Chapter Summaries

After rebirth, Lu Xiaoxiao was bound to a system that required her to complete embarrassing tasks with her archrival, Shao Enci, or be erased. She completed a forced public kiss and arrived at Shao Enci’s basketball final, where he teased her as the crowd watched.

• Lu Xiaoxiao completed task 11 by kissing Shao Enci, who teased her about taking advantage of him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao learned she had been poisoned in her previous life, had two chances left to identify her murderer, and received five new tasks involving Shao Enci.
• Shao Enci scored the game-winning shot, leading Tianji Class to defeat its opponent 98:84.
• Lu Xiaoxiao approached Shao Enci after the game, and he teased her by asking if she had come especially to see him.

Lu Xiaoxiao completed 037’s first task by kissing Shao Enci in front of the gymnasium crowd, then finished a second task by coyly telling him his lips were sweet. She fled the public teasing, while Shao Enci admitted he liked her and later texted her that she had to compensate him for his first kiss.

• Lu Xiaoxiao kissed Shao Enci for five seconds, completing 037’s first task as their teammates and Ruan Qingyan watched.
• After Shao Enci questioned her, 037 gave Lu Xiaoxiao a second task, and she called him “Big Brother” and told him his lips were sweet.
• Lu Xiaoxiao ran out of the gymnasium, leaving Ruan Qingyan to see that Shao Enci was still watching her.
• Xie Yihui asked Shao Enci if he liked Lu Xiaoxiao, and Shao Enci said he thought Xie Yihui had already figured it out.
• As Lu Xiaoxiao ran out of the university gates, Shao Enci texted that she had to compensate him because his first kiss was expensive.

Lu Xiaoxiao completed the system’s task by texting Shao Enci, “Husband, I miss you,” and traded teasing messages with him afterward. She also warned Meng Yuan not to rush into ending her childhood betrothal, while recalling the tragedy that had separated Meng Yuan and He Xi in her previous life; the system’s next task required her to hold Shao Enci’s hands during her father’s biology class.

• Lu Xiaoxiao read messages from her family and classmates about the viral video, then told her mother that she and Shao Enci had only just started dating.
• Lu Xiaoxiao called Meng Yuan, who said she expected He Xi to confess during the Labor Day holiday and planned to ask her father to end her betrothal to the Qiu Family.
• Lu Xiaoxiao remembered how He Xinyi had sabotaged Meng Yuan and He Xi’s engagement in her previous life, and urged Meng Yuan to meet her childhood betrothed before making a decision.
• 037 assigned Lu Xiaoxiao the task of messaging Shao Enci, “Husband, I miss you,” and she sent it just before the countdown expired.
• Shao Enci replied that Lu Xiaoxiao was trying to pick him up, and she played along before he teased her for acting strangely.
• 037 announced Lu Xiaoxiao’s next task: interlock all ten fingers with Shao Enci for five minutes during Lu Yifei’s open biology class.

Lu Xiaoxiao confronted her classmates and Ruan Qingyan, whom she remembered as a manipulative former friend, and declared that she was dating Shao Enci. After asking 037 whether Ruan Qingyan had killed her in her previous life, Lu Xiaoxiao learned that she was not the murderer and was left wondering who was.

• Lu Xiaoxiao rebuked three classmates for gossiping about her and Shao Enci, and Ruan Qingyan intervened as a peacemaker.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled that Ruan Qingyan had secretly schemed against her and had once sent Shao Enci a drugged birthday cake under her name.
• Ruan Qingyan invited Lu Xiaoxiao to lunch, but Lu Xiaoxiao refused and said she was dating Shao Enci when Ruan Qingyan asked to join them.
• Ruan Qingyan accused Lu Xiaoxiao of betraying their friendship, but Lu Xiaoxiao called her out and said Meng Yuan was her only best friend.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked 037 whether Ruan Qingyan had killed her, and the system notification said Ruan Qingyan was not the murderer.

Lu Xiaoxiao visited the FIT Cross-Information Research Institute to ask Shao Enci to cooperate with her afternoon open-class task, while remembering how she had hurt He Jiran in her previous life. She invited Shao Enci to lunch, and they left the laboratory together, where his teasing quickly dispelled her guilt.

• Shao Enci completed a basic performance test in the laboratory while He Jiran and Xie Yihui watched.
• Lu Xiaoxiao arrived and remembered rejecting He Jiran in her previous life, after which he left to study abroad.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told He Jiran she had come to see Shao Enci and invited Shao Enci to lunch.
• Shao Enci accepted Lu Xiaoxiao's invitation and walked out of the FIT building with her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled a painful moment from her previous life, but Shao Enci joked that she wanted him to hold her hand.

Lu Xiaoxiao tried to make peace with Shao Enci over lunch, but accidentally triggered his alcohol allergy and took him to the hospital. After agreeing to attend her father’s biology class, Shao Enci confronted He Jiran over manipulated project tests and openly admitted he liked Lu Xiaoxiao before heading to class.

• Lu Xiaoxiao apologized to Shao Enci over lunch and proposed that they become friends and good brothers.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Shao Enci drank peach-flavored Jiangxiaobai, and Shao Enci suffered an allergic reaction that sent them to the hospital.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Shao Enci to attend her father’s biology open class, and he agreed to meet her at 2:30 in zone C of teaching building six.
• Shao Enci discovered that He Jiran had altered the project’s performance tests, refused to run them, and accused He Jiran of trying to compete with him for Lu Xiaoxiao.
• He Jiran challenged Shao Enci to admit his feelings, and Shao Enci declared that he liked Lu Xiaoxiao before replying that he was on his way to class.

During Professor Lu’s lecture, Lu Xiaoxiao secretly held Shao Enci’s hand to complete a system task, leaving him overwhelmed by the possibility that she might like him. Their hands remained clasped beneath the desk as Shao Enci struggled to hide his feelings.

• Lu Xiaoxiao worried that Professor Lu would notice her sitting beside Shao Enci during his lecture.
• Shao Enci remembered how he used to give Lu Xiaoxiao coconut gummies in high school, then slipped one into her hand.
• When 037 warned that the hand-holding task was about to expire, Lu Xiaoxiao intertwined her fingers with Shao Enci’s beneath the desk.
• Shao Enci asked why she was holding his hand, and Lu Xiaoxiao claimed she wanted to see if sparks would fly between them.
• Shao Enci lost his composure as he wondered whether Lu Xiaoxiao’s kiss and hand-holding meant she liked him.

Lu Xiaoxiao completed task 4 by holding Shao Enci’s hand in class, then answered her father’s biology questions with Shao’s help. At home, Wen Jingjing supported their supposed romance while Lu Yifei objected, leaving Xiaoxiao relying on dating as an excuse for her many remaining tasks.

• When task 4 ended, Lu Xiaoxiao abruptly let go of Shao Enci’s hand as Lu Yifei called on her to answer a question about gibberellin and DELLA proteins.
• Lu Xiaoxiao explained the role of DELLA degradation in plant growth and described how regulating the gibberellin pathway could control crop height.
• Lu Yifei called on Shao Enci, who identified GID1 as the defective gene and explained that the mutant could not receive gibberellin signals.
• At the Lu family villa, Lu Yifei confronted Lu Xiaoxiao about dating Shao Enci, while Wen Jingjing praised him and supported their romance.
• Wen Jingjing recalled how she and Lu Yifei had kissed as students, and Lu Xiaoxiao silently decided that dating was a useful excuse for her remaining tasks.

Shao Enci reminisced about his history with Lu Xiaoxiao and messaged her after she had kissed him and held his hand. Lu Xiaoxiao accidentally sent him an explicit link while trying to complete a system task, then shared the correct school romance comic; 037 hinted that the tasks ahead would all involve Shao Enci and benefit her.

• Shao Enci looked through an old graduation photo of himself and Lu Xiaoxiao, then hesitated before messaging her about their recent kiss and hand-holding.
• Lu Xiaoxiao sent Shao Enci the wrong link, and he opened it before realizing it contained explicit images.
• 037 explained that task 5 required Lu Xiaoxiao to share an H-Country comic, so she hurriedly found a school romance comic and sent it to Shao Enci.
• Shao Enci praised the comic's leads in a voice message, and Lu Xiaoxiao dismissed his teasing while explaining that the first link was an accident.
• 037 told Lu Xiaoxiao that every upcoming task involved Shao Enci and would be a benefit for her, but postponed revealing task 6 until the next day.

Shao Enci dreamed of an intimate encounter with Lu Xiaoxiao, then woke up embarrassed and blamed an indecent link she had sent him. Meanwhile, Lu Xiaoxiao suffered severe menstrual cramps and persuaded her mortal enemy to come to her home and buy sanitary pads.

• Shao Enci dreamed that Lu Xiaoxiao kissed him and led him toward intimacy, but his alarm woke him before anything happened.
• Shao Enci realized it had been a dream, blushed at his physical reaction, and went to the bathroom to calm down.
• Lu Xiaoxiao woke with severe menstrual cramps, and Ms. Wen left brown sugar ginger tea and a heat patch before going to work.
• 037 assigned Lu Xiaoxiao to get her mortal enemy to buy sanitary pads, so she messaged Shao Enci and asked him to come over.
• Shao Enci suggested delivery, but Lu Xiaoxiao claimed she could not reach the door and said his visit would ease her cramps.
• Shao Enci asked Lu Xiaoxiao for her address, and she hurriedly sent it.

Shao Enci skipped class to bring Lu Xiaoxiao menstrual supplies and medicine when she asked for help with her cramps. After he arrived at her home, 037 gave Lu Xiaoxiao a task to act cute and get him to rub her belly.

• Shao Enci left class and bought Lu Xiaoxiao pads, period underwear, ginger tea, heat patches, and Motherwort Granules.
• Shao Enci drove to Lu Xiaoxiao's home after she asked when he would arrive.
• Shao Enci brought the supplies to Lu Xiaoxiao's bedroom door, then entered when she came out to take the bags.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said her cramps hurt too much for her to attend class, and Shao Enci offered her the medicine he had bought.
• 037 assigned Lu Xiaoxiao the task of acting cute to get Shao Enci to rub her belly, with less than ten minutes remaining.

Lu Xiaoxiao completed two embarrassing system missions by getting Shao Enci to rub her stomach and calling him “Hubby.” When he questioned her strange behavior, they both remembered the birthday gift she had once thrown away, and Shao Enci’s old hurt began to heal.

• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Shao Enci to rub her stomach, and he did so after she called him her “boy” friend.
• 037 announced that Lu Xiaoxiao had completed mission 7 and assigned her to call Shao Enci “Hubby.”
• Lu Xiaoxiao delivered the required line, and Shao Enci pulled his hand away and questioned why she had changed so much.
• Lu Xiaoxiao suggested that someone else’s soul might have entered her body, and Shao Enci noticed the pink music box he had once given her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled rejecting and throwing away Shao Enci’s birthday gift, while the old wound from that day finally began to heal.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Shao Enci made peace, and she later received a task to invite him to a haunted house for May Day. When Lu Xiaoxiao invited him to Happy Valley instead, Shao Enci arranged to finish his experiment overnight so he could meet her.

• Lu Xiaoxiao explained that she had kept Shao Enci's music box, and he embraced her and asked to make peace.
• Lu Xiaoxiao made plans to go out with Meng Yuan, then 037 assigned her the task of inviting her mortal enemy to a haunted house for May Day.
• Shao Enci received Qiu Boye's request to pick him up at the airport but stayed focused on his experiment.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao invited him to Happy Valley, Shao Enci told Xie Yihui he would work through the night and agreed to meet her at the north gate at nine in the morning.

Lu Xiaoxiao met Shao Enci for a trip to Happy Valley and learned more about his past while trying to complete 037’s task to invite him into a haunted house. They headed for the park with Lu Xiaoxiao nervous about the task and Shao Enci quietly watching her.

• Lu Xiaoxiao chose a dress to meet a friend, and Ms. Wen gave her extra pocket money while saying her brother planned to return early because he worried about her boyfriend.
• Shao Enci waited outside Lu Xiaoxiao’s villa in his car, gave her blueberry oolong tea, and drove her toward Happy Valley.
• Lu Xiaoxiao teased Shao Enci about losing a WRC race, and he told her that Qiu Boye, Meng Yuan’s fiancé, had beaten him.
• 037 gave Lu Xiaoxiao Task 9: invite her mortal enemy to a haunted house during the May Day holiday, with a countdown of under fifty minutes.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Shao Enci to go to the haunted house first, and he told her she could hold on to his shirt if she got scared.
• As they continued toward Happy Valley, Shao Enci kept glancing at Lu Xiaoxiao while she looked out the car window.

Lu Xiaoxiao overcame her fear of the haunted house with Shao Enci protecting her, and their closeness stirred her feelings. After they emerged, system 037 assigned her a new mission to share a cup of milk tea with her archrival, giving her less than ten minutes.

• Lu Xiaoxiao entered the haunted house with Shao Enci despite being terrified, and he offered to protect her.
• Shao Enci turned away two girls who asked him to hold their hands, saying he was there to look after Lu Xiaoxiao.
• A ghost startled Lu Xiaoxiao into grabbing Shao Enci, and he comforted her before she pulled away in embarrassment.
• After they left the haunted house, 037 announced mission 10: Lu Xiaoxiao had to drink from the same cup of milk tea as Shao Enci within 9 minutes and 59 seconds.

Lu Xiaoxiao completed task 10 by drinking from Shao Enci’s green grape tea, then completed task 11 by kissing him while sharing peach tea. Shao Enci tried to kiss her again, but she stopped him and moved to sit across from him.

• Shao Enci carried Lu Xiaoxiao’s purse and paid for their milk teas, choosing peach tea for her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked to try Shao Enci’s green grape tea and drank from his straw, completing task 10.
• 037 gave Lu Xiaoxiao task 11: kiss her archrival and share peach milk tea, with less than five minutes to do it.
• Lu Xiaoxiao kissed Shao Enci and passed peach tea from her mouth to his; he held her waist and kissed her back.
• After 037 announced that task 11 was complete, Shao Enci moved to kiss Lu Xiaoxiao again, but she pushed him away and sat across from him.

After kissing Shao Enci, Lu Xiaoxiao had to coax him into calling her “baby” to complete 037’s task. Shao Enci finally said it, and 037 confirmed that her tasks for the day were over.

• Shao Enci teased Lu Xiaoxiao about kissing him and warned that he would be completely honest with her at the hotel if she teased him again.
• 037 assigned Lu Xiaoxiao the task of getting her archrival to call her “baby” within ten minutes.
• Lu Xiaoxiao apologized and asked Shao Enci to call her “baby,” but he initially refused, saying the endearment was reserved for his future lover.
• Lu Xiaoxiao swore that her previous terms of endearment were meant only for Shao Enci, and he called her “baby.”
• 037 announced that Lu Xiaoxiao had completed the task and had no more tasks that day.

Lu Xiaoxiao and Shao Enci encountered his half-sister Sheng Yao at an amusement park, prompting Lu Xiaoxiao to remember how Sheng Yao had once humiliated her. Shao Enci revealed the abuse he had suffered as a child and how Lu Xiaoxiao had saved him when he tried to end his life.

• After riding several thrill rides, Lu Xiaoxiao and Shao Enci ran into Sheng Yao, who questioned whether Lu Xiaoxiao was his girlfriend and dismissed her as unworthy of him.
• At a milk tea shop, Lu Xiaoxiao remembered Sheng Yao cornering her in high school, destroying the blue shark bear she had given Shao Enci, and warning her to stay away from him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Shao Enci about his relationship with Sheng Yao, and he explained that they shared a mother but had different fathers.
• Shao Enci recalled how Wang Zhishan and his stepfather abused and humiliated him, including Wang Zhishan slapping him in front of his classmates when he was twelve.
• After Wang Zhishan told him to die, Shao Enci ran away and jumped into an icy river on the day of the first snow, and Lu Xiaoxiao saved him.

Lu Xiaoxiao saved Shao Enci from suicide and gave him a reason to live, and he later found a place in the Shao Family. After his grandfather arranged for him to reunite with the girl who had saved him, Shao Enci mourned the only family member who had cherished him.

• Lu Xiaoxiao stopped Shao Enci from jumping into the frozen river and promised to tell him her name when they became schoolmates at Peking University.
• Shao Enci walked through the snow to the Shao Family residence, where Shao Chengke insulted him before Shao Old Master accepted him into the family.
• Shao Enci changed his name and told Shao Old Master that the girl who saved him and his grandfather had given him a second life.
• Shao Enci studied in the United States, became friends with Qiu Boye, then returned to China when Shao Old Master fell seriously ill.
• Shao Old Master found Lu Xiaoxiao at Jingzhou Affiliated Middle School, arranged for Shao Enci to join her class, and gave him the inheritance rights to Guanghuan Group.
• After Shao Old Master died, Shao Enci kept vigil beside his coffin for five days and five nights.

Lu Xiaoxiao invited Shao Enci and Qiu Boye to join her at Meng Yuan’s expected confession, hoping Qiu Boye might help change Meng Yuan’s future. Shao Enci agreed to attend after initially refusing, while Qiu Boye assumed he was meeting Shao Enci’s future girlfriend and promised to show off his flirting skills.

• Lu Xiaoxiao reflected on Shao Enci’s family past and Sheng Yao’s role in the trouble he had suffered.
• Meng Yuan told Lu Xiaoxiao that He Xi would likely confess to her on May 2 and asked her to witness it.
• Lu Xiaoxiao invited Shao Enci and his recently returned friend to the confession, intending to bring Qiu Boye into Meng Yuan’s situation.
• Shao Enci first refused Lu Xiaoxiao’s movie invitation, then asked what film they would see and accepted the plan to meet at Jingsheng Cinema at one the next afternoon.
• Shao Enci called Qiu Boye, who agreed to come and boasted that he was the school’s pick-up king, while Shao Enci warned him to behave.