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

On the other side, Lisa typed rapidly on her laptop, her expression calm, but a professionally sarcastic smirk playing on her lips: "I've got the headline ready: 'Gu Yin Meets a Mysterious Woman Late at Night! Huge Funds Flow Exposed! Is He Using This to Cover Up His Illegitimate Daughter's Background?'"

As she wrote, she read aloud: "Introduction: Following the allegations of illegal surrogacy, Gu Yinshen, president of the Gu Group, is embroiled in another scandal! He secretly met with an unidentified woman late at night, and at the same time, a huge amount of money flowed into the woman's related accounts... Was it hush money? Or a deeper power-for-sex transaction? The Gu Group's credibility has completely collapsed."

Zhao Lei licked his lips, his voice hoarse: "The copywriting is excellent, the video is in hand, and the forged evidence chain is also in place. Now it's up to the market to react."

He pulled out a forged fund transfer record from the side. In the document, an account under the name of "Gu Yinshen" transferred huge sums of money to the private medical institution account of "Li" on three different dates. The timing was so close to the "late-night secret meeting" video that it was a perfect fabrication.

"Ten minutes before the market opens tomorrow morning, launch the full-scale attack!" Zhao Lei's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. "Let Gu's stock trigger another circuit breaker."

Meanwhile, before dawn, the city on the other side was already showing signs of restlessness.

At this time, the financial media's morning news push arrived as scheduled.

The red-on-black title on the homepage struck everyone like a hammer blow:

Breaking News! Gu Yin meets with a mysterious woman late at night, suspected of covering up a scandal and transferring benefits!

The cover is a blurred screenshot showing a slender woman getting into a black car, with the metal wall of an underground parking garage in the background. Below is an enlarged image of a bank transfer, the date blurred, but the amount shockingly high.

The financial channel's guest "analyst" spoke with righteous indignation:

"This video, when overlaid with the transfer information, forms a highly consistent pattern of suspected 'transfer of benefits.' The public has the right to question: Is this a cover-up for illegal transactions? Does it involve significant issues of commercial integrity? Gu Yinshen has completely fallen from his 'loving father' persona' to a ruthless manipulator!"

At the same time, social media platforms exploded.

"Gu Yinshen's Mysterious Woman"

"Gu Yinshen's transfer of benefits"

These two trending search terms appeared at the top of the list almost simultaneously.

The comment section was buzzing with excitement:

"My God! A parking garage late at night? This is definitely not an ordinary relationship! And with the money transfer? It's obviously hush money!"

"They were trying to whitewash him as a 'loving father' before, but look at the reality! Illegal surrogacy wasn't enough, now it's all about money and sex?"

"The Gu family is finished. Who would dare to cooperate with someone like that as CEO?"

The number of reposts skyrocketed, the comment section exploded, and the internet seemed to be engulfed in an uncontrollable torrent of anger.

At this moment, dozens of screens in the securities department of the Gu Group simultaneously flashed red alerts across the entire display wall.

As soon as pre-market trading began, Gu's stock price plummeted like a cliff, breaking through multiple technical support levels.

"Bang!" The securities department manager slammed the phone down on the table, his voice hoarse and frantic: "It's over! Another circuit breaker has been triggered!"

He stared wide-eyed, his fingers frantically tapping the keyboard, trying to find the source of the massive sell-off, but all the trading interfaces were flashing alarms.

"The sell orders are coming in like a mountain! We simply can't absorb them!"

He was covered in cold sweat, restless, as if sitting on the bow of a ship about to capsize, with only the piercing buzz of trading alarms and the echoes of the financial storm that was about to engulf everything in his ears.

Soon after, Xie Yumin also saw the video. She was furious and went straight to the president's office of the Gu Group.

The heavy ebony door slammed shut with a bang amidst the wind, and the large office suddenly fell into a stifling silence.

The atmosphere was as tense as a string on the verge of snapping.

Dark clouds loomed outside the window, and the blurry video footage remained frozen on the large screen. The image quality was poor, but it was enough to become the fuse that shattered everything.

Xie Yumin stood in the center, her figure slender yet upright, her face pale to the point of being almost transparent, but her eyes sharper than the sky before a storm.

Her fingers trembled, yet her fingers pointed steadily, aiming straight at the screen.

"Gu Yinshen!" Her voice trembled with anger, like a blade piercing the heart. "Who is this woman?! This video! These transfer records! How do you plan to explain this?! Are you going to wait until someone throws 'evidence' in your face before you speak, just like last time?!"

She paused, her eyes suddenly turning bloodshot, her chest heaving violently as if she were forcibly suppressing surging emotions. Her nails dug into her palms, almost tearing them apart.

Gu Yinshen stood behind his desk, dressed in a sharp suit, his eyes bloodshot with fatigue. His face was taut, and his expression clearly showed anxiety.

"Yu Mian!" He strode forward, his brows furrowed, trying to close the distance.

"Calm down! I know the person in the video, it's Dr. Li! The private doctor who helped me... with Mengmeng's birth certificate timeline! That night, I saw her to confirm some details and pay the final payment! It was purely a confidentiality agreement and a financial partnership! It had absolutely nothing to do with the company!"

His tone was urgent, but he couldn't suppress the hesitation that came with a sense of guilt.

"Cooperation? Keep it a secret?" Xie Yumin chuckled, her voice as grating as a dull knife cutting flesh. She took a sudden step closer, a cold light slowly rising in her eyes.

“You always have a ‘reasonable explanation,’ Gu Yinshen.”

Her voice was strained, each word like ice, "But every time your 'explanation' is a step behind! Now the whole world sees you having a late-night rendezvous with your 'mysterious lover,' sees you transferring large sums of money to her! They say you're engaging in bribery, using money and... other things to keep quiet! Do you think the public, the board of directors, the investigation team will believe your 'purely cooperative' explanation?!"

Her gaze was like a blade, ruthlessly dissecting his disguise inch by inch.

"We've completely lost the initiative!" Xie Yumin's voice suddenly rose, filled with suppressed anger and helplessness. "They can interpret this video however they want! They can convict you however they want! Mengmeng's background hasn't been investigated, and you've gotten yourself into trouble! Tell me, what do we do now?!"

The veins between Gu Yinshen's eyebrows throbbed violently, and his thin lips were tightly pressed together. He was provoked by her words, and his face darkened, but he ultimately did not refute her.

Super lowered his head and rubbed his temples, his knuckles turning white: "I know it was my mistake, I didn't handle these loose ends well. But now is not the time to blame each other."

He looked up, his tone almost commanding: "I'll handle this! I'll have Dr. Li clarify things, and I'll provide a complete and legal explanation for the financial statements! You...you shouldn't interfere anymore! Just focus on investigating Mengmeng's matter, or taking care of Mengmeng! Don't drag yourself into this!"