Recaps

Jiang Ning protects those around him and moves through school life as classmates’ romances, rivalries, and schemes unfold. The stretch ends with Shen Qing’e discovering Jiang Ning’s popular wood-carving video and scrambling to hide her online identity.

• Jiang Ning sabotaged Gouzi’s attempt to attack Xue Chuchu, then confronted Yan Bo and destroyed the motorcycle Yan Bo tried to use against him.
• Liu Chuandao’s plans to intimidate classmates repeatedly failed, and Pang Jiao beat him and kept him pinned down while Jiang Ning and the girls passed through the alley.
• Jiang Ning spent time with Xue Yuantong, Xue Chuchu, Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu, Geng Lu, and the twins, while his classmates pursued crushes and made awkward advances.
• Jiang Ning visited Shen Qing’e’s uncle’s home, where his parents’ package revealed invitations to the Evergreen Liquid Press Conference, and Shen Qing’e asked whether they could return to how things were.
• Team Leader Jian lost his position after an investigation revealed his family’s financial crimes, while Jiang Ning’s invitation card surprised Li Shi at school.
• Cui Yu pursued a woman before learning she had a five-month-old son, then turned his attention to first-year student Zhou Jinglan.
• Huang Yuzhu showed his mother the money he earned from construction work, and she accepted his job and asked whether she and his father could work there too.
• Shen Qing’e accidentally liked Jiang Ning’s popular wood-carving video, changed her account details, and tried to hide what she had done from Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen.

Jiang Ning secured invitations to Evergreen Liquid’s launch for himself and Geng Lu while his classmates competed for places and attention. The selected students reached the rooftop restaurant at Guanlan Huafu, where Jiang Ning’s unconventional wine service drew Li Shi’s ridicule and Geng Lu’s defense.

• Hu Jun bought cherries for his classmates, and after Li Shi offered escalating prices, Zhang Chi raised her offer to eight times the price before Ma Shicheng sold her half the cherries.
• Jiang Ning let Zhang Chi draw for the Evergreen Liquid invitations, and Zhang Chi unknowingly tore up the winning slip bearing Principal Yu’s name.
• Jiang Ning gave Geng Lu two invitations to the Bright Eyes press conference and promised to take her to the event.
• Jiang Ning carved a jade ring for Bai Yuxia, while Xue Chuchu misread Bai Yuxia’s message about whether he had done it that night and left after discovering the ring.
• Situ Xin tried to trade students money and internships for their invitations, but Yang Sheng and Meng Ziyun refused his offers.
• The selected students traveled to Guanlan Huafu, exchanged their invitations for card tickets, and entered the rooftop restaurant as Guo Kunnan gaped at its lavish setting.
• Jiang Ning arrived with Geng Lu, gave her a silver-leaf hair clip, and photographed her wearing it.
• Jiang Ning popped a wine cork with a slap and mixed Sprite into Geng Lu’s wine, prompting Li Shi to mock him and Geng Lu to defend the choice.

Jiang Ning intimidates Li Shi at the shooting range, then returns to his classmates’ everyday dramas as he protects Xue Yuantong and outshines Wu Yunzhi. The stretch ends with the school preparing for the New Year’s Gala and Xin Youling taking charge of the program.

• Jiang Ning threatened Li Shi at the shooting range, made her kneel and beg, and later Ding Shuyan told Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida to stop investigating him.
• Jiang Ning spent time with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, sharing a warm evening by the fire and later guiding them through Evergreen Liquid’s underground old street.
• Jiang Ning won a place on a pleasure boat by landing four arrows in a row, while Wu Yunzhi refused to compete and later resolved to win Yan Chuchen’s affection through basketball.
• Jiang Ning carried Xue Yuantong through a League of Legends match, then Li Shi panicked and ran away when she saw him make a gun gesture at school.
• After a square-faced man threatened Uncle Zhang, Jiang Ning tripped the fleeing Crew Cut Man with Spiritual Energy and reassured Xue Chuchu that Uncle Zhang was furious.
• Jiang Ning answered Chen Siyu’s request for a basketball demonstration with a windmill dunk, then helped get Wu Yunzhi disciplined for mocking Wu Xiaoqi online and forced him to post an apology.
• Qi Tianheng paid Zhao Xiaofeng to spread Wu Yunzhi’s apology, prompting students to mistakenly credit Wu Xiaoqi, while Jiang Ning watched over the sleeping Xue Yuantong and teased Shang Wanqing by message.
• Shan Qingrong announced that the class would organize the New Year’s Gala, and Xin Youling took charge after Cui Yu and Liu Chuandao’s attempted performances fell flat.

Jiang Ning shared school, market, and neighborhood adventures with Xue Yuantong while the conflict around Wu Yunzhi escalated. After Jiang Ning rescued Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida from an ambush, Ding Shuyan recognized his fire as an Immortal Technique, and Zhuang Jianhui’s family began investigating Wu Yunzhi.

• Jiang Ning gave Bai Yuxia a Cyan Jade Ring, took her to the Night Market, and won her toys and a brooch.
• Xue Yuantong assembled the Gundam kit Jiang Ning gave her, and she and Jiang Ning grew closer through visits, outings, and shared meals with Xue Chuchu.
• Pang Jiao beat Xiao Wei and his men after they ambushed her and her friends, while the class suspected Wu Yunzhi had arranged the attack.
• Pang Jiao and the Four Golden Flowers later ambushed Wu Yunzhi and whipped him, and he swore to retaliate.
• Zhuang Jianhui beat Wu Yunzhi in a one-on-one basketball game, and Chang Yi and seven others were expelled after joining a fight against him.
• Wu Yunzhi secretly gave Uncle Jia a photograph of Zhuang Jianhui, and Uncle Jia’s men lured Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida into an alley and broke Zhuang Jianhui’s arm.
• Jiang Ning defeated the attackers and forced Bald Strongman to pay him, then Lin Zida arranged help for Zhuang Jianhui.
• Lin Han told Zhuang Jianhui’s parents that Wu Yunzhi might be connected to the attack, while Ding Shuyan concluded Jiang Ning’s fire ability was an Immortal Technique.