Chapter Summaries

Ye Mo set her sights on becoming a best actress and reviewed scripts with Shen Yan, deciding she wanted to take three roles despite his concerns about her acting. After choosing the projects, she went home with Ye Lin and complained about the difficulty of finding good scripts.

• Ye Mo told Shen Yan she wanted to become a best actress, and he encouraged her despite doubting her dream.
• Ye Mo refused another acting teacher and resumed reviewing scripts with Shen Yan, who explained the risks and prospects of three promising projects.
• Ye Mo and Shen Yan selected "Chase," "Tale of Intrigue," and "Flowers Fall Throughout the City," and Ye Mo asked to take all three.
• Shen Yan agreed to contact the directors and said Ye Mo would likely film "Tale of Intrigue" first, followed by "Chase."
• Ye Lin picked Ye Mo up, and Ye Mo complained that she had read over a hundred scripts and often struggled to get good roles.

Ye Mo asked Ye Lin to use the Ye Family’s connections to help her acting career, and he promised that her family’s support would protect her reputation. After they returned home, she explained how she exposed Fan Group’s sabotage of Ye Corporation’s money trees, and Ye Zhipeng offered her a reward.

• Ye Mo openly asked Ye Lin to support her entertainment career, and he said their parents would soon introduce her as a Ye Family daughter.
• Ye Lin gave Ye Mo Secretary Huang’s number, and Ye Mo asked whether he knew she was going on blind dates.
• Ye Lin told the family that Ye Mo had discovered a cleaner was pouring boiling water on Ye Corporation’s money trees for Fan Group.
• Ye Lin arranged for the dismissed cleaner to hear that Fan Group should hire her, while Ye Mo teased him about being underhanded.
• Ye Mo explained that she had divined the cleaner’s involvement, and she and Ye Lin bantered as their parents watched with satisfaction.
• Ye Zhipeng praised Ye Mo for helping the company and offered her two million.

Ye Mo secured five million in spending money from her family and insisted on auditioning for the role of Xia Mei in “Chase,” despite doubts about her acting. Half a month later, she arrived at the crowded audition, where the other actors dismissed her as no competition.

• Ye Mo persuaded Ye Miao to give her one million, bringing her total family gifts to five million.
• Shen Yan told Ye Mo that she would have to audition for Xia Mei in “Chase,” and she insisted she would succeed.
• Ye Mo planned to earn enough Gossip Points to unlock the role immersion room and improve her acting before the audition.
• Half a month later, Ye Mo and Shen Yan entered the “Chase” audition venue, where the other actors looked down on her.
• Ye Mo guessed the other actors thought she had no acting skills and met their scorn with a fierce blaze in her eyes.

Ye Mo clashed with her longtime rival He Zhen at the auditions for the role of Xia Mei in Ji Minghe’s film Chase. Ye Mo challenged He Zhen to bet on whether she would win the role, and He Zhen hesitated to accept.

• Ye Mo waited with her manager Shen Yan for her turn to audition as Xia Mei while He Zhen mocked her acting.
• Ye Mo ignored He Zhen’s insults until He Zhen confronted her, and Ye Mo called her a barking dog.
• He Zhen ridiculed Ye Mo for seeking Xia Mei’s role, and Ye Mo retorted that Ji Minghe had personally invited her to audition.
• Ye Mo pointed out that Xia Mei needed to be lovely and claimed her beauty made her a perfect fit for the role.
• Ye Mo proposed that the loser of a bet about the role would have to stay out of the winner’s way, and He Zhen hesitated to accept.

Ye Mo accepted He Zhen’s bet that she would win the role of Xia Mei, despite doubts about her acting. As the audition approached, Shen Yan learned Ye Mo was scheduled thirty-fifth among fifty-eight candidates and worried about her formidable competition, but Ye Mo remained confident.

• Ye Mo provoked He Zhen into betting that she would land the role of Xia Mei, and He Zhen agreed in front of witnesses.
• Director Huang criticized Ye Mo’s acting, while Director Ji said he would judge her at the audition and would not cast her unless she could move him.
• Li Ke suggested Ye Mo might have improved under her acting teacher’s guidance, but Director Huang doubted she could change much in half a month.
• Shen Yan learned about Ye Mo’s bet and panicked, but Ye Mo said she wanted He Zhen to stop provoking her and believed she could win.
• Shen Yan gave Ye Mo her audition number, thirty-fifth, and named Fang Ting, Xu Siyu, and Dai Wenwen as strong contenders.
• Shen Yan tried to prepare Ye Mo for the possibility of losing, but Ye Mo challenged him to explain why he thought she would fail.

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.