Lin Yumo's Overthinking

"Stop making that face. I really did know some things. After you told me you were a shareholder of Longcheng Biology, I looked into the company and found that its founder had already passed away.

I remembered you mentioning when we were having barbecue that you bought an apartment in this complex because your old home was too empty. Living there alone made you uncomfortable, so you wanted a smaller place.

On top of that, your surname is Lin, and at such a young age, you already own so many shares in Longcheng Biology. So I guessed that you were the child of Longcheng Biology's founder, and that you inherited your shares from your parents.

And the current chairman of Longcheng Biology, Lin Zhengdong, General Manager Lin Zhengbei, and your father Lin Zhengnan—their names differ by only one character.

By our country's naming customs, the three of them were most likely brothers. I don't need to spell out the rest, do I?"

Lin Yumo shook her head and said, "You managed to deduce so much from just that little information. No wonder you write detective novels—your logical thinking is really strong!

You must know more than that, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. Go on! What else do you know?"

"A few days ago, the police came to see me. They suspected I was involved in an intentional assault, and the victim was Wang Qiu.

But I was in Hangcheng when Wang Qiu was attacked, so I cleared myself very easily.

Still, I didn't like being suspected, so I investigated it myself.

When I found out that Wang Qiu had been bagged and beaten somewhere without surveillance cameras at night, I knew something was off.

A big boss like Wang Qiu going alone to a place without cameras at night—there was a ninety percent chance he was doing something secret.

Since it was something secret, the people who knew about it had to be Wang Qiu's confidants. The fact that he was attacked there meant there was most likely a mole close to him, so his secretary, Su Yurou, caught my attention.

I looked into Su Yurou. What I found was shocking—she had once been sponsored by someone, and not long after that person died, she returned to Bingzhou and joined Longcheng International Publishing House.

And what a coincidence—the person who sponsored her happened to be your father."

Lin Yumo's expression changed drastically. She had specifically paid someone to hide that information about Su Yurou. How had Guo Yuan found it?

"Don't get so worked up. She wasn't exposed. I just have special channels."

"Special channels? What special channels?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you that. In any case, through Su Yurou, I followed the trail and figured out exactly what the two of you were plotting. I also learned that Wang Qiu had something you wanted.

I thought back to the first time I met Wang Qiu and realized that he seemed overly concerned with his left hand. So I contacted him again and met with him under the pretext of discussing the film and television adaptation rights to my book.

Then I discovered that what Wang Qiu cared about wasn't his left hand, but the bracelet on it.

I deliberately led Su Yurou to notice the bracelet. After that, you would probably find a way to verify whether it contained what you wanted.

And just as I expected, you confirmed there was something inside the bracelet and began arranging tonight's operation.

I didn't know your exact plan, which was why I chose the rather stupid method of following you from behind."

After hearing Guo Yuan's words, Lin Yumo was completely dumbfounded. What was with this man? How had he so easily uncovered everything they had done?

Was that really something a human being could do?

No, impossible! No one could accomplish this alone. There had to be other people behind this man.

Why was he helping me? To control me? Or to control Longcheng Biology?

At that moment, Lin Yumo seemed to see countless terrifying hands behind Guo Yuan.

Lin Yumo's face instantly turned pale. She subconsciously took two steps back and assumed a guarded posture.

The wealthy woman felt fear at your extraordinary ability to control the situation. She believed there was likely a massive force behind you controlling everything.

Guo Yuan froze at this. Just as he was about to explain, Lin Yumo spoke first.

"Mr. Guo, you approached me and helped me because of Longcheng Biology, right? Then let's make a deal. I now have evidence of crimes committed by Wang Qiu and my uncles. They'll most likely be finished for good.

But Longcheng Biology's shareholders won't let me take control of the company so easily. And with such major personnel changes, the company's stock price will definitely be heavily affected.

So if you can help me deal with the shareholders and stabilize Longcheng Biology's stock price, I'm willing to work for you.

I can even hand over the fifteen percent of shares held by Lin Zhengdong and Lin Zhengbei directly."

Now it was Guo Yuan's turn to be dumbfounded. What the hell was this?

How had Lin Yumo suddenly jumped straight to the topic of working for him? Her train of thought moved way too fast, didn't it?

But on second thought, this didn't seem too bad. In the future, he wouldn't have to beat around the bush when discussing her company's affairs with Lin Yumo, and he would get fifteen percent of the shares too.

Longcheng Biology had a market value of 4.6 billion. Fifteen percent of that was 690 million. He was about to take off.

Thinking of this, Guo Yuan nodded. "All right! I accept your terms."

Lin Yumo let out a sigh of relief. She sat on the bed and looked at Guo Yuan with a complicated expression.

"Guo Yuan, had you been watching me for a long time?" Lin Yumo asked.

Guo Yuan shook his head. "How could that be? Don't forget, I moved into this complex half a year ago. You moved here later."

Lin Yumo understood instantly. So she had "intruded" into Guo Yuan's life, and the force behind him had investigated her to ensure that she was harmless. Then they had set their sights on Longcheng Biology.

Was she lucky, or unlucky?

Lin Yumo's thoughts were relayed to Guo Yuan by the narration. The corner of his mouth twitched as he thought, How can this woman's imagination be so wild? She's even made up some massive organization behind me.

But Lin Yumo couldn't really be blamed. Setting aside everything else, she had paid a huge price to have parts of Su Yurou's past altered.

It should have been incredibly, incredibly difficult to uncover Su Yurou's history, yet Guo Yuan had met Su Yurou only once and already figured out her entire background. That was terrifying.

And it was as if Guo Yuan had opened the Sky Eye—everything Lin Yumo and Su Yurou had done had been investigated by him with perfect clarity.

People, especially rich people, feared nothing more than having all their secrets exposed and laid bare in the sunlight. That was exactly how Lin Yumo felt right now. She felt as though someone had stripped her naked.