Chapter Summaries

Ye Mo struggled with acting despite her fame and the efforts of ten teachers, until Gossip System No. 888 bound itself to her and claimed to know everyone’s secrets. Ye Mo tested the system by asking for gossip about her rival, He Zhen.

• Acting teacher Qin quit after telling manager Shen Yan that Ye Mo was not suited to acting and was better off as a pretty vase.
• Shen Yan tried to comfort Ye Mo, who reminded him that he had said the same thing before hiring Teacher Qin.
• Shen Yan reflected that Ye Mo’s looks had made her an A-list star, while her acting failures had earned her the nickname “the entertainment industry's number one pretty vase.”
• After Shen Yan left, Ye Mo wondered why she could not act well despite succeeding at other skills.
• Gossip System No. 888 bound itself to Ye Mo and claimed it knew every juicy secret on the planet.
• Ye Mo asked the system for gossip about He Zhen, her rival and a fellow actress who had once mocked her.

Ye Mo learned that she was the long-lost biological daughter of Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue of the Ye Family, and a secretary arrived to take her back. When Ye Mo asked why her relatives had not come in person, Secretary Chen struggled to answer and Shen Yan grew suspicious.

• 888 told Ye Mo that her biological parents were Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue and that she had three older brothers, Ye Lin, Ye Sen, and Ye Miao.
• 888 said the Ye Family had discovered Ye Mo’s identity and that Ye Zhipeng’s secretary would come for her; ten minutes later, Shen Yan told Ye Mo someone from the Ye Corporation had arrived.
• Ye Mo met Secretary Chen and guessed that Ye Zhipeng had sent him because she was the president’s lost biological daughter.
• Shen Yan recalled joking years earlier that Ye Mo might be the Ye Family’s lost second daughter, then realized the claim could be true when Secretary Chen confirmed it.
• Ye Mo asked why her biological parents and other relatives had not come themselves, and Shen Yan questioned whether Secretary Chen was a scammer.

Ye Mo learned that the Ye Family had sent Secretary Chen instead of coming themselves because Ye Baozhu had supposedly fallen ill, but she chose to meet them for the connections and resources their name could provide. As she prepared to go to the Ye Family home, 888 shared gossip about Secretary Chen, and Ye Mo looked at him with sudden interest.

• Secretary Chen explained that the Ye Family had not come because of a reason he was reluctant to disclose, and 888 told Ye Mo that Ye Baozhu's heart condition had supposedly flared up.
• Ye Mo confronted Secretary Chen about Ye Baozhu's illness, while Shen Yan angrily suggested she refuse to acknowledge a family that seemed not to care about her.
• Ye Mo said she wanted the Ye Family's backing, and she and Shen Yan excitedly discussed opportunities they could pursue with the Ye Corporation's resources.
• Secretary Chen asked Ye Mo to meet Mr. Ye, and she eagerly agreed to go to the Ye Family home.
• As Ye Mo prepared to leave, 888 revealed gossip about Secretary Chen, prompting her to look at him strangely.

Ye Mo teased Secretary Chen by revealing that she knew about his secret admiration for Miss Xiya, then learned about the Ye family she was about to meet. The car carrying Ye Mo, Secretary Chen, and Shen Yan arrived at Jianglin District, the Ye family’s wealthy neighborhood.

• Ye Mo told Secretary Chen that she expected to clash with Ye Baozhu, then startled him by asking whether Miss Xiya was cute.
• Ye Mo claimed her adoptive family had passed down fortune-telling skills, and Shen Yan and Secretary Chen believed her explanation.
• Ye Mo admitted to 888 that she had deliberately teased Secretary Chen, whose secret otaku interests had been exposed.
• Secretary Chen explained that the Ye family had six members and had spoiled Ye Baozhu for twenty-three years, while Ye Mo had no emotional ties to them.
• Ye Mo said she felt no more attachment to the Ye family than they felt toward her.
• Ye Mo, Secretary Chen, and Shen Yan arrived at Jianglin District, where the Ye family lived.

Ye Mo arrived at the Ye family home expecting to meet her biological father, buoyed by 888’s news that Ye Zhipeng planned to give her five percent of Ye Corporation’s shares. After mistaking the family butler for her father and clashing with Ye Miao, she finally met Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue, who were struck by how much she resembled her mother.

• 888 told Ye Mo that Ye Zhipeng had read her investigation report and decided to give her five percent of Ye Corporation’s shares.
• Ye Mo celebrated her expected wealth with Shen Yan, who jokingly offered his services in hopes of receiving a luxury apartment.
• At the Ye family entrance, Ye Mo grabbed the butler Zhou Yeping’s hand and called him Dad before Secretary Chen corrected her.
• Ye Miao mocked Ye Mo and rejected her as his sister, but she traded insults with him and Shen Yan backed her up.
• Ye Zhipeng arrived with Ruan Xianyue, and both parents noticed Ye Mo’s striking resemblance to Ruan Xianyue before Ye Zhipeng invited her inside.

Ye Mo joined the Ye family and asked who had switched her at birth, but a servant’s deliberate attempt to scald her interrupted the answer. After dodging the boiling water, Ye Mo claimed she was suffering from fright and poured water over the servant’s head.

• Ye Zhipeng welcomed Ye Mo and described the hardship she had endured with her adoptive parents, while Ye Miao dismissed her suffering.
• Ye Mo examined the DNA report confirming she was Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue’s daughter, then asked who had switched her with Ye Baozhu and abandoned her.
• Ye Linquan took responsibility as 888 began to reveal the story behind Ye Mo’s birth.
• 888 warned Ye Mo that Sister Wu was about to scald her, and Ye Mo dodged as the boiling water splashed onto her seat.
• Ye Mo said the scare had caused something to go wrong inside her heart, then poured her cup of water over Sister Wu’s head.

Ye Mo exposed Sister Wu’s motives for targeting her and claimed that Sister Wu had sewn love talismans made with her own blood into Ye Zhipeng’s suits. The chapter ended with Ye Zhipeng ordering Ye Miao to fetch the suits while Sister Wu panicked, making him nearly certain Ye Mo was telling the truth.

• Ye Mo confronted Sister Wu about bringing her scalding tea, and Ye Zhipeng realized the spilled water was still hot.
• Ye Mo claimed she could tell fortunes and revealed that Sister Wu was close to Ye Baozhu and had targeted Ye Mo to vent Ye Baozhu’s anger.
• Ye Mo said Sister Wu’s real motive was that she loved Ye Zhipeng, then claimed she had sewn ninety-nine peach blossom talismans drawn with her blood into his suits.
• Sister Wu denied Ye Mo’s accusations, then lunged at her and was kicked several meters away by Ye Mo.
• Ye Zhipeng ordered Ye Miao to bring down his suits, and Sister Wu’s panic convinced him that Ye Mo’s claims might be true.

Ye Mo exposed talismans hidden in Ye Zhipeng’s suit, confirming Sister Wu had planted them and angering Ye Zhipeng. As Ye Miao began inspecting the other suits, Ye Mo sat down and asked the servants about pastries.

• Ye Miao brought down Ye Zhipeng’s suits, and Ye Mo began cutting one open while Sister Wu pleaded her innocence.
• When the suit’s lining appeared empty, Sister Wu accused Ye Mo of framing her, but Ye Mo pointed out that the collar and shoulders remained unchecked.
• Sister Wu realized Ye Mo had deliberately kept her waiting, then attacked her; Ye Mo kicked her to the floor again.
• Ye Mo cut open the suit’s shoulder, revealing peach blossom talismans, and Ye Zhipeng ordered the other clothes searched.
• Ye Mo handed the scissors to Ye Miao, then asked a servant what pastries the household had.

Ye Mo uncovered that Wu Xiuxiu had sewn hundreds of thousands of peach blossom talismans into Ye Zhipeng’s clothes, while Wu insisted Ye Zhipeng loved her and caused a scene. Wu was escorted out, and Ye Zhipeng ordered his clothes replaced and carefully inspected.

• Ye Mo told Ye Zhipeng that Wu Xiuxiu had hidden talismans in his suits and winter clothes for years, and 888 reported that she had sewn in 990,000 of them.
• Ye Zhipeng said Wu earned a generous salary and denied having any affection for her.
• Wu grabbed Ye Zhipeng and declared that he loved her, citing his having once called a doctor when she was sick.
• Ye Zhipeng rejected Wu, ordered Butler Zhou to call security, and the guards escorted her out.
• Ye Zhipeng ordered his clothes discarded and replaced, with the new garments thoroughly inspected before entering his closet.

Ye Mo settled into the Ye family home and met Ye Zhipeng, who explained the family and showed her the room Ruan Xianyue had prepared. She thanked Ruan Xianyue and accepted her embrace, while remaining wary of how much the family’s absent sons and Ye Baozhu cared about her.

• Ye Zhipeng asked Ye Mo about her fortune-telling, and she claimed she had learned it from a spirit medium in her village.
• Ruan Xianyue had the servants bring more pastries for Ye Mo, easing the tension in the sitting room.
• Ye Zhipeng told Ye Mo about her grandparents and three older brothers, then explained that Ye Baozhu was resting upstairs because she felt unwell.
• Ye Mo agreed to see the room prepared for her and found a spacious suite filled with clothes and jewelry.
• Ye Mo hugged Ruan Xianyue and thanked her for preparing the room, and Ruan Xianyue hugged her back.

Ye Mo learned that a rival was sabotaging Ye Corporation’s money trees and persuaded Ye Zhipeng to let her handle the problem for a two-million payment. After dinner, she reassured Shen Yan that she could settle into the Ye household without being bullied.

• Ye Lin arrived late to dinner and explained that a deceased employee’s family had been making trouble outside Ye Corporation, while 888 revealed the rival’s hidden sabotage of the company’s money trees.
• Ye Lin told Ye Zhipeng that the employee’s family had gone back on its compensation agreement and that the Fan family was likely behind the dispute.
• Ye Lin reported that the company’s money trees had been dying, and Ye Zhipeng proposed hiring Master Wu to perform a ritual.
• Ye Mo offered to solve the money-tree problem for the same two-million payment, and Ye Zhipeng agreed to let her handle it.
• Ye Mo saw Shen Yan off and reassured him that she could manage life at the Ye household.

Ye Mo met Ye Baozhu at breakfast and revealed that she had overheard Ruan Xianyue comforting her in the garden the previous night. After Ye Mo said she had little affection for Ruan Xianyue, Ruan Xianyue was shocked and asked whether she felt none at all.

• Ye Mo overheard Ye Baozhu tell Ruan Xianyue she feared losing her parents’ affection, and Ruan Xianyue promised she would always cherish her.
• Ye Mo met Ye Baozhu at breakfast and corrected her when she called her big sister, saying Ye Baozhu was half an hour older.
• Ye Mo told Ye Zhipeng and the others that she had seen Ruan Xianyue and Ye Baozhu talking in the garden and had heard their conversation.
• Ruan Xianyue apologized, but Ye Mo said she understood that Ruan Xianyue cared more for Ye Baozhu and admitted she had little affection for Ruan Xianyue.
• Ruan Xianyue asked Ye Mo whether she had no affection for her at all, and Ye Mo asked how much affection Ruan Xianyue had for her.

Ye Mo went with Ye Lin to the Ye Corporation to solve the mystery of the dying money trees and claim her promised two million. As Ye Lin’s secretary, Huang Minyan, reported to him, Ye Mo wondered whether there was a secret between them.

• Ye Mo followed Ye Lin to his office and reminded him that he had promised her two million if she solved the company’s money-tree problem.
• Ye Lin confirmed that the two million would be after tax, and Ye Mo eagerly prepared to earn it.
• Huang Minyan reported to Ye Lin and briefly paused when she noticed Ye Mo.
• Ye Mo wondered whether Huang Minyan and Ye Lin had a secret connection, then reflected on how quickly she had started looking for gossip.
• Huang Minyan left the office and saw Ye Lin bend beside Ye Mo to speak to her as the door closed.

Ye Mo toured Ye Corporation to investigate why its money trees were dying, while 888 revealed that Huang Minyan’s arranged match involved a dying man’s cousin and a family plotting to deceive her into marriage. The chapter ended with Ye Mo realizing there was still time to stop the scheme.

• Ye Lin agreed to have Huang Minyan show Ye Mo around the company so she could investigate the dying money trees before earning two million yuan.
• Ye Mo toured Ye Corporation and learned from 888 that Huang Minyan had secretly loved Ye Lin since university but was considering an arranged match.
• 888 revealed that Huang Minyan was dating her match’s cousin because the intended man was gravely ill, and his family planned to conceal the substitution until after the wedding.
• Ye Mo learned that Huang Minyan’s aunt was pushing the marriage in exchange for five hundred thousand yuan and decided the deception could still be stopped.
• Huang Minyan noticed Ye Mo had become distracted and asked whether she was tired and wanted to return.

Ye Mo warned Secretary Huang that the man courting her was an impostor and revealed the family’s plan to marry her to a dying man. After Secretary Huang agreed to investigate, Ye Mo finished touring the Ye Corporation and asked to inspect its withered money trees.

• Ye Mo claimed she had divined that Secretary Huang was discussing marriage with an unworthy man who had deceived her.
• Ye Mo correctly identified Secretary Huang’s blind date as Hong Tao and explained that the man was actually his cousin, while the real Hong Tao lay seriously ill in room 809 of Fourth Hospital.
• Secretary Huang thanked Ye Mo and said she would check the hospital ward; she also learned that Ye Mo was the general manager’s younger sister.
• Ye Mo ended the company tour and asked Secretary Huang to take her to the company’s withered money trees.
• Ye Mo examined a money tree by the elevators, found its soil damp, and questioned why no one had looked inside its pot.

Ye Mo discovered that the Fan Group had bribed cleaner Auntie Li to kill the Ye Corporation’s money trees with boiling water, then waited for Secretary Huang to confirm the scheme to Ye Lin. Ye Lin learned the details and told Secretary Huang to handle Auntie Li according to company procedure.

• Ye Mo told Secretary Huang that Auntie Li had been paid by the Fan Group to pour boiling water into the money tree pots.
• Ye Mo demanded two million from Ye Lin for solving the problem, and Ye Lin offered another two million as spending money if she resolved it.
• Ye Mo made Ye Lin instant coffee, which he disliked and told her to leave coffee-making to Secretary Huang and the others.
• Secretary Huang returned and confirmed that Auntie Li had admitted to taking money to scald the money trees.
• Ye Mo said she had withheld the news to surprise Ye Lin, and Secretary Huang explained the scheme to him in detail.
• Ye Lin told Secretary Huang to handle Auntie Li according to normal company procedures.

Ye Mo received four million from Ye Lin for uncovering how the company’s money tree had died, then joined him for lunch at a luxury restaurant. Their meal was interrupted by Young Master Luo, who insulted Ye Mo and mistook her for Ye Lin’s lover, leaving Ye Lin to defend her.

• Ye Lin teased Ye Mo about her supposed investigation, then transferred four million to her as promised.
• Ye Lin took Ye Mo to a Western restaurant, where they discussed their brothers’ names and shared dessert.
• Ye Mo recognized the pianist and Young Master Luo from earlier, and Young Master Luo approached their table.
• Young Master Luo called Ye Mo Ye Lin’s lover and disparaged her education and status.
• Ye Lin told Young Master Luo that Ye Mo was his younger sister and demanded that he speak respectfully, but Luo continued insulting her.

Ye Mo used Young Master Luo’s secrets to stop him from insulting her and Ye Lin, then revealed the truth behind the gossip to her brother. She returned to the company, where Shen Yan anxiously checked that she was unharmed.

• Ye Mo mocked Young Master Luo’s education and hinted that she knew about his secret encounters and business dealings, making him panic and beg her to stop.
• Ye Lin told Young Master Luo that Ye Mo was his sister and warned him not to speak about her that way again.
• Young Master Luo apologized and paid for Ye Mo and Ye Lin’s meal before leaving with his girlfriend.
• Ye Mo told Ye Lin that Young Master Luo had an affair with his stepmother and had fabricated a project to siphon money from his family’s company.
• Ye Lin drove Ye Mo to her company and offered to pick her up after work.
• Shen Yan saw Ye Mo arrive and hurriedly asked whether anything had happened to her at the Ye family’s home.

Ye Mo struggled with her acting career and doubted she had the talent to improve, until a Best Actress Shop System appeared in her mind. After learning how its Gossip Points and shop worked, she left with a new ally in 888, which promised to help her stand up to anyone who bullied her.

• Ye Mo reassured Shen Yan that she and the Ye Family were getting along, while Shen Yan worried about her lack of family affection.
• Shen Yan showed Ye Mo several scripts, but the roles were minor parts, and Ye Mo doubted her acting ability.
• A system activated in Ye Mo's mind in response to her desire to improve her acting.
• Ye Mo met 888 in the washroom and opened the Best Actress Shop, finding that its products required Gossip Points.
• 888 explained that gossip earned points and admitted it could not directly make Ye Mo a Best Actress.
• Ye Mo comforted 888 by praising its help against Young Master Luo, and 888 promised to uncover gossip about anyone who bullied her.

Ye Mo discovered the Role Immersion Room and entered the world of the script "Chase" as Xia Mei, but her poor character completion quickly got her ejected. She learned the feature cost all her Gossip Points and that script-world time passed three hundred times faster, then heard Shen Yan calling for her outside the restroom.

• Ye Mo tapped the open-book icon in the Best Actress Mall and learned from 888 that the Role Immersion Room could generate a script world for her to inhabit as a character.
• Ye Mo imported the script "Chase" and chose Xia Mei, then entered the realistic script world in Xia Mei's home on a rainy night.
• Xia Mei's husband arrived, but Ye Mo was ejected after their brief encounter and received an evaluation showing 10% character completion.
• 888 explained that Ye Mo needed at least 50% character completion to remain in a script world and that the feature had consumed all 120 of her Gossip Points.
• Ye Mo returned to the restroom, learned that script-world time flowed 300 times faster than real time, and heard Shen Yan asking why she had been inside for half an hour.