Chapter 4 – Everything That Burns
It started with whispers.
Leaked patents. Rumors of financial mishandling. An anonymous whistleblower report.
The company fell into legal hell.
The betrayal came from within—Fang Rui and Li Hao had sold tech blueprints to a corporate rival for shares and a directorship.
Worse—Yu Lan had known.
She was supposed to be his anchor, the one person who stood beside him.
But she had been recruited by Fang Rui even before the company started. She had fallen for Lin Xian for real—but it was too late.
She confessed, crying, on a rainy night. "I was sent to spy on you. But I love you now. Please… believe me."
Lin Xian stood in the storm, silent.
"No one loves me for me," he finally said, his voice like a blade.
He walked away.
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