Chapter Summaries

Shi Zhongye returned home determined to expose Shi Jihan and Shen Qinghuai, but discovered his family and Zhou Jingcheng had turned his face into party decorations. After receiving a task to frame Shen Qinghuai with fake intimate photos, Shi Jihan devised a plan involving Zhou Jingcheng and Pizza and asked Zhou Jingcheng to take him out the next day.

• Shi Zhongye found his room preserved for him, ordered the mirrors removed, and grew suspicious of the welcome party and Zhou Jingcheng's excuses.
• Shi Zhongye caught Zhou Jingcheng enjoying the party with his family and resolved to get revenge, while Shi Jihan treated Zhou Jingcheng's bruised face.
• Shi Jihan received a task to fabricate intimate photos and slander Shen Qinghuai while Shi Zhongye investigated Shen Qinghuai's past.
• Shi Jihan planned to use Pizza as a stand-in for Shen Qinghuai in blurry photos and decided he needed Zhou Jingcheng to come along.
• Shi Jihan asked Zhou Jingcheng about his plans for the next day, then insisted Zhou Jingcheng could take him along on the dog walk.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng arranged a trip to a pet-friendly amusement park, and Zhou Jingcheng spent the night choosing an outfit before picking him up with Pizza. They arrived at the park in the evening, with Shi Jihan having dressed Pizza as an emperor and arranged for a photographer to take blurry photos.

• Shi Jihan invited Zhou Jingcheng to the pet-friendly amusement park carnival, and Zhou Jingcheng agreed to take him.
• Shi Jihan covered Zhou Jingcheng's cheek wound with a Kuromi Band-Aid, and the group spent the afternoon watching a movie before realizing they had forgotten Shi Zhongye's welcome party.
• Shi Jihan reminded Zhou Jingcheng to pick him up the next day and bring Pizza, prompting Zhou Jingcheng to spend the night choosing an outfit.
• Zhou Jingcheng picked up Shi Jihan with Pizza, and Shi Jihan admired his unusual black outfit before dressing Pizza in an emperor costume.
• Shi Jihan asked a photographer to take blurry photos of Pizza, and Zhou Jingcheng drove them to the amusement park as evening settled in.

Shi Jihan took Zhou Jingcheng and Pizza to an amusement park, where roller coasters and a water ride left Zhou exhausted. After Pizza stole and ate Zhou’s matcha ice cream, Zhou snapped and chased him across the park.

• Shi Jihan and Pizza rushed onto a roller coaster with Zhou Jingcheng, who endured their screaming and earned Malice Points after making a strange remark about a bullet between his brows.
• Shi Jihan clung to Zhou Jingcheng on the water rapids ride, then accidentally knocked him into the water when the raft plunged.
• Shi Jihan bought Zhou Jingcheng matcha ice cream, but Pizza secretly licked it before stealing and swallowing the rest.
• Zhou Jingcheng crushed the empty cone and pursued Pizza while Shi Jihan ran after them holding the retractable leash.

Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng spent the evening at the amusement park, where Shi’s antics earned Malice Points and pushed his task to an unprecedented completion rate. After Shi arranged a prank announcement claiming Zhou Jingcheng had lost his father, Zhou approached the service center, leaving Shi worried about the consequences.

• Shi Jihan and Zhou Jingcheng chased Pizza until the exhausted dog stopped, then went to a restaurant where Zhou paid for dinner.
• Shi Jihan bought matching lion headpieces for himself and Pizza, then lifted the dog and sang The Lion King theme in the souvenir shop.
• Zhou Jingcheng hid from Shi’s performance by taking a clown mascot head and wearing it.
• Shi Jihan arranged a park announcement calling Zhou Jingcheng a lost child’s father, earning ten Malice Points.
• Shi Jihan checked his task and found that he had completed it at 28/1 and unlocked the achievement “Ruining Him Isn't a Crime.”
• Zhou Jingcheng approached the service center as Shi Jihan nervously wondered how he would react.

Shi Jihan finished his photo shoot and kept teasing Zhou Jingcheng, while Zhou Jingcheng faced a coordinated scandal campaign against Universal Company. The chapter ended with Zhou Jingcheng seeing an amusement-park video of himself chasing Pizza and abruptly ending the meeting.

• At the service center, Shi Jihan hugged Zhou Jingcheng and claimed Pizza and Xiao Zhou had become sworn brothers, making Shi Jihan Xiao Zhou’s father.
• After leaving, Zhou Jingcheng asked why Shi Jihan had clung to him, then said he saw Shi Jihan as a younger brother; Shi Jihan joked back and headed off with Pizza to finish filming.
• Shi Jihan received the photographer’s pictures, admired a photo of himself hugging Zhou Jingcheng, and anonymously emailed photos to Shi Zhongye with a sensational headline about Shen Qinghuai and Shi Bochuan.
• At Universal Company, Zhou Jingcheng directed executives to counter fabricated scandals about the company and pursue Pei Mingxuan over his contract violations and alleged tax issues.
• When Secretary Sun showed Zhou Jingcheng an online video of him and Shi Zhongye chasing Pizza through an amusement park, Zhou flipped the tablet over and adjourned the meeting.

Zhou Jingcheng was bewildered by photos that seemed to show him with Shen Qinghuai, while Shi Jihan earned Malice Points by framing the images as a marriage scam. Zhou Jingcheng ended the chapter convinced Shi Jihan had sent him a meaningful photo of the two of them, leaving Shi Zhongye’s accusations unanswered.

• Zhou Jingcheng tried to suppress a video of himself and Shi Jihan at the amusement park, then received a photo of them from Shi Jihan and struggled to decide how to reply.
• Shi Zhongye showed Zhou Jingcheng anonymous photos he believed proved Shen Qinghuai had ulterior motives in marrying Shi Bochuan.
• Shi Jihan received task rewards for fabricating the photos and spent Malice Points on holographic movies, unaware that his daily task to ruin Zhou Jingcheng had been completed.
• Zhou Jingcheng compared the photos with Shi Jihan’s image and became confused by pictures that appeared to show him beside a tall, wavy-haired woman.
• Shi Zhongye planned to confront Shi Bochuan with the photos, but Zhou Jingcheng dismissed his theory and saved Shi Jihan’s photo to his favorites.

Shi Jihan used an anonymous detective persona to sell Shi Zhongye a childhood photo of Shen Qinghuai, then took a large payment to promise more dirt about him. At the Shi Family dinner, Shi Jihan’s awful soup made Shi Zhongye vomit, earning Jihan Malice Points and leaving Zhou Jingcheng trapped with another bowl.

• Shi Jihan posed as Detective Old Wang and sold Shi Zhongye a photo of young Shen Qinghuai in a kindergarten Snow White play for three yuan.
• Shi Zhongye mistook the harmless photo for proof that Shen Qinghuai was suspicious and decided to pay for more dirt.
• Shi Jihan received a mission to portray Shen Qinghuai as materialistic, collected 18,888 yuan from Shi Zhongye, and promised to send a package exposing him.
• Shi Zhongye brought Zhou Jingcheng to the Shi Family dinner, where Shi Jihan served them his homemade green soup.
• Zhou Jingcheng praised the soup despite its awful taste, while Shi Zhongye vomited after drinking it and earned Shi Jihan five Malice Points.
• Shi Jihan took Zhou Jingcheng’s praise seriously and handed him an even bigger bowl.

Shi Zhongye’s attempt to expose Shen Qinghuai as a gold-digger backfired when the package revealed books that delighted Shi Bochuan, while Zhou Jingcheng misread Shi Jihan’s detective account and showered him with food. After dinner, Shi Zhongye hired Shi Jihan to find evidence against Shen Qinghuai, and Zero-Zero-Zero revealed the Main System was despairing over the story’s collapsing plot.

• Shi Zhongye received a package meant to expose Shen Qinghuai, but it contained books about exploiting a rich husband and Shi Bochuan asked for more gifts like them.
• Zhou Jingcheng saw that Shi Jihan’s detective account was registered under “Zero,” concluded it was not connected to him, and gave Shi Jihan a huge pork knuckle.
• Shi Zhongye dragged Zhou Jingcheng into his room and insisted the package was meant to insult Shen Qinghuai, while Zhou Jingcheng mocked his reasoning.
• Shi Zhongye messaged Shi Jihan to find evidence that Shen Qinghuai was neglecting his work and harming the company, triggering a new task.
• Zero-Zero-Zero told Shi Jihan that the Main System was depressed because Shi Bochuan and Shen Qinghuai’s relationship was nearing its ending despite the correction mechanism.

Shi Jihan’s stakeout of Shen Qinghuai led him to report ordinary workplace habits as major financial losses to Shi Zhongye. Zhou Jingcheng traced Detective Old Wang’s changed bank account back to Shi Jihan and realized Pizza had appeared in the amusement-park photos, leaving him to ask why the other people were cropped out.

• Shi Jihan secretly monitored Shen Qinghuai and declared that his coffee drinking and late-night work were damaging the company.
• Shi Zhongye received Detective Old Wang’s photos and accepted the claims about coffee, electricity, and office supplies as serious losses.
• Zhou Jingcheng had Secretary Sun use repeated transfers to trigger a freeze on Old Wang’s linked bank card.
• Shi Jihan gave Shi Zhongye his own bank card number after the virtual account was frozen.
• Zhou Jingcheng identified Pizza’s paw in an amusement-park photo and concluded Shi Jihan had used Pizza to stage the pictures and scam Shi Zhongye.
• Zhou Jingcheng asked Detective Old Wang why he had cropped other people out of the amusement-park photos.

Shi Jihan prepared to deal with the Shi Family relatives’ attempt to force Shen Qinghuai into a prenuptial agreement, while Shi Zhongye joined him in planning Shi Bochuan’s wedding. The wedding began with Shi Geren arriving at the manor, where he encountered the brothers’ conspicuous promotional standee for the couple.

• Zhou Jingcheng realized Shi Jihan had blocked him after receiving the remaining payment, then refused Pei Mingxuan’s apology and continued pursuing legal measures to terminate his contract.
• Xiao Yuan watched Pei Mingxuan plead with Secretary Sun, refused to enter Zhou Jingcheng’s office because Director Shi was there, and left to stay alive.
• Zero-Zero-Zero showed Shi Jihan a completed mission to randomly kill Zhou Jingcheng, and Shi Jihan messaged Zhou Jingcheng, who agreed to attend his brother’s wedding.
• Shi Jihan learned that the Shi Family relatives planned to pressure Shen Qinghuai into signing a prenuptial agreement and decided to plan the wedding decorations himself; Shi Zhongye also went to curate.
• Shi Geren arrived at Shi Bochuan’s wedding and saw the promotional standee that Shi Jihan and Shi Zhongye had made for the couple.

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.