Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xueli awkwardly denied liking Lin Zhengran, then invited him home to show him her treasured collection of singing materials. After hearing her sing and encouraging her musical ambitions, Lin Zhengran left with Jiang Xueli declaring she might marry him someday out of pity.

• Jiang Xueli admitted in class that she liked Lin Zhengran, leaving their classmates embarrassed and speechless.
• Jiang Xueli met Lin Zhengran on Saturday and insisted that her classroom confession had not meant she really liked him.
• Jiang Xueli showed Lin Zhengran her handmade collection of music knowledge, and he gained two levels from examining it.
• Jiang Xueli sang for Lin Zhengran, who praised her talent and encouraged her to pursue becoming a pop star.
• Jiang Xueli saw Lin Zhengran home and said she would marry him someday only because she pitied him.

Jiang Xueli walked Lin Zhengran home and met his parents, who worried that his relationships with her and He Qing might become complicated. Two months later, Lin Zhengran reached Fifth Grade and unlocked a new ability threshold, and by sixth grade He Qing and Han Wenwen planned to attend the Lianxin Festival.

• Jiang Xueli told Lin Zhengran she would marry him, then walked him to his house and greeted his parents.
• Lin Xiaoli and Lin Yingjun worried that Lin Zhengran's future marriage would be complicated by Jiang Xueli and He Qing.
• Little He Qing asked Lin Zhengran about the girl she heard at his house, and he explained that Jiang Xueli was a classmate he had helped.
• Lin Zhengran broke through level thirty spiritual energy in Fifth Grade and unlocked Medium Limit, which enhanced his abilities at set values.
• In sixth grade, He Qing asked Han Wenwen to sneak out with her and hang red strings at the Lianxin Festival.

He Qing and Han Wenwen visited the Lianxin Festival, where they tied wishes to the Heart's Desire Tree and joked about their future partners. Han Wenwen drew a plaque bearing the surname Lin, the same as He Qing's childhood friend, while their Red Strings twisted together in the wind.

• He Qing met Han Wenwen, and they walked to the Lianxin Festival while teasing each other about He Qing's childhood friend.
• Han Wenwen told He Qing that she had received three love letters, then rejected a boy who confessed to her along the way.
• At the Heart's Desire Tree, He Qing wished to meet her childhood friend and be together forever, while Han Wenwen wished for a future partner who understood her.
• Han Wenwen drew a plaque marked with the surname Lin, which matched He Qing's childhood friend's surname.
• The girls continued through the festival as their Red Strings twisted together in the wind.

Lin Zhengran guided Jiang Xueli’s singing development and helped her prepare for a chance to enter a child star studio, while He Qing called him from afar. The chapter ended with Jiang Xueli learning that He Qing was Lin Zhengran’s childhood sweetheart and protesting that the title should belong to her.

• Han Wenwen asked He Qing which school she planned to apply to, and He Qing said she would ask Lin Zhengran.
• He Qing called Lin Zhengran, but he asked her to wait while he walked Jiang Xueli downstairs.
• The chapter recounted how Lin Zhengran formed a bond of fortune with Jiang Xueli and spent the past year teaching her to sing.
• Lin Zhengran told Jiang Xueli to prepare for the middle school’s New Student Evening Gala as a chance to be noticed by a child star studio.
• Jiang Xueli asked about He Qing, and Lin Zhengran called her his childhood sweetheart, prompting Jiang Xueli to claim the title for herself.

After walking Jiang Xueli home, Lin Zhengran went to buy singing materials and met Han Wenwen, a girl who had just arrived in town. While waiting for the bus, they rescued a kitten together and introduced themselves, leaving Han Wenwen wondering whether fate had brought them together.

• Jiang Xueli got angry when Lin Zhengran mentioned another Childhood Sweetheart, but asked him to walk her home before he called He Qing.
• Lin Zhengran went to the mall to buy music materials for teaching Jiang Xueli, where he ran into a fox-like girl who asked him for directions to No. 1 Middle School.
• Lin Zhengran and the girl crossed paths again at the bus stop, where he recognized her name as Han Wenwen, He Qing's best friend.
• Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen worked together to rescue a kitten stranded in a snowy tree.
• Han Wenwen introduced herself to Lin Zhengran and wondered whether their chance meeting fulfilled the Lianxin Festival's promise of fate.

After years of counting down to seeing Lin Zhengran again, He Qing learned her enrollment would be delayed by a month and proposed they travel toward each other to meet halfway. Lin Zhengran reluctantly set off south while He Qing headed north, both staying in contact as they traveled.

• After winter passed, He Qing counted down the days until she could attend Middle School with Lin Zhengran, while Aunt He encouraged her to keep him close.
• He Qing called Lin Zhengran in tears to explain that a problem with her enrollment would delay her return by a month.
• He Qing proposed that she and Lin Zhengran travel toward each other and meet halfway, but Lin Zhengran initially refused because the journey was risky.
• After He Qing pleaded with him, Lin Zhengran told his parents he was going to find her and boarded a vehicle heading south.
• He Qing told Aunt He she was staying overnight with Han Wenwen, then boarded a vehicle heading north with the desserts she had made for Lin Zhengran.
• Because He Qing had never traveled far alone, she stayed on the phone with Lin Zhengran and followed his instructions.

Little He Qing traveled alone to New Spring to meet Lin Zhengran after four years, relying on his directions to reach the bus station. They reunited, where Lin Zhengran scolded her for lying and traveling unprepared, then took her to find dinner and lodging.

• Little He Qing admitted she had only just gotten a taxi, and Lin Zhengran guided her through buying tickets and changing buses.
• Little He Qing arrived at New Spring Grand Bus Station at four-thirty and waited at the service desk as Lin Zhengran instructed.
• Lin Zhengran found Little He Qing, and both were struck by how much the other had changed since they last met.
• Lin Zhengran scolded and flicked Little He Qing on the head for lying and making the trip without knowing how to travel alone.
• Lin Zhengran took Little He Qing to find noodles and asked how she had arranged to stay out overnight.
• Little He Qing said she had told Aunt He she was staying at Wen Wen's house and explained she felt safe because she was with Lin Zhengran, prompting another scolding.

Han Wenwen covered for He Qing while He Qing reunited with Lin Zhengran, and the two spent the night together in an abandoned courtyard. After sharing her homemade chocolate and settling in beneath a blanket, He Qing fell asleep leaning against Lin Zhengran.

• Han Wenwen reassured Aunt He that He Qing was staying at her home, then encouraged He Qing to enjoy her meeting with Lin Zhengran.
• Lin Zhengran refused to take He Qing to an inn because of her age and found an abandoned courtyard where they could sleep in a scrapped car.
• He Qing gave Lin Zhengran a swan-shaped chocolate dessert she had spent months learning to make, and he praised it.
• Lin Zhengran called his parents and let He Qing speak with them before the pair prepared to sleep.
• When a spider startled He Qing, Lin Zhengran scared it away, and she moved close to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

He Qing returned home heartbroken after realizing another girl had used hand cream that left its scent on Lin Zhengran. As school began, Lin Zhengran discovered that He Qing and Jiang Xueli were in another class while Han Wenwen became his deskmate, setting up an eventful middle-school life.

• He Qing found a folded Child Star Music Studio poster in Lin Zhengran's pocket and noticed a scent on it, then later realized it was a girl's hand cream.
• He Qing returned to Han Wenwen in tears, saying she was happy with Lin Zhengran but feared another pretty girl was around him.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli checked the class placement list and found Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen in Class One, while Jiang Xueli and He Qing were in Class Three.
• Han Wenwen introduced herself to Class One, and the homeroom teacher assigned her to sit beside Lin Zhengran.
• Han Wenwen greeted Lin Zhengran by recalling that they had said they would meet again if fate allowed.

Lin Zhengran endured Han Wenwen’s month-long observation at middle school before she filled her notebook and stopped watching him. Han Wenwen recalled how she had agreed to observe him for He Qing, then realized that He Qing’s childhood sweetheart was the same Lin Zhengran she had been studying.

• Han Wenwen openly watched Lin Zhengran at school and recorded his habits and interactions in her Little Notebook.
• After more than half a month, Han Wenwen filled the notebook, praised Lin Zhengran, and told him she would stop observing him.
• Han Wenwen recalled He Qing worrying about other girls near Lin Zhengran and urging her to help secure He Qing’s childhood sweetheart.
• He Qing gave Han Wenwen a childhood photo and told her Lin Zhengran’s name, and Han Wenwen recognized him as the boy she had seen beneath the bus stop.

Han Wenwen welcomed Little He Qing to town middle school and showed her the Little Notebook about Lin Zhengran. When Little He Qing went to meet him at the school gate, she and Jiang Xueli arrived at the same time, leaving the four teens frozen around a crossroads.

• Han Wenwen reflected on how compatible she and Lin Zhengran seemed and told Little He Qing over the phone that she had handled what she promised.
• Han Wenwen picked up Little He Qing and Aunt He at the station, then helped them settle into the dormitory as Aunt He reminded her daughter to mind her manners when visiting Lin Zhengran's family.
• After Aunt He left, Han Wenwen teased Little He Qing about her choice of gege and brought her back to the dormitory to read the Little Notebook.
• Little He Qing decided to meet Lin Zhengran at the school gate on Sunday, while Jiang Xueli kept sneezing at home and wondered whether she had caught a cold.
• Lin Zhengran took the bus back to school and answered Jiang Xueli's call; she waited for him at the gate while Little He Qing and Han Wenwen arrived too.
• Little He Qing and Jiang Xueli stepped forward to greet Lin Zhengran together, recognized each other as the girl who had been by his side, and stopped in place as Han Wenwen arrived.

Lin Zhengran walked with Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen as the girls navigated an awkward week of sharing his company and the same class. During a cleaning assignment, Jiang Xueli and He Qing began to cooperate, but their moment over a blackboard eraser was interrupted by the class monitor.

• Lin Zhengran asked He Qing when she had arrived, and she said she had come the previous day with her mother and invited him to visit or call her.
• Jiang Xueli told Lin Zhengran she had arrived shortly after noon, while Han Wenwen laughed at the group's awkward atmosphere.
• At the Teaching Building, Lin Zhengran parted from Jiang Xueli and He Qing, then Han Wenwen teased him about his connection with both girls and called him unusually mature.
• For more than a week, Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen kept eating and walking to class with Lin Zhengran despite barely speaking to one another.
• During a major cleaning, Jiang Xueli and He Qing worked together; when He Qing dropped her blackboard eraser, Jiang hesitated to return it and offered to fetch a new one.
• The class monitor took the eraser from Jiang Xueli and He Qing and told them to hurry up with the cleaning.

He Qing and Jiang Xueli competed for Lin Zhengran’s time throughout the month, but Jiang Xueli’s reluctance to speak openly let He Qing gain the advantage. When Lin Zhengran chose to rest at home for the weekend, Jiang Xueli passed up a chance to join him, then faced the possibility that she was losing him.

• He Qing and Jiang Xueli began competing over Lin Zhengran, each waiting for him, bringing him snacks, and giving him food.
• Han Wenwen noticed that Jiang Xueli’s tsundere behavior repeatedly gave He Qing opportunities and that He Qing was spending more time with Lin Zhengran.
• When Lin Zhengran said he would rest at home for the weekend, He Qing asked to visit and offered to massage his shoulders, while Jiang Xueli said she would not come.
• He Qing caught up with Lin Zhengran to buy gifts, leaving Jiang Xueli behind despite Han Wenwen pointing out that she could still join them.
• Jiang Xueli watched them leave, realized she might lose, and held the movie tickets she had bought for her birthday outing with Lin Zhengran.

He Qing reunited with Lin Zhengran and spent Saturday at his home, while Jiang Xueli grew jealous and struggled to invite him to a movie for her birthday. The next morning, she decided she would finally send him a message.

• He Qing brought bananas to Lin Zhengran's home, where his parents welcomed her warmly and recalled how much Lin Zhengran had missed her.
• He Qing followed Lin Zhengran to his room and massaged his shoulders, then shared lunch with him and his parents.
• Lin Zhengran went to the mall to buy a birthday present for someone and snacks for He Qing, who spent the whole day with him before going home happy.
• Jiang Xueli played guitar and worried about Lin Zhengran spending the day with He Qing, then hesitated all night over inviting him to a movie for her birthday.
• The next morning, Jiang Xueli stared at her phone and movie tickets before deciding to send Lin Zhengran a message.

On her birthday, Jiang Xueli overcame her fear of rejection and asked Lin Zhengran to go to the movies with her. Lin Zhengran accepted, leaving her stunned and delighted.

• Jiang Xueli hesitated to send Lin Zhengran a birthday message and practiced asking him to the movies in front of the mirror.
• Jiang Xueli read that an extreme tsundere might lose the person they loved, then imagined Lin Zhengran and He Qing marrying while she watched from afar.
• Jiang Xueli saw a couple celebrating their upcoming wedding and ran to find Lin Zhengran, determined to ask him directly how he felt.
• Jiang Xueli asked Lin Zhengran to go to the movies with her, then nervously tried to claim she had only found the tickets.
• Lin Zhengran took the tickets and agreed to go, saying it could count as half a birthday present.

Lin Zhengran celebrated Jiang Xueli’s birthday by giving her headphones and spending the day with her, including a movie that she slept through. After they parted, Jiang Xueli happily went home with the memory of their day together.

• Jiang Xueli asked how Lin Zhengran knew her birthday, and he explained that he had remembered her information and bought her a present.
• Lin Zhengran gave Jiang Xueli a pair of over-ear headphones and said the gift was to encourage her as she planned to enter the singing industry.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli went to the cinema, where Jiang Xueli fell asleep shortly after the movie began and woke after it had ended.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli spent the rest of the day together, and she gave him a large piece of birthday cake when they parted.
• Jiang Xueli watched Lin Zhengran leave, then cheerfully skipped home while singing.

Lin Zhengran overheard that Han Wenwen’s uncle’s pregnant fiancée wanted Han Wenwen to leave their home after middle school, revealing the girl’s difficult family circumstances. Han Wenwen kept her composure, while Lin Zhengran recognized that she was hiding how much the conversation had hurt her; later, Jiang Xueli received birthday gifts from Han Wenwen and He Qing at school.

• Lin Zhengran heard Han Cheng’s fiancée say that Han Wenwen could no longer live with them after graduating from middle school.
• Lin Zhengran recognized Han Wenwen as the Demonic Cult’s Enchantress, and the system presented the possibility of intervening in her situation.
• Han Wenwen met her uncle and his fiancée, then spoke with Lin Zhengran after they left without showing her distress.
• Jiang Xueli happily tried on the headphones Lin Zhengran had given her and vowed she would not lose as a heroine.
• He Qing and Han Wenwen gave Jiang Xueli birthday presents at the school gate, and Lin Zhengran noticed Han Wenwen’s apparent composure.

Lin Zhengran helped Jiang Xueli prepare for the New Student Evening Gala and planned to eventually buy Child Star Studio so he could guide her career himself. He and Jiang Xueli grew closer, leaving He Qing worried that she might lose him to her friend.

• Lin Zhengran coached Jiang Xueli's singing at her home, and she improved quickly while blushing over his presence and the blanket he used.
• A week before the competition, Lin Zhengran explained that Child Star Studio could give Jiang Xueli a platform and performance experience while he continued teaching her.
• Jiang Xueli said she would marry Lin Zhengran someday to repay him, and Lin Zhengran teased her as they walked away together.
• He Qing overheard Jiang Xueli's promise and feared she was losing Lin Zhengran, so Han Wenwen offered to help her think of a plan.

At the New Student Evening Gala, Lin Zhengran encouraged Jiang Xueli before her performance and spoke with Han Wenwen about talent, ambition, and his relationships with the girls. Jiang Xueli impressed the talent scout with her original song, leaving Han Wenwen wondering whether Lin Zhengran could help her shape her own future too.

• Lin Zhengran reassured the nervous Jiang Xueli and promised to watch her performance, giving her confidence before she went onstage.
• Han Wenwen asked Lin Zhengran about helping her become a singer, and he told her that her resourcefulness mattered more than talent alone.
• Han Wenwen pointed out that Lin Zhengran had neglected He Qing while helping Jiang Xueli, then teased him about his Childhood Sweethearts.
• Jiang Xueli performed her original song with a dazzling voice and confident stage presence, astonishing Han Wenwen and the Child Star Studio scout.
• Han Wenwen suspected Lin Zhengran had helped Jiang Xueli develop her abilities and wondered whether he could help her take control of her own life.

After Jiang Xueli impressed a talent scout with her singing, she joined Township Child Star Studio and began pursuing a career as a singer. Meanwhile, He Qing worried that Lin Zhengran was growing closer to Jiang Xueli, and Han Wenwen offered her a manual to help change their relationship.

• Jiang Xueli finished her performance and chatted with Lin Zhengran while He Qing watched them from the audience.
• The owner of Child Star Studio invited Jiang Xueli to join, and Jiang Xueli trusted Lin Zhengran to help decide whether to accept.
• After her parents investigated the offer and discussed it with her, Jiang Xueli enrolled in Township Child Star Studio.
• He Qing told Han Wenwen she feared Lin Zhengran would no longer need her as he grew closer to Jiang Xueli.
• Han Wenwen gave He Qing the He-Lin Manual, and He Qing blushed and hurriedly shut it after reading a few pages.