Chapter Summaries

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.

Su Mian saved a pregnant woman from jumping and stayed with her until she safely gave birth. After arranging for her mother’s hospital expenses, Su Mian got a call that her mother’s boyfriend had arrived.

• Su Mian pulled the pregnant woman away from the ledge, then confronted the woman’s husband and mother-in-law as the crowd condemned them.
• Duan Xuanyu followed the husband into a restroom and taught him a lesson at Su Qingyan’s request.
• Su Mian stayed with the pregnant woman through the delivery, and the woman called her parents to say she wanted a divorce.
• Gu Yichen thanked Su Mian, who asked him to cover her mother’s medical expenses; he moved Su Qingyan to a VIP room.
• Su Mian’s mother called and told her to come meet her boyfriend.

Su Mian screened Su Qingyan’s new boyfriend, Duan Chaoyang, and discovered he was a wealthy real estate magnate and the father of Duan Hongxu. After Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu left, Duan Chaoyang learned that Su Mian was not Su Qingyan’s biological daughter; later, Lu Zhou drunkenly made a public scene that landed Su Mian on trending searches.

• Su Mian questioned Duan Chaoyang about his work and family, then asked him to sign a prenuptial agreement if he married Su Qingyan.
• Duan Xuanyu recognized Duan Chaoyang as Duan Hongxu’s father, and Su Mian realized he was a wealthy real estate magnate who had merely described himself as someone who built houses.
• After Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu left, Su Qingyan revealed that Su Mian was not her biological daughter, and Duan Chaoyang promised to keep the secret.
• Outside the hospital, Lu Zhou drunkenly grabbed Su Mian and claimed she was rejecting his love; Duan Xuanyu kicked him away.
• Lu Zhou shouted threats about making Su Mian work overtime, and the public scene sent her back onto trending searches.
• Fang Nuonuo showed someone the trending news about Su Mian and criticized her.

After Su Mian publicly exposed Lu Zhou, he assigned her a mall promotional event to punish her, while a paid saboteur tampered with the wire rig. Su Mian’s performance began to win over the crowd, but the wire snapped as she descended.

• Xu Qingyun read Su Mian’s posts exposing Lu Zhou, and Lu Zhou woke to a wave of trending topics and threats from his board.
• Lu Zhou ordered his assistant to assign Su Mian a mall event, intending to work her to death, and Fang Nuonuo told Xu Qingyun about it.
• A paid staff member slipped into the venue and loosened a component of Su Mian’s wire rig.
• Su Mian accepted the event, changed into a Dunhuang-style costume, and leaped from the second floor before a large crowd.
• The crowd praised Su Mian’s appearance as Xu Qingyun watched, but the wire attached to Su Mian snapped.

Su Mian survived a sabotaged stage wire, confronted Xu Qingyun, and learned that a scar on her back came from her past life. As she questioned the system about how she transmigrated, Duan Xuanyu heard a system introduce itself to him.

• Su Mian landed safely after the wire snapped, finished her dance, and became a trending topic online.
• Sister Li told Su Mian that security footage had revealed no culprit, and Su Mian accused Xu Qingyun of tampering with the wire.
• Xu Qingyun pretended to faint, prompting Lu Zhou to carry her; he recalled abandoning Su Mian when she had slit her wrists and began to feel guilty.
• Sister Li removed Su Mian's lotus body paint, revealing a sword scar that Su Mian recognized as a wound from taking a strike for Duan Xuanyu in ancient times.
• Su Mian questioned the system about her body bearing scars from both worlds, but it did not respond.
• At the city library, Duan Xuanyu heard a system announce that it was a higher-dimensional force that had waited for him to understand modern technology.

Duan Xuanyu rejected the system’s demand to stop loving Su Mian, while Su Mian’s own system offered no answers about her past. At a company dinner, Su Mian spun the table to stop Lu Zhou from eating, and Xu Qingyun asked for the lobster just as Su Mian began eating it.

• Duan Xuanyu told the system to get out of his head after it said he must stop loving Su Mian to return to Northern Liang.
• Su Mian questioned her system about her scars and premonitions, but it responded with a vacant Patrick Star meme.
• Sister Li told Su Mian she had to attend a dinner with company executives, and Su Mian agreed so she could keep pursuing her mission.
• Lu Zhou arranged a female lead role for Su Mian and planned to explain himself, but Xu Qingyun arrived before Su Mian did.
• Su Mian spun the dining table whenever Lu Zhou reached for food, then stopped and began eating when he lost his temper.
• Xu Qingyun asked Lu Zhou for the Australian rock lobster as Su Mian was eating it.

Su Mian confronted Lu Zhou and Xu Qingyun over their intimate behavior, but their quarrel was interrupted by Duan Xuanyu, who became drunk after eating wine-marinated crab and acted like a tyrant protecting her. The chapter ended with Su Mian forcing Lu Zhou to kneel and thank Duan Xuanyu for sparing him.

• Xu Qingyun flirted with Lu Zhou while he shelled lobster for her, and Su Mian decided she had endured enough.
• Su Mian slapped Lu Zhou with a pancake, then poured Xu Qingyun's wine onto the floor as an offering to her father.
• Lu Zhou grabbed Su Mian's wrist, but Duan Xuanyu and Duan Hongxu entered and Duan Xuanyu pulled Lu Zhou away from her.
• Su Mian realized Duan Xuanyu was drunk from a wine-marinated crab, and he kicked over the table before shielding her and declaring himself her protector.
• Su Mian told Lu Zhou to kneel and thank Duan Xuanyu, then forced his head down against the floor.

Su Mian brought the intoxicated Duan Xuanyu home, and they recalled their past together before agreeing that he would stay by her side while she completed her task. On the second episode of "Heartbeat Radio Waves," Duan Xuanyu provoked Fang Nuonuo during a flaws game, and then drew Su Mian as his next target.

• Duan Hongxu admitted that he had used a tracking virus to find Su Mian, then secretly checked her social media after she took Duan Xuanyu home.
• Su Mian soothed Duan Xuanyu, who recalled how she had held his hand as they descended Crane Terrace together.
• Su Mian asked Duan Xuanyu to stop being emperor and return home with her, but he chose to stay beside her while she completed her task.
• Yin Xiaohong introduced a dating-show game in which guests named one another's flaws to make their hearts race.
• Duan Xuanyu mocked Fang Nuonuo by tossing her a coin, making her angry enough to set off the bell.
• Duan Xuanyu drew Su Mian's name for the next round.

Su Mian teased Gu Yichen about his tendency to lose interest just before achieving a goal, then the guests traveled to a luxury mountain village for a costume challenge about appearance anxiety. The chapter ended as Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu revealed their costumes, shocking the guests and audience.

• Su Mian hinted at Gu Yichen's flaw during the warm-up game, and he begged her not to reveal it before she stopped short.
• Yin Xiaohong introduced the mountain-village filming location and announced that the guests would make animal costumes for an audience vote.
• Fang Nuonuo prepared a cute cat costume, while Su Mian made an outfit from the curtains and helped Duan Xuanyu get dressed.
• Su Mian explained that Gu Yichen had psychological impotence because he repeatedly quit pursuing goals just before reaching them.
• Cheng Qin, Gu Yichen, and Lin Xi revealed their costumes, and Fang Nuonuo waited to make a late entrance.
• Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu appeared in their costumes, leaving the guests frightened and the audience stunned.

Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu drew attention with outrageous costumes, while Cheng Qin used her toy-poodle costume to speak against prejudice. Fang Nuonuo’s attempt to gain attention failed, and Lin Xi revealed his wealthy identity before dressing to impress Su Mian.

• Su Mian dressed as a female cockroach and revealed Duan Xuanyu’s scallop costume had a minced-garlic-and-glass-noodles Easter egg, while Duan Xuanyu hid inside his shell to study on his phone.
• The guests avoided sitting near Su Mian, and Fang Nuonuo received little attention when she arrived dressed as a cat.
• Fang Nuonuo tried to flatter Cheng Qin by calling her costume a Maltese, but Cheng Qin explained she was dressed as her own toy poodle and urged viewers not to stereotype the breed.
• Lu Zhou saw that online attention centered on Su Mian, Duan Xuanyu, and Cheng Qin, then arranged trending topics to promote Fang Nuonuo’s beauty.
• Su Mian, Duan Xuanyu, and Cheng Qin won the audience vote, while Lin Xi proposed that the guests without living funds contribute work and shop for ingredients with him and Fang Nuonuo.
• Lin Xi’s wealthy-family identity was revealed as he drove to the supermarket in his family’s luxury car, and he changed into a bespoke suit to try to impress Su Mian.

Su Mian avoided cooking and completed a fairy-tale mission by burying Lin Xi beneath blankets as the Princess and the Pea, earning first choice of rooms. The guests settled into their rooms after the mission results, and the meal Fang Nuonuo prepared was brought out.

• Fang Nuonuo took charge of cooking while Su Mian recalled how the original host had been blamed for green beans that caused food poisoning, and chose not to help with the meal.
• Sister Xiaohong gave Su Mian a timed mission to act out a fairy-tale scene for ten minutes, with the first guest to finish earning first choice of rooms.
• Su Mian piled blankets on Lin Xi and pinned him beneath them, completing a Princess and the Pea scene and finishing first.
• Lin Xi chose the room beside Su Mian's, while Duan Xuanyu completed his mission as The Snipe and the Clam and Cheng Qin acted out The Emperor's New Clothes.
• Gu Yichen gave up on his mission, Fang Nuonuo voluntarily skipped hers, and they took the two worst rooms on the first floor.
• The food came out of the kitchen as viewers argued over the guests' room choices and Fang Nuonuo's cooking.

Fang Nuonuo’s bland 4G beans gave the guests food poisoning, while Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu avoided eating them. After learning the original host had been blamed for the incident, Su Mian suspected Fang Nuonuo and Lu Zhou, then spotted a dark figure outside the villa.

• Fang Nuonuo served her low-calorie dishes, and Su Mian’s reaction persuaded the guests to try the 4G beans.
• Su Mian snatched a bean from Duan Xuanyu’s mouth and smacked him, while he mistook her action for concern about poison.
• The guests who ate the beans began vomiting and having diarrhea, while Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu remained unaffected.
• Su Mian complained that Lin Xi sounded as if he had explosive diarrhea, unaware that he was trying to make himself vomit.
• Yin Xiaohong warned Su Mian not to wander outside at night, and Su Mian spotted a dark figure beyond the window.

Su Mian confronted Niu Didi after he drunkenly trespassed in her villa yard, then beat him at his own S&M game while Lu Zhou and Duan Xuanyu watched. Later, Su Mian exposed Xu Qingyun’s threatening message online, and Xu Qingyun received a message from Fang Nuonuo.

• Su Mian found Niu Didi urinating in the villa yard, and the livestream was cut after she insulted his exposed genitals.
• Lu Zhou refused Xu Qingyun’s request to pick her up so he could go to Su Mian, prompting Xu Qingyun to privately warn Su Mian to stop pestering him.
• Su Mian followed Niu Didi to his villa and beat him, dunking his head in the pool as Yin Xiaohong and the cameraman recorded.
• Lu Zhou arrived and watched, while Duan Xuanyu dragged him into the bushes and beat him; Niu Didi was later taken away in an ambulance.
• Su Mian accepted the ten thousand yuan Xu Qingyun had sent with her threatening message, then posted a screenshot and mocked her publicly.
• Xu Qingyun became furious over Su Mian’s post, then received a message from Fang Nuonuo.

Xu Qingyun and Fang Nuonuo tried to damage Su Mian’s reputation with rumors about Niu Didi, but a video of Su Mian beating him up made her even more popular. On the show’s dating outing, Su Mian completed her partner-dance task with Lin Xi in her own absurd way, leaving him frustrated.

• Fang Nuonuo told Xu Qingyun that Su Mian had spent the night at Niu Didi’s villa, and Xu Qingyun paid to spread rumors about them.
• Yin Xiaohong startled Su Mian in the living room, then later posted a video of Su Mian beating Niu Didi that undercut the rumors and boosted Su Mian’s popularity.
• Su Mian teased Fang Nuonuo about topping the trending searches again, then learned the guests would draw pairs for romantic outings and tasks.
• Duan Xuanyu initially refused to participate, but Su Mian’s appeal to respect the crew’s work persuaded him to go; the draw paired Su Mian with Lin Xi for a Latin dance date.
• Lin Xi refused to cooperate with the partner dance, so Su Mian performed a solo dance routine that satisfied the task and left Lin Xi annoyed.

Duan Xuanyu’s failed date with Fang Nuonuo left him messaging Su Mian, while Niu Didi learned he could not sue her. At a bar, Duan Xuanyu flirted with Su Mian by imitating a male model, until a familiar woman’s tearful pleas drew Su Mian’s attention.

• Duan Xuanyu won prizes at the shooting stalls and donated them to an orphanage while messaging Su Mian, leaving Fang Nuonuo resentful.
• Niu Didi woke in the hospital and tried to sue Su Mian, but his lawyer said their recorded conversation showed he had consented to the beating.
• At the bar, Duan Xuanyu criticized a male model, and Su Mian explained that she liked rescuing fallen men and missed when Duan Xuanyu called her big sister.
• Duan Xuanyu took Su Mian’s drink and tried to feed it to her, so she slapped him; he then held her close and asked why she had hit him.
• Su Mian heard a familiar woman tearfully pleading nearby and turned to look.

Su Mian paid off Zheng Linxue’s remaining bar shifts by singing for her, then went viral for her performance and for Duan Xuanyu’s boast that she hit him because she cared. After accepting money from Lu Zhou and insulting him, Su Mian felt a premonition that someone’s life was in danger as her car neared the villa.

• Su Mian offered to sing Zheng Linxue’s five remaining songs in exchange for Zheng Linxue’s wages and a bonus, remembering that Zheng Linxue had once shared a chicken drumstick with her.
• Su Mian sang at the bar, impressing the guests, while Fang Nuonuo made a pointed remark about her drawing attention and Cheng Qin praised her.
• Videos of Su Mian singing and Duan Xuanyu claiming she hit him because she cared about him spread online, and Su Mian’s fans became known as Cotton Candy.
• Lu Zhou grew jealous after seeing the trending posts and sent Su Mian messages along with ten thousand yuan, insisting he had chosen her over Qingyun.
• Su Mian accepted Lu Zhou’s money and sent him insults, then sensed from her car near the villa that another person’s life was in danger.