Recaps

Lin Zhengran grew from kindergarten through elementary school while strengthening his bonds with He Qing and helping Jiang Xueli clear her name. As He Qing and Jiang Xueli each claimed a special place in his life, Lin Zhengran met He Qing’s best friend Han Wenwen.

• Lin Zhengran cultivated through the system while growing close to He Qing, helping her speak up and train in taekwondo before she moved south with her mother.
• He Qing won her taekwondo competition against Xiao Long and shared her prize cake with Lin Zhengran before leaving, then stayed in touch with him by phone.
• Lin Zhengran helped Jiang Xueli investigate a theft accusation, and they recorded Jiang Lin’s group admitting they had planted the missing phone and fundraiser money.
• Jiang Xueli’s name was cleared and her Disciplinary Committee Member position restored, after which she admitted to the class that she liked Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Xueli showed Lin Zhengran her music collection and sang for him, while he encouraged her to pursue becoming a pop star and prepared her for a middle-school gala.
• He Qing and Han Wenwen visited the Lianxin Festival, where He Qing wished to reunite with Lin Zhengran and their red strings twisted together.
• Lin Zhengran called He Qing his childhood sweetheart while Jiang Xueli disputed the title, then met Han Wenwen and helped her rescue a kitten from a snowy tree.

He Qing and Jiang Xueli competed for Lin Zhengran’s attention as Han Wenwen tried to keep the three childhood friends together. When Han Wenwen moved out and fell ill, Lin Zhengran cared for her and offered to guide her future, leaving her ready to pursue game streaming with his help.

• He Qing traveled alone to meet Lin Zhengran, who found her at the bus station and scolded her for making the risky trip without knowing how to travel.
• Han Wenwen joined Lin Zhengran’s class, and He Qing and Jiang Xueli both arrived at school and began competing for his attention.
• Jiang Xueli invited Lin Zhengran to a movie for her birthday, and he gave her headphones to encourage her singing.
• With Lin Zhengran’s support, Jiang Xueli performed at a competition and joined Township Child Star Studio, while Han Wenwen gave He Qing a manual of flirting advice.
• Han Wenwen moved into a rented room to avoid burdening her uncle’s family, and Lin Zhengran helped her settle in and care for herself.
• Lin Zhengran nursed Han Wenwen through a fever, and she admitted she feared being left alone and had tried to bring him and He Qing closer.
• Han Wenwen accepted Lin Zhengran’s offer to teach her and follow him for life, triggering a contract that raised him to Spirit Energy Level 40 and granted him Creation from Nothing.
• Han Wenwen told Lin Zhengran she dreamed of a home and a life with someone she loved, and he suggested she become a game streamer and offered to teach her.

Lin Zhengran helped Han Wenwen build her gaming channel while He Qing and Jiang Xueli each struggled to express their feelings for him. After their winter plans shifted, Han Wenwen spent New Year’s Eve waiting for Lin Zhengran, who returned from the hospital to find her in the snow.

• Lin Zhengran trained Han Wenwen in gaming and studying, and she grew attached to him as her videos gained followers.
• He Qing knitted Lin Zhengran a scarf and brought it to his home, while Jiang Xueli mistakenly thought He Qing had proposed to him.
• Lin Zhengran reassured He Qing about their childhood promise, and Jiang Xueli asked him to visit the new zoo with her if she won the next town competition.
• Jiang Xueli sang for Lin Zhengran and declared that they had to be together for life, while the system rewarded him after she and He Qing overcame their heart demons.
• Han Wenwen stayed in town for winter break, and Lin Zhengran promised to spend New Year with her as they shopped, cooked, and prepared dumplings together.
• Han Wenwen grew jealous when He Qing, Jiang Xueli, and others called Lin Zhengran, then waited alone while he went to the hospital after Lin Yingjun fractured his toe.
• Lin Zhengran returned through the snow on New Year’s Eve, and Han Wenwen ran to embrace him.

Lin Zhengran began high school with Han Wenwen, He Qing, and Jiang Xueli, while his skill and attention drew Jiang Qian and Fang Meng into his increasingly tangled relationships. The stretch ended with Jiang Qian learning piano from Lin Zhengran as Fang Meng recognized her growing feelings for him.

• Han Wenwen confessed her feelings through a letter hidden in a fox plush, and Lin Zhengran kept the plush while tearing up the note.
• Lin Zhengran and his friends graduated, then learned that his grandfather had arranged for him to meet Jiang Qian as a potential childhood sweetheart.
• Lin Zhengran, Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing started high school, where Lin Zhengran placed first in the placement exam and won the boys’ sprint.
• Han Wenwen spent time with Lin Zhengran at Snack Street, shared her loneliness with him, and secured his promise to visit and stay overnight at her rental house.
• Lin Zhengran outplayed Jiang Qian on piano, and after their school gala performance Jiang Qian became fascinated with him and arranged to sit beside him.
• He Qing told Fang Meng that Lin Zhengran was her boyfriend, while Jiang Xueli overheard and began questioning his feelings for He Qing.
• Fang Meng discovered that Lin Zhengran was her childhood fiancé, and Jiang Jingshi met him by chance before inviting him to her home.
• Jiang Qian gave Lin Zhengran the Piano Room key and asked him to teach her Watching Snow, while Fang Meng watched her admiration grow.