Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng and Zhang Dongming’s feud escalated into a hospital brawl and a major Weibo scandal, while Tang Shiba watched Si Wuyu deliver a powerful performance on set. The chapter left Tang Shiba impressed by Si Wuyu’s acting as she waited for her own scene.

• Director Zhang, Lin Feng, and Zhang Dongming received strange concern from the crew, while Lin Feng and Zhang Dongming argued over the tooth he had lost in their fight.
• Lin Feng accompanied Zhang Dongming to the hospital, but the two fought again on the way and both ended up hospitalized.
• Weibo trending searches exposed Lin Feng’s secret marriage and Zhang Dongming’s family scandal, while Tang Shiba became a target of online mockery.
• Tang Shiba drew another pack of tissues from her system and briefly spoke with the woman who had visited Director Zhang’s room the night before.
• Tang Shiba watched Si Wuyu perform Xie Yuan’s confession scene and was awed by his acting.

Tang Shiba filmed an intimate scene with Si Wuyu, drawing Tang Xueqing and Gu Qingcheng’s jealousy, then discovered that Lin Feng’s reputation had collapsed and Zhang Dongming’s family had gone bankrupt after she exposed them. The production still needed to find someone to replace Lin Feng in his role.

• Tang Shiba helped the drunk Si Wuyu into the bedroom, where he acted out the male lead’s outburst and she cared for him.
• The Director asked Si Wuyu to remove his shirt for a reshoot, and Tang Shiba unbuttoned it and admired his abs.
• An actress recalled Tang Shiba’s past on set and asked why she had been cast as a maid instead of a fifty-year-old woman.
• Tang Xueqing accused Tang Shiba of using the role to upset her, and Gu Qingcheng also confronted Tang Shiba before both women left.
• Tang Shiba checked Weibo and learned that Lin Feng’s reputation had collapsed and Zhang Dongming’s family had gone bankrupt after she exposed them.

Fang Cheng arrived on set and discovered he could hear Tang Shiba’s thoughts, while Tang Xueqing tried to claim the earrings he gave Tang Shiba. The chapter ended with Tang Xueqing offering an excuse for her attempt to take the gift, as the people nearby knew Fang Cheng had given it to Tang Shiba.

• Fang Cheng arrived on set and eagerly greeted Tang Shiba, then realized he could hear her thoughts.
• Tang Xueqing greeted Fang Cheng, but he showed little interest in her and gave Tang Shiba a pair of blue teardrop earrings.
• Tang Xueqing tried to persuade Tang Shiba to trade the earrings, but Tang Shiba refused.
• Tang Xueqing complained to Gu Qingcheng, who confronted Tang Shiba and demanded the gift back.
• Bystanders confirmed Fang Cheng had given the earrings to Tang Shiba, and Tang Xueqing apologized to Gu Qingcheng before claiming she had thought the gift was meant for her.

Tang Xueqing tried to turn Fang Cheng’s gift to Tang Shiba into a scandal, but Fang Cheng explained it was gratitude for Tang Shiba saving him. At the filming set, Director Li learned that his apprentice had framed his wife, while Tang Xueqing called her second brother for help against Tang Shiba.

• Tang Xueqing tried to claim Fang Cheng’s gift was meant for her and suggested Tang Shiba would damage her career by accepting it, but Fang Cheng said he was thanking Tang Shiba for saving him.
• The onlookers heard Tang Shiba’s thoughts about Tang Xueqing stealing from Er Gou and learned that Tang Xueqing had taken the dog’s egg and gold chain.
• Director Li scolded Tang Xueqing for repeatedly ruining her takes, then heard Tang Shiba’s thoughts reveal that his apprentice had framed his wife and was hoping to take his child.
• Director Li confronted his apprentice with a glare, and the crew members calmed him down after Tang Shiba revealed he had a heart condition.
• Tang Xueqing ran off and called Second Brother Tang, who promised to visit the set the next morning, leaving her confident he would deal with Tang Shiba.

Tang Shiba was forced to stand in for Gu Qingcheng in a kissing scene with Si Wuyu, despite fighting the crew and insisting she wanted no part of it. The scene ended with Tang Shiba acting convincingly and Si Wuyu feeling an unfamiliar stir as Tang Xueqing watched in tears.

• Gu Qingcheng asked to use a double for her kissing scene with Si Wuyu, and several women volunteered.
• Fang Cheng volunteered Tang Shiba, and Si Wuyu selected her to be the double.
• Director Li ordered the crew to tie Tang Shiba up after she resisted, while she cursed and fought them.
• Tang Shiba gave up resisting and was pushed to Si Wuyu, who reassured her that he would only make the kiss look convincing.
• Si Wuyu kissed Tang Shiba on cue, and she performed the scene naturally while the crew watched in silence and Tang Xueqing sobbed.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng went to the dining area for food, where the cafeteria woman refused to serve Tang Shiba and falsely accused her of attacking her. Tang Shiba exposed the woman’s mistreatment of her daughter-in-law and uncovered stolen production ingredients, leaving the woman facing the crew’s anger.

• After filming the kissing scene, Tang Shiba beat Fang Cheng, who apologized and offered to treat her to grilled fish.
• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng went to look for a tabby cat, then hurried to the dining area because they were hungry.
• The cafeteria woman refused to serve Tang Shiba, knocked her bowl down, and claimed Tang Shiba had attacked her during a struggle over the ladle.
• Tang Shiba’s thoughts revealed the woman’s abuse of her pregnant daughter-in-law, turning the onlookers against the woman.
• Tang Shiba kicked over a bucket and exposed three chickens, ribs, and seafood that the cafeteria woman had hidden from the production crew.

Tang Shiba exposed the crew’s unsavory secrets while Fang Cheng gathered information about late-night door-knocking. The chapter ended when Tang Xueqing received a phone call and wanted Tang Shiba to take it.

• The cafeteria lady was fired, and Tang Shiba finished a satisfying meal before Si Wuyu and the crew arrived.
• Tang Shiba revealed that Director Zhang kept compromising photos of actresses and that Zhou Dan was plotting to hand her over to him.
• Tang Shiba sent Fang Cheng to question Jiang Na, who told him that people knocked on doors around one in the morning.
• Fang Cheng returned and told Tang Shiba they should knock on doors to steal the leads’ roles, while Tang Xueqing grew jealous of their closeness.
• Tang Shiba’s anti-fans posted a false rumor about her, then celebrated its ability to draw more attention.
• As Tang Shiba prepared to nap, Tang Xueqing received a phone call and wanted her to take it.

Tang Shiba provoked Tang Xiao during a phone call, then accidentally smashed Tang Xueqing’s phone and refused to apologize. After Tang Shiba declined to visit Si Wuyu, Tang Xueqing and Gu Qingcheng planned to use a rumor about a woman entering the director’s room to turn Tang Xiao against her.

• Tang Shiba mocked Tang Xiao over the phone and hung up, then pretended to rage at Tang Xueqing and stomped on Tang Xueqing’s phone.
• Tang Xueqing accused Tang Shiba of bullying her, but Tang Shiba offered to pay for the phone and refused to apologize; a hater posted misleading reports online.
• Fang Cheng invited Tang Shiba to see Si Wuyu, but she declined and agreed dismissively to visit him that night instead.
• Tang Xiao became furious after Tang Shiba cut off their call, while Si Wuyu assumed she had not come because she was angry with him.
• Tang Xueqing told Gu Qingcheng that her brother might take Tang Shiba home, and Gu Qingcheng urged her to hint that Tang Shiba had visited the director’s room.

Tang Shiba accepted the revised scene that had her clash with Tang Xueqing, while her private thoughts exposed secrets around the set and left Director Zhang fearing a scandal. During filming, Tang Shiba dragged Tang Xueqing from Xie Yuan’s room, but Tang Xueqing then pretended to be pushed down the stairs, prompting Director Zhang to accuse Tang Shiba of going off-script.

• Fang Cheng told Tang Shiba that her scenes had been changed, and she learned Zhou Dan had requested more conflict with the supporting female character.
• Director Zhang explained the revised scene, and Tang Shiba agreed while the onlookers whispered about her and she revealed their secrets.
• Tang Shiba exposed that someone had tampered with Director Zhang’s computer and predicted his downfall, making the onlookers keep their distance from him.
• Si Wuyu asked Tang Shiba if she was still angry, but she denied it and privately decided to swear off handsome men, starting with him.
• During the revised scene, Tang Shiba dragged Tang Xueqing from Xie Yuan’s room and stepped on her twice before Tang Xueqing pretended Tang Shiba had pushed her down the stairs.
• Director Zhang shouted at Tang Shiba for doing something that was not in the script.

Tang Shiba was accused of pushing Tang Xueqing down the stairs, but Si Wuyu defended her as the crew and Tang Xueqing's family turned against her. When a set assistant ordered her to carry costumes, Tang Shiba threw them at him and unleashed a furious stream of curses.

• Tang Xueqing passed out after falling down the stairs, and Director Zhang accused Tang Shiba of pushing her until Si Wuyu denied it.
• Tang Shiba rejected the accusation and walked away while the Anti-Fans circulated videos and misleading posts about the incident.
• Tang Xueqing woke at the hospital, told her brothers she had fallen accidentally, and planned with Zhou Dan to damage Tang Shiba's reputation.
• Tang Xueqing's second brother promised to visit her, while the crew grew more hostile toward Tang Shiba.
• A set assistant ordered Tang Shiba to deliver costumes, so she threw them onto his head and cursed him as the Anti-Fans recorded the outburst.

Tang Shiba caused a scene on set, then exposed an irresponsible dog owner through her gossip, prompting the woman to leave when the police contacted her. After filming, Tang Shiba ignored online attacks and agreed to take Fang Cheng along for a nighttime visit.

• Tang Shiba frightened the set assistant, and Si Wuyu teased Fang Cheng that her hitting him meant he was special to her.
• Tang Shiba revealed that a woman on set had let her unleashed dog nearly maul someone, and the onlookers reported her.
• Police called the woman, who left the set in a panic, and the chapter noted that she would face consequences for her actions.
• Fang Cheng told Tang Shiba that people online were posting sarcastic attacks about her, but she dismissed them.
• Tang Shiba agreed to help Fang Cheng seek more scenes and told him to knock on her door with three knocks followed by two.

Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng sneaked into Director Zhang’s room to investigate a late-night visit, where they found him pressuring Gu Qingcheng after Zhou Dan left. Tang Shiba recorded the encounter as Director Zhang threatened Gu Qingcheng, who was left with no way out.

• Tang Shiba accepted a WeChat request and went to meet Fang Cheng, who climbed down her drainpipe to avoid being seen.
• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng heard that two women were in Director Zhang’s room, then climbed the wall to look inside.
• Tang Shiba and Fang Cheng saw Zhou Dan leave Gu Qingcheng alone with Director Zhang, and Tang Shiba began recording them.
• Director Zhang moved toward Gu Qingcheng and warned her that screaming would make her the next Weibo headline.

Fang Cheng interrupted Director Zhang as he attacked Gu Qingcheng, helped her escape, and fought Director Zhang. Tang Shiba stayed behind and considered giving the injured director another beating.

• Director Zhang attacked Gu Qingcheng after Zhou Dan fled, and Gu Qingcheng cried out for help.
• Fang Cheng rushed in, shielded Gu Qingcheng, and distracted Director Zhang while she escaped down a balcony pipe.
• Fang Cheng fought Director Zhang and beat him until he was badly injured, then threatened to expose him if he cut Fang Cheng's scenes.
• Fang Cheng left without finding Tang Shiba, who emerged from a storage chest and approached the fallen Director Zhang.

Tang Shiba beat Director Zhang after he tried to take advantage of her, then accidentally sent videos of the fight to an anti-fan. Si Wuyu asked to sleep in her room and was turned away, while Gu Qingcheng realized Zhou Dan had betrayed her; by dawn, the crew was getting ready for two more arrivals.

• Tang Shiba pretended to flirt with Director Zhang before pinning him down and beating him until he went silent.
• Tang Shiba sent two videos to an anti-fan from her main Weibo account, and the anti-fan shared one with the Has-Been Celebrity Group.
• Tang Shiba found Si Wuyu in her bed and nearly struck him with a vase before he asked to sleep beside her; she kicked him out.
• Gu Qingcheng returned to find Zhou Dan back in their room and realized he had betrayed her, then cried alone beneath her quilt.
• At dawn, the crew began preparing as two more people headed to the set.

Tang Shiba woke to find the crew worried about Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu, then entertained herself by exposing people’s embarrassing secrets. After Fang Cheng returned, he blamed Zhou Dan for Gu Qingcheng’s leaked video, and Tang Shiba raced off to watch the resulting confrontation.

• Tang Shiba learned the crew suspected she had harmed Fang Cheng, so she joked that she had dumped his body in the woods and frightened the crew into surrounding her.
• While waiting, Tang Shiba exposed a crew member’s habit of smelling his own farts and another man’s childhood story about eating chicken droppings.
• The crew found Fang Cheng and Si Wuyu returning from the woods with mushrooms, and Fang Cheng urged a crew member to cook poisonous mushrooms for Director Zhang.
• Gu Qingcheng confronted Fang Cheng about posting her video, and Fang Cheng redirected her suspicion toward Zhou Dan; Gu Qingcheng ran off to confront her.
• Tang Shiba hurried to watch Gu Qingcheng and Zhou Dan’s fight, tripped a man who tried to outrun her, and left him cursing behind her.

Tang Shiba learned that Director Zhang’s leaked photos had left him distracted, while Si Wuyu moved to have him removed from the drama. Tang Xiao arrived with Tang Xueqing, but Tang Shiba’s thoughts made him suspect Gu Qingcheng had betrayed him, and he rushed off to confront her.

• Zhou Dan threatened Gu Qingcheng with compensation after their fight, then ordered Jiang Na to appease Director Zhang; Jiang Na blamed Zhou Dan and vowed revenge.
• Tang Shiba, Fang Cheng, and Si Wuyu went to find Director Zhang and learned he had taken the day off.
• Tang Shiba discovered that Director Zhang’s repaired computer had exposed his photos and that someone was blackmailing him.
• Si Wuyu called his company and threatened to withdraw its investment unless Director Zhang was replaced.
• Tang Xueqing brought Tang Xiao to see Tang Shiba, but Tang Shiba’s thoughts about Gu Qingcheng and Director Zhang made Tang Xiao leave in anger to confront Gu Qingcheng.

Tang Xueqing tried to shame Tang Shiba, but Si Wuyu and Fang Cheng revealed that Si Wuyu had spent the night in Tang Shiba’s room. After Tang Shiba left, Tang Xiao attacked Gu Qingcheng over rumors that she had been with another man, while Tang Shiba learned the system sold a video relay card.

• Tang Xueqing accused Tang Shiba of refusing to apologize, but Tang Shiba denied pushing her and mocked her for framing people.
• Si Wuyu claimed he had visited Tang Shiba’s room the previous night, and Fang Cheng revealed that he had only faked going there before climbing back out over the balcony.
• Tang Xueqing left in distress, and Fang Cheng warned her to put in a good word for Tang Shiba with their second brother.
• The Anti-Fans reported that Si Wuyu was pursuing Tang Shiba and spread a rumor that Zhou Dan and Gu Qingcheng had fought over Director Zhang.
• Tang Xiao confronted Gu Qingcheng in her room, accused her of seeing another man, and attacked her until she passed out.
• Tang Shiba heard that the system’s video relay card cost 1,000 points and called the system trash.

Director Li made Tang Shiba stand in for Gu Qingcheng, and she impressed the set while Tang Xueqing struggled to act alongside her. A leak exposing celebrities’ bed photos then erupted online, wrecking Director Zhang’s reputation, disrupting filming, and leaving Gu Qingcheng facing a public boycott.

• With the female lead and Director Zhang absent, Director Li ordered Tang Shiba to stand in for Gu Qingcheng, including in kissing and bed scenes.
• Tang Shiba performed the lead’s scenes smoothly, while Tang Xueqing repeatedly missed her lines and movements.
• After the system announced that gossip had exploded online, the actresses checked Weibo and learned that leaked photos were exposing celebrities and damaging Director Zhang’s reputation.
• Director Li stopped filming as actresses fled in distress, and he moved the scenes to the afternoon while recasting some roles.
• Netizens began boycotting the exposed celebrities, and Gu Qingcheng also faced abuse and lost followers because of her connection to Director Zhang’s video.

Tang Xiao demanded that Gu Qingcheng give Tang Xueqing the female lead role, but Gu Qingcheng refused. Tang Shiba arrived with a group to inspect Gu Qingcheng’s room for a supposed rat, while Tang Xiao hid under the bed.

• Tang Xiao accused Gu Qingcheng of betraying him and ordered her to give the female lead role to Tang Xueqing.
• Tang Xueqing visited Gu Qingcheng and tried to persuade her to surrender the role, but Gu Qingcheng refused.
• Tang Shiba arrived with Si Wuyu, Fang Cheng, and others, then teased Tang Xueqing and began searching Gu Qingcheng’s room for a rat.
• Gu Qingcheng tried to stop the group from searching, while Tang Xiao remained hidden under the bed.

Tang Shiba found Tang Xiao hiding under Gu Qingcheng’s bed but kept his secret after making him transfer her money. Tang Xiao pressured Gu Qingcheng to give up the female lead role, while Tang Xueqing’s interest in replacing her became public.

• Tang Shiba found Tang Xiao under Gu Qingcheng’s bed and secretly demanded a total of eighty thousand from him to keep quiet.
• Tang Shiba told the others there was no one under the bed, then left as the group went to eat.
• Gu Qingcheng and Tang Xiao collided as he crawled out from under the bed, and he threatened to withhold money for her parents’ treatment unless she gave up the role.
• Gu Qingcheng refused to change roles, and Tang Xiao left by climbing over the balcony.
• Tang Shiba’s thoughts revealed that Tang Xueqing wanted Gu Qingcheng’s role, prompting the onlookers to discuss the casting and Tang Xueqing to resolve to claim it.