Chapter Summaries

Tang Shiba captured Ouyang Xuan’s Villain System and forced it to confess that it had arranged the events at Changde Psychiatric Hospital to earn upgrade points. It revealed that Si Wuyu’s parents had been carrying out its plans after it saved them, leaving Tang Shiba furious and ordering Dumb System to beat it.

• Tang Shiba knocked Ouyang Xuan unconscious and had Dumb System force the Villain System to connect with her.
• Tang Shiba questioned the Villain System about Changde Psychiatric Hospital, and Dumb System beat it until it admitted arranging the mission.
• The Villain System explained that it had secretly taken the mission because Ouyang Xuan would not give it points to upgrade.
• The Villain System confessed that Si Wuyu’s parents had been doing its dirty work after it saved them following their car accident.
• Tang Shiba reacted angrily to the revelation and ordered Dumb System to beat the Villain System again.

Tang Shiba worried that exposing the Si Family’s crimes would destroy Si Wuyu, but she and Si Wuyu grew closer before she returned home. Meanwhile, Tang Lin enjoyed Yang Xin’s visit on set, and Hu Ming came to his room to rehearse a scene.

• Tang Shiba left the hospital with Si Wuyu and wrestled with whether to expose his parents’ criminal involvement, while Si Wuyu comforted her and explained that his investigation had gone cold.
• Tang Shiba kissed Si Wuyu, and the two passionately kissed in the car before he took her to the Tang Family home.
• Tang Shiba asked the system whether Si Wuyu would lose everything, and the system warned that the Villain System was stripping away his luck and that the Si Family’s fall could change his role as male lead.
• At the production crew, Tang Lin told his coworkers that he and Yang Xin were close friends, while Hu Ming worried about rumors linking them.
• Yang Xin brought Tang Lin spicy mixed rice, and her assistant photographed the two of them together and sent the pictures out.
• After filming, Hu Ming visited Tang Lin’s room to rehearse their scene and offered to make coffee.

Hu Ming tried to drug Tang Lin and arrange compromising photos, but his plan spiraled into a chaotic fight involving Yang Xin and a young man. Yang Xin’s post and the fight video went viral, leaving her thrilled to reach third place on the trending list while Tang Lin dealt with the drug’s effects.

• Tang Lin grew suspicious of Hu Ming’s coffee but drank it, then called Yang Xin when Hu Ming left the room.
• Yang Xin posted edited photos suggesting a romance with Tang Lin, while Tang Lin realized the coffee had made him feel strange.
• A young man who liked Tang Lin clung to him, and Yang Xin arrived to pull him away as Hu Ming photographed the commotion.
• Yang Xin and the young man fought, Tang Lin shoved him to the floor, and Tang Lin ordered both men out.
• Yang Xin returned to Tang Lin’s room, where she learned he had been drugged; he sent her away and rushed to take a cold shower.
• Yang Xin discovered that her post and the fight video had gone viral, then called Auntie Sun to celebrate reaching third place on the trending list.

Yang Xin and Tang Lin’s dating rumor spread after Hu Ming failed to smear Tang Lin, while the pair traveled to Water City and the production crew prepared to follow. When intimate photos of Tang Lin with a man appeared online, Tang Shiba used Er Gou’s livestream to mock the images and expose them as fake.

• Yang Xin and Tang Lin’s shared photo helped their fans dismiss Hu Ming’s rumor, and Tang Lin visited Yang Xin to discuss promoting their fake romance.
• Yang Xin suggested they go to Water City, and Tang Lin left with her after Tang Xiao arranged an assistant, leaving both productions without their leads.
• The director decided to move the production crew to Water City to save money, while Hu Ming agreed to help a boy create fake photos that would implicate Tang Lin.
• Photos showing Tang Lin with a man leaked online, and Tang Shiba responded by livestreaming Er Gou and demonstrating that a dog remained a dog even with a human-face filter.
• Tang Shiba’s fans reposted her joke to mock the rumor-mongers, and Tang Shiba ended the stream laughing about why someone would go so far to target her third brother.

Tang Shiba left for a horror film shoot with Fang Cheng after she and Si Wuyu acknowledged their feelings, while Si Wuyu continued investigating trouble within the Si Family. At the eerie Ancient Mansion, Tang Shiba’s system warned that the shoot would not be simple.

• Tang Shiba overheard Ouyang Xuan and the Counter-System discuss recovering and getting closer to the male lead, then warned her own system not to deceive her or take secret side jobs.
• Si Wuyu asked Tang Shiba what her earlier kiss meant, and they admitted they felt the same before embracing and kissing; Er Gou interrupted them with jealous barking.
• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng left for filming, while Si Wuyu learned the investigation had gone cold at the Si Family and arranged to meet Director Wang.
• Director Wang visited Su Chen in the hospital, urged him to stay at his home after discharge, and Su Chen resolved to apologize to Tang Shiba in person.
• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng arrived at the eerie Ancient Mansion for the horror shoot, and her system said it knew the novel and would explain why the shoot would be difficult.

Water City and Cloud City joined forces to arrest the smugglers, while Si Wuyu investigated the mysterious Boss and let Ouyang Xuan join the Si company to draw out his enemies. The chapter ended with Si Wuyu meeting Tang Xiao to discuss Changde Psychiatric Hospital and keeping Gu Qingcheng out of the conversation.

• After Tang Shiba left, Water City and Cloud City began secretly rounding up the smugglers, and Director Wang selected two colleagues to serve as his bodyguards for his upcoming show.
• Si Wuyu learned from Director Wang’s documents that the arrested smugglers knew their mastermind only as Boss, and he suspected the person wanted something beyond money, power, or status.
• Ouyang Xuan brought Si Wuyu lunch and welcomed his offer to join the company, but after she left, Si Wuyu ordered Chang Hua to throw the food away and said he wanted to let his enemies create more chaos.
• Si Wuyu contacted Tang Xiao to discuss Changde Psychiatric Hospital, and they left Gu Qingcheng behind because Tang Xiao did not want her worrying about the case.

Tang Shiba filmed a horror movie while Fang Cheng repeatedly fainted from her makeup, and she learned that the production was following a novel in which the male lead abused and killed his co-star. The director secretly accepted money to make the story happen, while Tang Shiba returned to filming unaware of the full plot.

• Tang Shiba scared Fang Cheng unconscious for the third time, then watched him argue with the funding-backed male lead, Wang Yue.
• Fang Cheng warned Tang Shiba that actors sometimes made romantic scenes real, and the System revealed that Wang Yue’s character would burn the supporting actress to death in the novel.
• The director privately told Tang Shiba and Wang Yue that the production would not make the story real, but he had secretly taken money to follow the novel exactly.
• Tang Shiba insulted Wang Yue and warned the director against making the fiction real before leaving the meeting.
• Fang Cheng questioned Tang Shiba about the meeting, and she brushed off his concerns as the crew prepared to film through the night.

Tang Shiba traded flirtatious memes with Si Wuyu while Fang Cheng confronted Wang Yue on set. After filming wrapped, Si Wuyu went to bed early, but the system warned Tang Shiba that Wang Yue was sneaking around to cause trouble.

• Tang Shiba accepted Fang Cheng's flirty memes and sent one to Si Wuyu, who asked Chang Hua to find more but received only respectable ones.
• Wang Yue repeatedly flubbed his scenes, and Fang Cheng accused him of trying to seduce the supporting actress and called him a scumbag.
• A Sugar Baby on the crew asked the Sugar Babies' group whether Fang Cheng was one of them and learned that he was being managed without his knowledge.
• Shanshan saw the group messages while dealing with chaos at home, where her mother had tried to rush to the hospital to attack her brother.
• Tang Shiba teased Si Wuyu about staying up late, prompting him to shut down his computer and go to sleep.
• After Tang Shiba fell asleep, the system warned her that Wang Yue had cut up Fang Cheng's clothes.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng plotted against Wang Yue after he mutilated Fang Cheng’s underwear, while Si Wuyu grew jealous over Fang Cheng’s reports of Wang Yue filming with Tang Shiba. Si Wuyu also pushed to expose the families obstructing the smuggling investigation, then sent Tang Shiba selfies to trade for memes.

• Fang Cheng complained to Tang Shiba that Wang Yue had cut up his underwear, and Tang Shiba shared a plan to retaliate.
• Fang Cheng entered Wang Yue’s room while Tang Shiba opened his suitcase, and they replaced a bottle of medicine with an identical one.
• Fang Cheng messaged Si Wuyu about Wang Yue’s scenes and interactions with Tang Shiba, making Si Wuyu increasingly uncomfortable.
• Si Wuyu learned that the Su Family and the Wang family were resisting the investigation and ordered Chang Hua to contact Tang Second Brother about reporting them to higher-ups.
• Si Wuyu sent Tang Shiba two selfies and offered to trade details about himself for memes.

Tang Shiba rebuffed Wang Yue while Fang Cheng helped watch for the medicine that could expose him. Meanwhile, police arrested Mrs. Su and the Wang Family in the smuggling case, but the mastermind remained at large as Si Wuyu worried about his injured leg.

• Tang Shiba teased Wang Yue and used a dog’s affection for him to mock his attempt to stir up dating rumors.
• Fang Cheng and Tang Shiba’s supporters discussed Wang Yue, while Fang Cheng kept watch for him to use the medicine in his case.
• Police arrested Mrs. Su, and Susan went to the hospital to tell Su Chen that their mother had been taken away.
• The Wang Family was arrested as the long-running smuggling case closed, though the mastermind remained unidentified.
• Si Wuyu suspected his Second Uncle or Ouyang Xuan and ordered his people to watch Ouyang Xuan, then felt relieved when Chang Hua assured him his limp would heal.
• Tang Shiba told Fang Cheng to wait for Wang Yue to use the medicine, and Fang Cheng asked Wang Yue whether he had forgotten to grease his face.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng prepared to frighten Wang Yue during the night shoot, while Si Wuyu learned that his second aunt, Tao Wanyu, was behind a plot against Tang Shiba and ordered his people not to interfere. Tang Shiba handed out snacks to the crew and began inflating a doll before filming.

• Fang Cheng confronted Wang Yue, and Tang Shiba decided they would make their move that night.
• Tang Shiba gave Fang Cheng frightening ghost makeup, a white dress, and a wig, then sent him into hiding with a bottle of water.
• Tang Shiba learned Tao Wanyu had hired someone to hurt her and warned Si Wuyu that she was going after his second aunt.
• Si Wuyu told his people not to interfere with Tang Shiba and had Chang Hua prepare gossip about Tao Wanyu.
• Tang Shiba handed beef jerky to the crew, then went to the bathroom and began inflating a doll.

Tang Shiba activated a lookalike doll and sent her to film a scene with Wang Yue while watching from hiding. As Wang Yue hallucinated and kissed Tang Shiba’s shoe, the crew suffered severe stomach pain and could only watch helplessly.

• Tang Shiba activated a doll that looked like her, dressed her, and ordered her to follow the loaded script.
• The doll went to film while Tang Shiba put on a mask and watched from a concealed spot.
• Wang Yue mistook the doll’s scripted advances for real interest and began kissing Tang Shiba’s shoe.
• The director and crew developed severe stomach pain and became too weak to move or call for help.
• Tang Shiba watched as Wang Yue, lost in a hallucination, continued performing while the crew feared they would die.

Tang Shiba provoked Wang Yue into a violent frenzy while the poisoned crew could only watch. Wang Yue battered her and believed he had killed her, but she began laughing again from the ground.

• Wang Yue hallucinated that he was kissing Tang Shiba, and the doll snapped him out of it.
• The doll accused Wang Yue of drug use and threatened to report him, causing him to panic and attack her.
• Wang Yue strangled Tang Shiba and slammed her head against a table as the crew watched helplessly.
• Wang Yue threw Tang Shiba to the ground and declared her dead, but she began laughing again.
• Wang Yue stopped laughing and threatened to burn Tang Shiba alive.

Fang Cheng stopped Wang Yue from burning Tang Shiba and frightened him into confessing that he used drugs and encouraged others to take them. Tang Shiba revealed she had survived by using a doll, collected a system reward, and returned with Fang Cheng to bow to the shaken crowd.

• Fang Cheng startled Wang Yue, who mistook him for Tang Shiba’s ghost and confessed to drug use and encouraging others to take drugs.
• Fang Cheng beat Wang Yue unconscious, tied him up, and carried the doll he believed was Tang Shiba to the makeup area.
• Tang Shiba knocked Fang Cheng unconscious, then made the doll reveal itself and returned it to the system for half her points back.
• Tang Shiba gave the system a five-star rating and received one pack of Medium Paper from the prize wheel.
• Tang Shiba woke Fang Cheng, led him back to the crowd, and made him join her in bowing after their performance.

After Wang Yue attacked Tang Shiba on set, the police arrested him and filming was suspended. Tang Shiba returned from filming to find Si Wuyu waiting with roses, while she and her system discussed a plan to stop Counter-System.

• Tang Shiba and the others recovered after Wang Yue’s attack, and Fang Cheng handed the police a recording and the bottle of drugs found in Wang Yue’s bag.
• The director suspended filming, and Tang Shiba went back to sleep while Si Wuyu learned she would return the next day and eagerly prepared to meet her.
• Tang Shiba and her system discussed Counter-System’s nearly completed smuggling mission and agreed to discuss a plan after they returned.
• Tang Shiba arrived at the airport, greeted her fans, and rode with Fang Cheng to meet Si Wuyu.
• Si Wuyu gave Tang Shiba a bouquet of roses when she got into his car.

Tang Shiba returned to the restaurant with Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng, where Si Yue and Ouyang Xuan caused a scene before Tang Shiba ran into Si Yue in the restroom. Tang Shiba refused Si Yue’s demand for an apology and told her to move.

• Fang Cheng talked with Tang Shiba about being scared on the film set, while Si Wuyu offered to take her bungee jumping and she fell asleep against his shoulder.
• Tang Xiao waited at the airport for Tang Shiba, then realized Si Wuyu had likely picked her up and left without her.
• Si Yue forced her way into the restaurant with Ouyang Xuan, and Si Wuyu told Chang Hua to let them in.
• Si Yue demanded that a waiter arrange a meeting with the person who had booked the restaurant, then boasted to Ouyang Xuan about her status.
• Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng competed to peel shrimp for Tang Shiba, and Si Wuyu ate the food she left in her bowl.
• Si Yue confronted Tang Shiba in the restroom over her mother’s injury and demanded an apology, but Tang Shiba refused and ordered her to move.

Tang Shiba exposed Si Yue’s shameless behavior, while Si Wuyu defended Tang Shiba and blacklisted his sister. Tang Shiba followed Si Yue to the mall, where she, Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng spotted one of Si Yue’s boyfriends with a wealthy woman—and recognized the woman as the Strongwoman from the psychiatric hospital.

• Si Yue threatened Tang Shiba, but Tang Shiba pinned her to the floor after Si Yue waved her hands in Tang Shiba’s face.
• Si Yue blamed Tang Shiba to Si Wuyu and Ouyang Xuan, while Tang Shiba’s system revealed that Si Yue was dating eight men and that Ouyang Xuan’s card for Si Wuyu had expired.
• Si Wuyu checked Tang Shiba’s hands and ordered Si Yue blacklisted, ignoring Si Yue and Ouyang Xuan’s protests.
• Tang Shiba learned Si Yue was heading to the mall to seek comfort, so she went there with Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng.
• Tang Shiba and her companions found one of Si Yue’s boyfriends with a rich woman in a jewelry store and recognized the woman as the Strongwoman from the psychiatric hospital.

Fang Cheng alerted Si Yue that her boyfriend Pang Ming was with another woman, leading to a confrontation at the clothing store. Lü Jingjing pinned Si Yue down, then recognized Ouyang Xuan and slapped her twice, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Fang Cheng called Si Yue and told her that Pang Ming was shopping with another woman at Central Plaza.
• Si Yue and Ouyang Xuan went to the clothing section, where they found Pang Ming kissing Lü Jingjing and denying that he knew Si Yue.
• Si Yue demanded that Pang Ming return the gifts she had given him, but Lü Jingjing pinned her to the floor and mocked her.
• Ouyang Xuan removed her mask and asked Lü Jingjing to release Si Yue, and Lü Jingjing recognized her as an enemy.
• Lü Jingjing stood up and slapped Ouyang Xuan twice, shocking everyone in the store.

Lü Jingjing slapped Ouyang Xuan at a mall while Tang Shiba watched, and Ouyang Xuan’s fans turned the incident into a public controversy. After the Melon System beat the Counter-System offline, Tang Shiba’s anti-fans struggled to compete with Ouyang Xuan’s larger following.

• Lü Jingjing slapped Ouyang Xuan several times, while Si Yue fought Pang Ming and bystanders recorded the incident.
• Fang Cheng posted about Ouyang Xuan’s swollen face on Weibo, and Lü Jingjing left after paying for her clothes.
• The Melon System invaded the Counter-System and beat him offline as paramedics treated Ouyang Xuan and police searched for Lü Jingjing.
• Ouyang Xuan posted a selfie and said she would sue Strongwoman, prompting her fans to attack Lü Jingjing and bury the anti-fans’ explanation.
• Has-Been Celebrity Princess told the group admin that Love Challenge followers might become genuine Tang Shiba fans if guided.

Ouyang Xuan sued Lü Jingjing while Si Wuyu dealt with the fallout from the scandal and arranged for Chang Hua to help Chris reconcile with Fang Cheng. Meanwhile, Tang Shiba learned that the Counter-System had finished its mission and planned to take its points.

• Ouyang Xuan rejected Lü Jingjing’s apology and announced that she would sue her for intentional assault, while her fans repeatedly caused trouble at Lü Jingjing’s Beauty Salon.
• Si Yue’s relationships collapsed after the scandal, but Si Wuyu decided to keep her at the company and told Chang Hua to send information, not manpower, to help Wang Gang catch the drug traffickers.
• Si Wuyu ordered Chang Hua to arrange protection for the Tang Family, and Chang Hua recruited Li Ba by promising to help make his young lady happy again.
• Chang Hua tricked Chris into leaving her room by telling her that Fang Cheng had been in a car accident, then took Li Ba aside to discuss their next task.
• Tang Shiba learned that the Counter-System had completed its mission and decided to seize its points, while the Counter-System happily counted them, unaware of her plan.