, Shen Yanli is taking advantage of this point—
An uncertain history destroyed everything she had now.
“So we must find the original documents before he does.” Lin Chuyue suddenly stood up. “ISA Sub-Fund No. 3 had a project manager who was in charge of the accounts at the time.”
He's in Paris.
“Let’s go see him.”
……
At the same time, Gu Yanchuan received an encrypted phone call.
"The recording you requested has been sent." It was Shen Yanli on the other end of the phone.
Gu Yanchuan clenched his fists and asked in a low voice, "You want her to die in ISA?"
"If she wants to live, she must face the past."
“It’s not your place, Gu Jia, to clean up Shen Fang’s debts.”
Gu Yanchuan's expression was complicated: "You've pushed her too far."
"Ruthless?" Shen Yanli sneered. "Then go ask her how her mother 'cleaned up' the Lin family's accounts for her ten years ago."
"You really think she's innocent?"
Gu Yanchuan did not answer.
A moment later, he hung up the phone and looked at a confidential document with a gloomy gaze—a copy of the document on "the Lin family's illegal transfer of funds" that he had found in the old ISA files over the past few days.
Shen Fang secretly transferred eight-figure US dollars overseas through a shell company under ISA, with the account name "L.CHUYUE"—the English spelling of Lin Chuyue.
Although no case has been filed against this account, its public disclosure will likely attract international regulatory attention.
He knew that if these things were exposed, it would be a catastrophe.
But he knew even better that Lin Chuyue—perhaps never knew any of this.
But the question is—what if she isn't innocent?
……
At noon, Lin Yun was summoned by the ISA board of directors.
From the moment she entered the meeting room, she sensed the oppressive atmosphere. Two senior executives from ISA—Brook and Jiang Ruoyan—sat in the center, neither saying a word.
A moment later, an encrypted tablet was handed to her.
"Look at it."
Lin Yun clicked on it, and it was the recording of Shen Yanli reporting Lin Chuyue.
After listening, Jiang Ruoyan said, "We know that you and Lin Chuyue have a strained personal relationship. But you are one of the risk vice presidents for ISA in the Asia-Pacific region, and we need your cooperation now."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Confirmation - whether Shen Fang engaged in any illegal misappropriation of funds when she was operating the ISA project at the Lin family's residence."
Lin Yun fell silent.
She knew what this problem meant.
Once she signs the confirmation, it will completely sever her relationship with Lin Chuyue.
If she refuses to confirm, ISA will consider her a "personal interference" in the regulatory mechanism.
Just then, her phone vibrated.
Gu Yanchuan sent a text message:
If you don't want the ISA to fall into Shen Yanli's hands, then don't sign it.
Lin Yun glanced at the words and smiled.
She suddenly looked up at the two directors: "I can write the report, but I'd like to add one sentence—"
"Although Lin Chuyue is the successor, she did not have the authority to operate ISA when Shen Fang was in charge. Any suspected illegal transfer of funds should be the responsibility of the project manager at that time."
"She can investigate, but she can't take the blame."
Jiang Ruoyan looked at her meaningfully: "Are you speaking up for her?"
Lin Yun smiled faintly: "I'm keeping a way out for myself."
……
Paris, the suburban mansion of Ivan François, former accountant of ISA Fund III.
When Lin Chuyue and Li Zhanchuan arrived, Yiwen was already sitting on the balcony waiting.
He was a Frenchman in his fifties, thin and silent.
“I knew you would come,” he said.
"So we were prepared long ago."
He took an old USB drive from the file box and pushed it in front of Lin Chuyue.
“Your mother did instruct me to open an anonymous account—but that money was never used for illicit transfers.”
"Instead, it was used to acquire ISA's energy management rights in Eastern Europe—she wanted to free ISA from the control of the 'Golden Eagle System'."
"She betrayed Golden Eagle—not you."
Lin Chuyue's eyes flickered slightly: "So, Shen Yanli is afraid I'll bring this up?"
Ivan laughed: "He doesn't dare let you know the truth."
"Because this transaction proves that Shen Fang had decided to leave the Shen family in her later years, and you are the only heir she recognizes."
……
On the return flight.
Li Zhanchuan leaned back in his chair and asked her in a low voice, "Have you thought about a way out?"
Lin Chuyue shook her head: "It's not that I'm not afraid of losing. I just know that I can't back down."
"Because once I back down, he will have truly won."
Li Zhanchuan held her hand: "Don't be afraid, I'll always be here."
Lin Chuyue gazed at the clouds outside the window and said, word by word, "I'm not afraid."
"I just hate it."
“He ruined everything my mother had—and now he wants to use her sins to ruin me.”
Her eyes were resolute:
"I don't agree."
……
Meanwhile, domestically...
Lin Yun walked into a coffee shop, where Gu Yanchuan was already waiting.
After she sat down, she got straight to the point: "ISA no longer trusts Chuyue. What about you?"
Gu Yanchuan was silent for a moment: "I believe her."
Lin Yun's gaze turned cold: "But you also found that account."
"Her name does indeed exist."
"I investigated because I didn't want her to be used," Gu Yanchuan said in a low voice. "And you, do you want her to be sacrificed?"
Lin Yun smiled and said, "I just understand reality better. You, standing next to her, may also pay a price."
Gu Yanchuan looked at her and smiled faintly:
"So you'll never beat her."
"At least she's willing to take it all on her own, while you—you'll only try to find the safest spot."
Lin Yun was taken aback, a complex emotion flashing across her eyes.
Gu Yanchuan stood up, leaving behind his last words:
"If you really are her sister, try to help her instead of scheming against her."
……
End of this chapter
Next chapter preview:
Lin Chuyue will return to China with Ivan's original evidence to publicly refute the accusation.
Shen Yanli took a hard line, initiating a special hearing at the ISA board of directors, forcing Lin Chuyue to be "temporarily removed from the board."
Whether Lin Yun will stand up for him at the hearing is a key variable.
Lin Zhengguo was forced into a bet between Gu Yanchuan and Shen Yanli and was asked to "choose sides";
A private letter left by Shen Fang before her death will reveal the mystery of Gu Yanchuan's background.