The Lawyer's Office
Golden Harbor Law Firm smelled like money and paranoia—bleached leather and encrypted hard drives.
I arrived at 2:55 PM, five minutes before Liang's scheduled meeting. The receptionist's eyes widened at my family name.
"Mr. Lu! We weren't expecting—"
"Room 1404," I said, flashing the keycard I'd lifted from Liang's driver. The **[God's Eye]** pulsed:
_[15:00: Lawyer Wang edits will on laptop
15:12: Liang transfers $2M to Cayman account
15:20: Wang emails notary forged signature]_
I disabled the security camera with a $500 jammer from my pocket.
Inside, Wang's laptop screen showed the damning document:
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF LU KANG
_(Revised June 28th)_
▢ All shares to Lu Jian
▢ Liang Meixiu as executor
▢ Lu Chen "removed" as beneficiary
A sticky note beside his keyboard read: "Accident paperwork - 30th"
My phone vibrated—a **[System Alert]**:
_[15:05: Triad members enter elevator
Weapons: 2 pistols, 1 taser]_
I copied Wang's hard drive to a thumbdrive just as the door burst open.
Parking Garage Showdown
Three men in black suits blocked the exit. The leader's neck tattoo matched my vision: **a coiled snake eating a dollar sign**.
"Young Master Lu." He racked his pistol's slide. "Your stepmother paid extra for pain."
**[Combat Mode Activated]**
_[Enemy Weaknesses:
#1: Favors right knee (old injury)
#2: Cocaine tremor in left hand
#3: Allergic to bee stings]_
I lunged.
**First Move:** My steel-toe dress shoe crushed the leader's right kneecap. His scream echoed off concrete.
**Second Move:** I snatched the trembling man's pistol, putting two bullets through the second thug's shoulders—non-lethal but disabling.
The third pulled a taser.
**[System Override: Environmental Hazard]**
_[Overhead: Beehive-shaped security light]_
I shot the fixture. Glass rained down as the taser prongs missed me by inches. The third man stumbled into the shattered bulbs—his face swelling instantly from hidden allergens.
I knelt beside the leader, pressing his own gun to his forehead.
"Tell Jian," I whispered, "his stock dump tomorrow won't save him."
The Ice Queen's Gaze
Blood dripped from my split lip as I exited the garage. Across the street, a black Maybach's window lowered just enough to reveal:
- A woman's fingers tapping a **customized Glock 19**
- The faint glow of **hacked security feeds** on her tablet
- A license plate ending in **X8888** (Shanghai's elite)
**[System Identification]**
_Tang Anya
CEO, Dragon Spine Securities
MSS Blacklist #A7
Known Skills:
- Counter-surveillance
- Poison crafting
- Killing with stilettos_
Her car glided away as my phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number:
**"HSBC vault contents: 1 will, 1 pregnancy test (positive), 1 burner phone. Ask me why."**
I smiled. Game recognized game.
Shareholder Nightmare
At 4:30 PM, I watched Shengyuan Pharma's stock freefall from my trading terminal:
**¥48.60 → ¥41.20 (15% drop)**
My short position: **+¥7.4 million**
Then the real play began.
Using Wang's files, I identified three shell companies Liang used to embezzle. I bought their debts through a Bermuda proxy—**controlling 19% of Shengyuan's voting rights by 5 PM**.
Father called as the market closed.
"Chen, the board is emergency voting to remove Jian!"
I sipped whiskey made from his favorite distillery—the one I'd quietly acquired last month.
"Tell them to check their email."
**[System Confirmation]**
_Emails sent to all shareholders:
1. Jian's drug lab photos
2. Liang's Cayman transfers
3. My new 19% stake_
The **[God's Eye]** flickered with tomorrow's headline:
"SHENGYUAN HEIR OUSTED IN MIDNIGHT BOARDROOM COUP"