Chapter Summaries

Fang Meng and Jiang Qian reconciled by discussing the childhood misunderstanding that had kept them apart. Their conversation turned to their uncertain feelings for Lin Zhengran before he came into the Physical Education Warehouse.

• Jiang Qian explained that she had never meant to stop Fang Meng from studying abroad, and Fang Meng said she had always wanted to stay with her.
• Jiang Qian admitted that Fang Meng’s silence during their childhood confrontation had hurt her, and Fang Meng apologized for hesitating and failing to answer.
• Jiang Qian invited Fang Meng to return as her assistant, and Fang Meng agreed while suggesting they stop trying to find Lin Zhengran’s weakness.
• Jiang Qian admitted she had become curious about Lin Zhengran as a person and described how she had mistaken his words for a confession, while Fang Meng felt unsettled hearing about it.
• Fang Meng revealed that she was Lin Zhengran’s childhood sweetheart, and the two questioned whether either of them liked him.
• Lin Zhengran entered the warehouse after their conversation shifted toward their feelings for him.

Jiang Qian and Fang Meng misunderstood Lin Zhengran’s remark about going to bed, and Fang Meng began to suspect she was jealous of Jiang Qian’s feelings for him. After both girls’ clothes tore in the Physical Education Warehouse, Han Wenwen, He Qing, and Jiang Xueli found Lin Zhengran outside and jumped to conclusions when they heard girls were changing inside.

• Jiang Qian left to collect clothes, and Lin Zhengran explained to Fang Meng that his remark about going to bed had referred to their earlier offers to grant him one request.
• Fang Meng realized she might like Lin Zhengran and felt reluctant to see him date Jiang Qian or any other girl.
• Jiang Qian returned with spare clothes, but her pants also tore on a piece of metal in the Physical Education Warehouse, so she and Fang Meng went inside to change.
• Han Wenwen, He Qing, and Jiang Xueli found Lin Zhengran outside the warehouse and heard that Jiang Qian and Fang Meng were inside changing.
• The three girls exclaimed that there was a girl inside putting on clothes, and Lin Zhengran told them not to imagine the wrong thing.

Lin Zhengran promised He Qing, Han Wenwen, and Jiang Xueli a post-exam trip, and they drew lots to choose the deep mountains first. Jiang Qian and Fang Meng returned home reconciled, where Jiang Qian noticed that Jiang Jingshi had been eating instant noodles more often.

• Jiang Qian and Fang Meng watched Lin Zhengran leave with the Three Little Ones and wondered about his relationships with He Qing, Jiang Xueli, and Han Wenwen.
• Lin Zhengran suggested traveling after the college entrance exam, and the girls agreed to visit the grassland, deep mountains, and seaside.
• He Qing, Han Wenwen, and Jiang Xueli drew lots, and Han Wenwen won the choice of the deep mountains as their first destination.
• Jiang Qian and Fang Meng returned to the villa, where Jiang Jingshi greeted them and went back to her room after confirming they had made up.
• Jiang Qian remarked that Jiang Jingshi had been eating instant noodles more often, then offered to make bowls for herself and Fang Meng.

As the college entrance exam approached, Fang Meng told Jiang Qian about Lin Zhengran’s habits and daily life, while Lin Zhengran tutored Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing. The exam ended with Lin Zhengran finding the questions easy, leaving the students waiting for their results.

• Fang Meng brought instant noodles to Jiang Qian and described her observations of Lin Zhengran, including his routines, physique, and preferences.
• Lin Zhengran gathered Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing at his home each weekend and helped them study for the exam.
• Lin Xiaoli and Lin Yingjun encouraged the students as the college entrance exam began, while Han Wenwen received a message from Uncle explaining he could not attend.
• Han Wenwen hugged Lin Zhengran before the exam, and he comforted her as she vowed to attend the same university as him.
• Lin Zhengran found the exam questions easy and completed them as the college entrance exam came to an end.

After the battle against the College Entrance Examination Demon Race, Lin Zhengran tested his new ability to walk on water and walls before returning to school. He and Jiang Qian discussed the exam, then joined their classmates in planning performances for the graduation ceremony.

• Lin Zhengran reviewed his increased attributes and tested his Level 2 Spiritual Power Control by walking across a pond and up a wall.
• Jiang Qian called to ask where Lin Zhengran had gone and told him that a class meeting was about to begin.
• Lin Zhengran returned to class, where Jiang Qian asked how his exam had gone and said she hoped to beat him.
• The homeroom teacher announced that the class needed to prepare several performances for the graduation ceremony and asked the students to discuss ideas.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian organized a class dinner, where they agreed to perform a piano duet at the Graduation Ceremony and Fang Meng recognized her growing feelings for Lin Zhengran. The next day, a boy confessed that he liked Lin Zhengran.

• Lin Zhengran asked the class to vote on holding a gathering, and everyone agreed to use the remaining class funds for dinner.
• Jiang Qian offered to cover the meal, and the homeroom teacher joined the class gathering at a barbecue restaurant shared with Little He Qing's class.
• Lin Zhengran agreed to split the meal cost with Jiang Qian and the teacher, then accepted Jiang Qian's proposal that they perform a piano duet.
• Fang Meng realized she had started caring about Lin Zhengran, while Jiang Qian reflected on her admiration for his outlook and reconsidered whether Stanford was still the right choice.
• Han Wenwen, Little He Qing, and Jiang Xueli visited Lin Zhengran during dinner, and the next day a boy told him that he liked him.

Jiang Chengxin asked Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian for advice about confessing to Fan Momo, and Lin Zhengran encouraged him to take the chance. Afterward, Jiang Qian reflected on Lin Zhengran’s words and noticed her own heart racing.

• Jiang Chengxin told Lin Zhengran he liked Fan Momo and wanted advice about confessing to her after graduation.
• Jiang Qian overheard their conversation and advised Jiang Chengxin against confessing because she thought they were unlikely to be compatible.
• Lin Zhengran supported Jiang Chengxin’s plan, suggested bringing flowers, and urged him to confess after the Graduation Ceremony.
• Jiang Chengxin thanked Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian, then left after joking about rumors that they were a couple.
• Lin Zhengran explained to Jiang Qian why taking the risk was better than regretting not trying, and she agreed to support Jiang Chengxin.
• Jiang Qian watched Lin Zhengran leave, pressed a hand to her chest, and wondered why her heart was beating so fast.

Jiang Qian began helping others again after Lin Zhengran’s influence helped her let go of old resentment, but she soon developed a frighteningly rapid heartbeat. Hospital tests found no physical abnormality and revealed an unusually high dopamine level, leaving the doctor asking what had happened to her.

• Jiang Qian helped a girl lift her suitcase and realized she had been taking revenge on her formerly kind self.
• Fang Meng recognized that Lin Zhengran had helped Jiang Qian change, and Jiang Qian dreamed of him as an angel who comforted her childhood self.
• Jiang Qian woke from the dream with a racing heart and became sick the next morning.
• Fang Meng called Jiang Qian’s private doctor, who found no clear cause and took her to a hospital for further tests.
• Jiang Jingshi joined Fang Meng at the hospital, where the doctor found Jiang Qian’s dopamine level was extremely high and asked about her recent experiences.

A doctor examined Jiang Qian’s heart discomfort and found that thinking about Lin Zhengran caused her symptoms to intensify. He diagnosed her with lovesickness because she missed Lin Zhengran so intensely, leaving her embarrassed.

• The doctor monitored Jiang Qian and learned that her earlier bouts of heart discomfort had happened during emotionally charged situations.
• Fang Meng noticed that Jiang Qian’s heartbeat and readings rose whenever she mentioned Lin Zhengran.
• The doctor and nurse tested Jiang Qian’s reactions to imagined scenes involving Lin Zhengran, and she grew distressed when imagining him rejecting her.
• The doctor concluded that Jiang Qian’s intense focus and longing for Lin Zhengran were causing her physical discomfort.
• Jiang Qian admitted that she and Lin Zhengran might separate because they had chosen different applications, then blushed with embarrassment.

Jiang Qian was diagnosed with lovesickness after her heart discomfort, but she hid the cause from Jiang Jingshi and left to rest before the Graduation Ceremony. After learning the truth, Jiang Jingshi realized she might be missing Lin Zhengran too and asked the doctor to keep her sleeplessness secret.

• Jiang Qian asked the doctor for Calcium Tablets and made him promise not to reveal her condition to Jiang Jingshi or Xiao Meng.
• The doctor told Jiang Jingshi and Fang Meng that Jiang Qian was merely fatigued, and Jiang Qian insisted she would attend the Graduation Ceremony.
• After Jiang Qian left, a nurse explained to Jiang Jingshi that her younger sister's heart discomfort came from lovesickness for Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Jingshi recognized that her own poor sleep and dreams about Lin Zhengran might also be lovesickness.
• Jiang Jingshi agreed to let the doctor examine her and told him and the nurse to keep her condition secret from Jiang Qian and Xiao Meng.

Jiang Qian stayed home after the doctor explained that her feelings for Lin Zhengran were lovesickness, while Fang Meng went to school to help prepare the Graduation Ceremony. At rehearsal, Han Wenwen flirted with Lin Zhengran, learned he had three childhood sweethearts, and bit his thigh just as Fang Meng arrived.

• Jiang Qian took the pills, stayed home to rest, and told Fang Meng she would still rehearse piano with Lin Zhengran that night.
• Jiang Qian realized the doctor’s explanation meant she had fallen for Lin Zhengran and longed to be with him.
• At the school gymnasium rehearsal, Han Wenwen flirted with Lin Zhengran while playing a tree in her class’s performance.
• Han Wenwen asked about Fang Meng and Jiang Qian, and Lin Zhengran revealed that Fang Meng and Jiang Jingshi were his childhood sweethearts.
• Han Wenwen grew jealous, bit Lin Zhengran’s thigh under the table, and Fang Meng entered the rehearsal room.

Lin Zhengran tried to keep Han Wenwen hidden while he handled rehearsal questions, but her jealousy led her to bite him under the desk. He pulled her into a cramped storage room, where they drew close as people passed outside.

• Fang Meng arrived late and went to inspect the props after Lin Zhengran told her what remained to be done.
• Jiang Qian asked Fang Meng whether Lin Zhengran had wondered why she was absent, then felt dejected when she learned he had not asked.
• Han Wenwen stayed under Lin Zhengran’s desk, bit his hand and stomach, and claimed she was practicing for her future role as his secretary.
• Lin Zhengran concealed Han Wenwen from students who came to ask about lighting and then searched for her.
• Lin Zhengran pulled Han Wenwen into a storage room, scolded her for biting him, and held her quiet while people passed outside.
• Han Wenwen and Lin Zhengran gazed at each other and leaned close as she closed her eyes and lifted her face toward his.

Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen shared their first kiss in a storage room after he teased her about being jealous. Their private moment was interrupted by calls from Jiang Xueli and He Qing, and they returned to the practice room together.

• Lin Zhengran kissed Han Wenwen and told her she was his first kiss, making her eagerly ask him to kiss her again.
• Han Wenwen and Lin Zhengran fell onto a pile of clothes, then received calls from He Qing and Jiang Xueli, who were looking for them.
• Han Wenwen persuaded Lin Zhengran to stay for another kiss before they headed back to the practice room.
• While waiting, Jiang Xueli asked He Qing whether Han Wenwen might have a crush on Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Xueli spotted Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen returning to the practice room.

Lin Zhengran returned to the practice room with Han Wenwen, where He Qing began suspecting that Wenwen secretly liked him. As the group discussed joining the university Student Union with Lin Zhengran, Jiang Qian waited anxiously to learn whether he had asked about her absence.

• Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen rejoined Jiang Xueli and He Qing, and Lin Zhengran patted Jiang Xueli's head while Han Wenwen watched jealously.
• He Qing noticed Han Wenwen's attention toward Lin Zhengran and wondered whether Wenwen had secretly loved him for a long time.
• Lin Zhengran brought the three girls to the judges' table, where Jiang Xueli proposed that they join the Student Union if he became its president.
• Fang Meng told Jiang Qian that Lin Zhengran had not asked about her, while Jiang Qian worried in the Villa that he had not noticed she was absent.
• Before leaving for lunch, Lin Zhengran asked Fang Meng why Jiang Qian was absent, and Fang Meng excitedly relayed his question to Jiang Qian.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian practiced piano together before their high school graduation ceremony, where their performance drew loud applause. After the ceremony, Jiang Chengxin confessed to Fan Momo, who revealed that she had loved Lin Zhengran for three years.

• Jiang Qian arrived for piano practice with Lin Zhengran and inwardly admired him while keeping her cool demeanor.
• Jiang Qian reminded Lin Zhengran of the request he owed her, but he said he would use it sometime in the future.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian performed together at the graduation ceremony, earning enthusiastic applause from the students.
• Jiang Xueli and Little He Qing watched the performance, and Little He Qing silently cheered for Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Chengxin confessed his long-standing feelings to Fan Momo, who told him she liked Lin Zhengran and had planned to confess to him.

After Jiang Chengxin accepted that Fan Momo did not like him, Fan Momo confessed to Lin Zhengran and was rejected. Jiang Qian kissed Lin Zhengran to make her point, then hurried away, flustered by the kiss.

• Jiang Chengxin told Lin Zhengran and Jiang Qian that Fan Momo had rejected him, and he decided to give up pursuing her.
• Jiang Chengxin asked Lin Zhengran whether he belonged to the Pure Love Faction, then left encouraged to seek someone who liked him.
• Fan Momo confessed to Lin Zhengran and, after he rejected her, asked whether he disliked her because she was not a virgin.
• Jiang Qian came to Lin Zhengran's side, kissed his cheek, and told Fan Momo to improve herself rather than beg for love.
• Fan Momo ran away crying, while Jiang Qian wiped Lin Zhengran's cheek and hurried off, secretly wanting to kiss him again.

As high school graduation preparations ended, Jiang Qian and Fang Meng each kissed Lin Zhengran and realized they both had feelings for him. Jiang Qian then told her father she no longer wanted to attend Stanford and planned to choose another school with Fang Meng.

• After the gym cleanup, Fang Meng kissed Lin Zhengran and said she wanted to do it once so she would have no regrets about high school.
• Lin Zhengran locked the gym and left with Han Wenwen, Jiang Xueli, and He Qing after returning the key to the teacher.
• Fang Meng and Jiang Qian discovered they had been sitting on opposite sides of the same corner, both lost in thought after kissing Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Qian and Fang Meng agreed they had something to discuss and left school together.
• Jiang Qian called her father and said she no longer wanted to attend Stanford, planning instead to go to another school with Fang Meng.

Jiang Jingshi reflected on Zhengshi Company's rapid growth and her longing to see Lin Zhengran after his college entrance exams. Lin Zhengran messaged that he would visit in two days, leaving Jiang Jingshi eagerly planning to prepare for his arrival.

• Jiang Jingshi reviewed Zhengshi Company's expanding profits and subsidiaries, which had grown rapidly under Lin Zhengran's guidance.
• Pan Lin told Jiang Jingshi that Jiang Corporation wanted her at meetings next week and suggested her sister Qian Qian take on some responsibilities after the exams.
• Jiang Jingshi admitted she no longer wanted to spend her free time alone and kept wondering when Lin Zhengran would contact her.
• Lin Zhengran messaged Jiang Jingshi that he would visit the company in two days to discuss the documents she had sent him.
• Jiang Jingshi moved the afternoon meeting earlier and planned to shop for clothes and jewelry before Lin Zhengran arrived.

After only two days back in her southern hometown, He Qing missed Lin Zhengran so much that she packed her bags and decided to travel back early. Lin Zhengran agreed to meet her that night and help her find a hotel near his home.

• He Qing sent Lin Zhengran more than forty messages over three days, saying she missed him and wanted to return before the planned week was over.
• Lin Zhengran called He Qing, and they switched to a video call after she admitted she was afraid to hang up on him.
• He Qing showed Lin Zhengran the suitcase she had secretly packed after waking shortly after two in the morning, including Sticky Bean Buns her mother had made.
• He Qing said she wanted to stay at a hotel near Lin Zhengran and hinted that he could visit her at night.
• Lin Zhengran agreed to meet He Qing at the station and help her find a hotel, and He Qing went to tell her mother before taking the bus.

Little He Qing persuaded her mother to let her travel to The North to see Lin Zhengran, then left home with her suitcase. Her mother accepted how devoted she was to him and asked her to bring gifts for Lin Zhengran’s parents.

• Little He Qing asked her mother to let her go to The North that day, and her mother agreed after learning she had already packed for the trip.
• Little He Qing changed into a skirt and top, hid two pairs of White Stockings in her suitcase, and told Maternal Grandmother she was leaving.
• Little He Qing skipped breakfast and left home with her suitcase after promising her mother she would buy gifts for Aunt Lin and uncle Lin.
• He Qing's Mother asked whether Lin Zhengran still treated her well, and Little He Qing said he was especially good to her.
• Little He Qing said goodbye and sent Lin Zhengran a message as she left.