Chapter Summaries

Xie Mingzhen learned that Jiang Yunli had stolen Shen Yunzhi’s university admission and faked her depression, while Shen Yunzhi asked her mother to help end her engagement to Ji Nanxian. After the engagement was canceled, Shen Yunzhi celebrated online and confronted the system over its malfunctioning Smart Assistant.

• Jiang Chi told Xie Mingzhen that Jiang Yunli had been taken in for questioning over fake illness certificates, and that Shen Yunzhi had already left.
• Jiang Chi relayed Shen Yunzhi’s request that Xie Mingzhen help break off her engagement, and Xie Mingzhen went with Jiang Zhen to make it happen.
• Zheng Xiulan tried to persuade Shen Yunzhi to keep the engagement with money, but Shen Yunzhi refused and fled.
• The Jiang and Ji families announced the engagement’s cancellation, and Shen Yunzhi posted a joking celebration that drew bizarrely hostile-sounding comments from her own fans.
• The system returned to sync its evaluation, and Shen Yunzhi complained that its Smart Assistant kept showing Xiao Yao’s favorability toward her as sixty percent.

Shen Yunzhi refused to pursue Xiao Yao after he upset her, while the system tried to persuade her to reconsider. The Smart Assistant then issued a coercive new mission based on Xiao Yao’s impending drugging, leaving Shen Yunzhi and the system speechless.

• Shen Yunzhi told the system she did not want to complete the mission to win Xiao Yao over because she was angry with him.
• The system offered to install a diagnostic program to investigate Xiao Yao’s fluctuating affection and tried to persuade Shen Yunzhi by praising him.
• Shen Yunzhi complained that the Smart Assistant threatened to electrocute her if she failed a mission.
• The Smart Assistant reported Xiao Yao’s affection had fallen by ten percent and said a plot involving his relatives drugging him was about to begin.
• The Smart Assistant ordered Shen Yunzhi to replace the strange woman and have sex with Xiao Yao, threatening continuous electric shocks if she failed.

Shen Yunzhi learned that Xiao Yao’s affection had dropped after he overheard a false rumor about her and Jiang Chi, then watched it rise after she clarified that Jiang Chi was her biological younger brother. As All Villains prepared to resume filming, Jiang Yunli’s stolen university admission spot was exposed, leaving her disowned and abandoned.

• Shen Yunzhi negotiated with the system to protect Xiao Yao while it tried to repair the Smart Assistant, then messaged Xiao Yao about the show’s return.
• At a wedding banquet, Chen Lin teased Xiao Yao about Shen Yunzhi and Jiang Chi, prompting Xiao Yao to leave the table.
• Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao discussed the rumor that Jiang Chi was her puppy-boy lover, and Xiao Yao transferred her ¥200,000 after she clarified that he was her biological younger brother.
• Shen Yunzhi saw Xiao Yao’s affection rise to 60%, then 70%, and suspected the high value was a system bug.
• All Villains announced its return with Ji Nanxian and Jiang Yunli still on the cast, while an investigation into Jiang Yunli’s stolen admission spot began.
• Jiang Zhen severed ties with Jiang Yunli, Xie Mingzhen rejected her, and Jiang Chi celebrated her downfall with fireworks.

Chi Zong stirred up gossip about Jiang Yunli and Ji Nanxian, while An Zhizhi learned that Chi’s dating rumors were true. When filming resumed, Ji Nanxian returned to the show and reacted with disgust upon seeing Jiang Yunli, leaving everyone wondering why he had come back.

• Chi Zong asked the guests why Jiang Yunli and Ji Nanxian were still appearing on the show, and Shen Yunzhi said she wanted to know too.
• An Zhizhi asked Chi Zong about his dating rumors, and he joked that the first three women mistaken for his girlfriends had been his sister, his mother, and an anti-fan before admitting the rumors were true.
• Jiang Yunli returned to the livestream villa and claimed she had come back because work was hard to find and every bit of income helped.
• Ji Nanxian arrived and angrily asked Jiang Yunli why she was there, making the guests and viewers suspect that the pair had broken up.

Ji Nanxian returned to the show to win Shen Yunzhi back after learning that his family’s business succession was at risk, but Shen Yunzhi chased him off with dog shit. Later, his attempts to impress her at a tea party fell flat, while Chi Zong noticed Xiao Yao standing apart from the laughter.

• Ji Nanxian told Shen Yunzhi he had returned for her, and she drove him away by flinging dog shit at him.
• Ji Nanxian’s mother revealed that his father had an illegitimate son entering the company and gave Ji Nanxian the choice of competing with him or winning Shen Yunzhi back.
• Ji Nanxian chose to pursue Shen Yunzhi, believing she still had feelings for him after five years of devotion.
• At the tea party, Ji Nanxian compared loving Shen Yunzhi to tending a flower, but the Florist demonstrated by smacking a lotus bud until it opened.
• Chi Zong tried to get Xiao Yao to laugh about the flower demonstration, then noticed Xiao Yao seemed to have something on his mind.

Xiao Yao’s behavior led Tang Jianing to suspect he was interested in Shen Yunzhi, worrying her fans, while Chi Zong’s pleading for an endorsement sparked a fan war. The new guest, Sun Lanyin, arrived and defended her ten-year relationship despite questions about her boyfriend’s commitment.

• Xiao Yao told Chi Zong he had given the endorsement to Chi Zong’s archrival, and Chi Zong followed him indoors begging for it.
• Chi Zong’s fans and haters fought in the livestream chat as viewers noticed Xiao Yao seemed unhappy after Ji Nanxian arrived and kept looking toward Shen Yunzhi.
• Tang Jianing gathered examples of Xiao Yao’s behavior around Shen Yunzhi and posted her conclusion on Weibo that Xiao Yao was interested in her.
• Shen Yunzhi’s fans grew anxious about the possibility that Xiao Yao had fallen for her and discussed rescuing her from working for his company.
• Sun Lanyin arrived as the new guest, and Chi Zong and An Zhizhi questioned her about her boyfriend while she insisted that she trusted him and believed he loved her.

Shen Yunzhi and the other guests played a quiz to decide teams for an immersive spy game, while she tried to avoid being teamed with Ji Nanxian and protect Xiao Yao. On the bus to the film set, the teams learned the game rules, and Shen Yunzhi’s proposed team name sparked another exchange of insults between Xiao Yao and Ji Nanxian.

• Shen Yunzhi advised Sun Lanyin to reconsider her one-sided relationship, but Sun Lanyin told her to stay out of it.
• The director used a quiz to split the seven guests into teams, and Shen Yunzhi manipulated her score while Ji Nanxian tried to match her ranking.
• The final teams placed Shen Yunzhi, Xiao Yao, and Ji Nanxian together, while Sun Lanyin, An Zhizhi, Chi Zong, and Jiang Yunli formed the other team.
• Xiao Yao won the quiz with ten correct answers, then declared, “This sovereign’s defeat-goodbye,” leaving Sun Lanyin confused.
• On the bus, Shen Yunzhi told Xiao Yao she had wanted to join his team because he was handsome, then admitted she had been joking.
• After the director explained the spy-identification game, Shen Yunzhi suggested the Handsome Bastard Team, and Xiao Yao and Ji Nanxian traded insults over who would be the “duo” and the “prick.”

Shen Yunzhi, Xiao Yao, and Ji Nanxian joined a historical-themed faction game, where Shen Yunzhi mocked Xiao Yao’s identity as the East Factory’s chief eunuch and rebuffed Ji Nanxian’s attempts to reconnect. The chapter ended with Shen Yunzhi tricking Ji Nanxian into thinking a fried chicken shop was filled with dismembered bodies, while Xiao Yao followed her inside and saw through the ruse.

• Shen Yunzhi and Sun Lanyin drew faction cards for their teams, and the guests changed into period costumes and received secret identities.
• Shen Yunzhi laughed when Xiao Yao revealed he had drawn the identity of the East Factory’s chief eunuch instead of a powerful minister.
• Ji Nanxian tried to talk to Shen Yunzhi, but Xiao Yao shoved between them and argued with Ji Nanxian about hogging the road.
• Ji Nanxian followed Shen Yunzhi through the studio town, offering her hairpins and candied hawthorns as she ignored him.
• Shen Yunzhi entered a fried chicken shop, then told Ji Nanxian it was full of dismembered bodies and sent him away while she explored.
• Xiao Yao followed Shen Yunzhi inside, spotted the fried chicken sign, and watched her insist the chicken pieces were body parts.

Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao explored the night market after ditching Ji Nanxian, then learned he had been kidnapped as part of the game. Shen Yunzhi repeatedly misread his pleas for help as coded clues and refused to rescue him, ending the chapter pleased that Xiao Yao had stayed by her side.

• Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao joked about their identities and wandered through the night market, where they watched Jinyiwei NPCs theatrically pick up litter with grabbers.
• The director told Shen Yunzhi that Ji Nanxian had been kidnapped and gave the Wu team one chance to send him a message; Shen Yunzhi wrote, “Are you in danger?”
• When Ji Nanxian called and tried to lure Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao outside the city, Shen Yunzhi guessed that kidnappers were forcing him to do it.
• A female kidnapper slapped Ji Nanxian for supposedly sending coded warnings, but Shen Yunzhi interpreted his desperate pleas as proof that he was safe and ended the call without helping him.
• Shen Yunzhi celebrated after hanging up and noticed that Xiao Yao was still following her.

Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao tried to figure out their next move in the game, while Tang Jianing grew suspicious of Xiao Yao’s unusual attention to Shen Yunzhi. Shen Yunzhi discovered she was the Wu group’s spy but tried to hide the clue and redirect suspicion toward Ji Nanxian, so she and Xiao Yao set out to search his house.

• Shen Yunzhi asked Xiao Yao what they should do, and they traded insults about Ji Nanxian and each other.
• Tang Jianing wondered whether Xiao Yao was romantically interested in Shen Yunzhi and messaged Chen Lin to ask if Xiao Yao was seeing anyone.
• Chen Lin dodged Tang Jianing’s question with a deliberately cryptic reply, and Tang Jianing sent back an odd message about sow postpartum care.
• Shen Yunzhi spotted a message on her popcorn chicken carton instructing her to deliver intelligence to Sun Lanyin of Yue, realizing she was the spy.
• Shen Yunzhi claimed Ji Nanxian was acting suspiciously and suggested searching his house, and Xiao Yao agreed.

During a spy game, Shen Yunzhi tried to ditch Xiao Yao so she could deliver intelligence, but their teasing banter distracted her. When she met her contact, Sun Lanyin, Shen Yunzhi realized Sun Lanyin did not know why she had come, leaving her to question whether the contact was genuine.

• Shen Yunzhi agreed to play the spy game and searched with Xiao Yao while looking for a chance to deliver her intelligence.
• Xiao Yao caught Shen Yunzhi staring at him, teased her, and followed her out after she shoved him away.
• Shen Yunzhi used an excuse to leave Xiao Yao and went to meet Sun Lanyin to deliver the intelligence.
• Sun Lanyin described her team's pointless night raid and admitted she had no idea what their mission was.
• Shen Yunzhi stopped before handing over the intelligence and asked Sun Lanyin whether she knew why Shen Yunzhi had come.

Shen Yunzhi avoided giving Sun Lanyin intelligence and instead offered her absurd advice about loving herself, then traded crude jokes with Xiao Yao. After Ji Nanxian was released from captivity, he saw Shen Yunzhi enter Xiao Yao’s room and watched Xiao Yao close the door in front of him.

• Shen Yunzhi realized Sun Lanyin was not the spy and pretended she had come to offer heartfelt advice, telling Sun Lanyin to love herself.
• Shen Yunzhi returned to Xiao Yao, who teased her about her long bathroom break, and they joked about excretion.
• Jiang Chi watched Shen Yunzhi’s livestream with his friends and lost their admiration when they heard her crude joke about life being like taking a shit.
• Shen Yunzhi stopped Xiao Yao before bed and asked to speak with him in his room.
• Ji Nanxian was released by his kidnappers, learned where Shen Yunzhi was, and arrived in time to see her enter Xiao Yao’s room.
• Xiao Yao noticed Ji Nanxian’s jealous expression and slowly closed the door while Ji Nanxian watched in disbelief.

Ji Nanxian confronted Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao, then cruelly brought up Xiao Yao’s deceased family. Xiao Yao responded with an affectedly melancholy remark about envying Ji Nanxian’s family support, leaving Ji Nanxian unsure how to react.

• Xiao Yao told Shen Yunzhi that Ji Nanxian had seen her, and Ji Nanxian pounded on the hotel-room door.
• Shen Yunzhi opened the door and rejected Ji Nanxian’s questions about why she was with Xiao Yao.
• Shen Yunzhi told Ji Nanxian he had no right to criticize Xiao Yao, while Xiao Yao silently provoked him from inside the room.
• Xiao Yao acted wounded by Ji Nanxian’s hostility, and Ji Nanxian lashed out by saying Xiao Yao had not cried when his parents and younger brother died.
• Ji Nanxian feared Xiao Yao’s reaction, but Xiao Yao resumed his innocent act and said he envied Ji Nanxian for having a family that planned for him.

Shen Yunzhi confronted Ji Nanxian after he provoked Xiao Yao about his family’s deaths, then exposed Ji Nanxian’s motives for pursuing her. She shut Ji Nanxian out and checked on Xiao Yao, unaware that his show of vulnerability had been an act.

• Shen Yunzhi recalled Xiao Yao’s past and offered him brief comfort after Ji Nanxian brought up his parents and younger brother.
• Shen Yunzhi kicked Ji Nanxian into the hotel corridor wall, while Xiao Yao secretly dropped his melancholy act and smirked at him.
• Shen Yunzhi listed Xiao Yao’s flaws while telling Ji Nanxian that Xiao Yao still had more good points than he did.
• Shen Yunzhi accused Ji Nanxian of pursuing her to avoid competing with the Ji Family’s newly acknowledged illegitimate son.
• Shen Yunzhi closed the door on Ji Nanxian and reassured Xiao Yao, who claimed he was used to hearing such insults.

Shen Yunzhi warned Xiao Yao that his family might be planning to put a woman in his bed, then explained that she cared because she considered him a friend. Xiao Yao asked her to help him keep watch, while the chapter showed how rumors about his family and reputation made women wary of him.

• Shen Yunzhi saw through Xiao Yao's act against Ji Nanxian, searched his suite, and warned him about a rumor that his relatives planned to put a woman in his bed.
• Xiao Yao questioned why Shen Yunzhi cared, and she mistakenly thought he was calling her meddlesome before he clarified that he feared their association would draw suspicion.
• Shen Yunzhi told Xiao Yao she wanted to help because they were friends, and Xiao Yao asked her to keep an eye out.
• After Shen Yunzhi left, the narration described how rumors painted Xiao Yao as a sociopath who might have caused his family's deaths, making prominent women avoid him.

Xiao Yao discovered that Chen Lin had added Shen Yunzhi to their friends' group chat, where everyone entertained her with embarrassing stories about Xiao Yao and his business partnership with Chen Lin. The group joked that the two partners were like a married couple, while Shen Yunzhi joined in the conversation.

• Xiao Yao replied to Chen Lin's messages about projects and noticed new messages in a muted group chat.
• Xiao Yao recognized Shen Yunzhi's familiar account in the group and realized Chen Lin had invited her.
• Bro A told Shen Yunzhi how a drunk Xiao Yao had mistaken a passenger's breathalyzer test for proof that the Fu Family had special influence.
• Bro C described how Xiao Yao and Chen Lin became business partners and grew deeply reliant on each other.
• Shen Yunzhi joked that Xiao Yao and Chen Lin were like a married couple with eight kids, making the group laugh.

Shen Yunzhi joined Chen Lin’s group chat and quickly agreed to several social outings, while Chen Lin’s misleading explanation made Xiao Yao believe she was open to dating someone in the group. Xiao Yao retaliated by saddling Chen Lin with extra work, and Shen Yunzhi later noticed Xiao Yao staying silent in the chat.

• Shen Yunzhi joined the group chat and agreed to a drinking session, afternoon tea, and a yacht party.
• Chen Lin told Xiao Yao that he had said someone in the group liked Shen Yunzhi, letting Xiao Yao assume she was open to dating someone there.
• Xiao Yao concluded that Shen Yunzhi would date someone other than him and had no idea he was interested in her.
• Chen Lin’s assistant told him that President Xiao had assigned him Xiao Yao’s share of the work, leaving Chen Lin baffled.
• Shen Yunzhi checked the group chat and saw that Xiao Yao had not responded to people tagging him.

Shen Yunzhi checked that Xiao Yao was all right, then accidentally sparked a group-chat prank that left him surrounded by copy-pasted messages. On the show, Ji Nanxian kept following her and triggered a pursuit over seditious poetry, leaving Shen Yunzhi furious as they fled.

• Shen Yunzhi worried that Xiao Yao might be in trouble, but his reply reassured her and she returned to breakfast.
• Shen Yunzhi posted screenshots of Xiao Yao’s private reply, prompting the group to tease him for answering her but ignoring them.
• Shen Yunzhi started a copy-paste prank, and the group joined in until Xiao Yao complained that they were all sick in the head.
• Ji Nanxian followed Shen Yunzhi and bought her a poetry collection, accidentally triggering a chase by pursuers accusing them of buying seditious poetry.
• Shen Yunzhi cursed at Ji Nanxian as she ran and threatened to shove a fruit-stand umbrella up his ass.

Shen Yunzhi was captured after Ji Nanxian’s botched attempt to help her escape, then asked Xiao Yao how to get Ji Nanxian away from her. Xiao Yao revealed a shocking secret about Ji Nanxian’s parentage before freeing himself and leaving Shen Yunzhi tied up.

• Ji Nanxian shoved Shen Yunzhi through a door and held it shut, leaving her surrounded by pursuer NPCs while he was caught by the female kidnapper.
• Shen Yunzhi found Xiao Yao tied up in the same room and apologized after learning their loud commotion had drawn the pursuers to him.
• Xiao Yao told Shen Yunzhi to have Jiang Chi work with Ji Nanxian, then revealed that Ji Nanxian was not Ji Yueshan’s son and that Ji Yueshan did not know.
• Xiao Yao said he would be faithful if he married, prompting Shen Yunzhi to question his reputation and warn him not to deceive his future wife.
• Xiao Yao broke free of his ropes and left, while Shen Yunzhi struggled unsuccessfully to free herself and called after him.

Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao escaped their staged prison cell, only to be captured again alongside Ji Nanxian. The Director offered them two ways out, and Shen Yunzhi chose to answer questions from viewers; the first viewer asked Ji Nanxian about his breakup with Jiang Yunli.

• Shen Yunzhi wondered whether Ji Nanxian knew he was the product of an affair and grew frustrated when Xiao Yao appeared to leave her behind.
• Xiao Yao returned and cut Shen Yunzhi free, teasing her that he might date her if he could not find a wife.
• Shen Yunzhi followed Xiao Yao outside and made an absurd remark about her underwear before NPCs arrived with Ji Nanxian tied up.
• The Director offered the group a choice between calling a hidden spy with a message card and answering viewer questions.
• Shen Yunzhi chose the viewer questions, and the first viewer asked Ji Nanxian whether he had really broken up with Jiang Yunli.