Chapter Summaries

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.

Xiao Yao welcomed Shen Yunzhi to Capital City, and they spent the New Year building a warm life together. On New Year's Day, Shen Yunzhi woke to find Xiao Yao already up.

• Xiao Yao met Shen Yunzhi at the airport and brought her home, where she reflected on how this place felt more like home than the world she had left behind.
• Xiao Yao and Shen Yunzhi spent the holiday shopping, eating pastries, and playing in the snow together.
• Xiao Yao mistakenly granted the household staff New Year's leave, so he hired a private chef team to prepare their New Year's Eve dinner.
• At midnight, Shen Yunzhi wished Xiao Yao a happy New Year and said she hoped their life together would stay this way; Xiao Yao agreed and promised, “Every year from now on.”
• On New Year's Day, Shen Yunzhi woke to firecrackers and found that Xiao Yao was already up.

Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao celebrated New Year's Day by visiting a temple, where she hung a wish plaque and gave him a red bracelet. Afterward, Shen Yunzhi stopped traveling, took a secretary job with Xiao Yao, and resigned a month later, accusing him of sexual harassment.

• Xiao Yao cooked Shen Yunzhi a disastrous New Year's breakfast, and she praised his effort despite the food.
• Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao visited a temple, where she hung a plaque wishing for peace, safety, joy, and happiness.
• Shen Yunzhi bought Xiao Yao a red bracelet, and he refused to take it off.
• After the variety show went on hiatus, Shen Yunzhi traveled until a flood buried the hotel where she had been staying; she returned home unexpectedly and frightened Xiao Yao.
• Shen Yunzhi accepted a secretary position from Xiao Yao, then resigned after a month, claiming he had sexually harassed her.

After realizing she was only two years older than a recent exam graduate, Shen Yunzhi decided to return to school, but struggled with freshman-level math and enrolled at Jing University. On registration day, Xiao Yao fussed over her and grew jealous when student volunteers offered to help her.

• Shen Yunzhi watched a post-exam interview, calculated her age, and decided to go back to school.
• Xiao Yao brought Shen Yunzhi freshman advanced mathematics exam papers, and she discovered she had forgotten much of the material.
• Shen Yunzhi began studying from freshman year and arrived at Jing University in late August to register.
• Xiao Yao warned Shen Yunzhi to keep in touch, avoid the cafeteria, and stay away from men who offered favors.
• Several student volunteers approached Shen Yunzhi to offer help, and Xiao Yao sourly told them someone was already showing her around.

Shen Yunzhi returned to Jing University, where candid photos of her with Xiao Yao exposed her enrollment and stirred up online gossip. After enduring two weeks of military training and teasing Jiang Chi, she finished training without getting a tan.

• Xiao Yao pulled Shen Yunzhi away from upperclassmen who offered to help her register, then handled her forms and bought her milk tea.
• A journalism student filmed Shen Yunzhi during registration, and photos of her with Xiao Yao spread from Jing University's campus crush page to Weibo, revealing her return to school.
• Shen Yunzhi endured two weeks of military training while Jiang Chi taunted her with watermelon and jokes, then hit him when the instructor dismissed the formation.
• Jiang Chi told Shen Yunzhi that Jiang Yunli's divorce from Ji Nanxian remained unresolved because Zheng Xiulan and Ji Nanxian were imprisoned abroad for financial fraud.
• After autumn rain ended military training, An Zhizhi visited to mock Shen Yunzhi for getting sunburned but found she had not tanned at all.

Shen Yunzhi spent a playful weekend with Xiao Yao, then unexpectedly found him beside her in class after he returned from a long business trip. The chapter left her passing him a note asking how he had gotten in and why he was dressed that way.

• Shen Yunzhi drew a flower and a turtle on sleeping Xiao Yao’s cheeks and photographed him.
• Xiao Yao woke, caught Shen Yunzhi, and teased her before kissing her and promising she would never escape him.
• Shen Yunzhi dozed during her first macroeconomics lecture, and the strict teacher called on her to answer a question.
• Xiao Yao, seated beside Shen Yunzhi, showed her the answer in the textbook, and she read it aloud to the teacher.
• Shen Yunzhi learned Xiao Yao had flown more than twenty hours to see her after four days apart and passed him a note asking how he had gotten into class and why he was dressed that way.

After Xiao Yao returned early, he confronted Shen Yunzhi about her sleep and meals and laid down rules for her routine. The two playfully discussed their relationship and marriage, ending with Shen Yunzhi promising she would stay with him.

• Xiao Yao questioned Shen Yunzhi about her late bedtime and skipped breakfast, then told her to sleep before eleven, send him breakfast photos, and come home on weekends.
• Shen Yunzhi teased Xiao Yao by asking whether he was her dad, and the two chased each other until they fell together on the grass.
• Shen Yunzhi admitted she had not planned to date Xiao Yao but had given him a chance because he was a good person.
• Xiao Yao jokingly suggested a wedding and marriage certificate, and Shen Yunzhi revealed her household register listed her as eighteen because her adoptive parents had recorded her birth year incorrectly.
• Shen Yunzhi told Xiao Yao she would not run away and laced her fingers with his.

Shen Youzhi took over the missions meant for Shen Yunzhi and traveled to City A to investigate the zombie outbreak. There she met Lu Zong’s group, fought Lu Zong, and joined them as their feared combat powerhouse, while Lu Zong grew curious about her unreadable thoughts.

• Shen Youzhi asked the system to let her complete Shen Yunzhi’s missions, then began watching Shen Yunzhi’s livestreams while hunting zombies and adopted her crude jokes and habits.
• Shen Youzhi set out for City A to discover how the zombie apocalypse began, suspecting it was the first place the virus had spread.
• Shen Youzhi slept in a house after removing its zombie family, but Lu Zong’s group arrived and mistook her for a zombie.
• Lu Zong tried to choke Shen Youzhi, realized she was alive, and loosened his grip; Shen Youzhi woke and punched him in the eye.
• Shen Youzhi fought Lu Zong until he conceded and begged her to join his group, whose goals matched her mission.
• Lu Zong discovered that his mind-reading ability could not read Shen Youzhi, leaving him curious about her.

Shen Youzhi’s dangerous missions and indifference to her own survival alarmed Lu Zong, who learned that she felt rootless and lived mainly to support Shen Yunzhi through the system. After Shen Youzhi secretly investigated a dangerous logistics hub and found lifesaving supplies, Lu Zong angrily confronted her for risking her life, but she insisted she had done it to protect the people she considered family.

• Lu Zong told Shen Youzhi that she seemed lonely, prompting her to reflect on being abandoned by her original family and having no sense of belonging in either world.
• The system encouraged Shen Youzhi to keep completing missions so she could support Shen Yunzhi and later attend Shen Yunzhi and Xiao Yao’s wedding.
• As the base grew, Lu Zong became its leader and Shen Youzhi used her strength to defend him and help the group secure supplies.
• After learning a logistics hub might hold vital food and medicine, Lu Zong ordered Shen Youzhi’s team to abandon its investigation because the site was more dangerous than expected.
• Shen Youzhi entered the warehouse complex alone, found vast supplies, and returned to the base with the news.
• Lu Zong reprimanded Shen Youzhi and her team for letting her go alone, but Shen Youzhi said she had risked herself because she wanted to protect her family.

Shen Youzhi and Lu Zong’s argument fueled rumors that she would leave the Southern Base, while their strained relationship led Shen to keep taking missions and avoiding him. After Lu rescued her from a zombie horde, they remained at odds, and Shen learned the base believed she planned to go solo and destroy it.

• Shen Youzhi’s teammates defended her after Lu Zong scolded her, and their argument sparked rumors that she would leave the Southern Base and lead her own operation.
• Shen Youzhi kept accepting missions and avoiding Lu Zong for over two months, leaving him unable to speak with her.
• When Shen accepted a mission near a chemical plant threatened by a zombie horde, Lu canceled a conference and led a rescue team to find her.
• Lu rescued Shen from the zombies, but their attempted conversation ended in silence, and they returned to the base separately with their teammates.
• Rumors escalated until Shen heard that she planned to leave the Southern Base and destroy it, and she was baffled to learn she was supposedly going solo.

Shen Youzhi confronted Lu Zong after he believed a rumor that she planned to leave the base, and the two argued over their strained relationship. As Shen Youzhi turned to go, Lu Zong grabbed her wrist and kissed her.

• Lu Zong sent for Shen Youzhi and presented her with a Spatial ability user and supplies, believing she was going solo.
• Shen Youzhi denied planning to leave and challenged Lu Zong for believing the base’s rumors.
• After sending the young woman away, Shen Youzhi accused Lu Zong of treating her differently from his other teammates and said he did not consider them to be on the same path.
• Shen Youzhi turned to leave, but Lu Zong pulled her back and kissed her.