Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng exposed Huang Yue’s urine-drinking scheme, and paparazzi turned the incident into a scandal that humiliated her. After someone hired by Fang Cheng’s childhood friend beat Huang Yue and filmed her, she returned to the set bruised, while Tang Shiba learned who was behind the attack.

• Fang Cheng punctured Huang Yue’s bag of urine, then stomped on it after claiming there was a bug, splashing them both and making Huang Yue vomit.
• Huang Yue chased Fang Cheng after he fled, then returned to the hotel and hurried to wash when Tang Shiba noticed the smell.
• Paparazzi exposed Huang Yue’s urine-drinking scandal online, and Fang Cheng told the crew he had tried to stop her.
• A hired attacker beat Huang Yue, filmed her, and warned her not to go to the police.
• Huang Yue returned to the set with a bruised face, and Tang Shiba learned that Fang Cheng’s childhood friend had ordered the beating.

Tang Xueqing and Zhou Dan manipulated Gu Qingcheng into seeing Tang Xiao with Zhou Dan, leaving Gu Qingcheng devastated. Tang Shiba then helped Gu Qingcheng stop Huang Yue from bathing with dichlorvos.

• Tang Xueqing gave Gu Qingcheng a gift and asked for her phone number, while Tang Shiba learned that Tang Xueqing and Zhou Dan had come to Wind City.
• Tang Shiba tricked Gu Qingcheng into handing over Tang Xueqing's gift and gave her the address of Tang Xiao's hotel; she later burned the intimate photos inside the box.
• Gu Qingcheng saw Zhou Dan cling to Tang Xiao at the hotel and later watched Zhou Dan feed him, then returned to her room in distress.
• Tang Shiba learned that Huang Yue had bought dichlorvos and warned Gu Qingcheng, who rushed to stop Huang Yue from using it in the bathroom.

Gu Qingcheng brought a bottle to the Police Station, where Tang Shiba found her and Si Wuyu later took them both home. At the Production Crew, Tang Xiao anxiously tried to protect Gu Qingcheng during the car scene, and Tang Shiba joined him in the tracking car as filming began.

• Gu Qingcheng took the bottle to the Police Station, and Tang Shiba found her surrounded by officers.
• Si Wuyu arrived, carried Tang Shiba out on his back, and explained the situation so the officers would let him take both women home.
• Tang Shiba learned the next day that Si Wuyu had carried her home and planned to treat him to a meal after her final scene.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the Production Crew and checked the vehicles, then asked to drive Gu Qingcheng's scene himself or use a double.
• Gu Qingcheng insisted on performing the scene, and Tang Xiao agreed after the Director brought in a professional driver and let him inspect the car.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang Shiba to ride with him in the tracking car, and she agreed as filming was about to begin.

Tang Xiao begged Tang Shiba to save Gu Qingcheng after Tang Xueqing and Zhou Dan tried to ram her car into a river. Tang Shiba used the Gossip Helper, but Gu Qingcheng and her driver were swept downstream, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Tang Xueqing and Zhou Dan drove toward Gu Qingcheng and began ramming her car after the vehicles left the highway.
• Tang Xiao saw Gu Qingcheng's message, confessed his love and her possible pregnancy to Tang Shiba, and begged her to help.
• Tang Shiba slapped Tang Xiao and used the Gossip Helper as Tang Xueqing and Zhou Dan forced Gu Qingcheng's car toward the river.
• Gu Qingcheng's car plunged into the river with the other vehicles, and Tang Xiao was stopped by police as he tried to reach her.
• Tang Shiba learned that Gu Qingcheng and her driver escaped through the opened roof but were swept downstream.

After the crash, Tang Shiba confronted Tang Xueqing, who blamed the dead Zhou Dan and pretended to be traumatized, then went with Si Wuyu to find Gu Qingcheng and the driver. They found both survivors safe, while Gu Qingcheng began hearing Tang Shiba’s thoughts.

• The police recovered Tang Xueqing alive and took her to the hospital, while Gu Qingcheng and the driver remained missing and Tang Xiao searched the river for them.
• Tang Shiba stopped Huang Yue from bathing with urine and dichlorvos by showing her the dangers, and Huang Yue rushed to the hospital for tests.
• Tang Shiba and Si Wuyu questioned Tang Xueqing, who claimed Zhou Dan had threatened her; Si Wuyu asked Chang Hua to investigate her connections.
• Si Wuyu took Tang Shiba to the lower Jinjiang River, where Chang Hua led them to a farmhouse and confirmed Gu Qingcheng and the driver were alive.
• The driver told Tang Shiba that the car roof had burst open and that he gained extraordinary strength and stamina while saving Gu Qingcheng.
• Gu Qingcheng heard Tang Shiba’s thoughts and wondered whether something was wrong with her head.

Tang Shiba hid the rescued Gu Qingcheng while Si Wuyu arranged a safe place for her, and Tang Xiao searched for her in distress. As filming continued, Tang Shiba secretly reassured Director Li that Gu Qingcheng was alive and learned that Huang Yue had serious health problems.

• Tang Shiba persuaded Gu Qingcheng to stay hidden because her would-be killers still posed a threat, and the driver agreed to conceal that she was alive.
• Tang Shiba asked Si Wuyu to have Chang Hua hide Gu Qingcheng and arrange for the police to treat her disappearance as a missing-person case.
• Tang Xiao searched for Gu Qingcheng every day and repeatedly asked Tang Shiba when filming would end so he could go home with her.
• After Director Li suffered another heart episode, Tang Shiba told him Gu Qingcheng was alive but warned him to keep it secret.
• Huang Yue told Tang Shiba that a hospital examination had revealed serious health problems, then began brewing her prescribed herbal medicine after Tang Shiba fell asleep.

Tang Shiba learned that Tang Xueqing had been cleared of charges after blaming Zhou Dan, then watched Tang Xueqing try to restore her reputation at a hostile press conference. Tang Xueqing left vowing she had other ways to fight back, while Tang Shiba and Tang Xiao remained against her.

• Tang Shiba learned that Zhou Dan had been blamed for Tang Xueqing's wrongdoing and suspected someone had arranged Zhou Dan's death to protect Tang Xueqing.
• Fang Cheng complained to Tang Shiba about Huang Yue's strange behavior, then received bitter ginseng soup from Huang Yue.
• Tang Xiao showed Tang Shiba Tang Xueqing's livestream and said a backer had paid her contract penalty.
• Tang Xueqing blamed Zhou Dan for tax evasion and other misconduct, claimed she had been coerced in the car crash, and said she would donate her assets to charity.
• The crowd pelted Tang Xueqing with eggs as she claimed she had reported the man in the bed photos for drugging and raping her, and security escorted her away.
• Tang Xueqing told Liu Qiao that she had plenty of ways to recover, while Tang Shiba and Tang Xiao dismissed her claims.

Tang Shiba fought back against Tang Xueqing’s public antics while filming and turned Fang Cheng’s request for help with his childhood friend into an opportunity to kiss Si Wuyu. Fang Cheng sent the misleading photo to his rival, and Shanshan shared the moment with the shipping group.

• Tang Xiao and his eldest brother posted Tang Xueqing’s banquet tantrum and announced that she was adopted and had severed ties with the Tang Family.
• Tang Shiba persuaded Director Li to raise her pay tenfold, then gave him cheeky advice about having a second child.
• Fang Cheng told Tang Shiba that his childhood friend kept sending him provocative pictures and calling him.
• Tang Shiba took a photo that made it look as though she had kissed Si Wuyu, and Fang Cheng sent it to his childhood friend to make him jealous.
• Si Wuyu made Fang Cheng send him the photo too, while Shanshan shared the moment with the shipping group.

Tang Shiba drew an All-Hands Gossip Card and beat up Tang Xiao after he came to her for comfort over Gu Qingcheng’s disappearance. Tang Xueqing, meanwhile, left the city with her team to pursue charity work in the countryside.

• Si Wuyu set a photo of himself and Tang Shiba as his wallpaper, while Tang Shiba sold tissues for points and drew an All-Hands Gossip Card.
• Tang Shiba learned that Tang Xiao had searched downstream and through nearby villages for Gu Qingcheng, who was no longer in Wind City.
• Tang Xiao begged Tang Shiba to hit him, and she beat and berated him while onlookers watched and Shanshan shared the scene online.
• Tang Shiba told Tang Xiao to go fishing for Gu Qingcheng and threatened him when he started crying again.
• Tang Xueqing, facing daily attacks from anti-fans in the city, took her team to the countryside to do charity work.

Tang Shiba and the Gossip Buddies arranged for Huang Yue’s childhood friend to livestream Tang Xueqing’s charity visit to Anxi Village, drawing a huge audience that quickly bought out his Pawpaw Mandarins. Tang Xueqing entered the village believing the viewers supported her, unaware that she had not notified local officials and was about to be exposed.

• Tang Shiba learned that Tang Xueqing had gone to Anxi Village, and Huang Yue recognized it as her hometown.
• Huang Yue persuaded her childhood friend, Cousin Pawpaw Mandarin, to livestream Tang Xueqing in exchange for Si Wuyu’s autograph.
• Anti-Fans flooded Cousin Pawpaw Mandarin’s livestream, bought out his Pawpaw Mandarins, and coached him to introduce himself to Tang Xueqing’s group as a village ambassador.
• Tang Xueqing mistook the Anti-Fans’ sarcastic comments for praise and followed Cousin into the village with her team.
• Tang Shiba’s system revealed that Tang Xueqing had not informed local officials about her charity work, and Tang Shiba prepared to expose her.

Tang Xueqing tried to hand out charity supplies in Anxi Village, but Tang Shiba and the Anti-Fans exposed that the donations were defective and unsafe. The Village Chief ordered Tang Xueqing to take everything away, and the police arrived just as she felt sure the villagers were on her side.

• Tang Shiba and the Anti-Fans alerted the cousin to Tang Xueqing’s unapproved charity event, and he contacted the Village Chief.
• Tang Xueqing distributed cooking oil, bread, and textbooks while Tang Shiba’s messages exposed the oil as unsafe, the bread as expired, and the textbooks as toxic trash.
• The cousin inspected the supplies, found moldy bread and disturbing textbook illustrations, and stalled the villagers while taking pictures as evidence.
• The Village Chief arrived, told Tang Xueqing she needed written approval, and ordered her group to remove the supplies after the cousin warned him about their defects.
• Tang Xueqing insisted the supplies were safe and the villagers protested the order, but the police arrived.

Huang Jin exposed Tang Xueqing’s moldy food and questionable donations, prompting the police to take her group away. After Tang Shiba left with Si Wuyu, Tang Xiao warned Fang Cheng to stay away from her, and Huang Yue blamed Fang Cheng’s obsessive fans for beating her.

• Huang Jin told the police that Tang Xueqing’s group had brought goods that violated village rules and showed them expired bread and suspicious textbooks.
• The villagers rejected Tang Xueqing’s donations after seeing the moldy bread and hearing Huang Jin warn them about the cooking oil, and the police took her group away.
• Livestream viewers rewarded Huang Jin with gifts, while young people from Anxi Village reported Tang Xueqing to the authorities.
• Tang Shiba left with Si Wuyu to treat him to a meal, and Tang Xiao stopped Fang Cheng from following them, warning him to stay away from his sister.
• Huang Yue realized Fang Cheng’s obsessive fans had been beating her and ran off, while Tang Xiao blamed Fang Cheng for getting close to Gu Qingcheng.

Fang Cheng learned that his childhood friend would arrive in fifteen days, while Tang Shiba saved Huang Yue from an attacker and discovered that Zhou Yang had killed someone. Tang Shiba confronted Zhou Yang at a restaurant, and he tried to leave after realizing others might recognize him.

• Fang Cheng saw his childhood friend’s message and panicked about their upcoming visit.
• Tang Shiba knocked out Huang Yue’s attacker with a brick, then warned Huang Yue to run.
• A caller ordered the attacker to target Tang Shiba after learning she had kissed Fang Cheng.
• Tang Shiba overheard Zhou Yang tell Director Li that he had come to take his half-sister Zhou Dan home and wanted to meet her.
• After the system revealed Zhou Yang had killed someone, Tang Shiba entered his private room with Si Wuyu to confront him.
• Zhou Yang tried to leave the restaurant, but Tang Shiba called him back.

Tang Shiba unsettled Zhou Yang by hinting she had witnessed Hao Ran’s death, prompting him to flee. With help from Si Wuyu and Chang Hua, the police later tricked Zhou Yang into confessing and arrested him for Hao Ran’s murder.

• Tang Shiba told Zhou Yang she had seen him near the building when Hao Ran fell, and Zhou Yang panicked and left.
• Tang Shiba spun Director Li a frightening story about witnessing Zhou Yang push Hao Ran, while the system pointed out that she was making it up.
• Director Li and Fang Cheng walked back to the hotel together, and a cat startled them in the dark.
• Zhou Yang dreamed of Hao Ran accusing him, then saw Chang Hua posing as Hao Ran’s ghost and admitted he had attacked him because someone had egged him on.
• Plainclothes officers arrested Zhou Yang for suspected involvement in a homicide five years earlier.
• An officer thanked Tang Shiba, Si Wuyu, and Chang Hua for helping catch his brother’s killer.

Tang Shiba returned home after leaving the production crew and learned through gossip that her aunt Wang Li was trying to arrange for Tang Shuang to get close to Tang Xuan. The chapter left Wang Li alarmed when Song Jia revealed that Tang Xuan had already found someone through blind dates.

• After Zhou Yang’s arrest made news, Tang Shiba finished filming, packed her things, and left Wind City without saying goodbye to the crew.
• Tang Xiao realized Tang Shiba had gone and chased after her, but the Gossip Buddies could not catch up with her.
• Tang Mom welcomed Tang Shiba at the airport, and Tang Shiba checked that Er Gou was safe when she got home.
• Wang Li visited with Tang Shuang and gave Tang Shiba silver bracelets; Tang Shiba’s thoughts revealed that Tang Shuang was Wang Li’s daughter with her first love, not Tang Wang’s biological child.
• Wang Li tried to arrange for Tang Shuang to stay with Song Jia or learn from Tang Xuan, but Song Jia refused and said Tang Xuan had found someone through blind dates.
• Wang Li panicked at the news, and Song Jia challenged her about whether she had hoped to introduce Tang Xuan to a girlfriend.

Tang Shiba exposed Wang Li’s panic over Tang Shuang’s parentage and prompted the Tang family to investigate a man who resembled her cousin. Later, Tang Shiba and her brothers rushed outside after a man who had followed Tang Lin appeared to get into a fight, and Tang Lin jumped in to defend him as his fan.

• Tang Shiba unsettled Wang Li by asking why Tang Shuang looked unlike Tang Wang and mentioning a man who resembled Tang Shuang at the banquet.
• Wang Li hurried out with Tang Shuang, and Tang Cheng decided to identify the lookalike and pass the information to Tang Wang.
• Tang Xiao offered to become Tang Shiba’s manager, but she privately objected to having him follow her everywhere.
• The system alerted Tang Shiba that the man who had hit Huang Yue had followed her to Cloud City, and Tang Lin spotted him fighting another man near the family gate.
• Tang Lin saw Tang Shiba and Tang Xiao rush toward the fight and jumped out to stop them from attacking the man, declaring that he was his fan.

Tang Shiba captured a man who had followed her, while Tang Xiao and Tang Lin argued over who would join her on a variety show. The family learned Tang Xueqing had secretly sabotaged Tang Lin’s career and caused a boy’s drowning, leaving Tang Lin stunned by the accusations.

• Chang Hua handed Tang Shiba the man he had caught following her, and she ordered him taken to the police station after Tang Lin mistakenly claimed he was a fan.
• Tang Shiba teased Tang Lin about stalker fans, then chased him with Tang Xiao and Er Gou until he behaved.
• Tang Xiao announced he would take Tang Lin’s variety-show spot to accompany Tang Shiba, but Tang Shiba said she preferred going with Tang Lin.
• Tang Shiba revealed that Tang Lin had defended Tang Xueqing online using an alternate account, and Tang Xiao confronted him about it.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Lin that Tang Xueqing had paid trolls to smear his career and had punctured a boy’s swim ring, causing him to drown.

Tang Xiao exposed Tang Xueqing’s past misdeeds, then discovered Tang Lin had hollowed out his trophies and glued Tang Shiba’s gifts into a drawer, earning himself two beatings. Meanwhile, Chang Hua and a hostile man fought outside the Tang home until Tang Mom sent Er Gou after them; Tang Shiba then prepared to leave for a livestream variety show.

• Tang Xiao revealed Tang Xueqing’s vicious acts, and Tang Lin sympathized with his brothers before Tang Shiba exposed his own past offenses.
• Tang Xiao dragged Tang Lin to his room and beat him after learning he had hollowed out every trophy and filled the bases with cement.
• Tang Shiba discovered Tang Lin had glued her fan gifts inside a drawer, charged into Tang Xiao’s room, and made Tang Lin pry them loose under threat of more punishment.
• Chang Hua reported that a man connected to Young Master Fang was lurking near the Tang home, then fought him outside the wall until Tang Mom drove them off with Er Gou.
• After lounging for two days, Tang Shiba packed for a livestream variety show and wondered who would be joining her.

Tang Shiba, Tang Xiao, and Tang Lin traveled to the airport for a livestream variety show in an isolated village. Tang Shiba’s anti-fans pretended to cheer for Tang Lin and accidentally hit Tang Xiao with a rotten egg, leaving the group to board amid the brothers’ bickering.

• Tang Xiao kicked Tang Lin’s suitcase down the stairs, and Tang Lin tried to annoy him while Tang Shiba silently called them morons.
• Tang Xiao warned Tang Lin and Tang Shiba that the village residents were hostile, while Tang Shiba’s system began an upgrade.
• At the airport, Tang Shiba’s anti-fans pretended to be Tang Lin’s fans and cheered for him while throwing rotten eggs at Tang Xiao.
• Tang Lin celebrated the cheering and laughed when an egg hit Tang Xiao, while the crowd dispersed after airport security arrived.
• Tang Shiba thanked Tang Xiao for taking the egg, and Tang Xiao pleaded with her to improve her reputation as Tang Lin continued boasting.

Tang Shiba, Tang Xiao, and Tang Lin traveled toward Qiao Family Village but missed the production crew’s calls and took the wrong route. After reaching a tiny town, Tang Xiao realized the crew had already gone to the village by another road, leaving the three of them behind.

• Tang Shiba woke when the system announced its upgrade, and it discovered it could reduce one Mall item’s price by one zero every seven days and had gained a gossip-blocking function.
• After a four-hour flight, Tang Xiao led Tang Shiba and Tang Lin onto a six-hour bus ride, and all three fell asleep before the production team could reach them by phone.
• The trio got off the bus three hours from Qiao Family Village and accepted a truck ride to town after its driver claimed vehicles could not reach the village.
• The truck driver warned them that Qiao Family Village was poor and hostile to outsiders, while Tang Shiba and Tang Xiao grew suspicious of his story.
• In town, Tang Xiao checked his missed calls and learned the production team had already driven to Qiao Family Village by another route, and Tang Lin charged at him in anger.