The Sealed Account With Her Dead Aunt’s Name
Lin Yao is summoned to a private bank and shown the impossible: her dead aunt Lin Shuyu’s name appears on an active account that should have been sealed years ago. The room is already staged to turn her grief into public shame, and the staff make clear that any protest could become an inheritance scandal. Qin Ruo reveals a five-night countdown before the reopened account is quietly transferred to a private buyer, and He Wenzhe appears with the first real clue—a He-side compliance stamp and a live authorization chain linking the account to a larger network. He then offers Lin Yao a contract marriage as the only way to gain standing, access, and protection before the transfer deadline. By the end of the chapter, Lin Yao realizes her family loss has become marketable gossip, and stepping into He family space is the only way to keep control of the story.