Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yuyuan began his three years at Advanced Nurturing High School after his father assigned him to look after his younger sister, Yuan Yuye, when she enrolled the following year. On the way to school, he befriended Ichinose Honami and reunited with Kanzaki Ryuji in Class 1-B.

• Yuan Yuyuan's father sent him to Advanced Nurturing High School and ordered him to protect Yuan Yuye when she enrolled.
• Yuan Yuyuan said goodbye to Yuan Yuye, who encouraged him to become a dependable senior.
• On the bus, Yuan Yuyuan met Ichinose Honami, introduced himself, and chatted with her on the way to school.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose helped an old woman find a seat and walked together across campus.
• Yuan Yuyuan entered Class 1-B, greeted Kanzaki Ryuji, and recalled helping Kanzaki's family through a crisis.

Yuan Yuyuan deduced that the school would reduce students’ monthly points based on their behavior and explained the system to Class B, while Ichinose reassured her classmates. He left for a campus convenience store and clashed with a sharp-eyed girl after commenting on its free items.

• Chie Hoshinomiya introduced the campus rules and student points, and Yuan Yuyuan inferred that the school would adjust monthly allocations according to students’ conduct.
• Ichinose Honami led Class B’s introductions, and Yuan Yuyuan introduced himself before classmates speculated about his family background.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned Class B that one student’s rule-breaking could cost everyone points, and he predicted that the school would soon test them.
• Ichinose calmed the class by urging everyone to follow the rules, and Yuan Yuyuan went to a convenience store.
• Yuan Yuyuan remarked on the store’s free items and Uncle Sakanayanagi handing out gold, then told a fox-eyed girl to introduce herself before asking questions.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated a contract-backed information sale with Horikita Suzune, then attended Class B’s first-year club orientation, where Sakayanagi Arisu invited him to meet at a café. At the orientation, he watched a silent upperclassman take the stage to present his club.

• Yuan Yuyuan offered Horikita Suzune valuable information for a monthly fee and arranged for Hoshinomiya-sensei to prepare a school-enforced contract.
• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Hoshinomiya-sensei had feelings for Chabashira Sae and later told Horikita Suzune he would guarantee the deal with a bet agreement.
• Yuan Yuyuan arrived at Class B and accepted the position of vice class leader after Ichinose Honami nominated him for class leader.
• At the gymnasium, Sakayanagi Arisu recognized Yuan Yuyuan, called him the true genius she had pursued, and invited him to a café after the briefing.
• Akane Tachibana introduced the club presentations, and Yuan Yuyuan noticed a bespectacled upperclassman who stood silently before the microphone.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated with Manabu Horikita to join the student council and oppose Miyabi Nagumo, while Arisu Sakayanagi enlisted his help against a hidden Class D student. The chapter ended with Yuan catching Masumi Kamuro shoplifting and implying that he might report her.

• Manabu Horikita addressed the first-years about student council recruitment and its authority, then invited Yuan Yuyuan to discuss matters after the orientation.
• Arisu Sakayanagi told Yuan that she had spotted the person she called a false genius in Class D and asked him to drain Class D of points; Yuan agreed in exchange for favors and support.
• Arisu introduced Yuan to Masumi Kamuro, who reluctantly accompanied her, before Manabu invited Yuan to join the student council and help oppose Miyabi Nagumo.
• Yuan negotiated for ten million personal points and Manabu Horikita's support in the student council election, then asked about Manabu's relationship with Suzune Horikita.
• Yuan spotted Masumi shoplifting at a convenience store and teased her, prompting her to pull him aside and accuse him of planning to report her.

Yuan Yuyuan arranged a wager agreement with Class D to sell them information about class assignments and Private Points, while teasing Masumi Kamuro into helping him. After school, he regretted forgetting to ask Kamuro to return, and noticed Ichinose packing up her desk.

• Yuan Yuyuan teased Masumi Kamuro about stealing and told her to meet him in Class B the next morning for a task.
• Yuan Yuyuan wondered why Manabu Horikita trusted him to keep his promise and resolved to rein in Nagumo.
• Ichinose welcomed Yuan Yuyuan in class, and he promised to join her group for karaoke next time.
• Yuan Yuyuan brought Kamuro to Class D and offered its students information under a wager agreement.
• Yosuke Hirata agreed on behalf of Class D to sign the agreement, and Yuan Yuyuan left holding Kamuro's hand.
• After school, Yuan Yuyuan regretted forgetting to ask Kamuro to return and saw Ichinose packing up her desk.

Yuan Yuyuan revealed the school’s class-assignment system to Class D, provoked Ken Sudō into attacking him, and then took Ichinose Honami to meet Manabu Horikita about joining the Student Council. After discussing the Council and Nagumo, Yuan left with Ichinose to meet Horikita Suzune, who wanted to confront him about the information he sold to Class D.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Class D that students were assigned to classes according to their strengths and weaknesses, and Chabashira Sae’s silence confirmed his claim.
• Ken Sudō charged at Yuan after Yuan mocked him, and Yuan slapped him before leaving with Ichinose Honami.
• Yuan told Ichinose that he had hit Sudō because Class D’s gossip had upset her, and offered to recommend her for the Student Council.
• Yuan introduced Ichinose to Manabu Horikita, who agreed to consider her joining the Student Council and warned that Nagumo might lead her astray.
• Yuan told Manabu that he had sold the class-assignment rules to Class D, then left with Ichinose to meet Horikita Suzune.

Yuan Yuyuan advised Horikita Suzune to recognize Class D’s hidden strengths and warned Ichinose about the risks of Class B’s close ties with other classes. He and Ichinose joined the Student Council as Vice President and Secretary, then joined Manabu Horikita and Akane Tachibana for a meal, where Yuan Yuyuan prepared to advise Manabu about the council’s isolation.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Horikita Suzune that Class D had strengths she overlooked and hinted that a hidden classmate could help it rise, while offering a possible alliance.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned Ichinose that Class B’s friendliness toward other classes could be used against them, and Ichinose asked him to lead the class during Special Exams.
• Yuan Yuyuan heard that classmates were spreading rumors that he and Ichinose were dating, and he told Kanzaki to keep their conversation private.
• Manabu Horikita invited Yuan Yuyuan and Ichinose to the Student Council, where he appointed Yuan Yuyuan Vice President and Ichinose Secretary and introduced them to Nagumo and Kiriyama.
• Yuan Yuyuan teased Ichinose about acting like a virtuous wife, then joined Manabu Horikita and Akane Tachibana for a meal and noticed Manabu had few close allies.

Yuan Yuyuan advised Manabu Horikita on leadership and later met Shiina Hiyori at the library, while helping Ichinose guide Class 1-B through the school’s suspicious exam. When May’s Private Points arrived, Yuan Yuyuan confronted the class over earning only 92,000 points despite his early warning.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Manabu Horikita that keeping decisions from classmates could make them feel distant and undermine their trust, and Manabu reflected on his leadership.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Ichinose that her work keeping Class 1-B steady let him focus on Nagumo, then returned to his dorm and wondered whether she liked him.
• Yuan Yuyuan met Shiina Hiyori in the library, exchanged contact information with her, and later received time off from Student Council work after Manabu Horikita heard about the matter.
• Hoshinomiya gave Class B a reference exam with unusually difficult final questions, and Yuan Yuyuan suspected the school would use the results for a purpose beyond report cards.
• On May 1, Yuan Yuyuan saw that Class B had earned 92,000 Private Points and criticized the class for failing to follow his advice on how to earn full marks.

Yuyuan learned that Ayanokoji was the White Room’s highest masterpiece and persuaded Hoshinomiya to help Class B compete against Class D. After leaving the teachers’ office, he encountered Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji, who had just met with Chabashira.

• Yuyuan confronted Ichinose, Kanzaki, and the class over Class B’s performance, then Hoshinomiya announced the class rankings and warned students that failing any subject on an official exam meant expulsion.
• Yuyuan went to the teachers’ office and saw Ayanokoji waiting for Chabashira, who took him to the counseling room despite Hoshinomiya’s attempts to listen in.
• Yuyuan told Hoshinomiya that Ayanokoji was a White Room genius, and she agreed to help Class B prepare to defeat Class D in the next special exam.
• Hoshinomiya offered a way to help everyone earn perfect scores on the next exam if Yuyuan performed well.
• Yuyuan met Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji outside the counseling room, defended Ayanokoji when Horikita suspected him, and began to explain how he knew about her meeting.

Yuan Yuyuan warned Ayanokoji and Horikita that others knew about Ayanokoji’s background, then helped Ichinose’s class by driving off Class C students and agreed to handle their Special Exam. He invited Himeno Yuki to dinner and offered to help her stop pretending to fit in, revealing that he, too, was acting around his classmates.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Ayanokoji and Horikita that people knew about Ayanokoji’s abilities and warned Horikita to watch him.
• Ichinose asked Yuan Yuyuan to tutor Class B, and he confronted Nomura’s Class C group for disrupting their study session.
• Yuan Yuyuan urged Ichinose to be more assertive, but she reminded him that he had agreed to handle the Special Exam.
• Yuan Yuyuan invited Himeno Yuki to dinner and suggested she could stop acting to fit in with Class B.
• Himeno Yuki realized Yuan Yuyuan’s public persona was an act, and he offered to help her be herself around her classmates.

Yuan Yuyuan handed Himeno Yuki responsibility for guiding Class B while he stepped back from the Study Group, then encountered Kamuro and discussed Sakayanagi’s scheme against Katsuragi. At the Library, he intervened when Sudo threatened Horikita Suzune, invoking her connection to the Student Council President and insisting the incident be reported.

• Yuan Yuyuan asked Himeno Yuki to step in when Honami could not lead Class B effectively, and she agreed in exchange for sweets.
• Yuan Yuyuan found Kamuro watching Katsuragi’s faction and learned Sakayanagi had claimed she and Yuan were childhood friends who had promised to marry.
• Yuan Yuyuan concluded Sakayanagi was using his name to divide Katsuragi’s faction and told Kamuro he expected to become Student Council President.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Kamuro watched Horikita Suzune argue with Sudo, who said studying would not help his basketball ambitions.
• When Sudo grabbed for Horikita, Yuan Yuyuan knocked him down and revealed that Horikita was the Student Council President’s younger sister.
• Horikita said she was fine, but Yuan Yuyuan insisted that, as a witness and Vice President, he could not ignore Sudo’s violence.

Yuan Yuyuan secured exam materials from Manabu Horikita and sold them to Classes B and D, using the deals to probe Class D and test Kushida Kikyo’s hostility toward Horikita Suzune. After Himeno Yuki analyzed Class D’s unusual students and Kushida’s behavior, Yuan assigned her to investigate how Kushida might be venting her resentment.

• Yuan Yuyuan made Horikita Suzune agree that Class D would do one favor for him later, then visited Manabu Horikita and obtained upperclassmen’s exam papers for free.
• Yuan Yuyuan distributed exam answers to Class B, where Himeno Yuki helped explain the arrangement, and warned that the class should keep studying for future exams.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Himeno Yuki offered Class D the answers for monthly payments, and most students agreed despite Horikita Suzune recognizing the costly terms.
• Koenji refused to sign, Sudo argued with him, and Yuan Yuyuan threatened to cancel the deal unless the class paid promptly; Hirata then collected the signatures.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Himeno Yuki to assess Class D, and they discussed Kushida Kikyo’s possible resentment toward Horikita Suzune and how she might have spread private information.
• Yuan Yuyuan concluded that Kushida had likely vented to someone and assigned Himeno Yuki to investigate, though they had no evidence yet.

Yuan Yuyuan asked Himeno Yuki to watch for a classmate who might secretly vent her anger, then teased and encouraged her before leaving for the library. There, he discussed class leadership with Shiina Hiyori, who lent him a novel and blushed when he accepted it.

• Yuan Yuyuan persuaded Himeno Yuki to keep an eye out for the classmate’s private outbursts, and Himeno agreed in exchange for weekly meals.
• Yuan Yuyuan and Himeno Yuki joked about dating and leadership, and he cheered her up after she put herself down.
• After class, Yuan Yuyuan arranged for Palette to deliver Pudding for Himeno, then went to the library when she seemed upset by his advice.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Shiina Hiyori whether Ichinose would attract more supporters than Ryuen in Class C, and Shiina said Ichinose probably would.
• Shiina Hiyori lent Yuan Yuyuan The Postman Always Rings Twice, and she blushed when he said he was glad she treated him like an insider.

Yuan Yuyuan caught Kushida Kikyo secretly venting her hatred of Horikita Suzune and persuaded her to explain the middle-school scandal that shaped her. After hearing how Kushida leaked classmates’ secrets and turned them against one another, Yuan pointed out that Horikita might not know about her past, leaving Kushida reconsidering whether she needed to remove Horikita from Class D.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Himeno Yuki followed Kushida Kikyo to the rooftop stairwell and recorded her cursing Horikita Suzune.
• Kushida threatened Yuan Yuyuan with a false assault accusation, but Yuan photographed her and Himeno revealed the recording.
• Yuan offered to help Kushida get Horikita out of Class D, and Kushida said she would rather have Horikita expelled because Horikita knew her secret.
• Kushida told Yuan how she sought recognition in middle school, anonymously posted classmates’ secrets online, and exposed their grudges to make them turn on one another.
• Yuan reasoned that Horikita might not know about Kushida’s past because she still asked Kushida for help, and Kushida wondered whether she could transfer Horikita to Class C.

Yuan Yuyuan negotiated with Kushida over Horikita Suzune’s transfer, then realized it would cost twenty million points and rushed to read the book Shiina had recommended before discussing it with her. The chapter ended with Manabu Horikita messaging Yuan to ask if he was free that night, while Yuan tried to pretend he had not read it.

• Yuan Yuyuan offered to help Kushida get Horikita Suzune into Class A in exchange for her help taking control of Class D, and Kushida agreed.
• Yuan Yuyuan, Kushida Kikyo, and Himeno Yuki ate at the Western Restaurant, where Kushida and Himeno bonded by teasing him.
• Yuan Yuyuan called Manabu Horikita and learned that transferring someone between classes cost twenty million points.
• Yuan Yuyuan stayed up all night reading Shiina’s recommended book, then met her in the library and discussed it.
• Manabu Horikita messaged Yuan Yuyuan to ask whether he was free that night, and Yuan replied that the message was unread.

Yuan Yuyuan advised Manabu Horikita on how to break Horikita Suzune’s idealized image of her brother and repair their relationship. After Manabu confronted Suzune, Yuan spoke with her privately and explained that Manabu had acted out of concern, leaving her questioning why he wanted her to struggle.

• Manabu Horikita told Yuan Yuyuan how Suzune had imitated him since childhood, and Yuan advised him to show her his flaws and have an honest conversation.
• Manabu and Yuan met Horikita Suzune, and Manabu criticized her ambitions while Yuan noticed Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had been watching nearby.
• After Ayanokoji Kiyotaka left, Manabu told Suzune to struggle for a higher class and walked away.
• Yuan told Suzune that Manabu had asked him to help mend their relationship and said Manabu considered her a rough diamond with great potential.
• Suzune laughed at Yuan’s teasing account of Manabu and asked why her brother had tried to make her realize how difficult things would be.

Yuan Yuyuan helped Horikita Suzune reconsider her relationship with her brother, then attended a study group where Ichinose settled a dispute between Class C and Class D. The chapter ended with Class B preparing for the May 22 midterm exam.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Horikita Suzune that her brother had wanted her to grow freely rather than become a copy of him, and he refused to arrange a meeting until she had thought things through.
• Kushida Kikyo told Yuan Yuyuan that Horikita Suzune was organizing another meeting with the three boys, and he asked Kushida to keep her in check and report anything unusual.
• Yuan Yuyuan joined Ichinose, Himeno, and Kanzaki at a library study group, where Yamawaki taunted Class D and Sudo nearly fought him.
• Ichinose stopped the confrontation and reprimanded both Yamawaki and Class D, then asked Yuan Yuyuan if he was disappointed in her; he reassured her and she hurried away, embarrassed.
• On May 22, Ichinose encouraged Class B before the midterm exam and reminded them of the answers Yuan Yuyuan had brought.

Yuan Yuyuan celebrated Class B’s successful midterms while steering Horikita toward a way to save Sudo from expulsion and strengthening his influence among his classmates. The chapter ended with him leaving a class dinner and getting teased by Himeno Yuki.

• Yuan Yuyuan watched Class B finish the midterm questions he had supplied, then visited Class D and saw Sudo struggling with English.
• Yuan Yuyuan learned that Horikita had deliberately scored low in English to protect Sudo, then urged her to use Private Points to prevent his expulsion.
• Yuan Yuyuan explained to Kushida that Ayanokoji had gone to negotiate with Chabashira and warned her not to underestimate him.
• Hoshinomiya announced that Class B had the highest average score and no one would be expelled, then revealed the school had planned a summer trip.
• Yuan Yuyuan paid for a Class B celebration meal and won the students’ gratitude by promising to help them reach Class A.
• Himeno Yuki complained that Yuan Yuyuan had ignored her at dinner, pinched his ear, and teased him as he left.

Yuan Yuyuan and Himeno Yuki teased each other before returning to their dorms. Later, Yuan explained how Class C’s students had framed Sudo and comforted Ichinose after she admitted she wanted to help Class D; the chapter ended with Ichinose promising to become more capable and Yuan teasing that he might leave her nothing to do.

• Yuan Yuyuan and Himeno Yuki chased and teased each other, then he carried her back to their dorm building.
• Yuan Yuyuan read a report accusing Sudo of injuring Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki Daichi, and explained to Ichinose how Class C could use evidence to frame him.
• Ichinose said she wanted to help Class D because she disliked Class C’s tactic, despite knowing that helping them could make them rivals.
• Yuan Yuyuan reassured Ichinose that he respected her principles, then held her as she broke down and blamed herself for being unable to change.
• Ichinose promised she would become capable enough to help Yuan Yuyuan in the future, and he teased that getting serious might leave her nothing to do.

Yuan Yuyuan weighed whether to help Class D in the review of Sudo’s assault case while asking Kushida to get Ayanokoji involved. When Kushida complained and delayed, Yuan pressured her into apologizing and made clear that she had to follow his instructions, leaving her grateful but worried that she was replaceable.

• Yuan Yuyuan told Ichinose that Class B could seek a place on the review committee, but he was reluctant to help Class D and asked her to reassure their class about the delayed points.
• Hoshinomiya announced the classes’ point totals, and Yuan Yuyuan contacted Prime Minister Horikita to handle the assault case review; Manabu Horikita agreed to rely on him while he investigated.
• Yuan Yuyuan asked Kushida to sound out Ayanokoji, but Kushida reported that Ayanokoji seemed uninterested in saving Sudo.
• Yuan Yuyuan threatened to expose Kushida’s true nature after she complained about approaching Ayanokoji, so Kushida went to Class B and apologized to him in private.
• Yuan Yuyuan warned Kushida not to repeat her mistake, stopped her from kneeling, and told her to do her job; afterward, Kushida thanked him, but he ignored her message until school ended.