Chapter Summaries

Shen Yunzhi refused to pay Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, while Jiang Yunli offered them her savings and Ji Nanxian blamed Shen Yunzhi for Yunli’s supposed suffering. The argument turned when Shen Yunzhi revealed scars from her abuse, leaving Jiang Yunli pale on camera.

• Ji Nanxian urged Shen Yunzhi to pay Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, but she challenged him to pay instead.
• Jiang Yunli handed Shen Yonggui a card containing her savings and asked the couple to stop bothering Shen Yunzhi.
• Ji Nanxian accused Shen Yunzhi of mistreating Jiang Yunli and claimed the couple had beaten and punished Yunli.
• Shen Yonggui nearly denied the accusations, but Wang Dezhen pinched him and tried to leave with the money.
• Shen Yunzhi rolled up her sleeves to reveal cigarette burns and cane scars, stunning Jiang Yunli.

Shen Yunzhi revealed the scars left by Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen’s abuse, turning the livestream audience against Jiang Yunli and Ji Nanxian. Jiang Yunli realized her reputation was ruined as Shen Yunzhi explained that village officials had once intervened to keep her from being beaten to death.

• Viewers saw Shen Yunzhi’s burn and whip scars and condemned Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen for abusing her.
• An Zhizhi accused Jiang Yunli of knocking over the cameraman earlier to hide Shen Yunzhi’s scars, leaving Jiang Yunli unable to explain herself.
• Online viewers and people at the scene criticized Jiang Yunli and Ji Nanxian for using Shen Yunzhi’s suffering to make Jiang Yunli look charitable.
• Shen Yunzhi covered her scars and said she could not give money to the people who had abused her.
• Shen Yunzhi said village officials had threatened Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen with murder charges if they beat her to death, while the couple tried to excuse their actions.

Shen Yunzhi exposed Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen’s abuse and exploitation, leading authorities to investigate them and confirm the evidence. Meanwhile, Jiang Yunli’s reputation collapsed after her studio’s lawsuit against Lüelüelüe exposed its role in attacking Shen Yunzhi, and Jiang went crying to Ji Nanxian again.

• Shen Yunzhi mocked Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen’s favoritism toward Shen Yaozu and described his failures, then warned the couple that their livestream statements could be used as evidence in court.
• Viewers spread clips of the livestream, and authorities took Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen in for investigation that night.
• Authorities confirmed the couple had abused and exploited Shen Yunzhi, and Shen refused their request for forgiveness.
• Jiang Yunli’s collaborators and brands cut ties with her as her reputation collapsed, while Lüelüelüe sued Jiang Yunli’s studio over its role in cyberbullying her.
• Lüelüelüe presented evidence that her claims about the studio’s paid attacks on Shen Yunzhi were true, leaving the studio unable to refute her case.
• Jiang Yunli became a laughingstock and went crying to Ji Nanxian again.

Ji Nanxian’s father reprimanded him for mistreating Shen Yunzhi and warned that he had other sons, then ordered the Ji family to stop supporting Jiang Yunli. When Ji Nanxian tried to help Jiang Yunli, he learned his father had frozen his assets.

• Ji Nanxian’s father scolded him for prioritizing Jiang Yunli over Shen Yunzhi and warned him that he was not his only son.
• Ji Nanxian’s father learned that Tang Jianing was behind the effort to clear Shen Yunzhi’s name and ordered his secretary to freeze Ji Nanxian’s cards and block the Ji family from helping Jiang Yunli.
• Jiang Yunli found Ji Nanxian in tears and asked him to save her career, so he promised to make a call.
• A Ji family executive told Ji Nanxian that his father had forbidden the company from getting involved in Jiang Yunli’s affairs.
• Ji Nanxian offered Uncle Wang an auction gift in exchange for help, but Uncle Wang revealed that Ji Nanxian’s father had already frozen all his assets.

Ji Nanxian and Jiang Yunli struggled with the fallout from the Ji Family’s decision and the exposure of Jiang Yunli’s smear campaign against Shen Yunzhi. After Tang Jianing noticed Jiang Yunli’s suspicious reaction to a diary on a livestream, she called Jiang Chi to ask for handwriting samples.

• Uncle Wang told Ji Nanxian that he might not be his father’s only son, then abruptly ended the call.
• Ji Nanxian brushed off Jiang Yunli’s worries and told her to endure the online backlash for a few days.
• Tang Jianing won her lawsuit, and Jiang Yunli’s studio stopped responding as Shen Yunzhi’s smears were cleared up.
• Jiang Yunli lost half her Weibo followers as fans abandoned her and the internet mocked her.
• Tang Jianing rewatched a livestream clip and suspected Jiang Yunli had not written the diary herself.
• Tang Jianing called Jiang Chi and asked whether he had anything his sister had written by hand.

Tang Jianing asked Jiang Chi about his sister Jiang Yunli, while on the livestream Shen Yunzhi rejected Ji Nanxian’s renewed advances and joked with the others about her former crush. The chapter left Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao sharing an awkward moment after he called her ideal partner rich and handsome.

• Tang Jianing asked Jiang Chi why he was so concerned about Jiang Yunli, and Jiang Chi warned her that his father doted on Jiang Yunli because she had supposedly suffered abuse and depression.
• Ji Nanxian tried to give Shen Yunzhi his jacket and said he would put her first, but Shen Yunzhi told him she wanted to end their engagement and mocked his attempts to win her back.
• Ji Nanxian offered to introduce Shen Yunzhi to his parents or take her on a date, and Shen Yunzhi rejected both offers.
• Shen Yunzhi joined the villagers in gathering wild produce and told Chi Zong that Ji Nanxian had been her “crap crush.”
• An Zhizhi and Chi Zong discussed what kind of person would suit Shen Yunzhi, and Xiao Yao suggested someone rich and handsome.
• Chi Zong joked from beside the cameraman that Xiao Yao got screen time because he was rich and handsome, leaving Xiao Yao, Shen Yunzhi, and An Zhizhi speechless.

During the wilderness show, Chi Zong’s blunder left Xiao Yao and Shen Yunzhi embarrassed, while a sour-fruit prank briefly drew the group together. Jiang Yunli wandered off alone and heard Shen Yunzhi fall, but when a staff member arrived, she chose to leave without investigating.

• Chi Zong’s direction mix-up ruined the group’s harmony, and the cast remained awkward during their midday break.
• Chi Zong pretended the villagers’ sour fruit tasted fine, tricking Ji Nanxian into eating one and making An Zhizhi and Chi Zong laugh at him.
• Jiang Yunli tried to approach An Zhizhi, who rebuffed her, then walked away alone to forage.
• Jiang Yunli became lost and heard Shen Yunzhi cry out after apparently tumbling down the hillside.
• When a staff member came to collect her, Jiang Yunli hid her alarm and left without checking on Shen Yunzhi.

Shen Yunzhi fell into a ravine while gathering mushrooms, injured her ankle, and learned that her original body owner had taken over her difficult quest lines. The chapter ended with Xiao Yao finding her and mocking her bad luck.

• Shen Yunzhi slipped while reaching for a lion's mane mushroom and fell into a ravine, dislocating her ankle and cutting her leg.
• The system explained that Shen Yunzhi's original body owner had agreed to complete her revenge, career, and romance quest lines in exchange for Shen Yunzhi's freedom.
• Shen Yunzhi learned that Xiao Yao was her assigned romance target and gave up on taking the quests back after hearing about the original owner's powerful apocalypse-world role.
• The system alerted Shen Yunzhi that someone was approaching, and Xiao Yao found her in the ravine and teased her about her rotten luck.

After Shen Yunzhi injured her leg, Xiao Yao treated her and carried her to an empty ranger’s cabin. When the pain suppression wore off, she burst into tears, and the system reported that Xiao Yao’s affection had risen and automatically accepted a mission to win him over.

• Shen Yunzhi pretended her injured leg hurt, and Xiao Yao climbed down to inspect it and alert the production crew.
• Xiao Yao cleaned Shen Yunzhi’s wound, splinted her dislocated ankle, and carried her to a ranger’s cabin as snow began to fall.
• At the cabin, Xiao Yao lit the stove and found supplies to treat her injury.
• Shen Yunzhi’s pain suppression expired while she tried to thank Xiao Yao, and she began sobbing from the pain.
• The system detected a 10% increase in Xiao Yao’s affection and automatically accepted a romance mission for Shen Yunzhi to win him over.

Shen Yunzhi struggled with her painful injury while the system’s accidental romance mission to win over Xiao Yao left her horrified. Xiao Yao comforted and fed her as they waited for the production crew to find them, and he found himself drawn to looking at her.

• Shen Yunzhi begged the system to replace the mission to win over Xiao Yao, but the system could not disable it and rushed off to find a fix.
• The system failed to extend Shen Yunzhi’s pain suppression, leaving her crying from the pain while Xiao Yao handed her tissues and tried to comfort her.
• Shen Yunzhi warned Xiao Yao not to tell anyone she had cried, and they traded jokes until the tension eased.
• With the production crew still missing, Xiao Yao prepared food and called Shen Yunzhi over while she waited in pain by the fire.

Shen Yunzhi survived the mountain ordeal but badly injured her ankle, while Xiao Yao looked after her and kept gaining affection for her. In the hospital, she learned the mission could not be abandoned and Xiao Yao's affection had already risen to 20%.

• Shen Yunzhi mistook Xiao Yao's gas-cylinder cooker for a dangerous setup, then warned him never to cook again after tasting his oversalted mushrooms.
• The production crew found Shen Yunzhi and carried her down the mountain, while Jiang Yunli worried about whether her failure to help would be exposed.
• Shen Yunzhi told Xiao Yao she did not want to see Ji Nanxian, and Xiao Yao carried her past Ji Nanxian and away in the crew's vehicle.
• Doctors treated Shen Yunzhi's serious ankle injury and put her leg in a cast.
• The system told Shen Yunzhi that her mission could not be abandoned, then went to consult other systems about a solution.
• Shen Yunzhi saw that Xiao Yao's affection had risen from 10% to 20% and complained that the mission was bugged.

Shen Yunzhi recovered from her leg pain in the hospital, then received a mission to give Xiao Yao warm affection before his coming corruption arc. After the production team suspended the show, Shen Yunzhi went home and found her popularity had grown to two million followers.

• Shen Yunzhi found that the system had renewed her pain suppression, and she no longer felt pain in her injured leg.
• Xiao Yao watched Shen Yunzhi act at ease and reflected on her vulnerability, raising his affection for her by two percent to 22%.
• Shen Yunzhi received a mission to comfort Xiao Yao with hugs and kisses before he entered his pre-corruption arc, with electric shock as the failure penalty.
• The system learned that its Smart Assistant had caused other systems' hosts serious problems, including one host's final showdown being reset after a kiss reversed the timeline.
• The director suspended the show after Shen Yunzhi's injury led her to leave, and viewers criticized the production team.
• Shen Yunzhi returned home and discovered she had about two million followers and a Super Topic called “Gathering Place for Unhinged Geniuses.”

Shen Yunzhi went online and joked with her fans, who had wildly exaggerated her injuries into a rumor that she might lose her leg. Alarmed by the rumor, Jiang Chi rushed to visit her, and the siblings ended the chapter arguing after Shen Yunzhi struck him with her crutch.

• Shen Yunzhi logged into Weibo, traded jokes with fans about her ideal partner and relationship advice, and reassured them that her ankle injury and leg cut were not serious.
• Shen Yunzhi's fans and other viewers spread exaggerated claims that her injury involved a broken leg and a wound exposing bone.
• Tang Jianing heard that Shen Yunzhi might need an amputation and urgently alerted Jiang Chi, who searched for her location.
• Jiang Chi arrived at Shen Yunzhi's home and accused her of hiding the supposed amputation from her family.
• Shen Yunzhi mistook Jiang Chi's outburst for an insult and hit him with her crutch before learning who he was.
• Shen Yunzhi gave Jiang Chi a hard-boiled egg for his bruised forehead, and the siblings continued bickering.

Shen Yunzhi was forced by her AI assistant to agree to attend a Ji Family birthday banquet, then lent Jiang Chi money and prepared to return to the Jiang Family. After Jiang Chi warned her about Jiang Yunli, Shen Yunzhi asked whether he had ever helped her when Jiang Yunli framed her.

• The AI assistant shocked Shen Yunzhi into agreeing to attend the Ji Family birthday banquet and win Xiao Yao over.
• Jiang Chi asked Shen Yunzhi for money in exchange for letting her beat him twice over winter break, and she gave him a bank card with a zero balance.
• Jiang Zhen told Shen Yunzhi to return to the Jiang Family the next day, and she decided to go rather than let him send someone to fetch her.
• Jiang Chi returned, asked Shen Yunzhi to transfer him eighty-eight thousand, and told her Jiang Yunli would be at the family home that night.
• Jiang Chi warned Shen Yunzhi not to keep opposing Jiang Yunli, and Shen Yunzhi asked if he had ever helped when Jiang Yunli framed her.

Jiang Chi carried Shen Yunzhi to her car, while Xiao Yao saw them together and reacted with jealousy he did not admit. Shen Yunzhi later messaged Xiao Yao about apartment paperwork and asked him to pay the fees, but he refused.

• Jiang Chi admitted he could not outdo Jiang Yunli at playing dirty and decided he would speak up for Shen Yunzhi more often after she lent him money.
• Jiang Chi carried Shen Yunzhi, whose leg was injured, down to the garage and helped her into her car.
• Chen Lin spotted Shen Yunzhi being carried by a handsome young man, and Xiao Yao stopped his car to look; Chen Lin teased him about Shen Yunzhi liking puppy types.
• Xiao Yao accelerated sharply after Chen Lin joked that Shen Yunzhi would not be interested in a twenty-six-year-old like him.
• Shen Yunzhi received a notification that Xiao Yao's affection had dropped by two percent, then messaged him about paperwork for her apartment.
• Xiao Yao confirmed the paperwork and refused Shen Yunzhi's request to cover the fees, saying he was in a bad mood.

Shen Yunzhi returned to the Jiang Family villa with Jiang Chi, where Xie Mingzhen berated her and Jiang Yunli subtly turned the family against her. Shen Yunzhi challenged Jiang Yunli’s act by pointing out the contradiction between her claims about her savings and the expensive jewelry she bought for Xie Mingzhen.

• Jiang Chi brought Shen Yunzhi to the Jiang Family villa, where Jiang Zhen, Xie Mingzhen, and Jiang Yunli were together.
• Xie Mingzhen criticized Shen Yunzhi for her behavior online, and Shen Yunzhi retorted by asking Jiang Yunli whether she could take a slap instead.
• Xie Mingzhen blamed Shen Yunzhi for Jiang Yunli’s online backlash and compared her unfavorably with Jiang Yunli’s gifts and savings.
• Jiang Yunli tried to make excuses for Shen Yunzhi, but Shen Yunzhi pointed out that Jiang Yunli had claimed to give her savings to Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen while also buying Xie Mingzhen expensive jewelry.

Shen Yunzhi exposed how Jiang Yunli had used an empty card to provoke Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, then challenged Xie Mingzhen for believing rumors while knowing nothing about her abuse. When Jiang Zhen tried to discipline her, Shen Yunzhi bluntly rejected the Jiang family’s expectations and insulted his efforts to change her.

• Shen Yunzhi mocked Jiang Yunli for using an empty card to goad Shen Yonggui and Wang Dezhen, then argued that Jiang Yunli had caused her own online backlash.
• Xie Mingzhen blamed Shen Yunzhi for the backlash, but Jiang Chi pointed out that Jiang Yunli’s own schemes had caused it.
• Shen Yunzhi asked Xie Mingzhen whether she knew about the abuse and injuries Shen Yunzhi had suffered, and Xie Mingzhen admitted she had not known.
• Jiang Zhen silenced the room and criticized Shen Yunzhi for how she spoke and for failing to meet the family’s standards.
• Shen Yunzhi retorted that the Jiang family had persuaded her to return and that they were incapable of changing her, leaving Jiang Chi stunned by her transformation.

Shen Yunzhi asked Jiang Zhen to cancel her engagement to Ji Nanxian, but he refused and urged her to marry him. Afterward, she told Jiang Chi that Jiang Zhen’s warning to Jiang Yunli was only a reminder to secure the engagement for herself, and the chapter ended with Xie Mingzhen serving Shen Yunzhi food at dinner.

• Shen Yunzhi asked Jiang Zhen to cancel her engagement and recalled how Jiang Yunli had entered Jing University, making Jiang Yunli worry that her secret might be exposed.
• Jiang Zhen told Jiang Yunli to spend less time with Ji Nanxian, then argued that Shen Yunzhi should rely on her future husband and would need the Ji Family’s approval to end the engagement.
• Shen Yunzhi answered that her underwear would always cover her, making Jiang Chi laugh and leaving the family speechless.
• After the others left, Shen Yunzhi explained to Jiang Chi that Jiang Zhen’s warning was meant to prompt Jiang Yunli to secure the engagement with the Ji Family.
• At dinner, Xie Mingzhen placed food in Shen Yunzhi’s bowl, and Shen Yunzhi thanked her.

Shen Yunzhi agreed to attend Ji Nanxian’s father’s birthday banquet with An Zhizhi and discovered that the event would trigger Xiao Yao’s tragic descent into darkness. After deciding to help him avoid a ruined leg, she called Xiao Yao but struggled to begin the conversation.

• Xie Mingzhen remembered rejecting Shen Yunzhi when she first came to the Jiang Family, while Jiang Chi helped Shen Yunzhi leave dinner.
• Shen Yunzhi agreed to attend the birthday banquet after An Zhizhi hinted that she wanted them to go together.
• Shen Yunzhi reviewed Xiao Yao’s past and learned that a bloodstained piece of his younger brother’s clothing would lure him into a trap at the banquet.
• Shen Yunzhi decided to help Xiao Yao and called him, but he answered without speaking.

Shen Yunzhi arrived at Ji Nanxian's father's birthday banquet intending to stay with Xiao Yao, but learned he had rushed off after receiving a message claiming his younger brother was alive. Xiao Yao sped toward the kidnappers' meeting place, uncertain whether the message was true but determined to confront the people who had killed his family.

• Shen Yunzhi called Xiao Yao, joked with him, and accepted his offer to pick her up before he abruptly hung up.
• At the banquet, Xiao Yao decided to stay after first planning to leave, then received a photo of a bloodstained child's jacket and a demand to come alone to an unfinished building in the west of the city.
• Xiao Yao left the banquet and told Chi Zong to inform Shen Yunzhi that something urgent had come up.
• Shen Yunzhi arrived, learned from Chi Zong that Xiao Yao had left, and hurried after him.
• Xiao Yao drove recklessly through the night toward the kidnappers, remembering his parents and younger brother's deaths.