You should know that when someone takes things seriously, they’ve already lost.
Lin Ran might yearn for familial love, but after being hurt, he no longer dares to hope for it.
As for friendship—does Lin Ran have friends? Of course.
Wu Zhishang, Uncle Fu, even Little Black—they’re all his friends. They matter, but never as much as Luo Yao, nor as much as himself.
Luo Yao was overjoyed, her happiness radiating from within. "The way you protected me just now was so manly. I loved it… But next time, promise you’ll protect yourself first."
"No, I can’t do that. I won’t stand by and watch my Yao Yao get hurt. You’re my bottom line—no one touches you, or they’ll answer to me."
Luo Yao wrapped her arms around Lin Ran, admitting she was completely won over by his sweet words. She adored this feeling.
"Ah Ran, we need to get ready to return to the capital."
"Sure, I’ve had enough of this place anyway."
From the driver’s seat, Uncle Fu glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled like a doting parent, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Lin Ran sighed. They’d only been here about a week, yet every single day had been intense.
Physically, mentally, event-wise—everything had been explosive.
Chen Qingtian, still at the Lu Family estate, was picked up by a car sent by Uncle Fu, leaving only the security team and Liu Meng behind.
Liu Meng still had unfinished business, and the security team stayed to protect her—after all, with so many people around, it wasn’t safe for her alone.
At the same time, at the Huake Institute’s Shanghai branch, Chen Buhui listened to the voice on the phone, her expression darkening.
"You promised me Luo Corporation wouldn’t win the bid. Why did you go back on your word?"
She couldn’t hold back her accusation any longer.
"What could I do? It was a decision from above, and it seems someone from your own Chen Family was involved. Should I have let the project stall? And have you seen the news? Do you really not understand why Luo Corporation was chosen?"
"The news? What news?" Chen Buhui frowned in confusion.
"Just look it up yourself. It’s too complicated to explain."
After hanging up, Chen Buhui’s brows furrowed deeper.
"Liu, what’s the news today?"
"Liu?"
No one answered after several calls, and her expression turned even uglier.
"Young people these days have no respect. Don’t you know you should answer when your elder speaks?"
She turned to confront Liu, only to find her assistant staring at her phone in shock.
"Huh? Oh—yes, yes! It’s about the Lu Family… the Lu Family…"
"What about the Lu Family?!" Chen Buhui snatched the phone and froze.
A long silence followed.
"Luo Yao… what a ruthless woman. She’ll stop at nothing to get what she wants. This has to be her doing."
Assistant Liu frowned deeply, unable to understand Chen Buhui’s hostility toward Luo Yao.
Weren’t the Li and Wang Families exposed for their own crimes? How could Luo Yao be blamed for that?
At the same moment, the entire nation was bombarded with explosive headlines:
[Explosion at Lu Family Estate: 32 Dead, Over 100 Injured]
[Fire Breaks Out at Lu Family Estate]
[Lu Family Announces Strategic Partnership with Luo Corporation]
[South China Consortium Withdraws from Tech City Bid]
[Shanghai’s Three Great Families Become History]
The moment these stories broke, everyone from eighty-year-old grandmothers to toddlers heard about them.
Many even speculated that Luo Yao was behind it all.
Influencers and analysts weighed in, and their conclusions sent shockwaves across the country.
In just a few days, Luo Yao had uprooted the three families that had dominated Shanghai for generations.
The Li Family—now sewing uniforms in prison. The Wang Family—absorbed. The Lu Family—absorbed, but not without heavy losses.
Netizens who’d once received legal notices from Luo Yao suddenly felt lucky.
With power like hers, she could’ve crushed them—yet she’d spared them. What mercy!
Only a handful knew the truth, but it didn’t stop the rumors and wild theories.
In the car, Lin Ran and Luo Yao held each other tightly, savoring the relief of survival.
"Ah Ran, living really is wonderful."
"Of course it is. Life is the only thing that feels real."
After everything they’d been through, Luo Yao had gained a new perspective.
Some people long for life, others for love.
Some crave freedom, others—death.
Lin Ran’s phone rang. Seeing Chen Qingtian’s name, he frowned.
"What’s wrong?"
"Cousin, check the news. The internet isn’t being kind to your wife right now."
After hanging up, Lin Ran scrolled through his phone. Every video was about Luo Yao or the Lu Family.
If it wasn’t those, it was the Wang or Li Families.
The comments were a mixed bag:
[BlindHater]: Luo Yao is terrifying. She’ll do anything to get her way. I bet she’s behind all this—why hasn’t the government arrested her yet?
[BananaLover]: These headlines are insane. A poor guy like me shouldn’t be witnessing such brutal corporate warfare. Luo Yao is ruthless.
[JusticeSeeker]: What’s wrong with you people? The Li and Wang Families are guilty as sin. Even if Luo Yao was involved, they deserved it. And the Lu Family? The authorities haven’t even spoken—why are you panicking? Want another lawsuit?
Lin Ran sighed in relief. At least some netizens were rational.
"Yao Yao, you’ve really made an impression. Half the country is scared of you now."
"Ah Ran, you said you weren’t afraid of me."
Lin Ran paused. Her first concern was whether he’d be afraid?
"Of course I’m not. You’re adorable. They don’t know how amazing you are—just spouting nonsense. Sounds like they’ve got a death wish."
As they talked, the Huake Institute announced the bid results.
Unsurprisingly, Luo Corporation won.
The South China Consortium withdrew without hesitation.
With the three great families gone in days, who wouldn’t be scared?
The consortium was made up of multiple companies—individually, none stood a chance against Luo Yao.
Even together, they were no match.
Luo Yao didn’t even need to lift a finger—Liu Meng could handle them all.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
