Intercept the Savior

At ten o'clock the next morning.

The Shen family villa.

Lin Ruobing's car pulled up to the entrance right on time.

Today, she wore a navy blue business suit, her hair tied in a neat, professional ponytail. Her makeup was light, but it couldn't hide the dark circles under her eyes.

She hadn't slept a wink last night.

Bad news regarding Lin's Logistics had flown in like a blizzard. She had stayed in her office until four in the morning, only managing to catch a two-hour nap.

Even so, she had woken up half an hour early to make sure she looked presentable and put-together.

She was here to ask for help.

But she didn't want anyone to see her in a sorry state.

The butler led her into the living room.

The living room was decorated in a simple yet elegant style. Tea had already been brewed, accompanied by several plates of delicate pastries.

Su Qingxue walked down from upstairs, smiling as she greeted Lin Ruobing.

"President Lin, please have a seat. Shen Fei will be right down."

Lin Ruobing glanced at Su Qingxue.

Of course, she knew Su Qingxue.

Jinling's iceberg female CEO. The recent drama of her breaking off her engagement with Shen Fei and then getting back together with him was known to everyone in their circles.

At this moment, Su Qingxue was wearing a beige loungewear dress, her long hair draped over her shoulders. She looked much softer, completely different from the resolute and fierce iron lady in the business world.

She looked as though she had been living in Shen Fei's house for a long time.

Very natural.

Very relaxed.

A thought flashed through Lin Ruobing's mind, but she immediately suppressed it.

She wasn't here to observe other people's love lives.

She was here to save her company.

Su Qingxue poured a cup of tea, handed it to her, and then quietly stepped aside.

She didn't interrupt or ask any questions.

A perfect sense of boundaries.

Lin Ruobing picked up the teacup. Before she could take a sip, footsteps came from the stairs.

Shen Fei walked down.

A white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms, paired with dark casual trousers.

His walking pace was unhurried.

But the atmosphere of the entire living room shifted the moment he appeared.

It was hard to say exactly what had changed.

The air seemed a bit heavier, the temperature a bit colder.

An invisible sense of oppression spread out.

It wasn't intentional.

It was something innate to this man.

Lin Ruobing was someone who had seen her fair share of grand occasions.

She had experienced the cutthroat battles at business negotiation tables countless times.

But at this moment, she realized that facing Shen Fei, her heartbeat involuntarily sped up a half-beat.

It wasn't nervousness.

It was an instinctive sense of taking him seriously.

Like a hunter on the hunting grounds suddenly sensing the presence of an apex predator of the same caliber.

"President Lin, sorry to keep you waiting."

Shen Fei sat down opposite her, picked up a teacup, and took a sip.

"Not at all, I just arrived as well."

Lin Ruobing put down her teacup and straightened her back.

She wasn't here for small talk.

Time was tight. With every passing hour, Lin's Logistics' situation worsened.

"President Shen, I'll get straight to the point."

Lin Ruobing looked into Shen Fei's eyes, her voice steady.

"Lin's Logistics is currently facing a severe operational crisis. Our core routes have been snatched by Yuanhang Logistics, our old clients are collectively terminating their contracts, and our capital chain is on the verge of breaking."

"I've looked into Yuanhang Logistics' background. On the surface, it's just a small company, but over the past half-month, it has suddenly received massive capital injections, specifically targeting Lin's core business with malicious competition."

"There must be someone pulling the strings behind the scenes. But I can't find out who it is."

"I've begged everyone I could in the Jinling business world, but no one dares to help."

She paused here for a moment.

"I came to you today, President Shen, not to beg for charity. I want to talk about a partnership. As long as the Shen family is willing to step in, the Lin family can offer thirty percent of the equity in our logistics sector in exchange."

Thirty percent.

Lin's Logistics was Lin Ruobing's lifeblood.

Giving up thirty percent of the equity was like cutting off a massive piece of her own flesh.

But she had no other choice.

After listening, Shen Fei put down his teacup.

He wasn't in a hurry to respond to Lin Ruobing's terms.

Instead, he asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"President Lin, have you ever thought about why Yuanhang Logistics is coming after you?"

Lin Ruobing was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, is the true goal of the person behind Yuanhang Logistics really to bankrupt Lin's Logistics?"

Lin Ruobing frowned.

"President Shen, you mean..."

"If someone spends billions to ruin a logistics company, what are they after? No matter how valuable Lin's Logistics is, it's only a multi-billion scale business. They are losing money to steal your clients, ending up with mutual destruction. What good does that do them?"

Shen Fei didn't speak fast, but every word accurately hit the exact point that Lin Ruobing hadn't been able to figure out.

Indeed.

Yuanhang Logistics' tactics completely defied business logic.

Losing money to steal clients, even if they squeezed the Lin family to death, Yuanhang itself wouldn't make any money.

This kind of mutually assured destruction tactic meant that the person behind it didn't care about making a profit at all.

What they cared about was something else.

"Don't you think this looks more like a performance?"

Shen Fei looked at Lin Ruobing.

"First, they push you to a dead end. Then, when you are at your most desperate, someone steps forward and, with a single word, makes Yuanhang Logistics fall to its knees and beg for mercy."

"That person would be your savior."

"And you, out of gratitude and shock, would completely change your view of him."

Lin Ruobing's pupils suddenly shrank!

Shen Fei's words were like a scalpel, precisely cutting open the most hidden core of this matter!

Directing and acting in their own play!

Someone deliberately created a crisis, and then prepared to make an entrance as the savior!

Who would do such a thing?

Who had the motive to do this?

Who cared about Lin Ruobing's change of view toward them?

A name flashed through Lin Ruobing's mind.

But she didn't dare to think it.

Nor did she want to think it.

Because that answer was too absurd.

Too cruel.

"President Shen, do you know something?"

Lin Ruobing's voice grew slightly tense.

Shen Fei looked at her and didn't answer directly.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number.

The speakerphone was on.

The call was answered after just one ring.

"Young Master Shen! What are your orders!"

The voice on the other end was respectful to the bone.

Shen Fei never had to introduce himself when making calls in Jinling.

Because his number was saved in the phones of every important figure, labeled as Highest Priority.

"Which bank does Yuanhang Logistics use for its financial channels in Jinling?"

The other end of the line fell silent for a second.

"Please wait a moment, Young Master Shen, let me check... Yuanhang Logistics' main account is opened at Jinling Commercial Bank, and there are six sub-accounts distributed across three banks. All three of these banks are affiliated enterprises of our Shen family."

Lin Ruobing's fingers tightened!

The Shen family's affiliated banks!

The money Yuanhang Logistics was using to suppress the Lin family was flowing through the financial channels on the Shen family's turf!

"Freeze all of Yuanhang Logistics' associated accounts."

Shen Fei's voice was as flat as if he were remarking that the weather was nice today.

"The reason?" the person on the phone asked.

"Suspicious influx of funds, suspected money laundering. Have the compliance department issue a report."

"Understood! Young Master Shen, how soon do you need this done?"

"Now."

"Yes, sir!"

The call disconnected.

Lin Ruobing sat on the sofa, completely dumbfounded.

One phone call.

One sentence.

The problem that had plagued her for half a month, made her so anxious she couldn't sleep at night, and remained unsolved even after she made twelve phone calls begging everyone she knew...

Shen Fei ended it with a single phone call.

He didn't help her come up with an idea.

He didn't help her pull strings.

Instead, he directly cut off Yuanhang Logistics' lifeline at the source!

Accounts frozen!

Once Yuanhang Logistics' funds were frozen, they would lose the ability to continue burning money to steal customers.

Without money, the customers who had been lured away by low prices would naturally return.

Because Yuanhang Logistics' low prices were inherently unsustainable. Once their blood supply was cut off, they wouldn't even be able to maintain normal operations!

Lin Ruobing had been in the logistics business for six years; she knew all too well what this meant.

Yuanhang Logistics was finished.

Half a month of relentless besiegement was resolved with a single phone call.

And the entire process took less than thirty seconds.

Lin Ruobing looked at the man sitting opposite her, holding a teacup with an indifferent expression, while a tempest raged in her heart!

This was the power of the Shen family!

This was the method of the Crown Prince of Jinling!

He hadn't even stood up, raised his voice, or made any unnecessary movements.

He just sat on the sofa and made a call.

And then everything was solved.

Those people she had begged all around, who hadn't dared to help, didn't even qualify to be considered in front of Shen Fei.

Because he didn't need to beg anyone at all.

He himself was the rule.

"President Shen..."

Lin Ruobing opened her mouth, finding her voice a little hoarse.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Shen Fei put down his teacup.

"There's no need to discuss the equity. I don't lack that thirty percent."

Lin Ruobing was stunned again.

He didn't want the equity?

Then what was he after?

"President Shen, you've done the Lin family such a huge favor, I can't just offer nothing in return."

"You said earlier that you wanted to discuss cooperation."

Shen Fei looked at her.

"Then let's cooperate. The Shen Group's logistics division in East China has always been looking for a reliable partner. Lin's Logistics' reputation and route resources perfectly meet our requirements."

"Normal business cooperation, fair profit distribution. No need to yield any equity."

Lin Ruobing stared blankly at Shen Fei.

When she came, she was prepared to cut her own flesh.

Prepared to bow her head and beg.

Prepared to pay a massive price.

But not only did Shen Fei help her solve the problem, he didn't even take advantage of her misfortune.

What he offered was equal business cooperation.

Not charity.

Not a transaction.

It was respect.

Lin Ruobing had been in business for six years, having been scammed, deceived, and schemed against by countless people.

But the feeling of truly being respected was something she rarely experienced.

At this moment, this feeling surged up violently, like a warm current rushing into her chest that had been frozen solid by the bitter winter.

Her nose suddenly felt a bit sour.

But she held it back.

She was Lin Ruobing.

She couldn't cry in front of Shen Fei.

"Alright. I'll have the legal department follow up on the cooperation as soon as possible."

Lin Ruobing stood up and extended her hand to Shen Fei.

Shen Fei stood up and shook it.

Lin Ruobing's hand was very cold.

But the moment they shook hands, she felt the warmth radiating from Shen Fei's palm.

Dry, powerful, and steady.

Like a rock warmed by the sun.

Her fingers unconsciously lingered for half a second longer.

Then she quickly withdrew them.

"I'll be going back now."

Lin Ruobing picked up her bag and walked briskly toward the door.

Her walking posture was different from when she arrived.

When she came, it was a forced dignity.

As she left, it was true relaxation.

It was as if the giant mountain that had been pressing on her shoulders for half a month had suddenly vanished.

Shen Fei stood in the living room, watching her retreating figure.

Su Qingxue walked out from the corner of the stairs, glanced in the direction Lin Ruobing had disappeared, and then looked at Shen Fei.

"Resolved?"

"Yes."

"That Yuanhang Logistics?"

"They will go into bankruptcy liquidation by the end of today."

Su Qingxue nodded and didn't ask further.

She walked to the coffee table and cleared away the teacup Lin Ruobing had used.

As she passed by Shen Fei, she said softly.

"The way she looks at you has changed."

Shen Fei didn't reply.

Su Qingxue didn't continue either.

She carried the teacup into the kitchen.

Shen Fei stood alone in the living room and looked down at the system panel.

[Host has successfully intercepted the Child of Fortune's "Hero Saving the Beauty" script!]

[Lin Ruobing's favorability toward the Host has greatly increased!]

[Lin Ruobing's favorability toward the Host: 22 to 48 (Gratitude + Shock + Trust)]

[Lin Ruobing's favorability toward Lin Tian continues to decrease: 31 to 25]

[Fortune Plunder activated!]

[Lin Tian's Fortune Value: -800]

[Current Lin Tian Fortune Value: 15400 to 14600]

14600.

The first strike had landed.

Not deep.

But enough to make the Dragon King bleed.

Shen Fei closed the panel and walked toward the study.

He still had one more thing to do.

Not only did he have to intercept Lin Tian's hero role, but he also had to let Lin Tian know that his script had been changed by someone else.

To let him see that everything he had meticulously planned had turned into a joke.

To let him taste the bitterness of three years of endurance falling short at the final hurdle.

That feeling hurt more than any fist.

Shen Fei sat in the study and picked up his phone.

He sent a message to Ling Shuang.

[After Yuanhang Logistics' accounts are frozen, Lin Tian will quickly realize something went wrong. Keep a close eye on his reaction. I need to know his every next move.]

[Yes, Young Master.]

Shen Fei put down his phone.

He picked up the bowl of lotus seed soup that Su Qingxue had just left on the desk and took a sip.

It was still warm.

Still sweet.

The sunlight outside the window was just right.

The first strike in hunting the dragon had already landed.

Next, it was up to the Dragon King to see how he would take it.