Recaps

At Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai’s wedding, the Shi Family relatives tried to force Shen Qinghuai to sign away his rights, but Shi Jihan’s absurd agreement and Shen Qinghuai’s outburst turned the tables. Zhou Jingcheng arrived and helped drive the relatives away, leaving them to pay their wedding gifts before being removed.

• Shi Geren discovered the wedding decorations mocking the Shi Family and went looking for Shi Bochuan.
• Third Uncle, Fourth Aunt, and Fifth Uncle pressured Shen Qinghuai to sign a prenuptial agreement, but Shi Jihan presented an agreement that gave the marital assets to himself and left Shi Bochuan with nothing after divorce.
• Shi Jihan tried to make Shi Bochuan sign, while the relatives began fighting to add their own names to the agreement; the Main System announced that Shi Jihan had completed his mission and earned ten Malice Points.
• Shen Qinghuai cursed the relatives, ordered security to remove them, and demanded that they hand over their wedding gifts first.
• Zhou Jingcheng mocked Third Uncle for coveting the brothers’ money, and Shi Bochuan told security to collect the relatives’ gifts and escort them out.

At Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai’s lavish wedding, Shi Jihan completed his contract-marriage task but argued with the Main System over his reward and continued tormenting his brothers and Zhou Jingcheng. The wedding ended with Shi Jihan unveiling a humiliating matching-headshot bedding set in Shi Bochuan’s bedroom.

• Zhou Jingcheng shook Shi Jihan until stolen wedding snacks spilled from his pockets, and Shi Jihan bit his hand.
• Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai held their extravagant wedding while Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng watched from the audience.
• Shi Jihan’s task completion triggered a dispute with the Main System, which awarded him 0.78 Malice Points as compensation after learning it had deducted only 0.39.
• Shi Jihan flicked Shi Zhongye and Zhou Jingcheng to provoke Malice Points, then ran off as they chased him around the wedding venue.
• Shi Jihan took Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai to the bedroom, where they found a red bedding set printed with their oversized headshots and romantic slogans.

Shi Jihan began working on the newly activated Burning Bones storyline after learning that Shi Zhongye planned to choose a script at Universe. He discovered that the bizarre script titles hid unexpectedly ordinary stories about a residential community facing changing times.

• Shi Jihan mocked the plans to drive a wedge between Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan, then ate an egg pancake seasoned by Shen Qinghuai with cilantro and fish mint.
• Shi Zhongye ate the same pancake without complaint, while Shi Jihan earned only a few Malice Points by flicking him on the forehead.
• Shi Jihan tried to take leave, but Shi Bochuan challenged his implausible excuses; Shi Zhongye said he would visit Universe to choose a script.
• The Burning Bones main storyline activated, and Shi Jihan received a mission to radically alter the original script and drive Shi Zhongye insane.
• Shi Jihan considered throwing away the absurdly titled scripts, but Zero-Zero-Zero stopped him, and he found their contents depicted a residential community being swept along by the changing times.

Shi Jihan rewrote familiar scripts into absurd comedies and submitted them to Universe, where Zhou Jingcheng surprisingly approved them. Shi Jihan arrived intending to sabotage the production but discovered his scripts had already been selected, and the system assigned him to join the film as a screenwriter and make it flop.

• Shi Jihan wrote the ensemble comedy "Superpowered Neighborhood Committee" and transformed several other scripts into deliberately ridiculous adaptations.
• Zhou Jingcheng gave Shi Zhongye the shortlisted scripts, and Shi Zhongye was horrified by their bizarre changes while Zhou Jingcheng praised their novelty.
• Shi Jihan came to Universe to investigate Zhou Jingcheng's project and planned to replace the selected script, unaware that his own work had already been chosen.
• Shi Zhongye handed Shi Jihan the scripts, and Shi Jihan realized he had submitted the works Zhou Jingcheng selected.
• The system assigned Shi Jihan a long-term task to participate as a screenwriter and make the movie fail disastrously for an 80-point reward.

Shi Jihan secretly sold his scripts to Zhou Jingcheng’s company while trying to gather commercial secrets, and Zhou Jingcheng teased him without revealing he knew who he was. After Shi Jihan completed his mission, he and Zhou Jingcheng spoke at once, with Shi Jihan saying goodbye and Zhou Jingcheng asking him to dinner.

• Zhou Jingcheng discovered that Shi Jihan had used the same account name, AAA Detective Old Wang, and added the author through Secretary Sun’s alternate account.
• Shi Jihan accepted Zhou Jingcheng’s offer to buy adaptation rights to his scripts for several million and tried to hide his excitement.
• Zhou Jingcheng arranged the script deal and persuaded Shi Zhongye to direct the comedy after Shi Zhongye initially refused.
• Shi Jihan realized he had used an account that could expose his identity, then questioned a Universe employee about Zhou Jingcheng to finish his business-intelligence mission.
• Zhou Jingcheng answered Shi Jihan’s questions while mistaking them for signs that Shi Jihan was secretly observing him.
• Shi Jihan announced he was leaving just as Zhou Jingcheng asked him to eat together, leaving both of them surprised.

Shi Jihan pitched absurd characters for Shi Zhongye’s movie and was summoned to attend casting, leaving him worried about meeting his second brother in person. Meanwhile, two short dramas he authorized began airing, and the chapter ended with the first episode of The Veterinarian Goes Wild.

• Shi Jihan enjoyed dinner with Zhou Jingcheng, then suggested to Shi Bochuan that he be exchanged into Zhou Jingcheng’s company.
• Shi Zhongye contacted Shi Jihan’s screenwriting account to request one lead role and two supporting roles, and Shi Jihan wrote a bizarre draft overnight.
• Shi Zhongye forwarded the draft to Zhou Jingcheng, who praised it, and told Shi Jihan to attend auditions and casting in half a month.
• Shi Jihan worried that meeting Shi Zhongye would be like facing Qing dynasty torture methods.
• Two short dramas authorized by Shi Jihan aired, and The Veterinarian Goes Wild followed alien surgeon Ni Haoya as he treated a hamster and saved a cat with a paper-clip-and-stapler heart stent.

Shi Jihan discovered that his short dramas had pushed Teacher AAA to the top of the trending list, despite his desire for the upcoming film to flop. He went to Universal Company for an audition casting with a new mission to obstruct the process, leaving him worried that his second brother would punish him.

• Zhou Jingcheng spent money to push Teacher AAA to the top of the trending list, hoping Shi Jihan would be pleased.
• After waiting nearly twenty hours, Shi Jihan found the topic ranked number one and reacted by shouting and punching the air.
• Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai mistook Shi Jihan’s outburst for a nightmare and left him alone.
• Zero-Zero-Zero reminded Shi Jihan that he had to attend audition casting at Universal Company headquarters as the screenwriter.
• Shi Jihan received a mission to obstruct the audition process for fifteen Malice Points and lamented his situation over breakfast, earning a small reward.

Shi Jihan sneaked into Universal Company, where Zhou Jingcheng mistook him for a stalker and then grew flustered by their close encounter. Shi Jihan tried to obstruct the upcoming audition by posing as a psychological counselor, while Zhou Jingcheng waited for AAA to arrive.

• Shi Jihan slipped into Universal Company and was pinned against the elevator wall by Zhou Jingcheng, who soon recognized him and apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Zhou Jingcheng massaged Shi Jihan’s strained neck, but Secretary Sun and the employees saw them in the elevator and began gossiping.
• Shi Jihan sniffed Zhou Jingcheng’s citrus-and-mint cologne and crowded him into a corner, leaving Zhou Jingcheng flustered before he hurried toward the audition room.
• Shi Jihan noticed his mission countdown and entered the audition waiting room, claiming Universal had hired him as a psychological counselor for the actors.
• At 10:29, Shi Zhongye asked whether AAA would attend the audition, and Zhou Jingcheng said he had just seen him.

Shi Zhongye discovered that the mysterious contestant AAA was his younger brother Shi Jihan, who had put the audition on hold by leading the gathered disciples through a relaxation session. After Shi Jihan collected payment, Xiao Yuan appeared as a new target in his daily mission.

• Shi Zhongye and Zhou Jingcheng found the hallway empty and followed Secretary Sun to a room where Shi Jihan was leading a hypnotic relaxation session for the contestants.
• Zhou Jingcheng startled the resting group, and Shi Zhongye recognized Xiao Yuan among them before learning that Shi Jihan had invited everyone for psychological counseling.
• Shi Jihan revealed that he was contestant AAA, and Zhou Jingcheng praised him while Shi Zhongye confronted him for pretending not to know him online.
• Shi Jihan ended the session and asked the disciples to pay one yuan in good karma, while Xiao Yuan transferred one thousand yuan.
• Shi Jihan and 000 spotted Xiao Yuan, and Shi Jihan's daily mission updated with a task to kill him.

Shi Jihan tried to sabotage the movie auditions but accidentally helped the process along, then struggled to provoke Xiao Yuan into losing his temper. The chapter ended with Xiao Yuan delivering different emotional versions of “ah” while Shi Jihan’s task progress remained unchanged.

• Zhou Jingcheng resumed the auditions and had Shi Jihan take AAA’s place, while Shi Jihan and Shi Zhongye’s antics made him worry the movie would never be filmed normally.
• Shi Jihan used a broccoli and increasingly absurd acting instructions to disrupt the auditions, completing his task to obstruct the process and earning 15 Malice Points.
• Shi Jihan found Zhou Jingcheng’s orange sketches, added leaves and a cartoon figure, and joked with him while Shi Zhongye tried to keep the auditions moving.
• Xiao Yuan came in to audition, and Shi Jihan received a task to make it harder for him to join the production.
• Shi Jihan asked Xiao Yuan to perform “Ah” with ten emotions, but Xiao Yuan calmly supplied two versions without making any progress on Shi Jihan’s task.

Shi Jihan's antics at the audition embarrassed Xiao Yuan, and a stairway accident sent both of them to the hospital. After Shi Jihan recovered at home, he learned Xiao Yuan had been cast as the male lead and questioned the choice.

• Shi Jihan and the others pressured Xiao Yuan to make one more sound at the audition, earning Malice Points and completing the task of obstructing his entry into the production crew.
• Shi Jihan raced down the emergency stairs, fell, and kicked Xiao Yuan into the seventh-floor hallway, where the watching crowd further embarrassed him.
• Zhou Jingcheng carried the injured Shi Jihan to the hospital, and the examination found no fracture, though Shi Jihan remained sore for several days.
• Shi Jihan learned that Xiao Yuan had been selected as the male lead and asked Shi Zhongye why he had been cast.

Shi Jihan used Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye’s university history to make a bizarre ship video and post it as a celebrity first-love scoop. The video went viral on the anonymous forum, leaving viewers horrified and demanding their eyes back.

• Shi Jihan searched for Xiao Yuan’s scandals and found records of Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye’s university friendship and later falling-out.
• Shi Jihan edited their old photos into a dramatic romance video and teased the scoop on an anonymous forum.
• Netizens and Xiao Yuan’s fans waited for Shi Jihan to release the promised evidence, while commenters discussed Xiao Yuan’s return and his time away from the industry.
• Shi Jihan uploaded a ten-minute video that distorted Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye into a chaotic, melodramatic love-and-fight sequence.
• The video’s viewers reacted with shock and anger, and the anonymous forum erupted with complaints about the so-called ship content.

Shi Jihan’s edited video humiliated Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye during their interview, while Shi Jihan accidentally interrupted Zhou Jingcheng’s meeting. The chapter ended when Xiao Yuan’s manager rushed in, saying Xiao Yuan was threatening to kill himself with chocolate.

• Shi Jihan watched his edited video flood Xiao Yuan and Shi Zhongye’s interview livestream, where it showed embarrassing clips of both men.
• Shi Zhongye laughed at Xiao Yuan, then reacted furiously when the video displayed his own face and mocked his past persona.
• Shi Jihan arrived early at Universe and accidentally entered Zhou Jingcheng’s meeting room, interrupting the gathered staff.
• Zhou Jingcheng ended the meeting and took Shi Jihan aside, asking whether his injuries had healed.
• Xiao Yuan’s manager rushed over and told Zhou Jingcheng that Xiao Yuan was threatening to slit his wrists with chocolate.

Shi Jihan, Zhou Jingcheng, Shi Zhongye, and Xiao Yuan shared a meal while Shi Zhongye discussed his film’s funding troubles and threatened to track down the CP video’s uploader. After Zhou Jingcheng left to change his shirt, Shi Jihan followed him to the Universe office, where Zhou joked that he still had not acquired Shi Corporation.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng found Xiao Yuan pretending to attempt suicide over a CP video, but Shi Zhongye caught him and dragged him into the restaurant.
• Zhou Jingcheng discussed investment problems for Shi Zhongye’s comedy film while Shi Jihan eagerly ate the chef’s Southwestern dishes.
• Shi Jihan offered Xiao Yuan bitter melon juice as poison, but Xiao Yuan said he would rather stay alive.
• Shi Zhongye said he would use detective Old Wang to find the CP video’s uploader, and Shi Jihan accidentally splashed tomato juice on Zhou Jingcheng’s shirt.
• Shi Jihan followed Zhou Jingcheng to his office, praised his management of Universe, and heard Zhou say he still had not acquired Shi Corporation.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng shared an awkwardly intimate moment in Zhou Jingcheng’s office, while Shi Jihan later learned that Zhou Zeyang had been cast in Shi Zhongye’s low-budget movie. The chapter ended with Shi Zhongye dragging Shi Jihan off the sofa to give him a task.

• Zhou Jingcheng invited Shi Jihan to touch his bare chest, and Shi Jihan nervously poked him before Zhou hurriedly changed clothes.
• Secretary Sun misunderstood Zhou Jingcheng’s warning to Shi Jihan about walking too fast, and Old President Zhou caught Zhou Jingcheng blushing after the two men left.
• Shi Jihan learned that the movie had lost its investment and that his employee Zhou Zeyang had been cast to help save money.
• Shi Jihan mocked Zhou Zeyang’s résumé and lounged at home while Shi Zhongye worked to keep the movie project going.
• Shi Zhongye found Shi Jihan relaxing on the sofa and hauled him up to handle a task, alarming Shi Bochuan.

Shi Zhongye tasked Shi Jihan with recruiting cheap stagehands, but Shi Jihan and Zhou Zeyang filled the crew with twenty college students seeking internship credits and bearing bizarre usernames. Shi Zhongye first panicked at the recruits, then learned they would work for little or no pay and eagerly embraced the savings.

• Shi Zhongye gave Shi Jihan recruitment standards and told him to bother Zhou Jingcheng’s work account, while Shi Bochuan warned him to endure his troubles.
• Shi Jihan got detailed hiring criteria and Zhou Jingcheng’s workout plan from Workmate, then teamed up with Zhou Zeyang to recruit students seeking internship stamps.
• Shi Jihan added twenty students with bizarre usernames to the crew group chat, and Shi Zhongye angrily confronted the assistant director and Zhou Jingcheng over their approval.
• Shi Zhongye complained to Shi Jihan about the recruits, but changed his tune after learning some wanted no pay and celebrated the savings.
• Shi Jihan told Shi Zhongye he had promised the recruits the highest stagehand wage.

Shi Jihan watched the cast and crew begin filming, while Zhou Jingcheng’s attempts to turn bad luck into good fortune and travel comfortably were repeatedly thwarted. The chapter ended with Zhou soaked by two sudden stops on the drive to the filming location.

• Shi Jihan learned that Xiao Yuan had been confirmed as the lead actor and resigned himself to Zhou Jingcheng remaining involved in the production.
• At the temple, Zhou Jingcheng drew the worst fortune, then removed the bad sticks and drew the best one instead.
• Shi Jihan and Zero-Zero-Zero celebrated the bad fortune before Zhou changed the sticks and declared that people could conquer fate.
• Shi Zhongye tried to arrange rides to the filming location, but Xiao Yuan squeezed into the back seat alongside him and Zhou Jingcheng.
• The bespectacled stagehand braked twice, splashing Zhou Jingcheng’s water over his pants and shirt while Shi Zhongye laughed.

Shi Jihan drove Shi Zhongye, Zhou Jingcheng, and Xiao Yuan to the filming location, turning the trip into a series of chaotic water-soaking mishaps. The group arrived at a remote unfinished development, where Shi Zhongye revealed they would be staying in nearby abandoned farmhouses.

• Shi Jihan took over driving and jolted Shi Zhongye with water over three speed bumps, while Xiao Yuan tried unsuccessfully to catch the spill in his hoodie.
• Zhou Jingcheng splashed Shi Zhongye with the empty bottle, and the bespectacled guy complained about the chaos in the crew's logistics group chat.
• Shi Zhongye wedged himself between the front seats to confront Shi Jihan, who admitted he had forgotten to release the handbrake before assuring everyone it was now released.
• At the filming location, Shi Jihan teased Zhou Jingcheng into revealing most of his bank card PIN, then covered his mouth before anyone else could hear.
• Shi Zhongye told Shi Jihan, Zhou Jingcheng, and Xiao Yuan that the crew would stay in nearby empty farmhouses because the filming location was a remote, unfinished residential development.

Shi Jihan joined the rural filming crew, revised the screenplay into increasingly absurd material, and endured an early morning of rooster noise and mistaken slap attacks. The crew was hurried to breakfast and the filming location as they prepared to shoot the first scene.

• Shi Jihan eagerly proposed eating the chickens, fishing in the reservoir, and roasting sweet potatoes, while Xiao Yuan looked forward to fishing.
• A passerby's video of Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Jihan at a temple spread online, and Universe announced that Shi Jihan was the screenwriter Teacher AAA for Shi Zhongye's show.
• Shi Jihan rewrote the opening scene with Lin An making instant noodles under a waterfall, then dreamed about building a house and buying clothes for his grandparents.
• Roosters woke the crew before dawn, and Shi Jihan complained until Zhou Zeyang told him it was the first day of filming.
• Shi Jihan mistook Xiao Yuan for Zhou Jingcheng and slapped him, then traded jokes and compliments with Zhou Jingcheng.
• Shi Zhongye grabbed Xiao Yuan and rushed the group to breakfast and the filming location.

Shi Jihan’s improvised script sent Lin An’s first scene into chaos, while the crew turned a burst water pipe into a communal wash-and-meal stop. After Shi Zhongye chased his brother around the set, Zhou Jingcheng backed the chaos and ordered filming to continue with a new script, leaving 000 worried about Dianjia Bro’s career.

• Shi Zhongye tried to brief the crew, but Shi Jihan’s jokes and suggestions made everyone consider skipping work and having hot pot.
• Shi Zhongye filmed Lin An’s introduction, but Auntie Li, Uncle Wang, and the neighbors used Lin An’s burst water pipe to wash vegetables, make tea, and wash their hair.
• Xiao Yuan collected water from the pipe for instant noodles, while Shi Zhongye struggled to keep the scene on script.
• Shi Jihan tried to sneak away, but Shi Zhongye chased him and the Zhou brothers lifted him into the air before setting him down.
• Zhou Jingcheng ordered the crew to follow a new script, and 000 worried that the plan would harm Dianjia Bro’s career.

Shi Jihan watched Shi Zhongye endure chaotic filming and take a lucrative advertising job with Xiao Yuan, then tried to sabotage their promotion. When an editor turned the serious car ad into a viral scooter-and-hot-pot parody, Shi Zhongye responded with an elaborate anger-relief dance, and Shi Jihan began editing the other advertisements.

• Shi Zhongye filmed the burst-pipe scene as Lin An's apartment filled with neighbors, while the Demolition Crew arrived and Xiao Yuan got drenched.
• The stagehands rushed the boxed lunches, and Shi Jihan decided to expand his cost-cutting plans to costumes, makeup, and set design.
• Zhou Jingcheng told Shi Zhongye that Xiao Yuan's agent had offered them lucrative advertisements, and Shi Zhongye agreed to shoot them.
• Shi Jihan received a mission to make the advertisements have the opposite promotional effect, but the luxury off-road vehicle ad was released before he could interfere.
• An editor posted a comic parody of the ad featuring an electric scooter and hot-pot ingredients, prompting Shi Zhongye to perform an anger-relief dance.
• Shi Jihan began editing the other advertisements after Zhou Jingcheng suggested Shi Zhongye get his brain checked.

Shi Jihan’s outrageous edit of Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan’s watch commercial went viral, while Shi Zhongye vowed to uncover the editor’s identity. After forgetting his cold medicine, Shi Jihan visited Zhou Jingcheng, where their flirtatious exchange ended with Shi Jihan grabbing Zhou Jingcheng’s cheeks before fleeing.

• Shi Jihan edited the watch commercial into a ridiculous parody, and netizens made it trend alongside the pair’s older videos.
• The marketing team found that sales and client reactions remained strong, while Shi Zhongye angrily began searching his industry contacts for the editing master.
• After realizing he had left his cold medicine behind, Shi Jihan asked Zhou Zeyang and then Zhou Jingcheng for some.
• Zhou Jingcheng petted Shi Jihan’s hair and chin, checked his forehead, and suggested Shi Jihan take advantage of him in return.
• Shi Jihan took the cold medicine, returned to pull Zhou Jingcheng’s cheeks, and fled; Zhou Jingcheng smiled and then encountered Zhou Zeyang on his way out.

Shi Jihan tried to escape after Shi Zhongye discovered that the video editor was Detective Old Wang, but he used system items to make his legs run uncontrollably fast. He left Shi Zhongye behind, only to lose control of his body as his legs raced on without his torso keeping pace.

• Zhou Jingcheng avoided Zhou Zeyang's question about where to buy cold medicine and brooded on set, while Shi Zhongye told Xiao Yuan he had traced the video editor's IP to their area.
• Shi Jihan and Zhou Zeyang filmed a comic scene in which Cheng Yangguang tried to recruit Auntie Li and a big orange cat for fitness training.
• Shi Zhongye spotted a Barbie-pink watch delivery box in the trash and found that it was addressed to Detective Old Wang in Room A02, revealing Shi Jihan as the video editor.
• Shi Jihan fled from the furious Shi Zhongye and exchanged Malice Points for system items that sped up and controlled his legs.
• Shi Jihan outran Shi Zhongye and high-fived Zhou Jingcheng and Zhou Zeyang, but his legs continued running so fast that his torso bent backward.

Shi Jihan’s runaway skill left him exhausted in a cornfield, where his struggle with Shi Zhongye became a viral spectacle and earned him more enemies. Back at the courtyard, he learned the production team needed a new buyer and decided to recruit Workmate to help him sabotage the project rather than ask Zhou Jingcheng for the job.

• Shi Jihan’s legs kept running until he fell in a cornfield, where Shi Zhongye found him and tried to pull free as a farm worker mistook their scuffle for something scandalous.
• Passersby uploaded videos of the brothers, and netizens mocked Shi Jihan while learning he had edited the CP videos of Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan.
• At dinner, Shi Jihan faced the disapproving looks of his companions, then cheered up when Zhou Jingcheng staged a birthday-like moment with the last fry.
• Zhou Jingcheng told Shi Zhongye that an investor was being negotiated with and that the production team’s buyer was resigning.
• Shi Jihan rejected a mission to bribe the incoming buyer and decided to ask Zhou Jingcheng for the position, but he lost his nerve and planned to enlist Workmate instead.

Shi Jihan used Workmate to try to take over the production crew’s purchasing manager role, while Zhou Jingcheng mistook the scheme for concern about his workload. On set, Shi Jihan disrupted Shi Zhongye’s scripted night scene by turning it into a lively neighborhood comedy, and Lin An was pulled away from his planned suicide.

• Shi Jihan asked Workmate to help him rise through the ranks and take over the purchasing manager position, and Zhou Jingcheng agreed to think of a way.
• Zhou Jingcheng interpreted Shi Jihan’s offer as an attempt to give him a vacation and went to the set to see the new manager at work.
• Shi Zhongye started filming a scripted scene in which Lin An’s power was cut, leaving him alone with a fruit knife.
• Cheng Yangguang burst into Lin An’s room with a fill light and took him to the Neighborhood Committee, where the residents improvised ways to restore electricity.
• Shi Zhongye realized Shi Jihan had sidelined him as the cast and crew continued the chaotic scene, and Lin An was pulled into pedaling a stationary bike to power the lights.