Gu Lingfei!
A distant cousin of mine, though the blood relation is so thin it’s practically negligible.
She’s probably a destined female protagonist, given the "beautiful CEO" trope... you know how it goes.
"Shh... someone’s calling."
Jiang Che gestured to Yu Wan'er to keep quiet.
Then he answered the phone.
"Xiao Che, why did it take you so long to answer?"
The voice on the other end carried a hint of reproach.
"Feifei, what’s up?"
"Oh... didn’t your parents mention it? I’ve returned to the country. Can you pick me up from the airport?"
Jiang Che chuckled. You think I’ll just drop everything and go pick you up in the middle of the night?
Who do you think you are?
"Sorry, Feifei, I’m at home sleeping. How about this... I’ll send someone to pick you up."
Gu Lingfei fell silent for a moment, then teased, "What’s going on, Xiao Che? Don’t tell me you’ve got a girlfriend now and forgotten about your old sister?"
You have to admit, a woman’s intuition can be scarily accurate.
"Alright, alright, I’ll just take a cab. But I don’t have a place to stay... can you tidy up that room at the Jiang Family house for me?"
Gu Lingfei’s words left Jiang Che speechless. He glanced down at Yu Wan'er beside him.
Well... this is awkward.
"But Feifei, don’t take a cab. I’ll send a driver to pick you up."
Gu Lingfei was likely a destined female protagonist—just returned to the country + taking a cab alone—buff stacked to the max. There’s no telling if some "chosen one" might pop up.
Jiang Che had to prevent that possibility at all costs!
"Fine, I’ll leave it to you."
After hanging up, Yu Wan'er looked at Jiang Che in confusion.
She was wearing a brown bear-patterned pajama set, her hair disheveled, her expression slightly anxious.
"Jiang Che... is someone coming over?"
Jiang Che had put the call on speaker, so she’d heard everything. The voice on the other end sounded like a mature woman.
"Yeah, but you don’t need to worry about it."
Jiang Che couldn’t be bothered to explain further. He didn’t know who bought Yu Wan'er this bear pajama set, but it was a perfect match for her petite frame, utterly adorable.
......
Hangcheng Airport.
Gu Lingfei, who had just gotten off the plane, was sitting in the VIP lounge sipping coffee.
Her stunning face was cold as ice, exuding an aura that kept others at bay.
Yet, the corner of her lips betrayed a faint, almost imperceptible smile.
"It’s been seven or eight years, and Xiao Che has grown distant."
Gu Lingfei had grown up in the Jiang Family. She was five or six years older than Jiang Che and had always doted on her younger brother. However, she had gone abroad for studies and, over the years, had successfully built her own career.
As Gu Lingfei was lost in thought, a portly, bald man in a suit approached her, his gaze lecherous.
But before he could get close, several men in black suits stepped in front of Gu Lingfei.
"Miss Gu, I’m Jiang Che’s driver. He’s busy, so I’m here to take you back."
Gu Lingfei nodded slowly, then stood up and left.
Before leaving, the driver and the bodyguards shot a cold glance at the bald man, who clenched his fists, his expression darkening.
He had hoped to get closer to her.
Not long after Gu Lingfei left, a young man rushed into the VIP lounge.
"Feifei... Feifei, where are you?"
Su Han scanned the room but didn’t see Gu Lingfei. Instead, he spotted a fat, greasy man. For some reason, he felt an intense dislike for the guy, as if he wanted to punch him in the face.
And that’s exactly what he did.
He stormed over to the man, pinning him down with one hand. "Did you see a beautiful woman?"
Su Han, the super soldier king of the Wolf King Mercenary Group, had taken many lives and was a master of internal martial arts. He nearly scared the fat man to death.
"I... I don’t know!"
"Useless!"
Su Han proceeded to beat the man mercilessly.
The fat man cried, "I’ve done nothing to you! Why are you hitting me?"
Su Han: "..."
Why was he hitting him? Su Han couldn’t quite explain it.
"You deserved it!"
"..."
Clearly, Jiang Che had been right. If he hadn’t sent someone to pick up Gu Lingfei, the fat man would have harassed her, giving Su Han the perfect opportunity to show off.
But now... that scenario was impossible.
After beating up the fat man, Su Han left the VIP lounge and made a call.
"Monkey, did you find out where Feifei’s company is located?"
Since the Wolf King had returned to the country, he naturally brought along his trusted brothers from the mercenary group.
There was always a hacker!
A money manager, and, of course, a beautiful woman secretly in love with the Wolf King.
Everything was set up to make the Wolf King look good!
"Wolf King..."
Su Han cut Monkey off. "Now that I’m back, don’t call me by my title. Just call me Boss."
"Boss, Gu Lingfei..."
Monkey had barely started speaking when Su Han interrupted again.
Su Han said coldly, "You dare call her by her name? Call her Sister-in-law!"
Monkey: "..."
"Sister-in-law’s headquarters recently moved to Hangcheng. From what I know, she has connections with the Jiang Family there."
Su Han fell silent for a moment. "I need to find a way to get close to Feifei, so she’ll fall in love with me. Monkey... think of a way for me to get close to her."
Monkey was silent again. For some reason, the usually decisive Wolf King seemed to have lost his mind lately.
But Su Han’s words reminded Monkey of a novel he’d been reading recently, *The Wolf King Bodyguard of the Female CEO*.
"Ahem... Boss, I think you could become a security guard at Sister-in-law’s company. Start from the bottom and gradually win her heart."
Su Han’s eyes lit up. The keyword "security guard" had triggered something in him.
"Monkey, arrange it for me."
"Boss, about the investigation into the Su Family massacre from over a decade ago... I’ve made some progress..."
"Monkey, I’m a bit tired lately. Let’s talk about the Su Family matter another time."
Monkey: "..."
He had never been so exasperated in his life. What "returning to the country to investigate the Su Family massacre"?
It was clearly just an excuse to chase women!
But he only dared to think it, never saying it out loud in front of Su Han.
After all... the name "Iron-faced Wolf King" wasn’t just for show.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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.
