Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling recruited Li Shiqing, Shi Lei, and eight other students from Normal University as teachers at Huiyao Middle School, offering generous salaries and benefits. Li Shiqing and Shi Lei reported to the school, learned they would supervise Class One, Grade Seven, and moved into the teachers’ dormitory, though Shi Lei warned that their workload might leave little time off.

• Ding Ling explained Huiyao Middle School’s pay and benefits, then had the candidates take a multiple-choice exam; Li Shiqing and Shi Lei placed among the ten selected.
• Li Shiqing and the other selected candidates signed ten-year contracts after reviewing them, while rejected students criticized the recruitment results.
• The next day, Li Shiqing and Shi Lei arrived at Huiyao Middle School and were assigned to supervise the Grade Seven Experimental Class, Class One.
• Teacher Liao showed them their teaching supplies and shared teachers’ dormitory, which the two women were pleased with.
• Shi Lei pointed out that their class might have Saturday lessons and occasional Sunday make-up classes, casting doubt on whether they would have weekends free.

Li Shiqing and Shi Lei went to thank Ding Ling for hiring them and invited him to lunch. Ding Ling accepted Li Shiqing’s invitation, leaving her and Shi Lei wondering whether he had chosen her because he was interested in her.

• Shi Lei told Li Shiqing that Ding Ling had a powerful family background and suggested they thank him for their teaching jobs.
• Li Shiqing and Shi Lei found Ding Ling surrounded by female teachers and learned he said he had never had a girlfriend.
• Li Shiqing asked Ding Ling to let them treat him to a meal, and he agreed to meet her at Fuhua Restaurant at noon.
• Shi Lei suggested Ding Ling might have chosen Li Shiqing because he liked her, pointing out that he had rejected the higher-scoring Li Liang.

Li Shiqing and Shi Lei grew closer to Ding Ling as he reassured them about their teaching jobs and helped them settle into school. After a week of meals and conversations, Li Shiqing admitted she had a crush on Ding Ling, while Shi Lei urged her to pursue him before someone else did.

• Li Shiqing and Shi Lei treated Ding Ling to lunch at Fuhua Restaurant, where he assured them their contracts secured their jobs for ten years.
• The three ate together and visited an amusement park, and Ding Ling helped Li Shiqing calm her nerves before her first English class.
• For three days, the trio shared meals, while Li Shiqing and Ding Ling grew more familiar through conversations at school.
• Ding Ling impressed Li Shiqing and the other female teachers with his knowledge of music, and Shi Lei later explained that the teachers were warming to Li Shiqing because they thought she might date him.
• Shi Lei teased Li Shiqing about her feelings, and Li Shiqing admitted she liked Ding Ling but wanted more time to know him before pursuing him.

Li Shiqing’s friends and family encouraged her to pursue Ding Ling, while her father worried about their relationship and investigated Ding Ling’s background. After learning that Ding Ling was extraordinarily wealthy and influential, the family began to doubt whether Li Shiqing was a suitable match for him.

• Shi Lei urged Li Shiqing to ask Ding Ling out, but Li Shiqing chose to take things slowly and call him instead.
• On the Route 45 Bus, Li Shiqing and Shi Lei’s classmates praised their new teaching jobs and asked about Ding Ling, but the two women refused to share his contact information.
• Shi Lei warned Li Shiqing that other women might pursue Ding Ling, and Li Shiqing returned home to her family, who teased her about liking him.
• Li Shiqing showed her family a photo with Ding Ling and praised how he had helped her become a better teacher, prompting her mother and grandmother to encourage her while Li Weiqiang objected.
• After Li Shiqing explained Ding Ling’s background, her family was stunned; the next day, Li Weiqiang investigated him and discovered that Ding Ling had returned from overseas, acquired many heavy-asset businesses, and had publicly known wealth of at least one hundred billion yuan.

Li Shiqing overcame her insecurity about Ding Ling’s wealth, asked him on a date, and spent the day with him at a movie theater and skating rink. The chapter ended with her admiring his skating skills and wondering if he could win an Olympic championship.

• Li Weiqiang’s family recognized the gap between their circumstances and Ding Ling’s, while Shi Lei urged Li Shiqing not to give up on him.
• Li Shiqing called Ding Ling and nervously asked him out, and he agreed to meet her.
• Li Shiqing got ready for the date despite her family’s mixed feelings, then met Ding Ling at North Suburban Park in Jialin City.
• Ding Ling took Li Shiqing to a movie theater on his motorcycle, and she grew flustered as she held on to him during the ride and watched the film with him.
• Ding Ling led Li Shiqing through difficult skating moves at the rink, and she praised his skills as good enough to win an Olympic championship.

Li Shiqing’s affection for Ding Ling deepened after their date, and her family arranged to meet him over dinner. On May 9, Ding Ling rode Route 45 with Li Shiqing, where he claimed her as his girlfriend when other passengers tried to set him up with their daughters.

• Li Shiqing enjoyed a day of skating and amusement rides with Ding Ling, then admitted to Shi Lei that she had fallen for him and would try to pursue him.
• Li Shiqing’s family questioned her about Ding Ling and decided they wanted to meet him and judge whether he was reliable.
• Xiao Heyun noticed Li Shiqing at the school and later saw her with Ding Ling, feeling an unexplained sense of loss.
• Li Shiqing’s Favorability toward Ding Ling rose to 93 as he listened to her, offered advice, and helped with her teaching concerns.
• Li Shiqing invited Ding Ling to dinner with her family, and he agreed, knowing May 9 marked the start of the Reset world’s main story.
• On Route 45, Ding Ling introduced Li Shiqing as his girlfriend to fend off aunties trying to match him with their daughters, delighting Li Shiqing as the aunties continued to press him.

Ding Ling protected Li Shiqing from the aunties pursuing him while the Route 45 Bus gathered its passengers. After the bus exploded, Li Shiqing returned to an earlier point in the journey, and Ding Ling realized Wang Mengmeng’s soul was causing her time loop.

• Ding Ling repeatedly rejected the aunties’ matchmaking attempts and reaffirmed that Li Shiqing was his girlfriend, making her happy and raising her favorability.
• Tao Yinghong and Jiao Xiangrong boarded the bus, and Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde prepared to die in a revenge attack.
• Lu Di and Yi Ge joined the passengers, while the aunties eventually returned to their seats after Ding Ling rejected them.
• As the bus crossed the approach to the Cross-River Bridge, a ringtone sounded and an explosion killed the passengers.
• Li Shiqing woke in Ding Ling’s arms before the bus reached the bridge, realized she had traveled back in time, and asked Ding Ling to believe her.
• Ding Ling confirmed he believed Li Shiqing and sensed that Wang Mengmeng’s soul, now connected to the Heavenly Dao’s time-cycle rules, was powering her repeating time loop.

Li Shiqing repeatedly relived the Route 45 Bus explosions while Ding Ling stayed by her side and helped her investigate. After each attempt to escape or identify the bomb, the bus exploded again, leaving Li Shiqing with Tao Yinghong as a clearer suspect.

• Wang Mengmeng's divine power had placed Li Shiqing in the time loop, and Ding Ling secretly followed her through it.
• Li Shiqing told Ding Ling about the explosions, and he believed her as she tried to get them off the bus, but it exploded before they could escape.
• Ding Ling smashed a bus window and shielded Li Shiqing when Tao Yinghong triggered another explosion.
• Li Shiqing warned the passengers about a bomb, but Yi Ge and others dismissed her before the bus exploded again; calling the police also failed to prevent another blast.
• Ding Ling questioned passengers about their bags and Tao Yinghong's pressure cooker, prompting Tao Yinghong to detonate the bomb.
• Li Shiqing woke in another loop, told Ding Ling what she had learned, and again asked whether he believed her; he said he did.

Ding Ling and Li Shiqing stopped Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde from carrying out their bombing on the bus, and Li Shiqing’s favorability for Ding Ling reached 100. After they became lovers and Ding Ling obtained the Sovereign Light, he exposed He Yingjun’s sexual harassment and sent evidence to the police, Wang Xingde, and Tao Yinghong.

• Li Shiqing and Ding Ling tried to stop Tao Yinghong and save the bus passengers, but Wang Xingde refused to stop, and the bomb exploded, killing them.
• After Li Shiqing returned to the past, Ding Ling knocked Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde unconscious, took control of the bus, and helped Li Shiqing throw the pressure cooker bomb off the bridge before it exploded.
• The police questioned Ding Ling, Li Shiqing, Tao Yinghong, and Wang Xingde, while Li Shiqing waited to learn why Wang Xingde had helped Tao Yinghong.
• Li Shiqing told Ding Ling she wanted to marry him, and the two made their relationship official; her favorability reached 100 and the Sovereign Light emerged.
• Ding Ling used his powers to expose He Yingjun’s sexual harassment of Wang Mengmeng and female students, then sent the evidence to the police and showed it to Wang Xingde and Tao Yinghong.

After Li Shiqing learned that Ding Ling had superpowers, she spent her days training with him and grew even more devoted to him. Worried that other women might take him from her, she followed Shi Lei’s advice and began preparing to make him feel cherished, leaving Ding Ling amused by her sudden resolve to be a good wife.

• After Wang Xingde and his wife confessed, Li Shiqing learned that He Yingjun had killed the bus driver’s daughter, and Ding Ling offered to teach her martial arts.
• Li Shiqing dreamed of dying repeatedly alongside Xiao Heyun, then woke relieved that reality had brought her to Ding Ling instead.
• Ding Ling admitted that he had sent the video evidence to the police and revealed his superpowers by making a phoenix hairpin appear in Li Shiqing’s hand.
• Ding Ling opened a portal to his home, and Li Shiqing rushed through to learn from him; afterward, she trained with him, traveled with him, and heard him claim he could survive by Blood-Drop Rebirth.
• Shi Lei warned Li Shiqing that Ding Ling’s wealth and popularity might attract other women, then advised her to prepare a romantic meal and invite him to be her lifelong partner.
• Li Shiqing welcomed Ding Ling home, served him lunch, and said she would become a good wife who would keep him happy and leave him no time to think about other women.

Li Shiqing married Ding Ling, learned martial arts under his guidance, and accepted his support to join the National Team. At the Olympics, she shattered world records with superhuman performances, provoking worldwide disbelief and accusations of drug use.

• Li Shiqing followed Ding Ling everywhere, spent the night with him, and agreed to marry him after he proposed.
• Ding Ling and Li Shiqing held a lavish wedding; Yi Ge was turned away at the venue, while Xiao Heyun attended and felt confused by his reaction to seeing the bride.
• Li Shiqing's family moved into the Great Estate, and she secretly trained until she learned Qi Emission.
• Ding Ling encouraged Li Shiqing to join the National Team and showed her outer space to reassure her that he could protect her.
• Li Shiqing competed in the Olympics, won multiple events, and broke records with performances that sparked global uproar and suspicions of a forbidden drug.

Li Shiqing became a world-famous champion and all-around superstar, openly crediting her extraordinary abilities to Ding Ling’s martial arts and teaching. Decades later, she and Ding Ling remained devoted to each other while fans continued to envy their life together.

• Li Shiqing faced reporters’ questions about her record-breaking performances and denied using banned drugs, while her reactions fueled speculation that Ding Ling was behind her transformation.
• Ding Ling comforted Li Shiqing when online rumors and attention made her uneasy, and she later explained publicly that he had taught her powerful martial arts.
• With Ding Ling’s help, Li Shiqing mastered many skills, entered show business, and repeatedly thanked him in award speeches for turning her ordinary talents into remarkable achievements.
• Li Shiqing’s claims that she had been mediocre before Ding Ling prompted instructors and fans to discuss his teaching abilities, and many people wished to become his disciples.
• Thirty years later, Li Shiqing and Ding Ling remained unchanged in their devotion, while fans continued to praise Ding Ling and envy Li Shiqing.

Li Shiqing’s extraordinary martial arts made her and Ding Ling objects of worldwide fascination, and the spread of her family’s Longevity Formula sparked a global martial-arts craze. After spending two centuries together, Ding Ling entered a new modern world and encountered Shen Jiayi, the girl favored by its Sovereign Light.

• Li Shiqing defeated kidnappers, survived a missile attack, and led a live-broadcast operation against criminal organizations, making her and Ding Ling even more famous.
• After Li Shiqing’s parents revealed the Longevity Formula, it spread online and inspired people around the world to study martial arts and the language of the Middle Kingdom.
• An eighteen-year-old student learned the formula and demonstrated its power, intensifying the global martial-arts movement until the Middle Kingdom’s language became widely respected.
• Ding Ling and Li Shiqing spent two hundred years together before withdrawing from the world with their close friends; Li Shiqing continued to worry that she had failed to give him a child.
• Ding Ling entered a new modern world, recognized it as the setting of “Those Years, We Chased That Girl Together!”, and saw Shen Jiayi riding her bicycle in Zhang City.

Ding Ling left without approaching Shen Jiayi, but Hu Jiawei recognized him when he transferred into their class and became determined to pursue him. His striking looks drew the attention of the girls and stirred jealousy in Ke Jingteng, while Shen Jiayi admitted Hu Jiawei had been right and promised to help her.

• Ding Ling passed Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei at a shop, and Hu Jiawei insisted she had seen an extraordinarily handsome young man.
• Hu Jiawei and Shen Jiayi searched the nearby roads for several days but failed to find Ding Ling, so Hu Jiawei gave up.
• Ding Ling transferred into Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei's class, and Hu Jiawei recognized him immediately.
• Several girls approached Ding Ling after class, while Ke Jingteng disparaged him and Hu Jiawei defended him.
• Shen Jiayi admitted Ding Ling was exceptionally handsome and agreed to honor her promise to help Hu Jiawei pursue him.
• Ding Ling's arrival drew curious students from neighboring classes, and Shen Jiayi worried that the classroom would no longer be peaceful.

Shen Jiayi tried to warn Hu Jiawei against falling for Ding Ling, but Hu Jiawei became determined to pursue him and demanded Shen Jiayi’s support. Meanwhile, Ding Ling expanded his business empire, entered Jingcheng High School, released a hit album under his own company, and left his classmates stunned when the Class Advisor revealed he was the famous singer.

• Shen Jiayi warned Hu Jiawei that staring at Ding Ling could make her fall for him, but Hu Jiawei insisted she would pursue him and made Shen Jiayi promise not to compete.
• Hu Jiawei spotted Ding Ling on their walk home and loudly admired him, while Shen Jiayi hurried her along and tried to discourage her from approaching him.
• Ding Ling used his fortune to establish companies and recruit talent in the Middle Kingdom, then arranged to attend Jingcheng High School, where Shen Jiayi’s Favorability toward him reached 61.
• Ding Ling recorded ten songs in two days, released them through his own entertainment company, and sold 1.5 million copies in a week.
• The Class Advisor announced that Ding Ling was the famous singer behind the hit album, shocking the class and prompting Ke Jingteng and Cao Guosheng to question him.

Ding Ling’s classmates and the media learned that he had created the hit album Legend, and their admiration for him surged. Shen Jiayi grew increasingly attracted to him while Hu Jiawei predicted he would become a world-class superstar, and Shen Jiayi’s parents began wanting to meet their daughter’s famous classmate.

• Xu Bochun, Xie Minghe, Cao Guosheng, Ke Jingteng, and Liao Yinghong eagerly questioned Ding Ling about his success with Legend, while Shen Jiayi’s favorability toward him rose.
• Ding Ling told his classmates that he had come to study and hoped they would attend prestigious universities together, prompting Xie Minghe and Xu Bochun to marvel at his many abilities.
• Hu Jiawei complained that Shen Jiayi had missed her chance to confess to Ding Ling and confidently predicted he would become a world-class superstar.
• A reporter interviewed Hu Jiawei and Shen Jiayi about Ding Ling, and Hu Jiawei praised his talent, modesty, and character.
• Shen Jiayi’s parents asked about Ding Ling after seeing the school interview on television, and her mother insisted she would go to school to see him.

Shen Jiayi’s mother became determined to match her daughter with Ding Ling after seeing his looks, fame, and rumored powerful family background, despite competition from Zheng Xiaoxiao. As Ding Ling’s popularity and new song Hong Yan drew more attention, Shen Jiayi grew into a fan and recalled a moment when he caught her from falling, leaving her flustered and regretful.

• Shen Jiayi agreed to take her mother to see Ding Ling, and her mother immediately praised him and urged Jiayi to consider him as a first love.
• Shen Jiayi’s mother learned from another parent that Ding Ling was linked to Ding Corporation and believed he came from an immensely wealthy family.
• Zheng Xiaoxiao’s mother declared that her daughter was the only student who could match Ding Ling, prompting Shen Jiayi’s mother to worry but resolve not to give up.
• The Class Advisor scolded the class for staring at Ding Ling, while Shen Jiayi felt his growing fame and others’ praise changing how she saw him.
• Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei discussed Ding Ling’s new song Hong Yan as his popularity continued to rise.
• Shen Jiayi recalled Ding Ling catching her when she nearly fell, and regretted forgetting to thank him.

Shen Jiayi struggled with her secret crush on Ding Ling because she had promised Hu Jiawei not to pursue him, while Ding Ling's second God-Tier Album made him even more famous. After sharing an exam room and lunch with him, Shen Jiayi went home overwhelmed by his calling her cute.

• Shen Jiayi regretted promising Hu Jiawei she would not pursue Ding Ling and decided to preserve their friendship despite her growing crush.
• Ding Ling released his second album, which sold more than 1.5 million copies and further boosted his fame.
• Reporters interviewed Shen Jiayi and Hu Jiawei about Ding Ling's album, and Hu Jiawei urged Shen Jiayi to help her win him over.
• Shen Jiayi ended up seated beside Ding Ling during the Monthly exam, became distracted by him, and was scolded for looking around.
• After the exam, Ding Ling invited Shen Jiayi to walk with him and treated her to lunch, calling her cute.
• Shen Jiayi excitedly told her mother about Ding Ling's attention and celebrated at home.

After her mother encouraged her to pursue Ding Ling despite her promise to Hu Jiawei, Shen Jiayi resolved to follow her feelings. When Hu Jiawei confronted her, she accepted that Shen Jiayi liked Ding Ling and asked how confident she was of winning him over.

• Shen Jiayi told her mother that Ding Ling had invited her to eat, and her mother urged her to seize the opportunity and not let her promise to Hu Jiawei hold her back.
• Shen Jiayi agreed to study with Ding Ling and decided she would pursue him, even if it cost her Hu Jiawei's friendship.
• After the exams, Shen Jiayi brought breakfast for Ding Ling but put it away when she saw his desk covered with other students' offerings.
• Ke Jingteng teased Shen Jiayi about liking Ding Ling, and Hu Jiawei later asked her to talk after class.
• Hu Jiawei confronted Shen Jiayi about their promise, accepted that she liked Ding Ling, and asked how confident she was of winning him over.

Hu Jiawei reconciled with Shen Jiayi and encouraged her to pursue Ding Ling, then helped her secure a dinner invitation. Ding Ling and Shen Jiayi ate together, went for a walk, and watched a horror movie, leaving Shen Jiayi increasingly smitten with him.

• Hu Jiawei told Shen Jiayi she no longer blamed her and asked how far her relationship with Ding Ling had progressed.
• Shen Jiayi admitted she liked Ding Ling, and Hu Jiawei promised to help her pursue him.
• After school, Shen Jiayi invited Ding Ling to dinner, and Hu Jiawei persuaded him to accept.
• When other girls tried to join them, Ding Ling arranged a Sunday outing for the class, and Shen Jiayi's favorability toward him increased.
• After dinner, Ding Ling walked with Shen Jiayi and invited her to a horror movie, where she repeatedly threw herself into his arms.