Chapter Summaries

The Wen siblings learned they had finished second in the haunted house challenge and discovered Chu Yu’s team had cleared it first without solving puzzles. Wen Tianqi’s complaint sparked accusations of unfair treatment in the livestream, leaving the director to prepare to address the controversy.

• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi emerged from the haunted house and learned they had placed second.
• Wen Zhixin found Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Gu Jinhuai resting in the lounge and asked how they had solved the puzzles so quickly.
• Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Gu Jinhuai said they had faced no puzzles and had escaped by running, chasing, and hiding.
• Wen Tianqi complained on camera that his team had solved puzzles for hours while Chu Yu’s team had only run around.
• Wen Zhixin’s livestream viewers accused the production team of favoring Chu Yu’s team, and the director grew angry as he watched the backlash.

Wen Tianqi’s accusation that Chu Yu had received special treatment stirred up the lounge and the livestream, while Zhao Qirui arrived at the haunted house specifically to meet the Chu siblings. The director headed to the lounge to address the fans’ complaints as An Ya and her brother joined the tense gathering.

• The director decided to go to the lounge himself after Wen Zhixin’s fans flooded the livestream with complaints.
• Zhao Qirui arrived at the haunted house, identified himself to the security guard, and entered to meet Chu Yu and the others.
• Zhao Qirui ran into the director, who recognized him as the guest from a documentary filmed at his company.
• Zhao Qirui confirmed that Chu Yu was among the guests and hurried toward the lounge to see her and the young master.
• Wen Tianqi challenged Chu Yu’s easy victory, prompting fans to accuse the production team of unfair treatment; Wen Zhixin tried to scold him, but the comments grew angrier.
• An Ya and her younger brother entered the tense lounge, where Chu Yu remained calm, Chu Chen kept eating, and Gu Jinhuai sat impassively.

Chu Yu confronted Wen Zhixin over her defense of Wen Tianqi, then Zhao Qirui arrived and greeted Chu Yu as the Young Miss. The director entered behind him and approached the group, leaving everyone stunned by what he did.

• Wen Zhixin defended Wen Tianqi's hotheaded remarks, and Chu Yu challenged her reasoning as livestream viewers argued in the chat.
• Zhao Qirui entered the lounge with the director and greeted Chu Yu excitedly as the Young Miss.
• Chu Yu recognized Zhao Qirui as Uncle Zhao, and he said he had come to see her and the Young Master.
• The director entered the lounge, prompting the siblings to sit up and watch him approach.
• The director did something that left everyone in the lounge stunned.

Zhao Qirui arrived on the livestreamed show and reunited with Chu Chen, then exchanged business pleasantries with Gu Jinhuai. The director resumed addressing the controversy over the challenges, while the Wen siblings and Chu Yu’s fans faced a growing wave of hostile comments.

• The director invited Zhao Qirui to speak, but Zhao politely declined and drew everyone’s attention.
• Chu Chen recognized Zhao Qirui as the man who had looked after him and Chu Yu when they were young, and Zhao said he had come to see the siblings.
• Zhao Qirui recognized Gu Jinhuai, and the two exchanged compliments before sitting down to discuss business.
• The director moved filming elsewhere and told the cast that the challenge difficulties had been set fairly, contradicting the Wen siblings’ complaints.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi stayed silent, while fans flooded the livestream with protests and Chu Yu’s casual supporters withdrew after facing abuse and reports.

Wen Zhixin tried to end the dispute after learning that online accusations against Chu Yu had spiraled into a public attack on the production team. The director prepared to show the challenge documents and livestream footage, while Zhao Qirui learned what had happened and angrily defended Chu Yu.

• Wen Zhixin apologized to the director on Wen Tianqi's behalf and urged him to apologize too.
• The director told the Wen siblings that viewers were flooding the show's Weibo account and livestream with accusations of unfairness.
• The director ordered staff to bring the puzzle challenge documents and footage from Chu Yu's group's livestream to clarify what happened.
• Chu Yu watched the dispute calmly as the Wen siblings grew more anxious.
• Zhao Qirui's assistant explained the accusations against Chu Yu, and Zhao Qirui rose in anger to denounce the online slander.

Zhao Qirui and Gu Jinhuai confronted the director over rumors that the production team had favored Chu Yu and her brother. The director presented dated planning documents and footage to prove the haunted-house challenges had been planned in advance, leaving the livestream viewers to see that the teams had not been treated differently.

• Zhao Qirui told Gu Jinhuai that netizens were accusing the production team of favoring Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Gu Jinhuai, and Gu Jinhuai demanded an explanation from the director.
• The director sent staff to retrieve planning documents and recorded footage, while Wen Zhixin realized she and Wen Tianqi had let their emotions get the better of them.
• Zhao Qirui sympathized with Chu Yu over the insults she endured, and Chu Yu said the attention helped her earn money and pursue her goals.
• The director projected the original plans for all three haunted-house options, showing that the setups and their difficulty had been designed the week before filming.

The director showed footage proving Chu Yu’s team had faced a difficult haunted-house run, while Chu Yu’s fans countered the accusations online. Wen Zhixin accepted responsibility for her brother’s behavior, and Chu Yu called for a public apology as the director asked the siblings whether they accepted the resolution.

• The director replayed footage of Chu Chen, Gu Jinhuai, and Chu Yu fleeing hazards and a ghost, disproving claims that their team had an easy time.
• Chu Yu’s longtime fan Xiao Qi posted a defense of Chu Yu on Weibo and demanded that the Wen siblings apologize.
• Zhang Yue thanked Xiao Qi for supporting Chu Yu, while the PR team and fans helped contain the backlash.
• Wen Zhixin admitted that Wen Tianqi had been wrong and said she would bear responsibility for failing to discipline him.
• The director asked Chu Yu how she wanted to resolve the matter, and she requested a public apology so Wen Tianqi could understand his mistake.
• The director asked the Wen siblings whether they found Chu Yu’s proposed resolution acceptable.

Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi apologized to Chu Yu and Chu Chen after the livestream replay exposed their false accusations, and the director awarded the challenge rewards. As recordings spread online and public opinion turned against the Wen siblings, Chu Yu invited Gu Jinhuai to join the next episode and Zhao Qirui to try her cooking.

• Wen Tianqi apologized to Chu Yu and Chu Chen, while Wen Zhixin accepted responsibility and promised to post an apology on Weibo.
• Chu Yu asked Wen Zhixin to clarify the incident publicly, and the director distributed Wish Coins for the haunted house challenge.
• Chu Yu gave Gu Jinhuai one of her Wish Coins, and he said he should be able to join the next episode.
• Chu Yu invited Zhao Qirui to eat the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall she had made, and the director ended filming.
• Netizens shared livestream recordings exposing the Wen siblings, causing Wen Zhixin's follower count to drop and public opinion to turn against them.
• Zhang Yue noticed the changes in Weibo attention and public opinion and began making calls.

After the livestream ended, Chu Yu learned from Zhao Qirui that Chu Group’s shareholders were making moves while her parents secretly went abroad for Father Chu’s medical treatment. On the ride back, Gu Jinhuai admitted to Chu Chen that he had liked Chu Yu for a long time, while Chu Yu’s publicity team began promoting her online.

• Xiao Li agreed to have the publicity team work overtime to promote Chu Yu and organized the staff to prepare marketing materials.
• The director ended the amusement-park livestream and announced that the next broadcast would feature outdoor camping in a week.
• Zhao Qirui warned Chu Yu that Chu Group’s shareholders were making moves, and she worried about the pressure of taking over the company while keeping her parents’ secret.
• Chu Chen confronted Gu Jinhuai about his feelings for Chu Yu, and Gu Jinhuai admitted he had liked her for a long time.
• Xiao Li sent Chu Yu’s promotional materials to marketing bloggers and asked her fan group to help boost the posts.

After Chu Yu’s promotional photos attracted new fans, she discovered that her Weibo following had reached one million. The episode ended with her celebrating online while Zhao Qirui reflected that her entertainment career had kept the Chu Group’s old foxes from moving against her family.

• Xiao Li learned that Chu Yu’s recent frequency of trending had likely caused Weibo to throttle her traffic, while promotional photos of Chu Yu drew praise and new followers.
• The production team returned the guests’ phones and announced that the next outdoor camping livestream would begin in about a week.
• Chu Yu found that her Weibo messages were full of fan support rather than insults, and realized her internet-wide hatred was beginning to fade.
• Chu Yu saw her follower count approach one million, and Zhao Qirui offered to use his connections to get her more followers.
• Chu Yu’s count reached one million, so she prepared to post selfies for her fans; Zhao Qirui reflected that her career had delayed the Chu Group elders from targeting her family.

Chu Yu recovered from the public backlash and arranged a magazine shoot with Chu Chen, while the Wen siblings argued over the damage they had suffered. She left Chu Chen facing another attempt to persuade him into joining her.

• Wen Zhixin watched her follower count plunge before it stabilized, then blamed Wen Tianqi, who threatened to quit the show.
• Wen Zhixin persuaded Wen Tianqi to keep pursuing their ambitions, and neither sibling understood why their situation had worsened.
• Chu Yu had Chu Chen carry her soup to Zhao Qirui, who praised her cooking.
• After dinner, Chu Yu accepted GI Magazine's invitation to appear on its cover with Chu Chen.
• Chu Yu went to Chu Chen's room to tell him about the shoot, but he showed no interest.

Chu Yu agreed to share the GI Magazine shoot fee with Chu Chen, but the next morning she learned Yu Wei was trying to take the cover shoot and rushed to confront her. As they left, Chu Chen warned Chu Yu to be careful around Gu Jinhuai, though she did not understand his concern.

• Chu Yu offered Chu Chen half of the 1.5 million shoot fee, negotiated with him, and settled on a forty-sixty split.
• Chu Yu accepted the GI Magazine invitation and told Zhang Yue and Xu Ruiqiu the good news.
• Zhang Yue called to warn Chu Yu that Yu Wei and her artist were trying to take the cover shoot, so Chu Yu hurried to get ready and brought Chu Chen along.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen left the hotel with their luggage after greeting An Ya and her younger brother.
• In the van, Chu Chen warned Chu Yu that Gu Jinhuai seemed suspicious and told her to watch out for him, but Chu Yu remained puzzled.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at GI Magazine and secured the next cover shoot despite Yu Wei’s attempt to promote her artist, Lanlan. Editor-in-chief Xu Ruiqiu proposed a youth-themed shoot and asked the siblings to make private photos for random postcard gifts, leaving Chu Yu and Zhang Yue to consider the idea.

• Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at GI Magazine’s headquarters, where Zhang Yue and Yu Wei were arguing over which artist should get the next cover.
• Xu Ruiqiu chose Chu Yu and ended Yu Wei’s attempt to secure the shoot for Lanlan, and Yu Wei left with her artist.
• Xu Ruiqiu invited Chu Yu, Chu Chen, and Zhang Yue into her office and explained GI Magazine’s plan for a youth-themed shoot.
• Chu Yu agreed that the siblings suited the theme, and Xu Ruiqiu suggested adding private photos for postcard blind-box gifts with magazine purchases.

Chu Yu and Zhang Yue negotiated a sales-commission agreement with GI Magazine, while Wen Zhixin received an invitation from Trend Love Play Magazine. The chapter ended with Trend Love Play publicly announcing an interview featuring Wen Zhixin and her younger brother.

• Zhang Yue negotiated a higher-value deal with Xu Ruiqiu, and Chu Yu's side agreed to GI Magazine's sales-commission arrangement.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi left the hotel without the expensive ingredients Chu Yu had prepared, and Wen Zhixin received a call from Trend Love Play Magazine.
• Chu Yu, her brother, and Zhang Yue signed their collaboration agreement with GI Magazine.
• Zhang Yue told Chu Yu that Wen Zhixin had been invited to an interview with Trend Love Play Magazine, making Chu Yu wary of her rival's sudden opportunity.
• Trend Love Play Magazine announced that Wen Zhixin and her younger brother would appear in the next issue's individual interview.

Wen Zhixin posted an apology that her fans and curious netizens received warmly, while Chu Yu saw it as a calculated effort to benefit from renewed attention. Days later, Chu Yu and Chu Chen arrived at his high school for a magazine shoot, where the photographer was immediately impressed by their looks.

• Trend Love Play Magazine announced the Wen siblings' interview, and Wen Zhixin followed with an apology for her younger brother Tianqi's behavior toward Chu Yu and her brother.
• Wen Zhixin's fans defended her and explained the controversy to curious visitors, while Chu Yu and Zhang Yue criticized the timing and good fortune of the Wen siblings' publicity.
• Several days later, Chu Yu and Chu Chen traveled to Chu Chen's private high school, which GI Magazine had selected as the location for a youth-themed shoot.
• Chu Yu told Chu Chen to behave during the shoot, and the siblings stepped out in school-style outfits that caught the photographer's attention.
• After taking a burst of candid photos of Chu Yu and Chu Chen, the photographer paused and told the staff to check the set before shooting officially began.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen completed a magazine cover photo shoot, but their sibling rivalry turned the session into a series of arguments that the photographer eagerly captured. When Zhang Yue arrived to pick them up, the siblings were still refusing to speak to each other, while the photographer praised the shoot and prepared the photos for her to choose from.

• The photographer explained the five planned photo sets to Chu Yu and Chu Chen, and Chu Yu agreed to begin with the campus-themed cover shoot.
• Chu Yu dragged Chu Chen to the set, and the photographer took candid shots as they started posing.
• Chu Yu and Chu Chen began competing for the photographer’s attention, then traded insults and challenged each other while he kept taking pictures.
• The photographer captured the siblings’ angry expressions and poses, then finished the cover shoot and the final solo shots.
• Zhang Yue arrived to find Chu Yu and Chu Chen ignoring each other, and the photographer told her the session had gone smoothly and produced many good photos.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen bickered after their magazine shoot, while the Wen siblings celebrated an interview that Editor-in-Chief Qi planned to use in Trend Love Play Magazine’s rivalry with GI Magazine. Later, Chu Yu explained the cover shoot to her mother, Fang Lanzhi, over the phone.

• Zhang Yue offered Chu Yu and Chu Chen dinner, and the siblings continued teasing and threatening each other as they climbed into the van.
• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi finished their interview at Trend Love Play Magazine and headed home, expecting it to make them famous.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi approved the Wen siblings’ interview for the next issue as part of a plan to compete with GI Magazine and exploit the siblings’ disputes with Chu Yu.
• Chu Chen complained to his mother that Chu Yu was being unreasonable, but Fang Lanzhi instead asked whether he had upset his sister.
• Chu Yu took the phone and told Fang Lanzhi that she and Chu Chen had been invited to be the cover stars of a magazine’s next issue.

Chu Yu and Chu Chen’s GI Magazine cover drew support from their family and Gu Jinhuai, while GI Magazine prepared a risky initial print run of ten thousand copies. The next livestream was delayed because wild beasts appeared on its island location, and Chu Chen asked his friend to help promote the magazine.

• Fang Lanzhi rallied the Chu family to buy and promote GI Magazine after learning Chu Yu and Chu Chen had shot its cover.
• Gu Jinhuai agreed to help boost the magazine’s sales, still unable to let go of Chu Yu.
• Xu Ruiqiu set GI Magazine’s initial print run at ten thousand copies despite worrying the issue might not sell.
• The director told Chu Yu the next Sisters and Brothers Charge Ahead livestream might be delayed after wild beasts appeared on the uninhabited island.
• Chu Chen won a game, then asked his friend to promote the magazine, and his friend agreed.

Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi’s Trend Love Play issue sold strongly, while Editor-in-Chief Qi used paid trolls to disparage GI Magazine. Xu Ruiqiu moved GI’s release to that same evening, and Editor-in-Chief Qi expected the late head-to-head launch to hurt GI’s sales.

• Wen Zhixin and Wen Tianqi watched as Trend Love Play’s new issue launched and its sales passed five thousand within an hour.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi ordered paid trolls to praise Trend Love Play by putting down GI Magazine, angering Xu Ruiqiu.
• Xu Ruiqiu moved GI Magazine’s release to nine that night and told staff to notify its longtime fans.
• A GI Magazine staff member called Chu Yu to tell her about the schedule change, leaving her confused about the reason.
• Editor-in-Chief Qi told her assistant she had heard GI printed ten thousand copies of the new issue.

As Trend Love Play and GI Magazine competed for readers, Chu Yu and Xu Ruiqiu rallied support for GI Magazine’s nine o’clock release, while Gu Jinhuai and Chu Yu’s fans prepared to buy it. The chapter ended with paid trolls from both magazines clashing online as netizens watched the chaotic promotion.

• Editor-in-Chief Qi paid trolls to intensify their campaign against GI Magazine, and Trend Love Play’s sales rose as new users registered to buy it.
• Chu Yu learned from Xu Ruiqiu why GI Magazine had moved its release forward and promised to promote it; she then rallied her fans and alerted her family group chat.
• The Chu family rearranged their evening plans to wait for the magazine’s release and support Chu Yu and her brother.
• At Gu Group, Gu Jinhuai let the department managers end their reports early, then registered for a GI Magazine membership so he could buy more copies.
• Chu Yu posted selfies on Weibo and announced GI Magazine’s postcard blind box format, drawing excited reactions from her fans.
• Paid trolls hired by both magazines began arguing online about their respective issues, entertaining onlookers.