That night, Leng Yixiu didn’t come back, and he still didn’t return the next day. The news of the Leng Group crisis was overwhelming, occupying the headlines of major newspapers. Lin Yixun was pleased with this outcome. A person who makes a mistake always has to pay the price. Back then, Leng Yixiu had used her father’s political resources to revive the Leng Group, so now it was time for everything to return to its original state. Seeing the extensive reports in the newspapers, Sister Yi was extremely anxious, feeling uneasy for several days, while Lin Yixun was the complete opposite, eating and sleeping as usual, as if nothing had happened. In fact, she had been sleeping very well these days. That night, the man who had "disappeared" for a week finally returned to the Half Mountain Villa. When he came back, Lin Yixun was lazily leaning on the sofa, watching the financial news. Upon hearing the footsteps, Lin Yixun subconsciously looked back and saw the man standing at the entrance, staring at her with a piercing gaze, as if he wanted to tear her to pieces. After a week of absence, the man had lost a lot of weight, his facial features had become more distinct, and he looked haggard, but this did not affect his appearance. Instead, it added a bit of a decadent charm to him. There was no denying that the man was extremely handsome. Even in his disheveled state, he was charming. It was this face that had made her head-over-heels infatuated in the first place. But now was not the time to discuss aesthetics. The man’s thin lips parted slightly, and his cold voice echoed in the spacious living room, "Was it you?" The man didn’t make things explicit, but Lin Yixun knew what he meant. She curled her lips and let out a light laugh, "You clearly know the answer. Why ask me? Yes, I did it all." Lin Yixun admitted it readily, but it pierced the man’s heart sharply. How he hoped the answer he received was a denial, even an absurd lie would be far better than this answer. "Why? Why did you do this?" "Why?" Lin Yixun sneered, "Leng Yixiu, you’re so smart, don’t you know the answer?" Before she could finish her sentence, her neck suddenly tightened as the man grabbed her by the throat and pressed her down on the sofa. Lin Yixun looked up in pain, meeting a face full of fury. "Lin Yixun, how could you do this? How could you?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝕟𝕖𝕥 "Why not?" Lin Yixun stiffened her neck, defiantly raising her chin, "Leng Yixiu, you should know how much I hate you! Don’t you value the Leng Group above all else? Fine, then I’ll destroy it! You took away the most precious thing in my life, why can’t I retaliate in kind?" "Hit where it hurts, fine, very good!" Leng Yixiu laughed in anger, "But, Lin Yixun, have you ever thought about what would happen if the Leng Group went bankrupt? If you don’t know, I can tell you. Thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people will be facing unemployment. This includes the elderly and infirm, middle-aged people with dependent families, and young adults just entering society. Do you know what the Leng Group’s collapse means for them? The collapse of the Leng Group doesn’t just mean unemployment for them. Many of them depend on the company’s salary to support their families, and some rely on their salaries to pay off their mortgages and car loans. Have you ever thought about what would happen to them without a job? Of course, that’s not even the worst part. Without a job, they still have a chance to find another. But did you know that some employees at the Leng Group are suffering from serious illnesses and are relying on the company’s benefits to save their lives? Lin Yixun, maybe attacking the Leng Group gives you pleasure and satisfaction. But perhaps you don’t realize that your revenge targets not just the Leng Group, not just me, but also the others at the Leng Group." Color drained from Lin Yixun’s face, layer by layer. When she tampered with the project plans and bids, she hadn’t thought this far ahead. At that time, all she could think about was how to inflict the most pain on Leng Yixiu, how to deal with him most effectively. Seeing Lin Yixun’s pale and ashen face, the man suddenly let go of her, turned around dispiritedly, and said in a low voice, "Lin Yixun, I know you hate me to the core. If you have any means, aim them at me, but could you not harm innocent people?" The man’s voice was very low, even carrying a hint of humility. The Leng Group was his father’s legacy, more important to him than his own life. Aside from the Leng Group, he could tolerate anything Lin Yixun did to him. Lin Yixun maintained her previous posture, lying motionless on the sofa. It wasn’t until she heard the roar of a car engine outside the villa that she snapped back to reality. The man had left, but his words had struck her heart like heavy blows, each one pounding into her. Reflecting on Leng Yixiu’s words made her realize that she seemed to have turned into the person she despised most. When did she start to do things so unscrupulously? When did she become willing to harm others to achieve her own goals, turning into someone like Leng Yixiu? Over these few days, Sister Yi had developed a habit of buying a financial newspaper from the newsstand every time she went out to buy groceries. That morning, Sister Yi saw the headline "Leng Group CEO Saves the Day, Successfully Resolves the Crisis" on the front page of the newspaper, and couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy. "Is this true? The Leng crisis is really resolved?" Sister Yi looked incredulous. "All the major news outlets reported it, how could it be fake?" the newsstand owner said, "The Leng Group’s boss is something else. If it had been any other company facing similar problems, they would have closed down long ago." "That’s right, that’s right, my master is indeed amazing," Sister Yi said proudly. She carried her basket and the newspaper, returning to the Half Mountain Villa in high spirits to deliver the great news to Lin Yixun, thinking Miss Lin would be happy to hear it. However, after searching the living room for a while, she did not see Lin Yixun anywhere. "Could she still be in bed?" That couldn’t be right, usually by this time she would have been up. Sister Yi didn’t know about the argument between Lin Yixun and Leng Yixiu, so Lin Yixun still being in bed at this hour struck her as odd, but she didn’t think too much of it. Sister Yi thought that Lin Yixun would be hungry later, so she went to the kitchen to have the chef prepare some breakfast for her. When breakfast was ready and the time was getting late, Sister Yi finally went upstairs to wake Lin Yixun. "Miss Lin? Miss Lin?" Sister Yi knocked on the door several times, but there was no response from inside. She frowned and tried to turn the doorknob, only to find the door locked from the inside. Miss Lin had never locked her bedroom door before when she slept. At this moment, Sister Yi finally realized something was wrong.