Recaps

Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu through Qingming, confronted Boss Ma over unpaid wages, and returned to school, where he rescued Zhang Zhaodi from a phone fire. The arc left Jiang Ning facing a rumor campaign after Wang Longlong exposed a plot against him.

• Jiang Ning subdued a runaway zebra at the zoo, returned a red panda with Xue Yuantong, and later towed Xue Chuchu home on her powerless electric bike.
• Jiang Ning and his companions encountered battery collectors who threatened Xue Chuchu, and Xiao Ben drove them away before Jiang Ning sold the dog to An Yue’s buyer for twenty thousand yuan.
• Provincial investigators detained Bureau Chief Zhang Guangsheng and Boss An after they threatened Jiang Ning, while Xue Yuantong accused An Yue of wrongdoing.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu visited their father’s grave for Qingming, and Jiang Ning met Chen Siyu, Chen Siqing, and Tang Fu for hot pot.
• Ma Jiale threatened Xue Chuchu, so Jiang Ning confronted him and forced Boss Ma to repay 1.88 million yuan in unpaid wages with cash and gold bars.
• Jiang Ning returned to school, where Xiao Shaoxiong’s Samsung phone exploded and set Zhang Zhaodi’s jacket on fire, and Jiang Ning put out the flames and saved her.
• After Shi Qianjin challenged Jiang Ning’s account of the rescue, Jiang Ning used a Fire Spell on him, and investigators learned Shi had asked him to do it.
• Gu Tai, Luo Jun, and Shi Qianjin posted false rumors about Jiang Ning, but Wang Longlong deleted the thread and sent Jiang Ning a screenshot, and Zhang Chi confronted the plotters during evening study.

Jiang Ning and his friends turn Evergreen Liquid’s land into an environmental enforcement project, while school rivalries and family troubles continue around them. The story leaves off with Ting Yuan announcing a lengthy break after doctors diagnose a serious health condition.

• Zhang Chi forced Gu Tai, Luo Jun, and Shi Qianjin to pay Jiang Ning, while Xiao Shaoxiong recruited Shan Xiao’s help and tried to avoid paying Zhang Zhaodi’s medical expenses.
• Yin Yu lost thirteen cleaning duties to Yang Sheng in a table tennis wager, and Ma Shicheng negotiated a 200,000-yuan settlement with Samsung over his damaged phone.
• Jiang Ning discovered that Evergreen Liquid had found Star-Containing Stone, then helped Xue Chuchu and the Chen twins explore ways to make money.
• Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong, Chen Siyu, Tang Fu, and others to the River Dam to fine tourists for littering and damaging Evergreen Liquid’s land, with Xiao Ben helping enforce their rules.
• Xue Yuantong brought the group’s collected fines home, while Jiang Ning later saw Shen Qing'e’s cheerful photos and felt uncomfortable.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong continued sharing school and family moments, while Xue Chuchu worried about her mother’s illness and broke down as Xue Yuantong tried to comfort her.
• Ting Yuan recalled his childhood, school struggles, and the novel’s development, while also explaining that illness and missed updates had hurt the story’s readership.
• Ting Yuan announced that doctors had diagnosed cerebral arteriosclerosis, insufficient blood supply to the brain, and cerebral hypoxia, and said the novel would pause for around a month and a half.