The barrier of the domineering CEO world had completely shattered. The elite of S City's wealthiest families were all gathered in the forest, making it the perfect place to capture them all at once.
Everyone present knew that if they were caught, under current Chinese law, they wouldn’t escape a bullet to the head. So they fought back desperately.
Especially the Leng Family. From the moment they rose to prominence, they had engaged in every dirty, lucrative business imaginable—human trafficking, drug smuggling—each crime alone was enough to earn them multiple bullets.
Old Master Leng glanced at Leng Mingchen, who immediately drew his weapon and fired at the person shouting through the megaphone.
His shot acted as a signal, instantly igniting the battle. The women from the Gong, Ye, and Leng families, who had come to spectate, were terrified by the sudden violence. Screams echoed through the woods.
The men of the three families offered no comfort. Instead, they fought while retreating, grabbing anyone nearby to use as human shields when bullets flew their way.
Ye Bingbing watched in disbelief as Gong Jiuyi grabbed his own mother and shoved her in front of him, then discarded her like a broken sack after she took the bullet.
His mother collapsed, a gunshot wound in her chest, her eyes wide with shock at the betrayal.
She had never been a good person. Both the original host and Ye Bingbing, during their time as Gong Jiuyi’s "fiancée," had suffered under her constant belittlement.
The woman had called daily, lecturing them on how to be a proper wife and daughter-in-law. Her favorite line was: A man is heaven and earth; a woman should sacrifice everything for him.
Remembering the poison she’d endured, Ye Bingbing smirked coldly. Gong Jiuyi’s mother had gotten exactly what she preached—dying for her husband and son. How fitting.
She turned away indifferently, her gaze landing on her own mother in this world, Su Hexin. The woman’s purple evening gown was torn and stained, her makeup ruined by tears.
"Bingbing, save me!" Su Hexin shrieked, her voice piercing through the chaos.
The battlefield seemed to freeze for a moment. The domineering CEO world’s survivors hid behind trees, watching Ye Bingbing’s reaction closely.
They needed to gauge her response—if she showed even a hint of pity for Su Hexin, they could exploit it to drive a wedge between her and the outside world.
Trust, once broken, could never be fully repaired. Ye Bingbing knew their game.
Neither the original host nor she had any affection for Su Hexin. Born from a difficult labor that left Su Hexin in agony for days, the woman had despised her daughter from the moment she took her first breath.
From birth until death—and even after Ye Bingbing transmigrated into this body—Su Hexin had never shown her an ounce of love. Instead, much of the original host’s suffering had come from her.
Though nominally a young mistress of the Ye Family, the original host had been treated worse than the dogs. If one of the family’s prized hounds bit her, Su Hexin would probably reward it with extra imported treats.
Ye Bingbing had always thought Su Hexin was an idiot. If she was in so much pain, why not get a C-section? Too afraid of scars? Too obedient to her husband’s insistence on a "natural birth"?
Too spineless to blame the men, so she took it all out on a helpless infant.
What kind of mother does that?
Ye Bingbing ignored her completely, instead aiming her gun at a hulking man sneaking a rocket launcher onto his shoulder. "Drop your weapon."
The man, nearly two meters tall and built like a tank, was named Ada—Leng Mingchen’s most loyal attack dog. In the novel’s finale, he had been the one to break the original host.
He was also the man who, on the day of her escape, had offered to trade favors with Bin just for the chance to assault her first.
Ada, simple-minded but fiercely devoted, had followed Leng Mingchen since he was thirteen. To him, Leng Mingchen was practically a god.
He grinned savagely at her. "Drop this, bitch. I’ll blast you to hell."
He pulled the trigger—but Ye Bingbing was faster. A red beam shot from her gun, streaking toward Ada. He dodged on instinct, but the projectile curved midair, homing in on him.
The moment it struck, Ada exploded—literally. His body burst into a fine red mist, scattering over everyone present.
The battlefield fell silent. Both the military and the domineering CEO world’s lunatics froze in place.
Ye Bingbing blew a strand of hair from her face, then leveled her gun at the main characters shielded by their bodyguards. Her voice crackled coldly through her chest mic:
"Drop your weapons and surrender. Now."
If Ada hadn’t just vaporized before their eyes, none of them would have listened to a woman. In their twisted world, women weren’t people—just decorative accessories.
To those idiots, as long as they had power, money, and connections, women were replaceable. Even when Ye Bingbing shattered the barrier and escaped, they hadn’t taken her seriously. What could one woman possibly do?
They had overseas connections. If they retreated abroad, they could rebuild.
But now, no one dared move. No one wanted to end up as red mist. Old Master Gong and the others looked sick. They’d spent fortunes on cutting-edge weapons from abroad.
Before today, they hadn’t feared the military. But now? They had no idea how many more guns like Ye Bingbing’s were out there.
Someone lowered their weapon. Humans tend to follow the crowd, and gradually, more and more people put down their arms. The People's Army quickly reacted. Ye Bingbing watched as the captives were handcuffed one by one, then shouldered her gun and left. The cleanup work no longer needed her.
Before leaving, her gaze met Ye Xuheng’s as he was being escorted onto a vehicle. He seemed to want to say something, but Ye Bingbing coldly averted her eyes.
Just like when she left the domineering CEO world and Gong Jiuyi had shouted at her, she and these idiots from the CEO world were sworn enemies.
Especially the entire Ye family.
As soon as Ye Bingbing left, the live broadcast in the group chat also ended.
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: So cool! Unbelievably cool!] From the moment the armed forces entered the forest, Lin Xi couldn’t contain her excitement.
[Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: Absolutely, way too cool. Especially that shot from our Bingbing—it shattered the heavens with its awesomeness.]
[Primitive World A Huahua: Indeed, coolness knows no gender.]
The group was buzzing with lively discussion, and Su Rou was also part of their conversation. The unanimous opinion about Su Rou was that she was ruthless—selfish and merciless.
[Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: With how cruel she is, no wonder the Ye Bingbing in the novel couldn’t win against her.]
[Primitive World A Huahua: Exactly. The worst part is, she’s cruel to others and herself. And she shows no remorse whatsoever.]
Ye Bingbing joined the chat: [Villainess of the CEO World Ye Bingbing: I’ve got some insider info. Want to hear it?]
This sentence alone even managed to lure out Lin Duxi, who had been silent in the group.
[Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Lin Duxi: Yes.]
Everyone else echoed the sentiment with likes. Sitting in the vehicle, gun in her arms, Ye Bingbing typed furiously into the group chat, pouring out everything she knew.
[Villainess of the CEO World Ye Bingbing: The Special Abilities Unit just found a notebook at Lin Airong’s residence. It documented her entire life in detail.]
Due to the unique nature of the S City mini-world, over the past century, many people with special abilities had emerged in the normal world.
They were recruited and trained by the state. Previously unable to enter S City, now that they could, uncovering century-old information was child’s play for them.
The team member Ye Bingbing mentioned specialized in intelligence gathering—though even he couldn’t fully explain his methods. But his intel was always eerily accurate.
Ye Bingbing continued: [Villainess of the CEO World Ye Bingbing: Lin Airong was a transmigrator from the future, around our time. She ended up in a male-oriented novel where the protagonist was sworn brothers with Old Master Gong, Old Master Ye, and Old Master Leng.]
[Later, the four men parted ways due to ideological differences. The other three met tragic ends. Before transmigrating, Lin Airong had pitied their fates.]
[So, she decided to save the male supporting characters. She succeeded, but because she was too naive, Old Master Gong ended up killing the so-called protagonist. She herself became a plaything for Gong, Ye, and Leng.]
[You’d never guess—those three men feared that any child she bore might favor someone else, so she never had children in her entire life. The current heirs of all three families are completely unrelated to her by blood.]
[Twenty years ago, Lin Airong willingly let herself be dismembered to repair the barrier. In her mind, everything that happened was her fault. Her transmigration caused a butterfly effect, leading to massive problems, so she felt she had to atone in her own way.]
[The last entry in her diary read: If time could rewind, she would never interfere with the protagonist’s affairs. She wouldn’t arrogantly believe she could change history. She even repented, regretting that she had entangled herself with those men, destroying their families. She even felt guilty toward the children those men had with others.]
After Ye Bingbing’s messages, the group fell silent for a moment. Then, someone finally spoke.
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: What kind of logic is that? What was she even after? Sure, she had men—one after another—but she was just their plaything. Not even a single child to her name, yet she sacrificed herself to fix the barrier? Was her brain flooded with water?]
[Primitive World A Huahua: Now I finally understand what a true saint is. The statues in Notre-Dame would have to step down from their pedestals to make room for her.]
[Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: Birds of a feather, truly. People like her deserve their fate. Even Su Rou had more sense. What a mess of a mind.]
At that moment, everyone in the group felt immensely relieved that no such brain-dead individuals existed in their chat. Otherwise, they’d have died from sheer frustration.
After sharing what she knew, Ye Bingbing went back to work. S City had just been taken over, and there was still much to do.
Lin Xi, Xu Huanhuan, and the others vented about Lin Airong for a while before Lin Xi went to bed before midnight. She had already booked a flight home after work and would be heading to the airport in the afternoon. Her ticket was for a flight from their city, with a layover in Jingzhou.
The next day, Lin Xi woke up at ten. She grabbed her phone and saw several long voice messages from Sister Fang. While brushing her teeth, she played them:
"Xi, Xi, let me tell you about Manager Wang and He Chun."
"I figured since you left a bunch of groups, you wouldn’t know. Manager Wang’s been fighting with his wife over divorce, right? He Chun wanted to replace her, but Manager Wang had no intention of marrying her. So she set her sights on someone else."
"Only today did we find out He Chun didn’t just approach you—she also went after a girl from Mandun Furniture. That girl gave in and went with her."
"Word is, she came back half-dead. Barely made it to the police station, then straight to Manager Wang’s wife’s house. His wife had been struggling to pin him down, and this fell right into her lap."
"Honestly, Manager Wang’s wife wouldn’t have bothered beating He Chun—she’s used to his affairs. He Chun wasn’t the first, won’t be the last. The real issue was He Chun targeting their child."
Lin Xi was somewhat surprised. She had only seen the beginning of yesterday’s fight before leaving and had no idea what happened afterward.
She quickly replied to the message—Sister Fang was waiting online, and her response came instantly.
"Manager Wang’s kid is already in fourth grade, right? She went to pick up the child herself, claiming to be his aunt and saying they should get along well from now on. But the kid’s no fool—he’s in fourth grade, after all. He went straight home and told Manager Wang’s wife about it."
The situation blew up pretty badly. Combined with the incident involving He Chun and Manager Wang harassing that young girl, the building materials market acted fast. They issued an announcement this morning saying they were replacing Manager Wang.
Manager Wang might have been a scumbag when it came to women, but he did have some professional competence—otherwise, he wouldn’t have held his position for so long. Still, Lin Xi understood the decision of the building materials city. Manager Wang had gotten himself tangled up in a criminal case.
Whether the accusations were true or not, his reputation was ruined. His career path from here on out would be rough.
Just as Lin Xi finished mulling it over, another voice message from Sister Fang popped up: "He Chun’s still getting beaten up outside, and Manager Wang was taken away by the police. Sounds like it’s serious—rumor has it there’s some club involved too."
Lin Xi listened to the voice message and started replying, exchanging messages with Sister Fang for a few minutes before reluctantly putting her phone down.
The transmigrators’ group chat was quiet. Probably everyone was busy.
Lin Xi took out the remaining trash, then went downstairs to return the keys to Aunt Wang’s place.
After that, she wheeled her suitcase toward the ride-hailing car she’d booked in advance.
The whole way to the airport, Lin Xi’s mood was bright. She was going home.
At 3:30 PM, the plane carrying Lin Xi landed on time in Jingzhou. While waiting in the terminal for her connecting flight, she chatted idly with the group.
Then, a system notification suddenly refreshed the screen:
[System Message: Detected Earth girl Lin Xi in · Jingzhou. Map refreshing…]
[System Message: Welcome, Xiang Qianlan, the 1960s boxer, to the group chat.]
Just like when Lin Xi had first joined, the group flooded with messages welcoming the newcomer.
But the newcomer didn’t respond right away, and no one paid it much mind. It wasn’t until Lin Xi boarded her next flight, settled into her seat, and pulled out her phone that the newcomer finally spoke up.
[Xiang Qianlan, the 1960s boxer: Sorry, I was busy beating up my husband and mother-in-law. Just finished. Anyone still here?]
