The Master Descends the Mountain: My Destined CEO

At Lin Yinghao's enthusiastic invitation, Huo Wenhao arrived at his general manager's office.

Seeing that Huo Wenhao looked displeased, he quickly put on a smile and served hot tea. "Young Master Huo, if you don't care for tea, I have coffee as well."

"That won't be necessary."

Huo Wenhao cut to the chase and took out a contract. "This is for the Lin Family. From now on, you'll be responsible for the Huo Family's financial affairs."

Lin Yinghao's eyes instantly lit up. "Really? Thank you, Young Master Huo! You're a true lifesaver for the Lin Family!"

Huo Wenhao waved his hand. "Alright, I'm leaving now."

With that, he hurried downstairs and sidled up to Xiao Ye with a fawning grin. "Mr. Xiao, the contract has been successfully delivered to the Lin Family."

"Mm, good work."

Hearing the praise, Huo Wenhao felt like he was walking on air.

Just then, the security guard for the next shift arrived.

Seeing Xiao Ye chatting idly with someone, he immediately glared. "What do you think you're doing? Daring to slack off on your first day!"

Huo Wenhao was about to retort, but when he saw Xiao Ye had already gotten up to leave, he could only drop the matter resentfully.

Meanwhile, after receiving the contract from Huo Wenhao, Lin Yinghao was gloating to himself.

But then his lackey suddenly came over and told him that Lin Chuyue had previously rejected this very contract from Huo Wenhao.

Lin Yinghao slammed his hand on the table, his face twisting in a snarl. "That damned woman! How dare she refuse!"

"This is a golden opportunity for the Lin Family to make its fortune! By doing this, she's completely disregarding our family's future!"

"I've always said it, a woman is completely unfit to sit in the President's chair!"

"Young Master Huo is only indulging her like this because he's interested in her now. The day he loses interest, won't she drag the entire Lin Family down with her?!"

"No, if this goes on, she'll definitely destroy the Lin Family! She can't be President anymore!"

"Get the clan Elders on the phone immediately! I'm calling a meeting to bring about change for the Lin Family!"

Soon after, a few of the Lin Family Elders held a secret meeting with Lin Yinghao.

「Two days later.」

The Lin Family held its regular board meeting.

The moment Lin Chuyue entered the boardroom, she sensed something was wrong.

The way they looked at her was clearly filled with discontent.

She sat down in the President's chair and cleared her throat. "Let's begin with the reports. We will also address the current crisis facing the Lin Group."

Lin Yinghao shot a look to another member of the Lin Family, who immediately spoke up. "President Lin, before we get to that, I believe there's something else we should discuss first."

Sensing the malice in his words, Lin Chuyue's voice turned cold. "What is it you want to say?"

"It's about that Xiao Ye. It's bad enough you're letting him live at the Lin residence, but why did you bring him into the company? With his personality, making him a security guard is just asking for him to offend all our business partners, isn't it?"

"I heard that the last time Young Master Huo was here, he stopped him and said who-knows-what."

"He's just an uncouth country bumpkin. If he offends Young Master Huo, he can just run off, but what about the Lin Family? Where are we supposed to run?"

"Exactly!" The other members of the Lin Family chimed in.

"That Xiao Ye is uncultured and crude! He knows a few clumsy kung fu moves and only understands brute force. Making him a security guard is just planting the seeds of disaster for the Lin Family!"

"We demand his dismissal! He must be thrown out of the Lin Family Company!"

"It was Grandfather's idea to have him join the company." Lin Chuyue sighed helplessly. "And I couldn't think of a more suitable department for him than Security."

"But all of you, leveling accusations left and right... Do you have any respect for me as your President?"

She couldn't believe it. All this, just because she gave someone a menial job as a security guard, and now she was being ganged up on at a board meeting.

"No! The old man has gotten senile. He's no longer fit to be involved in the Lin Family Company's affairs."

"That's right! The Lin Family belongs to all of us, it's not yours and the old man's personal dictatorship! Everything should be put to a vote!"

"I agree. That's the only way to be fair and just. It's the only way to earn our respect."

Lin Chuyue couldn't listen anymore. Her pretty face was frosty as she scanned the room. "So let me get this straight. You want to get rid of Xiao Ye?"

"And if I disagree?"

"Then you're turning your back on the Lin Family!"

"Exactly! The Lin Family doesn't need a capricious and reckless person like you leading it!"

Being hit with such a heavy accusation made Lin Chuyue's face turn ashen.

Lin Yinghao interjected at the opportune moment. "Alright, let's get to the work reports for now. We can discuss the rest later."

The moment he finished speaking, Lin Chuyue's phone rang.

"What? Grandfather had an episode!"

Watching Lin Chuyue's anxious figure hurry away, Lin Yinghao raised an eyebrow. Everything was going according to his plan.

When Lin Chuyue got back to the Lin residence, she discovered her grandfather was gone.

She assumed he had been taken to the hospital, but after a frantic search, she couldn't find any news of him.

By the time she returned home, Lin Yinghao and the others were already waiting for her.

"It was you! What have you done with Grandfather?!"

Lin Chuyue was frantic. She never imagined her own family would do something like this!

Lin Yinghao leisurely lifted his teacup. "I've placed the old man somewhere very safe for the time being. You can rest assured on that point; we won't do anything to him."

"However, if you don't do as you're told... well, I can't make any guarantees."

"The old man's heart is already weak. If he were to get agitated, he could be gone at any moment."

Lin Chuyue trembled with rage. "You... you animals! Uncle, Grandfather is your own father! How could you do this to him?!"

"And all of you! Without Grandfather, there would be no Lin Family today!"

"To do something like this for your own gain... you're all worse than animals!"

Her curses were met with indifference.

"Lin Chuyue, cut the self-righteous act! If you really cared about the Lin Family, why didn't you get together with Young Master Huo?"

"That's right! Stop acting so high and mighty. You're the most selfish one here!"

"If you had just gotten with Han Fei back then, we wouldn't be in this mess!"

Lin Chuyue was sick with anger and anxiety. The accusations from her own family made her feel trapped.

Suddenly, she remembered Xiao Ye's warning: the Han Family's target wasn't just her, but the entire Lin Family!

"Even if I had gotten with Han Fei, the Lin Family wouldn't have been any better off!"

Lin Chuyue argued back, "And as for that Young Master Huo, who knows what his real intentions are? The only way to be secure is to rely on ourselves."

Lin Yinghao stood up. "Alright, what's the use of saying all this now? It changes nothing."

As he spoke, he thrust a document at her. "As of today, you are voluntarily resigning from your position as President of the Lin Group."

"Otherwise, you'll never see Grandfather again in this lifetime!"

"He could be gone any day, and you won't even get to see him one last time!"

"Despicable!"

Lin Chuyue's eyes reddened, her heart aching with sorrow.

She could endure humiliation from outsiders, but she couldn't bear being stabbed in the back by her own family.

"Lin Chuyue, don't you care about Grandfather? Don't you always use him to hold power over us? You're so filial, so why won't you sign one little document?"

"Sign it! Otherwise, if Grandfather dies, it will be on your head!"

"And when that happens, we'll make sure all of Jiangcheng knows you're an unfilial granddaughter!"

Forced by their threats and her own fear for Lin Aoshan, Lin Chuyue could only grit her teeth and take the document.

She quickly signed her name, then slammed the document on the floor. "There! Are you satisfied now?!"

Lin Yinghao nonchalantly picked it up. "Of course. We'll send Grandfather back immediately."

"You're not the President of the Lin Clan anymore. A woman should just stay at home obediently, wait to get married, and live off the family dividends."

"And if you dare to cause any more trouble, you won't even get that!"