139: An An

Inside the General Manager's office on the 23rd floor.

Chen Rui was buried in a document on her desk.

The reason she was still working so late was because her heart was restless, and she couldn't sleep.

As the General Manager of the Lu Corporation,

she held a high position, wielded great power, and enjoyed boundless prestige.

But who knew that behind all this glory, there was too much helplessness?

Ten years ago, in order to marry the man she had loved since childhood,

she chose to betray her adoptive father.

Although she later did marry Lu Ziming,

her life after marriage was not what she had imagined.

Lu Ziming only saw her as a tool to bring down her adoptive father.

His marriage to her was merely to establish a firm foothold within the group.

In ten years,

Lu Ziming had completely taken control of the Lu Corporation.

His nominal wife had become expendable.

When she learned today that Lu Ziming had gone abroad on a business trip with his female secretary,

her heart ached immensely.

He had finally made his choice.

Everyone in the entire group knew that Lu Ziming's female secretary was nothing more than his mistress.

Now, he no longer even tried to hide it from her.

The more Chen Rui thought about it, the more agitated she became.

She held the document in her hand, staring at it for a long time, but not a single word registered.

Just then, the office door was roughly pushed open.

Chen Rui was already extremely agitated, and seeing someone dare to enter without knocking,

the anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed.

She angrily reprimanded, "Who is so ill-mannered? Don't you know to knock before entering?"

As her words left her mouth, a person in a security uniform, looking somewhat timid, walked in.

Chen Rui frowned.

The 23rd floor was the executive office floor.

Only high-level company executives could come up here.

There was only one security guard's duty room at the end of the corridor.

She had seen that security guard before.

It was not the security guard in front of her.

Chen Rui said displeased, "Which floor's security guard are you? What are you doing here?"

The security guard lowered his head and stammered, "General Manager, someone wants to see you. He wants to find the Chairman."

Upon hearing this, Chen Rui's face became even more unpleasant.

What she hated most now was hearing anything about Lu Ziming.

She said with a frosty tone, "You're fired. You don't need to come to work tomorrow."

"I don't want to see the person you mentioned either."

"Get out now and close the door behind you."

After Chen Rui finished speaking, she ignored the security guard.

She lowered her head, pretending to continue looking at the document.

However, after a few seconds, she didn't hear the sound of the door closing.

She looked up and found the security guard still standing in place.

She said with a look of disgust, "Didn't you hear what I said?"

The security guard seemed to have lost his temper as well.

Seeing that his life was already forfeit, he still had to endure this woman's anger.

Losing his job now was a minor matter; saving his life was the major one.

He didn't know where he got the courage.

He hysterically shouted, "You old woman, you deserve to be cheated on!"

"Do you have menopause syndrome?"

"Someone wants to see you, and you don't even meet them before ordering them out."

After the security guard finished speaking, he ignored the stunned and disbelieving Chen Rui.

He smiled fawningly at the doorway and said, "Big Brother, this person is Lu Ziming's wife. She definitely knows where Lu Ziming is."

The security guard thought his performance was perfect.

To his surprise, Lin Mu raised an eyebrow.

With an inadvertent wave of his hand, the security guard's head fell directly to the ground.

His headless body collapsed weakly in place.

Lin Mu didn't even glance at the security guard on the ground.

He stepped over the security guard's corpse and slowly walked into the office.

Chen Rui, sitting at her desk, was also startled by this scene and screamed.

Although she was angry that the security guard dared to speak to her like that,

when she saw him die so miserably before her eyes, only endless fear remained in her heart.

She looked in terror at the person who had killed the security guard.

When she clearly saw Lin Mu's face,

she let out another shriek.

"Adoptive... Adoptive Father!?"

This shriek was even sharper than the previous one.

She stumbled backward repeatedly.

She didn't stop until she reached the floor-to-ceiling window behind her, leaning against the glass.

Her voice trembling, she asked, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

"You can't be my adoptive father. Who exactly are you?"

Lin Mu looked at Chen Rui in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment.

He said in a deep voice, "I painstakingly nurtured you for 20 years, and this is how you repay me?"

Chen Rui looked at the person in front of her, who looked exactly like her adoptive father in his youth.

Even though Lin Mu was wearing ancient clothing and had long hair tied up,

she recognized at a glance that this was her adoptive father's face when he was young.

Once upon a time, her adoptive father had always been her admired idol.

Her heart was filled with his image.

Until the appearance of that boy.

Now, someone with her adoptive father's face appeared before her.

Chen Rui's mind raced, considering all possibilities.

Hearing Lin Mu speak like that, Chen Rui calmed down a little.

Her tone regained some composure.

She sneered disdainfully, "Lu Ziming really went to great lengths to get rid of me."

"To actually find an actor like you."

"But his plan will fail. You killed someone in front of me, and I already triggered the alarm."

"Security guards from all floors will arrive within a minute."

"The police station is right next to the building, so the police will arrive very soon too."

"I advise you to run for your life now."

Although Chen Rui's words contained some exaggeration,

they weren't entirely baseless.

She had indeed triggered the alarm in her panic just now.

With the Lu Corporation's security training, someone would arrive in a few minutes at most.

Lin Mu said dismissively, "The last of the security guards you speak of is already lying there."

On his way here, Lin Mu had already dealt with everyone on the floor.

It could be said that the Lu Corporation had now become a living hell.

In the entire building, the only people left alive were Lin Mu and Chen Rui.

Although Lin Mu was telling the truth,

Chen Rui disbelievingly said, "There are no fewer than dozens of security guards on duty in the entire building. Can you kill them all by yourself?"

Lin Mu didn't want to answer her boring question.

He said calmly, "An An, your father is no longer who he once was. The current me is omnipotent."

"You understand my purpose for coming without me needing to say more."

Upon hearing the address "An An," Chen Rui could no longer hold back.

This address, before Lu Ziming arrived, was known only to her adoptive father.

It was only in private between the two of them that Lin Mu would call her that.

Lu Ziming didn't even know she had such a nickname.

Her tears flowed like a breached dam.

She could no longer control them.

Her sobs were filled with endless regret.

She cried and kept saying, "I'm sorry, Father."

"I'm sorry..."

Chen Rui's voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible.

She collapsed weakly to the ground.

Seeing this, Lin Mu slowly walked forward.

He stroked Chen Rui's hair, just as he had when she was a child.

Chen Rui also felt the warmth of Lin Mu's palm.

This caress seemed to transport her back to her childhood.

She was still that carefree little princess.

However, Lin Mu's cold words instantly brought her back to reality.

"An An, if there's a next life, I hope you don't choose the wrong person."

After Lin Mu finished speaking, a divine power suddenly entered Chen Rui's mind from his palm.

Immediately, Chen Rui was like a person struck by lightning, becoming completely dazed.

Lin Mu's consciousness instantly read all the memories in Chen Rui's mind.

Looking at the now dazed Chen Rui, Lin Mu sighed.

"Dying like this is also a release for you."

After Lin Mu finished speaking, with a grab and a pull of his hand, Chen Rui entered Lin Mu's World in the Palm.

From then on, Chen Rui no longer existed in this world.