Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia spent the evening shopping together, and Bai Yuxia grew increasingly flustered by his teasing and gifts. After they returned to Yuzhou No.4 Middle School, Chen Siyu worried about her sister, Xue Yuantong hid her anger at Jiang Ning, and Xin Youling met Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia carrying their shopping.

• Bai Yuxia chose a Magnolia Brooch, which Jiang Ning paid for, and tried it on after he asked her to show it to him.
• Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia continued shopping, ate lamb skewers, and rode back to Yuzhou No.4 Middle School on his Electric Bike.
• During evening self-study, Chen Siyu discussed her sister ignoring her with Xue Yuantong, who was secretly angry that Jiang Ning had left without telling her.
• Zhang Chi confronted Lu Qiqi after she deleted a sports student's friend request, and Lu Qiqi explained that she had rejected him for being unattractive and poor.
• Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia entered the school and met Xin Youling, who learned that Bai Yuxia had won several stuffed dolls at a Claw Machine for around twenty yuan.

Shen Qing'e tried to find building materials for Jiang Ning while Bai Yuxia handed out plush toys and Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong snacks and a Gundam model. As Class 8 buzzed about Bai Yuxia, Shen Qing'e worried that she was a rival for Jiang Ning’s affection, and Lu Qiqi argued with Ma Shicheng over beauty and grades.

• Shen Qing'e searched online for fish-tank glass and volcanic stone so she could keep her Kuaishou connection with Jiang Ning.
• Bai Yuxia gave plush toys to Xin Youling, Chen Siyu, Jiang Yanan, and other classmates, while Chai Wei waited in vain for one.
• Jiang Ning brought Xue Yuantong yogurt, almonds, spicy fish, and a Gundam model, which delighted her.
• Jiang Yanan told Shen Qing'e that Jiang Ning had likely caught Bai Yuxia’s plush toys, making Shen Qing'e worry about competing with Bai Yuxia.
• Lu Qiqi posted an edited photo and demanded praise, then Ma Shicheng mocked her makeup as she mocked his grades.

Xue Yuantong visited Jiang Ning to assemble a Gundam, while Xue Chuchu brought braised edamame and asked for help recovering deleted photos. After Tongtong left them alone, Jiang Ning accidentally touched Chuchu's thigh and remarked that she had lost weight.

• Xue Yuantong went to Jiang Ning's room and began assembling the Gundam kit while Jiang Ning played a game.
• Shang Caiwei messaged Xue Yuantong, who gave short replies that left Shang Caiwei unsure how to continue their conversation.
• Xue Chuchu brought braised edamame, which Xue Yuantong shared with Jiang Ning as she worked on the model.
• Xue Yuantong helped Xue Chuchu find the phone's recycle bin and teased her about the selfies stored there.
• When Aunt Gu called Xue Yuantong home, Tongtong asked Xue Chuchu to check her Gundam and left the room.
• Jiang Ning reached for the edamame, accidentally touched Xue Chuchu's thigh, and said she had lost weight.

Jiang Ning apologized to Xue Chuchu for accidentally touching her thigh and later began carving a jade chain for Xue Yuantong, whose attempt to measure Chuchu's neck frightened her. Meanwhile, Shen Qing'e prepared to contact Jiang Ning under a new identity, hoping to trade knowledge about fish tanks.

• Jiang Ning explained that he had touched Xue Chuchu's thigh by mistake, apologized, and offered her Spiritual Fruit strawberries.
• Jiang Ning told Xue Yuantong he was carving her a jade chain, and she ran to Chuchu's home to measure Chuchu's neck while she slept, startling her awake.
• Xue Yuantong joined Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu for breakfast, then went home to fetch the little fish after Jiang Ning told her to.
• Chen Siyu woke her older sister Chen Siqing, and the sisters joked around before getting ready for school.
• Chen Siyu greeted Shen Qing'e, who planned to contact Jiang Ning as AAA Building Materials Brother Liu after studying fish tanks on Tieba.

During PE, Wu Yunzhi’s basketball team dominated Duan Shigang’s group while Yu Wen tried to impress Huang Zhongfei at table tennis. Cui Yu promised Wu Yunzhi that four beauties from Class 8 would come watch, then invited Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, Li Shengnan, and Wang Yanyan to the game.

• Xin Youling announced that the class’s next period would be PE instead of English, and Yu Wen rushed to get a table tennis paddle so she could play with Huang Zhongfei.
• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing discovered they both had PE, and they took the sleeping Xue Yuantong along on a milk-tea run.
• Duan Shigang’s group began a basketball scrimmage against Wu Yunzhi’s class, but Wu Yunzhi’s team took the lead with coordinated play and a near-dunk.
• Cui Yu told Wu Yunzhi that Class 8 had four beauties who could come watch, and Wu Yunzhi eagerly challenged him to bring them over.
• Cui Yu encountered Bai Yuxia, Xin Youling, and Jiang Yanan on his way across the school field, then invited Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, Li Shengnan, and Wang Yanyan to watch the basketball game.

Geng Lu admitted that she liked the boy she kept sketching but could not bring herself to draw his full face. At school, Wu Yunzhi escaped Pang Jiao and her friends’ unwanted advances, then arranged for Xiao Wei to deal with them before Jiang Ning arrived at the court with Xue Yuantong, the twins, and Yang Sheng.

• Geng Lu told the single-eyelidded girl that she could not draw Jiang Ning’s full face because she did not dare look at it.
• Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, and Li Shengnan cornered Wu Yunzhi and tried to make him drink from Pang Jiao’s bottle until Wang Yanyan intervened.
• Wu Yunzhi called Xiao Wei and ordered him to deal with the four girls that night.
• Jiang Ning arrived at the basketball court with Xue Yuantong, the twins, and Yang Sheng, then made an easy layup to the twins’ cheers.
• Chang Yi offered to teach Yang Sheng to shoot, but she ignored him and sank a three-pointer with ease.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong played a prank on Teacher Qian after he tried to make them help unload his new electric tricycle, and Aunt Gu sided with them. Meanwhile, Xiao Wei’s gang ambushed Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, and Li Shengnan, but Pang Jiao sent their first attacker flying as the fight began.

• Xue Yuantong teased Jiang Ning on their ride home, then they found Teacher Qian showing off his new electric tricycle to the neighbors.
• Teacher Qian tried to get Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong to carry his cargo, but they refused, and Jiang Ning let him reverse into a wall without warning him.
• Teacher Qian complained to Aunt Gu, who recalled how he had once dismissed Xue Yuantong when she asked for pumpkin seeds and defended Jiang Ning and her daughter.
• Wu Yunzhi’s men waited outside No.4 Middle School to ambush Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, and Li Shengnan, mistaking their edited photos for accurate images.
• The crew-cut youth confronted the girls and swung at Pang Jiao, who shoved him several meters backward as the other men charged.

Pang Jiao and her friends defeated six men who ambushed them, and Class 8 suspected Wu Yunzhi had arranged the attack. At Jiang Ning’s home, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning teamed up to eat most of Xue Chuchu’s fruit salad, while Shen Qing'e messaged Jiang Ning.

• Pang Jiao beat Xiao Wei and the other attackers, then pinned Xiao Wei and answered his phone while Wu Yunzhi called.
• Xue Yuantong invited Xue Chuchu over to share the fruit salad Aunt Gu had prepared, and Chuchu hesitated before taking the seat beside her.
• Class 8 saw Pang Jiao’s post from the Police Station, learned she and her friends had beaten six attackers, and identified Wu Yunzhi as a likely mastermind.
• Shen Qing'e read the class discussion about the ambush, thought of Jiang Ning, and sent him a message about his fish tank.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu urged Jiang Ning to avoid fighting, and he agreed.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning each took fruit from Xue Chuchu’s bowl while praising her generosity, leaving Chuchu sulking.

Xue Chuchu spent the evening with Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong before returning to her quiet home, while Shen Qing'e dreamed about winning Jiang Ning's affection. At school, the students confronted the fallout from Pang Jiao's settlement, and Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong later tricked Teacher Qian into repeatedly jumping for a stuck shuttlecock.

• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning finished Xue Chuchu's fruit salad, and Xue Yuantong teased Chuchu before folding Jiang Ning's trousers and comparing their sizes.
• Hua Fengmei called Xue Chuchu home, leaving her feeling lonely; Jiang Ning then messaged Shen Qing'e about buying an aquarium, and Shen Qing'e dreamed that she and Jiang Ning fell in love before waking to her alarm.
• Xin Youling asked Pang Jiao about the previous day's incident, and Pang Jiao confirmed that they had received three thousand yuan and that Wu Yunzhi was the mastermind; Xin Youling's safety talk and Chen Siyu's joke eased the classroom tension.
• The Four Golden Flowers and other students went to confront Wu Yunzhi, but his class teacher blocked them, while Bai Yuxia stayed behind and drank hot water with Chen Siyu and Jiang Ning.
• At the bungalow, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong praised Teacher Qian's jumping as he tried to knock down a shuttlecock stuck in a tree, until he exhausted himself and landed in a daze.

Class 8 spent a chaotic afternoon while Jiang Ning teased Chen Siyu with his Stealth Technique, and Tang Jing stood up for Huang Yuzhu when others mocked him. Later, Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong exploring by the River Dam, where her flying kick sent her bouncing off a bamboo fence and into his arms.

• Chen Siyu tried Bai Yuxia's stethoscope on Jiang Ning, and he used the Stealth Technique to make his heartbeat seem to stop before restoring it.
• Tang Jing insulted an earring-wearing girl who mocked Huang Yuzhu, then encouraged him to stand up for himself.
• Jiang Ning bought childhood snacks for Xue Yuantong, and they walked together to explore the River Dam and riverside fields.
• Xue Yuantong tied Jiang Ning's hair into a short ponytail and held his hand so they would look equally cool.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong found abandoned blue-brick houses, and Xue Yuantong's flying kick bounced off a bamboo fence and sent her into Jiang Ning's arms.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong explored an abandoned house, then returned to their everyday life with the Xue family and their classmates. The chapter ended during evening study, when Bai Yuxia caught Chen Siyu testing Jiang Ning’s hand-temperature theory and called it false.

• Jiang Ning broke into an isolated old house with Xue Yuantong, where they found an iron cage and old traces of human presence before Xue Yuantong hurried them out.
• Xue Yuantong exaggerated her bravery when recounting the adventure to Xue Chuchu, while Jiang Ning watched her act.
• Aunt Gu lured Xue Yuantong home to help cook by promising Pineapple Ribs and Egg Yolk Chicken Wings, and Xue Chuchu accepted Jiang Ning’s invitation to join them.
• Tang Fu failed to notice Xue Yuantong standing beside her at the Double Skin Milk shop, leaving Xue Yuantong feeling ignored.
• Cui Yu claimed that a man lost thirty pounds on one night run because a car hit him and amputated his leg, provoking Pang Jiao’s outrage.
• Chen Siyu tested Jiang Ning’s temperature and claimed cool hands showed someone did not have a fever, but Bai Yuxia rejected her theory.

Chen Siyu celebrated outsmarting Bai Yuxia, while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong embarrassed students who tried to show off. The chapter ended when Li Shi saw Jiang Ning gesture at her in the corridor and shuddered.

• Chen Siyu claimed victory over Bai Yuxia after Jiang Ning helped her explain why she had touched his hand and forehead.
• Chen Siqing visited Class 8 and checked Jiang Ning's temperature too, prompting Bai Yuxia to vow not to give Chen Siyu medical supplies again.
• During evening self-study, Cui Yu mocked Pang Jiao and Wang Yanyan in the comments on Pang Jiao's QQ Space post.
• Chen Siyu struggled with a physics problem, and Bai Yuxia bluntly called her and Chen Siqing stupid.
• Jiang Ning's jokes drove Du Chuan away, and Xue Yuantong revealed her King Rank to Wei Xiuyuan, who left in shock.
• Li Shi entered the corridor with Fang Qiuyue and saw Jiang Ning make a gun gesture at her, causing her to shudder.

Jiang Ning witnessed Pang Jiao and her classmates abduct and punish Wu Yunzhi after school, then accepted Cui Yu’s payment to keep quiet. The next morning, Wu Yunzhi arrived at school limping and furious, where Qi Tianheng mocked him.

• Li Shi panicked at Jiang Ning’s hand gesture, but Jiang Ning said he had only been joking, and she left with Fang Qiuyue.
• Cui Yu, Duan Shigang, and the Four Golden Flowers agreed to take revenge on Wu Yunzhi, then ambushed him and a girl on Main Street and dragged them into an alley.
• Pang Jiao and the others restrained Wu Yunzhi and whipped him while Jiang Ning rode past with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu.
• The Four Golden Flowers arrived at school the next morning in high spirits, and Cui Yu gave Jiang Ning dried mangoes to secure his silence.
• Wu Yunzhi arrived at school limping and swore to avenge himself, but Qi Tianheng mocked his walk.

Qi Tianheng rewarded Zhao Xiaofeng for driving Wu Yunzhi away, while Jiang Ning entertained his classmates with magic and gave cherries to Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia. The chapter ended with Yu Wen preparing to imitate Jiang Ning’s trick and Xue Yuantong returning to the classroom.

• Wu Yunzhi left school after Zhao Xiaofeng mocked him and evaded his attempt to catch him.
• Qi Tianheng praised Zhao Xiaofeng by giving him a PS4 and arranging for him to move into an empty apartment.
• Jiang Ning performed a magic trick for Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia, producing a raisin and then a large cherry for each of them.
• Bai Yuxia accepted Jiang Ning’s cherry and ate it, while Chen Siyu admired hers and described its taste.
• Yu Wen gathered snacks to try Jiang Ning’s trick on the class monitor, and Xue Yuantong returned and guessed that Chen Siyu had a big cherry.

Yu Wen awkwardly tried to perform an orange trick for Huang Zhongfei, while students traded jokes and Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning, and Xue Chuchu shared a barbecue. Wu Yunzhi plotted revenge and Zhuang Jianhui challenged his claim to the last basketball hoop, leaving a confrontation about to begin.

• Yu Wen forgot the steps of her performance for Huang Zhongfei and hurriedly gave him two Satsuma Mandarins instead.
• Zhang Chi complained that Yan Tianpeng had invited others to barbecue without him, while Lu Qiqi and the students joked about dating and appearances.
• Boss Yang brought grilled skewers and sugar cane juice to Jiang Ning's courtyard, where Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu joined Jiang Ning for a meal.
• Guo Kunnan and Ma Shicheng discussed approaching Zhou Jinglan, while Chen Qian used quotations from books to answer Lu Qiqi's objections about dating.
• Wu Yunzhi planned to identify the people who had ambushed him and humiliate Qi Tianheng by pursuing Lan Zichen.
• Wu Xiaoqi and Zhuang Jianhui arrived at the last basketball hoop, but Wu Yunzhi claimed it for his match, and Zhuang Jianhui objected that the court belonged to everyone.

Zhuang Jianhui defeated Wu Yunzhi in a basketball one-on-one, then fought off Wu Yunzhi’s group before the school expelled the eight students who attacked him. Wu Yunzhi avoided expulsion and vowed revenge, while Zhuang Jianhui planned to investigate his family and looked forward to Shuyan’s return.

• Wu Yunzhi challenged Zhuang Jianhui to a one-on-one, but Zhuang Jianhui outplayed him and blocked his shot before Wu Yunzhi slapped him and Zhuang Jianhui beat him.
• Chang Yi and the others mobbed Zhuang Jianhui, but Wu Xiaoqi threw a basketball into the crowd and Lin Zida stopped the fight by warning that school staff were coming.
• Wu Yunzhi and his classmates returned to class, where he resolved to retaliate against Zhuang Jianhui.
• Director Yan announced that Chang Yi and seven other students were expelled for attacking Zhuang Jianhui, while Wu Yunzhi escaped the punishment because he had not joined the group beating.
• Zhuang Jianhui told Lin Zida he would ask his uncle to investigate Wu Yunzhi’s family, then said Shuyan would return the next day.

Xin Youling reviewed the class’s New Year’s Gala acts while students discussed an upcoming joint exam and traded gossip. Meanwhile, Wu Yunzhi hired Uncle Jia’s men to target Zhuang Jianhui, and Zhuang walked into their trap after a girl lured him and Lin Zida into an alley.

• Xin Youling crossed out Cui Yu’s dangerous Gala act, marked Bai Yuxia’s dance as important, and worried about the coming exams.
• Chen Siyu and Xue Yuantong gossiped about Pang Jiao tricking younger students, while Bai Yuxia objected to speaking badly about others.
• Wu Yunzhi told his classmates he could help them return to school, then secretly met Uncle Jia and handed him a photograph of Zhuang Jianhui.
• Ding Shuyan’s Six Senses warned her against Zhuang Jianhui’s dinner invitation, so she declined and urged him to be careful.
• Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong to Riverside Fish Restaurant to buy dinner, where Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida arrived separately.
• A girl claiming she had lost her phone lured Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida into an alley, where Uncle Jia’s men surrounded them.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong stumbled upon armed men threatening Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida in a dark path. After Jiang Ning entered to confront them, he effortlessly knocked an attacker into a wall with a single kick, leaving Lin Zida stunned.

• Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui discussed how the Zhuang Family's influence made ordinary attempts to change events seem futile.
• A bald man and two accomplices ambushed Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida, broke Zhuang Jianhui's arm, and prepared to smash his teeth with a steel pipe.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong passed the path, and the bald man apologized after Jiang Ning challenged him.
• The Short Eyebrows Man provoked Jiang Ning, who entered the path with Xue Yuantong while the attackers tied up Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui.
• A hidden attacker lunged at Jiang Ning with a steel pipe, but Jiang Ning kicked him into a wall with overwhelming force.

Jiang Ning rescued Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui from armed men, used Mana to frighten them into apologizing, and collected three hundred. He later explained to Xue Yuantong why he refused to tolerate people who provoked them, and the chapter ended with Xue Yuantong taking half of Xue Chuchu’s lemon tea.

• Jiang Ning crippled High Cheekbones Man, burned Short Eyebrows Man’s eyebrows with a flame conjured from his fingertip, and demanded an apology and three hundred from Bald Strongman.
• Bald Strongman paid Jiang Ning and left with his injured companions, while Lin Zida thanked Jiang Ning and Zhuang Jianhui offered to repay him someday.
• Lin Zida called Lin Han for help with Zhuang Jianhui’s broken arm, and Lin Han went with Ding Shuyan to check on him.
• On the way home, Jiang Ning explained to Xue Yuantong why he chose to stand up to people who provoked them, and she joked that she had designated him as her eternal bodyguard.
• Xue Yuantong shared Braised Yellow Spicy Ding and lemon tea with Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu, then poured half of Xue Chuchu’s drink into her own cup.

Zhuang Jianhui recovered in the hospital after his surgery, and his parents planned to investigate the people who attacked him while Lin Zida and Ding Shuyan discussed Jiang Ning’s extraordinary abilities. At school, Chen Qian went on a date arranged by Wang Longlong, while Shang Wanqing’s scheme to connect him with a girl appeared to be working.

• Doctor Liu told Zhuang Jianhui that his arm surgery had gone well, and Zhuang Jianhui worried about whether he could play basketball and whether he would have a scar.
• Lin Han told Father Zhuang and Mother Zhuang that Wu Yunzhi might be connected to the attack, and Father Zhuang promised to check surveillance footage and handle the matter.
• Lin Zida told Zhuang Jianhui they would visit Jiang Ning to thank him, while Ding Shuyan privately concluded that Jiang Ning’s fire ability was an Immortal Technique and wondered how to continue her research.
• Wang Longlong told Guo Kunnan that he had bought Chen Qian a date for fifty yuan, and Chen Qian described teaching the girl math during their meeting.
• Shang Wanqing’s friend praised Chen Qian’s tutoring and agreed to treat Shang Wanqing to barbecue.