Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning brought Spiritual Field tomatoes to Uncle Jiang Qitian’s home, then returned with four Small Green Dragons for lunch with Xue Yuantong, Xue Chuchu, and their mothers. Meanwhile, the class group chatted about delayed deliveries and shared their holiday meals, with Hu Jun arranging to visit Guo Kunnan that evening.

• Jiang Ning harvested three ripe tomatoes at Tiger Perch Mountain and flew to Uncle Jiang Qitian’s home to give them to the family.
• Jiang Junlong recognized the tomatoes from Jiang Ning’s tomato fish, and Uncle praised their quality before Jiang Ning left with four Small Green Dragons.
• Jiang Ning returned home to find Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu there, and Xue Yuantong chose garlic and pan-fried preparations for lunch.
• Hua Fengmei discussed her job at Evergreen Liquid Company and plans to buy a home while the group ate lunch together.
• Yu Wen, Zhang Chi, Duan Shigang, and Yang Sheng argued in the class group about how deliveries worked, until Yang Sheng pointed out that packages could not be shipped before orders were placed.
• Guo Kunnan shared a photo of his family’s meal, and Hu Jun accepted his invitation to visit that evening.

Jiang Ning and his classmates returned to school and discussed signing up for the Small Dining Table program. Duan Shigang’s attempt to fit in ended in humiliation when he tried to lick cola off Wang Yanyan’s dress and discovered the supposed black stockings were leg hair.

• Shen Qing'e shared a photo of Small Green Dragon in the class group, and Shan Kaiquan’s attempt to answer Bai Yuxia’s lobster question through Guo Kunnan was exposed when Guo Kunnan copied his private instructions into the chat.
• Class monitor Huang Zhongfei announced that students could sign up for the Small Dining Table program, and classmates discussed joining and asked to share tables.
• After vacation, Xue Yuantong decided to ask the class teacher to place her at the same dining table as Jiang Ning, while Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia also sought places with them.
• Shan Kaiquan persuaded Guo Kunnan to join the program in hopes of being assigned to Bai Yuxia’s table, while other classmates, including Shen Qing'e, also considered signing up.
• Duan Shigang failed to join Yu Wen’s group and privately hoped to become a major dealer after the class reshuffle.
• Duan Shigang accidentally sprayed cola onto Wang Yanyan’s dress, agreed to lick it clean after she and her friends berated him, then realized the apparent black stockings were leg hair.

Duan Shigang’s attempt to lick Wang Yanyan’s legs ended in panic, and Pang Jiao’s ensuing fight was stopped before the class meeting. Later, Xue Yuantong arranged to eat at the cafeteria with Jiang Ning and ended the night by asking him to play her game while she washed her socks.

• Duan Shigang recoiled from Wang Yanyan’s hairy legs, and Pang Jiao attacked him after Wang Yanyan demanded compensation for her skirt.
• Pang Jiao threw a desk toward the north side of the classroom, but Yang Sheng stopped it with her leg.
• Cui Yu threatened to show the class teacher a video of Pang Jiao, but Wang Yanyan accused him of secretly filming her, and he agreed not to demand an apology.
• Shan Qingrong held a class meeting about the cafeteria and school matters, and Xue Yuantong later asked him to arrange her cafeteria plans.
• During the break, Guo Kunnan and the others discussed retro games, while Lu Qiqi urged them to pursue relationships.
• Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning that the cafeteria arrangement was settled, then asked him to play her game while she washed her socks.

Students discussed the new Small Dining Table program as Guo Kunnan and Cui Yu ogled Tan Meiling and provoked her into a public confrontation. Meanwhile, classmates prepared for the dining changes, and Xue Yuantong watched a horror movie during evening study.

• Wang Longlong explained that the school would assign Small Dining Table groups by class and balance the number of male and female students, prompting Guo Kunnan to rush to pay.
• Guo Kunnan and Cui Yu followed Tan Meiling and walked backward to sneak looks at her waist, so Tan Meiling scolded them and Cui Yu insulted her in front of other students.
• Xue Yuantong showed Chen Siyu her lunchbox, while classmates discussed buying food canisters and recalled Wei Xiuyuan's unsuccessful pursuit of Dong Jiayi.
• Qi Tianheng decided to join the Small Dining Table after Zhao Xiaofeng suggested he could enjoy special meals in the cafeteria, and sent Zhao Xiaofeng to pay for them both.
• Tan Meiling asked Shen Xu to find someone to teach a Class 8 student a lesson, but Shen Xu hesitated because of his past trouble with Class 8.
• During evening self-study, Xue Yuantong watched a horror movie on her phone and turned the screen away when a ghost appeared, prompting Bai Yuxia to complain.

Jiang Ning secretly used his Spiritual Sense to observe the teacher preparing the Small Dining Table assignments after Geng Lu asked to be seated with him. During evening self-study, the students waited for the results, and Huang Zhongfei received a notification that the list had been released.

• Xue Yuantong tearfully denied crying after Jiang Ning teased her about staying up late to watch a horror movie.
• Huang Zhongfei told the class that the cafeteria Small Dining Table assignments would be announced that evening.
• Gao Heshaui sent Wu Xiaoqi, Wang Yanyan, and Cui Yu to stand at the back during math class, then ordered Wu Xiaoqi out after he insulted him.
• Jiang Ning took out the classroom trash with Geng Lu, who asked whether they could be assigned to the same dining table, and he secretly observed the teacher compiling the list with his Spiritual Sense.
• Chen Siyu asked Xue Yuantong for help with a math problem, but Xue Yuantong advised her to look at a problem and immediately see the answer.
• Huang Zhongfei received a notification that the cafeteria assignment list had been released while the class waited during evening self-study.

Huang Zhongfei announced the Small Dining Table assignments, and Yang Sheng beat Duan Shigang at rock-paper-scissors after he challenged the fairness of Xue Yuantong’s table. On Thursday, the students began eating in the cafeteria, where Table 29 gathered and Tang Fu discovered that Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing were identical twins.

• Huang Zhongfei announced the table assignments, placing Guo Kunnan with his friends and Xue Yuantong, Chen Siyu, Chen Siqing, Yang Sheng, Geng Lu, Tang Fu, and Jiang Ning at Table 29.
• Duan Shigang protested that Table 29 had seven girls, but Yang Sheng challenged him to rock-paper-scissors and won, leaving him with a semester of cleaning duty.
• On Thursday morning, Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to inspect the cafeteria preparations and told Chen Siyu the food was better than before.
• The students headed to the cafeteria, and Jiang Ning led Table 29 to its seats while the group collected porridge and buns.
• Tang Fu arrived at Table 29, saw Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing together, and asked whether they were twins.

The students ate breakfast at the newly opened Small Dining Table, where conversations, food disputes, and romantic schemes unfolded across several tables. On the walk back to class, Huang Zhongfei helped Yu Wen cross a blocked shortcut, while Xue Yuantong cleared the rope with a leap.

• Shan Qingrong opened another porridge line for Jiang Ning, and Jiang Ning helped serve bowls for Bai Yuxia and Geng Lu before the group ate together.
• At Table 27, Zhang Chi, Duan Shigang, and Yan Tianpeng ate most of the shared pancakes and shrimp, provoking Song Sheng, Shi Qianjin, and Li Shengnan before Director Yan settled the dispute.
• At Table 26, Guo Kunnan tried to arrange a seat change so Lu Yaya could sit closer to him, but she politely declined.
• At Table 29, Tang Fu noticed that several girls wore jade pendants, while the Chen Siyu sisters answered her question about their age difference and praised the meal.
• At Table 7, Wei Xiuyuan annoyed Dong Jiayi and argued with Zhao Xiaofeng, while Qi Tianheng watched the girls at Table 29 and planned to send food at noon.
• On the walk back, Huang Zhongfei pressed down a rope so Yu Wen could cross, and Xue Yuantong jumped over it after Tang Fu praised the class monitor.

The students at No.4 Middle School chatted over breakfast, marveled at Chen Haiyang’s regrown hair, and gathered for lunch. Qi Tianheng’s expensive meal briefly made him the cafeteria’s center of attention, but Geng Lu’s shout to Jiang Ning drew the crowd’s gaze away and left Qi Tianheng unhappy.

• Xue Yuantong cleared a rope without tripping, but Tang Fu made the jump look effortless and wiped the smug grin from her face.
• Lu Qiqi boasted about her boyfriend and luxury-brand knowledge until Shan Xiao corrected her that Lv and Louis Vuitton were the same brand.
• Chen Haiyang revealed that Evergreen Liquid had restored his hair and explained that its owner, Shao Shuangshuang, had once been his student.
• Jiang Ning and his friends found a lavish lunch waiting at their cafeteria table, while Gao Heshaui warned Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng not to eat before the others again.
• Qi Tianheng’s family employee delivered an elaborate lunch, and Wei Xiuyuan mocked him for relying on his parents’ money.
• Geng Lu called out to Jiang Ning to ask how much rice he wanted, and Qi Tianheng lost his good mood as students watched her.

At No. 4 Middle School, Jiang Ning and his classmates shared meals, endured a sleepy afternoon class, and gathered in the cafeteria after a power outage. Candlelight gave dinner an unexpected romantic atmosphere, which Geng Lu pointed out to Jiang Ning.

• Qi Tianheng offered his delivered food to his tablemates after seeing Geng Lu serving food for a male classmate, while Zhao Xiaofeng tried to smooth over his boastful remarks.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong home for a rest, then bought her discounted ice cream after she claimed to be a No.4 Middle School teacher using Teacher Guo Ran's meal card.
• Zhang Chi and Duan Shigang knocked Zhuo Na's phone to the floor; when Zhang Chi dropped his own phone to argue that it could not have cracked, its screen broke too.
• Gao Heshaui scolded his sleepy students, and Zhang Chi challenged him to name the five grains before standing through class for answering a question incorrectly.
• Jiang Ning collected lunch boxes and mung bean soup from Guo Ran, then joined Table 29 for dinner as Xue Yuantong explained the low cost of the cafeteria food.
• The cafeteria lights went out during dinner, so teachers brought lamps and Shan Qingrong lit a candle at Table 29; Geng Lu asked Jiang Ning whether their meal looked like a candlelit dinner.

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning walked along the River Dam, visited a sand transport ship, and helped welcome Xue Chuchu’s family for dinner while they discussed buying the house next door. That night, Xue Yuantong played Jiang Ning’s tablet and repeatedly asked Aunt Gu for water until her mother told her to pour it herself.

• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning walked by the river, crossed a ditch, and watched a barking Black Dog aboard a moored ship.
• Xue Yuantong met Xue Chuchu on the dam, bought fish with her, and cooked braised crucian carp for dinner.
• Aunt Gu and Xue Chuchu’s mother agreed on the house sale, though Xue Chuchu’s family still needed time to gather the money.
• Xue Yuantong played Kingdom Rush on Jiang Ning’s tablet while Dong Qingfeng showed off his new phone in the class group chat.
• Aunt Gu told Xue Yuantong to pour her own water, so Xue Yuantong paused her game and went inside before returning with an ice pop.

Xue Yuantong complained to Jiang Ning about her mother waking her early, while a cafeteria dinner erupted into a dispute over supposedly rotten meat. Duan Shigang discovered the smell came from Wang Yanyan’s feet, leaving the cafeteria’s food cleared of blame.

• Aunt Gu woke Xue Yuantong at 5:30 on Saturday, and Xue Yuantong stayed angry about it through the weekend.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode to school, where Guo Kunnan bought a watermelon to share at dinner.
• Jiang Ning steadied Pei Yujing when she slipped on spilled soup, keeping her from falling or spilling her bowl.
• Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng accused the cafeteria of serving rotten Shredded Pork in Beijing Sauce after detecting a foul smell, and Gao Heshaui ordered students to stop eating it.
• Director Yan investigated the smell, and Duan Shigang identified Wang Yanyan’s feet as its source.

After the cafeteria scandal, Class Eight settled into its usual school-day antics as Guo Kunnan confronted a shopkeeper over a prematurely dated snack and Xue Yuantong played games at Jiang Ning’s home. The chapter left Jiang Ning staring at Geng Lu’s deliberately misleading photo after she pretended her computer was broken.

• Yan Tianpeng visited Class Eight to sell water cushions, and Duan Shigang bought three while Lu Qiqi showed off the branded cushion her boyfriend had bought her.
• Guo Kunnan, Shan Kaiquan, and Hu Jun bought snacks after school, and Guo exchanged a bread dated June 9 for one dated June 8.
• Xue Yuantong tried to steal two popsicles, but Aunt Gu caught her and made Jiang Ning eat both; afterward, Xue played on Jiang Junlong’s Silver-rank game account.
• Jiang Ning read Lu Qiqi’s popular QQ post and chatted with Geng Lu, who pretended her computer was broken to get him to request a photo.
• Geng Lu sent Jiang Ning a full-body photo in her nightgown, and he asked why she had sent a picture of herself instead of the computer.

Class 8 endured Gao Heshaui’s afternoon class, shared oranges and Jiang Ning’s unusual grapes, and joked about love and marriage. Guo Kunnan celebrated Lu Yaya accepting his QQ friend request and planned how to pursue her.

• Duan Shigang challenged Gao Heshaui over the snack bag in the hallway and was ordered to stand at the back of the classroom.
• Gao Heshaui threw chalk at sleeping Wang Yanyan but accidentally hit Yu Wen in the mouth, making the class laugh.
• Xue Yuantong shared oranges with Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia, but Chen Siyu accidentally swept her peeled orange into the trash.
• Guo Kunnan asked Hu Jun, Wang Longlong, and Meng Gui what kind of wives they wanted, and they joked about looks and dowries.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong grapes grown with spiritual energy from Tiger Perch Mountain, and she shared some with Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia.
• Guo Kunnan told Ma Shicheng that Lu Yaya had accepted his QQ friend request, then asked Lu Qiqi how to pursue her and was told his IQ was too low to chat.

Jiang Ning helped Xue Chuchu and her mother move into their new home, confronting a flatbread vendor who tried to extort them. After the move, Xue Yuantong spoke up when she saw a man beating a woman, and Jiang Ning faced the man as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Ning joined Xue Yuantong and Aunt Gu to help Xue Chuchu and Hua Fengmei move from their old apartment.
• Jiang Ning tossed the flatbread vendor’s cart out of the alley after the man demanded cigarettes to let the moving truck pass.
• Jiang Ning carried the family’s belongings to the truck while Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu helped with the move.
• Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong went to buy popsicles and talked about Xue Chuchu’s new home near the River Dam.
• The girls returned to the alley and saw a man beating a woman; Xue Yuantong shouted at him to stop.
• The man turned on the girls, and Jiang Ning stepped forward and asked him to apologize.

Jiang Ning intervened when a man beat his wife in the alley, then reassured Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong that he would not face trouble. After helping Xue Chuchu's family settle into their new home, he teased Xue Yuantong into washing his clothes, and she ended the chapter claiming she had saved evidence of his wrongdoing.

• Jiang Ning knocked down the man abusing his wife and forced him to apologize, while Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong urged him to leave.
• Jiang Ning called Shao Shuangshuang for help and told the girls that Evergreen Liquid's influence would keep the incident from causing trouble.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong helped Xue Chuchu's family move into their new house, and Xue Chuchu learned that Jiang Ning had fought for Tongtong before.
• Hua Fengmei, Aunt Gu, Xue Chuchu, Xue Yuantong, and Jiang Ning shared dinner in the courtyard after the move.
• Jiang Ning coaxed Xue Yuantong into washing his clothes, and she later accidentally sent him a screenshot of her complaints before claiming she had saved evidence against him.

Jiang Ning harvested spiritual grapes, visited Shao Shuangshuang, and spent a quiet afternoon with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu before returning to evening study. The chapter ended with Cao Kun discussing leaving Class 5 as Tang Jing challenged him about his plans.

• Jiang Ning picked spiritual grapes and gave baskets to Shao Shuangshuang to keep and deliver to Wencheng.
• Jiang Ning shared a lavish lunch with Xue Yuantong, Xue Chuchu, Hua Fengmei, and Aunt Gu, then watched a horror movie with the two girls.
• Xue Chuchu fell asleep in Jiang Ning's room and woke embarrassed, returning the blanket she had accidentally taken.
• Zhang Chi, Duan Shigang, and Yan Tianpeng went to Ma Jie Barbecue, where Yan Tianpeng ordered only a few cheap items despite promising to treat them.
• Cao Kun ate with Meng Ziyun and Tang Jing, said Class 5 was hopeless, and suggested they consider transferring classes in their second year.

Jiang Ning rode home with Xue Yuantong, while Zhang Chi lost a bet after racing Yan Tianpeng to retrieve a bottle cap. At school, Jiang Ning shared grapes with his classmates, and that night Geng Lu showed him a mark on her shoulder, prompting him to offer her medicine.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode home together, and Duan Shigang and Zhang Chi speculated that they were dating.
• Cao Kun entertained Meng Ziyun at the barbecue stand while Zhang Chi envied their food, then Zhang Chi snatched a discarded bottle cap and lost Tang Jing's bet.
• Jiang Ning brought grapes to school, where Xue Yuantong shared them with Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu; Chen Siyu later pretended to be her sister Chen Siqing to keep eating.
• Guo Kunnan asked Ma Shicheng how to contact incoming junior girls, and Ma Shicheng suggested creating a freshman group for Wang Longlong to promote.
• Shan Kaiquan showed Lu Qiqi and Jiang Yanan his music player and earphones, claiming they gave excellent sound quality.
• Geng Lu sent Jiang Ning a photo of a pink mark on her shoulder, and he offered to bring her medicine the next day.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu to the Hongxing Street Small Temple Fair, where they watched students attempt a hanging challenge and encountered a dubious ring-toss stall. Zhang Chi worked toward buying a new phone while Qi Tianheng passed him in a luxury car, and the chapter ended as Tang Jing challenged Xue Yuantong over the ring-toss prizes.

• Xue Yuantong panicked over a hole she had burned in her mosquito screen, and Jiang Ning patched it with a binder clip before suggesting they visit the temple fair with Xue Chuchu.
• Zhang Chi received his construction wages and saved toward replacing his broken phone, while Qi Tianheng spotted him from a Bentley and enjoyed seeing him at work.
• Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning, and Xue Chuchu arrived at the crowded temple fair and watched Cui Yu and Cao Kun fail to reach the hanging challenge's hundred-second target.
• Jiang Yanan won a ring toss, but the stall owner refused to count it or return her ring under the stall's rules.
• Xue Yuantong noticed the ring-toss stall's large prizes, and Tang Jing challenged her to prove she could win them.

At the Night Market, Jiang Ning won 850 yuan in prizes at a ring-toss stall, overcoming the owner's attempt to cheat him. After leaving with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, he brushed off a man trying to sell him a shady phone.

• Tang Jing and Cui Yu traded increasingly explicit insults while the group visited the Night Market.
• Chen Qian claimed his math and physics knowledge would help him win at ring toss, but he missed all six throws and lost thirty yuan.
• Jiang Ning joined Jiang Junlong at the stall and repeatedly landed rings on prize markers, including the 500-yuan marker, while the owner tried to block one throw.
• Jiang Junlong recorded the final win, and the owner paid the prizes after several of the young men confronted him.
• Xue Yuantong calculated that Jiang Ning had won 825 yuan after expenses, and Jiang Ning offered to treat her and Xue Chuchu to grilled fish.
• A man tried to sell Jiang Ning a suspicious iPhone 5 for six hundred yuan, but Jiang Ning said he already had an iPhone 5S.

At the night market, Ma Shicheng warned classmates about phone scammers while Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu to eat. A scammer later switched a dummy iPhone onto Shan Xiao, but discovered his own phone was missing after the deal.

• Ma Shicheng recognized a cheap iPhone offer as a scam, drove the seller away, and warned the class group to be careful.
• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing bought bookmarks for Jiang Ning, met Tang Fu, and haggled over sandals until Tang Fu offered to lend them money.
• Xue Chuchu accepted ice cream from a woman whose young son had stained her dress, then she, Xue Yuantong, and Jiang Ning went to eat grilled fish.
• Duckbill Cap sold Shan Xiao a dummy iPhone for 350 yuan by switching it with his real phone while changing SIM cards.
• Duckbill Cap celebrated the scam with his accomplices, then realized that his own iPhone 5 was missing.