Chapter Summaries

Jiang Linyuan used a rejected confession to Shen Bihan to earn a B-Rank Exchange Card and unlock the Renewed skill. His sister Jiang Zhiyao confronted him about chasing bad women, then ordered him to help welcome new students.

• Jiang Linyuan confessed to Shen Bihan, who rejected him, triggering a B-Rank Exchange Card from his system.
• Jiang Linyuan exchanged the card for Renewed, a skill that restored his energy and vitality, and decided to pursue more targets for rewards.
• Jiang Zhiyao confronted Jiang Linyuan over his confession to Shen Bihan and checked that he had deleted her from WeChat.
• Jiang Zhiyao threatened to tell their father about Jiang Linyuan's campus confessions, then demanded he help carry luggage for incoming students.

Jiang Linyuan escorted Su Muzhi to a dormitory, believing he had outsmarted her attempts to manipulate him, only to discover she was an older student who had tricked him into carrying her luggage. He then met the timid new student Zhang Juntang and offered to take her luggage to East District Dormitory Building Twelve.

• Jiang Linyuan met Su Muzhi, whose system rating marked her as an A-rank bad woman, and carried her luggage while suspecting her flirtatious gestures were a calculated routine.
• Su Muzhi spilled water on Jiang Linyuan and tried to wipe his clothes, but he blocked her and later resumed their playful conversation.
• Jiang Linyuan exchanged WeChat details with Su Muzhi, then learned she was a second-year student when she entered a second-year dormitory building.
• Jiang Linyuan realized Su Muzhi had played weak to get him to carry her luggage and complained that the system had misled him.
• Jiang Linyuan met Zhang Juntang, a timid new student rated D, and picked up her luggage to guide her to East District Dormitory Building Twelve.

Jiang Linyuan discovered that Xiao Hei’s upperclasswoman was a Little Green Tea and volunteered to deal with her, while Xiao Yun asked Su Muzhi for help. Su Muzhi declined, hinting that someone might soon handle the upperclasswoman, and Jiang Linyuan remained intent on pursuing Su Muzhi afterward.

• Jiang Linyuan returned to his dorm and learned that Xiao Hei had argued with his girlfriend, Xiao Yun, after speaking with an upperclasswoman from his club.
• Xiao Hei showed Jiang Linyuan the upperclasswoman’s chat messages, and Jiang Linyuan recognized her flirtatious attempts to drive a wedge between the couple.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Xiao Hei for the upperclasswoman’s WeChat and claimed he would handle her, despite his roommates suspecting he was interested in her.
• Xiao Yun complained to Su Muzhi that Xiao Hei had mistaken the upperclasswoman’s flirtation for friendliness and asked Su Muzhi to help.
• Su Muzhi refused to interfere in their relationship and suggested that someone might take care of the upperclasswoman soon.

Jiang Linyuan approached Liu Tingting at the badminton court to pursue her, but Su Muzhi and Xiao Yun interrupted his plan. He ended up on a doubles team with Xiao Yun, who revealed that Liu Tingting was two-timing Xiao Hei.

• Jiang Linyuan checked Liu Tingting’s Bad Woman Level, found it was B-Rank, and approached her at the badminton court.
• Jiang Linyuan and Liu Tingting flirted and agreed to play together, but Su Muzhi arrived with Xiao Yun.
• Jiang Linyuan claimed Su Muzhi had been his badminton partner and had abandoned him, prompting Liu Tingting to offer to be his regular partner.
• Su Muzhi proposed a doubles match, pairing herself with Liu Tingting and Jiang Linyuan with Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun told Jiang Linyuan that she was Xiao Hei’s girlfriend and accused Liu Tingting of pursuing her boyfriend while two-timing him.

Jiang Linyuan played badminton amid a tense rivalry between Xiao Yun, Liu Tingting, and Su Muzhi, then faced Su Muzhi one-on-one. Su Muzhi offered to introduce him to the head of the External Relations Department if he played seriously, leaving him intrigued.

• Xiao Yun, Liu Tingting, and Su Muzhi traded barbed remarks while playing doubles with Jiang Linyuan.
• Xiao Yun promised to introduce Jiang Linyuan to Su Muzhi if their team won, prompting him to focus and smash a point past Su Muzhi.
• Su Muzhi persuaded Liu Tingting and Xiao Yun to leave the court so she could play Jiang Linyuan one-on-one.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan about pursuing multiple women, but he insisted they were only friends and refused to play at full strength for her.
• Su Muzhi offered to set Jiang Linyuan up with a pretty girl, then revealed the girl was the head of the External Relations Department, and he stopped to ask if the offer was real.

Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi negotiated a reward for their badminton match, then turned their game into an intense smash-off. Jiang Linyuan used his [RENEWED] ability to claim the decisive point, while Shen Wanyu remained the person he hoped Su Muzhi would help him ask out.

• Jiang Linyuan rejected Su Muzhi's suggestion that getting Shen Wanyu to go out with him was enough reward and asked for an additional prize.
• Su Muzhi proposed that if she won, she could watch Jiang Linyuan take Shen Wanyu on a date, while Jiang Linyuan offered to grant one small request if he won.
• Jiang Linyuan teased Su Muzhi and exchanged a fist pump with Liu Tingting, prompting Su Muzhi to challenge him to settle things on the court.
• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi traded powerful smashes until both became exhausted, while spectators wondered what had sparked their fierce rivalry.
• Jiang Linyuan activated [RENEWED], leaped into a final smash, and scored the decisive point as Su Muzhi could not reach the shuttlecock.

After a basketball game, Jiang Linyuan played along with Liu Tingting’s flirtation while Su Muzhi agreed to introduce him to Shen Wanyu. A week later, Shen Wanyu summoned him to meet her at a café, and Su Muzhi said she had handled his business.

• Jiang Linyuan accepted water from Liu Tingting and traded flirtatious remarks with her after his game-winning shot.
• Su Muzhi asked whether Jiang Linyuan had been holding back, then agreed to help him meet Shen Wanyu and offered him a favor.
• Jiang Linyuan reassured Liu Tingting that he wanted to meet Shen Wanyu for personal business and let Liu believe he trusted her.
• After a week of regular basketball games, Liu Tingting hinted that she wanted to go on a date, but Jiang Linyuan declined because of a school event.
• Shen Wanyu asked Jiang Linyuan about his relationship with Su Muzhi, warned him to stay away from her, and ordered him to meet at a café on Saturday morning.
• Su Muzhi told Jiang Linyuan she had taken care of his business and teased him about juggling three romantic prospects.

Jiang Linyuan met Shen Wanyu at a café, where she assigned him work and warned him to stay away from Su Muzhi. After Shen left, he contacted a badminton club about sponsoring Star University's team and learned the sponsor expected strong results at the upcoming Four-School Friendly Match.

• Jiang Linyuan arrived at the café and cautiously drank the coffee Shen Wanyu had prepared for him.
• Shen Wanyu warned Jiang Linyuan to stay away from Su Muzhi and assigned him to handle a sponsorship for the Badminton Club.
• Shen Wanyu also put Jiang Linyuan in charge of recruiting new members for the External Relations Department before leaving.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi whether she had told Shen Wanyu about his arrangement with Liu Tingting, and Su Muzhi admitted mentioning it.
• Jiang Linyuan contacted the sponsor, who wanted the Badminton Club to place well in the Four-School Friendly Match.
• Jiang Linyuan realized Star University's team was far weaker than the other three schools, which were all aiming for first place.

After Shen Wanyu left, Jiang Linyuan met with Su Muzhi, who offered to help him pursue Liu Tingting while claiming she wanted revenge on Little Green Teas. Jiang invited her to join the Badminton Club, but both kept their true motives hidden as they agreed to work together.

• Jiang Linyuan worried about his failed attempt to secure a sponsor and considered getting closer to Liu Tingting.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang about his interest in Little Green Teas and guessed that Liu Tingting was his next target.
• Su Muzhi claimed a Little Green Tea had ruined her youth and offered to help Jiang get revenge.
• Jiang accepted Su Muzhi’s offer but kept his plans to himself and invited her to join the Badminton Club.
• Su Muzhi agreed to join, while both privately planned to use the partnership to learn more about each other.

Jiang Linyuan tracked down the source of a Campus Wall post accusing him of two-timing and prepared to confront its author during Student Union recruitment interviews. At the interview room, he met a nervous freshman, Lin Yilin, and then challenged Wang Yun over the rumors.

• Jiang Linyuan found a Campus Wall post showing him with Liu Tingting and Su Muzhi, and Liu Tingting sent him screenshots identifying Wang Yun as the person behind it.
• Jiang Linyuan checked the Student Union recruitment list and saw that Wang Yun was scheduled to help with interviews.
• Jiang Linyuan met Lin Yilin in an elevator after she dramatically quoted a spell, then teased her by pretending to cast magic.
• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to handle the Campus Wall rumors without damaging the External Relations Department's reputation.
• Wang Yun insulted Jiang Linyuan at the recruitment office, and Jiang Linyuan retorted that Wang had spread rumors to undermine a rival.

Jiang Linyuan watched Wang Yun squirm over the rumor he had posted, then stepped into a dispute after Wang Yun belittled freshman Lin Yilin during Student Union recruitment. The chapter ended with Jiang Linyuan comforting Lin Yilin by mocking Wang Yun.

• Jiang Linyuan saw Wang Yun acting guilty about the fabricated campus confession-wall post and chose to let him worry.
• Students arrived for Student Union recruitment, and Jiang Linyuan interviewed a freshman who asked to add him on WeChat; he turned her down, then asked for her contact himself.
• Jiang Linyuan reunited with his childhood friend Zhang Shuo and teased him about being clueless around women.
• Wang Yun scolded Zhang Juntang and Lin Yilin when Lin Yilin asked what MBTI meant, and Student Union vice chair Jiang Zeyun told Lin Yilin to leave instead of addressing Wang Yun's behavior.
• Jiang Linyuan challenged Jiang Zeyun's handling of the dispute, approached Lin Yilin, and reassured her by ridiculing Wang Yun.

Jiang Linyuan forced Wang Yun to apologize to Lin Yilin by threatening to expose his rumor-spreading, while Jiang Zeyun struggled to contain the public confrontation. The recruitment event was interrupted when the counselor arrived and summoned Jiang Linyuan and Wang Yun for an unclear matter.

• Jiang Linyuan confronted Jiang Zeyun and Wang Yun for defending Wang Yun’s treatment of Lin Yilin and Zhang Juntang.
• Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin demanded that Wang Yun apologize publicly, but Wang Yun refused and drew the room’s condemnation.
• Jiang Linyuan showed Wang Yun chat logs from Liu Tingting proving he had spread rumors, then ordered him to apologize to Lin Yilin.
• Wang Yun apologized to Lin Yilin, who accepted, and she reassured Zhang Juntang that Wang Yun was at fault.
• Jiang Zeyun tried to resume recruitment, but the counselor arrived with a security officer and summoned Jiang Linyuan and Wang Yun.

Jiang Linyuan and the others dealt with Wang Yun’s rumor-spreading at a school meeting, where Shen Wanyu’s report helped bring the matter to light. After Wang Yun faced disciplinary action and police questioning, Jiang Linyuan left the office with Su Muzhi and Liu Tingting, while the vice principal watched them with an uneasy warning about chasing fleeting pleasures.

• Jiang Linyuan and Wang Yun followed a counselor to the office, where school leaders and police questioned Wang Yun about his post.
• Wang Yun admitted that parts of his post were false and confessed that jealousy had prompted him to spread the rumors.
• The vice dean thanked Shen Wanyu for informing the school, and Shen Wanyu denied that she had acted only for Jiang Linyuan’s sake.
• Su Muzhi and Liu Tingting arrived, and Jiang Linyuan agreed that the school should handle Wang Yun according to procedure.
• The school gave Wang Yun a formal warning, removed him from his Student Union position, and placed him on probation while police asked him to answer further questions.
• The vice principal questioned Jiang Linyuan about his background and warned the young people against chasing fleeting pleasures, but Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Liu Tingting slipped away.

After the rumors about Jiang Linyuan were dealt with, he learned that Su Muzhi was the vice principal’s wealthy heiress and watched her spar with Liu Tingting over him. Su left after mentioning the Badminton Club, while Jiang explained her coaching role to Liu and then tried to send Shen Wanyu a milk-tea red envelope, which she returned to ward off bad luck.

• Jiang Linyuan learned that Su Muzhi’s father was the vice principal, who had married into her mother’s family.
• Su Muzhi and Liu Tingting traded pointed remarks, while Jiang Linyuan flirted with Liu Tingting and praised her over Su Muzhi.
• Su Muzhi said she would see Jiang Linyuan at the Badminton Club and left; Jiang told Liu Tingting he wanted Su to help coach the club for the Four-School League.
• Shen Wanyu messaged Jiang Linyuan about badminton training and told him to come after class, saying she would handle recruitment.
• Jiang Linyuan sent Shen Wanyu a red envelope for milk tea, but she returned it, saying it would ward off bad luck.

Jiang Linyuan accepted Shen Wanyu’s red packet and was assigned to show new External Relations Department members around, while his teasing messages left Lin Yilin flustered. Later, he noticed Liu Tingting was troubled and coaxed her into explaining what was bothering her, but the chapter ended before she revealed the details.

• Shen Wanyu told Jiang Linyuan to take the money and introduce the new External Relations Department members to their work, using the badminton sponsorship as an opportunity.
• Lin Yilin contacted Jiang Linyuan to invite him to a meal, but he teased her with jokes about Hogwarts and role-playing until she was left unsure how to reply.
• Lin Yilin recalled how Jiang Linyuan had defended her at the recruitment fair and asked her roommate Zhang Juntang what she thought of him.
• Jiang Linyuan noticed Liu Tingting was distracted on the badminton court, offered her water, and asked what was on her mind.
• Liu Tingting admitted that something had been bothering her and began to explain, but had not yet told Jiang Linyuan what it was.

Jiang Linyuan learned that Zhuang Yan, the girlfriend of a man pursuing Liu Tingting, had been confronting her at the Badminton Club. At the court, Shen Wanyu brought new External Relations Department members and warned Jiang Linyuan not to pursue them.

• Liu Tingting told Jiang Linyuan that a freshman named Zhuang Yan had been giving her trouble over a man who claimed he had broken up with his girlfriend.
• Jiang Linyuan arrived at badminton training and saw Zhuang Yan smoking and arguing with Liu Tingting.
• Jiang Linyuan bantered with Su Muzhi, who joked that he might have exposed Shen Wanyu online.
• Shen Wanyu arrived with new department members, including Lin Yilin, and told Jiang Linyuan not to make a move on anyone who had just joined the department.

Jiang Linyuan brought the new External Relations Department recruits to observe campus clubs and stepped in when Zhuang Yan clashed with Liu Tingting and Wang Bo. Su Muzhi backed Zhuang Yan in public, while the argument remained unresolved.

• Jiang Linyuan teased Su Muzhi about Shen Wanyu, then asked her to pressure Liu Tingting as his wingwoman.
• Jiang Linyuan explained the recruits’ work to them, and Lin Yilin thanked him and reminded him that she owed him a meal at KFC.
• Zhuang Yan accused Liu Tingting of being scheming and insulted Wang Bo, who demanded that Zhuang Yan apologize to Liu Tingting.
• Jiang Linyuan calmed Zhuang Yan enough for her to leave the confrontation, but Wang Bo renewed the argument by insisting she apologize.
• Su Muzhi stepped in and suggested that Wang Bo and Liu Tingting were using the crowd to pressure Zhuang Yan, who felt grateful for her support.

Liu Tingting tried to draw Jiang Linyuan into her conflict with Zhuang Yan while keeping Wang Bo devoted to her. Zhuang Yan exposed Liu Tingting’s other suitors, but Jiang Linyuan firmly insisted that he believed Liu Tingting.

• Su Muzhi’s blunt criticism left Wang Bo speechless, while Liu Tingting played the victim and sought Jiang Linyuan’s sympathy.
• Liu Tingting threw herself into Jiang Linyuan’s arms, and he offered to handle the dispute before backing down when she said to let it go.
• Wang Bo asked who Jiang Linyuan was to Liu Tingting, then declared he would wait for her forever despite Zhuang Yan telling him she had been stringing him along.
• Zhuang Yan mocked Liu Tingting and Jiang Linyuan, then revealed she had found other men Liu Tingting was seeing.
• Wang Bo defended Liu Tingting, and she asked Jiang Linyuan whether he believed her; he immediately said that he did.

Jiang Linyuan stopped Zhuang Yan from exposing Liu Tingting’s other admirers and enlisted Su Muzhi to help him secretly bring them together. He then messaged Shen Wanyu asking if she liked him, and she replied, “Paying back kindness with betrayal?”

• Zhuang Yan called someone to prove Liu Tingting had other admirers, but Su Muzhi claimed she had endured Jiang Linyuan’s past betrayals, persuading Zhuang Yan to end the call.
• Zhuang Yan exchanged contact information with Su Muzhi and offered to help if Liu Tingting caused trouble again.
• Jiang Linyuan thanked Su Muzhi and said he was only Liu Tingting’s number-one backup, then suggested secretly arranging a meeting between her admirers.
• Su Muzhi denied suggesting the plan, and Jiang Linyuan joked that Zhuang Yan could take the blame.
• Jiang Linyuan messaged Shen Wanyu asking whether she liked him and offering to be her boyfriend, and Shen Wanyu replied, “Paying back kindness with betrayal?”

Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi discussed Liu Tingting’s past on the school badminton team and the consequences of exposing her romantic entanglements. As rumors spread through the Badminton Club, Zhuang Yan challenged Liu Tingting to a match.

• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi to train with the Badminton Club, then asked how Liu Tingting had reacted after Zhuang Yan revealed her secret to the two men.
• Su Muzhi explained that Liu Tingting had previously been on the school team and hoped to earn her way back through the Four-School League.
• Su Muzhi warned Jiang Linyuan that the spreading gossip could hurt Liu Tingting’s competition preparations, but he said the consequences came from Liu Tingting’s own actions.
• Jiang Linyuan messaged Shen Wanyu to ask what she knew about Liu Tingting’s former place on the school team.
• At practice, Liu Tingting overheard club members gossiping about her and confronted Zhuang Yan, who dismissed her claim that badminton skill should decide who represented the club.
• Zhuang Yan challenged Liu Tingting to play, and Liu Tingting accepted.