Recaps

Jiang Ning negotiated Bright Eyes’ launch, dealt with the Li Family, and spent time with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu as school life and new relationships unfolded around them. The stretch ended with Yao Yiyao recognizing Jiang Ning after tasting the spiritual rice at the Xue family courtyard.

• Jiang Ning discussed Bright Eyes’ pricing with Shao Shuangshuang, arranged to attend its launch, and asked her for information about the Li Family.
• Jiang Ning flew to the Li Family gathering, knocked Han Yue unconscious, and returned to River Dam with Hanshi specialties.
• Xue Yuantong learned to ride a bicycle with Jiang Ning’s help, and he later shared food and desserts with her and Xue Chuchu.
• Xue Yuantong spoke to Experimental Class 1 about study routines and efficiency after Hu Hou invited her to share her experience.
• Class 8 students circulated a post exposing Huang Zhongfei, while his classmates debated his romantic prospects and Xin Student confessed to him.
• Jiang Ning spent time with Xue Yuantong through the exam period, and she asked whether they could attend the same university.
• Jiang Ning challenged Chai Wei to badminton and exhausted him, while Pang Jiao and her friends treated Chai Wei’s cramp as classmates watched.
• Xue Yuantong cooked Jiang Ning’s improved spiritual rice, and Yao Yiyao tasted it before recognizing Jiang Ning at the Xue family courtyard.

Jiang Ning and his classmates dealt with school schemes, food mishaps, and shifting friendships as the Small Dining Table Plan began. Shan Kaiquan confessed to Lan Zichen and was rejected, then faced a confrontation that Hu Jun ended by drawing in stray dogs.

• Chai Wei repeatedly tried to sabotage Yan Tianpeng’s bicycle, but Jiang Ning reinforced its brake cable, and Chai Wei was later bitten by a stray dog.
• A Chicken Soup Restaurant poisoned several Class 8 students, while Chai Wei remained unharmed and helped the doctors.
• Jiang Ning prepared a wild rabbit feast with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, and Li Shi and the others came over to sample the food.
• Liu Chuandao tried to win Lan Zichen’s favor by hiding her phone, but she confronted him after the phone disappeared, and Shan Kaiquan later blamed him for the loss.
• The Small Dining Table Plan began, and Jiang Ning carried Geng Lu after she claimed she had twisted her ankle during their evening break.
• Shan Kaiquan led classmates to confess his love to Lan Zichen, but she rejected him and returned his gifts.
• Wu Yunzhi and six others surrounded Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, and Hu Jun, but Hu Jun drew stray dogs that attacked the group.
• Jiang Ning accidentally bumped Xue Chuchu’s chest and made the moment more awkward with his response, prompting her to leave.

Jiang Ning helped Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu at the half marathon, then won the race and donated most of his prize. After taking Xue Yuantong to Qingyu Lake, he returned to school life and was reminded by Guo Ran of his promise to volunteer.

• Jiang Ning coached his classmates in the gym and impressed them by bench-pressing 140 kilograms, then helped Xue Chuchu with her Electric Bike and introduced her as his neighbor.
• Wu Yunzhi attacked Wu Xiaoqi after losing their basketball challenge, and students from both classes joined the ensuing fight.
• Jiang Ning prepared for the half marathon while Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu volunteered at its food stations, and he collected wild boar meat from Tiger Perch Mountain for the finale.
• Wu Yunzhi exhausted himself by racing ahead, while Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to help Yang Sheng keep pace with the leaders.
• Jiang Ning stopped at the 20-kilometer station to eat barbecue, then accelerated in the final kilometer and won the half marathon in 1 hour and 7 minutes.
• At the awards ceremony, Jiang Ning received the trophy and 660,000-yuan prize, then pledged to donate 600,000 yuan through Evergreen Liquid Company.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to Qingyu Lake, where they played in the shallows and talked about being buried together on Tiger Perch Mountain.
• Guo Ran reminded Jiang Ning about his promise to volunteer, while Chai Wei proposed that he coach Pang Jiao and Zhang Yifei at the gym.

Jiang Ning protected Tang Fu from Auntie Tao, spent time fishing and eating with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, and repeatedly thwarted Yan Bo’s attempts to approach Chuchu. At school, Chai Wei framed Pang Jiao over a ring, was beaten in a staged ambush, and then accused her again, while Ji Xuan watched Geng Lu leave with Jiang Ning.

• Zhao Qianqian distracted the school store clerk from groping a student, while Shen Xu learned his girlfriend had been seeing another boy and Yu Wen agreed to write his self-criticism.
• Yang Sheng told Jiang Ning that Tang Fu planned to hike with Auntie Tao, and Jiang Ning and Yang Sheng followed them up Yi Mountain.
• Auntie Tao lured Tang Fu to a cliffside platform and drew a dagger, but Jiang Ning produced a broadsword and Shao Shuangshuang’s men arrested her.
• Jiang Ning ate barbecue with Yang Sheng, Tang Fu, Wu Yunzhi, and Lan Zichen, then brought leftovers to Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu fishing, where he embarrassed Yan Bo and used Spiritual Energy to tangle Yan Bo’s fishing line with Tang Yaohan’s.
• Chai Wei accused Pang Jiao of stealing a gold ring, leading the school to punish Pang Jiao and her friends after the ring shattered, while Liu Chuandao and Duan Shigang later arranged to ambush Chai Wei.
• Liu Chuandao, Duan Shigang, and Zhang Chi trapped Chai Wei in a sack and beat him, but Chai Wei later accused Pang Jiao of the assault without evidence.
• Jiang Ning walked with Geng Lu and sent Wu Yunzhi tumbling into a flower bed, while Ji Xuan watched Geng Lu leave with Jiang Ning and Jiang Ning shared wontons with Tang Fu and Xue Yuantong.