Chapter Summaries

Fang Ning woke up in the body of the troublemaking wife in a novel and recognized the Ji family from the story she had read. She recalled the original Fang Ning’s selfish marriage to Ji Xiangnian and the miserable fate awaiting her.

• Fang Ning woke in a lavish mansion as servants asked what she wanted for dinner.
• The butler told Fang Ning that Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangzhou would be away, while Ji Xiangchen would return home.
• Fang Ning recognized the names as belonging to the heroine and her brothers in the novel Cold Girl, Don't Even Think of Escaping.
• Fang Ning realized she had become the original Fang Ning, Ji Xiangnian’s troublemaking wife and a doomed supporting character.
• Fang Ning recalled how her father revived an old marriage agreement after Ji Xiangnian restored the Ji family’s fortune, and how she married him for his money.

Fang Ning woke in the body of a villainous supporting actress and decided to enjoy her wealthy marriage to Ji Xiangnian rather than follow the system’s mission. She rejected the system’s ten-million reward and began ordering an extravagantly expensive meal, despite the household’s plans for healthy food.

• Fang Ning recalled that the original owner had stirred up trouble to win Ji Xiangnian’s affection and had been destined to die, but she resolved to behave and secure a generous divorce settlement instead.
• The Villainous Supporting Actress System ordered Fang Ning to cause trouble around the female lead and complete her death mission, offering ten million as a reward.
• Fang Ning compared the reward with the millions in monthly allowance Ji Xiangnian gave the original owner and refused the system’s mission.
• The butler asked Fang Ning what she wanted to eat, explaining that Young Master Xiangchen was coming home and the planned meal was light and healthy.
• Fang Ning ordered costly lobsters, fried crabs, premium greens, chili peppers, and expensive wine, insisting that everything be expensive.

After discovering her beauty and wealth, Fang Ning met her younger brother-in-law Ji Xiangchen as he returned home expecting a cold welcome. Her cheerful greeting confused him, and he wondered who the smiling woman in his house was.

• Fang Ning admired her appearance in the camera and found that her savings far exceeded what she had saved in her previous life.
• Fang Ning went downstairs and learned from the butler that the modest meal was for Ji Xiangchen, who was coming home after filming.
• Fang Ning recalled Ji Xiangchen's difficult family relationships and his rise from a disliked star to a celebrated actor.
• Ji Xiangchen returned home angry after a conflict on set and expected the family to greet him coldly.
• Fang Ning greeted Ji Xiangchen with a bright smile, and he mistook the villa for the wrong house before realizing he was home.

Fang Ning tried to show care for her husband’s younger brother, Ji Xiangchen, while secretly mocking his strict diet in her thoughts. Ji Xiangchen heard her unspoken remarks and was left wondering whether he had injured his head.

• Ji Xiangchen recognized Fang Ning as his newly married older brother Ji Xiangnian’s wife and silently judged their age difference.
• Ji Xiangchen objected to the rich dinner because he was trying to lose weight, and Fang Ning realized the butler had prepared it to celebrate his filming wrap.
• Fang Ning’s thoughts urged her to care for the lonely Ji Xiangchen, and he unexpectedly heard them, causing his anger to fade and his ears to redden.
• Fang Ning apologized and took responsibility for the meal, so Ji Xiangchen agreed to eat despite his weight-loss plan.
• Fang Ning ate lobster while teasing Ji Xiangchen’s salad in her thoughts, and Ji Xiangchen heard her again and wondered if he had hit his head.
• Fang Ning noticed Ji Xiangchen’s strange expression and asked if something was wrong.

Ji Xiangchen discovered that he could hear Fang Ning’s thoughts and spent the night obsessing over her insult about his diet meals. Fang Ning learned that Ye Mumu had exploited the original owner and taken out insurance on her, then agreed to meet her so she could put the fake best friend in her place.

• Ji Xiangchen summoned Doctor Zhou, but the doctor found nothing wrong with his brain.
• Ji Xiangchen accepted that he had gained the ability to hear other people’s thoughts and fixated on Fang Ning saying even a dog wouldn’t eat his diet meals.
• Fang Ning learned from the system that Ye Mumu had manipulated the original owner for money and taken out insurance on her.
• Fang Ning agreed to meet Ye Mumu in three days and decided to confront the fake best friend.

Fang Ning tried to build a good-sister-in-law relationship with Ji Xiangchen, then discovered his manager was exploiting and manipulating him. She walked toward Ji Xiangchen as the system warned her not to interfere with the plot.

• Fang Ning asked Ji Xiangchen whether he had slept well, prompting him to resent her for reminding him of the previous night's awful food.
• Ji Xiangchen mocked Fang Ning's milk and bread, but she took his remark as concern and advised him to eat more healthily.
• Fang Ning privately concluded that Ji Xiangchen was on his man-period, and he overheard her.
• Fang Ning went out to explore the city and prepare for life after her divorce, then encountered Ji Xiangchen at a hot pot restaurant.
• Fang Ning learned from the system that Ji Xiangchen's manager, Zhou Li, psychologically manipulated him and sold videos of his outbursts to paparazzi.
• Fang Ning walked toward Ji Xiangchen while the system urged her not to interfere with the plot.

Fang Ning joined Ji Xiangchen and Zhou Li at hot pot and confronted Zhou Li for berating her brother-in-law over an incident with a celebrity. She left Ji Xiangchen surprised by her support and urged him to fire Zhou Li and mock the celebrity’s injury.

• Fang Ning introduced herself to Zhou Li as Ji Xiangchen’s sister-in-law and joined their meal.
• Fang Ning learned Zhou Li had been berating Ji Xiangchen over a celebrity whose hand he had injured.
• Fang Ning called Zhou Li a possible spy and advised Ji Xiangchen to fire him.
• Fang Ning sarcastically told Ji Xiangchen to send the celebrity fifty yuan and have him cut his finger again to preserve evidence.

Fang Ning drove Ji Xiangchen’s suspicious manager away and encouraged Ji Xiangchen over hot pot before receiving an angry call from her own manager, Wu Qing. She agreed to take the variety-show opportunity Wu Qing had secured, declaring that she had moved on from being love-addled.

• Fang Ning sarcastically questioned Zhou Li about being a spy, making him leave in a hurry.
• Fang Ning privately praised herself for helping Ji Xiangchen, then warned him that Zhou Li might be a spy, though Ji Xiangchen declined to replace his manager.
• Fang Ning offered to fight anyone for Ji Xiangchen for a fee, and he appeared more relaxed despite doubting she could help.
• After Ji Xiangchen left, Wu Qing called Fang Ning and berated her for refusing a variety-show opportunity.
• Fang Ning remembered how the original owner had rejected work for love and told Wu Qing she would accept the production and variety-show opportunity.

Fang Ning agreed to star in Director Wang’s drama and learned that the Ji siblings had grown distant after their parents’ deaths. The system then warned her that the female lead was returning with a man who had recently cheated on her, including with a married woman.

• Sister Qing asked Fang Ning whether she would film Director Wang’s drama, and Fang Ning agreed to honor her contract.
• Sister Qing told Fang Ning that Ji Xiangchen also had a role and suggested they discuss how to handle their relationship on set.
• Fang Ning returned to the Ji Family villa and found that Ji Xiangchen, Ji Xiangyi, and Ji Xiangzhou were all absent.
• Uncle Li told Fang Ning that the Ji siblings had not gathered for dinner or smiled happily in over ten years since their parents died.
• Fang Ning asked the system how to make the Ji siblings smile, and the system said the female lead would soon return with a man who had recently cheated on her.

Fang Ning met Ji Xiangyi and her boyfriend, Mr. Zhao, and invited them to dinner while suspecting he was a scoundrel. During the meal, she probed him about his relationship history and family, leaving her efforts to expose him unresolved.

• Ji Xiangyi arrived at the villa with a man Fang Ning suspected was her boyfriend, and Fang Ning admired Ji Xiangyi's beauty.
• Fang Ning invited Ji Xiangyi and Mr. Zhao to stay for dinner, and Mr. Zhao introduced himself as Ji Xiangyi's boyfriend.
• Ji Xiangyi heard Fang Ning's enthusiastic thoughts in her mind and wondered if she was hallucinating.
• Fang Ning served a lavish dinner and asked Mr. Zhao about his past relationships, but he claimed Ji Xiangyi was his first love.
• Fang Ning questioned Mr. Zhao about where he lived, where he came from, and his parents' ages, while he frowned at her remarks.

Ji Xiangyi slapped Zhao Cheng after Fang Ning’s inner voice revealed that he was cheating, then sent him away and tried to comfort herself. Later, Ji Xiangyi’s assistant confirmed Zhao Cheng had been seeing two women, while the investigation into Fang Ning found nothing unusual so far.

• Fang Ning’s thoughts revealed that Zhao Cheng had been with two women, prompting Ji Xiangyi to recall suspicious sounds during their calls.
• Ji Xiangyi slapped Zhao Cheng and ordered him out, threatening to withdraw the Ji Family’s investment in the Zhao Family.
• Zhao Cheng left, and Fang Ning praised Ji Xiangyi and offered comfort as Ji Xiangyi continued eating.
• Ji Xiangyi stayed at the Ji Family Villa and worked late after taking on a major role in the family business.
• Ji Xiangyi’s assistant reported that Zhao Cheng had been close to two women and that two women had left his home that morning.
• Ji Xiangyi learned that the investigation had found nothing unusual about Fang Ning so far.

Ji Xiangyi learned that Fang Ning and Ji Xiangchen would film romantic scenes together and became curious enough to order a report, while realizing she could hear Fang Ning’s thoughts. In the United States, Assistant Zheng informed Ji Xiangnian about the production news.

• Ji Xiangyi’s assistant told her Fang Ning had confronted Ji Xiangchen’s manager and would soon film romantic scenes with Ji Xiangchen.
• Ji Xiangyi ordered the assistant to investigate the production, gave him an extra month’s salary, and told him Zhao Cheng was no longer her boyfriend.
• Fang Ning invited Ji Xiangyi to share barbecue, and Ji Xiangyi heard Fang Ning’s thoughts again, confirming the strange ability was real.
• Assistant Zheng interrupted Ji Xiangnian’s important work in the United States to tell him that Fang Ning and Ji Xiangchen would share a production with romantic scenes.

Ji Xiangnian reflected on his strained relationship with his younger siblings and his practical marriage arrangement with Fang Ning before calling her. Meanwhile, Fang Ning went to bed after discussing a variety show with her agent, but an international call woke her.

• Assistant Zheng asked Ji Xiangnian whether someone should investigate Ji Xiangchen filming a romantic scene with Fang Ning, but Ji Xiangnian refused.
• Ji Xiangnian remembered his siblings' silence when he announced his marriage and wondered whether he had failed as their older brother.
• Ji Xiangnian recalled that he and Fang Ning had agreed to a three-year marriage contract without romantic expectations.
• Ji Xiangnian called Ji Xiangchen twice, but Ji Xiangchen did not speak with him.
• Ji Xiangnian called Fang Ning, while Fang Ning later went to bed after discussing a variety show with her agent.
• Fang Ning was awakened by a persistent call from an international number.

Fang Ning spoke with Ji Xiangnian, who asked her to watch over Ji Xiangchen on their shared production and promised to honor a previous request concerning her father. After hearing Fang Ning’s private conversation with her system inside his head, Ji Xiangnian worried that something was wrong with his brain and called for a doctor.

• Ji Xiangnian called Fang Ning to confirm that she and Ji Xiangchen would be filming with the same production crew.
• Fang Ning claimed the termination fee for the production was about a hundred million, but Ji Xiangnian said he was only asking about the situation.
• Ji Xiangnian asked Fang Ning to keep an eye on Ji Xiangchen and offered to agree to her previous request concerning her father in return.
• Fang Ning agreed, then tried unsuccessfully to learn more about her deal with Ji Xiangnian.
• Ji Xiangnian heard Fang Ning’s unspoken conversation with her system and, after hanging up, asked Assistant Zheng to summon Doctor William.

Ji Xiangnian worried about his younger siblings’ futures and resolved to spend more time with them once work slowed down. Meanwhile, Ji Xiangchen questioned his manager Zhou Li’s loyalty and prepared to warn Fang Ning that working closely with him might harm her career.

• Ji Xiangnian considered his siblings’ dependence on him, then took out cigarettes and decided to spend more time at home after his busy stretch.
• Zhou Li reminded Ji Xiangchen to work hard on Director Wang’s production, control his temper, and avoid dating rumors with his co-star.
• Ji Xiangchen recalled how an actress’s career had suffered after she was photographed having dinner with him and felt guilty about dragging her down.
• Ji Xiangchen asked Zhou Li whether he had been sent by the competition to undermine him, then dismissed him and learned he would leave for the production the next day.
• Ji Xiangchen remembered that Fang Ning would play his blood-related older sister in the production and set out for the Ji Family Villa to warn her not to get too close to him.

Ji Xiangyi learned that Fang Ning and Ji Xiangchen’s drama had no romantic scenes, then received a visit from Xia Qing, who was actually hoping to see Ji Xiangnian. After deciding to leave work early and thinking about Fang Ning, Ji Xiangyi’s brother arrived home and asked the butler where Fang Ning was.

• Ji Xiangyi read the information about Fang Ning and Ji Xiangchen’s historical drama and found that they played siblings with no romantic scenes.
• Xia Qing visited Ji Xiangyi with pastries, then asked whether Ji Xiangnian had returned from abroad.
• Ji Xiangyi realized Xia Qing had come because she was interested in Ji Xiangnian and gave the pastries to her assistant after Xia Qing left.
• Ji Xiangyi told her assistant she would not work overtime and would handle urgent documents the next morning.
• Fang Ning accepted an advertisement and prepared her script before joining the production the next day.
• Ji Xiangchen returned to the villa and asked the butler where Fang Ning was.

Ji Xiangchen warned Fang Ning not to reveal their relationship or get close to him because he feared his bad luck would hurt her. Fang Ning learned about his painful past and tried to reassure him, leaving Ji Xiangchen quietly wrestling with his guilt.

• Ji Xiangchen found Fang Ning in the garden and asked whether she knew they would be filming for the same production.
• Ji Xiangchen asked Fang Ning to keep their relationship secret on set and avoid getting too close to him.
• Fang Ning used the system to learn that Ji Xiangchen had once been close to a girl who was attacked by anti-fans after their connection was exposed online.
• Fang Ning guessed Ji Xiangchen's warning came from what happened to that girl and told him she was used to bad luck.
• Ji Xiangchen reflected on believing he had caused his parents' car accident and the girl's misfortune, while Fang Ning told him to stop CPUing himself.

Fang Ning reassured Ji Xiangchen and invited him to dinner, where Ji Xiangyi unexpectedly joined them. The twins bickered over why they had come, but Fang Ning’s cheerful hospitality brought them together at the table.

• Fang Ning told Ji Xiangchen to stop worrying, eat a proper dinner, and prepare to return to the set.
• Ji Xiangyi startled Fang Ning, then said she had come to eat with her; Ji Xiangchen also said he was there to eat with Fang Ning.
• Fang Ning dismissed the system’s concerns and decided the twins’ behavior was their special way of showing affection.
• Fang Ning served Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangyi plenty of food, prompting both to worry about gaining weight.
• The butler watched the twins eat peacefully with Fang Ning and wiped away a tear.

Fang Ning tried to draw the aloof Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangchen into conversation, but their awkward efforts to accommodate her led both to offer to drive her to the set. Ji Xiangchen left shocked by Ji Xiangyi’s unusual warmth toward Fang Ning.

• Fang Ning offered Ji Xiangyi and Ji Xiangchen dried little fish, and both changed their minds when they realized their refusals might seem cold to her.
• Fang Ning told Ji Xiangyi she would be filming at the set the next day and regretted that they would not eat together.
• Ji Xiangyi offered to take Fang Ning to the set and bring her home in time to share a meal.
• Ji Xiangchen said he worked on the same production and would drive Fang Ning instead, but neither sibling conceded.
• Ji Xiangchen watched Ji Xiangyi leave and wondered why she had come home for Fang Ning and acted so warmly toward her.

Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangyi each suspected the other of having an ulterior motive for getting close to Fang Ning, though both wanted to protect her. The next morning, Ji Xiangyi went to pick Fang Ning up, while her assistant mistakenly assumed she was meeting a lover.

• Ji Xiangchen questioned Ji Xiangyi about her interest in Fang Ning, and Ji Xiangyi accused him of having an agenda of his own.
• Ji Xiangchen and Ji Xiangyi separately decided to keep an eye on each other to prevent the other from harming Fang Ning.
• Ji Xiangyi summoned her assistant early and told him to come with her to pick someone up before Ji Xiangchen could get there first.
• Ji Xiangyi greeted Fang Ning warmly at the Ji Family villa, and her assistant realized she had gone to meet her sister-in-law rather than a lover.
• Another car appeared as Ji Xiangyi's assistant watched her greet Fang Ning.