Chapter Summaries

Gu Luosheng was nearly hanged in an abandoned factory, but Ye Nanshen arrived and rescued her from the rope. A masked attacker then set the factory on fire, trapping Ye Nanshen and the unconscious Gu Luosheng inside.

• Gu Luosheng's kidnappers received an order to hang her in an abandoned factory, matching the death she remembered from the novel.
• Tiger and Turtle put a rope around Gu Luosheng's neck, and she began to suffocate while thinking of Ye Nanshen.
• Ye Nanshen burst into the factory, shot the three kidnappers, and took Gu Luosheng down from the beam while she was still alive.
• A masked man set fire to the gasoline around the factory and said Gu Luosheng should die in the flames.
• Ye Nanshen shielded the unconscious Gu Luosheng, but a fallen wooden beam blocked the exit as the fire spread.

After Di Yu rescued Gu Luosheng from the burning building, he learned that her death would destroy the world and trap him there forever. Gu Luosheng recovered in the hospital with Ye Nanshen, while Di Yu was kicked out and left wanting to talk to her.

• Di Yu learned that Gu Luosheng had become the true female lead and that her death would make him vanish, so he and the three men put out the fire and rescued her.
• Gu Luosheng woke in the hospital and accused Di Yu of trying to kill her, while he insisted he liked her and had saved her.
• Ye Nanshen arrived and shoved Di Yu aside, then explained that he had found Gu Luosheng by hearing her thoughts.
• Di Yu claimed he had lost control because of a mental illness, but Gu Luosheng rejected his excuse and refused to talk with him.
• Ye Nanshen kicked Di Yu out of the room, and a nurse warned him to stop shouting.

After Gu Luosheng recovered from the fire, Ye Nanshen stayed by her side and reassured her before leaving to punish Di Yu for nearly killing her. Ye Nanshen began torturing Di Yu and planned to keep him suffering for the next two days.

• Gu Luosheng found burns on Ye Nanshen's arm and urged him to rest at home.
• Ye Nanshen admitted he was afraid of losing Gu Luosheng, and she comforted him before they lay down together.
• After Gu Luosheng fell asleep, Ye Nanshen confronted Di Yu and dragged him into a dark room.
• Ye Nanshen ordered his men to drive steel nails into Di Yu's fingers, then stepped on his hand and ordered further torment.
• Ye Nanshen threatened to make Di Yu suffer for two days, cleaned blood from his shoes, and went back to see Gu Luosheng.

After leaving the hospital, Gu Luosheng returned to filming and learned that Taita's new variety show would start the next day. She mocked fans supporting Gu Luoxi's comeback, then refused An Ning's invitation to attend a doctors' conference.

• Gu Luosheng left the hospital with Ye Nanshen and asked him to take her for hot pot.
• Gu Luosheng made up a week of missed work on set as filming for her drama neared its end.
• Taita announced that his new variety show, "Crazy Girl and Her Crazy Friends," would begin the next day and told Gu Luosheng to prepare.
• Gu Luosheng joked with Taita about being single and rejected his hint that she might meet handsome men on the show.
• Gu Luosheng criticized online fans who wanted Gu Luoxi to return to the industry and said she intended to rule show business herself.
• An Ning asked Gu Luosheng to accompany her to a doctors' conference, but Gu Luosheng refused.

An Ning asked Gu Luosheng for help after suspecting Gu Chi had feelings for someone else, and the two went to the hospital. An Ning mistook Gu Chi’s persistent companion, Zheng Xincheng, for a romantic rival, while Gu Chi struggled to get Zheng to undergo a hemorrhoid procedure.

• An Ning told Gu Luosheng she had fought with Gu Chi and suspected he liked someone else, so Gu Luosheng agreed to go with her to the hospital.
• An Ning promised Gu Luosheng five million to stay at the hospital conference, and they spotted Gu Chi arriving with Zheng Xincheng.
• An Ning explained that Zheng was a wealthy newcomer who had spent a month following Gu Chi around, and Gu Luosheng wondered if her brother liked men.
• Gu Chi told Zheng Xincheng that another doctor would perform his hemorrhoid procedure, but Zheng begged him to handle it and insisted on accompanying him to the conference.
• Zheng Xincheng said he was rich, stingy, and willing to let Gu Chi spend his money, but Gu Chi refused and walked away.

Zheng Xincheng agreed to undergo hemorrhoid surgery only if Gu Chi performed it, prompting Gu Luosheng to mistake their interaction for a romance. When An Ning walked away after seeing them together, Gu Chi realized she had misunderstood and hurried after her to explain.

• Zheng Xincheng agreed to surgery but insisted that Gu Chi perform it, and Gu Chi warned him to sign a liability form.
• Gu Luosheng photographed Zheng Xincheng gripping Gu Chi's sleeve and teased them as a couple when An Ning saw them.
• Gu Luosheng and Zheng Xincheng traded insults until Gu Luosheng asked how far he and Gu Chi had gone.
• Zheng Xincheng described a consultation in Gu Chi's office as getting a room, making Gu Chi suspect An Ning had misunderstood.
• Gu Chi followed An Ning and explained that Zheng Xincheng was his patient seeking hemorrhoid surgery.

Gu Chi reconciled with An Ning before the meeting, while Gu Luosheng rejected Zheng Xincheng and left him to struggle with the advanced subject matter. Perfect Crime ended by revealing Gu Luosheng’s character Fan Xiaoman as the killer, leaving viewers stunned by the finale.

• Gu Chi apologized to An Ning, and they made up after she warned him not to cheat on her.
• Zheng Xincheng approached Gu Luosheng, but she rejected him and mocked his ability to understand the meeting.
• Gu Luosheng and Wang Lang revealed that Fan Xiaoman had killed the female tenant in Perfect Crime.
• The story showed how Fan Xiaoman used a camera, a mirror, and substituted medication to carry out the murder.
• Fan Xiaoman entered prison without regretting the killing, and viewers reacted with surprise at the reveal.

After filming Perfect Crime wrapped, Gu Luosheng celebrated Fan Xiaoman’s reception and teased Wang Lang about turning down major film offers. She then joined the live variety show in a ridiculous costume, where she mocked the bike app and recognized Gu Luoxi beneath her fox makeup before the rest of the eccentric cast gathered.

• Viewers praised Gu Luosheng’s performance as Fan Xiaoman, and Gu Luosheng posted that the character chose crime but ultimately could not escape justice.
• Gu Luosheng left the set and learned Wang Lang had turned down several big-budget film offers, though he promised she would find out why later.
• Gu Luosheng arrived at the live variety show wearing a turtle shell and complained when the rental bicycle would not lock.
• Gu Luosheng identified Gu Luoxi beneath her fox makeup and mocked her appearance and Director Tai’s choice to cast her.
• Gu Luosheng met the rest of the cast, including Di Yu dressed as the King of Hell, Wang Lang in a clown costume, and Zheng Xincheng.

Gu Luosheng reluctantly joined the Madman's Hut variety show after Taita offered her more gold, then learned the contestants had to sell assigned items on the street. Their bizarre props and costumes sparked jokes and livestream speculation about the masked participants, including Gu Luoxi and Zheng Xincheng.

• Gu Luosheng agreed to film with Taita after he offered her ten more gold bars.
• The host announced that the contestants would sell items for three hours, with the top earners choosing performances and the bottom two having to perform.
• The host rushed the contestants into agreeing before a muscular man handed them their sales items.
• Gu Luosheng received a Disciplinary Ruler, the clown got a broken umbrella, and the fox girl was given green tea, prompting Gu Luosheng to tease her.
• The King of Hell received Talisman Paper, while Zheng Xincheng was given an empty bottle that the host said represented air.

Gu Luosheng tried to sell disciplinary rulers during the variety-show challenge, struggling to find customers until she outsmarted Di Yu and made her first sale. The chapter ended with viewers speculating about the handsome-sounding mystery commentator who praised her.

• Gu Luosheng rode a shared bike while singing about selling disciplinary rulers, then frightened a schoolchild with her sales pitch.
• Gu Luosheng tried selling a ruler to an elderly man, but he could not hear what she was saying.
• Gu Luosheng interrupted Di Yu as he sold talisman paper and convinced a woman whose husband was cheating to buy a disciplinary ruler by pointing out clues about her situation.
• Di Yu accused Gu Luosheng of stealing his customer, and she explained how she had noticed the woman's camera, appearance, phone wallpaper, and detective's message.
• A mystery commentator praised Gu Luosheng, prompting livestream viewers to call for a face reveal.

Gu Luosheng poached Gu Luoxi’s customers by selling out her Disciplinary Rulers, then advised Clown Brother on how to market umbrellas. She returned to the set, where Zheng Xincheng had spent the day chatting instead of selling anything.

• Gu Luosheng heard Gu Luoxi pitching green tea stems to a crowd and encouraged the men to demand that Gu Luoxi remove her makeup.
• When Gu Luoxi refused, Gu Luosheng redirected the crowd to her Disciplinary Rulers and sold them all by promising customers a chance to touch her turtle shell.
• Gu Luosheng declined to help Gu Luoxi, teased her about failing to sell, and left her with the crowd.
• Gu Luosheng advised Clown Brother to sell each umbrella as a unique work of art, then returned to the set.
• Gu Luosheng found Zheng Xincheng chatting with the crew and learned that he had not gone out to sell his empty bottles.

Gu Luosheng won the selling contest and chose Gu Luoxi to bark as her punishment. After Gu Luoxi reluctantly complied, Clown Brother chose a punishment for Gu Luosheng and asked her to show her abs.

• Gu Luosheng teased Zheng Xincheng for failing to sell anything and gave him the nickname Mr. Chicken.
• The host announced the contestants' earnings: Gu Luosheng made one hundred yuan, Clown Brother made fifty, King of Hell made thirty, and Gu Luoxi and Zheng Xincheng made nothing.
• Gu Luosheng chose Gu Luoxi's punishment and told her to bark like a dog.
• Gu Luoxi reluctantly imitated a dog, and Gu Luosheng encouraged viewers to record the moment to promote the show.
• Clown Brother chose Gu Luosheng's punishment and asked her to show her abs, prompting her to ask whether he had an eight-pack.

Gu Luosheng outwitted Zheng Xincheng in a string of wordplay questions, then teased him after he showed off his abs. The first task ended, and the host announced a no-laughing challenge that would begin with Gu Luosheng as the livestream salesperson.

• The teachers in the observation room joked that Gu Luosheng and Zheng Xincheng would make a good couple, but the mysterious Teacher Wan disagreed sharply.
• Gu Luosheng asked Zheng Xincheng three riddles, and he failed to answer any of them.
• Zheng Xincheng showed his abs, but Gu Luosheng and Sang Ran mocked how hard he had to strain to display them.
• The host ended the first task and explained that the cast would play a no-laughing challenge, with anyone who laughed getting doused with water.
• The host said the audience comments had chosen Gu Luosheng to act as the livestream salesperson.

Gu Luosheng performed an improvised livestream-shopping skit while dressed as Miss Turtle, drawing the others into the act. Zheng Xincheng and Wang Lang were exposed when they laughed and got doused with water, while Gu Luosheng kept pitching the plush at a steeply discounted price.

• Gu Luosheng sat at a prop table and pretended to sell a Bighead Carp plush for 199 yuan with bonus items.
• A props assistant played along, and Zheng Xincheng laughed before a basin of water revealed his face.
• Gu Luosheng continued her sales pitch, pretending to ignore calls from the brand and promising an even lower price.
• Wang Lang burst out laughing and was doused with water, revealing his identity to the livestream viewers.
• Gu Luoxi held back her laughter as Gu Luosheng announced she would slash the price to 19.9 yuan.

Gu Luosheng entertained viewers with a mock product sale, introduced the variety show guests, and faced threats after the livestream ended. Ye Nanshen traced the harassers, and a mysterious account exposed alleged misconduct by several livestream sellers.

• Gu Luosheng jokingly sold a hundred discounted units, then added ten thousand more orders when viewers asked for them.
• Gu Luosheng, Zheng Xincheng, Gu Luoxi, and Di Yu introduced themselves before the host ended the livestream.
• The premiere became a trending topic, and Gu Luosheng received threatening private messages after viewers praised her for revealing livestream selling tricks.
• Gu Luosheng posted screenshots of the threats on Weibo and mocked the senders for hiding behind newly registered accounts.
• Ye Nanshen traced the harassers' IP addresses, and a mysterious black-avatar account posted claims about unsafe or fraudulent products sold by several livestreamers.

After Gu Luosheng’s livestream sparked a wave of streamer exposés, she and Ye Nanshen celebrated their relationship at home. The next morning, Gu Luosheng confronted a woman who claimed to be a doctor’s daughter and came to treat Ye Nanshen, showing her their marriage certificate and driving her into a rage.

• Gu Luosheng worried that the streamers she exposed would curse her, and Ye Nanshen promised to protect her while agreeing to let her vent first.
• Gu Luosheng playfully surprised Ye Nanshen in the dark bedroom, and they went to bed together.
• The next morning, Auntie Wang told Gu Luosheng that a woman claiming to be a doctor’s daughter had come to treat Ye Nanshen.
• Gu Luosheng told the woman that she and Ye Nanshen were married and had Auntie Wang bring their marriage certificate.
• When the woman insulted Gu Luosheng for being an actress, Gu Luosheng taunted her by saying Ye Nanshen liked her despite her flaws, leaving the woman furious.

Gu Luosheng traded barbs with Zhao Chenchen, the attending physician’s daughter, before forcing her to explain why she had come to see Ye Nanshen. Zhao Chenchen revealed that Ye Nanshen was about to die, leaving Gu Luosheng furious and demanding the truth.

• Gu Luosheng mocked Zhao Chenchen for her arrogance, and Zhao Chenchen introduced herself as the daughter of Ye Nanshen’s attending physician.
• Zhao Chenchen argued that her medical skills were superior, while Gu Luosheng and Auntie Wang continued to provoke her.
• Zhao Chenchen said she had come to see Ye Nanshen, but Gu Luosheng told her to explain her business instead.
• Gu Luosheng seized Zhao Chenchen’s arm and forced her to talk.
• Zhao Chenchen said Ye Nanshen was ill and told Gu Luosheng to let him go because she could not save him.
• Zhao Chenchen revealed that Ye Nanshen was about to die, and Gu Luosheng threatened her for saying so.

Zhao Chenchen revealed that Ye Nanshen needed to have a child to stay alive, and Gu Luosheng realized this explained his supposed suicide in the original plot. Gu Luosheng drove Zhao Chenchen away, then went to Ye Nanshen's company to confront him about hiding the truth.

• Zhao Chenchen told Gu Luosheng that Ye Nanshen needed a child to survive and claimed she could save him.
• Gu Luosheng understood the reason behind Ye Nanshen's original-plot suicide and insisted she would not give him up.
• Gu Luosheng called Ye Nanshen and learned he did not know who Zhao Chenchen was; she then had Auntie Wang escort Zhao Chenchen out.
• Feeling unsettled by Ye Nanshen's secrecy, Gu Luosheng went to his company and waited outside his meeting room.
• Ye Nanshen opened the door, saw Gu Luosheng crouching there, and asked what was wrong.

Gu Luosheng learned that Ye Nanshen had postponed having a child only because he wanted her to enjoy her freedom, and she asked him to start a family with her. Later, while filming the show, she eyed Di Yu with resentment and learned that the cast would play tug-of-war.

• Gu Luosheng reunited with Ye Nanshen, and he carried her to his office when she said her feet had gone numb.
• Gu Luosheng asked whether Ye Nanshen wanted children, and he told her he wanted their child but had delayed having one for her sake.
• Gu Luosheng told Ye Nanshen she wanted them to have a baby, and they agreed to let it happen naturally.
• Gu Luosheng and Ye Nanshen confessed their love, kissed, and Ye Nanshen had his assistant bring her a change of clothes after hers were torn.
• Gu Luosheng admitted she held a blood feud against Di Yu, then complained about the show's tug-of-war game before Taita reminded her they were live and asked her to promote the sponsor.

Gu Luosheng turned a rope promotion into a sales success, then took charge of the cast’s tug-of-war warm-up and team selection. After Di Yu suspected her draw was rigged, the slips were revealed to all be threes, leaving Gu Luosheng and Wang Lang as teammates.

• Gu Luosheng promoted the rope by joking about its uses for bungee jumping and kidnapping, prompting viewers to demand the shopping link and rival brands to seek her endorsements.
• During the warm-up, Gu Luosheng corrected Gu Luoxi’s movements and teased Zheng Xincheng about his wasteful habits.
• Di Yu asked to team up with Gu Luosheng, but she instead produced a box of numbered slips to draw teams.
• Gu Luosheng drew number three and announced that Wang Lang would be her teammate.
• Di Yu opened the box and found every slip marked three, while Gu Luosheng explained why she had avoided choosing the others.