Chapter Summaries

After many employees resigned, Tang Shiba’s Black Treasures flocked to the Has-Been Celebrity Company to apply for jobs and support her. Tang Shiba then discovered poisoned food at a restaurant and prepared to fake a collapse to lure out the person behind it.

• Xu Jiang tried to persuade the remaining employees to resign, but they declared they would stay loyal to Tang Shiba.
• The Black Treasures recruited capable members to apply for jobs at the Has-Been Celebrity Company, and Xu Jiang began interviewing them.
• Shanshan and the other applicants recognized one another, while Tang Shiba mistook their arrival for an undercover plot by her Anti-Fans.
• Tang Shiba told Si Wuyu to support her behind the scenes so Ouyang Xuan’s allies would keep making moves.
• At the restaurant, Tang Shiba tested the food with a silver needle, found poison, and prepared to fake fainting after giving Si Wuyu a drink.

Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu exposed a kidnapping attempt, overpowered the five men sent after them, and let themselves be taken to their employer. The employer demanded that Si Wuyu be released and ordered Tang Shiba to be thrown into the sea.

• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu pretended to pass out, then attacked and subdued the five men who tried to carry them away.
• Tang Shiba coerced the gang leader into contacting their employer by threatening to reveal embarrassing gossip about him.
• The employer saw Si Wuyu on a video call, became furious that both had been captured, and ordered the men to bring them both back.
• The five men delivered the pair to a hotel room, where Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu woke and mocked their captor.
• After the captor called his superior for advice, the superior ordered him to release Si Wuyu and pack Tang Shiba with rocks before throwing her into the sea.

Tang Doll and Si Doll completed their infiltration and returned to Tang Shiba, who used their surveillance to identify the mastermind behind a murder. As Tang Shiba monitored him and sparred online with Ouyang Xuan, Ouyang revealed her belief that the scandal would help her win her mission.

• Tang Doll faked biting off her tongue, was tied to a rock, and thrown into the sea, then resurfaced and reunited with Si Doll.
• Tang Doll and Si Doll returned to Tang Shiba, who scolded them for fooling around and gave them a five-star review after the system pleaded.
• Tang Shiba watched the surveillance footage as the gang's boss cleaned up the hotel crime scene and went to Jintang to meet the mastermind.
• Tang Shiba recognized the mastermind as the man who had driven a young woman to her death, while the men celebrated his claim that he had eliminated Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba suspected Ouyang Xuan had an exposé system, and Ouyang posted on Weibo insisting that she had a clear conscience.

Tang Shiba’s anti-fans attacked Ouyang Xuan while new partnerships flowed into Tang Shiba’s company. After learning that Gu Qingcheng had been abducted, Tang Xiao begged his sister for help, but she refused and he followed her in hopes she would reveal where Gu Qingcheng was being held.

• Tang Shiba’s comment about being killed by Ouyang Xuan’s people sparked a wave of mockery, and her fans formed the Anti-Xuan Squad to attack Ouyang Xuan online.
• Xu Jiang showed Tang Shiba a stack of new contracts, and she told him to pursue any work that would make Ouyang Xuan unhappy.
• The system told Tang Shiba that Gu Qingcheng had been abducted while Tang Xiao was away from their hotel room buying condoms.
• Tang Xiao rushed to Tang Shiba and begged her to help find Gu Qingcheng, but she told him to ask the police and criticized him for failing to protect his wife.
• Shanshan falsely posted that Tang Xiao had come to reclaim Tang Shiba’s company and had been beaten, while Tang Shiba messaged Si Wuyu about her supposed attack on her brother.
• Tang Xiao followed Tang Shiba after she left the company, hoping she would reveal Gu Qingcheng’s location.

Tang Shiba enlisted Fang Cheng to disguise himself as a woman so they could investigate Gu Qingcheng’s kidnapping at the Golden Pond Bar. The trio entered the bar, where Tang Shiba presented Fang Cheng to the manager as someone requested by Brother Hong.

• Tang Shiba told Si Wuyu that Gu Qingcheng had been kidnapped and asked to borrow Fang Cheng for the mission.
• Fang Cheng escaped Chris and joined Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu, then agreed to disguise himself as a woman.
• Tang Shiba, Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng bought women’s clothes and had Fang Cheng made up before heading to the Golden Pond Bar.
• Tang Shiba presented Fang Cheng to the bar manager as the person Brother Hong had requested.
• Fang Cheng went off with the others while Tang Xiao followed the trio, and the system worried that Fang Cheng might start enjoying dressing as a woman.

Fang Cheng infiltrated a private room disguised as Xiao Fangfang and planned to get the men drunk while Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu coordinated a rescue nearby. Tang Shiba learned that her second brother was searching the rooms in disguise and rushed to stop him from disrupting the plan.

• Fang Cheng entered the venue with a group of women and learned that men in the private room would choose who stayed.
• Fang Cheng recognized Director Wang Gang, who was thrown out after the men rejected his flirtatious act.
• Fang Cheng persuaded the men to let him perform so he could pour them drinks, while Wang Gang searched outside.
• Si Wuyu kissed Tang Shiba in a nearby room, and she accidentally revealed that her second brother was coming to find Gu Qingcheng.
• Tang Shiba learned her second brother was disguised as a woman and searching room by room, so she prepared to stop him.

Tang Shiba joined Fang Cheng’s undercover operation at Jintang and stormed Brother Hong’s room pretending to be a police officer. She left Brother Hong threatening her after she demanded his cooperation.

• Tang Xiao searched Jintang for Gu Qingcheng until Tang Shiba caught him dressed in women’s clothes and ordered him to stay put.
• Fang Cheng won Brother Hong’s trust by drinking first, poured drinks for the room, and messaged Tang Shiba that the plan was ready.
• Tang Xiao insisted on following Tang Shiba, and the three headed toward Fang Cheng’s room after Tang Xiao photographed Director Wang in women’s clothes.
• Tang Shiba kicked open the room’s door, aimed a fake gun at Brother Hong, and ordered everyone to get down while announcing a raid.
• Brother Hong demanded to see Tang Shiba’s credentials and threatened her, but she kicked him down and insulted him.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng subdued Brother Hong and his men, then exposed humiliating gossip about Brother Hong to the women in the room. As Tang Shiba revealed that a dog bite had left him unable to father children, she continued taunting him about the incident.

• Brother Hong stood up to confront Tang Shiba, but she kicked down one of his men and fired a real shot past Brother Hong's face, frightening the men into submission.
• Tang Shiba ordered the women to leave, while Fang Cheng beat the scrawny man who had grabbed him; Tang Shiba then kept the women in the room and sat down to gossip with Brother Hong.
• Tang Shiba claimed Brother Hong had a hundred wives but none of their children were biologically his, and Fang Cheng revealed that he had made the men collapse and lose their strength.
• Tang Shiba told everyone that a dog had bitten Brother Hong's private parts when he was young, leaving him unable to father children.
• Tang Shiba called herself Brother Hong's daddy and recalled how he had tried to steal a dog, only to be bitten while begging it not to bite him there.

Tang Shiba exposed Brother Hong’s humiliating secrets, then took one of his men to the seaside and threatened to drown him. The man revealed that he had sent people to capture Gu Qingcheng, but he did not disclose where Gu Qingcheng was.

• Tang Shiba claimed Brother Hong’s wives had young lovers and that none of his children were his, leaving him furious and shaken.
• Tang Shiba ended her gossip session and ordered the women out before taking the man from the previous day as a hostage.
• Tang Shiba and her companions brought the man to the seaside and tied a large rock to him as he begged for mercy.
• The man recognized Tang Shiba as the woman he thought had been killed and thrown into the sea.
• Tang Shiba asked where Gu Qingcheng was, and the man admitted he had sent people to capture Gu Qingcheng but accused her of already knowing.

Tang Shiba forced one of Ouyang Xuan’s subordinates to spread sexual rumors about her, then exposed Ouyang Xuan’s alleged role in her parents’ deaths. As the accusations stirred public outrage and Si Wuyu grew worried, he went to the Tang Family home and found Tang Shiba picking vegetables with Gu Qingcheng.

• Tang Shiba made Ouyang Xuan’s subordinate livestream fabricated sexual rumors, drawing in fans and anti-fans until Ouyang Xuan noticed the scandal.
• Ouyang Xuan cried to Tang Xuan and blamed Tang Shiba, while Tang Shiba told Tang Eldest Brother to play along with her.
• After Brother Hong’s hundred wives became unreachable, he fell into despair, leaving his subordinates to consider breaking away.
• Tang Shiba accused Ouyang Xuan of causing her parents’ deaths through a life exchange, prompting Si Wuyu’s parents to investigate and Ouyang Xuan to faint.
• Si Wuyu messaged Tang Shiba that he missed her, then went to the Tang Family home and found her picking vegetables with Gu Qingcheng.

Tang Shiba teased Ouyang Xuan and took several expensive accessories from her while the family gathered at home. Ouyang Xuan declined to go shopping with Tang Shiba, who decided to use Tang Eldest Brother to lure her along instead.

• Tang Shiba welcomed Si Wuyu with a kiss, then greeted Tang Eldest Brother and Ouyang Xuan with exaggerated sweetness.
• Ouyang Xuan planned to tell Tang Mother embarrassing stories about Si Wuyu, but he ignored her and focused on Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba asked Tang Eldest Brother to buy her a necklace, and he nervously agreed.
• Tang Shiba praised Ouyang Xuan's jewelry and took her bracelet, necklace, ring, and hairpin after Ouyang Xuan gave them up to avoid angering her.
• Ouyang Xuan refused Tang Shiba's invitation to shop together, so Tang Shiba resolved to ask Tang Eldest Brother to bring her along.

At dinner, Ouyang Xuan’s attempts to embarrass Si Wuyu backfired and led Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu to confess their feelings in front of the Tang Family. Afterward, Ouyang Xuan went to provoke Er Gou, while the family watched from the balcony.

• Ouyang Xuan tried to make Si Wuyu look bad with stories about his childhood, but Tang Mother, Tang Shiba, Tang Second Brother, and Gu Qingcheng defended him and turned the conversation against her.
• Ouyang Xuan revealed that Si Wuyu had once liked the prettiest girl at school, and Si Wuyu clarified that he had only ever liked Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba kissed Si Wuyu and told him she liked him, and Si Wuyu happily accepted her confession in front of the Tang Family.
• Ouyang Xuan tried to get Tang Eldest Brother to intervene, but he ignored her, so she went into the courtyard to provoke Er Gou.
• The Tang Family watched from the second-floor balcony as Ouyang Xuan approached the tethered Er Gou, who bared his teeth at her.

Tang Shiba exposed Ouyang Xuan’s schemes and organized a campaign to reveal her scandals while preparing to protect the Jintang construction site. At the site, she learned that Su Chen was involved and might be one of Ouyang Xuan’s targets.

• Er Gou barked at Ouyang Xuan as she grabbed mud, and Tang Shiba posted a video before throwing a bottle that frightened Ouyang Xuan away.
• Ouyang Xuan arranged a favorable contract, and the Tang Family and Si Family signed an agreement to begin construction in Jintang the next day.
• Tang Shiba realized Ouyang Xuan intended to cause a construction-site accident, then gathered the Take Down Xuan Squad to publish Ouyang Xuan’s scandals.
• Tang Shiba organized Ouyang Xuan’s dirt into files and gave them to Xu Jiang, while Shanshan asked to help handle the material.
• Tang Shiba went to supervise the construction site and learned that Su Chen was there overseeing materials and could be another of Ouyang Xuan’s targets.

Tang Shiba uncovered Ouyang Xuan’s attempt to frighten the construction workers with buried snakes, then turned them into dinner. Ouyang Xuan escalated her scheme against Tang Shiba, while Tang Shiba warned the workers that someone at the site was skimping on materials.

• Tang Shiba recognized the buried snakes as farm-raised and persuaded the workers to catch and cook them, then posted photos of the meal on Weibo.
• Ouyang Xuan became furious at Tang Shiba’s post and complained to Si Wuyu, who rejected her accusations and warned her to stick to work matters.
• Ouyang Xuan ordered someone to get Tang Shiba and Su Chen together, then considered using the construction-site danger to eliminate Tang Shiba.
• Si Wuyu went to inspect the construction site, using equipment safety as an excuse to see Tang Shiba.
• Tang Shiba shared gossip with the workers and warned them that someone might be cutting corners and skimping on construction materials.

Tang Shiba warned workers about a tower crane operator who relieved himself above their lunch, then joined Su Chen in exposing problems at the construction site. After Su Chen fired workers cutting corners, Tang Shiba confronted a supervisor and his idle relatives, and the chapter ended as she began livestreaming her side of the story.

• Tang Shiba and Su Chen spotted a tower crane operator, and she warned nearby workers to move before he relieved himself from above.
• Si Wuyu brought lunch to Tang Shiba, but the crane operator dropped feces on workers eating beneath him, prompting an angry commotion.
• The next day, Su Chen identified workers cutting corners and dismissed them, while Tang Shiba decided to handle the remaining problems herself.
• Tang Shiba confronted a sleeping supervisor and his idle relatives, and Su Chen ordered the loafers fired.
• One of the relatives started livestreaming to attack Tang Shiba online, so she introduced herself and began exposing the situation live.

Tang Shiba exposed and beat a wife-beater while livestreaming, then revealed that the other construction workers had robbed graves and their uncle preyed on his friends' wives. Su Chen agreed to fire them, and Tang Shiba explained that they were pawns planted by Ouyang Xuan, so keeping watch over the site would let construction proceed smoothly.

• Tang Shiba took a worker's phone and livestreamed accusations that he abused his wife and planned to harm his children; Su Chen stopped the man when he lunged at her.
• Tang Shiba smashed the worker's teeth with a brick and falsely claimed on camera that he had knocked them out himself to apologize.
• Tang Shiba exposed the workers for digging up graves and scattering bones, then revealed that their uncle slept with his friends' wives.
• After the phone's battery died, Tang Shiba returned it and asked Su Chen to fire the men, and he agreed.
• Tang Shiba revealed that the workers were pawns planted by Ouyang Xuan and said that watching the site would allow construction to finish smoothly.

Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu tried to take their relationship further at his villa, but Tang Shiba panicked and stopped him. The next morning she fled, leaving Si Wuyu confused and dejected while she wondered how to face what had happened.

• Tang Shiba learned that Ouyang Xuan had tampered with her food, so she knocked Su Chen's lunch container away before he could eat it.
• Si Wuyu took Tang Shiba to a villa, where they kissed and prepared to be alone together.
• Tang Shiba ran out of the room, then returned and kissed Si Wuyu, but she became frightened and would not let him proceed.
• Tang Shiba left early the next morning, while Si Wuyu lay awake wondering what had gone wrong.
• Tang Shiba admitted to the system that she had been too scared to go through with it.

Tang Shiba learned that her eldest brother was being matched with his sworn enemy, Shang Yun, and watched their first encounter turn into a furious exchange of insults. The chapter left Tang Eldest Brother realizing Shang Yun was his future arranged marriage match as Ouyang Xuan confronted her.

• The system warned Tang Shiba that Ouyang Xuan wanted to use dating rumors to get engaged to Tang Eldest Brother, so Tang Shiba headed out to intervene.
• Tang Shiba kissed Si Wuyu and promised to make up for a step they had skipped, while Tang Second Brother and Gu Qingcheng overheard them.
• Tang Shiba reached the mall and learned that her eldest brother's destined match, Shang Yun, was shopping there.
• Shang Yun and Tang Eldest Brother recognized each other as sworn enemies and traded insults in front of their companions.
• Tang Shiba decided Shang Yun suited her workaholic eldest brother, and Tang Eldest Brother realized she was his future arranged marriage match.
• Ouyang Xuan stepped forward to challenge Shang Yun as Tang Eldest Brother wondered whether he should marry his enemy early.

At a jewelry store, Ouyang Xuan accused Shang Yun of pushing her, but Tang Xuan refused to demand an apology and left with Ouyang. Tang Shiba posted a video exposing Ouyang Xuan’s staged fall, while Tang Xuan and Shang Yun’s strained marriage prospects remained unresolved.

• Shang Yun and Tang Xuan argued at the jewelry store, and Ouyang Xuan fell before Shang Yun touched her.
• Tang Xuan helped Ouyang Xuan up, while Shang Yun’s friends accused Ouyang Xuan of faking her fall.
• After Ouyang Xuan threatened Shang Yun and demanded an apology, Tang Xuan told them to leave it alone and invited Ouyang Xuan to dinner.
• Tang Xuan stared at Shang Yun as he left and walked into the store’s glass door.
• Tang Shiba uploaded her video of the incident to Weibo and called Ouyang Xuan a professional scammer faking another accident.

Ouyang Xuan publicly claimed Tang Xuan was her boyfriend, but he denied it, and the Tang family pressured him to pursue Shang Yun instead. As Tang Shiba waited for Si Wuyu after hearing he had been in a minor car accident, company employees approached her in the lobby.

• Ouyang Xuan admitted her video was real and announced that Tang Xuan was her boyfriend, but Tang Xuan called to deny their relationship.
• The Tang family confronted Tang Xuan, who said he had obtained Ouyang Xuan's business secrets and named Shang Yun as his intended marriage partner.
• Tang Xuan arranged to learn Shang Yun's schedule, while Ouyang Xuan's public declaration drew ridicule and cost her fans.
• Tang Shiba approved Xu Jiang's request to prepare a proposal for recruiting more artists and messaged Si Wuyu that she was coming to see him.
• After the system reported Si Wuyu had been in a car accident, Tang Shiba called him and learned his car had only been rear-ended.
• Tang Shiba waited in the company lobby, where bashful Black Treasures gathered around her.