Chapter Summaries

Plot and events

• Tang Lin and his companions arrive at a psychiatric hospital. A nurse directs the women to one dormitory and the men to another.
• Si Wuyu tries to stay with Tang Shiba by claiming he is a “ladyboy.” Fang Cheng exposes the absurdity of this, embarrassing Si Wuyu and attracting the nurse’s unwanted interest.
• The nurse insists on examining Si Wuyu. When the group blocks her, staff produce sedatives, and Si Wuyu knocks a syringe away with a kick.
• The staff decide Si Wuyu is too violent for the first floor and should be sent to the second. Tang Shiba attacks him to help make their behavior look like a psychiatric episode; Si Wuyu initially only dodges, then briefly grabs her before playing along and charging at the nurses.
• Guards arrive with stun batons, ending the staged fight. Si Wuyu is sent upstairs, while Tang Shiba is ordered to remain on the first floor. She threatens to cause trouble, but Fang Cheng persuades her to begin searching there.

Character developments and interactions

• Si Wuyu reveals how far he will go to stay near Tang Shiba, even using a ridiculous disguise claim. He is protective and reluctant to hurt her, but his jealousy and frustration show when she appears to side with the staff.
• Tang Shiba needles Si Wuyu, then cooperates with his plan to get him moved upstairs. She denies being worried about him and privately admits she mainly wants to avoid sharing a room with Ouyang Xuan.
• Fang Cheng supplies comic relief by exposing Si Wuyu’s lie and later keeps Tang Shiba from making the situation worse.
• Ouyang Xuan interprets Si Wuyu’s actions as evidence that her card worked, and is relieved when he and Tang Shiba appear to fight.
• The nurse’s flirtatious interest in the handsome newcomers turns coercive when she insists on examining Si Wuyu, prompting the group to intervene.

Significant themes

• Romantic tension and embarrassment: Si Wuyu’s efforts to stay close to Tang Shiba are repeatedly undercut by teasing and awkward misunderstandings.
• Performance and deception: The characters pretend to be mentally ill and stage a fight to influence where Si Wuyu is placed.
• Control versus autonomy: The patients are threatened with examinations, sedatives, and restraint, while they try to manipulate the hospital’s rules to pursue their own goals.

Key plot points and events

• At Changde Psychiatric Hospital, Yang Xin is hungry, but the nurse says meals are served only at set times and gives her a piece of chocolate. Other patients swarm to take it, so Sun Qian protects her.
• Tang Shiba distracts the patients by promising a free concert the next morning. When two patients pretend not to recognize Ouyang Xuan, Tang realizes they are secretly her fans and encourages them to get Ouyang up to perform.
• The patients rush to bed after the nurse warns that anyone staying up will receive injections and pills. Tang still cannot locate Little Chubby, whose nickname is not widely known.
• At dawn, Tang and the patients wake Ouyang Xuan and force her toward the courtyard, treating her as the star of a concert they have supposedly organized. Ouyang protests, but the patients haul her away to wash and dress.
• News of the concert draws patients from the upper floors. Meanwhile, Si Wuyu heads downstairs after a clash with other patients over his toiletries and blanket; the group that fought him threatens him again.
• Ouyang is placed on a table as a makeshift stage. The crowd demands that she sing, while Tang watches with amusement.
• A man notices Tang and is captivated by her appearance, then ties back his hair for the first time since arriving at the hospital.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba turns a practical distraction into a prank that makes Ouyang perform, while continuing to search for Little Chubby. She and Yang Xin share a moment of laughter over the patients’ strange claims.
• Ouyang Xuan becomes increasingly uneasy as Tang’s plan unfolds. She is embarrassed and powerless against the patients, and searches the crowd for Si Wuyu.
• Si Wuyu is shown as guarded and capable of defending himself, but his earlier fight has left him injured and still facing hostility.
• Yang Xin and Sun Qian show vulnerability and care: Yang Xin worries about going hungry, and Sun Qian intervenes to protect her.
• The patients’ mock concert becomes a collective spectacle, with Ouyang as their unwilling performer and Tang as its amused instigator.

Significant themes

• Performance and pretense: Patients pretend not to recognize Ouyang, while the “concert” turns her celebrity identity into a role imposed on her.
• Powerlessness and control: Tang manipulates the situation through humor, while Ouyang and the newcomers have little control over the hospital’s routines or the patients’ demands.
• Appearance and attraction: The closing scene emphasizes Tang’s striking presence and hints at a new character’s interest in her.
• Survival in an unpredictable setting: Hunger, stolen belongings, threats, and the difficulty of locating Little Chubby make the hospital feel chaotic and unsafe.

Plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuan is made to sing for the patients. She looks to Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu for help, but they join the crowd in encouraging her. Though upset, she sings after her system tells her it might earn her influence.
• Tang Shiba’s system explains that the hospital’s patients are divided between Han Feng’s ruthless faction and Su Chen’s more peaceful one.
• Han Feng’s men attack Tang Shiba’s brothers, Tang Xiao and Tang Lin, after Han Feng becomes jealous of their looks. Tang Shiba’s gossip reveals their attackers’ weaknesses; the brothers use that information to turn the fight around.
• Fang Cheng joins the brothers, and the three confront Han Feng. Fang Cheng provokes him, prompting Han Feng to attack.
• Si Wuyu steps in to protect Fang Cheng. During their fight, Han Feng knocks off Si Wuyu’s mask, exposing his bruised face. Si Wuyu then lands a powerful punch that forces Han Feng back.
• As Han Feng’s men prepare to retaliate, Su Chen arrives and calls Han Feng’s name, interrupting the confrontation.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains sharp-tongued and entertained by gossip, but her knowledge of the fighters’ vulnerabilities helps her brothers survive and fight back.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lin move from being overwhelmed to defending themselves effectively by following Tang Shiba’s advice.
• Fang Cheng is bold and taunting, but his provocation puts him in danger; Si Wuyu has to rescue him.
• Si Wuyu acts protectively toward both Fang Cheng and Tang Shiba. When his mask is knocked off, he responds with greater force.
• Han Feng is shown as vain, aggressive, and obsessed with asserting dominance. His anger escalates when Fang Cheng calls him a patient.
• Ouyang Xuan is humiliated by the crowd but ultimately complies with their demand to sing.

Significant themes

• Gossip as power: Tang Shiba’s system-fed information gives her side a practical advantage in a fight.
• Rivalry and factional conflict: The hospital’s two groups embody competing approaches—Han Feng’s retaliation and force versus Su Chen’s harmony and restraint.
• Appearance and identity: Han Feng targets the brothers for their looks, while Si Wuyu’s bruised face leads others to misjudge him.
• Protection and loyalty: Si Wuyu risks injury to defend Fang Cheng, and the brothers rely on Tang Shiba’s help.

Character interactions

• Ouyang Xuan seeks help from Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu, but they leave her to face the singing crowd.
• Tang Shiba communicates her tactical observations through her system, indirectly guiding her brothers.
• Fang Cheng’s insults provoke Han Feng, while Si Wuyu intervenes to shield him.
• Han Feng and Si Wuyu fight until Su Chen’s arrival interrupts the clash.

Plot points and events

• Su Chen arrives and intervenes as Han Feng attacks the newcomers, including Tang Lin. Tang Lin’s relentless insults provoke Han Feng into another fight.
• The fight spreads when Han Feng’s men join in. Su Chen quickly takes down several attackers and eventually restrains Han Feng, ending the brawl.
• Han Feng orders his men to take Ouyang Xuan to the third floor. Fang Cheng objects and calls her family, but Han Feng threatens to take either her or Tang Lin and leaves with Ouyang, giving the others one day to come after her.
• Su Chen promises he lives on the third floor and will keep Ouyang safe. Si Wuyu, jealous of Su Chen’s attention toward Tang Shiba, crowds up to her and asks her to treat his injured hand; she warns him off.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Lin doubles down on his provocative humor even while being punched, escalating the conflict rather than backing down. Fang Cheng helps protect him.
• Han Feng is quick to anger and determined to punish Tang Lin, but Su Chen’s intervention limits what he can do.
• Su Chen reveals that his gentle manner is paired with strong fighting ability. He tries to calm the situation and offers to protect Ouyang.
• Fang Cheng shows concern for Ouyang despite admitting he does not particularly like her, insisting that family should not be abandoned.
• Ouyang Xuan is frightened and helpless as she is carried away. Her system suggests using Han Feng for her mission, but she fears he may hurt her.
• Si Wuyu grows jealous when Tang Shiba admires Su Chen and Han Feng. He dismisses Su Chen as a potential womanizer, then seeks Tang Shiba’s attention by feigning vulnerability; she remains wary and forceful.

Significant themes

• Words as weapons: Tang Lin’s insults fuel the violence, while his bravado provides comic relief.
• Protection and loyalty: Fang Cheng’s concern for Ouyang and Su Chen’s promise to help contrast with the group’s limited power to rescue her.
• Jealousy and possessiveness: Si Wuyu reacts to Tang Shiba’s interest in other men, while Tang Shiba freely admires them.
• Power and vulnerability: Fighting strength determines who controls the situation, leaving Ouyang especially exposed because of her frail health.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen leaves after Han Feng’s men depart, choosing not to approach Tang Shiba too eagerly. Si Wuyu is relieved to see him go.
• Si Wuyu shows Tang Shiba his bruises and asks whether they need medical attention. She gives him ointment and demands 500,000 for it, while privately admitting she wants to protect his attractive face.
• Si Wuyu grows jealous of the version of himself who had been possessing him, accusing Tang Shiba of liking that man because she let him touch and kiss her. She rejects both versions of him and runs off.
• Hoping to learn how to win her over, Si Wuyu questions Fang Cheng about his time with Tang Shiba. Fang Cheng asks her what she likes in a man and learns she favors a good physique, especially pecs and abs. Tang Lin reveals that this preference—and her enjoyment of watching men strip—is already common knowledge in the Tang family.
• Tang Shiba and Yang Xin fail to find the person known as Little Fatty on their floor, so they may need to search higher levels.
• At mealtime, a man deliberately rushes toward Tang Lin but instead knocks Tang Shiba’s food to the ground. When he refuses to apologize and blames her, she beats him and verbally tears into him. Tang Lin gives her his own meal to appease her.
• The man’s companions report the incident to Han Feng. Han Feng orders Tang Shiba sent to the third floor. One of his women volunteers to handle her, claiming it is retaliation for her boyfriend being beaten.

Character developments and interactions

• Si Wuyu is increasingly drawn to Tang Shiba despite believing he should dislike her. His jealousy of his possessed counterpart reveals how strongly he wants to claim the closeness Tang Shiba showed that version of him. He also starts looking for practical ways to attract her.
• Tang Shiba remains blunt, combative, and difficult to manipulate. Though she acts harshly, she is willing to treat Si Wuyu’s injuries—and is privately protective of his looks.
• Fang Cheng tries to help Si Wuyu by investigating Tang Shiba’s preferences, but is disappointed to learn the information is not a special confidence.
• Tang Lin knows his sister’s tastes well and cautiously gives up his meal to avoid becoming the target of her anger.
• Han Feng continues directing trouble toward the group, now escalating his harassment by targeting Tang Shiba.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and divided identity: Si Wuyu resents the other version of himself and wants to replace him in Tang Shiba’s affections.
• Affection expressed through teasing and conflict: Tang Shiba’s concern for Si Wuyu is concealed beneath insults, demands for money, and rejection.
• Manipulation and retaliation: Han Feng’s men provoke incidents and then use them as pretexts to target the group.
• Comic contrast: Si Wuyu’s intense romantic insecurity and Tang Shiba’s violent, unapologetic responses drive the chapter’s humor.

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba’s group follows the system’s directions and finds a gossip-loving patient who once ran an orphanage. The woman regards everyone in the hospital as her children.
• Through the patients’ gossip, they learn that captured animals are being kept behind the hospital. Another patient’s son was abused to death by a nanny, after which the patient killed the nanny and was institutionalized.
• When Tang Shiba mentions hearing cries for help, the orphanage caretaker relives a fire and insists that someone else set it, killing the children and framing her. Tang Shiba believes the woman was blamed and confined after the tragedy.
• The group waits for the woman to recover, hoping to ask her about Little Fatty. Hua Yingying, another patient, distracts her by pretending to be her daughter and sending her off to cook.
• Hua Yingying claims her half-sister framed her and her father had her committed after she struck him. Tang Shiba recognizes her familiar “earn trust by claiming to be wronged” routine and calls it out.
• Hua Yingying drops the innocent act and threatens to have the man on the second floor—Tang Shiba’s lover—killed. Tang Shiba responds with mock fear and challenges her to try.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains observant and unflappable. She listens to the patients’ stories, shows concern for the orphanage caretaker, and quickly sees through Hua Yingying’s manipulation.
• The orphanage caretaker shifts between confused gossip and traumatic recollection. Her attachment to the patients reflects her former devotion to the children she raised.
• Hua Yingying initially presents herself as a wronged, vulnerable rich young woman, but reveals her coercive nature when Tang Shiba refuses to be drawn in.
• Tang Lin and Fang Cheng sympathize with Hua Yingying’s account until Tang Shiba exposes her tactic; they then retreat behind Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba’s banter with the system adds comic contrast to the grim revelations, especially when she scolds it for encouraging violence.

Significant themes

• Trauma and unreliable appearances: Patients’ behavior can conceal painful histories, while apparent vulnerability can also be a deliberate act.
• Injustice and scapegoating: The caretaker may have been blamed for a fire she says someone else caused, with her grief dismissed as madness.
• Trust and manipulation: Hua Yingying uses a rehearsed victim narrative to win confidence, but Tang Shiba refuses to play along.
• Care and loss: The caretaker’s insistence on treating patients as her children shows how deeply her identity is tied to the orphans she lost.

Plot points and events

• Hua Yingying confronts Tang Shiba and her companions, demanding that Tang Shiba come with her. Tang Shiba refuses and accepts Hua’s challenge to fight one-on-one.
• Tang Shiba learns through the system that Hua’s greatest fear is being strung up, a punishment her father used on her as a child.
• Hua attacks, aiming to scratch Tang Shiba’s face. Tang Shiba dodges, provokes her with crude taunts, and uses a feint to land a kick to her stomach.
• While Hua pursues Tang Shiba, Hua’s followers fight Fang Cheng and Tang Lin’s group, resorting to trying to pull down the men’s pants. Fang Cheng and the others quickly handle them.
• Tang Shiba eventually stops dodging, throws Hua to the ground, and helps tie her up. Fang Cheng and Tang Lin hang Hua from a courtyard tree.
• Hua panics and cries, while Tang Shiba and her companions mock her and the patients nearby applaud. Hua’s boyfriend arrives with reinforcements and demands to know who harmed her.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba shows confidence, agility, and a mischievous, taunting fighting style. She uses Hua’s temper against her, then exploits her fear to end the confrontation.
• Hua Yingying begins as domineering and confident but loses control as Tang Shiba provokes her. Being hung up triggers childhood trauma, and she breaks down.
• Fang Cheng and Tang Lin back Tang Shiba’s one-on-one challenge, help subdue and string up Hua, and join in the mockery. Tang Lin remains wary of Tang Shiba’s temper.
• Su Chen, watching from the sidelines, finds Tang Shiba’s antics entertaining and charming.
• The patients appear to recognize Hua’s history of bullying them and take pleasure in seeing her humiliated.

Significant themes

• Power and reversal: Hua’s intimidation fails, and the person she sought to dominate turns the tables on her.
• Humiliation and retaliation: The fight becomes a public spectacle, with insults and cheering escalating the punishment.
• Trauma: Hua’s childhood abuse explains why being strung up terrifies her.
• Comic bravado: Tang Shiba’s irreverent taunts and the group’s jokes make the confrontation deliberately farcical.

Character interactions

Tang Shiba counters Hua’s threats with confidence and insults, while Hua’s anger makes her increasingly reckless. Fang Cheng and Tang Lin support Tang Shiba and help restrain Hua. The patients cheer and heckle, suggesting resentment toward Hua, while Su Chen watches with amusement. The chapter ends with Hua’s boyfriend confronting the group, setting up a new clash.

Plot points

• Tang Shiba challenges Wang Hao to a one-on-one fight, wagering that he must call her “Granny” three times if he loses. Her companions hold back Wang Hao’s men while Hua Yingying remains tied to a tree.
• Wang Hao accepts after Tang Shiba taunts his pride. She discovers through the System that he enjoys being hit and insulted, so she uses a strange mix of vicious abuse and extravagant praise to throw him off.
• Distracted and overwhelmed, Wang Hao is pinned and admits defeat. His men are prevented from interfering, Hua Yingying is released, and Wang Hao calls Tang Shiba “Granny” three times before fleeing in humiliation.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba shows her sharp tongue, confidence, and knack for turning an opponent’s weaknesses against him. She combines mockery with flattery so effectively that Wang Hao gives up.
• Wang Hao acts threateningly but is secretly aroused by insults; unexpected praise embarrasses and disarms him. After losing, he keeps the bet and runs off.
• Si Wuyu supports Tang Shiba, though she insists on fighting Wang Hao herself. He later helps ensure Wang Hao is restrained.
• Tang Lin, Fang Cheng, Yang Xin, and Tang Xiao back Tang Shiba’s side: some heckle and cheer, while others stop Wang Hao’s men from intervening.
• Hua Yingying remains hostile and demands help, but after Wang Hao’s defeat she is released and silently recognizes how useless he has been. Han Feng watches from above but declines to intervene.

Significant themes

• Words as power: Tang Shiba wins less through force than by reading Wang Hao and manipulating his emotions.
• Public humiliation and pride: Wang Hao’s threats collapse when he loses control of the situation, and he is forced to honor the wager before everyone.
• Comedic reversal: The scene repeatedly undercuts aggression with absurd banter, heckling, and the surprising effect of praise on a man who expected only insults.

Plot points and events

• After Wang Hao and Hua Yingying leave, Fang Cheng worries about rescuing Ouyang Xuan, but Si Wuyu assures him the nurses will return her to the first floor. Ouyang Xuan is brought back that evening.
• Ouyang Xuan finds two mentally ill patients fighting over her quilt. They accuse her of being an impostor, pin her down, and pull her hair. Yang Xin refuses to help, and Tang Shiba initially watches from the doorway.
• Tang Shiba stops the fight by shouting that a nurse is coming to give injections. The patients flee to their beds, and Ouyang Xuan faints. Tang Shiba fetches a nurse, then turns to her own search.
• Tang Shiba gives candy to a lucid patient in exchange for information. The woman confirms that someone called Little Fatty may be in the hospital, likely on the third floor. She also fears for the children at the orphanage, where a dangerous woman remains. Tang Shiba asks her to help with an unspecified plan.
• Si Wuyu, apparently pretending to faint to escape the nurses, removes his IV needle and takes candy from the emergency-room desk. Later, Hua Yingying arrives with men to punish him. On seeing his uncovered face, she is stunned by his resemblance to her idol.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is practical, blunt, and focused on her own goals; she refuses to rescue Ouyang Xuan directly but uses quick thinking to stop the attack. Her fondness for candy also helps her gain the patient’s cooperation.
• Ouyang Xuan is left isolated and humiliated, refusing to ask Tang Shiba for help even while being attacked.
• Yang Xin’s loyalty to Tang Shiba outweighs her past connection to Ouyang Xuan.
• Si Wuyu shows his resourcefulness and willingness to endure an IV needle for candy. He remains attentive to Tang Shiba, while Fang Cheng worries about his safety and his apparent infatuation with her.
• Hua Yingying’s plan for revenge falters when Si Wuyu’s appearance distracts and amazes her; Wang Hao, wary after their previous failure, tries unsuccessfully to restrain her.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and isolation: Ouyang Xuan’s allies abandon her, while Tang Shiba and Yang Xin remain aligned.
• Cunning and survival: Characters rely on quick thinking and opportunism to navigate the hospital.
• Candy and comic contrast: Candy motivates both Tang Shiba’s bargaining and Si Wuyu’s risky escape, adding humor amid the conflict.
• Unresolved danger: Little Fatty’s whereabouts and the threat to the orphanage set up Tang Shiba’s next move.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• The ointment Tang Shiba gave Si Wuyu quickly heals his facial injuries. Seeing his restored reflection makes him happy, though he becomes frustrated when he remembers that Tang Shiba may care for the other personality associated with his body.
• Hua Yingying recognizes Si Wuyu as her idol and becomes intensely infatuated with him. He tells her he is married and rejects her advances, but she refuses to accept it. Wang Hao eventually pulls her away when a nurse arrives.
• The next morning, Hua Yingying again tries to care for Si Wuyu by bringing him breakfast. He refuses, and she follows him anyway, making Wang Hao jealous and worried about being ignored.
• Ouyang Xuan is seized again and taken away. Fang Cheng does nothing to help her; she interprets her brothers’ inaction as betrayal and vows to treat them without mercy.
• Si Wuyu asks Tang Shiba to pretend to be his wife so Hua Yingying will leave him alone. When she refuses, he tries to persuade her with flirtation, promises, and physical seduction. Tang Shiba is tempted, but her system warns her that he may be manipulating her.

Character developments

• Si Wuyu grows more openly attached to Tang Shiba and jealous of the other man she may like. His request for her to pose as his wife turns into a bold attempt to draw her closer.
• Tang Shiba remains wary and refuses to be pressured, despite finding Si Wuyu’s restored appearance and advances attractive. Her internal commentary provides comic contrast to her outward resistance.
• Hua Yingying shifts from enthusiastic fan to possessive, distressed admirer, treating Si Wuyu’s marriage as an unacceptable obstacle.
• Wang Hao displays jealousy of Si Wuyu and anxiety that Hua Yingying’s attention will leave him behind.
• Ouyang Xuan becomes more resentful after her brothers fail to intervene when she is taken away.

Significant themes

• Obsession and boundaries: Hua Yingying’s devotion crosses into possessiveness, while Si Wuyu tries to set limits with her.
• Jealousy and romantic rivalry: Si Wuyu’s feelings for Tang Shiba are complicated by his fixation on whom she may love; Wang Hao also feels threatened by Si Wuyu.
• Attraction versus caution: Tang Shiba’s desire clashes with her suspicion that Si Wuyu is deliberately manipulating her.
• Betrayal and resentment: Ouyang Xuan’s brothers’ inaction deepens the rift between them.

Character interactions

• Si Wuyu rejects Hua Yingying’s advances and insists his marriage is none of her concern; she challenges his choice of Tang Shiba.
• Wang Hao removes Hua Yingying from the dormitory and watches Si Wuyu with jealousy.
• Ouyang Xuan is taken away while her brothers stand aside, prompting her to turn against them.
• Si Wuyu privately asks Tang Shiba to pose as his wife, then escalates to flirtation and physical contact when she refuses.

• The kiss and fight: Si Wuyu tricks Tang Shiba into a kiss, claiming he needs to make their marriage seem convincing. Tang realizes he is taking advantage of her, bites his tongue, and throws him to the ground before beating and kicking him. Si Wuyu lets her hit him and privately cherishes the kiss. Hua Yingying, who witnessed it, tries to comfort him and condemns Tang, but Si Wuyu coldly insists he loves his wife and likes their rough dynamic. He admits to himself that he used Hua Yingying as an excuse to get close to Tang. Despite her anger, he soon returns to seek Tang out.
• The group’s next move: Tang Shiba ignores Si Wuyu and discusses the hospital’s strange routines: few doctors appear, and patients are sedated at night if they do not sleep. Du Wei reveals that his son, Du Xiaotian, has gone to the third floor to rescue Ouyang Xuan. Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng head there, accompanied by Tang Shiba’s brothers, Tang Lin and Tang Xiao. Tang Shiba arranges for Yang Xin and her mother to stay with the eccentric old woman, then goes alone to investigate the back courtyard.
• The animals in the courtyard: Using a jammer to evade surveillance, Tang Shiba reaches an iron enclosure where captive animals are being held. She tries to communicate with them, and they react hopefully when she thinks about rescuing them. Some begin pawing at the ground, but older animals discourage them: previous escape attempts failed, cameras make digging dangerous, and they fear the brutal fate awaiting anyone caught.
  Character developments and relationships: Tang Shiba remains forceful and self-directed, resisting Si Wuyu’s advances while secretly prioritizing her rescue plans. Si Wuyu is shamelessly persistent but shows affection by accepting her blows and claiming to cherish her. Hua Yingying’s jealousy and resentment toward Tang deepen. Du Xiaotian’s concern for Ouyang Xuan drives him to act alone, prompting the others to intervene.
  Themes: The chapter mixes comic romantic pursuit and jealousy with a more serious thread of captivity, surveillance, and animal suffering. It also emphasizes mistrust born from abuse: even when rescue seems possible, the captive animals are too frightened to believe it.

Plot points and events

• Unable to find a way through the iron fence, Tang Shiba decides to dig beneath it. When Su Chen offers help, she tricks him into doing the digging, handing him a hoe and pointing out a soft patch of ground.
• Tang Shiba sneaks onto the third floor, where Si Wuyu and the others are confronting Han Feng. The other patients pull her to the front of the crowd, despite her trying to stay unnoticed.
• Han Feng holds Ouyang Xuan hostage, while a woman harasses Du Xiaotian. Han Feng threatens to kiss Ouyang Xuan to force others to cooperate, but Ouyang Xuan and Fang Cheng deny that she and Tang Lin are a couple.
• Han Feng reveals that he intends to keep the newcomers on the floor for his amusement. Du Wei charges in to rescue his son but is quickly captured.
• Si Wuyu proposes a one-on-one fight, but Han Feng refuses and instead offers a contest: if Si Wuyu wins, the group can leave; if he loses, they must become Han Feng’s underlings.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains resourceful and shamelessly practical, turning Su Chen’s offer of help into free labor. Su Chen, eager to befriend her, agrees without questioning the odd request.
• Su Chen is introduced as a gentle, capable newcomer who was admitted after accidentally killing someone. He interprets being given the job as a sign that he and Tang Shiba are becoming friends.
• Tang Shiba observes the confrontation from the crowd and privately mocks Han Feng’s apparent fixation on people who are already attached to someone.
• Tang Lin is alarmed when Han Feng is described as interested in both men and women. Tang Xiao reassures him protectively, though his phrasing only makes Tang Lin more uncomfortable.
• Du Wei’s concern for his son drives him to act rashly; Du Xiaotian scolds him for overestimating his strength. Si Wuyu, by contrast, tries to negotiate a direct fight, but Han Feng outmaneuvers him by setting the terms of a contest.

Significant themes

• Comic contrast: The chapter mixes a threatening standoff with Tang Shiba’s irreverent commentary and Su Chen’s earnest reaction to being assigned a hole to dig.
• Manipulation and power: Han Feng uses hostages and control over the group’s freedom to force them into his games; Tang Shiba, in turn, manipulates Su Chen’s goodwill for her own purposes.
• Protection and loyalty: Du Wei risks himself for his son, while Tang Xiao shields Tang Lin.
• Uncertainty and suspicion: Tang Shiba wonders whether a card used earlier has altered people’s behavior, adding a hint that supernatural or system-related effects may be at work.

Plot points and events

• Du Xiaotian, captured by the burly woman, desperately calls for Tang Shiba to rescue him and exposes her presence. His allies are disgusted by his betrayal.
• Han Feng realizes Tang Shiba is nearby and threatens Ouyang Xuan to force her out. Tang Shiba initially refuses, joking with her system that she won’t perform without payment.
• Han Feng’s men search the crowd. The patients all step aside, accidentally leaving Tang Shiba exposed without warning her.
• Tang Shiba distracts the searching men with a game of Snake, then knocks their heads together before they realize she has attacked. She taunts them and reveals painful memories, prompting several patients to break down and beg to go home.
• Tang Shiba confronts Han Feng, boasting that fighting is merely her side job and threatening to smash him into the wall if he does not release the others.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is playful, audacious, and deliberately eccentric. She turns humor and feigned madness into weapons, while displaying both combat skill and an unsettling ability to expose people’s private regrets.
• Du Xiaotian appears increasingly self-serving: he betrays his allies and tries to make Tang Shiba save him.
• Si Wuyu is amused and increasingly fond of Tang Shiba, privately longing for more physical closeness.
• Tang Lin is embarrassed by the chaos and recognizes that he failed to warn Tang Shiba. He also condemns Du Xiaotian’s behavior.
• Han Feng grows irritated but recognizes Tang Shiba as a capable fighter and prepares to confront her.

Character interactions

• The patients and allies mock Du Xiaotian’s predicament, while the burly woman overwhelms him with unwanted affection.
• Tang Shiba and her system trade irreverent jokes, especially as she resists being drawn into the fight.
• Tang Shiba manipulates Han Feng’s men into crouching before attacking them, then provokes them with their past failures.
• Tang Shiba and Han Feng end the chapter in a direct verbal standoff, with her threatening him and demanding that he release the captives.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and loyalty: Du Xiaotian’s attempt to save himself contrasts with the group’s concern for one another.
• Humor as defiance: Tang Shiba uses jokes, absurdity, and theatrical bravado to unsettle people and resist intimidation.
• Hidden pain and regret: Her taunts bring the patients’ unresolved guilt to the surface, showing that their apparent foolishness conceals real suffering.
• Performance and identity: Tang Shiba embraces acting and apparent madness as part of how she navigates danger.

Plot points and events

• Han Feng tries to take control of the ward, orders the doors shut, and has his men surround Tang Shiba’s group. The other patients flee and watch from behind the bars, while Wang Hao and Hua Yingying are left outside.
• Tang Shiba activates her Gossip-Watching Card. Her thoughts reveal embarrassing details about Han Feng’s childhood, including that he grew up with his grandparents, wore split-crotch pants, and once ate cow dung. The gossip spreads through the ward, though the listeners find they cannot repeat it aloud.
• Si Wuyu shields Tang Shiba from the fight, but Han Feng targets her. His furious outburst slips into a dialect Tang Shiba knows, turning their confrontation into a comic exchange of insults as they trade blows.
• Tang Shiba uses a Strength Card. After letting Han Feng grab her, she suddenly overpowers him, slams him to the floor, and pins him down. She repeatedly slaps and taunts him, exposing more secrets—including his fabricated romantic bravado and his grandmother’s profession.
• Hua Yingying protests from outside, declaring her devotion to Han Feng, while Tang Lin briefly opens the door and invites her in. The fight effectively ends when Han Feng’s followers see him defeated.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba shifts from gleeful gossiping to active combat, revealing both her fluency in Han Feng’s dialect and her overwhelming strength. She treats the fight as an opportunity for teasing as much as victory.
• Han Feng goes from confident aggressor to humiliated captive. His anger exposes his childishness, his insecurity about his appearance, and the gap between his boasts and reality.
• Si Wuyu acts protectively, pulling Tang Shiba away from danger, but is startled when she chooses to engage Han Feng herself.
• The onlookers become an audience rather than participants, captivated by the gossip and stunned by Tang Shiba’s strength. Hua Yingying’s obsessive admiration for Han Feng is also made clear.

Themes

• Public exposure and humiliation: Tang Shiba’s supernatural gossip turns Han Feng’s private history into public entertainment.
• Power and bravado: Han Feng’s numbers and threats prove useless against Tang Shiba’s strength; his swagger collapses once he is pinned.
• Comedy through contrast: A dangerous confrontation becomes absurd through dialect banter, childhood revelations, and the crowd’s reactions.
• Unexpected kinship: Tang Shiba briefly treats Han Feng as a fellow dialect speaker, even while fighting him.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba and Han Feng trade insults while physically fighting, then continue the verbal sparring after she pins him.
• Si Wuyu tries to protect Tang Shiba, while Tang Lin and the others watch as she takes charge.
• Han Feng’s men stop fighting once they see their boss defeated; the patients observe from behind the bars.
• Hua Yingying defends Han Feng from outside, while Tang Shiba mockingly invites others to kiss him.

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba’s rescue group clashes with Han Feng’s men. Si Wuyu attacks Han Feng after wrongly thinking Tang Shiba might kiss him; the two trade threats after Si Wuyu wins the fight.
• Tang Shiba gathers Du Xiaotian, his father, and Ouyang Xuan and gets them out. Wang Hao releases the gate after Tang Shiba flatters him, while Hua Yingying lets go when Tang effortlessly pulls the gate open.
• Tang Shiba slips back into the yard, where Su Chen has dug a deep tunnel to help her reach the captive animals. She sends him away, then uncovers a gap and sees the abducted animals inside.
• Two men enter the courtyard and select one of the frightened animals. Realizing they intend to harm it, Tang Shiba becomes determined to intervene.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains blunt, powerful, and resourceful. She uses flattery to get Wang Hao to cooperate, but privately doubts Su Chen’s trustworthiness and only agrees to friendship because the system says he will stay loyal.
• Si Wuyu reveals jealousy and possessiveness toward Tang Shiba by attacking Han Feng to stop what he thinks might be a kiss. His feud with Han Feng remains unresolved.
• Su Chen is gentle and eager to help, digging tirelessly and asking to be Tang Shiba’s friend. Tang gives him her name and lets him leave without knowing she plans to conceal the tunnel.
• Wang Hao is easily swayed by Tang Shiba’s compliment, despite insisting that he likes Hua Yingying. Hua, alarmed by Tang’s strength, flees.
• Ouyang Xuan stays unusually quiet after being rescued. The system suggests she feels intimidated, while Tang suspects she is plotting.

Significant themes

• Strength and agency: Tang Shiba uses her physical power and quick thinking to overcome obstacles and protect others.
• Trust and deception: Su Chen’s sincere loyalty contrasts with Tang’s suspicion and her use of excuses to keep her plans secret.
• Rescue and vulnerability: The frightened animals’ captivity and the men’s apparent intent to harm one underline the danger still facing them.
• Jealousy and rivalry: Si Wuyu and Han Feng’s conflict is intensified by their competing reactions to Tang Shiba.

Key plot points

• Tang Shiba sneaks into the hospital’s back courtyard to rescue a goat she fears the two cooks are about to slaughter. She discovers more than a hundred captive animals.
• Disguising her voice as a nurse, she lures the cooks to the kitchen door, knocks them unconscious with a spade, ties them up, and rescues the goat.
• Su Chen has been waiting outside. He explains that he disabled the courtyard cameras and agrees to help free the animals. They begin digging a tunnel for them.
• Si Wuyu, having lost track of Tang Shiba, follows her into the courtyard through the tunnel. He finds her working with Su Chen and joins them, taking Tang’s hoe so she can rest.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba acts quickly and bravely to protect the animals, while her playful inner commentary undercuts the danger. Rescuing the goat also makes her think of her own missing pet, Er Gou.
• Su Chen shows both concern for Tang and practical resourcefulness by disabling the cameras. He and Tang work together, trusting each other with the rescue plan.
• Si Wuyu searches for Tang and reacts with jealousy when he sees her beside Su Chen. His offer to take over the digging reveals his protectiveness—and his desire to impress her. Tang, meanwhile, enjoys watching both men work and finds herself curious about Si Wuyu’s capabilities.
• The two cooks mistake Tang for a flirtatious visitor, then are swiftly overpowered.

Significant themes

• Compassion for vulnerable animals drives Tang’s risky actions.
• Trust and teamwork develop as Tang, Su Chen, and eventually Si Wuyu cooperate to free the animals.
• Romantic rivalry and possessiveness emerge beneath the rescue effort, with Si Wuyu’s jealousy contrasting with Tang’s amused, observant attitude.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba is distracted by Si Wuyu’s muscular physique and recognizes that he is deliberately trying to attract her.
• When Tang goes to the bathroom, Si follows and forcibly kisses her. Unable to push him away with her points exhausted, she kisses him back; when he begins to touch her without consent, she slaps him.
• Si cries and asks Tang to like him instead, promising to accept her scolding and blows. Tang rejects him, partly because she fears becoming attached to a male lead who may eventually fall for the story’s female lead.
• Back at work, Su Chen offers Tang a chicken drumstick. A wolf cub steals it before she can eat, and Su promises to get her another.
• Tang, Su, and Si dig a passage out of the hospital yard. Tang sends a venomous snake ahead to tell the animals outside that most of their children are safe, then helps the smaller animals and later the larger ones escape.
• Once the animals are out, Tang and Si restore the opening. Su says he wants to leave eventually, but will not go until the companions who rely on him can escape too.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba enjoys Si’s attention but deliberately suppresses her feelings to protect herself from the risks of the story’s plot. She also shows confidence and compassion by coordinating the animal rescue.
• Si Wuyu becomes openly desperate for Tang’s affection. His forceful kiss crosses her boundaries, and his tearful plea reveals vulnerability alongside possessiveness.
• Su Chen is considerate toward Tang, though he lies about where he got the drumstick. His refusal to escape alone shows his sense of responsibility toward his companions.

Significant themes

• Consent and boundaries: Tang’s slap makes clear that attraction does not excuse Si’s unwanted advances.
• Self-protection versus affection: Tang holds back despite her feelings because she fears being hurt by her role in the story.
• Loyalty and compassion: The rescue reflects Tang’s concern for the animals, while Su’s decision to stay reflects loyalty to his companions.
• Power and hidden realities: The hospital is presented as a cover for detaining “special people,” suggesting the larger situation is more complicated than an ordinary psychiatric facility.

Character interactions

• Tang and Si’s relationship shifts between flirtation, coercion, vulnerability, and rejection; Tang refuses to promise him affection.
• Su offers Tang food and checks on her, but she remains focused on the rescue.
• Tang communicates with the animals and directs their escape, while Su and Si work alongside her to dig the passage.
• Su tells Tang he will not report her, but explains that he cannot leave until his companions are safe.

Key events

• After Tang Shiba, Su Chen, and Si Wuyu secretly dig and refill a hole, Hua Yingying discovers the freshly disturbed soil and suspects they are trying to escape.
• Ouyang Xuan sends Hua Yingying to the deserted cafeteria by claiming her boyfriend, Wang Hao, is waiting there. When Ouyang Xuan leaves for the restroom, Hua Yingying is fatally stabbed.
• Tang Shiba tries to cheer up the unusually quiet Si Wuyu. She kisses his cheek, then his lips; he brightens immediately and resumes his confident manner.
• Tang Shiba learns that Hua Yingying and Wang Hao have been murdered. The system identifies Ouyang Xuan as the killer, but says she erased the evidence after completing her mission.
• Unable to prove Ouyang Xuan’s guilt, Tang Shiba confronts and slaps her anyway. Du Xiaotian defends Ouyang Xuan, while others challenge him. Yang Xin is unsettled by Ouyang Xuan’s menacing stare.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba feels guilty about hurting Si Wuyu, then awkwardly tests whether affection will comfort him. Though she knows Ouyang Xuan is responsible for the murders, her lack of evidence leaves her to act on anger rather than expose her.
• Si Wuyu stays silent and subdued until Tang Shiba kisses him. He interprets her affection as encouragement and becomes cheerful and self-assured again.
• Ouyang Xuan appears composed and innocent while manipulating Hua Yingying into danger. Her calculated murder and concealed guilt reveal her as ruthless and threatening.
• Hua Yingying suspects the group’s secret digging, but is lured away before she can report it. Her boyfriend, Wang Hao, is also found dead.
• Du Xiaotian openly takes Ouyang Xuan’s side; his father tries to restrain him. Yang Xin sides with Tang Shiba but becomes frightened by Ouyang Xuan.

Significant themes

• Guilt without proof: Tang Shiba knows who killed the couple, but erased evidence makes justice difficult.
• Deception and hidden danger: Ouyang Xuan’s mild, vulnerable image conceals calculated cruelty.
• Affection and misinterpretation: Si Wuyu reads Tang Shiba’s kisses as a meaningful sign of acceptance, while she treats them as a quick way to soothe him.

Plot and key events

• Tang Shiba shoves Ouyang Xuan to the floor after suspecting her involvement in two deaths. Ouyang plays the victim, and Du Xiaotian rushes to help her.
• Tang Shiba warns that Du Xiaotian is next. Du Wei tries to keep his son close, but Du Xiaotian chooses Ouyang over his father. Sun Qian goes with Du Wei, while Tang Lin and Tang Xiao leave to keep watch on Ouyang.
• Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu refuse to blame Tang Shiba for hitting Ouyang. Tang Shiba observes that Ouyang seems widely disliked.
• Han Feng arrives furious over his two dead subordinates. Tang Shiba denies killing them and says Du Xiaotian is the next target. Han Feng seeks surveillance footage, but the doctor claims the men killed each other and withholds it. Han Feng instead orders his people to follow Du Xiaotian.
• Tang Shiba’s system reports that two men intend to have her injected and taken outside after discovering their captured animals are missing. Meanwhile, rumors spread among patients that the hospital is really a prison and that its injections may gradually damage their minds.
• Two nurses arrive to inject Tang Shiba. Yang Xin and Sun Qian challenge them, and Tang Shiba offers her own arm, daring the nurses to proceed.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba stays defiant and controlled, openly warning others while hiding how much she knows. She suspects Ouyang is killing people connected to her missions.
• Ouyang Xuan uses her apparent dizziness to draw Du Xiaotian’s attention and remains outwardly calm after Tang Shiba confronts her.
• Du Xiaotian’s devotion to Ouyang leads him to ignore his father’s distress. Du Wei is angered and hurt by his son’s choice.
• Si Wuyu’s memory loss has changed his feelings: instead of sympathy, he now feels unexplained dislike toward Ouyang. Fang Cheng also distances himself from her.
• Han Feng is driven by grief and vengeance, while Tang Shiba redirects his investigation toward Du Xiaotian.
• Yang Xin and Sun Qian show solidarity with Tang Shiba by confronting the nurses and offering themselves for injections too.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and suspicion: Ouyang’s performance, Tang Shiba’s warnings, and the disputed surveillance footage make it difficult to know whom to trust.
• Institutional abuse and confinement: The hospital’s secrecy, animal killings, and feared injections suggest it may be a prison disguised as a medical facility.
• Loyalty and betrayal: Du Xiaotian chooses Ouyang over his father, while other patients begin to stand together against the staff.
• Defiance and resistance: Tang Shiba and the patients challenge the nurses and the hospital’s authority, setting up a broader confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba tricks the staff by taking a syringe from a nurse and giving the injection to Ouyang Xuan, who had been pretending to sleep. The system confirms it is only a sedative, though the injection leaves Ouyang bleeding slightly.
• The nurses escort Tang Shiba to the office, where two men accuse her of freeing animals they had captured. The system reveals the men were trapping animals to eat and sell them, with the doctors’ knowledge and involvement.
• The doctors and men try to subdue Tang Shiba with stun batons, intending to silence her and sexually assault her. She fights them off and beats them badly.
• Tang Shiba takes control of the office and turns it into a meeting, then organizes a search for someone known as “Little Fatty.” Six patients with that name are brought in, but none is the person she seeks.
• When Tang Shiba asks for the hospital’s death records, a doctor admits that none exist: unclaimed bodies are buried in the forest after a week.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains audacious and quick-witted, using deception, force, and authority to control the hospital staff. Her search for Little Fatty shows she is determined, though she has very little information to guide her.
• Ouyang Xuan wakes in panic after the injection, then calms when the system confirms it is harmless. Other patients gather around her, while Yang Xin jokes that they should inject nurses in return.
• The doctors and animal-trapping men are exposed as corrupt and dangerous. Their attempt to silence Tang Shiba backfires, leaving them injured and under her control.
• The nurses and patients are largely frightened and compliant. Patients eagerly claim to be Little Fatty when they hear someone’s family has come to visit.
• Si Wuyu hears the name Little Fatty and worries that Tang Shiba may have been hurt, showing his concern for her.

Significant themes

• Abuse of institutional power: The hospital staff exploit patients, conceal deaths, and participate in animal trafficking.
• Resistance and reversal: Tang Shiba turns a coercive environment against those abusing their authority.
• The vulnerability of the missing: With no medical records and bodies buried without identification, finding Little Fatty may be difficult and time-sensitive.