Recaps

Jiang Ning and his friends celebrated the Lantern Festival, then returned to school for a new term filled with new classmates, rivalries, and class antics. The stretch ended with Jiang Ning taking Geng Lu to breakfast while Class 8 prepared for the student registration conference and Qi Tianheng stirred trouble.

• Xiao Ben protected Teacher Qian from Madam Chen’s Dogo Argentino, then escaped Captain Zhou’s pursuit and returned to Jiang Ning before Jiang Ning sent it away into Evergreen Liquid’s ecological park.
• Madam Chen accused Yang Fei of employing child labor after seeing Xingxing pick strawberries, then Director Han accidentally ran over DouDou’s hind legs and Zhang Ruyun showed Madam Chen a video of the accident.
• Yu Wen won 300,000 yuan on a scratch-off ticket, but a thief snatched her bag before Jiang Ning tripped him and Huang Zhongfei recovered it.
• Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu catch a Bamboo Rat, and the three cooked it for Lantern Festival as a fragrant smell drew Wei Zishan to their house.
• Jiang Ning rode Xue Yuantong to Yuzhou No.4 Middle School when the new term began, where Gong Jin joined Class 8 and the students reacted to the announcement of an African international student.
• Pang Jiao knocked Song Sheng down in class, then they distracted Shan Qingrong from the mess by singing together, while Senior Ouyang later lost Yun Tingting’s badminton challenge.
• Yu Wen bought Gong Jin’s seven cleaning-duty shifts for five hundred yuan, and Yang Sheng used part of the money to treat Class 8 to milk tea.
• Jiang Ning took Geng Lu to Huang Family Sesame Cake before dawn, while Class 8 cleaned under Gu Wei’s direction and Qi Tianheng arrived to mock Yang Sheng’s bets.

Jiang Ning navigated Class 8’s election, shifting friendships, and growing entanglements while helping Xin Youling and Xue Yuantong through trouble. The stretch ended with Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and the Chen sisters catching a large fish at the river.

• Qi Tianheng told Zhao Xiaofeng to stop Duan Shigang, Liu Chuandao, Gong Jin, and Tang Jing, and Zhao handed out money that most of them accepted.
• Xue Yuantong earned the city’s top score with 718 points, while Jiang Ning helped Chen Siyu study and later spent time with Geng Lu.
• Yu Wen won the class monitor election, and Wang Longlong became her discipline manager as Class 8 rearranged its seats.
• Zhuang Jianhui took Gong Jin along to collect debts, while Jiang Ning knocked down a knife-carrying attacker at a noodle shop and helped Xin Youling resolve a traffic dispute.
• Jiang Ning defeated Yun Tingting at badminton and encouraged Geng Lu, then helped Xin Youling rescue Cow Cat after Auntie in a sweater injured it.
• Jiang Ning killed Auntie in a sweater after she attacked Xin Youling, then met Ding Shuyan and discussed business over barbecue.
• Gong Jin established himself through school fights and ping-pong, while Class 8 arranged its Small Dining Table seating and Zhang Chi discovered he had been assigned with Hong Yuanyuan, Niu Ying, and Pang Jiao.
• Jiang Ning took Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing to help catch pigeons, exposed Master Meng’s trick on Uncle Tang, and helped Xue Yuantong trap birds before the group caught a three-pound Black Fish at the river.

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.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong balanced school life with their fried-fish business before joining Class 8 on a zoo trip. The outing brought clashes between students, thrilling rides and encounters with animals, ending with Zhang Chi finding the escaped red panda beside Jiang Ning’s picnic.

• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing stayed overnight at Jiang Ning’s home, where the group shared dinner and jokes.
• Shang Zhengyu began training at Boundless Fighting, while Dong Qingfeng sparred with him and accepted his offer of boxing lessons.
• Zhong Huai and the other new students joined Class 8, where Zhang Chi began lending money and charging classmates for favors.
• Zhang Chi and Duan Shigang got into a fight with Deng Xiang’s group after Deng Xiang stole Liang Sheng’s borrowed money.
• Jiang Ning beat Shang Zhengyu in a match, while Xue Yuantong helped run a successful fried-fish stall and calculated their profits.
• An Chan struggled to manage Class 8 before taking the students on a study trip to Yun City, where Xue Yuantong and her friends entered the zoo through the VIP entrance.
• Xue Yuantong challenged Xu Yan over Pei Yujing, then rode the Mystic Bird Roller Coaster with Jiang Ning and her classmates.
• Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to wake a panda, and Xue Yuantong claimed its sugar cane as her own before Zhang Chi found escaped red panda Xiao Jiu beside the group’s picnic.