Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning walked through the cold night with Guo Ran, gave her a hat, and listened as she wondered whether she still wanted to marry. Later, he rigged a formation on Yuhua Road that launched red-light-running Ghost Fire Motorcycles into the air, calling the resulting crashes fireworks.

• Jiang Ning and Guo Ran strolled together, joked about marriage, and Jiang Ning bought her a knitted hat.
• Guo Ran told Jiang Ning she was reconsidering marriage after hearing that her college roommate was divorcing; they later joked at a matchmaking corner.
• Lu Qiqi tried to impress Qi Tianheng with messages about the barbecue, but her conversation annoyed him.
• Cui Yu, Guo Kunnan, and Ma Shicheng discussed Lu Qiqi’s awkward messages and why she struggled to charm Qi Tianheng.
• Jiang Ning set a traffic-light formation on Yuhua Road that launched eight Yellow Hairs on five Ghost Fire Motorcycles into the air, then praised the crashes as fireworks.

Jiang Ning returned with a warm late-night meal for Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu, then reflected on his cultivation and his classmates’ debate about confronting line-cutters. The girls continued gaming, where Chuchu stood up to an abusive teammate, while Tongtong tried to persuade Jiang Ning to fetch her a drink.

• Xue Yuantong complained that Jiang Ning was out in the cold, but hurried to welcome him when he returned with food for her and Xue Chuchu.
• The three ate together, and Jiang Ning used a gust of air to clear the food smell while Chuchu washed the dishes.
• Jiang Ning recalled a powerful cultivation technique from his previous life, considered how a cultivator might control Earth, and swallowed a Pill to resume cultivating.
• Yu Wen described a man cutting in line, prompting their classmates to debate how ordinary people should respond to unreasonable behavior.
• Xue Chuchu answered Lucian’s insults in their game, hooked an enemy into danger, and kicked Lucian to death after he stopped to argue.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to fetch her a drink, praised him when he demanded it, and then refused to believe him when he said he would not help.

Shen Qing'e encountered Jiang Ning while buying pastries, and he defended her when a tattooed man and his mother harassed her. After learning they intended to retaliate, Jiang Ning tracked them into an alley and killed them with magic, leaving their ashes scattered in the wind.

• Shen Qing'e felt isolated after discovering Lu Qiqi Is Really Lewd's private QQ group insults toward Yu Wen, then went out to buy pastries.
• Shen Qing'e met Jiang Ning in the pastry-shop line, where a tattooed man cut in and his mother verbally abused her.
• Jiang Ning struck the woman and seized the tattooed man by the throat, forcing them to flee to a clinic.
• Jiang Ning bought pastries while Shen Qing'e walked beside him, and he turned back after sensing the pair had recovered and were threatening retaliation.
• Jiang Ning followed the mother and son into an alley, burned them to ash with the Fire Spell, and scattered the remains.

Jiang Ning helped Shen Qing'e after the trouble at Kaitian Garden, but her attempt to get back together ended with his blunt reply. At the River Dam, Teacher Qian won Zhuang Jianhui's Big Black Carp by reciting the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng backward, then imagined himself the boss of the bungalows until Xue Yuantong spotted Jiang Ning returning.

• Jiang Ning told Shao Shuangshuang to contain rumors about a disappearance near Kaitian Garden, and she ordered the Secretary Department to manage the fallout.
• Jiang Ning rode with Shen Qing'e, who felt grateful for his protection and asked if they could go back to how things were; Jiang Ning answered, "Badass."
• Xue Yuantong relaxed inside Jiang Ning's Small Insulation Array while Teacher Qian showed off his homemade Sesame Oil and argued with her about working hard.
• Zhuang Jianhui showed off his Big Black Carp, but Teacher Qian challenged him to a bet and won the fish by reciting the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng backward.
• Teacher Qian carried the fish around the bungalows and imagined himself in charge of the River Dam area until Xue Yuantong saw Jiang Ning returning and called out to him.

Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a powerful remote control car, and she challenged Teacher Qian to race it against his Three-Wheeler. After the car won easily, Teacher Qian had to hand over the Big Black Carp and Sesame Oil he had wagered.

• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong a remote control car, and she showed it to Xue Chuchu before testing it in the yard.
• Teacher Qian mocked the car, so Xue Yuantong challenged him to a race and wagered the car against his Big Black Carp and Sesame Oil.
• Xue Yuantong switched to a 3S Battery, and she and Jiang Ning raced Teacher Qian from Agritainment to the chalk finish line.
• The remote control car sped across the finish line far ahead of Teacher Qian's Three-Wheeler, leaving him stunned.
• Teacher Qian paid the wager, and Jiang Ning received the fish and Sesame Oil while Xue Yuantong celebrated the victory.

Xue Yuantong, Xue Chuchu, and Jiang Ning shared a cozy dinner at home while their classmates joked and competed over milk tea during evening study. Dong Qingfeng thought he had mastered winning girls over, but Tang Fu arrived to repay Jiang Ning’s kindness.

• Xue Yuantong decided to cook the Big Black Carp with Xue Chuchu, while Jiang Ning rewarded Tang Fu with the cafeteria meal and tended the kitchen fire.
• Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu prepared dinner and chatted, and Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to send the aroma of their fish dishes toward the neighbors.
• Yu Wen discussed her contact name for Huang Zhongfei with Jiang Yanan while Bai Yuxia secretly listened, and Class 8’s boys cheered for Yun Tingting as she played badminton.
• Huang Zhongfei brought milk tea to Class 8, and Wang Longlong organized a contest in which the students competed for the cups.
• Chai Wei yielded his milk tea to Xin Youling, and Dong Qingfeng gave his to Meng Ziyun as the contest ended.
• Dong Qingfeng decided he had mastered winning girls over, but Tang Fu arrived at the classroom and told Jiang Ning she had come to repay his kindness.

Jiang Ning and his classmates shared milk tea and snacks during the school day, while Xue Yuantong recounted how she had tricked Teacher Qian into paying for Dongdong’s snacks. Late that night, Shan Kaiquan and the others began spreading water across the balcony outside Class 8, hoping it would freeze by morning.

• Tang Fu thanked Jiang Ning for letting her have dinner and brought milk tea, which Jiang Ning shared with Dong Qingfeng, Yang Sheng, Xue Yuantong, Chen Siyu, and Xiaxia.
• During evening self-study, Bai Yuxia told classmates stories about ancient customs for adopting kittens, and Chen Siyu confided that she felt inferior to her conversational skills.
• On the ride home, Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning how she had redirected Teacher Qian’s cigarette errand to Dongdong, who spent the money on snacks.
• At 11:50 p.m., Chen Qian locked Class 8 and left the building, while a black-clad figure climbed over a wall onto campus.
• Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, Hu Jun, Ma Shicheng, Wang Longlong, and Cui Yu carried buckets of water to Building No. 3 and splashed it across the Class 8 balcony, planning to make an icy surface by morning.

Shan Kaiquan and his classmates chased a masked thief across No.4 Middle School but lost him after he escaped over a wall. Their prank left the corridor frozen by Monday morning, and as students enjoyed the ice, Bai Yuxia remained annoyed with Chen Siyu over her message about the memory card.

• Wang Longlong spotted a masked figure moving between school buildings, and Ma Shicheng organized the Class 8 students to catch the suspected thief.
• Cui Yu, Hu Jun, Shan Kaiquan, and Guo Kunnan pursued the figure, but it escaped over the School Field wall.
• Hu Jun used a stray dog to track the thief, but they found only burned gloves in a dark alley.
• Class 8 students discovered that the corridor had frozen overnight, and students from Classes 8 and 9 played on the ice.
• Guo Kunnan and Shi Qianjin each tried to show off on the slippery corridor and fell, while Wu Xiaoqi leaped over Shi Qianjin as he slid beneath him.
• Chen Siyu invited Bai Yuxia to play, and Bai Yuxia told her not to call her Xiaxia.

Students at Class 8’s icy corridor pursued romance and excitement, while Guo Kunnan faced rejection before risking a rescue that went wrong. Later, Cao Kun and Huang Yuzhu’s awkward exchange unsettled Tang Jing, and Xue Yuantong’s attempt to summon Jiang Ning ended with her mother appearing instead.

• Dong Qingfeng lent Dong Jiayi knee pads and taught her to skate, frustrating Wei Xiuyuan, while Yu Wen fell and got Huang Zhongfei to help her despite Wang Yanyan’s attempt to warn him off.
• Miao Zhe told Guo Kunnan that Yun Tingting did not want to skate with him, and Guo Kunnan recovered by comparing his rejection to Wei Xiuyuan’s.
• Guo Kunnan rushed across the ice to help Tan Meiling but accidentally knocked her back down.
• Cao Kun explained to Tang Jing that Meng Ziyun had left after seeing Dong Jiayi skate with Dong Qingfeng, then Huang Yuzhu offered Tang Jing his milk tea and she returned the favor.
• Xue Yuantong tried to summon Jiang Ning for yogurt, but her mother appeared outside the window.

During evening self-study, Class 8’s students bickered, struggled with a shopkeeper’s-loss puzzle, and flirted and plotted around one another. The chapter ended with Bai Yuxia embarrassed after Chen Siyu tricked her into watching a suggestive video, while Jiang Ning teased her.

• Song Sheng and Pang Jiao traded insults before challenging each other to a one-on-one contest that turned into rock-paper-scissors.
• Chen Siyu lectured Yu Wen, Jiang Yanan, and Shen Qing'e about why wives confronted mistresses, then Bai Yuxia tested Chen Siyu with a fake-bill problem that Huang Zhongfei solved correctly.
• Cao Kun watched Meng Ziyun playfully swat Dong Qingfeng and grew jealous, while Jiang Ning used spiritual energy to keep Dong Qingfeng from opening Meng Ziyun's cup lid.
• Chen Siyu sent Bai Yuxia a misleading video, causing Bai Yuxia to panic when its suggestive content appeared and Jiang Ning saw it.

On a snowy afternoon, Xue Chuchu chose not to intervene when she saw a man beating a woman, instead leaving and calling the police, then reassured herself that protecting her family came first. At Yuzhou No.4 Middle School, Shan Qingrong handed out snacks to Xue Yuantong and promised more to students who excelled or contributed to the class.

• Xue Chuchu gave Mu Ying a ride home through the snow and declined her invitation to eat at the Roman Banquet Center.
• Xue Chuchu and Mu Ying encountered a man savagely beating a woman, and Xue Chuchu rode away before calling the police at the next intersection.
• Xue Chuchu dropped Mu Ying off at the Roman Banquet Center and reflected on her past as she rode home, deciding she had done nothing wrong by prioritizing her family's safety.
• Shan Qingrong brought expensive snacks to Xue Yuantong during evening self-study and warned Class 8 to take care in the heavy snow.
• Shan Qingrong promised snacks to students who improved their grades or contributed to the class, then explained that Duan Shigang had earned recognition by being punished to clean after school.

Chen Siqing challenged Bai Yuxia to guess her long johns and won, while Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong shared a snowy trip home and spent the evening with Xue Chuchu. Chuchu remained troubled by a woman she had seen in distress, but Jiang Ning’s teasing and a piece of strawberry cake helped her smile again.

• Chen Siqing took Xue Yuantong’s snacks and beat Bai Yuxia in a guessing game by claiming her long johns were blue.
• Jiang Ning rode home with Xue Yuantong through the snow, and Aunt Gu welcomed them with soup.
• Cui Yu played on Lu Qiqi’s account to push away a rival girl, while Lu Qiqi received five thousand yuan from Qi Tianheng after hinting that her door lock was broken.
• Xue Yuantong brought Xue Chuchu to Jiang Ning’s warm room, where the three watched a movie and discussed a local quarrel.
• After Xue Yuantong left with the blanket, Xue Chuchu asked Jiang Ning whether he would do a righteous deed and confessed that she felt troubled by the woman she had seen.
• Jiang Ning teased Xue Chuchu and offered her strawberry cake, and she smiled as he asked whether she felt better.

After heavy snow blanketed Yuzhou, Jiang Ning helped Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong clear their courtyards, then took Tongtong to school on his electric bike. At No.4 Middle School, students turned the snowy campus into a playground while Jiang Ning joined a snowball fight and Zhang Chi wandered into the younger students’ area.

• Xue Yuantong woke in a panic, discovered she had not overslept, and ran outside to marvel at the deep snow.
• Jiang Ning shoveled snow at Xue Chuchu’s and Xue Yuantong’s homes while Chuchu cooked breakfast and reflected on his kindness the previous night.
• At breakfast, Jiang Ning agreed to take Tongtong to school on his electric bike, and Chuchu chose to walk to the bus stop.
• Jiang Ning and Tongtong raced along the snowy River Dam, performed a 360-degree drift that amazed Chuchu, and then continued toward school.
• After morning self-study, Jiang Ning joined Yang Sheng for a snowball fight, caught Tang Fu’s snowball, and struck her with one of his own.
• Zhang Chi fled from Wang Yanyan and the Three Golden Flowers, encountered Duan Shigang and Deng Xiang’s group wrestling in the snow, and stole the mandarins from a nearby snowman.

Zhang Chi’s snowman-kicking spree ended with him getting pelted by freshmen and kicking a snowman built around a fire hydrant. Elsewhere, General Ji visited Evergreen Liquid and tasted its welcoming tea, while Jiang Ning confronted Dongdong after the boy threw trash at his doorway.

• Zhang Chi kicked apart several snowmen, provoked a group of freshmen into pelting him with snowballs, and later injured his foot by kicking a snowman built around a fire hydrant.
• Xue Yuantong told Jiang Ning about Class 8’s snowball fight with the freshmen as they traveled home through the snow.
• General Ji arrived at Evergreen Liquid, where Zhao Shuang explained the company’s underfloor heating and served him sweet, fragrant tea that he suspected was a new product.
• At River Dam, Dongdong refused to share his tire with Zhuang Jianhui, then snatched Lin Zida’s chicken drumstick and demanded more before the two men backed away.
• Dongdong threw a chicken bone near Jiang Ning’s doorway and challenged him, so Jiang Ning knocked him down and took his tire.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong braved the freezing rain after school was canceled and rode to pick up Xue Chuchu. The chapter ended with Jiang Ning arriving at the No.2 Middle School bus stop and calling for Chuchu to get on.

• Jiang Ning kicked Dongdong into the snow repeatedly, claimed Dongdong’s tire, and let Xue Yuantong play with it before Dongdong retrieved it.
• Jiang Ning rode Xue Yuantong to No.4 Middle School, where Lan Zichen accidentally twisted her Electric Bike’s throttle and fell while Shi Qianjin laughed at her.
• Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia discussed giving Jiang Ning a ring, then struggled to figure out how to learn his ring size without him noticing.
• Shan Qingrong canceled evening self-study because freezing rain had made conditions dangerous, and Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning to pick up Xue Chuchu.
• Jiang Ning rode through the icy streets with Xue Yuantong and arrived at the No.2 Middle School bus stop, where he called out to Xue Chuchu.

Jiang Ning brought Xue Chuchu home through the icy rain, where she joined him and Xue Yuantong for a warm meal with the Xue family. Xue Yuantong rebuffed Teacher Qian’s attempt to buy cheap buns, and the chapter ended with Jiang Ning knocking an icicle onto Zhang Butcher’s head after warning him about it.

• Jiang Ning picked up Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong on his Electric Bike and rode them through the icy streets to River Dam Road.
• Aunt Gu welcomed Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu inside, where they ate homemade buns and soup with Xue Yuantong.
• Xue Yuantong refused to give Teacher Qian free buns and challenged his offer to pay an unreasonable price for thirty.
• Zhang Butcher invited Jiang Ning to drink, but Jiang Ning declined and warned him about the icicles over his head.
• Jiang Ning flicked an icicle loose, and it struck Zhang Butcher as Xiao Ben grabbed the bone he had dropped.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu past the frozen Hui River, where his formation gathered spiritual energy and nourished a transforming fish. At school, the students dealt with the icy paths, shared breakfast and jokes, and ended the morning reacting to confession-wall posts about Cui Yu and Wu Yunzhi.

• Jiang Ning rode with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu past the frozen Hui River and saw a large fish devouring spirit crystals beneath the ice.
• Cui Yu tricked Yu Wen into lowering her hat over her eyes until she walked into a utility pole.
• Xue Yuantong teased Tang Fu over whether her egg came from a hen or a rooster, and Chen Siyu accidentally revealed she had missed the joke.
• Duan Shigang asked Jiang Ning how he drifted on the icy campus, and Xue Yuantong explained the maneuver before Duan Shigang recognized her from Iron Middle School Under Heaven.
• Jiang Yanan showed the class a confession-wall post praising Cui Yu, then another post exposed him for laughing at someone who had fallen; Cui Yu replied to a girl who had posted Wu Yunzhi's photo.

Chen Siyu challenged Yang Sheng to a spicy hot pot meal, where they encountered Qiu Die, a former bully of Xue Yuantong. Qiu Die threatened Yang Sheng and mocked Xue Yuantong’s past, and Yang Sheng called out her bad breath as the confrontation continued.

• Chen Siyu refused Yang Sheng’s invitation to fight Tang Fu in the snow, while she and Bai Yuxia worried about the coming freezing rain.
• Duan Shigang abandoned his plan to ride his electric scooter on campus, then tried to impress Jiang Yanan by offering Qiu Die money he did not have.
• Chen Siyu invited Xue Yuantong and Yang Sheng to eat spicy hot pot, and Yang Sheng accepted her challenge.
• Qiu Die arrived at the restaurant with two companions, recognized Yang Sheng and Xue Yuantong, and tried to intimidate them.
• Qiu Die threatened Yang Sheng with a story about cutting a girl’s hair and mocked Xue Yuantong for copying her haircut, but Yang Sheng told her that her breath stank.

Jiang Ning tracked Qiu Die to an abandoned building, where he found her and her gang abusing two victims, and brutally punished the attackers with his spiritual powers. He returned to school with milk tea and revealed Qiu Die’s silver earring to Xue Yuantong, leaving her frozen in shock.

• Yang Sheng slapped Qiu Die after she threatened and cursed at her, and Boss Hu expelled Qiu Die and her companions from the hot pot shop.
• Jiang Ning left school and found Qiu Die’s gang assaulting a young woman and man in an abandoned building.
• Jiang Ning killed the red-haired girl and a fleeing tattooed man, then terrorized the gang with a corrosive liquid and an iron rod as he punished Qiu Die and the others.
• Jiang Ning bought milk tea with money from the abandoned building and returned to class, where Xue Yuantong asked where he had gone.
• Jiang Ning showed Xue Yuantong a silver earring that Qiu Die had worn, and Xue Yuantong froze when she recognized it.

Jiang Ning used magic to make Xue Yuantong’s silver earring and Chen Siyu’s milk tea disappear, while Yu Wen tried to impress Huang Zhongfei with photos and a story about protecting his hat. Later, Xue Yuantong snuggled with Jiang Ning at his home, and his wish to hold both the present and grown-up versions of her left their closeness tender but unresolved.

• Jiang Ning made Xue Yuantong’s silver earring and Chen Siyu’s milk tea vanish with magic, leaving Chen Siyu wondering where her drink had gone.
• Yu Wen messaged Huang Zhongfei photos of herself wearing his hat, and Jiang Yanan told him Yu Wen had protected it even when she fell into icy water.
• Xue Yuantong spent the evening at Jiang Ning’s home while Xue Chuchu waited alone next door for an invitation that never came.
• Xue Yuantong snuggled against Jiang Ning on the couch, and he hugged her as she wondered about their past, present, and future.
• Jiang Ning joked about Xue Yuantong growing taller, and she asked whether she could stay small; he said he wanted both versions of her.