Recaps

Ye Mo auditioned for Xia Mei in "Chase," confident that her appearance and preparation made her right for the role. Director Ji Minghe asked her to perform the eighteenth scene, leaving her poised to demonstrate her acting.

• Ye Mo stayed composed while waiting to audition, though she admitted to Xiaoyu that her palms were sweaty with nerves.
• After He Zhen was called, staff summoned Ye Mo, and people in the waiting room mocked her chances of acting well.
• Shen Yan urged Ye Mo not to get nervous, and she told him that if she failed, she could leave the industry and inherit her family business.
• Screenwriter Han Ying said Ye Mo looked exactly right for Xia Mei, while Assistant Director Huang cautioned that appearance could not replace acting skill.
• Ye Mo explained that Xia Mei was beautiful inside and out and said her appearance made her the best fit for the role.
• Director Ji Minghe asked Ye Mo to perform the eighteenth scene so he could judge her acting.

Ye Mo auditioned for the role of Xia Mei by performing the scene in which Xia Mei was strangled, convincing the crew so completely that Xiao Liu thought she had died. Director Ji praised her acting, and Director Huang revealed that Shen Zhiwen had recently criticized her.

• Director Ji asked Ye Mo to audition with scene eighteen, in which Xia Mei was pursued and killed, and Ye Mo said she was ready without reviewing the script.
• Ye Mo transformed into the frightened Xia Mei and acted out her failed escape and death by strangulation.
• Xiao Liu panicked when Ye Mo appeared not to be breathing, but Li Ke reassured him and Ye Mo sat up, explaining that she had held her breath.
• Director Ji applauded Ye Mo and said her natural performance had exceeded his expectations.
• Director Huang marveled at Ye Mo's improvement and accidentally revealed that Shen Zhiwen had said her acting was terrible.

Ye Mo manipulated Director Huang into revealing that Shen Zhiwen had discussed her acting, then reassured him she would not cause trouble between them. After her audition for Xia Mei, she told Shen Yan that Director Ji was satisfied and that the role was likely hers, while reflecting on how she had improved through repeated practice in the Role Immersion Room.

• Ye Mo pretended she would hold Shen Zhiwen accountable for breaching a confidentiality agreement, then told Director Huang she had only been joking.
• Ye Mo asked Director Ji for the role of Xia Mei, then left the audition venue with Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu.
• Xiao Liu announced that the auditions were over, and the waiting actors suspected Ye Mo had been chosen.
• Ye Mo told Shen Yan that Director Ji was satisfied with her audition and that the role was likely hers.
• Ye Mo recalled repeatedly practicing Xia Mei in the Role Immersion Room with 888's help, while owing twice the Gossip Points she had borrowed.
• Shen Yan marveled that a teacher had managed to improve Ye Mo's acting.

Ye Mo returned from her audition for Chase believing she would get the role of Xia Mei, and the Ye family prepared a celebration for her. As word spread, Guo Jiayue sought an investor’s help to pursue the role, while Ye Mo asked Secretary Huang about her blind date.

• Ye Mo told Shen Yan that her teacher was called Teacher 888, delighting the system in her mind.
• Ye Mo told the Ye family that Director Ji seemed satisfied with her audition, and Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue began arranging a celebration.
• Ye Miao questioned whether the audition was worth celebrating, while Ye Baozhu hid her hurt as the family rejoiced.
• News of Ye Mo’s likely casting spread, and Guo Jiayue called President Zhao to ask for help getting a role in Chase.
• Ye Lin brought Secretary Huang home for the barbecue, and Ye Mo asked her how her blind date had gone and whether she had visited Fourth Hospital.

Secretary Huang told Ye Mo how the Hong Family had deceived and harassed her after she discovered Hong Tao was gravely ill. Ye Mo urged her to retaliate by making trouble for the family in return, while a brief exchange showed Ye Baozhu and Ruan Xianyue deferring to Ye Mo.

• Secretary Huang recounted finding Hong Tao in the hospital and realizing his parents had planned for her to become his wife.
• The Hong Family demanded that Secretary Huang marry Hong Tao and continued visiting her home to cause trouble.
• Ye Mo advised Secretary Huang to take the fight to the Hong Family’s relatives and workplaces instead of relying only on the police.
• Ruan Xianyue and Ye Baozhu joined the conversation, and Ye Mo insisted Ye Baozhu apologize directly to Secretary Huang for overhearing.
• Secretary Huang accepted Ye Baozhu’s apology, and Ye Mo encouraged her to consider using extraordinary measures against the Hong Family.

Ye Mo helped Secretary Huang rethink how to deal with the Hong Family, then joined the Ye family’s barbecue gathering. The chapter ended with Ye Zhipeng tasting his own badly grilled meat after Ye Baozhu had struggled to pretend it was good.

• Ye Mo gave Secretary Huang a contact who could help her deal with the Hong Family and advised her not to let others exploit her strong sense of morality.
• Secretary Huang took Ye Mo’s advice to heart, while Ye Mo wondered whether she had encouraged her to become shameless.
• Ye Mo and Ye Lin joined the family barbecue and saw Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue’s unappetizing first attempt.
• Ye Baozhu praised the food, took a bite, and struggled to claim it tasted all right.
• Ye Zhipeng tried the meat himself, and his expression turned stiff and green.

Ye Mo rejected Ye Baozhu’s suggestion that she cook for her family and exposed Baozhu’s attempt to make her seem uncaring. She then began explaining why she hated kitchens and cooking fumes, leaving her childhood story underway.

• Ye Zhipeng’s grilling tasted awful, while Ye Baozhu’s cooking earned praise from the family.
• Ye Baozhu urged Ye Mo to grill food for their parents and brothers, but Ye Mo refused and said she would never cook for anyone.
• Ye Mo asked Ye Baozhu whether she was satisfied with the answer and accused her of trying to make the family think Ye Mo did not care about them.
• Ye Baozhu admitted her anger and insisted she was the one their parents loved most.
• Ye Mo said she disliked cooking because she had been made to work in the kitchen from the time she could walk, and began recounting her childhood.

Ye Mo explained that she had been forced to cook from childhood, prompting Ruan Xianyue and Ye Zhipeng to grieve over her suffering. After the family’s barbecue, Ye Mo wandered into the garden and overheard Ye Baozhu crying to Ye Miao about being the fake heiress.

• Ye Mo recalled being made to cook from age six to fourteen and said the fumes still repulsed her.
• Ruan Xianyue and Ye Zhipeng apologized for failing to protect Ye Mo, while Ye Baozhu grew jealous of the sympathy Ye Mo received.
• Ye Mo comforted Ruan Xianyue and joked that she wanted more pocket money, lightening the mood.
• The family and their guests ate barbecue, and Ye Mo invited Shen Yan, the others, and Secretary Huang to stay overnight.
• Unable to sleep, Ye Mo went for a walk in the garden and overheard Ye Baozhu telling Ye Miao that Ye Mo was the real heiress and she was the fake.

Ye Mo confronted Ye Miao and Ye Baozhu after overhearing them discuss her, challenging their loyalty and warning Ye Baozhu to keep her out of her schemes. Ye Mo left after revealing she knew Ye Baozhu’s secrets, while Ye Miao was left dwelling on the fact that Ye Mo had called him “Third Brother.”

• Ye Baozhu worried Ye Miao would stop caring about her because he pitied Ye Mo, and Ye Miao promised he would not like Ye Mo.
• Ye Mo interrupted them and told Ye Miao she had long known he disliked her, then accused Ye Baozhu of fearing she would take the Ye Family’s affection.
• Ye Miao defended Ye Baozhu, and Ye Mo told him he had never treated her as a younger sister and had always taken Ye Baozhu’s side.
• Ye Mo warned Ye Baozhu not to involve her in any schemes and revealed she knew about the Blue Bar incident and Ye Baozhu’s rose tattoo.
• After Ye Mo left, Ye Miao complained about her but admitted he liked hearing her call him “Third Brother.”

Ye Mo kept Ye Baozhu’s secret as leverage, then sparred with Ye Miao at breakfast while Ye Lin noticed tension among them. After leaving for a CG luxury watch advertisement shoot, Ye Mo learned that the brand’s young heir Julie was her fan and would attend.

• Ye Mo explained to 888 that keeping quiet about Ye Baozhu’s actions would preserve her leverage over Ye Baozhu.
• The next morning, Ye Miao complained about a nightmare, and Ye Mo teased him by repeatedly calling him “dearest Third Brother.”
• Ye Baozhu hid the real reason she had slept poorly when Ruan Xianyue asked about her health, while Ye Lin watched the family thoughtfully.
• Ye Lin asked Ye Mo about the tension with Ye Baozhu and Ye Miao, then warned her not to bully them too much.
• Ye Mo and her companions headed to a CG watch advertisement shoot, where Shen Yan told her that Julie, CG’s sixteen-year-old heir and Ye Mo’s fan, would be attending.

Ye Mo met CG heiress Julie Te Lawrence, who revealed she had bought the big-screen ad that had led to Ye Mo being mocked online, and then completed a demanding commercial shoot. After exchanging contact details with Julie and the crew, Ye Mo declined Julie’s dinner invitation and left to rest.

• 888 told Ye Mo that Ms. Aisha had hemorrhoids and recommended the One Tree clinic in eastern City B.
• Julie Te Lawrence enthusiastically introduced herself as Ye Mo’s fan and admitted she had bought half a month of screen time at a mall in City S to promote Idealism.
• Ye Mo told Shen Yan that Julie had been the fan behind the screen-time purchase, which had once caused Ye Mo to be ridiculed online.
• Ye Mo cooperated through repeated takes during the commercial shoot, earning praise and contact details from the director and crew.
• Julie invited Ye Mo to dinner, but Ye Mo said she was tired, exchanged contact details with Julie, and left with Shen Yan.

After learning that an investor may take Xia Mei away from her in Chase, Ye Mo went to meet Shen Yan and review the situation. Shen Yan identified the investor as Qi Yuwen, owner of Star Chasing Entertainment.

• Ye Mo rested after an exhausting shoot, then promised Ruan Xianyue she would come home if she ever tired of acting.
• Shen Yan warned Ye Mo that an investor had demanded the role of Xia Mei in Chase, possibly leaving her unable to get it.
• Ye Mo went to Brilliant Star to discuss the matter with Shen Yan, while telling her family she had company business to handle.
• Ye Mo found Shen Yan asleep in his office and read the documents he had left out.
• Shen Yan told Ye Mo that the investor was Qi Yuwen, owner of Star Chasing Entertainment.

Ye Mo learned that Ge Qianru, Qi Yuwen’s favored lover, was seeking the role of Xia Mei and that Star Chasing Entertainment could pressure the film by withdrawing its funding. She reminded Shen Yan that her family, the Ye Family, could help, then went with him to Ye Corporation to ask Ye Lin for support.

• Shen Yan told Ye Mo that Ge Qianru, an artist at Star Chasing Entertainment, wanted the role of Xia Mei and was backed by Qi Yuwen.
• Ye Mo watched Ge Qianru’s performances, criticized her acting, and wondered whether her own acting was any better.
• Shen Yan explained that Star Chasing’s investment gave Qi Yuwen leverage over the film, and he suggested looking for other roles.
• Ye Mo reminded Shen Yan that she was now part of the Ye Family, and he realized Ye Corporation could challenge Qi Corporation’s influence.
• Ye Mo decided to ask her brother Ye Lin for help and took Shen Yan to Ye Corporation, where Secretary Huang greeted them.

Ye Mo asked Ye Lin to help her reclaim an audition role that Qi Yuwen had taken through his influence, then learned of Qi Yuwen’s secret plot against his brother Qi Yuheng. She arranged a dinner with Qi Yuheng, and the chapter left them preparing to meet that evening.

• Ye Mo told Ye Lin that Qi Yuwen had used his investment to pressure the director into giving her audition role to his lover.
• Ye Lin agreed to help Ye Mo and said he knew Qi Yuheng and Qi Youcai, the general manager and president of the Qi Corporation.
• 888 revealed that Qi Yuheng trusted Qi Yuwen, who was secretly conspiring with the Qi Corporation’s illegitimate children to oust him.
• Ye Mo decided to invite Qi Yuheng to dinner, and Ye Lin had Secretary Huang arrange the meeting.
• The Qi Corporation accepted the invitation, and Ye Mo and Ye Lin arrived at a reserved, businesslike Western restaurant that evening.

Ye Mo met with Qi Yuheng to confront him about his brother Qi Yuwen trying to take her role in Chase, and Qi Yuheng promised to make it right. Ye Lin offered to invest in the film, leaving Ye Mo wondering whether he was doing it for her.

• Ye Mo, Ye Lin, and Shen Yan met Qi Yuheng for dinner, and Ye Mo introduced herself as an actress and Shen Yan as her manager.
• Ye Mo told Qi Yuheng that Qi Yuwen had threatened to withdraw his investment in Chase to force the director to give him her role.
• Qi Yuheng admitted Qi Yuwen was in the wrong, apologized, and promised to make him return the role.
• Ye Lin offered to invest in Chase if Qi Yuwen withdrew his investment.
• Ye Mo asked whether Ye Lin wanted to invest because of her, and he teased her by telling her to guess.

Ye Mo used 888’s gossip to uncover Qi Yuwen’s long-running schemes against his trusting older brother, Qi Yuheng, and learned that Qi Yuwen was having an affair with Qi Yuheng’s fiancée. She left Qi Yuheng with a cryptic warning to visit Helang Maijing on Sunday, then explained to Ye Lin and Shen Yan that he could catch the pair there.

• Ye Lin asked Ye Mo to handle negotiations for investing in Director Ji’s film, but teased that the amount would depend on her behavior.
• After dinner, Qi Yuheng apologized for Qi Yuwen and insisted that the brothers had been close since childhood.
• 888 revealed that Qi Yuwen had repeatedly framed Qi Yuheng as a child and was now having an affair with Qi Yuheng’s fiancée.
• Ye Mo told Qi Yuheng to visit the thirteenth floor of Building C at Helang Maijing on Sunday and warned him not to tell Qi Yuwen.
• Ye Mo told Ye Lin and Shen Yan about the brothers’ history and revealed that Qi Yuheng could catch Qi Yuwen and his fiancée together at Helang Maijing.

Ye Mo joked with Ye Lin about helping Qi Yuheng, while Qi Yuheng confronted Qi Yuwen about trying to take Ye Mo’s role in Chase. Qi Yuwen learned Ye Mo was the newly found daughter of the Ye Family and was told to give up the role and let Ye Lin invest in the film.

• Ye Mo claimed she had helped Qi Yuheng by exposing Qi Yuwen, and Ye Lin teased her for disguising troublemaking as a good deed.
• Qi Yuheng waited for Qi Yuwen to come home and asked why he had invested in Chase and tried to take Ye Mo’s desired role.
• Qi Yuwen learned that Ye Mo was Ye Lin’s newly found sister and realized she now had the Ye Family’s backing.
• Qi Yuheng told Qi Yuwen to return the role to Ye Mo and pass the opportunity to invest in Chase to Ye Lin.
• Qi Yuwen complained about Ye Lin’s involvement, while Qi Yuheng explained that Ye Lin wanted to protect his sister.

Qi Yuwen ordered Star Chasing Entertainment to withdraw its investment from Chase, hoping to appease President Ye, while the film’s producer and Director Ji Minghe clashed over the loss of funding. The chapter left Chase facing a major financial shortfall as Ji refused to give in over the casting of Xia Mei.

• Qi Yuheng held back Ye Mo’s comments about Helang Maijing from Qi Yuwen, who spent the night sleeping poorly.
• Qi Yuwen told Secretary He to give up the role of Xia Mei and withdraw Star Chasing Entertainment’s investment in Chase.
• Secretary He tried to dissuade Qi Yuwen, but Qi insisted he was withdrawing because President Ye had set her sights on the film.
• Secretary He informed producer Yu Luwei of the decision, and Director Ji Minghe angrily refused to bargain over Xia Mei’s role.
• Yu Luwei warned Ji Minghe that Chase would struggle to proceed without Star Chasing Entertainment’s five-hundred-million investment.

After Star Chasing’s demands angered Director Ji Minghe, Ye Mo brought Tianheng Industries in as a potential investor for his film, Chase. She discussed her preparation for the role of [Xia Mei] with Ji Minghe, who came to respect her serious attitude toward acting.

• Ji Minghe refused to give Star Chasing more influence over his film, despite Yu Luwei’s concerns about financing and Fengxing’s control of cinemas.
• Ye Mo called Ji Minghe and said Tianheng Industries was interested in investing in the film.
• Ye Mo met Ji Minghe and Yu Luwei with Tianheng Industries manager Ye Yongming, and they verified his identity on the company’s official website.
• Ye Yongming explained that Tianheng Industries planned to enter the entertainment industry and make Chase its first investment.
• Ye Mo discussed the script with Ji Minghe and admitted she had memorized it and practiced extensively because she lacked acting talent.
• Ji Minghe said Ye Mo’s audition performance had impressed him, while Ye Mo explained that her Script World score for [Xia Mei] had reached only seventy-eight after repeated practice.

Ye Yongming secured Tianheng’s proposed five-hundred-million investment in Yu Luwei’s film, with the condition that Ye Mo be protected from unfair treatment while Director Ji retained control of filming. Afterward, Ye Mo spotted someone near Helang Maijing Residential Complex and hid with Ye Yongming, leaving him wondering who she had seen.

• Ye Mo and Director Ji talked during the meal, and he found her sincere and unlike the rumors about her.
• Ye Yongming offered Tianheng’s five-hundred-million investment on the condition that Ye Mo not face unfair treatment, and Yu Luwei agreed while Director Ji insisted on retaining authority over the production.
• Ye Yongming explained that he was Ye Mo’s paternal cousin and exchanged contact information with Yu Luwei.
• After the group parted, Ye Mo chose to go home, then pulled Ye Yongming behind a willow tree after spotting someone across the street.
• Ye Mo asked whether Helang Maijing Residential Complex was nearby, and Ye Yongming confirmed she was looking right at it before asking who she had seen.

Ye Mo followed Qi Yuheng into Helang Maijing Residential Complex with Ye Yongming and his friends, hoping to witness the excitement she expected at Building C. The group reached the thirteenth floor, where they saw Qi Yuheng waiting outside apartment 1303.

• Ye Mo persuaded Ye Yongming to follow Qi Yuheng after spotting him entering Helang Maijing Residential Complex.
• Ye Yongming called his friend Hu Hejia, who escorted Ye Mo and the others into the complex.
• Ye Mo learned from 888 that Qi Yuheng was downstairs at Building C and asked Hu Hejia to take them there.
• A friend of Hu Hejia let the group into Building C and took them up to the thirteenth floor.
• Ye Mo peeked around the corridor and saw Qi Yuheng standing outside apartment 1303, then told the others to stay quiet and watch.

Qi Yuheng went to apartment 1303 expecting an unexpected surprise and found his younger brother Qi Yuwen answering the door in a revealing state. Qi Yuwen convinced him that he was secretly seeing a married woman, and Ye Mo arrived with four others just as Qi Yuheng was about to leave.

• Qi Yuwen left Zhang Hanyue in bed to answer the persistent doorbell.
• Qi Yuheng found Qi Yuwen at apartment 1303 and noticed a fresh scratch on his neck.
• Qi Yuheng suspected Qi Yuwen was secretly involved with a married woman, and Qi Yuwen confirmed the story and begged him not to tell their father.
• Zhang Hanyue called to Qi Yuwen from inside, but Qi Yuwen pushed Qi Yuheng out and shut the door before he could identify her.
• Ye Mo, who had been watching the apartment, appeared with four others and greeted Qi Yuheng.

Ye Mo confronted Qi Yuwen at his home and exposed his deception to Qi Yuheng. After discovering Zhang Hanyue inside, Qi Yuheng went to investigate, leaving Qi Yuwen facing Ye Mo’s threats and retaliation.

• Ye Mo arrived with three companions and persuaded them to enter Qi Yuwen’s home despite his objections.
• When Qi Yuwen tried to shove Ye Mo aside, Ye Yongming stopped him, and Ye Mo said Qi Yuheng deserved to learn the truth.
• Hu Hejia shouted upon finding Zhang Hanyue inside, prompting Qi Yuheng to realize Qi Yuwen had deceived him and stride into the house.
• Qi Yuwen tried to stop Qi Yuheng, then cursed Ye Mo and was kicked in the shin by her.
• Ye Mo warned Qi Yuwen that his elder brother, the Ye Family, and rivals in the Qi Family could all turn against him, and slapped him when he insulted her again.

Ye Mo and the others watched Qi Yuheng confront his fiancée, Zhang Hanyue, and his younger brother, Qi Yuwen, after catching them together. Qi Yuheng rejected their excuses and announced that he would inform both families and let the pair marry, then left Zhang Hanyue to tidy herself up.

• Ye Mo entered the bedroom and heard Zhang Hanyue plead with Qi Yuheng to believe that what he had seen was a misunderstanding.
• At Hu Hejia's friend's prompting, Qi Yuheng gave Zhang Hanyue a chance to explain, and she blamed Qi Yuwen for seducing her while she was drunk.
• Qi Yuwen arrived, and he and Zhang Hanyue argued and accused each other of causing the affair.
• Qi Yuheng stopped their argument and said neither was innocent, then claimed he was at fault for not noticing their feelings sooner.
• Qi Yuheng said he would tell both families and that Zhang Hanyue and Qi Yuwen would have to be together; Zhang Hanyue refused, but he dismissed her objection and left.

Ye Mo helped Qi Yuheng expose Qi Yuwen and Zhang Hanyue’s affair, and Qi Yuheng thanked her and promised to repay the favor. After parting with her companions, Ye Mo hinted that her supposed fortune-telling might have revealed Yuan Youzhi’s private tastes.

• Qi Yuheng ordered Qi Yuwen to marry Zhang Hanyue, and Qi Yuwen watched Ye Mo and the others leave with resentment.
• Yuan Youzhi and Hu Hejia warned Ye Mo that Qi Yuwen might seek revenge, but Ye Mo said she could handle him and send him to prison if he tried anything.
• Yuan Youzhi and Hu Hejia called Ye Mo their little sister, while Ye Yongming objected to them claiming older-brother status.
• Qi Yuheng waited outside Building C, thanked Ye Mo for revealing the affair, and promised to help her if she needed it.
• Yuan Youzhi asked how Ye Mo had learned about the affair, and she joked that she was a fortune-teller before hinting that she knew his tastes.