Ch. 521Hope of Getting Married

Xiao Yu helped Su Shu lower her matchmaking requirements and received a flood of applications, then began his fortune-telling draw without his absent assistant Xia Mo. The first winner, Wu Ran, asked about a university case involving a student who killed a classmate while defending herself, and began describing what happened afterward.

  • Xiao Yu lowered Su Shu’s partner requirement to a monthly income of 50,000, and dozens of viewers emailed her to apply.
  • Su Shu said she would chat with the applicants while Xiao Yu promised to vet them and read the fortunes of those who emailed.
  • Xiao Yu noticed that Xia Mo’s absence had reduced the stream’s interaction, gifts, and popularity score.
  • Xiao Yu connected with the first winning viewer, Wu Ran, a twenty-one-year-old university student.
  • Wu Ran asked about a female student who killed a classmate while defending herself from molestation, then began explaining how the case continued after the classmate’s parents attempted suicide.

Ch. 522Much the Same, but with a Twist

Wu Ran asked Xiao Yu to uncover the truth behind Zhou Jia’s claim that she had killed Hu Ming in self-defense. Xiao Yu accused Zhou Jia of fabricating the stalking and assault story, and warned that recovered phone records could expose her, leaving her breaking down.

  • Wu Ran told Xiao Yu that he had overheard Zhou Jia confess to stabbing Hu Ming twice more to make sure he was dead.
  • Xiao Yu called Zhou Jia and said he had uncovered details about her premeditated murder of Hu Ming, prompting her to insist she had acted in self-defense.
  • Xiao Yu accused Zhou Jia of forging love and harassment letters in Hu Ming’s handwriting to make it appear he had targeted her rather than Yu Xin.
  • Xiao Yu said Zhou Jia had worn Yu Xin’s clothes and lured Hu Ming out by claiming someone was forcing himself on Yu Xin, then stabbed Hu Ming and staged the scene.
  • Xiao Yu warned Zhou Jia that the police could recover her deleted chat history from Hu Ming’s phone, which had been kept among his belongings.

Ch. 523I Didn't Commit a Crime, So Why Should I Turn Myself In?

Xiao Yu revealed to Zhou Jia that Yu Xin had manipulated her into killing Hu Ming, then arranged a test to expose Yu Xin’s true feelings. When Zhou Jia proposed that they turn themselves in together, Yu Xin refused and asked her to take all the blame.

  • Xiao Yu told Zhou Jia that Yu Xin had used her affection to prompt her to kill Hu Ming and urged her to follow his plan to uncover the truth.
  • Though she insisted she trusted Yu Xin, Zhou Jia agreed to Xiao Yu’s arrangements and met Yu Xin at a teahouse.
  • Zhou Jia lied that the police had uncovered evidence linking Yu Xin to the crime and asked what they should do.
  • Yu Xin refused to turn herself in, saying the police had no proof and that she had not committed a crime.
  • Yu Xin asked Zhou Jia to take all the blame and promised she would support her after she got out of prison.

Ch. 524If you committed a crime, you had to own up to it

After Yu Xin abandoned Zhou Jia to take the blame alone, Xiao Yu persuaded Zhou Jia to turn herself in and use the letters and messages to expose Yu Xin’s role in Hu Ming’s murder. The court gave Zhou Jia a three-year suspended sentence and sentenced Yu Xin to five years in prison.

  • Yu Xin refused to share responsibility for Hu Ming’s murder and left Zhou Jia, insisting she was an outsider and would not turn herself in.
  • Zhou Jia called Xiao Yu, who urged her to confess and use the letters as evidence that Yu Xin had instigated the killing.
  • Zhou Jia turned herself in and gave the police evidence and a detailed account, leading them to bring Yu Xin in for questioning.
  • Yu Xin denied involvement until Zhou Jia pointed out the letters and phone messages; the police separated them and established the truth.
  • The court gave Zhou Jia a three-year suspended sentence, while Yu Xin received a five-year prison sentence.

Ch. 525We made a promise

After Xiao Yu’s livestream exposed Yu Xin’s cruelty and Zhou Jia’s role in the case, Liu Shan talked with her parents about her relationship with Xiao Yu and their promise to remain immortal lovers. The conversation ended when Liu Shan learned her former colleague Xing Fei had asked Xiao Yu to save her injured undercover narcotics-officer boyfriend.

  • Xiao Yu ended the discussion of Zhou Jia and Hu Ming’s case, and Wu Ran said he was satisfied with the truth before leaving the livestream.
  • Liu Shan and her parents watched Xiao Yu’s livestream and discussed his wealth, generosity, and relationship with Liu Shan.
  • Liu Shan told her parents that Xiao Yu was her first love and that they had promised to remain immortal lovers for life.
  • Liu Shan suddenly wondered whether she would one day have to watch her parents grow old and die while she remained with Xiao Yu.
  • Su Hui recognized Xing Fei on the livestream and explained that her undercover narcotics-officer boyfriend had been tortured and taken to the hospital, so Xing Fei had asked Xiao Yu for help.
  • Liu Shan confidently said Xiao Yu would save Xing Fei’s boyfriend because he could do anything.

Ch. 526Helping his aunt find a husband

Xiao Yu helped Su Shu screen marriage candidates, then brought her back to Magic City to meet the remaining prospects. After returning to his fortune-telling shop, he found Lin Xixi and He Lu watching it and settled in to rest.

  • Xiao Yu and Su Shu reviewed the candidates’ profiles and fortunes, rejecting most and keeping ten she found acceptable.
  • Xiao Yu arranged for the remaining candidates to meet Su Shu in Magic City, and Liu Shan teased her about finding a husband.
  • Xiao Yu and Liu Shan returned to Magic City with Su Shu after spending the night at her family home.
  • Xiao Yu arranged a room for Su Shu and went to his fortune-telling shop, where Lin Xixi and He Lu were watching it while Fan Baixing visited a grave.
  • Xiao Yu tried to nap outside the shop as the girls played with Little Apple, then decided to play mobile games instead.

Ch. 527Hope will come at last

Xiao Yu tried to give the despairing Zhang Long hope by explaining how he kept doing good despite criticism and setbacks. He then predicted Zhang Long would win 2,000 yuan on a lottery ticket and sent him to buy one before continuing the fortune-telling.

  • Fan Baixing returned from visiting graves with his old classmate Zhang Long, whose family losses and repeated misfortunes had left him isolated and dejected.
  • Zhang Long asked Xiao Yu whether his future would remain bleak, hinting that he saw little reason to keep living.
  • Xiao Yu described enduring online abuse for doing good deeds and argued that other people's cruelty should not determine whether Zhang Long continued living kindly.
  • Xiao Yu told Zhang Long that bad luck would fade, hope would come, and effort would be rewarded.
  • Xiao Yu predicted that Zhang Long would win 2,000 yuan if he bought a lottery ticket, and Zhang Long eagerly went to buy one.

Ch. 528Being alive was wonderful

Xiao Yu helped Zhang Long regain the will to live by warning him about future calamities and advising him how to avoid them. Zhang Long left with his old classmate Fan Baixing as a new brother, feeling hopeful about life.

  • Zhang Long returned with lottery tickets and learned he had won 2,000 yuan, while Xiao Yu warned him of several future calamities.
  • Xiao Yu described how Zhang Long could face trouble as a courier, lose his savings to a coworker, suffer an assault after helping someone, and be deceived in a relationship.
  • Li An interrupted Xiao Yu’s fortune-telling, and Xiao Yu dismissed him before advising Zhang Long to stay positive and accept his warnings as a chance to avoid disaster.
  • Zhang Long offered Xiao Yu his parents’ necklace, but Xiao Yu refused it and asked him instead to spread positivity and keep the family keepsake.
  • Xiao Yu encouraged Zhang Long and Fan Baixing to become closer, and they agreed to be brothers before leaving together for a meal.

Ch. 529Bad teeth-I couldn't live on hard work!

Xiao Yu helped Li An court Fang Pei, met his new neighbor, and returned home to resume streaming with Xia Mo. The chapter ended as Xia Mo announced a new platform gift and rank for their livestream room.

  • Xiao Yu let Fang Pei choose a Protective Jade for free and told Li An to take the girls home later.
  • Xiao Yu helped his new neighbor carry a refrigerator, then embarrassed her with a joke about living off a woman.
  • Liu Shan went downstairs to help the neighbor and smooth over Xiao Yu's awkward introduction.
  • Xiao Yu returned to his livestream and was glad to see Xia Mo hosting again; they exchanged coded reassurances about her staying.
  • Xia Mo announced the livestream's new Celestial Master Token gift and exclusive rank.

Ch. 530An exclusive livestream gift

Xiao Yu's livestream drew a surge of viewers as Yanjing Platform launched expensive Celestial Master Tokens, and Mu Jin won a fortune-reading slot. Xiao Yu began examining Mu Jin's company crisis but found the resulting script strange.

  • Xiao Yu saw that Celestial Master Tokens cost ten thousand yuan a month and included special rankings and animated effects.
  • Xia Mo promoted token activations during the gift draw, and viewers who activated tokens won all three slots.
  • A former top female streamer complained that Xiao Yu was receiving special treatment as her popularity fell.
  • Orange Era joined the livestream and praised the dramatic animation that accompanied the video call.
  • Mu Jin described how his research team had left for a competitor after he appointed a capable employee to lead a major project.
  • Xiao Yu activated the Heavenly Mechanism Canon to examine Mu Jin's future and found the script strange.

Ch. 531With an attitude that bad, you still wanted another chance?

A month earlier, Ren Yao and Cao Han plotted to push employees out of one company and poach them for another while sharing confidential work results. On Xiao Yu’s livestream, he exposed their scheme to Mu Jin, demanded they return the poached employees and resign, and Mu Jin rewarded Xiao Yu with a year of Celestial Master Token.

  • A month earlier, Ren Yao and Cao Han planned to use their relationship to exchange employees and company research while pursuing promotions.
  • Xiao Yu told Mu Jin he could resolve the mass resignations but warned that Ren Yao’s professional ability masked a promotion scam.
  • Ren Yao blocked Xiao Yu, so he called Cao Han, who answered with insults and then admitted he knew about the scheme.
  • Xiao Yu ordered Cao Han to return the poached employees, finish his work, and resign, and he sent Ren Yao a message condemning her betrayal of Mu Jin.
  • Mu Jin thanked Xiao Yu for exposing Ren Yao and activated the Celestial Master Token eleven times to pay for a full year.

Ch. 532He Had Only Himself to Blame

Cao Han and Ren Yao tried to undo the damage caused by their scheme, but Ren Yao’s later misconduct cost her both her job and her relationship. Xiao Yu’s livestream then turned to Xiong Xing, whose shocking story about the child he raised left Xiao Yu and the viewers stunned.

  • Cao Han and Ren Yao argued over who had exposed their affair, then agreed to persuade the former coworkers to return to Mu Jin’s company and resign themselves.
  • Ren Yao apologized to her former coworkers, who accepted her apology and returned to Mu Jin’s company.
  • After the work was finished, Ren Yao refused to resign, so Mu Jin fired her and released a video of her trying to seduce him.
  • Cao Han learned about the video and broke up with Ren Yao, leaving her without her job or relationship.
  • Xiao Yu continued his livestream and heard Xiong Xing ask about a child he had raised who called a stranger their father and mocked him.

Ch. 533Bro, I never asked you to raise me

Xiong Xing recounted how he discovered Feng Qiu’s past, stayed married for years, and raised Feng Zhi despite their estrangement. When Feng Qiu sought a divorce, Feng Zhi chose to leave with her and called Xiong Xing his enemy, leaving the livestream chat stunned before it erupted.

  • Xiong Xing recalled marrying Feng Qiu after a brief courtship and accepting Feng Zhi as an orphaned relative she wanted to raise.
  • Xiong Xing said a hospital visit revealed Feng Qiu had had her tubes tied and had lied about being a virgin, after which she admitted she did not know who Feng Zhi’s father was.
  • Xiong Xing said he stayed with Feng Qiu to avoid humiliation, began another relationship, and continued providing for Feng Qiu and Feng Zhi.
  • Feng Qiu later asked to divorce Xiong Xing and marry another rich man, while Xiong Xing hoped Feng Zhi would stay with him.
  • Feng Zhi rejected Xiong Xing, said he had never asked him to raise him, and chose to leave with Feng Qiu and her new partner.
  • The livestream chat fell silent briefly after Xiong Xing finished, then exploded.

Ch. 534The human heart is frightening-truly vile!

Xiao Yu began investigating Xiong Xing’s request for revenge and called Feng Qiu to confront her about their marriage. Feng Qiu denied Xiong Xing’s account and accused him of years of abuse and infidelity, leaving the livestream viewers stunned by her version of events.

  • Xiong Xing asked Xiao Yu to help him make Feng Qiu and her son pay for the years of betrayal and humiliation.
  • Xiao Yu decided to tell Feng Qiu’s fortune first and resolved that she should not enjoy happiness at Xiong Xing’s expense.
  • Xiao Yu called Feng Qiu and confirmed that Xiong Xing had told him she cheated and left him for another man.
  • Feng Qiu claimed Xiong Xing had abused her, cheated for nine years, and kept her from divorcing him.
  • The livestream viewers reacted with shock as Feng Qiu angrily denounced Xiong Xing and presented her own account.

Ch. 535Aren't you just a streamer with no limits?

Xiao Yu exposed Feng Qiu’s hidden past during a livestream and identified Bi Wei as Feng Zhi’s biological father. Feng Qiu denied his claims, but Xiao Yu warned that the conversation and her past would soon spread across the internet.

  • Xiao Yu questioned Feng Qiu about deceiving Xiong Xing and concealing Feng Zhi’s parentage, and she angrily denied everything.
  • Xiao Yu recounted Feng Qiu’s teenage relationships, secret pregnancy, and the circumstances in which she left Feng Zhi with her grandparents.
  • Xiao Yu described how Feng Qiu later pursued a wealthy man, obtained a job, and met Xiong Xing.
  • Xiao Yu named Bi Wei as Feng Zhi’s biological father and offered to arrange a paternity test, while Feng Qiu continued to deny his claims.
  • Xiao Yu said he was a fortune-telling streamer who had donated a billion yuan and warned Feng Qiu that viewers and people from her past would expose her.

Ch. 536Hang up? You wouldn't dare!

Xiao Yu forced Feng Qiu to admit that she had deceived Xiong Xing and demanded repayment of her son’s pocket money, calculating the debt at 1.08 million. Feng Qiu agreed to pay, but Xiao Yu stopped her from hanging up to make one final demand.

  • Xiao Yu threatened to find Feng Qiu’s son’s biological father and arrange a paternity test if she hung up.
  • Feng Qiu broke down and admitted she had bad-mouthed Xiong Xing to her son, turning him against him.
  • Xiao Yu argued that the monthly pocket money Xiong Xing had given Feng Zhi was obtained through deception and should be repaid.
  • Xiao Yu calculated nine years of pocket money at 1.08 million, and Feng Qiu agreed to pay it back.
  • Xiao Yu stopped Feng Qiu from hanging up and began to state his final demand.

Ch. 537One million to beat someone up for me!

Xiao Yu helped Xiong Xing recover his money and get an apology from Feng Qiu and Feng Zhi, then ended his livestream. Afterward, their new neighbor Duan Rou arrived with Liu Shan and offered Xiao Yu one million to beat up a man, leaving him shocked by her violent demand.

  • Feng Qiu forced Feng Zhi to apologize to Xiong Xing and Xiao Yu on the livestream, then quickly disconnected after Feng Zhi insulted them.
  • Xiong Xing thanked Xiao Yu for helping him recover his money and pledged to keep supporting his livestream.
  • Xiao Yu accepted Xiong Xing’s gratitude as viewers celebrated the livestream’s outcome.
  • After Xiao Yu ended the livestream at midnight, Liu Shan brought their neighbor Duan Rou to ask for his help.
  • Duan Rou offered Xiao Yu one million to beat up a man and said she wanted him crippled or killed that night.

Ch. 538One dragon, two phoenixes? An outrageous view of love

Duan Rou told Xiao Yu and Liu Shan how Pi Chenning had deceived her and her best friend into becoming his girlfriends at the same time. The story left Duan Rou recounting how they had even accepted his outrageous claim that they were both his “wings.”

  • After learning Duan Rou wanted her ex beaten, Xiao Yu warned her that violence could make things worse and revealed he knew she had moved to hide from him.
  • Duan Rou mistook Xiao Yu for a detective and excitedly admired him before agreeing to explain what had happened.
  • Duan Rou said Pi Chenning had staged a rescue with his coworkers to win her trust when she was in college.
  • Pi Chenning used the same seduction scheme on Duan Rou and her best friend, and both secretly became his girlfriends.
  • Duan Rou and her best friend discovered Pi Chenning had slept with them both and had persuaded them to accept being his two “wings.”

Ch. 539Your life is tea leaves on a coffee table

Duan Rou told Xiao Yu and Liu Shan how Pi Chenning had blackmailed and harassed her for years, and Xiao Yu promised to deal with him. Duan Rou stayed the night at their home, where their affectionate banter only made her feel more miserable about her own love life.

  • Duan Rou explained that Pi Chenning had extorted money from her with private photos and continued stalking and harassing her after she stopped paying.
  • Liu Shan described how Pi Chenning obstructed the move, followed Duan Rou, and left a note threatening to return the next morning.
  • Xiao Yu understood why Duan Rou had offered him a million and assured her that handling scoundrels was his specialty.
  • Duan Rou said she might jump off a building if Xiao Yu could not help, so Liu Shan and Xiao Yu invited her to stay overnight.
  • Liu Shan prepared to ready a guest room while Xiao Yu agreed to let her handle the housework, and Duan Rou tearfully watched their affectionate exchange.

Ch. 540Here's a Multiple-Choice Question for You

Xiao Yu confronted Pi Chenning over his persistent harassment and learned that Pi intended to extort money from Duan Rou for the rest of his life. After Pi confirmed that only death or losing the ability to harass her would stop him, Xiao Yu offered him two choices.

  • Xiao Yu opened the door to Pi Chenning and told him Duan Rou was inside.
  • Pi Chenning insulted Xiao Yu, demanded money from Duan Rou, and tried to force his way into the house.
  • Xiao Yu slapped Pi Chenning hard enough to knock out several teeth, then asked why he kept harassing Duan Rou.
  • Pi Chenning admitted that he saw Duan Rou as a permanent source of money and planned to pester her indefinitely.
  • After Pi confirmed that only death or losing his ability to harass Duan Rou would stop him, Xiao Yu offered him a choice between jumping from a building and being taken somewhere with no way out.
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