In the room, Luo Yao stood up. "Ran, rest here for a while. I have something to take care of and will be back soon."
"Alright, go ahead. I'll wait here."
Luo Yao nodded and left the bedroom. When she reached the first floor, she saw Uncle Fu and Granny Wang each busy with their own tasks.
Uncle Fu was practicing Tai Chi, while Granny Wang was wiping the windows. Their gazes occasionally met.
Noticing Luo Yao coming downstairs, Uncle Fu quickly straightened up and asked, "Miss, the Luo family members have all been dealt with. Only Luo Wushuang remains, locked in the basement."
His meaning was clear—Luo Wushuang was, after all, Luo Yao's uncle by blood. It wouldn’t be appropriate for him to throw him into the crocodile pond.
"Mm, I’ll handle it alone."
Luo Yao left the villa and headed to the underground chamber alone.
The rest of the Luo family had already been dealt with, reduced to useless wrecks and sent to the secret training facility she had established.
Though not as bloody and dark as the Luo family’s former assessment grounds in the primal forest, it was undoubtedly professional and ruthless.
The rule there was survival of the fittest. Those who failed would end up as mere security guards in the company’s branches across various cities. Those who succeeded would become Lin Ran’s personal bodyguards.
As for the Luo family members there—they wouldn’t just idle away their days. They would wait for death.
(Since this is an urban daily-life genre, we’ll skip the gory details to avoid trouble.)
Soon, Luo Yao arrived at the blood-stained chamber and saw Luo Wushuang asleep in the cage, along with Bi Yaolian, who had been beaten to the brink of death by him.
"Uncle, you’ve finally fallen into my hands."
Before Luo Wushuang could respond, Bi Yaolian crawled to the edge of the cage, whimpering and begging for mercy.
Her voice box had long been discarded, leaving her unable to speak properly. All she could manage was incoherent babbling.
Luo Wushuang sneered. "Stop sniveling. That’s Luo Yao. If begging worked, do you think the others in the Luo family wouldn’t have tried?"
Bi Yaolan fell silent, tears streaming down her face.
She cried. She regretted. She knew it was over.
Had she distanced herself from Luo Wushuang earlier, she might have ended up like the other Luo family members—crippled but alive. Now, she faced certain death.
By now, Bi Yaolian understood—the illusory title of "matriarch" meant nothing in the face of life and death.
Leaning against the cage, Luo Wushuang remained calm. "Luo Yao, I’ve never understood—why did you destroy the Luo family like this? What good does it do you?"
He knew his fate was sealed, but he wanted to talk to Luo Yao before dying, at least to avoid an unclear end.
Now that victory was hers, Luo Yao was willing to indulge him for a few minutes.
Ran wouldn’t mind the delay, would he?
"You contenders for the family head position could never understand the suffering of the guardians. We endured so much, only to serve the family head—that was never fair. But that’s not why I tore the Luo family apart. The reason I became like this… was because of the karma you all sowed."
"Do you remember the day I first returned? I came back covered in years of scars, ready to leave the Luo family for good. You were the first to oppose me. Back then, you used chili water, thorny whips, electric shocks… How many people have the Luo family men tortured to death with these methods over the years? Enough to form a platoon, I’d wager."
"Do you know why I never broke? Because the pain I endured then was nothing compared to what I’d suffered all my life. No family, no friends—isn’t that the fate of people like us? Look how thoroughly I’ve embraced it now."
"Of course, that’s only part of it. I held grudges against the Luo family, but not hatred. I went this far for my man. I want to live with Ran without any worries, and all of you… were just obstacles in my way. Anyone who stands between me and Ran must die."
Luo Wushuang was stunned by her explanation. Even now, he couldn’t comprehend her reasoning.
Wasn’t power and wealth the most important thing?
If she wanted a man, she could have anyone. With her status, she could choose from billions of men worldwide.
"For the sake of one man, you destroyed your entire family? I don’t understand. I don’t agree. I don’t approve." Luo Wushuang delivered his nine-word verdict.
Luo Yao thought of Lin Ran’s smile. "My family isn’t destroyed. My family is just two people—me and Ran."
Luo Wushuang sighed, exhausted. There was no common ground between them.
Luo Yao: "I’ve said enough. Ran must be waiting impatiently. Now, let’s… say our final goodbyes."
As she finished, Bi Yaolian’s eyes widened, and she resumed her wordless sobbing.
Luo Wushuang sighed again. "One last question."
Luo Yao: "What’s inside the Luo family’s dragon vein… You’ll never know in this lifetime."
Leaving the crocodile pond, Luo Yao returned to the villa. She took a shower before meeting Lin Ran.
At that moment, Lin Ran was lying in bed reading the news, with Uncle Fu standing nearby, frowning.
"Ran, I’m back."
"Sweetheart, come here. Look at this."
Luo Yao climbed onto the bed, leaning against the headboard with Lin Ran as they scrolled through his phone.
A trending hashtag caught their attention—a verified post by a Huaxia Academy of Sciences expert.
[Hu Shuo (Huaxia Academy of Sciences Expert Panel): Everyone, I’ve uncovered something shocking. For public safety and social stability, I must speak out. The recent bidding for the Shanghai Tech City project was anything but fair. Luo Yao’s victory was orchestrated behind the scenes—by none other than Chen Buhui. As the chief expert of the Academy, she manipulated the panel’s votes. You might think someone of Chen Buhui’s stature wouldn’t do this, but consider this: Chen Buhui is a member of the Chen family. And Lin Ran? Also a Chen. Chen Buhui’s younger brother is Lin Ran’s grandfather. Need I say more? I’m making this accusation publicly…]
The post quickly went viral before being deleted.
But in this day and age, nothing truly disappears. Unless you never act, there will always be traces.
For a public figure to make such a statement ensured it would be screenshotted and spread.
Countless netizens reposted the screenshots, tagging Chen Buhui, Lin Ran, Luo Yao, Luo Corporation, and the official Huaxia Academy of Sciences account, demanding an explanation.
Lin Ran: "Yao, what do you plan to do?"
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.
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!
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.
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
