Recaps

Jiang Wangshu secured a tie for the special students by hiding Wang Yue with their five name tags, but He Zhenglin tried to force another game and threatened Jiang Wangshu with a humiliating punishment. During the break, Jimo agreed to compete and challenged Chen Ziwu one-on-one.

• Jiang Wangshu revealed that Wang Yue had hidden beside the butcher's exit with five name tags, allowing the special students to finish with a 5:5 tie.
• The red team accused Wang Yue of cheating, but Jiang Wangshu defended their strategy as permitted by the rules, and He Zhenglin accepted the result of the bet.
• Huang Zhenghao proposed another round, and Jimo objected because it was late and Jiang Wangshu had injured his waist.
• He Zhenglin told Jimo to take Jiang Wangshu's place and threatened that a loss would force Jiang Wangshu to wear a bunny girl outfit at He Zhenglin's birthday party.
• After a half-hour break was announced and Jiang Wangshu received treatment, Jimo agreed to compete one-on-one against Chen Ziwu.

Jimo faced Chen Ziwu in a one-on-one capture-the-flag match and won by using speed and technique despite appearing badly hurt. He secured a hundred thousand Alliance Currency for Jiang Wangshu and left the student council to pay up.

• Jimo accepted the match against Chen Ziwu and set a hundred-thousand-Alliance-Currency penalty for the red team if it lost.
• At the whistle, Jimo targeted Chen Ziwu and struck his vulnerable joints while Chen Ziwu went for the flag.
• Jimo and Chen Ziwu brawled across the stage, with Jimo dodging Chen Ziwu's attacks and secretly landing repeated blows.
• Chen Ziwu fell before reaching the flag, and Jimo recovered just before the countdown ended and planted it in the blue team's area.
• The host declared the blue team victorious, and a student council member transferred the wager to Jimo.
• Jimo told the unconscious Chen Ziwu, "I look forward to working with you."

After the match, Jimo returned to his dorm and tried to resume his studies, but a rumor accused him of fighting Chen Ziwu to win Ke Yueyi’s favor. By the end of the chapter, the gossip had made other students afraid to approach him, and Jimo realized his reputation as an unnoticed background character had changed.

• After He Zhenglin let him go, Jimo returned to his dorm with two special-class students and assured Zhuang Zhe that he was fine.
• On Sunday, Jimo told Jiang Wangshu he was fine and transferred him 100,000 Alliance credits for medical expenses.
• Zhuang Zhe told Jimo that rumors claimed he had fought Chen Ziwu over Ke Yueyi, and showed him forum posts and photos that twisted their time at the riding grounds.
• Jimo denied the rumors, ignored Zhuang Zhe’s suggestion that he apologize to Chen Ziwu, and went to the library to study.
• At the library, students hurried away from Jimo, and he realized people now viewed him as scheming, aggressive, and possibly unstable.

Jimo worried that He Zhenglin would pursue Jiang Wangshu and learned that the original birthday-party plot might no longer unfold as expected. He visited Jiang Wangshu at his part-time job, where students mocked him, then left without learning that Jiang Wangshu was being pressured for money by someone from home.

• Jimo asked the system what He Zhenglin had done to Jiang Wangshu in the original novel, and the system explained that He Zhenglin’s feelings had begun to change at his birthday party after Ke Yueyi brought Jiang Wangshu to the riding grounds.
• After days of studying, Jimo went to Jiang Wangshu’s medical school classroom but learned from Li Shuangjian that Jiang Wangshu had left for his part-time job.
• Jimo found Jiang Wangshu working at a crowded milk tea shop while academy students whispered about him and criticized him for working part-time.
• Jimo waited outside and told Jiang Wangshu to ignore the customers, then urged him to quit; Jiang Wangshu said he had agreed to help the boss for a few more days.
• After Jimo left, Jiang Wangshu read messages demanding money and threatening to come to his school, then called the sender.

Jimo formed a project group with Zhuang Zhe and began developing a business plan to earn the high score he needed to transfer departments. On his way to the library, he defeated Chen Ziwu again and warned him to stay away.

• Professor Xiang assigned the class a month-long group business plan project, and Jimo asked Zhuang Zhe to team up with him.
• Jiang Yu challenged Jimo’s boast about getting a high score, but Zhuang Zhe chose to work with Jimo instead of joining Jiang Yu’s group.
• Jimo planned the project, assigned Zhuang Zhe the market research, and went to the library to find information.
• Chen Ziwu stopped Jimo and demanded another fight, then attacked him when Jimo tried to leave.
• Jimo dodged Chen Ziwu’s punch, threw him to the ground, and warned him to stay away.

After injuring his back, Jimo was drenched by a bucket of water in the cafeteria, where Ke Yueyi stepped in and offered him a jacket and an explanation. Jimo realized Ke Yueyi had waited until he was soaked before playing savior, leaving their already awkward connection more conspicuous.

• Jimo threw out his back while lifting a heavy book and went to the infirmary for treatment.
• Jimo saw Ke Yueyi and He Zhenglin eating on the terrace but avoided greeting them.
• Someone poured a bucket of water over Jimo as he entered the cafeteria, and the crowd refused to identify who had set it up.
• Ke Yueyi draped his jacket over Jimo and promised to give him an explanation.
• A student knelt and apologized, claiming the bucket had been intended as a prank for someone else.
• Jimo recognized that Ke Yueyi had deliberately waited until he was drenched before stepping in to play savior.

Jimo left the student council’s spectacle, got caught in the rain, and recovered from a low fever while working in his dorm. After several days inside, he went out with Zhuang Zhe and encountered Jiang Yu, whose confrontation left him wondering why Jimo always made him so angry.

• Jimo handed Ke Yueyi the clothes, left the crowd, and returned to the dorm soaked by a sudden downpour.
• Chen Ziwu learned that a student council member had drenched Jimo and told the culprit to beg Jimo for forgiveness if he wanted F4 to let him off.
• Jimo developed a low fever and stayed in the dorm for several days while Zhuang Zhe brought him meals.
• Jimo went outside with Zhuang Zhe and learned that someone from the student council had been waiting to speak with him.
• Jiang Yu accused Jimo of relying on F4 to earn high scores, but Jimo filled out Jiang Yu’s survey and had Zhuang Zhe photograph its questions.
• After Jimo left, Jiang Yu’s group pointed out that he always seemed to get angry around Jimo, leaving Jiang Yu stunned.

Jimo’s planned meeting with an investor was postponed, and Ke Yueyi summoned him to the lounge, where he played a piece he said suited Jimo. After an injured student council member begged Jimo to ask Ke Yueyi for mercy, Jimo learned the piece portrayed a wounded waterbird and suspected Ke Yueyi had been mocking him.

• Jimo and Zhuang Zhe set out to meet an entrepreneur about Jimo’s business plan, but the entrepreneur postponed their meeting.
• Ke Yueyi called Jimo to the lounge, played “The Solitary Pelican,” and asked about Jimo’s business plan and recent illness.
• A battered student council member stopped Jimo in the snow and pleaded with him to ask Ke Yueyi to forgive him.
• Jimo refused to help the student council member and returned to the dormitory angry.
• Jimo searched for the piece’s meaning and concluded that Ke Yueyi had compared him to a wounded bird because he had been drenched and fallen ill.

Jimo discovered that Ke Yueyi had likely pressured the campus investors to reject his project, then encountered Chen Ziwu near the dormitory. When Jimo stopped student council members from beating Wang Ming, Wang Ming responded with resentment instead of asking for help.

• Jimo confronted an investor, who advised him to consider whom he had offended, and Jimo concluded that Ke Yueyi was behind the investors’ refusals.
• Jimo ran into Chen Ziwu, who followed him toward the dormitory and tried to get him to listen.
• Chen Ziwu pointed out Wang Ming being beaten by student council members and explained that Wang Ming had previously caused trouble for Jimo in the cafeteria.
• Jimo ordered the attackers to stop and told them to say he had forgiven Wang Ming for what happened that day.
• The student council members left, and Wang Ming glared resentfully at Jimo before limping away.

After questioning whether Chen Ziwu was involved in Ke Yueyi’s schemes, Jimo fought him and then pitched him a fitness center business. Chen Ziwu agreed to invest, and Jimo ended the chapter with a genuine smile.

• Jimo suspected Chen Ziwu of working with Ke Yueyi, but Chen denied it and challenged him to fight.
• Chen Ziwu shoved Jimo, and Jimo used technique to wear him down and kick him to the ground.
• Chen Ziwu suggested they have a proper match at his boxing gym, and Jimo asked whether he would invest in a fitness center.
• Jimo pitched his business plan and proposed partnering with Chen Ziwu’s boxing gym.
• Chen Ziwu agreed to invest, and Jimo accepted the deal.

After finishing the business plan with Chen Ziwu, Jimo realized he had neglected Jiang Wangshu and discovered that Jiang had gone home to deal with a family problem. Jimo picked him up from the station and promised to stay by his side, but their reunion ended with Chen Ziwu arriving and recalling gossip about Jiang.

• Jimo sent Chen Ziwu the completed business plan and asked him to keep their collaboration secret.
• Jimo found that Jiang Wangshu was away from his dorm, then learned he had gone home and would return the next day.
• Jiang Wangshu told Jimo that his family matter was settled, and Jimo picked him up from the station the following morning.
• Jiang Wangshu revealed that his father had demanded money after taking up gambling, and he asked whether Jimo would always be good to him.
• Jimo promised to stay by Jiang Wangshu's side, and Jiang promised to treat him well in return.
• Jimo and Jiang arrived at the dorm parking lot, where Chen Ziwu approached and remembered gossip concerning Jiang.

Jimo signed a partnership contract with Chen Ziwu, then used an unexpected week off to begin rehabilitation and exercise. After reading that Song Wenxi and Ji Yu might return to Easton, he grew uneasy about He Zhenglin’s upcoming birthday and the possibility that Jiang Wangshu would be targeted there.

• Jimo noticed Chen Ziwu’s hostility toward Jiang Wangshu, and Jimo warned Chen Ziwu not to casually criticize his friend.
• Jimo carefully reviewed and signed Chen Ziwu’s contract, making their partnership official.
• After handing in his assignment, Jimo had an unexpected week off and began a lighter rehabilitation and fitness routine after overestimating his strength.
• Jimo read forum posts claiming Song Wenxi would return to Easton soon and that Ji Yu had been occupied with company matters.
• Jimo learned He Zhenglin’s birthday was approaching and worried Jiang Wangshu might receive an invitation intended to cause him trouble.

Jimo tried to reach Jiang Wangshu, who faced Chen Ziwu’s taunts and hesitated to tell Jimo he had not been invited to He Zhenglin’s birthday banquet. Ke Yueyi visited Jimo’s dorm and confronted him about Chen Ziwu putting money into him.

• Jimo messaged Jiang Wangshu asking to talk, but received no reply before falling asleep.
• After finishing his exam early, Jiang Wangshu encountered Chen Ziwu, who taunted him about the bunny-girl attendant agreement and warned him about the birthday banquet.
• Jiang Wangshu found Jimo’s message asking whether He Zhenglin had invited him, but could not bring himself to answer that he had not received an invitation.
• Jimo ignored Ke Yueyi’s request to meet in the lounge and exercised in his dorm instead.
• Ke Yueyi came to Jimo’s dorm, said he had waited for him in the lounge, and asked whether Chen Ziwu had put money into him lately.

Jimo agreed to attend Ke Yueyi’s banquet on the condition that Ke Yueyi stay out of his business, then challenged him to name terms for a fight. After several days of failing to find Jiang Wangshu, Jimo went to the lounge and retaliated when He Zhenglin threw a basketball at him.

• Ke Yueyi offered to leave Jimo’s investor and grades alone if Jimo accompanied him to a banquet and accepted Jimo’s agreement to meet him Sunday at seven.
• Jimo asked Ke Yueyi to forget what happened with Wang Ming, then challenged him to name terms if Jimo could beat him in a fight.
• Jimo tried several times to find Jiang Wangshu, but Jiang was busy and avoided explaining what he was doing.
• Jimo arrived at the lounge at seven and saw Ke Yueyi waiting there.
• He Zhenglin threw a basketball at Jimo and broke items on the table, so Jimo threw it back and knocked trophies askew in their cabinet.

At He Zhenglin’s birthday banquet, Jimo stayed upstairs with Ke Yueyi while the guests watched Jiang Wangshu being forced to appear in a bunny-girl outfit. Jiang Wangshu was pressured to cut the cake as Jimo grew bored and prepared to leave.

• He Zhenglin warned Jimo to behave in Easton and told him to change before the banquet, while Ke Yueyi ordered Jimo to stay beside him.
• The special-class students argued over the revealing outfits prepared for them, and Jiang Wangshu quietly took the bunny-girl costume into a changing cubicle.
• Jimo followed Ke Yueyi to a private room above the hall, where they watched He Zhenglin address the guests and start the birthday celebration.
• Jiang Wangshu appeared beneath a spotlight in the bunny-girl outfit, drawing mocking and lewd attention from the guests.
• Huang Zhenghao ordered Jiang Wangshu to cut the cake, and the crowd pressured him when he did not take the plate.
• Jimo became restless, drained his tea, and stood up, prompting Ke Yueyi to look at him.

Jimo discovered that Jiang Wangshu had been made to dress as a bunny girl at the banquet, and rushed downstairs to stop a man from harassing him. The chapter ended with Jimo beating the man as the stunned crowd watched.

• Ke Yueyi stopped Jimo from leaving the private room, and they struggled until He Zhenglin entered.
• He Zhenglin told Jimo that Jiang Wangshu was popular downstairs, prompting Jimo to open the curtains and spot him in a bunny-girl outfit.
• Jimo shouted Jiang Wangshu’s name, drawing the hall’s attention, then realized Ke Yueyi had known what was happening and left the room.
• Jiang Wangshu tried to leave the banquet, but two men restrained him and one tore part of his stocking while touching his thigh.
• Jimo kicked the man away and beat him until he begged for mercy, leaving the crowd staring in silence.

Jimo tried to take Jiang Wangshu away from the banquet, but He Zhenglin and the security guards blocked them. As Ke Yueyi came downstairs, Song Wenxi arrived and drew everyone’s attention.

• Jimo helped Jiang Wangshu up, covered his revealing outfit with his jacket, and asked if his leg was hurt.
• Huang Zhenghao blocked Jimo and Jiang Wangshu from leaving, while He Zhenglin came downstairs and challenged Jimo’s attempt to take away his invited guest.
• Jimo grabbed He Zhenglin by the collar and demanded that he clear the entrance, but He Zhenglin freed himself and called for Ke Yueyi to intervene.
• Ke Yueyi started downstairs, but Song Wenxi arrived at the entrance and greeted He Zhenglin.

Song Wenxi returned to He Zhenglin’s birthday banquet and eased the tension, but He Zhenglin still tried to keep Jimo and Jiang Wangshu from leaving. Jimo agreed to stay for a game in exchange for their release if they won, and the group gathered upstairs to learn the rules of a truth-or-dare card game.

• Song Wenxi returned, greeted He Zhenglin and Ke Yueyi, and helped the special-class student cut and serve the birthday cake.
• Jimo tried to leave with Jiang Wangshu, but He Zhenglin stopped them and insisted they remain at the banquet.
• Song Wenxi proposed that they play a game, and Jimo agreed on the condition that they could leave immediately if they won and that he received comfortable new clothes.
• Ke Yueyi pulled Jimo upstairs after telling him not to put Ke Yueyi’s clothes on another man, while Jiang Wangshu changed into the new outfit and followed later.
• Jimo drew a card labeled “Truth or dare,” and the staff member began explaining that it was a card game.

The host explained Fool's Game, in which the players had to identify the person with the highest card total, and the group formed teams before beginning. Jimo examined the cards he could see and made his swap, and the chapter ended as the host called for the first player to reveal what had happened during the swapping round.

• The host explained the card values, special cards, card-swapping round, and voting rules for Fool's Game.
• Jimo and Jiang Wangshu teamed up, Ke Yueyi and He Zhenglin formed the opposing team, and Song Wenxi remained neutral.
• The players rolled the dice, and Jimo rolled the highest number, so he was assigned to swap first.
• Jimo saw that his middle card was a one, Jiang Wangshu's visible card was a joker, and his other visible card was a five.
• Jimo made his swap, and the other players took their turns until Jiang Wangshu finished.
• The host told the players to open their eyes and invited the first player to reveal a card.

The players debated their cards and voted He Zhenglin as the fool, but the reveal showed Jimo had the highest total and had concealed the joker. He Zhenglin realized Jiang Wangshu had secretly returned his weakening card, and Jimo asked the host about the losing player's punishment.

• Jimo said he had swapped cards with He Zhenglin and claimed Ke Yueyi could confirm his starting cards.
• Ke Yueyi and He Zhenglin described their cards, while Song Wenxi and Jiang Wangshu revealed what they knew about each other's hands.
• During discussion, Jiang Wangshu accused He Zhenglin of lying about his weakening card, and Jimo and He Zhenglin each suspected the other of having the joker.
• Jimo and Jiang Wangshu voted for He Zhenglin, Song Wenxi abstained, and Ke Yueyi also voted for He Zhenglin.
• The host revealed He Zhenglin's cards were a 3, a 5, and a weakening card, while Jimo held a 5, a 1, and the joker.
• Jiang Wangshu admitted he had returned He Zhenglin's weakening card, and Jimo asked the host about the losing player's punishment.

He Zhenglin drew a mild punishment requiring him to interlace fingers with another player and hold eye contact, then chose Jiang Wangshu. Jimo objected and quickly volunteered to take Jiang Wangshu’s place, leaving He Zhenglin and the others surprised.

• The host announced He Zhenglin’s punishment: he had to choose a player, interlace fingers with him, and maintain eye contact until someone looked away.
• Jimo suspected the punishment box had been tampered with, but checked several slips and found that it contained a range of punishments.
• Ke Yueyi reminded He Zhenglin of his promise not to become interested in Jimo and urged him to choose someone else.
• He Zhenglin declined Song Wenxi’s offer and chose Jiang Wangshu instead.
• Jimo objected and agreed to take Jiang Wangshu’s place, while Jiang Wangshu tried to intervene and He Zhenglin ignored Ke Yueyi’s dark expression.

Jimo and He Zhenglin competed in a staring contest, which ended when Ke Yueyi pulled them apart after half a minute. Jimo left with Jiang Wangshu, while He Zhenglin stayed behind brooding over Jimo’s remarks about his sweaty, overly forceful hands.

• He Zhenglin challenged Jimo to a staring contest and tightly clasped his hands during the game.
• Jimo held He Zhenglin’s gaze and blinked at him, unsettling He Zhenglin before Ke Yueyi ended the contest at thirty seconds.
• Jimo asked who had won, then left with Jiang Wangshu after Song Wenxi gave them permission to go.
• Before leaving, Jimo told He Zhenglin that he had used too much force and that their sweaty hands had felt uncomfortable.
• Song Wenxi and Ke Yueyi left, while He Zhenglin wondered aloud whether sweaty hands were strange and blamed Jimo for getting under his skin.

After the birthday party, Jimo noticed that photos of Jiang Wangshu dressed as a bunny girl had disappeared from the forum and confronted his system about missing Song Wenxi’s appearance. Jimo then took the medical school transfer exam and finished early.

• A black-suited man asked Jiang Wangshu to go with him, but Jimo and Jiang Wangshu refused and walked away.
• Jiang Wangshu rubbed the nail marks He Zhenglin had left on Jimo’s hand as they left the party.
• Jimo read forum posts about the party, saved photos of himself fighting, and realized that photos of Jiang Wangshu dressed as a bunny girl had been removed.
• Jimo questioned system 009 about its late alert and learned that it had left to help goddess 005 meet 001; he told 009 not to abandon its post again.
• Jimo took the medical school department transfer exam, recognized questions based on Jiang Wangshu’s study notes, and finished early.

After his exam, Jimo invited Jiang Wangshu to visit his home, then confronted the man who had groped Jiang Wangshu at the banquet and fought off his three companions. Song Wenxi joined the fight, and Jimo walked with him to the academic affairs office when he asked for directions.

• Jimo finished his exam, and Jiang Wangshu asked to spend more time with him; Jimo invited him to visit his home during the break.
• Jimo sent Jiang Wangshu away and confronted the groper, who had brought three fighters to take revenge for being beaten at the banquet.
• Song Wenxi arrived, but the groper's men attacked Jimo and Song Wenxi before they could talk; Jimo knocked down all three fighters.
• The groper retreated with his men, and Jimo helped Song Wenxi up before leaving with him.
• Song Wenxi asked Jimo to show him the way to the academic affairs office, and Jimo agreed.

Jimo left Song Wenxi after advising him to ice his injured mouth, then returned to the dorm and ate food Zhuang Zhe had brought from home. Jiang Wangshu arranged to delay his riding-stable job so he could go home with his older brother, but his father’s message asking when he would return soured his mood.

• Jimo told Song Wenxi to put ice on his cut, then left as a teacher escorted Song Wenxi into the academic affairs office.
• Jimo returned to the dorm and found Zhuang Zhe back with food made by his mother.
• Jimo ate one piece of fried vinegar pork and refused more because he was controlling his diet and training to face Ke Yueyi.
• Jiang Wangshu asked the riding-stable coach to let him start work a few days later so he could go home with his older brother.
• Jiang Wangshu received a message from his father asking when he would return and deleted it without replying.