Chapter 242: Settling Old Scores, Divergent Paths

The storm had passed, leaving behind a city washed clean under the pale morning light. But for some, the reckoning had just begun. The black sedan moved silently through the opulent, tree-lined streets of the city's most exclusive district before pulling up to the gates of the Lin family's ancestral home. The mansion, once a symbol of their unassailable status, now looked like a ghost of its former self. The usually immaculate gardens were overgrown, and a palpable air of decay hung over the...