Chapter Summaries

Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu spent a hot summer day at Jiang Ning’s house, where he built a matchstick eagle that secretly came to life. That evening, Jiang Ning met the Chen sisters for seafood, and they turned their meal into an investigation after worrying the restaurant might serve dead crabs.

• Xue Chuchu shared her Banlangen with Xue Yuantong, then Xue Yuantong bragged about her Mount Tai trip over breakfast with Chuchu and Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning made a mechanical matchstick eagle for Xue Chuchu after Xue Yuantong failed to build the eagle Chuchu had requested; the eagle later flew away while Yuantong searched for it.
• Xue Yuantong took Chuchu to Evergreen Liquid Company with Aunt Gu to claim travel expenses, while Jiang Ning went to meet Chen Siqing and Chen Siyu at Blue Horse Mall.
• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing repeatedly mistook Tang Fu’s sister and father for her mother and brother-in-law, embarrassing themselves before leaving with Jiang Ning.
• The Chen sisters treated Jiang Ning to seafood, chose three expensive crabs, and decided to inspect the crab legs after cooking to check whether the restaurant had served dead crabs.

Jiang Ning helped Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing expose a seafood restaurant for substituting frozen crabs, turning their meal into a free feast and winning them compensation. After they left, they encountered a woman asking for money, and Jiang Ning took back the ten yuan Chen Siyu had given her.

• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing discovered that the restaurant had replaced their selected crabs, and the owner tried to dismiss their complaint before threatening to have them thrown out.
• Jiang Ning called Shao Shuangshuang, and inspectors caught the chef preparing frozen crabs, prompting the restaurant to compensate the twins and serve them a fresh seafood meal.
• Jiang Ning made the owner cook the replacement meal himself, and Chen Siyu accidentally embarrassed herself while joking about phone models with her sister.
• The owner paid the twins 2,500 yuan in compensation and gave Jiang Ning a 5,000-yuan restaurant membership card.
• Jiang Ning and the twins met a middle-aged woman who claimed her wallet had been stolen, and Jiang Ning took back the ten yuan Chen Siyu had offered her.

Jiang Ning welcomed Xue Yuantong home from her tour of Evergreen Liquid Company, and the neighbors later gathered for a chess challenge that ended with Xue Yuantong winning two jin of spare ribs. The chapter left Xue Yuantong teasing Xue Chuchu with a spoonful of the tomato and spare rib soup they made together.

• Jiang Ning refined his matchstick eagle into a qualified Puppet while Xue Yuantong toured Evergreen Liquid Company and returned with pastries for him and Xue Chuchu.
• Xue Yuantong hinted that she wanted Jiang Ning's special tomatoes, but he teased her instead of giving her a direct answer.
• Zhang Ruyun used a Chinese Chess app to defeat Uncle Tang and Teacher Qian, then challenged Xue Yuantong for two jin of spare ribs.
• Xue Yuantong beat the app's Master-level opponent, winning the spare ribs and leaving Zhang Ruyun stunned.
• Xue Yuantong, Xue Chuchu, and Jiang Ning made tomato, corn, and spare rib soup, and Xue Yuantong teased Xue Chuchu by stopping a spoonful just before she could taste it.

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning spent a summer afternoon shopping and eating with Xue Chuchu, while Jiang Ning quietly used his spiritual power to send a wolfhound after boys swimming in a dangerous river pit. Later, Chen Siqing told Jiang Ning that her Cousin had been hospitalized and left the twins embarrassed by his explanation of how people obtained loans.

• Xue Chuchu surprised Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning by drinking the tempting spare rib soup, then blushed at her reaction.
• Xue Yuantong invited Xue Chuchu to play 2048 and read the Class 8 group chat, where Dong Qingfeng advised Jiang Yanan and Chen Siyu joked about room-temperature ice cream.
• Jiang Ning persuaded Xue Chuchu to stay and learn computer skills, so Xue Yuantong rode with him to town to buy snacks and go to a movie.
• Jiang Ning crooked a finger, and Zhang Ruyun's wolfhound ran off with the clothes of five boys swimming in a deep pit, making them chase it along the River Dam.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning returned home to eat Xue Chuchu's braised rabbit meat, and Jiang Ning later continued playing Shang Caiwei's game account.
• Chen Siqing told Jiang Ning that her Cousin had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital and had left hundreds of thousands in debt; Jiang Ning explained loans, prompting Chen Siqing and Chen Siyu to blush and call him a pervert.

Jiang Ning declined an invitation to travel with Shen Qing'e’s family while Xue Yuantong prepared for a month-long trip with him. As they waited for their departure, they joked and spent time together, and the chapter ended with Xue Yuantong reaching for Jiang Ning’s shadow at dusk.

• Jiang Ning refused Jiang Qitian and Aunt’s invitation to visit Qin Island, leaving Shen Qing'e disappointed.
• Jiang Ning teased Xue Yuantong over her travel plans, then helped her promise Xue Chuchu they would travel together after graduation.
• Xue Chuchu received a new wooden cabinet, and Xue Yuantong recalled how she once thought her family’s cabinet produced Wahaha every morning.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning prepared for their trip as Xue Chuchu started school, and Jiang Ning tricked Xue Yuantong into fetching sesame oil before taking her eggs.
• The Class Group joked about who was ugliest before its members argued about men and women, prompting Pang Jiao to declare that men should cook after marriage.
• Jiang Ning played badminton with Xue Yuantong, then sat with her at the doorway as she asked whether they would be away from home for a month and reached for his shadow.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong traveled through Guangling, South City, Mount Huang, Porcelain Capital, and Xi City, enjoying the sights and local food along the way. In Xi City, they encountered a tour guide and sellers extorting tourists, and Jiang Ning challenged them over a fake wool hat as the chapter ended.

• Aunt Gu said goodbye to Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning at Yuzhou Train Station, asking Jiang Ning to take care of her daughter.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong toured Slender West Lake and South City's attractions, where Xue Yuantong sampled the local food.
• On Mount Huang, Jiang Ning protected Xue Yuantong from a monkey trying to steal her chicken drumstick, then made it fetch azaleas for her.
• In Porcelain Capital, Xue Yuantong made a porcelain bottle and remarked that Evergreen Liquid's packaging could be prettier, so Jiang Ning sent Shao Shuangshuang a video of her work.
• In Xi City, a tour guide and her accomplices forced the bus passengers to buy overpriced goods, and Xue Yuantong reluctantly spent one thousand yuan on souvenirs.
• Jiang Ning pointed out that Xue Yuantong's wool hat was fake and demanded compensation, while the tour guide and sellers mocked him.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong escaped a crooked tour guide’s extortion, then joined Brother Chen’s family on a journey to his grandfather’s remote mountain village. After helping welcome the returning old man and handing money to village children, Xue Yuantong got lost and encountered a disheveled woman behind a broken window.

• Jiang Ning knocked down the tour guide’s men, forced her to compensate them, and left with Xue Yuantong on foot.
• Jiang Ning repaired Brother Chen’s stalled SUV, and he and Xue Yuantong accepted a ride with Brother Chen’s family toward the old man’s hometown.
• After learning the original village had moved, the group walked along mountain paths and reached the new village, where the villagers recognized the old man as Uncle Chen.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong gave pocket money to the village children, and Xue Yuantong chased after a boy who had dropped a bill until she lost her way.
• Xue Yuantong approached a broken window in a dilapidated courtyard, where a disheveled woman lunged at her, and she called for Jiang Ning to save her.

During their visit to a remote mountain village, Xue Yuantong discovered that a young woman was being held captive and secretly received her note. Jiang Ning arranged for the woman and others to be rescued, and the pair continued their summer trip to Hu City, where Xue Yuantong questioned his response to a hotel tout.

• Xue Yuantong saw a chained madwoman at the village and recognized her the next day when the woman secretly passed her a note.
• When the village matriarch demanded to see the note, Jiang Ning protected Xue Yuantong and made the note disappear; the group left the village afterward.
• Old Chen explained that the village would not release the woman because doing so would threaten its access to human traffickers.
• Jiang Ning contacted Shao Shuangshuang, and two days later Xue Yuantong saw news that the captive woman and three others had been rescued.
• On August 19, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong arrived in Hu City, where he rejected a hotel tout's offer and Xue Yuantong asked if he wanted to stay somewhere illegitimate.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong explored the city while events involving their classmates and friends unfolded elsewhere. The chapter ended with Jin Yuanhang joining a classroom debate about animal cruelty and describing how crabs were prepared, making Xue Chuchu secretly swallow.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong sampled local food, and Jiang Ning accepted a roadside seller’s QQ friend request to get Xue Yuantong a free pair of nail clippers.
• Chen Siqing and Chen Siyu heard that Yu Wen’s plan to win over class monitor Huang Zhongfei had failed after Yang Sheng defeated him in a game.
• Chen Siqing and Chen Siyu found a solicitation message on Jiang Ning’s QQ account and drove the sender away with a sarcastic reply.
• Guo Kunnan and Shan Kaiquan watched people paraglide and compared their circumstances, then sighed after Shan Kaiquan remembered Bai Yuxia planned to learn the sport.
• Mu Ying and Tao Zhi debated whether animals should be killed more humanely, and Jin Yuanhang supported Mu Ying by describing how crabs were cooked alive.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong raced down the grassland on a mountain bike, caught an eagle, and decided to save their sea trip for when Chu Chu could join them. Meanwhile, Zhang Chi returned to Yuzhou after a failed mountain food-selling venture, and Shan Xiao left a birthday gathering after secretly taking a classmate’s wallet and paying the bill himself.

• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong biking across the grassland, raced downhill beside an eagle, then caught it and fed it a Spirit Pill.
• Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning she wanted to wait until senior-year summer vacation to see the sea with Chu Chu.
• Zhang Chi returned to Yuzhou after his instant-noodle and self-heating-hotpot businesses on Mount Tai failed to earn him much, and he discovered Pang Jiao working at KFC.
• Pang Jiao gave Zhang Chi hot water and a chicken drumstick, then frightened a little girl who called her the Bull Demon King.
• At Sister Xu’s birthday gathering, Shan Xiao let classmates mock his school uniform and button phone while a fashionable boy bragged about his wealth.
• Shan Xiao took the fashionable boy’s wallet, paid the restaurant bill, and left with the now-empty wallet in his possession.

Jiang Ning spent a sleepless night in Hu City, stopped a group of men from attacking the wrong hotel room, and later kept Xue Yuantong company as she looked forward to their trip home. The chapter ended with the two teasing each other over who was kinder while sharing cola.

• Jiang Ning watched Hu City through his Spiritual Sense and observed people across the city during the night.
• A furious woman and her companions arrived at Blue Spring Hotel to catch her husband, but they tried to enter Xue Yuantong's room by mistake.
• Jiang Ning warned them they had the wrong room, then knocked down the tattooed man and the other attackers when they advanced on him.
• Jiang Ning called Shao Shuangshuang to handle the incident, and Xue Yuantong later came to his room, unaware of what had happened.
• Xue Yuantong said she would not return to her room, shared Jiang Ning's cola, and argued with him over who was kinder to the other.

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning returned to Yuzhou, where they ate breakfast, visited a park, and met Jiang Junlong, who gave Jiang Ning a new electric bike. Later, they encountered Yao Yiyao handing out flyers after leaving home, and Jiang Junlong took her to see a notice from her mother that turned out to be an advertisement renting out her bedroom.

• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning ate sesame cakes and chicken broth egg drop soup at Huang Family Sesame Cake after arriving in Yuzhou.
• Xue Yuantong corrected a man who mistook Chinese peonies for peonies, embarrassing him in front of his companion.
• Jiang Junlong arrived with Shen Qing'e and gave Jiang Ning a new electric bike from his father, which Jiang Ning then rode with Xue Yuantong.
• Jiang Junlong and Shen Qing'e met Yao Yiyao handing out flyers, and Yao Yiyao said she had left home and would not return to school.
• Jiang Junlong took Yao Yiyao to her apartment complex after telling her that her mother had put up notices looking for her.
• Yao Yiyao discovered that the notice on the bulletin board advertised her bedroom for rent, and her excitement faded.

Jiang Ning returned to the River Dam house with Xue Yuantong, while their neighbors and classmates went about their lives. Meanwhile, Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong celebrated a lucrative cryptocurrency deposit from a weapons scam, and Wang stood up for Chen Qian at an Ice Jelly stall.

• Jiang Ning sped Xue Yuantong home on his electric bike, greeted Aunt Zhang, and settled into his clean room as Zhang Ruyun watched the wolfhound eagerly greet him.
• Aunt Gu welcomed Xue Yuantong home, listened to her travel stories, and tried on a new autumn jacket with her, which Xue said was buttoned too tightly.
• Guo Kunnan and Shan Kaiquan left Yuzhou by coach, and Guo tried to cheer Shan up by talking about meeting younger girls at No.4 Middle School.
• Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong met Chen Qian and treated him to dinner after their fake weapons business earned them a cryptocurrency deposit worth over 100,000 yuan.
• At an Ice Jelly stall, a woman shoved Chen Qian aside to cut the line, so Wang Longlong bought all the mango topping before Chen could be served.

Chen Qian impressed Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng with his knowledge, brushed off calls from scammers, and accepted a Nixie Tube as a gift. Meanwhile, Zhang Chi was lured into a phone-store prize draw, and Xue Yuantong tried to challenge her mother’s snack ban.

• Wang Longlong paid for mango ice jelly for nearby children, and Ma Shicheng defended Chen Qian after a flyer distributor rudely berated him.
• A phone salesman led Zhang Chi to a store, where he won an Apple 5S prize but learned he had to pay for phone credit and a registration fee; Zhang Chi asked whether he would also get a Huawei P6.
• At dinner, Chen Qian challenged callers who falsely claimed Ma Shicheng was suspected of money laundering, then accepted Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng’s Nixie Tube gift.
• Xue Yuantong, punished for secretly eating ice cream, took Jiang Ning’s advice and confronted Aunt Gu, who claimed she had never made mistakes as a child.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong out on his new Electric Bike, but their trip was cut short when Aunt Gu asked him to collect a birthday cake for Xue Yuantong. As they headed to the cake shop, they crossed paths with Yu Wen and Dong Qingfeng, who was trying to impress a rental client.

• Jiang Ning read the Class Group's arguments about Electric Bike riders, partner preferences, and Dong Qingfeng's bet with Cui Yu while Xue Yuantong searched unsuccessfully for her hat until Aunt Gu found it in seconds.
• Aunt Gu gave Jiang Ning a cake voucher and asked him to collect a cake for Xue Yuantong's birthday, planning to celebrate at home.
• Jiang Ning sped through the city with Xue Yuantong and stopped to greet Yu Wen, who later boarded a bus without fare and was helped by a boy paying for himself and his mother.
• Dong Qingfeng showed an apartment to a female client, but a security guard refused to let him into the residential complex because he was an agent.
• Dong Qingfeng reframed the guard's refusal as proof of the complex's strong security and reassured his client.

Jiang Ning brought Xue Yuantong to a shopping mall, where he revealed a birthday surprise he had prepared for her. The chapter ended with him wishing her a happy fifteenth birthday.

• Xue Yuantong called Jiang Ning's name as he rode their electric bike through the city, and she felt comforted when he answered.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong discussed buying groceries and chips, and she happily agreed to get some.
• Jiang Ning parked the bike at the shopping mall and led Xue Yuantong to a secluded row of lockers.
• Jiang Ning opened fifteen lockers filled with snacks, fruit, and a handmade strawberry cake, then wished Xue Yuantong a happy fifteenth birthday.

As a severe rainstorm approached, Xue Yuantong prepared for fishing and welcomed Bai Yuxia and the Chen twins to the River Dam. After Bi Yue tried to provoke the girls at dinner, Bai Yuxia exposed several of Bi Yue’s cosmetic procedures, leaving her rattled.

• Xue Yuantong prepared a bed board for the coming storm and planned to teach Bai Yuxia and the Chen twins how to catch fish at the River Dam.
• Bi Yue and Zhang Butcher clashed, and Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong turned Bi Yue’s threat to kill the stray wolfhound into an awkward retreat.
• Xue Yuantong welcomed Bai Yuxia and the Chen twins, showed them Jiang Ning’s room, and cooked them dinner.
• Bi Yue approached the girls during dinner and boasted that money mattered more than beauty.
• Bai Yuxia pointed out Bi Yue’s fake canine and cosmetic procedures, leaving Bi Yue shocked.

During a night of torrential rain, Jiang Ning and the girls spent a cozy evening together before the rising water flooded the grounds around River Dam Flats. The next morning, they headed out to catch fish in the swollen channels, and Jiang Ning jumped into the current to set their net.

• Xue Yuantong, Bai Yuxia, and the Chen sisters played cards, then chatted and tried shooting a bottle cap with Jiang Ning's slingshot during the storm.
• At three in the morning, Uncle Tang, Teacher Qian, and Zhang went out to open drainage channels and protect the fields from flooding.
• Chen Siqing accidentally stepped on Chen Siyu while getting up in the dark, then apologized after waking the others.
• After breakfast, Xue Yuantong led Jiang Ning, Bai Yuxia, and the Twins out to cast a net in the flooded channels.
• Bi Yue mocked Xiao Gu's work, then learned from Uncle Tang that Xiao Gu worked at Evergreen Liquid.
• Jiang Ning jumped into the swollen Water Channel to set the group's fishing net against the current.

Jiang Ning set a Barrier Net in a flooded water channel and caught more than a dozen wild fish, delighting Xue Yuantong, the twins, and the watching villagers. The group kept the net in place for another haul while Chen Siyu wondered whether fish could help her make a Hydrogen Bomb.

• Jiang Ning secured a Barrier Net in the rushing water channel as Xue Yuantong and the others watched, while villagers gathered on the dam.
• After half an hour, Jiang Ning entered the channel with Xue Yuantong and Chen Siyu to check the net, then lifted out its catch.
• Jiang Ning dumped the debris and more than a dozen fish into a shallow puddle, and the girls celebrated the wild catch.
• Bi Yue mocked the small fish, but a middle-aged angler defended their value and silenced her with his Porsche Cayenne.
• Xue Yuantong released the smallest fish, and the group left the net in the channel to catch more.
• Chen Siqing claimed fish made bubbles by breaking down water, and Chen Siyu wondered whether enough fish and water could make a Hydrogen Bomb.

Jiang Ning and the others caught a huge Grass Carp in the Water Channel, then headed home with their haul. After Xue Yuantong soaked her hair by kicking a tree, Jiang Ning dried it with Crimson Spirit Fire, leaving Bai Yuxia unsettled by her reaction to him.

• Chen Siqing read the Class 8 group chat but held back from showing off her fishing photos when Hu Jun’s leech pictures stirred up the group.
• Xue Yuantong spotted a large fish in the Barrier Net, and Jiang Ning entered the Water Channel to pull up the net as Chen Siqing and Bai Yuxia helped.
• Jiang Ning caught a huge Grass Carp, refused the middle-aged man’s offer to buy it, and agreed to let him pull up the next net instead.
• Chen Siyu posted a photo of the catch in the Class 8 group, prompting Dong Qingfeng to ask where Bai Yuxia was and Shan Kaiquan to save the picture.
• On the walk home, Xue Yuantong kicked a rain-soaked tree and drenched herself, so Jiang Ning used Crimson Spirit Fire to dry her hair.
• Bai Yuxia felt her heart flutter when Jiang Ning dried Xue Yuantong’s hair, then hurried after the others after he smiled and nodded at her.