Chapter Summaries

During English class, Cui Yu and Meng Gui were caught watching a video and were punished, while Zhang Chi tried to borrow money for a business plan to install a router at school. After his classmates refused, Shan Xiao offered to hear him out, and Zhang Chi took him outside to explain the plan.

• Ma Shicheng studied an English dictionary during Chen Haiyang's lesson, while Cui Yu and Meng Gui secretly watched a video until its sound exposed them to the class.
• Chen Haiyang punished Cui Yu and Meng Gui with slaps, confiscated Cui Yu's phone, and ordered them to write three self-criticism essays in English.
• Zhang Chi asked his classmates to lend him money for a router business, but they refused and Wang Longlong claimed he had borrowed Ma Shicheng's money.
• Zhang Chi argued with Wang Longlong and explained that he and Yan Tianpeng planned to place a router under the Multimedia setup and charge classmates for Wi-Fi.
• Shan Xiao offered to listen when Zhang Chi said he needed capital, and Zhang Chi took him outside to discuss the business.

Zhang Chi borrowed ten yuan from Shan Xiao to keep pursuing his router business, while Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to Ma Jie Barbecue after she insisted on eating there. At the restaurant, Guo Kunnan showed his friends a photo of his online girlfriend Acha, and Xue Yuantong noticed Jiang Ning looking at the pretty server Pei Yujing.

• Zhang Chi asked Shan Xiao for business capital, and Shan Xiao lent him ten yuan while urging him to persevere.
• Xue Yuantong persuaded Jiang Ning to take her for barbecue after evening self-study, and they rode to Ma Jie Barbecue.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong sat near Ma Shicheng and his friends, who were eating and discussing Zhang Chi and Guo Kunnan's new relationship.
• Guo Kunnan showed his friends Acha's photo and described her as pretty, educated, and kind, while Ma Shicheng suspected the tea he had bought from her grandfather would never arrive.
• Pei Yujing served Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong their skewers, and Xue Yuantong puffed her cheeks and asked Jiang Ning whether long hair was pretty.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong encountered Qiu Die at a barbecue restaurant, where old school bullying and a sudden brawl brought Jiang Ning into the conflict. After a red-haired man tried to take their cola, Jiang Ning kicked him through the fighting crowd, leaving everyone stunned.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong recognized Pei Yujing at the barbecue stall, and Xue Yuantong later told Jiang Ning that she had spotted someone from her past.
• Qiu Die recognized Xue Yuantong and approached her, but Gong Xuan pulled Qiu Die away after warning her not to provoke Jiang Ning.
• Qiu Die argued with a drunken young man at a nearby table, and the dispute escalated into a brawl between both groups.
• A red-haired young man tried to grab the cola at Jiang Ning's table, but Jiang Ning sent him flying with a kick that knocked down people in the fight.
• Jiang Ning calmly drank his cola as the diners and onlookers stared at him in shock.

Jiang Ning defeated a gang of youths who attacked him and Xue Yuantong at a barbecue stall, while their companions watched and the police were called. Before the police arrived, a group of uniformed men seized the gang for stealing melons, leaving everyone wondering whether Jiang Ning knew them.

• When the red-haired youth and his companions charged at Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning tripped them with a plastic stool and knocked the young man in ripped jeans aside.
• The red-haired youth backed down, then pretended that he and his injured companions were victims and demanded compensation from Jiang Ning.
• Wang Longlong threatened to film the gang for Kuaishou, making them stop their crying, while the red-haired youth continued demanding money and threatening Jiang Ning.
• As police sirens approached, three vans arrived and uniformed men dragged the red-haired youths away, saying they had stolen melons.
• Gong Xuan asked Jiang Ning whether he knew the uniformed men, and he denied knowing them.

Jiang Ning had Shao Shuangshuang handle the aftermath of a disturbance at the barbecue stall, then rode home with Xue Yuantong. Shao Shuangshuang returned to her parents’ home and faced her mother’s renewed pressure to marry, while Ma Shicheng considered whether to expose Guo Kunnan’s romantic fantasy.

• Jiang Ning told Shao Shuangshuang what had happened at the barbecue stall, and she sent Evergreen Liquid security personnel to deal with it.
• The diners speculated about the disciplined men in black, while Guo Kunnan showed off Acha’s affectionate messages and Ma Shicheng chose not to spoil his happiness yet.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode home after barbecue, where Xue agreed to wash his clothes in exchange for local specialties and Aunt Gu offered them fruit.
• Shao Shuangshuang told Jiang Ning the matter was handled, then ate at her parents’ home as her mother urged her to marry and have a child.
• The police left with several young men in black, and Ma Shicheng paid the barbecue bill while Guo Kunnan continued praising Acha.
• Ma Shicheng thought of a way to shatter Guo Kunnan’s romantic fantasy but hesitated to use it.

Ma Shicheng, Shan Kaiquan, and Wang Longlong tricked Guo Kunnan into using a link to reveal what his online girlfriend Acha looked like, exposing that he had been chatting with a bearded man. Later, Xue Yuantong played a violent game at Jiang Ning’s home while waiting for her hair to dry.

• After the barbecue, Shan Kaiquan treated Ma Shicheng, Wang Longlong, Guo Kunnan, and Hu Jun to rice wine and fruit.
• Guo Kunnan said Acha planned to visit Yuzhou and offered to buy the rest of her tea so she could sleep.
• Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong staged a story about a fake classmate and a camera-link trick, while Shan Kaiquan urged Guo Kunnan to test Acha.
• Guo Kunnan sent Acha the link, and the resulting photo showed an unkempt, bearded man, shocking him and the others.
• At Jiang Ning’s home, Xue Yuantong played a game on a PS4 while her hair dried, and Jiang Ning explained that the controller made her feel brave.

Qi Tianheng failed to reconcile with Yang Sheng and ordered Zhao Xiaofeng to arrange an attack on Zhang Chi after school. Meanwhile, Guo Kunnan remained devastated, Ma Shicheng shut down the class Wi-Fi, and Hu Jun wondered why Gao Heshaui was so cheerful.

• Shan Kaiquan and Hu Jun brought breakfast plans to Guo Kunnan after he spent the night at the School Field heartbroken over being blocked by his online boyfriend.
• Jiang Ning agreed to take Xue Yuantong to the cafeteria during the long break, while Chen Siyu confirmed that Jiang Ning did not need to practice tai chi.
• Qi Tianheng tried to make peace with Yang Sheng, but she rejected his offer of friendship; after seeing Zhang Chi in the hallway, he told Zhao Xiaofeng to prepare to attack him after school.
• Ma Shicheng disabled the class Wi-Fi because too many people knew about it, and Wang Longlong told classmates the router had broken.
• Hu Jun and Wang Longlong discussed Gao Heshaui's new car and teaching, and Wang Longlong warned Hu Jun not to go looking for trouble.

Zhang Chi decided to buy routers alone after Yan Tianpeng postponed their business plans, while Jiang Ning accompanied Xue Yuantong to watch a rigged sand-can game. After Wu Xiaoqi showed his remarkable basketball control, Xue Yuantong wanted to try, and Jiang Ning gave her money to play.

• Yan Tianpeng told Zhang Chi he had to go home and would bring his share of the router money on Sunday, so Zhang Chi planned to buy the routers by himself.
• Wang Longlong advised Zhang Chi to order routers online, but Zhang Chi dismissed his advice and kept his plan to visit Computer City.
• Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong he was taking a high-speed train north that night, and she followed him to a crowd watching a sand-can game.
• Bai Yuxia explained how the stall's prizes were designed to make winning difficult, while Zhuang Jianhui knocked down eight cans and then missed a later attempt.
• Wu Xiaoqi demonstrated precise control by knocking over just one can, prompting Xue Yuantong to ask Jiang Ning if she could play; Jiang Ning handed her a hundred-yuan bill.

Jiang Ning let Xue Yuantong keep playing Sand Can after she lost her money, then took his turn when she called for outside help. His spinning shot sent every can tumbling, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Xue Yuantong and Li Shi repeatedly failed to knock down enough cans, and Jiang Ning paid for more turns so Xue Yuantong could continue.
• After losing her final turn, Xue Yuantong called for Jiang Ning to take over.
• Jiang Ning bought two balls despite the crowd doubting he could win back the money.
• Jiang Ning spun the Basketball on his fingertip and shot it through the Sand Cans, knocking them all down.

Jiang Ning won Xue Yuantong 500 Yuan by knocking down all ten cans twice, while Shen Xu lost money and reported the stall. Elsewhere, Zhang Chi escaped an ambush by Qi Tianheng’s group, leaving their tomato-splattered mess on Gao Heshaui’s new car.

• Jiang Ning knocked down all ten cans twice, collected 1,000 Yuan, and left with Xue Yuantong and the Chen Siyu sisters.
• Li Shi stayed behind to try the game, while Shen Xu lost 160 Yuan and reported the stall for gambling.
• Zhang Chi visited places he had dreamed of affording before heading toward Computer City to change his fortunes.
• Zhao Xiaofeng and eight Sports Students chased Zhang Chi for Qi Tianheng, who promised them seafood and 500 Yuan each.
• Zhang Chi hid beneath Gao Heshaui’s business car as the group pelted him with tomatoes and jabbed at him with saplings.
• Zhang Chi escaped when Qi Tianheng spotted him running, and Gao Heshaui later found his new car covered in red stains.

Jiang Ning left Xue Yuantong behind and flew north on his Spirit Boat to investigate a place for cultivation materials, while the chapter also followed Zhang Chi’s plans to sell internet access and Cui Yu’s attempt to get revenge on Pang Jiao. It ended with Jiang Ning calling Xue Yuantong during his journey and discovering she was hiding inside her blanket.

• After dinner, Bai Yuxia’s father drove Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu, and Chen Siqing home, while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode to the River Dam.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong his jacket, warned her to keep wearing the jade pendant, and departed on his Spirit Boat for a city over two thousand kilometers away.
• During his flight, Jiang Ning called Xue Yuantong, who admitted she could not sleep and explained that the loud thud came from her falling while she was inside her blanket.
• Zhang Chi told Shan Xiao that he had bought six routers with Yan Tianpeng and planned to install them the next day so they could collect internet fees from classmates.
• Xue Yuantong ate Chen Siqing’s homemade dried fish and suggested that she and Jiang Ning catch fish by the river that weekend.
• After Yu Wen exposed Cui Yu for watching pornographic films during class, Cui Yu sent Pang Jiao an embarrassing love message from an alternate QQ account.

Cui Yu tricked Pang Jiao into playing an embarrassing sound in class, and she fainted onto Wu Xiaoqi, leaving the class scrambling to lift her. After school, Xue Yuantong tried to shorten the route between her room and Jiang Ning’s by climbing over their shared wall, but fear sent her back down the ladder.

• Cui Yu sent Pang Jiao a fake Whisper Viewer that played an embarrassing sound, then publicly shamed her; Pang Jiao fainted onto Wu Xiaoqi.
• Wang Longlong organized the students as they repeatedly tried to lift Pang Jiao off Wu Xiaoqi, who struggled to breathe beneath her; Pang Jiao woke and got up herself.
• Huang Zhongfei returned from the grade meeting with papers about the school anniversary celebration, but the class barely reacted after the commotion.
• Yan Tianpeng asked Shi Qianjin to bring him lunch, then went to find Zhang Chi to install a router while Shan Xiao agreed to witness it.
• Xue Yuantong proposed using ladders to cross the wall between her room and Jiang Ning’s, but she got frightened near the roof and climbed back down.

Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng made money by installing classroom routers and charging students for Wi-Fi, while Qi Tianheng planned to report Zhang Chi to a teacher. The next morning, Zhang Chi arrived to find an angry crowd demanding refunds.

• Zhang Chi installed routers in six classes, charged students three yuan for Wi-Fi, and had customers sign a pledge not to reveal the password.
• Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng collected payments from dozens of students, and Zhang Chi planned to change the password after a week and expand the business to the second years.
• Qi Tianheng decided to retaliate against Zhang Chi by having Zhao Xiaofeng text the Grade Director about the Wi-Fi business.
• A shadowy figure climbed over the school field wall and slipped into Building No. 3 late at night.
• Zhang Chi arrived late to morning self-study, then found students gathered outside Class 8 and demanding refunds.

After the school confiscated Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng’s router profits and punished them, Zhang Chi’s classmates mocked his downfall, but Shan Xiao comforted him with chocolate. Ma Shicheng revealed a Portable Wifi and explained how he could hide its network, setting up a new way to provide Wi-Fi.

• Students demanded refunds from Zhang Chi after they discovered his router was missing, and Zhang Chi blamed Yan Tianpeng before the Grade Director summoned him.
• Wang Longlong reported that Zhang Chi had accused Yan Tianpeng of taking the router, while Ma Shicheng suspected someone had stolen it.
• The school announced that Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng had illegally earned 513 yuan, gave them each a disciplinary warning, and confiscated Zhang Chi’s profits and poverty subsidy.
• Zhang Chi returned to Class 8 and angrily demanded to know who had stolen his router, then argued with Pang Jiao and Song Sheng before sinking into despair.
• Shan Xiao gave Zhang Chi a Dove Chocolate bar and encouraged him, while Zhang Chi vowed to repay his kindness.
• Ma Shicheng showed Wang Longlong a Portable Wifi and explained how he could hide its network by disabling SSID broadcasting.

During evening self-study, Shan Kaiquan killed a rat that had terrified Class 8, earning praise from Bai Yuxia and his classmates. Mistaking Bai Yuxia’s compliment for romantic interest, he messaged her to ask her to be his girlfriend, then panicked when she did not reply.

• Chen Siqing and Bai Yuxia discussed Jiang Ning’s athletic abilities and encouraged him to consider Sports Day events.
• A large rat raced through Class 8, frightening the students while Xue Yuantong slept undisturbed inside Jiang Ning’s protective formation.
• Shan Kaiquan stomped on the rat, killing it and drawing praise from his classmates, including Bai Yuxia.
• Shan Kaiquan celebrated his newfound popularity and, after imagining Bai Yuxia liked him, messaged her asking her to be his girlfriend.
• When Bai Yuxia did not reply for ten minutes, Shan Kaiquan sent another message apologizing and saying he had been possessed.

Jiang Ning harvested the first crop of spiritual rice at Tiger Perch Mountain while teasing Xue Yuantong, who later proudly told classmates that her mother was a leader at Evergreen Liquid Company. The chapter ended with Yang Sheng asking Jiang Yanan whether she would be willing to earn points for her future son.

• Xue Yuantong bet Jiang Ning she could guess three building-block colors, but Jiang Ning switched the last blocks and made her lose.
• After Xue Yuantong left for the night, Jiang Ning flew to Tiger Perch Mountain, entered his concealed Spiritual Field, and harvested the spiritual rice.
• At school, Jiang Ning told Chen Siqing and Bai Yuxia that his parents worked in management at Evergreen Liquid Company in Wencheng.
• Xue Yuantong overcame her embarrassment about her mother's job and told Chen Siqing and Bai Yuxia that her mother worked at Evergreen Liquid Company and supported over a hundred employees.
• Pang Jiao decided to lose weight, Yang Sheng signed up for the women's 1500 meters, and Jiang Yanan said she preferred a husband whose parents were both dead.
• After Jiang Yanan explained her views on marriage, Yang Sheng asked whether she would be willing to earn points for her future son.

As the school anniversary approached, Xue Yuantong enjoyed Jiang Ning’s spiritual rice while students argued over performances and the flag-raising ceremony. Bai Yuxia accepted a supposedly risqué memory card from Chen Siqing, only to discover its videos opened with the theme song from Calabash Brothers.

• Xue Yuantong skipped tai chi practice after learning she would represent the first-year students with a speech, then praised Jiang Ning’s spiritual rice at dinner.
• Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng argued over losses from their Wi-Fi business until Guo Kunnan intervened.
• Shan Kaiquan claimed genetically modified rice harmed children, and Bai Yuxia suggested the village uncle’s wife might have been responsible for his child’s different DNA.
• Cui Yu tried to promote Meng Gui as a flag bearer by exaggerating his height with thick-soled shoes and upright hair.
• Chen Siqing gave Bai Yuxia a memory card as a birthday gift, claiming it contained an explicit video; when Bai Yuxia played it at home, the Calabash Brothers theme song began.

Students at No. 4 High School trained for Sports Day as Shan Kaiquan tied his hopes of confessing to Bai Yuxia to winning a prize, while Bai Yuxia reconsidered how she saw her classmates through their social-media signatures. The chapter ended with Wang Longlong accidentally flinging a chili-oil dumpling into Lu Qiqi’s hood and failing to get her attention.

• Shan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan went to train for Sports Day, while Zhang Chi invited Shan Xiao to the School Field to practice with him.
• Shi Qianjin reluctantly agreed to fetch Yan Tianpeng’s power bank, and Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng avoided greeting each other in the corridor.
• On the way to the field, Shan Kaiquan told Guo Kunnan he was training to win a prize and confess to Bai Yuxia, then posted a cryptic update from the School Field.
• Bai Yuxia saw Shan Kaiquan’s post and signature, hid his updates, and browsed her classmates’ signatures, reflecting on how she wished she had another version of herself.
• Ma Shicheng brought Wang Longlong dumplings, and Cui Yu startled him so that a dumpling flew into Lu Qiqi’s hood; she turned away before Wang Longlong could alert her.

Wang Longlong and Cui Yu enlisted Shan Xiao to secretly remove a chili-oil-stained dumpling from Lu Qiqi’s hood and wash the stain out before she noticed. After school, Jiang Ning bought Xue Yuantong a strawberry cake and mango coconut milk jelly, and she happily asked how he knew what she liked.

• Wang Longlong and Cui Yu told Ma Shicheng that a chili-oil-covered dumpling had landed in Lu Qiqi’s hood, and Ma Shicheng called Shan Xiao over to help retrieve it.
• Shan Xiao swiftly pulled the dumpling from Lu Qiqi’s hood, then used dish soap and water to scrub away the oil while Wang Longlong, Cui Yu, and Ma Shicheng kept watch.
• Cui Yu accidentally drew Lu Qiqi’s attention while she chatted with Yu Wen, but Shan Xiao pulled his hands away before Lu Qiqi noticed him.
• Shan Xiao finished rinsing Lu Qiqi’s hood, and Wang Longlong and Cui Yu promised to treat him to lunch in thanks.
• Lu Qiqi discovered that her hat was half wet after Ma Shicheng joked that her hair was reflecting light.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong into a dessert shop and bought a strawberry cake and mango coconut milk jelly, prompting her to ask how he knew her preferences.

Xue Yuantong persuaded Jiang Ning to accompany her to their hometown to visit a recently discharged neighbor, and they traveled by intercity bus to Xinhong County. The chapter ended as they prepared to board the bus to Humiao Town.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared lunch, and she told him she planned to visit a neighbor in their hometown the next day.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to come with her, and he agreed.
• Shan Kaiquan announced his goal of placing in the top three at Sports Day, while Dong Qingfeng praised him to set him up for embarrassment if he failed.
• Xue Yuantong got up before dawn, and Jiang Ning rode her to the bus station before they boarded the bus to Xinhong County.
• Xue Yuantong rejected unlicensed car rides and led Jiang Ning to the Humiao Town bus stop, where they prepared to board the arriving coach.