Recaps

Song Yurou rejected the system’s warnings and decided she wanted Jiang Xun, while still plotting to kill Song Shiwei. Song Shiwei woke feeling helpless about Jiang Zhuxin’s fate, leaving Jiang Zhuxin to wonder if her sister-in-law knew what was coming.

• Song Yurou told the system that Song Shiwei had to die and asked to switch her male lead to Jiang Xun.
• The system warned Song Yurou that Jiang Xun was destined to be the villain and urged her to follow the plot.
• Song Yurou dismissed the system, insisted she could protect Jiang Xun, and regretted letting Song Shiwei marry him.
• The system feared Song Yurou would lead them both to ruin and placed its hopes on Song Shiwei correcting the plot.
• Song Shiwei lay awake until dawn, then felt guilty when Jiang Zhuxin came to see her.
• Jiang Zhuxin wondered whether Song Shiwei’s apology meant she knew something about their tragic fates.

Jiang Zhuxin helped Song Shiwei stop blaming herself for fate and focus on enjoying the present. On their last day in Fengquan Village, the villagers thanked Song Shiwei and her companions for helping save the village’s land and secure plans to develop it as an ecological agriculture demonstration village.

• Jiang Zhuxin hugged Song Shiwei and encouraged her to stop worrying about the future and enjoy the present.
• Song Shiwei took Jiang Zhuxin’s advice to heart and decided not to blame herself for the Jiang Family’s fate.
• Jiang Zhuxin resolved that the family would take responsibility for resisting their own fates rather than relying on Song Shiwei.
• The village chief and villagers greeted Song Shiwei and her companions with gifts after learning that city specialists would help establish Fengquan Village as an ecological agriculture demonstration village.
• Song Shiwei’s thoughts reassured the villagers that she appreciated their gifts, and the village chief loaded them into the group’s car.

Song Shiwei returned to the Jiang Family home and treasured the affection of Father Jiang, Mother Jiang, and Tongtong, while hoping Song Yurou would leave them alone. At a company party, Song Yurou set her plan in motion with Mo Chen, a devoted esports boss who had agreed to be with her and provided her with money and property.

• Song Shiwei refused Yang Jiayu’s offer to pay for the car damage, encouraged her to pursue a civil service job, and finally persuaded her to leave.
• Song Shiwei shared her gains with Father Jiang and Mother Jiang, who welcomed her warmly and promised a celebration.
• Tongtong gave Song Shiwei a kindergarten reward, and Song Shiwei felt grateful for the people in her life while warning herself not to let Song Yurou harm them.
• Jiang Xun brought Song Shiwei to a year-end company party, where she spotted Song Yurou and tried to avoid her.
• Song Yurou planned to use Mo Chen to draw Song Shiwei into her scheme and reflected that Mo Chen had agreed to be with her, preparing a house, a car, and savings for her.

Song Yurou tried to pull Song Shiwei into a sisterly confrontation, while Song Shiwei’s inner voice revealed to Mo Chen that Yurou had bullied him and would bring about his ruin. Mo Chen rejected the warning, remained devoted to Yurou, and decided he would punish whoever he thought was framing her.

• Song Yurou approached Song Shiwei and grabbed her hand, insisting on their sisterly bond as Song Shiwei feared she was being drawn into a setup.
• Jiang Xun noticed Song Shiwei’s distress and excused himself from Mo Chen to go to her.
• Mo Chen heard Song Shiwei’s inner voice call him a sucker and reveal that Song Yurou had bullied him, his family would be destroyed, his hand broken, and his ADC career ended.
• Mo Chen recalled that his childhood bullies had denied Song Yurou’s involvement and dismissed the voice as lies, convinced Yurou was good and had helped him.
• Mo Chen decided someone was trying to frame Song Yurou and vowed to punish that person if he found them.

Mo Chen hid his violent thoughts while reassuring himself that Song Yurou was innocent, as Song Yurou tried to provoke Song Shiwei by claiming Jiang Xun had never loved her. Song Shiwei stayed amused rather than jealous, and Jiang Xun and Mo Chen reacted angrily to her thoughts as Song Yurou prepared to reveal more.

• Mo Chen worried that Jiang Xun had noticed his dark thoughts, then relaxed when Jiang Xun said something had merely occurred to him.
• Song Yurou grabbed Song Shiwei and tried to provoke her into a jealous outburst.
• Song Shiwei dismissed Song Yurou’s attempt to make her jealous, saying she had nothing to envy.
• Song Yurou claimed that Jiang Xun had never loved Song Shiwei and deliberately left the rest of her story unfinished.
• Song Shiwei privately welcomed the prospect of divorce and became eager to hear the gossip, while Jiang Xun and Mo Chen reacted to her thoughts.

Song Shiwei rejected Song Yurou’s attempt to drive a wedge between her and Jiang Xun, and Jiang Xun publicly declared his love for his wife. Song Yurou’s claims about her supposed place in Jiang Xun’s heart left Mo Chen and the onlookers watching the confrontation closely.

• Jiang Xun and Mo Chen hurried toward Song Shiwei and Song Yurou after Song Yurou brought up divorce.
• Song Shiwei insisted that she and Jiang Xun loved each other and refused to believe Song Yurou’s accusations.
• Song Yurou claimed Jiang Xun loved her and said his marriage to Song Shiwei had only happened because Song Shiwei used her identity.
• Jiang Xun took Song Shiwei’s hand and declared that she was the only woman he would ever love.
• Jiang Xun pulled Song Shiwei into his arms and said he had married the eldest daughter of the Song Family, while the onlookers watched and Mo Chen clenched his fists.

Song Yurou panicked after Jiang Xun rejected her advances and Mo Chen appeared, while the system refused to help her. Song Shiwei’s inner voice exposed Mo Chen as an obsessive schemer, and he tightened his hold on Song Yurou as she struggled to answer him.

• Jiang Xun’s words left Song Yurou jealous and furious, and she blamed the system for the plot going wrong.
• The system played dead, leaving Song Yurou scrambling for a solution.
• Mo Chen took Song Yurou’s hands and said he had returned a while ago, making her fear he had heard her words to Jiang Xun.
• Mo Chen asked Song Yurou whether there was something she wanted him to hear, while the onlookers watched her flounder.
• Song Shiwei’s inner voice revealed that Mo Chen was an obsessive schemer, and Mo Chen admitted to himself that he had been found out.
• Mo Chen tightened his grip on Song Yurou as she began to answer him.

Song Shiwei tried to warn Song Yurou that Mo Chen was a violent maniac, but Song Yurou mistook his tenderness for genuine trust and continued acting like an innocent victim. The chapter ended with Song Yurou accusing Song Shiwei of resenting her over the stolen fiancé.

• Mo Chen claimed he had heard nothing if Song Yurou said she had not spoken, and held her hand tenderly.
• Song Shiwei read Mo Chen’s profile in the Gossip Compendium and learned that he was secretly violent and obsessed with torture and dissection.
• Song Yurou denied saying anything, while Song Shiwei refused to be dragged into her dispute and worried that Mo Chen might target her.
• Mo Chen reassured Song Yurou that the innocent did not need to prove themselves, and Song Yurou leaned against him, believing his trust was genuine.
• Song Yurou told Mo Chen that Song Shiwei had something against them, then began accusing Song Shiwei of resenting her for stealing her fiancé.

Jiang Xun defended Song Shiwei and declared that he had married her for love, while Mo Chen forced Song Yurou to leave with him despite her reluctance. Song Shiwei warned inwardly that Song Yurou was in danger, but Mo Chen decided he would take her back regardless.

• Yun Xi and Zhang Lanxin prepared to defend Song Shiwei, but Jiang Xun rebuked Song Yurou and affirmed his love for his wife.
• Song Yurou looked at Jiang Xun with resentment and longing, while Mo Chen realized she still liked him and felt murderous jealousy.
• Mo Chen gripped Song Yurou's hand and insisted they leave; she noticed his brutality but accepted his excuse that he had to go home.
• Song Shiwei warned inwardly that Song Yurou should run, and the spectators judged her for returning with Mo Chen.
• Mo Chen recognized that Song Shiwei seemed to know about his obsessive nature, but decided he would not let Song Yurou go.

Song Yurou planned to recruit Lin Xuewu, Gu Xiujin, and Leng Lingtian to help her take down Song Shiwei, while relying on Mo Chen for support. After Mo Chen threatened Song Shiwei and clashed briefly with Jiang Xun, he took Song Yurou and hurried out of the venue.

• Song Yurou decided to hide her ambitions and recruit Lin Xuewu, Gu Xiujin, and Leng Lingtian to target Song Shiwei.
• Song Yurou took Mo Chen's hand and planned to use his resources, while Song Shiwei worried about her leaving with him.
• Mo Chen glared at Song Shiwei, but Jiang Xun stepped in to shield her and warned Mo Chen to conduct himself.
• Mo Chen challenged Jiang Xun, then backed down when Jiang Xun asked what he intended to do.
• Song Yurou urged Mo Chen to leave, and he took her out of the venue at a hurried pace.

Song Yurou bluffed her way through Mo Chen’s questions about Jiang Xun and secretly planned to team up with the other leads to kill Song Shiwei. Mo Chen watched her smugness and took her back to his villa, intent on making her reveal her secrets.

• Song Yurou denied saying anything against Mo Chen and claimed Song Shiwei had lied about her wanting Jiang Xun.
• Mo Chen asked whether Song Yurou wanted to be with Jiang Xun, then ended the conversation and took her home.
• Song Yurou told her system to contact the other leads’ systems and help purge the world, but the system ran out of energy before warning her about another system.
• Song Yurou privately celebrated her plan to kill Song Shiwei while Mo Chen wondered what she was hiding.
• Mo Chen’s car stopped outside his villa as he resolved to make Song Yurou tell him her secrets.

Mo Chen brought Song Yurou to his villa, choked her, and dragged her toward the bedroom until she struck her head and passed out. When Song Yurou woke, her throat and other injuries seemed to hurt less, but she did not know how much time had passed.

• Mo Chen brought Song Yurou to his villa and revealed his obsession with her.
• Mo Chen demanded to know whether Song Yurou had ever loved him, then choked and lifted her off the ground.
• Mo Chen released Song Yurou, who collapsed and glared at him as she gasped for air.
• Mo Chen dragged Song Yurou across the floor toward the bedroom, and she struck her head on an object and passed out.
• Song Yurou woke later and found that her throat and other painful spots seemed to hurt less.

Song Yurou woke up bound and discovered that Mo Chen had altered her voice because he was jealous of her interest in Jiang Xun. She realized she was trapped with him and still needed his money and help to oppose Song Shiwei.

• Song Yurou woke up unable to move and realized Mo Chen had tied her hands and feet while she was unconscious.
• Song Yurou considered calling the police but decided she needed Mo Chen’s money and resources to challenge Song Shiwei.
• Mo Chen greeted Song Yurou with an unfamiliar, bloodthirsty look as she tried to regain his favor.
• Mo Chen told Song Yurou he had modified her body and asked whether she noticed the change.
• Mo Chen admitted he had poisoned her voice into silence so she would stop pursuing other people and focus only on him.

Mo Chen confronted Song Yurou over her attempt to rekindle things with Jiang Xun and forced her to face a lie detector test to prove her loyalty. He revealed that he had lost a leg after being bullied as a child, and Song Yurou realized that she had orchestrated the bullying that destroyed his childhood.

• Mo Chen accused Song Yurou of using him while seeking to reunite with Jiang Xun, then threatened to punish her for her disloyalty.
• Song Yurou claimed she had only used Jiang Xun to deal with Song Shiwei and insisted that Mo Chen was the only one she loved.
• Mo Chen brought out a lie detector and threatened to break Song Yurou's hand or foot if it detected a lie.
• Mo Chen revealed his prosthetic leg and told Song Yurou that he had been bullied and lost his leg as a child.
• Song Yurou remembered arranging for her classmates to bully Mo Chen because she resented his success, then having her chauffeur take him to the hospital.

Mo Chen lured Song Yurou into taking his supposed lie detector test, hiding that it was an electric-shock machine he controlled. Song Shiwei returned safely to the Jiang Family home, where a strange voice suddenly spoke inside her mind.

• Mo Chen reminded Song Yurou that she had once saved his life and promised her his wealth and power if she passed his test.
• Song Yurou accepted two million and eagerly agreed to take the test, unaware that Mo Chen could control the machine’s electric currents.
• Song Shiwei returned to the Jiang Family home, where her family and Chen Jingxian checked that she was safe after her encounter with Song Yurou.
• Tongtong hugged Song Shiwei and called her amazing, while Jiang Xun thought she was too trusting of Song Yurou.
• A loud mechanical voice sounded inside Song Shiwei’s head, and she asked who it was.

The Gossip System returned to Song Shiwei after hiding from the other systems that had bullied it, expecting to help her survive as a cannon fodder. Song Shiwei revealed that she had been living well, leaving the system baffled by how much it had missed.

• The Gossip System explained that the System Bureau had sent it to apprehend rogue male and female lead systems, which bullied it and drove it into hiding.
• After hearing that the world was in turmoil, the Gossip System returned to Song Shiwei, worried that she had become cannon fodder.
• The Gossip System promised to help Song Shiwei turn things around, assuming she had suffered during its absence.
• Song Shiwei asked whether the system had been without news and told it to look at how well she had been living.
• The Gossip System froze, unable to understand how Song Shiwei could be smiling amid the world's upheaval.

Song Shiwei welcomed her returning system and tried to get it to understand that her life was going well, while the Jiang family overheard her lustful thoughts about Jiang Xun and eagerly hoped the couple would become intimate. Jiang Xun reaffirmed that he and Song Shiwei had agreed not to have children, and his parents accepted their decision.

• The system returned, mistook Song Shiwei for someone driven mad by its absence, and vanished again to inspect the state of the world when she prompted it.
• Song Shiwei looked forward to introducing the system to her happy life with Jiang Xun and the Jiang family.
• The Jiang family overheard Song Shiwei's thoughts about wanting to touch Jiang Xun and decided to push the couple toward intimacy.
• Song Shiwei blushed under the family's knowing looks and went upstairs to sleep.
• Mother Jiang teased Jiang Xun about having children, but he said he and Song Shiwei had agreed not to have any and suggested she pester Jiang Ye instead.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang accepted the couple's decision and said they would support them either way.

The Jiang family accepted Tongtong as their granddaughter and focused on Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun’s happiness, while Jiang Xun teased Song Shiwei with a piece of lingerie before throwing it away. Meanwhile, Mo Chen tortured Song Yurou with an electric chair and continued questioning her as she begged to stop.

• Father Jiang, Mother Jiang, Chen Jingxian, and Tongtong accepted Tongtong as part of the Jiang family and resolved to care about Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun’s happiness.
• Song Shiwei found sexy lingerie and imagined Jiang Xun wearing it, prompting him to tease her by asking whether he should throw it away or wear it.
• Jiang Xun tossed the lingerie into the trash and told Song Shiwei they could go to sleep after she fled to the bathroom.
• Mo Chen shocked Song Yurou with an electric chair after she agreed to continue his supposed lie-detector test.
• Song Yurou begged Mo Chen to stop, but he said he still had questions and continued the interrogation.

Mo Chen tortured Song Yurou with an electric lie detector and threatened her with a loaded handgun to stop her from leaving him. Song Yurou begged for her life and promised to say whatever he wanted to hear.

• Mo Chen accused Song Yurou of liking Jiang Xun and warned her to answer carefully because the lie detector would detect lies.
• Song Yurou called Mo Chen insane, and he threatened to keep her with him forever and punish her for wanting to leave.
• Mo Chen repeatedly shocked Song Yurou with the lie detector, asking whether she still wanted to leave him.
• Mo Chen tied Song Yurou to a chair and pressed a loaded handgun to her forehead, threatening to shoot her.
• Song Yurou begged Mo Chen to put the gun away and promised that she loved him and would never leave.

Mo Chen threatened Song Yurou with a gun and forced her to promise that she would marry him, then confronted her about allegedly organizing the bullying he suffered as a child. Song Yurou denied it and insisted she had saved him, while fearing that admitting the truth would cost her life.

• Mo Chen frightened Song Yurou with his gun until she promised she would never leave him and claimed she would marry him.
• Mo Chen accepted her promise and proposed that they get married the next day.
• As he began to lower the gun, Mo Chen remembered the accusation that Song Yurou had organized the childhood bullying and demanded to know if it was true.
• Song Yurou panicked and denied bullying him, insisting that she had saved him and deciding that she could not admit to the accusation.

Mo Chen threatened Song Yurou until she claimed she knew nothing about the students who had surpassed her, then proposed marriage and locked her in a golden cage. Song Yurou concealed her fear and tried to keep him calm while planning to escape and call the police.

• Mo Chen pressed a gun to Song Yurou’s forehead and demanded to know why her rivals had dropped out, and she blamed bullying by their classmates.
• Mo Chen accepted Song Yurou’s answer, untied her, and proposed that they register their marriage the next day; she agreed while secretly planning to flee.
• Mo Chen locked Song Yurou inside a golden cage, and she pretended to like it after he threatened to move her somewhere else.
• Song Yurou asked Mo Chen to get her food so she could think alone, and she decided to escape and have him arrested.
• Mo Chen’s thoughts revealed that memories of classmates who had joined in his bullying had fueled his interest in torturing people and his private study of torture methods.

Song Yurou panicked after Mo Chen left, but her system dismissed her fear and urged her to stay with him. The system planned to use Mo Chen against Song Shiwei, leaving Song Yurou trapped with the man she feared.

• Mo Chen told Song Yurou to sleep while he went to prepare dinner, and she remained too frightened to rest.
• Song Yurou searched for her phone so she could call the police, but realized Mo Chen had it.
• Song Yurou begged her system to help her escape, and the system reminded her that she had chosen Mo Chen despite his problems.
• The system explained that it needed Mo Chen's resources to fight Song Shiwei, especially after other lead systems fell silent and Huo Xiuzhu's system exploded.
• The system insisted that Mo Chen's treatment showed affection, while Song Yurou protested that he had tortured and threatened her.

Song Yurou reconsidered leaving Mo Chen and decided to use his obsession against Song Shiwei. She soothed Mo Chen when he returned, while the system worried she might disrupt their plan.

• The system persuaded Song Yurou that Mo Chen was her best choice, and she decided she could redeem him.
• Song Yurou and the system planned to use Mo Chen to target Song Shiwei, with Mo Chen forcing Jiang Xun to choose between his company and Song Shiwei.
• The system urged Song Yurou to soothe Mo Chen, and she promised she would win him over.
• When Mo Chen returned, Song Yurou behaved gently and coaxed him into a happy mood.
• Mo Chen brought makeup remover and cotton pads and carefully removed Song Yurou's makeup.

Song Shiwei's Gossip System returned with news that the world's original plots had fallen apart and suspected her of causing the changes. Song Shiwei realized that she and the Jiang Family had escaped their intended fates, though neither she nor the system understood how.

• Song Yurou took Mo Chen's tenderness as proof of his love and plotted with her system, unaware of his twisted expression and hidden intentions.
• The Gossip System woke Song Shiwei and questioned her about the sweeping changes it had learned of at the System Bureau.
• The Gossip System reported that Wen Chuxue and Huo Xiuzhu had gone to prison, Lin Xuewu had disappeared, and the original protagonists had lost their advantages.
• Song Shiwei recalled her intended miserable death and realized that the Jiang Family and Jiang Xun had also departed from their original plots.
• Song Shiwei said she had only enjoyed gossip and idled around, leaving the Gossip System unable to explain her newfound popularity.
• The Gossip System noted that the intended victims had kept their investment opportunities, while Jiang Ye was filming, Jiang Cheng was catching criminals, and Jiang Chao was leading ecological farming in Fengquan Village.

Song Shiwei told the Gossip System that NPCs had awakened and acted out scandals from the Gossip Compendium, despite her only snarking about them in her thoughts. The system and Song Shiwei realized the NPCs might be able to hear her thoughts, leaving her horrified that Jiang Xun could have heard her embarrassing remarks.

• Song Shiwei explained that NPCs had awakened and scandals from the Gossip Compendium had played out around her.
• The Gossip System suspected Song Shiwei had spoiled the NPCs, but she insisted she had only snarked in her head.
• Song Shiwei confirmed that NPCs repeatedly acted out scandals after she thought about them, confusing the system.
• The Gossip System wondered whether the NPCs could hear Song Shiwei's thoughts, and Song Shiwei recognized the timing matched her snarking.
• Song Shiwei asked the system to investigate whether the NPCs had heard her thoughts and worried that Jiang Xun had heard her dirty remarks.