Reverse Attack : From Poor Boy to Tyrant CEO

3:00 AM, Underground Archives

Lin Mo's fingerprint unsealed the hidden vault beneath Gu Changfeng's private library. The air reeked of acetic acid from cryogenically preserved film reels. Rows of liquid nitrogen cryochambers held biological samples of missing students—each vial labeled with Junyao Education's insignia and blood type codes. When he pried open Chamber 3 with his father's Zhonghua pencil, a frost-rimmed photograph slid out: twenty-year-old Gu Changfeng stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Lin Jianguo at a railway tunnel mouth, the latter clutching a "Safety Production Model Worker" banner.

"Your father taught me concrete mixing ratios."

The rasping voice made Lin Mo whirl. A wheelchair crunched over ice crystals. The shadowed elder wore a respirator, his neck scarred by centipede-like surgical sutures—Gu Zhenting, Junyao's reclusive founder. His biomechanical arm clutched Wang Xiulan's chemotherapy report: "Her kidney failure stems from plutonium-238 exposure. Those nuclear fuel rods from the tunnel collapse… your father took the blame for me."

The Bargain: Truth vs. Lies

Gu Zhenting activated a hologram from his armrest. 1998 surveillance footage flickered:

00:15: Gu's brother infiltrates the tunnel, replacing support beams with substandard materials.

02:47: Lin Jianguo discovers the defect, dialing emergency services.

03:12: Gu Zhenting personally disables communication towers.

05:30: Tunnel collapse. Lin Jianguo's corpse grips beam fragments glowing with radioactive cerulean.

"Changfeng's prosthetic wasn't from a car crash—it's necrotic tissue from radiation." The ventilator hissed. "Choose:"

He revealed hidden compartments:

Silver Drive: Evidence to imprison both Gu brothers for life.

Jade Vial: Sole antidote formula sustaining Wang Xiulan five years.

Predawn Transaction

Lin Mo inserted the drive—only for his mother's ICU feed to dominate the screen: Gu's brother's pistol pressed to her temple.

"Justice kills her instantly. The antidote requires destroying Changfeng." Gu Zhenting's cybernetic eye pulsed crimson. "Your father faced this choice. He saved my son."

Vents exploded. Gu Changfeng stormed in with hazmat teams. Lin Mo swallowed the jade vial and tossed the drive toward cryochambers. As liquid nitrogen geysered, Gu Zhenting's wheelchair cable snared his waist: "Survive! Your father's code lies in Tunnel Pillar Two!"

High Noon, Collapsed Tunnel

Kneeling in radioactive rubble, Lin Mo scraped concrete from Pillar Two. His father's radiation badge screamed warnings. Beneath grime emerged chalk scrawl:

"Bury injustice with my bones, but keep my son clear of Junyao's rot."

Dated Lin Jianguo's death, followed by plutonium fuel rod coordinates.

Dusk, Morgue Standoff

Gu's brother lay corpse-blue, cyanide glass clinging to lips. Gu Zhenting's wheelchair lurked in shadows: "The antidote was fake. Plutonium poisoning is incurable."

Lin Mo projected the coordinates onto the body bag: "Yet you need me to erase the fuel rods."

The elder coughed blood-laced laughter: "You've surpassed your father—ruthlessness without weakness."

Midnight, Final Mercy

Outside his mother's ICU, Lin Mo watched Gu's physician swap IV bags. His phone chimed with encrypted files:

Attachment 1: Wang Xiulan's euthanasia consent form, signature forged from Lin Jianguo's suicide note.

Attachment 2: Junyao CEO appointment contingent on "abandoning tunnel litigation."

As Lin Mo clicked confirm, the window reflected Gu Changfeng removing his prosthetic—revealing an intact arm: "Father always said: 'Patrons exist to be betrayed.'"

Critical Translation Notes:

Cultural Nuances

安全生产标兵 → Safety Production Model Worker (contextualized honorific)

中华铅笔 → Zhonghua pencil (brand authenticity)

Technical Accuracy

钚-238 → plutonium-238 (isotope specificity)

核燃料棒 → nuclear fuel rods (industry term)

Metaphor Preservation

"莫染君耀尘" → clear of Junyao's rot (moral contamination imagery)

轮椅钢索 → wheelchair cable (entrapment/redemption duality)

Legal/Jargon Precision

安乐死同意书 → euthanasia consent form

任命函 → appointment letter