Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ye was surprised to see his former classmate Yun Xi, a successful businesswoman he had once feared, among the people he considered suckers. After catching up with her, he decided to warn her about Huo Xiuzhu, whom he believed was dangerous.

• Yun Xi entered and Jiang Ye recognized his former elementary school classmate, now the head of Huaxi Industries.
• Jiang Ye recalled Yun Xi's impressive career and learned from her thoughts that she remained sweet and gentle despite her formidable reputation.
• Yun Xi greeted Jiang Ye warmly and remembered his childhood dream of becoming a big star.
• Jiang Ye asked Yun Xi if she had time because he wanted to tell her what Huo Xiuzhu was really like.

Jiang Ye tried to warn Yun Xi that Huo Xiuzhu had deceived her, but Yun Xi insisted she knew the truth about her past and trusted him. After they returned, Jiang Ye learned Yun Xi had given Wen Chuxue twenty million and warned her that Wen Chuxue was pregnant with Huo Xiuzhu’s child.

• Yun Xi sent Huo Xiuzhu away and followed Jiang Ye outside after he said he needed to tell her something.
• Jiang Ye warned Yun Xi that Huo Xiuzhu had lied about saving her, but Yun Xi said she already knew the details and still trusted him.
• Yun Xi explained that the man who had staged the fire was an obsessive admirer who had later tried to burn her again before Huo Xiuzhu saved her.
• Jiang Ye returned with Yun Xi and asked whether she had given Wen Chuxue twenty million; Yun Xi confirmed she had.
• Jiang Ye told Yun Xi that Wen Chuxue was pregnant with Huo Xiuzhu’s child and urged her to see that Huo Xiuzhu was deceiving her.

Yun Xi told Jiang Ye that she knew Huo Xiuzhu’s background and still trusted him, while Huo Xiuzhu later knelt to declare his devotion and tried to cast Jiang Ye as a rival. The production crew watched the scandal unfold, and Song Shiwei finally woke and sharply exposed the contradiction in Huo Xiuzhu’s claims.

• Yun Xi told Jiang Ye that Huo Xiuzhu had revealed his background and that he hated his father, whom he had sent to prison.
• Jiang Ye worried that Yun Xi was staying with Huo Xiuzhu despite knowing he was the son of her enemy.
• Huo Xiuzhu returned with Wen Chuxue, knelt before Yun Xi, and claimed he would end things with Wen Chuxue and devote himself to Yun Xi.
• Huo Xiuzhu accused Jiang Ye of pursuing Yun Xi while still involved with his former girlfriend, prompting the production crew to gossip about a love quadrangle.
• Yun Xi rebuked Huo Xiuzhu for insulting Jiang Ye and said his accusation showed distrust in her.
• Song Shiwei woke up and mocked Huo Xiuzhu for claiming to care about Yun Xi after getting another woman pregnant.

Song Shiwei discovered that the gossip had changed, while Jiang Ye anxiously tried to learn why Yun Xi still chose Huo Xiuzhu. Yun Xi went into a private room with Song Shiwei, leaving Jiang Ye and Huo Xiuzhu outside.

• Song Shiwei read that Huo Xiuzhu had exposed his stolen identity and Wen Chuxue’s pregnancy, and wondered why Yun Xi still planned to get engaged to him.
• Jiang Ye considered why Yun Xi would stay with Huo Xiuzhu and waited for Song Shiwei to find an explanation in the Gossip Compendium.
• Song Shiwei found an answer but abruptly changed her mind, leaving Jiang Ye without the information he wanted.
• Yun Xi asked Song Shiwei whether President Yu Xiuhua had arrived, and Song Shiwei invited her to wait in a room.
• Song Shiwei barred Jiang Ye and Huo Xiuzhu from following them inside, and Huo Xiuzhu then taunted Jiang Ye about coveting his girlfriend.

Jiang Ye became the target of a public relationship scandal after Huo Xiuzhu and Wen Chuxue tried to pin the blame on him, threatening the film backed by Yu Xiuhua’s two-hundred-million investment. Jiang Ye finally fought back by exposing Wen Chuxue’s demand for twenty million from his mother, and a recording of the confrontation spread online.

• Huo Xiuzhu accused Jiang Ye of pursuing Yun Xi and interfering with his relationship, while Wen Chuxue tried to reconcile with Jiang Ye.
• Yu Xiuhua arrived with a lawyer and angrily confronted Jiang Ye over the viral love-quadrangle scandal and its threat to her film investment.
• Wen Chuxue defended Jiang Ye, and Huo Xiuzhu claimed Jiang Ye had targeted both his ex-girlfriend and his current girlfriend.
• Jiang Ye accused Wen Chuxue and Huo Xiuzhu of pinning their child on him and challenged Wen Chuxue to explain their breakup and her request for twenty million from his mother.
• Someone posted a recording of Jiang Ye’s response online, intensifying the backlash against him.

Wen Chuxue accused Jiang Ye of abandoning her while she was pregnant, and Huo Xiuzhu urged her to ruin Jiang Ye’s reputation. Song Shiwei realized the video that could prove the truth had disappeared, leaving Jiang Ye unsure how to defend himself.

• Jiang Ye gave Wen Chuxue one last chance to tell the truth and end their relationship cleanly.
• Huo Xiuzhu pressured Wen Chuxue to expose Jiang Ye, privately deciding Jiang Ye had become a threat to him.
• Wen Chuxue claimed she was carrying Jiang Ye’s child and said Yun Xi would never like him, swaying the people watching.
• Huo Xiuzhu anticipated Jiang Ye’s online ruin, while Song Shiwei searched for the evidence Jiang Ye needed.
• Song Shiwei discovered that Mother Jiang’s video had disappeared, and Jiang Ye wondered who had deleted it.

Jiang Ye tried to force Wen Chuxue into marrying him, apparently accepting that his life and career were ruined, while Yun Xi and the others questioned what had happened to the missing video. Song Shiwei then remembered that the video was stored on her phone, leaving her poised to expose Wen Chuxue’s version of events.

• Jiang Ye grabbed Wen Chuxue and announced he would marry her and leave the entertainment industry, while Wen Chuxue tried to refuse.
• Yu Xiuhua and Song Shiwei reacted with shock, and Yun Xi wondered why Jiang Ye had suddenly changed and why the video had disappeared.
• Song Shiwei recalled that she had removed a chip from her mother-in-law’s brooch and realized the video was still on her phone.
• Song Shiwei decided to find the video and show it to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye used a video of Wen Chuxue demanding money from Mother Jiang to expose her and disprove her claims about their relationship. The recording revealed her scheme, though she tried to win Jiang Ye back with a plea as the confrontation continued.

• Wen Chuxue broke free of Jiang Ye and denied having decided to marry him, while Huo Xiuzhu accused Jiang Ye of bullying her.
• Yun Xi urged everyone to wait until they knew the truth, and Song Shiwei found the deleted video and sent it to Jiang Ye.
• Jiang Ye played the video, in which Wen Chuxue demanded twenty million and a role in a production in exchange for disappearing from his life.
• The recording showed Mother Jiang, Father Jiang, Song Shiwei, and Jiang Ye confronting Wen Chuxue as she tried to demand money from Mother Jiang.
• Wen Chuxue claimed she needed money to give birth to her child and asked Jiang Ye to believe her, but he moved away when she reached for his sleeve.

Jiang Ye confronted Wen Chuxue with a video proving she and Huo Xiuzhu had tried to frame him, then posted the evidence online to defend himself and his fans. He left the chapter launching a public fight against the rumors and attacks.

• Jiang Ye revealed a video in which he questioned whether Wen Chuxue’s baby was his and ended their relationship, while Father Jiang explained that the family had offered her a chance to marry into the Jiang Family.
• Wen Chuxue and Huo Xiuzhu realized Jiang Ye had obtained the original evidence, and Wen Chuxue begged him not to post it.
• Jiang Ye told Wen Chuxue he was done being taken advantage of and decided to fight back for his fans.
• Jiang Ye logged into Weibo and saw Wen Chuxue’s and Lin Xiao’s fans attacking him and his supporters.
• Jiang Ye posted that his fans should fall back behind him, then uploaded the video and declared that Wen Chuxue’s baby was not his.

Jiang Ye exposed evidence that he had planned to marry Wen Chuxue and accused her of demanding twenty million from his mother, turning public opinion against her. As Wen Chuxue faced demands for an explanation, she recalled her abusive past and her close bond with Huo Xiuzhu, who had directed her to approach Jiang Ye.

• Jiang Ye posted videos and pictures of his wedding plans, prompting netizens and his fans to turn against Wen Chuxue.
• The hashtag demanding an explanation from Wen Chuxue trended, while Yu Xiuhua asked her whether she had demanded twenty million from Mrs. Jiang.
• Wen Chuxue refused to ask Jiang Ye for help and remembered Huo Xiuzhu's instructions, including the possibility of using her child to save them.
• Wen Chuxue recalled her abusive childhood, meeting Huo Xiuzhu at boarding school, and helping him punish the orphanage director.
• Wen Chuxue remembered agreeing with Huo Xiuzhu to enter the entertainment industry and approaching Jiang Ye while pretending to care about him.

Wen Chuxue revealed that she had followed Huo Xiuzhu’s plan to use Jiang Ye and Yun Xi, and she now tried to take the blame to protect Huo Xiuzhu. Yun Xi then questioned Huo Xiuzhu about the baby and his hidden identities, leaving him fearing that she had uncovered his secrets.

• Wen Chuxue recalled how she had grown close to Jiang Ye and planned to help Huo Xiuzhu take revenge on Yun Xi and claim the Yun Family’s fortune.
• After Jiang Ye broke up with Wen Chuxue and her acting opportunities dried up, Huo Xiuzhu persuaded her to help frame Jiang Ye, even suggesting that her unborn child could serve their plan.
• Wen Chuxue admitted to asking Yun Xi for twenty million and lashed out at Yu Xiuhua, while Huo Xiuzhu pretended to condemn her and Song Shiwei’s angry thoughts were repeated aloud by Huo Xiuzhu.
• Huo Xiuzhu insisted to Yun Xi that he had known nothing about Wen Chuxue’s actions, and Yun Xi asked whether the baby was his.
• Huo Xiuzhu identified himself as Yun Xi’s fiancé, and Yun Xi teased him by suggesting he might also be the son of a scam syndicate boss or a drug-trafficking organization’s young master.

Yun Xi learned that Huo Xiuzhu was a wanted criminal and secretly alerted the police while taking Yu Xiuhua to discuss a production partnership. Huo Xiuzhu tried to keep the deal and his schemes on track, but Yun Xi’s unexpectedly high offer threatened to disrupt his plans.

• Yun Xi confronted Huo Xiuzhu about his criminal identity, and Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealed his stingy past with a crime boss.
• Song Shiwei revealed that Yun Xi’s undercover younger sister had helped Officer Xiao Rong raid Gao Changyi’s organization, where Huo Xiuzhu’s criminal company was also destroyed.
• Yun Xi messaged the police that Huo Xiuzhu was with the crew of “The Infiltrator,” then led Yu Xiuhua to discuss their partnership.
• Huo Xiuzhu signaled Wen Chuxue to cause a collision and frame Jiang Ye, but she refused to move; Yun Xi stopped questioning him and invited him along.
• Yun Xi asked Yu Xiuhua for a fifty-percent stake and offered two hundred million, prompting Huo Xiuzhu to protest that the price was far too high.

Yun Xi and Yu Xiuhua staged a fierce argument to lure Huo Xiuzhu into the open, and police arrested him after identifying him as Li Lianpu, a scammer connected to a drug-trafficking syndicate. Song Shiwei then learned that Huo Xiuzhu had killed several people and wondered how he had escaped punishment.

• Yun Xi insisted on investing hundreds of millions in Yu Xiuhua’s film while demanding majority ownership and decision-making authority, provoking Yu Xiuhua into an apparent argument.
• Yun Xi called the police, and she and Yu Xiuhua staged an increasingly heated fight while Huo Xiuzhu urged them to stop and gloated over their conflict.
• Song Shiwei alerted the officers outside, and Huo Xiuzhu rushed to them claiming Yun Xi and Yu Xiuhua were fighting, so the police kicked him down and restrained him.
• Yu Xiuhua identified Huo Xiuzhu as Li Lianpu, a scammer from Northern Myanmar and heir to a drug-trafficking syndicate.
• Song Shiwei learned that Huo Xiuzhu had killed multiple people, including Wen Chuxue’s teacher and the Huo Family’s butler, and wondered how he had avoided legal punishment.

Song Shiwei exposed Huo Xiuzhu’s murders, hidden basement, and international crimes, giving the police grounds to arrest him and uncover his schemes. As Yun Xi waited for proof of his identity as Li Lianpu, her missing sister Yun Tang returned home.

• Song Shiwei revealed that Huo Xiuzhu had changed his face and fingerprints to frame others for his murders, and Captain Liu ordered a search of his villa.
• Song Shiwei disclosed that Huo Xiuzhu’s basement entrance was in his neighbor’s sewer and gave the password, allowing the police to find masks, an experimentation table, and preserved corpses.
• Song Shiwei revealed Huo Xiuzhu’s crimes abroad and his role in schemes involving Gao Changyi, Li Minru, and the Jiang Family.
• Yun Xi hoped Officer Xiao Rong would return with evidence confirming Huo Xiuzhu was Li Lianpu, while worrying about Yun Tang.
• Yun Tang returned, and Yun Xi rushed to embrace her, crying with relief and asking where she had been.

Yun Tang returned from Northern Myanmar with evidence against Huo Xiuzhu’s scam ring, and the police arrested him. Song Shiwei’s thoughts exposed more targets and financial crimes, leaving Yun Xi wondering what would happen if she put Song Shiwei on a villain-filled entertainment variety show.

• Yun Tang reunited with Yun Xi and described how she infiltrated the scam ring, escaped danger, and brought Yun Zheyuan back.
• Yun Tang showed the police photographs documenting the scam ring’s crimes and revealed its plans to target the Jiang Family and other Yanjing celebrities.
• Song Shiwei admitted she would fall for a honey trap but would fight anyone who tried to steal her money.
• Captain Liu arrested Huo Xiuzhu and heard Song Shiwei’s warning to investigate his finances and the projects he stole from Huaxi Industries.
• Yun Xi realized Huo Xiuzhu had caused losses at her company and considered putting Song Shiwei on a villain-filled variety show.

Yun Xi imagined a gossip-themed variety show before Huo Xiuzhu begged her to take the blame for his crimes and threatened her family. Song Shiwei discovered his life-swapping system in the side stories, and it crashed, causing Huo Xiuzhu to explode and leaving the police rushing to save him for questioning.

• Yun Xi came up with a travel variety show called “Let's Gossip Together,” built around Song Shiwei and other gossip magnets.
• Huo Xiuzhu begged Yun Xi to go to prison for him, offering to manage her company and marry her afterward, but Yun Xi rejected him.
• Yun Tang slapped Huo Xiuzhu, who threatened her family and revealed he planned to use his system to escape under another identity.
• Song Shiwei read the side stories and learned that Huo Xiuzhu had a Long Aotian Life-Swapping System that let him switch between alternate identities.
• Huo Xiuzhu's system crashed and exploded, knocking him unconscious as the police hurried to put out the fire and preserve him for questioning.

Huo Xiuzhu pretended to have amnesia to evade arrest, but Yun Tang, Yu Xiuhua, and others exposed his act. Wen Chuxue tried to take the blame for him by using her unborn child to frame Jiang Ye, but she crashed into a wall and lay bleeding as help arrived.

• Captain Liu used a fire extinguisher to put out Huo Xiuzhu's smoking head, and Huo Xiuzhu woke up claiming he had lost his memory and wanted Yun Xi.
• Wen Chuxue returned and defended Huo Xiuzhu, but he pretended not to know her while insisting he remembered Yun Xi.
• Yun Tang and Yu Xiuhua challenged Huo Xiuzhu's amnesia act, and he angrily threatened to kill them.
• Wen Chuxue claimed she would use her child with Huo Xiuzhu to take the blame for him, then lunged at Jiang Ye.
• Yun Xi pulled Jiang Ye aside, and Wen Chuxue hit the wall and fell bleeding; Yun Xi called an ambulance as the police carried her to level ground.

After Wen Chuxue miscarried, she and Huo Xiuzhu clung to each other and shouted melodramatic threats while resisting the police and medical staff. Yu Xiuhua slapped Huo Xiuzhu, and the police dragged him away as Wen Chuxue fell silent under Yu's glare.

• Huo Xiuzhu broke free from the police, hugged Wen Chuxue, and begged her to forgive him and reunite with him.
• Huo Xiuzhu refused to let the doctors treat Wen Chuxue, while she tried to leave the stretcher and rush back to him.
• Captain Liu ordered the officers to take Huo Xiuzhu away and Wen Chuxue to the hospital, but both protested and threatened the police.
• Yu Xiuhua slapped Huo Xiuzhu and told the pair to save their melodrama for prison.
• The police dragged Huo Xiuzhu away as he promised to welcome Wen Chuxue back as his queen, and Wen Chuxue stopped resisting when Yu Xiuhua raised her hand.

After Wen Chuxue and Huo Xiuzhu were taken away, the Undercover auditions resumed, while footage and police statements spread the scandal online. Netizens mocked Jiang Ye and praised Song Shiwei’s talent for witnessing gossip, then rallied for her to star in a variety show.

• Yu Xiuhua redirected the gossiping crowd to prepare for auditions, and the director announced they would begin in half an hour.
• The police issued a statement about Huo Xiuzhu’s arrest, and the Undercover team released an account of the incident as video footage appeared online.
• Jiang Ye posted that he had been falsely accused, but netizens mocked him for being betrayed by Wen Chuxue.
• Netizens recognized Song Shiwei in the footage and listed the scandals she had witnessed, dubbing her Sister Song Gua.
• Netizens launched a trending petition demanding that Song Shiwei join a variety show and tagged entertainment companies and potential investors.

Yun Xi proposed a lucrative variety show starring Song Shiwei after netizens petitioned for her to appear on an all-villain cast program. Song Shiwei feared being dragged into endless entertainment-industry scandals, but Yun Xi offered to split the profits and pay her an appearance fee.

• Yun Xi spotted the viral petition and approached Song Shiwei with a proposal for a profitable variety show.
• Song Shiwei and Jiang Ye were shocked to hear that thousands of netizens wanted her on a show with an all-villain cast.
• Jiang Ye checked Weibo and saw the petition, the fan-made proposal, and netizens mocking him alongside the trending celebrity scandals.
• Song Shiwei read the proposal and complained that fans wanted to turn her into a full-time scandal scout, while Yun Xi laughed at their shared love of gossip.
• Yun Xi offered to fund the show, split its profits with Song Shiwei, and pay her an appearance fee to persuade her to join.