Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Fang Cheng tests Tang Shiba’s magical glasses and discovers they show dog heads for anyone who has owned a dog. Tang Shiba appears as “Er Gou” to him, while his brother Si Doll looks like an inflatable doll. The glasses’ system admits it made Tang Shiba easy to identify and is threatened with losing access to her points.
• Fang Cheng and Tang Shiba roam the Haunted House, scaring visitors, until Si Doll approaches. Fang Cheng rushes out to scare him, but Si Doll recognizes him, knocks him down, and prepares to kill him with a hidden needle.
• Tang Shiba intervenes, attacking Si Doll with a spiked club and hurling insults at him through a voice changer that gives her a deep male voice. Si Doll avoids the club and retreats deeper into the Haunted House; Fang Cheng follows, eager to confront Tang Lin.
• The Haunted House manager advertises the return of the “Ghost King,” bringing in a rush of excited customers.
• Tang Lin, already frightened by earlier scares, hears reports of ghosts charging through the building. Tang Shiba spots him and chases him, calling him “Er Gou” and pretending she is coming to catch him. Tang Lin flees, mistakenly believing the ghost has singled him out.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Cheng shifts from laughing at the glasses’ effects to relying on Tang Shiba for protection. He is impressed by her beating and insulting Si Doll, and grows excited at the prospect of confronting Tang Lin.
• Tang Shiba proves fiercely protective when Si Doll threatens Fang Cheng. She uses the club and voice changer to intimidate him, then turns the glasses’ “Er Gou” gag into a way to scare Tang Lin.
• Si Doll is revealed as willing to murder Fang Cheng when he finds him alone, but he is forced to flee rather than fight Tang Shiba directly.
• Tang Lin remains unaware of the others’ identities and interprets the staged pursuit as a genuine haunting. His frightened flight contrasts with the crowd’s excitement.
• The system is comic relief: its botched glasses earn Tang Shiba’s anger, though it quickly tries to help by providing a voice changer.

Significant themes

• Comedy through mistaken identity: The magical glasses, “Er Gou” nickname, and voice changer repeatedly confuse characters and fuel the scares.
• Reversal of roles: The supposed ghosts become the aggressors, while Si Doll—normally positioned to frighten visitors—ends up dodging and fleeing.
• Loyalty amid danger: Tang Shiba risks exposing herself to save Fang Cheng from Si Doll.
• Fear as entertainment: The Haunted House’s scares terrify visitors while drawing a delighted crowd eager to experience the “Ghost King.”

Plot points and events

• Tang Shiba chases Si Doll through the haunted house, frightening visitors and drawing the ghost NPCs into the pursuit.
• She tackles and beats Si Doll, loudly listing the insulting traits associated with “Tang Shiba.” As the NPCs join the fight, she slips away and spreads the rumor that she is being beaten by ghosts, sending crowds into the attraction.
• One NPC accidentally punctures Si Doll’s inflatable hand with a brooch. The resulting deflation terrifies the NPCs, who flee and leave Si Doll battered and humiliated.
• Tang Shiba receives Si Doll’s messages because the system has redirected his phone communications to her. She plays along when he claims he must handle a company emergency, while privately recognizing he is going home to repair his hand.
• Elsewhere, Fang Cheng chases Tang Shiba’s third brother, Tang Lin. When Tang Lin sees Fang Cheng’s frightening makeup, he mistakes him for his little sister and runs; Fang Cheng is then frightened and runs as well. Tang Shiba watches them leave and heads home.
• The incident makes the amusement park popular. A social-media post claiming Tang Shiba was beaten in the haunted house is quickly suppressed by her devoted fans.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba is gleefully mischievous and unrestrained, even mocking herself while attacking Si Doll. She enjoys turning the haunted-house chaos to her advantage and manipulating Si Doll through the intercepted messages.
• Si Doll is shown as powerful but caught off guard: Tang Shiba disables him, and his secret inflatable body is exposed when an NPC punctures his hand. He leaves furious and embarrassed.
• The NPCs abandon their intended role of scaring visitors and instead join Si Doll’s beating of Tang Shiba—until the “deflating” hand convinces them they have encountered a real ghost.
• Tang Lin and Fang Cheng both prove comically cowardly. Each frightens the other through a mistaken identity and terrifying makeup, and both flee.
• Tang Shiba’s fans, the Sugar Babies, act as her fierce online defenders, unintentionally burying the rumor she had helped create.

Significant themes

• Comic misunderstandings and role reversal: the supposed scarer becomes the one chased, while frightened NPCs mistake an accidental effect for a supernatural event.
• Performance versus reality: makeup, rumors, and the haunted-house setting distort people’s perceptions and drive the chaos.
• Mischief and manipulation: Tang Shiba turns both the physical confrontation and the online narrative into games, though her fans disrupt her plan.
• Loyalty and unintended consequences: Si Doll’s messages are secretly redirected, while Tang Shiba’s devoted supporters prevent her rumor from spreading.

Key plot points and events

• Weibo erupts over Tang Shiba’s antics at a haunted house: she wore ghost makeup and terrified visitors. Anti-fans’ claims that she had been beaten are mocked and buried.
• Back home, Tang Lin asks Tang Shiba to help him frighten Fang Cheng. She charges him two million for a supposedly elaborate makeup job—then reveals she is selling single-use ghost and zombie masks. Tang Lin buys a vengeful-ghost mask and rushes off to use it.
• The system warns Tang Shiba that Fang Cheng has already fainted after seeing Si Doll sewing on his own arm. Li Ba gets Fang Cheng out of danger.
• Once he recovers, Fang Cheng doubts what he saw but becomes determined to check whether his brother is really a doll. Tang Shiba and Tang Lin arrive at the villa, and Fang Cheng confides in them.
• Tang Lin initially teases Fang Cheng, then backs down when he sees how serious he is. The group agrees that Fang Cheng should test Si Doll with a needle. Tang Shiba and Tang Lin encourage him, while the system suggests recycling Si Doll for points if the doll is punctured.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba remains opportunistic and mischievous: she turns her ghost-makeup success into a lucrative mask sale, but also acts quickly when the system warns that Fang Cheng may be in danger.
• Tang Lin is eager to prank Fang Cheng and readily pays his sister’s steep price. Despite teasing Fang Cheng, he joins in helping him investigate.
• Fang Cheng shifts from frightened confusion to determined curiosity. Though unsure whether he imagined the sight, he chooses to test it.
• Si Doll is revealed to be mending his own arm in a way that looks disturbingly inhuman, intensifying suspicion about his nature.
• The system provides warnings and proposes a way to turn Si Doll’s possible destruction into points.

Significant themes

• Comedy through fear and misunderstanding: Tang Lin plans a scare, but Fang Cheng is frightened by something genuinely uncanny.
• Curiosity versus doubt: Fang Cheng wants proof even though he fears he may be mistaken.
• Profit and opportunism: Tang Shiba monetizes her skills, and the system sees Si Doll as a potential source of points.
• The uncanny hidden within ordinary life: A brother’s strange self-repair turns a familiar home into something horror-like.

Character interactions

• Tang Shiba threatens Er Gou for causing trouble; the dog promptly dives into the vegetable patch, prompting a servant’s alarm.
• Tang Lin flatters Tang Shiba into helping with his prank, then pays for the mask despite its outrageous cost.
• Li Ba rescues Fang Cheng after he faints and tries to reassure him.
• Fang Cheng confides in Tang Shiba and Tang Lin; Tang Lin jokes at first, but Fang Cheng’s seriousness changes his response.
• Tang Shiba and Tang Lin persuade Fang Cheng to test Si Doll, positioning him as the one to act while they watch.

Plot points and events

• Tang Lin learns through the system’s gossip that Si Wuyu has repaired his hand, hidden a dagger, and may be planning to kill Fang Cheng. He becomes convinced Si Wuyu could be a ghost or impostor.
• Fang Cheng, frightened by the idea, hides rather than face his brother. When Si Wuyu comes to the door, Tang Lin and Fang Cheng pretend nothing is wrong. Si Wuyu abandons his plan for the moment after noticing Tang Shiba is downstairs.
• Si Wuyu agrees to cook for Tang Shiba, though he has no cooking knowledge and must follow a cookbook. Tang Shiba realizes Fang Cheng is too timid to test him and decides to act herself.
• Tang Shiba learns that Si Doll’s shutdown switch is in his crotch, but rejects the idea of reaching for it. She instead approaches him with a needle, hoping to test or disable him.
• Si Wuyu dodges the needle, exposing that he is not an ordinary person. Tang Shiba drops the pretense and attacks. Their fight erupts in the kitchen, while Fang Cheng and Tang Lin are locked outside and try to decide how to intervene.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Lin shifts from skepticism to fear after hearing the revelations, but tries to keep Fang Cheng focused and practical.
• Fang Cheng remains extremely fearful and evasive, even though the danger may be real; Tang Lin has to push him into opening the door.
• Tang Shiba takes charge when Fang Cheng proves unable to act. She approaches Si Wuyu under the guise of helping with dinner, then attacks decisively when he dodges the needle.
• Si Wuyu/Si Doll maintains a convincing, gentle façade and hides his dagger, but his sharp reflexes reveal his true nature. Tang Shiba’s presence initially prevents him from acting against Fang Cheng.

Themes

• Appearance versus reality: Si Wuyu appears calm and affectionate, but his concealed weapon and combat instincts suggest a dangerous truth.
• Fear versus action: Fang Cheng freezes and hides, while Tang Shiba takes the risk of confronting Si Wuyu.
• Trust and suspicion: The group must rely on fragments of information and decide whether Si Wuyu is human, possessed, or something else.

Plot and events

• Tang Shiba fights Si Doll, the fake Si Wuyu, in the kitchen. When ordinary weapons fail to stop him, she uses a system item that embeds needles in his chest, then exploits his vulnerability to knock him down and stab his neck with the Brooch.
• She secretly stores the deflated doll in the System Shop just before Fang Cheng and Tang Lin enter. To conceal what happened, she says the real Si Wuyu left for work and claims the kitchen’s destruction came from rough play.
• Fang Cheng calls Si Wuyu to check the story. Hearing that the kitchen is wrecked, Si Wuyu realizes Tang Shiba likely fought the impostor and rushes home. He finds her asleep with a swollen arm, treats it, and worries that she fought without telling him.
• Recycling the doll yields only fifty points. Tang Shiba suspects Counter-System kept most of its value and may have another plan.
• In the days afterward, Si Wuyu stays busy clearing out the company but returns home each night. Tang Third Brother goes back to filming, and Fang Cheng is pushed into gym training by Tang Second Brother. Gu Qingcheng persuades Fang Cheng to take the exercise seriously because the upcoming livestream installment will be dangerous.
• Tang Shiba asks the system about the final installment and learns its difficulty will rival the first, with potentially fatal consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba shows resourcefulness and confidence in the fight, but is left with an injured arm. She keeps the encounter secret at first and remains suspicious of Counter-System.
• Si Wuyu is protective and concerned when he learns the kitchen was destroyed; he checks Tang Shiba for injuries and cares for her.
• Fang Cheng begins accepting that he must become stronger rather than depend on Tang Shiba and his brother.
• Tang Lin and Tang Second Brother help respond to the aftermath and push Fang Cheng toward training; Gu Qingcheng supports that effort.
• Tang Shiba and the others use humor and awkward explanations to cover the violent fight, while the system’s disappointment over the doll’s low recycling value adds comic relief.

Significant themes

• Resourcefulness in danger: Tang Shiba combines system tools, misdirection, and tactical thinking to defeat a stronger opponent.
• Trust and protection: Si Wuyu’s concern contrasts with Tang Shiba’s tendency to handle threats on her own.
• Preparation and self-reliance: Fang Cheng’s training signals a shift toward taking responsibility for his own survival.
• Deception and hidden agendas: The fake Si Wuyu and Counter-System’s suspected theft point to larger schemes still unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• After learning the men’s lives are in danger, Tang Shiba goes to the gym and insists on sparring. Fang Cheng tries to escape, but Tang Xiao volunteers after overhearing that he may eventually weigh ninety kilos—he refuses to let that future happen.
• Tang Shiba beats both men so thoroughly that they are left aching on the floor. She tells them the sessions will continue daily for two weeks.
• Online, a post blames Tang Shiba for companies ending partnerships with the Si family after Emperor Si announced their relationship. The system reveals that Ouyang Xuan hired trolls to smear her. Tang Shiba deliberately likes the post, planning to use the attention against Ouyang.
• Si Wuyu returns home and gives Tang Shiba a revealing outfit he wants her to wear. She puts it on, teases him about her past experience seeing naked men, and provokes his jealousy. The two spend the night together.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains playful, fearless, and physically formidable. She treats the sparring as an opportunity to vent, and she responds to online attacks with calculated indifference rather than defensiveness.
• Tang Xiao shifts from trying to leave to eagerly volunteering as Tang Shiba’s sparring partner, motivated by fear of gaining weight. He and Fang Cheng end up united in their despair over her training.
• Fang Cheng is terrified of Tang Shiba’s strength and unsuccessfully seeks help escaping her attention.
• Si Wuyu shows affection through his gift and desire for intimacy, but becomes jealous when Tang Shiba jokes about having seen other men naked.
• The system serves as Tang Shiba’s gossip source and comic foil, often exasperated by her teasing and apparent disregard for online criticism.

Significant themes

• Comedy through contrast: Tang Shiba’s sweet-sounding excuses clash with her extraordinary strength, while the men’s bravado collapses into panic.
• Public image and manipulation: Ouyang Xuan weaponizes online opinion, but Tang Shiba intends to turn the smear campaign to her advantage.
• Affection, teasing, and jealousy: Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu’s relationship is expressed through playful provocation and intimate gestures.

Key plot points and events

• A post Tang Shiba liked trends overnight. Her second brother spends two million yuan hiring paid commenters to suppress it, but the effort backfires because the commenters are Tang Shiba’s own anti-fans.
• Tang Shiba starts a livestream. Her supporters praise her appearance while her anti-fans overwhelm the paid commenters. When one commenter boasts about being with his ex-girlfriend, Tang Shiba claims his wife is with her ex-boyfriend; the man calls home and finds his wife already watching the stream and questioning him.
• Tang Shiba says the trending post is fake and invites gossip-seekers to gather outside Si Company, promising live revelations.
• Ouyang Xuan fears Tang Shiba will expose her and orders employees to stay inside, offering to pay for lunch to keep them away from the reporters.
• Tang Shiba instead focuses on a cleaner outside the building. She reveals that the cleaner found a used laxative enema in the trash, implying it belonged to Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang angrily denies the claim and accuses Tang Shiba of spreading rumors.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba appears relaxed and playful, turning the livestream’s hostile comments into entertainment and using her ability to reveal secrets to control the spectacle.
• Her second brother’s poor judgment becomes comic: his expensive attempt to bury the story only helps fuel it.
• Ouyang Xuan is shown as anxious and defensive, taking drastic steps to prevent employees from appearing on camera before lashing out at Tang Shiba.
• Shanshan joins the livestream from outside Si Company and is selected to video-call Tang Shiba, showing her eagerness for gossip despite being supposed to be working.
• Tang Shiba’s supporters and anti-fans remain an unusual but effective force in her favor, joining together against the paid commenters.

Significant themes

• Public image and online spectacle: Livestreams and trending posts turn private matters into public entertainment.
• Backfiring attempts at control: The paid-commenter campaign and Ouyang’s effort to keep employees indoors both fail to stop Tang Shiba from commanding attention.
• Gossip as power: Tang Shiba uses revelations—not just to expose people, but to steer the conversation and unsettle those who fear being exposed.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba livestreams outside Ouyang Xuan’s company, spinning increasingly lurid claims about a woman who collected used lingerie, sex toys, and condoms, washed them, and sold them to executives.
• She names Ouyang Xuan as the supposed buyer, prompting viewers to believe the accusation and spread even more damaging rumors.
• Ouyang Xuan, furious at being targeted, orders her staff to contact Tang Shiba’s agent and says she will sue her for defamation and harming the company’s reputation.
• Shanshan films the livestream. Though she suspects Tang Shiba is making things up, she is delighted when Tang calls her “Shan’er” and messages their fan group about it.
• Tang shifts to a man delivering food to the company and describes unsanitary, illegal food operations. Si Wuyu and company employees react with alarm, discarding or setting aside their meals.
• Tang then declares that the deliveryman owns an illegal food operation, leaving the food scandal unresolved at the chapter’s end.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba leans into outrageous, fabricated gossip to attract attention, while privately recognizing that her audience accepts her claims far too readily.
• Ouyang Xuan loses her usual composure when falsely accused and becomes determined to retaliate legally.
• Shanshan remains skeptical of Tang’s stories but is thrilled by Tang’s friendly nickname for her.
• Si Wuyu and Chang Hua react cautiously to the food allegations; Chang Hua even offers to eat the discarded meal himself.

Significant themes

• Rumor and misinformation: Sensational claims spread quickly, even without evidence.
• Public shaming and reputational harm: Tang’s livestream threatens both Ouyang Xuan’s image and the company’s standing.
• Gossip as entertainment: Viewers eagerly amplify scandal rather than question it.
• Suspicion and food safety: Tang’s next accusation turns ordinary meal delivery into a potential health scare.

Character interactions

• Tang plays to her viewers’ appetite for gossip, and they eagerly encourage her to name names.
• Ouyang’s staff act on her orders to pursue a lawsuit against Tang.
• Shanshan shares her excitement with the anti-fan group, who respond with affectionate teasing.
• Si Wuyu and Chang Hua discuss the meal after Tang’s warning, while employees across the company react collectively by avoiding their food.

Key plot points and events

• During her livestream, Tang Shiba reveals that the owner of an animal shelter secretly runs an illicit workshop, where stray cats and dogs are processed and sold as chicken. The employees who ate the food are horrified, and they share the owner’s address with viewers.
• Little Prince sets out to investigate. Tang Shiba also points out that Ouyang Xuan bought the food for the company, suggesting she knowingly served employees food from the workshop.
• Ouyang Xuan, furious at Tang Shiba’s revelations, asks her assistant Xiao Xiang to contact Tang Shiba’s manager, but Tang’s company refuses to help. Xiao Xiang even suggests hiring an assassin; Ouyang admits she cannot act so directly and instead threatens to sue the livestream platform unless it shuts Tang’s stream down.
• Tang ends the livestream, saying she has revealed enough and does not want to cause trouble for Si Wuyu’s company. The broadcast dominates Weibo’s trending topics; the illicit workshop’s owner is reported arrested, and many netizens side with Tang. Ouyang loses fans rapidly and faints from rage.
• At the hospital, a doctor tells Xiao Xiang that her mother’s condition is serious and she needs surgery soon. Xiao Xiang asks about the cost but abandons the conversation when Ouyang wakes, rushing back to her mistress and ignoring the doctor’s calls.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba uses humor and spectacle to expose wrongdoing, while showing some restraint: she stops before the revelations might harm Si Wuyu’s company.
• Ouyang Xuan is shown as manipulative and evasive, preferring covert pressure on the platform to confronting Tang directly. The scandal damages her public image and following.
• Xiao Xiang remains fiercely devoted to Ouyang, even when her own mother urgently needs care. The doctor’s disapproval highlights this troubling imbalance.
• The company employees and online audience shift from disgust and anger at the food scandal to supporting Tang as the allegations gain public visibility and the workshop’s owner is arrested.

Plot points and events

• Distressed by the online backlash, Ouyang Xuan asks her loyal assistant Xiao Xiang what to do. Xiao Xiang offers to help kill Tang Shiba, but Ouyang says it is not yet the right time and asks her to do something else.
• Meanwhile, Chen Huaijing livestreams to defend Ouyang, claiming the sex toys Tang Shiba discussed belong to him. He brings in a cleaning lady to support his story.
• Tang Shiba joins the stream and uses pointed questions to suggest Chen has used the items himself—and that they were originally Ouyang’s, discarded by Xiao Xiang.
• Xiao Xiang recognizes the items and admits to Ouyang that a fan sent them; she threw them away, but Chen apparently took them. Ouyang slaps her, furious that the truth was not disclosed earlier.
• Xiao Xiang calls Chen and orders him to end the stream. Chen eventually admits Tang’s revelations were true, apologizes, and shuts down the broadcast, leaving viewers speculating.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Xuan shows unusual vulnerability as the public criticism overwhelms her, then turns her anger on Xiao Xiang when the livestream backfires.
• Xiao Xiang proves fiercely loyal, but her attempt to help Ouyang becomes part of the scandal. She had also pressured Chen by threatening to expose his lover.
• Chen Huaijing begins as Ouyang’s public defender, but abandons his story once Xiao Xiang’s call makes clear the truth may come out. He is revealed to be attracted to men and trapped in a marriage arranged by his family.
• Tang Shiba remains amused and composed, steering the livestream with insinuations while choosing not to expose Chen’s lover.
• Fang Cheng recognizes Chen as an executive at his brother’s company and joins Tang Shiba and the others in watching the livestream.

Significant themes

• Public image and online outrage: Ouyang’s attempt to repair her reputation only deepens the scandal.
• Manipulation and loyalty: Xiao Xiang’s devotion leads her to threaten Chen, while Ouyang’s trust in her is damaged by the mishandling of the evidence.
• Truth, exposure, and restraint: Tang Shiba exposes Ouyang’s connection to the items but holds back information that could harm Chen’s private life.

Plot points

• Tang Shiba visits Si Wuyu’s company with Fang Cheng, ostensibly to look around but secretly hoping to uncover gossip.
• Employees welcome Tang warmly, explaining that her earlier exposé prompted the company to provide staff medical checkups. Tang modestly denies taking credit.
• They encounter Xiao Xiang, who accuses Tang of causing trouble for her young lady and tries to guilt-trip Fang Cheng into visiting her. Fang rejects the tactic and refuses to be drawn in.
• Through Tang’s thoughts, Fang and Xiao Xiang learn that Xiao Xiang’s mother is gravely ill and that Xiao Xiang has been ignoring her calls. Tang warns that she may not have another chance to see her mother. Fang lets Xiao Xiang go.
• Tang’s gossip-reading exposes embarrassing workplace behavior in the external relations department: one employee was injured while pursuing a client, and another is caught watching pornography and harassing a coworker. The latter is publicly disciplined.
• Xiao Xiang returns in distress after receiving a doctor’s message confirming her mother’s condition. Hearing Tang’s final warning, she collapses and breaks down.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba uses gossip for entertainment, but her revelations also uncover serious personal and workplace problems. She remains reluctant to take credit for helping employees.
• Fang Cheng backs Tang up, mocks Xiao Xiang’s emotional manipulation, and enjoys the office gossip. His teasing gives way to a more serious moment when he lets Xiao Xiang leave to contact her mother.
• Xiao Xiang shifts from defensive hostility toward Tang and Fang to panic and grief after learning that her mother may be near death. Her earlier focus on protecting her young lady has kept her from responding to her mother’s situation.
• Tang and Fang’s banter contrasts with Xiao Xiang’s increasingly urgent distress; the office gossip provides comic relief before the chapter’s emotional ending.

Significant themes

• Gossip as both entertainment and revelation: Tang’s ability to uncover hidden information exposes misconduct and a family crisis.
• Neglect and lost time: Xiao Xiang’s failure to answer her mother’s calls may have cost her the chance to see her.
• Accountability: Employees face consequences for inappropriate conduct, while Tang’s exposés have unexpected effects beyond celebrity news.

Key events

• Xiao Xiang, blaming Tang Shiba for not telling her sooner that her mother needed treatment, approaches Tang with a knife and attacks her.
• Fang Cheng intervenes with a broom, but Xiao Xiang repeatedly gets up and charges again. Tang Shiba then takes over, beating Xiao Xiang until she drops the knife.
• Fang Cheng retrieves the weapon and says he has called the police. A Black Babies fan reveals he recorded the attack.
• Ouyang Xuan arrives and initially accuses Tang Shiba of targeting her people. When Xiao Xiang claims the attack was a joke, the witnesses and recording undermine her story.
• Ouyang Xuan prompts Xiao Xiang to apologize. Tang Shiba slaps her and argues that an apology does not replace legal consequences.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Xiang is consumed by grief and resentment over her mother’s death, turning on Tang Shiba. Once confronted with evidence, she retreats to claiming it was a joke and appears worried about losing her place beside Ouyang Xuan.
• Tang Shiba responds forcefully to the armed attack, mocking Xiao Xiang and refusing to accept a hollow apology.
• Fang Cheng protects Tang Shiba, disarms Xiao Xiang, and calls the police.
• Ouyang Xuan instinctively sides with Xiao Xiang and blames Tang Shiba, but Xiao Xiang’s own guilty reaction makes her realize the attack was real. She tries to manage the fallout by prompting an apology.
• The coworkers react with alarm; one hides to film the attack, providing evidence.

Significant themes

• Grief and misplaced blame: Xiao Xiang directs her pain over her mother’s death at Tang Shiba.
• Accountability versus excuses: Xiao Xiang and Ouyang Xuan frame the knife attack as a joke, while Tang Shiba insists that apologizing cannot erase it.
• Loyalty and bias: Ouyang Xuan’s defense of Xiao Xiang contrasts with the witnesses’ direct view of what happened.

Plot and key events

• Xiao Xiang is arrested after attempting to stab Tang Shiba. Video evidence and employee testimony support the charge. She tearfully says her mother has died and begs Ouyang Xuan for help, but Ouyang cannot save her.
• Tang Shiba’s thoughts reveal that Ouyang Xuan has recruited attractive women to seduce company executives and undermine them. Ouyang unexpectedly hears Tang’s inner voice and learns that Tang has a Gossip-Watching System.
• Ouyang’s Counter-System explains that Tang’s system grants access only to gossip-related thoughts, not all thoughts. Though Ouyang believes she can exploit the information, the Counter-System doubts her and secretly considers abandoning her to join Tang instead.
• Tang and Fang Cheng head upstairs to see Si Wuyu. Ouyang confronts Tang about Xiao Xiang, but Tang dismisses her, slaps her, and warns that she will die soon. Ouyang is left furious but insists Tang cannot stop her plans.
• Fang Cheng stays behind to investigate Ouyang’s newly recruited women, while Tang goes to Si Wuyu’s office. Chang Hua lets her in, then jokes in a group chat that the two are having a private romantic moment; he promises photos but simply stands guard outside.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains blunt and confident, openly humiliating Ouyang and showing no concern about her schemes. Her inner thoughts also reveal how clearly she understands Ouyang’s plans.
• Ouyang Xuan gains the ability to hear Tang’s gossip-related thoughts, but mistakes this limited power for a decisive advantage. Her Counter-System’s growing excitement about Tang exposes its waning loyalty to Ouyang.
• Xiao Xiang is taken away despite her desperate appeal, leaving her fate uncertain.
• Fang Cheng continues to support Tang and openly despises Ouyang; his curiosity about her recruitment scheme sends him off to investigate.
• Chang Hua acts as a discreet, teasing observer, entertaining the group chat while keeping his promise to give Tang and Si Wuyu privacy.

Significant themes

• Schemes versus competence: Ouyang’s plans are exposed before she can carry them out, while her confidence exceeds her understanding of the systems involved.
• Loyalty and self-interest: The Counter-System is ready to abandon Ouyang for a more advantageous host.
• Public reputation and contempt: After Xiao Xiang’s arrest and the employees’ exposure to Ouyang’s behavior, she loses their respect.
• Gossip and voyeurism: Tang’s system and Chang Hua’s group chat turn private thoughts and relationships into entertainment.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Shiba visits Si Wuyu’s office, where he keeps a drawer full of her favorite snacks—chosen after he searched through her room while she slept. She is both impressed and wary of his controlling habits.
• The couple flirt and kiss, turning the office into a playful roleplay scene in which Tang pretends she owes Si ten million for eating his snacks and must repay him by becoming his lover.
• Their intimacy is interrupted by Ouyang Xuan, who brings Si a fraudulent contract and urges him to sign it. Si recognizes it as fake, rejects it twice, and orders her to submit a corrected version by the end of the workday or lose the project.
• After Ouyang leaves, Si warns Chang Hua not to let her interrupt again, threatening to halve his salary. Chang Hua later reports to the company’s group chat that Ouyang ruined the chance to take intimate photos of the couple.
• Ouyang, furious that Xiao Xiang has been arrested and that the replacement she expected to control is refusing to cooperate, blames Tang Shiba and considers having the fake kill her. Her system dismisses the idea, revealing that it brought in the replacement to deceive Ouyang and needs points to keep Si’s parents alive.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is playful and confident with Si, enjoying their flirtation while remaining alert to Ouyang’s schemes.
• Si Wuyu shows affection through his attentiveness to Tang’s preferences, but also a possessive streak. He is increasingly decisive in opposing Ouyang and refusing to sign her fraudulent paperwork.
• Ouyang Xuan grows more frustrated and openly hostile as her plans unravel. Her belief that the replacement will obey her proves mistaken.
• Chang Hua is caught between his duties and Si’s displeasure, while the company group chat reveals that staff are invested in the couple’s romance.

Significant themes

• Affection, intimacy, and control: Si’s thoughtful care for Tang is mixed with possessiveness, which she recognizes and playfully accepts.
• Deception and shifting loyalties: Ouyang’s fake contract and the replacement’s defiance show how unstable her control over events has become.
• Comedy amid danger: The couple’s office roleplay and the staff’s gossip contrast with the serious schemes unfolding around them.
• Hidden motives: The final revelation shows that Ouyang’s system has its own agenda and is manipulating her for its goal of keeping Si’s parents alive.

Character interactions

• Tang and Si share affectionate, teasing banter that escalates into kissing before Ouyang interrupts them.
• Si confronts Ouyang over the fraudulent contract, while she tries to pressure him and then leaves resentful.
• Si reprimands Chang Hua for allowing the interruption; Chang Hua later shares the mishap with the staff chat.
• Ouyang argues with her system about Tang and the replacement, exposing their conflicting motives and the system’s deception.

Key plot points and events

• After Ouyang Xuan leaves, Tang Shiba discovers scandalous gossip and rushes to investigate, promising Si Wuyu they can go out together afterward. Chang Hua follows, pretending he is on guard duty.
• Tang and Fang Cheng listen outside Chen Huaijing’s office, where Chen is embracing his male lover. Chen says he is getting a divorce and asks whether his lover will stay with him; the man promises to go wherever Chen goes.
• Tang learns that Chen’s wife is coming to persuade him to return to the marriage—and may threaten to jump from the building if he refuses. She had previously been told about Chen’s relationship, and Chen called her in hoping she would witness his affair and agree to let him go.
• The wife arrives and pounds on the locked door. Tang kicks it open. Seeing the two men together, the wife attacks the lover, while he defends Chen and accuses her of refusing to accept that Chen does not love her.
• The wife threatens to jump if Chen will not end the relationship. The scene echoes an earlier threat from Chen’s mother, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is drawn to the drama and acts on her curiosity, even opening the office door when the wife arrives.
• Si Wuyu shows jealousy over Tang’s fascination with the scandal, while Chang Hua abandons his post to follow the gossip.
• Chen Huaijing is torn between the life he wants with his lover and the fear that his wife may harm herself. His hope fades when he hears she may threaten suicide.
• Chen’s lover is steadfast and protective, openly declaring his commitment and shielding Chen from his wife.
• Chen’s wife is desperate and possessive; her threats reveal how unwilling she is to release Chen, despite his lack of love for her.

Significant themes

• The conflict between personal desire and family or social expectations, especially around Chen’s relationship with a man.
• Coercion and emotional pressure: threats of suicide are used to control Chen’s choices.
• Love, loyalty, and the painful inability to make a relationship acceptable to everyone.

Character interactions

• Tang teases Si Wuyu before leaving, while his jealousy contrasts with her eagerness for gossip.
• Tang and Fang Cheng share overheard information and consider—but do not initially attempt—to force the door open.
• Chen and his lover reaffirm their commitment in private; once exposed, the lover defends Chen against his wife.
• Chen’s wife confronts both men, but her threat places Chen in the same impossible position he faced when his mother used the same tactic.

Plot points and events

• Chen Huaijing and his male lover threaten to jump from the office building after Chen’s wife begs him not to leave her. Chang Hua interrupts their attempt—not to stop them, but to insist they finish their work first.
• Tang Shiba’s sarcastic inner thoughts reveal that the men could injure or kill bystanders if they jump. They reconsider their position, and she challenges Chen to face his parents rather than evade the consequences.
• Chen admits he is frightened but, encouraged by his lover, resolves to tell his parents about their relationship. Chang Hua makes them stay and finish the workday.
• Tang’s thoughts expose that Chen is impotent. His wife overhears, loses interest in the marriage, and abruptly demands a divorce. The office farce ends.
• Tang heads toward Si Wuyu’s office with Fang Cheng, but waits outside after learning Ouyang Xuan is inside arguing with Si.
• Ouyang accuses Si of humiliating her by refusing to sign a contract. Si says the contract is fake and confronts her. Ouyang suspects her “fake brother” may be acting strangely, while the system tells her to stop questioning it.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Huaijing shifts from suicidal despair to deciding to face his parents and stand by his lover. His wife’s anger turns to rejection once she learns he cannot meet her expectations.
• Chen’s lover remains supportive, promising to face the consequences with him.
• Tang Shiba is irreverent and impatient, but her blunt remarks redirect the men away from suicide. Her thoughts also trigger the wife’s decision to divorce.
• Chang Hua is practical to the point of absurdity, prioritizing company work over the crisis and enforcing workplace rules.
• Fang Cheng is protective of Tang and initially imagines another woman is pursuing Si; he relaxes when he learns it is Ouyang.
• Si Wuyu firmly rejects Ouyang’s fake contract, behaving in a way that makes her question whether he is truly on her side.

Significant themes

• Facing consequences: Tang challenges the men to confront their families rather than escape their problems.
• Absurdity and dark humor: The suicide crisis is repeatedly undercut by workplace rules, Tang’s commentary, and the wife’s sudden reversal.
• Honesty and suspicion: The fake contract—and Si’s unexpected opposition—raise doubts about Ouyang’s control over her supposed ally.
• Relationships and expectations: The scenes contrast the men’s commitment to each other with the wife’s desire for a marriage that can meet her needs.

Key plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuan orders Si Wuyu to kill Tang Shiba within two days, threatening to cripple him if he fails. She runs into Tang Shiba afterward and hurriedly leaves, unsure whether Tang heard.
• Ouyang visits Xiao Xiang in custody. The police will not release Xiao unless Tang agrees to settle the attempted-murder case. Ouyang promises to save her, but privately considers killing her because Xiao knows too much.
• Ouyang’s health is failing, so she accelerates her plans. A scandal then claims Si Company executives held orgies at work, prompting partners to demand compensation and cancel contracts.
• Tang stays at the company and finds that its managers dismiss the allegations as implausible. She gives them evidence of Ouyang’s murders and arson, and the managers agree to help expose her.
• Ouyang stages a collapse and goes to the hospital to avoid suspicion. When Si Wuyu does not answer her calls, she secretly visits the villa basement, where she has imprisoned a man she calls her brother.
• She doubts whether the captive is really Si Wuyu, but the system reminds her that she captured him herself. She claims she hid him to protect him from Tang; he demands proof and threatens revenge if she cannot provide it.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains composed and strategic, turning Ouyang’s smear campaign into an opportunity to rally the company against her.
• Ouyang Xuan grows increasingly desperate as her health declines and her plans unravel. Her concern for Xiao Xiang appears compromised by her willingness to kill her, while her treatment of the captive Si Wuyu is controlling and deceptive.
• Xiao Xiang feels guilty for her arrest and depends on Ouyang’s promise to free her.
• The captive Si Wuyu (Si Doll) is weak but defiant, openly challenging Ouyang’s story and demanding evidence. Their exchange reveals deep mistrust between them.
• The Si Company managers, especially Xu Jiang, react with anger to Ouyang’s crimes and unite behind Tang.

Significant themes

• Deception and mistrust: Ouyang uses fabricated claims and staged concern, while even she doubts the identity of the man she holds captive.
• Power and retaliation: Ouyang threatens and manipulates others, but Tang and the company are preparing to expose her.
• Consequences and accountability: Evidence of Ouyang’s crimes shifts the balance against her, suggesting her schemes may finally catch up with her.

Plot points and events

• Ouyang Xuan shows Si Doll the evidence Tang Shiba uncovered. Taking advantage of her distraction, he pins her down, ties her up, and leaves her in the basement. He says she will remain imprisoned for as long as she kept him locked up.
• Ouyang Xuan pleads and threatens, but Si Doll—an emotionless inflatable double, not the real Si Wuyu—shows no sympathy. Her system gives her a dagger to cut the rope, but her inexperience leaves her with bloody hands and no escape.
• Tang Shiba learns that one of Ouyang Xuan’s accomplices is preparing to flee and sneakily leaves home to intercept them. Si Wuyu has already handed the evidence to the police, who are expected to investigate the next day.
• Gu Qingcheng urges Tang Xiao to follow Tang Shiba. He discovers she has taken Tang Lin’s motorcycle, despite having no license or riding experience. Unable to find her, Tang Xiao goes to the police station to request surveillance footage. The officers recognize Tang Shiba as a beloved local celebrity and begin searching.

Character developments and interactions

• Ouyang Xuan shifts from scheming confidence to panic and helplessness. She discovers that neither her brother nor her system can reliably save her.
• Si Doll retaliates for his confinement, treating Ouyang Xuan with the same harshness she showed him.
• Tang Shiba remains playful and fond of comfort, but springs into action when she hears someone may escape.
• Tang Xiao shows protective concern, while Gu Qingcheng prompts him to act. Tang Lin is alarmed when he learns Tang Shiba took his motorcycle.
• The Counter-System mocks Ouyang Xuan and doubts she can escape.

Significant themes

• Revenge and consequences: Ouyang Xuan’s cruel imprisonment of Si Doll is repaid in kind.
• Deception and mistaken identity: Si Doll’s true nature lets him fool Ouyang Xuan.
• Loyalty and protectiveness: Tang Shiba’s family reacts quickly to her disappearance, even as her impulsive actions put her at risk.

Key plot points and events

• Police use surveillance footage to locate Tang Shiba after she rides away on a motorcycle. Her brother Tang Xiao tells them she has no license, and they accompany him to find her.
• Tang Shiba is racing to the airport to stop Si Ming and his associates from fleeing Cloud City. The group is trying to escape because they fear prosecution for sabotaging the company.
• At the airport, Tang Shiba publicly accuses Si Ming of abandoning his family to elope, then knocks him out with a kick. His companions flee, and Si Ming misses his flight.
• When Si Ming wakes, he angrily confronts Tang Shiba, but she mocks his explanation and prevents him from leaving. She proposes keeping him at the airport until morning, aware that he may cause a fatal crash if he drives away at night.

Character developments

• Tang Shiba is exhilarated by her new freedom but remains bold, impulsive, and physically capable. She acts decisively to stop Si Ming and is also motivated by knowledge of his dangerous future.
• Tang Xiao readily gives the police information about his sister and expects their presence to make him look impressive.
• Si Ming shifts from nervous confidence about escaping to fear and helplessness once Tang Shiba catches him. He wants to flee but is too intimidated to openly resist her.
• The system anxiously warns Tang Shiba about speeding and the risks of her unlicensed ride, while she brushes off its concerns.

Significant themes

• Freedom versus responsibility: Tang Shiba enjoys the thrill of riding but is warned that her recklessness could endanger her.
• Justice and prevention: She intervenes to stop people fleeing accountability and tries to prevent a future tragedy.
• Fear and power: Si Ming’s plans collapse under Tang Shiba’s forceful presence, while bystanders are impressed by her kick.
• Comic irony: Tang Shiba’s fabricated “elopement” accusation distracts the crowd, even as her real motive is to stop Si Ming from escaping.

Character interactions

• Tang Xiao cooperates with the police, while the officers insist on accompanying him to protect Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba and the system bicker over her speed, with the system worrying about consequences and Tang Shiba dismissing its warnings.
• At the airport, Tang Shiba confronts Si Ming publicly, frightens his companions into fleeing, and later taunts him when he wakes.
• Si Ming tries to leave, but Tang Shiba keeps him there by insisting he stay until daylight.

Plot and key events

• Tang Shiba keeps Si Ming under control and takes him to a barbecue restaurant, where she mocks his bravado and makes him pay for a huge meal.
• Tang Second Brother arrives with two police officers. They recognize Si Ming and prepare to question him, while Tang Shiba finishes eating and falls asleep.
• When Tang Second Brother tries to carry her, Tang Shiba instinctively throws him over her shoulder, then claims she was dreaming about fighting zombies and warns that she hits people in her sleep.
• Si Wuyu arrives and carries Tang Shiba away. Tang Second Brother is left wondering why she attacked him but not Si Wuyu.
• The next morning, Tang Shiba learns that Si Ming has confessed to falsifying accounts, fabricating contracts, and sabotaging the company. Police begin arresting members of the Si family, and the scandal becomes a trending topic online.
• Tang Shiba enjoys the netizens’ sharp comments mocking the disgraced relatives. Later, Fang Cheng tries to get her to open her door, first claiming he has chicken soup, then admitting he only wanted to talk. His real news: his mother is coming, and he wants Tang Shiba to pretend to be his girlfriend.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Shiba remains bold, teasing, and physically formidable. She controls Si Ming, delights in humiliating him, and reveals that even while asleep she reacts with startling force.
• Si Ming is reduced from a swaggering threat to a frightened, defeated man. Faced with the police and his exposure, he gives up trying to escape and confesses.
• Tang Second Brother shows concern for Tang Shiba but is caught off guard by her reflexive throw. He accepts her excuse despite his confusion.
• Si Wuyu is attentive and protective, carrying Tang Shiba away and gently reproaching Tang Second Brother for letting her sleep in the cold.
• The police and online commenters help bring Si Ming’s wrongdoing into public view; the commenters also provide comic relief with their pointed mockery.
• Fang Cheng uses a playful lie to draw Tang Shiba out, then reveals that he needs her help with his visiting mother.

Significant themes

• Justice and accountability: Evidence and Si Ming’s confession lead to arrests and public exposure.
• Family greed and betrayal: Si Ming’s relatives’ schemes threaten the company but ultimately cost them their freedom and wealth.
• Humor amid conflict: Tang Shiba’s taunts, accidental takedown, and the online comments keep the chapter light despite the arrests.
• Care and trust: Si Wuyu’s tenderness contrasts with Tang Second Brother’s inability to approach Tang Shiba safely.