Chapter Summaries

Shen Yunzhi and her friends lost a string of games at Xiao Yao’s New Year party while Wang Yi tried to ingratiate himself with Xiao Yao. Wang Yi’s false claim that Chen Lin liked Shen Yunzhi sparked a humiliating misunderstanding, and Chen Lin had Wang Yi and his companions detained to make them pay for spreading rumors.

• Shen Yunzhi teamed up with An Zhizhi, Chi Zong, Xiao Yao, and Chen Lin for several games, but they lost repeatedly and eventually disbanded.
• After smoke from the grill drove Xiao Yao outside, Wang Yi approached him to pitch his family’s project and claimed Chen Lin liked Shen Yunzhi.
• Xiao Yao called Chen Lin over and asked whether he liked Shen Yunzhi, prompting Chen Lin to vehemently deny it and swear he had no romantic interest in her.
• Wang Yi and the others continued teasing Chen Lin, while Xiao Yao made a sarcastic remark and left.
• Chen Lin confronted Wang Yi’s group, then summoned his subordinates to seize them and ordered them to stay in Capital City longer.

At the New Year's Eve party, Shen Yunzhi watched the fireworks with Xiao Yao, then joked that a hundred-yuan note was the man she would love forever. As the guests got drunk, Shen Yunzhi called the missing Chi Zong, who slurred that someone was playing with his feet.

• Chen Lin ordered Wang Yi and the others locked in a basement for three days with only water.
• Shen Yunzhi posted a joking New Year's greeting on Weibo and watched the midnight fireworks with the party guests.
• Xiao Yao told Shen Yunzhi that people from S City had claimed Chen Lin liked her, and she guessed Wang Yi's group had spread the rumor.
• Shen Yunzhi pulled out a hundred-yuan note and declared she would love it forever, while Xiao Yao joked that they liked the same man.
• An Zhizhi got drunk and clung to a trash can, while Shen Yunzhi called the missing Chi Zong, who said someone kept playing with his feet.

Shen Yunzhi, Xiao Yao, and their friends drank themselves into chaos at a party, then woke to discover the embarrassing things they had done while drunk. Shen Yunzhi confronted Xiao Yao after learning he had eaten her entire bowl of pork rind aspic, and he tried to excuse himself with a joke.

• Shen Yunzhi got drunk, confused the others with an absurd explanation of grilled fish, and declared that she was a flower of the motherland.
• Xiao Yao, too drunk to find the driver’s seat, argued with Chen Lin over the phone while trying to leave the party.
• Shen Yunzhi woke with a hangover and discovered that Xiao Yao had eaten all the pork rind aspic she had saved.
• An Zhizhi found a trash can under her covers and learned she had called it her soulmate and punched Chen Lin when he tried to take it away.
• Shen Yunzhi publicly called Xiao Yao a heartless pig for eating her aspic, and he joked that perhaps the pig had been too cheeky to set.

During the New Year holiday, Shen Yunzhi and her friends’ roller-skating outing ended with Chi Zong injured and rushed to the hospital. Shen Yunzhi refused to return to the Jiang Family for New Year’s dinner, leaving Xie Mingzhen alone with her guilt and old messages to her daughter.

• Chi Zong was threatened by the spa owner over his drunken remark about the owner’s feet.
• At the skating rink, Shen Yunzhi bumped into Chi Zong, who fell onto a cone and was taken to the hospital; he demanded that she pay his bills and compensate him.
• Jiang Chi asked Shen Yunzhi whether she would come home for New Year’s dinner, but she refused, saying she had no reason to return.
• Jiang Chi told Xie Mingzhen that Shen Yunzhi would not come, then bluntly criticized Xie Mingzhen for her past actions before leaving.
• Xie Mingzhen reread her old scolding messages to Shen Yunzhi and began to cry, which Jiang Chi discovered when he came out of his room.

At a golf outing, Chi Zong explained how misleading rumors about his love life had begun, while a paparazzo discovered a photo that could make it look as though Chi Zong had struck a caddie. Shen Yunzhi scored a lucky hole in one, then learned she was expected to give each course employee a 6,666-yuan red envelope.

• Security caught paparazzi sneaking onto the private golf course, and Chi Zong persuaded them to leave.
• One paparazzo found a misleading photo that appeared to show Chi Zong hitting a caddie and began plotting to use it.
• Chi Zong told Shen Yunzhi and the others that rumors about his three girlfriends had distorted stories about his first love and a gala appearance in women's clothes.
• Shen Yunzhi struggled to hit the ball but accidentally made a hole in one.
• The course manager told Shen Yunzhi that tradition called for a 6,666-yuan red envelope for each staff member, leaving her stunned.

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.