Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into a fused-book world as the Shi family’s doomed cannon fodder, Shi Jihan accepted the system’s plot missions for the promised cash reward. He reached Shi Bochuan’s office to face a reprimand over a failed project, where Shen Qinghuai was also waiting.

• Shi Jihan learned from Zero-Zero-Zero that he could earn cash by collecting Malice Points, and eagerly headed to the Shi family headquarters to follow the plot.
• In the elevator, Xu Zhiman accused Shi Jihan of causing trouble for Shen Qinghuai’s project, and Shi Jihan’s casual remark earned him one Malice Point and ten thousand yuan.
• Shi Jihan asked Zero-Zero-Zero to make future notifications sound like Alipay payment alerts.
• At Shi Bochuan’s office, Shi Jihan saw Shen Qinghuai with his eldest brother, suppressed his smile, and greeted them politely.

Shi Jihan was sent to repair the damage caused by an investor pulling out and received a system task to damage the reputations of the original male lead and male receiver at a banquet. He rode to the banquet with Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai, whose tense exchange left him sensing an awkward atmosphere.

• Shi Jihan tried to persuade Shi Bochuan that losing an investor was a long-term investment, but Shi Bochuan threw him out of his office.
• Shen Qinghuai ordered the project team to work overtime, while Shi Jihan happily left work early after Xu Zhiman barred him from the team meeting.
• Shi Jihan brewed Shen Qinghuai a cup of tea made from wood ear mushrooms and earned two Malice Points.
• Shi Bochuan gave Shi Jihan documents about newly selected partners and told him to prepare for the next night's banquet, where the system assigned him to ruin the original male lead's and male receiver's reputations.
• Shi Jihan joined Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai in the limousine, where their tense conversation about their marriage stopped when he got in.

Shi Jihan sabotaged Shen Qinghuai’s pitch to President Wang, but Wang mistook his insults for a shrewd negotiation tactic and chose Shen’s company. At the Zhou Family banquet, Shi Jihan earned malicious points by mocking the venue and then insulted the arriving Zhou Jingcheng to his face.

• Shi Jihan interrupted Shen Qinghuai’s pitch to President Wang with outrageous insults, while their rival boasted about his company’s fashion show plans.
• President Wang chose Shen Qinghuai’s company, convinced Shi Jihan had cleverly concealed a secret advantage from their rival.
• Shi Jihan received half of his mission reward, learned that the banquet was hosted by Zhou Jingcheng, and remembered insulting him as a rabid dog.
• Zhou Jingcheng noticed the Shi Family’s attempt to broker a partnership at his banquet and went downstairs to meet Shi Jihan.
• Shi Jihan mocked the venue’s painting, music, and garden, then told Zhou Jingcheng he seemed narcissistic for keeping a self-portrait at home.

Shi Jihan tried to earn Malice Points by provoking Zhou Jingcheng and turning against his brother at a banquet, but his drunken boasts about trivial school favors left the guests confused. Shi Bochuan dragged him to the restroom to sober up, while Shi Jihan added one final demand about not using AI on his papers.

• Shi Jihan recognized Zhou Jingcheng and changed an insult into exaggerated praise, while Zhou Jingcheng and Secretary Sun mocked the flowerbed and traded barbs with him.
• Shi Jihan moved to the buffet, joked with Zero-Zero-Zero about Zhou Jingcheng, and then joined a group of trendy young men who urged him to drink.
• After hearing the group criticize Shi Bochuan, Shi Jihan loudly agreed and announced he would show his brother who was boss, drawing the attention of the banquet guests.
• Shi Jihan drunkenly listed demands that Shi Bochuan lower his paper plagiarism rate, take his fitness test, attend class for him, and buy discounted braised food.
• Shi Bochuan angrily flicked Shi Jihan on the forehead and dragged him to the restroom, while Shi Jihan shouted that he must not use AI to lower the plagiarism rate.

Shi Jihan tried to earn Malice Points by humiliating Zhou Jingcheng, but his awkward ambush earned him only a partial reward. He was left needing to beat Zhou Jingcheng at tennis or lose 300 Malice Points.

• After a viral video of his drunken antics improved Shi Corporation’s reputation, Shi Jihan’s Malice Points fell to -184.67, and he accepted a mission to humiliate Zhou Jingcheng at tennis.
• Shi Jihan met Lip-Piercing Bro at the tennis club and used Zero-Zero-Zero to locate Zhou Jingcheng near the changing rooms.
• Shi Jihan ambushed Zhou Jingcheng in the shower room, then panicked at his lack of clothing and accidentally completed the humiliation portion of the mission.
• Zhou Jingcheng forced Shi Jihan out, while the system warned that he still had to overwhelm Zhou Jingcheng with his tennis skills or lose 300 Malice Points.

Shi Jihan completed the “Overwhelming Ball Skills” mission by playing tennis with Zhou Jingcheng, though Zhou Jingcheng carried most of the match. After they left the court, Zhou Jingcheng warned Shi Jihan not to enter the wrong changing room again and teased him about sneaking a look.

• Zhou Jingcheng joined Shi Jihan and their friends for a casual tennis match, and the lots placed Shi Jihan on Zhou Jingcheng’s team.
• Shi Jihan struggled through the game while Zhou Jingcheng played expertly, and their team lost the first set 6:4.
• Shi Jihan received 15 Malice Points for completing the “Overwhelming Ball Skills” mission, then praised Zhou Jingcheng, who left without mocking him.
• Shi Jihan followed Zhou Jingcheng toward the changing rooms, where Zhou turned him around and warned him to find his own room so he would not accidentally walk in on him changing.
• Zhou Jingcheng teased Shi Jihan by implying they were not exactly the same and examining him below the waist.

Shi Jihan tried to avoid Zhou Jingcheng after stepping on his foot, but ended up riding in his car and paying him to drive him home. Back at the villa, Shi Jihan misread his brothers’ actions, and the next morning he headed to Shi Group expecting to cause trouble for Shen Qinghuai.

• Shi Jihan stomped on Zhou Jingcheng’s foot and worried that his Malice Points would get him sent abroad.
• Shi Jihan accepted a ride from Zhou Jingcheng, paid him eighty-eight yuan, and was driven to the Shi Family Villa.
• Shi Bochuan gently touched Shi Jihan’s hair and gave him three eggs, causing Shi Jihan’s Malice Points to rise by eight.
• Shi Bochuan planned to give Shi Jihan his inheritance shares and make him start work, while Shen Qinghuai left after misinterpreting his remarks about bondage.
• Shi Jihan learned that his faction would use Shen Qinghuai’s failed investment pitch to pressure him at a work meeting, then eagerly went to Shi Group.
• Shi Jihan arrived at Shi Group as the novel announced the entrance of the malicious cannon-fodder villain Shi Aotian.

Shi Jihan’s accidental success at the board meeting earned him responsibility for a new collection, along with a share of the work for Yan Bo. As Shi Corporation prepared for a dinner with Zhou Jingcheng, Shen Qinghuai wondered whether Zhou planned to break their contract.

• Shi Jihan arrived at the board meeting in a gale-force entrance, and Yan Bo mistook him for a rising power ready to take over from Shen Qinghuai.
• Shen Qinghuai announced that President Wang had added five million in investment, while Shi Jihan canceled a task to mock Shen and seize his position.
• At Yan Bo’s urging, Shi Bochuan assigned Shi Jihan responsibility for the season’s collection, and Shi Jihan made Yan Bo share half the workload.
• Xia Jun planned to pursue Zhou Jingcheng’s business after failing to secure President Wang’s partnership, and Zhou agreed to attend a dinner with the rival company.
• Shi Bochuan brought Shen Qinghuai and Shi Jihan into the dinner plans, and Shen asked whether Zhou Jingcheng might be preparing to breach their contract.

Shi Jihan sabotaged Xia Jun’s dinner with Zhou Jingcheng by replacing the menu with ten plates of smashed cucumber salad, causing Zhou Jingcheng to leave before discussing cooperation. The next day, the story spread through the company, and Shi Jihan gained more Malice Points.

• Shi Jihan proposed changing the banquet menu to ten plates of smashed cucumber salad, and Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai reluctantly went along with his plan.
• Xia Jun welcomed Zhou Jingcheng to dinner and promised a lavish seafood meal, while Shi Jihan secretly watched from the next room with Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai.
• Zhou Jingcheng found nothing but smashed cucumber salad under every cloche, grew angry, and left before discussing cooperation with Xia Jun.
• Xia Jun discovered that someone had switched his menu, while Shi Jihan celebrated the failed meeting by eating the seafood meant for Zhou Jingcheng.
• Shi Jihan learned that the Main System had rejected his plan to develop subordinates, then checked his Malice Points at -124.6.
• The next day, Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai overheard coworkers mocking the dinner incident, and Shi Jihan received nine more Malice Points when Shen Qinghuai entered the project office.

Shi Jihan pushed ahead with his fashion project by hiring a contractor to refine his bizarre designs, while Shen Qinghuai and Zhou Jingcheng awkwardly met during the sample fitting. Zhou Jingcheng learned that Shi Bochuan’s family had switched the menu behind the smashed cucumber salad incident, leaving him to reconsider who was responsible.

• Shi Jihan told Zero-Zero-Zero that the outsourced work would refine his own designs, while a contractor reluctantly agreed to develop Yan Bo’s unusual sketches.
• Yan Bo hid from Shi Bochuan after arranging the contractor, and Shi Bochuan brought Zhou Jingcheng and models to the sample room.
• Shen Qinghuai hurried past Zhou Jingcheng, and the two exchanged an awkward glance before Zhou Jingcheng wandered through the office.
• Zhou Jingcheng helped Shi Jihan retrieve a reference book, and Shi Jihan nearly called him “88 Carpool Bro” before recovering with an exaggerated greeting.
• Zhou Jingcheng received Xia Jun’s message claiming Shi Bochuan’s family had switched the menu, then asked Xia Jun to confirm the accusation.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng collaborated on deliberately absurd fashion designs, while Zhou arranged to take Shi Bochuan to dinner. Shi Jihan escaped the dinner, but President Shi and Shen Qinghuai soon assigned him more work, and the system issued new tasks tied to the fashion show.

• Shi Jihan bragged that he had replaced the restroom floor cleaner with peanut oil, and Zhou Jingcheng saw the resulting pileup and approached him.
• Zhou Jingcheng drew bizarre food-themed outfits for Shi Jihan's fashion collection, and Shi Jihan arranged to send the sketches to the contractor and promote them under several names.
• Shi Bochuan invited Zhou Jingcheng to dinner, but Shen Qinghuai stayed behind to work and Shi Jihan faked an urgent phone call to leave.
• President Shi and Team Leader Shen began assigning Shi Jihan more fashion-show work, and the system tasked him with lowering the show's class and sowing discord between the company's factions.

Shi Jihan’s improvised promotional video unexpectedly drew a huge audience to Shi Corporation’s fashion show, despite alarming his family and the old-guard shareholders. He celebrated completing his sabotage missions and praised Zhou Jingcheng’s bizarre designs, while their chat left Secretary Sun stunned.

• Shi Jihan rejected the marketing department’s polished video and made an absurd promotional video himself, which quickly became popular online.
• Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai watched the video at the office and learned it had driven more than half of the livestream reservations.
• Shi Jihan arrived eager to see Yan Bo’s finished garments as Shi Corporation’s social media numbers climbed and shareholders praised the new audience reach.
• Shi Jihan received Malice Points and notifications that his missions to sow discord and lower the fashion show’s standards were complete.
• Shi Jihan admired the finished garments and exchanged exaggerated praise with Zhou Jingcheng about their designs, prompting Secretary Sun to choke on his coffee.

Shi Jihan’s fashion show began with Shen Qinghuai’s polished PALIMPSEST collection, then shifted to Shi Jihan’s bizarre food-themed designs. The chapter ended as a model dressed as a hamburger demonstrated how her outfit could fold shut around her.

• Shi Jihan arrived at the fashion show in an ornate white suit and joked that guests should pay to admire his handsomeness.
• Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Bochuan prepared for the livestream as viewers gathered, many drawn by Shi Jihan’s promotional video.
• Shen Qinghuai’s PALIMPSEST collection impressed the audience with its fusion of retro and avant-garde fashion.
• Shi Jihan’s sub-collection, Carbohydrate Rhapsody, opened with a model wearing instant-noodle trousers.
• A model in hamburger pajamas spread her arms to display her outfit, then folded it closed into a hamburger, leaving Shen Qinghuai gripping Shi Bochuan’s arm in shock.

Shi Jihan’s bizarre fashion show went viral, earning him Malice Points while publicly embarrassing Shi Bochuan, Shen Qinghuai, and Zhou Jingcheng. He escaped Zhou Jingcheng’s anger and learned that the show had brought his Malice Points total to 92.34.

• Shi Jihan’s unconventional runway designs sent the audience and online viewers into a frenzy, and the show’s trending tags earned him 80 Malice Points.
• The closing credits unexpectedly named Shen Qinghuai, Shi Bochuan, and Zhou Jingcheng as contributors, embarrassing them and earning Shi Jihan more Malice Points.
• Zhou Jingcheng caught Shi Jihan trying to flee and demanded an explanation, but Shi Jihan pleaded and argued that the viral attention would benefit their companies.
• Secretary Sun interrupted to give Zhou Jingcheng a message from Madam Zhou, who wanted to take him to the hospital after watching the livestream.
• Shi Jihan escaped to his car, where Zero-Zero-Zero told him his Malice Points had reached 92.34.

Shi Jihan learned that the fashion-show plot had deviated, putting his money at risk, and argued with Zero-Zero-Zero about creating a White Moonlight. At work, he discovered Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai had approved humiliating promotional images of him, then learned Xia Jun’s plagiarism smear had backfired as designers sued Xia Jun.

• Zero-Zero-Zero told Shi Jihan that the Main System had penalized them for the plot’s deviation and demanded that they create a White Moonlight to restore it.
• Shi Jihan refused to take the task seriously, threatened to return Zero-Zero-Zero, and decided to postpone selling it after checking his Malice Points.
• Shi Jihan saw mall advertisements depicting him as instant noodles and a mermaid, then confronted Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai about approving them.
• Shi Bochuan told Shi Jihan that Xia Jun had accused him and Shen Qinghuai of plagiarism, and Shen Qinghuai explained that Xia Jun had fabricated evidence to smear them.
• Shi Jihan learned that the designers had jointly sued Xia Jun, while the controversy pushed the fashion show back into trending topics.
• Shi Jihan left Shi Bochuan’s office still angry about the advertisements and punched toward the door while imagining Zhou Jingcheng’s face.

Shi Jihan hired Zhou Zeyang to pose as Shi Bochuan’s high-school White Moonlight, hoping to make Shen Qinghuai believe in a fabricated romance. The chapter ended with Shi Jihan waiting anxiously at a hotpot restaurant while Zhou Jingcheng, taking a call nearby, heard his noisy voice messages through the restroom door.

• Shi Jihan recruited Zhou Zeyang as an actor and wrote him a detailed script for impersonating Shi Bochuan’s old classmate and White Moonlight.
• Shi Bochuan wondered why Shi Jihan had grown quiet, while Shen Qinghuai felt close to him after his promotion and grew angry when Shi Bochuan interrupted his attempt to get a kiss by pointing out his eye gunk.
• Shi Jihan edited Zhou Zeyang into a high-school graduation photo and sent him the picture, a restaurant address, and instructions to bring props.
• Zhou Zeyang ignored Shi Jihan’s messages while playing games, leaving Shi Jihan waiting at the restaurant with Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai.
• Shi Jihan hid in a restroom stall and sent a stream of voice messages urging Zhou Zeyang to hurry, while Zhou Jingcheng took a nearby business call and struggled to hear over the noise.

Shi Jihan’s staged first-love reunion went awry when Zhou Zeyang presented a badly Photoshopped graduation photo, exposing Shi Jihan’s edits and distracting Shen Qinghuai from his argument with Shi Bochuan. Zhou Jingcheng witnessed his younger brother clinging to Shi Bochuan and fled the scene, while Shi Bochuan mistakenly believed Zhou Zeyang had helped him make peace with Shen Qinghuai.

• Zhou Jingcheng found Shi Jihan rehearsing melodramatic lines in the restroom, denied knowing him to a client, and returned to his business meeting.
• Shi Jihan hurried back to the private room as Shen Qinghuai stormed out and Shi Bochuan chased after him, trying to explain why he had been working overtime.
• Zhou Zeyang arrived for Shi Jihan’s paid scheme, mistakenly embraced Shi Bochuan as his target, and claimed to be his first love.
• Zhou Zeyang showed them a graduation photo that revealed Shi Jihan had forgotten to restore Shi Bochuan’s appearance after editing it, and Shen Qinghuai teased his husband about the result.
• Shi Bochuan offered to change his appearance if Shen Qinghuai disliked it, but Shen reassured him that he was fine as he was.
• Zhou Jingcheng saw Zhou Zeyang clinging to Shi Bochuan, denied that the man was his younger brother, and hurried away while Shi Bochuan thanked Zhou Zeyang for helping him win Shen Qinghuai’s favor.

Shi Jihan arranged for Zhou Zeyang to startle Shi Bochuan and rekindle his passion for Shen Qinghuai, completing the system mission. The prank ended in chaos when Shi Bochuan mistook Zhou Zeyang for a ghost and Shen Qinghuai rushed to the garage to investigate.

• Shi Jihan told Zhou Zeyang that Shi Bochuan would become cruel to Shen Qinghuai in the future and recruited him to help improve their relationship.
• Zhou Zeyang visited Zhou Jingcheng's company for a meal and told his brother he worked as an emotional counselor for Shi Jihan.
• Shi Jihan received the timed mission to ignite Shi Bochuan's passion for his white moonlight and enlisted Zhou Zeyang to pose as a pale, gentle figure.
• Shi Bochuan left work late and encountered Zhou Zeyang, whose appearance and sudden approach made him scream and throw Zhou over his shoulder.
• Shi Bochuan's fear and adrenaline completed the mission, while Shen Qinghuai drove toward the garage after hearing the screams.
• Shi Jihan and Shen Qinghuai arrived to find Shi Bochuan holding a fire extinguisher and Zhou Zeyang yelling for help.

Shi Jihan earned Malice Points after his ghostly disguise frightened Shi Bochuan, then tracked down Zhou Jingcheng and was forced to run after Pizza. The chapter ended with Shi Jihan flipping Zhou Jingcheng off, only to disguise the gesture as a rock sign.

• Shi Bochuan realized the ghost was his employee Zhou Zeyang, and Shen Qinghuai took Zhou Zeyang to the hospital for a checkup.
• Zhou Jingcheng found Zhou Zeyang at the hospital and learned that he had pretended to be seriously injured to avoid walking the dog.
• Shi Jihan checked his Malice Points, planned to send Shi Bochuan a cheap warm scarf, and used the system to track Zhou Jingcheng.
• Shi Jihan found Zhou Jingcheng walking Pizza, and Zhou Jingcheng handed him the leash, leaving Shi Jihan to chase the energetic dog around the plaza.
• After the run, Shi Jihan raised his middle finger at Zhou Jingcheng, then claimed he had been making a rock gesture and earned two Malice Points.

Shi Jihan disrupted Zhou Jingcheng’s high-stakes Texas Hold’em game by turning it into a chaotic mahjong match. The blond rival grew furious as Shi Jihan invented increasingly absurd reasons to cancel his turns.

• Zhou Jingcheng photographed Shi Jihan being swarmed by pigeons, then saved the embarrassing pictures as memes, and Shi Jihan headbutted him hard enough to split his tongue.
• A mission tasked Shi Jihan with ruining Zhou Jingcheng’s Texas Hold’em game, and Shi Jihan later joined Zhou Jingcheng and Shi Bochuan at the business gathering.
• Shi Bochuan explained that Zhou Jingcheng’s competitors had set up the card game as a trap to undermine his overseas expansion.
• Shi Jihan called Texas Hold’em low-end, dumped mahjong tiles onto the table, and pulled Zhou Jingcheng, Shi Bochuan, and the blond rival into a mahjong game.
• Shi Jihan repeatedly rejected the blond man’s tiles with nonsensical holiday excuses until the furious rival insulted him and earned Malice Points.