THE REAL PROTEGE

#R18#MatureContent#CEO#Action#Romance#Cultivation#Mafia#Mystery#ImmortalsInaworldthatbelievesancientpowerisonlymyth,onewomanstandswherefewdare—withstrengthseen,unseen,andbeyondunderstanding.Brilliant,composed,andfiercelystrategic,LingLihasmasteredtheartofsurvivalatthehighestlevelofmodernsociety.Astheworld’selitewagewarsinboardroomsandbackrooms,shenavigatesbetrayal,corporatesabotage,andpoliticalmanipulationwithruthlesspoise.Butbehindhergracefuldemeanorliesadeepertruth—hereverymoveisshadowedbydeadlysecretsandapastcarvedinblood.Whenthreatsbegintospiral—notonlyagainstherbutalsoagainstherfamily—LingLimustrisethroughbetrayalscloakedinsmilesandbattlesmaskedasabusiness.Somewanthersilenced.Somewantherbroken.Butnonerealizethatthepowertheyfearisn’thersalone.Becauseintheunderworldofwhisperednamesandvanishedenemies,onefigurereignsaboveall—Otako.Elusive.Unyielding.Aforcewhosepresencealonebendstherulesofpower.NooneknowswhoOtakotrulyis.Butonethingiscertain:WhereOtakowalks,silencefollows.AndwhereLingListands,empireseitherrise…orfall.BesideLingLialsostandsChuYan—abrilliant,unshakablyloyalpartner,unawareofjusthowmanysecretssurroundthewomanheloves.Butwhendangeredgesclosertotheirfamilyandshadowsbegintostretchtoofar,themaskofcontrolmaybeallthatstandsbetweensurvivalandcollapse.Powerwearsmanyfaces.AndLingLihasmasteredthemall.Shecontrolsthechessboard.Butevenmasterscanbleed.THISISANORIGINALWORKOFTHEAUTHOREXCLUSIVEFORWEBNOVELONLY.PLEASEDONOTCOPYORSHARETOOTHERNOVELPLATFORMS.Thisbookisaworkoffiction.Names,places,andincidentsareeithertheproductoftheauthor’simaginationorareusedfictitiously.Anyresemblancetopersons,livingordead,events,orlocalesisentirelycoincidental.