Recaps

Ye Mo told Ye Rou about Han Heng’s history of exploiting girls and planned to expose him so Ye Shuang would leave him. When Ye Rou asked Ye Mo to divine what happened to her missing classmate Yu Rong, Ye Mo learned that he was dead and revealed where his body was buried.

• Ye Mo told Ye Rou that Han Heng had cheated on Ye Shuang and preyed on underage girls, with his manager suppressing past attempts to expose him.
• Ye Mo said she would contact Han Heng’s victims and help them reveal his crimes, and Ye Rou agreed Ye Shuang would leave him if she learned the truth.
• Ye Mo claimed she had learned about Han Heng through divination, and Ye Rou asked her to divine what happened to her missing classmate Yu Rong.
• Ye Mo consulted 888 and learned Yu Rong was dead, then told Ye Rou his body was buried beneath the ground beside the school’s garbage pit.
• 888 revealed that Yu Rong’s three roommates had beaten him to death after jealousy and resentment escalated into violence.

After hearing that Yu Rong was murdered and dismembered by his three roommates, Ye Rou reported the information to the police. The criminal investigation brigade rushed to S University to search beneath the garbage pit, while the killers tried to keep Zhang Fu from revealing what they had done.

• Ye Mo told Ye Rou that Yu Rong’s roommates had beaten him to death, dismembered him, and buried his remains beneath the university garbage pit.
• Ye Rou decided to report the information to the police and called them.
• Captain Wei Yiming received a tip from the bureau chief that Yu Rong’s body might be buried beneath S University’s garbage pit and mobilized his team.
• He Jun, Cai Hong'an, and Zhang Fu discussed Yu Rong’s disappearance, and He Jun threatened Zhang Fu into keeping silent about the murder.

He Jun, Cai Hong'an, and Zhang Fu feared exposure after police found Yu Rong’s body, but He Jun insisted his powerful family would protect him. He went home to beg his father for help, only for his father to rage at him and beat him.

• A flashback revealed that He Jun had led the drunken beating that killed Yu Rong, then ordered Cai Hong'an and Zhang Fu to help hide the body.
• He Jun reassured Cai Hong'an that his uncle had covered up evidence and that Yu Rong’s body was hidden in an abandoned campus garbage pit.
• Zhang Fu showed them a student group-chat photo indicating that police had found Yu Rong’s body, and He Jun smashed the phone in anger.
• He Jun told Cai Hong'an and Zhang Fu he would handle the case, while they feared being implicated alongside him.
• He Jun went home and tearfully asked his family to save him, claiming he had not meant to kill Yu Rong.
• He Jun’s father struck him in fury and called him an unfilial son, while He Jun continued insisting he had not intended for Yu Rong to die.

He Jun’s grandmother stopped Father He from taking him to the police station after He Jun admitted he had killed someone, and the family began seeking a way to protect him. After Yu Rong’s body was found, Ye Mo warned Ye Rou that the powerful real murderer might evade justice; when Zhang Fu reportedly turned himself in, Ye Rou questioned whether he was the actual killer.

• Grandma He shielded He Jun from Father He and threatened suicide when Father He said he would take his son to the police station.
• He Jun claimed Yu Rong’s death had been accidental, while Grandma He insisted Father He find a way to protect him.
• Ye Rou showed Ye Mo the report that Yu Rong’s body had been found, and Ye Mo explained that her predictions came from high-tech fortune-telling.
• Ye Mo warned Ye Rou that Yu Rong’s case was only beginning because the murderer had powerful connections and expected to escape punishment.
• Online reports said Zhang Fu, Yu Rong’s roommate, had turned himself in and was accused of killing and dismembering him.
• Ye Rou messaged Ye Mo, asking whether Zhang Fu was really the murderer despite not appearing powerful or influential.

The He Family forced Zhang Fu to confess to Yu Rong’s murder and used its influence to push the police toward closing the case, despite Wei Yiming’s suspicions. He Jun’s father decided to send him abroad, but Grandma He opposed the plan.

• Ye Rou guessed that He Jun was the real killer and Zhang Fu had been made to take the blame, while Ye Mo teased her and privately confirmed her suspicion.
• The He Family threatened Zhang Fu’s family into accepting sole responsibility for the case, and Zhang Fu confessed to killing Yu Rong at the police station.
• Wei Yiming doubted Zhang Fu’s confession and objected when the police chief announced online that the killer had turned himself in, but the chief ordered him to close the case.
• The police chief assured someone from the He Family that the case was settled and expected the favor to help his career.
• Grandma He comforted He Jun, while Father He insisted on sending him abroad; Grandma He promised they would not go, and Father He refused to back down.

He Jun refused to go abroad and got drunk with friends as online audio clips exposed his role in Yu Rong’s murder and the cover-up arranged by the He Family. Ye Mo reassured 888 that netizens’ jokes about its identity would not expose it.

• He Jun rejected his family’s plan to send him abroad, left home, and drank with friends at a karaoke bar.
• Audio clips appeared online revealing that He Jun had killed Yu Rong, pressured someone else to take the blame, and relied on his family’s connections to bury the case.
• Netizens reacted with outrage, pushed the scandal onto trending searches, and demanded an official explanation while worrying about the poster’s safety.
• 888 panicked after a netizen guessed that the account System 888 belonged to a high-tech system.
• Ye Mo checked the comments and reassured 888 that people were only joking about its identity.

Ye Mo learned that 888 needed to earn Gossip Points before leaving the world, and the system admitted it had hidden this from her. Meanwhile, He Jun’s father failed to suppress the online scandal and tried to send his son abroad, but police arrived at the airport as He Jun checked in.

• 888 confessed to Ye Mo that it had deliberately concealed its need to earn Gossip Points, and Ye Mo reassured it that the secret could have been dangerous in the wrong hands.
• 888 detected someone trying to trace it, while He Jun’s father’s technician failed to identify the system or suppress the trending topic.
• He Jun’s father ordered his wife to pack He Jun’s luggage and bought him a ticket to Country G so he could lie low overseas.
• He Jun’s father drove He Jun to the airport and hurried him to check in, but several police officers suddenly approached him.

The authorities dismantled the network behind Yu Rong’s murder, and He Jun and his accomplices faced punishment. Ye Mo then turned her attention to the people who had planted a bomb on her film set, while 888 revealed that one had already been caught and the other had been released.

• Police arrested He Jun and his father at the airport before He Jun could leave the country, and Cai Hong'an and several City S officials were arrested as the investigation widened.
• Zhang Fu and Cai Hong'an confessed the truth about Yu Rong’s death, while He Jun continued denying the murder despite the evidence.
• He Jun received a death sentence with a reprieve, his family’s assets were confiscated, and Grandma He later died after falling on the stairs.
• Ye Mo explained that 888 had helped her alert police to the He Family’s plans, and Wei Yiming decided to stop investigating the anonymous tipster.
• Ye Mo asked 888 about Sun Qian and Wu Fang, the two people who had planted a bomb on her film set; police found the remains of Sun Qian’s earlier murder victim, and Sun Qian confessed.
• Wu Fang was released after fifteen days in detention because investigators could not prove she knew the bag contained a bomb, though 888 insisted she had known.

Ye Mo joined the Flowers Fall Throughout the City production and bonded with the crew by listening to gossip, including rumors about the absent second female lead, Jin Yujia. Director Zheng grew angry after Jin Yujia delayed her arrival again, and Ye Mo prepared for a wire-assisted scene while Shen Yan watched over her safety.

• Ye Mo reflected that Wu Fang’s clever tricks might eventually lead to her downfall and asked 888 to tell her when it happened.
• Ye Mo joined the Flowers Fall Throughout the City production after the New Year and learned that its biggest investor had delayed filming so the crew could spend the holiday at home.
• Ye Mo joined crew members to eat sunflower seeds and hear rumors about Jin Yujia, who had postponed joining the production by claiming she was sick.
• Ye Mo returned to Shen Yan, who warned her to be careful during an upcoming wire-assisted scene and explained that he had checked the equipment.
• Director Zheng threatened to replace Jin Yujia after she postponed her arrival yet again, leaving the production to film her scenes with a double.

Ye Mo filmed a wirework scene and learned that investor He Mingzhang had backed the drama because she was its lead. After production wrapped early, she agreed to attend a dinner with the investors.

• Ye Mo completed her wirework scene, reshooting shots that had been blocked from camera three.
• Producer Luo introduced He Mingzhang as the production’s biggest investor, and Ye Mo explained that their families had been friends for generations, so she called him Uncle.
• He Mingzhang said investing was a personal interest and admitted he had invested because Ye Mo was the lead.
• Ye Mo returned to filming while He Mingzhang stayed to watch her quietly from the sidelines.
• Shen Yan told Ye Mo that the assistant director wanted the lead actors at dinner with the investors, and Ye Mo agreed.
• Ning Aiqi helped Ye Mo remove her makeup and said she had joined the production because Ye Mo was starring in it.

Ye Mo attended a dinner for Flowers Fall Throughout the City, where investor Mr. Wu made unwanted advances and then tried to force her to drink. The chapter ended with Shen Yan offering to take the drink for her as the room watched.

• Ning Aiqi styled Ye Mo and shared gossip with her while they worked on Flowers Fall Throughout the City.
• Shen Yan warned Ye Mo to stay close to him at the dinner, and Hu Pingping promised to keep watch over her.
• Mr. Wu tried to put his arm around Ye Mo, but she dodged him and insulted his appearance.
• Mr. Wu challenged Ye Mo to drink three penalty glasses and threatened to reconsider his investment when she did not comply.
• Shen Yan stood up and offered to drink the glass for Ye Mo, saying she could not hold her liquor.

At a crew dinner, Mr. Wu tried to force Ye Mo to drink and kneel in exchange for his investment, but she humiliated him instead. Ye Mo then revealed that investor He Mingzhang was her uncle, leaving Mr. Wu shaken.

• Mr. Wu demanded that Ye Mo drink three glasses and kneel to apologize, threatening to withdraw his investment from the production.
• Ye Mo poured a glass of liquor over Mr. Wu's head and shoved his face into a steamed fish platter when he cursed at her.
• After Mr. Wu struggled free and continued insulting her, Ye Mo called out to her uncle for help.
• Ye Mo identified her uncle as investor He Mingzhang, and Mr. Wu realized the He Group's investment might have been made because of her.

Ye Mo confronted Mr. Wu at a production dinner, with He Mingzhang publicly backing her as his niece. Mr. Wu left after learning that his child had been injured, and Ye Mo ended the chapter asking He Mingzhang for a New Year’s red envelope.

• Ye Mo called He Mingzhang her uncle and challenged Mr. Wu to repeat his demand for an apology in front of him.
• Mr. Wu tried to explain himself, but Ye Mo exposed that his biological father was his uncle and hinted he had known since childhood.
• Mr. Wu angrily accused Ye Mo of being fed the information, then received a call that Lele had fallen down the stairs and split their head open.
• Mr. Wu hurried away, and Producer Luo restored the dinner as the other investors treated Ye Mo with greater courtesy.
• Ye Mo thanked He Mingzhang for supporting her, then asked whether she could still receive a New Year’s red envelope from the He Family.

After Ye Mo exposed Mr. Wu’s misconduct, the production crew gathered around her, curious about her fortune-telling claims. Earlier, He Mingzhang offered her lucky money and invited her to meet his cat Mimi, leaving his shocked niece wondering why he had changed his mind about cats.

• Ye Mo remembered missing out on lucky money and eagerly added He Mingzhang on WeChat so he could send her a red packet.
• Ye Mo admired He Mingzhang’s cat Mimi, and he invited her to visit and pet it while he was there.
• He Mingzhang’s niece reacted in shock to his invitation, since he had previously refused to keep a cat.
• After Mr. Wu left, the crew discussed his history of pressuring actresses, and Ye Mo comforted a crew member whose favorite actress had been targeted by him.
• Ye Mo told the crew she could divine the present and past but not the future, then joked that she would buy lottery tickets herself if she could predict winning numbers.
• The crew members crowded around Ye Mo and turned the gathering into an informal fortune-telling session.

Ye Mo divined that Li Kui's online girlfriend was actually a man, and Li Kui was devastated when the person hung up on him. After the crew gathering, a tipsy Ye Mo bumped into a familiar man she recognized as the uncle she had gotten for nothing.

• A crew member asked Ye Mo to explain his cheek dimple, and she correctly guessed it came from hitting his cheek on a sickle.
• Li Kui asked Ye Mo why his online girlfriend, Tiantian, refused to meet him, and 888 revealed that Tiantian was a man.
• Ye Mo told Li Kui that his online partner was male, and the crew explained what she meant when he failed to understand.
• Li Kui called Tiantian to confirm, and Tiantian hung up after he asked if she was a man, leaving him sobbing.
• Ye Mo ate at the crew gathering, then, slightly tipsy, bumped into a familiar man and recognized him as the uncle she had gotten for nothing.

Ye Mo accepted a ride back to the hotel with He Mingzhang after he offered to show her photos of his cat, Mimi, and fell asleep in the car. He gave her flowers to congratulate her on her first leading role, but Ye Mo hurried away after learning he had watched everything she had acted in.

• Hu Pingping drew Zhou Xiaoyu aside so Ye Mo and He Mingzhang could talk, believing He Mingzhang would keep Ye Mo safe.
• He Mingzhang offered Ye Mo a ride and photos and videos of Mimi, and Ye Mo agreed before texting Shen Yan that she was leaving with him.
• Ye Mo browsed He Mingzhang's cat photos in the car and fell asleep, while Zhou Xiaoyu and Hu Pingping rode quietly in the back.
• He Mingzhang woke Ye Mo when they reached the hotel and gave her white camellias to celebrate her first leading role.
• He Mingzhang told Ye Mo he had watched all her performances, and she hurried toward the elevator in embarrassment as Zhou Xiaoyu wondered about his behavior toward her.

Ye Mo felt awkward around He Mingzhang after learning he had watched her old dramas, but his praise reassured her about how far her acting had improved. Meanwhile, the crew planned to confront Li Kui’s online lover and reclaim the gifts, and Ye Mo asked to join them.

• Hu Pingping dismissed Zhou Xiaoyu’s suspicion that He Mingzhang was pursuing Ye Mo, saying his gifts were normal for an elder.
• Ye Mo found He Mingzhang still on set the next day, where he treated the crew to afternoon tea.
• Ning Aiqi told Ye Mo that the crew planned to find Li Kui’s online lover in City B and recover his gifts, including three pieces of gold jewelry.
• Ye Mo asked Ning Aiqi to tell her when the crew went to confront the online lover.
• He Mingzhang asked Ye Mo why she was avoiding him, and she admitted she felt embarrassed because he had seen her earlier, poor acting.
• He Mingzhang praised Ye Mo’s effort and improvement, leaving her happy and reassured.

Ye Mo reflected on improving her acting without relying on the Role Immersion Room, then joined the crew as they set out to confront Li Kui’s deceptive online partner. Along the way, the group learned that Niu Guangping also had an online girlfriend, and the growing party headed off with He Mingzhang driving Ye Mo.

• Ye Mo learned that 888 needed one billion Gossip Points to leave, while they had only thirteen thousand, and resolved to keep developing her acting skills herself.
• After wrapping early, Ye Mo agreed to join the crew in helping Li Kui confront his online partner.
• Niu Guangping insisted his online girlfriend Xiaomei was a woman because he had video-called her and heard her daughter call her Mom.
• Shen Yan worried that Ye Mo’s outing could expose her as a public figure, so he and her assistants joined the group to keep an eye on her.
• He Mingzhang joined the growing party, and Ye Mo chose to ride in his car.

Ye Mo and the production crew tracked Li Kui’s online girlfriend to the address where he had sent gifts and discovered that “Hong Tiantian” was a man. Ye Mo exposed the fraud to the man’s neighbors and demanded that he return the engagement jewelry, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ye Mo told He Mingzhang that Li Kui had the supposed girlfriend’s address because he had sent her many things.
• Ye Mo, Li Kui, and the production crew reached Building B, apartment 603, and confirmed the address before knocking.
• The man who answered denied knowing Hong Tiantian and tried to shut the door, but Ye Mo suggested that he was Hong Tiantian himself.
• A crew member pushed the door open, and the group entered as the man continued to deny the fraud and threatened to call the police.
• Ye Mo told a neighbor that the man had impersonated a woman to date Li Kui and trick him into buying a necklace, bracelet, and ring, then demanded their return.

Ye Mo and the neighbors exposed Hong Youtian for posing as Hong Tiantian to scam Li Kui, while Wu Youyou livestreamed the confrontation. When Hong Youtian knelt and pleaded for forgiveness, the crowd urged Li Kui to let the scam go, and Ye Mo spoke up against them.

• The neighbors realized Hong Youtian had been posing as a woman online, and Li Kui proved his identity by showing that Hong Youtian had rejected his video call.
• Hong Youtian admitted he had deceived Li Kui, while Wu Youyou secretly livestreamed the scene and gained a surge of viewers.
• Hong Youtian knelt before Li Kui and claimed he had scammed people to support his gravely ill mother and hungry daughter.
• Some neighbors urged Li Kui and Niu Guangping's group to forgive Hong Youtian, but they insisted he repay the money.
• Ye Mo rebuked the neighbors for pressuring the victims to forgive the scammer, and one of them challenged her harsh tone.

Ye Mo confronted Hong Youtian over the money he had swindled from Li Kui and refused to be swayed by his excuses or the bystanders’ pleas. Hong Youtian’s wife and sick daughter then begged Li Kui to forgive him, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Ye Mo challenged the bystanders who had urged Li Kui to forgive Hong Youtian, and told Li Kui not to let people morally blackmail him.
• Ye Mo demanded that Hong Youtian repay Li Kui and threatened to call the police when he claimed the money had gone toward hospital bills.
• Ye Mo pointed out Hong Youtian’s expensive watch, and Hong Youtian claimed it was a cheap fake.
• Hong Youtian’s wife and five-year-old daughter Cancan rushed in, knelt, and pleaded with Li Kui to forgive him.

Ye Mo refused to excuse Hong Youtian’s fraud because his family was pitiful, and Li Kui insisted that being scammed had made him a victim too. After scanning the family, 888 revealed a startling piece of gossip, and Ye Mo asked Niu Guangping why Hong Youtian’s wife seemed familiar to him.

• Hong Youtian, his wife, and their daughter wept together, prompting some bystanders and livestream viewers to call Ye Mo cold-hearted for insisting on recovering Li Kui’s money.
• Ye Mo asked Li Kui whether he also thought the family’s plight excused them, and Li Kui said he had been scammed out of eighty thousand yuan and was pitiful too.
• Hong Youtian claimed he had no money to repay Li Kui because he had sold everything to pay for his daughter Cancan’s surgery, then dramatically told his wife to care for her if he was arrested.
• Ye Mo asked 888 to scan the family, and the system discovered gossip that shocked it.
• Ye Mo asked Niu Guangping whether Hong Youtian’s wife looked familiar, and Niu Guangping admitted he had been trying to remember where he had seen her.

Niu Guangping recognized Hong Youtian’s wife, Mei Yi, as Xiaomei, the online girlfriend who had claimed to be divorced and single. Her lies unraveled in front of the crowd, and viewers revealed she had used several names and deceived multiple men.

• Niu Guangping recognized Mei Yi as Xiaomei and confronted her, identifying the mole by her eyebrow and the bracelet he had bought her.
• Mei Yi’s reaction confirmed that Niu Guangping had found the online girlfriend who had scammed him.
• Niu Guangping accused Mei Yi of lying about being divorced and single while she was still married to Hong Youtian.
• Li Kui tried to comfort Niu Guangping, and the two men compared how they had been deceived by online partners.
• Viewers in Wu Youyou’s livestream claimed Mei Yi had used other names, including Xiaoli and Xiaohe, and had deceived multiple men.

Ye Mo exposed Mei Yi and Hong Youtian as serial scammers and insisted on calling the police. Mei Yi pinched Cancan to trigger a frightening scene, leaving everyone afraid that the child was in danger.

• Online viewers identified Mei Yi as a woman who had scammed many people under different names, while Mei Yi struggled to explain herself.
• Mei Yi claimed she and Hong Youtian had deceived people to pay for Cancan’s heart surgery, but Ye Mo called her a liar and suspected they had scammed others.
• Ye Mo urged the group to call the police, and Li Kui and Niu Guangping agreed to follow her lead.
• Mei Yi secretly pinched Cancan, who began sobbing and appeared unable to breathe, while Hong Youtian blamed Ye Mo and the others.
• The bystanders backed away, Hu Pingping stepped in front of Ye Mo, and everyone grew nervous as Cancan’s lips turned bluish.

Ye Mo discovered that Hong Youtian and Mei Yi had pinched the crying child and suspected they had bought her, so she took the girl from them and called the police. Hong Youtian admitted to online fraud and offered to repay the money, but insisted the child was his daughter as he tried to get her back.

• 888 told Ye Mo that the girl's heart condition was treatable, that she was crying from Mei Yi pinching her, and that the couple had bought her.
• Ye Mo took the child from Mei Yi, revealed bruises around the girl's waist, and calmed her while Hu Pingping restrained Mei Yi.
• Ye Mo told Shen Yan to call the police over the couple's online fraud and suspected child trafficking, and Hong Youtian lunged to stop him.
• Mei Yi coaxed the girl to come to her, but Ye Mo held the child close and said a paternity test could establish whether the couple were her parents.
• Hong Youtian admitted that his family's hardship stories were lies and offered to repay the stolen money, while pleading for Ye Mo to return the child.