Intimate Trial Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Time passes by in a state of calm on the surface but turbulent undercurrents on the inside.After the celebration banquet, “Insomnia” seemed to have completely sunk into the water and no more messages were sent.Silin also seemed to be following some kind of silent truce agreement tacitly and did not take the initiative to contact the encrypted dialog box.Her days are once again filled with complicated work. She is still Ye Chang’s capable and increasingly relied-on assistant, and her access to core secrets continues to increase.

However, whenever she handed a document to Ye Chang, or met Ye Chang’s calm eyes at a meeting, the last few words of “Insomnia” at the celebration banquet would appear like a ghost – “The most dangerous weapon… the most effective poison…”

She couldn’t tell whether “Insomnia” had given up or was brewing a bigger storm.This unresolved unknown hung in her heart day and night like a sword of Damocles.She became more silent and focused, or in other words, used work to numb herself. Occasionally, there would be a trace of deep fatigue and confusion in her eyes that even she was not aware of.

Until an ordinary overtime night.

She was the only one left in the office, and the light from the screen reflected her pale face.The avatar on the encrypted communication software that had been silent for a long time suddenly started to vibrate.

Shen Shenlin’s heartbeat skipped a beat, and she almost held her breath and opened the door.

Insomnia: Last chance.

Four simple words, like four ice picks, pierced into her eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the second message popped up:

Insomnia: In a few days, Ye will initiate preliminary due diligence on the merger and acquisition of ‘Xinghui Mining’.This plan is the cornerstone of Ye Chang’s strategic expansion in the next three years, with huge investments and extensive implications.The core support of the plan is an “internal pre-assessment report” on the reserves and mining feasibility of a new exploration mining area.The data in this report…can be modified.

Insomnia: Just make small but consistent ‘adjustments’ in a few key nodes – such as the content of associated metals, the impact coefficient of mining depth on costs, and the potential risk level of environmental approvals – and the optimistic expectations of the entire report will be greatly reduced.When Ye Chang invests huge amounts of money to initiate mergers and acquisitions based on this ‘optimized’ report, and discovers problems during subsequent actual mining… the capital chain, stock price, and reputation will suffer a series of blows.If you are lucky, it will be enough to break Ye’s muscles and bones, and it will be difficult to recover for several years; if you are lucky… maybe it will be the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Insomnia: Before the final version of the report is electronically filed, it will undergo final format calibration and encryption by your hands.This is the only and last chance.If you miss it, all your previous patience and closeness will be meaningless.Think about your father and why you are where you are today.

Insomnia: The choice is yours.This time, I won’t push.But remember, this is the ‘last chance’.

Message ends.

There was no threat, no long-winded analysis, only cold statements of facts, and a heavy choice called “Last Chance” before Shen Shenlin.

Xinghui Mining… Shen Si Lin was impressed by this project. It is one of the highest priority strategic projects that Ye Chang has been personally focusing on recently, and it is extremely confidential.She had only heard of the “internal pre-assessment report” and had not accessed the original.

“Insomnia” even knows this, and even knows that the report will eventually pass through her hands… What does this mean?This means that “Insomnia” is well aware of Ye’s internal operating procedures and even Ye Chang’s working habits.

Shen Shenlin held the phone, her fingertips were cold, and this time, there was no trembling at all.An almost numb coldness spread from the heart to the limbs and bones.

Last chance.

A chance to directly defeat Ye’s family.

It was more deadly and irreversible than the “Ruixin” incident.

She seemed to be able to see how the tampered report was like a virus implanted in the core, quietly attacking in Ye’s huge body, eventually triggering a devastating chain collapse.Will Ye Chang’s always calm face crack in the face of huge failures and doubts?Will the giant ship of Ye’s family capsize because of this?

She should be excited, feeling the thrill of getting her revenge.

But no.

There was only a deeper, suffocating emptiness, and a cold premonition… as if he had foreseen that he would be destroyed along with it.

She closed her eyes, but many images flashed through her mind uncontrollably:

Ye Chang told her to “feel the temperature” at the porridge shop late at night;

Ye Chang’s cold and focused kiss in the bar box;

The touch of Ye Chang’s fingertips when he handed her the core plan;

Ye Chang looked calmly at the crowd at the celebration banquet;

And…that pair of off-white slippers placed at her feet in the early morning in Madrid.

These fragmented, unusually warm moments intersect and collide crazily with the gloom she remembers after the bankruptcy of her father’s company, her mother’s desperate tears, and the hardships she has endured over the years.

The hatred still exists, like a huge stone sinking in my heart.

But on the boulder, at some point, a piece of moist and dangerous moss grew – it was her complicated and unspeakable emotions for Ye Chang, the twisted dependence she had generated through countless confrontations and approaches, and the indelible trembling mark left by that kiss.

“Insomnia” said this was the last chance.

Maybe, “Insomnia” is right.If she let him go this time, she might really get lost in the web called “trust” and “special treatment” woven by Ye Chang, forgetting who she was and why she came here.

But if she takes action… she will have to bear everything that comes with it.Not only the collapse of Ye’s family, but also the eternal inner purgatory caused by… personally destroying the person whose heart she already had, even if his heart was so sad and wrong.

The screen of the mobile phone went dark because it had not been used for a long time.

The office was completely silent, except for the low sound of the air conditioner.

Silin sat in the darkness, like a lifeless sculpture.

After a long time, she slowly raised her hand and lit the screen again.

In the encrypted dialog box, the last few messages of “Insomnia” were still there, silently urging her to make a decision.

She didn’t reply.

Just close the dialog box and turn off the computer.

I picked up my coat and bag and left the office.

The voice-activated lights in the corridor lit up one after another as she walked, and then went out one after another behind her.

She walked into the elevator, her pale and hollow face reflected in the mirrored walls.

As the elevator goes down, the numbers keep jumping.

She didn’t know what she was going to do.

She only knew that the “last chance” given by “Insomnia” was like a final judgment, already placed in front of her.

But this time, she didn’t even have any room to escape.

Walking out of the building, the cold late night wind hit my face.

She raised her head and looked at the floor where Ye Chang’s office was located.It was pitch black.

Ye Chang has already left.

But she seemed to have just stepped into a colder and more desperate long night.

The ending, it seems, is destined to be desolate no matter what the choice is.