All Chapters of The billionaire’s fake fiancée : Chapter 21 - Chapter 28

Lin Xinyue barely slept that night.The brass plaque kept returning to her mind.She had seen the date before.Not on the plaque.In the records.GHT-0614.For months, her mother's company had been just another part of her life.Something her mother carried quietly.Now, for the first time, Lin wondered how much of her family's past she had never known.She didn't want to make assumptions.So she didn't.Instead, she returned to the beginning.Six years ago.June 14.What had happened that day?By the time she reached Huaxin, she had already made a list.GHT-0614.Guangyuan Holdings.Lin Textile.June 14.Unknown investor.She stared at the list.Then added one more.Why was the record archived?That was the question she couldn't answer.Lin opened the company's old financial database.She searched June 14.Hundreds of documents appeared.Most had nothing to do with her.She narrowed the search to Guangyuan.Nothing.She tried the project code.Still nothing.Then she searched for the

The courtroom was unusually quiet.Lin Xinyue noticed it the moment she walked in.The reporters who usually crowded the back rows were fewer than before. The whispers had almost disappeared. Even the prosecution team seemed more cautious.That worried her.When a courtroom became quiet after weeks of noise, it usually meant someone had changed their strategy.Lin placed her files on the table.Zhao Ming leaned toward her.“Is something wrong?”“I don't know yet.”Judge Chen entered.Everyone stood.The hearing began.The prosecutor rose with a new set of documents.“Your Honor, after reviewing the discrepancy raised by the defense, we have obtained the original transaction records.”Lin's eyes narrowed.Original?She hadn't been given those.The prosecutor handed the documents to the court clerk.Lin immediately stood.“Your Honor, may the defense inspect the records?”Judge Chen nodded.The clerk passed them over.Lin took the documents.She checked the transaction number first.814

The words seemed to grow heavier the longer she looked at them.Saved.That was the word her mother had avoided.Six years ago, Lin Textile had been drowning in debt. Her father had already passed away, several suppliers were demanding payment, and the company had been close to shutting down.Then an investor had appeared.The debt had been restructured.The company had survived.Lin had always believed it was simply a business decision.Now she wasn't so sure.“Who left this here?” she asked.The archivist shook his head.“It was already with the file when it arrived.”“When did it arrive?”“Three years ago.”Lin looked at Yichen.“Three years ago.”He nodded.“That was when the file was transferred from Guangyuan's internal archive.”“Do you know who delivered it?”The archivist thought for a moment.“I wasn't here that day. But there should be a transfer receipt.”“Can we see it?”The archivist hesitated before nodding.“I'll check.”He walked away.Lin kept staring at the envelope

Lin did not sleep that night.Every time she closed her eyes, the same sentence returned.“The investor was Gu Yichen.”She sat by the window with a cup of tea that had gone cold hours ago.Outside, Shanghai glittered beneath the night sky.But inside the apartment, everything felt strangely still.She had spent weeks trying to uncover the identity of the person who had saved Lin Textile.She had expected a businessman.An investment company.Perhaps some wealthy stranger who had seen an opportunity when her family's company was struggling.She had never imagined him.Gu Yichen.The man who had walked into her life at the exact moment everything else was falling apart.The man who had helped her investigate the missing evidence.The man who had repeatedly told her that she did not have to trust him.Lin leaned back in her chair.Maybe that was why.He had known that eventually she would ask.She just hadn't expected the answer to hurt this much.Behind her, the bedroom door opened.He