Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning reviewed Shao Shuangshuang’s plans for Evergreen Liquid’s new Bright Eyes Elixir and arranged to discuss its price, while Liu Chuandao vowed to catch the thief responsible for stolen belongings in Class 8. The chapter ended with the class applauding Liu Chuandao’s promise and Shan Xiao accepting his apology for the false accusation.

• Li Shi revealed that Evergreen Liquid was about to release a new product, and she recognized its internally tested Bright Eyes Elixir as something Ding Shuyan had given her.
• Ma Shicheng bought a hungry old man a meal, and Shan Kaiquan and the others discussed his generosity afterward.
• Xue Yuantong confronted Jiang Ning about eating pineapple with Chuchu, then calmed down when he explained they had eaten honey pineapple and gave her two.
• Jiang Ning read Shao Shuangshuang’s email about Bright Eyes Elixir, replied to her pricing questions, and arranged to meet her on Saturday.
• Liu Chuandao discovered that his cigarettes had been stolen and accused Shan Xiao, but Guo Kunnan and Cui Yu defended him.
• Liu Chuandao promised to catch the thief, and the class applauded as Shan Xiao led the praise; Liu Chuandao then apologized for suspecting him.

Pang Jiao disrupted Class 8’s morning study, and her shouting contest with Tang Jing ended with Pang Jiao winning and Tang Jing deciding to deal with her herself. Meanwhile, Liu Chuandao tried to catch the classroom thief by leaving bait and keeping watch overnight, but when he returned in the morning, his cigarettes had vanished.

• Pang Jiao’s loud recitation interrupted Class 8, and Tang Jing challenged her to a shouting contest that Pang Jiao won with a 100-decibel roar.
• Cao Kun learned that teachers had dropped earlier complaints about Pang Jiao, and Tang Jing resolved to handle her herself.
• After Cui Yu reminded Liu Chuandao about his promise to catch the thief, Liu Chuandao planted Pang Jiao’s lipstick as bait, but the thief stole his tissues instead.
• Liu Chuandao left Red Wan Tobacco in his desk and hid in Class 8 overnight, but no thief appeared before dawn.
• Liu Chuandao returned to class exhausted, reached into his desk, and discovered that his cigarettes were gone.

Cui Yu tormented the freshmen during military training while Liu Chuandao and Yu Wen’s attempts to impress girls ended in embarrassment. At dinner, Shan Kaiquan spotted a junior student who reminded him of Bai Yuxia and resolved not to back down again, but his first attempt to offer her a seat failed.

• Cui Yu bribed the military training instructors with ice cream while Gu Tai and Luo Jun played mournful music under a canopy, driving the freshmen to frustration.
• Liu Chuandao offered Jiang Yanan, Yu Wen, and Shen Qing'e leftover watermelon, but Dong Qingfeng won their approval with chilled fruit.
• Jiang Ning brought drinks and snacks back to class, and Yu Wen asked Huang Zhongfei to throw her milk tea; it struck her in the face as Xu Yan watched.
• Duan Shigang joined Cui Yu to bring watermelon to the military training field, while Guo Kunnan and Shan Kaiquan went to Good Days Restaurant for dinner.
• Shan Kaiquan saw a junior student whose calm appearance reminded him of Bai Yuxia, decided he would not back down again, and offered her his seat.
• The girl refused Shan Kaiquan's offer, and Guo Kunnan tried to save him by claiming his friend had stood up because her beauty had left him breathless.

Jiang Ning spent the day with Xue Yuantong before meeting Shao Shuangshuang to discuss Evergreen Liquid Company and the land beside Xuehua Lake. He insisted the land was important and hinted that Bright Eyes’ advanced technology could be revealed if they went out to eat, leaving Shao Shuangshuang wondering how the media would react.

• After school, Xue Yuantong and her classmates discussed their physics teacher’s weekend tutoring work and the unfairness of paid lessons.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode together by the river, and he agreed to take her on the Mountain Bike the next day before telling her he would miss dinner.
• When Jiang Ning left that afternoon, Xue Yuantong felt lonely and counted pistachios, recalling how she had once passed time alone with marbles.
• Shao Shuangshuang visited her parents, who teased her about being unmarried and guessed she was going on a date after she left without makeup.
• Jiang Ning met Shao Shuangshuang at Tiger Perch Mountain Villa and told her to keep raising the offer for the land beside Xuehua Lake because he needed it.
• Shao Shuangshuang asked about Bright Eyes, and Jiang Ning hinted that she would learn its technology if they went out to eat.

Jiang Ning discussed Bright Eyes’ pricing with Shao Shuangshuang, then returned home with desserts for Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu. Before he arrived, Tongtong watched Chuchu accept blame for litter left by their neighbor, and she worried that Chuchu always endured unfair treatment.

• Over dinner, Shao Shuangshuang proposed pricing Bright Eyes at five hundred per drop, and Jiang Ning noted that restoring vision in both eyes could cost ordinary users up to two thousand a month.
• Xue Chuchu returned from school and invited Xue Yuantong to dinner, then accepted a sanitation worker’s reprimand and picked up trash that Uncle Zhang had left outside the bin.
• Xue Yuantong asked Chuchu whether she felt wronged by always avoiding conflict, but Chuchu quietly said she did not.
• Jiang Ning flew over Xuehua Lake, chose a future location for an array core, and then returned home with desserts for Tongtong.
• Xue Yuantong scolded Jiang Ning for coming home late, but brightened when he gave her dessert; as Xue Chuchu tried to leave, Jiang Ning told her he had brought one for her too.

Jiang Ning brought Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong dessert, then helped Xue Yuantong learn to ride a bicycle. Afterward, the three prepared fish for lunch and talked about salmon swimming upstream.

• Jiang Ning shared dessert with Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong, and Xue Yuantong teased Chuchu about her cold legs.
• Xue Yuantong brought out an old bicycle and declared she could learn to ride it within an hour.
• Xue Yuantong fell while trying to pedal, then learned to ride with Jiang Ning holding the seat before she rode off on her own.
• Xue Yuantong panicked when she could not figure out how to stop, and Jiang Ning grabbed her off the bicycle before it hit the wall.
• Jiang Ning prepared fish from the yard's water vat, and Xue Chuchu explained how salmon swim upstream and leap over waterfalls.
• Xue Yuantong concluded that salmon must be delicious because swimming so hard would make their flesh firm.

Jiang Ning cooked lunch with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, then planned to deal with Ruifang Group’s Li Family over its attempt to overcharge Evergreen Liquid for land near Xuehua Lake. While Jiang Ning left on his Spirit Boat, Xue Yuantong accidentally convinced her mother she was still at Jiang Ning’s house, leaving Aunt Gu stunned.

• Jiang Ning asked Shao Shuangshuang for information on Ruifang Group’s Li Family and agreed to attend Evergreen Liquid’s Bright Eyes launch event, while arranging for surplus watermelons to be distributed.
• Jiang Ning cooked fish and pumpkin rice soup with Xue Chuchu; Xue Yuantong briefly feared Chuchu had surpassed her cooking until Jiang Ning explained that the fish’s quality had improved.
• Guo Kunnan, Shan Kaiquan, Ma Shicheng, and Wang Longlong left an Agritainment restaurant after learning its free-range chicken cost 480 yuan, and Ma Shicheng asked Wang Yong for a cheaper recommendation.
• After receiving Shao Shuangshuang’s information, Jiang Ning left to deal with the Li Family and told Xue Chuchu to make his dinner before flying away on his Spirit Boat.
• Xue Yuantong taught Aunt Gu to play Monument Valley, then replied to her mother’s WeChat message as though she were still studying in Jiang Ning’s room, leaving Aunt Gu stunned.

Jiang Ning confronted Han Yue and Li Qing over Evergreen Liquid’s land deal, then returned to River Dam with Hanshi food for Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu. The chapter ended with Zhang Chi’s attempt to sell a half-finished drink in the class chat turning into a joke at his expense.

• Jiang Ning entered Li Qing’s private gathering, struck Han Yue unconscious, and forced the dancers to resume performing.
• Jiang Ning collected Hanshi specialties and flew back to River Dam, where he found Xue Yuantong doing homework under Aunt Gu’s supervision.
• Jiang Ning shared Hanshi food with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, who enjoyed the iced rice-wine dumplings and other dishes.
• Zhang Chi tried to sell his half-finished Minute Maid Pulpy Orange in the class chat, and Yang Sheng mocked him by offering chewed gum.
• Liu Chuandao volunteered to buy Yang Sheng’s chewed gum, while Zhao Qianqian’s voice message rejected Zhang Chi’s drink.

Chen Siyu asked Jiang Ning for help with a difficult math problem, while Chai Wei tried to impress Bai Yuxia and Huang Yuzhu volunteered to fetch water. On the ride home, Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning she wanted to stay by his side.

• Chen Siyu asked Jiang Ning to teach her an inequality problem, and Chen Siqing urged her sister to keep working so they could someday sit beside Bai Yuxia again.
• Chai Wei boasted about his plans and tried to engage Bai Yuxia with talk of pen spinning, but Jiang Ning crushed a Red Bull can and scored a throw into the trash can.
• Tang Jing found the purified-water jug empty, and Huang Yuzhu volunteered to carry a new jug back to Class 8.
• Liu Chuandao approached Shang Caiwei to borrow her phone, but she turned him down and Xin Youling called everyone back to their seats.
• Tang Jing told Meng Ziyun she might give Huang Yuzhu a chance to pursue her because he could help with her revenge against Pang Jiao's group.
• On the ride home, Xue Yuantong forgave Jiang Ning for stealing her cream puffs and said she wanted to stay by his side rather than fly into the sky.

Jiang Ning’s classmates pursued romance and stirred up trouble during the school day, while he helped Bai Yuxia study and later surprised Xue Yuantong with ice cream cream puffs. The chapter ended with Jiang Ning revealing he had bought two boxes after Xue Yuantong offered to share one.

• Shan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan suspected the restaurant Boss had served Shan Kaiquan the same bitten green chili again, then Wang Longlong helped Shan Kaiquan identify and add the first-year girl he liked on QQ.
• Jiang Ning remembered his past-life poverty while following Geng Lu across campus, and Geng Lu rebuffed Liu Chuandao when he tried to make her brush against him; Jiang Ning secretly shocked Liu Chuandao with a Spell, sending him sprawling.
• Jiang Ning explained problems to Bai Yuxia during evening self-study while Tang Jing publicly named Huang Yuzhu as the boy she liked, then privately planned to manipulate him.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong ice cream cream puffs, and Aunt Gu limited how many she could eat before Xue Yuantong tried to share one with Xue Chuchu.
• Xue Yuantong returned to Jiang Ning’s room with crumbs on her mouth and offered him one of her remaining cream puffs, so Jiang Ning revealed he had bought two boxes.

Class 8 students discussed Evergreen Liquid’s new Bright Eyes product, endured Gao Heshaui’s lesson, and traded stories and treats. During evening study, Tang Jing’s teasing left Huang Yuzhu humiliated until Ma Shicheng’s deliberately messy food stunt shifted the class’s attention.

• Dong Qingfeng, Jiang Yanan, Shen Qing'e, and Song Sheng discussed Bright Eyes and Evergreen Liquid’s pricing before Gao Heshaui began class.
• Cui Yu feigned illness to avoid answering Gao Heshaui, but Meng Gui ended up standing at the back instead.
• Chen Siyu asked Shang Caiwei about touch-typing, and Bai Yuxia’s story about her grandfather made Shang Caiwei worry that her secret had been exposed.
• Shan Kaiquan repaid his classmates with Double Skin Milk, while Tang Jing used Cao Kun’s milk tea to tease Huang Yuzhu.
• Huang Yuzhu accidentally spilled the milk tea on himself, and Tang Jing laughed at him until Ma Shicheng’s food stunt diverted the class’s attention.

Class 8’s students tried to ease Huang Yuzhu’s embarrassment, but Tang Jing’s intimate attention reignited their rivalry. Elsewhere, Hu Hou sought Xue Yuantong’s study advice for Experimental Class 1, while Xue and her mother joked about an app’s aged portraits before Aunt Gu revealed she might not live to see her daughter grow old.

• Ma Shicheng, Wang Longlong, Shan Kaiquan, and Hu Jun helped Huang Yuzhu feel less embarrassed about the spilled milk tea, while Tang Jing wiped his clothes and drew their disapproval.
• Shan Kaiquan decided to stop thinking about Bai Yuxia and focus on Lan Zichen.
• Du Chuan told Experimental Class 1 that he remained third because he could not catch up to the top two, frustrating class teacher Hu Hou.
• Hu Hou decided to invite Xue Yuantong to share her study experience and consulted Guo Ran and other teachers before acting.
• Xue Yuantong used an aging app to show Jiang Ning and Aunt Gu their imagined seventy-year-old faces.
• Aunt Gu asked Xue Yuantong to send more pictures, then said she might not live to see what her daughter would look like when she grew old.

Hu Hou invited Xue Yuantong to share study advice with Experimental Class 1, where her explanation left students reflecting on effort and talent. Later, Chen Siyu tried to help Geng Lu recover payment from a client, but her aggressive bidding drove the client out of the group chat.

• Hu Hou brought snacks to Class 8 and invited Xue Yuantong to share her study experience with Experimental Class 1, and many Class 8 students joined her.
• Xue Yuantong told Class 1 that a good routine and study efficiency mattered more than studying for the longest hours, then returned to Class 8 as students debated effort, talent, and family resources.
• Shan Kaiquan asked Ma Shicheng why Lan Zichen had stopped replying, and Ma Shicheng discovered Shan Kaiquan had introduced himself as the old man who swept the cafeteria.
• Geng Lu told Chen Siyu that a client was refusing to pay the agreed balance for a commissioned painting, so they pretended Chen Siyu was another interested buyer in a group chat.
• Chen Siyu bid 500 yuan for the painting, prompting the client to leave the group chat and leaving Chen Siyu and Geng Lu unsure what to do.

On Friday, Jiang Ning impressed his classmates by replacing a heavy water bucket with one hand, while the students chatted and played during evening self-study. The chapter left Liu Chuandao quietly nursing his humiliation and Miao Zhe eagerly pursuing Yun Ni.

• Jiang Yanan, Yu Wen, Dong Qingfeng, and Shen Qing'e discussed senior-year schedules and Shao Shuangshuang's changes to Yuzhou No.4 Middle School.
• Jiang Ning lifted and replaced an 18.9-liter water bucket with one hand, then filled Xue Yuantong's cup while Meng Ziyun tried unsuccessfully to get his attention.
• Chen Siyu, Xue Yuantong, and Geng Lu shared stories about childhood illnesses and injections during evening self-study.
• Liu Chuandao read a romantic story, glanced at Pang Jiao, remembered her fist, and angrily replied to the post.
• Duan Shigang played Truth or Dare with Tang Jing and Huang Yuzhu, while Miao Zhe sought Lu Qiqi's advice on becoming more handsome.
• Miao Zhe posted romantic messages on Yun Ni's QQ Space, and Wu Xiaoqi noticed that her profile picture looked familiar.

Jiang Ning spent the first day of vacation with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, while Shao Shuangshuang welcomed the girls and Aunt Gu at Evergreen Liquid Company. That night, Jiang Ning watched over a Vermillion Fruit on Tiger Perch Mountain and found that Huang Zhongfei had been exposed on Tieba.

• Chai Wei bragged to Bai Yuxia about his chemistry skills and his supposed rapport with Guo Ran, but Jiang Ning arrived and announced that students would spend class completing chemistry papers.
• After vacation began, Yu Wen told Jiang Yanan that Huang Zhongfei had refused her invitation to a late-night movie because it would end too late.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu joined Aunt Gu at Evergreen Liquid Company, where Shao Shuangshuang welcomed them and gave the girls red envelopes; Xue Yuantong cleverly got Shao Shuangshuang to hand them over after they had been left behind.
• Jiang Ning went to Tiger Perch Mountain to monitor the Vermillion Fruit, then checked Tieba after Wang Longlong urged the class to look and discovered a post exposing Huang Zhongfei.

A Tieba post about Huang Zhongfei’s looks led to Yu Wen being mistaken for his girlfriend and Xin Student confessing to him. Meanwhile, Xue Yuantong shared cake and ice cream with Xue Chuchu and Jiang Ning, then dreamed about getting rich without wasting money.

• A photo of Huang Zhongfei sparked a Tieba discussion, where Yu Wen claimed to be his girlfriend and argued with Cui Yu.
• Liu Chuandao traded Huang Zhongfei’s QQ number for girls’ contact information, while Zhang Chi tried to sell Xin Student advice about him.
• Xin Student added Huang Zhongfei and confessed, but he told her that her confession did not count and that he would confess to her instead.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu ate cake while Jiang Ning was away, and Xue Yuantong accidentally broke a chipped plate that Chuchu carefully wrapped in test paper.
• Jiang Ning returned with ice cream, and Xue Yuantong shared it with Xue Chuchu while boasting about her red packets and imagining buying three refrigerators someday.

Shan Kaiquan approached Lan Zichen for her QQ number while Bai Yuxia accidentally splattered ink during calligraphy practice. After the school announced a Monthly Exam and Bai Yuxia waited to compensate the person whose clothes she stained, Xue Yuantong teased Jiang Ning at home and suggested they compare how skinny they were.

• Shan Kaiquan ran laps to impress Lan Zichen, then asked for her QQ number; when she asked whose number he wanted, he eagerly said he wanted both hers and her friend's.
• Bai Yuxia practiced calligraphy in the Calligraphy Room and accidentally spun her brush, splattering ink across the room.
• Xin Youling announced that the second-year students would take their Monthly Exam on Thursday and Friday, and Liu Chuandao learned that the seats would not be rearranged.
• Bai Yuxia stayed after school to compensate the person whose clothes she had stained with ink.
• Xue Yuantong visited Jiang Ning at home, teased him about Bai Yuxia's mishap, squeezed past him on the sofa, and suggested they compare how skinny they were.

Jiang Ning spent a cozy night with Xue Yuantong before receiving a suspicious message from Shen Qing'e. The next morning, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode into school, while Lan Zichen was punished for doing the same; the chapter ended with Lu Qiqi discussing expired milk with her classmates.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong watched a movie together, shared biscuits, and talked about growing up and staying happy together.
• Shen Qing'e accidentally—or deliberately—messaged Jiang Ning while meaning to contact Jiang Yanan, and Jiang Ning suspected she had wanted to reach him.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong rode their electric bike through the school gate, while Lan Zichen was stopped and recorded for violating school rules.
• Director Yan asked Wang Longlong to recite the school rules, and Gao Heshaui justified letting Jiang Ning ride in because he ranked first in the city.
• Yu Wen hinted to Huang Zhongfei that she wanted to date him, but he answered that an upright heart had nothing to fear.
• Lu Qiqi complained about buying expired milk, and Ma Shicheng wondered whether the milk had gone bad because she had visited her grandmother too late.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared a cheap meal at a restaurant he remembered from his previous life, then returned to school after he bought her Sugar-coated Haws. The chapter left them heading back to class, where their classmates chatted about piercing their ears and romantic rumors.

• Xue Yuantong recited the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng flawlessly after only a few minutes of studying, stunning Chai Wei.
• Guo Kunnan repeatedly prompted Xin Youling during her recitation, while his attempts to disrupt her kept making her lose her place.
• Chen Siyu asked Jiang Ning for advice about buying a phone, and he compared the Xiaomi 4 and Meizu MX4.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to a newly opened Sweet Potato and Dried Sweet Potato Porridge restaurant that he remembered from his previous life, and they ate together for six yuan.
• Xue Yuantong hinted that she wanted Sugar-coated Haws, so Jiang Ning bought some for her.
• Lu Qiqi told Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan about her painful ear piercing, and Ma Shicheng shared a story about an instructor who dated a student and later became a security guard at her university.

Yang Fei and Li Liang rented River Dam bungalows to start an agritainment business, and Xue Chuchu served them lunch before they left. At school, Shan Kaiquan pursued Lan Zichen while Guo Kunnan and Liu Chuandao made contrasting choices about studying; later, Xue Yuantong worried that the new business might disturb her home and imagined attending the same university as Jiang Ning.

• Yang Fei decided to rent River Dam bungalows for an agritainment business, and he and Li Liang asked Xue Chuchu for a taste of her country cooking.
• Xue Chuchu served Yang Fei and Li Liang chicken and rice, accepted one hundred yuan after returning the other bill, and received their offer of future help.
• Shan Kaiquan asked Guo Kunnan to deliver homework and lollipops to Lan Zichen, but Guo Kunnan took over Shan Kaiquan's test paper so he could visit her himself.
• Liu Chuandao studied for twenty minutes, then was encouraged by Duan Shigang's claim that he was gaming and left for an internet café, while Duan Shigang secretly studied vocabulary.
• Xue Yuantong worried that the rented bungalows would bring noise and guests, then asked Jiang Ning whether they could attend the same university; she fell asleep while they watched a movie.