Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba’s supposed anti-fans at work turn out to be admirers. They warmly compliment her and ask about her daily life, while she jokes that eating and sleeping keep her skin in good condition.
• Si Wuyu arrives to take Tang Shiba out. She checks him for injuries, but their playful inspection turns into an intimate teasing session.
• Tang Shiba learns through her system that Si Wuyu’s second uncle arranged the attack on him. She also hears that Second Aunt Tao Wanyu’s husband is keeping a mistress and has a grown child.
• Si Wuyu invites Tang Shiba to his mother’s birthday gathering at the Si family residence. She agrees and brings gifts.
• At the family dinner, Si Wuyu publicly introduces Tang Shiba as his girlfriend. Tao Wanyu and other relatives criticize Tang’s celebrity past and alleged behavior, but Si Wuyu and his parents defend her.
• Tang Shiba responds to Tao Wanyu with cheerful sarcasm. The system recognizes the hidden implication in Tang’s remark: Tao Wanyu has been betrayed by her husband.
• Tang Shiba tells the system to use a Gossip-Watching Card, block Ouyang Xuan, and watch for the Counter-System.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is at ease with her new admirers and remains playful and confident when facing the Si family’s hostility. Her concern for Si Wuyu is genuine, though she expresses it through teasing and pinching him.
• Si Wuyu is affectionate and flirtatious with Tang Shiba, and openly claims her as his girlfriend despite expecting his family to disapprove. He firmly rebukes Tao Wanyu for insulting her.
• Tao Wanyu tries to undermine Tang Shiba and appeal to Si Wuyu’s parents, but is contradicted by both Si Wuyu and his parents. Her own marital scandal is poised to become a source of gossip.
• Si Wuyu’s parents intervene to prevent Tao Wanyu from mistreating their guest, while the wider family reacts with surprise and suspicion.
• The system encourages Tang Shiba to attend the dinner for its gossip and keeps watch for potential interference.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and public commitment: Si Wuyu openly stands by Tang Shiba in front of his family.
• Reputation versus reality: The relatives judge Tang by her public image, while her warmth and humor win over her workplace admirers.
• Hypocrisy and hidden scandals: Tao Wanyu condemns Tang’s reputation even as her own marriage conceals infidelity.
• Playful romance and comedy: Tang and Si Wuyu’s flirtation, along with Tang’s sarcastic replies and the system’s commentary, keeps the family confrontation lighthearted.

Plot points and events

• At dinner with the Si family, Second Aunt Si has a maid move Tang Shiba to the far end of the table. Si Wuyu immediately draws Tang close, declares her under his protection, and orders Second Uncle Si to change seats.
• Tang’s unspoken thoughts reveal that Second Uncle Si, Si Ming, has a mistress and a child already in fifth grade. The family hears the gossip, while Si Ming realizes Tang may know his secret.
• Si Ming’s relatives bait him with talk of starting a company. Tang’s thoughts reveal that he has given his money to his mistress and that the woman is secretly drugging Tao Wanyu to make her unstable, with the aim of having her committed and replacing her.
• Tao Wanyu becomes suspicious and recognizes the woman Tang is hinting at. Si Ming, alarmed by the revelations, wants to leave.
• Si Jin privately messages his fan group, the “Black Treasures,” in shock over his father’s affair and his mother’s danger. They encourage him to stay strong.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains focused on enjoying the food, even as her thoughts expose the family’s secrets. Her revelations shift the dinner’s balance of power.
• Si Wuyu openly supports Tang, showing affection through his protectiveness and by continually serving her food.
• Si Ming is exposed as unfaithful and financially entangled with his mistress. His confidence collapses as he realizes his wife may uncover the truth.
• Tao Wanyu moves from quiet discomfort to anger and suspicion as she hears hints about her husband and the woman’s plan.
• Si Jin connects his family’s recent tension to his father’s affair and turns to his online fan group for comfort.
• The relatives use indirect questions and conspicuous kindness toward Tao Wanyu to hint at the affair, while Si Ming tries to shut down her questions.

Significant themes

• Truth and hidden knowledge: Tang’s thoughts reveal secrets that others have concealed, changing how the family sees one another.
• Betrayal and manipulation: Si Ming’s affair and his mistress’s scheme show how trust can be exploited.
• Power and protection: Si Wuyu’s defense of Tang contrasts with Si Ming’s efforts to control what his wife can learn.
• Gossip as a catalyst: Rumors and revelations turn a tense family dinner into a confrontation, even when much remains unspoken.

Key plot points and events

• Si Wuyu’s parents hear gossip about Si Ming’s affair but remain outwardly calm. Si Ming and Tao Wanyu return from a private argument looking grim, and the family expects the scandal to disrupt Si Ming’s household.
• At the birthday gathering, Counter-System behaves unusually: instead of fleeing from Melon System, it claims it only wants to hear gossip. It also probes why Tang Shiba has stopped exposing the Si family’s secrets.
• Ouyang Xuan appears to stumble toward Tang Shiba, seemingly setting up an accident that could make Tang look responsible. Tang leans away and falls safely into Si Wuyu’s arms; Ouyang falls instead and accuses Tang of refusing to help.
• A guest calls Tang shameless. Tang challenges her, and the woman abruptly apologizes and runs away after Tang’s internal thoughts reveal that she recently had an abortion following an assault while intoxicated.
• Si Wuyu’s mother accepts his gift, then gives Tang Shiba a family heirloom bracelet as a welcome gift and calls her the family’s future daughter-in-law. Tang gladly accepts it.
• Some Si family members worry that accepting Tang will bring trouble and damage the family business. Those already pushed out by Si Wuyu see the potential turmoil as an opportunity to reclaim influence.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba stays alert to attempts to frame or provoke her, responding with confidence and humor rather than embarrassment. She is surprised that Si Wuyu’s parents welcome her warmly.
• Si Wuyu protects Tang during Ouyang’s staged fall and openly affirms her place in the family by calling her his future wife.
• Si Wuyu’s mother shows unexpected acceptance of Tang, signaling trust through a treasured heirloom.
• Ouyang Xuan is frustrated when her attempt to make Tang look bad fails, but cannot retaliate openly.
• Counter-System remains oddly passive and claims to be present only for gossip, leaving Tang and Melon System suspicious.
• Melon System continues bullying Counter-System and reporting its behavior to Tang.

Significant themes

• Public image and hidden truths: gossip and exposed secrets threaten family reputations and business interests.
• Manipulation versus self-possession: Tang avoids being trapped by staged incidents and social pressure.
• Belonging and acceptance: the bracelet and “future daughter-in-law” remark mark Tang’s welcome into the family.
• Vulnerability beneath judgment: the woman who flees is revealed to have been a victim, complicating the group’s quick assumptions.

Character interactions

• Tang and Si Wuyu act as a united pair: he catches her, while she uses playful affection to deflect Ouyang’s accusation.
• Tang confronts the guest who insults her, prompting the woman’s apology and exit.
• Si Wuyu’s mother welcomes Tang with a family heirloom, while relatives quietly weigh the consequences for the family.
• Melon System repeatedly interrogates and hits Counter-System, while Tang watches for signs that it is plotting something.

Key plot points and events

• During Mrs. Si’s birthday banquet, Si Ming and Tao Wanyu’s argument spills into the courtyard after she discovers that the family photo on his phone shows another woman and unfamiliar children.
• Tao Wanyu threatens Si Ming and reaches for a butcher’s knife, but their daughter Si Yue takes it away and persuades her to pursue a divorce and take his money rather than risk prison.
• Si Ming smashes his phone and tries to blame Tang Shiba for ruining his family. His son, Si Jin, counters by threatening to expose evidence that Si Ming made him falsify company accounts and embezzled ten million. Si Yue says she also has evidence.
• Si Ming grabs the knife and charges at Tang Shiba, but stops when his father threatens to disown him. Tang Shiba kicks him into a flower bed; Tao Wanyu then attacks him, and Si Yue and Si Jin join the ensuing brawl.
• Mrs. Si orders the family thrown out and barred from the Old Residence. Si Wuyu decides to replace all the household servants. He leaves with Tang Shiba, who is delighted to learn they are going to a barbecue.

Character developments and interactions

• Tao Wanyu shifts from furious and devastated to more controlled after Si Yue reminds her of the consequences of violence. Her conflict with Si Ming ultimately becomes physical.
• Si Yue and Si Jin openly turn against their father, revealing they have evidence of his wrongdoing and supporting their mother.
• Si Ming loses his composed public image, lashes out at his family, and directs his anger at Tang Shiba when exposed.
• Tang Shiba remains blunt and amused, steps in to defend herself, and is disappointed she doesn’t get a fuller fight. She shares playful affection with Si Wuyu afterward.
• Si Wuyu supports Tang Shiba, intervenes without taking over, and asserts authority over the Old Residence.
• Ouyang Xuan wonders whether Tang Shiba exposed the affair, but the system says Tao Wanyu likely discovered it herself; neither has proof.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and the collapse of a polished family image.
• Choosing legal and practical consequences over impulsive revenge.
• Family members uniting against wrongdoing—and the consequences of greed and abuse of power.
• Dark comedy, conveyed through the gossip, inner commentary, and the contrast between a chaotic brawl and Tang Shiba’s excitement about barbecue.

Key plot points

• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng conspire to sneak into Si Wuyu’s wine cellar. Tang Shiba distracts Si by asking him to grill barbecue, then heads to the study with Fang Cheng.
• The study’s lock opens with Tang Shiba’s birthday, surprising and touching her. They find the cellar’s hidden entrance and discover an enormous collection of valuable wines.
• Tang Shiba drinks directly from a bottle, hoping to get drunk and make a move on Si Wuyu. Fang Cheng joins her despite warnings that the wine is unusually strong.
• Si Wuyu finds them surrounded by bottles and thoroughly drunk. When Fang Cheng clings to Tang Shiba and bites her leg, she kicks him and calls for Si Wuyu.
• Confused and tearful, Tang Shiba mistakes Fang Cheng for her son and tries to comfort him. Si Wuyu carries her away, tells Chang Hua to handle Fang Cheng, and prepares to clean her face before putting her to bed.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is impulsive and scheming, but Si Wuyu’s use of her birthday as his password stirs genuine warmth in her. Once drunk, she becomes disoriented and tenderly maternal toward Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng eagerly helps with the cellar raid, then becomes clingy and emotional when drunk. His playful “buddy” dynamic with Tang Shiba turns into slapstick chaos.
• Si Wuyu indulges Tang Shiba’s request for barbecue and responds protectively when he finds her drunk. His teasing suggestion that they have a child together hints at romantic interest, while his care for her remains gentle and practical.

Significant themes

• Romance and trust: Si Wuyu’s password choice suggests Tang Shiba holds a special place in his life.
• Impulsiveness and consequences: Their plan to steal a taste of the wine ends in a drunken mess.
• Comic role reversal: Tang Shiba’s drunken “mothering” of Fang Cheng contrasts with Si Wuyu’s role as the responsible caretaker.

Plot and events

• Tang Shiba gets extremely drunk after mixing several kinds of alcohol. Si Wuyu tends to her: he helps her vomit, bathes and changes her, gives her hangover soup, and stays with her while she sleeps.
• The next morning, Tang Shiba remembers little and keeps drifting back to sleep. By noon, she is awake but still suffering from a headache. Si Wuyu brings her food and more hangover soup, and she promises not to drink again.
• Si Wuyu works in the bedroom while keeping her company. Tang Shiba admires him and jokes with the Melon System about pretending not to remember the night before.
• Tang Second Brother, unable to reach her, worries she has been mistreated. Gu Qingcheng explains that Si Wuyu’s household reported Tang Shiba is simply recovering from a drunken night. Still uneasy, the pair go to the Si residence, bringing Er Gou, who is determined to explore the large courtyard.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is playful and shameless even while hungover, and gladly accepts Si Wuyu’s care. Though she claims to have forgotten being bathed, she privately admits she may be pretending.
• Si Wuyu shows affection and patience in looking after her, while gently warning her against drinking again. Their teasing, kisses, and closeness reinforce their romantic bond.
• Tang Second Brother is protective and suspicious, interpreting Tang Shiba’s absence as a possible sign that Si Wuyu has bullied her.
• Gu Qingcheng acts as the calmer voice, reassuring him while still accompanying him to check on Tang Shiba.
• Er Gou insists on joining the visit and imagines the Si family’s courtyard as its possible future territory.
• The Melon System provides comic commentary, especially about Tang Shiba’s drinking and her selective “forgetfulness.”

Significant themes

• The chapter emphasizes affectionate care and growing intimacy between Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu.
• It contrasts Si Wuyu’s calm caretaking with Tang Second Brother’s overprotective worry.
• Humour comes from Tang Shiba’s hangover, her banter with the system, and Er Gou’s grand expectations.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba and Gu Qingcheng catch Chris trying to undress a drunk Fang Cheng. Tang Shiba quietly ensures Fang Cheng wakes before Chris can go further.
• Fang Cheng angrily stops Chris and refuses to return home with her. Chris asks him to give her a year, promising not to pursue him in the meantime; he agrees, and she leaves the next morning.
• Chris leaves her loyal assistant, Li Ba, with Fang Cheng. At the airport, Fang Cheng realizes he may have been open to Chris eventually, though he still wants time. He vows to work hard and pursue a Film Emperor award.
• Free of Chris’s constant attention, Fang Cheng returns to his carefree routine. Unable to join busy Tang Shiba, he heads to Water City to help his friend Tang Lin, who has reportedly run into trouble.
• News breaks that Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu are together and have met each other’s families, while Si Ming’s affair and secret child become public. Tang Shiba openly backs her fans in a dispute with Ouyang Xuan’s supporters, then announces her relationship with Si Wuyu herself. Si confirms it with a video, setting off an online frenzy.

Character development and interactions

• Fang Cheng asserts his boundaries when Chris’s advances alarm him, but his sadness at her departure hints that he may have feelings for her. He embraces the year apart as a chance to focus on his career.
• Chris accepts Fang Cheng’s refusal and agrees to wait, though she remains intensely possessive and leaves Li Ba behind to keep watch.
• Tang Shiba uses her usual mischievousness to interrupt Chris, then boldly takes control of the public narrative around her relationship.
• Si Wuyu publicly supports Tang Shiba, making their relationship official.
• The friends’ silent cooperation outside Fang Cheng’s room contrasts with Chris’s and Fang Cheng’s awkward, emotionally charged farewell.

Significant themes

• Boundaries and consent: Fang Cheng firmly rejects Chris’s attempted undressing and makes clear that her actions could end their friendship.
• Love, patience, and uncertainty: Chris asks for a year, while Fang Cheng’s reaction suggests his feelings may change with time.
• Public image and celebrity culture: The relationship announcement and scandalous trending news show how private lives quickly become public spectacle.
• Independence and ambition: Fang Cheng chooses to build his career and life on his own terms rather than return home or immediately commit to Chris.

Plot points and events

• Anti-fans and paid provocateurs gather outside Tang Shiba’s company, throwing eggs and trying to create a public scandal. The company’s employees and the Black Treasures—Tang’s supporters—meet them with insults and a chaotic egg fight.
• Tang Shiba hears the commotion and heads downstairs despite Shanshan’s warnings. Shanshan has already stocked up on eggs and alerts the supporters’ group.
• The rival group’s supposed reinforcements arrive carrying more eggs, but the delivery is for the Black Treasures, prompting the anti-fans to retreat before the fighting resumes.
• A livestreamer known as the Little Prince of Washed-Up Stars reports on the scene and says police are delayed by traffic.
• Tang joins the crowd. The system reveals that some opponents are Emperor Si’s fans, while others are paid trolls aiming to damage Tang’s reputation and stage an incident.
• Tang exposes a pregnant woman’s husband for apparently bringing another woman home. The woman checks her home surveillance feed, discovers the situation, and her water breaks.
• With an ambulance trapped in traffic, the crowd panics as the woman goes into labor at the company entrance. The system explains that her due date is near and that she, like other pregnant women present, came for money to help fake an incident.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is curious, bold, and undeterred by warnings. She sees the egg fight as entertaining, joins in, and casually exposes the pregnant woman’s marital trouble—then briefly worries she may be responsible for the consequences.
• Shanshan shows initiative and loyalty: she prepares eggs in advance, tries to protect Tang, and rallies the Black Treasures.
• The Black Treasures act as Tang’s defenders, trading taunts with the anti-fans and gaining confidence when Tang arrives.
• The anti-fans and paid trolls are revealed as organized troublemakers, but their attempt to provoke a scandal spirals into chaos.
• The pregnant woman shifts from participating in the staged disturbance to reacting to a genuine personal crisis after Tang’s revelation.

Significant themes

• Public scandal as spectacle: The crowd, egg fight, and livestream turn a planned smear campaign into entertainment.
• Money and exploitation: Some participants have been paid to manufacture an incident, even though the scheme risks real harm.
• Reckless gossip and unintended consequences: Tang’s casual exposure of a secret triggers a major personal revelation at the worst possible moment.
• Loyalty amid conflict: Shanshan and the Black Treasures rally around Tang, while the system supplies information that reframes the apparent victimhood of the provocateurs.

Plot points and events

• An egg-throwing confrontation erupts into an unexpected childbirth when a pregnant fan goes into labor. With no vehicle able to reach the scene, people make a screen from their clothes, and an anti-fan nurse rushes in to help.
• The nurse’s sharp taunts spur the woman through a remarkably quick delivery. The mother is stunned, having previously been told she might need a C-section.
• The nurse returns to the egg fight, while some pregnant fans ask for her help in the future. She reveals she studied veterinary medicine and insults them as “brain-dead idiots.”
• The new mother asks Tang Shiba to name her baby. Tang refuses, suspecting a trap; despite the livestream’s joking claim that Tang named the child “Golden Egg,” she does not.
• Tang resumes throwing eggs, reigniting the fight. The livestream audience and online viewers treat the chaos as entertainment.
• Police arrive and order the fans who started the confrontation to clean up. Tang and Shanshan offer to take responsibility, but Tang’s supporters pull her back. The fans blame Tang; she says they came to her workplace after taking her Weibo joke seriously. The officers tell the crowd to stop arguing, assign cleanup to the fans, and advise Tang to call the police next time.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba stays defiant and mischievous: she refuses the mother’s request, then deliberately provokes the fans back into fighting. When questioned, she presents herself as the target of their confrontation.
• The nurse is combative and irreverent. Though she helps deliver the baby, she uses taunts to pressure the mother and insults the fans afterward.
• The new mother shifts from laboring in pain to vowing to confront her allegedly cheating husband, then seeks Tang’s help naming the baby.
• The fans briefly reconsider the feud after witnessing the fast delivery, but the truce collapses when Tang throws eggs again. They later try to shift blame onto her.
• Tang’s supporters protect her from stepping forward, while Little Prince and the livestream audience comment on the bizarre scene as it unfolds.

Significant themes

• Farce and spectacle: A violent fan confrontation becomes childbirth, livestream entertainment, and finally a public cleanup.
• Online conflict spilling into real life: A joke on Weibo is cited as the spark for the fans’ confrontation.
• Reputation and blame: Both sides argue over who began the fight, while Tang frames the fans as the aggressors.
• Humor through absurdity: The chapter repeatedly undercuts serious events—including labor and police intervention—with sarcasm and comic exaggeration.

• Tang Shiba and the Anti-Fans: The troublemaking fans are forced to clean up after Tang Shiba’s supporters turn the confrontation into a battle of insults. The fans try to win sympathy by claiming they are being mistreated, but the Anti-Fans outmatch them, and they eventually return to work. Impressed by her supporters’ loyalty and sharp tongues, Tang Shiba gives everyone at her company a monthly raise—though she is startled to learn that Xu Jiang already earns an enormous salary because he owns shares.
• The Tang brothers: Tang Second Brother boasts that the family company’s stock has risen since he took charge and urges Tang Eldest Brother to give up his leadership position. Tang Eldest Brother fires back, but Second Brother shares the insult with their parents, who scold the eldest and mock his failure to find a wife.
• Tang Eldest Brother and Shang Yun: Determined to pursue Shang Yun, Tang Eldest Brother rejects his assistant’s plan to pressure her company into a marriage alliance, recognizing it as a dubious romance-novel scheme that could backfire. He instead resolves to pursue her directly. When he finally spots her leaving work, he follows her to a private villa, unaware that she has gone there to secure an urgent contract.
• Shang Yun is drugged: Shang Yun meets the person responsible for the contract—a former high-school classmate—who signs it readily and invites her to stay. After she drinks tea, she becomes dizzy and realizes something is wrong. The chapter ends with the man asking her to become his mistress.
  Character developments and interactions: Tang Shiba shows generosity toward her employees and admiration for the Anti-Fans. Tang Eldest Brother is ridiculed by his family over matchmaking but remains intent on pursuing Shang Yun, while showing more restraint than his assistant’s coercive suggestion. Shang Yun’s work-focused urgency and trust in a familiar classmate leave her vulnerable to his apparent betrayal.
  Themes: The chapter uses comedy and exaggerated insults to satirize online fandom, workplace pay, and family rivalry. It also contrasts honest courtship with manipulative schemes, while ending on a darker note about professional pressure, misplaced trust, and exploitation.

Plot points

• Tang Xuan’s assistant warns that Shang Yun has been inside a villa too long. Tang breaks in and finds a married man, President Xiao, attempting to assault her.
• Tang fights Xiao and carries the drugged, barely conscious Shang Yun away. Xiao backs down when Tang threatens consequences for his family.
• The drug’s effects worsen in the car. Tang takes Shang Yun to her home and tries to cool her down with a cold bath, refusing to take advantage while she is incapacitated.
• When Shang Yun regains some awareness, she invites Tang to be intimate with her. They have a rough, combative encounter, trading insults throughout.
• Afterward, Tang declares they will get engaged. When Shang Yun wakes, she dismisses what happened as a one-time arrangement and tells him to leave. Tang refuses and kisses her, insisting she cannot simply send him away.

Character developments

• Tang Xuan acts decisively to rescue Shang Yun and shows restraint while she is drugged, though his later insistence on engagement—and his refusal to accept her rejection—reveals a possessive, coercive side.
• Shang Yun shifts from vulnerable and disoriented to assertive, choosing intimacy once she has some awareness. By morning she restores her guarded, businesslike distance and rejects the idea that the encounter obligates her to marry him.
• President Xiao is exposed as a would-be assailant and is intimidated into stopping.

Significant themes

• Protection versus control: Tang protects Shang Yun from immediate harm, but later treats her refusal as something to overcome.
• Consent and impaired judgment: Shang Yun’s drugged state complicates the intimacy; the scene distinguishes Tang’s initial restraint from his later disregard for her stated wishes.
• Power and gender: Shang Yun condemns men who treat women as objects, while the chapter’s romantic-comedic banter sits uneasily alongside threats and coercion.
• Pride and conflict: Tang and Shang Yun express attraction through insults, challenges, and attempts to dominate one another.

Character interactions

• Tang’s assistant alerts him to Shang Yun’s disappearance and stays outside as lookout.
• Tang confronts and beats Xiao, then removes Shang Yun from danger.
• Tang and Shang Yun trade insults during her recovery and intimacy, revealing their mutual attraction and antagonistic rapport.
• Their final exchange turns tense: Shang Yun seeks to end the encounter’s consequences, while Tang insists on continuing toward marriage.

Key plot points and events

• The Si Family is in turmoil: relatives who Si Wuyu removed from the company demand to be reinstated, claiming his relationship with Tang Shiba is harming the business.
• Tang Shiba suspects the Counter-System had been manipulating events involving Si Wuyu’s parents. The Si Family’s butler delivers her a letter with an address, and she meets Mrs. Si at a quiet lounge bar.
• Mrs. Si gives Tang Shiba documents containing evidence of her and Si Dad’s past dealings with the Counter-System—the very evidence the police have been seeking. Tang Shiba leaves unsure why Mrs. Si entrusted it to her or what she should do with it.
• Tang Shiba visits Si Wuyu at work with roses. They share an affectionate reunion, and he tells her he is deliberately allowing the troublesome relatives into the company so he can expose their misconduct.
• Tang Shiba decides to investigate Ouyang Xuan. At her office, Ouyang’s assistant Xiao Xiang blocks the way. The chapter ends as Tang Shiba learns Xiao Xiang’s fierce loyalty stems from Ouyang once helping her when her family was desperate.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains bold and spontaneous. Despite worrying about the documents, she chooses to face the situation directly—and makes time to visit Si Wuyu because she misses him.
• Si Wuyu is affectionate with Tang Shiba but strategic at work: he is using the relatives’ return to reveal their idleness and shady behavior.
• Mrs. Si takes an unexpected step by handing Tang Shiba sensitive evidence, leaving her motives unclear.
• Xiao Xiang’s devotion to Ouyang Xuan gains context: Ouyang once helped her during a family crisis, even though Ouyang is otherwise portrayed as a villain.
• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu share a tender reunion, while Tang Shiba’s banter with the Melon System provides comic commentary and highlights her confidence.

Significant themes

• Trust and uncertain motives: Mrs. Si’s gift of evidence may be sincere or part of the Counter-System’s scheme.
• Consequences and accountability: Si Wuyu gives the relatives a chance to expose themselves, while the documents may help reveal past wrongdoing.
• Moral complexity: Ouyang Xuan’s one act of kindness complicates the picture of her character and explains Xiao Xiang’s loyalty.
• Affection amid conflict: Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s warmth offers a contrast to the family and corporate turmoil.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba confronts Ouyang Xuan’s assistant, Xiao Xiang, and snatches her phone. The Melon System reveals that Emperor Si planted a listening device in it, suggesting he has been spying on Ouyang Xuan.
• Tang Shiba tricks Xiao Xiang into dropping the phone, then pushes Ouyang Xuan into her office and locks the door. When Ouyang Xuan reaches for a vase to defend herself, Tang Shiba restrains her and knocks her unconscious.
• With Ouyang Xuan incapacitated, Tang Shiba and the Melon System confront the Counter-System and show him documents from Mrs. Si.
• The Counter-System says the documents represent a choice: Tang Shiba can save Si Wuyu’s parents, but only by allowing the Counter-System to bind to her. He also warns that refusing could damage her relationship with Si Wuyu.
• Tang Shiba rejects the bargain and refuses to trust him, despite his increasingly desperate promises that he will behave and that his Mall has useful goods. The Melon System exposes the Mall as full of counterfeits.
• The Counter-System finally breaks down in tears, claiming that he was born a villain and would choose to be a good system if he had another chance.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains forceful, resourceful, and suspicious. She uses intimidation to get past Xiao Xiang, disables Ouyang Xuan, and refuses to accept a dangerous bargain even under emotional pressure.
• Ouyang Xuan is shown as frightened and vulnerable once isolated. Before losing consciousness, she fears that Tang Shiba will expose her system.
• The Counter-System shifts from threatening and manipulative to bargaining, then self-pitying. His offer confirms that he wants to bind with Tang Shiba, but she sees his promises as untrustworthy.
• The Melon System continues to act as Tang Shiba’s blunt, violent ally, helping pressure the Counter-System and exposing his deception.
• Xiao Xiang is loyal to Ouyang Xuan and tries to protect her, but is outmatched by Tang Shiba.

Significant themes

• Trust versus manipulation: The Counter-System uses the fate of Si Wuyu’s parents and Tang Shiba’s relationship with him as leverage, but she refuses to be manipulated.
• Choice and responsibility: Tang Shiba faces a painful decision between helping Si Wuyu’s parents and avoiding a potentially dangerous system bond.
• Surveillance and suspicion: The listening device in Xiao Xiang’s phone suggests that Emperor Si distrusts or monitors Ouyang Xuan.
• Power and vulnerability: Tang Shiba controls the confrontation physically, while Ouyang Xuan and the Counter-System are left powerless in different ways.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba and Xiao Xiang clash over access to Ouyang Xuan, with Tang Shiba mocking and overpowering the assistant.
• Tang Shiba confronts Ouyang Xuan directly, dismissing her claims of authority before knocking her out.
• Tang Shiba and the Melon System work together to interrogate the Counter-System, whose threats and offers fail to change her mind.
• The Counter-System tries to exploit Tang Shiba’s concern for Si Wuyu, but their exchange ends with him pleading and lamenting his villainous nature.

Key plot points and events

• The Counter-System begs Tang Shiba to take him on as a secondary system, but she and the Melon System distrust him. When he threatens to bind with someone else—including people close to Tang Shiba—the Melon System beats him unconscious.
• Tang Shiba decides the Counter-System is too dangerous to leave alone, but the Melon System says they lack the points needed to devour him.
• Xiao Xiang bursts into Ouyang Xuan’s room with security guards, assumes Tang Shiba has harmed her, and orders Tang arrested. Ouyang Xuan is only unconscious, and the guards avoid touching Tang Shiba because of her relationship with the CEO.
• Tang Shiba trades insults with Xiao Xiang, mocks her for crying, and leaves after warning the awake-but-pretending-to-sleep Ouyang Xuan to behave.
• Chang Hua spreads gossip in the shipping group about Si Wuyu giving Tang Shiba roses and a mark on her neck. He then secretly photographs the couple kissing, but accidentally uses the camera timer, leaving the pictures blurry.
• On the way back, Tang Shiba and the Dumb System discuss the danger posed by the Counter-System and the risk to Si Wuyu’s parents. With too few points to act directly, Tang Shiba plans to earn more by uncovering gossip.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains bold, mocking, and protective of her circle. She refuses to trust or recruit the Counter-System and recognizes the threat he poses.
• The Counter-System shifts from pleading to threatening, revealing his desperation and willingness to endanger others to find a new host.
• Xiao Xiang is exposed as cruel toward her own mother, contradicting her former image as a devoted daughter. She is also too frightened of Tang Shiba to do more than sniffle.
• Chang Hua continues as an enthusiastic gossip broker and supporter of the couple, though his attempt to photograph them goes wrong.
• Si Wuyu quietly indulges Tang Shiba’s affection and Chang Hua’s photo-taking, showing his comfortable complicity in their public displays.

Significant themes

• Trust and manipulation: Tang Shiba rejects the Counter-System because its claims and offers are deceptive.
• Power and vulnerability: Though the Counter-System is weakened, his ability to threaten people’s lives makes him dangerous.
• Hypocrisy and cruelty: Xiao Xiang’s mistreatment of her mother undermines her self-presentation as a victim.
• Romance and public spectacle: Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s affection becomes material for gossip and fan shipping.
• Comedy and defiance: Tang Shiba’s verbal attacks turn a tense confrontation into comic humiliation.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba and the Melon System act in concert against the Counter-System, while the Melon System’s mockery and violence reinforce their distrust.
• Tang Shiba verbally overwhelms Xiao Xiang as the guards stand back, unwilling to intervene.
• Tang Shiba warns Ouyang Xuan before leaving, despite Ouyang pretending to be asleep.
• Chang Hua observes and publicizes Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s relationship, while Si Wuyu allows him to document their kisses.

Plot points and events

• Si Wuyu and Tang Shiba share an affectionate, passionate kiss. He hints that he has a romantic surprise planned for Valentine’s Day.
• Tang Shiba rushes home after learning Er Gou has disappeared. Her mother and Gu Qingcheng explain that the dog vanished after following them outside.
• The system reveals that Er Gou is nearby and livestreaming from the home of one of Tang Shiba’s anti-fans. The fan lured it with a bone and fed it snacks; Er Gou appears perfectly content on camera.
• Tang Shiba and her family find Er Gou. She scolds and hits it for running off, while the fan apologizes. Er Gou is tied up afterward, and Tang Second Brother reassures Third Brother over the phone that it is safe.
• The system reports that a woman across the street is moving out. The family watches as her husband throws her and her luggage out.
• The system reveals that the husband had cheated, but the wife was being divorced after exposing his mistress on his social media. The distraught woman lashes out and throws her belongings—including jewelry—at Tang Shiba, who jokingly claims the jewelry as “free money.”

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is affectionate with Si Wuyu but remains irreverent and quick-witted in a crisis. She is relieved when Er Gou is safe, though she firmly punishes it for wandering off.
• Si Wuyu shows a romantic, considerate side and is planning a Valentine’s Day surprise.
• Er Gou is revealed as a popular livestreaming pet, but its greed for food leads it into trouble. It feels unfairly punished and appeals to Tang Mother, only to be scolded by her too.
• The fan is enthusiastic enough to lure Er Gou home, but sincerely apologizes when confronted.
• Tang Shiba’s family share her concern for Er Gou and later join in watching the neighbors’ drama.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu kiss passionately and tease each other about romance.
• Tang Shiba’s mother and Gu Qingcheng rely on her to help find Er Gou; afterward, the family collectively reprimands the dog.
• Er Gou plays the victim to Tang Mother after Tang Shiba scolds it, but receives no sympathy.
• The fan asks Tang Shiba to blame her rather than Er Gou, and Tang Shiba accepts the apology with a warning.
• Tang Shiba’s family watches the neighbor’s eviction. When the woman angrily throws belongings at them, Tang Shiba dodges the objects and keeps the jewelry.

Significant themes

• Affection and responsibility: The family’s care for Er Gou is expressed through worry and strict discipline.
• Romance and anticipation: Si Wuyu’s planned Valentine’s surprise adds a warm, playful thread.
• Public spectacle and gossip: The family treats the neighbors’ breakup as entertainment, while the system exposes the hidden story behind it.
• Comic opportunism: Tang Shiba turns an ugly confrontation into a joke—and an unexpected windfall.

Key plot points

• Tang Shiba defeats an angry woman who charges at her, pinning her down and shaking her while chanting for wealth. She returns the woman’s belongings and jokingly calls them an offering to the gods of fortune.
• After arriving home, Shiba’s gossip system reveals that eldest brother Tang Xuan has spent two days at Shang Yun’s home. He and Shang Yun have been intimate, but she refuses to accept what happened; Xuan is trying to win her over by staying and cooking for her.
• Tang Mother worries that Xuan is rushing into a relationship without building genuine affection.
• Tang Mother raises wedding plans with Tang Second Brother and Gu Qingcheng. Second Brother wants to wait until after their baby is born so Qingcheng can enjoy wearing her chosen wedding dress.
• Shiba misses Si Wuyu and messages him, but he says he is busy and will see her in two days.
• Gu Qingcheng takes Shiba to see her new vegetable variety. Meanwhile, Tang Mother teases Second Brother about losing muscle, prompting him to head to the gym.
• At Shang Yun’s home, she tries to leave for work despite feeling weak. Xuan carries her back, ignores her demand that he leave, and calmly serves her food after she angrily throws cushions around.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains mischievous and impulsive, using humor and her gossip system to expose family secrets. Her playful confidence contrasts with her longing for Si Wuyu.
• Tang Xuan is determined to stay close to Shang Yun and care for her, but his persistence disregards her clear wish for him to leave.
• Shang Yun is angry and resistant, insisting that Xuan leave her home and trying to return to work, yet she is still recovering from their recent encounter.
• Tang Second Brother and Gu Qingcheng show mutual affection and look forward to marriage, with Second Brother emphasizing Qingcheng’s comfort and happiness.
• Tang Mother is protective and practical: she cautions Xuan about confusing physical intimacy with love and encourages the younger couple to plan their wedding.

Significant themes

• Persistence versus consent: Xuan presents his presence and care as courtship, but Shang Yun clearly rejects it, leaving the situation tense and troubling.
• Love and emotional security: The chapter contrasts Xuan’s rushed pursuit with Second Brother and Qingcheng’s affectionate, considerate relationship.
• Family intimacy and comic embarrassment: Shiba’s supernatural gossip exposes private matters, while the family reacts with awkwardness, teasing, and concern.
• Self-image and fitness: Second Brother’s sudden resolve to regain his muscles adds a lighthearted subplot about appearance and confidence.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Xuan insists on caring for Shang Yun after their recent intimacy, cooking for her and carrying her back to work. She resents him and blames him for her condition, while he remains determined not to leave.
• Shang Yun’s father reprimands her for being away and for problems with two company contracts, emphasizing that she is the family’s only heir. She is unwell but accepts the scolding without explaining herself.
• Tang Xuan returns her forgotten lipstick and catches her when she stumbles. Her father walks in, sees them together, and slaps Shang Yun, assuming she has been secretly seeing a man.
• Tang Xuan reveals his identity as the president of the Tang corporation, shields Shang Yun, and declares that they are dating. He then proposes marriage to her father, offering generous betrothal gifts and promising their first son will inherit the Shang surname.
• Shang Yun’s father is receptive because the arrangement would secure an heir for the Shang family while linking it to the powerful Tang family. He leaves to discuss the proposal with Shang Yun’s mother. Tang Xuan asks Shang Yun to marry him, but she feels unable to object because her father’s decision seems to outweigh her own.

Character developments

• Tang Xuan shifts from treating marriage as a practical arrangement to wanting to build affection with Shang Yun. He acts protectively and makes a serious, public commitment, though he still assumes he can decide their future for her.
• Shang Yun remains sharp-tongued and resistant, but her vulnerability is clear: she is ill, under pressure from her father, and believes her wishes have little influence over family decisions.
• Shang Yun’s father moves quickly from anger and suspicion to politeness once he recognizes Tang Xuan. His concern for the family’s future and its heir shapes his response.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal choice: Shang Yun’s marriage and future are negotiated by the men around her, leaving her feeling powerless.
• Marriage as alliance and inheritance: The proposal is framed as a way to protect the Shang company and ensure a successor.
• Affection emerging from obligation: Tang Xuan begins to want more than a businesslike marriage, but his controlling approach complicates that intention.
• Power and status: Shang Yun’s father’s attitude changes when he realizes the man with his daughter is the influential Tang Xuan.

Character interactions

• Tang Xuan and Shang Yun trade insults and resist one another, though his caregiving and concern suggest growing attachment.
• Shang Yun’s father scolds her and later strikes her, while Tang Xuan intervenes and publicly claims her as his partner.
• Tang Xuan negotiates directly with Shang Yun’s father, offering an heir to address the family’s concerns; Shang Yun objects privately but feels unable to challenge the agreement.

Plot points and events

• Shang Yun says her father will make the final decision about her marriage. Tang Xuan notices the mark her father left on her cheek, treats it, and leaves her to work. Alone afterward, Shang Yun wonders whether Tang Xuan is serious about marrying her and why he chose her.
• The Tang family discusses the proposal. They agree to accept the Shang family’s condition that the couple’s first son take the Shang surname. Tang Xuan, his parents, and the Shang family settle the engagement and wedding dates smoothly.
• Tang Shiba receives two letters from the police station. One contains a request from Tang Xueqing to see Tang Xuan; Shiba burns it without forwarding it. The other invites Shiba to an anti-fraud awareness event, which she agrees to attend.
• On Valentine’s Day, Shiba goes to the station. Officers quiz her about what to do during a robbery, and she repeatedly answers that she would call the police—even if she needed to borrow someone else’s phone.
• Shiba changes into a custom-fitted police uniform and joins the officers preparing to go out. She asks for police equipment, receives permission to carry a stun baton, but is refused a handgun and asks for a replica instead.

Character developments

• Shang Yun appears capable and self-possessed at work but is intimidated by her parents at home. Tang Xuan’s proposal leaves her uncertain and emotionally unsettled.
• Tang Xuan shows tenderness by caring for Shang Yun’s injury, while the family’s swift arrangements make clear he is serious about marrying her.
• Tang Shiba is protective of her family and dismissive of Tang Xueqing’s appeal. She also brings her blunt, mischievous humor to the police event.
• Tang Xueqing continues trying to reach Tang Xuan from the police station, but Shiba refuses to help.

Character interactions

• Tang Xuan comforts and treats Shang Yun, but she remains guarded and confused about his intentions.
• The Tang family debates the marriage arrangement, with Tang Second Brother teasingly suggesting Tang Xuan marry into the Shang family; Tang Eldest Brother glares at him.
• Shiba banters with her system and with the police officers, whose questions reveal the event’s practical message: contact the police when one’s rights are violated.

Significant themes

• Family duty and marriage alliances: The engagement is arranged quickly through family negotiations, including an agreement about the couple’s future heir.
• Vulnerability behind appearances: Shang Yun’s professional confidence contrasts with her fear of her parents.
• Loyalty and boundaries: Shiba refuses to help Tang Xueqing, whom she sees as a threat to her family.
• Public safety and humor: The anti-fraud event promotes seeking police help, while Shiba’s literal, comic answers lighten the lesson.

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba joins a police patrol on Valentine’s Day, expecting romance and gossip. Her captain explains that the team’s annual street campaign warns people about dating scams.
• After the captain gives a flamboyant megaphone speech, Tang Shiba takes over and spots a middle-aged man trying to lure a schoolgirl, Xiaohua, toward a hotel with promises of a handbag. She publicly warns Xiaohua, kicks the man down, and helps the captain arrest him.
• Tang Shiba frightens Xiaohua into returning to school. She then suggests that the officers will find more interesting cases at hotels. The captain takes most of the team there but leaves Tang behind, much to her annoyance.
• A young woman reports that a man snatched her phone in an alley while exposing his bare butt. She remembers his impressive physique in detail but not his face, leaving the officers struggling to keep straight faces as they take her statement.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba’s excitement about Valentine’s Day gives way to disillusionment when she learns the police patrol is focused on scam prevention. She proves quick and forceful in intervening, but her curiosity about “gossip” remains stronger than her sense of professional decorum.
• The captain is experienced and theatrical in his public warnings, but also protective of Tang Shiba, keeping her away from the hotel operation.
• Xiaohua is tempted by the promised gift but backs away once Tang exposes the danger.
• The phone-theft complainant appears oddly entertained by the incident and has paid far more attention to the thief’s body than his identity.

Character interactions

• The captain mentors and teases Tang Shiba, letting her use the megaphone while later excluding her from the hotel sweep.
• Tang Shiba’s warning helps Xiaohua resist the scammer; she then confronts and physically stops him before the captain arrests him.
• Tang Shiba and the system trade amused, gossip-seeking commentary throughout the patrol.
• The officers question the complainant, whose vivid description of the thief’s physique makes the interview increasingly comic.

Significant themes

• The chapter humorously contrasts Valentine’s romantic image with the scams and awkward incidents the police encounter.
• It stresses caution around strangers’ promises and the importance of protecting vulnerable young people.
• Comedy comes from the gap between official police work and Tang Shiba’s appetite for sensational gossip, as well as from the complainant’s unusual priorities.

Plot points

• On Valentine’s Day, Tang Shiba helps police investigate a “bare-assed bandit” who steals phones from young women. His face is obscured, and witnesses admit they were too startled—or distracted by his physique—to chase him.
• After he strikes again, Tang posts a description and blurry photo online, accidentally sharing a policewoman’s phone number. Netizens quickly spot him downtown, where he has put on clothes.
• The bandit explains that he robbed people naked so his victims wouldn’t dare pursue him. He refuses to work, saying a job is too exhausting, and the bizarre case ends.
• After eating, Tang checks her messages and arranges to meet Si Wuyu at Central Plaza for a Valentine’s date. She changes out of uniform, buys a gift, and waits with roses.
• While waiting, Tang overhears that a man has bought an expensive necklace for his first love but calls his current girlfriend materialistic for wanting a cheap bouquet. The girlfriend stops crying when he threatens to break up with her.
• Fans find Tang and gather around her. The Sugar Babies shyly offer her inexpensive bouquets and Valentine’s wishes, surprising both Tang and the Black Treasures.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba handles the investigation with humor and uses social media to help locate the thief. Once her assignment is done, she eagerly turns her attention to her date with Si Wuyu.
• The bandit is revealed not to have a mysterious motive: he uses nudity as a deterrent and avoids work because he considers it too tiring.
• The young victims are more amused and intrigued than frightened, despite claiming otherwise.
• The girlfriend in the public argument appears submissive under her boyfriend’s pressure, while Tang silently judges the boyfriend and wishes the woman would leave him.
• Tang and her fans share a playful, affectionate moment when the Sugar Babies present their bouquets.

Significant themes

• Comedy through absurdity: The thief’s method, the witnesses’ reactions, and the investigation’s social-media solution drive the chapter’s humor.
• Online communities and public attention: A post quickly helps police locate the bandit, but also draws Tang’s fans to her Valentine’s outing.
• Romantic respect and self-worth: The arguing couple highlights unfair treatment and emotional manipulation; Tang’s reaction favors standing up for oneself.
• Valentine’s affection in unexpected forms: Tang’s planned date is joined by fans’ sweet, low-cost gestures of admiration.