Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jingshi secretly contacted Lin Zhengran as his supposed fiancée and arranged to meet him on the fifth, while Jiang Xueli prepared for an expanded music competition with Lin Zhengran’s help. By the day before the competition, they had finished two songs, and Jiang Xueli was looking forward to winning first place and going on a date with Lin Zhengran.

• Jiang Jingshi added Lin Zhengran using an alternate account, teased him as his fiancée, and arranged to meet on the fifth despite his protests.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli learned the competition had expanded to feature original songs, celebrity judges, a Little New Star Chart, and larger prizes.
• Jiang Xueli panicked about writing two original songs, so Lin Zhengran helped her plan and polish them over the next three days.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli completed “Whale” and an adapted version of “You Are My Star” for the competition.
• Jiang Xueli hugged Lin Zhengran and thanked him for staying with her, then grew embarrassed when she mistook his touch on her twin ponytails for a romantic advance.
• The next day, Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli prepared to begin the music competition.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli arrived at a large music competition, where they learned that only fifty of 530 contestants would advance to the Little New Star Chart. Jiang Jingshi recognized Lin Zhengran and warned him about the strict elimination rounds, while Jiang Xueli prepared to compete; the chapter ended as the judges and Jiang Jingshi began their opening remarks.

• Lin Zhengran gave a nervous Jiang Xueli candy on the way to the competition venue.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli learned that the crowded venue held 530 contestants and that at least half of their studio's twenty singers had to survive the elimination round.
• Jiang Jingshi approached Lin Zhengran, greeted him warmly, and told him only fifty contestants would advance after two rounds.
• Lin Zhengran explained to Jiang Xueli how he had met Jiang Jingshi and described defeating her team in the Taekwondo competition.
• Lin Zhengran wished Jiang Xueli luck and briefly held her hand, making her flustered and eager to compete.
• Jiang Jingshi, Shi Di, and Lun Jie took the stage to give their opening remarks before the competition began.

Jiang Xueli impressed the judges with her song “Whale” and advanced directly to the top fifty, while Lin Zhengran grew suspicious of the unusually large number of New Star Studio contestants who qualified. After turning down Jiang Xueli’s dinner invitation, Lin Zhengran received the address for his meeting with the Mystery Person.

• Jiang Xueli performed “Whale,” earning praise from the judges and an automatic place in the top fifty without entering the second elimination round.
• Jiang Xueli’s studio members failed to qualify, while twenty contestants from Jiang Jingshi’s team and fifteen from New Star Studio made the final fifty.
• Lin Zhengran questioned whether New Star Studio’s fifteen qualifiers were truly good enough and told Jiang Xueli to prepare her song “Stars” for the next day.
• Jiang Xueli invited Lin Zhengran to dinner, but he declined because he had a meeting with someone whose identity he did not know.
• After Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli parted ways, the Mystery Person sent him the meeting address and arranged to meet at seven that evening.

Jiang Qian and Fang Meng investigated Jiang Jingshi’s movements to find her blind date with Lin Zhengran, while Jiang Jingshi met Lin Zhengran at her cat café and treated him to dinner. Their conversation ended with Jiang Jingshi asking whether he had noticed anything strange about the day’s competition.

• Jiang Qian had Fang Meng combine thirty-seven employees’ accounts of Jiang Jingshi’s National Day schedule and set out to find her before she met Lin Zhengran.
• Lin Zhengran followed the blind-date address to Jiang Jingshi’s cat café, where he recognized the older cat he had once rescued.
• Jiang Jingshi teased Lin Zhengran about being her fiancé and said she had become curious about him, even as their projects put them in competition again.
• Several cats rushed into Jiang Jingshi’s arms, causing her to fall into Lin Zhengran’s embrace just as a staff member entered and saw them.
• Jiang Jingshi cooked steak for Lin Zhengran, then asked whether he had noticed anything unusual at the music competition.

Lin Zhengran warned Jiang Jingshi that suspicious judging results could be part of a scheme to damage her reputation and Jiang Corporation. After he left, Jiang Jingshi admitted she had grown fond of him, while Jiang Qian arrived.

• Lin Zhengran told Jiang Jingshi that New Star's unusually high number of advancing singers and her own team's pass rate suggested the competition might be rigged to frame her.
• Jiang Jingshi considered how Jiang Cheng and Shi Di could be involved in a plot that would ruin her credibility and harm Jiang Corporation.
• Jiang Jingshi offered Lin Zhengran a place by her side and said she hoped they would be partners rather than enemies, but he declined to follow anyone.
• Lin Zhengran left for home after arranging to meet Jiang Jingshi for another meal, and she watched his taxi depart.
• Jiang Jingshi confessed that Lin Zhengran was the first boy who had made her feel shy, just as Jiang Qian's Rolls Royce arrived.

Jiang Qian confronted Jiang Jingshi after discovering she had met Lin Zhengran, and the sisters argued over their competing claims to him. The confrontation ended with Jiang Jingshi revealing that Lin Zhengran had held her, leaving Jiang Qian furious.

• Jiang Qian arrived with Fang Meng and challenged Jiang Jingshi for deliberately keeping her away from the pet shop and Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Jingshi and Jiang Qian argued over their childhood promise, their dates with Lin Zhengran, and whether either sister had a right to claim him.
• Jiang Jingshi declared that she liked Lin Zhengran and intended to marry him, while Jiang Qian insisted she would not let them be together.
• The sisters' argument drifted into old childhood grievances before Jiang Qian demanded that Jiang Jingshi stop meeting Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Qian noticed Jiang Jingshi's faded lipstick, and Jiang Jingshi said it had rubbed onto Lin Zhengran's shoulder when he held her, enraging Jiang Qian.

Jiang Jingshi exposed Jiang Cheng’s scheme to rig the music competition and restored its real rankings, while Lin Zhengran helped Jiang Xueli enter the Little New Star Chart. As the contestants began a half-month public voting period, Jiang Jingshi left still reluctant to part from Lin Zhengran.

• After learning the competition might have been manipulated, Jiang Jingshi investigated Jiang Cheng, consulted Lun Jie, and had Lin Zhengran verify the genuine advancement list.
• Jiang Jingshi staged a fake chart and fake votes to mislead Jiang Cheng, while Jiang Xueli worried about her apparent low ranking and Lin Zhengran explained the trap.
• After the fake chart sparked a planted rigging scandal, Jiang Jingshi confronted Jiang Cheng with evidence, accused him of conspiring with another company, and said she had called the police.
• The real list of fifty advancing contestants was published, and the Little New Star Chart voting period was extended to half a month; Jiang Xueli found herself ranked in the top twenty.
• Lin Zhengran promised to take Jiang Xueli to the zoo after the results, and Jiang Jingshi thanked him before leaving while privately wishing she did not have to say goodbye.

Lin Zhengran agreed to take Jiang Xueli on a movie date, then received a system report about his recent martial-world adventure and met Han Wenwen in a fox-spirit outfit. The chapter ended with Han Wenwen teasing him after she tried—and failed—to cook chicken cutlets.

• Jiang Xueli asked Lin Zhengran to go on a date, and he promised to take her to a movie the next day and to the zoo after the competition results came out.
• The system recounted Lin Zhengran’s martial-world contest, his meeting with the Empress of the Imperial City, and his rejection of her invitation to stay by her side.
• Lin Zhengran learned that his attributes had increased and his Spiritual Energy Level had reached fifty-seven.
• After receiving messages from Han Wenwen, Lin Zhengran went to her Rental House and found her dressed in Hanfu, trying to fry chicken cutlets.
• Han Wenwen offered Lin Zhengran a burnt piece of chicken, then joked that she had dressed like a fox spirit to seduce him.

Lin Zhengran visited Han Wenwen, who confessed how much she had missed him and grew jealous after detecting another girl's scent on him. She asked him to limit the number of girlfriends he might have and promised to keep their relationship secret, leaving him to reassure her that he would always spoil her most.

• Han Wenwen teased Lin Zhengran about spending the night with her, then listened as he told his mother he would eat out and return late.
• Lin Zhengran told Han Wenwen that Jiang Xueli was his girlfriend, and Han Wenwen grew jealous while he tended to a scrape on her finger.
• Han Wenwen embraced Lin Zhengran, told him she had missed him, and asked him to join her in a future gaming competition.
• Han Wenwen used her keen sense of smell to identify Jiang Xueli's scent on Lin Zhengran and questioned him about another girl he had helped.
• Han Wenwen asked Lin Zhengran how many girlfriends he wanted at most, and he answered seven before promising she would remain the person he spoiled most.
• Han Wenwen said she kept their relationship secret because she considered herself Lin Zhengran's special, hidden Little Fox.

Lin Zhengran teased Han Wenwen at her Rental House, then shared dinner with her before leaving for home. The next morning, he met Jiang Xueli for their planned movie date and took her toward the City Center for breakfast.

• Han Wenwen flirted with Lin Zhengran, and he playfully pretended to accept her offer to be his dinner before reassuring her he was only teasing.
• Lin Zhengran and Han Wenwen bought food, ate together at the Rental House, and agreed he would leave some clothes there and stay overnight the following week.
• Han Wenwen learned Lin Zhengran would spend the next day watching a movie with Jiang Xueli and accepted that he would keep time for each of his girlfriends.
• After Lin Zhengran left, Jiang Xueli stayed awake all night from excitement about their date, then got ready the next morning.
• Lin Zhengran met Jiang Xueli at the crossroads and took her by taxi to the City Center to find breakfast before the movie.

Jiang Xueli and Lin Zhengran went on their first date, where she eagerly tried to create romantic moments while he quietly made plans around her exhaustion. After she fell asleep during their first movie, Lin Zhengran revealed he had also bought tickets for the romance movie she wanted, and they headed to the cinema hand in hand.

• Jiang Xueli ordered an oversized couples' breakfast and happily shared its joined-straw drink with Lin Zhengran.
• Jiang Xueli and Lin Zhengran watched an early movie, but she fell asleep shortly after it began and missed the whole screening.
• After the movie, Jiang Xueli and Lin Zhengran wandered through the streets and talked about their closeness and how happy they felt together.
• Lin Zhengran held Jiang Xueli's hand and revealed that he had bought tickets for the ten-thirty romance movie she wanted to see.
• Jiang Xueli happily agreed to watch the romance movie, and Lin Zhengran led her toward the cinema.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Xueli went on a movie date, but Jiang Xueli fell asleep in the theater again before kissing him goodbye. He then joined Han Wenwen and Little He Qing at Han’s rental, where Little He Qing noticed a pair of men’s slippers and was left alone with Lin Zhengran.

• Jiang Xueli and Lin Zhengran touched noses at the theater entrance to win popcorn, then she fell asleep during the movie again.
• Jiang Xueli kissed Lin Zhengran on the neck before leaving, while Little He Qing and Han Wenwen watched from nearby.
• Han Wenwen invited Lin Zhengran to her rental with Little He Qing, and they went there together.
• Little He Qing spotted men’s slippers in Han Wenwen’s room, and Han Wenwen claimed they were a freebie she had barely used.
• Han Wenwen went into the bathroom to change, leaving Little He Qing alone with Lin Zhengran as she offered to heat their food.

Lin Zhengran comforted He Qing over his date and kiss with Jiang Xueli, then shared an affectionate moment with Han Wenwen while her jealousy surfaced as well. The three girls remained caught between accepting their shared relationship and feeling jealous of one another.

• He Qing asked Lin Zhengran about his date with Jiang Xueli, and he told her they had watched a movie and only held hands.
• Lin Zhengran comforted He Qing, who admitted she could accept him dating both girls but felt hurt when Jiang Xueli kissed him.
• He Qing hugged Lin Zhengran, kissed his neck, and was interrupted before she could kiss him again when Han Wenwen came out of the bathroom.
• After He Qing went to the restroom, Han Wenwen confessed she was jealous of Lin Zhengran’s closeness with both girls, and he held and comforted her.
• Han Wenwen smelled the traces of He Qing and Jiang Xueli on Lin Zhengran, then asked him to kiss her and made a suggestive offer that he rebuked with a head flick.

Lin Zhengran bit Han Wenwen’s neck, leaving her flustered while He Qing remained unaware. After the three friends ate and talked about sharing Lin Zhengran and competing for his first kiss, Jiang Xueli joined them at the crossroads before they headed back to school.

• Lin Zhengran bit Han Wenwen’s neck, and she curled up on the bed to hide her reaction when He Qing returned from the bathroom.
• He Qing fussed over Lin Zhengran during their hot pot meal, while Han Wenwen watched and teased her.
• While Lin Zhengran was in the bathroom, He Qing told Han Wenwen she wanted to claim his first kiss before Jiang Xueli did.
• He Qing and Han Wenwen discussed Han Wenwen’s life and joked about her becoming another of Lin Zhengran’s girlfriends before play-fighting on the floor.
• Lin Zhengran returned home to collect his things, and Jiang Xueli joined him, He Qing, and Han Wenwen at the crossroads as they prepared to go to school together.

Lin Zhengran helped He Qing and Jiang Xueli reconnect as friends, while Jiang Jingshi investigated the Little New Star Chart and uncovered Pan Cheng Electronics’ role in the earlier attack. After seeing Jiang Xueli climb to third place, Jiang Jingshi suspected her studio might soon face trouble and contacted Lin Zhengran to discuss it.

• He Qing and Jiang Xueli awkwardly reunited, then laughed together over Han Wenwen’s bitter, fishy lollipops and settled back into their old friendship.
• At Jiang Qian’s piano performance, Jiang Jingshi learned that Jiang Xueli had surged into the Little New Star Chart’s top three and left to investigate.
• Jiang Jingshi reviewed the chart and found Jiang Xueli’s song drawing strong praise and votes, putting second place at risk.
• Jiang Jingshi learned that Pan Cheng Electronics had arranged the earlier public-opinion attack and was now interested in the chart.
• Jiang Jingshi messaged Lin Zhengran about meeting, then warned him that Jiang Xueli’s studio might soon run into trouble.

Jiang Xueli’s song surged to first place on the Little New Star Chart, while Jiang Jingshi worried about her studio’s prospects and arranged to meet Lin Zhengran. Lin Zhengran left school to meet Jiang Jingshi, and the chapter ended as he joined her in the Rolls Royce.

• Jiang Jingshi arranged to postpone a work meeting so she could meet Lin Zhengran on Wednesday.
• Jiang Xueli heard students praising “You Are My Star,” discovered it had climbed to second place, and told Lin Zhengran about its success.
• Jiang Jingshi worried that Jiang Xueli’s rising song would hurt her studio’s plans for the livestream competition.
• Jiang Xueli’s song overtook the previous leader on Wednesday afternoon and became number one on the chart.
• Lin Zhengran took leave from PE Class and told Jiang Xueli, He Qing, and Han Wenwen he was going to meet a friend.
• Lin Zhengran left school and joined Jiang Jingshi in her Rolls Royce.

Jiang Jingshi told Lin Zhengran that Pan Cheng Electronics might target Jiang Xueli's studio and proposed that they start a new studio together, with Lin Zhengran as general manager. Their discussion was interrupted by news that something had happened to Jiang Xueli's studio.

• Jiang Jingshi took Lin Zhengran to her music studio, where she showed him information linking Pan Cheng Electronics to the previous music competition scandal.
• Jiang Jingshi warned that Pan Cheng Electronics might try to acquire or pressure Jiang Xueli's studio because of its emerging talent.
• Jiang Jingshi revealed that she had once tried to acquire Jiang Xueli's studio and proposed opening a new studio with Lin Zhengran instead.
• Jiang Jingshi offered to provide the funding while Lin Zhengran provided the people, with him holding more shares and becoming general manager when ready.
• A staff member knocked and told Jiang Jingshi that something had happened to the studio she had been monitoring.

Lin Zhengran and Jiang Jingshi discovered that Pan Cheng Electronics had pressured Sister Wang into closing her studio by threatening her with intimate videos and a copyright lawsuit. After agreeing to start a studio with Jiang Jingshi, Lin Zhengran left to deal with the evidence and the lawsuit himself, planning to resolve the crisis by the next morning.

• Jiang Jingshi learned that Sister Wang's studio had closed and Jiang Xueli's song had been removed from the Little New Star Chart, so she suspended the chart.
• Lin Zhengran agreed to become Jiang Jingshi's business partner after the crisis was resolved, and they went to Sister Wang's home to investigate.
• Sister Wang explained that Pan Cheng Electronics had sent intimate videos, a recording, and a lawyer's letter to force her to sell the studio and remove Jiang Xueli's songs.
• Lin Zhengran decided to handle the crisis himself rather than have Jiang Jingshi pay the large sum needed to protect the studio.
• Lin Zhengran returned to school, took leave from evening study, and planned to destroy the videos and persuade two singers to drop the copyright lawsuit.

Lin Zhengran used his abilities to break into Pan Cheng Electronics and uncover evidence connected to the company’s harassment video and plagiarism lawsuit. After stealing the video drive, contracts, and other files, he set out to find the two people who had joined the company.

• Lin Zhengran used his strength to travel across the rooftops and reached Pan Cheng Electronics in about ten minutes.
• Lin Zhengran made a program that disabled the company’s surveillance cameras, then entered the building by persuading a female supervisor to let him into the security booth.
• Lin Zhengran picked the lock on the deputy general manager’s office and deleted the harassment video from the computer.
• Lin Zhengran tore open a safe and took the original video drive, another drive containing locked files, and contracts with the two employees involved in the plagiarism case.
• Lin Zhengran found the employees’ onboarding documents and home addresses, then left Pan Cheng Electronics with the evidence and planned to visit them.

Lin Zhengran secretly removed Liu Yong’s evidence and brought two former studio workers and their Pan Cheng contracts to Jiang Jingshi’s warehouse. The copyright dispute and harassment threat were resolved, while Jiang Jingshi grew more curious about Lin Zhengran.

• Liu Yong discovered that the video files on his computer and the safe containing confidential materials were missing, and learned that the previous night’s surveillance footage could not be retrieved.
• Lin Zhengran and Jiang Jingshi found the two workers who had accused the studio of plagiarism locked in the warehouse, along with their Pan Cheng Company contracts.
• The workers explained that Pan Cheng Company had pressured them to sue the studio, and Sister Wang agreed to pay them and rewrite their copyright contract.
• Jiang Jingshi advised the workers to announce their consensual relationship before the harassment videos were posted, and Lin Zhengran urged them to act quickly and sign new contracts.
• Sister Wang hurried to handle the announcements and contracts, while Jiang Jingshi suspected Lin Zhengran had arranged the mysterious turn of events.