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The next morning, Lin Qian received an email from the Gu Group. No long greeting. Just a list of due diligence requirements for the Haifeng Port project. It covered cash flow reports, land use rights, the status of contracts, guarantee liabilities, the contractor's capabilities, and any disputes that might arise. When Lin Qian finished reading it, she wasn't annoyed at all. If anything, she felt reassured. An investor willing to pour in money without checking the risks was the truly frightening…-
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The Lu Group's press release quickly set off a wave of controversy. Some partners demanded an explanation from the Lin Group. Some investors began to worry that the Haifeng project would stall. The Lu Group's stock came under selling pressure as the market noticed the instability in its business. But Lin Qian didn't rush to release every document she had. She knew that an uncontrolled counterattack could drag the Lin Group into a long media war that would affect even employees who had nothing to do with…
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Chen Kaiming showed up at the Lin Group on Monday morning. He was a long-standing shareholder with wide connections in the business world, and he always claimed he wanted to help the Lin family grow sustainably. In the original novel, Lin Qian had trusted him. She never knew that this man had opposed her father's decisions many times and secretly looked for ways to weaken the family's control. After her father was hospitalized, Chen Kaiming would propose restructuring the company and use the chance to…
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That evening, Lin Qian went to Gu Yichuan's office to discuss the results of the project review. She brought the latest report, which clearly separated the problems that had been verified, the signs that needed further investigation, and the risks that still remained. Gu Yichuan read the documents for a long time. "Do you know that if these suspicions are confirmed, the Lin Group could face a major governance crisis?" "I know." "And you still want to go on?" "Of course. If I give up just because I…
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An October morning in the city had a light all its own, pale gold and a little chilly, as if even the sun were hesitating before it woke. An pulled her suitcase out of the taxi and stood at the mouth of the little street called Book Street, the place she had left exactly ten years before. Everything was still there: the row of almond trees with their red leaves, the corner café with its faded wooden sign, and, farther down, the old bookshop called Hiên Nhà, "the porch," standing quietly as if no time…-
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The next morning, An woke with red, swollen eyes. She had read the first three letters during the night, and each one had revealed another hidden corner she had never known about. The first year's letter told how sad her grandmother had been when An left without a goodbye, leaving only a short note on the kitchen table. She didn't blame her. She only wrote that she understood, because she had once been that age too, and had once had the same nameless fears. The second year's letter mentioned Khiêm. Her…
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In the days that followed, An gradually settled into the slow rhythm of Book Street. She helped Khiêm run the bookshop, rearranged the old shelves, and greeted the regulars who still came by every day. There was the old flower seller at the top of the street who kept asking after "Mrs. Tâm's granddaughter," and the high school boy who still came every week to borrow reference books. All of it made An feel as if she had never left. But between her and Khiêm, the distance was still there, thin but…
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The next morning, An decided to learn more about the first love her grandmother's letter had mentioned. She went through the old notebooks kept in the cabinet at the back of the shop, where her grandmother used to write down her memories and thoughts over the years. In one worn notebook, An found a yellowed black-and-white photo of her grandmother as a young woman, standing beside a man in front of this very bookshop, both of them beaming. On the back was a handwritten line: "That summer, before you…
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An stepped out of the bookshop, and the brass bell above the door rang softly like a familiar greeting. Khiêm turned at the sound of her footsteps, a little surprised to see how much emotion was on her face. "Are you all right?" he asked, worried. "I just finished reading Grandma's last letter," An said. Her voice was still choked, but her eyes were strangely bright. Khiêm said nothing and waited for her to go on. He didn't rush her, didn't ask anything more. He was simply there, patient, the way he…
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Seven fifteen in the morning. The city had just woken after a long night of rain. Water still clung to the trees along the road, each small drop glittering in the early sunlight. On the street leading into the city center, the traffic was beginning to thicken. Lâm Khải stepped out of a black car in front of the company headquarters. He wore a white shirt under a dark gray suit. Tall, with a composed face and eyes that always made the person in front of him feel he could see through everything they…-
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