Chapter Summaries

Shen Yunzhi demanded that Mr. Ji end her engagement to Ji Nanxian, then attacked Ji Nanxian and chased him through the villa until security restrained her. Meanwhile, Ji Nanxian tried to repair Jiang Yunli’s reputation online, and Jiang Yunli withdrew from the show after facing renewed criticism.

• Shen Yunzhi told Mr. Ji to call off her engagement to Ji Nanxian, but Mr. Ji refused to discuss it until later.
• Shen Yunzhi chased Ji Nanxian with a baseball bat, and Chi Zong and the villa staff also fled as she attacked indiscriminately.
• Ji Nanxian escaped through a window, stepped on Dahuang’s tail, and was bitten on the leg before security restrained Shen Yunzhi.
• Jiang Yunli checked the online reaction and saw viewers blaming her and Ji Nanxian for driving Shen Yunzhi to her breaking point.
• Ji Nanxian hired paid trolls to attack Shen Yunzhi and defend Jiang Yunli, who posted that living was exhausting and temporarily withdrew from the show for health reasons.

Jiang Yunli’s fans turned against Shen Yunzhi after Jiang claimed her depression had worsened, and Shen drove away fans who confronted her by pelting them with dog shit. The production team denied editing or scripting the footage, while Xiao Yao admitted he had asked the director to release the clip for its audience appeal.

• Jiang Yunli’s fans blamed Shen Yunzhi for attacking Jiang’s reputation and gathered outside the livestream villa to confront her.
• Shen Yunzhi hurled dog shit at the fans, then chased them away as the director and viewers watched in shock.
• An Zhizhi admired Shen Yunzhi’s courage, and Xiao Yao joked that insulting people helped them reap the consequences of their own karma.
• Jiang’s fans accused the production team of colluding with Shen Yunzhi and filed complaints seeking to get the show taken down.
• The production team denied editing or scripting the footage, and Xiao Yao said he had told the director to release the clip because it would attract hate-watch traffic.

After Shen Yunzhi was cleared, online outrage shifted toward Xiao Yao and Jiang Yunli, whose reputation and endorsements suffered. Jiang Yunli tried to secure Ji Nanxian’s commitment, but he refused her marriage request and said she could not attend his parents’ birthday banquet.

• Netizens condemned the CP fans for attacking Shen Yunzhi and turned their criticism toward Xiao Yao, while Shen’s fans demanded an apology from Ji Nanxian.
• Jiang Yunli’s public image collapsed, and she lost commercial deals and endorsements as she pretended to be ill at home.
• Ji Nanxian visited Jiang Yunli and comforted her as she cried that nobody liked her.
• Jiang Yunli asked Ji Nanxian to marry her, but he hesitated and explained that their families controlled marriage arrangements.
• Jiang Yunli accused Ji Nanxian of repeatedly failing to stand up for her, then softened when he promised not to abandon her.
• Ji Nanxian told Jiang Yunli he could not take her to his parents’ birthday banquet, then said his father had warned him to take Jiang Yunli and present her as his fiancée.

Shen Yunzhi learned how the Ji Family and Jiang Yunli had wronged her, then asked Xiao Yao to invite her adoptive parents onto the show. Xiao Yao was left wondering what he knew about Shen Yunzhi and contacted a well-connected friend for information.

• Jiang Yunli hid her anger and acted understanding when Ji Nanxian said he would take Shen Yunzhi, while Ji Nanxian praised and embraced her.
• Shen Yunzhi learned from the system that her adoptive parents had hidden her university admission and arranged for Jiang Yunli to take her place at Jing University.
• Shen Yunzhi contacted the show director after Ji Nanxian accused her of having financial dealings with him.
• Xiao Yao asked Shen Yunzhi what she and the director were planning, and she requested that her adoptive parents be invited onto the show.
• Shen Yunzhi sent Xiao Yao an exaggerated account of her hardships, then admitted she had copied it from the internet.
• Xiao Yao messaged his well-connected friend and asked how much he knew about Shen Yunzhi.

Xiao Yao learned the truth about Shen Yunzhi’s unhappy upbringing and confronted Ji Nanxian about his treatment of her on the livestream. The production team announced a rural filming trip to Shen Yunzhi’s former village, leaving Jiang Yunli alarmed about what might be revealed.

• Xiao Yao’s second younger brother explained how the Jiang Family found Shen Yunzhi, rejected her at first, and brought her back only to secure the Ji Family marriage alliance.
• After reading Shen Yunzhi’s messages, Xiao Yao told the director to let her do whatever she wanted.
• Ji Nanxian came to greet Xiao Yao, who questioned him about knowing of his affair with Jiang Yunli and pretending not to know Shen Yunzhi; Ji Nanxian admitted it on camera.
• The livestream viewers condemned Ji Nanxian for ignoring Shen Yunzhi while she sought an explanation from him.
• All Villains announced that the guests would live in the countryside, at the place where Shen Yunzhi’s adoptive parents lived, and Jiang Yunli panicked about the possibility of them appearing on camera.

Jiang Yunli returned to the show after learning the production team planned to film in her biological parents’ village, and Shen Yunzhi mocked her and traded jokes with the cast on the way to Caoli County. At a mountain transfer point, Ji Nanxian saw the cameras were not aimed at Shen Yunzhi and approached her.

• Jiang Yunli called the director and agreed to continue filming, then brought Ji Nanxian back after hearing the destination was her biological parents’ village.
• On the minibus, Jiang Yunli portrayed herself as a hardworking woman struggling with depression, while Shen Yunzhi sarcastically pointed out that she still had her illness.
• An Zhizhi asked whether Shen Yunzhi had lived in Caoli County, and Shen Yunzhi joked that poverty was the illness she had caught there.
• Ji Nanxian recalled his father’s order to win Shen Yunzhi’s favor before their marriage, but he refused to swallow his pride despite his father freezing his cards and memberships.
• At the mountain transfer point, Ji Nanxian noticed the cameras were not facing Shen Yunzhi and walked over to her.

As the guests watched Ji Nanxian pursue Shen Yunzhi, she rejected his help and mocked his attempts to provoke her about Xiao Yao. Ji Nanxian waited for her to ask for help with her heavy suitcase, but someone else reached out to assist her.

• An Zhizhi, Xiao Yao, and Chi Zong speculated that Shen Yunzhi had stopped liking Ji Nanxian and joked about her past behavior.
• Ji Nanxian offered to carry Shen Yunzhi's luggage, but she sidestepped him and told him to help Jiang Yunli instead.
• Jiang Yunli carried her own suitcase while viewers argued online over Ji Nanxian and Shen Yunzhi.
• Ji Nanxian claimed Shen Yunzhi was acting tough because she liked Xiao Yao, then asked whom she would save if he and Xiao Yao fell into water; Shen Yunzhi joked that she would electrify the water and throw rocks.
• Shen Yunzhi struggled to lift her heavy suitcase into the van as Ji Nanxian waited for her to ask for help, but another person reached out to assist her.

Shen Yunzhi and the others endured a dangerous, overcrowded ride to her mountain hometown, where the driver recognized her and defended her after Ji Nanxian accused her of slandering Jiang Yunli. An Zhizhi’s question about Shen Yunzhi’s adoptive parents challenged the rumors surrounding her return to the Jiang Family.

• An Zhizhi offered Shen Yunzhi a gold card with a hundred thousand in credit to carry her six suitcases, and Shen Yunzhi eagerly accepted.
• The driver packed the guests and their luggage into an overloaded van and revealed he had no license, severe nearsightedness, a prosthetic leg, and faulty brakes.
• After several hours on the mountain road, the group reached Shen Yunzhi’s hometown, where the driver recognized her as Shen Yonggui’s daughter.
• The driver asked whether Shen Yunzhi’s birth parents treated her badly or Jiang Yunli caused trouble, and Shen Yunzhi said life in S City had been difficult.
• Ji Nanxian accused Shen Yunzhi of slandering Jiang Yunli, but the driver defended Shen Yunzhi and said the village knew her adoptive parents had mistreated her.
• An Zhizhi asked whether Shen Yunzhi’s adoptive parents had treated her badly, noting that the rumors she had heard described them as loving.

Shen Yunzhi confronted her adoptive parents, Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, after they accused her of being ungrateful on the livestream. A fight broke out, the camera went down, and An Zhizhi noticed old cigarette burns and beating scars on Shen Yunzhi’s arm.

• The driver began telling An Zhizhi that Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen had mistreated Shen Yunzhi, but the couple rushed out and accused him of lying.
• Wang Dezhen and Shen Yonggui wailed about raising Shen Yunzhi as Jiang Yunli and the livestream viewers sympathized with them.
• Shen Yunzhi mocked their sob story and recalled how Shen Yonggui had thrown her into a latrine after Shen Yaozu broke something.
• Wang Dezhen demanded to know why Shen Yunzhi never sent money, while Shen Yonggui tried to hit her and the crew rushed to stop him.
• Jiang Yunli tripped the cameraman, knocking over the camera and cutting off the livestream as the group struggled to break up the fight.
• An Zhizhi noticed old cigarette burns and stick marks on Shen Yunzhi’s exposed arm.

Shen Yunzhi’s adoptive parents caused a scene and tried to pressure her for money, but left after being warned about compensation for assault. Jiang Yunli’s attempt to play innocent sparked another argument among the guests, ending with An Zhizhi and Chi Zong trading insults while the livestream viewers laughed.

• Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen argued with Shen Yunzhi, and viewers criticized them for their treatment of her.
• Xiao Yao and An Zhizhi warned Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen that the livestream captured everything and that they could owe compensation for hitting Shen Yunzhi.
• Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen left after insulting Shen Yunzhi, while Jiang Yunli privately regretted that they had focused on money instead of damaging Shen Yunzhi’s reputation.
• Jiang Yunli apologized for knocking into the cameraman, but An Zhizhi accused her of possibly doing it on purpose.
• Ji Nanxian and Chi Zong argued with An Zhizhi, who traded insults with both of them as the director watched the guests fight again.

An Zhizhi, Ji Nanxian, and Jiang Yunli struggled with the village accommodations while Jiang Yunli’s fans spread old allegations against Shen Yunzhi online. Shen Yunzhi spent time tutoring Yunya, whose blunt remark about Jiang Yunli’s past tutoring left the group stunned.

• An Zhizhi returned to her lodging after the director reminded her that her father had promised her a castle if she endured the show’s rough conditions.
• Ji Nanxian demanded a better room for Jiang Yunli, but the director pointed out An Zhizhi had managed to cope and revealed Ji Nanxian was wearing his sweater backward.
• Jiang Yunli told her manager to leave the fan dispute alone and asked for help with something else; soon, old accusations about Shen Yunzhi spread online and her haters attacked her education and family history.
• Yunya visited Shen Yunzhi for homework help, and An Zhizhi joined them with candy while Jiang Yunli struggled to fit into their conversation.
• Ji Nanxian argued that Yunya should ask Jing University graduate Jiang Yunli for tutoring instead, but Yunya said Jiang Yunli had once gotten middle school math problems wrong.

Yunya challenged Jiang Yunli’s claim to be a top Jing University student, and Shen Yunzhi demonstrated that she could solve the math problems. Viewers then uncovered evidence that Shen Yunzhi had once been an outstanding student, while Jiang Yunli’s stolen admission letter remained unknown to her.

• Yunya reminded Jiang Yunli that she had once struggled with basic language classes, making Jiang Yunli worry that Shen Yunzhi might learn about her stolen admission letter.
• Chi Zong joined the conversation and mocked Shen Yunzhi’s chances of getting into Jing University, provoking ridicule from the livestream viewers.
• Shen Yunzhi asked Yunya to have Jiang Yunli explain a math problem, but Jiang Yunli could not solve it, so Shen Yunzhi took over and explained it correctly.
• Yunya showed Shen Yunzhi her own answer, and Shen Yunzhi pointed out that it implied the goods cost sixty cents each but needed to sell for a hundred million apiece to break even.
• Viewers questioned rumors that Shen Yunzhi had been a poor student, and former students posted evidence that she had attended a top high school and appeared on its outstanding students display board.

Shen Yunzhi’s fans exposed hundreds of coordinated accounts that had spread rumors about her, prompting Jiang Yunli’s studio to threaten legal action and distract the public with scandals about other celebrities. The chapter ended with Tang Jianing revealing her support for Shen Yunzhi to Jiang Chi, who was the celebrity’s estranged biological younger brother.

• Netizens argued over conflicting claims about Shen Yunzhi, while Jiang Yunli’s studio paid trolls to steer blame toward Shen Yunzhi and her fans.
• Tang Jianing used her connections to investigate the suspicious accounts, then posted evidence that more than five hundred accounts had coordinated attacks on Shen Yunzhi.
• Jiang Yunli berated her manager and ordered the studio to suppress the story by promoting dirt on other celebrities.
• Jiang Yunli’s studio threatened Tang Jianing, posting as Lüelüelüe, with legal action, and Jiang Chi promised his family’s legal department would help her.
• Jiang Chi asked which celebrity Tang Jianing was following, and she felt awkward admitting she was a fan of Shen Yunzhi, his biological older sister.

Jiang Chi agreed to spend more time with Shen Yunzhi after Tang Jianing defended her, while Shen Yunzhi and An Zhizhi bickered before growing closer during their overnight conversation. The chapter ended with An Zhizhi pressing Shen Yunzhi to reveal which handsome man had replaced Ji Nanxian in her affections.

• Tang Jianing scolded Jiang Chi for criticizing Shen Yunzhi and urged him to treat his sister better, and Jiang Chi reluctantly agreed.
• Shen Yunzhi offered to help An Zhizhi make her bed, but their exchange about money and friendship made An Zhizhi storm outside.
• An Zhizhi returned to find that Shen Yunzhi had covered the dusty wall and obtained extra padding to make her sleeping area more comfortable.
• An Zhizhi asked Shen Yunzhi why she had once pursued Ji Nanxian, and Shen Yunzhi blamed her lack of self-control and said she had met someone better-looking.
• An Zhizhi wondered whether Shen Yunzhi meant Chi Zong or Xiao Yao, then asked her directly who she was interested in.

Shen Yunzhi teased An Zhizhi, who struggled to befriend her, while the male guests endured a chaotic night after Ji Nanxian broke their bed. The next day, the guests started village work, and Yunya thanked Shen Yunzhi for continuing to support the village.

• Shen Yunzhi called An Zhizhi pretty and more likable than Ji Nanxian, leaving An Zhizhi flustered and unable to tell her she wanted to be friends.
• An Zhizhi nervously invited Shen Yunzhi to share hot pot the next day, but Shen Yunzhi had already fallen asleep.
• Ji Nanxian punched the communal brick bed until it collapsed, burying him and Chi Zong in coal ash before Xiao Yao mistook the dust for smoke and doused them with bathwater.
• An Zhizhi recalled being mocked for trying to make friends and give gifts, but Shen Yunzhi's remark about her quilt being too short broke her melancholy.
• The director assigned the six guests to village work teams, pairing Shen Yunzhi with Xiao Yao and An Zhizhi with Chi Zong.
• Yunya joined Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao at her parents' home and thanked Shen Yunzhi for continuing to send money to help the village.

Jiang Yunli manipulated Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen into demanding money from Shen Yunzhi, then used a diary to make Ji Nanxian believe she had been abused by them. As Jiang Fans attacked Shen Yunzhi in the livestream chat, Tang Jianing prepared to defend her.

• Jiang Yunli gave Wang Dezhen a jade bangle and advised her and Shen Yonggui to gather villagers and pressure Shen Yunzhi for money.
• Wang Dezhen and Shen Yonggui left to confront Shen Yunzhi, while Wang privately admitted she had no intention of sharing the family’s property with Jiang Yunli.
• Jiang Yunli messaged her manager to stir up online criticism of Shen Yunzhi for not helping the village.
• Ji Nanxian found a diary describing a girl’s mistreatment by Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, and Jiang Yunli let him assume it was hers.
• Jiang Fans blamed Shen Yunzhi for Jiang Yunli’s suffering, and Tang Jianing angrily prepared to defend Shen Yunzhi.

Tang Jianing mobilized Shen Yunzhi’s fans after learning Jiang Yunli’s side had hired a marketing company to smear Shen Yunzhi again. Meanwhile, Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen failed to recruit villagers to pressure Shen Yunzhi, then gathered relatives instead, while Shen Yunzhi wondered about the system’s motives and headed back to lunch with Xiao Yao.

• Tang Jianing learned that Jiang Yunli’s side had hired a marketing company to smear Shen Yunzhi and rallied the supporters’ group to help expose them.
• Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen asked villagers to join them in making trouble for Shen Yunzhi, but the villagers refused and condemned their treatment of her.
• Shen Yonggui decided to seek help from their uncles and other relatives after Wang Dezhen asked what they should do.
• The system warned Shen Yunzhi that Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen were gathering relatives, and Shen Yunzhi questioned how it knew and what it wanted from her.
• When the director called the guests back for lunch, Xiao Yao took Shen Yunzhi’s hoe and carried it ahead of her.

At the village entrance, Shen Yunzhi was cornered by nosy villagers and then confronted by Wang Dezhen and Shen Yonggui, who sought to pressure her into giving them money. Shen Yunzhi exposed their motive, but their relatives and neighbors shifted to guilt-tripping her over the villagers’ past kindness.

• An older woman mistook Xiao Yao for Shen Yunzhi’s boyfriend and peppered Shen Yunzhi with questions about her love life and plans.
• Wang Dezhen arrived with Shen Yonggui and a group of female relatives, intending to pressure Shen Yunzhi into handing over money.
• Shen Yunzhi offered a million if Wang Dezhen admitted they had repeatedly caused trouble to demand money, prompting Shen Yonggui to blurt out that they had.
• Shen Yunzhi mocked Shen Yonggui, who tried to raise a hand against her before relatives restrained him and Wang Dezhen staged a public sobbing fit.
• Livestream viewers defended Shen Yunzhi and pointed out that her calloused hands showed she had done hard labor for years.
• The women accompanying Wang Dezhen accused Shen Yunzhi of failing to repay the village for past help, broadening their emotional pressure against her.

Shen Yunzhi’s relatives accused her of neglecting the village, but the villagers revealed she had secretly donated nearly a million yuan to support them. When her relatives tried to seize her, the villagers defended her with threats of calling for help and absurd counter-threats, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Yunli’s paid trolls flooded the livestream with accusations that Shen Yunzhi had never helped the village.
• Villagers revealed Shen Yunzhi had secretly given them money for roads, homes, livestock, and seeds, while the village chief had kept her donations quiet.
• The villagers cited Shen Yunzhi’s donations and Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen’s refusal to contribute, undermining the relatives’ accusations.
• Shen Yonggui and the relatives tried to reach Shen Yunzhi, but the villagers formed a barrier to protect her.
• A villager claimed to be a retired sanda fighter, while an older woman and an elderly man threatened to make the relatives regret touching them.

Villagers defended Shen Yunzhi online with stories and evidence of her generosity and her adoptive parents’ abuse. As Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen kept demanding money, Xiao Yao refused to exploit the conflict for livestream traffic, but paused when Jiang Yunli returned with Ji Nanxian, sensing Shen Yunzhi was waiting for their arrival.

• Villagers and younger residents shared evidence that Shen Yunzhi had secretly sent money, helped with medical care and education, and endured abuse from her adoptive parents.
• Jiang Yunli hurried back after learning of the commotion, while Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen continued pestering Shen Yunzhi after their relatives left.
• Chi Zong suggested Shen Yunzhi pay the couple to make them leave, but Xiao Yao argued that giving in would only lead them to demand more and decided to ask the director to send them away.
• Xiao Yao stopped and returned to his seat when Jiang Yunli arrived with Ji Nanxian and noticed Shen Yunzhi become animated.
• Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen refused to leave, and Shen Yunzhi held An Zhizhi back, saying the couple would eventually tire themselves out.