HADES, THE URBAN LEGEND - Chapter 698 - 701: Chill

Chapter 698: Chapter 701: Chill

Lin Ruoxi bit her silver teeth gently and hesitated for a moment before glancing at Yang Chen and saying, “I started preparing since Li Minghe began pursuing Wu Yue.”

Yang Chen was stunned. Although he knew Lin Ruoxi had plans, he didn’t expect her to start so early! How meticulous must her thinking be to follow through step by step?

“Why?” Yang Chen frowned. “Li Minghe was sent by Li Muwei. What’s wrong with him pursuing Wu Yue?”

“I investigated Li Minghe beforehand. He grew up in the United States and has only worked for Muyun Group in Hong Kong for a few years. This means Li Muwei isn’t very familiar with him either, but Muyun assigned him to important liaison work. This decision wasn’t originally made by Li Muwei, but the shareholders’ meeting nominated him, and Li Muwei couldn’t refuse the other shareholders. So, I never trusted him from the start.

Moreover, after joining the company, he didn’t show interest in any other women and was very dedicated to Wu Yue. Although it’s possible he genuinely likes her, objectively speaking, a person who grew up in the United States wouldn’t typically have an aesthetic preference for someone as slim as Wu Yue.”

Hearing this, Yang Chen chuckled, “So your assistant, Wu Yue, might be hurt, but that wouldn’t make you assume he would steal trade secrets.”

Lin Ruoxi smiled faintly, “I never guessed.”

“Then how did you have alternative plans ready?” Yang Chen was even more confused.

Lin Ruoxi playfully replied, “Do you think I spend tens of millions every year maintaining the Athena team just for financial work? Surely you don’t think that’s all they do.”

Yang Chen was slightly stunned. “You mean, from the beginning, you had the Athena team involved in planning, creating two sets of plans?”

“Not just two sets,” Lin Ruoxi’s eyes sparkled. “Let me be honest. Every time I had Wu Yue photocopy documents, I would alter some key details. This means every copy given to Mingyu or other department heads contained errors that only I knew about. The information in these documents is so vast that it’s impossible for everyone to check them frequently. Without verification, no one would notice the changes.

Each time these documents were needed, they had to be sent to my office for review and approval before implementation. This was a practice I established after taking over. When the backup documents were submitted, I would correct them to the original accurate versions. So even if these documents were leaked, the information would be incorrect.

I brought out the Athena team’s plans to prevent anyone in the company from knowing I had tampered with the documents.”

Yang Chen was dumbfounded. No wonder Lin Ruoxi always seemed to have endless work. What was going through this woman’s mind all the time?

In essence, major company decisions were only fully known to Lin Ruoxi, while everyone else was kept in partial ignorance!

Lin Ruoxi seemed to enjoy seeing Yang Chen’s stunned expression and continued, “Now do you understand? The documents Li Minghe stole were all altered after our meetings. Even without the Athena team’s plans, those documents couldn’t cause significant damage to our company because they contained too many errors.

I revealed the Athena team’s plans to prevent people in the company from discovering I had tampered with the original plans.”

After hearing this, Yang Chen looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, his mind racing.

Reflecting on Lin Ruoxi’s previous actions, such as instructing the accounting department to purchase shares in small amounts, threatening major shareholders who wanted to sell their shares, and her meticulous command of everything in the company while appearing helpless to outsiders, it was clear she had created the illusion of being powerless to guide events toward her goal!

Yang Chen couldn’t help but feel a chill. The woman before him seemed to blur in his vision.

About an hour later, Yulei International’s media meeting was eagerly awaited by reporters.

Following Lin Ruoxi’s instructions, Mo Qianni briefly outlined some of the company’s genuine plans for the second half of the year and provided a few examples to prove the exposed documents were unreliable. The most direct example was Yulei’s successful bid for three important properties.

The media was in an uproar. No one had expected the leaked documents to be fake!

With the implementation of the Athena team’s plans, each department’s operations returned to normal, and the cloud of doubt was completely dispelled!

The series of events that night kept the entire Zhonghai awake!

In the distant United States stock market, Yulei International’s stock value skyrocketed again after shedding the negative impact of the leaked documents!

To the dismay of many competitors who had taken action based on the leaked documents, they suffered significant losses from being misled by Yulei’s false information!

Consequently, the gap between Yulei International and its competitors widened further! These companies could only swallow their losses, as their actions were not legitimate.

Some of Yulei’s former major shareholders felt like banging their heads against the wall! They had sold their valuable shares to Lin Ruoxi at a low price, only to see those shares skyrocket in value, reaching new heights!

As a result, Lin Ruoxi made a huge profit from the 35% share price difference, significantly increasing her personal assets by at least 30%! At the same time, she regained absolute control with 90% of the shares!

Media, reporters, economists, entrepreneurs, and various financial scholars worldwide immediately expressed their views on this business counter-espionage battle, which rivaled the plot of an exciting movie!

The young female entrepreneur who had twice led Yulei International from desperate situations was once again thrust into the limelight, highly acclaimed!

Lin Ruoxi even had a strong chance of breaking into the top three for Time magazine’s Person of the Year in the United States.

While Yulei International and its excited employees celebrated their rebirth, some individuals felt as if they had fallen from heaven to hell!

In a seaside villa, Li Minghe watched the news on TV praising Lin Ruoxi’s brilliant counterattack, his face pale and forgetting to breathe.

“Impossible, impossible…”

Li Minghe staggered and fell to his knees in disbelief!

Almost crawling, Li Minghe used all his limbs to get to the front of the TV. His eyes widened, his pupils dilated, and his soul seemed to fly away.

Although Wu Yue had been angry before, seeing the man she loved in such pain, she couldn’t help but rush over, tears streaming down her face as she hugged him and tried to comfort him. “Minghe, don’t do this. It’s okay, don’t scare me like this.”

Li Minghe turned his stiff head, suddenly grabbed Wu Yue’s arms, and shook her violently, shouting, “Okay? Didn’t you see?! That wretched woman used me! She planned this from the start! She used me to make money and left me beaten and battered! Are you blind?!”

Wu Yue shook her head, crying, biting her lip but unable to say anything.

“Crying, crying, all you do is cry! It must be you, this stupid woman, holding me back and getting us discovered!”

As he spoke, Li Minghe shook with anger, suddenly slapped Wu Yue hard, making her roll to the side, nearly fainting, her face burning, and she cried even louder.

After the slap, Li Minghe seemed to come to his senses, realizing he had hit a pregnant woman, and was momentarily panicked.

Breathing heavily, Li Minghe crawled over and hugged Wu Yue, his voice trembling, “Yue’er, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

Li Minghe couldn’t continue, feeling utterly hopeless, his mind blank.

“Bang!” The door was kicked open with a loud noise!

Luo Cuishan walked in, carrying a leather bag, her face violent and gloomy, her high heels making a loud “tap-tap” sound.

Seeing the couple huddled together by the sofa, Luo Cuishan was furious, “Idiot, comparing you to a pig is a compliment. You’re here crying with a woman? Do you see what you’ve done?!”

Li Minghe raised his head dazedly, giving a hollow laugh, “Yes, I’m an idiot, you’re right, I am…”

Luo Cuishan’s eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent, “A useless creature like you is better off dead.”

As she spoke, Luo Cuishan suddenly pulled a silver pocket pistol from her bag and aimed it at Li Minghe’s head.

Li Minghe finally became more alert, his pupils dilating at the sight of the gun.

A few minutes earlier.

At Yulei International’s headquarters, in the president’s office.

Yang Chen sat on the sofa with Lin Ruoxi, watching the live media conference on TV, which was still ongoing.

Due to the reporters’ numerous questions and their eagerness to see Lin Ruoxi in person, and Lin Ruoxi’s reluctance to appear in public, many reporters refused to leave.

At this moment, Lin Ruoxi had the box of glutinous rice balls she bought at noon on her lap, which she hadn’t eaten all afternoon. Now that things were mostly resolved, she began to nibble on them.

Yang Chen, feeling a bit melancholic, didn’t say much, creating an awkward atmosphere.

Just then, Yang Chen’s phone vibrated. It was a call from Edlin, who was monitoring Li Minghe.

“Hades, that woman named Luo has come again. The situation is clear now. Do you need us to take any action?”

Yang Chen glanced at Lin Ruoxi beside him and replied in Italian, “You don’t need to do anything. I’ll go there myself later. It’s time to meet them.”

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After hanging up, Yang Chen said to Lin Ruoxi, “I need to go out for a bit. If I’m late, go home by yourself.”

Lin Ruoxi stopped chewing, put down the half-eaten rice ball, and said vaguely, “I know you’re going to see Li Minghe. If possible, hand him over to the police. And if Wu Yue is there, don’t make things difficult for her. She doesn’t know anything.”

Yang Chen asked, “Didn’t you think of going with me to see them?”

Lin Ruoxi shook her head, “I trust you. You promised me you wouldn’t kill people recklessly. Other than that, I don’t care much.”

Yang Chen relaxed and smiled, took a rice ball from Lin Ruoxi’s box, stuffed it into his mouth, and walked out the door.

Lin Ruoxi looked angrily at the man leaving, then at the box with one less rice ball, feeling very heartbroken.

A minute or two later, someone knocked on the door, “President Lin, there’s a designated file bag for you.”

Lin Ruoxi hurriedly covered the rice balls and stuffed them under a pillow, sitting up straight, “Bring it in.”

A nervous temporary assistant entered, placed the file bag in front of Lin Ruoxi, and quickly retreated.

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