Recaps

Lin Li helped Wang Ze choose a casual outfit for his planned confession to Qian Xuejie, while the group traded jokes about clothes, haircuts, and dating. Lin Li then set out with Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu to meet Ding Sihan, confident about his own plans as they headed toward Pinglu Street.

• Lin Li persuaded Wang Ze to abandon his tight, muscular look and try a clean, casual outfit, and Bai Bufan approved of the result.
• Bai Bufan arrived, and Wang Ze compared his clothes with Bai Bufan's before deciding his own outfit suited him better.
• Chen Tianming returned from the barber dissatisfied with his haircut, and Lin Li and the others teased him before Lin Li and Bai Bufan left for their outing.
• At the school gate, Lin Li joked with Qu Wanqiu and Bai Bufan before they took a cab to pick up Ding Sihan.
• Lin Li told Ding Sihan he was relaxed about his plans and asked the others to find a chance to disappear that night; Bai Bufan offered him gum.

Lin Li went to a market with Bai Bufan and the three girls, where a stall owner’s story revealed that Lin Li had returned the owner’s belongings to Lost and Found the previous night. After accidentally receiving an extraordinarily spicy squid, Lin Li noticed that his system’s “Fire” progress had advanced, leaving him to wonder what triggered it.

• Lin Li and Bai Bufan joked while the group chose grilled squid, tofu, and shrimp paste at a market stall.
• Lin Li discouraged Ding Sihan from ordering enoki mushrooms after Bai Bufan reminded him of an embarrassing message, and Lin Li distracted the others with a cutesy performance.
• The stall owner described a lunatic who had turned in his clothes, bag, and phone, and Lin Li realized he had been the one who returned them the night before.
• Lin Li speculated that returning stolen or found belongings might advance his “Gold” trial, then ate the squid the owner had accidentally made far spicier than intended.
• The owner apologized and offered to grill Lin Li another squid, but Lin Li noticed that his system’s “Fire” progress had moved forward.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan watched an acrobatic show and listened to a fellow spectator complain about blind dates and Xiling’s matchmaking scene. Lin Li then received a quest to investigate Joyful Union Demons hiding in the Red Dust Marriage Pavilion.

• Lin Li and his companions stopped at a stage, watched the acrobatic performances, and declined an advertisement from the Promise of This Life Matchmaking Center.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan stayed to save their seats while the others went to the river and nearby stalls.
• A fellow spectator advised the boys to date while they were young, then recounted bizarre blind dates and blamed an anti-pornography crackdown for flooding matchmaking agencies with suspicious prospects.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan realized the angry spectator was condemning the very people who had helped expose the crackdown, and they tried not to laugh.
• Lin Li received a quest to enter the Red Dust Marriage Pavilion and investigate Joyful Union Demons posing as respectable women seeking Dao Companions.

Lin Li considered how to complete the system’s blind-date mission and spent the day at the Jade Belt River market with Bai Bufan, Ding Sihan, Chen Yuying, and Qu Wanqiu. That evening, Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu went into a fortune-telling stall while Lin Li and Chen Yuying continued through the market, leaving Bai Bufan to browse alone after he faked a stomachache.

• Lin Li decided he would ask a matchmaking agency to set him up with difficult or abnormal clients, and he exchanged contact information with Sun Ming, a man who knew about blind dates.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan accompanied Ding Sihan, Chen Yuying, and Qu Wanqiu to take photos by the Jade Belt River, where Lin Li joked about using a glowing Gold General to dry up the river.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan watched small fish and played with dead apple snail eggs while Chen Yuying and Qu Wanqiu recovered karmic merit after the boys made offensive jokes.
• At night, Ding Sihan led Qu Wanqiu into a fortune-telling stall for readings and told Lin Li, Bai Bufan, and Chen Yuying to browse the market.
• Lin Li prompted Bai Bufan to pretend his stomach hurt so he could leave the group, and Chen Yuying laughed at their clumsy excuse as the two continued walking together.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying spent the evening exploring the night market, growing closer as they shared games, food, and a brief handhold. After Chen Yuying appeared ready to confess her feelings, Lin Li covered her mouth and asked her not to say it yet.

• Lin Li paid for a balloon-shooting game, but Chen Yuying won the elephant plush with twenty-three hits while he fired no shots.
• Lin Li tested his lost-property theory by turning in the plush and a coin, and only the coin advanced his Gold progress.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying watched a livestreamer sing, then held hands as they squeezed out of the crowd.
• The pair continued through the night market, and Chen Yuying spotted Wang Ze walking hand in hand with Qian Ying after successfully confessing to her.
• Chen Yuying seemed ready to tell Lin Li her feelings, but he covered her mouth and asked her not to say it yet.

Bai Bufan left the Fortune-telling House to reach Lin Li and Chen Yuying as Lin Li prepared to confess beneath fireworks and a drone show. Lin Li asked Chen Yuying to talk about dating, leaving her poised to hear his confession.

• Bai Bufan played cards with Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu at the Fortune-telling House and pitched the owner a dangerous idea for a bar at a highway service area.
• Fireworks and a drone show began, prompting Bai Bufan to rush outside while Wang Ze mistakenly thought he was running over to him.
• Lin Li told Chen Yuying not to like him yet, and she agreed before the two continued walking through the market.
• Lin Li led Chen Yuying to a glowing Electronic Ball beneath the riverside railing, where fireworks and drones displayed a message telling her to turn around.
• Lin Li presented Chen Yuying with a bouquet and said they needed to talk about dating.

Lin Li confessed to Chen Yuying beside the river, and she agreed to date him as fireworks and drones lit up the sky. After their friends teased them and learned how they had planned the confession, the group continued through the market together.

• At the Fortune-telling House, the owner guessed that a confession had succeeded while a passerby overheard her strange blend of Tarot and Eastern divination.
• Lin Li asked Chen Yuying to date him, and she accepted before telling him that she liked him.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying embraced beneath the fireworks, then discovered that Ding Sihan, Qu Wanqiu, and Bai Bufan had been watching them.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying joined their friends, who teased them, and Lin Li explained that Chen Yuying had also planned to confess after seeing Wang Ze's plans.
• Lin Li revealed that he had arranged the fireworks and drone show, which had cost 4,700, and joked with Bai Bufan about his extravagant dreams of wealth.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying enjoyed an evening together with their friends, then parted ways after sharing affectionate moments. At the dormitory, Wang Ze arrived just as Chen Tianming was devastated and asked about Wang Ze’s confession, leaving Wang Ze scrambling for an evasive answer.

• Bai Bufan and Lin Li joked about money and nannies before Lin Li asked Chen Yuying to repay 4,702.65 yuan for his past confession expenses, and she agreed.
• Ding Sihan questioned Lin Li and Chen Yuying about when they fell for each other, and they both said their feelings grew around the autumn outing.
• The group took more photos on Pinglu Street, then Chen Yuying left in her family’s car after hugging Lin Li.
• Lin Li teased Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu on the ride back, then accompanied Bai Bufan and Qu Wanqiu to Nansang School.
• Bai Bufan found Chen Tianming distraught in their dark dorm room, and Wang Ze arrived intending to boast about his confession.
• Chen Tianming asked Wang Ze how his confession had gone, and Wang Ze gave a confusing answer while Bai Bufan silently urged him to leave.

After Lin Li and Chen Yuying became a couple, they spent the evening exchanging affectionate messages and talking about their matching gifts and imagined children. Lin Li also spoke with his mother, Wu Min, who told him she would attend his parent-teacher conference the week after next, then he tried calling Chen Yuying again while she was taking a bath.

• Lin Li accepted both of Chen Yuying's transfers and joked with her about using the money for games and having her cook for him.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying talked by voice call, confirmed that their bracelets and Little Bear plushies were matching gifts, and joked about the names Lin Li had imagined for future children.
• Wu Min invited Lin Li to a voice call, and Lin Li teased her about wanting a grandson before joking that he had thrown her belongings outside.
• Wu Min told Lin Li she planned to attend his parent-teacher conference the week after next, and Lin Li learned it would cover his exams and class placement.
• After ending his call with Wu Min, Lin Li tried calling Chen Yuying, who declined because she was taking a bath.

Lin Li teased Chen Yuying before visiting a matchmaking agency to arrange blind dates for his Blind Date mission. He persuaded the matchmaker to let him use false profile information for supposed sociological research, then chose Bai Bufan as his fake name.

• Lin Li tried to coax Chen Yuying into a video call with a fabricated childhood story, but she refused and told him to stop messaging until she finished bathing.
• The next day, Lin Li ate extremely spicy Luosifen for the Five Elements mission, confirmed it advanced the fire requirement, and recovered using spiritual energy.
• Lin Li visited a matchmaking agency and asked about its membership plans, blind-date process, and upcoming social events.
• Lin Li offered the matchmaker money and claimed he was researching blind-date behavior, persuading her to allow false information while keeping his real identity on file.
• At the agency, Lin Li gave the matchmaker his real ID and chose Bai Bufan as his fake name.

Lin Li spent the evening joking with his classmates, gave Chen Yuying a small rose vase, and prepared to attend their first competition tutoring session. Chen Tianming revealed he had signed up for the competition too and claimed he had recovered from his heartbreak after reading the laxative instructions.

• Wang Ze bragged to Lin Li, Zhou Baowei, and Zhang Haoyang about how Qian Xuejie accepted his flowers and hugged him, prompting the group to tease and congratulate him.
• Lin Li gave Chen Yuying a miniature rose vase and gave lollipops to Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu before returning to his seat.
• Bai Bufan confronted Lin Li for worsening Chen Tianming's heartbreak, then said Yao Qiaoqiao had apparently helped Chen Tianming feel better.
• Lin Li asked Bai Bufan whether he could earn six thousand a month at age twenty-three, reflecting on the fabricated profile he had created for a blind-date event.
• Lin Li, Chen Yuying, Wang Yuezhi, Zhuo Yongfei, and Zhang Haoyang prepared to attend competition tutoring, and Chen Tianming joined them after revealing he had signed up over the weekend because Yao Qiaoqiao was participating.
• Chen Tianming told Lin Li and Zhang Haoyang he had gotten over his heartbreak after reading a book, then identified it as the laxative instructions.

Chen Tianming recovered from his rejected confession after talking with Yao Qiaoqiao, while Lin Li teased him before joining Chen Yuying at competition tutoring. Their closeness drew Wang Yuezhi’s complaints, and Zhuo Yongfei hinted that he thought Wang Yuezhi might be about to get dumped.

• Chen Tianming explained that Yao Qiaoqiao had apologized and said she was not ready for a relationship, but he still planned to wait and pursue her.
• Lin Li advised Chen Tianming to consider moving on, then went to meet Chen Yuying and respected Chen Tianming’s privacy when she asked about his story.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying arrived at the Multi-purpose Hall, where Chen Yuying introduced Lin Li to Xiao Tingbai as her boyfriend.
• Wang Yuezhi complained that Lin Li was getting too close to Chen Yuying, while Zhuo Yongfei hinted that a friend of his might be about to get dumped.
• Wang Yuezhi mistakenly thought Zhuo Yongfei was talking about him and tried to comfort him.

Zhuo Yongfei told Wang Yuezhi that Chen Yuying and Lin Li had started dating, leaving Wang devastated. After he returned from a foul bathroom, Zhuo Yongfei tried to comfort him before tutoring began.

• Wang Yuezhi misunderstood Zhuo Yongfei’s story about a heartbroken dormmate and assumed Zhuo Yongfei was talking about himself.
• Zhuo Yongfei tried to explain that the heartbroken person was someone they both knew, but Wang refused to grasp his hints.
• Zhuo Yongfei told Wang that Chen Yuying and Lin Li had gotten together over the weekend, then confirmed the news by asking Chen Tianming and Zhang Haoyang.
• Wang broke down over Chen Yuying’s relationship and went to the bathroom, where he found every stall clogged with foul-smelling piles.
• Wang returned in despair, and Zhuo Yongfei tried to reassure him by arguing that he now only had to compete with Lin Li for Chen Yuying’s affection.

Lin Li attended competition tutoring with Chen Yuying and joked with his friends, while using his Duck Blood Bottle to ease Wang Yuezhi’s distress. After school, Wang Yuezhi confronted Lin Li with a dramatic declaration about Chen Yuying, then fell on the stairs and was left needing help back to the dorm.

• Yao Qiaoqiao greeted Lin Li and chose a seat near the front instead of sitting with Chen Tianming.
• Lin Li noticed Wang Yuezhi’s anguished stare and absorbed some of his negative emotions with the Duck Blood Bottle.
• Teacher Hua taught competition material, and Lin Li helped Chen Yuying solve a problem during the break.
• Lin Li joked with Chen Tianming and Zhang Haoyang before returning to Class 4, where Bai Bufan had made him a tombstone and eaten the offerings.
• Wang Yuezhi punched Lin Li and declared that he would keep watching over Chen Yuying and had not given up.
• Lin Li found Wang Yuezhi injured after he fell on the stairs and offered to fetch Zhuo Yongfei to help him back to the dorm.

Lin Li continued working on his missions, bought a Great Creation Pill, and attended a lively homeroom session where Xue Jian discussed the upcoming parent-teacher meeting, classroom art, cleaning, and seating. The class kept its current arrangement, leaving Lin Li beside Bai Bufan as the chapter ended.

• Lin Li finished most of his Fire mission, ordered supplies to repair the residential complex for his Earth mission, and continued cultivating.
• At midnight, Lin Li refreshed the Remote Cockpit slot, bought a Great Creation Pill for 300 System Currency, and stored it until he could ask Shān Qīng Daoist about taking it.
• Bai Bufan entertained the class with unofficial stories about Guan Yu, while Lin Li joined in with jokes during breakfast.
• Xue Jian announced a parent-teacher meeting, classroom art and cleanup plans, and a possible seat change; Lin Li and Bai Bufan's antics prompted him to warn the class to keep its artwork appropriate.
• After most students opposed changing seats, Xue Jian kept the seating arrangement and offered to discuss individual requests privately.

Wang Ze’s failed seat-change request led the students to joke about unfairness and Qin Zeyu’s disastrous romantic past, while Lin Li helped Chen Yuying plan the class mural. After completing the Fire task at lunch, Lin Li went with Chen Yuying to look for mural inspiration, leaving Wang Yuezhi to lament that unlike Lin Li and even a piece of shit, nobody pulled him along.

• Wang Ze complained that Old Jian had refused to move his seat, and Lin Li and the others mocked his reasons and Bai Bufan’s claims about unfair MOBA matches.
• Qin Zeyu described how teachers repeatedly seated pretty girls beside him to prevent them from dating, then insisted his romance had been smooth because nobody had ever been on it.
• Lin Li helped Chen Yuying measure the mural wall, joked with her about the triangle ruler, and agreed to buy materials for the class’s mural plans.
• At lunch, Lin Li completed the Fire part of his Five Elements task, gave Chen Yuying the supplies he had bought, and agreed to visit other classrooms for mural ideas.
• Chen Yuying checked on Wang Yuezhi’s injured leg before leaving with Lin Li, and Wang Yuezhi grew dejected watching them go.
• Zhuo Yongfei warned Wang Yuezhi that the second-floor restroom smelled, prompting Wang Yuezhi to wonder why Lin Li and shit had someone to pull them along but he did not.

Lin Li negotiated with Li Sheng to buy information about a planned robbery and learned when and where the thieves would strike. After the deal, Li Sheng agreed that violence could not solve every problem.

• Wang Yuezhi emerged from the bathroom complaining about the smell, and Zhuo Yongfei suggested he use the Administration Building's bathrooms.
• Lin Li and Chen Yuying returned to class, where Chen Yuying explained that she had considered changing seats but decided against it.
• Lin Li noticed Qin Zeyu looking downcast after evening self-study but left without asking what was wrong.
• Lin Li met Deng Zi and Li Sheng on Laoyou Road and negotiated the price and payment terms for information about a planned robbery.
• Li Sheng told Lin Li that thieves planned to rob Zhang Wenbing's home in Building Four of Fengsheng Neighborhood early Wednesday morning, and Lin Li paid 4,500 yuan to Deng Zi to hold until the information proved useful.
• When Li Sheng argued that violence could solve every problem, Lin Li asked what he would do if a mosquito landed on his balls, prompting Li Sheng to concede that violence could not solve everything.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying borrowed supplies for Class 4’s cleanup, but their studying was interrupted when Bai Bufan hid from Qin Zeyu. Qin Zeyu revealed that Bai Bufan had stolen and spent the entire balance on his meal card after persuading him to use it as bait to meet a girl, and the confrontation continued as Bai Bufan admitted he would have waited for Qin Zeyu to top it up if he had known the card’s limit.

• Lin Li praised Chen Yuying for borrowing cleanup supplies early, and the two returned to Class 4 to study.
• Bai Bufan rushed into the classroom to hide from Qin Zeyu, but Lin Li failed to conceal him and Bai Bufan betrayed Lin Li by standing up.
• Qin Zeyu explained that Bai Bufan had persuaded him to drop his meal card near the girls’ dormitory in hopes that a girl would return it and meet him.
• Qin Zeyu discovered that his card had been used at the supermarket and recognized Bai Bufan on the surveillance footage.
• Qin Zeyu confronted Bai Bufan over spending the card’s entire twelve-yuan balance, while Bai Bufan admitted he would have waited for Qin Zeyu to top it up if he had known the card’s limit.

Qin Zeyu and Bai Bufan turned a dispute over a stolen meal card into a plan to scatter fake cards outside girls’ dormitories, while Lin Li and Chen Yuying grew closer during lunch. Lin Li treated Wang Yuezhi’s injured leg, then told him why he owed him thanks, leaving Wang Yuezhi horrified and fleeing for the bathroom.

• Lin Li helped Qin Zeyu catch Bai Bufan, who agreed to compensate him with three meals before spinning his theft as a plan to protect Qin Zeyu from a bad woman.
• Bai Bufan proposed photocopying meal cards and slipping them under girls’ dormitory doors, and Qin Zeyu enthusiastically went with him to throw away cards.
• Lin Li told Chen Yuying about Qin Zeyu and Bai Bufan’s scheme, and Chen Yuying laughed before asking Lin Li to touch her leg instead of Wang Yuezhi’s.
• Lin Li touched Chen Yuying’s legs during lunch, then approached Wang Yuezhi to massage his injured leg and successfully eased the pain.
• When Wang Yuezhi insisted on knowing why Lin Li thanked him, Lin Li explained that Chen Yuying had let him touch her legs to keep him from touching Wang Yuezhi, and Wang Yuezhi ran from the classroom in dismay.

Lin Li and his classmates joked around while preparing for the classroom cleanup, and Bai Bufan discovered a bizarre equation before he and Lin Li painted the corridor mural. The chapter ended with Lin Li and Bai Bufan pranking Wang Ze by covering both his hands in white paint.

• Lin Li told Qin Zeyu that Yao Qiaoqiao had found and returned his meal card, prompting Qin Zeyu, Bai Bufan, and Chen Tianming to discuss joining the Meal Card Loss Squad.
• Bai Bufan wrote down the Stinky Equation, and Lin Li joked that he would cast Bai Bufan in Genius J8.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan moved their desks into the corridor and began painting the mural, while Zhou Baowei slapped Bai Bufan for teasing him about his nostrils and formaldehyde.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan played a rigged game of Gomoku with paint, then painted Wang Ze's hands after pretending he had agreed to be painted.
• After Wang Ze complained and insulted them, Lin Li and Bai Bufan painted his other hand as well.

Lin Li and his classmates painted the classroom while mocking a boy from Class 5 for doing extra work for two girls, until Xiang Tian finally stood up for himself. Their antics drew Xue Jian upstairs, where the girls accused several boys of being Lin Li, and Lin Li confirmed that he was another one.

• Wang Ze threatened Bai Bufan after they avoided the paint splatter, and Chen Yuying showed concern for Lin Li while teasing Bai Bufan about protecting the desk.
• Lin Li and his classmates watched Jiang Xiaoxin and Zhou Wenwen persuade Xiang Tian to fetch water and do their cleaning, then Lin Li and Bai Bufan recited a poem mocking his behavior.
• After Class 4 teased him, Xiang Tian returned the rags to the girls and said they had a point, prompting the students to chant that he was not a turtle guy.
• Xue Jian rushed upstairs after hearing the commotion, and Jiang Xiaoxin and Zhou Wenwen accused several boys of being Lin Li before Lin Li introduced himself as another Lin Li.

During Class 4’s cleanup, Lin Li and Bai Bufan clashed with students from Class 5, got soaked by water from an upstairs drain, and joked around while finishing their tasks. The cleanup ended with Lin Li earning a system reward, and he arranged to eat with Chen Yuying and wash his hair in Wang Ze’s dorm.

• Xue Jian investigated the hallway dispute, sent Jiang Xiaoxin and Zhou Wenwen back to cleaning, and left Lin Li and the others to repaint the wall.
• Lin Li and Bai Bufan finished painting, then Qin Zeyu showed them the puddle below; an upstairs drain soaked them, and they chased Qin Zeyu in retaliation.
• Lin Li joked with Bai Bufan and performed a silly glass-cleaning dance for Chen Yuying while the class worked through the cleanup.
• Ding Sihan found a smelly quail-egg snack under the multimedia desk, and Lin Li drove away bugs until he completed Task Six and gained faster spiritual-energy absorption and system currency.
• Ding Sihan asked Lin Li to eat with Chen Yuying and bring her back a duck-leg rice meal, while Lin Li borrowed Wang Ze’s dorm key and planned to use his shampoo.

Lin Li and Chen Yuying shared lunch and teased each other, while Wang Yuezhi watched them enviously. Back at school, Lin Li reunited with his roommates and classmates, then left the classroom carrying a bucket after joking with them.

• Lin Li and Chen Yuying ate together, traded food, and joked about tomatoes and the cafeteria aunt’s portions.
• Wang Yuezhi watched Lin Li and Chen Yuying from across the cafeteria and asked Zhuo Yongfei and Zou Weilun for ways to relieve stress, but they misunderstood him.
• Lin Li borrowed shampoo from Zhang Haoyang and washed his hair before returning to the classroom.
• Zhou Baowei told Lin Li that a student council hygiene inspector had checked the classroom and likely deducted points.
• Bai Bufan entered the classroom and called Lin Li and Zhou Baowei trash, while Qin Zeyu joined their absurd conversation about trash sorting.
• Lin Li picked up a bucket, joked that Lao She was the loneliest person in the world, and prepared to leave the classroom.

Lin Li recruited Yang Liang and Yan Aosong to help him catch a gang of thieves using information he had purchased. The three waited outside Fengsheng Neighborhood for the predicted crime, while Lin Li insisted on staying despite the uncles’ warnings; the thieves had not yet appeared by the chapter’s end.

• Lin Li learned that the theft was expected around one o’clock and asked Yang Liang and Yan Aosong to join him in stopping it.
• Yan Aosong picked Lin Li up, then collected Yang Liang, who searched Lin Li and confiscated his black stockings before they set out.
• Yan Aosong warned Lin Li not to endanger himself or get involved in crimes to obtain information, but Lin Li refused to reveal his informant.
• The three parked away from Building Four at Fengsheng Neighborhood and watched Lin Li’s camera feed while waiting for the thieves.
• Yang Liang and Yan Aosong urged Lin Li to go home before school, but he insisted on staying and joked with them as they kept watch.

Lin Li and the Demon Suppression Envoys ambushed a group of thieves, using a fake ghost scare to capture Huang Wei. After Yan Aosong arrested one of the others, Lin Li chased Wan Xinpeng on his own, leaving Yang Liang and Yan Aosong to hope the fleeing thief would be all right.

• Lin Li spotted three suspicious people entering Building Four, and Yang Liang and Yan Aosong agreed to move in while protecting his informant's identity.
• Lin Li and the two envoys found the thieves' van, then hid inside it so Lin Li could scare Huang Wei into surrendering.
• Lin Li revealed the scare was a ruse and handcuffed Huang Wei, while Yang Liang warned him not to frighten suspects again.
• Yang Liang stayed with Huang Wei as Yan Aosong and Lin Li approached the building, where they encountered two thieves carrying bags of stolen goods.
• Wan Xinpeng recognized Yan Aosong and ran, so Yan Aosong arrested his companion while Lin Li chased Wan Xinpeng alone.