Yun Zimo

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yun Zimo (云紫墨)
Alias(es)	“Ice-queen CEO,” a description used by the press 7
Gender	Female 5
Affiliation	Her own modeling company, later sold to Fame Model Company; subsequently manages a charitable foundation established in Qi Xiaoyun’s memory 13 23 26
Occupation/Role	Entrepreneur, former modeling-company owner and CEO, charitable-foundation manager 7 23 26
Partner	Meng Huai; publicly introduced as her fiancé. They later call each other husband and wife, though marriage registration is not documented in the supplied chapters 7 26 42 43
Residence	A villa in Dian City, shared with Meng Huai 25 26 30
Status	Alive at her latest documented appearance 49
First Appearance	Chapter 5 5

Background / History

Founding Her Company

Yun Zimo fell out with her family before striking out independently and founding her company. Having built it through considerable hardship, she initially refuses to abandon it even when the fashion-show scandal threatens compensation claims beyond what selling the business could cover 13.

Her agency has a reputation for opposing casting-couch practices. She also personally discovers Qi Xiaoyun, then a factory worker, and brings her into modeling 6 22.

Lust Gu Incident and Meeting Meng Huai

Under the influence of a Lust Gu, Yun Zimo picks up the drunken Meng Huai and brings him home, where they have sex. The following morning, she initially insists that their encounter was an accident and that they should part ways. When the unnatural desire returns, Meng removes a tiny pink insect from her mouth, restoring her composure 5.

She rejects his explanation of gu poisoning as superstition until news arrives that her models suffered similar episodes during a fashion show. She takes him to the agency to prove his claims. Facing paparazzi, Meng announces that he is her fiancé to divert attention from the scandal; Yun reluctantly recognizes the tactic’s value and subsequently adopts the claim herself 6 7 8.

Yun identifies the sponsor’s cake as the food shared by the affected women. Meng finds gu insects inside it, and she suspects Xiang Yu, who had pursued her. Xiang then offers to suppress the business fallout if she becomes his lover, but she rejects him and supports Meng’s fiancé ruse 9.

Night God Church Attacks

Ye Zifeng, the Night God Church envoy behind Xiang Yu’s scheme, attacks Yun’s villa. Meng’s protective gu keeps her safe, and he drives Ye away. Rather than pursue him and leave Yun exposed, Meng remains with her; she asks him to continue protecting her and suggests using his contacts to investigate the Church 10 11 12.

Yun later seeks a settlement with Xiang Yu’s mother, Shan Meirong. After Meng exposes Shan’s own gu poisoning and Xiang’s involvement, Shan agrees not to pursue the fashion-show dispute 13 14 15.

Yun refuses to remain outside when Meng investigates a deserted Church villa. Inside, they encounter withered bodies animated by Corpse-Control Gu. Meng carries her out of the crowded upper floor and counters the supernatural traps before armed personnel from the Military Special Operations Office arrive 16 17 18.

Betrayal and Sale of the Agency

Yun overhears Fan Yuli admit to activating the models’ Lust Gu early to sabotage the show. The revelation wounds her deeply: Fan was her most trusted model, received the company’s highest salary, managed numerous shows, and had been considered for an ownership share 22.

Fan’s involvement with rival Fame Model Company also draws attention to Qi Xiaoyun’s death. When Fan leaves and takes many models with her, Yun decides to sell the agency. She accepts Fame’s highest offer despite its owner, Pei Cuiyun, being her sworn rival 23.

Yun chooses to donate the sale proceeds to a foundation in Xiaoyun’s memory, helping children who cannot afford schooling. The project continues Xiaoyun’s wish to support children in her home village 23.

At the sale meeting, Pei threatens Yun’s future family, and Hoshino Aki attempts to enthrall her. Yun’s Silver Snake blocks the attack. The confrontation then reveals that Ye Yao has been controlling Fan through a Doppelganger Gu; an unseen barrier prevents Yun from escaping 24 25 26.

Afterward, Meng proposes separating to keep her safe. Yun angrily refuses, insists that they face hardship together, and secures his promise not to abandon her. She raises marriage registration as a test, then says she would rather enjoy being courted for the time being 25 26.

Foundation and Chang Yanping

At a charity reception, Yun introduces Meng as her fiancé and approaches potential sponsors. Chang Yanping dismisses her foundation, and the couple leave after Meng challenges him. Within two days, the foundation is shut down and its funds frozen in apparent retaliation 27 28.

When Chang develops an unexplained illness and needs Meng’s help, Qin Xiuying demands restitution from those responsible for harming Yun’s foundation. It reopens with substantially increased funds, prompting Yun to celebrate how many children it can now assist 29.

Yun controls the subsequent apology visit to her villa, admitting Qin and Shan while refusing the other influential visitors entry. Although she admires Shan at this point, Meng warns her to keep her distance 30.

Shan later threatens to kill Yun and unite her with Xiang Yu while the pair are fused into a Two-Headed Corpse Gu. Yun offers to let Meng escape without her, but he refuses. After their defeat, she is horrified by the extent of Shan’s possessiveness toward her son 39.

Investigative Partnership

Yun helps Meng develop a defense against Wormless Gu, contributes deductions about the Night God Church, and researches Zheng Lin, the father whose grievances drive the later revenge case 36 40 45 48.

Following Meng’s confrontation with Ye Yin, Chang offers a one-percent stake in his company. Meng requests that it be registered in Yun’s name. Her ensuing paperwork visit to her best friend, attorney Zhao Yuejiao, brings the couple into another gu-related case at the law firm 42 43.

Yun subsequently accompanies Meng to meet Zheng Lin in Dian City’s largest shantytown. After hearing his account and witnessing Meng negotiate limits on his revenge, she questions whether he can be trusted to honor the agreement 49.

Appearance

• Described as a beautiful young woman with a model’s figure and a weight of around one hundred pounds 5 25.
• Wears a standard business suit after the initial encounter with Meng, emphasizing her professional presentation 5.
• Uses oversized sunglasses when confronting the paparazzi outside her agency 6.
• Her usually icy expression frequently gives way to blushing and bashfulness around Meng 7 8 18.

Personality

Yun Zimo’s public demeanor is cold, confident, and commanding. She defends her agency’s reputation before reporters, takes charge of its crisis response, and refuses to surrender a business she built independently. Nevertheless, she draws a firm distinction between herself and Pei Cuiyun: she will not pursue victory by any means necessary 6 8 13 24.

With Meng, she becomes affectionate, teasing, jealous, and occasionally deliberately manipulative. She openly offers to support him, resents the models’ interest in him, and uses tears and threats to stop him from leaving. She jokingly identifies crying, making a scene, and threatening self-harm as her “three secret weapons” 8 12 26.

Her loyalty is not dependent on social appearances. When Meng feels underdressed for the charity reception, she tells him that their comfort matters more than other people’s opinions. Her compassion also has practical expression: rather than retain the proceeds from selling her agency, she dedicates them to disadvantaged children 23 27.

She is frightened by supernatural violence but actively works to adapt. She repeatedly studies photographs of corpses to become accustomed to the dangers accompanying Meng’s work. Her anger at injustice persists even when he explains the limits imposed by wealth, influence, and supernatural organizations 40 48.

Abilities & Skills

Business Management and Public Relations

• Builds and runs her own company after leaving her family 13.
• Reads Shan Meirong’s reaction to Meng’s diagnosis and immediately recognizes an opportunity to strengthen her case 13.
• Directs PR efforts after the runway scandal and reorganizes the models’ work and rest arrangements 8 10.
• Transitions from managing an agency to administering a charitable foundation and seeking sponsors 26 27.

Tactical Reasoning

• Connects the Lust Gu infections to the sponsor’s cake 8 9.
• Suggests that the Church may have recruited the Wormless Gu attacker by promising to resurrect his wife and child; this is presented as her deduction, not confirmed fact 36.
• Identifies Wormless Gu’s proposed straight-line limitation: unlike living insects, a stream of qi cannot change direction in flight. Her observation helps Meng devise an evasion strategy 40.
• Deduces that Wang Taiying’s protection likely comes from the Night God Church and understands Meng’s plan to exploit the opposing parties’ conflict 45.

Research and Investigative Support

• Helps maintain the tour-guide arrangement used to investigate He Huaying 20.
• Finds Zheng Lin’s identity and photograph for Meng’s investigation 48.
• Protects Meng’s secrecy by telling Lin Jinsu that his prediction of Chang’s illness was merely a lucky guess 28.

Domestic Skills

• An excellent cook, described as equally capable of entertaining guests and working in the kitchen 26.
• Values her independence at home, employing only an hourly worker rather than maintaining a household staff 30.

Equipment / Protective Gu

• Protective centipede Gu — Meng places a protective gu on Yun before Ye Zifeng’s villa attack. The tiny centipede kills a venomous snake that lunges at the couple 11.
• Silver Snake / Silver Little Snake — A guardian living inside Yun’s body. It counters Hoshino Aki’s enthrallment by sending a breath through her meridians into her sea of consciousness, consuming two black stars and then attacking Hoshino 24.
  • Meng explains that gu insects entering Yun’s body can become food for the snake 26.
  • Its protection is not universal: other sinister supernatural techniques may bypass it 26.
• Tablet — Used to review corpse photographs and present the results of her research on Zheng Lin 40 48.

Relationships

• Meng Huai — Lover, protector, and investigative partner. Their initial gu-influenced encounter develops into mutual commitment; she refuses to leave him because of danger and contributes materially to his investigations 5 26 40 48.
• Fan Yuli — Former trusted model and colleague, close to Yun as a sister. Her apparent betrayal devastates Yun; Meng later explains that Ye Yao’s Doppelganger Gu traps Fan’s consciousness while controlling her body 22 25 26.
• Qi Xiaoyun — Model personally recruited by Yun from factory work. Yun regards her death as connected to the conflict surrounding the agency and establishes a charitable foundation in her memory 22 23.
• Zhao Yuejiao — Best friend and chief attorney. Yun seeks her assistance with foundation paperwork and worries about her remaining at the endangered law firm 43 45.
• Pei Cuiyun — Sworn business rival and owner of Fame Model Company. Pei seeks not merely to acquire Yun’s agency but to force Yun to submit personally 23 24.
• Xiang Yu — Rejected pursuer who uses gu poisoning and compensation threats to pressure her into becoming his lover 9 10.
• Shan Meirong — Initially an admired senior businesswoman who considers Yun a potential successor at Fenglan Group. Their relationship becomes openly hostile when Shan threatens Yun as part of the Two-Headed Corpse Gu 13 27 30 39.
• Chang Yanping — Initially dismissive of Yun and associated with the attack on her foundation. His later need for Meng’s help leads to restitution; he subsequently offers Meng a company stake to be placed in Yun’s name 28 29 42.
• Qin Xiuying — Career woman Yun names as the woman she most admires. Qin arranges meaningful restitution for the foundation and personally apologizes on Chang’s behalf 29 30.
• Lin Jinsu — Friend and social acquaintance who becomes curious about Meng’s abilities. Yun discourages her from spreading rumors about his apparent foreknowledge 27 28.

Notable Quotes

“The biggest difference between us is that I won't stop at nothing to win.” 24

“I want my husband and me to support each other through hardship and spend the rest of our lives together.” 26

“You're my man. As long as you're comfortable wearing it and I'm comfortable looking at you, that's all that matters. Why worry about anyone else?” 27