Chapter Summaries

Ding Ling impressed Ye Xun and Taozi with his musical talent, then invited Ye Xun to record his hundreds of original songs with him. Over the next half month, their collaboration deepened Ye Xun’s feelings for him, and the chapter ended with Taozi asking when they would kiss.

• Ding Ling played the cello and violin so skillfully that Ye Xun and Taozi urged him to publish his compositions.
• Ding Ling offered Ye Xun a share in publishing and recording his songs, and she accepted the scores he printed for her.
• In a taxi, Taozi teased Ye Xun about marrying Ding Ling, while Ye Xun said they needed time to get to know each other; Taozi planned to ask around about Ding Ling’s businesses.
• The next day, Ye Xun and Taozi began recording at Ding Ling’s villa, where his flawless singing amazed them.
• Over the next half month, Ding Ling taught Ye Xun and recorded fifteen songs with her, while her favorability reached 94 and she grew comfortable being his girlfriend.
• Late at night, Taozi asked Ye Xun when she and Ding Ling would kiss, and Ye Xun could not deflect the question by saying it depended on him.

Ye Xun followed Taozi’s advice, confessed her feelings to Ding Ling, and began a relationship with him. After spending the night together, she felt even more devoted to Ding Ling, while Taozi celebrated their union and offered to care for her.

• Taozi urged Ye Xun to make her relationship with Ding Ling official before his album made them both busier and more famous.
• Ye Xun decided to take the initiative, stayed at Ding Ling’s villa, and confessed that she liked him after drinking wine.
• Ding Ling said he liked Ye Xun, kissed her, and carried her to the bedroom, where they spent the night together.
• Ding Ling brought Ye Xun pork rib soup the next morning and told her they were now boyfriend and girlfriend and might become husband and wife.
• Taozi called Ye Xun, learned that she and Ding Ling had gotten together, and offered to come take care of her.

Ding Ling and Ye Xun completed eighty-eight songs and released them for free, turning Xun Ling Band into a sensation across Asia. As they kept recording at their villa, Ye Xun watched a childhood friend praise her and Ding Ling, while Huang Da recognized the pair from an earlier encounter.

• Ding Ling guided Ye Xun’s singing as they grew closer, and Ye Xun asked Taozi for advice about their intimate relationship.
• Ding Ling and Ye Xun recorded more than eighty songs, and Ding Ling decided to release them online for free to build their reputation.
• Ding Ling acquired 98% of the country’s third-ranked music website, and the free songs drew huge numbers of listeners as Xun Ling Band dominated the charts.
• Ye Xun declined Taozi’s suggestion to celebrate outside, and the two friends arranged for Taozi to bring groceries to the villa instead.
• Ye Xun watched her former classmate Li Ni discuss her childhood and praise Ding Ling, then told Ding Ling she felt lucky to have met him.
• Huang Da recognized Ye Xun and Ding Ling in a photo and recalled seeing them together months earlier.

Xu Zhuo returned and asked Taozi to help him win back Ye Xun, his former fiancée, but Taozi urged him to leave Ye Xun alone. Ye Xun told Ding Ling about her first love and his disappearance; Ding Ling reassured her, and she grew more attached to him, though Xu Zhuo’s return left her afraid of losing him.

• Huang Da became an ardent fan of Ye Xun and Ding Ling, while a special Impulsiveness Curse Source stirred within him.
• Xu Zhuo told Taozi that he wanted to marry Ye Xun again, but Taozi said Ye Xun was happy with Ding Ling and warned Xu Zhuo not to bother her.
• Taozi told Ye Xun that Xu Zhuo had returned, and advised her to make their past relationship clear and not betray Ding Ling.
• Ye Xun confided in Ding Ling about her eight-year romance with Xu Zhuo and his disappearance after a car accident on their wedding day.
• Ding Ling reassured Ye Xun that he accepted her past, and she became more dependent on him as she feared losing him.

Xu Zhuo confronted Ye Xun about her relationship with Ding Ling, but she chose Ding Ling and married him in a small European chapel. After the wedding, Ding Ling revealed his martial arts and trained Ye Xun, whose feats drew public attention, while his admission that they practiced martial arts sparked widespread disbelief.

• Xu Zhuo visited Ding Ling and Ye Xun, asked Ye Xun to marry him, and was rejected when she declared her love for Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling invited Xu Zhuo to dinner, and Xu Zhuo left feeling defeated after seeing Ye Xun's affection for Ding Ling.
• Ding Ling and Ye Xun traveled to Europe with relatives and friends, held a small wedding, and Ye Xun reached Favorability 100, allowing Ding Ling to obtain the Sovereign Light.
• After returning home, Ding Ling revealed his martial arts to Ye Xun and taught her, and she quickly developed impressive skills.
• Ye Xun used her strength to stop a motorcycle snatcher, and the incident helped make her famous online.
• Ding Ling admitted to a reporter that he and Ye Xun knew martial arts, and Ye Xun later demonstrated her strength on a program when viewers doubted them.

After Ye Xun openly declared her love for Ding Ling in the 101st Marriage World, Ding Ling entered the Goodbye Mr. Loser world and enrolled at Tomato No. 7 High School to pursue Qiu Ya. The chapter ended as he stood before his new classmates, who erupted in cheers before he could introduce himself.

• Ye Xun publicly identified Ding Ling as her husband, and she and Ding Ling continued living happily together in the 101st Marriage World.
• Ding Ling entered the Goodbye Mr. Loser world, invested over a hundred billion dollars through professional managers, and arranged to attend Tomato No. 7 High School.
• Ding Ling chose Class 2, Grade 3, and gave Mr. Wang a red envelope after the principal introduced them.
• Mr. Wang brought Ding Ling into the classroom, where Qiu Ya, Yuan Hua, and the other students were struck by his looks.
• Mr. Wang introduced Ding Ling to the class, but the students began cheering before he could speak.

Ding Ling joined Class 2, Grade 3 and immediately drew the attention of his classmates with his striking looks and apparent connections. As he settled in beside Zhang Yang, Xia Luo grew increasingly jealous of the attention Ding Ling received, while Ma Dongmei suggested that Ding Ling join the school sports team.

• Ding Ling introduced himself to the class, and Mr. Wang asked where he wanted to sit.
• Ding Ling sat in the second row beside Zhang Yang, who tried to curry favor with him, while Qiu Ya and Meng Te were captivated by him.
• Ding Ling’s textbooks, prepared by the principal, convinced Zhang Yang that he had an influential background, and girls from neighboring classes crowded around to see him.
• Xia Luo complained to Ma Dongmei that Ding Ling’s looks were distracting the class, and she mocked Xia Luo for being jealous.
• Ma Dongmei suggested that Xia Luo train in javelin, but Xia Luo refused and proposed that Ding Ling join the sports team instead.

Ding Ling’s novel-writing success made him famous throughout Xihong City Seventh High School, while Qiu Ya’s Favorability rose to 84. The chapter left Ding Ling planning to use his growing talent and fame to win her over further.

• Yuan Hua challenged Ding Ling’s reputation by reading his award-winning essay, but Mr. Wang revealed that Ding Ling had already published a novel in Sprout Magazine, overshadowing Yuan Hua.
• Qiu Ya’s Favorability increased as she watched Ding Ling remain calm under praise, reaching 72 after his first novel became known at school.
• Mr. Wang repeatedly praised Ding Ling and compared him with Xia Luo and Da Chun, while Qiu Ya became more captivated by Ding Ling’s composure.
• Mr. Wang announced that Ding Ling’s second novel had sold 800,000 copies and earned him at least one million yuan, leaving Yuan Hua stunned and prompting Zhang Yang to offer to become his manager.
• News of Ding Ling’s success spread throughout the school, where students gathered to see him and sent him love letters, while Qiu Ya’s Favorability climbed to 84.

Yuan Hua struggled to imitate Ding Ling by writing novels, hurting his grades and discovering how far his ability fell short. After Mr. Wang asked Ding Ling to explain his success to the class, Ding Ling claimed that his Never Forget talent let him study and write with ease, leaving Yuan Hua discouraged and Qiu Ya secretly in love with him.

• Yuan Hua's novel sold only a few hundred copies, his grades dropped, and Mr. Wang warned him to focus on the college entrance exam.
• Yuan Hua asked Mr. Wang to learn Ding Ling's method for balancing excellent grades with prolific writing, and Mr. Wang agreed to ask him.
• Ding Ling told Mr. Wang that he had no problem sharing his method, then explained to the class that his Never Forget talent made studying and writing easy.
• Ma Dongmei rebuked Xia Luo when he criticized Ding Ling, while the students reacted with awe to Ding Ling's explanation.
• Mr. Wang praised Ding Ling's talent and skills, and Qiu Ya's favorability toward him rose to 90 as she developed a secret crush.

Qiu Ya fell for Ding Ling and rejected Yuan Hua, who planned to scare Ding Ling away from her. After Ding Ling dominated a basketball game, Qiu Ya asked Ma Dongmei to help her invite him out.

• Qiu Ya asked Yuan Hua to invite Ding Ling out with her, but Yuan Hua confessed that he loved her instead.
• Qiu Ya rejected Yuan Hua and warned him not to say he liked her again because she feared Ding Ling might misunderstand.
• Yuan Hua decided to find someone to intimidate Ding Ling without actually hurting him, hoping to preserve his chance with Qiu Ya.
• Ding Ling led a team of weaker players to beat the school basketball team 32:19, impressing the watching students.
• Qiu Ya asked Ma Dongmei to join her in inviting Ding Ling out, and Ma Dongmei agreed.

Ma Dongmei and Qiu Ya discussed how Qiu Ya could pursue Ding Ling, while Ma Dongmei concealed her own complicated feelings about him and Xia Luo. After Ding Ling’s seventh novel became a hit and he scored full marks on the Monthly exam, his popularity grew, Yuan Hua grew anxious about Qiu Ya getting close to him, and Ma Dongmei finally approached Ding Ling after class.

• Qiu Ya told Ma Dongmei she had an advantage because she sat near Ding Ling, and Ma Dongmei agreed to help her pursue him.
• Ma Dongmei reflected that she liked Xia Luo but was also drawn to Ding Ling, and decided she could not compete with Qiu Ya for him.
• Ding Ling’s seventh novel, "Troubles-Solving General Store," became a hit, drawing female students to him for autographs and kisses.
• Ding Ling scored 750 out of 750 on the Monthly exam, prompting praise from Mr. Wang and his classmates’ admiration; Yuan Hua began planning to frighten him away from Qiu Ya.
• Ma Dongmei argued with Xia Luo over her desire to kiss Ding Ling, and Xia Luo gave up and returned to his aimless ways.
• After afternoon classes, Ma Dongmei grabbed Ding Ling by the arm at the school entrance and asked him not to leave, and he calmly invited her to speak.

Ma Dongmei asked Ding Ling out for Sunday and he agreed, prompting Qiu Ya to worry that he might like Ma Dongmei. Xia Luo learned about the invitation, mocked Ma Dongmei, and then got beaten by his mother for his poor exam score.

• Ma Dongmei invited Ding Ling to go out on Sunday, and he agreed to meet once she chose a place and time.
• Ma Dongmei told Qiu Ya what happened; Qiu Ya decided to join them and asked Ma Dongmei for advice on impressing Ding Ling.
• Xia Luo overheard that Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei liked Ding Ling, then complained that everyone favored Ding Ling over him.
• Ma Dongmei told Xia Luo that Ding Ling had accepted her invitation, and Xia Luo laughed at the idea that Ding Ling could like her.
• Xia Luo's mother learned he had scored poorly on the Monthly exam, chased him with a whip, and urged him to learn from Ding Ling.

Ding Ling met Ma Dongmei and Qiu Ya at the library, where Qiu Ya grew increasingly eager to win his attention. After their morning together, Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei discussed pursuing Ding Ling and worried that another girl might get to him first.

• Xia Luo's mother scolded and chased him for his poor grades, while he begged to eat before she beat him again.
• Ding Ling arrived at the Xihong City Library for his appointment with Ma Dongmei and Qiu Ya, after turning down other girls who invited him out.
• Qiu Ya treated Ding Ling to coffee and repeatedly refilled his drinks, while his attention and smiles made her more hopeful.
• Ding Ling, Ma Dongmei, and Qiu Ya agreed to meet at the park that afternoon, then Ma Dongmei and Qiu Ya discussed Ding Ling over lunch.
• Qiu Ya admitted she wanted Ding Ling as her future husband, and Ma Dongmei warned that Luo Qiuhua had also begun pursuing him.

Qiu Ya grew closer to Ding Ling through a date and arranged for him to tutor her, while Yuan Hua moved ahead with his plan to intimidate Ding Ling. The chapter ended with Xia Luo arriving late and staring at his classmates as though he had returned to a familiar past.

• Qiu Ya and Ma Dongmei planned a date that would help Qiu Ya grow closer to Ding Ling and keep other girls from pursuing him.
• Qiu Ya spent the afternoon at a park and dinner with Ding Ling and Ma Dongmei, then walked with Ding Ling and saw her Favorability increase.
• Qiu Ya’s parents encouraged her to pursue Ding Ling and suggested she ask him to tutor her so she could improve her grades and spend more time with him.
• Ma Dongmei bragged to their classmates about the date, while Xia Luo grew jealous; Qiu Ya fed Ding Ling snacks at school, prompting Yuan Hua to speed up his intimidation plan.
• Qiu Ya asked Ding Ling to tutor her, and he agreed, leaving her delighted and hopeful.
• Xia Luo entered class late, looked over his classmates, and murmured that he might be dreaming.

Xia Luo mistook his return to his school days for a dream and attacked Mr. Wang, threatened Ding Ling, and tried to kiss Qiu Ya. After his mother arrived, he embraced her and still believed she was dead, then climbed onto a windowsill to try to wake himself up.

• Xia Luo kicked Mr. Wang and shoved Zhang Yang aside as he continued to believe he was dreaming.
• Xia Luo struck Mr. Wang, then grabbed a chair and tried to kiss Qiu Ya before Ding Ling pushed him away.
• Xia Luo insulted Ding Ling, prompting the class to defend him, and punched himself until his nose bled.
• The principal arrived, but Xia Luo still thought the school was part of a dream and plunged his face into a washbasin to wake up.
• Xia Luo embraced his mother, whom he believed was dead, and refused to apologize to the principal and Mr. Wang.
• Xia Luo kissed his mother on the cheek, climbed onto a windowsill, and told her he would wake up and burn her more paper money.

After Xia Luo jumped from the classroom and broke a leg, Ding Ling gained Qiu Ya’s favor while Xia Luo rejected Ma Dongmei and decided to use his knowledge of the future to become famous. Xia Luo returned to school believing himself destined for greatness, but he ended the chapter standing dazed onstage instead of giving his required self-criticism.

• Xia Luo jumped from the classroom window, and the principal and his mother rushed downstairs as students watched him survive with a broken leg.
• Qiu Ya thanked Ding Ling for protecting her, grew more infatuated with him, and received comfort from Ma Dongmei.
• Ma Dongmei visited Xia Luo at the hospital, but Xia Luo rejected her and resolved to pursue Qiu Ya and avoid her.
• After recovering at home, Xia Luo recognized that it was 1997 and played future hit songs, declaring that he would become a superstar and make his mother rich.
• Xia Luo’s mother persuaded the school to let him stay, and he returned to deliver a public self-criticism.
• Xia Luo stood onstage fantasizing about his future success until the Dean of Students ordered him to begin, leaving the students snickering at him.

After his public apology, Xia Luo tried to pursue Qiu Ya but learned that she liked Ding Ling, a handsome transfer student and successful author who had never existed in Xia Luo’s memories. Xia Luo fought with Ma Dongmei, then reconciled with her to ask about Ding Ling’s unfinished novel, “Ghost Blows Out the Light.”

• At a school disciplinary meeting, Xia Luo apologized to Qiu Ya and shamelessly said he would take responsibility for her, leaving the hall stunned.
• In Class 2, Grade 3, Qiu Ya rejected Xia Luo and sought refuge beside Ding Ling, whose unexpected presence made Xia Luo suspect that transmigration had changed history.
• Xia Luo reconciled with Ma Dongmei and learned that Ding Ling was a famous author, had studied overseas, and was being pursued by Qiu Ya.
• When Ma Dongmei said Xia Luo had no chance with Qiu Ya, Xia Luo bragged about his songs and plans for stardom, then drove Ma Dongmei away after they argued.
• Xia Luo bought Ding Ling’s novels and became engrossed in them, especially “Ghost Blows Out the Light,” whose second volume he wanted to read.
• Xia Luo apologized to Ma Dongmei again, agreed to treat her to a meal, and persuaded her to ask Ding Ling when the next volume would come out.

Xia Luo used a song and a public confession to pursue Qiu Ya, but she rejected him and confessed to Ding Ling instead. With the class urging Ding Ling to accept her, he agreed, leaving Xia Luo and Yuan Hua stunned.

• Ma Dongmei told Xia Luo that Ding Ling's next novel would likely come out the following week and scolded him for neglecting his studies to read novels.
• Xia Luo planned to use songs he had brought back in time to become a famous singer and grow wealthy, and he remained confident that Qiu Ya would fall for him.
• Xia Luo sang "Just One Time" over the school broadcast, then publicly confessed to Qiu Ya and urged her to stop pursuing Ding Ling.
• Qiu Ya rejected Xia Luo's claims, confessed her feelings to Ding Ling, and asked him to be her boyfriend as classmates chanted for him to accept.
• Xia Luo rushed into the classroom and tried to stop Qiu Ya from forcing Ding Ling, but Ding Ling agreed to be her boyfriend, stunning Qiu Ya, Xia Luo, and Yuan Hua.

Ding Ling agreed to be Qiu Ya’s boyfriend, and she openly clung to him despite Xia Luo’s efforts to win her over. The next morning, Qiu Ya ignored Xia Luo’s breakfast and fed Ding Ling instead, leaving Xia Luo furious and humiliated.

• Ding Ling agreed to become Qiu Ya’s boyfriend, and she switched seats with Zhang Yang to sit beside him.
• Xia Luo insulted Qiu Ya and urged her to choose him, but Qiu Ya rejected him and affirmed her feelings for Ding Ling.
• Teacher Wang called out Qiu Ya for repeatedly watching Ding Ling in class, while Ma Dongmei mocked Xia Luo and Yuan Hua watched Qiu Ya affectionately look at Ding Ling.
• During the breaks, Qiu Ya stayed close to Ding Ling and discouraged other girls from approaching him, then reassured herself that he would keep his promise.
• The next morning, Xia Luo brought Qiu Ya warm breakfast, but she ignored him and gave Ding Ling a bun from her own lunch box.
• Xia Luo angrily confronted the laughing students and returned to his seat, resentful that Qiu Ya had ignored him.

Xia Luo grew resentful of Ding Ling and Qiu Ya and decided to leave Xihong City to pursue stardom and take revenge. As rumors and jealousy put Qiu Ya under intense pressure, her mother encouraged her to stand by Ding Ling, and Qiu Ya emerged more determined to stay with him.

• Xia Luo argued with Ma Dongmei, then resolved to seek fame in a major city so he could financially ruin Ding Ling and win Qiu Ya over.
• Qiu Ya guarded Ding Ling from autograph-seeking girls, and Ding Ling reassured her, increasing her favorability toward him.
• Female students spread rumors and insults about Qiu Ya, and Ma Dongmei defended her against them.
• Qiu Ya's mother counseled her to endure the pressure and remain confident in her relationship with Ding Ling, and Qiu Ya promised not to break up with him.
• Qiu Ya became more devoted to Ding Ling, feeding him meals and snacks while their classmates watched with envy.