Chapter Summaries

Xin Youling took Jiang Ning to see a Stray Cat she had been feeding, only to discover that Auntie in a sweater had deliberately injured it. Jiang Ning kicked Auntie in the sweater, and he and Xin Youling fled the scene as Xin Youling feared the consequences.

• Xin Youling invited Jiang Ning to see a Stray Cat, and he rode with her on an Electric Bike after she took him to a restaurant.
• Dong Qingfeng visited Boundless Fighting to ask how to handle an armed attacker and paid 2,400 yuan for twelve Sanshou classes.
• Xin Youling and Jiang Ning passed Yellow Hair, who flipped his Electric Bike while attempting a wheelie, before reaching the park.
• Xin Youling found the Cow Cat with a broken hind leg and confronted Auntie in a sweater, whom she recognized from their earlier traffic dispute.
• Auntie in a sweater taunted Xin Youling and Jiang Ning, and Jiang Ning kicked her hard enough to send her flying.
• Xin Youling hurried away with the cat after Jiang Ning told her to leave, worried that they would face criminal consequences.

After Jiang Ning took Xin Youling to a pet store to treat Cow Cat, he brought dinner to Xue Yuantong and returned to evening study. Later, he arranged to meet Ding Shuyan outside school and offered her a white jade pendant, leaving with her hand reaching for it.

• Jiang Ning reassured Xin Youling after hitting the woman who had crippled Cow Cat, dropped Xin Youling at a pet store, and rode off to buy Xue Yuantong dinner.
• Dong Qingfeng greeted Jiang Ning at the school gate, but security stopped him from following Jiang Ning onto campus because Jiang Ning had special clearance from the principal.
• Jiang Ning gave Xue Yuantong dinner, and she later tried to entice him with selfies, but he dismissed her photos as childish.
• During evening self-study, Ding Shuyan messaged Jiang Ning, sent him a revealing photo, and agreed to meet him outside school.
• Jiang Ning met Ding Shuyan beside her white G-Wagon and placed a white jade pendant on the console, and she reached out to take it.

Jiang Ning took Ding Shuyan to the hospital, where he killed the abusive woman who had demanded compensation and ordered Evergreen Liquid to burn her a ten-billion banknote. He then went with Ding Shuyan to Ma Jie Barbecue, where their conversation left her with a clearer sense of his character.

• Jiang Ning used his power to smash a BMW that stole Ding Shuyan's parking space at Third People's Hospital.
• Jiang Ning confronted the woman in the sweater, choked her to death, and instructed Zhao Shuang to obtain and burn a ten-billion banknote as compensation.
• Zhao Shuang called for help while Huang Guan and his wife learned from the doctors that the woman had died.
• Jiang Ning asked Ding Shuyan to treat him to dinner, and they went to Ma Jie Barbecue.
• Jiang Ning and Ding Shuyan discussed business and watched a young couple sell homemade milk tea, prompting Ding Shuyan to reconsider her impression of him.

Jiang Ning brought barbecue and milk tea to Class 8, where the students ate and chatted. Gong Jin turned down the Small Dining Table plan, while Ding Shuyan declined Zhuang Jianhui’s invitation to eat barbecue so she could study the jade pendant Jiang Ning had given her.

• Jiang Ning brought barbecue for Class 8 and set milk tea before Xue Yuantong.
• Zhang Chi tricked Gong Jin into paying four yuan for chicken neck, and Wang Yong explained that Zhang Chi remembered debts owed to Jiang Ning.
• Wang Yong told Gong Jin about the Small Dining Table meal plan, but Gong Jin refused to join after imagining who might sit with him.
• Chen Qian bluntly told Lu Qiqi that her homemade barbecue had tasted bad, upsetting her.
• Gong Jin sent Zhuang Jianhui a barbecue photo, and Zhuang Jianhui invited Ding Shuyan to eat, but she declined so she could study Jiang Ning’s jade pendant.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong visited Xue Chuchu for breakfast, where Tongtong tried to convince Chuchu to skip Saturday classes. At school, teachers and students traded stories about failed blind dates, and Gao Heshaui’s PE lesson ended with Cui Yu teasing him about a single female teacher.

• Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning ate breakfast at Xue Chuchu’s home, and Tongtong urged Chuchu to skip her Saturday make-up classes.
• Hua Fengmei caught Tongtong suggesting that Chuchu lie about school, then watched Tongtong devour more rice soup.
• Xue Yuantong played games in the teachers’ office while Gao Heshaui arranged to teach PE in place of Gu Wei.
• Man Yin and Gao Heshaui argued about dating after he revealed that his blind date had become pregnant.
• Gao Heshaui drilled two classes during PE, and Shan Kaiquan and Duan Shigang stopped Liu Chuandao from attacking Cui Yu.
• Cui Yu tried to set Gao Heshaui up with a single female PE teacher, but Gao punished the students after Cui shouted that she should add him on WeChat.

Gong Jin dominated a table tennis challenge while Pei Yujing drew the attention of students on the School Field. Later, Zhang Chi discovered he had been assigned to a dreaded Small Dining Table group, and Yan Tianpeng unknowingly laughed at him for it.

• Gong Jin beat the Senior Two Class 3 students, then defeated Shang Wanqing and the boys who challenged him before also crushing Wu Yunzhi.
• Jiang Ning noticed Pei Yujing standing alone, while Liu Chuandao hesitated to approach her despite finding her attractive.
• Wang Longlong announced that the Small Dining Table seating plan would be posted, and Gong Jin considered paying to change his class seat before learning a previous trade had been blocked.
• Liu Chuandao read the seating chart and revealed that Zhang Chi had been assigned with Hong Yuanyuan, Niu Ying, and Pang Jiao.
• Yan Tianpeng invited Zhang Chi to make money and laughed about the unfortunate seating assignment without realizing Zhang Chi was the student assigned to that group.

Jiang Ning agreed to help Boss Yang deal with pigeons stealing strawberries after picking up Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing. At a factory inspection, Aunt Gu reunited with her cousin Brother Dou, who asked her to help his daughter get into No.4 Middle School, only to learn that Aunt Gu’s daughter already attended it.

• Chen Siyu begged Jiang Ning to take her and Chen Siqing out, and Jiang Ning agreed to pick them up for pigeon-catching.
• Boss Yang paid Uncle Tang for tomatoes and asked Jiang Ning to shoot the pigeons raiding his strawberry garden; Jiang Ning agreed to help after his trip downtown.
• Aunt Gu teased Xue Yuantong about ordering cake, discussed her cousin and a possible family dinner, then called Jiang Ning to arrange cake pickup.
• Aunt Gu joined Evergreen Liquid’s delegation inspecting Xiang Xinye Garment Factory, where she met her cousin Brother Dou, a factory shareholder.
• Brother Dou asked Aunt Gu to use her connections to get his daughter into No.4 Middle School, and Aunt Gu revealed that her daughter already studied there.

Jiang Ning picked up Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing, then joined Xue Yuantong to prepare a bird trap at the River Dam bungalows. The group set out to hunt, with Xue Yuantong challenging Chen Siyu to prove she was a top-tier hunter.

• Mother Chen secretly watched her daughters wait for Jiang Ning, then was captivated when he activated Charm.
• Jiang Ning picked up Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing, and Chen Siyu defended a college student during a roadside dispute.
• At the River Dam bungalows, Jiang Ning helped Uncle Tang set up a camera for his vegetable-growing experiments.
• Jiang Ning, the twins, and Xue Yuantong gathered equipment and corn kernels to make a bird trap.
• Xue Yuantong asked Chen Siyu to prove she was a top-tier hunter, and Chen Siyu answered that she was.

Jiang Ning and Chen Siyu cleared pigeons from the strawberry greenhouse with a slingshot while Xue Yuantong caught two more with a basket trap. The group then headed toward the riverbank, where Lin Zida and the others planned to show off their fishing skills.

• Master Meng treated Uncle Tang with Talisman Water, but Chen Siyu exposed the painkiller capsule he had secretly put in the bowl, and the police took him away.
• Jiang Ning used his slingshot to kill the pigeons in Yang Fei's strawberry greenhouse, and Chen Siyu collected them in a bag.
• Jiang Ning secretly guided two pigeons beneath Xue Yuantong's basket trap, where Xue Yuantong caught them.
• Yin Yu nearly lifted the basket, but Jiang Ning let Xue Yuantong release the pigeons and then shot them before they could escape.
• Lin Zida, Zhuang Jianhui, Gong Jin, and Wang Yong set off for the riverbank to go fishing.

Xue Yuantong prepared pigeons for lunch, then led Jiang Ning and the Chen sisters to stock up by the river. At a pond full of anglers, the sisters caught a three-pound Black Fish with a dip net, leaving the frustrated anglers to watch their success.

• Chen Siyu and Chen Siqing warned Jiang Ning and Tongtong that Yin Yu was strange, then Tongtong announced she would roast pigeons for lunch.
• Xue Yuantong slaughtered five pigeons and explained how she would prepare them, while two others remained caged for soup.
• Jiang Ning, Xue Yuantong, and the Chen sisters headed to the river, where they encountered Xu Wenyi dancing and several anglers fishing.
• Chen Siyu spotted a shadow in the pond and slammed her dip net into the water, nearly falling as the fish fought back.
• Chen Siyu, Chen Siqing, and Tongtong hauled a three-pound Black Fish onto the bank, while Tongtong teased the anglers for being in the Air Force.

Jiang Ning and the girls caught crabs and prepared a feast while Zhuang Jianhui and Lin Zida gathered equipment to drain the Wild Pond and catch its fish. Back home, Jiang Ning prepared the food and browsed QQ Space and the Class Group as the pond-draining plan got underway.

• After Gong Jin measured the Wild Pond at a little over two meters deep, Lin Zida proposed pumping it dry, and Zhuang Jianhui agreed to block its connecting ditch and catch the fish by hand.
• Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong, Chen Siyu, and Chen Siqing to a clean stream, where they collected nearly thirty crabs before meeting Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui transporting a pump and other equipment.
• At home, Jiang Ning subdued the Black Fish while Xue Yuantong prepared it and Chen Siyu scrubbed the crabs; Jiang Ning then used his Spiritual Sense to watch Lin Zida and Zhuang Jianhui fill bags to block the ditch.
• Jiang Ning browsed QQ Space posts by Lin Zida, Yun Tingting, and others, then read a Class Group argument about wealthy cities that shifted to Yu Wen showing off her gold and Zhang Yifei challenging her.

Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning prepared a lavish lunch for Xue Chuchu and the others, while Zhuang Jianhui's group pumped down a pond and caught a large haul of fish. Lin Zida tried to keep the catch alive in a net, but the net broke and the fish disappeared into the water.

• Xue Yuantong steamed crabs, cooked wild black fish, and prepared other dishes while Jiang Ning tended the fire and Chen Siyu tried steaming crabs herself.
• Zhuang Jianhui and the others drained the Wild Pond, then Gong Jin, Wang Yong, and Zhuang Jianhui caught fish by hand as Xu Wenyi and Yin Yu watched.
• Xue Chuchu arrived at the bungalow with a cake, and the group gathered to eat Xue Yuantong's lunch.
• The group decided to store their plentiful fish in a fishing net in the ditch, and Lin Zida poured the fish from the buckets and washbasin into it.
• The net suddenly snapped, and Lin Zida pulled up the ruined mesh with all the fish gone.

After losing their fish when the net broke, Lin Zida received food from Jiang Ning’s group, who later set up a ring-toss stall at the city temple fair. Jiang Ning won a neighboring stall’s prize, and the group made their first sale, though Xue Yuantong realized they still had not covered the stall fee.

• Lin Zida learned that the broken net had let all the fish escape, then stopped at Jiang Ning’s house and accepted rice, leftovers, and crabs.
• Jiang Ning suggested that the group rent a stall using Xue Yuantong’s spare milk and dolls as prizes, and Boss Yang lent them a Three-Wheeler and a red carpet.
• Jiang Ning drove Xue Yuantong and the twins to Temple Fair Street, where he rented a stall beside several ring-toss vendors.
• Jiang Ning won the Dark and Thin Man’s Great Sage Equal to Heaven figurine with three rings, prompting the man to return his five yuan and give up some space.
• A young woman bought rings from Jiang Ning’s stall, won two cans of Wangzai, and exchanged them for a puppy doll.
• Xue Yuantong calculated that the group had made nine yuan on the doll but realized they still owed seventy-one yuan after accounting for the stall fee.

Jiang Ning and his classmates ran a ring-toss stall on Temple Street, where Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to manipulate customers’ luck and drive business away from a rival. They ended the evening with 801 yuan in earnings and returned to the River Dam, where Xue Yuantong proudly announced their profit.

• Tongtong counted down the money they owed as Jiang Ning, Chen Siyu, and Xue Yuantong ran their stall beside Strong Boss’s cheaper ring-toss game.
• Zhang Chi tried ring toss at Strong Boss’s stall and won prizes after Jiang Ning secretly helped his first throw land.
• Zhang Chi lost repeatedly at Jiang Ning’s stall, then won several prizes at Strong Boss’s before returning to spend more money at Jiang Ning’s.
• Jiang Ning used Spiritual Energy to make customers win at Strong Boss’s stall and lose at his own, until Strong Boss’s prizes ran out and he packed up.
• Tongtong calculated that the group had made 801 yuan, and Xue Yuantong told Yin Yu about their earnings after they returned to the River Dam.

Jiang Ning left Yin Yu unsettled after recognizing that she was pitiful, then returned to school with Tongtong as students discussed their volleyball team's defeat. At dinner, Guo Kunnan tried to impress Lu Yaya by showing off food from his girlfriend, but her sincere congratulations left him embarrassed.

• Yin Yu mocked Jiang Ning's group for earning eight hundred yuan, but Jiang Ning called her pitiful and left with the others while Xiao Ben scared her off.
• Jiang Ning told Chen Siyu that intuition had led him to call Yin Yu pitiful, and Xue Yuantong showed Teacher Qian the eight hundred yuan they had earned.
• On the first day back at school, Jiang Ning and Tongtong passed the defeated volleyball team as Wu Xiaoqi, Cao Kun, Jiang Yanan, and Shen Qing'e discussed the city's school rankings and sports leagues.
• At dinner, Tang Fu arrived late and joked about her height while the group discussed volleyball, the United States, and Chen Siyu's claims about the FBI.
• Guo Kunnan showed off cans of Lao Gan Ma and Dace with Salted Black Beans that his girlfriend had bought, hoping to impress Lu Yaya, but her warm congratulations left him deflated.

Zhang Chi endured the attention at dinner and sold a Small Dining Table breakfast slot before Shan Qingrong announced major school plans at Class 8’s meeting. The chapter left the students anticipating a spring outing, a new class for art and sports students, incoming transfer students, and a three-city sports meet.

• Zhang Chi endured his classmates’ noisy dinner-table diplomacy, then sold a breakfast slot to a frail student after learning Gong Jin would not buy his own.
• Shan Qingrong began a class meeting and announced that Class 8 would have a spring outing the following month.
• Shan Qingrong said the school would form a dedicated Small Class for art and sports students, prompting concern from Geng Lu, Zhang Chi, Liu Chuandao, and others.
• Shan Qingrong announced that outstanding students from township high schools would soon join Yuzhou No.4 Middle School, and Shen Qing'e wondered whether any familiar students would come from her former school.
• Shan Qingrong announced an April Three Cities High School Joint Sports Meet, with the finals hosted at Yuzhou No.4 Middle School.

Shan Qingrong organized Class 8 for the upcoming intercity Sports Day and began deciding which students would enter the Small Class for arts and sports training. As evening study began, Yu Wen struggled to recruit competitors and clashed with Pang Jiao, leaving Wang Longlong to finish the entry list.

• Shan Qingrong announced that No.4 Middle School would host the finals of a three-city competition and encouraged Class 8 to participate for a substantial cash prize.
• Yu Wen began compiling Sports Day competitors and opening-ceremony entries while Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia narrowly kept Jiang Ning from viewing the memory card’s contents.
• Shan Qingrong discussed sports and arts training with Liu Chuandao and other students, but Liu Chuandao abandoned sports after the water-delivery worker claimed sports students ended up selling gym memberships.
• Yu Wen called Pang Jiao fat and told her to throw the Shot Put, provoking Pang Jiao to stand up and roar at her.
• Yu Wen handed the entry notebook to Wang Longlong after he reluctantly agreed to finish recruiting competitors.

Jiang Ning spoke with Ai Man about collaborating on a performance for the upcoming Three Cities Sports Meet, while first-year runner Zhao Zhengyao bragged about his speed. Gu Wei introduced Jiang Ning as No.4 Middle School’s Three-Crown Champion, leaving Zhao stunned and Ai Man embarrassed that Jiang Ning had not mentioned his records.

• Jiang Ning watched the students train and talked with Ai Man, who invited him to work with her Dance Team on a major opening ceremony performance.
• Ai Man asked whether Jiang Ning’s partner, Bai Yuxia, could join the Dance Team, and Jiang Ning doubted she would agree.
• Guo Kunnan told Cui Yu and Liu Chuandao that first-year student Zhao Zhengyao had run 11.6 seconds in the 100 Meters.
• Zhao Zhengyao boasted about his running and questioned No.4 Middle School’s 100-meter record until Gu Wei revealed that it was 10.86 seconds and had been electronically timed.
• Gu Wei brought the first-year students to meet Jiang Ning and announced that he had broken the 100 Meters, High Jump, and 800 Meters records at last year’s sports meet.
• Zhao Zhengyao stared at Jiang Ning in disbelief, while Ai Man looked embarrassed and aggrieved that Jiang Ning had not told her about his achievements.

During evening self-study, Huang Xingyue startled the class by diving for cover at the sound of gunfire from Ma Shicheng’s phone, then praised China’s safety and shared bitter chocolate. Xue Yuantong was invited to join the Long Jump Team and promised Jiang Ning a trip to the zoo, but took him instead to a barbecue restaurant with Xue Chuchu.

• Dai Yongquan taught physics during evening self-study while Huang Xingyue slept through the lesson.
• Ma Shicheng turned up his game’s gunfire, causing Huang Xingyue to dive under a desk before she explained her reaction and praised China’s safety.
• Huang Xingyue gave the boys bitter chocolate and told them that a weapons-buying scam had fueled rumors about merchants from their country.
• Xue Yuantong announced that the Long Jump Team had invited her, and Jiang Ning congratulated her while Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu suspected the team wanted Jiang Ning to compete.
• Xue Yuantong invited Jiang Ning to celebrate at the zoo, but after evening self-study she took him to a barbecue restaurant where Xue Chuchu was waiting.
• Guo Kunnan and his friends saw Wu Yunzhi arguing with a girl, then Guo Kunnan avoided Manman and her boyfriend at the school gate.

Shang Zhengyu drove Shang Caiwei to school and discovered that the car’s strange clicking sound came from her mouth. At the school field, Pei Yujing took her place for sprint training and became caught in a dispute over a lane.

• Shang Zhengyu blocked a Toyota Land Cruiser from cutting in, then learned the Mercedes’s endless turn-signal clicking was Shang Caiwei making the noise with her mouth.
• Shang Wanqing persuaded the security guard to let her enter school late, while Pang Jiao’s attempt to imitate her ended with the guard warning her off.
• Jiang Ning watched the school field as Tang Fu practiced long jump and Pei Yujing stood apart from the other sprinters.
• Yun Tingting and Xu Yan discussed their upcoming 1500-meter training, while a classmate reflected on Pei Yujing’s isolation and her repeated, unwanted Sports Day signup.
• Hu Mengqing ordered the 100-meter runners into position, and Pei Yujing stepped back when two first-year girls claimed the same lane.