Resumo do episódio 20 de Return of the Queen
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Mo, Lu Changdong's assistant, remained silent as Lu Siyu vehemently demanded answers. Realizing he was being taken back to Cloud Manor, Lu Siyu grew suspicious, understanding that something significant must have happened for Cloud Manor to be snatched from Ye Haimeng again. Upon arrival, he confronted Lu Changdong, who revealed that Lu Sinan's will bequeathed all marital assets and shares of Mare Nubium to Lu Siyu, making him the largest controlling shareholder of Mare Nubium Hotel Group.
To ensure everything went according to plan, Lu Changdong ordered that Lu Siyu be kept under strict surveillance and prevented from meeting anyone until the will took legal effect. Lu Siyu defied his father, refusing to be confined or used as a pawn in the fight for Mare Nubium. He declared his desire to be with Ye Haimeng, further enraging Lu Changdong.
The father dismissed Ye Haimeng as Lu Sinan's wife, but Lu Siyu retorted that she was a victim of a conspiratorial marriage. He accused the Lu family of never wanting Ye Haimeng herself, but rather her status as the Ye family's sole heir and the immense wealth behind her family, stating they had plotted for her money and life.
He recalled Ye Haimeng once telling him the world was evil, and he now saw his own family blinded by greed, committing heinous acts while cloaking their dirty desires. Lu Siyu expressed shame for his family and for being Lu Changdong's son, proclaiming he would rather die than collude with them to harm Ye Haimeng. Enraged, Lu Changdong struck his son three times and ordered Chen Mo to lock Lu Siyu in the Cloud Manor basement.
Chen Mo later reported to Lu Changdong that Lu Siyu's room was secured. Lu Changdong acknowledged Ye Haimeng's cunning in swaying both his sons, and Chen Mo explained how Lu Sinan had cleverly circumvented their plans for his will by designating Lu Siyu as his heir and explicitly excluding Changlu Capital.
Lu Changdong then instructed Chen Mo to prepare the board for a public meeting, notify their Middle Eastern investors to ready their funds as their desired assets were within reach, and ensure Lu Siyu remained completely isolated from the outside world. He concluded by stating he was waiting for Ye Haimeng to come to him personally. Meanwhile, Ye Haimeng, along with Tan Xin and Guan Jie, returned to Haijiang.
Ye Haimeng returned to her penthouse, feeling a sense of loss as Ling Ke was not there and she had no one to consult with. Tan Xin updated her on the chaotic state of Mare Nubium: the Lu family had used Lu Sinan's notarized will to claim Cloud Manor as Lu Sinan's inheritance and had reintegrated Lu Siyue and Jiang Lin onto the board.
Mare Nubium's shareholders were now split into three factions—pro-Lu family, pro-Ye Haimeng, and a neutral group—leaving the company in disorder. Ye Haimeng noted that Ling Ke’s absence allowed Lu Siyue and Jiang Lin to act so brazenly. She confided that she knew what Ling Ke was doing, but believed Ling Ke was also in a precarious situation. Ye Haimeng decided against confronting the Lu family directly for Lu Siyu or Mare Nubium, as it could cause more harm.
Her strategy was to first stabilize internal order at Mare Nubium, reassure the branch offices, and find a powerful bargaining chip to negotiate Lu Siyu's release before the Mare Nubium board meeting. Alone in her penthouse, Ye Haimeng committed to breaking the Lu family's scheme and saving both Lu Siyu and Mare Nubium. Elsewhere, Ye Yuezhi, having heard rumors about Ling Ke being Zhang Yujie's daughter, intended to investigate and eliminate any potential threats.
His associate suggested Ling Ke might not be as formidable as Ye Yuezhi thought, given the turmoil at Mare Nubium. However, Ye Yuezhi warned against underestimating Ling Ke and also expressed distrust of Ye Bochen, advising his associate to keep a close eye on their adopted son, whom he believed was too close to Ling Ke.
While on the phone with his mother, who asked him to come home or bring his friend, Ye Bochen cryptically stated he was with a friend and it wasn't convenient. Later, Ye Bochen urged Ling Ke to stop her investigation into Mare Nubium's past, fearing for her safety, but Ling Ke refused, detailing her methods to trace fund leakages.
Ye Bochen then revealed that Ling Ke’s mother was Zhang Yujie, Mare Nubium's former CFO, who was imprisoned for embezzlement and financial fraud. Ling Ke vehemently denied this, asserting that Zhang Yujie had taken the fall for the Ye family.
She accused Ye Yuezhi, Mare Nubium's former Financial Vice President, of having forced her mother to collude in his crimes—stealing company secrets and huge sums of money, altering accounts, evading taxes, and transferring vast sums overseas—then threatening Ling Ke, who was studying abroad, to force Zhang Yujie to take all the blame.
Ling Ke recounted how her mother, after only two years in prison, suffered a severe fall, leading to brain death and five years as a living corpse on medical parole. She cursed the Ye family as "man-eating devils" and vowed to uncover all the evidence of their framing her mother and expose the truth. When Ye Yuezhi appeared at the sanatorium where Zhang Yujie was being held, Ling Ke prevented a nurse from injecting her unconscious mother.
Ye Yuezhi mocked Ling Ke, confirming her identity as Zhang Yujie’s daughter, and threatened to call the police. Ling Ke dared him to do so, then reiterated his past crimes in vivid detail. Ye Yuezhi, visibly shaken, denied everything, claiming Ling Ke had no proof, and contemptuously told her and her "living corpse" mother to wait for his retaliation. Ling Ke unflinchingly accepted the challenge. As Ye Yuezhi left, Ye Bochen saw him from a distance.
Back in her penthouse, Ye Haimeng continued her investigation, finding no immediate flaws in the current situation, deciding she could investigate on her own without Ling Ke. She discovered an old overseas land purchase contract with Changlu's seal, indicating that both Mare Nubium and Changlu Capital had been involved in the deal four years prior. Her father, Ye Mingzhi, had rejected it, yet the proposal was brought before the board three more times.
This made her realize that someone must have desperately wanted Mare Nubium to acquire that land, or stood to gain significantly from the transaction, pointing towards Changlu Group. She then contacted a long-time friend via phone, explaining the details of the four-year-old land deal in West Asia, which was facilitated by Changlu Group and eventually bought by a vaguely defined "West Asian Group" but remained undeveloped.
Ye Haimeng asked her friend to conduct a thorough international investment investigation, scrutinizing the investment backgrounds and ownership structures of both the buyer and seller to uncover the true orchestrator of the deal. Her friend agreed, and his wife, who overheard the conversation, shrewdly advised Ye Haimeng that if Changlu was so eager to push the deal, it would be their biggest leverage, making it the perfect bargaining chip. Ye Haimeng acknowledged the insight and thanked them.
Later, Ye Haimeng arrived at Cloud Manor. Lu Changdong, already waiting, remarked that she was late and that he had been waiting for a long time. Ye Haimeng stated her preference for unpredictability. Lu Changdong, noting her resemblance to her father, asked what she wanted. Ye Haimeng looked him directly in the eye and demanded, "Give Lu Siyu back to me."
