Recaps

After discovering that Lu Zhou had squandered her money and was pretending to be poor, Su Mian broke up with him and learned the system required her to complete another mission before she could return home. She accepted a dating-show appearance to earn money for her mother’s surgery and planned to max out every male contestant’s aversion, while Lu Zhou prepared to expose her as a gold digger.

• Su Mian transmigrated into the role of a celebrity branded a gold digger and kicked Lu Zhou after he slapped her and accused her of dumping him for being poor.
• Su Mian recalled that Lu Zhou had secretly been wealthy all along, had spent her savings, and planned to humiliate her on a dating show with three contestants who would later reveal their hidden status.
• Su Mian learned from the system that she had to complete another mission for a billion-dollar reward and chose to max out every male contestant’s aversion.
• After finding out that recovering the money Lu Zhou owed her would take a long time, Su Mian signed up for the dating show to use its appearance fees for her mother’s surgery.
• At the icebreaker for Heartbeat Radio Waves, Lu Zhou watched Su Mian’s interview and intended to make the public see her as a gold digger.

Su Mian discovered that Duan Xuanyu, the emperor she had once conquered, had transmigrated with her and now had to raise his disgust level from zero. After Duan Xuanyu mistook a camera for a monster and destroyed it, Su Mian warned him to hide his identity and act as the final male guest on the dating show.

• Cheng Qin, Fang Nuonuo, and Su Mian introduced their partner criteria, and Su Mian said she wanted money but put love first.
• Su Mian saw that Lin Xi's disgust level had risen to 32 and Gu Yichen's to 41 after her comments.
• Duan Xuanyu arrived dressed as the emperor he had been, and Su Mian learned from the system that raising his disgust level would send them both home.
• Duan Xuanyu mistook the studio's moving camera for a demonic beast and cut it apart, ending the livestream.
• Su Mian took Duan Xuanyu backstage, explained that he must hide his identity and follow the production team's directions, then returned with him as the final male guest.

Su Mian’s date with Lin Xi turned chaotic when Duan Xuanyu’s sword strike brought down a chandelier and Su Mian knocked Lin Xi out of its path. Lin Xi mistook her attempt to demand money for a hand up, while Duan Xuanyu stood ready to punish him for touching her.

• Duan Xuanyu declared that he wanted a virtuous empress and claimed all the wealth under heaven belonged to him, while Lu Zhou tried to expose Su Mian’s partner standards.
• The guests drew their one-on-one dates, pairing Su Mian with Lin Xi and Duan Xuanyu with Fang Nuonuo.
• Fang Nuonuo tried to touch the jewels on Duan Xuanyu’s sword, and he rebuked her so sharply that her heart rate surged.
• Su Mian and Lin Xi traded insults, and Lin Xi pretended to confess that he had fallen for her, prompting Su Mian to call his voice greasy.
• Duan Xuanyu’s sword qi cut down a chandelier as Su Mian slapped Lin Xi aside, and Lin Xi believed she had saved him from being crushed.
• Su Mian held out her hand to demand money, but Lin Xi took it as an offer to help him up, and Duan Xuanyu rose in anger, threatening to cut off the hand that touched her.

Su Mian introduced Duan Xuanyu to modern life after he nearly attacked Lin Xi, and she told him she had never truly loved him. After Duan Xuanyu got a modern haircut, Su Mian ran into her ex Lu Zhou, whom she planned to expose once she gained more influence.

• Su Mian stopped Duan Xuanyu from retaliating against Lin Xi and warned him that killing people was against the law.
• Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu won the only prize money after Cheng Qin's group failed to finish the task, then Su Mian showed him a history video and explained modern life.
• Su Mian admitted she had pretended to love Duan Xuanyu to return home, but he refused to believe her and happily fetched her water from the bathroom.
• Su Mian took Duan Xuanyu shopping and persuaded him to get a modern haircut, despite his objections about cutting hair bestowed by his parents.
• Lu Zhou confronted Su Mian about what she had done wrong, and they traded insults before he stormed off.
• Duan Xuanyu learned Lu Zhou had cheated Su Mian out of money and promised to seek justice for her himself.

Duan Xuanyu tried to drive a car on Su Mian’s dating show and won the living allowance by frightening his passengers, while Cheng Qin’s attempt to make Gu Yichen’s heart race failed. Su Mian then revealed a bottle of herbal drink that terrified Cheng Qin and Gu Yichen, leaving the car’s occupants startled.

• Duan Xuanyu sliced off Lu Zhou’s hair with a leaf, and Su Mian laughed before going home with him.
• Duan Xuanyu spent the night exploring Su Mian’s phone, while Su Mian messaged her mother that she would earn money for her treatment.
• The production team paired Su Mian with Cheng Qin and Gu Yichen, and Duan Xuanyu with Lin Xi and Fang Nuonuo for the trip to the guesthouse.
• Duan Xuanyu drove the second group’s car backward after learning to drive from videos, frightening Lin Xi and Fang Nuonuo until staff replaced him.
• Duan Xuanyu won the living allowance because he made Lin Xi’s and Fang Nuonuo’s hearts race, while Cheng Qin’s attempt to unsettle Gu Yichen had no effect.
• Su Mian showed Cheng Qin and Gu Yichen her bottle of herbal drink, and both screamed in terror when they saw what was inside.

Su Mian used her winnings to feed the crew while deliberately excluding Fang Nuonuo, Lin Xi, and Gu Yichen, prompting accusations that she was isolating them. Duan Xuanyu defended Su Mian and offered her his own funds, while Lu Zhou ordered the production team to keep them from sharing a room.

• Su Mian explained that the apparent human head in her water bottle was a bruised photo of her ex-boyfriend, while Lu Zhou recognized his own face and took it as proof she still cared about him.
• At the apartment, Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu received their winnings, and Fang Nuonuo implied Su Mian was overly competitive, raising Lin Xi's disgust value.
• Su Mian spent her living funds on food and water for the crew and other guests, but skipped Fang Nuonuo, Lin Xi, and Gu Yichen; Lin Xi accused her of deliberately isolating them.
• Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi criticized Su Mian's spending, so Duan Xuanyu offered her his own funds and dismissed their argument.
• Lu Zhou told director Zhao Guanghua to prevent Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu from choosing the same room, and Zhao Guanghua later made Su Mian return Duan Xuanyu's money under the show's rules.
• Duan Xuanyu questioned why Su Mian obeyed the host, asking whether the host was the emperor of her era.

On the dating show, Su Mian’s blunt remarks won her support from viewers while she tried to earn Disgust Points by humiliating Lin Xi. Just as Lin Xi broke down crying and his Disgust Points reached ninety, someone shouted that there was a fire.

• Yin Xiaohong explained the show’s rules, and the guests drew lots to choose roommates and rooms.
• Su Mian paired with Lin Xi in the luxury room, while Duan Xuanyu paired with Fang Nuonuo in the ultra-minimalist room.
• Fang Nuonuo waited for Duan Xuanyu to join her, but he spent most of the night reading in the communal area.
• Lin Xi argued with Su Mian over who should leave the bed, and Su Mian kicked him off before accusing him of pretending to be poor and exploiting women.
• Lin Xi burst into tears as Su Mian watched his Disgust Points rise to ninety, then someone shouted that there was a fire.

Lu Zhou staged a fire to boost Fang Nuonuo’s image, but Su Mian rescued the assistant and won viewers’ sympathy instead. After the livestream was stopped, Lin Xi offered to share a bed with Su Mian, and Duan Xuanyu threw a knife at him as Su Mian kicked him out of its path.

• Lu Zhou arranged a small fire and told Fang Nuonuo to stage a rescue for the cameras.
• Fang Nuonuo entered the smoke-filled storage room but left without rescuing the assistant, then pretended to be overcome by the fire.
• Su Mian rushed inside and carried the assistant out, while Duan Xuanyu kicked away a falling door that threatened them.
• The assistant recognized Su Mian’s genuine help, and livestream viewers began criticizing the show’s biased treatment of her.
• Lu Zhou halted the livestream and announced that Fang Nuonuo had been injured.
• Lin Xi offered to share a bed with Su Mian, but Duan Xuanyu threw a fruit knife at him and Su Mian kicked him clear, causing Lin Xi’s aversion score toward her to drop to zero.

Su Mian kept Lin Xi’s disgust high, warned Duan Xuanyu against killing people, and reminded herself that she planned to return to her original life. Meanwhile, Fang Nuonuo and Lu Zhou discussed Duan Xuanyu’s strange behavior, and the resumed show paired Su Mian with Gu Yichen for a simulated-family challenge.

• Su Mian rejected Lin Xi’s advances, raising his Disgust Points to 60, and Lin Xi stormed away without investigating the knife that had flown at him.
• Su Mian pulled the knife from the wall, told Duan Xuanyu not to kill anyone, and fled after he called her by name.
• Fang Nuonuo saw viewers criticizing the production team’s account of her injury and watched her follower count fall as Su Mian’s rose.
• Lu Zhou told Fang Nuonuo to choose a guest for a staged romance, then decided to investigate whether Duan Xuanyu had transmigrated from ancient times.
• Yin Xiaohong announced a simulated-family challenge, and the draw paired Su Mian with Gu Yichen, Duan Xuanyu with Cheng Qin, and Lin Xi with Fang Nuonuo.

Su Mian won the simulated in-law challenge by firing back at the relatives and provoking Gu Yichen, though his Disgust Points initially stayed unchanged. After she called for a challenge targeting live-in sons-in-law, his Disgust Points rose to 55, leaving her to wonder why that subject bothered him.

• Su Mian traded insults with the simulated relatives, then rapped and punched Gu Yichen when he joined them in criticizing her work.
• The extras ended the task early, and Su Mian won the living allowance, but Gu Yichen's Disgust Points did not increase.
• Su Mian saw Fang Nuonuo dutifully serving Lin Xi and heard Duan Xuanyu defend Cheng Qin against being forced to do housework.
• Su Mian complained that the challenge unfairly targeted wives and asked the production team to make one targeting live-in sons-in-law.
• Gu Yichen's Disgust Points suddenly rose to 55, and Su Mian wondered why her suggestion had upset him.

Su Mian took Duan Xuanyu to the beach, where their growing closeness stirred up online shipping and Lu Zhou’s jealousy. She then discovered that Gu Yichen’s father was a live-in son-in-law, giving her a possible lead on Gu Yichen’s Disgust Points.

• Su Mian paired up with Duan Xuanyu to explore the island, while viewers compared her to the historical Empress Su and began shipping the two.
• Lu Zhou watched the discussion, messaged Su Mian claiming he was the rich man she wanted, and flew into a rage when he realized she had deleted him.
• At the beach, Duan Xuanyu tried to take off his shirt to warm Su Mian, but she stopped him and buttoned it back up to hide his scars.
• Su Mian left Duan Xuanyu to inspect the ships and spotted Gu Yichen talking with his parents.
• Gu Yichen urged his mother not to mistreat his father because he was her husband, revealing that his father was a live-in son-in-law.

Gu Yichen's family argument over his parents' divorce was exposed on the livestream, and Su Mian stepped in to insult his father. She expected to raise Gu Yichen's Disgust Points, but the chapter ended when she checked the panel and her smile disappeared.

• Gu Yichen's father berated Gu Yuanqiu and demanded half the Gu Group's shares if she wanted a divorce, while Gu Yichen urged his mother to apologize.
• The livestream revealed that Gu Yuanqiu was the Gu Medical Group heiress, and viewers criticized Gu Yichen for taking his father's side.
• Fang Nuonuo tried to persuade Gu Yuanqiu and Gu Yichen's father to stay together, drawing on her own parents' divorce, but Gu Yichen remained expressionless.
• Su Mian interrupted and mocked Gu Yichen's father for living off Gu Yuanqiu while acting domineering, then dismissed his threat as an old cliché.
• Gu Yichen's father stormed off, and Su Mian checked her Disgust Points panel expecting a rise, only for her smile to vanish.

Su Mian cleared up her misunderstanding with Gu Yichen, received twenty thousand from Gu Yuanqiu, and exposed Fang Nuonuo for secretly keeping her phone. She left with Duan Xuanyu to buy a phone and SIM card, then seized the chance to touch his abs in the crowded street.

• Su Mian asked Gu Yichen why he was not angry, and he explained that he had also wanted to confront his father and had not been upset about the live-in son-in-law comment.
• Gu Yuanqiu thanked Su Mian for standing up for her and gave her twenty thousand; afterward, she told Gu Yichen she suspected Su Mian had a reason for acting like a gold-digger.
• Su Mian followed Fang Nuonuo and caught her checking trending topics on a hidden phone, but the host covered for her by claiming the production team was returning phones for upcoming tasks.
• Duan Xuanyu asked the host for his phone, and Su Mian told him to buy one on the pedestrian street instead.
• As Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu approached a service center without the production crew nearby, Su Mian lifted his top and squeezed his abs.

Su Mian helped Duan Xuanyu buy a smartphone and set up messaging, then the guests answered a relationship quiz on the show. Duan Xuanyu and Su Mian gave outrageous answers that amused viewers and reignited their ship, while Su Mian planned to turn a family hardship into an online business.

• Su Mian realized Duan Xuanyu had arrived in her world without an identity, bought him a smartphone, and taught him to use it with her messaging account.
• Su Mian transferred money to Su Qingyan, who said she would reveal a secret in person after the show ended.
• Duan Xuanyu sent Su Mian more than 99 messages, and she replied with a moving kitten sticker before telling him to sleep.
• Yin Xiaohong introduced a relationship Q&A in which viewers would vote for guests to receive living allowances.
• Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi said they would share two flatbreads with a child, while Cheng Qin and Gu Yichen offered different ways to divide them.
• Duan Xuanyu said he would give both flatbreads to his wife and eat the child, then Su Mian said she would give both to her husband, expose him online, and make money livestreaming products.

During the reality show's task, Su Mian turned a question about supporting an overworked spouse into a pitch for livestream sales, winning the audience vote and attracting an advertiser. She accepted a sanitary-pad promotion, while Lu Zhou planned to reveal his wealth and make her sign a prenuptial agreement.

• Duan Xuanyu nearly said he would exterminate a boss's entire clan, but Su Mian's glare made him change his answer to calling the boss a pig.
• Su Mian joked that she would sell tissues on livestream while crying, drawing praise and admiration from viewers and Gu Yichen.
• Lu Zhou saw the Emperor-Empress CP trending and decided to reveal his wealth after the first episode, then called his lawyer to draft a prenuptial agreement.
• Su Mian won first place in the audience vote and secured the day's living allowance alongside Duan Xuanyu and Gu Yichen.
• Yin Xiaohong told Su Mian that Ai Niu Bao had offered her thirty thousand yuan to make three spoken promotions for its sanitary pads.
• Su Mian accepted the samples and told Yin Xiaohong she had no shame about sanitary pads.

Su Mian turned the group’s lunchtime into another Ai Niu Bao sanitary pad promotion, while her mission stats revealed that Gu Yichen had begun to like her. At dinner, she climbed onto the table and used the ensuing argument to deliver one last ad.

• Su Mian turned a spilled glass and Lin Xi’s fall into Ai Niu Bao promotions, while Lin Xi insulted her and ended up on the floor.
• Fang Nuonuo offered to promote the brand, but Yin Xiaohong told her the client was already pleased and had paid after two placements.
• Su Mian checked her stats, saw Lin Xi’s Disgust Points at 85 and Gu Yichen’s affection at 22, and regretted choosing a mission to make them hate her.
• At dinner, Gu Yichen said women were not allowed to eat on the table, while Duan Xuanyu defended Su Mian.
• The camera revealed Su Mian squatting on the dining table, and she promoted Ai Niu Bao’s breathable, unrestricted pads.

The guests prepared to hunt wild boars in pairs, and Duan Xuanyu exposed the production team's attempt to keep him from pairing with Su Mian. Fang Nuonuo claimed she had built a trap, but Lin Xi questioned how she had managed it, leaving her struggling to explain.

• Fang Nuonuo called Lu Zhou, who warned her that Su Mian's loyal followers mattered more than her own declining follower count and told her to perform well during the next day's ingredient hunt.
• Yin Xiaohong announced that the guests would hunt wild boars in pairs, with rules to protect piglets and pregnant sows and a cash reward for boars weighing over two hundred jin.
• Duan Xuanyu accused a staff member of rigging the draw to keep him away from Su Mian, and Su Mian then drew Duan Xuanyu as her partner.
• Fang Nuonuo showed Lin Xi a suspended iron-cage trap and claimed she had set it up herself.
• Lin Xi asked Fang Nuonuo where she had gotten the heavy cage and how she had lifted it without tools, and she struggled to answer.

Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu hunted wild boars together, but Lu Zhou cut their livestream after seeing them grow close. They returned with a 220-jin boar, and Fang Nuonuo prepared to cast doubt on their achievement.

• Su Mian accidentally called Duan Xuanyu over while searching for a wild boar, and the pair subdued two boars together.
• Duan Xuanyu protected Su Mian from a charging boar, prompting Lu Zhou to order their livestream cut off.
• Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu released a 187-jin boar and went searching for one heavy enough to earn the larger prize.
• Gu Yichen and Cheng Qin returned without a boar, while Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi also came back empty-handed after their trapped boar escaped.
• Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu returned with a 220-jin boar, and Fang Nuonuo decided to tell Lin Xi a secret that could undermine their success.

Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi accused Su Mian of stealing credit for catching the wild boar, prompting Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu to challenge their story. Su Mian released the boar to prove her point, and it charged toward Fang Nuonuo as she pulled Lin Xi in front of her.

• Fang Nuonuo claimed that her trap had caught the wild boar and lamented that she had nearly run out of living allowance.
• Lin Xi demanded that Su Mian give Fang Nuonuo her prize money and allowance, then accused Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu of using Fang Nuonuo's trap.
• Fang Nuonuo tearfully accused Su Mian of taking credit, while Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu mocked her and Lin Xi.
• Lin Xi tried to snatch Su Mian's prize envelope, but Duan Xuanyu blocked him and insisted they had caught the boar barehanded.
• Su Mian opened the wild boar's cage to offer proof, and when it charged toward Fang Nuonuo, Fang Nuonuo pulled Lin Xi in front of her.

Su Mian helped Duan Xuanyu stop a wild boar, then clashed with Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi as their reactions shifted the Disgust Points. While the guests cooked the boar, Duan Xuanyu and Lin Xi both showed interest in Su Mian, and backstage Lu Zhou learned Duan Xuanyu was not the Duan Family heir he had been investigating.

• Su Mian kicked Lin Xi out of the boar's path, then helped Duan Xuanyu subdue the animal, while mocking Fang Nuonuo's failed trap.
• Fang Nuonuo offered to pay Su Mian for Lin Xi, but Lin Xi rejected her help and accused her of using him as a shield, lowering his Disgust Points toward Su Mian.
• The guests had the boar slaughtered and cooked, and Duan Xuanyu found online insults about Su Mian and urged her to insult the commenters back.
• Lin Xi handed Su Mian a skewer of grilled tenderloin, but Duan Xuanyu took it from her plate and began grilling food for her himself.
• Lu Zhou learned from his investigator that Duan Xuanyu was not the Duan Family heir they had been looking for.

Lu Zhou learned that Duan Xuanyu was not the Duan Family’s hospitalized crown prince and brought the real Mr. Duan to expose him. Su Mian discovered the plan and hid Duan Xuanyu in a wardrobe, where Lu Zhou found them and introduced him to Mr. Duan.

• Lu Zhou ordered the dating-show livestream ended and the show put on hiatus so he could bring the real Duan Family heir to expose Duan Xuanyu.
• Su Mian kicked Fang Nuonuo’s suitcase down the stairs after Fang asked her to carry it, then took Fang’s phone and read Lu Zhou’s message about the plan to arrest Duan Xuanyu.
• Su Mian rushed to Duan Xuanyu’s room, warned him that the police were coming, and pulled him into a wardrobe to hide.
• Lu Zhou and Mr. Duan opened the wardrobe, and Lu Zhou identified Duan Xuanyu as the man impersonating Mr. Duan.

Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu met Duan Hongxu, a descendant who recognized them as his ancestors and offered Duan Xuanyu an identity and access to family records. After Su Mian left them, she went shopping for her mother and avoided being misunderstood by Gu Yichen by entering a luxury store instead.

• Lu Zhou tried to expose Duan Xuanyu as an impostor, but Duan Hongxu claimed he was Duan Xuanyu's brother and sent Lu Zhou away.
• Duan Hongxu revealed that he recognized Duan Xuanyu and Su Mian as his ancestors, then offered Duan Xuanyu his identity and invited him to the Duan Family to investigate the historical record of him as a tyrant.
• Su Mian declined to go with them and returned home, while Duan Hongxu secretly smirked about the gifts he had prepared for her.
• The next morning, Su Mian set out to visit her mother in the hospital and planned to ask about the secret her mother had mentioned.
• Su Mian spotted Gu Yichen and his mother near the nutritional supplements, put them back, and entered a luxury store to protect her villainous reputation.

Su Mian warned Gu Yuanqiu that a maternity patient was in danger, then ran into Lu Zhou, who tried to show off his wealth by buying her luxury goods. She accepted the gifts while insulting him, leaving Lu Zhou furious.

• Su Mian acted like a gold digger at a jewelry counter, but Gu Yuanqiu recognized her lines from a short drama before an emergency call sent Gu Yuanqiu and Gu Yichen back to the hospital.
• Su Mian foresaw that a maternity patient would jump from the hospital rooftop and that the resulting scandal would ruin Gu Yuanqiu, so she chased after them and warned them to watch the patient and her husband.
• Gu Yichen dismissed Su Mian's warning and lost all affection for her, while Gu Yuanqiu promised to remember it and asked why Su Mian had acted rich at the store.
• Lu Zhou overheard part of the conversation, followed Su Mian, and accused her of pretending to be rich before revealing he was a wealthy CEO and her boss.
• Lu Zhou offered to buy Su Mian luxury goods, and she asked for everything before happily accepting his gifts.
• Su Mian told a sales assistant that Lu Zhou's belly was full of shit, and Lu Zhou angrily accused her of going too far after accepting his gifts.

Su Mian rejected Duan Xuanyu’s hopes of taking her back to ancient times and explained why she had once deceived him, but he insisted she was still his only empress. She arrived at the hospital to see her mother, who greeted her with a pointed joke about waiting until after her death to visit.

• Lu Zhou drove Su Mian and her purchases home, where Duan Xuanyu took the bags from her and brought her inside.
• Duan Xuanyu questioned Su Mian about seeking other men on a dating show, and she told him she would not give up modern life to return to Northern Liang.
• Su Mian admitted she had once earned Duan Xuanyu’s favor to return to modern times, but he focused on whether she was doing the same with other men.
• Duan Xuanyu kissed Su Mian, and she slapped him and warned him she could report him for sexual harassment.
• Su Mian went to the hospital alone while Duan Xuanyu waited outside, and her mother joked that Su Mian had nearly waited until the seventh day after her death to visit.

Su Mian reunited with her mother, Su Qingyan, and learned she had begun dating a man, whom Su Mian agreed to help vet. Their conversation was interrupted when a pregnant woman fled to the hospital roof over her husband and mother-in-law’s pressure, and she jumped before anyone could stop her.

• Su Mian reassured Su Qingyan that she had ended things with Lu Zhou and asked about the secret her mother had mentioned.
• Su Qingyan revealed she had fallen for a man who caught her when she was pushed down at the hospital, and Su Mian agreed to meet him and check him out.
• Su Mian reflected that she wanted to protect Su Qingyan and take revenge on Lu Zhou while carrying out her missions.
• Su Mian and Su Qingyan went outside after hearing an argument, where a pregnant woman ran from her husband and headed for the roof.
• The pregnant woman explained that her husband and mother-in-law blamed her for choosing a C-section, then ran to the edge and jumped before Su Mian and the others could reach her.