Chapter Summaries

Class 8 heard that seats would be rearranged after the exams, while Liu Chuandao’s hopeful mood and Duan Shigang’s paid scheme led to a rumor campaign against Wu Yunzhi. The chapter ended with Director Wang catching Duan Shigang for his part in the scheme and making him copy the School Rules one hundred times.

• Chen Siyu told Bai Yuxia and Xue Yuantong that the exams were next Thursday and the class teacher would rearrange the seats afterward.
• Liu Chuandao complimented Pang Jiao’s dress, then argued with her and the others after they mocked him.
• Duan Shigang agreed to help Ge Hao and Zhang Chi spread a false story that Wu Yunzhi had stolen Zhang Chi’s girlfriend in exchange for money.
• Ge Hao, Zhang Chi, and their companions publicly accused Wu Yunzhi of breaking up Zhang Chi’s relationship while Zhao Xiaofeng paid for a campaign to smear him.
• Zhang Chi returned to Class 8 and kept up the story, but Director Wang confronted Duan Shigang about the incident and punished him with one hundred copies of the School Rules.

Tang Jing tried to grow closer to Huang Yuzhu over dinner, while Jiang Ning spent time with Xue Yuantong before helping Yu Wen and Shen Qing'e carry water. The chapter left Yu Wen stunned after Jiang Ning lifted the heavy water barrel and set it on her shoulder.

• Tang Jing invited Huang Yuzhu to eat Spicy Hot Pot and deliberately got him to serve her fried quail eggs, but his mention of serving Xiao Mei turned out to refer to his family dog.
• Chen Siyu, Xue Yuantong, and Bai Yuxia discussed safety and compared their pain tolerance, with Chen Siyu crying out when Bai Yuxia pinched her arm.
• Jiang Ning bought soft-serve cones and Oreo sundaes with Xue Yuantong, then secretly photographed her enjoying her ice cream and sent the picture to Aunt Gu.
• Yu Wen and Shen Qing'e struggled to carry a purified water barrel, so Jiang Ning lifted it and set it on Yu Wen's shoulder while Xue Yuantong explained that carrying it that way was easier.

The students dealt with everyday school drama, including Yu Wen struggling with a heavy water bucket and Duan Shigang facing another punishment for failing to copy the School Rules. The chapter left Xue Yuantong silently enduring her friends’ jokes after Jiang Ning told a story about a childhood stutterer.

• Yu Wen struggled upstairs with a Purified Water Bucket, and Qiang Li initially offered to carry it before Yu Wen compared him favorably to Jiang Ning, prompting him to return it to her shoulder.
• Guo Kunnan and Cao Kun discussed the girls they were pursuing, and Cao Kun shared his Tencent Video Membership password with Meng Ziyun after she messaged him.
• Cui Yu worried that Meng Gui had become serious about studying, while Director Wang ordered Duan Shigang to copy the School Rules another hundred times before noon.
• Jiang Ning told a story about a child whose stutter was supposedly learned from a village stutterer, and Bai Yuxia suspected the story referred to Xue Yuantong.

Zhang Chi went with Yan Tianpeng to try a raffle at a new experience store, while Wu Yunzhi discovered his bicycle was missing and received a warning from his father. Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong discussed skating on the Hui River, and Jiang Ning considered using a formation to freeze it.

• Zhang Chi felt jealous of Ma Shicheng and Cui Yu’s gaming profits before Yan Tianpeng invited him to visit a Bright Eyes experience store.
• Yan Tianpeng took Zhang Chi’s bicycle from the bike shed and rode with him toward Wanda Plaza.
• Wu Yunzhi mourned his expelled teammates, failed to find his bicycle, and headed to the Security Department to check the footage.
• Wu Yunzhi’s father called and warned him not to claim knowledge of the family’s affairs.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning talked about skating on the Hui River, and Jiang Ning considered using the Wave Stabilizing Formation to freeze it.

Jiang Ning won a wager against Zhang Butcher by directing Xiao Ben to catch a Mouse, earning Beef tenderloin for dinner, then caught a Black Fish on his first cast. Meanwhile, Evergreen Liquid announced that Bright Eyes had sold more than five million bottles in three days, prompting discussion in the Class 8 group.

• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu bought vegetables for hot pot, and Jiang Ning promised to obtain Beef and Black Fish.
• Jiang Ning bet Zhang Butcher that Xiao Ben could catch a Mouse, and Xiao Ben returned with one, winning Jiang Ning a jin of Beef tenderloin.
• Jiang Ning went fishing while Xue Yuantong watched him on a video call, and he caught a Black Fish with his first cast.
• Evergreen Liquid reported sales of more than five million Bright Eyes bottles in three days, and Class 8 students discussed the figures as Chen Qian showed off his bottle and Zhang Chi visited a specialty store.

Jiang Ning showed off a large wild black fish, while Zhang Chi won Bright Eyes at Evergreen Liquid and approached a distressed father and daughter. At dinner, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu discussed setting someone up until Jiang Ning joined their playful meal-time rivalry, leaving Xue Chuchu tasked with cooking for everyone.

• Jiang Ning brought a large black fish to a stall and rejected the owner's low offer.
• Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi visited the Evergreen Liquid store, where Zhang Chi won a bag of Bright Eyes in the lottery.
• Lu Qiqi dismissed Yan Tianpeng and mocked his inability to afford a meal.
• Zhang Chi approached a father and daughter after the girl cried because she wanted Bright Eyes, then told the father not to smoke outside the store.
• Over dinner, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu discussed their plan to set someone up, and Jiang Ning said he thought it sounded good.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and Xue Chuchu competed over who was the best at swishing meat, then Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning made Xue Chuchu cook for them.

After Wu Yunzhi accused Yan Tianpeng of stealing his bicycle, Director Wang arranged for Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi to pay for a bike wash. That night, Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng tracked down a young thief who had been robbing a supermarket, and Zhang Chi beat him after the boy attacked with a nail.

• Wu Yunzhi accused Yan Tianpeng of stealing his bicycle, but Director Wang concluded that Yan Tianpeng may have taken the wrong one and arranged for Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi to pay Wu Yunzhi fifty yuan for cleaning it.
• Guo Kunnan praised Xin Youling's eyes and eye bags, while Chen Siyu challenged Chen Qian and Bai Yuxia to name causes of foaming at the mouth.
• Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi went to the old district to catch a boy who had been stealing cigarettes from a supermarket for a thousand yuan.
• Zhang Chi chased down the boy after he stole cigarettes and asked whether he knew stealing was wrong.
• The boy attacked Zhang Chi with a long nail, but Zhang Chi dodged it, kicked him down, and began beating him as Yan Tianpeng urged him to go easy.

Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng recovered stolen cigarettes, while Wang Longlong’s school beauty poll turned Zhuang Jianhui’s slap photo into a viral meme and sparked a fight over censorship. After the ranking threads and Yuzhou No.4 Middle School Tieba were taken down, Jiang Ning arranged for the forum to be restored, and students celebrated online.

• Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng beat a boy who had stolen cigarettes, returned the packs to the supermarket waitress, and received free noodles and cola.
• Wang Longlong prepared a school beauty poll, and Lin Zida found Zhuang Jianhui’s slap photo ranked first as a meme.
• Zhuang Jianhui demanded the meme be deleted, and Lin Zida sent evidence to a friend connected with the cyber police.
• Wang Longlong ignored a request to delete his poll, so the thread and his accounts were repeatedly removed or banned.
• Jiang Ning asked Shao Shuangshuang to get Yuzhou No.4 Middle School Tieba unbanned, and the forum and ranking posts were restored.
• Qi Tianheng celebrated the forum’s return by offering 500-yuan red packets for designated replies.

On the joint exam day, Wu Yunzhi counted on his Fourth Uncle overseas as the Wu family’s escape route, while students sat their exams and relaxed afterward. At the School Field, Wang Longlong approached Zhou Jinglan with an unexpected excuse to ask for her WeChat.

• Xue Yuantong woke late, then joined Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu on the way to breakfast before the joint exams.
• Wu Yunzhi reflected on his family’s arrests and trusted that his Fourth Uncle in Northern Biao could help the family rise again.
• During biology, Gao Heshaui caught Cui Yu tossing a paper pellet toward Lu Qiqi, but the note inside read “Naturally suspicious!”
• After four exams, Tang Fu shared her ice cream with the cafeteria group, and Jiang Ning sent them a photo of himself on the School Field.
• Guo Kunnan’s friends challenged one another to approach Zhou Jinglan, so Wang Longlong offered to take her unfinished drink bottle and asked to add her on WeChat.

Guo Kunnan tried to impress Zhou Jinglan by posing as a recycling-work manager, while Cui Yu narrowly escaped trouble after blaming the math teacher in the class group. At home, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning won a high-ranked game before Aunt Gu caught Tongtong hiding an ice cream wrapper.

• Wang Longlong helped Guo Kunnan arrange a QQ request to Zhou Jinglan, and Guo won the chance by promising to treat his friends to barbecue.
• Guo Kunnan recruited Huang Yuzhu to collect bottles and followed Jiang Ning's advice to ignore Zhou Jinglan, but she focused on homework instead.
• Cui Yu blamed Gao Heshaui for students' poor math scores in the official class group, and Ma Shicheng helped him disguise the message as criticism of students who blamed teachers.
• Shan Qingrong rebuked the students who were flaunting their test scores, quieting the class group.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning teamed up to beat professional players in a high-ranked game.
• Aunt Gu found the ice cream wrapper Xue Yuantong had hidden in the trash and scolded her for eating ice cream.

After the joint exams, Jiang Ning and his friends joked around while Zhang Chi’s group retaliated against Wu Yunzhi, whose family’s influence and crimes were discussed by Zhuang Jianhui, Lin Zida, and Jiang Qitian. The chapter ended with Xue Yuantong asking Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu about their plans for the next day.

• Chen Siyu bragged about her exam results, and Jiang Ning took Tang Fu’s fifty yuan before telling her she could not join his High IQ Group.
• Zhang Chi and Yan Tianpeng arranged for Ge Hao to deflate Wu Yunzhi’s bicycle tires and steal his basketball, while Wu Yunzhi wrongly blamed them.
• Xue Yuantong watched tied-together crabs try to escape, then helped her mother return them to the basin.
• Lin Zida told Zhuang Jianhui about the Wu Brothers’ alleged crimes and their powerful connections as the two planned to gather evidence against them.
• Yao's Father told Jiang Qitian that the Wu Family had destroyed his ancestral grave and said he would help take them down.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu what they planned to do the next day, and both said they would sleep in.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong attracted thirteen anglers to Yang Fei’s fish pond, and Jiang Ning secretly ensured they each caught a fish before splitting the earnings with Yang Fei. As Yao Yiyao visited the River Dam with her father, a man there prepared to attack someone surnamed Yao and leave the country.

• Jiang Ning woke Xue Yuantong and brought her along to promote Yang Fei’s fish pond for a commission.
• Yao Yiyao’s father drove her and her Maine Coon to the River Dam after arranging to give officials testimony about the Wu Brothers.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong persuaded thirteen people to fish, and Jiang Ning secretly used Spiritual Energy to make sure they caught fish.
• Yang Fei paid Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong for their work, while Xue Yuantong proudly showed off the money to the neighbors.
• Yao Yiyao snapped back at Teacher Qian when he criticized the cost of bathing her cat, then left with her companion.
• A man at the River Dam spoke with Fourth Brother, said he would leave the country that night, and prepared a triangular knife while threatening someone surnamed Yao.

Jiang Ning discovered that a man carrying a Triangular Bayonet planned to attack Yao Yiyao's father, but Bawang repeatedly drove him away from the target. At lunch, Xue Yuantong stood up to Teacher Qian after he criticized her upbringing.

• Xue Yuantong proudly told her family she had earned eight hundred and fifty yuan helping Uncle Yang, while Jiang Ning sensed a Triangular Bayonet and a photograph of Yao Yiyao's father on a passing man in a duckbill cap.
• Bawang chased the duckbill cap away from Agritainment, where Yao Yiyao's father was eating, and Zhang Butcher confronted the man with a heavy cleaver when he threatened him.
• The duckbill cap retreated to the west side of the River Dam and waited for Bawang to leave so he could reach his target.
• Teacher Qian lectured Aunt Gu about children's moral education and brought up the time Xue Yuantong had supposedly failed to feed his grandson.
• Xue Yuantong defended herself by saying that even Uncle Zhang's dog could eat on its own and Teacher Qian should worry about his grandson.

Duckbill Cap cornered Yao Haikuo and his daughter, then erupted in rage and tried to stab Jiang Ning. Jiang Ning kicked him down, leaving Yao Haikuo and Yao Yiyao stunned.

• Bi Yue showed off her new Porsche Cayenne and argued with Zhang Butcher and Aunt Gu before refusing Duckbill Cap’s request for a ride.
• Duckbill Cap spotted Yao Haikuo and forced him and Yao Yiyao toward their car, claiming he wanted to discuss business.
• When the car would not start, Duckbill Cap made the father and daughter get out and led them past Jiang Ning’s home.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong gave Duckbill Cap hot water, and Jiang Ning called him a beggar when he complained about it.
• Enraged, Duckbill Cap drew his Triangular Bayonet and attacked Jiang Ning, who knocked him to the ground with a kick.

Jiang Ning subdued Duckbill Cap, who had attacked Yao Haikuo and Yao Yiyao with a knife, and the group received a reward and a Silk Banner. That night, Xue Yuantong tried Xue Chuchu’s plan to teach Jiang Ning to crack nuts, but Jiang Ning turned the lesson back on Chu Chu.

• Jiang Ning kicked Duckbill Cap down before he could use his Triangular Bayonet, and Yao Haikuo called the police while Xue Chuchu photographed the scene.
• Police took Duckbill Cap to the hospital and brought Yao Haikuo, Yao Yiyao, Jiang Ning, and Xue Yuantong to the Branch Bureau, where Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong received a 1,000-yuan reward and a Silk Banner.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu played a game together, and Chu Chu suggested using her example of cracking nuts to encourage Jiang Ning to serve Tongtong.
• Jiang Ning returned with milk tea, and Xue Chuchu cracked nuts for Xue Yuantong while Tongtong praised and rewarded her.
• Xue Chuchu placed whole Macadamia Nuts in front of Jiang Ning, but he asked her to crack them for him.

At Tiger Perch Mountain Villa, Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui discussed the rare birds at Qingyu Lake and the investigation into the Wu Brothers, while Lin persuaded Zhuang to consider fishing. At No.4 Middle School, Class 8 received its joint-exam math scores, and Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong both scored 150 as Ma Shicheng discovered he had scored only 5.

• Ding Shuyan tried to sense a secret on Tiger Perch Mountain but found nothing, while Lin Zida spotted endangered Baikal Teals at Qingyu Lake.
• Lin Zida told Zhuang Jianhui that Jiang Ning had stopped an attack on a whistleblower and that the injured attacker might provide evidence against the Wu Brothers.
• Lin Zida proposed that Zhuang Jianhui take up fishing, and Zhuang began to consider the idea despite his worries about the unresolved case.
• At school, Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia talked about university rankings as Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong arrived for the joint-exam score announcement.
• Gao Heshaui had Shan Kaiquan distribute the math papers, revealing that Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong scored 150 while Chai Wei scored 99.
• Wang Longlong saw Ma Shicheng's score of 5 and gently asked whether his dog was doing okay.

After the exam results, Xue Yuantong celebrated her perfect scores, befriended Shang Caiwei, and outwitted Bai Yuxia into fetching water. That night, she visited Jiang Ning before going home, and he stayed on a call with Geng Lu, who admitted she had invented the storm as an excuse to talk.

• Chen Siyu compared her math score with Bai Yuxia's, and Jiang Ning reassured her that she was innocent rather than stupid.
• Xue Yuantong met Shang Caiwei in the corridor, agreed to let her treat Jiang Ning and her, and learned that Shang Caiwei's exam scores were low.
• Guo Kunnan discussed Yellow Hairs with Shan Kaiquan and Ma Shicheng, then learned that Cui Yu had only pretended to have a girl asking for his QQ.
• Xue Yuantong tricked Bai Yuxia into losing a coin game and carrying both water bottles to the dispenser.
• Xue Yuantong visited Jiang Ning with ice cream, but Aunt Gu caught her and sent her home.
• Jiang Ning spoke with Geng Lu on a late-night call, and Geng Lu confessed that she had made up the rain and thunder to have an excuse to talk to him.

After the joint exam, the Class 8 students chose new seats according to their rankings, while Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning bought warm Iced Fermented Rice Wine for their friends. The chapter ended with Duan Shigang unexpectedly escaping the feared seat beside Pang Jiao and sending Song Sheng a mocking note about his own fate among the Four Golden Flowers.

• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning bought four cups of Iced Fermented Rice Wine and encountered Chai Wei on an awkward date with a girl he had met online.
• Song Sheng flaunted his fourth-place ranking in Class 8 and looked down on Duan Shigang, while Hu Hou scolded Experimental Class 1 over its exam results.
• Xue Yuantong gave Bai Yuxia a cup of Iced Fermented Rice Wine and comforted her before Shan Qingrong announced the new seat assignments.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning chose the Four Great Connected Seats in the back row, and the other students selected seats according to their rankings.
• Duan Shigang ended up in the first row beside the front door instead of next to Pang Jiao, then sent Song Sheng a note teasing him about the Four Golden Flowers.

After Class 8’s seating rearrangement, the students settled into new places while Shen Qing'e struggled with memories of sitting near Jiang Ning. Later, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning walked home, where Xue Yuantong stood up to Bi Yue after she mocked her and Chuchu.

• Shan Qingrong and Jiang Ning moved desks to accommodate the new seating, and Shan Qingrong went to find chairs after Xue Yuantong mentioned there was nothing to lean against in the back row.
• Chen Siyu celebrated becoming Bai Yuxia’s deskmate, while Liu Chuandao used a toilet-paper “red string” to flirt with Meng Ziyun and made her laugh.
• Shen Qing'e silently studied during evening self-study as Jiang Yanan and the others chatted, and Jiang Yanan noticed Shen Qing'e’s unusual mood.
• Jiang Ning listened as Xue Yuantong described her classmates during their moonlit walk home, and Aunt Gu offered them Snow Pear Soup.
• Bi Yue mocked Xue Yuantong and Chuchu by boasting that her dog ate steak, so Xue Yuantong retorted that Bi Yue’s father had never even eaten steak.

On Christmas Eve, Jiang Ning gave gifts to his classmates and visited Shao Shuangshuang, bringing her an apple and a rose while she reflected on how far her life had come. The evening ended with Xue Yuantong eating the apple she had meant to save for Chu Chu.

• Jiang Ning collected apples he had brought from Tiger Perch Mountain while Xue Yuantong bought oranges and marveled at the price of apples.
• Duan Shigang made Meng Ziyun cry with an onion, winning Guo Kunnan's gift box and teaching him how to produce tears.
• Jiang Ning visited Shao Shuangshuang at the Evergreen Liquid office, gave her an apple, and conjured a pink rose for her.
• Jiang Ning returned to Class 8 and handed out oranges and special Golden Fruit apples, while Yu Wen gave Huang Zhongfei an apple and Lu Qiqi complained about her suitor's gift.
• Chen Siyu enjoyed her apple and joked that she and Jiang Ning had eaten forbidden fruit together, while Shen Qing'e felt hurt that Jiang Ning had not given her one.
• Xue Yuantong promised to save her apple for Chu Chu but ate it on the way home after bantering with Jiang Ning.