Beyond the Backup

The settlement packet arrived on the breakfast table like a funeral invitation—heavy, cream-colored, and sealed with the suffocating weight of the Gu family crest. Lin Yue stared at the envelope, the morning light catching the sharp edges of the paper. Beside her, the coffee had gone cold.

Gu Shen sat across from her, his presence a constant, grounding tension. He had discarded his suit jacket, his shirtsleeves rolled to the elbows, revealing the forearms of a man who had spent the last seventy-two hours dismantling his own legacy to build a new one.

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