Transmigration ( Gossip System ): The Cannon Fodder's Inner Thoughts Were Exposed

Shen Zhiyi transmigrates into the body of a cannon fodder heiress in the novel "The Fake Heiress of the Marquis Estate Is Loved by Everyone." Upon waking, she finds her fiancé, Wang Zimo, demanding she return the engagement to Shen Ruoyue, the fake heiress who has occupied her identity for fifteen years. Wang Zimo insults her rustic origins, claiming she is unworthy of the Wang family. Shen Zhiyi, aware of her tragic original fate—where she is framed for treason and mutilated for the fake heiress's amusement—decides to break off the engagement on her own terms, declaring she looks down on him rather than the reverse. This calm defiance confuses Wang Zimo, who assumes she is merely playing hard to get.

Shen Zhiyi is bound to a malfunctioning "Gossip System" that can reveal secrets but lacks combat or face-slapping capabilities. However, her unique advantage emerges when her mother, Chen Wanran, gains the ability to hear Shen Zhiyi's inner thoughts. Through these thoughts, Chen Wanran learns that Wang Zimo is not as devoted to Shen Ruoyue as he claims and that Shen Ruoyue is manipulative. When the Marquis, Shen Honglang, arrives to defend Shen Ruoyue and threaten to expel Shen Zhiyi, Chen Wanran uses her authority as mistress of the household to counter him. She reveals that the Marquis Manor's prosperity relies on her dowry, forcing Shen Honglang to back down and punish Shen Ruoyue with kneeling in the ancestral hall instead.

As Shen Zhiyi settles into the manor, she uses the Gossip System to investigate the source of her mother's suffering. She discovers that Shen Honglang has been hiding a mistress named Leng Zhu within the estate. Through the system's gossip, Shen Zhiyi identifies Leng Zhu as Master Kongwu, a revered nun who has been deceiving the public and the Marquis. The inner thoughts reveal that Kongwu is a fraud who never truly took vows and has been having an affair with Shen Honglang, bearing him several illegitimate children. Chen Wanran, hearing this, realizes her husband has betrayed her for over a decade and decides to expose the truth.

Shen Zhiyi also interacts with her second brother, Shen Jingxuan, who discovers he can hear her thoughts. She reveals a complex web of romantic entanglements involving him, his friend Ji Changwei, and the fake heiress Shen Ruoyue. Shen Jingxuan had been deceived into believing Ji Changge was his true love, when in reality, Ji Changwei and Shen Ruoyue orchestrated the mix-up to manipulate him. Shen Zhiyi exposes that Ji Changwei secretly loves Shen Jingxuan and that Shen Ruoyue is using him to further her own schemes. Shen Jingxuan, devastated by the betrayal, agrees to break off his engagement with Ji Changge to allow his friend Xie Yu to marry the woman Xie Yu truly loves.

However, the situation takes a darker turn when the Emperor issues a marriage decree pairing Xie Yu with Ling Siyao, the woman Shen Jingxuan was originally supposed to marry. This unexpected imperial intervention ruins the potential resolution for both couples. Meanwhile, Shen Ruoyue continues to scheme, attempting to manipulate Xie Yu and maintain her position within the Marquis Manor. Shen Zhiyi remains focused on escaping her doomed fate while gradually helping her mother reclaim her power and dignity within the household, all while gathering more gossip to navigate the treacherous family politics.