Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiaoxiao agreed to try acting as Xiao Lingyun in Wei Yun's xianxia drama after Lu Shiyan encouraged her. After learning the story and getting styled, she emerged in costume and asked her brother what he thought.

• Wei Yun asked Lu Xiaoxiao to fill in for the role of Xiao Lingyun, and Lu Xiaoxiao agreed with Lu Shiyan's support.
• Lu Shiyan explained the plot of Spirit Abyss Chronicle and Xiao Lingyun's part in the story.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided she could play Xiao Lingyun by imitating Lu Jiaoyue.
• Lu Shiyan took Lu Xiaoxiao to the makeup room, then left to practice his lines while she got ready.
• After an hour and a half, Lu Xiaoxiao emerged in pink costume and asked Lu Shiyan if she looked pretty.

Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Bai Xinyan was playing the woman who kills her character, then discovered during filming that the sword used in the scene was real. The chapter ended as Bai Xinyan’s sword plunged toward Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Xiaoxiao posted a photo of her new outfit to Moments instead of sending it directly to Ji Yunhuai.
• Wei Yun told Lu Xiaoxiao that she would film the scene where the female lead kills her, and Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Bai Xinyan was the female lead.
• Bai Xinyan’s assistant delayed her exit from the trailer, and Lu Xiaoxiao mocked her before Bai Xinyan came out and greeted Lu Xiaoxiao politely.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Bai Xinyan began filming the murder scene, and Lu Xiaoxiao realized the sword Bai Xinyan was using was real.

Lu Xiaoxiao was wounded when Bai Xinyan stabbed her with a real sword on set, and she accused Bai Xinyan of deliberately targeting her. After slapping Bai Xinyan twice, Lu Xiaoxiao was led away by Lu Shiyan, while Bai Xinyan invoked the powerful person backing her.

• Bai Xinyan stabbed Lu Xiaoxiao with a real sword, leaving a gash in her shoulder, and Wei Yun stopped the take.
• Lu Shiyan rushed to support Lu Xiaoxiao, but she confronted Bai Xinyan and accused her of intentionally stabbing her.
• Bai Xinyan claimed she had not meant to hurt Lu Xiaoxiao, and Lu Xiaoxiao slapped her twice while accusing her of a calculated attack.
• Lu Shiyan ignored Bai Xinyan's plea and urged Lu Xiaoxiao to have her wound bandaged.
• Bai Xinyan warned Lu Shiyan that letting his sister slap her meant offending the person backing her.

Lu Shiyan defended Lu Xiaoxiao against Bai Xinyan’s threats and took her to the hospital for treatment. After they left, Lu Xiaoxiao tried to ask the system about Bai Xinyan’s backer but discovered she could no longer contact it.

• Bai Xinyan demanded that Lu Shiyan make Lu Xiaoxiao apologize, but Lu Shiyan said he unconditionally believed his sister and warned Bai Xinyan that her backer’s influence could turn against her.
• Bai Xinyan confirmed her assistant had recorded the incident and vowed to use public opinion to make Lu Xiaoxiao pay.
• Lu Shiyan changed out of his Demon Lord costume before taking Lu Xiaoxiao to the hospital, where she received treatment and a tetanus shot for her shoulder wound.
• Lu Shiyan reflected on Lu Xiaoxiao’s difficult childhood and comforted her, while she praised him for standing up to Bai Xinyan.
• After leaving the hospital, Lu Xiaoxiao repeatedly called for system 037 to ask about Bai Xinyan’s backer, but it did not respond.

After the world’s consciousness tried to expel Lu Xiaoxiao for accelerating the story too much, she planned to slow the leads’ progress and learned that system 037 had gained a human form. She ended the chapter playing with 037 and checking whether Ji Yunhuai had seen her Moments post about the day’s events.

• Lu Shiyan pulled Lu Xiaoxiao away from a speeding motorcycle, and she asked him to hide her injury from the family.
• 037 told Lu Xiaoxiao that the world was rejecting her because the leads’ storyline had advanced too quickly and the world’s vitality score was nearing its limit.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to have Lu Jiaoyue cancel her banquet and encourage her to give Gu Sipei the silent treatment, while 037 said Ji Yunhuai’s relationship with her was not a problem.
• At home, 037 revealed its new ability to take the form of an invisible blond boy, and Lu Xiaoxiao shook it before coaxing it to appear again.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said she would handle Bai Xinyan herself, then checked whether Ji Yunhuai had seen her Moments post.

Lu Xiaoxiao responded to online backlash after a selectively edited video showed her slapping Bai Xinyan, then told Lu Jiaoyue to ignore Gu Sipei for ten days to prevent a world-ending threat. She began weighing how to deal with Bai Xinyan and her powerful backer before receiving a call from Ji Yunhuai.

• Lu Xiaoxiao exchanged playful WeChat comments with Ji Yunhuai, while 037 transformed into his likeness and got scolded for using him as a reference.
• Su Miaohan woke Lu Xiaoxiao and warned her that a video of her slapping Bai Xinyan had gone viral, prompting accusations that she bullied a senior actress.
• Lu Xiaoxiao posted a middle-finger photo and challenged Bai Xinyan on Weibo, while fans from both sides flooded the post with arguments and abuse.
• Lu Xiaoxiao muted Gu Sipei's WeChat notifications on Lu Jiaoyue's phone and told her to ignore him and skip his cocktail reception for ten days.
• Lu Xiaoxiao considered how to counter Bai Xinyan and learned her backer was the chairman of Starlight Entertainment, then received a call from Ji Yunhuai.

Ji Yunhuai confronted Lu Xiaoxiao for hiding that she had been bullied, then took her out to clear her head at Jiang Lei’s private riding club. He promised to handle the online backlash against her, and the chapter ended with Lu Xiaoxiao marveling at the club’s luxury.

• Ji Yunhuai called Lu Xiaoxiao after seeing posts attacking her and asked why she had not told him she was being bullied.
• Ji Yunhuai waited outside Lu Xiaoxiao’s house and invited her to go out with him.
• Ji Yunhuai teased Lu Xiaoxiao during the drive and reassured her that he would handle the online backlash and Bai Xinyan.
• Ji Yunhuai took Lu Xiaoxiao to Jiang Lei’s private riding club, where she was astonished by its scale and luxury.

Lu Xiaoxiao met Jiang Feiwan, the Jiang Family’s female head, while asking for help with her riding clothes and eagerly learned about her. At the riding arena, she reunited with Ji Yunhuai and He Mingchuan, whose crush on Jiang Feiwan became obvious, while He Mingchuan teased Ji Yunhuai about denying he liked Lu Xiaoxiao.

• Lu Xiaoxiao struggled with the buttons on her riding jacket and asked Jiang Feiwan to fasten them, then learned through 037 that Jiang Feiwan headed the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Feiwan offered to guide Lu Xiaoxiao to the arena, and Lu Xiaoxiao chatted with her about Jiang Lei and the riding club.
• Lu Xiaoxiao found Ji Yunhuai waiting with He Mingchuan, who fussed over Jiang Feiwan and was rebuffed by her.
• Ji Yunhuai introduced himself to Jiang Feiwan as Lu Xiaoxiao’s companion, while He Mingchuan interrupted and earned a sharp reprimand from Jiang Feiwan.
• Jiang Feiwan asked how Lu Xiaoxiao had met Ji Yunhuai, and He Mingchuan revealed that Ji Yunhuai had once denied liking her.

Ji Yunhuai and Lu Xiaoxiao spent the day at the riding grounds, where Lu Xiaoxiao grew close to Jiang Feiwan and teased Ji Yunhuai about his pursuit of her. On the way to dinner, Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Wei Yun was being attacked online for defending her and told Ji Yunhuai they should not leave Wei Yun to endure the abuse alone.

• Ji Yunhuai apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao for how he had treated her before, and she laughed at the reversal while He Mingchuan watched jealously.
• Jiang Feiwan offered to teach Lu Xiaoxiao to ride, and Ji Yunhuai let them go together while he and He Mingchuan agreed to race.
• Jiang Feiwan helped Lu Xiaoxiao ride a gentle white horse, and Lu Xiaoxiao quickly became smitten with her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao exchanged contact details with Jiang Feiwan before Ji Yunhuai took her to dinner and said he would introduce her to someone.
• Lu Xiaoxiao discovered that Wei Yun was facing online attacks after replacing Bai Xinyan as the lead in Spirit Abyss Chronicle and defending the props team.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai that they should act because Wei Yun was suffering abuse for speaking up for her.

Ji Yunhuai confronted Wei Linfeng over Bai Xinyan harassing Lu Xiaoxiao and demanded that Starlight Entertainment cut ties with her or face a takeover. After Ji Yunhuai confessed how much Lu Xiaoxiao’s pain affected him, she returned home and overheard Lu Yuan angrily blaming Lu Shiyan for her acting and island-show troubles.

• Ji Yunhuai took Lu Xiaoxiao to meet Wei Linfeng, Starlight Entertainment’s chairman, and threatened to replace him as chairman unless he terminated Bai Xinyan’s contract.
• Ji Yunhuai told Wei Linfeng that Lu Xiaoxiao was the woman he liked and that Bai Xinyan had been harassing her.
• On the drive home, Ji Yunhuai asked Lu Xiaoxiao to tell him if anyone mistreated her, saying that seeing her hurt pained him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao returned home flustered by Ji Yunhuai’s words, then overheard Lu Yuan scolding Lu Shiyan for involving her in acting and Desert Island Survival.
• Lu Xiaoxiao realized Lu Yuan had wrongly blamed Lu Shiyan and thought that her brother had been hurt and unfairly accused.

Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts softened Lu Yuan’s anger toward Lu Shiyan, and Lu Yuan accepted his son’s acting career and allowed him to reveal their family background. Meanwhile, Bai Xinyan discovered that the smear campaign against Lu Xiaoxiao had vanished, leaving her stunned.

• Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts urged Lu Yuan and Lu Shiyan to understand each other, and Lu Shiyan apologized for the online backlash against his sister.
• Lu Yuan reconsidered Lu Shiyan’s reasons for acting and agreed to let him reveal his family background if necessary.
• Lu Yuan praised Lu Shiyan’s achievements and reassured him that he would always be his son, leaving Lu Shiyan overwhelmed.
• Lu Shiyan asked whether Lu Yuan could hear Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts, and Lu Yuan reacted in shock.
• Bai Xinyan checked her phone and found that every trending topic she had paid for to smear Lu Xiaoxiao had disappeared.

Bai Xinyan lost Wei Linfeng’s protection after he ended her contract and forced her to retire, while Lu Shiyan’s family livestream became the internet’s biggest story. The chapter left Lu Xiaoxiao at home, following the online reaction to her second brother’s reveal.

• Wei Linfeng told Bai Xinyan he had removed the trending topics and gave her a termination agreement, saying she had offended someone more powerful.
• Bai Xinyan threatened to expose Wei Linfeng’s secrets, but he warned he would blacklist her if she did not sign by the next day.
• Bai Xinyan remembered how she had become Wei Linfeng’s mistress and risen in the industry, then signed the agreement and tried to reassure herself she could still make a living.
• Bai Xinyan announced her retirement, and industry insiders exposed her misconduct as her fans and public support turned against her.
• Three days after gaining Lu Yuan’s forgiveness, Lu Shiyan livestreamed from the Lu Family home and revealed his family, causing Weibo to malfunction.
• Lu Xiaoxiao resumed following the online gossip about Lu Shiyan after Weibo finished its repairs.

After her family connections became public, Lu Xiaoxiao went to lunch with Lu Shiyan and Ji Yunhuai to meet Wei Yun. Lu Shiyan grew wary of Ji Yunhuai’s familiarity with his sister, and Wei Yun revealed that Spirit Abyss Chronicle was on hold after investors withdrew.

• Lu Xiaoxiao checked the online reaction to the revelations that Shi Yan was from a wealthy family and that Lu Jiaoyue was Lu Shiyan’s sister.
• Lu Shiyan invited Lu Xiaoxiao to lunch on Wei Yun’s behalf, and Lu Xiaoxiao asked to bring Ji Yunhuai.
• Ji Yunhuai called Lu Shiyan “big brother” in the car, prompting Lu Shiyan to scrutinize him while Lu Xiaoxiao worried about their tense exchange.
• At the restaurant, Lu Shiyan and Wei Yun exchanged greetings as Lu Xiaoxiao quietly bickered with Ji Yunhuai and denied that he was her boyfriend.
• Wei Yun told Lu Xiaoxiao that Spirit Abyss Chronicle could not proceed for now because several investors had pulled out after Bai Xinyan’s contract was terminated.

Ji Yunhuai offered to invest five hundred million in Wei Yun’s drama after learning that Lu Xiaoxiao had praised her work, leaving Wei Yun stunned and grateful. On the drive home, Lu Xiaoxiao reflected on Ji Yunhuai’s reliability, while Lu Shiyan reluctantly warmed to him.

• Wei Yun explained that investors had withdrawn after Bai Xinyan’s retirement, but said she would revise the script and continue seeking funding.
• Lu Shiyan and Lu Xiaoxiao assured Wei Yun they still wanted to work with her and would wait for the project to resume.
• Ji Yunhuai offered five hundred million from the Ji Family and gave Wei Yun the contracts department head’s business card.
• Lu Xiaoxiao explained that Ji Yunhuai was a member of the Ji Family, and he told Wei Yun he wanted a mutually beneficial partnership based on his confidence in her work.
• On the drive home, Lu Xiaoxiao and 037 discussed Ji Yunhuai’s business prospects and the illegitimate son working at the Ji Family company.
• Lu Shiyan acknowledged that Ji Yunhuai’s investment and his decision to credit Lu Xiaoxiao improved his opinion of him.

Ji Yunhuai impressed Lu Shiyan by implying he was involved in the Ji Family company, then decided to join it so Lu Xiaoxiao’s family would take him seriously. Meanwhile, Old Master Ji warned Ji Cheng not to interfere in Ji Yunhuai’s choice of partner, and the chapter ended with Lu Yuan noticing Song Zhilan’s cold hands.

• Lu Shiyan questioned Ji Yunhuai’s role in the Ji Family company, and Ji Yunhuai answered cryptically while 037 told Lu Xiaoxiao he was bluffing.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Shiyan left, Ji Yunhuai called Old Master Ji and said he would start working at the company next week because he liked someone and wanted her family to see he was serious.
• Old Master Ji defeated Ji Cheng at chess, urged him to repair his strained relationship with Ji Yunhuai, and forbade him from investigating or interfering with Ji Yunhuai’s chosen partner.
• Old Master Ji approved of Ji Cheng promoting Fang Youcheng, suggesting the young man could become an asset to Ji Yunhuai.
• Lu Yuan tried a facial mask with Song Zhilan, then noticed her hands were cold despite her having stayed indoors.

Lu Yuan agreed to attend Song Zhilan’s father’s seventieth birthday banquet with the family, then realized Song Zhilan could hear Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts and suspected the others could too. The next day, Lu Xiaoxiao went to collect her dress, where she unexpectedly met Cui Anhe and admired the finished design.

• Song Zhilan invited Lu Yuan and the children to her father’s seventieth birthday banquet, and Lu Yuan agreed to go and prepare a gift.
• While looking through the children’s photo album, Song Zhilan and Lu Yuan reminisced about the family and noticed Lu Xiaoxiao’s strained expression in an older photograph.
• Lu Yuan asked Song Zhilan whether she could hear Lu Xiaoxiao’s thoughts, and she admitted she could; he suspected other family members might share the ability and proposed discussing it together.
• Song Zhilan told Lu Xiaoxiao about the birthday banquet, but Lu Xiaoxiao privately treated her grandfather as an unfamiliar person and left to collect her dress.
• At Luna Devereaux’s studio, Lu Xiaoxiao encountered Cui Anhe, who denied wanting to reconcile, then pointed out Lu Xiaoxiao’s burgundy dress.
• Lu Xiaoxiao admired the dress and eagerly asked Cui Anhe whether she should try it on.

Lu Xiaoxiao tried on a dress while Cui Anhe urged her to consider Cui Anze as a way to make Ji Yunhuai heartbroken. She escaped the awkward proposal by heading into the fitting room, then met designer Luna Devereaux, who praised how she looked in his dress.

• Cui Anhe admitted she hated both Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai, then asked Lu Xiaoxiao to consider her brother, Cui Anze.
• Lu Xiaoxiao tried to discourage Cui Anhe by claiming she could only feel a spark with rough people, but Cui Anhe insisted her brother could do anything.
• A shop apprentice, Jiang Han, interrupted them and helped Lu Xiaoxiao put on the dress.
• Jiang Han introduced herself as Luna Devereaux's apprentice and explained that Luna was a man who had chosen his professional name because he loved the moon.
• Luna Devereaux admired Lu Xiaoxiao in the dress, kissed her hand, and revealed that he spoke Chinese.

Lu Xiaoxiao left Luna Devereaux’s studio with a custom gown and reflected on the people she had met before teasing 037 about its new cat ears. Ji Yunhuai sent her a selfie from a business meeting, and she judged that his face was carrying his poor photography skills.

• Cui Anhe bought Lu Xiaoxiao several accessories and urged her to consider Cui Anze instead of Ji Yunhuai, then rushed out after misinterpreting Lu Xiaoxiao’s answer as a promise to make her brother like her.
• Luna Devereaux photographed Lu Xiaoxiao in the gown, and Jiang Han explained that the designer had been pleased with how Lu Xiaoxiao brought the dress to life.
• Back at the Lu Family home, Lu Xiaoxiao told 037 she thought Cui Anze was nice, then discovered 037 had given itself fluffy cat ears and playfully petted them.
• Lu Xiaoxiao exchanged messages with Ji Yunhuai about his bland opener and mocked the awkward pickup lines he found online.
• Ji Yunhuai sent Lu Xiaoxiao a selfie in a couture suit from a conference room, and she told him his face was doing all the heavy lifting while his photography needed work.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Ji Yunhuai flirted over messages, and Ji Yunhuai shared that he was preparing to take on work at the Ji Group despite his strained relationship with his father. Two days later, the Lu Family set out for Old Mr. Song’s seventieth birthday banquet, with Lu Bochen joining them and gently accepting Lu Yubai’s apology.

• Lu Xiaoxiao accidentally called Ji Yunhuai “Little Chick,” then asked where he was and learned he was visiting the Ji Group to prepare for his new responsibilities.
• Ji Yunhuai told Lu Xiaoxiao that he and his father did not get along and promised to explain the complicated reasons later; 037 revealed that Ji Cheng’s other son, Fang Youcheng, was already a department manager.
• Lu Xiaoxiao sent Ji Yunhuai a head-patting sticker, and their teasing conversation ended with Ji Yunhuai admitting that talking to her made him want to see her and restless while he worked.
• Song Zhilan arranged professional styling for the Lu Family before they left for Old Mr. Song’s seventieth birthday banquet.
• Lu Xiaoxiao encouraged Lu Bochen to speak up if he felt unwell, and Lu Yubai apologized for his past careless words; Lu Bochen smiled and nodded to show he forgave him before getting into the car beside Lu Xiaoxiao.

Lu Xiaoxiao and her family attended the Song Family elder’s birthday banquet, where Xie Qingli’s pointed remarks about Lu Xiaoxiao’s dress were defused by Lu Jiaoyue. After the adults left the younger guests together, Song Chaoyue spoke with Lu Jiaoyue and asked why she had not called him Cousin.

• Lu Xiaoxiao reviewed the Song Family’s relationships and decided to keep a low profile at the banquet.
• The Lu Family arrived at the Song Family Old Residence, where Xie Qingli greeted Song Zhilan and thanked Lu Yuan for helping Song Chaoyue’s business.
• Xie Qingli criticized Luna Devereaux’s exclusive approach and tried to engage Lu Bochen, who retreated behind Song Zhilan without answering.
• Xie Qingli made a lukewarm comment comparing Lu Xiaoxiao’s gown with Lu Jiaoyue’s, and Lu Jiaoyue enthusiastically praised her sister and her own dress.
• Song Zhilan and Lu Yuan left with Xie Qingli after asking Lu Xunli and Lu Shiyan to look after the younger siblings.
• Lu Yubai asked Song Chaoyue about his game company, and Song Chaoyue explained his VR open-world project before asking Lu Jiaoyue why she had not called him Cousin.