Recaps

Jiang Linyuan bantered with Su Muzhi, who offered to investigate the sports meet’s connection to Shen Wanyu, then prepared to compete in the three-thousand-meter race. He also replied to Yu Songsong’s messages and grew concerned that she was hiding how badly she felt after his rejection.

• Su Muzhi told Jiang Linyuan she found him interesting and offered to help him win Shen Wanyu over, while joking about possibly getting together with him afterward.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi whether the sports meet had anything special to do with Shen Wanyu, and she promised to investigate.
• Three days later, Jiang Linyuan had signed up for the three-thousand-meter race and was enjoying time away from his External Relations Department duties.
• Yu Songsong messaged Jiang Linyuan after noticing he had missed a Student Union meeting, and he told her he had signed up for the sports meet.
• Jiang Linyuan told Yu Songsong she seemed thinner and suspected she was losing weight unwillingly, but ended their exchange with a brief reply rather than comforting her.

After Jiang Linyuan turned her down, Yu Songsong struggled with her feelings and went to the Student Union gathering despite being sick. She reaffirmed her love for him, and he took her to the hospital as she insisted she would not give up on him.

• Yu Songsong asked Jiang Linyuan if he would attend the Student Union gathering, then blocked him before he could answer.
• Yu Songsong spent the day feeling ill and arrived at the gathering, where Lin Yilin noticed she had a fever.
• When Jiang Linyuan arrived, Yu Songsong told him not to speak to her because she would start crying, so he left the room.
• Jiang Linyuan returned with a sun hat, and Yu Songsong confessed that she still liked him and would not change her mind.
• Yu Songsong hugged Jiang Linyuan and asked him to take her wherever he wanted; he chose to take her to the hospital.
• As Jiang Linyuan helped her leave, Yu Songsong repeated the introduction she had given him when they first met.

Jiang Linyuan took feverish Yu Songsong to the hospital, while Lin Yilin worried about their relationship and called him to check on them. The chapter ended with Jiang Linyuan discovering that Yu Songsong’s Bad Woman Level had evolved to A.

• Yu Songsong deliriously told Jiang Linyuan she would cling to him and sabotage his relationships if he had not come, then kissed and bit him as he carried her.
• Jiang Linyuan took Yu Songsong to the hospital, leaving Lin Yilin upset; Shen Wanyu told Lin Yilin that Jiang had acted out of guilt, not romantic interest.
• Lin Yilin called Jiang Linyuan to ask about Yu Songsong, and he showed her the sleeping girl on a video call.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Lin Yilin about not trusting him, and she ended the call without learning what his relationship with Yu Songsong was.
• Jiang Linyuan saw that Yu Songsong’s Bad Woman Level had risen to A and was shocked that the card could evolve.

Yu Songsong woke up in the hospital after Jiang Linyuan brought her there, and she continued pursuing him despite his rejection. As she stayed behind to finish her IV, Jiang Linyuan planned to use Su Muzhi to deal with her advances.

• Yu Songsong woke up in the hospital, confessed that she liked Jiang Linyuan, and tried to press her forehead against his despite his warnings.
• Jiang Linyuan offered to buy Yu Songsong wontons, while she asked the nurse to slow her IV drip after learning it was her last bottle.
• Jiang Linyuan considered how Yu Songsong had become an A-Rank Card and decided to focus on Department Head and use Little Su to counter Yu Songsong.
• Jiang Linyuan returned with wontons and told Yu Songsong he had rejected her because he liked Su Muzhi.
• Yu Songsong resolved to make Jiang Linyuan like her and noticed that her IV would likely keep her in the hospital until after her dormitory closed.

After Yu Songsong gave Jiang Linyuan all her savings as rent, he sent her to her old place and went home, where his parents showed him a mysterious pink diary from his high school years. Its final message led him to wonder whether someone had secretly liked him, and he ended the chapter puzzling over the phrase “pluck grass, close.”

• Yu Songsong transferred all her savings to Jiang Linyuan as rent, but he told her to stop joking and said he was going home to sleep.
• Jiang Linyuan walked Yu Songsong to her old place, then returned to his family home in Jinling.
• Jiang Linyuan’s parents told him they had found a pink diary in his room that Jiang Zhiyao said was not hers.
• Jiang Linyuan found the diary’s dated pages were blank, but its final page wished him joy and told him to wait quietly for the flowers to bloom.
• Jiang Linyuan wondered if a high school classmate had secretly liked him and interpreted the message’s opposite as “pluck grass, close.”

Jiang Linyuan returned to school for the sports meet and learned from Su Muzhi that Shen Wanyu had kept him away from External Relations Department work because a sponsor was her old acquaintance. He called Shen Wanyu to offer his help, but she asked whether he knew how to comfort little girls.

• Jiang Linyuan put the pink diary away, used Renewed to recover from feeling sick, and left for the sports meet.
• Jiang Linyuan met Su Muzhi in the stands, where she told him the sports meet itself was unremarkable and teased him about Yu Songsong.
• Su Muzhi explained that Shen Wanyu had kept Jiang Linyuan from External Relations Department work because a sponsor was an old acquaintance of hers.
• Su Muzhi said Shen Wanyu had been angry when she interacted with that acquaintance, prompting Jiang Linyuan to decide to ask Shen Wanyu about the matter.
• Jiang Linyuan called Shen Wanyu and offered to take responsibility for the External Relations Department; she asked whether he knew how to comfort little girls.

Jiang Linyuan met Shen Wanyu and was asked to look after Shen Guoguo while she handled something. After Shen Wanyu agreed to his date invitation, Jiang Linyuan learned Shen Guoguo was her younger sister and took her to KFC, though he still wondered about their relationship.

• Jiang Linyuan arrived at Shen Wanyu's location and was asked to look after a little girl while Shen Wanyu took care of something.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Shen Wanyu about her payments and confessed his interest, then invited her to climb Purple Gold Mountain after the sports meet; Shen Wanyu agreed.
• Shen Wanyu warned Shen Guoguo not to reveal certain things, left her with Jiang Linyuan, and told him not to go easy on the mischievous girl.
• Shen Guoguo challenged Jiang Linyuan about pursuing Shen Wanyu, and he learned she was Shen Wanyu's younger sister.
• Jiang Linyuan offered to take Shen Guoguo to KFC, then wondered why Shen Wanyu had never mentioned having a younger sister.

Jiang Linyuan coaxed Shen Guoguo into revealing that Shen Wanyu had gone to meet their father, and the two set off to spy on them. At the café, Shen Wanyu rejected her father’s excuses and angrily defended Jiang Linyuan when he tried to interfere in her romantic life.

• Jiang Linyuan feigned heartbreak to persuade Shen Guoguo to tell him where Shen Wanyu had gone.
• Shen Guoguo said Shen Wanyu had gone to see their father, and admitted that their father did not like her.
• Jiang Linyuan suggested that he and Shen Guoguo sneak over to listen to Shen Wanyu and her father, and she led the way.
• Shen Wanyu’s father explained that his marriage to Shen Guoguo’s mother had been arranged and said he loved Shen Wanyu’s mother instead.
• Shen Wanyu criticized her father’s hypocrisy and told him she did not want his sponsorship for the sports meet.
• Shen Wanyu’s father brought up Jiang Linyuan and the Su Family, so Shen Wanyu splashed coffee on him and ordered him to stay out of their business.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Guoguo found Shen Wanyu at a café, where Shen Wanyu explained her family background and her conflict with Little Su. Shen Wanyu agreed to let Guoguo stay longer only if she stayed away from Jiang Linyuan, who scrambled to suggest Xiao Yilin as her caretaker.

• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Guoguo watched Shen Wanyu pour coffee on her father, then Shen Wanyu scolded Guoguo for making a scene and apologized for getting angry.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Shen Wanyu about the man who had left, and she confirmed he was her uncle, a government worker from a prominent Yanjing family.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan that the Su Family had influence in Shanghai and explained that Little Su held a grudge after Shen Wanyu retaliated against her too harshly.
• Shen Guoguo asked to stay with Shen Wanyu, but Shen Wanyu insisted she stay away from Jiang Linyuan and offered to find a woman to look after her.
• Jiang Linyuan defended himself and suggested Xiao Yilin as Guoguo's caretaker when Shen Wanyu questioned whether Guoguo should stay with him.

Jiang Linyuan left Shen Guoguo in Lin Yilin’s care, then tried to discourage Yu Songsong from pursuing him by praising Su Muzhi. Yu Songsong refused to give up and insisted she would not hand Jiang Linyuan over to anyone else.

• Jiang Linyuan called Lin Yilin over and asked her to look after Shen Guoguo, while Lin Yilin teased him about his closeness with the girl.
• Shen Guoguo said she was Sister Wanyu’s little sister, bristled at Lin Yilin’s scolding, and then agreed to stay with her after Jiang Linyuan reassured her.
• Jiang Linyuan told Lin Yilin to mention the Department Head if Shen Guoguo misbehaved, then headed back to the sports field to meet Yu Songsong.
• Jiang Linyuan praised Su Muzhi as perfect and claimed he would remain chaste for her, but Yu Songsong challenged him to compare her with Su Muzhi and leaned in to kiss him.
• Yu Songsong asked for a photo of Su Muzhi, and Jiang Linyuan said no photo could capture her beauty.
• Yu Songsong declared that she would not give Jiang Linyuan up, even if they jumped off a building together or she stabbed him.

Jiang Linyuan tried to manage Yu Songsong’s possessive affection while watching the sports meet, then Su Muzhi confronted Shen Wanyu over her relationship with him. Afterward, Su Muzhi answered Jiang’s video call and provoked Yu Songsong, leaving their rivalry more heated.

• Jiang Linyuan told Yu Songsong he disliked domineering girls, but she said she would stay by his side and make sure she was the only one in his eyes.
• Shen Wanyu told Su Muzhi not to interfere with what was happening between her and Jiang Linyuan, and they traded insults about their families and past conflict.
• Su Muzhi left the private room, saw Jiang Linyuan’s message asking for casual photos, and started a video call with him.
• Jiang Linyuan introduced Yu Songsong to Su Muzhi on the call, and Su Muzhi implied that she and Jiang had been together to provoke Yu Songsong.
• Yu Songsong challenged Su Muzhi, who mocked her and ended the call.

Jiang Linyuan learned that Su Muzhi had confronted Yu Songsong’s mother, while Yu Songsong grew more determined to drive away his other admirers. At the sports meet, several girls brought Jiang Linyuan energy drinks and encouragement before his three-kilometer race, leaving a fellow athlete envious and resolved to lap him.

• Yu Songsong told Jiang Linyuan that Su Muzhi had slapped her mother and said strange things to her at the rental apartment, which he had not known about.
• Yu Songsong decided Su Muzhi and Lin Yilin were threats and warned Jiang Linyuan that Su Muzhi was a bad woman, but he said he liked bad women.
• After Yu Songsong stuck by him through the first day of the sports meet, Jiang Linyuan returned to the dorm and slept before his three-kilometer race.
• At the staging area, Zhang Juntang gave Jiang Linyuan a can of Red Bull and quietly wished him luck.
• Lin Yilin brought Jiang Linyuan another Red Bull, and Shen Guoguo offered him chocolate and encouragement.
• A male athlete grew envious as more girls arrived to cheer Jiang Linyuan on and vowed to lap him.

Jiang Linyuan won the men's 3,000-meter race after repeatedly changing pace, helping an exhausted rival, and using Renewed to keep running. Afterward, Zhang Juntang approached him and shyly asked to see his legs.

• Yu Songsong kissed Jiang Linyuan on the cheek and encouraged him before the race.
• Jiang Linyuan took the lead in the 3,000-meter race, and Shen Guoguo shouted down spectators who criticized his running.
• Jiang Linyuan used Renewed to surge ahead, then stopped to help the track athlete who had fallen and brought him to the inside of the track.
• Jiang Linyuan returned for the final lap and won first place with energy to spare.
• Zhang Juntang approached Jiang Linyuan with a camera and asked to see his legs, making him spray water in surprise.

Jiang Linyuan reassured Zhang Juntang that he was unhurt after his race and learned that she could stand up for herself despite her shy demeanor. After an awkward misunderstanding over a leg massage, he let her take his picture and left, while she quietly treasured the photos.

• Jiang Linyuan showed Zhang Juntang his uninjured leg and asked why she always apologized.
• Zhang Juntang admitted she had planned to hit back during the hospital incident if she had been pulled away from the crowd.
• Jiang Linyuan asked whether Zhang Juntang had known him before, but she firmly denied it.
• Zhang Juntang offered to care for Jiang Linyuan, and he asked her to massage his legs; she instead placed his hand on her thigh and told him to squeeze.
• Jiang Linyuan excused himself after the misunderstanding, let Zhang Juntang take his photo, and walked away as she looked through her pictures of him.

Jiang Linyuan pursued Shen Wanyu, who took him to dinner and warned him about Su Muzhi’s possessive nature. Shen Wanyu urged him to bring Su Muzhi on the mountain hike, curious whether she would grow bored of him or he would leave her first.

• Jiang Linyuan blocked Yu Songsong’s messages and contacted Shen Wanyu with a cheesy pickup line.
• Shen Wanyu appeared behind Jiang Linyuan, then agreed to let him treat her to dinner at a food stall.
• At dinner, Shen Wanyu said she and Su Muzhi hated each other and warned Jiang Linyuan not to provoke them against each other.
• Shen Wanyu asked whether Jiang Linyuan was trying to make Su Muzhi fall for him, and he admitted he was one of the people Su Muzhi liked.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan how Su Muzhi had neglected a stray cat, then resented it when it ran away.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to bring Su Muzhi mountain climbing and wondered when she would tire of him or he would abandon her.

Jiang Linyuan learned why Shen Wanyu knew about Little Su’s runaway cat, then rejected Yu Songsong’s clingy attempt to get close to him. Zhang Juntang secretly photographed Jiang Linyuan and Yu Songsong together, leaving herself alone with her unrequited feelings.

• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan she had watched Little Su’s cat run away after Little Su left it with her, and she said any cat she kept would have to like her as its owner.
• After dinner, Jiang Linyuan released the Saint of Thieves from his seal and found Yu Songsong waiting outside his dormitory.
• Yu Songsong hugged Jiang Linyuan and asked him to give her a few minutes, but he pushed her away and told her he was only her senior.
• Yu Songsong shouted that she would not give up pursuing Jiang Linyuan, while the dorm supervisor remarked that she had waited for nearly an hour.
• After Yu Songsong left, Zhang Juntang lowered her camera and saw the photo she had taken of Yu Songsong and Jiang Linyuan embracing.
• Zhang Juntang stood where Yu Songsong had hugged Jiang Linyuan, photographed her own shadow, and told herself to be content because Jiang Linyuan could never love someone like her.

Jiang Linyuan prepared for an evening hike with Shen Wanyu while teasing Su Muzhi over messages. He met Su Muzhi after dinner, and they traveled hand in hand toward Shen Wanyu, leaving Jiang unsettled by their playful closeness.

• Yu Songsong brought Jiang Linyuan breakfast, but he told her he was going on a date with Su Muzhi and then blocked her.
• Yu Songsong contacted the user named "Green Tea Simps Die Badly" to ask about Su Muzhi.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi what Shen Wanyu liked, and Su Muzhi arranged to meet him at the school gate after dinner.
• Jiang Linyuan learned Shen Wanyu was already at their meeting place and met Su Muzhi outside campus.
• Su Muzhi took Jiang Linyuan's hand on the subway, and they teased each other as they walked hand in hand.
• Jiang Linyuan threaded his fingers through Su Muzhi's, but she kept hold of his hand, and they continued on in silence.

Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi hiked up Purple Gold Mountain, trading teasing remarks as Shen Wanyu and Su Muzhi competed to keep pace. Jiang Linyuan carried the exhausted Su Muzhi up the trail while Shen Wanyu slowed down ahead of them.

• Shen Wanyu met Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi, criticized Jiang Linyuan for dressing too lightly, and warned him she would not lend him her jacket.
• The three began hiking, and Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to watch Su Muzhi because her stamina would likely give out halfway up.
• Su Muzhi grew tired but refused to rest after Shen Wanyu taunted her, then slipped and grabbed Jiang Linyuan's arm.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan to carry her, and he lifted her onto his back and told her to use her flashlight to light the way.
• Jiang Linyuan carried Su Muzhi up the trail as they bantered, while Shen Wanyu glanced back and slowed her pace.

Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Shen Wanyu reached the summit, where they watched a boy publicly confess to a girl. As the crowd pressured her to accept, Jiang Linyuan joked about giving Shen Wanyu his beating heart, and both women threatened him.

• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan on the hike and declared she would make him fall for her before Shen Wanyu could.
• Jiang Linyuan carried Su Muzhi until she recovered enough to walk, and the three reached the summit without encountering wild boars.
• They found a crowd chanting for a girl to accept a boy's public confession, and Su Muzhi criticized the pressure being put on her.
• Su Muzhi asked what Jiang Linyuan would do in the boy's place, and he delivered a dramatic confession to Shen Wanyu.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to say the confession to Su Muzhi, and Su Muzhi threatened to push him off the mountain.

Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu intervened when Gu Ming pressured Bai Yi after she rejected his public confession. As the crowd dispersed, Shen Wanyu punched Zhang Xiaoxiao for trying to silence her and speak for Bai Yi.

• Gu Ming staged a public confession to Bai Yi and had hired people encourage her to accept, even after she clearly rejected him.
• Shen Wanyu confronted Gu Ming, and Zhang Xiaoxiao arrived to defend Bai Yi and demand that Gu Ming apologize.
• Jiang Linyuan identified Zhang Xiaoxiao as a B-Rank villainess and considered whether to pursue her, while Su Muzhi watched with interest.
• Shen Wanyu questioned Bai Yi about forgiving Gu Ming, but Zhang Xiaoxiao interrupted and told her not to interfere.
• Jiang Linyuan insulted Gu Ming, and after Zhang Xiaoxiao called him a simp, Shen Wanyu punched her in the gut.

Shen Wanyu confronted Zhang Xiaoxiao after punching her for stirring up trouble, while Zhang tried to pressure Bai Yi into calling her influential uncle. Su Muzhi intervened with a call to Bai Yi’s father, ending the confrontation and leaving Shen Wanyu to thank Su Muzhi while dismissing her teasing about Jiang Linyuan.

• Shen Wanyu accused Zhang Xiaoxiao of joining the crowd’s jeering, and Bai Yi reluctantly agreed that Zhang had insulted Jiang Linyuan’s friend first.
• Zhang Xiaoxiao pressured Bai Yi to call her uncle, the local Public Security Sub-bureau head, and threatened Shen Wanyu with his influence.
• Su Muzhi asked Bai Yi’s surname, identified her as a host controlled by a parasite, and handed her a phone to answer on speaker.
• Bai Yi’s father recognized Su Muzhi’s call, apologized, and then called Bai Yi to tell her to avoid causing trouble.
• Zhang Xiaoxiao led Bai Yi away, and Su Muzhi told Shen Wanyu she had helped her; Shen Wanyu thanked her but brushed off her teasing about Jiang Linyuan.

After Little Su helped Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu, the three watched the sunrise on Purple Gold Mountain and took a photograph together. On the way down, Jiang carried Su Muzhi as she drifted toward sleep listening to his poetry.

• Jiang Linyuan and Shen Wanyu recalled how he had defended her in the External Relations Department, and Shen reaffirmed that he was her friend.
• Jiang Linyuan, Shen Wanyu, and Su Muzhi watched the sunrise together on Purple Gold Mountain.
• Shen Wanyu suggested a photograph, and the three posed together as the sun rose.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan to carry her down the mountain, and he agreed.
• Su Muzhi grew sleepy on Jiang's back while he recited poetry and joked with her.

After Jiang Linyuan slept through a day of worried calls, Jiang Zhiyao confronted him about his night with Su Muzhi and made him share her contact. They reminisced and bickered by the campus lake, where the story left them together as evening fell.

• Jiang Linyuan woke in the afternoon to many missed calls, and Jiang Zhiyao told him she had feared he was missing.
• Jiang Linyuan met Jiang Zhiyao at the campus lake and explained that he had returned from Purple Gold Mountain and slept through the calls.
• Jiang Zhiyao teased Jiang Linyuan about Su Muzhi and asked him to send her Su Muzhi's WeChat.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao discussed their childhood, and Jiang Zhiyao revealed that Huang Taoyan had told her his nickname, Brother Taurus.
• Jiang Linyuan and Jiang Zhiyao fondly bickered about old memories as they sat by the lake until sunset.

Jiang Zhiyao noticed a girl with a camera watching her and Jiang Linyuan, while Huang Taoyan announced she would visit Xingnan and teased Jiang Zhiyao about her closeness with her brother. The chapter ended with Jiang Linyuan blocking Huang Taoyan after she joked about his offer to buy her a drink.

• Jiang Zhiyao suspected a girl with a camera had been watching her and Jiang Linyuan, but Jiang Linyuan dismissed her concerns and sent her back to rest.
• After the siblings left, the girl checked her photos and said she was relieved Jiang Linyuan was safe, revealing she had followed him from his dorm.
• Huang Taoyan told Jiang Zhiyao she planned to visit Xingnan and joked that she wanted to get together with Jiang Linyuan.
• Huang Taoyan teased Jiang Zhiyao about guarding her brother, and Jiang Zhiyao blocked her after Huang Taoyan said she would make Jiang Linyuan fall for her.
• Huang Taoyan messaged Jiang Linyuan to ask him to get Jiang Zhiyao to unblock her, then joked about his offer to treat her to Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, so Jiang Linyuan blocked her too.

Jiang Linyuan teased Lin Yilin during an External Relations Department meeting and learned that the school’s upcoming Music Festival would be sponsored by a businesswoman whose husband’s surname was Bai. After the meeting, he and Lin Yilin discussed exams, dating, and her recent weight gain as they walked together.

• Jiang Linyuan offered Lin Yilin mint milk tea, and she playfully took charge of handing out the cups while keeping her favorite flavor for herself.
• Shen Wanyu announced that a sponsor would cover the costs of the school’s Music Festival and revealed that the businesswoman sponsor was married to someone surnamed Bai.
• Jiang Linyuan gave the External Relations Department members their assignments after Shen Wanyu left the meeting.
• Lin Yilin waited for Jiang Linyuan so she could ask about the upcoming CET exams, and they walked together while discussing studying and their lives.
• Lin Yilin challenged Jiang Linyuan’s casual attitude toward romance, and he teased her until she admitted she had gained about one pound.