CHAPTER 48 – Gu Yanzhou vs The Board
Gu Yanzhou left the hospital for an urgent, high-stakes board meeting—not because corporate policy demanded it, but because he needed to confront Zhou Meilin, the source of the corruption, face-to-face.
He walked into the gleaming, obsidian-clad boardroom like a storm made flesh.
The room, filled with cautious, wealthy executives, went instantly silent.
Zhou Meilin sat elegantly at the head of the table, smiling sweetly, enjoying the tension she had created.
"Yanzhou," she greeted, her voice smooth and patronizing.
"You look tired.
Hospital visits are quite exhausting, aren't they?"
He ignored her shallow provocation and brought up the system infiltration logs on the central display, the red code a searing accusation.
"This," he said calmly, his voice resonating with controlled power, "is your doing.
You used the company's servers to attempt murder."
The room froze, the accusation hitting the executives like a physical blow.
Meilin didn't even bother denying it.
She leaned back, crossing one perfect leg over the other.
"You weren't supposed to survive the original storyline, Cousin," she said lightly, a terrifying logic in her tone.
"Your unexpected rebirth ruined the company's five-year projections.
It created unacceptable risk and volatility."
Gu leaned forward slowly, deliberately, his presence dominating the space.
"My life isn't a stock chart, Meilin."
"No," she agreed, nodding sweetly.
"It's an anomaly.
And anomalies must be removed to ensure system stability."
Executives glanced nervously between the two rivals, fearing the impending detonation.
Gu slammed his hand on the table—a terrifying sound that echoed through the silence.
"You hacked a system connected to an innocent woman.
You almost killed her in a hospital bed."
Meilin shrugged, dismissing the gravity of her actions.
"She shouldn't exist either.
She's merely a tool used by the System to correct your divergence."
In that moment, Gu knew the terrifying truth: she wasn't just corrupt or greedy.
She was obsessed with restoring the "original novel," believing her actions were necessary for universal stability.
Gu pointed to the two highly trained security guards waiting outside.
"Remove her.
Effective immediately, all her corporate privileges are revoked.
She is under investigation for attempted corporate and physical murder."
Meilin didn't struggle as the guards approached.
But she smirked as she was dragged out, her gaze fixed on her cousin.
"You think you've won, Yanzhou?"
Gu glared, his authority absolute.
"I know I have."
But he didn't see the tiny device—no larger than a thumbnail—she activated with a subtle flick of her thumb just before the guards escorted her through the door.
The physical attack had begun.