Chapter Summaries

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu ran a hugely profitable shaved-ice stall outside Jing City University, relying on stolen water and their abilities to keep up with demand. After filling their vat, Meng Lang stopped Fang Ran from openly using magic, while Gou Yu wondered whether their water theft was any safer.

• Fang Ran and Meng Lang secretly filled their pickled-cabbage vat with water from the faculty building while Gou Yu helped with the stall.
• Fang Ran counted more than a thousand yuan in morning profits and proposed raising prices, but Gou Yu refused.
• Gou Yu secretly used her ability to break up the ice in the vat after the ice shaver proved too slow and was dismissed from the stall.
• Fang Ran joked with Meng Lang about their sales pitch and offered to buy him something, while Meng Lang complained about his antics.
• When Gou Yu said the vat was full, Fang Ran raised The Freeze to use his ability, but Meng Lang restrained him to prevent anyone from spotting them.
• Gou Yu silently questioned whether stealing water in a possibly monitored area was any safer than using their abilities openly.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu tried selling shaved ice at a new spot during military training, but few freshmen bought any. Fang Ran refused to give up and prepared a secret strategy, which he had not yet revealed when a girl approached their stand.

• Fang Ran moved the Shaved Ice Three Musketeers' shaved ice stand to a new spot, where fewer than twenty people bought from them during the break.
• Gou Yu explained that the girls training nearby might avoid buying plain shaved ice because of their preferences and concern about how they appeared to others.
• Fang Ran rejected Meng Lang's suggestion to return to their morning spot and vowed to make their stand famous.
• Fang Ran announced he had a secret strategy, but Meng Lang found that he was simply calling out that the shaved ice was free before the strategy was used.
• A girl asked Fang Ran and Meng Lang whether they were selling shaved ice, and Fang Ran sighed with relief when she appeared.

Fang Ran tricked Gou Yu into selling shaved ice at the front, where his looks drew a crowd of girls and a flood of orders. Fang Ran and Meng Lang struggled to keep up with production while Gou Yu realized he had been used as their promotion strategy.

• Fang Ran pretended to lose his sunglasses and persuaded Gou Yu to take over selling shaved ice.
• Gou Yu attracted a growing crowd of girls, who bought shaved ice and asked for his WeChat.
• Gou Yu realized Fang Ran had used him as the stall’s poster boy after hearing Fang Ran and Meng Lang celebrate their plan.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang rushed to make more shaved ice as the sudden demand overwhelmed them.
• Fang Ran declared that fast hand speed could make up for not being handsome and frantically chopped ice with two kitchen knives.

Jing City University students became fascinated by the handsome military training instructors and the Shaved Ice God selling treats to freshmen. After suspecting illegal vending, a veteran university worker rode to investigate and spotted a water pipe running from a teaching building to the athletic field.

• Students discussed the unusually capable instructors and the handsome Shaved Ice God on the Jing City University forum.
• Girls traveled to the athletic field to buy shaved ice from the Shaved Ice God and see him in person.
• After a report about the shaved-ice seller, the security office showed little concern, but a veteran university worker suspected an outsider was operating illegally.
• The old man rode his electric scooter toward the athletic field and noticed a water pipe running from a teaching building to the field.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu sold shaved ice while Gou Yu charmed a crowd of girls, until the campus security office old man caught them stealing water. Fang Ran shouted for Plan-B and led the others in a frantic escape.

• Fang Ran and Meng Lang lamented that they had become so practiced at making shaved ice that they could work without paying attention.
• Gou Yu told the girls around him that he was learning to make mousse cake for the people he lived with, prompting them to wonder if he had a girlfriend.
• Fang Ran discovered that their water pipe had stopped running and realized someone might have caught them stealing water.
• The security office old man arrived on his electric scooter, dragging their water pipe and angrily confronting the Magical Boys.
• Fang Ran told Meng Lang and Gou Yu to run, then raced away carrying the pickled cabbage vat as the others grabbed their supplies and followed.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu fled from an old security guard while carrying their shaved-ice supplies. Fang Ran drew the guard away, letting Meng Lang and Gou Yu return to sell the remaining shaved ice.

• Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu ran from the security guard, who believed they were outside peddlers stealing water.
• As the guard caught up, Fang Ran ordered the trio to split up and ran down a side path with the pickled cabbage vat.
• The security guard chose to chase Fang Ran, while Meng Lang and Gou Yu escaped in other directions.
• After the guard passed, Gou Yu asked Meng Lang whether they should help Fang Ran, but Meng Lang proposed returning to sell the remaining shaved ice.
• Gou Yu realized that they had effectively sacrificed their captain to keep selling shaved ice.

Fang Ran rushed across Jing City University's athletic field carrying a jar of pickled cabbage and nearly collided with Xu Zheng, the military training chief. After escaping whatever was chasing him, Fang Ran ran off again and left his jar behind.

• Xu Zheng refused to accept a gift from a student but agreed to reimburse her for the shaved ice she had bought.
• Fang Ran sprinted toward Xu Zheng and the student while carrying a pickled cabbage jar, and Xu Zheng scooped the student out of his path.
• Fang Ran recognized Xu Zheng, checked behind himself, and hurriedly explained that he was dealing with a troublesome situation.
• Fang Ran replaced the shaved ice Xu Zheng had dropped, gave cups to Xu Zheng and the student, and ran off as an electric scooter approached.
• Xu Zheng watched Fang Ran leave and realized he had abandoned the pickled cabbage jar.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu repeatedly tried to sell shaved ice to students while evading the security old man, Old Man Chen. By Friday, the students thought the trio enjoyed outwitting him, while Gou Yu endured the chaos and wished Chen would return to stop Fang Ran and Meng Lang.

• Fang Ran and Meng Lang refused to give up selling shaved ice after the old man caught them, and the three resumed their efforts on Monday.
• Fang Ran rushed out to advertise free shaved ice on Monday and Tuesday, while Gou Yu tried to warn them that the old man was nearby.
• On Wednesday, the trio escaped through a teaching building window after the old man caught them stealing water and selling shaved ice.
• On Thursday, Fang Ran and Meng Lang sneaked out before dawn in Curtain Cloaks to steal water, but Fang Ran accidentally soaked Meng Lang with the hose.
• On Friday, a girl praised Gou Yu's shaved ice and said students thought he sold it cheaply as a hobby while enjoying outwitting the old man.
• Fang Ran became jealous when the girl praised Gou Yu and said she wanted to take him home, so Meng Lang restrained him as Gou Yu silently wished Old Man Chen would arrive.

During military training at Jing City University, the Shaved Ice Squad kept selling cheap shaved ice while evading Old Man Chen, who suspected they were stealing water and might make students sick. After another chase failed, Old Man Chen gathered the security staff and set an ambush for them near the field.

• Freshmen praised the Shaved Ice Squad’s two-yuan shaved ice, while the tall boy learned that the sellers had been appearing in different places.
• Old Man Chen arrived as the tall boy was about to order, and Free and No Charge immediately fled with the stall equipment.
• The tall boy watched Free carry the pickled-cabbage vat away as Old Man Chen pursued him on an electric scooter.
• Old Man Chen recalled his week of failed attempts to catch the three sellers and realized they lived on campus.
• Old Man Chen recruited security staff and arranged an ambush near the northwest corner of the field for that afternoon.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu kept selling shaved ice during military training by exploiting staggered breaks, but Old Man Chen cornered them with help from security guards. A flirtatious foreign woman appeared to buy shaved ice and warned Fang Ran that people were looking for him just as the trio’s escape routes were blocked.

• Fang Ran explained that he had asked Xu Zheng to stagger the formations’ breaks and prepared a schedule and route map so they could keep selling shaved ice.
• A European woman in glasses approached Fang Ran for shaved ice, flustered him with her revealing outfit, and whispered that people nearby were looking for him.
• Old Man Chen roared at Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu, snapping Fang Ran and Meng Lang out of their daze.
• Meng Lang tried to flee with the pickle vat, but Old Man Chen ordered Xiao Wang and Xiao Li to block their route as others closed in.
• Fang Ran pushed the electric scooter and argued with Meng Lang about his crude choice of words as they faced being surrounded.

Fang Ran used The Dash to escape Old Man Chen on an electric bike with Meng Lang and Gou Yu, crashing spectacularly after it ran out. As Fang Ran reflected on the ordinary life he had wanted, a familiar girl appeared and asked why he was there.

• Fang Ran used The Dash to launch the electric bike past Old Man Chen and through Jing City University's military training formations, where the freshmen saluted them by accident.
• Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu hurtled along on the bike while Meng Lang was trapped in the pickled cabbage vat and Gou Yu held his legs.
• The Dash wore off, and Fang Ran lost control of the bike; the three crashed into a tree and tumbled onto a pedestrian path.
• Fang Ran reflected that selling shaved ice and sharing uneventful days with his friends was the everyday life he had wanted to protect.
• A familiar young girl found Fang Ran on the ground and asked why he was there.

Fang Ran unexpectedly reunited with Fang Xiaoran at Jing City University after crashing out of a pickled vegetable jar, and she demanded to know why he was in Jing City. Fang Ran reassured her that he was not expelled or in trouble, and they left to talk before Old Man Chen arrived.

• Fang Xiaoran refused Ming Ling's invitation to watch military training but agreed to take a detour past the playground.
• Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and a pickled vegetable jar flew off an electric scooter and crashed near Fang Xiaoran and Ming Ling.
• Fang Xiaoran recognized Fang Ran and angrily demanded to know why he was in Jing City and what he had been doing.
• Fang Ran told Fang Xiaoran he was doing odd jobs selling shaved ice and denied being expelled or getting into trouble.
• Fang Xiaoran threatened to call Aunt Fang unless Fang Ran explained himself, and they left to talk before Old Man Chen arrived.
• Gou Yu and Meng Lang reflected on Fang Ran's unusual way of speaking with his family, and Meng Lang considered visiting his home over winter vacation.

Fang Ran reunited with his younger sister Fang Xiaoran at Jing City University and brought her to the house where he lived with Meng Lang. He revealed that he had joined the Night Bureau, leaving Meng Lang panicking and their argument ending in an awkward discovery for him.

• Fang Ran brought Fang Xiaoran to the rental house in the university’s professor residential district, where she met Meng Lang.
• Fang Xiaoran deduced that Fang Ran had transferred to Jing City University after Meng Lang had publicly announced it with a loudspeaker.
• Fang Ran told Fang Xiaoran that Meng Lang had tricked him into joining the Night Bureau and that he had transferred to Beijing using his privileges.
• Meng Lang berated Fang Ran for revealing the Night Bureau to an ordinary person, and the two began grappling.
• Fang Xiaoran calmly told Meng Lang that she was Fang Ran’s younger sister, embarrassing him after he had shouted, “To hell with your sister!”

Fang Xiaoran questioned Fang Ran and Meng Lang about Fang Ran’s recruitment into the Night Bureau, refusing to believe their claims without proof. When Meng Lang could produce no identification or employment documents, Fang Ran decided to call someone who could verify the story.

• Fang Ran told Fang Xiaoran that he had joined the Night Bureau, and Meng Lang explained that Fang Ran’s special talents had led to his recruitment and transfer to Beijing.
• Fang Xiaoran pressed Meng Lang for details, official documents, positions, and employment contracts, but he could not provide convincing proof.
• Fang Xiaoran warned Fang Ran that he might have been tricked and demanded evidence that the Night Bureau was real.
• Fang Ran understood her concern, took out his Nokia, and said he would make a call for help.
• Meng Lang was surprised that Fang Ran had a useful contact, and Fang Ran mocked him for being unable to produce basic identification.

Fang Xiaoran contacted Ji Lingyan to verify Fang Ran’s situation at Jing City University, then left after saying she would check his enrollment and paperwork. Gou Yu spoke with her outside, where she denied caring about Fang Ran and revealed they were not siblings by the same parents.

• Fang Ran called Ji Lingyan, who reassured Fang Xiaoran and gave her an office address at Jing City University.
• Fang Xiaoran told Fang Ran she would return after confirming his exchange-student enrollment and paperwork, then left.
• Meng Lang urged Fang Ran to see Fang Xiaoran off, but Fang Ran said doing so would only make things awkward.
• Gou Yu told Fang Xiaoran that the misunderstanding between her and Fang Ran seemed cleared up and suggested she cared about him.
• Fang Xiaoran denied caring about Fang Ran and said they were not siblings from the same parents.

Fang Ran spent a peaceful day at the group’s new home with Gou Yu and Meng Lang, while thinking about his estranged sister, Fang Xiaoran. Just as he enjoyed cake and the calm of ordinary life, a scene suddenly began and pulled him, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu away.

• Fang Xiaoran told Gou Yu that she and Fang Ran did not share the same parents, then left with the documents.
• Gou Yu returned to find Xiao Huo had knocked Fang Ran and Meng Lang unconscious, and he baked a chocolate chiffon cake while they recovered.
• Fang Ran explained that he had not tried to stop Fang Xiaoran from leaving, then secretly hid the box of chocolates beneath his blanket.
• Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu gathered around the cake and enjoyed a carefree moment at their new home.
• White light signaled the start of a scene, and Fang Ran grabbed Meng Lang; Meng Lang caught Gou Yu’s foot, and all three vanished.

Fang Xiaoran learned from Ji Lingyan that Fang Ran had joined a classified state agency, then left to speak with him herself. Ji Lingyan later heard from Xu Zheng that Fang Ran had been secretly selling drinks and shaved ice around the military training grounds, leaving her stunned.

• Ji Lingyan showed Fang Xiaoran official documents proving Fang Ran’s connection to a classified state agency but refused to reveal further details.
• Ji Lingyan advised Fang Xiaoran not to tell Fang Ran’s parents about his situation without asking him first, and Fang Xiaoran decided to discuss it with him.
• After Fang Xiaoran left, Ji Lingyan reviewed her background and learned that she and Fang Ran had grown up close, with their families even arranging a childhood betrothal.
• Xu Zheng called Ji Lingyan to report that Fang Ran had been sneaking onto the military training grounds to sell water and shaved ice for half a month.
• Xu Zheng added that Fang Ran had ridden an electric scooter past the freshmen, and asked Ji Lingyan to handle complaints from campus security.

Fang Ran dragged Meng Lang and Gou Yu into his post-assessment Single-player Scenario, where they learned it was meant for practicing abilities and argued over who had brought whom along. The three discovered they had arrived barefoot and decided to find shoes before checking the scenario introduction.

• Fang Ran and Meng Lang wrestled in the street while Gou Yu asked why they had been pulled into the captain's scenario.
• Meng Lang explained that the system's Single-player Scenario was a transition scenario for practicing newly strengthened abilities, and extra participants risked being detected if they used energy.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang bickered over who had dragged the others in, while Gou Yu listened and learned they could not use their abilities without being kicked out.
• Gou Yu pointed out that the three Magical Boys were standing in the street without shoes, and they silently realized they had entered the scenario barefoot.

Fang Ran, Meng Lang, and Gou Yu checked the simple objective for their three-night Night Battle Scenario in Magic City, then agreed to treat the assignment as a trip. Fang Ran and Meng Lang decided to split up, leaving Gou Yu alone as they headed off in different directions.

• Gou Yu reminded Fang Ran and Meng Lang to check the Scenario, whose mission was to kill a randomly deployed E-Rank target within three nights.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang argued over their ranks and joked around before agreeing they had plenty of time to enjoy Magic City.
• Gou Yu gave in to Fang Ran and Meng Lang’s pleas and agreed to treat the Scenario as a trip.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang brawled over which of them Gou Yu loved, then announced that they should split up for solo action.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang bid each other farewell and left Gou Yu wondering what they planned to do.

Fang Ran and Meng Lang wandered into Magic City's red-light district to investigate the Da Bao Jian they were curious about, only to get lost. Gou Yu found them and angrily confronted them for sneaking off after they had agreed to split up.

• Fang Ran and Meng Lang unexpectedly met outside a nightclub in Magic City's red-light district.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang agreed to enter the district together to look for a Da Bao Jian.
• Fang Ran and Meng Lang got lost and ended up back where they had started.
• Fang Ran spotted a large nightclub, and he and Meng Lang decided to check inside.
• Gou Yu found Fang Ran and Meng Lang and scolded them for abandoning her and trying to sneak into the district.