Chapter Summaries

Song Shi'an arrived at the set for costume and makeup photos and learned that a villain role had suddenly become available. He recommended Liu Bin for it, and the assistant director agreed to bring him in for filming the next morning.

• Song Shi'an got styled as the gloomy novelist Su Fan and wandered around the set while reporters mistook his casual outfit and numb legs for signs that he was Director Chen's disabled son.
• Song Shi'an overheard the assistant director complain that Peng Yue had dropped out of the villain role and offered to recommend another actor.
• The assistant director accepted Song Shi'an's recommendation and told him to have the actor report to the set the next morning.
• Song Shi'an met Duan Lei, who was playing Gu Bin, retrieved his Ultraman-cased phone, and asked Duan Lei whether he believed in the light.
• Song Shi'an messaged Liu Bin about the role, and Liu Bin agreed to take it and book a ticket.

Song Shi'an filmed character photos and a cemetery scene as the horror novelist Su Fan, while Lin Fan followed him around. After the shoot, Song Shi'an teased Lin Fan about burying a body, leaving him terrified.

• Lin Fan searched for Song Shi'an, then found him transformed for his character and praised his look.
• Song Shi'an posed for character photos as Su Fan, a frugal horror writer suspected of murder because of his novels.
• The director took Song Shi'an and the crew to a newly built cemetery at night to film a scene.
• Song Shi'an acted out Su Fan writing beside a gravestone, offering it an orange and chocolate as eerie sounds came from the darkness.
• After the director called cut, Song Shi'an joked that the character was there to bury a body, making Lin Fan scream.

Song Shi'an filmed a cemetery scene, then struggled to get a ride back to his hotel and was frightened by the driver's local ghost stories. After Chi Xun showed him the birthday support organized by his fans, Song Shi'an learned that his birthday was June 16 and felt moved by the scale of the support.

• Song Shi'an changed his styling and filmed a chilling cemetery scene, while a proxy photographer watching from a tree fled in terror.
• The director wrapped Song Shi'an's scenes, and Song Shi'an left the cemetery after Lin Fan said he had to pick something up.
• Several drivers canceled Song Shi'an's ride request before one finally picked him up and spent the journey telling him stories about the cemetery.
• Song Shi'an returned to his hotel, messaged the F4 Group for company, and Chi Xun showed him a poster for his birthday support.
• Song Shi'an discovered his birthday was June 16 and saw the extensive fan-organized support projects, which moved him.

Song Shi'an learned that he had only two cannon-fodder missions left and secured an extra ten billion from his system before it applied for the reward. He began training with Xiao Heng for a film role, and a video of his awkward first steps on the ice spread online.

• Song Shi'an learned that he had completed 98 of 100 missions and persuaded his system to seek an extra ten billion in rewards.
• Song Shi'an asked whether the system would leave after the missions ended and felt reluctant when it said it would unbind and move on.
• Lin Fan found Song Shi'an looking exhausted, but later saw him heartily eating noodles before taking him to the skating rink.
• Song Shi'an met his coach Xiao Heng, practiced balance, and began skating while holding the rink's railing.
• Someone posted a video of Song Shi'an stumbling around the rink, and commenters recognized him as Wei Jinghong.
• Xiao Heng advised Song Shi'an to bend his knees and shift his weight forward, which steadied his skating.

Song Shi'an trained for a week and performed a figure-skating routine in costume for a film shoot, impressing the crowd gathered as extras. A short clip of his performance leaked onto D Station, where it immediately drew a flood of comments.

• Song Shi'an trained at the base for a week, and Xiao Heng watched as he learned to spin and jump on the ice.
• Song Shi'an prepared for filming by dyeing his hair red and putting on a black figure-skating costume.
• Lin Fei and Fu Shiya attended the shoot as extras, then recognized Lin Fei's brother among the crew.
• Song Shi'an glided into the rink and performed a routine that left the crowd silent before they burst into cheers and applause.
• A short video of Song Shi'an skating leaked onto D Station, and its comments section was quickly flooded.

Song Shi'an completed filming, celebrated his birthday with a massive fan meeting, and promised to choose his first leading-role script carefully. The main story ended with fans eagerly anticipating that role, while the author announced that extras would revisit earlier foreshadowing.

• Song Shi'an finished filming and spent half a month resting before returning to classes and cameo work.
• The system told Song Shi'an that his mission was complete and that his reward would arrive within a month.
• Fans organized elaborate birthday celebrations around the world as Song Shi'an's overseas popularity grew.
• Song Shi'an held a birthday fan meeting in the Capital, where his parents and celebrity friends watched from the front row.
• A fan asked Song Shi'an to take a leading role, and he promised to choose his script carefully and try not to disappoint them with his first one.
• The author announced that the main story was complete and that the extras would revisit the foreshadowing.

Song Shi'an celebrated his twentieth birthday with friends and family before exams and learned that the system would soon leave. After following his parents to visit his grandmother, he discovered they had brought him to the imposing Fu Residence and was left stunned.

• Song Shi'an welcomed Jiang Ye, Chi Xun, Shen Lingshu, and Shen Xingluo to his birthday banquet, and Pei Zhiyan arrived just in time for the cake.
• Song Shi'an made a birthday wish, then finished his exams and learned from the system that it would leave after delivering his reward.
• Song Shi'an argued with the system about losing his skills, then saw online posts identifying his food stall and learned Shen Lingshu wanted him to visit her office.
• Song Shi'an accompanied Father Song and Mother Song to his grandmother's seventieth birthday, arriving at the Fu Residence.
• Song Shi'an panicked at the sight of the estate and tried to leave, insisting he must be seeing things.

Song Shi'an attended Old Madam Fu's birthday banquet with Mother Song and learned that his grandfather's will left him twenty billion. After signing for the inheritance, he completed his mission and the system began unbinding, leaving him to regret that he had not spent his Affection Points.

• Father Song brought Song Shi'an to Old Madam Fu's birthday banquet, where Song Shi'an gave her his gift and accepted a valuable present in return.
• Song Shi'an sat with Fu Shiya and learned she had once been an extra during his film shoot.
• After the banquet, Old Madam Fu summoned Song Shi'an and Mother Song to hear the reading of Old Mr. Fu's will.
• The will allocated twenty percent of the estate to Fu Yunxian and twenty percent to Mother Song, Fu Jinghui, and left Song Shi'an twenty billion.
• Song Shi'an signed the will, completed his mission, and said goodbye to the system before realizing he had not used his Affection Points.

After Rui'an Technology went public, Song Shi'an brought Pei Zhiyan, Jiang Ye, and Chi Xun to South Pond Village to transplant rice seedlings. Later, his snack franchises opened successfully and the Male Lead Performance System returned, offering him travel to myriad worlds after he recorded a lead role.

• Song Shi'an celebrated Pei Zhiyan's company going public and invited Pei Zhiyan, Jiang Ye, and Chi Xun to help transplant rice seedlings in South Pond Village.
• Pei Zhiyan, Jiang Ye, and Chi Xun struggled through a morning of fieldwork before sharing a hearty meal at Mother Song's home.
• Song Shi'an completed capital investment negotiations for Stars Entertainment, and his Shi Flavor Chronicle franchises opened to crowded, enthusiastic customers in August.
• Song Shi'an read through scripts while reflecting on his hundred-role milestone, and the Male Lead Performance System returned after completing its mission and earning a promotion.
• The system told Song Shi'an that recording a lead role would let him travel to myriad worlds, where time in his world would stop and he could return for vacations; Song Shi'an eagerly agreed to begin.