Chapter Summaries

Jian Ran, a disgraced celebrity and occult expert, warned CEO Yu Fengyi about danger while sending him talisman papers. Yu dismissed Jian Ran’s warning and refused to meet him, leaving the threat unexplained.

• Jian Ran’s attempt to throw talisman papers at reporters sparked scandalous trending hashtags and fierce online attacks.
• Xu Xuda berated Jian Ran for the stunt and threatened him with a contract termination fee if he ruined his upcoming variety show.
• Jian Ran continued drawing talismans and sent a document envelope to Yu Fengyi, insisting it arrive by eleven that night.
• Yu Fengyi told his secretary to throw away Jian Ran’s delivery and said Jian Ran should stop sending strange things because “he” was back.
• Jian Ran warned Yu Fengyi to be careful in elevators and keep the talisman papers with him, then asked him to pay for them.

Jian Ran, a transmigrated celebrity cast as a doomed substitute, demanded payment from Yu Fengyi and looked for a way to earn money. He set his sights on the Lucky Inn travel variety show and wrote Lu Yanting’s name, while Yu Fengyi was trapped in a stalled elevator.

• Jian Ran’s absent system left him free to break character, and he called Yu Fengyi’s secretary to demand his unpaid wages.
• After learning Yu Fengyi had thrown away his courier, Jian Ran left the supermarket; when an anti-fan clerk mocked and filmed him, she was electrocuted after touching the freezer.
• Jian Ran returned home, heard that Lu Yanting might join a travel variety show, and decided to try for the Lucky Inn program.
• Yu Fengyi left work without any messages from Jian Ran, then found himself in a dark, stalled elevator and insisted the breakdown was a coincidence.

Jian Ran pressed Xu Xuda to let him join a variety show, claiming he could bring Lu Yanting on board. When Jian Ran approached Lu Yanting with a fortune-telling warning, Lu Yanting unexpectedly answered with a line that left him stunned.

• Jian Ran waited outside Maple Blue Entertainment and stole Xu Xuda’s extra fried dough stick as Xu arrived.
• Jian Ran asked Xu Xuda to sign him for the show, but Xu said the company planned to give it to another artist and urged him to seek therapy.
• Jian Ran asked whether bringing in a big name could change the company’s decision, and Xu said the company would fight for his spot if he got Emperor Lu.
• Jian Ran hurried to Lu Yanting’s Maybach and warned him that disaster was coming.
• Lu Yanting asked Jian Ran if their lack of fate had all been because of his money, leaving Jian Ran speechless.

Jian Ran tried to impress Lu Yanting with a prediction about a woman in red, but Lu Yanting dismissed him and went inside with Xu Xuda. Jian Ran then hung up on Yu Fengyi, who accused him of sabotaging an elevator.

• Xu Xuda stepped between Jian Ran and Lu Yanting and pitched the struggling variety show Lucky Inn to Lu Yanting.
• Jian Ran predicted that Lu Yanting had been waking at three in the morning from dreams of a woman dressed in red.
• Lu Yanting recalled Jian Ran’s talisman papers sticking to his face at a red-carpet event and walked past him toward the company building.
• Xu Xuda blamed Jian Ran for ruining the meeting and hurried after Lu Yanting.
• Yu Fengyi accused Jian Ran of sabotaging an elevator and threatened to call the police, but Jian Ran hung up on him.

Jian Ran seized the chance to make money by giving Lu Yanting a talisman and asking for payment after a trial night. Lu Yanting accepted the talisman and added Jian Ran on his private WeChat before leaving, while Jian Ran regretted not having time to read his palm.

• Jian Ran reflected on how he had been forced to act as a substitute for several wealthy men until the system left to find a partner.
• Lu Yanting asked Xu Xuda to bring Jian Ran into the conference room.
• Jian Ran wrote Lu Yanting a talisman and offered to let him try it for one night before paying.
• Jian Ran displayed his WeChat QR code, and Lu Yanting added him using his private account despite Su Yuan's objection.
• Lu Yanting left in his Maybach before Xu Xuda could discuss terms, and Jian Ran said he wished he had had time to read Lu Yanting's palm.

Lu Yanting recalled the curse haunting his family and questioned whether a fortune-teller’s talisman was a trick. At Maple Blue Building, Jian Ran’s talisman apparently helped secure Lu Yanting’s agreement to join Lucky Inn, and Jian Ran later confronted Ji Yuanming at a photography studio.

• Lu Yanting remembered that his family’s curse required him to find his destined person and wondered why he had been told to drink the talisman after scattering it.
• Jian Ran and Xu Xuda learned that Lu Yanting had agreed to join Lucky Inn, and Gu Feng urged Xu Xuda to treat Jian Ran well and develop his career.
• Xu Xuda entered the photography studio while Jian Ran stayed outside, claiming he was avoiding disaster, before finally going in.
• Ji Yuanming’s assistant challenged Jian Ran for appearing at the shoot, and Jian Ran asked who she was.
• Ji Yuanming accused Jian Ran of finding out his schedule, and Jian Ran replied, “Your fucking mom!” before walking away.

Jian Ran ignored Ji Yuanming at the studio and waited to be styled, while Ji Yuanming wondered why Jian Ran was there and called his mother to ask whether she had told Jian Ran his whereabouts. Lu Yanting considered hiring Jian Ran for his variety-show debut and buying more of Jian Ran’s talismans after sleeping well.

• Ji Yuanming saw Jian Ran in the studio and asked his assistant why he was being styled with his clothes off.
• Ji Yuanming called his mother to ask whether Jian Ran had been harassing her or learned where he would be.
• Xu Xuda praised Jian Ran for not chasing Ji Yuanming, but Jian Ran revealed he was waiting for Lu Yanting to transfer him money.
• Su Yuan questioned Lu Yanting’s plan to sign up for Lucky Inn and asked whether he had drunk Jian Ran’s talisman ash.
• Lu Yanting recalled that he had slept well after drinking the ash and considered buying two more talismans.

Yu Fengyi learned that Jian Ran had blocked his Special Assistant and could not be summoned to draw another talisman. Jian Ran posted about working with Lu Yanting despite the backlash from Lu Yanting’s fans, and Lu Yanting replied, leaving Jian Ran’s agent stunned.

• Yu Fengyi was freed from the elevator for the tenth time and asked his Special Assistant to get Jian Ran to draw him another talisman.
• The Special Assistant told Yu Fengyi that Jian Ran had blocked her.
• Jian Ran bought an expensive ice cream and continued drawing talismans while watching news that Lu Yanting had joined Lucky Inn and fans were demanding Jian Ran’s removal.
• Jian Ran posted a photo and tagged Lu Yanting, declaring that he looked forward to working with him, and haters flooded the post with insults.
• Xu Xuda called to scold Jian Ran, then was shocked when Lu Yanting replied, “Looking forward to it.”

Jian Ran joined the cast of the controversial livestreamed variety show Lucky Inn, where he openly challenged the production crew’s rules and budget cuts. After the bus abruptly braked, he approached the driver and asked if he was all right.

• The assistant director introduced the cast and warned them to follow their scripts during the no-blind-spots livestream.
• Jian Ran complained about the hot, crowded bus and questioned why Lu Yanting had a private car.
• The bus braked sharply, and Yang Ruoxi blamed the driver for ruining her makeup.
• Jian Ran argued that the production crew’s lack of air-conditioning was to blame and ignored the assistant director’s order to return to his seat.
• Jian Ran reached the driver, placed a hand on his shoulder, and asked whether he was all right; the bewildered driver turned to look at him.

Jian Ran and the variety-show crew traveled through a landslide and arrived at an eerie mountain estate, where tensions flared among the guests. As the crew prepared to check in, Jian Ran offered to sell them life-saving protective talismans.

• Jian Ran told the assistant director that a landslide blocked the road, and the driver angrily insisted on taking the bus around it.
• Du Yunmeng questioned Jian Ran about what he had done to the driver, but Yang Ruoxi warned her to stay away from him.
• Jian Ran traded insults with Yang Ruoxi, who held back her anger when the livestream camera turned toward her.
• The driver brought the crew to the mountain estate, and Li Yuan ordered them to unload and check in before dark.
• Yang Ruoxi complained about the estate, Du Yunmeng stopped Shen Jiafei from talking about supernatural things, and Jian Ran offered to sell protective talismans.

Jian Ran arrived at the Lucky Inn filming location, a villa near the eerie abandoned village of Fengmen, while Lu Yanting watched his livestream and confronted him about the talisman prices. After the guests chose their rooms, Lu Yanting asked to stay next door to Jian Ran.

• Lu Yanting watched Jian Ran's livestream selling talisman papers and questioned whether the 199-yuan price was cheap.
• Jian Ran learned the villa stood near Fengmen and tried to ask the frightened driver what he knew about the place.
• Jian Ran met Lu Yanting at the villa and explained that the lower price was a promotion.
• The livestream audience criticized Jian Ran, and the director ordered separate camera feeds for the guests, especially Jian Ran.
• Yang Ruoxi chose the room beside Lu Yanting, while Jian Ran picked the last room at the end of the hall.
• Lu Yanting asked to change rooms so he could stay next door to Jian Ran.

Jian Ran rejected Lu Yanting’s request to stay next door, then encountered eerie singing in the lodge and unnerved Lu by making it stop. At dinner, Jian Ran took charge of cooking and showed off an alarming cleaver trick, leaving Lu wondering whether he was juggling.

• Lu Yanting said he wanted to stay next door to Jian Ran, but Jian Ran refused and hurried into his room.
• Lu Yanting switched rooms with Shen Jiafei, while the others settled into the lodge.
• Jian Ran heard eerie vintage-record singing, went into the hallway, and the sound stopped as soon as he opened his door.
• Lu Yanting suspected Jian Ran might have an ability because the singing ended when Jian Ran appeared.
• At dinner, Jian Ran grabbed ingredients from the refrigerator, told Yang Ruoxi she could go hungry if she would not cook, and declared that he called the shots.
• Jian Ran spun a cleaver rapidly and stuck it upright in the cutting board, leaving Lu Yanting wondering if he was practicing juggling.

Jian Ran’s cleaver skills unsettled the cast and quieted the kitchen, while a storm swept over the remote villa. He warned the young assistant that the night’s guests were no ordinary guests, just as a stubbly man appeared inside without anyone noticing.

• Jian Ran’s cleaver display sparked heated debate in the livestream chat and left the kitchen silent.
• Li Yuan urged everyone to cooperate, and Lu Yanting reluctantly nodded.
• Yang Ruoxi returned to her cooking and worked faster after deciding not to provoke Jian Ran.
• A fierce storm began, and the young assistant assumed no guests would arrive at the remote villa.
• Jian Ran warned the young assistant to tell everyone to be careful because the guests would be unusual.
• A stubbly man appeared on the entryway rug, startling the young assistant.

Jian Ran and the inn staff encountered a ghostly guest, Li Zongsheng, who demanded noodles and resisted registering. Jian Ran deflected Li Zongsheng’s attack and served him, while Lu Yanting admitted he could not see ghosts and claimed he was simply brave.

• A dry man in a Republican-era Zhongshan suit appeared in the inn without entering through the closed door and ordered plain broth noodles.
• Jian Ran asked the frightened staff to register the guest, and Lu Yanting volunteered to help Li Zongsheng fill in the tablet.
• Jian Ran served Li Zongsheng noodles garnished with scallions and confronted him when he attacked with a gray-black hand.
• Jian Ran smacked Li Zongsheng’s hand aside, read the name on the tablet, and persuaded him to eat the noodles.
• Lu Yanting told Jian Ran that he could not see ghosts, and Jian Ran said he was brave too.

Ji Yuanming learned that Jian Ran had joined Lucky Inn and considered joining the show, while the livestream’s strange atmosphere drew viewers as Jian Ran sold Du Yunmeng talisman paper. The guests remained terrified of Li Zongsheng, and a scream from the second floor left them fearing something had happened to Du Yunmeng.

• Ji Yuanming asked his assistant to find out whether Lucky Inn was still inviting guests after learning Jian Ran and Lu Yanting were on it.
• Li Zongsheng finished his noodles and asked which room he would stay in, frightening the guests and crew hiding in the kitchen.
• The guests chose Du Yunmeng to show Li Zongsheng the way, and she asked Jian Ran for talisman paper.
• Jian Ran sold Du Yunmeng a sheet of talisman paper for one thousand yuan and told her to pay him on WeChat.
• A scream rang out from the inn’s second floor, and Shen Jiafei wondered whether something had happened to Du Yunmeng.

Jian Ran confronted the presence in Li Zongsheng’s room, then visited Lu Yanting after midnight for an “after-sales follow-up.” Li Zongsheng resolved to take several people that night, while the chapter ended with Lu Yanting noticing a red mole at Jian Ran’s collarbone.

• Shen Jiafei and Yang Ruoxi followed Jian Ran upstairs after discovering the villa was sealed off and they could not call for help.
• Jian Ran warned the unseen occupant behind a guest-room door to behave, and Li Zongsheng finally answered and told him to leave.
• Du Yunmeng remained shaken by the encounter, while Li Zongsheng thought about his talisman-scorched hand and resolved to take a few people that night.
• After the corridor emptied, Jian Ran knocked on Lu Yanting’s door and entered, calling his visit an “after-sales follow-up.”
• Lu Yanting noticed the red mole exposed at Jian Ran’s collarbone.

Jian Ran navigated the morning after the frightening night at Lucky Inn, while Gu Feng and the guests speculated about what had happened. The arrival of rumored former fling Ji Yuanming prompted Lu Yanting to question Jian Ran about his romantic past.

• Gu Feng called Jian Ran to ask whether the previous night's supernatural events were real, then mistakenly concluded that Jian Ran and Lu Yanting had slept together.
• Jian Ran gathered the blackened talismans and thanked Lu Yanting before leaving his room, while Li Zongsheng remained trapped and hid beneath a bed until dawn.
• The guests emerged hungry and ate Jian Ran's unsettling human-meat congee before the production crew's supply vehicles arrived.
• Qi Rui told Du Yunmeng that the new guest was likely Ji Yuanming, and Shen Jiafei revealed that the model had once had a fling with Jian Ran.
• Lu Yanting teased Jian Ran about his romantic debts and asked whether he was a scumbag like Li Zongsheng.

Gu Feng learned that Ji Yuanming had volunteered to join Lucky Inn and secured a one-million investment for the show. At the lodge, Ji Yuanming arrived, Jian Ran rejected him, and Lu Yanting challenged Jian Ran’s claim that he had skills.

• Yu Fengyi asked Gu Feng whether an outsider could appear on Lucky Inn, then offered a one-million investment.
• Ji Yuanming hesitated at the shabby lodge but got out after spotting Jian Ran at a window.
• Li Yuan welcomed Ji Yuanming and explained that the cast would need to find natural ingredients for their meals.
• Jian Ran noticed a white figure flash past the rear window and muttered that someone was asking for trouble.
• Ji Yuanming confronted Jian Ran, who told him they were broken up and to stop pestering him.
• Jian Ran assured Lu Yanting that his skills were guaranteed, and Lu Yanting asked which skills he meant.

During a foraging trip into an abandoned village in the Taihang Mountains, Jian Ran, Du Yunmeng, and Lu Yanting found a gravestone bearing the name of the guest who had stayed at the lodge the previous night. The discovery left the group and livestream viewers fearing that the guest had died.

• Jian Ran led Du Yunmeng and Lu Yanting into the abandoned village while Du Yunmeng nervously followed him.
• Ji Yuanming recalled rejecting Jian Ran and wondered about Jian Ran's relationship with Lu Yanting.
• Yang Ruoxi avoided Ji Yuanming's questions, and Shen Jiafei worried that the previous night's guest had not appeared that morning.
• Du Yunmeng screamed after spotting a gravestone, and Jian Ran told him its name was Li Zongsheng.
• Lu Yanting confirmed that the gravestone was inscribed with Li Zongsheng's name, shocking the livestream viewers.

Jian Ran and the other guests discovered Li Zongsheng’s gravestone in a rain-soaked cemetery, while Lu Yanting shielded Jian Ran from his ex, Ji Yuanming. Back at the lodge, Jian Ran learned that someone in a second-floor room had been luring Qi Rui toward the door, and he found bloody water seeping beneath it.

• Jian Ran’s earlier remark about Li Zongsheng’s death resurfaced as the livestream viewers recognized the name on a gravestone dated 1936.
• Jian Ran counted 107 gravestones, and Lu Yanting noted that the others were from a different period; Du Yunmeng bowed and apologized to them before the group left.
• Jian Ran avoided Ji Yuanming, and Lu Yanting confronted him, calling him Jian Ran’s dumped ex and praising Jian Ran for leaving him.
• Jian Ran returned to the lodge and heard Qi Rui explain that someone upstairs had repeatedly knocked, called for him, and made him feel bewitched.
• Jian Ran went upstairs to investigate and told the person behind the door that he was delivering room service, as bloody water seeped out beneath it.