Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning collected several awards at the School Anniversary Closing Ceremony while Yu Wen fell off the winners’ podium, and Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng confronted a girl who refused to take responsibility for her litter. As the holiday began, Qi Tianheng prepared a gift for Yang Sheng, while Shan Kaiquan resolved to confess to Bai Yuxia after the break.

• Jiang Ning received awards for the boys’ Hundred Meter Race, 800 Meters, and High Jump, sharing his medals and bouquets with classmates including Geng Lu, Bai Yuxia, and Xue Yuantong.
• Yu Wen fell from the winners’ podium while receiving the girls’ tug-of-war team award, leaving her stunned in front of the school.
• Wen Qianling complained when Wang Longlong picked up her empty bottle, so Ma Shicheng returned it and told her to practice instead of blaming others.
• Qi Tianheng showed Miao Zhe his folded stars, decided to give Yang Sheng 999 stars and a women’s watch after the holiday, and asked Zhao Xiaofeng to prepare the gift.
• Shan Kaiquan told Guo Kunnan that he would confess to Bai Yuxia after the holiday, and Guo Kunnan agreed to witness it.

Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu visited the park lake, where Jiang Ning used a Supreme Discount Card to rent a sightseeing boat and the three set out to fish and enjoy the water. Meanwhile, Lin Zida and his classmates arrived at the park, and a class-group argument began when Ma Shicheng questioned Lu Qiqi’s complaint about her boyfriend.

• Xue Yuantong packed supplies and a landing net for the outing, while Xue Chuchu brought tofu and rode with her to the park.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu explored the park before Jiang Ning used his Supreme Discount Card to rent a boat and collect complimentary food and drinks.
• Xue Yuantong nervously boarded the boat, then tried to catch fish with her landing net while Jiang Ning fished and Xue Chuchu paddled.
• Lin Zida, Zhuang Jianhui, Li Shi, and Wang Yong arrived at the park and rented another sightseeing boat, with Lin Zida paying for their food.
• Xue Yuantong checked the class group chat, where Lu Qiqi complained about her boyfriend and Ma Shicheng’s reply prompted Yu Wen and Yang Sheng to challenge him.

Jiang Ning and his friends spent the holiday fishing and cooking on a boat, while Li Shi asked Wang Yong about Yang Sheng. Back at school, Shan Kaiquan confessed to Bai Yuxia after reflecting on how much he had grown, but her rejection left him devastated in the rain.

• Jiang Ning caught fish while Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong helped prepare a meal on the boat, and Lin Zida and Wang Yong came over before going fishing themselves.
• Li Shi asked Wang Yong about Yang Sheng and learned that Yang Sheng had lost only once, to Xue Yuantong at table tennis.
• Qi Tianheng postponed his planned confession to Yang Sheng because of the storm and kept his gift of 999 Little Stars and a pocket watch in his desk.
• Shan Kaiquan told Guo Kunnan that he was ready to confess to Bai Yuxia, explaining that his efforts had helped him overcome his fear and feelings of inferiority.
• After evening self-study, Shan Kaiquan invited Bai Yuxia outside and confessed, but the attempt failed, leaving him alone and distraught in the rain.
• Shan Kaiquan stood in the storm and shouted that Bai Yuxia was accepting the love of Shan Kaiquan.

After Bai Yuxia rejected Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan comforted him through the rainy night, but Kaiquan broke down during morning self-study. Meanwhile, Wu Xiaoqi knocked himself unconscious while attempting a running jump, then abruptly sprang back to life after Jiang Ning secretly used Spiritual Energy.

• Guo Kunnan found Shan Kaiquan standing in the rain at the School Field and shielded him with an umbrella after Kaiquan confessed he did not want to live.
• Guo Kunnan brought Shan Kaiquan back to the dorm and gave him Banlangen, and Kaiquan went to class the next morning still devastated by Bai Yuxia's rejection.
• Shan Kaiquan listened to a sad love song during morning self-study and sang loudly enough to silence the class and draw everyone's attention.
• Wu Xiaoqi tried to jump up and grab the classroom doorframe, struck his head on the lintel, and fell unconscious.
• Jiang Ning used Spiritual Sense to assess Wu Xiaoqi and secretly tapped his forehead with Spiritual Energy, causing him to spring up beside Pang Jiao.

Qi Tianheng discovered that his bottle of handmade Little Stars had been stolen, while Shan Kaiquan tried to win Bai Yuxia’s attention by running laps in the rain. After visiting a neighbor’s wake, Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning whether everyone would someday leave the world.

• Wu Xiaoqi sprang up in front of Pang Jiao, then fainted again after she shouted at him and Cui Yu joked about their exchange of fluids.
• Qi Tianheng arrived at school to confess to Yang Sheng, but discovered his bottle of handmade Little Stars was missing and learned that other students had lost belongings too.
• Shan Xiao revealed that he had stolen Qi Tianheng’s bottle and pretended to share his anger about the theft.
• Shan Kaiquan ran twenty-two laps in the rain to impress Bai Yuxia, but she ignored him, and he later invited his friends to barbecue and drink.
• Wang Yong asked Jiang Ning about Xue Chuchu, while Qi Tianheng and Li Shi questioned Lin Zida about his stolen game console.
• Xue Yuantong visited a neighbor’s wake with Jiang Ning and later asked him whether everyone would someday leave the world.

Jiang Ning stayed home after Xue Yuantong asked him not to leave, while his classmates dealt with heartbreak and school mischief. Qi Tianheng staged a lavish confession for Yang Sheng, but someone disrupted it just as he was about to speak.

• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to stay home that night, and he agreed after realizing she feared being alone.
• At a barbecue, Shan Kaiquan drank heavily and confessed that he still loved Bai Yuxia while his friends tried to comfort him.
• The school identified Zhang Chi as the student who had eaten the oil peaches and gave him a warning.
• Qi Tianheng took Zhang Chi’s punishment as an auspicious sign and had Zhao Xiaofeng hire students to arrange a confession for Yang Sheng.
• Chai Yichen, Yan Chuchen, musicians, and Sports Students entered Class Eight as Qi Tianheng presented Yang Sheng with a candlelit cake and began his confession.
• A voice from the back row interrupted Qi Tianheng by calling out, “Candles for sale! One yuan each!”

Qi Tianheng’s ruined confession sparked a classroom confrontation, while the next day Dong Qingfeng and Class 8 tried to protect Jiang Yanan from punishment when her phone rang in math class. Shan Kaiquan continued to wallow in heartbreak over Bai Yuxia, ending the chapter lost in fantasies until Yu Wen called out his sour-smelling clothes.

• Cui Yu and Wang Longlong disrupted Qi Tianheng’s confession, and Qi Tianheng offered money to identify them before Huang Zhongfei and other students stood up to him.
• Shan Qingrong arrived and sent Qi Tianheng’s group away, and the next morning Qi Tianheng received a disciplinary warning.
• Dong Qingfeng imitated Jiang Yanan’s ringtone to shield her, and students across Class 8 joined in claiming responsibility until Gao Heshaui confiscated her phone.
• Bai Yuxia shared liquor-filled ice cream with Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Chen Siyu, while Xue Yuantong teased her about her dimples.
• Shan Kaiquan imagined saving Bai Yuxia in other worlds and watching her search for him, until Yu Wen told him his clothes smelled sour.

Yu Wen nearly choked on Hami Melon before Zhang Yifei rescued her, while Jiang Ning shared pizza with Geng Lu and Zhang Chi fought a child who struck him with a spoon. That evening, Xue Yuantong tried to trick Jiang Ning into changing her broken light bulb, but he found her hidden eraser with Spiritual Sense.

• Shan Kaiquan noticed that his clothes smelled and hurried back to the dorm to change while Yu Wen and Shen Qing'e tried to comfort the crying Jiang Yanan.
• Yu Wen competed with Zhang Yifei to finish a box of Hami Melon, then choked on the pieces she had stuffed into her mouth until Zhang Yifei dug them out and saved her.
• Geng Lu sat with Jiang Ning, gently tried Lu Qiqi's oil blotting papers on his face, and shared her mother's pizza with him.
• Zhang Chi was struck in the face with a ceramic spoon by a restaurant boy, so he grabbed the boy by the hair, slapped him, and left after warning the elderly people at the table.
• Xue Yuantong hid her eraser and tried to lure Jiang Ning into discovering her broken bedroom light, but Jiang Ning found the eraser with Spiritual Sense before she could spring the plan.

With Midterm Exams approaching, Guo Kunnan resolved to change himself, studying harder and treating others more kindly, though his new confidence brought him an embarrassing mishap. The next morning, he remained determined to improve while Xue Yuantong helped Chen Siyu open a stubborn bag of milk.

• Guo Kunnan decided to change after reflecting on his stagnant life, then defended Class 8 by praising its math teacher and sought help from Jiang Ning with a difficult problem.
• Guo Kunnan studied diligently, played basketball with Kaiquan and Wu Xiaoqi, and tried to help Wang Yanyan when she tripped, but she accidentally pulled down his pants.
• Guo Kunnan recovered from his embarrassment and, during evening self-study, boldly asked Gao Heshaui to explain a math problem.
• The next morning, Xue Yuantong struggled to open Chen Siyu's milk bag, then tore it open with a sudden burst of strength.

Jiang Ning refined and ate an improved Essence Nurturing Pill while his classmates traded snacks and took up Rubik’s Cubes. As Friday’s class ended, Xue Yuantong solved a cube in seconds, Guo Kunnan recounted his failed attempt to approach a girl, and Pang Jiao demonstrated a hair-flip pose that left Wu Xiaoqi trembling.

• Jiang Ning ate an Essence Nurturing Pill he had refined from spiritual herbs, while Xue Yuantong watched and asked about its taste.
• Guo Kunnan spotted a girl reading in a stationery store and waited in the rain to share her umbrella, but he missed the chance when the class bell rang.
• Bai Yuxia gave the final ice cream cone to Chen Siqing after Chen Siyu said her sister was in another classroom, and Jiang Ning realized Chen Siyu had secretly eaten it herself.
• Cui Yu challenged Dong Qingfeng to a Rubik’s Cube contest and lost, after which Dong Qingfeng tried to teach Chen Siyu to solve one.
• Xue Yuantong solved Chen Siyu’s Rubik’s Cube in little more than ten seconds, stunning Dong Qingfeng.
• Pang Jiao demonstrated brushing her hair behind her ear and asked Wang Yanyan if she looked beautiful, while Wu Xiaoqi’s composure finally faltered.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to the snack street, where he used a divine sense attack against a woman who stole a student's milk tea, then they visited Yuzhou Medical College and met Bai Yuxia. Back home, Xue Yuantong challenged Jiang Ning to badminton and believed she had finally beaten him, but Aunt Gu revealed he had just carried a bag of rice.

• Jiang Ning rode with Xue Yuantong across Xuehua Lake Bridge to University City Snack Street, where she photographed the sunset and bought snacks.
• After a woman stole a student's milk tea, Jiang Ning secretly struck her with a Divine Sense Flying Knife, and law enforcement officers later took her away.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong ate their snacks and explored Yuzhou Medical College, where they met Bai Yuxia and learned her mother was an associate professor and doctor there.
• Bai Yuxia returned to her mother's office, where Doctor Feng encouraged her to spend time with Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong before leaving for a meeting.
• At home, Xue Yuantong challenged Jiang Ning to badminton and played until she was exhausted, believing he had finally lost when he pretended to tire.
• Aunt Gu came home and found Xue Yuantong boasting about her victory, then pointed out that Jiang Ning had just carried a bag of rice.

As No. 4 High School students prepared for the Midterm Exam and second-year class placements, a surprise phone inspection sent Class Eight scrambling to hide their devices. Ma Shicheng’s backpack plan fooled the search team, while Shan Xiao secretly retrieved his phone from Director Wang before he left.

• Shen Qing'e told Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan that Jiang Ning’s parents were executives at Evergreen Liquid Company, and the girls brought drinks to Dong Qingfeng to thank him for helping them.
• Yu Wen tried to get Huang Zhongfei to open her cola, but it erupted and drenched her, so she took leave during evening self-study.
• Cui Yu showed Guo Kunnan a photo-search app that could provide solutions to problems, then promised to get a high score on the exam.
• Huang Zhongfei warned Class Eight that the Security Department was scanning for phones, and Geng Lu offered to hide Jiang Ning’s phone before Ma Shicheng proposed lowering the class’s phones outside in a backpack.
• Director Wang and Director Yan searched Class Eight but found no phones, while Xue Yuantong openly kept playing on hers.
• Shan Xiao dropped his pen as Director Wang was leaving and secretly retrieved the phone he had hidden on him.

Guo Kunnan’s attempt to study before the midterm exam ended with him crashing into a clean, closed window, while students resorted to increasingly absurd cheating schemes during the exams. After the exams, Jiang Ning visited his spiritual field on Tiger Perch Mountain and received threatening messages from Xue Yuantong, who held his stuffed rabbit hostage to make him come home.

• Guo Kunnan woke early to study, but Shi Qianjin watched him slam into Class 8’s closed window when he tried to climb inside.
• Cui Yu’s question-searching app failed because the school activated signal jammers, so he disguised himself as an inspector and memorized answers from Huang Zhongfei’s test in another exam room.
• Shi Qianjin tried to demonstrate Guo Kunnan’s window crash and smashed through the classroom glass, while Pang Jiao stole Xie Xiaoqian’s answers and later cowed him with help from Li Shengnan and Zhang Yifei.
• Shen Xu profited from phones confiscated during the school’s inspections, and the midterm exams proceeded with students attempting various ways to cheat.
• Jiang Ning visited the spiritual field on Tiger Perch Mountain, where deer and other animals lived amid the spiritual energy.
• Xue Yuantong messaged Jiang Ning that she would harm his stuffed rabbit if he did not come back soon, and Jiang Ning told her to let it go.

After the Midterm Exam, Shan Kaiquan recovered from his apparent failure and imagined mastering calligraphy to make Bai Yuxia regret rejecting him. The class prepared to attend a calligraphy lesson, while Shan Kaiquan’s fantasy ended with Yu Wen asking if he had gone crazy.

• Guo Kunnan celebrated improving his class rank, while Shan Kaiquan hid his true top-ten results and let classmates believe he had fallen to around thirtieth.
• Shan Qingrong spoke with Shan Kaiquan, who then regained his spirits and returned to studying his Math Test Paper.
• At breakfast, Wu Xiaoqi slipped on spilled egg soup but performed a graceful spin to avoid falling, and Xue Yuantong later enjoyed the boiled eggs Jiang Ning had brought her.
• Shan Qingrong praised the class’s exam results and announced a calligraphy lesson; Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia decided to attend, while Xue Yuantong described learning brush calligraphy in her village.
• Guo Kunnan persuaded Shan Kaiquan to consider the calligraphy lesson, and Shan Kaiquan imagined becoming a celebrated calligraphy genius who would make Bai Yuxia regret rejecting him.
• Yu Wen asked Shan Kaiquan if he had gone crazy after his excited leg shaking made his desk rumble.

Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, and their classmates attended a crowded calligraphy class, where Jiang Ning impressed Bai Yuxia with his writing and Shen Xinli endured Pang Jiao’s advances. Later, Guo Kunnan confessed to Xu Yan, who rejected dating during high school, but he misread her response as a possible future chance and kept messaging her.

• Shan Kaiquan joined the calligraphy class with Guo Kunnan, who spotted Xu Yan, while Shan chose to sit with Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng.
• Jiang Ning wrote Xue Yuantong’s name beautifully, impressing Bai Yuxia and Chen Siqing, who asked him to teach her brush control.
• Pang Jiao promised to date Shen Xinli if he earned the teacher’s praise, while Cui Yu and Meng Gui rallied classmates to make Shen’s writing stand out; Shen tore up and ate his draft paper, but Pang Jiao wrote his name anyway.
• Guo Kunnan asked Shan Kaiquan for advice and sent Xu Yan a confession saying he liked her personality and all of her.
• Xu Yan said she was happy he liked her but did not plan to date during high school; Guo Kunnan took her words as hope and sent her more than twenty messages before she asked if he would ever stop.

Xue Yuantong was invited to visit South City during summer vacation with Jiang Ning and considered bringing Chu Chu along. At school, Jiang Ning impressed the football players with a spectacular goal, while Guo Kunnan briefly forgot Xu Yan after knocking a stuck basketball down and breaking his phone.

• Chen Siyu invited Xue Yuantong to South City with her and Bai Yuxia, but Xue Yuantong declined; Jiang Ning said they could discuss a summer trip later.
• Xue Yuantong agreed to travel during summer vacation and asked whether Chu Chu could come too.
• Jiang Ning kicked a football into the goal from the edge of the School Field, impressing Tao Nian and the other students.
• Guo Kunnan told Shan Kaiquan he would stop loving Xu Yan, then agreed to go for buffet barbecue with him despite having little money.
• Guo Kunnan spotted Sister Qu's basketball stuck on the rim, leaped up to knock it down, and dropped his phone, breaking it into three pieces.

Jiang Ning carved a white jade rabbit for Xue Yuantong while Shen Qing'e worried about her past falling-out with him and admired his work from afar. Xue Yuantong showed off the rabbit, but Aunt Gu revealed that she had deliberately avoided washing Jiang Ning’s clothes properly.

• Xue Yuantong escaped the mosquitoes by returning to Jiang Ning’s room, where he studied formations and began carving a piece of white jade.
• Xue Chuchu told Xue Yuantong she could not join their outing because she had to attend Yuzhou No. 2 High School’s study tour, prompting Xue Yuantong to reconsider traveling during summer vacation.
• Jiang Junlong got permission to go out with Jiang Ning the next day, while Shen Qing'e struggled to study and reflected on how her cold war with Jiang Ning had made them strangers.
• Shen Qing'e saw Jiang Ning’s post of a white jade rabbit, admired it, and secretly visited his social space after paying for Yellow Diamond; Geng Lu then asked Jiang Ning to carve her a miniature big bear.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong the rabbit on a cord, and she showed it off to Aunt Gu, who confronted her about slacking off while washing his clothes.
• Xue Yuantong admitted that she had not even put Jiang Ning’s clothes in water before hanging them up to dry.

Jiang Ning prepared to take Xue Yuantong, his cousin Jiang Junlong, and Shen Qing'e to a remote spot to catch fish by hand. After breakfast, they gathered supplies and met at Jiang Ning's home before setting out.

• Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong about the planned fishing trip, and she eventually put aside her anger to discuss what they would need.
• Jiang Ning washed the breakfast dishes and arranged to meet Jiang Junlong and Shen Qing'e on the River Dam.
• Xue Yuantong gathered a landing net, water bucket, and other supplies while Jiang Ning went to meet his cousin.
• Jiang Junlong and Shen Qing'e arrived on electric bikes, and Jiang Ning said the fishing spot was about fifteen li away.
• Jiang Ning led the visitors back to his row house, where Xue Yuantong gave them water and stayed behind to finish packing.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong, Jiang Junlong, and Shen Qing'e into the countryside to fish, stopping to explore an imposing dirt slope. Meanwhile, Duan Shigang led his friends toward the same spot and rode his motorcycle straight through a wheat field, leaving them stunned.

• Jiang Ning showed Jiang Junlong and Shen Qing'e his room before taking them and Xue Yuantong out on their bikes.
• Jiang Ning led the group along the river dam and remote dirt roads toward a forest, where Xue Yuantong spotted a snake skin near an abandoned stone bridge.
• Jiang Ning pointed out a nearby dirt slope, and Xue Yuantong eagerly decided she wanted to climb it.
• Duan Shigang brought Deng Xiang, Ge Hao, Gong Xuan, and Qiu Die to the old stone bridge to visit a childhood hangout.
• Duan Shigang ignored the path and rode his motorcycle through the wheat field toward the dirt slope, crushing the wheat as his friends watched in disbelief.

Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong, Jiang Junlong, and Shen Qing'e to a country stream after they encountered Duan Shigang and his companions near a deep reservoir. At a shallow stretch of river, Jiang Ning caught a fish by hand, and Xue Yuantong waded in to join him.

• Xue Yuantong became stuck on a steep slope, and Jiang Ning caught her safely when she jumped down.
• Duan Shigang arrived with Deng Xiang, Ge Hao, Gong Xuan, and Qiu Die, but Jiang Ning led his group past them toward the reservoir.
• Jiang Ning checked the reservoir with his Spiritual Sense and confirmed that it was eighteen meters deep before the group continued to a waterfall and stream.
• Xue Yuantong caught several small crabs and released them, while Jiang Ning led the others to a shallow river stretch where fish could be caught by hand.
• Jiang Ning caught a crucian carp, and Xue Yuantong rolled up her pants and stepped into the water to join him.