A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower Episode 7

Zhong and Yang meet with the agoraphobic writer who lives in 2004. She is a writer who has published two novels but her third novel's release was delayed. She had a close relationship with Mei Bao. Most of the episode is segments from Wu Ming Yue's novel. The novel follows a pair of siblings who are blessed by celestial gods but are trapped by a jealous and capricious demon lord and suffer a lot. Officer Yang figures out that the characters in the novel were inspired by Mei Bao and the people in her life. (Source: Autumn carrot at MyDramaList)