Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning’s classmates faced jealousy, scheming, and comic mishaps at school while Tang Jing’s pursuit of Huang Yuzhu went badly. At breakfast, Bai Yuxia teased Xue Yuantong about Jiang Ning finding someone else to cook for him, leaving Xue Yuantong uneasy about Chu Chu.

• Li Shi wondered how Jiang Ning had obtained an Evergreen Liquid invitation, while Lin Zida withheld what he knew.
• During self-study, Liu Chuandao cultivated an internal breathing method but was nearly driven off by Pang Jiao’s foul-smelling aura, then asked the boys whether a two-hundred-jin woman weighed more than a sandbag.
• Tang Jing helped Huang Yuzhu clean and invited him to walk on the School Field, but he dodged her advance and proved he was a man by showing his ID card.
• At lunch, Duan Shigang, Song Sheng, and Qiang Li berated Cui Yu for picking chicken strips off the floor and returning them to the plate, and Tang Jing joined in after eating one.
• At breakfast, Xue Yuantong boasted about her cooking until Bai Yuxia teased her that Jiang Ning could find someone else to cook for him, making Xue Yuantong think of Chu Chu.

Cui Yu celebrated meeting the girl he had been courting online, while his classmates dealt with school antics and romantic worries. After school, Jiang Ning rode Xue Yuantong home, where Aunt Gu had knitted scarves for him and pretended her blistered hands came from playing mahjong.

• Cui Yu asked his classmates how to persuade the girl he was meeting to stay the night, and they offered him advice.
• Gao Heshaui took over self-study, sent Wu Xiaoqi to the balcony for daydreaming about basketball, and punished Zhang Chi after he joked about the incident.
• Cui Yu told his classmates he had met the girl and teased Miao Zhe about his sad online posts.
• Shan Kaiquan worried about his rivals for Bai Yuxia, and Ma Shicheng advised him to find another way forward.
• Jiang Ning rode Xue Yuantong home, where Aunt Gu gave her scarves she had knitted for him and concealed the blisters on her hands.

Cui Yu’s friends discovered that the sweet-smelling woman he had fallen for was a young mother, and they mocked him while Hu Jun tried to comfort him. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning spent the school day with Xue Yuantong and his classmates, ending the evening by reassuring Chen Siyu after she struggled at a game.

• Cui Yu excitedly told his friends about a woman’s scent, while Meng Gui complained that Cui Yu had abandoned their plan to pursue her together.
• Meng Gui asked Wang Longlong to investigate the woman, and the group found a video showing her with a five-month-old son.
• Meng Gui showed Cui Yu the video, and Hu Jun comforted the humiliated Cui Yu and demanded the woman’s QQ number.
• Jiang Ning teased Xue Yuantong about her old habit of falsifying their childhood accounts, while Guo Kunnan tried to impress Shang Caiwei by joking that he would crawl under people blocking the stairs.
• Chen Qian joked about Xin Youling’s post on QQ Space, and Jiang Ning, Chen Siyu, Bai Yuxia, and Geng Lu took turns playing Limbo during evening self-study.
• After Chen Siyu repeatedly lost progress in the game, Jiang Ning reassured her and told her to ignore the others’ criticism.

Cui Yu recovered from heartbreak by declaring he would not date for the rest of the year, then changed his mind after seeing Zhou Jinglan’s photo. Huang Yuzhu’s mother scolded him for working at a construction site, but softened after learning how much he had earned; the chapter ended with Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning sharing Xue Chuchu’s breakfast.

• Cui Yu insisted he was devoted to love and vowed not to date anyone for the rest of the year, even if a girl liked him.
• Wang Longlong told Cui Yu about first-year student Zhou Jinglan, and Cui Yu searched for her photo and decided she was acceptable.
• Huang Yuzhu came home late from a construction job, and his mother angrily confronted him for skipping evening self-study to earn money.
• Huang Yuzhu showed his mother the fifteen hundred yuan he had earned, prompting her to accept the job and ask whether she and his father could work there too.
• Xue Yuantong found Jiang Ning eating at Xue Chuchu’s house, where Chuchu had made stuffed pancakes for breakfast.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning exchanged their remaining pancakes, and Jiang Ning’s explanation that he had wanted to give his pancake to her delighted Tongtong and left Chuchu quietly exasperated.

Cui Yu sprinted past the school’s late-student inspection and slipped into Class 8, while Jiang Ning’s Kuaishou videos drew Shen Qing’e’s attention. After accidentally liking one, Shen Qing’e disguised her account as that of a middle-aged man, leaving Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen puzzled by their new follows.

• Liu Chuandao and Chai Wei limped through the school gate as Director Yan’s inspection caught and recorded late students.
• Cui Yu used a burst of speed to evade Director Yan, Director Wang, and Gao Heshaui, then sneaked into Class 8.
• Director Yan announced that the school would review surveillance footage to identify the student who rushed past the inspection, and Wang Longlong reassured Cui Yu that the announcement was likely a bluff.
• Jiang Yanan found Jiang Ning’s Kuaishou account and showed Shen Qing’e his popular wood-carving video.
• Shen Qing’e accidentally liked Jiang Ning’s video, then changed her account name and picture and replaced her old posts with a used-car video.
• Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen noticed they were following a middle-aged man, while Shen Qing’e tried to act as if nothing had happened.

During the long break and lunch, students joked, argued, and traded favors, while Hu Jun bought up the school’s supply of expensive cherries. Li Shi tried to buy some from him, but Ma Shicheng countered her offer, leaving the price dispute unresolved.

• Chen Siyu asked what she could do with an empty bottle, and Chai Wei tried to impress her with a poetic answer before Wu Xiaoqi interrupted him.
• Wu Xiaoqi bragged about waking at 4:00 to play Basketball, but Chen Siyu’s love of sleeping left him dispirited.
• Yan Tianpeng told Lu Qiqi to buy cherries, then persuaded Ji Xuan to let him borrow his AJ shoes.
• Hu Jun treated his classmates to ten pounds of cherries, buying out the fruit shop’s remaining stock.
• Li Shi stopped Hu Jun’s group and offered to pay double for cherries, but Ma Shicheng countered by offering triple the price for her to buy them elsewhere.
• Li Shi raised her offer to four times the price.

Ma Shicheng negotiated a cherry sale with Li Shi, then joined his classmates for food and conversation before returning to class. After the class mocked his claim that he had answered every cloze question correctly, he pretended he had misread the board and kept his result hidden.

• Zhang Chi raised Li Shi's offer for Hu Jun's cherries to eight times the price, but Li Shi accepted; Ma Shicheng then sold her half the cherries for double the price.
• Hu Jun bought braised snacks, and the group gathered at Ma Shicheng's rented apartment, where they discussed Li Shi's wealth and Zhang Chi's interference.
• Jiang Ning agreed to attend lunch at Chu Chu's home after Xue Yuantong explained that Chu Chu's mother wanted to thank him for sharing food.
• Meng Gui rated several girls' looks, and Meng Ziyun angrily challenged him before writing a critical post on QQ Space; Cui Yu commented, "Triggered, triggered!"
• During Chen Haiyang's English lesson, Ma Shicheng claimed he had answered every cloze question correctly, but after his classmates doubted him, he pretended he had read the answers wrong and said nothing more.

Wu Xiaoqi got kicked out of Math Class after teasing Gao Heshaui, while the sudden cold weather brought several students together in unexpected ways. At lunch, Jiang Ning revealed that Xue Chuchu’s mother had invited him to eat at their home, leaving his classmates stunned.

• Wu Xiaoqi brought a basketball to Math Class, joked back at Gao Heshaui, and was sent into the hallway, where Hu Hou later accused him of performing a ritual dance outside Class 1.
• Shao Shuangshuang refused Zhao Shuang’s suggestion to cancel activities despite the sudden cold and watched the construction work at Yi Mountain Scenic Area.
• Huang Yuzhu gave Tang Jing a pair of dumbbells to help her get stronger and withstand the cold.
• Duan Shigang comforted Shen Xu over his troubled relationship, then asked Chen Siyu whether she thought he was handsome.
• Dong Qingfeng served rice to the girls at lunch and learned that Jiang Ning had gone home to eat with Xue Tongtong.
• When Dong Qingfeng asked whether Xue Chuchu had invited Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning said her mother had invited him instead.

Jiang Ning ate dinner at Hua Fengmei’s home, where his praise for the cooking unexpectedly made Xue Chuchu blush after he learned she had prepared the cumin squid. Meanwhile, Shen Qing'e waited in vain for Jiang Ning to like her Moments post and saw that he had liked Geng Lu’s instead.

• Dong Qingfeng despaired after seeing Jiang Ning say that Jiang Yanan’s mother had invited him, while Liu Chuandao misread the message and then grew jealous when Chai Wei corrected him.
• Shen Qing'e posted a photo of the braised fried small fish, while Chen Siyu argued that police pigs could catch criminals by carrying riders.
• Jiang Ning liked Geng Lu’s Moments post but ignored Shen Qing'e’s, leaving Shen Qing'e waiting for a reaction that never came.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning joined Xue Chuchu and Hua Fengmei for dinner, and Hua Fengmei served dishes made with ingredients from Evergreen Liquid.
• Xue Chuchu feared Jiang Ning would eventually leave with Xue Yuantong, then blushed when Hua Fengmei revealed that Chuchu had cooked the cumin squid Jiang Ning praised.

Bai Yuxia and the twins went downtown while Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng headed out to buy talisman paper for the Evergreen Liquid Invitation drawing. At school, Zhang Chi wagered money on his luck, Shan Qingrong prepared to confront Wu Xiaoqi, and Xue Yuantong insisted she was second in the grade only because she had not been serious.

• Bai Yuxia rode with the twins in her father's BMW, where Father Bai avoided two children crossing the road by anticipating that the first was chasing someone.
• Zhang Chi showed off his talisman paper and wagered money with Dong Qingfeng and Chai Wei that he would draw an Evergreen Liquid Invitation.
• Lu Qiqi complained about elderly passengers on buses, and Meng Gui admitted he had invented a transit rule to indulge his official addiction.
• Shan Qingrong visited Xue Yuantong with snacks and planned to warn Wu Xiaoqi and his father after complaints from Gao Heshaui and Hu Hou.
• Xue Yuantong rejected the suggestion that she was first in the grade, telling Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu that she was second only to herself when she was serious.

Shan Qingrong punished Wu Xiaoqi and dealt with Liu Chuandao after Director Wang injured him while investigating the class's claim that Liu was crippled. Later, Teacher Guo accidentally projected an explicit advertisement in class, and Jiang Ning helped her recover; she began the lesson and looked at him gratefully.

• Shan Qingrong refused Liu Chuandao's request to crawl around the classroom and punished Wu Xiaoqi by taking his Basketball and assigning him an ancient poem to memorize.
• Director Wang brought Liu Chuandao to class for pretending to be crippled, but Wang Longlong's evasive explanation distracted him until Liu cried out in pain and collapsed.
• At the infirmary, the school doctor examined Liu Chuandao, and Director Wang paid the medical fees and compensation after Shan Qingrong criticized him.
• Yu Wen teased Chen Qian about his chances with girls, and Ma Shicheng joined in when she mocked his height and appearance.
• Teacher Guo accidentally opened an explicit advertisement on the classroom projector, and Jiang Ning stood up to get the students' attention while she closed it.
• Teacher Guo composed herself and began class, then gave Jiang Ning a grateful look.

Liu Chuandao lied to Class 8 about getting money from Director Wang, while Chai Wei secretly recorded his boast. As the school prepared to draw Evergreen Liquid Press Conference invitations, Jiang Ning let Zhang Chi represent the class after Xin Youling offered him a favor; the chapter ended with Jiang Ning revealing that he had arranged Zhang Chi’s lone vote.

• Liu Chuandao told his classmates that he had tricked Director Wang into paying him, and Chai Wei saved a recording of the lie.
• Zhang Chi burned talisman paper with Yan Tianpeng and Duan Shigang, then declared that he would defy fate and change his destiny.
• Shan Qingrong announced the invitation drawing, and Class 8 held a secret ballot that Jiang Ning won 49 to 1 over Zhang Chi.
• Xin Youling asked Jiang Ning to let Zhang Chi draw and offered him one unreasonable request in return, so Jiang Ning agreed to step aside.
• Jiang Ning told Xin Youling that he had arranged for Chen Siyu to cast Zhang Chi’s only vote, leaving Zhang Chi delighted and Bai Yuxia suspicious.

Zhang Chi volunteered to draw the class’s Evergreen Liquid invitations, but his white slip turned out to be a special prize bearing Principal Yu’s name. He realized he had shredded and thrown it away, leaving his chance at a lifetime of free Bright Eyes in jeopardy.

• Zhang Chi drew first and later tore up his white slip after classmates teased him, not noticing Principal Yu’s name on it.
• Huang Yuzhu, Guo Kunnan, Dong Qingfeng, Jiang Ning, Yang Sheng, and Meng Ziyun were announced as the six students who won invitations.
• Shan Qingrong told the class that the student who drew Principal Yu’s signed slip would receive an invitation and free Bright Eyes for life.
• Duan Shigang recognized that Zhang Chi had drawn the special slip and asked whether he could claim the prize without the ticket.
• Zhang Chi rushed onto the balcony and slapped himself after realizing he had thrown away the winning slip.

After Zhang Chi was scolded by the principal, Guo Kunnan gained confidence from his Evergreen Liquid Invitation and took a chance on asking a girl for her contact information. Meanwhile, Ji Xuan tried to approach Geng Lu, who rejected him and returned to share snacks with Jiang Ning, ending with his teasing suggestion that she peel a chestnut for him.

• Zhang Chi returned from the principal's office exhausted after receiving a harsh scolding, while his classmates debated whether he had won.
• Guo Kunnan celebrated his invitation and, encouraged by Huang Zhongfei, asked a girl for her contact information using Huang as an excuse.
• Ji Xuan tried to reconnect with Geng Lu, but she brushed him off and went back to the classroom.
• Geng Lu shared chestnuts and milk tea with Jiang Ning and talked with him about Bright Eyes's press conference.
• Jiang Ning asked Geng Lu to peel a chestnut for him, and she blushed and nervously glanced at their classmates.

Jiang Ning gave Geng Lu two invitations to the Evergreen Liquid Press Conference, while the classroom buzzed with envy, online arguments, and Guo Kunnan's disastrous attempt to comfort a girl on Tieba. Guo Kunnan returned to his homework after remembering Gao Heshaui, and Zhao Qianqian sent three unanswered hearts.

• Jiang Ning clarified that he wanted Geng Lu to peel chestnuts, then told her he was preparing a potion for the Evergreen Liquid press conference.
• Jiang Ning gave Geng Lu two black, gold-plated invitations and promised to take her to the conference.
• Dong Qingfeng, Chai Wei, and other classmates reacted with envy to Jiang Ning's invitations, while Chai Wei's bet with Zhang Chi ended with Xin Youling returning both stakes.
• Guo Kunnan asked Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong whether being more handsome would have changed his life, then sought comfort on No. 4 High School Tieba.
• Guo Kunnan comforted Little Fox Demon over his supposed mistreatment, only to learn that Little Fox Demon was a boy.
• Guo Kunnan declared that homework had lost its meaning, but took the math test paper when Wang Longlong threatened to tell Gao Heshaui; Zhao Qianqian sent three hearts without receiving a reply.

Jiang Ning’s easy leave from school prompted Chai Wei to quit as Math Class Representative after Gao Heshaui publicly scolded him, and Shan Kaiquan took the position with permission to nap in class if his grades held steady. Later, Jiang Ning helped Guo Ran respond to a former university student who was inviting her to a wedding, leaving Guo Ran amused as he asked the woman to send them money instead.

• Jiang Ning brought chemistry test papers and Evergreen Liquid Throat Soothing Candy to Guo Ran, then told Shan Qingrong he might miss school to attend Evergreen Liquid’s product launch.
• After seeing Jiang Ning receive permission to take leave, Chai Wei asked to attend the launch, but Gao Heshaui scolded him and said he needed to reach the grade’s top ten first.
• Chai Wei quit as Math Class Representative, and Gao Heshaui asked Jiang Ning to take his place; Jiang Ning recommended Shan Kaiquan instead.
• Gao Heshaui offered Shan Kaiquan permission to nap in class as long as his math grades did not decline, and Shan Kaiquan accepted the role as classmates applauded.
• Jiang Ning read Guo Ran’s messages with Li Xuejie, who was getting married and hinted about a wedding gift, then replied from Guo Ran’s phone by congratulating her and asking her to send them money.

After drawing an Evergreen Liquid invitation, Jiang Ning’s classmates celebrated while Chai Wei found and kept money in the classroom. Jiang Ning embarrassed Wu Yunzhi and Li Shi over their boasts and insults, and Li Shi learned the grilled sausages she had praised were not sanitary.

• Hu Jun treated the boys to barbecue, Meng Gui invited them to watch movies, and Duan Shigang took Zhang Chi out for barbecue.
• Chai Wei kicked a trash can aside while cleaning, found 150 yuan, and decided to spend it.
• Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to find Xue Yuantong’s preferred fried Starch Sausages, then secretly used a Fire Spell to scald Wu Yunzhi as he showed off.
• Wu Yunzhi told Xue Yuantong to study harder for an invitation, and Jiang Ning revealed that she was the grade’s top student and held a black card.
• Li Shi insulted the Starch Sausages, but Shang Wanqing teased her; Fang Qiuyue apologized and led Li Shi away.
• Li Shi bought grilled sausages from a street vendor, praised their flavor, and discovered he considered them unsanitary and unsuitable for selling near No.4 Middle School.

At Ma Family BBQ, Duan Shigang impressed his friends with advice about repaying debts, while Zhang Chi joked that he never repaid borrowed money. Later, Jiang Ning hid the sour, unripe Star Fruit Xue Chuchu had brought, but Xue Yuantong and Chuchu both pretended it tasted good, leaving Chuchu to quietly take the rest away.

• Duan Shigang fed skewers to the restaurant dog Silly until Pei Yujing told him it was the restaurant's dog.
• Shen Xu told the group he had repaid Shi Qianjin 100 yuan, and Duan Shigang advised him how to handle future debts.
• Duan Shigang asked Zhang Chi what he thought, and Zhang Chi joked that he never repaid borrowed money.
• Xue Chuchu brought Star Fruit to Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong, then left when Aunt Hua called for her.
• Jiang Ning tasted the unripe Star Fruit, found it sour, and hid the uneaten piece in the trash so Chuchu would not see it.
• Xue Yuantong insisted the Star Fruit was delicious when Chuchu returned, but Chuchu silently took away the remaining fruit.

The chapter followed Chai Wei’s mistaken spending spree, a fight sparked by Ge Hao’s boast about his girlfriend, and the group’s antics at Meng Gui’s apartment. It ended with Cui Yu asking Ma Shicheng for innocent-looking girl selfies so he could trick Meng Gui into cleaning his messy apartment.

• Chai Wei spent the 150 yuan he thought he had found, then realized it had been his own money that he had dropped.
• Ge Hao left the barbecue to video-call his girlfriend, and Shen Xu’s taunt provoked a brawl that left Pei Yujing calculating the damage.
• Guo Kunnan and the others arrived at Meng Gui’s filthy apartment, where Chai Wei’s movie invitation fizzled after Lu Qiqi asked if he was paying.
• Hu Jun promised to support an online young woman and her five-month-old son, while Meng Gui refused to clean up his apartment.
• Cui Yu bet Guo Kunnan that he could make Meng Gui clean the place and asked Ma Shicheng to send him innocent-looking girl selfies.

Jiang Ning waited with Xue Yuantong to buy new milk tea for Chu Chu, while Liu Chuandao was repeatedly punished in class because Chai Wei tampered with the attendance roster. The chapter ended with Yan Chuchen and her companion finding their spilled milk tea after Jiang Ning moved his Mountain Bike.

• Chai Wei marked Liu Chuandao's name on the attendance roster, causing teachers to call on and punish him throughout the morning.
• Cao Kun mistook Meng Ziyun's offer of ten yuan for proof of affection and proudly decided he was Class 8's god of love.
• Cui Yu told Guo Kunnan that Meng Gui had rushed home to prepare for a visit from the older girl Cui Yu had invented online.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong waited at the milk tea shop so they could bring Chu Chu a new drink.
• Yan Chuchen's long-haired companion mocked Xue Yuantong for being unable to ride Jiang Ning's Mountain Bike.
• When Jiang Ning returned with the milk tea, Yan Chuchen and her companion found their drinks spilled on the ground, and Jiang Ning told them to hold their cups properly while taking pictures.