Chapter Summaries

After Liu Tingting's two-timing scandal spread across campus, Jiang Linyuan visited her in the infirmary and encouraged her to lead the team in the Four-School League. The chapter ended with Liu Tingting silently looking at the hair tie he left behind.

• The two men Liu Tingting had dated exposed her behavior on social media, and the scandal spread across campus.
• Su Muzhi told Jiang Linyuan that Liu Tingting had injured her foot, and he went to the infirmary to see her.
• Zhuang Yan told Jiang Linyuan that Liu Tingting had sprained her ankle while playing with her.
• Liu Tingting admitted that the scandal was true, and Jiang Linyuan said he had known she kept several admirers.
• Jiang Linyuan deduced that Liu Tingting was not truly injured and urged her to compete in the Four-School League, praising her badminton ability.
• Jiang Linyuan left Liu Tingting a hair tie engraved with “Keep it up,” and she stared at it after he left.

At the Four-School League, Jiang Linyuan planned to confess to Liu Tingting after the match, while Su Muzhi guessed he wanted her to reject him as part of his scheme to become an unforgettable ideal. After the competition, Liu Tingting approached Jiang, and he praised her performance.

• Liu Tingting returned to the competition and played brightly, while Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan teased each other about their roles in her recovery.
• Jiang Linyuan told Su Muzhi he would confess to Liu Tingting as soon as the match ended, and Su Muzhi inferred that he wanted to be rejected.
• Su Muzhi imagined Jiang Linyuan making himself an unreachable ideal for girls, then she and Jiang traded insults in different dialects.
• The Four-School League ended with Xingnan University placing no lower than fourth, and Liu Tingting was pleased with her individual performance.
• Liu Tingting headed toward Jiang Linyuan, while he sent Su Muzhi to buy water; Su Muzhi went to the vending machine, and Jiang praised Liu's play.

After Liu Tingting declined Jiang Linyuan’s confession, he received a stock-prediction skill from his system. His argument with Jiang Zhiyao over his romantic prospects ended with Su Muzhi catching them wrestling.

• Jiang Linyuan confessed to Liu Tingting, but she said she could not accept his feelings yet and watched him leave.
• The system rewarded Jiang Linyuan with Wall Street Pervert, a skill that predicted one small- or mid-cap stock’s movement over the next month.
• Jiang Zhiyao confronted Jiang Linyuan about Liu Tingting and warned him that he was playing with bad women’s feelings.
• Jiang Zhiyao demanded to inspect Jiang Linyuan’s WeChat, and he tried to dodge her before she bit his hand.
• Su Muzhi returned with water and saw Jiang Zhiyao clinging to Jiang Linyuan and biting him.

Jiang Zhiyao confronted Su Muzhi over her interest in Jiang Linyuan, then Jiang Linyuan spoke privately with Su Muzhi about their relationships and Liu Tingting. The chapter ended with Su Muzhi tricking Jiang Linyuan into drinking an unpleasant bottle of water.

• Jiang Zhiyao clung to Jiang Linyuan and challenged Su Muzhi, who hinted that she was interested in him.
• Jiang Zhiyao asked Jiang Linyuan what he thought of Su Muzhi pursuing him, and he dismissed the idea.
• Jiang Linyuan followed Su Muzhi and apologized for Jiang Zhiyao's bluntness, then offered to treat Su Muzhi to dinner for helping with Liu Tingting's situation.
• Su Muzhi asked Jiang Linyuan whether he would have dated Liu Tingting if she had accepted his confession, and he said he would have.
• Su Muzhi gave Jiang Linyuan a bottle of sour-sweet water as a prank, and he forced himself to say he liked it.

After forgetting Lin Yilin’s dinner invitation, Jiang Linyuan met her at KFC and teased her about his reputation and Shen Wanyu. He left Lin Yilin flustered, and she watched him go while trying to hide her feelings.

• Jiang Linyuan realized he had forgotten Lin Yilin’s promised dinner and hurried to meet her at KFC.
• Lin Yilin brought up rumors that Jiang Linyuan was a green-tea simp, and he admitted they were true.
• Jiang Linyuan encouraged Lin Yilin to introduce him to a Little Green Tea, leaving her baffled.
• Jiang Linyuan claimed Shen Wanyu was tsundere and secretly interested in him, then teased Lin Yilin by saying he might fall for her.
• Jiang Linyuan went to collect their food, while Lin Yilin blushed and stole glances at him.

Jiang Linyuan reunited with Su Muzhi, who teased him and warned that Liu Tingting was searching for him. After Lin Yilin learned Jiang had asked Liu Tingting out, the two agreed to attend a Student Union gathering that weekend, and Su Muzhi seemed pleased by their plans.

• Su Muzhi sat beside Lin Yilin and flirted with her until Jiang Linyuan returned and told her not to tease the junior.
• Jiang Linyuan shoved fries at Su Muzhi, while Lin Yilin nervously insisted that she and Jiang were innocent and introduced herself.
• Su Muzhi told Jiang that Liu Tingting had been looking for him and warned that she could easily find him at their school.
• Su Muzhi revealed that Jiang had asked Liu Tingting out, surprising Lin Yilin, who scolded Jiang for being tricked by a player.
• Jiang Linyuan told Lin Yilin about the Student Union gathering that weekend, and both agreed to attend as Su Muzhi smiled brightly.

Liu Tingting learned Jiang Linyuan’s class schedule and planned to confront him, while Jiang attended a Student Union barbecue with Lin Yilin and Shen Wanyu. Su Muzhi arrived at her family’s villa, and Jiang was left grilling as Shen Wanyu ignored her.

• Liu Tingting thanked Su for Jiang Linyuan’s class schedule and decided to wait outside his classroom on Monday.
• At a Student Union gathering, Jiang Linyuan grilled with Lin Yilin and Zhang Shuo, then criticized department heads for failing to do their work.
• Shen Wanyu appeared, and Jiang quickly praised her leadership before asking Zhang Shuo to leave and meet his department’s new members.
• Shen Wanyu warned Lin Yilin to keep a safe distance from Jiang, then explained she was concerned he would tease her.
• Su Muzhi arrived at the barbecue and revealed that the villa belonged to her family; Jiang traded barbs with her while Shen Wanyu told him to focus on grilling and ignore her.

At a Student Union barbecue, Jiang Linyuan joked with Shen Wanyu, Su Muzhi, and Lin Yilin before turning his attention to freshman Yu Songsong. He decided to learn more about Yu Songsong through Su Muzhi, who warned him that Yu Songsong was rotten beneath her polished exterior.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi traded jokes while Lin Yilin tried to rein them in and Shen Wanyu called them back to grilling.
• The Student Union members introduced themselves, and Jiang Linyuan noticed freshman Yu Songsong and her striking figure.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Zhang Shuo about Yu Songsong, claiming he wanted her help with English, but Zhang Shuo and Lin Yilin warned him not to bother her.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi for her opinion of Yu Songsong, and she described Yu Songsong as all shine on the outside and rotten within.

Jiang Linyuan tried to investigate Yu Songsong by singing with her and asking about her plans, then left after suspecting she might be an alchemist. When Xiao Yilin stayed away from the gathering for nearly twenty minutes, Jiang Linyuan hurried to check on her, while Shen Wanyu told Su Muzhi that Jiang Linyuan was more interesting than she was.

• Jiang Linyuan went to test Yu Songsong's tea skills but instead joined her and the others for karaoke.
• Jiang Linyuan sang a duet with Yu Songsong, then asked about her department and her plan to attend graduate school.
• Jiang Linyuan worried Yu Songsong might be an alchemist and exchanged WeChat contact information with her before slipping away.
• Jiang Linyuan learned Xiao Yilin had been gone to the bathroom for almost twenty minutes and rushed off to find her.
• Su Muzhi teased Shen Wanyu about Jiang Linyuan's interest in Xiao Yilin, and Shen Wanyu said Jiang Linyuan was more interesting than Su Muzhi.

Jiang Linyuan helped Lin Yilin get access to the restroom after confronting a woman who had locked herself inside. He then teased Lin Yilin about the woman threatening to ruin his reputation, and Lin Yilin offered him a job at her family’s company before realizing he was joking.

• Jiang Linyuan noticed Lin Yilin was pale and embarrassed, learned she had her period, and found the restroom occupied.
• Jiang Linyuan used Lin Yilin’s hairpin to pick the restroom lock and pulled the woman inside out so Lin Yilin could use it.
• The woman recognized Jiang Linyuan and fled, while Li Jianyi explained she was a new Organization Department member who had attended the same high school as Jiang Linyuan.
• Jiang Linyuan pretended the woman would ruin his reputation, and Lin Yilin earnestly offered him a job at her family’s company and began to suggest something about a girlfriend.
• Lin Yilin realized Jiang Linyuan had been teasing her, scolded him, and refused to help him get a job.

Lin Yilin headed back to the dorm with Jiang Linyuan, who teased her about liking him and asked her to help him pursue Yu Songsong. At the subway station, Lin Yilin asked who was prettier, and Jiang Linyuan jokingly declared himself the most handsome.

• Lin Yilin planned to return to the dorm early, but agreed to let Jiang Linyuan walk her to the subway station.
• Lin Yilin tried to start a conversation, and Jiang Linyuan teased her about carrying him and liking him.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Lin Yilin to become his wingwoman and help him find out things about Yu Songsong, and Lin Yilin reluctantly agreed to hear him out.
• Lin Yilin asked whether she or Yu Songsong was prettier, and Jiang Linyuan joked that he was the prettiest.

Jiang Linyuan attended an elective with Shen Wanyu, where the two were caught dozing and avoiding the professor’s questions. After class, Liu Tingting tried to rekindle their relationship, but Shen Wanyu intervened and warned her to leave with dignity.

• Jiang Linyuan found Shen Wanyu beside him in class, and she asked him to mark her present when the professor took attendance.
• Shen Wanyu fell asleep while Jiang Linyuan messaged Lin Yilin, and the professor called on them both before seating them in the front row.
• Liu Tingting confronted Jiang Linyuan after class, held his hand, and begged him to add her contact back.
• Shen Wanyu arrived, dispersed the watching students with a cold look, and told Liu Tingting to stop making a fool of herself and leave with dignity.

Liu Tingting confronted Jiang Linyuan about his feelings, then accepted that he would not return hers. In class, Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi agreed to work together over Yu Songsong before their elbowing and matching excuse disrupted the lecture.

• Su Muzhi stopped Liu Tingting from confronting Shen Wanyu, then led Shen Wanyu away to talk.
• Liu Tingting asked Jiang Linyuan why he had confessed and whether he liked anyone, but he said he was not responsible for her one-sided feelings.
• Su Muzhi sat beside Jiang Linyuan in class, apologized, and offered to help him with Yu Songsong.
• Jiang Linyuan agreed to Su Muzhi's help, and the two began elbowing each other while Shen Wanyu listened to the lecture.
• The professor called on Su Muzhi, who claimed the blackboard glare made it hard to see, prompting laughter and a question about whether she and Jiang Linyuan had rehearsed the excuse.

After class, Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi went to meet Lin Yilin at a milk tea shop, where the three teased one another about jealousy and Jiang’s plans involving Yu Songsong. The meeting ended with Jiang and Su trading increasingly personal insults while Lin Yilin watched.

• Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi bickered on their way to meet Lin Yilin, and Su grabbed Jiang’s chest before he pinched her cheeks in return.
• Lin Yilin felt jealous when she saw Su Muzhi with Jiang, but Jiang insisted he was not interested in his junior.
• Lin Yilin questioned why Jiang had asked her and Su Muzhi for help with Yu Songsong, and Su suggested he did not need to rely on Yu’s roommates.
• Jiang argued that men should not be labeled and told Lin Yilin that loyalty mattered most, then pinched her hand when she disagreed.
• Jiang and Su exchanged insults about each other’s appearance, leaving Su’s expression to turn as stern as Shen Wanyu’s.

Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Lin Yilin discussed how to approach Yu Songsong, then got caught in the rain without umbrellas. Lin Yilin’s roommate Zhang Juntang arrived with umbrellas and awkwardly offered one to Jiang Linyuan, drawing Su Muzhi’s teasing.

• Jiang Linyuan assigned Lin Yilin to help meet Yu Songsong at an Academic Department study exchange and asked Su Muzhi to investigate Yu Songsong’s Little Red Book account.
• Rain began falling, and Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi, and Lin Yilin realized none of them had an umbrella.
• Lin Yilin asked her roommate to bring an extra umbrella for Su Muzhi, while Jiang Linyuan left his own ride arrangements uncertain.
• Zhang Juntang arrived with umbrellas and offered one to Lin Yilin, then shyly held another out to Jiang Linyuan.
• Su Muzhi teased Jiang Linyuan for supposedly pursuing Lin Yilin’s roommate, and Zhang Juntang apologized after noticing Su Muzhi beside him.

Jiang Linyuan met Lin Yilin’s shy roommate Zhang Juntang, who insisted she remembered him and worried about making him angry. As Lin Yilin walked Zhang Juntang back, she mentioned Jiang Linyuan’s interest in Yu Songsong and learned that Yu Songsong was also listed for Saturday’s volunteer event.

• Lin Yilin introduced Zhang Juntang to Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi, while Jiang teased the shy junior.
• When Jiang Linyuan tried to apologize, Zhang Juntang grabbed his sleeve and told him she had only denied knowing him because she feared he would get mad, adding that she remembered him.
• Lin Yilin and Zhang Juntang left together, and Zhang Juntang told Lin Yilin that Jiang Linyuan was a very nice person.
• Lin Yilin told Zhang Juntang that Jiang planned to pursue a girl named Yu Songsong, and Zhang Juntang said Yu Songsong was on the list for Saturday’s volunteer event.

Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin helped prepare a study experience-sharing session, where Yu Songsong volunteered to host. Jiang Linyuan avoided becoming her co-host, leaving the shy male volunteer to rehearse with her.

• Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin arrived to help the Academic Department prepare for the session, and Yu Songsong sat beside Jiang Linyuan.
• Yu Songsong asked whether Lin Yilin was Jiang Linyuan's girlfriend, and Lin Yilin denied it before Jiang Linyuan could answer.
• Lin Yilin grew jealous and sulked, while Jiang Linyuan teased her by pinching her hand and joking that she could make it up to him if he failed to win Yu Songsong over.
• The Academic Department members organized the session and asked for volunteers to host it.
• Yu Songsong volunteered as the female host, and a shy young man volunteered as the male host while Jiang Linyuan declined.

Jiang Linyuan checked Yu Songsong’s social media and concluded she was a depressed former top student who had likely cheated, not an alchemist. He then watched her manipulate her timid rehearsal partner and took her for a break, while the boy eyed him as a rival.

• Lin Yilin asked Jiang Linyuan whether he had skipped hosting because he needed her, and he teased her before leaving her to work.
• Jiang Linyuan asked Su Muzhi for information about Yu Songsong, then read her posts about academic pressure, cheating, and depression.
• Jiang Linyuan decided Yu Songsong had probably cheated to become top of her grade and watched her rehearse with an underclassman.
• Yu Songsong altered the script and dismissed her partner’s objections, then went with Jiang Linyuan to get water.
• Yu Songsong’s rehearsal partner insisted on joining them and watched Jiang Linyuan with reluctance and hostility.

Jiang Linyuan grew closer to Yu Songsong while Zhao Tongyu struggled to keep up with their conversation. Meanwhile, Qiao Shan asked Lin Yilin to help her contact Jiang, and Lin Yilin agreed.

• Jiang Linyuan walked with Yu Songsong and Zhao Tongyu to a milk tea shop, charming Yu Songsong with flirtatious conversation.
• Zhao Tongyu challenged Jiang Linyuan, who embarrassed him with a pointed remark about Yu Songsong’s hosting ability.
• Jiang Linyuan offered to buy drinks, but Zhao Tongyu refused, so Yu Songsong took Jiang Linyuan by the hand and led him away to order.
• Lin Yilin recognized Qiao Shan from the villa, and Qiao Shan apologized for her past behavior and asked to add Lin on WeChat.
• Lin Yilin refused to accept an apology on Jiang Linyuan’s behalf, but agreed to ask him about Qiao Shan’s apology and messaged him.

At the milk tea shop, Jiang Linyuan bonded with Yu Songsong as she complained about Zhao Tongyu and her roommates, then learned she wanted help with medical studies and graduate school recommendations. He agreed to connect her with a capable medical student, but a message from Lin Yilin revealed that Qiao Shan wanted to give him money.

• Yu Songsong ignored Zhao Tongyu’s attempt to impress her, teased him about affording milk tea, and left with Jiang Linyuan.
• Yu Songsong told Jiang Linyuan that Zhao Tongyu was difficult to work with and that her roommates mocked her in their private group chat.
• Jiang Linyuan offered to help Yu Songsong, and she said she wanted to contact a strong medical student for advice on classes, competitions, and graduate school recommendations.
• Jiang Linyuan agreed to send Yu Songsong the contact information of an impressive medical student.
• Jiang Linyuan saw Lin Yilin’s message saying that Qiao Shan wanted to give him money.