Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ning left Wa Temple Town with Ding Shuyan, used his powers to punish a reckless electric-bike rider, and gave her a small porcelain bottle before parting ways. Meanwhile, Chen Siyu invited Jiang Ning to visit, and Xue Chuchu tried to get the still-sleeping Xue Yuantong up to help at the agritainment site.

• Jiang Ning calmly answered Third Aunt’s complaint about Jiang Chao’s injury, while Jiang Qianqian reconsidered her old judgment of him.
• Jiang Ning left Wa Temple Town with Ding Shuyan, then used his power to send an electric-bike rider into a ditch after the man nearly caused a collision.
• Jiang Ning teased Ding Shuyan about watching him in the rearview mirror as he checked messages, including Chen Siyu’s invitation to visit her home.
• Jiang Ning gave Ding Shuyan a white porcelain bottle and told her she was like porcelain from the Porcelain Capital, leaving her to puzzle over his meaning.
• Xue Chuchu tried to wake Xue Yuantong for work at the agritainment site, but Xue Yuantong joked that she had only been too sleepy to open her eyes.

Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu enjoyed a free morning, where Tongtong won money at the Agritainment’s arcade while Jiang Ning patrolled Qingyu Lake and cooked wild duck. Chuchu learned that Jiang Ning had returned and agreed to help him surprise Tongtong, who grew suspicious on the way home.

• Xue Yuantong ate breakfast with Xue Chuchu, then traded teasing questions with Teacher Qian and an old teacher on their way to the Agritainment.
• Xue Yuantong beat Yao Haikuo and several customers at King of Fighters '97, earning three hundred yuan.
• Jiang Ning flew to Qingyu Lake, killed wild ducks that were fighting, and cooked duck legs, feet, and wings in a spicy stew.
• Xue Chuchu received Jiang Ning's message asking her to pick him up without telling Tongtong, then tried to conceal the surprise.
• Xue Yuantong questioned Xue Chuchu about her plans and realized that Chuchu was hiding something from her.

Jiang Ning returned to River Dam and took Tongtong and Chuchu shopping for New Year’s, where Tongtong bought her mother a coat and Chuchu tried bargaining at the market. Meanwhile, Dongdong dreaded Jiang Ning’s return, and when Jiang Ning arrived, Dongdong denied owning the ping-pong ball Jiang Ning had crushed.

• Xue Chuchu took Tongtong to the city on Jiang Ning’s Electric Bike, while Dongdong insisted Jiang Ning would not come back and threatened to destroy River Dam if Jiang Ning forced him to work again.
• Jiang Ning met Tongtong and Chuchu at the mall, and the three went shopping for New Year’s clothes as Tongtong told him what had happened while he was away.
• Aunt Gu agreed to contribute thirty thousand yuan toward rebuilding her parents’ house, then texted with Tongtong, who bought her a light gray coat despite her mother telling her not to.
• Tongtong and Chuchu took Jiang Ning to the Farmers Market, where Chuchu copied an experienced shopper’s bargain and bought shrimp for thirty-three yuan per jin.
• Dongdong boasted that he had grown stronger while smashing a ping-pong ball, but Jiang Ning returned to River Dam and crushed it beneath his Electric Bike; Dongdong nervously denied it was his.

Jiang Ning returned to River Dam and spent a warm afternoon with Xue Yuantong before the neighbors’ lunch descended into chaos. He invited Xue Chuchu to bring a pot for lunch, and she realized he counted her as one of the children eating with him and Tongtong.

• Jiang Ning confronted Dongdong over the ping-pong ball, but let him go without punishment and returned home with Xue Yuantong.
• Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong ate pistachios together, and he teased her by letting her find that his black bag was empty.
• Teacher Qian’s guests complained about his stingy portions, and Dongdong threw a Small Landmine onto the dining table after Teacher Qian mocked him.
• Overlord attacked Teacher Qian after he offered it dog meat, and Zhang Ruyun explained what the meat was.
• Jiang Ning asked Xue Chuchu to bring a pot for lunch, and she realized he included her among the children eating with him and Tongtong.

Yao Yiyao met her father’s old friends and learned that Yuzhou No.4 Middle School might offer exchange opportunities, while Huang Yuzhu treated his little sister to a large box of Fairy Sticks. Meanwhile, Teacher Qian encouraged Zhang Butcher to imitate a calligrapher’s supposed origin story, leaving Bawang uneasy under their gaze.

• Yao Haikuo hosted Lou Rui and his family, and Yao Yiyao discussed exchange students with Lou Keke, who became interested in Yuzhou No.4 Middle School.
• Huang Guan brought Huang Yuzhu to visit Yao Haikuo, but Yao Yiyao heard no matchmaking talk and Yao Haikuo sent the expensive gifts back with them.
• Huang Guan told Huang Yuzhu to treat Yao Haikuo’s family well, and Huang Yuzhu bought his little sister a large box of Fairy Sticks.
• Teacher Qian began writing Spring Festival couplets and let Zhang Butcher try writing after mocking his lack of education.
• Teacher Qian praised Zhang Butcher’s rough handwriting as resembling Zheng Banqiao’s and invented a story about the calligrapher developing his style after writing an elegy for his dog.
• Teacher Qian and Zhang Butcher looked toward Bawang, and the wolfhound suddenly felt a chill.

Jiang Ning shared a meal with Tongtong and Chuchu while Zhang Butcher and Zhang Ruyun chased Xiao Ben, then helped the Chen sisters plan their milk-tea stall. The chapter ended with Jiang Ning realizing the sisters had fallen for a cash-change scam.

• Zhang Butcher chased Xiao Ben, then grabbed and slapped Dongdong after Dongdong mocked him; Teacher Qian scolded Dongdong, who apologized and left crying.
• Xue Chuchu brought the pot back, and Jiang Ning, Tongtong, and Chuchu ate duck stew and other dishes while Xiao Ben caught duck bones Jiang Ning tossed it as it ran past.
• Jiang Ning teased Tongtong at lunch, and she and Chuchu later isolated him, so he spent the afternoon relaxing and coaxing them into playing ranked matches with him.
• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing told Jiang Ning they planned to sell homemade milk tea, and Zhang Chi suggested selling goods bought online and returning unsold items.
• Jiang Ning showed Dongdong how to split a stack of more than twenty bricks with one palm strike, then received an email saying Shao Shuangshuang had booked him a train ticket to Lin City.
• Chen Siyu called Jiang Ning and explained that a customer paid with a hundred-yuan bill for two five-yuan milk teas, took ninety yuan in change, then returned minutes later with ten yuan and persuaded the sisters to hand his hundred back.

After Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing were scammed at their milk tea stall, Jiang Ning tracked down the culprit, Lai Tianyou, using his Spiritual Sense. He took the twins to the crowded Pedestrian Street and planned to confront Lai Tianyou, but the chapter ended with Jiang Ning tricking a fake beggar into accepting counterfeit money.

• Chen Siyu learned that a scammer had posted online about tricking the twins, and she packed up their stall to avoid being recognized.
• Jiang Ning promised to handle the scammer and identified the culprit as Lai Tianyou from Yuzhou No.4 Middle School.
• Jiang Ning took the twins back to their former stall and used his Spiritual Sense to find Lai Tianyou's footprint trail.
• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing wandered the Pedestrian Street with Jiang Ning while he delayed confronting Lai Tianyou.
• Jiang Ning spotted a fake beggar, gave him a counterfeit hundred-yuan bill, and told the twins the beggar would be arrested when he tried to spend it.

Jiang Ning took Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing to confront Lai Tianyou, who had scammed Chen Siyu, and forced him to confess and give up his parents’ phone numbers. Later, Jiang Ning traveled to Yuzhou South Station, where he met Pei Yujing as she prepared to leave for the New Year.

• Jiang Ning rode his Electric Bike with Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing through the crowded streets and brought them to the residential complex where their scammer lived.
• Jiang Ning entered Lai Tianyou’s home and the twins identified him as the person who had scammed Chen Siyu.
• Lai Tianyou threatened to risk his life, but Jiang Ning overpowered and tied him up, then made him provide his parents’ phone numbers.
• Jiang Ning left Lai Tianyou crying and declined the twins’ invitation to hot pot before heading home and later traveling to Yuzhou South Station.
• Jiang Ning found Pei Yujing waiting at the station to travel to her grandmother’s for the New Year, and their awkward conversation left her blushing.

Jiang Ning and Pei Yujing discovered they were seated beside each other on the train, where Jiang Ning confronted a woman who had taken Pei Yujing’s seat. He forcibly removed the woman and her noisy child from the carriage, then returned to Pei Yujing as the other passengers stayed silent.

• Jiang Ning joined Pei Yujing on the platform and teased her about her barbecue scent before they discovered their seats were next to each other.
• Pei Yujing found a young woman occupying her seat, and the woman claimed she was pregnant and had bought a standing ticket.
• Jiang Ning claimed Pei Yujing was his pregnant girlfriend and argued with the woman and passengers who challenged him.
• Jiang Ning dragged the woman out of her seat and threw her off the train, then flung her noisy child out after her before the doors closed.
• The train attendant received an instruction over her earpiece and resumed the standard announcement without pursuing Jiang Ning.
• Jiang Ning returned to his seat and ordered Pei Yujing to sit, while the other passengers avoided confronting him.

Jiang Ning challenged passengers who criticized him and rearranged luggage so Pei Yujing could sit, then reflected on their opposing natures as they rode toward Linzhou. Back at home, Tongtong cheered up Dongdong and spent New Year’s Eve with Aunt Gu, while Pei Yujing struggled to understand Jiang Ning’s coldness.

• Jiang Ning pulled down the old woman’s red suitcase, placed Pei Yujing’s suitcase on the rack, and silenced the passengers who objected.
• Pei Yujing thanked Jiang Ning by typing on her phone, and he questioned what she would do if a similar situation happened again.
• Jiang Ning recalled how Pei Yujing had yielded to others in their previous life, then watched the cartoons Tongtong had secretly downloaded for him.
• At the River Dam, Tongtong dismissed Teacher Qian’s claims that Dongdong could defeat Jiang Ning, and Dongdong broke down crying.
• Tongtong praised Aunt Gu for repairing her paternal grandparents’ house, and Aunt Gu recalled returning to Yuzhou in a Mercedes-Benz.
• On the train to Linzhou, Pei Yujing asked whether Jiang Ning would get off at Linzhou Station, and he replied, “Either way.”

On the train, Jiang Ning teased Pei Yujing into accepting food and hot water while keeping noisy passengers in line. Back home, Xue Yuantong tried to secure New Year money from Aunt Gu by blaming Jiang Ning, but Aunt Gu refused to give her any.

• Jiang Ning traded sarcastic replies with Pei Yujing, who settled into watching an online lecture beside him.
• Jiang Ning silenced noisy passengers on the train, and nearby riders joked that he had turned the carriage into a quiet one.
• Jiang Ning tempted hungry Pei Yujing with braised snacks and strawberries, then persuaded her to fetch hot water so she could eat.
• Aunt Gu announced that she would give Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning one thousand yuan each, but warned Xue Yuantong not to buy ice cream.
• Xue Yuantong showed Aunt Gu Jiang Ning's message about spending his money on ice cream, and Aunt Gu canceled Xue Yuantong's Lucky Money.

On the train to Linzhou, Jiang Ning shared food with Pei Yujing and helped her handle an unwanted advance before they parted in the station crowd. Back in River Dam on New Year’s Eve, Xue Yuantong fretted over her Lucky Money, Aunt Gu received an unexpected gift from Zhang Butcher, and Xue Chuchu worried that Jiang Ning would leave River Dam for good.

• Jiang Ning shared tea, braised duck, and strawberries with Pei Yujing while ignoring a noisy child demanding their food.
• The train reached Linzhou, and Jiang Ning and Pei Yujing left the station separately; when a man approached Pei Yujing for her contact information, Jiang Ning returned and walked away with her.
• Jiang Ning advised Pei Yujing to claim she was pregnant if strangers approached her for her contact information again.
• On New Year’s Eve, Xue Yuantong asked Aunt Gu for her Lucky Money, and Aunt Gu wondered whether her daughter was growing up and planning to marry.
• Zhang Butcher brought Aunt Gu extra pork ribs as a New Year’s gift, surprising her with his unexpected kindness.
• Xue Chuchu went to call Xue Yuantong’s family for breakfast and, realizing Jiang Ning had a home elsewhere, worried he might not return to River Dam after leaving for college.

On New Year’s Eve, Xue Yuantong and her neighbors celebrated with firecrackers, badminton, and teasing, while Bi Yue struggled to cook and Zhang Chi felt lonely until Yan Tianpeng invited him to lunch. Xue Yuantong ended the chapter exchanging affectionate, teasing messages with Jiang Ning in Linzhou.

• Zhang Ruyun tried to imitate Teacher Qian’s stylish firecracker trick, but accidentally set off the firecrackers inside his house and blamed them on a defect.
• Xue Yuantong posed in firecracker scraps, sent Jiang Ning a photo and her boastful line through Xue Chuchu, and grew angry at Jiang Ning’s teasing reply.
• Bi Yue asked Aunt Gu to assess her disastrous black fish dish, and Xue Yuantong bluntly told her that she was the problem.
• Zhang Chi felt abandoned after his grandparents could not visit and his friends ignored his complaint about New Year’s, but Yan Tianpeng arrived and invited him to lunch at a restaurant.
• Xue Yuantong sent Jiang Ning a New Year’s firecracker video and joked about living to a thousand, while Jiang Ning teased her that he would live one year longer.

Guo Kunnan, Shan Kaiquan, and Zhang Chi reunited in the city and headed to Ma Jie Barbecue, while Jiang Ning returned from Linzhou and picked up barbecue from Pei Yujing. The chapter ended with Zhang Chi and his friends arriving at the busy shop, where Guo Kunnan noticed Pei Yujing working.

• Guo Kunnan got the bus to stop for a woman, then dragged Shan Kaiquan off before realizing she had boarded a Mercedes-Benz instead.
• Guo Kunnan invited Zhang Chi to join him and Shan Kaiquan for barbecue, and Zhang Chi agreed after recalling how Yan Tianpeng had tricked him on New Year's Eve.
• Zhang Chi claimed an empty seat on the next bus by shouting at an old man who had reserved it.
• Xue Yuantong waited for Jiang Ning and tried to avoid playing a game with Chen Siyu by pretending her internet had frozen, but Chen Siyu caught her out.
• Jiang Ning picked up barbecue from Pei Yujing, who refused to take his money, while Ma Jie served customers at her busy shop.
• Zhang Chi arrived at Ma Jie Barbecue with Ma Shicheng, Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, Wang Longlong, Cui Yu, and the others, and Guo Kunnan noticed Pei Yujing.

At Ma Jie Barbecue, Guo Kunnan lamented his romantic troubles while Ma Shicheng offered him advice, and Zhang Chi described a ruthless scheme for exploiting child customers. The evening ended with Pei Yujing shocking the restaurant by telling a college student who asked for her WeChat that she was pregnant.

• Guo Kunnan told Ma Shicheng and the others that a pretty former classmate had deleted him, and Ma Shicheng suggested creating hundreds of group chats to keep in contact, but Guo Kunnan rejected the idea.
• Zhang Chi explained how he would trick the children at the next table into drinking cola and working off their bill, frightening them so badly that they refused Pei Yujing's complimentary bottle.
• The group watched Shao Shuangshuang announce Evergreen Liquid Group's promise to create at least 10,000 jobs, and Ma Shicheng pointed out that Guo Kunnan's classmate could have replied to his message.
• Feeling low, Guo Kunnan paid for the children to eat premium barbecue, and they praised him as their big brother before leaving.
• A college student asked Pei Yujing for her WeChat, and she unexpectedly told him, the customers, and Ma Jie that she was pregnant.

Ma Jie learned that Pei Yujing was only pretending to be pregnant to turn people down, while Jiang Ning delivered cherries and barbecue to his friends. The chapter ended with Chen Siyu making a strange complaint about needing to rinse her mouth after eating bananas, leaving Jiang Ning baffled.

• Ma Jie grabbed a knife and demanded to know who had gotten Pei Yujing pregnant, but Pei Yujing clarified that Jiang Ning had only suggested using pregnancy as an excuse to reject suitors.
• Jiang Ning picked cherries on Tiger Perch Mountain and sent baskets to Ding Shuyan, whose guests eagerly sampled them.
• Xue Yuantong tried to teach Chen Siyu how to play a King-ranked match, but her frantic screen-switching left Siyu confused and dizzy.
• Jiang Ning returned to Xue Yuantong's house with barbecue and cherries, making Chen Siyu watch hungrily over a video call.
• While Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu discussed convenient fruits, Chen Siyu objected that bananas required rinsing one's mouth, leaving Jiang Ning bewildered.

Jiang Ning spent the day making plans with Xue Yuantong while their friends discussed romance and an old crush downtown. After Yu Wen was badly beaten while backing Lu Qiqi, Lu Qiqi called Yan Tianpeng for help, only to learn he would not lend her money.

• Yang Fei put Dongdong to work in the strawberry garden for 150 yuan a day after Jiang Ning brought him over.
• Xue Yuantong joined Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu for breakfast, celebrated Dongdong's pay, and persuaded Jiang Ning to make plans to spend time with her.
• Shan Kaiquan dismissed the idea of getting a girlfriend while Guo Kunnan pressed him about romance at a bathhouse.
• Jiang Yanan met Yu Wen and Lu Qiqi at a clinic, where Lu Qiqi explained that a new suitor had deceived her and Yu Wen said she wanted revenge.
• Lu Qiqi called Yan Tianpeng for help and asked to borrow five hundred yuan, but he said he would not help her financially.

Lu Qiqi hired Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi to help her confront a woman who had attacked Yu Wen, while Jiang Ning, Xue Chuchu, and Xue Yuantong went out for hot pot together. Their evening was interrupted by a roadside stray dog and a tense confrontation on Hanqiao Street, where Wei Zishan and Zhuang Jianhui arrived as a gang blocked their G-Wagon.

• Lu Qiqi paid Yan Tianpeng five hundred yuan to help her retaliate, and Yan Tianpeng recruited Zhang Chi for a thirty-yuan job.
• Zhang Ruyun challenged Jiang Ning to badminton, lost repeatedly, and left in disgrace before Jiang Ning played hard enough to exhaust Xue Yuantong.
• Jiang Ning persuaded Xue Chuchu to go out for hot pot, and Xue Yuantong joined them after learning they were leaving without her.
• Jiang Ning drove Xue Chuchu and Xue Yuantong along the lively River Dam road, where Xue Chuchu worried about Jiang Ning leaving someday.
• Lu Qiqi brought Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi to Hanqiao Street, where a group of young people surrounded them and accused Lu Qiqi of stealing someone's boyfriend.
• A white G-Wagon driven toward the blocked street honked, and a short, stocky young man threatened it with a steel pipe as Wei Zishan asked Zhuang Jianhui whether Yuzhou was still so chaotic.

Jiang Ning rode into a confrontation between the Will-o'-the-Wisp Youth and Lu Qiqi's group, then used his dazzling, Spiritual Energy-enhanced electric bike to defeat the punks. The chapter ended with Zhang Chi recognizing Jiang Ning as Xue Yuantong hailed him as the God of Cars.

• Zhuang Jianhui and his companions backed down when the Will-o'-the-Wisp Youth blocked their G-Wagon, while Wei Zishan and Lin Zida discussed having the punks arrested later.
• Yan Tianpeng tried to calm Leopard Print Girl and the punks by claiming connections to President Wang, but the girl revealed she was Wang's daughter and the group threatened him.
• Zhang Chi cursed at the punks, and A Yuan rushed over when Jiang Ning arrived with Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu on his brightly lit electric bike.
• After A Yuan insulted Jiang Ning and his passengers, Jiang Ning rode off, then charged back and crashed through the punks, sending them fleeing or sprawled across the ground.
• Jiang Ning stopped in front of Lu Qiqi's group, and Zhang Chi recognized him as Xue Yuantong called him the God of Cars.

Jiang Ning rescued Lu Qiqi from a gang of young thugs, then handled their retaliation and compensation with his usual confidence. After asking Jiang Ning how long it would take to learn his fighting skills, Yuan Lin received a joke instead of an answer.

• Jiang Ning arrived on his Electric Bike and knocked down the young thugs surrounding Lu Qiqi, while Yan Tianpeng and Zhang Chi argued over how to divide the money she had paid.
• Zhuang Jianhui and Wei Zishan arrived, and Wei Zishan openly admired Jiang Ning while the group joked together.
• Lu Qiqi worried about the consequences of beating up President Wang's men, but Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning joked that the thugs had already forgiven them.
• A young thug sprang up behind Jiang Ning and swung a steel pipe at his head, but Jiang Ning dodged, grabbed him, and beat him into submission.
• The young thug collected 1,327 yuan from the group to pay for Jiang Ning's damaged bike, and the thugs loudly declared that they forgave him.
• Yuan Lin asked Jiang Ning how long it would take to learn his fighting skills, and Jiang Ning told him to train until someone asked him again.