Arc 12Bullying Reckoning and Tongtong’s Rescue

Yu Chen exposed the people responsible for Yu Yu’s bullying and death before retiring from entertainment. Song Shiwei then helped uncover Tongtong’s abandonment and an organ-trafficking operation, leaving Tongtong in her care while police searched for her family.

  • Yu Chen used investment offers and acquisition threats to force confessions from Yu Xuexi, Hua Tianyu, and Hua Tianyu’s mother about their roles in Yu Yu’s bullying.
  • Authorities shut down Weiyang Biotechnology after its harmful products and workplace bullying were exposed, and a former employee stabbed Yu Xuexi in revenge.
  • Song Shiwei identified Yu Xuexi as Yu Hui and directed police to evidence of the real Yu Xuexi’s death, while Yu Chen reported Hua Tianyu and Mrs. Hua and announced her retirement.
  • Song Shiwei sheltered Tongtong and learned that Li Shulan had abandoned her on Fengquan Mountain as part of a ritual intended to secure a grandson.
  • Zou Liang monetized his online search for Tongtong, then accompanied Li Shulan and the supposed masters to the mountain, where they fell into old vertical shafts.
  • Song Shiwei exposed the supposed masters’ organ trafficking, and Tongtong confirmed to police that Li Shulan had abandoned her.
  • Li Shulan confessed to stealing Tongtong from Ren'ai Hospital in Yanjing, and police arrested the suspects and sent officers to search an organ-trafficking manor.
  • Song Shiwei agreed to care for Tongtong and take her to Yanjing while police investigated her background, and Jiang Xun offered to help look after her.
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Ch. 276Page 276

Yu Chen confronted Yu Xuexi about Yu Hui’s disappearance and a photograph in Yu Yu’s diary that resembled her, leaving Yu Xuexi afraid that her role in Yu Yu’s bullying could be exposed. Yu Xuexi recalled how she had escaped blame, helped her father build a lucrative company, and returned to Hua Country intending to bully people and enter the entertainment industry.

  • Yu Chen questioned Yu Xuexi’s account of her sister leaving home and pointed out that Yu Xuexi and the Yu Family’s first madam had gone abroad to the same place.
  • Yu Chen said Yu Hui had been medically dead and revealed that a face in a photograph from Yu Yu’s diary looked like Yu Xuexi.
  • Yu Xuexi feared that Yu Chen’s possession of Yu Yu’s diary could revive the old bullying investigation and reveal her involvement.
  • Yu Xuexi recalled confessing to her father that she was a transmigrator and offering him ways to make money, after which he sent her abroad to protect her.
  • Yu Xuexi remembered her years of being abused by roommates abroad and her eagerness to return to Hua Country.
  • Yu Xuexi planned to bully people at home, build an online following, and use it to enter the entertainment industry.

Ch. 277Chapter 70

Yu Chen offered a fifty-million investment to whoever first revealed what had happened in the past, after learning that Yu Xuexi had bullied Yu Yu and lab employees. The offer stunned everyone, while Song Shiwei and Yu Xueyue marveled at Yu Chen’s wealth.

  • Yu Xuexi recalled orchestrating the bullying that led to Yu Yu’s death and warned Mrs. Hua not to implicate them.
  • Song Shiwei read gossip about Yu Xuexi bullying a lab employee and using banned ingredients in skincare products.
  • Yu Chen decided to use her influence with the Hua and Yu families to make them choose between protecting the bullies and protecting their business interests.
  • Yu Lihuai sent Yu Chen an acquisition agreement for the Yu Family’s company, an investment agreement for Weiyang Biotechnology, and a proposal that she marry him.
  • Yu Chen offered fifty million to whoever first told her what had happened in the past, leaving those present and the viewers astonished.

Ch. 278Page 278

Yu Chen confronted Yu Xuexi, Mrs. Hua, and Hua Tianyu about bullying her younger sister Yu Yu, who had died at fifteen, and offered one hundred million for the first person to confess. After they stayed silent, Yu Chen brought Yu Lihuai and the heads of the Hua and Yu families into a video call, presenting herself as the Yu Family’s heir and raising the prospect of an investment.

  • Yu Xuexi, Mrs. Hua, and Hua Tianyu denied knowing anything about Yu Chen’s questions and refused to confess despite her offer of one hundred million.
  • Yu Chen revealed that Yu Yu had endured five years of school bullying before dying at fifteen, and demanded to know how the three had bullied her.
  • Yu Chen messaged Yu Lihuai, who arranged for Hua Shaolin and Yu Chengguo to join the group chat.
  • Yu Lihuai introduced Yu Chen as the Yu Family’s heir, surprising Hua Shaolin and Yu Chengguo.
  • Yu Chen said she had contacted the two family heads to discuss an investment, and they eagerly asked whether she was serious.

Ch. 279Page 279

Yu Chen secured Yu Lihuai’s backing to offer the Hua Family and Yu Family investment or acquisition contracts, then demanded answers about Yu Yu’s death. As Hua Chenglin disowned Hua Tianyu and Yu Xuexi, Song Shiwei’s gossip revealed more secrets about the families, and Yu Chen pressed Hua Chenglin to confirm who had arranged the bullying.

  • Yu Lihuai declared that Yu Chen was the Yu Family’s heir and that her decisions did not require his approval.
  • Yu Chen offered Hua Shaolin and Yu Chengguo a choice between investment contracts worth one billion and acquisition contracts, and they chose investment.
  • Yu Chen asked whether anyone from the Hua Family or Yu Family had been involved in Yu Yu’s death, and the two men hesitated as she warned the Yu Group would proceed with an acquisition if they refused to cooperate.
  • Yu Chen offered one hundred million to anyone who spoke up, and Hua Chenglin claimed Hua Tianyu was not his biological son and disowned him and Song Shiwei.
  • Song Shiwei’s gossip revealed that Hua Tianyu and Yu Xuexi had orchestrated the bullying and that Yu Xuexi was not Yu Chengguo’s biological daughter.
  • Yu Chen asked Hua Chenglin to confirm whether Hua Tianyu and Yu Xuexi had arranged the bullying incident.

Ch. 280Chapter 71

Yu Chen confronted those responsible for Yu Yu’s bullying and suicide, forced them to confess, and demanded they kowtow to Yu Yu’s grave before receiving her promised money. The chapter ended with the livestream viewers supporting Yu Chen’s punishment, while the chapter’s ending notice indicated that Yu Xuexi would be stabbed and fall to the ground.

  • Hua Chenglin revealed that Hua Tianyu had searched Yu Yu’s body for evidence after her death, and Yu Chen confronted Yu Chengguo about the family’s retinol.
  • Hua Tianyu, Yu Xuexi, and Hua Tianyu’s mother confessed to their roles in destroying Yu Yu’s belongings, spreading rumors, and bullying her.
  • Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin restrained Yu Chen as she trembled with grief and rage over Yu Yu’s suffering.
  • Yu Chen offered the three people one hundred million but demanded that they travel to Yu Yu’s grave on their knees, kowtowing and repenting 1,825 times.
  • Yu Xuexi protested that they could die, but Yu Chen warned them not to challenge her, and viewers in the livestream applauded her demand.

Ch. 281Page 281

Yu Chen faced Hua Tianyu and Yu Xuexi over their bullying of Yu Yu, while public support for her surged and she announced she was leaving the entertainment industry to inherit her family’s fortune. Meanwhile, Yu Chengguo’s company was hit by a product scandal and a workplace-bullying exposé.

  • Netizens rallied behind Yu Chen as the hashtag demanding bullies apologize surged in the trending searches, prompting victims of bullying to share their stories.
  • Hua Tianyu tried to pressure Yu Chen by warning that her condition would ruin his entertainment career, but Yu Chen said she was leaving the industry to inherit her family fortune.
  • Yu Xuexi and Hua Tianyu realized Yu Chen was willing to give up her career, while viewers reacted with dismay to her departure.
  • Ingredient bloggers released test results and skin-examination reports accusing Weiyang Biotechnology Company’s new retinol product of causing facial irritation, leaving Yu Chengguo fearing the company would collapse.
  • A video exposing workplace bullying also surged onto the trending searches.

Ch. 282Chapter 282

The exposure of Yu Xuexi’s workplace bullying brought down Weiyang Biotechnology and prompted Yu Chen to confront her over her sister’s death. As Yu Xuexi tried to flee, the employee she had framed appeared with a dagger and threatened her.

  • A bullied researcher’s videos exposed Yu Xuexi and Weiyang Biotechnology, prompting public outrage and claims from consumers whose skin had been harmed by the company’s products.
  • Authorities shut down Weiyang Biotechnology and promised compensation to affected consumers, collapsing the Yu Family’s business empire.
  • Yu Chen read Yu Xuexi the news, then attacked her and Hua Tianyu while accusing them of tormenting her sister to death.
  • Song Shiwei and the others pulled Yu Chen away, and Yu Xue warned Yu Xuexi to repent as Yu Xuexi threatened to sue.
  • At the exit, a disheveled former employee confronted Yu Xuexi with a dagger, saying Yu Xuexi had framed her and destroyed her life.

Ch. 283Page 283

A former employee whom Yu Xuexi had bullied stabbed her during the livestream, then explained that years of torment and debt had left her homeless and diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yu Xuexi was still breathing as the crew called for medical help and police arrived.

  • The girl ignored Song Shiwei and the others’ attempts to stop her and stabbed Yu Xuexi in the lower abdomen, knocking her to the ground.
  • Jiang Zhuxin cried in fright while Yu Xue and Yu Chen called 120, and the production crew tried to give Yu Xuexi first aid.
  • The girl said she had already called the police and revealed that Yu Xuexi’s bullying had left her with enormous debt, homeless, and diagnosed with schizophrenia.
  • The girl said she had used the same knife Yu Xuexi had once stabbed her with and had come to take revenge, while livestream viewers reacted in shock.

Ch. 284Page 284

Online revelations exposed that Yu Hui had stolen Yu Xuexi’s identity, bullied her, and left her to die while living abroad under her name. When police arrived after Yu Xuexi was stabbed, Song Shiwei stopped the attacker from panicking and helped her calm down.

  • A netizen posted Yu Xuexi’s diary entries and revealed that Yu Hui had taken her identity, framed her, and driven her out, where she died at seventeen.
  • Yu Xuexi’s former foreign roommate admitted she had beaten Yu Xuexi for years and bought a ticket to visit her in China.
  • Netizens condemned Yu Xuexi and reported her and Hua Tianyu to the police as the livestream descended into chaos.
  • Police arrived to find Yu Xuexi bleeding and the girl who had attacked her preparing to flee.
  • Song Shiwei embraced the frightened girl, reassured her that she would help with a lawyer and medical parole, and urged her to take responsibility for her life.
  • The girl calmed down in Song Shiwei’s arms, feeling understood as a victim of bullying.

Ch. 285Page 285

After Yu Xuexi was injured, Song Shiwei revealed that she was actually Yu Hui, who had killed the real Yu Xuexi and concealed evidence in the Yu Family attic. Yu Chen sought a psychiatric evaluation and legal help for the young woman who had pushed Yu Xuexi, then reported Hua Tianyu and Mrs. Hua for bullying Yu Yu; the police took them away.

  • Jiang Zhuxin, Yu Xue, and Yu Chen explained that the young woman had been bullied by Yu Xuexi and had suffered a mental breakdown before injuring her.
  • Song Shiwei told the police that Yu Xuexi was Yu Hui, who had killed the real Yu Xuexi and hidden the body and surveillance evidence in the Yu Family attic.
  • Yu Chen requested a psychiatric evaluation for the young woman and promised compensation and a lawyer.
  • A doctor said Yu Xuexi might be bedridden for life after injuring the back of her head in the fall.
  • Hua Tianyu and Mrs. Hua begged Yu Yu for forgiveness, but Yu Chen reported them for bullying her sister and refused to accept their apologies or compensation.
  • The police ordered Hua Tianyu and Mrs. Hua to be taken away.

Ch. 286Chapter 72

After the police questioned the variety show guests and crew, Yu Chen helped the young girl who had stabbed Yu Xuexi arrange medical parole and treatment. With the bullies brought to justice, Yu Chen announced that she was leaving the entertainment industry, though she promised to support people who were bullied.

  • The police took Hua Tianyu and the old toad into custody and brought Song Shiwei, Jiang Zhuxin, Yu Xue, Yu Chen, and the production crew in for questioning.
  • After the questioning, the police released the four guests, and the young girl's assessment found severe mental illnesses that left her without criminal responsibility.
  • Yu Chen contacted a lawyer and doctor to help the girl apply for medical parole and receive treatment.
  • Yu Chen posted her retirement announcement, telling fans she was leaving the industry but would always be there for anyone being bullied.
  • Viewers reacted with sadness to Yu Chen's departure and recalled that she had entered the industry for her little sister.

Ch. 287Page 287

Yu Chen’s online statement sparked an anti-bullying movement, and she thanked Song Shiwei for helping inspire it. After the production crew returned to the Gossip Courtyard, they discovered a little girl had been there all day, but no one knew who she was or how she had arrived.

  • Yu Chen’s post led to an anti-bullying group forming and victims coming forward to defend their rights.
  • Yu Chen thanked Song Shiwei and privately wrote that she hoped girls like Yu Yu could live happily.
  • The production crew realized they had left the livestream running, and viewers asked to see the little darling they had watched all day.
  • Song Shiwei and the director found a little girl on the floor of the Gossip Courtyard, and the director denied bringing her there.
  • Yu Chen asked the girl where her mother was and how she had gotten there, but the girl said she did not know.

Ch. 288Page 288

Song Shiwei and the others discovered that the little girl who had wandered into the Gossip Courtyard had been abandoned in the mountains by her adoptive grandmother. Song Shiwei learned the grandmother had planned to use the girl in a superstitious ritual to ensure her pregnant daughter-in-law gave birth to a boy.

  • The little girl said she had come for candy, then showed fear when asked about her grandmother and fell asleep in Song Shiwei's arms.
  • Song Shiwei soothed the girl for forty minutes and carried her to sleep in Yu Chen's room.
  • Song Shiwei read the Gossip Compendium and learned the grandmother had lured the girl to the mountain and abandoned her there days earlier.
  • Song Shiwei learned the grandmother had intended to throw the girl down a vertical shaft as part of a ritual to secure the birth of a boy.
  • Yu Chen and the others reacted with anger when they learned the grandmother had tried to kill the girl for the ritual.

Ch. 289Chapter 73

Song Shiwei revealed that the old woman had stolen the little girl and would return to Fengquan Mountain the next day with accomplices, so the director planned to take the production team there. Meanwhile, netizens discovered an account searching for the missing girl and recognized her from the show.

  • Song Shiwei warned everyone not to call the police yet because the old woman and her accomplices would come looking for the girl the next day.
  • The director announced that the production team would go to Fengquan Mountain, where Song Shiwei expected the old woman to search for her granddaughter's body.
  • The director sent everyone to bed before Song Shiwei could reveal more gossip.
  • Netizens found an account titled #Searching for my beloved daughter# and recognized the missing girl in its photos from the livestream.

Ch. 290Page 290

After Zou Liang’s video about his missing daughter went viral, viewers from Let’s Gossip Together suspected he had deliberately abandoned her, while he saw the attention as a chance to make money. He and Li Shulan planned to search the mountains for the child’s body the next day, and Li Shulan remained focused on having a grandson.

  • Netizens read Zou Liang’s account of his daughter’s behavior and questioned it after recognizing the well-behaved child from Let’s Gossip Together.
  • Viewers from the show suspected Zou Liang was trying to make people believe his daughter was troublesome so he could abandon her, and they quietly boosted his video’s popularity.
  • The video reached millions of views and trended, with commenters offering search advice or telling Zou Liang not to bring his daughter home.
  • Zou Liang added a shopping link and considered livestreaming the search in the mountains to earn money from gifts.
  • Zou Liang told Li Shulan they were going to get rich, and she said she had wanted the child gone and expected a grandson this time.

Ch. 291Page 291

Li Shulan and Zou Liang planned to find Tongtong’s corpse, livestream the search for gifts, and bury her beneath a peach tree to ensure the birth of a grandson. Liu Xueqin agreed to join them the next day, unaware that Li Shulan needed her to complete the scheme.

  • Li Shulan and Zou Liang celebrated their plan to bury Tongtong beneath a peach tree, and Zou Liang proposed livestreaming the search for money.
  • Li Shulan and Zou Liang discussed how they would mistreat Liu Xueqin after she gave birth to their hoped-for grandson.
  • Liu Xueqin entered and asked whether they had found Tongtong, and Li Shulan slapped her for crying.
  • Zou Liang stopped Li Shulan from attacking Liu Xueqin further, reminding her they needed to search for Tongtong the next morning.
  • Li Shulan pretended to be hurt by Liu Xueqin’s accusations and persuaded her to come along; Liu Xueqin promised not to return until Tongtong was found.

Ch. 292Page 292

Liu Xueqin endured Zou Liang and Li Shulan's abuse and feared losing her place in the family if her unborn child was not a son. Meanwhile, the wealthy women from the livestream drove huge traffic to Zou Liang's sales video, and the next morning he prepared to leave with Li Shulan and several Daoist-robed masters.

  • Zou Liang slapped Liu Xueqin and, with Li Shulan, ordered her to stop asking about Tongtong and focus on her pregnancy.
  • Liu Xueqin recalled how Zou Liang's violence and Li Shulan's cruelty had worsened, and she felt trapped without her family or anywhere else to go.
  • Li Shulan ordered Liu Xueqin to make breakfast for seven relatives and told her not to make any for herself.
  • The wealthy women from the "Let's Gossip Together" livestream bought Zou Liang's products to drive traffic to his video, which surpassed a hundred million views overnight.
  • Zou Liang awoke to more than two hundred thousand yuan in orders, then joined Li Shulan and the Daoist-robed masters as they finished breakfast and set out.

Ch. 293Chapter 293

Li Shulan, Zou Liang, and Liu Xueqin followed a Taoist master to a vehicle for a ritual meant to ensure Liu Xueqin gave birth to a son, while Li Shulan continued to mistreat her. At the gossip courtyard, Song Shiwei’s companions learned that people setting out at dawn might be human traffickers and rushed to bring her along to investigate, leaving the director to watch Xiaobao.

  • Li Shulan slapped Liu Xueqin and hurried her and Zou Liang after the Taoist master, whom Uncle Li promised could help them have a grandson.
  • Li Shulan threatened Liu Xueqin and pinched her thigh as she climbed into the vehicle, while Zou Liang ignored her and Liu Xueqin hoped her unborn baby would be a boy.
  • The gossip spectators heard Song Shiwei think that the people setting out at five in the morning might be human traffickers and decided to investigate for gossip and possible merit.
  • Jiang Zhuxin, Yu Xue, and Yu Chen dragged the reluctant Song Shiwei out of bed, hurried her into the vehicle, and told the director to stay behind and watch Xiaobao.

Ch. 294Chapter 74

Song Shiwei’s group avoided the vertical shafts and discovered that Li Shulan had led the others into them by mistake. When they arrived to help, Zou Liang stepped forward and disappeared into a shaft too.

  • Zou Liang secretly livestreamed the search for his daughter and claimed he had hired a powerful master to find her.
  • Song Shiwei’s group headed away from the shafts after hearing her warning that the southern route was dangerous.
  • As the group approached, several people screamed after falling into the vertical shafts.
  • Song Shiwei learned that Li Shulan had misremembered the route and led the child east the previous day, but had walked north into the shafts today.
  • Li Shulan and the others vanished into the shafts, and Zou Liang fell into one after asking Song Shiwei’s group for help.
  • A local explained that the area was full of vertical shafts and wondered why the group had walked in so boldly.

Ch. 295Page 295

The group searching Fengquan Mountain fell into concealed shafts, and Song Shiwei’s revelations exposed their plan to traffic Tongtong’s organs. The crowd believed the accusations, while Liu Xueqin begged for help for her husband from beside a shaft.

  • A local explained that the missing people had fallen into old, leaf-covered shafts, and livestream viewers mocked their misfortune.
  • Viewers connected the family’s livestreams and shopping cart to a scheme to abandon Tongtong and solicit sympathy and gifts.
  • Song Shiwei’s plot summary revealed that Uncle Li had selected Tongtong for organ trafficking and manipulated Li Shulan into taking her to Fengquan Mountain.
  • Enraged, Song Shiwei threw a stone into a shaft and struck someone inside, prompting a scream.
  • The spectators accepted Song Shiwei’s revelations, and Liu Xueqin pleaded for someone to save her husband while saying she was afraid to move.

Ch. 296Page 296

Song Shiwei and the production crew exposed the criminals’ organ trafficking and called the police after they fell into the shafts. The chapter ended with the crew opening one of the black cases.

  • Song Shiwei called the police and urged the production crew to hide the black cases as evidence.
  • Liu Xueqin demanded that Song Shiwei and the others rescue her husband, but Song Shiwei told her to leave the shafts herself and refused to help.
  • Jiang Zhuxin and Yu Chen confronted Li Shulan about abandoning Tongtong, and Li Shulan accused Uncle Li of deceiving her.
  • Song Shiwei told Li Shulan that the supposed masters she hired trafficked in human organs and that she would face prison.
  • The production crew opened one of the black cases and fell silent, anger in their eyes.

Ch. 297Chapter 75

Police discovered a bloodied kidney and heard Li Shulan and Li Youhua accuse each other of plotting to kill Tongtong and traffic in organs. After Tongtong identified Li Shulan as the one who abandoned her, Li Shulan was exposed as the culprit.

  • The police found a bloodied kidney in the shaft, and Li Shulan accused Li Youhua of persuading her to sacrifice Tongtong and sell her organs.
  • Li Youhua claimed Li Shulan had planned to let Tongtong fall to her death, while Song Shiwei revealed that Li Shulan had stolen the child.
  • Li Shulan broke free as the police prepared to arrest her and shoved six people back into the shafts, including her son Zou Liang.
  • The director brought Tongtong to the police, and Tongtong firmly said that her grandmother had abandoned her on the mountain.
  • Li Shulan tried to blame someone else, but Tongtong's testimony confirmed her role and outraged the livestream viewers.

Ch. 298Page 298

Li Shulan and Li Youhua exposed each other during a police raid, and Song Shiwei’s inner thoughts revealed an organ-trafficking hideout and Li Youhua’s crimes. The police arrested the group and recognized Li Youhua as the wanted trafficker Granny Li, while he begged to confess.

  • Li Shulan accused Li Youhua of abducting children and trafficking them, and he admitted that the supposed masters were involved in the underworld.
  • Song Shiwei thought about an organ-trafficking manor southeast of town, and Li Shulan and Li Youhua both reported its location to the police.
  • The police handcuffed the suspects and sent officers to search the manor.
  • Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealed that Li Youhua was the wanted Granny Li and operated a hospital that made fake birth certificates for trafficked children.
  • Li Youhua fell to his knees and begged to confess, but the officer told him it was too late.

Ch. 299Chapter 299

Police arrested Li Shulan, Zou Liang, and Liu Xueqin after Li Shulan confessed to stealing Tongtong from Ren'ai Hospital and trying to kill her to hide the crime. As officers prepared to take Tongtong to find her parents, she reached for Song Shiwei instead.

  • Liu Xueqin tried to take the blame for Zou Liang, but the officer warned her that the evidence was conclusive and said all three would be arrested.
  • Li Shulan confessed that she had stolen Tongtong from Ren'ai Hospital in Yanjing while working there as a cleaner, then planned to kill her to conceal the kidnapping.
  • Song Shiwei angrily slapped Li Shulan twice, while the spectators and netizens praised her.
  • The officers took the suspects away, and Tongtong began crying when another officer tried to take her to find her parents.
  • Tongtong spotted Song Shiwei, reached for her, and asked her to hold her.

Ch. 300Chapter 300

Song Shiwei agreed to take Tongtong back to Yanjing temporarily after the police decided not to force the distressed child away from her. Jiang Xun said he was flying over to help care for Tongtong and pick Song Shiwei up, while Song Shiwei mistook his tenderness for ordinary concern.

  • Song Shiwei held Tongtong as the police captain returned and asked her to care for the child until her family was found.
  • The captain explained that Tongtong reacted badly to reminders of her parents, and Song Shiwei agreed to take her to Yanjing while the police investigated her background.
  • Jiang Xun called Song Shiwei from the airport and offered to help look after Tongtong and take Song Shiwei home.
  • Song Shiwei called Jiang Xun her bro, leaving Yu Chen, Yu Xue, and the livestream viewers convinced she had missed his feelings.
Arc 12 of 18
Arc 12 of 18