YAN GROUP ARCHIVE BUILDING – NIGHT
The wind howls across the city. Underneath the cover of darkness, Yan Yan and Lu Zhiyu step out of a black car. The building before them looms high and silent,the private archives of the Yan family.
LU ZHIYU
This is where they buried every secret they didn’t want the world to see.
YAN YAN
Then let’s dig them up.
He swipes a card through the security scanner. The lock clicks open. They slip inside.
ARCHIVE ROOM – NIGHT
Rows of old documents, flickering fluorescent lights. Dust dances in the air. Yan Yan runs her fingers across the boxes labeled “PROJECT DAWN,FAMILY RECORDS,ORPHANAGE FUND.
YAN YAN
The orphanage. the fire… it’s all tied to them isn’t it?
LU ZHIYU quietly
Yes. But I need you to be ready for what you’ll find.
She shoots him a sharp look.
YAN YAN
I stopped being afraid the moment I woke up in this body.
They reach the last cabinet. Lu Zhiyu hands her a flashlight. Yan Yan opens a drawer old photos, burnt documents, and a familiar logo:
YAN FAMILY FOUNDATION.INSERT: A document marked
EXPERIMENTAL GENE PROJECT: DONOR KIDNEY MATCH PROGRAM.
YAN YAN reading, voice trembling
This program will provide genetic material to strengthen the Yan bloodline.
What is this…?
LU ZHIYU
It was a secret program your father approved thirteen years ago. The orphanage was their testing ground. they used children to find organ matches for your aunt, Yan Lihua.
YAN YAN horrified
Those children… the ones who died in the fire…
LU ZHIYU
They weren’t victims of an accident. They were evidence erased in flames.
She steps back, breathing fast, hands shaking. Her voice breaks.
YAN YAN
And I… I was one of them.
Lu Zhiyu nods slowly. He looks at her with quiet sorrow.
LU ZHIYU
You were the only survivor. You weren’t born a Yan.you were chosen. Adopted for your rare blood type.
YAN YAN whispers
A donor. That’s all I was to them.
FLASHBACK – THE FIRE (THIRTEEN YEARS AGO)
Children cry as smoke fills the orphanage. A man’s silhouette. cold, powerful.orders his men to burn everything. In the distance, a little girl screams for help.
YOUNG YAN YAN V.O.
Father, why?
The man turns briefly his face revealed under the light.
IT’S YAN ZHEN.
BACK TO PRESENT – ARCHIVE ROOM
Yan Yan stumbles back, disbelief flooding her face.
YAN YAN
My own father… lit the fire?
LU ZHIYU
To cover his crimes. He believed no one would ever find out.
Her jaw tightens, tears welling. but she refuses to let them fall.
YAN YAN
All this time, I thought I was lost and found. But I was never lost. just used.
LU ZHIYU softly
Now you understand why you had to be reborn. To finish what the fire couldn’t erase.
She clenches her fists.
YAN YAN
Then I’ll burn everything he built not with fire, but with truth.
YAN GROUP OFFICE – THE NEXT DAY
Yan Yan walks into the corporate lobby, calm and composed. The employees whisper she’s no longer the quiet missing daughter. Her eyes now hold something untamed.
RECEPTIONIST
Miss Yan, your father isn’t in today.
YAN YAN smiling faintly
Good. Then no one will stop me from going where I need to.
She takes the elevator to the top floor.
EXECUTIVE FLOOR – PRIVATE OFFICE
She enters her father’s private study. Inside, portraits of family legacy hang proudly on the walls all lies. She walks to his desk, pulls open the drawer, and finds a photo: her younger self between Yan Zhen and Lin Mei, smiling. The frame cracks under her grip.
YAN YAN V.O.
They pretended to love me, all while feeding on my blood.But love built on lies… is nothing but poison.
She places the photo face-down and slips a flash drive into his computer. Files copy silently. proof of his crimes.
ROOFTOP – NIGHT
Later, Yan Yan stands on the rooftop overlooking the glowing city. Lu Zhiyu joins her. She hands him the flash drive.
YAN YAN
Proof. Records. Everything.
LU ZHIYU
You’re not hesitating.
YAN YAN
No. I’m remembering.
The wind blows her hair across her face. She looks fierce, yet calm.
YAN YAN
He took away my childhood. I’ll take away his name.
LU ZHIYU
Then the real war begins.
They exchange a look cold determination burning between them.
SECRET ROOM – SAME NIGHT
Lu Zhiyu connects the flash drive to his laptop. His assistant, Shen, frowns at the screen.
SHEN
There’s more here than just the orphanage records… look confidential transactions, overseas accounts.
Lu Zhiyu freezes when a familiar name appears:
ZHENG INVESTMENTS — LU GROUP.”
LU ZHIYU V.O. whisper, shocked
My father’s name.
SHEN
Sir, your father… he worked with Yan Zhen?
LU ZHIYU quietly
He didn’t just work with him. He helped start the project.
He leans back, eyes dark with realization.
LU ZHIYU V.O.
So that’s the truth… I didn’t just save her. I was part of the reason she almost died.
YAN MANSION – SAME NIGHT
Yan Yan returns home, unaware. She pauses at the door, looking up at the mansion. calm, but something heavy lingers in the air.
YAN YAN V.O.
The truth burned once.
But this time, I’ll be the flame.
She enters, leaving the night behind her.
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