-071- The dust settles.
The next day, a car accident was reported in the Hong Kong media. Meanwhile, in Jingbei, Zhou Lin received a call from Yu Jingyang. Soon after, news spread across the internet that Zhou Dang, CEO of the Zhou Group, had died in a car accident. Several videos of the crash scene also circulated. Zhou Lin opened them to enjoy the sight: Zhou Dang, covered in blood, was carried on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. Yu Jingyang sent him the doctor's diagnosis, stating that although Zhou Dang had survived, he had lost consciousness and become a vegetable, with little to no chance of waking up. This was good news for Zhou Lin. He felt that keeping Zhou Dang half-dead, hanging by a thread, was more satisfying than killing him outright.
The Zhou family's successive misfortunes dealt a heavy blow to the already elderly Old Master Zhou, who was subsequently admitted to a nursing home. Polina was tied up taking care of Zhou Lihai and couldn't get away. The Zhou family could only send Zhou Lin to Hong Kong to bring Zhou Dang back. The very day Zhou Lin set off for Hong Kong, unprecedented turmoil erupted within the Zhou Group. Zhou Lihua attempted to seize power by calling a board meeting to succeed as chairman. However, at the board meeting, Zhou Liyun, the fourth child of the Zhou family—Zhou Dang's youngest aunt—made a grand entrance and openly vied for power with Zhou Lihua.
This news reached Zhou Dang through He Shen almost immediately. At last, the true mastermind behind Zhou Lin was revealed. In Hong Kong, the police, in coordination with the Yu family, arrested Zhou Lin as he exited the airport. After an all-night interrogation and with Yu Jingyang's testimony, they confirmed Zhou Liyun's crimes: intentional homicide. The Jingbei and Hong Kong police forces worked together on the case. Representing Junda Law Firm, Xuan Yang officially accepted the Zhou family's commission to pursue the case and hold the perpetrators accountable.
Zhou Dang wasn't idle either. After returning to Jingbei, he regained control of the company and stabilized the internal turmoil at the Zhou Group. He also held a press conference to publicly address the outside world's questions about the Zhou family, about his relationship with Xuan Yang, and even about Zhou Jing, who had been labeled an 'illegitimate son.' On the day of the press conference, Xuan Yang accompanied Zhou Dang as his wife. The couple appeared together again, sparking a frenzy online.
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