Recaps

Li Shi belittled Jiang Ning and the other students during lunch, but the group’s attention shifted to Evergreen Liquid’s raffle and its hidden prize: a visit to the company’s shooting range. Jiang Ning and several others won access, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ning calmly preparing to fire a pistol while Li Shi wondered how he would react if threatened by a gun.

• Li Shi mocked Geng Lu’s taste in wine and insulted Jiang Ning, while Ji Xuan joined in and Yang Sheng defended him; Jiang Ning joked that he was hiding behind two girls.
• An Evergreen Liquid employee announced that the hidden raffle prize was access to the shooting range on the floors below Guanlan Huafu, and Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida discussed the range and Han Yue.
• The raffle awarded Jiang Ning a gold bar, while Jiang Ning, Geng Lu, Yang Sheng, Li Shi, Zhuang Jianhui, Lin Zida, and others won shooting-range wristbands.
• At the range, staff issued safety gear and explained the rules; Zhuang Jianhui chose a Type 56 rifle, while Jiang Ning was assigned a 9mm pistol and said he was not afraid because it could not kill anyone.
• Li Shi followed the safety officer’s instructions at her station and privately wondered how Jiang Ning would react if a gun were pointed at him.

Jiang Ning turned a dangerous shooting-range confrontation into a terrifying punishment after Li Shi recklessly pointed a rifle at him and Geng Lu, then dismissed the danger. The chapter ended with Li Shi breaking down and asking how she could earn her release, as Jiang Ning demanded that she kneel and beg him.

• Jiang Ning practiced with a P226 and helped Geng Lu learn to shoot, then asked Shao Shuangshuang to open the free training range.
• At the free range, Li Shi accidentally pointed her rifle at Jiang Ning while posing for a photo, then defended herself when Lin Zida confronted her.
• Jiang Ning shot past Li Shi’s face, wounded her cheek, and stopped Zhuang Jianhui from grabbing a gun by shooting the weapon from his hand.
• Jiang Ning threatened Li Shi, shot into the wall when she tried to run, and accepted a fresh magazine from Geng Lu.
• Jiang Ning announced that he would fire all fifteen rounds unless Li Shi survived, and Li Shi collapsed in fear and begged him to let her go.
• Jiang Ning told Li Shi to kneel down and beg him.

Jiang Ning forced Li Shi to kneel before sparing her, and Geng Lu helped her leave the training range. Later, Zhuang Jianhui decided to use surveillance footage and his uncle’s influence to have Jiang Ning arrested, while Lin Zida tried to negotiate a less severe punishment.

• Jiang Ning ordered Li Shi to kneel and beg for her life, then told her to get lost.
• Geng Lu checked Li Shi’s minor injuries, and Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui escorted her out of the training range.
• Zhuang Jianhui concluded that Jiang Ning had attempted a crime and planned to have his uncle retrieve surveillance footage and arrest him.
• Lin Zida urged Zhuang Jianhui to let Jiang Ning’s parents discipline him instead, and Zhuang Jianhui considered making Jiang Ning kneel for Li Shi.
• Zhuang Jianhui contacted his uncle for the evidence while Lin Zida offered to investigate Jiang Ning’s parents.

Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu attended Evergreen Liquid’s banquet while Jiang Ning stayed at a training ground, and Jiang Ning remained confident that his ties to Evergreen Liquid would shield him from scrutiny. Zhuang Jianhui learned that officials had been stopped from searching Guanlan Huafu, then greeted Shuyan when she arrived.

• Xue Yuantong secretly ate Xue Chuchu’s Small Cake and chatted with her about Tiger Perch Mountain and Qingyu Lake.
• Xue Chuchu explained that her apparent lipstick came from eating Spicy Chicken.
• Jiang Ning video-called Xue Yuantong from the training grounds, and she warned him to be careful around the guns.
• Jiang Ning asked about Xue Chuchu, and Xue Yuantong sent a follow-up message praising her after abruptly ending the call.
• Jiang Ning learned through Spiritual Sense that officials were investigating, but he trusted Evergreen Liquid’s influence to protect Shao Shuangshuang and considered acquiring land around Xuehua Lake for cultivation.
• Zhuang Jianhui told Lin Zida that Guanlan Huafu had refused officials entry and that a superior had ordered them to withdraw, then greeted Shuyan as she appeared.

Ding Shuyan warned Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida to stop investigating Jiang Ning after reasoning that the shooting-range incident might have been planned and Evergreen Liquid was tied to Han Yue’s death. At evening self-study, Xue Yuantong persuaded Jiang Ning to skip class, while Yang Sheng, Yu Wen, and Cao Kun navigated classroom tensions and misunderstandings.

• Ding Shuyan told Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida to stop investigating Jiang Ning, pointing to his marksmanship, the missing safety officer, and Evergreen Liquid’s connection to Han Yue’s death.
• Xue Yuantong proposed a dice game to decide whether she and Jiang Ning would skip evening self-study, then persuaded him to request leave after she lost the roll.
• Yang Sheng questioned why she had received a Wogan Orange, and Yu Wen sarcastically claimed it was because Yang Sheng was pretty.
• Shen Qing'e cheered Yu Wen up by telling her that she had been the first girl to receive a Wogan Orange from Huang Zhongfei.
• Cao Kun won several rounds of cards and became cheerful again before Meng Ziyun asked him to do her math test paper while she had dinner with Dong Qingfeng.
• Cao Kun tried to save face by telling the others Meng Ziyun would bring him dessert, but Ma Shicheng suggested it might be leftovers from her dinner.

Shan Kaiquan helped Jiang Yanan find and copy her videos, while classmates talked about Jiang Ning’s past and the Evergreen Liquid events. That evening, Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu cooked together by the earthen stove, where Jiang Ning’s teasing and closeness with Tongtong left Chuchu quietly affected.

• Shan Kaiquan helped Jiang Yanan locate her downloaded videos and admitted that he still liked Lan Zichen, while Yu Wen bluntly suggested Lan Zichen did not like him back.
• Zhang Chi returned to class boasting about winning a rice cooker, and Duan Shigang argued that friends and connections mattered before Cui Yu joked about an unusual line of work.
• Jiang Yanan asked Shen Qing'e about Jiang Ning’s middle-school years, and Shen Qing'e recounted how Jiang Ning had used a flashlight to beat two bullies who had tormented his friend.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong tended the fire while Xue Chuchu prepared dinner, and Jiang Ning pinched Tongtong’s cheek as they sat close together.
• Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong recited poems about the fire, and Jiang Ning ended the exchange by saying, “Smoldering burns hottest.”

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong roasted peanuts together while Xue Chuchu felt left out in the kitchen. After Xue Chuchu declined a school activity invitation, she and Tongtong reminisced about childhood lies and sneaking out to play.

• Xue Yuantong explained how smoldering worked, and Jiang Ning praised her before roasting peanuts in the stove ash as a reward.
• Xue Yuantong shared the hot peanuts with Jiang Ning and playfully smeared soot on his mouth, while Xue Chuchu watched them feeling excluded.
• Jiang Ning noticed Xue Chuchu's phone had lit up, and she read a message from her deskmate Mu Ying inviting her to a Math Micro-Lecture discussion.
• Xue Chuchu told Xue Yuantong she had turned down the activity, then admitted she had made up an excuse because she preferred staying home.
• Xue Yuantong recalled sneaking out to play despite her mother's rules, and Jiang Ning praised her supposed trick of locking her mother inside.

During evening self-study, Tang Jing struggled to win Huang Yuzhu’s affection, while Gao Heshaui’s attempts to control Class 8 repeatedly went awry. The chapter ended with Chen Siyu asking Bai Yuxia whether she could use an ID card she found on the ground, and Bai Yuxia warning her not to bend down.

• Shan Kaiquan felt left out as his classmates enjoyed their own pursuits, while Tang Jing lamented that her efforts to get close to Huang Yuzhu had not worked.
• Following Meng Ziyun’s advice, Tang Jing asked Huang Yuzhu to solve a Rubik’s Cube, but he did not finish even one side during the class period.
• Gao Heshaui entered Class 8, criticized students for attending the Evergreen Liquid event, then changed his stance after Cui Yu challenged him.
• Gao Heshaui called Wu Xiaoqi a “giant baby,” but Wu Xiaoqi mistook it for praise of the NBA Hawks and thanked him.
• During the long break, Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia discussed the press conference, shooting guns, and replacing a lost ID card before Chen Siyu asked about picking one up off the ground.

Jiang Ning recognized Shen Qing'e behind her anonymous Kuaishou account and left her waiting after she delayed replying, while classmates made plans for a lively barbecue after school. The chapter ended with Liu Chuandao making a lewd remark to Qiu Die and her friends at the barbecue stall.

• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu played Metal Slug at Jiang Ning's home, and Xue Yuantong impressed them by identifying how the fries were made.
• Liu Chuandao dreamed of riding a coin-operated goat car, then woke to find Pang Jiao shaking his desk with her leg.
• Shen Qing'e used an anonymous Kuaishou account to comment on Jiang Ning's wood-carving video, and Jiang Ning recognized her and sent her a message before turning off his phone.
• Shen Qing'e waited before replying to Jiang Ning, then grew anxious when he did not respond before class ended.
• Duan Shigang gathered Zhang Chi, Liu Chuandao, Cao Kun, Yan Tianpeng, Qiu Die, and others for barbecue at Ma Jie Barbecue.
• Liu Chuandao admired waitress Pei Yujing, then made a lewd remark to Qiu Die and her friends about helping them bare their legs.

At a barbecue, Liu Chuandao and Duan Shigang’s antics turned the gathering into a chaotic spectacle, while Qiu Die learned about Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning. Later, Jiang Ning discussed setting up another computer with Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu realized she had instinctively taken Tongtong’s side.

• Liu Chuandao offended Qiu Die with a vulgar remark, and Duan Shigang and the others calmed the group down over barbecue.
• Qiu Die asked about Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning, and Zhang Chi told her about their academic success and Jiang Ning’s popularity.
• Cao Kun impressed Qiu Die’s group with his talk about studying, then countered Liu Chuandao and Duan Shigang’s boasts about work and money.
• Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi slipped away, and Qiu Die and her sisters left when their school required them to return; Liu Chuandao and Duan Shigang pretended to duel with skewers until Pei Yujing reminded Cao Kun to pay the bill.
• Jiang Ning showed Xue Chuchu a cyan jade ring and discussed getting another computer with Xue Yuantong, who complained that the gaming mouse was too large.
• Xue Chuchu privately reassured Jiang Ning about Tongtong, then realized she had instinctively defended her.

Dong Qingfeng and his classmates visited Evergreen Liquid’s underground ancient-style street, where Jiang Ning explored with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu. After Jiang Ning paid for venison with silver he had won at a bank, Ji Xuan decided to try his luck too and spotted Yang Sheng leaving the bank with money.

• Dong Qingfeng led Meng Ziyun, Yang Sheng, and other classmates to Evergreen Liquid’s gathering at Yi Mountain Scenic Area.
• The group descended into a vast underground street modeled after an ancient town, while Jiang Ning toured its Jiangnan-style section with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu.
• Jiang Ning and the two girls changed into Hanfu, and Meng Ziyun was struck by Jiang Ning’s appearance when they met the classmates.
• Xue Yuantong wanted roasted venison but could not afford it until Jiang Ning produced silver he said he had won at a nearby bank.
• Ji Xuan decided to visit Evergreen Bank to win money for Dong Xiaozhu and saw Yang Sheng emerge with silver.

Jiang Ning and the girls enjoyed the ancient street, where his Spiritual Sense helped him make an exquisite sugar figurine for Xue Chuchu while Xue Yuantong collected several of her own. Meanwhile, Ji Xuan lost all his silver at Changle Gambling House and reluctantly accepted Dong Xiaozhu’s invitation to dinner with Dong Qingfeng.

• Yang Sheng told Ji Xuan that Jiang Ning had won silver at Changle Gambling House, so Ji Xuan entered with Dong Xiaozhu hoping to win as well.
• At a sugar figurine stall, Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to help make a lifelike sika deer for Xue Chuchu, impressing Yan Chuchen and Meng Ziyun.
• Xue Yuantong left with sugar figurines and tea, while a foreign man accidentally pulled out his dentures after eating a sticky malt sugar figurine.
• Ji Xuan lost both his own silver and Dong Xiaozhu’s at the gambling house, then agreed to join her for dinner with Dong Qingfeng because he had no money.

Dong Xiaozhu and Ji Xuan argued over her plans to eat with Dong Qingfeng, while Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning explored the ancient street with Yan Chuchen and Wu Yunzhi. The chapter ended as Wu Yunzhi prepared to try the pitch-pot game, unaware that Jiang Ning expected to claim the boat spot.

• Dong Xiaozhu praised Dong Qingfeng’s thoughtfulness, and Ji Xuan tried to stop her from eating crab with another boy; she said she would eat the other dishes instead.
• Yan Chuchen asked Xue Yuantong about her Hanfu, and Xue Yuantong guessed it was expensive from Wu Yunzhi’s expression; Yan Chuchen said she would repay him for it.
• At the cafeteria, Tang Fu fooled Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing with a story about clinking cups, then argued with Bai Yuxia about Zhao Gao pointing at a horse.
• Yan Chuchen learned that the pitch-pot game offered a spot on a pleasure boat for landing four arrows in a row, and Wu Yunzhi volunteered to try.
• Jiang Ning told Wu Yunzhi to go first because there was only one spot on the boat, leaving Wu Yunzhi and Yan Chuchen puzzled.

Wu Yunzhi won a Pitch-pot round and challenged Jiang Ning, expecting to outshine him. Jiang Ning landed four consecutive arrows, earning a boat ticket as the crowd watched and Wu Yunzhi’s confidence faltered.

• Wu Yunzhi hit two arrows in a row and won his round, earning Yan Chuchen’s admiration while Tao Nian left the venue.
• Wu Yunzhi invited Jiang Ning to compete, and Yang Sheng joined the same round alongside a middle-aged man.
• Jiang Ning landed his first arrow, and Xue Yuantong celebrated while Wu Yunzhi dismissed it as luck.
• Jiang Ning hit his second and third arrows, and Yang Sheng also landed an arrow after finding her rhythm.
• Jiang Ning landed a fourth consecutive arrow, qualifying for a boat ticket, while Wu Yunzhi disparaged the pleasure boat.

Jiang Ning invited Yan Chuchen and his companions onto the cruise boat, leaving Wu Yunzhi behind, while Wu vowed to win back his dignity and Yan Chuchen's heart. At dinner, Shang Wanqing cheered up Ji Xuan, and Guo Kunnan's attempt to impress everyone by eating a supposedly edible noodle basket ended in embarrassment.

• Yan Chuchen accepted Jiang Ning's invitation to board the cruise boat, while Wu Yunzhi refused and was left behind.
• Wu Yunzhi decided to form a basketball team and regain his dignity and Yan Chuchen's affection.
• At Water Cloud Pavilion, Shang Wanqing comforted Ji Xuan and persuaded him to add her on WeChat.
• Dong Qingfeng served mango sticky rice and explained how coconut milk enhanced its flavor.
• Guo Kunnan claimed the fruit basket was made of edible noodles, and Ji Xuan backed him by eating a piece.
• The waiter told Dong Qingfeng that the basket was an ordinary, inedible basket.

Dong Qingfeng spent the evening trying to impress Meng Ziyun, but seeing Jiang Ning and his companions on a pleasure boat left him heartbroken. Later, Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong home, where she spotted a figure by the river, while Ma Shicheng gathered classmates after school to head to an internet café.

• Dong Qingfeng declined Meng Ziyun's suggestion to perform at the New Year's Gala and entertained her with tea and snacks.
• Dong Qingfeng saw Jiang Ning, Yang Sheng, and Xue Chuchu on a pleasure boat and confessed to Meng Ziyun that he was sad.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong left the old street on an Electric Bike, and Xue Yuantong changed out of her Hanfu before they rode home.
• Xue Yuantong spotted a white figure by the river, and Jiang Ning reassured her not to be afraid.
• Ma Shicheng invited classmates to join gaming boosting orders, and the group left No.4 Middle School together.

Ma Shicheng and his friends started carrying clients from their new base at Zhengde Restaurant, while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong played a match together and overwhelmed several enemy boosters. Back at the restaurant, Cui Yu’s attempt to pamper a client went wrong when Ma Shicheng discovered Cui Yu had spent the match flaming him, leaving Cui Yu scrambling to apologize.

• Ma Shicheng assigned Cui Yu, Meng Gui, and Hu Jun client-carrying jobs, then took a Diamond match himself and invited Jiang Ning to play.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong an account to use, and they queued with Ma Shicheng and two client sisters against a team that included boosters.
• Jiang Ning directed Xue Yuantong’s Lee Sin to kill Jax, Fizz, and Shyvana repeatedly, carrying the game while Ma Shicheng’s Yasuo barely needed to act.
• After the game, Xue Yuantong happily accepted two of Jiang Ning’s biscuits, and the client sisters asked Ma Shicheng to reproduce her play in another match.
• Ma Shicheng watched Cui Yu carry a client while insulting the mid-lane Annie, then learned that Annie was Ma Shicheng himself rather than the client Soraka Cui Yu had mistaken her for.
• Cui Yu asked Ma Shicheng how he could make up for flaming him throughout the match.

Jiang Ning reflected on how his cultivation had changed his emotions, then used a casual gun gesture to frighten Li Shi when she returned to school. Li Shi fled, and Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui grew more cautious about Jiang Ning.

• Jiang Ning bought cola with money from Ma Shicheng and chilled it with his power while listening to younger students discuss mobile games.
• Wang Yong learned that Li Shi was returning to school and hurried to meet her at the gate.
• Wei Xiuyuan asked Jiang Ning about firing a real gun, and Jiang Ning made a gun gesture as Li Shi arrived.
• Li Shi saw Jiang Ning's gesture, panicked, and ran away before Wang Yong could meet her.
• Wang Yong told Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui what happened, and they connected Li Shi's reaction to Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning returned to the balcony, and Lin Zida told Zhuang Jianhui to leave the matter alone.

Jiang Ning's jokes disrupted a classroom argument between Zhang Chi and Song Sheng, but a new confrontation between Zhang Chi and Liu Chuandao led Chai Wei to report Liu to Teacher Shan. Liu Chuandao went to the office after his classmates mocked his defiance, where Shan Qingrong prepared to discipline him in front of Chemistry Teacher Guo Ran.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong's teasing drew attention away from Song Sheng and Zhang Chi's argument, while Liu Chuandao provoked Zhang Chi into a shoving match.
• Xin Youling tried to defuse the conflict by identifying the two students, but Wang Longlong encouraged them to argue outside, and Chai Wei's intervention ended with Liu Chuandao shoving him.
• Chai Wei reported Liu Chuandao to Shan Qingrong, who asked whether Xue Yuantong was safe before ordering Chai Wei to summon Liu.
• Liu Chuandao initially refused to go, but his classmates' jokes about Teacher Shan beating him down pushed him to leave for the office.
• Shan Qingrong asked Liu Chuandao whether he had hit Chai Wei, but Liu began posturing when Guo Ran appeared, and Shan took out a leather belt.

Yang Sheng stopped Chen Siyu from giving money to a suspected scammer, while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong spent a lazy afternoon at home with Aunt Gu and their neighbors. Uncle Zhang joked that he had avoided the karmic sin of slaughtering dogs by shortchanging customers, and a mysterious man in a leather jacket appeared at the River Dam houses.

• Yang Sheng tricked a supposed deaf-mute beggar into revealing that he could hear, then took Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing away without giving him money.
• Xue Yuantong lounged in the sun with Jiang Ning, failed to persuade Aunt Gu to give her more fries, and returned outside empty-handed.
• Yang Fei visited Jiang Ning and chatted with Uncle Zhang about his slaughtering work and Agritainment business.
• Uncle Zhang claimed that shortchanging customers on dog meat had turned his dog slaughtering into an act of merit, leaving Yang Fei, Xue Yuantong, and Jiang Ning stunned.
• Uncle Zhang left Jiang Ning to watch his house, and a square-faced man in a black leather jacket arrived at the River Dam houses.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong helped expose a suspicious man who tried to enter Zhang Butcher’s home, while the afternoon at school brought classroom banter, a math lesson, and a dispute over cleaning duties. Yang Sheng ended the chapter by trading insults with Zhang Chi after fining him for damaging the class brooms.

• Jiang Ning tripped the fleeing Crew Cut Man with Spiritual Energy after Xiao Ben chased him out of Zhang Butcher’s home, and Yang Fei called for help.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu to school, where Xue Chuchu’s worries about the man’s threat eased after Jiang Ning said Uncle Zhang was furious.
• Bai Yuxia tricked Chen Siyu into losing money through a coin game, while Xue Yuantong gave the answer to Gao Heshaui’s math problem without showing her work.
• Yang Sheng told Class 8 that they had to sweep the main road and clean its trash cans, then got both boys and girls to agree to share the work.
• Yang Sheng told Zhang Chi to pay a two-yuan fine for kicking the class brooms, and they exchanged insults as their classmates laughed.

Bai Yuxia took Chen Siyu and Xue Yuantong out for milk tea, while Jiang Ning watched Zhang Chi lose a ping-pong bet and the Class 8 physical education roll call descend into chaos. On their return, Xue Yuantong calmly charmed Principal Yu and Director Yan with ice cream, leaving Chen Siyu impressed by her fearlessness.

• Bai Yuxia offered to buy Chen Siyu milk tea if she called Xue Yuantong, and Xue Yuantong agreed to help them leave school.
• Jiang Ning saw Yang Sheng auction Zhang Chi after beating him at ping pong, and Jiang Yanan bought Zhang Chi for ten yuan.
• Duan Shigang delayed Class 8's roll call, lost his sports committee position, and Gu Wei made the class run two laps before assigning Lu Qiqi three.
• Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu, and Xue Yuantong returned to school and encountered Principal Yu and Director Yan at the gate.
• Xue Yuantong gave Principal Yu and Director Yan Little Puddings, and both men accepted them warmly.

Jiang Ning left table tennis to join Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu, and Xue Yuantong, then stunned the students on the Basketball Court with a spectacular spinning windmill dunk. The chapter ended with Wu Yunzhi humbled and Bai Yuxia wondering what other talents Jiang Ning had kept hidden.

• Chen Siyu called Jiang Ning over from the Speech Platform, and Bai Yuxia gave him iced milk tea while Xue Yuantong took credit for it.
• Jiang Ning joined Chen Siyu and Xue Yuantong at the Basketball Court, where they watched Wu Yunzhi impress his classmates with a near-dunk.
• Jiang Ning showed off a spinning windmill dunk after Chen Siyu asked him to demonstrate his basketball skills.
• Wu Yunzhi fell silent after seeing Jiang Ning's dunk, while Bai Yuxia watched from afar and wondered what else Jiang Ning could do.

Jiang Ning’s dunk drew attention to the basketball-court feud between Wu Yunzhi and Wu Xiaoqi, which escalated when Wu Yunzhi mocked Wu Xiaoqi online and accidentally included Xue Yuantong in the photo. After Jiang Ning alerted Shan Qingrong, Director Yan forced Wu Yunzhi and the girls who joined the online attacks to apologize publicly, leaving them under supervision in the office.

• Jiang Ning taught Xue Yuantong how to dunk while Wu Yunzhi left the court and traded insults with Wu Xiaoqi.
• Wu Yunzhi photographed Wu Xiaoqi, mocked his height in a QQ Space post, and urged classmates to repost it; the post spread across campus.
• Chen Siyu noticed Xue Yuantong in the photo and urged Wu Yunzhi to delete the post, while Lan Zichen criticized the mockery in the comments.
• Wu Xiaoqi demanded that Wu Yunzhi delete the post, but Wu Yunzhi refused and laughed at him.
• Jiang Ning forwarded the post to Shan Qingrong, who alerted Teacher Yan; Director Yan summoned Wu Yunzhi and the girls who had posted hostile comments.
• Director Yan made Wu Yunzhi and the girls choose between expulsion and apology, then required them to publish apologies and collect likes before leaving the office.

Jiang Ning saw Wu Yunzhi apologize after the school intervened, while Qi Tianheng arranged for the apology to flood No.4 Middle School’s QQ Spaces. Class 8 discussed the schoolwide New Year’s Gala, and Shan Qingrong finally recognized Xin Youling as class monitor and put her in charge of the program.

• Jiang Ning told Shan Qingrong that Xue Yuantong was satisfied with Wu Yunzhi’s apology, while Wu Xiaoqi and Wang Longlong wondered why Wu Yunzhi had disappeared from their online argument.
• Qi Tianheng paid Zhao Xiaofeng to spread Wu Yunzhi’s apology across No.4 Middle School, leading students to mistakenly believe Wu Xiaoqi had arranged the public humiliation.
• Jiang Ning covered the sleeping Xue Yuantong with a blanket, scanned the campus with his Spiritual Sense, and exchanged teasing messages with Shang Wanqing.
• Chen Siyu showed Bai Yuxia a free video and joked that Bai Yuxia’s pure soul was the price, while Bai Yuxia listened to Chen Siyu’s explanation.
• Shan Qingrong announced that the school would organize the New Year’s Gala together, and Cui Yu and Liu Chuandao failed to impress the class with their attempted performances.
• After Shan Qingrong repeatedly misnamed class monitor Xin Youling, he corrected himself, and Xin Youling took charge of all matters related to the New Year’s program.