Chapter Summaries

Jimo followed Ke Yueyi to a private riding ground after He Zhenglin threatened Jiang Wangshu into playing a game. While riding together, Ke Yueyi asked why Jimo and Jiang Wangshu had hidden in a wardrobe, leaving Jimo unable to explain.

• Ke Yueyi left the changing room after warning He Zhenglin not to make him repeat himself, and Jimo followed him despite worrying about Jiang Wangshu.
• He Zhenglin stopped Jiang Wangshu from leaving by kicking a stool at him and pressured him to cooperate in a game, hinting that he knew about Jiang Wangshu's family troubles.
• A staff member led Jimo to He Zhenglin's private riding grounds, where Ke Yueyi invited him onto Snow Shadow for a slow ride.
• Ke Yueyi asked whether Jimo was close to Jiang Wangshu and pointed out that they had hidden together in a wardrobe.
• Ke Yueyi explained that a recent Alliance riot and assassination attempt had made him suspect the changing room concealed accomplices, while Jimo fell silent over how strange their hiding must have looked.

Jimo returned to the rest station with Ke Yueyi and learned that Jiang Wangshu was about to face a race against the student council. The chapter ended as He Zhenglin introduced Jiang Wangshu as the lone blue-team competitor against ten red-team members.

• Jimo and Ke Yueyi returned to the rest station, where Jimo saw Huang Zhenghao but could not find Jiang Wangshu.
• Jimo asked He Zhenglin about Jiang Wangshu, and He Zhenglin said Jiang Wangshu would arrive soon before sending Huang Zhenghao to get ready.
• He Zhenglin grabbed Jimo and tried to remove his glasses, but Jimo instinctively blocked and dodged him before Ke Yueyi told He Zhenglin to stop.
• Huang Zhenghao led dozens of student council members onto the riding ground as staff prepared the lawn for an event.
• He Zhenglin announced a race between ten student council members on the red team and Jiang Wangshu alone on the blue team.

Jimo challenged the unfair ranch treasure hunt rules to protect Jiang Wangshu, prompting He Zhenglin to balance the teams by adding nine special-class students to the Blue Team. He Zhenglin then framed Jimo as responsible for bringing them into the contest, leaving the students resentful as the game began.

• The staff announced that the Red Team would face Jiang Wangshu alone, with the winning team choosing a punishment for the losers.
• Jimo questioned how the team contest could be fair when the Blue Team had only one member, and suggested that the teams should have equal chances to win.
• He Zhenglin approved Jimo’s call for fairness and quietly instructed Huang Zhenghao to bring in nine special-class students for the Blue Team.
• Huang Zhenghao told the special-class students that Jimo had secured their places, making them blame him for their forced participation.
• He Zhenglin toasted Jimo and shouted, “Showtime!”

Jiang Wangshu’s blue team lost the race to choose a task card and drew a survival challenge against the red team’s butchers. The hunt began, and six special-class students were captured within ten minutes, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Wangshu rode through the red team’s obstruction but reached the finish line after them and found only the remaining task card.
• He Zhenglin teased Jimo about raising the stakes and joked about making the special-class students withdraw if they lost.
• Jiang Wangshu showed his team the card, which required them to evade the butchers and protect their name tags for sixty minutes.
• Jiang Wangshu gave the special-class students brief instructions, and the ten-person team scattered across the grassland to hide.
• Huang Zhenghao’s red team entered the grounds and began hunting the blue team.
• Red team members captured six special-class students within ten minutes.

Jiang Wangshu stalled the red team until the game ended, but Chen Ziwu kicked him after they failed to find the name tags on him. Jimo sneaked out to find Jiang Wangshu, learned he had been hurt by the student council, and followed him back until Jiang Wangshu noticed someone hiding behind a door.

• Chen Ziwu searched the special-class students for name tags, and they claimed Jiang Wangshu had taken them southwest; Huang Zhenghao sent three red-team members to search elsewhere before pursuing him.
• Jiang Wangshu led the red team to the edge of the game area, where they searched him and found no tags; a distant teammate then reported finding five tags on a special-class student, and the game ended.
• Jimo waited at the starting point, then slipped out and climbed over a fence to find Jiang Wangshu lying across a horse's back with the special-class students.
• Jimo confronted the students after they complained about him, and Li Shuangjian revealed that the student council had hurt Jiang Wangshu during the game.
• Jiang Wangshu told Jimo that Chen Ziwu had hurt his waist, and as they headed back, he pointed out someone hiding behind a door.

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.