Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• Tang Shiba mocks the humiliated Si Yue after shaving her head, even threatening to do the same to Si Yue’s mother. Si Yue leaves with Chang Hua, while Ouyang Xuan is taken to the hospital.
• Company employees gossip about Ouyang Xuan, while Tang Shiba laughs over Si Yue’s new bald look. Si Wuyu comforts her, and his eldest brother quietly worries about her relationship with Si Wuyu.
• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu leave together. Their playful flirting turns passionate in the car, though Si Wuyu stops short of going further.
• Si Wuyu is summoned to the Si Family’s Old Residence, where Si Yue and her mother, Tao Wanyu, have complained to his parents. Tao accuses him of letting an outsider bully a Si family member and damaging the family’s standing. Si Wuyu dismisses them and orders them to leave, but his father asks whether the allegations are true.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains bold and mischievous, showing little concern for Si Yue’s threats. Her teasing also draws out Si Wuyu’s desire and affection.
• Si Wuyu is openly tender with Tang Shiba but cold toward Si Yue and Tao Wanyu, rejecting their appeal to family loyalty.
• Si Yue is furious and ashamed, then appeals to her brother and mother for support.
• Tao Wanyu turns the incident into a question of family reputation, pressing Si Wuyu’s parents to intervene.
• Si Wuyu’s eldest brother appears uneasy about Tang Shiba’s closeness with Si Wuyu, while Si Dad is concerned about both the company’s image and his son’s reputation.

Significant themes

• Loyalty versus family obligation: Si Wuyu refuses to defend relatives he considers estranged, while Tao Wanyu insists that shared family status demands his support.
• Reputation and public image: Tao uses the family’s standing and workplace gossip to strengthen her complaint.
• Romance and desire: Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s teasing reflects their growing intimacy and mutual attraction.

Plot points and events

• Tao Wanyu and Si Yue go to the Si family residence seeking an apology and at least ten million in compensation from Tang Shiba.
• Si Wuyu’s assistant, Chang Hua, turns the demand around: he argues that Si Yue’s conduct toward the Tang Family jeopardized a major investment and that she provoked Tang Shiba, who shaved her head during their confrontation.
• Si Wuyu says the matter is already with the company’s Legal Department and that Si Yue must answer for any harm to the company. Si Yue and her mother leave without getting the support they wanted.
• Determined to retaliate, Tao Wanyu and Si Yue take the dispute online. Anti-fans spread mocking posts about Si Yue and Ouyang Xuan, while Tang Shiba is drawn into the discussion over carrying hair clippers.
• Tang Shiba responds with a joking photo of her dog, Er Gou, getting a trim. The post delights her anti-fans, while online opinion turns against Si Yue, who has also been suspended.
• Frustrated by the backlash, Second Uncle Si and Tao Wanyu consider asking Ouyang Xuan to publicly support their version of events.

Character developments and interactions

• Si Wuyu remains firm and businesslike, refusing to let family ties shield Si Yue from company accountability.
• Chang Hua fiercely defends Tang Shiba, using sarcastic, self-serving “accounting” to expose Si Yue’s alleged misconduct and provoke her.
• Si Yue insists she is the victim, but becomes increasingly angry and distressed as the family’s challenge backfires and public opinion turns against her.
• Tao Wanyu moves from seeking a formal family resolution to plotting an online counterattack, then looks for another way to pressure the Tang Family.
• Tang Shiba, though absent from the family confrontation, controls the chapter’s public mood through a humorous, self-assured social-media response.
• The Si elders initially hear both sides, but decide not to intervene once they believe Si Yue caused the trouble. The chapter’s main interactions are therefore a failed demand for compensation, Chang Hua’s confrontation with Si Yue, and the online clash between Tang Shiba’s supporters and Si Yue’s family.

Significant themes

• Accountability versus favoritism: Si Wuyu insists that company consequences apply even to relatives.
• Reputation and social-media warfare: Attempts to shame Tang Shiba instead fuel jokes at Si Yue’s expense.
• Reversal of power: Tao Wanyu and Si Yue arrive expecting to accuse Tang Shiba but leave facing scrutiny and a worsening public image.
• Humor as resistance: Tang Shiba’s playful response defuses the attack and reinforces her confidence.

Plot points and events

• Si Yue, exposed online for having several boyfriends, turns to Ouyang Xuan for help. Ouyang, angry that Si Yue ruined her plans, sends her to the Lü Family banquet and urges her to compromise Tang Xuan so he will be forced to marry her.
• Tang Shiba overhears the scheme and decides to turn it against Si Yue. She attends the banquet with Si Wuyu, who gets her past the invitation check by claiming she is his date.
• At the gathering, Tang Shiba reconnects with the former psychiatric-hospital patients Lü Jingjing invited. Jingjing privately asks for help against Ouyang Xuan, and she and Tang Shiba agree to cooperate.
• Tang Xuan is kept busy by women offering him drinks. Once he is drunk and taken to a room, Si Yue follows—but loses track of him and enters a different room, belonging to a fellow patient. Tang Shiba and several guests follow upstairs to see what happens.
• Ouyang Xuan tries to reach Si Yue but cannot. Her system confirms it is too low-level to scan Tang Shiba’s system, while Ouyang admits her missions are faltering.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Xuan treats Si Yue as a disposable pawn, offering advice that may ruin her. Her frustration grows as her plans and missions fail.
• Si Yue is frightened by the exposure and desperate to recover her prospects. She trusts Ouyang’s reckless plan and acts on it without realizing she has lost Tang Xuan.
• Tang Shiba uses gossip and misdirection to help foil the setup, while also forming an alliance with Lü Jingjing. Her playful commentary contrasts with her practical scheming.
• Lü Jingjing seeks Tang Shiba’s support in dealing with Ouyang Xuan, showing that she is building alliances among the former patients.
• Tang Xuan hopes to find a marriage partner, unaware that he is being targeted and maneuvered around by others. Si Wuyu helps Tang Shiba enter the event.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and betrayal: Ouyang uses Si Yue as a pawn, while Si Yue’s own attempt to trap Tang Xuan goes awry.
• Gossip as power: Tang Shiba’s overheard commentary lets her anticipate schemes and coordinate with allies.
• Unlikely solidarity: The former patients’ lively familiarity with Tang Shiba becomes a source of connection and potential support.
• Comic reversal: The plan to compromise Tang Xuan appears to be headed toward an even more disastrous—and misdirected—outcome for Si Yue.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba eavesdrops outside a room while a group of patients gathers to listen. She narrates the action—often exaggerating it—to entertain them.
• Inside, Si Yue has mistaken a man called Fifth Brother for Tang Shiba’s “Brother Tang” and throws herself at him. When she removes her wig, he mistakes her shaved head for proof she is a nun.
• The two argue and bite each other. Si Yue’s head is badly injured, and she flees with blood on her scalp. The patients mistake her for a ghost, while the man burns her wig.
• The patients spread the story through their group chat, embellishing it into a scandal about Si Yue and Fifth Brother. Si Wuyu distances the Si Family from her conduct.
• Afterward, Lü Jingjing kisses Fifth Brother and asks him to be hers; he rejects her. She then reminds Tang Shiba of a promised favor. Tang demands payment, and Lü gives her gold bangles and a bank card before Tang leaves with Si Wuyu.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is easily absorbed by gossip and gleefully turns the scene into entertainment, even inventing details for her audience. She also reveals a transactional side when she insists Lü pay for her help.
• Si Yue is reckless and determined to find “Brother Tang,” but her mistaken identity and bald head leave her humiliated and injured.
• Fifth Brother is startled by Si Yue’s advances, reacts angrily to being bitten, and remains dismissive of women he dislikes. His refusal of Lü reinforces his reputation as extremely picky.
• Lü Jingjing pursues Fifth Brother despite his rejection, then pays Tang Shiba to fulfill a promised favor.
• Si Wuyu remains detached from Si Yue’s scandal and accompanies Tang Shiba when she leaves.

Significant themes

• Gossip and spectacle: The patients turn a private mishap into communal entertainment, and Tang Shiba’s narration makes the truth increasingly distorted.
• Misunderstanding and humiliation: Si Yue’s mistaken identity, missing wig, and shaved head drive the chaotic encounter.
• Transactional relationships: Tang Shiba treats her promised help as a paid service, while Lü Jingjing is willing to pay to secure it.

Plot points and events

• A mocking Weibo post claims Si Yue was bitten on the head by the Tang family’s dog, Er Gou, and is receiving rabies shots. Anti-fans and Sugar Babies argue over the story, boosting Tang Shiba’s popularity while the Anti-Fans enjoy provoking their rivals.
• At the hospital, Si Yue blames Tang Shiba for shaving her head and demands revenge. Her mother, Tao Wanyu, promises to use the police and manipulate the bite suspect’s psychiatric evaluation.
• Si Yue learns she has been fired and ordered to apologize publicly to the Tang family. Furious, she asks Ouyang Xuan for help; Ouyang suggests she threaten suicide, and Si Yue goes to the company rooftop.
• Tao Wanyu gathers reporters outside the Si Company and accuses Tang Shiba of harming Si Yue. The crowd condemns Tang Shiba, while Tao implies her daughter may jump unless Tang Shiba apologizes.
• Tang Shiba arrives with Si Wuyu but stays in the car, using a “Gossip-Watching Card” to listen in on the reporters rather than confronting them. Chang Hua calls the police after noticing people in the crowd encouraging Si Yue to jump.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains cool and strategic under public attack. She chooses to watch events unfold instead of giving her enemies the confrontation they want.
• Si Wuyu shows how openly affectionate and clingy he has become, staying close to Tang Shiba throughout the crisis. She is flustered by his attention but clearly responds to it.
• Si Yue is angry and self-pitying, convinced that Tang Shiba has ruined her life. Her supposed suicide threat appears to be a tactic rather than genuine resolve.
• Tao Wanyu is fiercely protective of Si Yue and willing to manipulate the media and legal process to retaliate.
• Ouyang Xuan is revealed as a ruthless instigator: she encourages Si Yue to stage the rooftop crisis while seeking to harm both the Si and Tang families.

Significant themes

• Publicity as a weapon: Social media, reporters, and staged outrage are used to shape public opinion and attack rivals.
• Manipulation and spectacle: The threatened suicide turns personal conflict into a public performance, while the crowd’s reactions show how easily people can be drawn into it.
• Loyalty, affection, and trust: Si Wuyu’s closeness contrasts with the calculated betrayal and coercion surrounding the families.

Character interactions

• Si Yue turns to Tao Wanyu for protection and to Ouyang Xuan for help; Tao promises revenge, while Ouyang pushes her toward the rooftop stunt.
• Tao Wanyu appeals to the press and encourages them to demand an apology from Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu share playful, intimate banter in the car even as the crisis unfolds; Chang Hua handles the practical response by calling the police.

Key plot points and events

• Reporters and Tao Wanyu are blocked from reaching the rooftop, where Si Yue is staging a suicide threat. Tao claims she wants to help her daughter, but Tang Shiba’s thoughts reveal that Tao and Si Yue planned the disturbance to pressure Tang Shiba into apologizing.
• Tang Shiba’s unspoken comments expose Tao’s past cruelty, including alleged attempts to kidnap and traffic a relative’s child. The reporters turn their attention from supporting Tao to investigating the scandal.
• Police arrive with a negotiator and counselor. Tao is allowed upstairs, while livestreamers keep covering events below.
• Four of Si Yue’s lovers arrive, each hoping to claim money from her supposed account. Tang Shiba reveals that the promised gold card is a lie and that the luxury gifts Si Yue gave them are counterfeit.
• A jewelry-store owner authenticates the men’s possessions; all are high-quality fakes. Humiliated and furious, the men leave. Si Yue’s rooftop standoff remains unresolved at the chapter’s end.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains offstage but drives the revelations through her candid inner thoughts, exposing the scheme and the characters’ hidden motives.
• Tao Wanyu is shown to be calculating and hypocritical: she presents herself as a distraught mother while helping orchestrate the pressure campaign.
• Si Yue emerges as a manipulative opportunist who fabricates a wealthy persona to attract lovers and passes off knockoffs as luxury gifts.
• Little Prince and Little Princess exploit the unfolding drama for their livestreams and actively challenge the lovers’ claims.
• The four lovers go from defending their relationships with Si Yue to discovering they have been deceived.

Significant themes

• Public image versus truth: Tao’s performance of maternal distress and Si Yue’s romantic generosity are undermined by what is revealed.
• Exploitation and deception: Si Yue’s staged crisis, fake financial promise, and counterfeit gifts show how people use others for advantage.
• Gossip as spectacle: Reporters and streamers quickly turn a supposed emergency into a public scandal, while the crowd treats the revelations as entertainment.

Character interactions

• Tao argues with security and tries to convince reporters she is a concerned mother; guards and livestreamers openly question her story.
• Police bring professional support to the rooftop situation, while Tao accompanies them.
• Si Yue’s lovers accuse one another of being rivals, then reject warnings that her money and gifts are fake.
• A jewelry expert confirms the counterfeits, prompting the men to leave in anger and embarrassment.

Key plot points and events

• Si Yue clings to a rooftop railing and demands that Tang Shiba come apologize, threatening to jump if she does not.
• Tang Shiba, angered by Si Yue’s disregard for life, uses a Death Experience Card. Si Yue suddenly loses control of her body, falls from the roof, and experiences the pain and terror of dying.
• In reality, the police catch Si Yue as she faints and pull her safely back from the edge. On waking, she believes she is still alive after a fatal fall and desperately begs her mother to take her home, abandoning her grievances.
• Reporters swarm Si Yue, and the incident becomes a trending news story. Tang Shiba leaves, while joking that she may use the card on Fang Cheng next.

Character developments

• Si Yue goes from using the threat of suicide to pressure Tang Shiba to being genuinely terrified of death. The experience makes her resolve to value her life and stop pursuing the dispute.
• Tang Shiba shows how strongly her own past struggle with a terminal illness shaped her respect for life. She remains playful and ruthless in dealing with people who treat life casually.
• Tao Wanyu is distressed by her daughter’s apparent crisis and focuses on getting her safely away.
• Si Wuyu tries to comfort Tang Shiba with affection and humor as she becomes angry.

Significant themes

• Respect for life: Tang Shiba’s past gives her strong feelings about people who treat death as a bargaining tool; Si Yue’s ordeal changes her outlook.
• The consequences of manipulation: Si Yue’s attempt to force an apology ends in a terrifying lesson rather than the response she wanted.
• Appearance versus reality: Si Yue experiences what feels like death, though the police rescue her before she falls.

Character interactions

• Si Yue challenges the police and demands Tang Shiba’s presence; Tao Wanyu pleads with officers to save her daughter.
• Si Wuyu comforts Tang Shiba, who responds by biting him before turning away from his flirtatious suggestion.
• After the rescue, Si Yue clings to Tao Wanyu and begs to go home. Reporters mockingly question her, but she is too shaken to answer.
• Tang Shiba banters with the system about the card and later jokes about using it on Fang Cheng.

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu share an intense kiss in a car. She scolds him for being too rough, and he promises to be gentler, though she doubts him.
• News spreads that Si Yue has publicly apologized to the Tang family after a suicide attempt and claims she will stop playing with people’s affections. The narration mocks her as a romance scammer. Ouyang Xuan, whose plans have failed, is left in worsening health; the system warns that she needs to finish her quest or risk dying, but she remains cold and unhurried.
• At Golden Pond Bar, Tang Shiba secretly livestreams as she follows Ouyang Xuan, who appears to be targeting Lü Jingjing. Disguised in black, Tang Shiba shocks a drunken man unconscious and follows the woman who takes him away.
• Tang Shiba slips into a neighboring hotel room to investigate. There she finds Su Chen, freshly out of the shower. He kindly lets her use his balcony, but she soon reveals she is trying to catch someone cheating in the next room.
• As Tang Shiba prepares to climb across the fifth-floor balcony, Su Chen pulls her back, alarmed for her safety.
• Si Wuyu watches the livestream. Seeing Tang Shiba with Su Chen, he rushes toward Jintang and posts a possessive “Mine!” message, prompting viewers to realize he is jealous.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu: Their affection is passionate and playful, but Tang Shiba sets a boundary about his roughness. His later jealousy shows how strongly he wants to keep her close.
• Tang Shiba and Su Chen: They meet unexpectedly, and Su Chen responds with calm courtesy and concern, contrasting with Si Wuyu’s possessiveness. Tang Shiba trusts him enough to ask for help.
• Tang Shiba and her viewers: Her livestream turns the investigation into a comic spectacle. Fans identify suspects, shower her with gifts, and argue over whether she and Su Chen make a good couple.
• Ouyang Xuan: Despite her deteriorating condition and the system’s urgent warning, she appears emotionally detached from the need to complete her quest.
• Si Yue: Her public apology marks a turn in her reputation, though the narration treats her claims skeptically.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and possessiveness: Si Wuyu’s public declaration contrasts with his playful, affectionate behavior earlier.
• Public image and scandal: Livestreams and social media rapidly shape how characters are perceived.
• Comedy amid danger: Tang Shiba treats a potentially risky investigation—and a fifth-floor balcony crossing—with irreverent confidence.
• Choice and consequences: Ouyang Xuan’s refusal to act stands against the system’s warning that her life is at stake.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba and Su Chen climb onto a balcony and watch a livestream-worthy scene inside: Tang Xueqing has Lü Chengcheng tied up and is demanding that he unlock his phone.
• Tang Xueqing is acting on Ouyang Xuan’s promise that she can return to the Tang family if she kills Lü Chengcheng. She searches his phone for his mother Lü Jingjing’s contact, but he claims not to have it.
• When Tang Xueqing calls Lü Jingjing, Lü Jingjing hangs up, revealing how little she cares about her son. Lü Chengcheng explains that he and his mother are estranged after he built a harem and became involved with her best friend, who also undermined her business.
• Frustrated, Tang Xueqing beats Lü Chengcheng. Tang Shiba throws Su Chen’s slipper at her, drawing her attention to the balcony. Tang Shiba then introduces her to the livestream audience and knocks her down when she tries to seize the phone.
• Lü Chengcheng mistakes Tang Shiba for someone who can be bought, so she slaps him. Su Chen frees him, and Lü Chengcheng retaliates against Tang Xueqing—then, after seeing her face, makes another crude attempt to proposition her.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is bold and quick-witted, turning a dangerous confrontation into a public spectacle while stepping in to stop Tang Xueqing.
• Tang Xueqing drops her meek act, revealing herself as violent and driven by an unrealistic hope of regaining the Tang family’s acceptance.
• Lü Chengcheng is shown as selfish, womanizing, and estranged from his mother. Even after being rescued, he remains predatory and offensive.
• Su Chen quietly supports Tang Shiba, following her lead and helping free Lü Chengcheng.

Significant themes

• Public spectacle and accountability: The livestream audience watches, identifies the people involved, and calls for police.
• Self-deception and misplaced hope: Tang Xueqing believes a promise that offers her a path back into the family, despite the brutality of the task.
• Corrupt relationships and family estrangement: Lü Chengcheng’s conflict with his mother is tied to betrayal, sexual exploitation, and business rivalry.
• Cruelty and objectification: Lü Chengcheng treats women as possessions, even after being rescued from captivity.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba and Su Chen work together from the balcony, with Su Chen supporting her intervention.
• Tang Xueqing tries to force Lü Chengcheng to help her reach his mother, but he refuses and mocks her predicament.
• Tang Shiba publicly confronts Tang Xueqing and stops her from grabbing the livestream phone.
• Lü Chengcheng first offers to pay Tang Shiba, then attacks Tang Xueqing and immediately tries to exploit her.

Key plot points

• Tang Shiba’s livestream exposes Lü Chengcheng and Tang Xueqing. The police arrest them after Si Wuyu confirms Tang Shiba gave advance notice, resolving the officers’ concern about her violating privacy.
• Tang Xueqing faces prosecution, while Lü Chengcheng’s arrest for soliciting a prostitute damages his company. Both are now useless to Ouyang Xuan.
• Tang Shiba reunites with Lü Jingjing, who thanks her with skincare products and a lifetime service card. Tang Shiba warns her to moderate her lifestyle and focus on her health.
• Ouyang Xuan, under pressure from her failing quest and declining health, plans to get close to the Tang family by targeting Tang Xuan and interfering in his relationship. Tang Shiba knows about the scheme but lets events unfold.
• Fang Cheng visits Tang Shiba, complaining that Chris is still pursuing him. He mentions seeing Ouyang Xuan dining with Tang Xuan. He and Tang Shiba then go to a grilled-fish restaurant, where they encounter an unexpected new chef.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba stays playful and confident, using her livestream to expose her enemies. She accepts Si Wuyu’s protection and affection, though she is still eager to provoke him.
• Si Wuyu acts possessive when he sees Tang Shiba holding hands with Su Chen, then tenderly kisses her before stopping himself so they can eat.
• Su Chen invites Tang Shiba to dinner, but Si Wuyu leads her away. Su Chen masks his disappointment with a smile.
• Lü Jingjing remains grateful and flirtatiously energetic; Tang Shiba jokes that she is overdoing it and should exercise more.
• Fang Cheng treats Tang Shiba as a confidante, while she jokes that she cannot interfere in Tang Xuan’s affairs.

Significant themes

• Exposure and consequences: Public scrutiny and police intervention bring Tang Xueqing and Lü Chengcheng’s schemes to an end.
• Romantic tension: Si Wuyu’s possessiveness and tenderness contrast with Su Chen’s quiet disappointment.
• Scheming and suspense: Ouyang Xuan escalates her plans as her resources shrink, while Tang Shiba deliberately watches to see what happens next.

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba discovers that the masked, shirtless grilled-fish chef is Si Wuyu, the famous actor and CEO. She and Fang Cheng laugh at the absurdity, while Si expertly prepares the fish and tries to impress her.
• When the system warns that Ouyang Xuan and Tang Shiba’s eldest brother are approaching, Si abruptly retreats to the kitchen and sends his assistant, Chang Hua, to finish grilling.
• Ouyang Xuan arrives with Tang Eldest Brother, claiming they are discussing a business collaboration. She joins the group’s table, where her attentive care toward Si Wuyu draws puzzled looks.
• Ouyang Xuan and Tang Shiba trade pointed remarks, while the men compete to serve Tang Shiba food. Tang Shiba remains unfazed and enjoys the attention.
• Tang Shiba asks her system to attack Ouyang Xuan’s Counter-System. It has already gone offline, but Tang Shiba still uses a card against Ouyang Xuan. Soon afterward, Ouyang suffers severe constipation and pain, while her system is temporarily disconnected.
• Si Wuyu, Tang Shiba, Fang Cheng, and the dog leave after eating. Tang Eldest Brother eventually checks on Ouyang and finds her asleep on the bathroom floor. He carries her to the hospital, accidentally hearing her fart on the way.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is playful, confident, and openly amused by the chaos around her. She welcomes the men’s attention and takes satisfaction in Ouyang’s discomfort.
• Si Wuyu reveals an unexpected talent for grilling fish and makes a clear effort to charm Tang Shiba. He also shows possessiveness by sitting beside her and trying to take over caring for her.
• Fang Cheng is affectionate and eager to help Tang Shiba, which makes Si Wuyu mildly wary. He insists on serving her, though Si ultimately offers her his own bowl and chopsticks.
• Ouyang Xuan tries to provoke jealousy and appear close to Si Wuyu, but Tang Shiba’s teasing and apparent counterattack leave her humiliated and in pain.
• Tang Eldest Brother is uncomfortable about being seen with Ouyang, but he has allowed her to approach him for business reasons. Despite his doubts about her, he ultimately takes responsibility for getting her medical help.
• Chang Hua is briefly pushed into grilling duty. Tang Shiba jokes that he is “secretly married” to his career, highlighting his reputation as a workaholic.

Significant themes

• Romantic rivalry and jealousy: Ouyang tries to unsettle Tang Shiba, while Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng compete to care for her.
• Humor and embarrassment: The chapter turns a restaurant outing into a string of comic reversals, culminating in Ouyang’s bathroom mishap.
• Hidden abilities and secret motives: Si’s grilling skill, Tang Eldest Brother’s intentions toward Ouyang, and the systems’ interference all suggest that appearances conceal more than they reveal.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuan’s constipation becomes a viral topic after Tang Xuan takes her to the hospital. Her fans respond by buying enemas in bulk.
• On discharge, Ouyang faces fans—and Tang Shiba’s anti-fans—who loudly ask about her constipation and present her with enemas. To avoid looking ungrateful, she accepts them, creating another online sensation.
• Paparazzi circulate footage of Tang Xuan carrying Ouyang and speculate that they are romantically involved. In reality, he was grimacing because of her gas.
• The Tang family jokes about Tang Xuan in their group chat, while Tang Shiba warns him that Ouyang intends to target him. Despite the warning, he remains determined to investigate her motives and find leverage against her.
• Si Wuyu invites Tang Shiba to the Si home by offering to grill fish. There, Fang Cheng and Chris clash, while Si Wuyu repeatedly prevents Fang Cheng from sitting beside Tang Shiba and pulls him into the kitchen.
• Tang Shiba uses her Gossip-Watching Card to reveal Chris and Fang Cheng’s childhood history. The revelations expose Chris’s attempts to trick Fang Cheng into a romantic role and Fang Cheng’s failed effort to prove she was a girl. Fang Cheng suddenly remembers the incident and becomes angry with Chris.

Character developments

• Ouyang Xuan is humiliated by her sudden public association with constipation, but keeps her composure to protect her image. She secretly resolves to retaliate against Tang Xuan.
• Tang Xuan is an unwilling participant in the scandal and the family’s teasing. He remains intent on confronting Ouyang, despite Tang Shiba’s ominous warning.
• Tang Shiba continues to stir trouble with her warnings and gossip-reading ability, exposing private history without speaking aloud.
• Fang Cheng is confused by Si Wuyu’s possessive behavior, then remembers his childhood conflict with Chris and turns his frustration toward her.
• Si Wuyu draws Tang Shiba to his family home and appears jealous or protective when Fang Cheng tries to sit near her.
• Chris is unsettled by Tang Shiba’s unspoken revelations and is exposed as having pursued Fang Cheng through childhood tricks.

Significant themes

• Public image and humiliation: Ouyang’s private health problem becomes a viral spectacle, and even well-meant fan support deepens her embarrassment.
• Gossip as power: Rumors, family-chat teasing, paparazzi coverage, and Tang Shiba’s supernatural disclosures shape how characters see one another.
• Romantic misunderstandings and jealousy: The false romance rumor about Ouyang and Tang Xuan contrasts with the tense, ambiguous dynamics among Tang Shiba, Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng.
• Revenge and escalating mischief: Ouyang plots retaliation, while Tang Shiba’s interventions keep provoking new conflicts.

Character interactions

• Ouyang tries to maintain a gracious public face while her fans and anti-fans make her condition the focus.
• The Tang family mocks Tang Xuan and warns him away from Ouyang’s scheme, though he refuses to back down.
• Si Wuyu competes with Fang Cheng for proximity to Tang Shiba, then separates him from her by assigning him kitchen work.
• Chris and Fang Cheng trade accusations, while Tang Shiba’s “gossip” exposes the history beneath their quarrel and leaves Fang Cheng newly resentful.

Key plot points and events

• Chris spars verbally with Tang Shiba, threatening her and trying to use insults against her. Tang counters by threatening to reveal that Chris hired people to drive Fang Cheng’s admirers away.
• Fang Cheng realizes Chris may have sabotaged his romantic life. Li Ba confirms in thought that he was among the hired muscle. Si Wuyu keeps Fang Cheng focused on cleaning fish rather than confronting Chris.
• Chris misreads a mocking comment, and Chang Hua backs up her mistake with an even more absurd “translation.” Tang suspects they are deliberately making fun of her.
• Tang reveals that Chris once staged a scene in which children supposedly bullied her, hoping Fang Cheng would rescue her. He had watched from nearby and deliberately stayed away, suspecting a trick.
• Tang uncovers Chang Hua’s painful past: a female classmate took advantage of him when he was drunk on his coming-of-age birthday. Chang Hua says he wants her to take responsibility.
• Tang then reveals that Chang Hua has six-year-old twins and that their mother has returned to find him, threatening to accuse him of rape if he refuses to take responsibility. Chang Hua rushes off to deal with the situation.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba continues to use her gossip-revealing ability to unsettle and embarrass people, preferring verbal sparring to physical fights.
• Chris becomes increasingly furious as her schemes and past are exposed. Her attempt to provoke Fang Cheng into rescuing her is revealed as calculated.
• Fang Cheng discovers that Chris may have blocked his chances at romance and sees through her old rescue ploy. He also reacts with comic shock to the possibility that Chang Hua is a father.
• Chang Hua is shown as both vulnerable and oddly earnest: he has avoided dating, apparently because he still expects the woman who assaulted him to take responsibility. The revelation of his twins forces him to confront the past.
• Si Wuyu keeps Fang Cheng on task, while privately feeling unsettled that Chang Hua may already have a family.

Significant themes

• Gossip as power: Tang’s revelations expose hidden histories and shift control of the arguments.
• Deception and manipulation: Chris’s staged victimhood contrasts with Tang’s blunt disclosures.
• Unexpected responsibility: Chang Hua’s sudden discovery of his children transforms a comic kitchen scene into a serious personal dilemma.
• Humor amid embarrassment: Misreadings, insults, and reactions to the gossip keep the chapter’s tone playful despite the troubling events revealed.

Character interactions

• Tang and Chris trade threats and insults, with Tang repeatedly gaining the upper hand by exposing Chris’s past.
• Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu bicker while preparing food; Si Wuyu prevents Fang from interrupting the confrontation.
• Chang Hua joins in the teasing by intentionally misreading Chris’s comment, then becomes the focus of Tang’s revelations.
• Fang Cheng and the others react with surprise and jokes as Chang Hua learns that the woman from his past has returned with their twins.

Plot points and events

• Chang Hua leaves, leaving Tang Shiba, Si Wuyu, Fang Cheng, and Chris at home. Tang Shiba’s gossip about how stinky tofu is supposedly made disgusts Fang Cheng and Chris, though the system clarifies that the story describes an isolated hoax.
• Tang Xiao calls to say the cast of Road to Happiness will gather at Golden Pond Bar before the show’s opening. Tang Shiba invites Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng eagerly anticipates catching up on gossip.
• Chris assumes Fang Cheng’s excitement means he hopes to meet other women and says she and Li Ba will keep an eye on him. She teases him about marriage; he insists he will marry anyone but her, and shuts himself away to escape her.
• Tang Shiba naps after dinner. Si Wuyu joins her, and the affectionate pair cuddle; Tang Shiba quickly falls asleep against him.
• At the bar, Huang Yue greets Tang Shiba enthusiastically. Tang Shiba dodges her hug but is pleased to hear Huang Yue has stopped bathing in urine and pesticide.
• The reunited group shares news. Tang Shiba’s gossip system reveals Director Li is pursuing a second child, and the group discusses Tang Xueqing’s attempt to claim she was Lü Chengcheng’s lover. Evidence disproves their involvement, but Lü is detained after falsely covering for her.
• Shanshan, Tang Shiba’s outspoken anti-fan, shares gossip and then leaves for the restroom when she fears Tang Shiba will uncover her secrets. The system reveals Shanshan is Su Chen’s younger sister.
• To keep Tang Shiba occupied, Director Li asks her to sing. She takes the microphone with a mischievous smile, intending to expose gossip aloud for everyone.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains playful and relentlessly curious, turning everyday moments and a reunion into opportunities to share gossip. She is affectionate with Si Wuyu and relishes the prospect of broadcasting others’ secrets.
• Si Wuyu shows his tenderness toward Tang Shiba, joining her nap and holding her close.
• Fang Cheng and Chris continue their combative, flirtatious banter: Chris pushes the idea of marriage while Fang Cheng rejects it, though she remains determined to pursue him.
• Huang Yue and Tang Shiba resume their familiar, comic friendship, with Tang Shiba’s wary reaction to Huang Yue’s attempted hug.
• Director Li is embarrassed when Tang Shiba exposes his private plans, then tries to distract her by asking her to sing.
• Shanshan is revealed to be Su Chen’s sister and appears anxious that Tang Shiba will uncover her own secrets.

Significant themes

• Gossip drives both comedy and plot, repeatedly exposing secrets people would rather keep private.
• Romantic tension appears in Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s growing domestic intimacy, alongside Fang Cheng and Chris’s teasing, unresolved pursuit.
• The chapter contrasts public image and private truth: Tang Xueqing’s claims collapse under evidence, while hidden relationships and plans surface through gossip.
• Reunion and friendship provide a warm setting for the group’s banter, even as Tang Shiba threatens to turn private information into public entertainment.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba exposes two men behaving badly at the gathering: one is making unwanted advances, and another has spiked drinks. Her catchy, rhyming call-outs make everyone wary of her gossip.
• Shanshan warns Fang Cheng that Sugar Beans may be slandered and suggests bringing the Gossip Buddies to defend her. Fang Cheng angrily condemns anti-fans, unaware that Shanshan herself is one.
• Huang Yue is pushed offstage when she tries to sing, while Si Wuyu insists Tang Shiba drink milk. He also declines alcohol because of his injured leg, though Tang Shiba eventually drinks anyway.
• Tang Shiba announces that two knife-wielding murderers are on the crowded dance floor and plans to disperse the crowd through a game of hide-and-seek before the killers act at ten.
• Director Li rejects Tang Shiba as the person to draw attention because she is famous. Si Wuyu keeps her close, so the screenwriter volunteers to start the distraction. He heads into the main hall and begins dancing before climbing onto a platform to shout.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba shifts from exposing individual misconduct to organizing a risky plan to protect the crowd. Her playful, fearless manner contrasts with the danger she describes.
• Si Wuyu shows concern for Tang Shiba by limiting her drinking and keeping her beside him, while she responds with mischievous defiance. Shanshan notices their intimate behavior and privately ships them as a couple.
• Shanshan’s secret anti-fan identity creates irony in her conversation with Fang Cheng, who openly threatens anti-fans.
• Huang Yue remains unaware that people dislike her singing, and the group’s affectionate flattery sends her offstage.
• Director Li and the others take Tang Shiba’s warning seriously, despite their initial panic and mutual suspicion.

Significant themes

• Protecting others through collective action: The group agrees to help clear the dance floor rather than leave the danger unaddressed.
• Gossip as exposure: Tang Shiba’s talent for revealing hidden wrongdoing becomes a practical tool for uncovering threats.
• Humor amid danger: Jokes, awkward misunderstandings, and romantic teasing temper the suspense.
• Public image and secrecy: Tang Shiba’s fame limits what she can safely do, while Shanshan conceals her identity as an anti-fan.

Plot and key events

• A mysterious guest offers 100 million to fund a hide-and-seek game: teams have ten minutes to find two to five described people somewhere in the bar’s private rooms. Most guests join, while some wealthy patrons opt out and make their own bets.
• The screenwriter organizes the game, and many of the selected seekers are production crew members—part of a plan already in motion.
• Tang Shiba privately tells Si Wuyu that the two recently released prisoners she warned about are real. The pair kiss until Fang Cheng interrupts them; Shanshan and Fang Cheng then sneak a look, prompting Shanshan to run off laughing.
• Tang Shiba briefs the seekers. Her first two clues identify people by a concealed weapon and extensive disguises. She invents the remaining clues, intending to keep the dangerous pair from being found by the crowd.
• As the search is about to begin, the production crew eagerly counts down, treating the risky game as an exciting mission.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is playful and bold with Si Wuyu, but also strategically protective: she controls what information the seekers receive to prevent the dangerous suspects from being exposed.
• Si Wuyu shows affection and indulgence toward Tang Shiba, while stopping their intimacy when he worries someone might enter.
• Fang Cheng catches the couple kissing and is embarrassed; Shanshan is delighted by the gossip and teases them by running off laughing.
• The screenwriter uses the large prize and lively crowd to get the game underway; the crew help build enthusiasm.

Significant themes

• Entertainment masking danger: The bar’s party atmosphere and playful game conceal the presence of real threats.
• Performance and deception: The screenwriter’s staged excitement, the suspects’ disguises, and Tang Shiba’s fabricated clues all show how appearances can mislead.
• Trust and protection: Tang Shiba trusts Si Wuyu with the truth and quietly manages the game to protect others.
• Romance and comic gossip: The couple’s affection and the onlookers’ excited reactions provide humor amid the suspense.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba follows the system’s directions to find two armed brothers hiding among a crowded group in a private room. She and her companions use a card game and simple “penalties” to clear other people out without alerting the suspects.
• Tang uncovers the brothers’ history: after a man’s false suspicion of an affair led to their father being killed, their mother died of grief. The brothers killed the man and were imprisoned. Their younger sister was later exploited in the entertainment industry and died after refusing to comply with a powerful villain’s demands.
• Once the room is empty, Tang asks the brothers to surrender their weapons and offers to help them find the person they seek revenge on. They attack instead, targeting Si Wuyu.
• Tang and Si Wuyu fight back with iron rods, disarm the brothers, and subdue them. Tang has them remove their disguises and tells the others to call the police.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is resourceful and decisive, using the game to manage a dangerous crowd before confronting the suspects. Though she offers the brothers a chance to talk, she responds forcefully when they attack.
• Si Wuyu proves capable in a fight, shielding Tang and helping subdue the brothers.
• Fang Cheng and Shanshan assist with the diversion and keep watch outside the room, but are shaken by the brothers’ tragic history.
• The brothers are revealed as traumatized and consumed by hatred. Their grief explains their motives, but they remain intent on violence and refuse Tang’s offer.

Significant themes

• Rumors and jealousy can destroy lives: a false belief about an affair triggers a chain of deaths and lasting trauma.
• Victimhood does not justify revenge: the brothers’ suffering is real, but their indiscriminate violence threatens others.
• Exploitation of the vulnerable: their sister’s desperate search for help makes her a target for abuse.
• The cycle of violence: unresolved grief and revenge continue to create new harm rather than undo past losses.

Character interactions

• Tang works with Fang Cheng and Shanshan to quietly separate the crowd from the suspects; they coordinate through the card game and guard the exit.
• Tang speaks directly to the brothers, acknowledging their past and offering help, but they answer with an attack.
• Si Wuyu steps in to protect Tang and fights alongside her; afterward, Tang directs the group to hand the brothers over to the police.

Key plot points and events

• Fang Cheng and Shanshan discover that the two supposed women hiding in a private room are men in disguise. With Tang Shiba’s help, they force the pair to remove their disguises and clothes.
• Tang Shiba claims their capture happened within the game’s time limit. The men are brought before the crowd, but as they try to leave, Tang Shiba calls the police, who arrest them for streaking.
• With the targets in police custody, the prize game is declared void. The angry crowd turns on the screenwriter, so he distracts them by performing an unexpectedly popular dance.
• Tang Shiba, Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng slip away. Meanwhile, Li Ba approaches Shanshan to ask about her connection to Fang Cheng, but Huang Yue’s warning cry draws a crowd and forces him to back off.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba shows herself to be pragmatic and self-protective: she tricks the disguised men into surrendering, then refuses to risk letting them go after they had threatened her.
• Fang Cheng and Shanshan take an exuberant, teasing approach to unmasking the men; Shanshan also embraces her role as Fang Cheng’s anti-fan with theatrical confidence.
• Si Wuyu appears pleased by Tang Shiba’s private compliment about his looks.
• The screenwriter proves resourceful, improvising a dance to escape the crowd’s anger.
• Shanshan is alert to danger and calls her brother when she suspects she is being followed.

Significant themes

• Self-preservation and trust: Tang Shiba rejects misplaced sympathy for people who tried to harm her.
• Deception and performance: Disguises, public accusations, and the screenwriter’s dance all turn the event into a spectacle.
• Crowd behavior and accountability: The crowd quickly shifts from demanding the prize to seeking revenge, while the police intervene once the men expose themselves.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba coordinates with Fang Cheng and Shanshan to expose the men, then clashes with the captives by breaking her promise to let them go.
• Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng help bring the suspects before the crowd, while Tang Shiba’s call brings the police down on them.
• Director Li and the screenwriter work together to manage the angry audience, with the screenwriter taking the brunt of the crowd’s attention.
• Huang Yue protects Shanshan from Li Ba and warns her to be cautious around Fang Cheng, though Shanshan dismisses her suspicion as mistaken gossip.

Key plot points and events

• Shanshan publishes a viral post claiming two newly released brothers streaked at the Golden Pond Bar to avenge their sister’s murder. Public pressure prompts police to prioritize the case; officers report that the brothers went to Jintang to attack someone.
• Tang Xiao announces he will compete with his eldest brother for control of the latter’s company, while Tang Shiba agrees to take charge of her own company.
• On the drive to work, Shiba teases Xiao Wu about his marriage. He admits that witnessing his wife give birth—and being hit by her diarrhea—has made him uncomfortable around her. Shiba warns him that his wife may leave if he does not move past it.
• At the company, Shiba takes the boss’s seat and calls a meeting. Xiao Wu introduces her as the new person in charge, unsettling employees who doubt her ability to manage.
• A veteran employee asks how to respond to online harassment targeting a female entertainer. Shiba recognizes the situation as connected to his own affair with a company entertainer and warns him indirectly. He quickly agrees with her approach, and Shiba ends the meeting without making major changes.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba steps into leadership with confidence and a playful, intimidating manner. She reads the veteran employee’s motives but chooses to warn him rather than expose him immediately, knowing he may retaliate.
• Tang Xiao is determined to secure his eldest brother’s company, while Shiba encourages him—partly because she wants the freedom to enjoy herself and stir things up.
• Xiao Wu reveals lingering discomfort with his wife after witnessing childbirth. Shiba challenges his attitude and worries he is taking his marriage for granted.
• Si Wuyu responds to Shiba’s teasing message about men by insisting he is different, and Shiba is amused and fond of him.
• The employees are wary of Shiba, but the veteran quickly changes course once he realizes she knows about his affair.

Significant themes

• Power and reputation: Viral social-media attention pushes police to act, while workplace status shapes how employees respond to their new boss.
• Leadership and restraint: Shiba asserts authority but handles the veteran’s misconduct cautiously, choosing a warning over immediate confrontation.
• Marriage and intimacy: Xiao Wu’s reaction to childbirth raises questions about accepting a spouse through unpleasant realities and maintaining affection.
• Humor and irreverence: Shiba’s blunt gossip, inner commentary, and unexpected management style keep serious conflicts comic.

Plot points and events

• A system alerts Tang Shiba that Ouyang Xuan plans to sabotage a joint land-development project involving the Tang and Si families before its contract is signed.
• Instead of quietly intervening, Tang Shiba declares herself Ouyang Xuan’s anti-fan and publicly accuses the Best Actress of having pushed her young cousin into a well, killing him.
• Tang’s anti-fan group enthusiastically amplifies the accusation, while Ouyang Xuan’s supporters attack Tang and threaten to cut business ties.
• Tang escalates by exposing a supporter’s entertainment company as a possible front for forcing women into prostitution. Anti-fans launch an investigation, the company shuts its Weibo account, and its parent company considers cutting it loose.
• The company’s superior, angered by Tang’s interference, arranges for men to attack her, but Tang learns of the threat through the system.
• Xu Jiang, one of the company’s founding veterans, confronts Tang with termination agreements and urges her to apologize. After initially seeming to demand an apology, he reveals he wants her to provide evidence against Ouyang Xuan.
• Tang refuses to back down. She gives employees a choice: support her or resign that day with two months’ extra pay. Xu Jiang warns that this could bring the company to a standstill, but Tang insists.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba embraces a combative public persona, using online feuds and revelations to attack Ouyang Xuan’s influence. She is reckless but decisive, and treats the company’s upheaval as an acceptable cost.
• Xu Jiang shifts from angry opposition to apparent cooperation. His history with Tang’s second brother suggests loyalty to the family and a willingness to help Tang, though he is startled by her hard-line management.
• Ouyang Xuan remains offstage but is portrayed by Tang and the system as a dangerous schemer whose influence and fanbase make her difficult to challenge.
• The anti-fans act as Tang’s online force, eagerly investigating and spreading her claims. Ouyang Xuan’s supporters, meanwhile, retaliate with insults and commercial threats.
• The company’s senior leadership responds to Tang’s exposure by trying to contain the scandal and then seeking to intimidate her.

Significant themes

• Public image and celebrity power: Online accusations quickly become a battle between fan groups, reputations, and commercial interests.
• Loyalty and factionalism: Employees and business partners are pressured to choose sides as Tang’s actions put the company at risk.
• Recklessness versus conviction: Tang knowingly escalates the conflict, while others focus on damage control.
• Power and intimidation: The attempt to arrange an attack shows that the online feud has become a real-world threat.