CHAPTER 47 — The Counterattack Begins
Shi Yunxi didn't sleep that night.
Even after Mu Lingchen personally escorted her home…
Even after he checked every lock twice…
Even after he paused at the doorway, as if leaving her alone physically hurt him—
She couldn't rest.
Her body was exhausted, but her mind was razor-sharp.
If Roulan was willing to go as far as kidnapping and attempted assault, then Yunxi could no longer stay passive.
So instead of lying down…
She opened her laptop.
And logged into an account the entire hacker world once whispered about with fear:
X I O L A N
The ghost-hand hacker.
The one who vanished three years ago.
The one no one could track, no matter how many governments tried.
And tonight—
Xiolan came back.
Her fingers flew across the keyboard with lethal precision.
"Roulan," she whispered coldly,
"You want to destroy me?
Let me show you what real destruction is."
Within minutes, she had infiltrated:
Roulan's encrypted cloud
Her private photo vault
Backed-up chats
Her secret folder on the directors' servers
And the hidden bank transactions linked to casting favors
Every disgusting deal.
Every disgusting photo.
Every disgusting video.
Organized.
Compressed.
Set on a global timed release.
The clock blinked:
Scheduled Upload: 3:00 AM
Perfect.
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At the Shi Family Villa… chaos brewed.
Shi Zhenhua paced furiously.
Shi Meiling sobbed into a pillow.
Roulan shook like a leaf, clutching her phone with white knuckles.
"We… we have to suppress this!" Roulan screamed. "I'll be ruined!"
Shi Zhenhua spun toward Qin Yuhan, who stood stiffly behind her.
"Yuhan! Do something!"
But before he could speak—
Mr. and Mrs. Qin entered the room.
Their expressions were grim.
Cold.
Dangerously logical.
"We will not involve ourselves," Father Qin said flatly.
Roulan froze.
Shi Zhenhua's face drained.
Even Qin Yuhan stiffened.
"Father—"
"No."
Mother Qin cut him off sharply.
"The Qin Corporation will not be contaminated by the Shi family's scandals. Your fiancée has slept her way through half the industry. Do you expect us to protect that?"
Roulan collapsed to her knees.
"M-Mother Qin… please… please don't let me fall—"
"You already have," Mother Qin replied.
Qin Yuhan didn't speak.
Because he knew they were right.
He also knew…
This attack had one signature.
One style.
One unmistakable ghost behind it.
Xiolan.
Shi Yunxi.
And for the first time—
Qin Yuhan felt true fear.
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3:00 AM — The Internet Detonates
Every file Yunxi scheduled exploded online.
Within sixty seconds, the internet lit on fire:
#ShiRoulanCastingCouch — #1 worldwide
#XiolanReturns — #2
#ShiFamilyCollapse — #3
Screenshots.
Recordings.
Contracts.
Bed videos.
Director messages.
Bribe logs.
It was a massacre.
Comments flooded in:
"Disgusting woman."
"Stealing roles with her body???"
"Xiolan came back with vengeance."
"Poor actresses she sabotaged."
"Shi family is OVER."
Roulan screamed until her voice cracked.
Shi Zhenhua nearly fainted.
Shi Meiling clutched her heart.
Qin Yuhan's expression turned stiff and grey.
Because this wasn't a warning.
It was the opening strike.
And Xiolan never missed her target.