The richest man's parents were kidnapped, and his adorable son captivated the entire family.

Gu Yinshen, who was in the middle of a global remote board strategic meeting, suddenly changed his cold and indifferent expression when he heard the word "attacked". Then the word "Mengmeng" hit the nail on the head, and his face turned pale!

His knuckles turned white as he gripped the phone tightly, and a vein bulged behind his ear.

"Action team, follow me!" he growled, his words almost out of control. "Highest priority! Target: Xie Yumin's apartment! Eliminate all threats! Protect..."

He paused, forcing back the word "evidence" that almost escaped his lips, and finished in a low, hoarse voice: "The target is safe."

The meeting was abruptly ended, leaving the board members looking at each other in bewilderment. Gu Yinshen had already rushed out of the meeting room like a storm.

Ten minutes later, at the entrance of Xie Yumin's apartment.

The night wind stirred up the dust accumulated in the stairwell, the lights flickered dimly, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Break down the door!" Gu Yinshen commanded in a deep voice.

Boom! !

The door shattered with a crash, sending debris flying everywhere.

Inside the house, a shocking scene came into view:

Xie Yumin was being tightly gripped by the neck by a black-clad thug. Her face was deathly pale, and her struggling hands were almost powerless. The table was a mess, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of broken furniture and residual spray.

"Move out!" Gu Yinshen gave the order, and the elite bodyguards were like tigers released from their cages!

Before the black-clad thug could react, he was struck down with a heavy blow, his knee dislocated by the force of the blow, and he screamed as his hands were twisted behind his back and he knelt on the ground!

Gu Yinshen didn't even glance at her. He rushed straight to Xie Yumin's side, carefully helped her up, and his gaze lingered on the bruises on her neck where she had been strangled. A complex and indescribable emotion flashed across his eyes for a moment.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a cell phone in the corner of the floor, its screen lit up from the impact.

His eyes darkened instantly.

Cute photos are continuously playing on a bright screen.

His expression changed instantly, and he rushed forward in a flash. Before Xie Yumin could react, he grabbed the phone, flicked his wrist, and smashed it hard against the corner of the wall!

click!

A crisp sound ripped through the air, and the phone casing shattered into scattered parts. The screen flickered and then went completely black.

“Dangerous items, prevent tracking,” he said coldly, his tone completely flat.

Immediately afterwards, he slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over each of his subordinates like a sharp blade, especially landing on Hawkeye.

Without uttering a single threatening word, the silent pressure and coldness emanating from his eyes sent chills down one's spine.

“Everything that happened here tonight,” he whispered, “including anything you see, is top secret. Leak even a single word and you’ll be responsible for the consequences.”

All the bodyguards immediately bowed their heads and said in unison, "Yes, sir!"

Meanwhile, on the top floor of an office building on the other side of the city, another, more secretive storm was quietly brewing.

The intelligence team of Ruifeng Capital, which was monitoring the Gu family's movements, accurately captured the abnormal data flow, and Gu Yinshen took away the entire private security team that night.

The convoy then deviated from its usual official route and repeatedly appeared between the hospital and Xie Yumin's residence.

The encryption level for internal IT team calls was temporarily upgraded.

All of this demonstrates that Xie Yumin's status is far beyond that of an ordinary assistant.

More importantly, although the photos were not leaked, Hawkeye, as Gu Yinshen's most trusted person, had been contacted or wiretapped multiple times.

A senior analyst at Ruifeng boldly speculated: "That child might be Xie Yumin's... but President Gu has been covering it up."

Immediately, the cyber offensive began.

Dozens of cryptic yet highly suggestive revelations and questions quickly appeared on various platforms, financial forums, and anonymous sections:

Who is the woman who regularly visits the Gu family's VIP ward?

"The assistant surnamed Xie quietly left the company a few years ago, but has now returned to Gu's Group to take charge of core projects. What's hidden behind this?"

"Mysterious adjustments to the health records of the Gu family's heirs? Incompatible blood types? Are there any adoption or kinship disputes?"

"Is it really just a simple case of Mr. Gu and his female assistant rekindling their old flame?"

The tweets came one after another, with vague content and suggestive remarks, but never crossed any legal red lines, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Meanwhile, some anonymous financial bloggers began commenting on Gu's equity structure:

"If the 'little princess' is not of the Gu family bloodline, wouldn't the Gu family's succession be fraught with uncertainty?"

The next morning, the lobby of the Gu Group headquarters was bustling with activity.

In the break room, at the elevator entrance, and during casual conversations before meetings, the old gossip and jokes have been replaced by genuine "panic discussions."

"Have you heard? People online are speculating that the child isn't Mr. Gu at all!"

"No wonder President Gu has been so biased towards Xie Yumin ever since she came back!"

"If the little princess's identity is not genuine, what will happen to the shares? What about the inheritance?"

Financial news outlets began sensationalizing the story with headlines like "Succession Mystery" and "Hidden Bloodline," making it seem almost certain, even without naming names.

Gu's stock price fell slightly by 3.6% that day, and several partner companies sent "routine risk confirmation" emails.

The media's gaze, like a sharp blade, pierced through this supposedly invincible empire.

Of course! The following is a detailed description of this scene, revolving around Xie Yumin's emotional outburst after learning the rumors and Gu Yinshen's subsequent counterattack. Every step is meticulously unfolded, with emotions, actions, environment, and psychology comprehensively presented until "Gu Yinshen decides to eliminate the source of the external threat":

Xie Yumin sat on a bench outside the ward, her fingertips icy cold, her heart pounding violently in her chest as if it were about to explode.

From dawn onward, rumors spread like an invisible net, silently infiltrating the company, the internet, and every corner she touched daily. The more she tried to avoid them, the more she could feel the tidal wave of attention, speculation, and even a cruel certainty emanating from the eyes of others.

She finally couldn't resist clicking on an anonymous post with the title:

"A shocking reversal of the Gu family's little princess's true parentage? Her birth mother is actually that returning female assistant?"

Her knuckles were slightly white, and she was almost crushing the phone in her grip.

A chill ran through her from the depths of her heart, completely engulfing her. In that instant, it was as if a thunderbolt had struck her mind:

"Mengmeng...is she really my child?!"

"They're not mine, they're my own children!"

All the clues she had subconsciously ignored and suppressed by reason in the past came crashing down like collapsing building blocks.

Gu Yinshen's unusual concern, his wariness and protection of Mengmeng, his hot and cold attitude towards her, the phone that was smashed in that instant, the photo of her as an infant, Uncle Chen's evasive advice...

She trembled all over, her face was pale, but her eyes gradually ignited with a frenzied light.

She then practically forced herself to walk home and began spending the entire night searching for those long-forgotten clues.

She tried to contact the private hospital where she had given birth, but was told that "the relevant records were lost due to system migration".