Recaps

An Zhizhi concluded that Xiao Yao liked Shen Yunzhi and teased him by threatening to set Shen Yunzhi up with her cousin. Meanwhile, Chi Zong discovered that misleading golf-course photos had landed him in explosive trending topics for allegedly assaulting a caddie.

• Shen Yunzhi reluctantly exchanged her card for cash, and Xiao Yao joked that giving out red envelopes would bring him good luck.
• An Zhizhi asked Xiao Yao if he liked Shen Yunzhi, and his denial convinced her that he did.
• An Zhizhi teased Xiao Yao by proposing a match between Shen Yunzhi and her handsome cousin, then demanded hush money from him.
• Chi Zong's manager called to confront him about trending scandals, and Chi Zong checked the posts.
• Chi Zong found misleading photos and accusations that he had beaten a caddie and bullied classmates, as online commenters attacked him.

Chi Zong’s scandals were debunked, while Xiao Yao confronted Xiao Yongming and warned him about his suspicion that Shen Yunzhi was manipulating him. Ji Nanxian secretly recorded their conversation and set out to find Shen Yunzhi.

• The court confirmed that intruders had tried to take covert photos and that Chi Zong had not clashed with staff, while Chi Zong denied the bullying rumors by revealing that he had never attended high school.
• During the New Year holiday, Xiao Yao met Xiao Yongming, reclaimed his father’s old watch, and warned him not to be involved in what had happened in the past.
• Xiao Yongming told Xiao Yao that Shen Yunzhi might have been sent by someone else to scheme her way close to him, comparing her to Little Wang.
• Ji Nanxian overheard the conversation, recorded Xiao Yongming’s remarks about Shen Yunzhi, and had someone find out where she was living.

Xiao Yao dismissed Xiao Yongming’s threats, while Ji Nanxian tried to turn Shen Yunzhi against Xiao Yao by showing her a recording. The recording made Shen Yunzhi worry that Xiao Yao had uncovered her mission-driven reasons for approaching him, and An Zhizhi began to reassure her.

• Xiao Yao had a bodyguard kick Xiao Yongming down the club steps and mocked him as he left.
• An Zhizhi took Shen Yunzhi to a nail salon, where Shen Yunzhi endured a painful manicure before they ran into Ji Nanxian at the mall.
• Ji Nanxian played Shen Yunzhi a recording suggesting she had schemed to get close to Xiao Yao, but Shen Yunzhi worried instead that Xiao Yao had already discovered her approach.
• Shen Yunzhi reflected on how her missions had shaped her relationship with Xiao Yao and worried that he might see her actions as having an ulterior purpose.
• An Zhizhi tried to reassure Shen Yunzhi while they went fishing, and Shen Yunzhi asked whether she meant that Xiao Yao was interested in her.

Shen Yunzhi admitted to An Zhizhi that she knew Xiao Yao had feelings for her, but she struggled to explain her own intentions and realized she no longer wanted to leave. After Xiao Yao teased her by pretending Chi Zong was nearby, Shen Yunzhi retaliated by messing up his hair and fled laughing.

• Shen Yunzhi told An Zhizhi she had known for a while that Xiao Yao's affection for her remained high, and said she had originally planned to take her pay and leave.
• An Zhizhi teased Shen Yunzhi for seeming reluctant to leave and asked her not to tell Xiao Yao yet so An Zhizhi could collect hush money.
• Xiao Yao joined Shen Yunzhi by the lake, where she joked about catching the fish Chi Zong had been trying to catch.
• Xiao Yao falsely warned Shen Yunzhi that Chi Zong was nearby, making her hide behind his coat until An Zhizhi revealed the trick.
• Shen Yunzhi distracted Xiao Yao by pointing at the lake, tousled his hair, and ran back toward the villa.

Shen Yunzhi asked Jiang Chi to find a way to keep Ji Nanxian from harassing her, while Ji Nanxian struggled with the turmoil surrounding his marriage and family. At the Ji Family’s old residence, Ji Nanxian entered Zheng Xiulan’s bedroom and found an unfamiliar, shirtless man leaving it.

• An Zhizhi showed Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao the trending news that Ji Nanxian and Jiang Yunli had registered their marriage, and Shen Yunzhi denied seeing Ji Nanxian in Capital City.
• Shen Yunzhi messaged Jiang Chi, asking him to keep Ji Nanxian busy so he would stop bothering her, and Jiang Chi agreed.
• Ji Nanxian returned to S City and learned Shen Yunzhi was still enjoying herself in Capital City, while he continued avoiding Jiang Yunli.
• Ji Nanxian’s driver took him to the Ji Family’s old residence at Zheng Xiulan’s request.
• Ji Nanxian entered Zheng Xiulan’s suite and found an unfamiliar barefoot, shirtless man leaving her bedroom.

Ji Nanxian learned from Zheng Xiulan that Ji Yueshan was not his biological father, and that his real father was the young man he had just driven out. After the New Year's holiday, the final episode of All Villains began filming at Xiao Yao's luxurious home, with Shen Yunzhi and An Zhizhi there.

• Ji Nanxian caught Zheng Xiulan with a young man and argued with her about her affair and the Ji family's reputation.
• Zheng Xiulan lost her temper and revealed that Ji Nanxian was not Ji Yueshan's son.
• Ji Nanxian asked who his real father was, and Zheng Xiulan identified the young man he had sent away.
• The New Year's holiday ended, and Shen Yunzhi prepared to film the final episode of All Villains and collect her appearance fee.
• Xiao Yao showed the livestream crew around his luxurious villa while viewers reacted to his wealth.

Chi Zong and Shen Yunzhi's pranks backfired, and the guests spent the day gaming, with Xiao Yao secretly raising Shen Yunzhi's rank to King. The group then competed to perform the most disgusting act before cooking a chaotic, overloaded hotpot together.

• Chi Zong tried to scare Shen Yunzhi at the elevator but frightened Sun Lanyin instead, and Shen Yunzhi later startled Sun Lanyin too; Sun Lanyin chased both pranksters with her bag.
• Shen Yunzhi, An Zhizhi, Xiao Yao, Sun Lanyin, and Chi Zong played Honor of Kings together, losing badly and dropping Shen Yunzhi from Diamond to Platinum.
• Xiao Yao took Shen Yunzhi's account and played through the night, raising it to King by morning.
• The Director had the guests compete to see who could perform the most disgusting act, and Shen Yunzhi's mock performance won, leaving the others to cook and wash dishes.
• The guests made a watery pot of vegetables and noodles, then kept adding broccoli, spinach, konjac, pickles, radish, and lean beef until the pot was nearly overflowing.

Shen Yunzhi, Chi Zong, Sun Lanyin, An Zhizhi, and Xiao Yao abandoned their diet plans over tempting food, then watched a horror movie together. Chi Zong fled the media room, but the synced speakers carried the movie’s sounds outside and made him scream too.

• Shen Yunzhi added hot pot seasoning to the group’s bland weight-loss meal, and everyone ate it as malatang instead.
• That evening, Chi Zong brought milk tea while Sun Lanyin accidentally made river snail rice noodles instead of buckwheat noodles.
• Xiao Yao invited everyone to watch a horror movie, and they agreed despite being frightened by the film.
• A jump scare made An Zhizhi grab Chi Zong’s head and force his eyes open, while Shen Yunzhi accidentally pinched Xiao Yao.
• Chi Zong tried to escape, but An Zhizhi and Sun Lanyin made him sit back down before Shen Yunzhi let him leave to get drinks.
• The group screamed at another ghost, and Chi Zong screamed outside after the smart speakers broadcast the movie throughout the house.

Chi Zong and Shen Yunzhi pranked the director with a fake ghost, while Shen Yunzhi also played a sour trick on Xiao Yao. The filming crew then arrived at An Zhizhi’s elegant villa in City A, where her reluctance to show the basement made everyone curious.

• Chi Zong told the frightened director that an extra he had reprimanded had died in a red dress, then left him to spot a figure in red.
• Shen Yunzhi coached a female extra to act like a shy ghost confessing her love to the director, who passed out when she approached with a noose around her neck.
• After being too frightened to sleep alone, Shen Yunzhi spent the night switching her foot in and out of the covers, then woke early and squeezed lemon juice into Xiao Yao’s mouth.
• The filming crew traveled to City A and toured An Zhizhi’s stylish French-style villa.
• An Zhizhi asked the cameraman not to film the basement, making Chi Zong and the others curious about what was inside.

An Zhizhi showed the livestream crew her carefully preserved collection of fan gifts, while Chi Zong entertained them with his household gadgets. At Shen Yunzhi’s home, she received a call from her father, Jiang Zhen, and mocked him as he tried to speak with her.

• An Zhizhi opened her basement and showed the crew her spotless private museum of gifts and keepsakes from fans.
• Chi Zong showed off his household curiosities, then used a projector to prank the director with an image of a bra.
• Shen Yunzhi received repeated calls from Jiang Zhen after arriving in S City and eventually answered using the director’s phone.
• Jiang Zhen defended how he had supported Shen Yunzhi, but she sarcastically told him she would avenge the crack in his ass and then wished he would hurry up and die.

Shen Yunzhi clashed with her biological father, Jiang Zhen, after he ordered her to come home and meet a blind date. At the Jiang Family residence, she mocked the proposed match, Wang Qiang, then offered him her car, house, inheritance, and share of the family business.

• Jiang Zhen asked Shen Yunzhi whether she was dating and ordered her to come home to meet an uncle’s son.
• Shen Yunzhi described the kind of husband she wanted, hung up, and told the production team to set the GPS for the Jiang Family residence.
• Shen Yunzhi arrived at the Jiang Family residence with the production crew and confronted Jiang Zhen in front of the blind date and his mother.
• Wang Qiang and his mother bragged about his status and criticized Shen Yunzhi’s education, while Shen Yunzhi mocked their assumptions.
• Shen Yunzhi proposed that she and Wang Qiang start dating and offered him her car, house, inheritance, and share of the family business.

Shen Yunzhi turned Jiang Zhen’s arranged blind date with Wang Qiang into a negotiation by pretending she would marry him only if he supported her younger brother, Jiang Chi. She left Wang Qiang’s mother eager to agree while Jiang Zhen struggled to understand her demands.

• Shen Yunzhi insulted Wang Qiang and his mother after Jiang Zhen introduced Wang Qiang as a prospective husband.
• Jiang Zhen defended the match, but Shen Yunzhi agreed to consider it and said she needed to look after Jiang Chi after marriage.
• Shen Yunzhi told Wang Qiang’s mother that Jiang Chi’s fiancée was Tang Jianing of the Tang family in Capital City, making her mother eager to pursue the connection.
• Shen Yunzhi claimed she would take none of the Jiang family’s money and demanded that Wang Qiang support Jiang Chi, give her bride price to him, and split marital assets equally.
• Jiang Zhen tried to object, but Shen Yunzhi continued her tearful performance about Jiang Chi being the Jiang family’s only heir.

Shen Yunzhi drove Wang Qiang and his mother away by pretending to have hereditary epilepsy, then hosted a party at the Jiang Family villa. When Jiang Zhen returned, he recognized something familiar about Xiao Yao but could not recall where he had seen him.

• Shen Yunzhi mocked Wang Qiang's qualifications and demanded another twenty million in bride price, prompting Jiang Zhen to lose his temper.
• Shen Yunzhi pretended to have an epileptic seizure, and Xiao Yao, An Zhizhi, and Sun Lanyin helped convince Wang Qiang and his mother that the illness was hereditary.
• Wang Qiang and his mother fled, while Jiang Zhen passed out from anger and Shen Yunzhi began a party with her friends.
• Shen Yunzhi showed everyone Jiang Yunli's lavish suite and her own much plainer room, then ordered a feast charged to Jiang Zhen.
• Jiang Zhen returned to the villa and noticed Xiao Yao under the veranda, recognizing him from an old memory he could not place.

After Xiao Yao revealed he was pursuing Shen Yunzhi, he learned she had been kidnapped and went to rescue her. Shen Yunzhi woke tied up in a warehouse, where a familiar figure appeared at the door.

• Xiao Yao told Jiang Zhen he was pursuing Shen Yunzhi, then left a burn mark on Jiang Zhen's expensive tea table.
• Jiang Zhen learned Xiao Yao was from the Xiao Family in Capital City and called Shen Yunzhi, but a kidnapper answered and threatened him.
• Shen Yunzhi drank Jiang Zhen's liquor, got drunk, and disappeared after a man dressed as a kitchen helper struck her in the garden.
• Jiang Zhen searched for Shen Yunzhi while the director told him the production team had already called the police.
• Shen Yunzhi woke tied to a chair in a warehouse and saw a familiar figure enter through the open iron door.

Xiao Yongming held Shen Yunzhi hostage to draw Xiao Yao into a confrontation at the warehouse tied to Xiao Yao’s past. Xiao Yao confessed that he liked Shen Yunzhi and offered to take her place, and Xiao Yongming ordered his men to strap explosives to him.

• Xiao Yongming kidnapped Shen Yunzhi, while she tried to stall him and discovered that the system had temporarily disconnected.
• Xiao Yao arrived at the warehouse, and Xiao Yongming taunted him about the place where Xiao Yao’s family tragedy had unfolded.
• Xiao Yao offered Xiao Yongming money and safe passage in exchange for Shen Yunzhi’s release, correctly guessing that Xiao Yongming had targeted her to reach him.
• Xiao Yongming threatened Shen Yunzhi with a dagger and asked Xiao Yao whether she mattered to him, and Xiao Yao confessed that he liked her.
• Xiao Yao offered to become Xiao Yongming’s hostage, so Xiao Yongming cut Shen Yunzhi’s ropes and ordered a subordinate to strap explosives to Xiao Yao.

Shen Yunzhi was rescued after Xiao Yongming kidnapped her and threatened Xiao Yao, while Xiao Yao confronted his uncle about their family’s past. Chen Lin’s prank made Shen Yunzhi believe Xiao Yao might die, and after Xiao Yao arrived safely, she punched Chen Lin and stormed off.

• Xiao Yongming’s men dragged Shen Yunzhi away, but Chen Lin and his men rescued her, and she urged them to save Xiao Yao.
• At the abandoned warehouse, Xiao Yao got Xiao Yongming to admit he had plotted against Xiao Yao’s parents out of resentment and jealousy.
• Xiao Yao gave a signal, and a red dot appeared on Xiao Yongming’s forehead as the confrontation reached its climax.
• Chen Lin falsely told Shen Yunzhi that Xiao Yao might die and had left her his assets, prompting her to sob and ramble about her plans and expensive Capital City home.
• Xiao Yao arrived unharmed and offered Shen Yunzhi a home in the residential complex he developed, then she realized Chen Lin had tricked her.
• Shen Yunzhi punched Chen Lin twice and walked away in a huff.

Xiao Yao confessed that his feelings for Shen Yunzhi were genuine and asked her to give him a chance, and she told him to keep making an effort. Afterward, Xiao Yao showered her with gifts while she hid from him and tried to erase her old social media posts.

• Xiao Yao offered Shen Yunzhi one of his Capital City properties, then stopped her from leaving and clarified that his confession to Xiao Yongming had been sincere.
• Xiao Yao asked Shen Yunzhi for a chance, and she told him to put in more effort before hurrying away.
• Xiao Yao began sending Shen Yunzhi flowers, luxury goods, and offers of a yacht and houses, while she secretly deleted her old social media posts.
• The show remained off the air, and Xiao Yao dealt with the aftermath involving Xiao Yongming while news of Shen Yunzhi's kidnapping stayed private.
• Jiang Zhen became unusually attentive to Shen Yunzhi after her return and offered to replenish the wine collection she had ravaged.

Jiang Chi hired religious masters to exorcise the Jiang Family home after Shen Yunzhi suspected Jiang Zhen was possessed, and their fight left the house in chaos. Shen Yunzhi avoided dinner alone with Xiao Yao by inviting An Zhizhi shopping, where they unexpectedly ran into a worn-down Jiang Yunli.

• Shen Yunzhi sent Jiang Chi a screenshot of Jiang Zhen calling her Dad and told him to arrange an exorcism.
• Jiang Chi brought Taoist, Buddhist, and Christian masters to the Jiang Family home, where they fought and Jiang Zhen was knocked unconscious by a donkey's hoof.
• Xiao Yao invited Shen Yunzhi to dinner in S City, but she declined with an excuse and asked An Zhizhi to spend time with her instead.
• Shen Yunzhi gave An Zhizhi a fashion show invitation, and An Zhizhi agreed to shop and dine with her.
• Shen Yunzhi and An Zhizhi encountered Jiang Yunli in a luxury-brand store, and An Zhizhi mocked her marriage to Ji Nanxian.
• Jiang Yunli revealed through her worn appearance and thoughts that her married life was far less comfortable than others assumed.

Jiang Yunli tried to provoke Shen Yunzhi at a luxury shop, then returned to the Ji Family mansion and endured Zheng Xiulan’s demands before spreading fabricated dating rumors about Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao. Shen Yunzhi remained unaware of the rumors, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yao arrived while she was shopping with An Zhizhi.

• Jiang Yunli mocked An Zhizhi and tried to upset Shen Yunzhi by claiming the Jiang Family had kept her old room for her, but Shen Yunzhi’s reply left Jiang Yunli unable to continue the argument.
• An Zhizhi exposed that Jiang Yunli’s handbags were consigned secondhand, and Shen Yunzhi pointed out that Jiang Yunli could call the Jiang Family about her room; Jiang Yunli realized the room had not been kept for her and stormed out in humiliation.
• At the Ji Family mansion, Zheng Xiulan ordered Jiang Yunli to iron her cheongsam, and Jiang Yunli silently endured the treatment while resenting her financial hardship and her husband, Ji Nanxian.
• Jiang Yunli used an alternate account to post fabricated claims that Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao were secretly involved, drawing attention and arguments online.
• After shopping with An Zhizhi, Shen Yunzhi encountered Xiao Yao, who said his partnership talks had ended early and that he had planned to find her.

An Zhizhi maneuvered Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao into a movie date, unaware at first that they had already confessed their feelings. During the screening, Shen Yunzhi told Xiao Yao his probation was over, leaving An Zhizhi to notice their flustered faces and messages.

• An Zhizhi invited Xiao Yao to a movie with her and Shen Yunzhi, then accepted an endorsement from him as payment for arranging the outing.
• An Zhizhi seated Shen Yunzhi beside Xiao Yao in the private cinema, where Shen Yunzhi admitted that Xiao Yao already knew about her feelings and that she had invited An Zhizhi to avoid him.
• Xiao Yao fussed over Shen Yunzhi during the movie, prompting her to message him to act more normally.
• Shen Yunzhi texted Xiao Yao that his probation was over and he could become a permanent employee.
• Xiao Yao teased Shen Yunzhi about what she meant, and she threatened to take back her message as An Zhizhi watched their reactions and noticed their lit screens.

After An Zhizhi left them alone in the screening room, Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao discussed his uncle and his painful past before Shen Yunzhi revealed that she had transmigrated into the book. Xiao Yao treated her confession as a story pitch, and the pair left the movie behind to reunite with An Zhizhi.

• An Zhizhi accepted Xiao Yao's credit card and left Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao alone in the screening room.
• Xiao Yao told Shen Yunzhi that Xiao Yongming had been confined to a psychiatric hospital and admitted that his uncle had helped keep him imprisoned in the past.
• Shen Yunzhi confessed that she had transmigrated into the book, but Xiao Yao jokingly asked where she planned to serialize the story.
• Shen Yunzhi punched Xiao Yao and walked out, while he followed and teased her until the tension between them eased.
• An Zhizhi returned with milk tea after buying several handbags with Xiao Yao's card, then teased Shen Yunzhi about leaving the movie.

An Zhizhi learned that false rumors were spreading about Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao, while Xiao Yao tried to announce their relationship online. Shen Yunzhi stopped him with a kiss, but the couple were recognized by a passerby as they waited for the elevator.

• An Zhizhi read rumors claiming Shen Yunzhi had pursued Xiao Yao and called them nonsense in the gossip group chat.
• Xiao Yao drafted a Weibo post calling Shen Yunzhi his girlfriend, but Shen Yunzhi grabbed his phone and deleted it after kissing his cheek.
• Xiao Yao caught Shen Yunzhi by the elevator and teased her about the sneak attack.
• A young woman recognized Xiao Yao and tentatively asked whether the person in his arms was Sister Yun Zi.

Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao’s rumored relationship became the internet’s latest sensation after a couple photographed them together, but the story was soon eclipsed by a scandal over Ji Nanxian’s parentage. Ji Yueshan saw a paternity test prove Ji Nanxian was not his son and suffered a stroke from the shock.

• Shen Yunzhi denied her identity with an absurd story when Xiao Yao and a couple encountered her in the underground garage.
• The couple posted blurry photos of Xiao Yao with his arm around Shen Yunzhi, sending dating rumors and hashtags trending.
• An Zhizhi went offline when a fan asked whether Xiao Yao and Shen Yunzhi were together.
• Ji Yueshan’s illegitimate son exposed evidence that Ji Nanxian was not Ji Yueshan’s biological son, including details about Zheng Xiulan’s affair.
• After Ji Yueshan demanded proof, his illegitimate son showed him a paternity test excluding a biological father-son relationship between Ji Yueshan and Ji Nanxian.
• Ji Yueshan suffered a stroke and was hospitalized after seeing the test results.

The Ji Family descended into turmoil as Ji Yueshan confirmed Ji Nanxian was not his biological son and rushed through a divorce with Zheng Xiulan. Jiang Yunli tried to escape the family and end her pregnancy, but a fight with Zheng Xiulan left her bleeding on the floor.

• Zheng Xiulan tried to transfer hidden Ji Family assets, but Ji Yueshan's trusted aide watched her and Ji Nanxian, and her assets were frozen.
• Ji Yueshan woke from his coma, ordered a second paternity test, and received the same result before arranging an urgent divorce from Zheng Xiulan.
• The Ji Family couple's humiliating divorce drew widespread attention online, while Jiang Yunli feared she would be cast out with Ji Nanxian.
• Jiang Yunli went to the hospital to abort her pregnancy, but Zheng Xiulan caught her and dragged her back, insisting she carry the child.
• Jiang Yunli and Zheng Xiulan fought, and Zheng Xiulan kicked Jiang Yunli in the abdomen; Jiang Yunli collapsed as blood appeared between her legs.

Xiao Yao indirectly confirmed that he and Shen Yunzhi were together, drawing excited reactions from netizens and their families. After Shen Yunzhi avoided pressure to return to the Jiang Family for New Year, she shared her airport location with Xiao Yao, who rushed to meet her and celebrated by increasing the company’s annual party prize budget.

• The upheaval in the Ji Family became a major topic among netizens, overshadowing gossip about Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao confirmed their relationship by saying he had spent ages pursuing Shen Yunzhi, and their friends and relatives flooded them with messages.
• Shen Yunzhi ignored Jiang Zhen and Xie Mingzhen’s attempts to get her home for New Year and went to stay at a hotel.
• Xiao Yao invited Shen Yunzhi to spend the weekend in Capital City, and she laughed at his messages about a luxury villa.
• Shen Yunzhi sent Xiao Yao her airport location and asked where to meet him, so he left work early to go to her.
• Xiao Yao raised the annual party prize draw budget to ninety-nine million nine hundred and ninety thousand to celebrate no longer being single.