Chapter 9 Lin Shu's body is found

It was the next day when Zhou Yanli started filming again.

There were more than ten missed calls on my phone, but they were from the police station.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Zhou?"

The voice on the other end was somewhat serious, and Zhou Yanli responded calmly: "What's the matter?"

"We found a female corpse on Huaihai Road early this morning. Her ID number is—"

The police reported a series of numbers, and Zhou Yanli became more nervous with every additional number he heard.

"The deceased is Lin Shu. We found his frozen body inside a Ferrari. He had been sexually assaulted and disfigured before his death. Mr. Zhou, please be prepared. We, the police, would like to ask you to come to the station for confirmation."

When the police finished his last sentence, Zhou Yanli's blood almost froze.

Ferrari, ID number, Lin Shu.

"impossible."

He immediately rejected it. Lin Shu wouldn't be stupid enough to drive out in such heavy snow, even if the police reported his ID number and name, and the car model was correct.

But he didn't believe it.

He did not respond to the police immediately, but called Lin Shu after hanging up the phone.

Lin Shu missed no less than ten calls to him last night, but his phone was turned off.

Could it be that she was asking for help from me at that time?

Zhou Yanli's blood rushed to his forehead, and his eyes were covered in white like snowflakes. He could not see anything, and then his ears began to tinnitus. The warm voice was clearly right next to him, but he could not even find the direction from which she was speaking.

He stood there, his whole body cold.

"Banquet?"

I had a warm and peaceful night's sleep.

"Is that Lin Shu? I'm fine, go back and check on me."

Last night she whispered in Zhou Shuang's ear, asking her to pour a cup of water with red sugar syrup into her mouth while no one was paying attention, and then she vomited in front of the accompanying personnel.

Then, Zhou Shuang called Zhou Yanli, knowing that Lin Shu would definitely make a fuss, but she had Zhou Shuang.

Zhou Yanli held the phone in his hand for a long time without recovering from the shock. He couldn't get through to the return call because the other party had already blocked him.

Lin Shu will not die, he does not believe——

They were still arguing about Wen Xin last night. How could a living person just disappear like that?

"I'm going to the police station."

Zhou Yanli regained some sanity.

Wen Xin doesn't understand.

Zhou Yanli's voice trembled a little, and his hand was shaking slightly when he took the car keys.

"They said they found a female corpse, it might be Lin Shu..."

…

Kyoto International Airport

As soon as he got off the plane, a red flag state ceremonial car stopped steadily in front of Lin Shu.

The man in the back seat was extraordinarily handsome, and the dark blue executive jacket he wore made him look even more mysterious and intimidating without even looking angry.

When his eyes met Lin Shu, the hard lines on his face softened.

He personally got out of the car to greet her, and Lin Shu's eyes were actually a little moist when she saw him.

"cousin--"

"We agreed to come the day after tomorrow, but you suddenly mentioned it. It really surprised me."

Sheng Zhaoting asked the driver to put Lin Shu's luggage in the trunk and sat in the back seat with her.

"Is this the last piece of my aunt's collection?"

Sheng Zhaoting handed the antiques that were about to be auctioned to Lin Shu. Lin Shu looked at the landscape paintings in the album and tears instantly welled up in his eyes.

In the lower right corner of the painting is a seal engraved with my mother’s name – Yuerong.

Lin Shu gently stroked the album, as if he was having a conversation with his mother across the air.

Seeing her grief-stricken, Sheng Zhaoting couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke her back to comfort her: "The dead are gone, don't be too sad. This is all I can do."

Lin Yuerong was devoted to her paintings during her lifetime. After her death, Lin Shu's father Jiang Yang actually threw all of his wife's favorite things into auction houses, and they were circulated all over the country.

From then on, Lin Shu never returned to her father's home and changed her surname to her mother's. She was so opposed to Jiang Yang that she almost announced in the newspaper that she had severed their father-daughter relationship.

Lin Shu relied on his memory to collect his mother's paintings from everywhere. Whenever he saw something, he would spend a lot of money to buy it.

Sheng Zhaoting has been helping her over the years, and will tell Lin Shu in time as long as there is news.

"No. There might be more, but I just haven't found it yet."

Lin Shu said calmly: "Cousin, thank you——"

Following Sheng Zhaoting back to his home in Kyoto, she entered the inner hall. Sheng Zhaoting led her to the tablet of his cousin's wife and handed her three incense sticks.

"Please burn some incense for your sister-in-law."

Lin Shu took the incense, lit it, and kowtowed three times seriously.

He stood up and looked at Sheng Zhaoting.

"Cousin, are you really not planning to remarry?"

"Sheng Ye is still young, and his new mother will definitely have another child. I don't want him to lose his father's love after losing his mother's love."

Sheng Zhaoting's expression did not show any sadness, but his tone was heavy.

Lin Shu felt extremely sad, thinking that his cousin was a truly responsible and capable man.

My cousin's wife died in childbirth. Any man with a little financial means would have remarried long ago. But my cousin remained single for seven years, for the sake of his son and his love for his wife.

"I've already helped you get the approval for the land you mentioned last time. That piece of land will belong to the Zhou family from now on."

Sheng Zhaoting changed the subject and looked at Lin Shu, his tone showing the absolute concern and protection of a brother for his sister.

"Do you really want to work for the Zhou family forever?"

Even though he was far away in Kyoto, he could hear rumors about Zhou Yanli. The people in Haicheng did not know that Zhou Yanli was married.

There are even rumors that he has a childhood sweetheart.

Because their families did not agree, they maintained an underground relationship. They even had a daughter, and the daughter called her lover Aunt Wen.

It's so ridiculous. The child is obviously Zhou Yanli and Lin Shu's, but when the news got out, Lin Shu had nothing to do with it.

Zhou Yanli and Lin Shu were married, and everyone in Lin Shu's family knew about it, but they never held a wedding. The Zhou family couldn't even recognize all of Lin Shu's relatives, let alone his cousin who lived far away in Kyoto.

Lin Shu's dark eyes flashed with wisdom. "I am now the largest shareholder of Zhou Corporation. I am no longer their cannon fodder or stepping stone."

Sheng Zhaoting's eyes flashed with disbelief and confusion: "The Zhou family agreed? Has Zhou Yanli changed his ways?"

It is really unbelievable that Zhou Yanli, who relied on his secret marriage to become rich and powerful and treated his wife as a bridge that could be built or demolished at will, would generously give Lin Shu so many shares.

Lin Shu curled her lips slightly. When she heard the three words "Zhou Yanli" from Sheng Zhaoting's mouth, she felt no ripple in her heart.

Once, a trivial detail related to Zhou Yanli would make her heart beat wildly for several minutes.

"How could Zhou Yanli agree? But can we just let them do that?"

Don't think she doesn't know why the old man agreed to give 50% of the shares so readily. Although the old man is old, he is still as cunning as ever.

Before giving her the shares, she was asked to sign an agreement, the content of which could hamper her for the rest of her life.

Lin Shu believed that he was more experienced than others, and although she was reluctant, she finally signed.

After all, she could tell which was more important, the Zhou family's 50% stake or the contents of the agreement.

The funny thing is that even if the agreement is signed, I'm afraid Zhou Yanli, who is now inseparable from his ex-lover, will not be willing to do so.

"The land doesn't need to be given to the Zhou family. After I become the legal person, my surname should be Lin."