Chapter 12 Total Collapse
The Gu family couldn’t accept their heir murdered. That same day they launched all-out retaliation against the Lins.
The Lin family had always been weaker, relying on Gu connections for many projects.
Shareholders panicked.
They demanded answers—had the entire Lin family gone insane? How did a perfect engagement turn into this?
No explanation from Dad helped.
The internet drowned in Lin family scandals. Hot searches lingered for days—no need to buy traffic this time.
Projects halted. Partnerships delayed. Employees poached. Resources snatched.
Resignation letters, demands for accountability, and financial reports buried Dad’s desk.
He threatened lawsuits.
But the legal team had dissolved. Shareholders carved up assets. Stock price crashed.
No lawyer would touch his case.
The Gu family dug deeper—old dirt, fake accounts—handed everything to authorities. Investigations swarmed.
They allied with other families to buy up companies, factories, projects.
Finally the shareholders voted unanimously to remove Dad as chairman.
Lin Group was devoured whole.
Mom had completely lost her mind—laughing one moment, sobbing the next, sometimes calling Lin Weiwei her daughter, sometimes calling me.
Dad hit rock bottom—ruined, disgraced, penniless. He took his crazed wife and broken daughter back to the old family house.
Zhang Ma saw he had nothing left and vanished with whatever cash she could grab.
Lin Weiwei had only ever been a tool to keep Dad hooked and milk money. Useless now—discarded.
Lin Kai was abandoned—no more treatment. A six-foot man reduced to skin and bones.
Dad desperately wanted to find me. He knew I still had eighty million.
But he had no power left. Everyone avoided him like poison. No one would help track me down.
Lin Weiwei tried cyberbullying me for cash—former heiress drama sold clicks.
But she had no money for promotion, and I buried every spike in traffic.
Dad gave up all hope.
He set the old house on fire with his wife and daughter inside.
Lin Weiwei didn’t want to die. Paralyzed, she dragged herself across the floor as flames ate her, unable to escape.
The Gu family had paid people to lock every exit. They’d been watching, waiting for the perfect chance.
A family should stay together—neat and complete.
I only saw the news online later.
I’d already changed my name, my identity, my life.
I wasn’t Chen Wan anymore. I wasn’t Lin Wan either.
I was just me.
Free, finally.
A brand-new life.