Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning visited Bai Yuxia’s home, won over her mother, and accidentally exposed the cash Bai Wenhan had hidden inside a lucky cat before taking Bai Yuxia ice skating. At the River Dam, Bai Yuxia overheard Teacher Qian insulting Jiang Ning’s companion as a short girl and corrected him by stating her own height.

• Jiang Ning brought tea and Evergreen Liquid skincare to Bai Yuxia’s home, where Doctor Feng welcomed him while Bai Wenhan grew jealous of his rapport with the family.
• Jiang Ning’s Mana caused the lucky cat to split open and reveal Bai Wenhan’s hidden cash, prompting Doctor Feng to confront her husband as Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia left.
• Zhang Chi beat up three youths who had harassed a boy outside Sunshine Deer Courtyard, then posted photos of them in the owners’ group.
• Jiang Ning drove Bai Yuxia to the River Dam, where Teacher Qian mocked Jiang Ning’s supposed short companion while talking with Zhang Ruyun.
• Bai Yuxia stepped off Jiang Ning’s Electric Bike, removed her mask, and told Teacher Qian that she was 168.6 centimeters tall.

Jiang Ning, Bai Yuxia, Xue Yuantong, and the twins prepared to spend the afternoon ice fishing on the Hui River, with Dongdong forced to help carry their gear. As they set out, Lin Zida offered to drill holes in the ice, while Jiang Ning insisted on trying his simple equipment first.

• Bai Yuxia arrived at Jiang Ning's home, where she joined him, Xue Yuantong, and the twins for strawberries, a movie, and plans to visit the frozen Hui River.
• Xue Yuantong marched to Dongdong's doorway, ordered him to join them, and exposed him to Bai Yuxia and the twins as a bully before Jiang Ning kicked him down and ordered him to haul equipment.
• The group packed a tent, mats, chairs, a stove, ingredients, and simple fishing gear, while Dongdong waited outside under Jiang Ning's supervision.
• Lin Zida saw Jiang Ning's basic ice-fishing tools and offered to drill a hole with his electric drill, but Jiang Ning chose to try chiseling the ice himself.
• Zhuang Jianhui arrived in a white G-Wagon and called for Little Fatty to load the equipment, while Jiang Ning said he preferred vintage transportation.

Jiang Ning turned an old hand cart into a four-wheeled carriage for his group and made five young men pull it after they mocked them. He rode onto the frozen Hui River in style, where Lin Zida, Yang Qian, and Zhuang Jianhui witnessed the procession and called the men his slaves.

• Jiang Ning had Dongdong retrieve an old hand cart and used spare wheels to convert it into a level four-wheeled cart.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, the twins, and Bai Yuxia rode the cart while Dongdong pulled them toward the River Dam.
• After several young men insulted the group, Jiang Ning gave Dongdong a strength technique and sent him to deal with them.
• Dongdong defeated the five young men, tied them up, and made them pull the cart up the River Dam while Jiang Ning and Tongtong served them tea.
• Lin Zida, Yang Qian, and Zhuang Jianhui saw Jiang Ning arrive on the frozen Hui River with the five captives pulling his cart.

Jiang Ning took Yang Qian, Bai Yuxia, Xue Yuantong, and the twins across the frozen river in a hand cart pulled by five captive street punks, attracting a crowd and drawing Tang Fu’s attention. After they settled at a spot on the ice, Xue Yuantong’s innocent answer about when girls felt most comfortable left Bai Yuxia embarrassed by her own assumptions.

• Jiang Ning drove his hand cart across the Hui River while five street punks pulled it, and Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui discussed how he had captured them.
• Wang Yong arrived with two girls, while Tang Yaohan’s employees praised his ice-fishing catch and Tang Fu teased her grandfather.
• Tang Fu spotted Jiang Ning, rode over on her snowboard, and asked to join the hand cart before returning to tell Tang Yaohan that Jiang Ning was not poor.
• Jiang Ning drove the cart into the spot claimed by a fierce auntie, who fled when she saw the street punks, and then he returned their keys and phones.
• Jiang Ning set up Lin Zida’s tent, where Xue Yuantong described lying under the stars as a girlhood comfort and Bai Yuxia felt ashamed of her assumptions.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong spent a winter day fishing and playing at the river dam while Wang Yong brought Lou Keke and Xu Wenyi to meet Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui. Lou Keke mourned her dead boyfriend, whose death had resulted from Jiang Ning’s prank, and the chapter left her passing Xue Yuantong as Tongtong began telling Jiang Ning a story.

• Xue Yuantong helped Jiang Ning prepare an ice hole, and he sensed a connection between Lou Keke and karma when Wang Yong arrived with her and Xu Wenyi.
• Lou Keke’s backstory revealed that Wang Yong had exposed her relationship with a reckless boy to her father, and she later became depressed after learning the boy had died in a racing crash.
• Zhuang Jianhui asked whether Lou Keke could grill fish, but Wang Yong intervened and offered to do it himself.
• Lou Keke chose an ice sled and said she did not care if she fell, while Xu Wenyi offered to help her pick one.
• Chen Siyu pulled Bai Yuxia and Chen Siqing across the ice as Xue Yuantong talked with Jiang Ning, and Lou Keke passed by grieving her late boyfriend.
• Xue Yuantong asked Jiang Ning if she could tell him a story.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong spent the day around the frozen river, where skating accidents and the girls’ antics kept interrupting their plans. After buying sugar-coated haws with the twins, Tongtong escaped an old vendor’s false accusation by sending Dongdong to confront her.

• Xue Yuantong teased Jiang Ning with a boat joke, and he gave her fifty yuan to make her stop sulking.
• Tang Fu impressed the group with her snowboarding, while an out-of-control skateboard knocked Lou Keke off her sled; Jiang Ning’s complaint about his ice hole finally got Lou Keke to stand up.
• Xu Wenyi drew a crowd with her figure skating, and Xue Yuantong took the twins to buy sugar-coated haws from a cleaner, cheaper stall.
• The old vendor accused Xue Yuantong and the twins of littering, so Tongtong called over Dongdong, who admitted to throwing the tissues and ran off with the vendor’s skewers.
• Xue Yuantong told the twins about a notorious older woman who had once stripped during an argument, and Chen Siqing concluded that Dongdong was invincible.

Jiang Ning and his friends enjoyed ice fishing, hotpot preparations, and Bai Yuxia’s newly brewed milk tea, while Xue Yuantong caught fish with her toy-like rod. The gathering left Bai Yuxia facing Lou Keke’s hostility after Zhuang Jianhui took the milk tea from her.

• Jiang Ning finished an ice hole in the tent, and Xue Yuantong chose to fish outside with a simple rod and immediately caught a white striped fish.
• Bai Yuxia learned tea brewing from Jiang Ning and made milk tea, while Jiang Ning rode Dongdong’s cart to visit Tang Yaohan and gave Tang Fu sugar-coated haws.
• Tang Fu defended Jiang Ning’s 100-meter time, prompting Tang Yaohan to argue with her and complain about being old.
• Lin Zida caught a small Crucian Carp after watching Xue Yuantong fish, and Bai Yuxia brought tea to him, Xu Wenyi, Wang Yong, and Zhuang Jianhui.
• Bai Yuxia offered milk tea to Lou Keke, who responded coldly, and Zhuang Jianhui snatched the cup from Lou Keke’s hand.

Wang Yong asked Jiang Ning and the girls to spend time with Lou Keke after she became distressed, and Jiang Ning agreed to let her join them. Meanwhile, Jiang Ning protected Bai Yuxia from a boy’s attempted embrace and shared a thank-you gift with the group.

• Lou Keke ran toward the river dam after Zhuang Jianhui took her milk tea, and Xu Wenyi stopped her and comforted her as she cried.
• Wang Yong returned to Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida, then decided Jiang Ning and the girls might be able to look after Lou Keke.
• Chen Siyu teased Jiang Ning about rumors involving Shen Qing'e, and Jiang Ning punished her and Chen Siqing by making them flick each other on the forehead.
• A little girl thanked Jiang Ning for helping her recover her toy horse and gave him a box of chocolates, which he shared with the girls.
• A boy tried to dive into Bai Yuxia’s arms during a photo, but Jiang Ning lifted him aside and had Dongdong take him away.
• Wang Yong explained Lou Keke’s condition and asked Jiang Ning to let her spend time with the group, and Jiang Ning agreed.

Jiang Ning and his friends prepared a winter feast on the frozen Hui River and welcomed Wang Yong’s neighbor Lou Keke and cousin Xu Wenyi into their tent. After Lou Keke revealed how deeply she grieved for her dead boyfriend, Jiang Ning challenged her attachment to him and left her distressed.

• Jiang Ning reassured Xue Yuantong that she was the prettiest, and she declared they would never separate before getting angry at his secret photo of her.
• Xue Yuantong served watermelon in the warm tent, while Jiang Ning teased Chen Siyu into giving up her slices and shared them with Tongtong and Bai Yuxia.
• Jiang Ning told everyone that Wang Yong had asked them to include Lou Keke in their gathering, and Bai Yuxia explained that Lou’s bipolar disorder made her emotionally fragile and prone to clinging to others for security.
• Wang Yong introduced Lou Keke and Xu Wenyi to the group, and Xu Wenyi helped Lou Keke settle in by feeding her watermelon.
• Xue Yuantong assigned Lou Keke the task of taking out the trash, but Jiang Ning sent Bai Yuxia and the twins outside and stayed alone with Lou Keke.
• Jiang Ning called himself Yellow Hair and dismissed Lou Keke’s dead boyfriend as trash, prompting her to insist that she wanted only him; Jiang Ning then teased her about her boyfriend inviting everyone to the feast.

Jiang Ning used his Thunder Spell to calm Lou Keke, who apologized and returned to helping the others. Later, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning caught the enormous Black Carp that had escaped Tang Yaohan, leaving Tang Yaohan to hear that Jiang Ning had landed his lost fish.

• Jiang Ning shocked Lou Keke with a piezoelectric igniter and Thunder Spell, then helped her regain her composure; she apologized to the others and went to help Tongtong.
• Tang Yaohan, Minister Wang, and Tang Fu pulled a huge Black Carp from the ice, but it broke free from the tongs and escaped back into the hole.
• Lin Zida told Jiang Ning about Tang Yaohan losing the fish, and Jiang Ning casually caught another Black Fish while they talked.
• Xue Yuantong went to fish near Tang Fu, and Jiang Ning steadied her as the Little Yellow Duck rod pulled hard.
• Jiang Ning pulled the escaped Black Carp from the Ice Hole, and Tang Fu hurried to tell Tang Yaohan that Jiang Ning had caught it.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong brought their enormous black carp back to camp, where Jiang Ning found a rare Black Carp Stone inside it and prepared the fish for a meal. The group gathered around as he began making fish noodles, while Bai Yuxia watched the stone and Chen Siyu fixated on his hands.

• Tang Yaohan collapsed after learning Jiang Ning had caught the big fish, then recovered and angrily blamed Tang Fu for her closeness with him.
• Xue Yuantong hauled the black carp across the ice, took credit for catching it when she met Shang Caiwei and Shang Zhengyu, and invited Weiwei to eat some.
• Two men tried to take the fish from Xue Yuantong, but Jiang Ning lifted one and accepted two hundred yuan from the other after they apologized.
• Jiang Ning carried the carp back to camp, killed and cut it open, and removed a pink Black Carp Stone containing abundant Spiritual Energy while Bai Yuxia watched.
• Jiang Ning scraped and minced the fish meat as Xue Yuantong guessed he was making fish noodles, and Chen Siyu stared intently at his hands.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong prepared a feast from their catch while Tang Yaohan visited and discovered the Big Black Carp was already being cooked. Jiang Ning and Tongtong invited Shang Caiwei to join them, while Chen Siyu and the others listened as Lou Keke described her dorm conflicts.

• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong cooked fish in their tent while the girls ate grilled Black Fish slices and played cards.
• Tang Yaohan recovered, went to see Jiang Ning, and learned that the Big Black Carp was simmering in the soup pot; after a tense exchange, he left with Tang Fu.
• Xue Yuantong prepared a meal and went with Jiang Ning to invite Shang Caiwei, whose brother Shang Zhengyu let her leave with them after Jiang Ning arrived.
• Chen Siyu questioned Lou Keke about her school and dorm, and Lou Keke explained how conflict with a rich roommate contributed to her depression.
• Bai Yuxia advised Lou Keke to regulate her emotions, while Chen Siyu encouraged her to curse the roommate; Lou Keke said throwing the roommate's Big Head photo into a sewer had made her feel better.

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning’s group shared a fish hotpot while Yu Wen’s hoped-for date and Lu Qiqi’s night out went awry. As the hotpot’s aroma tempted people outside the tent, Lin Zida decided he had to find out what Jiang Ning was cooking.

• Xue Yuantong started the fish hotpot dinner, and Shang Caiwei photographed the group as Chen Siyu posted the gathering to WeChat Moments.
• Yu Wen rushed off before Jiang Yanan had boarded her electric bike, then took her friends to Wanda Plaza, where they discussed their classmates and Lu Qiqi complained about being called Auntie.
• Zhang Chi admired the hotpot in Chen Siyu’s post, lost the grilled fish he had been holding for a customer, and argued with a deliveryman who mistook him for an idiot security guard.
• Yan Tianpeng promised to treat Lu Qiqi and her friends to a movie, then played a downloaded film on his phone instead of taking them to a theater.
• Xue Yuantong, Jiang Ning, and their companions enjoyed the fish hotpot while its aroma made Lin Zida’s grilled fish seem tasteless, and Lin decided to ask about the meal.

Yu Wen’s hopes of winning over Huang Zhongfei collapsed when he left with his father in a Porsche, while Jiang Ning and his friends returned from their riverside gathering beneath the stars. Their singing stirred Teacher Qian to remember his youthful ambitions and grieve the life he felt had passed him by.

• Yu Wen spent the day shopping, eating, and watching a movie with Huang Zhongfei, then learned he had arranged for his father to collect him in a Porsche instead of riding home with her.
• Yu Wen recalled Huang Zhongfei turning around after classmates asked whether he liked anyone, and Lu Qiqi suggested he had only been checking the time until class ended.
• After the gathering, Lou Keke left with Wang Yong, Tang Fu left with her driver, and Shang Caiwei departed with her brother Shang Zhengyu.
• Jiang Ning and the others walked home with Xue Yuantong riding in the hand cart, joking about the universe and singing beneath the stars.
• Teacher Qian heard the group sing and remembered his youthful teaching ambitions, his lost family, and the years that had passed.

Xue Yuantong, Bai Yuxia, and the Chen sisters spent the night in Xue Yuantong’s room, eating Jiang Ning’s grapes and playing Happy Landlords for the chance to sleep in his room. Chen Siyu won with secret help, and the chapter ended with her whispering to Jiang Ning while Chen Siqing, who had pretended to be asleep, listened nearby.

• Xue Yuantong moved the girls’ gathering to her bedroom while she cleaned up, and Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing showered first.
• Jiang Ning brought over green grapes, and the girls ate them while talking about their day and comparing their talents.
• Chen Siyu proposed that the winner of Happy Landlords could sleep in Jiang Ning’s room, and Chen Siqing secretly called Yang Sheng for help during the game.
• After a tense final round, Chen Siyu won and went with Chen Siqing to sleep on the floor in Jiang Ning’s room, while Xue Yuantong stayed in her own bedroom.
• Unable to sleep, Xue Yuantong and Bai Yuxia worried about the twins, while Chen Siyu secretly woke and thanked Jiang Ning for his porridge.
• Chen Siyu called Jiang Ning “brother-in-law” and began telling him a story, while Chen Siqing revealed to herself that she had been awake the whole time.

Jiang Ning went to the station in the snow to pick up Xue Chuchu, while Xue Yuantong stayed home dreaming of catching rabbits. At River Dam, Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu encountered Bi Yue and Shang Zhengyu with their companions, leaving Jiang Ning to face the gathering.

• Aunt Gu served Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong dumplings for breakfast, and Jiang Ning left on his Electric Bike while Xue Yuantong stayed behind planning a rabbit hunt.
• Bi Yue threatened to report Xue Yuantong for catching rabbits, but Xue Yuantong mocked her father's arrest and Bi Yue left to attend a gathering she hoped would help her regain her former status.
• Jiang Ning chatted with Chen Siyu and received complaints from Teacher Gu, while Guo Ran's parents pressured her to meet potential husbands and her mother suggested Xiao Jiang.
• Jiang Ning picked up Xue Chuchu at the Passenger Transport Station, where she declined a boy's offer of a ride and happily reunited with Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu arrived at River Dam and saw Bi Yue, Shang Caiwei, Shang Zhengyu, and others gathered beside several cars; Shang Zhengyu recognized Jiang Ning's voice and stiffened.

Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu rabbit hunting through the snowy fields and helped them catch a wild rabbit. The three continued toward its burrow, while Shang Caiwei watched them from near the agritainment and grew uncomfortable with Bi Yue’s false friendliness.

• Shang Zhengyu brought Shang Caiwei to Boss Yang’s Agritainment, where Bi Yue introduced the group to the restaurant.
• Tongtong and Xue Chuchu joined Jiang Ning for a secret rabbit hunt, and Jiang Ning bent Dongdong’s sword before demonstrating his flaming Flying Sword From Heaven.
• Jiang Ning, Tongtong, and Chuchu left the row houses and searched the snowy fields, where Jiang Ning used his Spiritual Sense to find rabbit tracks.
• Tongtong chased a wild rabbit and fell, but Jiang Ning helped her up and caught the rabbit after it ran into his leg.
• Shang Caiwei recognized Bi Yue’s impatience beneath her polite words and wished she could join Tongtong instead.
• Jiang Ning and Chuchu talked about her dream as they followed Tongtong toward the rabbit burrow, and Jiang Ning teased her about whether he had been fierce in the dream.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong hid their rabbit catch before turning Zhang Butcher’s wager against him, then shared out the winnings and prepared a meal. As Jiang Ning visited Shen Qing'e’s QQ Space, she noticed his visit and wondered why he had come.

• Zhang Butcher’s dog Bawang found his missing motorcycle keys, while Teacher Qian suspected it had hidden them deliberately.
• Jiang Ning gave two rabbits to Yang Fei, then revealed another rabbit to win Zhang Butcher’s bet and secure Beef Tripe.
• Xue Yuantong learned Jiang Ning had signaled Teacher Qian to provoke Zhang Butcher into betting, and Jiang Ning took two taels of Beef Tripe to Teacher Qian.
• Jiang Ning prepared the rabbit with miniature potatoes he had grown, while checking his classmates’ posts and leaving a visit in Shen Qing'e’s QQ Space.
• Shen Qing'e spotted Jiang Ning’s visit in her records and wondered why he had entered her QQ Space.

Shen Qing'e's parents urged her to reconnect with Jiang Ning for the benefits his family could offer, prompting her to remember how badly she had treated him and to relive the moment with a kinder response. Meanwhile, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu competed over potatoes, and Evergreen Liquid employees watched a sales executive receive a prison sentence for taking kickbacks.

• Shen Qing'e's parents asked whether she would go home with Jiang Ning and urged her to invite him over and visit him, hoping he might help her get a job.
• Shen Qing'e ended the call and recalled how she had rejected Jiang Ning after he defended her, then remembered his many acts of kindness and broke down in tears.
• Shen Qing'e imagined returning to the scene after the school fight and comforting Jiang Ning instead of criticizing him.
• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning tussled over the small potatoes while Xue Chuchu quietly ate them, then Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu argued over whether eating rabbits was justified.
• Hua Fengmei and Aunt Gu watched a livestreamed court hearing at Evergreen Liquid's Employee Restaurant No. 3 as General Zuo was sentenced to three years in prison for taking kickbacks.

At Evergreen Liquid, Hua Fengmei and Aunt Gu struggled to navigate workplace and family social cues, while Tongtong, Jiang Ning, and Xue Chuchu shared a meal. At a class reunion, Bi Yue and Brother Sang talked about Shang Zhengyu’s success before Shang Caiwei told her brother that Jiang Ning had invited her to play games at his house.

• Manager Wen praised Evergreen Liquid’s prospects to Aunt Gu, but Hua Fengmei embarrassed herself by guessing that Manager Wen was thirty-eight when she was twenty-eight.
• Hua Fengmei discovered that Tongtong had blocked Aunt Gu from seeing her WeChat Moments, then found that Chuchu’s Moments were hidden from her too.
• Tongtong and Jiang Ning shared braised Big Black Carp with Xue Chuchu, and Tongtong reluctantly returned half of Jiang Ning’s fish tail after he complained.
• Bi Yue learned from Brother Sang that Shang Zhengyu had made a fortune from a single card game, then joined him and their old classmates for a reunion meal.
• Shang Zhengyu reminisced about school and basked in his classmates’ admiration while Shang Caiwei quietly told him that Jiang Ning had invited her over to play games, leaving him stunned.