The next target—the Lin family.
Originally, they hadn’t been on her list for revenge. But Lin Jiaojiao had accidentally said something: “I helped Li Tianyou’s brothers and sisters find jobs.”
That single sentence made the sharp-minded Ye Xiaoxiao immediately connect it to the Lin family.
Just think about it—without the Lin family pulling strings behind the scenes, could Lin Jiaojiao, a mere nurse in a military hospital, have accomplished something like that?
No.
Only the Lin family had that ability.
The Lin family was a second-tier family in the capital. During the turbulent years, they had skillfully avoided danger while currying favor with all sides and mediating between different factions. Because of that, they preserved their strength. When the era of reform and opening-up arrived, they seized the opportunity and soared upward.
At present, Lin Jiaojiao’s uncles and cousins were active across political and business circles, advancing smoothly everywhere. The Lin family was flourishing and steadily moving toward becoming a first-tier family.
As Ye Xiaoxiao analyzed the Lin family’s situation, she decided the first move should be made against their companies.
Less than a month later, the Lin family’s food company was exposed in a scandal—customers were finding rats in their food.
It wasn’t just one complaint. Across the country, at least a dozen consumers reported the same issue at the same time. The synchronized complaints shocked the nation, ignited the internet, and triggered widespread public outrage online.
The Lin family, already scrambling to find Lin Jiaojiao, was suddenly thrown into a completely passive position.
That very day, the Lin family’s stock hit its limit drop.
They hired the most powerful and experienced public relations company to manage the crisis, but even the best PR strategy couldn’t restore their reputation or stop the plunging stock prices.
Before a month had even passed, another scandal erupted.
Their real estate projects were exposed for cutting corners on construction quality—collapsing ceilings, severe leaks, and numerous structural problems. Buyers refused to accept their homes, leading to a collective lawsuit from residents of a major housing development.
If the Lin family still didn’t realize someone was targeting them, then they wouldn’t deserve their reputation as cunning old foxes.
The Lin family gathered together. Old Master Lin ordered everyone to analyze whether they had offended anyone recently.
After countless discussions, they reached a conclusion:
All the abnormalities began after Lin Jiaojiao disappeared.
Where exactly was Lin Jiaojiao?
The Lin family launched an exhaustive search network, but two months passed without the slightest clue.
The Lin family’s influence in both political and business circles was extraordinary. It could be said that as long as someone was within the country, there was no one they couldn’t find.
Lin Jiaojiao had believed they would locate her quickly—but that belief remained nothing more than wishful thinking, even two months after her death.
This time, the Lin family couldn’t even find the faintest trace, much less identify the person attacking them.
Old Master Lin ordered an investigation into anything related to Lin Jiaojiao.
They soon discovered something strange about Lin Jiaojiao’s current husband. Li Tianyou, Lin Jiaojiao, and their child had all disappeared together.
But before that, Li Tianyou’s relatives—dozens of them—had met tragic ends within five years. Some died, some were injured, and some children were sent to orphanages.
The careful and perceptive Uncle Lin also discovered that Li Tianyou’s ex-wife—who had once been sold off to a remote mountain village—had been missing for many years.
Looking back at everything that had happened to the Li family, the person most likely capable of doing all this—and the one with the strongest motive—could only be Li Tianyou’s ex-wife: Ye Xiaoxiao.
Recalling what the Li family—and even their own family—had done to Ye Xiaoxiao and her children, they realized something.
If they were in her place, they would also seek revenge.
Not just for ten or twenty years—even a lifetime wouldn’t be enough until the enemy’s entire family was destroyed.
The Lin family reacted fairly quickly.
But it was already too late.
Using the world-class hacking skills she had learned during her years of revenge, Ye Xiaoxiao quietly transferred the funds from all the Lin family’s bank accounts and corporate finances—moving the money countless times through layers of transactions into one virtual account after another.
Before the Lin family members even stepped out of their house to search for Ye Xiaoxiao, their phones simultaneously began receiving notifications.
Money was being transferred out of their accounts.
Every phone kept ringing with alerts.
The messages made their hearts pound in terror.
Police investigators, cybersecurity experts, and hackers privately hired by the Lin family analyzed the situation from different angles. They all reached the same conclusion:
The money had actually been transferred half a day earlier. The notifications had been deliberately delayed by twelve hours.
One hacker could only sigh in amazement, saying that the opponent’s methods were far beyond any hacker he had ever encountered.
Now, there was nothing anyone could do.
Soon after—less than a month later—another disaster struck.
Lin Jiaojiao’s father and Uncle Lin, both influential figures in politics, were exposed for bribery and corruption.
The evidence was irrefutable. Witnesses were abundant. There was no way to defend themselves.
The Lin family—once a rising star destined for greatness—collapsed completely, never to rise again.
The Lin family members sold their houses and fixed assets, determined to find the mastermind behind their downfall and tear them apart piece by piece.
But they searched and searched.
Until the day they died—
They never once saw the real Ye Xiaoxiao.