Chapter Summaries

Chabashira announced that the former Class D had earned 500 Class Points and risen to Class C, while Horikita rallied the class to keep striving for Class A. After class, Bai Ye encouraged the girls to befriend Horikita, then took her away to talk.

• Chabashira announced the class had earned 500 points and moved up to Class C, ten points ahead of Class D.
• Horikita urged her classmates not to accept being treated as failures, and Sudo's outburst helped restore their confidence.
• Classmates speculated that Bai Ye had influenced Horikita, but he denied teaching her what to say.
• Girls gathered around Horikita after class, and Bai Ye encouraged them to befriend her.
• Bai Ye dismissed the girls and led Horikita out of the classroom by the hand.

Bai Ye encouraged Horikita to practice socializing while reassuring her that he wanted her to be happy and still hoped she would reserve her truest self for him. After she agreed to talk to her classmates with Wang Meiyu’s help, Horikita said she would trust him and wait for him to marry her.

• Bai Ye explained that Horikita should make friends to improve her social skills, and admitted he felt jealous but wanted her to be happy.
• Bai Ye and Horikita discussed her bluntness toward Sudo, then shared an intimate moment together.
• Horikita agreed to talk to her classmates and asked Bai Ye to help, so he suggested Wang Meiyu accompany her.
• Bai Ye raised the possibility of a future breakup, and Horikita said she trusted him and would wait for him to marry her.

After Chabashira revealed that seven students risked expulsion because of their poor quiz scores, Bai Ye and Horikita tutored Sato at the library. Sato found Bai Ye’s personalized teaching effective and unexpectedly began to enjoy studying, though she doubted she could keep it up without him.

• Chabashira announced the class’s low quiz average and warned that seven students, including the Three Idiots, would have faced expulsion on an official test; Koenji and Bai Ye ranked near the top.
• Yamauchi questioned Bai Ye’s high score, and the girls defended him while the class continued to shun Yamauchi for spreading rumors about him.
• After school, Sato asked Bai Ye to tutor her, and he proposed that he and Horikita teach her together.
• At the library, Horikita began tutoring Sato, then switched places with Bai Ye when Sato struggled with her explanations.
• Bai Ye tailored his explanations to Sato’s understanding, helping her become absorbed in studying and realize that learning could be enjoyable.

Bai Ye tutors Sato with Horikita and later introduces Horikita to Wang Meiyu, whom she accepts as a little sister. Horikita grows more comfortable with Wang Meiyu and Bai Ye, but flees his room in embarrassment after he teases her while touching her feet.

• Bai Ye convinces Horikita to try his teaching method with Sato, and Sato agrees to meet them for another study session the next day.
• After Sato leaves, Horikita tells Bai Ye she suspects Sato likes him, but accepts his explanation that it is not serious.
• Bai Ye introduces Horikita to Wang Meiyu, and Horikita reassures her before the two gradually become friends.
• After Wang Meiyu leaves, Bai Ye tells Horikita a joke that makes her laugh, and she sits beside him to read.
• Horikita lets Bai Ye rest her legs on his lap, but when he teases her after touching her bare feet, she blushes and hurries out of his room.

Bai Ye and Horikita spent the night together, easing her fear that he would leave her and deepening their relationship. As Class C faced harassment from Class D under Ryuen Kakeru, Bai Ye considered how to handle the threat while staying within school rules.

• Horikita told Bai Ye she feared he would break up with her, then invited him to her room to prove his commitment.
• Bai Ye and Horikita spent the night together, and she felt reassured the next morning.
• Bai Ye realized that strengthening his bond with Horikita mattered more than their formal relationship status.
• Bai Ye learned that Class D was harassing Class C and that Ryuen Kakeru ruled the class through violent tactics and surveillance.
• Bai Ye dismissed Ryuen as a thug but decided against confronting him or bringing a firearm to school.

Bai Ye met Kushida on the rooftop, where he gave her 300,000 points after she complained that he had been ignoring her, and he sent the same amount to Horikita and Wang Meiyu. Later, Ichinose asked him to help with a favor, but their awkward conversation ended with Bai Ye leaving and Ichinose deciding she might still have a chance with him.

• Bai Ye left lunch with Kushida and met her on the rooftop, where she asked whether he was pretending to pursue Horikita.
• Kushida angrily stepped on Bai Ye's foot, and he transferred 300,000 points to her before leaving.
• Bai Ye also transferred 300,000 points to Horikita and Wang Meiyu, then bought and ate a boxed meal.
• Ichinose ran after Bai Ye and asked him for help, but he guessed she wanted him to pretend to be her boyfriend.
• Ichinose became flustered and asked what Bai Ye thought of her, while he told her to see the nurse and walked away.
• Ichinose decided that Bai Ye's goodbye meant they would meet again and that she still had a chance with him.

Bai Ye met Kushida and later joined Sato, Horikita, and Karuizawa for karaoke, where Karuizawa repeatedly brushed against him before asking to discuss her past. He refused to hear it, then told her he already knew about her past.

• Kushida thanked Bai Ye for transferring her points, kissed his cheek, and left.
• Sato invited Bai Ye and Horikita to karaoke, where they met Karuizawa.
• Karuizawa repeatedly brushed against Bai Ye during the gathering and then asked him to speak with her outside.
• Karuizawa asked Bai Ye to hear about her past, but he refused and said he was not interested in her.
• Bai Ye told Karuizawa that he already knew about her past.

Bai Ye confronted Karuizawa about her past, and after forcibly kissing her to stop her from shouting, learned she wanted him to be her boyfriend for protection. He refused romance but agreed to be her buddy, and they returned to the private room with Karuizawa hiding what had happened.

• Bai Ye told Karuizawa he knew about her past, and she panicked and tried to flee.
• Bai Ye restrained Karuizawa and kissed her to quiet her; she stopped resisting and hugged him before he pushed her away.
• Karuizawa asked Jingu to be her boyfriend and threatened to tell his girlfriend about the kiss if he refused.
• Bai Ye declined to date Karuizawa but offered to be her buddy, and she agreed.
• Karuizawa told Sato and Horikita that she had twisted her ankle and Jingu had helped her, concealing the real reason they were delayed.

At lunchtime, Karuizawa tried to take Bai Ye to eat, prompting Horikita to intervene and question her motives. Horikita trusted Bai Ye, ate with him, and said she would wait for him in the classroom after school while he finished Student Council work.

• Karuizawa took Bai Ye's hand and tried to lead him to lunch, but Horikita grabbed her wrist and demanded to know what she was doing.
• Bai Ye admitted Karuizawa was more or less his good friend and pulled his hand free, then Horikita led both of them out of the classroom.
• Karuizawa told Horikita and Bai Ye she wanted to get closer to Jingu for protection, while Horikita suspected she also wanted to come between them.
• Horikita let Karuizawa leave and told Bai Ye she trusted him, then invited him to eat with her.
• Bai Ye and Horikita shared food in the cafeteria, and Horikita told him she would wait for him in the classroom after school.

Bai Ye found Horikita waiting for him after a long evening of Student Council work, and the two shared a quiet, intimate moment as she opened up about wanting to travel with him. After Horikita surprised him in the classroom, they left together, with Bai Ye carrying her in his arms.

• Horikita Manabu assigned Bai Ye difficult Student Council work, keeping him busy until evening.
• Bai Ye found Horikita waiting in the classroom and held her while she leaned against him.
• Horikita asked Bai Ye about his future and suggested they travel together to see the world.
• Horikita asked Bai Ye whether she was beautiful and began undressing, leaving him unsure how to describe what happened afterward.
• Horikita told Bai Ye she wanted to try new things and thought he would like her surprise.
• Bai Ye took Horikita's hand and carried her bridal-style as they walked away together.