Arc 39Sports, Stalls, and Old Feelings

Jiang Ning helped his friends compete in school sports, manage conflicts, and earn money selling food, while new students arrived from Humiao Town. The arc left Jiang Ning caught between Geng Lu’s confession of affection and Shen Qing'e’s attempt to reconnect, as Tongtong and Chuchu welcomed their former schoolmates at the River Dam stall.

  • Jiang Ning and his friends drained the Wild Pond, lost their catch when a net broke, and later rented a ring-toss stall that earned them 801 yuan.
  • Shan Qingrong announced the spring outing, a dedicated Small Class, incoming township students, and a three-city sports meet, while Jiang Ning’s classmates organized sports entries and training.
  • Jiang Ning astonished the school by jumping 7.22 meters, and his friends confronted Chen Shuaishuai over his treatment of Pei Yujing.
  • Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu sell fried fish, earning 1,530 yuan, as Zhong Huai and Han Wennuan prepared to transfer to No.4 Middle School.
  • Jiang Ning went on a picnic with Geng Lu, found a golden ring inside a fish, and gave it to her before she told him it was already worn in her heart.
  • Shen Qing'e asked Jiang Ning for a ride home and hoped to rekindle their closeness, but he left quickly to receive a fish delivery.
  • Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu opened a grilled-fish stall at the River Dam, where Zhong Huai and Han Wennuan reunited with their former classmates.
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Ch. 951High Spirits

Jiang Ning and the girls caught crabs and prepared a feast while Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida gathered equipment to drain the Wild Pond and catch its fish. Back home, Jiang Ning prepared the food and browsed QQ Space and the Class Group as the pond-draining plan got underway.

  • After Gong Jin measured the Wild Pond at a little over two meters deep, Lin Zida proposed pumping it dry, and Zhuang Jianhui agreed to block its connecting ditch and catch the fish by hand.
  • Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong, Chen Siyu, and Chen Siqing to a clean stream, where they collected nearly thirty crabs before meeting Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui transporting a pump and other equipment.
  • At home, Jiang Ning subdued the Black Fish while Xue Yuantong prepared it and Chen Siyu scrubbed the crabs; Jiang Ning then used his Spiritual Sense to watch Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui fill bags to block the ditch.
  • Jiang Ning browsed QQ Space posts by Lin Zida, Yun Tingting, and others, then read a Class Group argument about wealthy cities that shifted to Yu Wen showing off her gold and Zhang Yifei challenging her.

Ch. 952Broken Bonds

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning prepared a lavish lunch for Xue Chuchu and the others, while Zhuang Jianhui's group pumped down a pond and caught a large haul of fish. Lin Zida tried to keep the catch alive in a net, but the net broke and the fish disappeared into the water.

  • Xue Yuantong steamed crabs, cooked wild black fish, and prepared other dishes while Jiang Ning tended the fire and Chen Siyu tried steaming crabs herself.
  • Zhuang Jianhui and the others drained the Wild Pond, then Gong Jin, Wang Yong, and Zhuang Jianhui caught fish by hand as Xu Wenyi and Yin Yu watched.
  • Xue Chuchu arrived at the bungalow with a cake, and the group gathered to eat Xue Yuantong's lunch.
  • The group decided to store their plentiful fish in a fishing net in the ditch, and Lin Zida poured the fish from the buckets and washbasin into it.
  • The net suddenly snapped, and Lin Zida pulled up the ruined mesh with all the fish gone.

Ch. 953Light of Conscience

After losing their fish when the net broke, Lin Zida received food from Jiang Ning’s group, who later set up a ring-toss stall at the city temple fair. Jiang Ning won a neighboring stall’s prize, and the group made their first sale, though Xue Yuantong realized they still had not covered the stall fee.

  • Lin Zida learned that the broken net had let all the fish escape, then stopped at Jiang Ning’s house and accepted rice, leftovers, and crabs.
  • Jiang Ning suggested that the group rent a stall using Xue Yuantong’s spare milk and dolls as prizes, and Boss Yang lent them a Three-Wheeler and a red carpet.
  • Jiang Ning drove Xue Yuantong and the twins to Temple Fair Street, where he rented a stall beside several ring-toss vendors.
  • Jiang Ning won the Dark and Thin Man’s Great Sage Equal to Heaven figurine with three rings, prompting the man to return his five yuan and give up some space.
  • A young woman bought rings from Jiang Ning’s stall, won two cans of Wangzai, and exchanged them for a puppy doll.
  • Xue Yuantong calculated that the group had made nine yuan on the doll but realized they still owed seventy-one yuan after accounting for the stall fee.

Ch. 954Business Tycoon

Jiang Ning and his classmates ran a ring-toss stall on Temple Street, where Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to manipulate customers’ luck and drive business away from a rival. They ended the evening with 801 yuan in earnings and returned to the River Dam, where Xue Yuantong proudly announced their profit.

  • Tongtong counted down the money they owed as Jiang Ning, Chen Siyu, and Xue Yuantong ran their stall beside Strong Boss’s cheaper ring-toss game.
  • Zhang Chi tried ring toss at Strong Boss’s stall and won prizes after Jiang Ning secretly helped his first throw land.
  • Zhang Chi lost repeatedly at Jiang Ning’s stall, then won several prizes at Strong Boss’s before returning to spend more money at Jiang Ning’s.
  • Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to make customers win at Strong Boss’s stall and lose at his own, until Strong Boss’s prizes ran out and he packed up.
  • Tongtong calculated that the group had made 801 yuan, and Xue Yuantong told Yin Yu about their earnings after they returned to the River Dam.

Ch. 955Reunion

Jiang Ning left Yin Yu unsettled after recognizing that she was pitiful, then returned to school with Tongtong as students discussed their volleyball team's defeat. At dinner, Guo Kunnan tried to impress Lu Yaya by showing off food from his girlfriend, but her sincere congratulations left him embarrassed.

  • Yin Yu mocked Jiang Ning's group for earning eight hundred yuan, but Jiang Ning called her pitiful and left with the others while Xiao Ben scared her off.
  • Jiang Ning told Chen Siyu that intuition had led him to call Yin Yu pitiful, and Xue Yuantong showed Teacher Qian the eight hundred yuan they had earned.
  • On the first day back at school, Jiang Ning and Tongtong passed the defeated volleyball team as Wu Xiaoqi, Cao Kun, Jiang Yanan, and Shen Qing'e discussed the city's school rankings and sports leagues.
  • At dinner, Tang Fu arrived late and joked about her height while the group discussed volleyball, the United States, and Chen Siyu's claims about the FBI.
  • Guo Kunnan showed off cans of Lao Gan Ma and Dace with Salted Black Beans that his girlfriend had bought, hoping to impress Lu Yaya, but her warm congratulations left him deflated.

Ch. 956Class 8 Class Meeting

Zhang Chi endured the attention at dinner and sold a Small Dining Table breakfast slot before Shan Qingrong announced major school plans at Class 8’s meeting. The chapter left the students anticipating a spring outing, a new class for art and sports students, incoming transfer students, and a three-city sports meet.

  • Zhang Chi endured his classmates’ noisy dinner-table diplomacy, then sold a breakfast slot to a frail student after learning Gong Jin would not buy his own.
  • Shan Qingrong began a class meeting and announced that Class 8 would have a spring outing the following month.
  • Shan Qingrong said the school would form a dedicated Small Class for art and sports students, prompting concern from Geng Lu, Zhang Chi, Liu Chuandao, and others.
  • Shan Qingrong announced that outstanding students from township high schools would soon join Yuzhou No.4 Middle School, and Shen Qing'e wondered whether any familiar students would come from her former school.
  • Shan Qingrong announced an April Three Cities High School Joint Sports Meet, with the finals hosted at Yuzhou No.4 Middle School.

Ch. 957Defusing

Shan Qingrong organized Class 8 for the upcoming intercity Sports Day and began deciding which students would enter the Small Class for arts and sports training. As evening study began, Yu Wen struggled to recruit competitors and clashed with Pang Jiao, leaving Wang Longlong to finish the entry list.

  • Shan Qingrong announced that No.4 Middle School would host the finals of a three-city competition and encouraged Class 8 to participate for a substantial cash prize.
  • Yu Wen began compiling Sports Day competitors and opening-ceremony entries while Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia narrowly kept Jiang Ning from viewing the memory card’s contents.
  • Shan Qingrong discussed sports and arts training with Liu Chuandao and other students, but Liu Chuandao abandoned sports after the water-delivery worker claimed sports students ended up selling gym memberships.
  • Yu Wen called Pang Jiao fat and told her to throw the Shot Put, provoking Pang Jiao to stand up and roar at her.
  • Yu Wen handed the entry notebook to Wang Longlong after he reluctantly agreed to finish recruiting competitors.

Ch. 958Stepping into the Spotlight

Jiang Ning spoke with Ai Man about collaborating on a performance for the upcoming Three Cities Sports Meet, while first-year runner Zhao Zhengyao bragged about his speed. Gu Wei introduced Jiang Ning as No.4 Middle School’s Three-Crown Champion, leaving Zhao stunned and Ai Man embarrassed that Jiang Ning had not mentioned his records.

  • Jiang Ning watched the students train and talked with Ai Man, who invited him to work with her Dance Team on a major opening ceremony performance.
  • Ai Man asked whether Jiang Ning’s partner, Bai Yuxia, could join the Dance Team, and Jiang Ning doubted she would agree.
  • Guo Kunnan told Cui Yu and Liu Chuandao that first-year student Zhao Zhengyao had run 11.6 seconds in the 100 Meters.
  • Zhao Zhengyao boasted about his running and questioned No.4 Middle School’s 100-meter record until Gu Wei revealed that it was 10.86 seconds and had been electronically timed.
  • Gu Wei brought the first-year students to meet Jiang Ning and announced that he had broken the 100 Meters, High Jump, and 800 Meters records at last year’s sports meet.
  • Zhao Zhengyao stared at Jiang Ning in disbelief, while Ai Man looked embarrassed and aggrieved that Jiang Ning had not told her about his achievements.

Ch. 959False Praise

During evening self-study, Huang Xingyue startled the class by diving for cover at the sound of gunfire from Ma Shicheng’s phone, then praised China’s safety and shared bitter chocolate. Xue Yuantong was invited to join the Long Jump Team and promised Jiang Ning a trip to the zoo, but took him instead to a barbecue restaurant with Xue Chuchu.

  • Dai Yongquan taught physics during evening self-study while Huang Xingyue slept through the lesson.
  • Ma Shicheng turned up his game’s gunfire, causing Huang Xingyue to dive under a desk before she explained her reaction and praised China’s safety.
  • Huang Xingyue gave the boys bitter chocolate and told them that a weapons-buying scam had fueled rumors about merchants from their country.
  • Xue Yuantong announced that the Long Jump Team had invited her, and Jiang Ning congratulated her while Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu suspected the team wanted Jiang Ning to compete.
  • Xue Yuantong invited Jiang Ning to celebrate at the zoo, but after evening self-study she took him to a barbecue restaurant where Xue Chuchu was waiting.
  • Guo Kunnan and his friends saw Wu Yunzhi arguing with a girl, then Guo Kunnan avoided Manman and her boyfriend at the school gate.

Ch. 960The Solitary

Shang Zhengyu drove Shang Caiwei to school and discovered that the car’s strange clicking sound came from her mouth. At the school field, Pei Yujing took her place for sprint training and became caught in a dispute over a lane.

  • Shang Zhengyu blocked a Toyota Land Cruiser from cutting in, then learned the Mercedes’s endless turn-signal clicking was Shang Caiwei making the noise with her mouth.
  • Shang Wanqing persuaded the security guard to let her enter school late, while Pang Jiao’s attempt to imitate her ended with the guard warning her off.
  • Jiang Ning watched the school field as Tang Fu practiced long jump and Pei Yujing stood apart from the other sprinters.
  • Yun Tingting and Xu Yan discussed their upcoming 1500-meter training, while a classmate reflected on Pei Yujing’s isolation and her repeated, unwanted Sports Day signup.
  • Hu Mengqing ordered the 100-meter runners into position, and Pei Yujing stepped back when two first-year girls claimed the same lane.

Ch. 961My Friend Jiang Ning

Jiang Ning watched Pei Yujing face harassment during track practice, and Yang Sheng stepped in to punish Cheng Xia for disrupting training. Jiang Ning arrived and arranged for Hu Mengqing to record Pei Yujing’s training marks while he spoke with her.

  • Jiang Ning watched Pei Yujing return to her place on the track as Cheng Xia and her friends took it over again.
  • Hu Mengqing confronted Cheng Xia, and Gai Shixun arrived with a group of boys but failed to sway the argument.
  • Yang Sheng crossed out Cheng Xia’s running records and filled in Pei Yujing’s remaining training marks.
  • Hu Mengqing told Pei Yujing she no longer needed to practice, while Cheng Xia turned her anger toward her.
  • Jiang Ning asked Hu Mengqing to fill in Pei Yujing’s training marks from then on, then said he would talk with Pei Yujing.

Ch. 962Test Jump

Jiang Ning confronted Pei Yujing about backing down when classmates asked her to sign up, then went to watch the long jump. At the Sand Pit, Gu Tai jumped 5.1 meters and Zhuang Jianhui stunned the crowd with a 6.49-meter jump.

  • Jiang Ning reminded Pei Yujing of his advice for dealing with unwanted advances, but she admitted she had stayed quiet because speaking up would look bad.
  • Hu Mengqing invited Jiang Ning to watch the long jump and gave the younger girls free time, while Gai Shixun's attempt to flirt with Zhao Qianqian backfired.
  • Gu Tai jumped 5.1 meters, and Li Ying and the Sports Team criticized his technique before Ye Tian jumped 5.3 meters.
  • Yun Tingting teased the boys who urged her to jump, then said she liked boys who could do the long jump, prompting more students to try.
  • Zhuang Jianhui jumped 6.49 meters on his first attempt, impressing Li Ying and the Sports Team and drawing a crowd of admiring girls.

Ch. 963My First Time

Yan Mu'en broke the school long-jump record before Jiang Ning stunned the crowd with a 7.22-meter jump. Yang Sheng called on Cheng Xia to honor their bet, while Chen Siyu answered Xue Yuantong’s call and weakly called for Jiang Ning.

  • Yan Mu'en jumped 7.01 meters, breaking the school record, though Li Ying said the unofficial result would not count as an official record.
  • Chen Siyu urged Jiang Ning to jump seven meters, and Yang Sheng bet Cheng Xia that he could do it, with Duan Shigang, Liu Chuandao, and Zhang Chi blocking her escape.
  • Jiang Ning agreed to jump as the crowd cheered, and Yun Tingting promised to dance for him if he broke the record.
  • Jiang Ning jumped 7.22 meters, astonishing the crowd, and Yang Sheng reminded Cheng Xia that she had lost their bet.
  • Chen Siyu answered Xue Yuantong’s call, then weakly called out to Jiang Ning as he approached.

Ch. 964Her Ambiguity

Yang Sheng forced Cheng Xia to honor their bet after Duan Shigang produced video proof, while Yan Mu'en tried to intervene. Later, Cui Yu disrupted Gai Shixun's approach to Xu Yan, and Jiang Ning shared an awkwardly tender conversation with Pei Yujing that left her flustered.

  • Duan Shigang showed a video proving Cheng Xia had made the bet, and Yan Mu'en offered to roll in her place before Cheng Xia rolled twice in the Sand Pit herself.
  • Gai Shixun tried to approach Xu Yan, but Cui Yu claimed to be her boyfriend, causing Gai Shixun to take back the drink and leave.
  • Guo Kunnan celebrated Cui Yu's intervention by agreeing to treat the group to barbecue at Ma Jie's Barbecue.
  • Jiang Ning met Pei Yujing, who gave him two bottles of grape juice and explained that her mother had inspired her to care for him.
  • Jiang Ning teased Pei Yujing by asking if she wanted to be his mother, then called her cute, leaving her flustered.

Ch. 965Small Garden Date

Cheng Xia’s insult of Pang Jiao ended with Yan Mu'en being launched onto the Speech Platform, while Jiang Ning’s friends celebrated his long-jump success and the art and sports students changed classes. After Yang Sheng lent Jiang Ning her authority, Yu Wen lured Chen Shuaishuai into the Small Garden, where Liu Chuandao, Duan Shigang, and Zhang Chi confronted him over his treatment of Pei Yujing.

  • Cheng Xia insulted Pang Jiao and Hong Yuanyuan, and Yan Mu'en was sent flying onto the Speech Platform when he tried to protect Cheng Xia from Pang Jiao’s palm strike.
  • Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing announced that Ai Man had recruited them for the Dance Team, while Jiang Ning’s friends discussed his 7.22-meter long jump and challenged one another to athletic boasts.
  • Jiang Ning asked Yang Sheng to lend him her authority, and art and sports students began moving out of Class 8 as Gong Jin considered switching seats.
  • Chen Shuaishuai ordered Pei Yujing’s group to clean the Water Dispenser, and Pei Yujing volunteered to do it herself.
  • Yu Wen lured Chen Shuaishuai to the Small Garden by claiming Shen Qing'e wanted to befriend him, where Liu Chuandao, Duan Shigang, and Zhang Chi surrounded him and Yu Wen declared herself the class monitor.

Ch. 966Dominating CEO

Liu Chuandao, Duan Shigang, and Zhang Chi intimidated Chen Shuaishuai into treating Pei Yujing fairly, and he made her a hygiene inspector exempt from cleaning duties. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning’s concern unsettled Pei Yujing, and Chen Siyu and Yang Sheng compared identical barbecue invitations from a boy in the School Sports Planning Department.

  • Yu Wen delivered a warning to Chen Shuaishuai on behalf of Pei Yujing, and the boys frightened him with a recording of Xue Yuantong.
  • Chen Shuaishuai agreed not to report the confrontation and promised to help Pei Yujing, then later removed her as group leader and appointed her hygiene inspector, exempting her from cleaning duties.
  • Jiang Ning told Pei Yujing that he had arranged for Chen Shuaishuai to be cornered and that seeing her do chores hurt him, leaving her flustered.
  • Chen Siyu and Yang Sheng discovered that a boy from the School Sports Planning Department had sent them nearly identical messages and invited them to Ma Jie Barbecue.
  • Chen Siyu called the boy a pervert after he invited her to barbecue that night, while Yang Sheng joked that she would ask whether he wanted to go too.

Ch. 967Poisoning

Jiang Ning prepared honey barbecue and a cup of Lemon Tea while Xue Chuchu struggled with her growing feelings for him and fears that he would touch her. After she took a sip, he revealed that the drink was only spicy because he had accidentally added chili powder.

  • Jiang Ning grilled honey barbecue with Tongtong while Lin Zida borrowed honey from him to make his own barbecue.
  • Tongtong brought Chuchu to Jiang Ning's courtyard, leaving her alone with him briefly.
  • Chuchu saw Jiang Ning pour suspicious red powder into a drink and feared he had drugged her.
  • Jiang Ning offered Chuchu the Lemon Tea, and she reluctantly took a small sip.
  • Chuchu found the drink painfully spicy, and Jiang Ning said he had accidentally added chili powder.

Ch. 968Lulled to Sleep

Xue Chuchu ate the skewers meant for Xue Yuantong, while Jiang Ning spent the night joking and telling stories with Tongtong. Shao Shuangshuang, feeling lonely after sending her parents on a trip, went to meet three girls and reviewed Evergreen Medicine’s breakthrough treatment, leaving the reason for linking its release to No.4 Middle School’s spring event unexplained.

  • Xue Chuchu ate all the grilled skewers before realizing she had left none for Xue Yuantong, and Jiang Ning made sure Tongtong got food too.
  • Lin Zida grilled honey-coated prawns at the Agritainment, and Yin Yu kept eating them despite Zhuang Jianhui’s attempts to tease her.
  • Xue Yuantong returned to Jiang Ning’s courtyard after showering, played Clash of Clans, and told him a quail bedtime joke.
  • Shao Shuangshuang returned to an empty home and realized she missed her parents after sending them on an overseas tour.
  • Shao Shuangshuang met three girls at Yuzhou South Station while Zhao Shuang reported that Evergreen Medicine’s trial treatment had reversed kidney fibrosis in all 128 patients.
  • Shao Shuangshuang confirmed Evergreen Hospital was ready to open and acknowledged that releasing the new medicine alongside No.4 Middle School’s spring event sounded absurd.

Ch. 969A Kick That Shattered a Genius's Dream (5K)

Shao Shuangshuang welcomed three impoverished but gifted girls into her home, while students at No.4 Middle School reacted to incoming township students and spent PE class playing football. Jiang Ning ended the match with a spectacular long-range goal, leaving Zong Xiaoye questioning his passion for football.

  • Shao Shuangshuang met Mei Dai and two other girls and told them they would live with her as her daughters.
  • Shan Qingrong told Class 8 that top students from township high schools, including Xue Yuantong's hometown of Humiao Town, would join them the following week.
  • Gu Wei asked Tang Jing why her cousin had gone cold toward him, and Tang Jing realized his disastrous joke about everything he supported dying had caused it.
  • Zong Xiaoye scored twice against the older students during a football match, and Cui Yu recruited Jiang Ning to help their side.
  • Jiang Ning stole the ball and scored from eighty meters away, astonishing Zong Xiaoye and the other players before returning to the track.

Ch. 970Evil Woman (5K)

Teacher Ouyang stormed out of Class 8 after clashing with Lu Qiqi, while Chen Qian took over the physics lesson. Later, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong started selling fried fish at the Dam Top, drawing a crowd after Jiang Ning added fragrant sesame, and Yin Yu bought the entire batch.

  • Teacher Ouyang scolded Class 8, then left in anger after Lu Qiqi revealed that his son had been rejected by Yun Tingting.
  • Chen Qian explained the physics problem to Class 8, and Teacher Ouyang returned to find him teaching at the podium.
  • Jiang Ning bought all the anglers’ fish, and Xue Yuantong helped prepare them for a fried-fish stall.
  • Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong began selling fried fish, but the first customer was the ghost-flame youth who recognized Jiang Ning.
  • Jiang Ning added fragrant Black Sesame to a large batch of fried fish, and Xu Wenyi praised it as pedestrians gathered to buy some.
  • Yin Yu paid for the entire batch of fried fish, choosing half sweet-and-sour and half spicy.

Ch. 971The Final Invitation

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong sold fried fish at the river dam, where Shen Qing'e and Shen Hongdie encountered them and discussed their year-long cold war. As students from Humiao Middle School prepared to transfer to No.4 Middle School, Han Wennuan impressed her classmates with her singing, and Jiang Ning received invitations from Shen Qing'e and Geng Lu to meet the next day.

  • Yin Yu tried to buy up Xue Yuantong's fried fish to resell it, but Jiang Ning limited sales to one serving per customer, and Xue Yuantong turned away a woman who wanted fish for her dog.
  • Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning, and Xue Chuchu sold all their fried fish, earning 1,530 yuan in revenue, and Xue Chuchu told them that Zhong Huai and Han Wennuan would transfer to No.4 Middle School.
  • Shen Hongdie and Shen Qing'e met Jiang Ning at the river dam, tried his fried fish, and Shen Qing'e admitted that she and Jiang Ning had been in a cold war for about a year.
  • At a farewell gathering, Zhong Huai gave an emotional speech and sang about his father, while Han Wennuan quietly studied before outsinging a glamorous classmate in a duet.
  • After Jiang Ning returned home, Shen Qing'e and Geng Lu separately messaged him to ask whether he was free to meet the next day.

Ch. 972Defeating Enemies Through the Void

Shen Qing'e approached Jiang Ning by offering him cheap grass carp, but learned he was buying it to help another friend. The next day, Jiang Ning took Geng Lu on a picnic before she left Yuzhou, while Shen Qing'e spotted them together and fled; the chapter ended with Geng Lu joking to Chen Siyu that she had drugged Jiang Ning.

  • Shen Qing'e created a Kuaishou account and offered Jiang Ning grass carp for three yuan per jin, and he ordered a hundred jin to help a friend sell fried fish.
  • Jiang Ning brought fried fish to Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida, then had Xue Yuantong cook dinner before Aunt Gu returned with food and praised Tongtong for earning a thousand yuan at her stall.
  • Jiang Ning left early Saturday to meet Geng Lu, and the two went to the market to buy ingredients for a picnic.
  • Shen Qing'e saw Jiang Ning and Geng Lu together at the market and hurried away before he could ask why she was there.
  • At Wetland Park, Geng Lu grilled and ate with Jiang Ning, gave him preservative-free eye drops, and helped put a drop in his eye.
  • When Chen Siyu messaged Jiang Ning, Geng Lu told her he could not reply because she had just drugged him, prompting Chen Siyu to panic.

Ch. 973The Magic for You

At Wetland Park, Jiang Ning and Geng Lu shared a playful afternoon before he recovered a memory of once losing her a golden candy wrapper loop. He used a fishing trick to give her a golden ring, and Geng Lu told him it was already worn in her heart.

  • Geng Lu and Jiang Ning put eye drops in each other’s mouths by accident while Chen Siyu worried that they were drugging each other.
  • As they grilled skewers, Jiang Ning remembered a rainy day in 2015 when he had offered Geng Lu a golden loop from a candy wrapper, then hurried off to help Shen Qing'e before Geng Lu could find it again.
  • Jiang Ning asked Geng Lu if she wanted to see a magic trick, then fished a Big Black Carp from the lake and found a golden ring in its mouth.
  • Geng Lu delightedly accepted the ring, and Jiang Ning asked if its disappearance would feel like fate.
  • Geng Lu told Jiang Ning that the ring was already worn in her heart.

Ch. 974Back to the Past

Jiang Ning ran into Shen Qing'e and gave her a ride home, while she reminisced about their school days and hoped to rekindle their relationship. He rejected her nostalgia and left her at her residential complex, saying he had to get back for a fish delivery.

  • Jiang Ning inspected Xuehua Lake as a possible cultivation site, then encountered Shen Qing'e and their former classmates downtown.
  • Xiao Shaoxiong made a show of his status, while Shen Qing'e declined his offer of a ride and asked Jiang Ning to take her home.
  • During the ride, Shen Qing'e recalled their shared school memories and secretly planned to get close to Jiang Ning again.
  • Shen Qing'e mistook Jiang Ning's remark about the ride for a wish to return to the past, but he explained that he had only been coasting downhill.
  • Jiang Ning dropped Shen Qing'e off and refused to talk, saying he needed to return home to receive a fish delivery.

Ch. 975Revenge, Revenge

Jiang Ning, Tongtong, and Chuchu sold fried fish at the River Dam, where Xue Chuchu reunited with students from Humiao Middle School and Zhong Huai reacted to her stall work. In the city, Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing discussed visiting Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning, and Mother Chen eagerly urged them to go.

  • Tongtong asked Jiang Ning to fund her remote-control car project, and he offered her the money from selling fried fish.
  • Jiang Ning, Tongtong, and Chuchu prepared a hundred pounds of Grass Carp and set up their stall at the River Dam.
  • Zhong Huai led students from Humiao Middle School around the Dam and proposed treating the girls to grilled fish while criticizing Xue Chuchu for not organizing a meal.
  • Xue Chuchu reunited with Han Wennuan and the other students at Jiang Ning's stall, while Tongtong defended their portions and said the stall earned over a thousand yuan a day.
  • Zhong Huai dismissed stall work as a poor substitute for studying, while Han Wennuan wished she could earn money like Tongtong and Chuchu.
  • Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing considered visiting Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning, and Mother Chen insisted they go and demanded Chen Siqing's phone.
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