Chapter Summaries

After waking up in a novel as Xia Zhi, who was destined to die at Lu Heng’s hands, she tried to accept his divorce demand while hiding her thoughts. Lu Heng heard her inner voice, changed his mind about the divorce, and the chapter ended with him demanding that she sign again after she unexpectedly hugged him.

• Lu Heng presented Xia Zhi with a divorce agreement and accused her of taking lovers.
• Xia Zhi recalled the plot that ended with her death and resolved to sign the agreement without provoking Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng discovered he could hear Xia Zhi’s thoughts as she claimed she was willing to let him go.
• When Xia Zhi began signing, Lu Heng took the agreement and told her to copy a passage instead.
• Lu Heng decided not to divorce Xia Zhi, and she pretended to celebrate before throwing herself into his arms.
• Lu Heng tore himself away from Xia Zhi and demanded that she sign the divorce agreement immediately.

Xia Zhi learned that she had to reform Lu Heng or disappear, just as she was about to sign their divorce agreement. Lu Heng discovered he could control his corruption, and Xia Zhi was left voiceless before a mysterious reward appeared to be revealed.

• Lu Heng gave Xia Zhi a wet wipe, then told her to copy a passage before he would sign the divorce agreement.
• Sponge appeared to Xia Zhi and explained that she had to reform Lu Heng or vanish when his corruption reached one hundred.
• Lu Heng heard Xia Zhi’s exchange with Sponge and raised his corruption, causing Xia Zhi to lose her voice as punishment.
• Lu Heng realized he could control his corruption and lowered it again, restoring Xia Zhi’s score and earning her a reward.
• Sponge told Xia Zhi to open her eyes and look, and she stared wide-eyed at Lu Heng.

Xia Zhi received one hour of X-ray vision and became determined to use it to win money on scratch cards, while Lu Heng tried to keep her at home. She rushed to leave before her power expired, but Lu Heng caught her wrist.

• Xia Zhi used her X-ray vision to admire Lu Heng's physique, then accidentally saw a private part and covered her eyes in shock.
• Xia Zhi realized she could use her vision to search scratch cards for a million-yuan prize, but Lu Heng told her to reheat dinner.
• Xia Zhi hurriedly warmed the food while calculating how little time remained before her X-ray vision expired.
• Xia Zhi tried to leave for the convenience store, but Lu Heng made her sit with him until he finished eating.
• Xia Zhi finally ran for the door, and Lu Heng grabbed her wrist to stop her.

Xia Zhi tried to reach a convenience store before a lottery deadline while Lu Heng insisted on taking her to a pharmacy, and she feared his unusual behavior meant he planned to kill her. Lu Heng deliberately kept her from buying a ticket, leaving Xia Zhi certain he was thwarting her on purpose.

• Lu Heng held Xia Zhi’s hand and offered to accompany her to buy medicine, while Xia Zhi decided she needed to escape from him.
• Xia Zhi discussed her mission with Little Sponge, who advised her to make Lu Heng fall in love with her before the female lead appeared.
• Lu Heng heard Xia Zhi call him a murderer and tightened his grip as he dragged her toward the shops.
• Xia Zhi tried to run into the convenience store before the lottery deadline, but Lu Heng pulled her back and took her to the pharmacy.
• After buying medicine, Xia Zhi tried to lead Lu Heng to the convenience store, but he refused to move or let go of her hand.
• Lu Heng smiled as Xia Zhi concluded that he was deliberately stopping her from buying a lottery ticket.

Xia Zhi tried to win back the money she had lost, but Lu Heng took her home and made her take medicine for her sore throat. When Lu Heng announced he would stay the night and share her bed, Xia Zhi panicked and tried to avoid him by claiming she did not know how to change the bedding.

• Xia Zhi went to the convenience store to buy scratch cards, but her X-ray Vision expired before she could win more than a few hundred.
• Lu Heng brought Xia Zhi home and made her take her medicine, then said he would stay the night.
• Xia Zhi heard that Lu Heng had asked his lawyer to prepare a new divorce agreement and told Little Sponge she would sign it rather than stay in the marriage.
• Lu Heng told Xia Zhi to prepare the bedroom and said he wanted to sleep with her, leaving her terrified he meant to consummate their marriage.
• Xia Zhi claimed Aunt Liu usually handled the chores, but Lu Heng called Aunt Liu, who celebrated the news and said Xia Zhi had waited five years for this day.

Xia Zhi expected Lu Heng to threaten her, but he instead said he would leave and have her sign the divorce agreement. The next morning, Lu Old Madam invited them to dinner and urged them to have a child, while Xia Zhi and Little Sponge argued about whether Lu Heng would ever touch her.

• Lu Heng recalled how the Lu and Xia families had drugged him and forced him to share a bed with Xia Zhi on their wedding night, then lost interest in teasing her.
• Lu Heng told Xia Zhi he was leaving and that Lawyer Zhang would bring a divorce agreement for her to sign.
• Xia Zhi told Little Sponge she wanted the Lu and Xia families to make amends to Lu Heng, but Lu Heng overheard and thought the Lu Family could never make amends.
• Lu Old Madam called Xia Zhi and invited her and Lu Heng to dinner, assuming they had spent the night together.
• Lu Old Madam urged Xia Zhi to have a child with Lu Heng, and Little Sponge encouraged the idea while Xia Zhi insisted Lu Heng would never touch her.

Xia Zhi reluctantly agreed to attend dinner at the Lu family home with Lu Heng, then spent the day shopping and thinking about her family from her former life. When Jiang Cheng arrived to pick her up, he was struck by how different and courteous she seemed.

• Xia Zhi panicked after realizing she had been thinking about Lu Heng’s attractiveness, then told Lu Old Madam that she and Lu Heng had used protection and blamed him for not wanting children.
• Lu Heng revealed he had slept in the guest room and agreed to attend dinner at the family home after Xia Zhi said she wanted him to go; Lu Old Madam also invited Lu Kuo.
• Xia Zhi planned to ask Lu Heng about their divorce, but he left before she could speak to him, and Lawyer Zhang did not contact her during the day.
• Xia Zhi bought clothes and drawing supplies, remembering her deceased parents, grandmother, and brother from her former life.
• Jiang Cheng called to say Lu Heng had sent him to pick Xia Zhi up, then noticed her bare-faced appearance and polite manner and wondered whether she was still Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi rode with Lu Heng to the Lu Family's old residence, where their strained conversation about divorce left Jiang Cheng puzzled. The old madam welcomed them and wondered why Xia Zhi seemed different from the last time they met.

• Xia Zhi rode quietly in Jiang Cheng's car while Lu Heng worked, then fell asleep against Lu Heng's shoulder and later grabbed his arm when Jiang Cheng braked.
• Xia Zhi asked Lu Heng about Lawyer Zhang and suggested visiting his office to sign the divorce papers, but Lu Heng questioned whether she was eager to divorce.
• Xia Zhi and Little Sponge discussed Lu Heng's germaphobia and the possibility of becoming his female lead, while Lu Heng overheard her calling him a fire pit.
• Jiang Cheng drove Lu Heng and Xia Zhi to the Lu Family's old residence, where Lu Heng presented calligraphy to the old madam.
• The old madam thanked Lu Heng for the calligraphy, then took Xia Zhi's hand and remarked that she seemed like a different person.

Xia Zhi visited Lu Heng’s family residence, where she got lost while searching for the bathroom and was teased by Lu Heng before he led her back. She joined the family for a formal dinner, where the strict silence nearly made her choke.

• The old madam praised Xia Zhi’s changed appearance, and Xia Zhi ate pastries while Lu Heng ignored her.
• Xia Zhi got lost on her way to the bathroom and ran into Lu Kuo, who offered to guide her.
• Lu Heng took over and deliberately sent Xia Zhi on a long route, prompting her to run ahead and find the bathroom herself.
• Lu Heng found Xia Zhi afterward and led her back to the main sitting room, where she met his parents.
• The family waited for the old madam to begin dinner, and Xia Zhi nearly choked as everyone ate in silence.

At a family dinner, the old madam began arranging a marriage meeting for Lu Kuo, while Lu Heng and Xia Zhi’s exchanges revealed a new closeness between them. Xia Zhi reflected on how the Lu family treated Lu Heng like a guest, and felt sorry for him.

• Lu Heng put the meat Xia Zhi had returned into her bowl and scolded her, while she defended herself and thought about Lu Kuo.
• The old madam asked Lu Kuo about marriage and arranged for him to meet the Ji family's second daughter on Saturday.
• Xia Zhi questioned whether the old madam was rushing things, and Lu Heng argued that Lu Kuo’s marriage should not be hurried because he planned to study abroad.
• Lu Kuo teased Lu Heng about having a beautiful wife, making Xia Zhi blush as Lu Heng fixed her with an intense gaze.
• Lu Heng’s parents and the old madam agreed to meet Miss Ji and consider other families before deciding on Lu Kuo’s marriage.
• As the family headed to play mahjong, Xia Zhi noticed how warmly they treated one another and felt that Lu Heng was pitifully distant from them.

Xia Zhi played mahjong with Lu Heng and his family, where their rivalry and awkward banter drew attention. After the old madam left, Lu Heng’s mother urged him to give a company job to their uncle’s son Taozi, reopening painful family history as Lu Kuo stepped in to defend him.

• Xia Zhi hoped Lu Heng would help her win at mahjong, but he ignored her hints and won the first hand himself.
• Lu Heng took Xia Zhi’s phone and transferred a thousand after winning, while Lu Kuo realized the couple had only just added each other on WeChat.
• Xia Zhi described her and Lu Heng’s way of connecting as using “primitive methods,” leaving the family surprised and Lu Heng irritated.
• The old madam went to bed and told the family to stay overnight in their own rooms.
• Lu Heng’s mother urged him to find a company position for Taozi and argued that his uncle was not to blame for what happened to Lu Heng’s adoptive parents.
• Lu Kuo told his mother to stop meddling in the company, which had been handed over to Lu Heng to manage.

Mrs. Lu pressured Lu Heng to arrange a job for Taozi, and he agreed despite being hurt by her dismissal of his adoptive parents. Xia Zhi’s system punished her with an hour of itching, and the chapter ended with Lu Heng watching her scratch herself frantically as he brought in a back scratcher.

• Mrs. Lu demanded that Lu Heng arrange a company job for Taozi, and Lu Heng agreed after a tense pause.
• Xia Zhi learned that Lu Heng’s corruption had risen to 80 and received an hour of itching as punishment.
• Lu Heng took Xia Zhi to his courtyard when her discomfort became obvious, and she tried to relieve it with a shower.
• The itching persisted, so Xia Zhi put her dress back on and scratched herself all over.
• Lu Heng entered with a back scratcher and watched Xia Zhi’s frantic scratching with faint amusement.

Xia Zhi suffered intense itching from her punishment while Lu Heng restrained her from scratching herself bloody. She learned that the system shop required coins earned through missions, then Lu Heng tied her hands and feet and warned her not to scream because the old house had poor soundproofing.

• Xia Zhi refused Lu Heng's offer to take her to the hospital and asked him to scratch her instead.
• Lu Heng stopped Xia Zhi from scratching herself further and held her down as she struggled against him.
• Xia Zhi asked Little Sponge for medicine and learned she had no system coins because she had not completed any missions.
• Little Sponge explained that missions earned coins and that Xia Zhi's punishment would end in thirty-two minutes.
• Lu Heng bound Xia Zhi's hands and feet on the bed and warned her not to scream because the old house had poor soundproofing.

Xia Zhi endured intense itching while tied up, and Lu Heng massaged her to relieve it. When he touched her breasts, she accused him of being a pervert and asked if he was gay, leaving him to challenge her assumption.

• Lu Heng warned Xia Zhi to keep quiet, then used his hands to massage her neck and ease her itching.
• Xia Zhi asked Lu Heng to keep massaging her body, and he worked from her shoulders down to her legs.
• When Xia Zhi's chest began to itch, she tried to rub it herself, but Lu Heng caught her and asked which side needed help.
• Lu Heng massaged Xia Zhi's breasts, and she called him a pervert and demanded that he let go.
• Xia Zhi asked if Lu Heng was gay, and he said his lack of interest in her did not make him gay before asking what was wrong with him.

Xia Zhi decided that Lu Heng was gay after he showed no interest in her, while Lu Heng endured her bizarre assumptions and tended to her during her punishment. After finding her asleep with raw wrists and ankles, he went to Lu Kuo for the best medicine for her injuries.

• Xia Zhi concluded that Lu Heng was gay and imagined he would have been a leading man in a boys' love novel, while Lu Heng silently listened.
• Lu Heng stayed with Xia Zhi and massaged her itchy foot, then left for a shower after she protested his teasing.
• Lu Heng returned to find Xia Zhi asleep, untied her, and saw that her wrists and ankles had been rubbed raw.
• Lu Heng went to Lu Kuo's medicine room late at night and asked for the best medicine for scratches and scrapes.
• Lu Kuo guessed the medicine was for Lu Heng's wife and asked about them sharing a room.

Lu Heng treated Xia Zhi’s injuries after their night together, while struggling with his growing attraction to her. The next morning, Xia Zhi mistook her own reaction to his appearance for evidence that he might have molested her, but Lu Heng explained what he had done and told her to apply the ointment herself.

• Lu Kuo teased Lu Heng about his relationship with Xia Zhi and found ointment for her injuries.
• Lu Heng dried Xia Zhi’s hair, applied the ointment, and covered her with a blanket.
• Xia Zhi repeatedly cuddled against Lu Heng in her sleep, leaving him awake and increasingly attracted to her.
• The next morning, Xia Zhi saw Lu Heng after his shower and got a nosebleed while admiring his physique.
• Lu Heng told Xia Zhi he had only undressed her to apply ointment and instructed her to keep using it herself.

Xia Zhi discovered Lu Heng had thoughtfully brought her a dress to cover her injuries, but he still planned to discuss their divorce after his weeklong business trip. At breakfast, Lu Heng’s mother was reprimanded by the old madam for trying to bring Taozi into the company, and Xia Zhi realized Lu Heng had arranged for the matter to be settled in his absence.

• Jiang Cheng delivered clothes for Xia Zhi, who put on the long-sleeved dress Lu Heng had chosen to hide her injuries.
• Lu Kuo teased Lu Heng about Xia Zhi answering the door with tissue plugs in her nostrils.
• Lu Heng told Xia Zhi he was leaving for Country X for about a week and said they would deal with the divorce when he returned.
• Lu Heng asked his mother to wait until his return to address Taozi joining the company, then left for his flight.
• The old madam scolded Lu Heng’s mother for trying to bring Taozi into the company, and Xia Zhi concluded Lu Heng had set things up so the issue would be resolved while he was away.

Xia Zhi learned that Tang Fangjing had encouraged the original owner’s behavior and used a fake story about sleeping with Lu Heng to provoke her. Tang Fangjing ended the call, intent on checking with Lu Heng.

• Xia Zhi reflected on her acting background, then began deleting fake friends from the original owner’s WeChat Moments.
• Tang Fangjing invited Xia Zhi to dinner for her birthday, and Xia Zhi recalled how Tang Fangjing had encouraged the original owner to dress provocatively and visit nightclubs.
• When Tang Fangjing called, Xia Zhi pretended Lu Heng had been gentle with her in bed, while Lu Kuo listened from the car.
• Xia Zhi claimed Lu Heng had confronted her after she followed Tang Fangjing’s nightclub advice, and Tang Fangjing grew jealous and disbelieving.
• Xia Zhi thanked Tang Fangjing for helping her and Lu Heng stop giving each other the cold shoulder, and Tang Fangjing ended the call to investigate.

Xia Zhi tried to enlist Lu Kuo in getting the Lu Family to treat Lu Heng better, then spent the day painting portraits of the people she missed. Little Sponge advised her to delay the divorce and complete her mission before leaving, but Xia Zhi still had to figure out how to carry it out.

• Xia Zhi taunted Tang Fangjing and invited her to dinner, while Tang Fangjing anxiously tried to reach Lu Heng and found his phone switched off.
• Xia Zhi told Lu Kuo that the Lu Family treated Lu Heng like an outsider and urged him to persuade their parents to value Heng before it was too late.
• Lu Kuo watched Xia Zhi leave and concluded that she truly loved Lu Heng, while Xia Zhi hoped her words would help him improve Heng's relationship with his family.
• Xia Zhi spent the day painting portraits of two people she missed, then broke down in tears when she looked at the finished paintings.
• Little Sponge told Xia Zhi to avoid divorce and suggested she stall for time until she completed her mission; Xia Zhi asked how she should do it.

Xia Zhi accepted Tang Fangjing’s invitation to a birthday dinner and learned that Lu Heng wanted her to bring Tang Fangjing a gift on his behalf. The call ended with Xia Zhi eager to use the supplementary card Lu Heng had given her.

• Xia Zhi agreed to attend Tang Fangjing’s birthday dinner at the Brilliant Hotel, suspecting Tang Fangjing had planned a trap.
• Tang Fangjing told Lu Heng that Xia Zhi had described their intimate night, but Lu Heng did not challenge the claim and later said he might ask his wife to buy Tang Fangjing’s present.
• Tang Fangjing grew alarmed at Lu Heng calling Xia Zhi his wife and remembered Xia Zhi’s obsessive admirer.
• Lu Heng called Xia Zhi and asked her to bring a birthday gift for Tang Fangjing because he was away on business.
• Xia Zhi found the supplementary card Lu Heng had mentioned, and he told her she could buy whatever she wanted with it.