An old case report, like a heavy yoke, fell in front of Rong Yin.
"Case number: MZ1998/14."
"Charge: Leaking commercial secrets, causing significant economic losses to the Chi Group."
The person convicted was her mother, Rong Wanqing.
**
"It took Chi Yaomin 20 years to completely seal this case record."
Lin Zhiyuan took the document and threw it in front of Rong Yin, smiling:
"Do you think she is innocent? Do you think you are an orphan of a wealthy family?"
"She is just a woman who took the blame for someone else. As for you--"
He smiled contemptuously, "Illegitimate daughters should have the awareness of illegitimate daughters."
Rong Yin's hands trembled, staring at the page of the document.
She remembered the last words her mother said to her before she went to prison:
"Yinyin, when you grow up, no matter what you hear, don't believe it easily."
**
Back home, Rongyin sat in the study, with a pile of information and old news in front of her.
She turned out the files from the year her mother went to prison, but found something strange:
• The "confidential information" in the case was originally paper, but was suddenly changed to electronic files;
• The most critical "leaking USB flash drive" had no recorded source;
• The only witness at the time had been missing for ten years.
The more she checked, the more she felt that all this was like a long-set trap.
Chi Yuchuan watched her sleepless all night, and squatted at her feet with heartache: "Yinyin, don't force yourself to be so cruel."
Rongyin looked at him with bloodshot eyes: "Yuchuan, I'm not here to whitewash her, I just want to know if she told a lie back then."
"In my heart, she is proud and has a bottom line."
"If she doesn't even have dignity, then what is the point of what I insist on now?"
Chi Yuchuan was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "I will go to Chi Yaomin and ask him the truth of the year."
Rongyin shook her head: "No. I want to go by myself."
**
Three days later, Rongyin stood in front of the old house of the Chi family with a lawyer's letter, three old case review materials, and a handwritten letter from her mother.
Chi Yaomin sat in the middle of the hall, expressionless and cold.
"You are here." He said only three words.
Rong Yin put the information in front of him: "I'm not here to ask for recognition."
"I'm here to ask you, for whom did my mother go to jail for three years 27 years ago?"
Chi Yaomin's face was gloomy: "You know this identity, it won't do you any good."
Rong Yin's eyes were cold:
"So she went to jail for you."
Chi Yaomin did not deny it.
"Back then, it was you who leaked the business secrets, but let her take the blame."
"You are afraid that the scandal will ruin the Chi family's stock price and your image as the 'perfect successor.'"
Chi Yaomin clenched the teacup and said lightly:
"I do owe her a life."
"But she was born in a humble family, without family background or backing. She was willing to take the blame for me, so I acquiesced."
"She knows her own value too well."
Rong Yin felt her throat tighten and there was a buzzing in her ears.
"Have you ever thought that she is not 'willing', she just has no choice?"
Chi Yaomin sneered: "You are too naive."
"In this world, whoever is clean or innocent will never win."
"If you want to join the Chi family's game, you must know how to play this game."
"Otherwise--"
He changed the subject and warned:
"Chi Yuchuan can't protect you either."
**
At the same time, the media has begun to follow up frantically:
"Chi's eldest son secretly married the heroine with a complicated life experience. Mr. Chi tacitly accepted his mother as the scapegoat?"
"The war of inheritance of the wealthy family is heating up, and Chi Yuchuan is about to break up with his father!"
When Chi Yuchuan saw this news, he was meeting with an important investor.
The other party smiled and advised: "Boss Chi, is it too late to stop now?"
"You are still young, don't put yourself in it for a woman."
Chi Yuchuan clenched his fingers and smiled gently: "I don't believe in fate."
"Since I marry her, I won't let anyone step on her."
He pressed the phone to dial: "Tomorrow, the group's senior management will hold a press conference."
"I want to personally announce that she will take over the new season's brand strategy project."
"Mrs. Chi is not someone who can be easily removed."
**
The next day.
Rong Yin stood beside Chi Yuchuan, facing all the media.
Chi Yuchuan held her hand tightly and announced to the audience:
"Mrs. Chi will join the strategic team as a new partner, responsible for the integration of fashion and luxury goods business."
"The group will reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility for all malicious speculations about her 'identity'."
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Rong Yin finally raised her head, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
She is no longer the little girl who can only be dragged by fate.
She is Mrs. Chi.
She wants more than just love.
She wants power, the truth, and to regain her mother's three years of freedom.