Chapter Summaries

Gu Luosheng rejected Xue Han’s confession with a string of cutting jokes and explained that she had only liked him in school because he was worse than her at PE. She returned to the dorm, while she and Ye Nanshen remained apart as he attended a busy shareholders’ meeting.

• Gu Luosheng met Xue Han while walking through the village at night and warned him not to mention any brands.
• Xue Han said he had joined the company because Gu Luosheng was there and confessed that he wanted a serious relationship with her.
• Gu Luosheng compared Xue Han to a crow pursuing a phoenix and mocked him until he realized she was rejecting him.
• Xue Han asked whether Gu Luosheng had liked him in school, and she said she liked him because he always came last in PE.
• Gu Luosheng said she would not get angry over Xue Han and went back to the dorm to sleep before filming.

Gu Luosheng filmed a tense interrogation scene while trading jokes with the cast and missing Ye Nanshen. After her scene ended, she questioned Taita’s choice to give her character an unimpressive ex-boyfriend.

• Gu Luosheng video-called Ye Nanshen, fell asleep during their call, and woke feeling rested.
• Taita gathered the cast for filming, and Gu Luosheng teased Gu Luoxi about her sleepless night.
• During a scene, Zeng Xiaoxiao questioned Fan Xiaoman about a murder and revealed that the victim knew Fan’s ex-boyfriend.
• Fan Xiaoman denied having a motive, avoided Zeng Xiaoxiao’s accusations, and privately showed a darkened expression.
• After filming her scene, Gu Luosheng asked Taita why he had not given her character a handsome ex-boyfriend.

Gu Luosheng was recognized by fans at a steamed bun shop, then found herself trapped alone with its knife-wielding owner, who had recognized her from the shop’s camera. As he prepared to kill her, she recalled Ye Nanshen and learned that the killer had murdered more than the three victims authorities had discovered.

• Gu Luosheng answered her fans’ questions with absurd advice, and the shop owner emerged to silence the noisy crowd.
• The owner came at Gu Luosheng with a knife, while the fans fled without her and her phone lost its signal.
• The owner accused Gu Luosheng of seeing something on the shop camera and threatened to kill her; her System had no weapons to offer.
• Gu Luosheng remembered Ye Nanshen and said she did not want to leave him as the owner raised his knife.
• Gu Luosheng remarked that villains died because they talked too much, and the owner admitted he had killed more than the three victims who had been found.

Gu Luosheng survived an attack and, while unconscious, chose to remain in the book rather than return to her original world. She woke beside Ye Nanshen, who had captured her attacker, and asked whether she would still receive the 4.5 million.

• Gu Luosheng threw pepper in her attacker’s face and ran, but Ye Nanshen arrived and gunshots rang out as she collapsed in his arms.
• While Gu Luosheng lay unconscious, Ye Nanshen threatened the private doctor and stayed by her side.
• In a strange realm, Gu Luosheng learned she could return to her original world, where she was in a vegetative state, but chose to stay in the book for Ye Nanshen.
• Gu Luosheng woke and Ye Nanshen held her, admitting he blamed himself for what happened.
• Ye Nanshen told Gu Luosheng that her attacker had been caught, and she asked whether she would still get the 4.5 million.

Gu Luosheng reunited with Ye Nanshen and joked that she had stayed with him instead of going to another world, then the two spent time together in bed. As news of her role in catching a murderer spread online, Gu Luosheng clarified that she had acted for the 4.5 million reward.

• Gu Luosheng told Ye Nanshen that she had refused to leave him for another world, and they became intimate.
• The doctor blocked Gu Luoxi from visiting Gu Luosheng and insulted her, while Gu Luoxi threatened to expose his affair.
• Online users praised Gu Luosheng for helping police catch a murderer and worried about her after a misleading trending topic appeared.
• After Ye Nanshen massaged her in the bath, Gu Luosheng posted that she had helped for the 4.5 million reward.

Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen shared a tender conversation about their golden ages and their future together. Meanwhile, Taita worried Ye Nanshen would blame him for Gu Luosheng’s danger, as a dusty woman arrived asking for her and Gu Luoxi began livestreaming.

• Gu Luosheng praised the public’s civic spirit, and Ye Nanshen told her she was the most important part of his golden age.
• Ye Nanshen explained that he had rushed to Gu Luosheng by private plane because he sensed she was in danger, and they promised to cherish their time together.
• Taita fretted that Ye Nanshen would kill him, while Wang Lang joked that he could take over directing the drama.
• A dusty woman arrived and urgently asked where Gu Luosheng was, and Gu Luoxi discreetly started a livestream.
• Gu Luosheng appeared in a white dress and asked the woman what she wanted.

Cheng Yao begged Gu Luosheng to work with her brand again, but Gu Luosheng refused and warned her not to attack her online. As filming resumed, Taita checked that Gu Luosheng was all right, while Gu Luoxi watched her gain more followers and was assigned to play a ghost NPC.

• Cheng Yao knelt and grabbed Gu Luosheng's calf, asking for another chance to work together and offering double pay and creative control.
• Gu Luosheng refused Cheng Yao's offer, citing the unpaid work and wasted time from their previous deal, and told her not to stir up trouble online.
• Gu Luosheng teased Taita about his lack of sponsors and ex-girlfriend, then reassured him that she was all right.
• Gu Luoxi grew furious as Gu Luosheng's popularity rose by more than a million followers.
• Taita told Gu Luoxi to prepare to play an NPC dressed as a ghost.

Gu Luosheng improvised a comedic haunted-house scene with Fan Xiaoman, drawing laughs during a livestream. After filming, she reunited with Ye Nanshen and agreed to go to dinner with him, ending their flirtatious exchange with a joke about taking concubines.

• Fan Xiaoman and Zeng Xiaoxiao entered the haunted house, where Zeng Xiaoxiao screamed at an NPC while Fan Xiaoman criticized the ghost's appearance.
• Gu Luosheng mocked Gu Luoxi's ghost performance and moved on, while Taita praised her improvisation for bringing the character to life.
• The haunted-house livestream ended, and viewers flooded Gu Luosheng's page with comments about her upcoming drama.
• Ye Nanshen embraced Gu Luosheng after filming and invited her to dinner in the city, and she agreed to go with him.
• Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen joked about her seizing the throne and taking concubines before their banter turned flirtatious.

Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen visited the Xie Family villa for dinner, where Gu Luosheng clashed with Cong Xiaoxiao over her behavior toward Ji Yun'er and Xie Zhu. When Cong Xiaoxiao volunteered to cook, Gu Luosheng made her take responsibility, while Ji Yun'er worried she owed her sister.

• Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen arrived at the Xie Family villa and met Cong Xiaoxiao, whose revealing dress prompted Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen to mock her taste.
• Ji Yun'er greeted Gu Luosheng excitedly, and Cong Xiaoxiao insinuated that Ji Yun'er was interested in Ye Nanshen.
• Gu Luosheng defended Ji Yun'er, and Xie Zhu warned Cong Xiaoxiao not to make jokes about her sister.
• Cong Xiaoxiao suggested eating at home and offered to cook, so Gu Luosheng insisted she prepare the meal and mocked her claim that women should be skilled at everything.
• Ji Yun'er tried to help Cong Xiaoxiao, but Gu Luosheng stopped her and asked whether she would hand over her husband and current life to her sister.

Gu Luosheng urged Ji Yun'er to investigate Cong Xiaoxiao, and the two women uncovered evidence that Cong Xiaoxiao was obsessed with Xie Zhu and wanted to take him from her sister. Ji Yun'er was left devastated and asked how Gu Luosheng knew so much, prompting Gu Luosheng to claim Cong Xiaoxiao had stolen money from her.

• Gu Luosheng persuaded Ji Yun'er to check Cong Xiaoxiao's room, and Ji Yun'er invited her to come along.
• Ye Nanshen and Xie Zhu exchanged congratulations and teased each other about their wives while Cong Xiaoxiao struggled in the kitchen and imagined becoming the lady of the Xie Family.
• Ji Yun'er found her photos cut up, then discovered Xie Zhu's discarded clothes and underwear in Cong Xiaoxiao's wardrobe along with condoms and Cong Xiaoxiao's photos.
• Ji Yun'er opened Cong Xiaoxiao's computer and found many photos of Xie Zhu; Gu Luosheng said Cong Xiaoxiao had stalked him and had a record as a thief.
• Ji Yun'er asked Gu Luosheng how she knew so much, and Gu Luosheng said Cong Xiaoxiao had stolen money from her.

Gu Luosheng helped Ji Yun'er recognize Cong Xiaoxiao's betrayal, and Ji Yun'er decided to turn the tables after discovering a surveillance screen aimed at the master bedroom. At dinner, Ji Yun'er and Gu Luosheng publicly embarrassed Cong Xiaoxiao, while Ji Yun'er remained distant from her sister.

• Gu Luosheng told Ji Yun'er that Cong Xiaoxiao had stolen from her and warned that her sister had become a worse person, leaving Ji Yun'er grateful and disappointed.
• A screen connected to a camera fell near the doorway, and Gu Luosheng and Ji Yun'er realized Cong Xiaoxiao had been spying on the master bedroom.
• Ji Yun'er told Gu Luosheng to leave while she changed, planning to give Cong Xiaoxiao something to watch, and Gu Luosheng returned to the living room with Ye Nanshen.
• Cong Xiaoxiao served dinner while Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen flirted, and Cong Xiaoxiao grew jealous as she considered both Ye Nanshen and Xie Zhu potential partners.
• Ji Yun'er emerged from the bedroom wearing a dress that outshone Cong Xiaoxiao's, and Gu Luosheng mocked Cong Xiaoxiao's appearance.
• Cong Xiaoxiao angrily took Gu Luosheng's remarks personally, while Ye Nanshen and Xie Zhu backed Gu Luosheng and Ji Yun'er told Cong Xiaoxiao to sit down.

At dinner, Gu Luosheng exposed Cong Xiaoxiao’s past jobs while Cong Xiaoxiao tried to get close to Xie Zhu. Ji Yun'er confronted her sister and produced a photograph of Xie Zhu that Cong Xiaoxiao had been carrying, leaving Cong Xiaoxiao’s scheme exposed.

• Cong Xiaoxiao tried to charm Xie Zhu, but he rebuffed her and told her to watch what she said.
• Gu Luosheng alluded to Cong Xiaoxiao’s night jobs, and Ye Nanshen explained how Gu Luosheng had learned about them from Ye Group records.
• After dinner, Cong Xiaoxiao approached Xie Zhu, prompting Ji Yun'er to warn her to keep her distance from her brother-in-law.
• Cong Xiaoxiao cried and denied having designs on Xie Zhu, but Ji Yun'er accused her of trying to take her place.
• Ji Yun'er pulled a shirtless photograph of Xie Zhu from Cong Xiaoxiao’s dress and demanded an explanation.

Ji Yun'er exposed Cong Xiaoxiao's greed and threw her out of the Xie Family villa. Outside, Gu Luosheng found An Ning, who had lost her living expenses and had nowhere to go, and asked her what had happened.

• Gu Luosheng teased Ye Nanshen before he sealed her lips, while Ji Yun'er confronted Cong Xiaoxiao over her motives for joining the Xie Family.
• Ji Yun'er and Xie Zhu confirmed that Cong Xiaoxiao had no right to stay in the villa, and Ji Yun'er ordered her belongings thrown out.
• Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen left the villa and mistook An Ning, sitting outside in disarray, for a ghost.
• An Ning told Gu Luosheng that the An Family had cut off her living expenses and she could neither afford rent nor return home.
• Gu Luosheng asked An Ning what had happened, and An Ning began explaining that someone had framed her.

An Ning told Gu Luosheng how An Xin and her mother had framed her and gotten her thrown out of the An Family home. Gu Luosheng arranged for Gu Chi to take An Ning home, leaving An Ning flustered by his attentive care and Gu Luosheng’s teasing.

• An Ning said An Xin and her mother had accused her of putting something in her father’s tea, and the old man had kicked her out of the house.
• Gu Luosheng offered An Ning a place to stay with the Gu Family and persuaded her not to risk staying in a hotel.
• Gu Chi arrived after Gu Luosheng secretly texted him, then put his jacket over An Ning’s shoulders and took her suitcase.
• Gu Luosheng teased An Ning about living with Gu Chi, while Gu Chi told An Ning not to take his little sister seriously.
• An Ning hurried into the car with Gu Chi, worried Gu Luosheng would make more suggestive remarks.

An Ning rode home with Gu Chi, learned from his messages that he had rushed to rescue her, and settled in at the Gu Family home. While Xia Zhiyun and Gu Luosheng secretly watched the pair, Gu Luosheng asked Xia Zhiyun to protect An Ning if An Xin visited.

• Gu Chi gave An Ning his phone, and she read the chat showing how quickly he had come to help her after learning she was stranded.
• Gu Chi reassured An Ning that he rejected women who approached him, then flirted with her during the drive to the Gu Family home.
• Gu Chi told An Ning that his parents were asleep, and she happily ate the food he had arranged while waiting for her room.
• Xia Zhiyun and Gu Luosheng secretly watched An Ning and Gu Chi from the master bedroom doorway and wondered how close they were getting.
• Gu Luosheng asked Xia Zhiyun to help An Ning if An Xin came to the house, and Xia Zhiyun promised to deal with her.

Ye Nanshen and Gu Luosheng grew closer during a teasing night together, while Gu Chi and An Ning shared an awkwardly intimate moment at the Gu family home. The chapter left Gu Chi hopeful that he would be able to see An Ning often.

• Ye Nanshen teased Gu Luosheng about helping cure his insomnia, while she distracted him with jokes and food.
• Ye Nanshen carried Gu Luosheng to the middle of the bed and guided her as they became more intimate.
• At the Gu family's home, An Ning and Gu Chi watched an explicit movie and both felt flustered by the atmosphere.
• An Ning lost her balance and touched Gu Chi's abs before apologizing and retreating to her bedroom.
• Gu Chi savored the lingering warmth of An Ning's touch and felt glad that he could see her often from then on.

An Ning and Gu Chi shared breakfast alone at the Gu house after his parents left on a weeklong trip, and Gu Chi told her he had become a doctor so he could meet her. On set, Gu Luosheng learned that her character’s stepfather had only two minutes of screen time and had lost all his money.

• An Ning woke late and found Gu Chi preparing breakfast while the rest of his family was away.
• Gu Chi told An Ning his parents had left for a week and that his mother knew she was staying there.
• An Ning took Gu Chi’s hand, and they ate breakfast together as he confessed he had gone to work at the hospital so he could meet her.
• Gu Luosheng arrived on set, where Taita asked her to audition an extra for the role of her stepfather.
• Taita explained that Gu Luosheng’s stepfather had little screen time and had been swindled out of all his money.

Gu Luosheng interviewed her former homeroom teacher Liu Song for an acting role and got revenge by making him perform humiliating audition exercises. She and Ye Nanshen then posted matching messages on Weibo, while Taita’s post landed between theirs and made him look like their third wheel.

• Gu Luosheng recognized Liu Song, her former homeroom teacher, when he came to audition for the stepfather role.
• Gu Luosheng teased Liu Song with impossible tests from subjects he did not teach, then had him act like a beggar.
• Gu Luosheng posted that the breeze was lovely, and Ye Nanshen soon posted that the air was mild and lovely.
• Taita’s complaint about the weather appeared between their posts, prompting fans to joke that he was a neglected third wheel.

Gu Luosheng warned Taita to delete a suggestive Weibo post before He Yue arrived on set, where she complained about the filming location and fawned over Taita’s money. He Yue then heard Jiang Xingchen accuse Gu Luosheng of getting close to Taita and decided to put her in her place, despite Jiang’s warning about Ye Nanshen.

• Gu Luosheng teased Taita about his Weibo post and reminded him that speculation about his ex He Yue could cause trouble, so Taita deleted it.
• He Yue arrived on set in a white dress, and Gu Luosheng joked about her looking like Sadako.
• He Yue complained to Taita about the sandy filming location, then became affectionate when he claimed he was saving money to buy her an expensive gift.
• Gu Luosheng teased Taita about He Yue as the crew prepared to film.
• Jiang Xingchen told He Yue that Gu Luosheng was too close to Taita and warned her not to underestimate Gu Luosheng because Ye Nanshen backed her.
• He Yue decided she would put Gu Luosheng in her place.

He Yue disrupted the filming and insisted she could replace Gu Luosheng, so Taita let her try the scene. After He Yue was beaten during the take, Taita revealed he had returned to her partly to recover the money she owed him, while Gu Luosheng mocked He Yue.

• He Yue criticized the filming and challenged Gu Luosheng, who quit the scene and invited He Yue to take her place.
• He Yue stepped onto the set to act as Fan Xiaoman, but called out Taita's name after being stuffed into a sack and beaten.
• Gu Luosheng teased Taita, and he admitted he wanted to get back the money He Yue owed him and focus on his career.
• He Yue returned bruised and swollen, complained that Taita had chatted with Gu Luosheng, and was mocked by Gu Luosheng.