Chapter Summaries

Chapter 99 Summary

• Plot and events: No substantive events occur. The chapter consists solely of a brief announcement that normal updates will resume the following day.
• Character developments: No characters appear or undergo development.
• Themes: The chapter functions as a transitional or scheduling note rather than a narrative installment.
• Character interactions: None.

Chapter 100 summary

This chapter contains only a brief author’s note: the author promises to post an update the following day and jokingly vows to eat shit while doing a handstand if they fail to do so. They add that they are already writing it.

• Plot and characters: No story events or character developments occur.
• Themes: The note humorously emphasizes the author’s commitment—and the pressure of keeping a promise.
• Interactions: No character interactions are shown.

Plot points and events

• Lin Xun wakes in class to find Ya Li, his former girlfriend and current teacher, standing over him. He had been dreaming about her in revealing clothing, and blurts out “roast chicken” when she asks what he dreamed about.
• Ya Li dismisses the class but summons Lin Xun to her office. She lets him off for sleeping through the lesson, yet questions his strange answer. He insists he was thinking about lunch.
• Ya Li observes that Lin Xun seems afraid of her, then assigns him to carry her potted plants to her dormitory. When he tries to use his Soul Tool Ring, she stops him, explaining that the plants need sunlight.
• At her dormitory, Lin Xun is stunned to see an open wardrobe full of provocative outfits—far more daring than anything in his dream.

Character developments

• Lin Xun is flustered and embarrassed by his dream, and his attempts to act composed only make him more suspicious. His awkwardness also suggests unresolved tension around Ya Li.
• Ya Li remains calm and professional, teasing him gently without openly confronting him about the dream. Her request that he carry the plants gives their private encounter a mundane, controlled explanation.
• Xie Xie and the other students enjoy Lin Xun’s embarrassment, while Xu Xiaoyan quietly shares in the amusement.

Significant themes

• Dream versus reality: Lin Xun expects his dream to be more outrageous than real life, only to find Ya Li’s wardrobe even more surprising.
• Embarrassment and misinterpretation: His innocent-sounding excuse and Ya Li’s pointed questions sustain the comic tension.
• Unresolved personal history: Their teacher-student roles coexist uneasily with their past relationship.

Character interactions

• Ya Li questions Lin Xun in class and again in private, balancing mild teasing with authority.
• Lin Xun tries to hide his dream, then complies with Ya Li’s request to carry the plants.
• His classmates turn the incident into a joke, nicknaming him “Roast Chicken Lin.”

Characters and interactions: No fictional characters appear or interact in this chapter.
Themes: The note focuses on creative recovery, experimentation, writing at a preferred pace, and uncertainty about future plans.

Chapter Summary

Key events

• Lin Xun enters Ya Li’s room to deliver two potted plants and discovers a wardrobe full of provocative outfits, including a bunny-girl costume. Embarrassed, he flees before she can question him.
• Ya Li recognizes him and enjoys his flustered reaction, privately recalling the phrase “roast chicken” and watching him hurry away.
• Lin Xun nearly collides with a neatly dressed woman who reveals herself as Leng Yaozhu, the academy’s new vice principal. Her prim, studious appearance clashes with his memories of her.
• Leng claims she came to Eastsea Academy for her disciple, Gu Yue, and tells Lin Xun to focus on his studies. Once he leaves, she drops her serious act and admits that the innocent look has its appeal.
• Back in his dorm, Lin Xun reflects uneasily on how many women from his past now surround him.
• Gu Yue confronts him in his room, pinning him against the door and demanding to know when he became involved with Ya Li. He can only answer that he does not understand what is happening.
• Xu Xiaoyan emerges from the neighboring room, sees Gu Yue trapping Lin Xun, and freezes in astonishment.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xun is repeatedly embarrassed and unsettled, especially by Ya Li’s wardrobe and the unexpected return of women he remembers differently. His evasive, confused reactions contrast with his reputation as a “Sea King.”
• Ya Li appears gentle and composed but is playful and mischievous beneath the surface. She recognizes Lin Xun and finds his panic entertaining.
• Leng Yaozhu presents herself as a modest, serious educator, then privately reveals that this persona is a deliberate act she enjoys. She maintains a teasing edge with Lin Xun while insisting her visit is for Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue shows jealousy and suspicion toward Ya Li, confronting Lin Xun with unusual physical boldness.
• Xu Xiaoyan’s surprised reaction sets up the chapter’s closing cliffhanger.

Significant themes

• Contrasts between appearance and reality: Ya Li’s gentle demeanor and Leng Yaozhu’s innocent presentation conceal playful, provocative sides.
• Past relationships resurfacing: Lin Xun’s apparent romantic history continues to intrude into his present life.
• Comedy through role reversal and misunderstanding: Lin Xun’s expectations are repeatedly overturned, leaving him flustered and unable to explain himself.

Key plot points and events

• Xu Xiaoyan wakes to find Gu Yue pinning Lin Xun close to the hallway wall. She covers her face but peeks through her fingers, then panics that she might be killed for seeing something private.
• Lin Xun teases her and stages a suggestive pose between Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue. He photographs them and jokingly threatens to spread the picture if they tell anyone, trapping Xu Xiaoyan in an argument she cannot win.
• Half a month later, Wu Changkong finishes a combat class and encounters a mysterious Black-Robed Man on campus. Recognizing him and overcome by hatred, Wu nevertheless holds back to avoid endangering students.
• The stranger says he needs Wu to draw out his real prey, then vanishes in black poisonous mist. Wu heads for the city outskirts, but the man has hidden above him in the clouds and launches a surprise attack, descending with bee-like wings and a stinger.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Xun shows a mischievous, calculating side, using humor and staged “evidence” to keep Xu Xiaoyan from revealing what she saw.
• Xu Xiaoyan is easily flustered and imaginative; despite insisting she saw nothing, her curiosity gets the better of her.
• Gu Yue is caught between Lin Xun’s teasing and Xu Xiaoyan’s embarrassment, with little control over the situation.
• Wu Changkong demonstrates discipline and concern for others: though driven by revenge, he refuses to fight near the academy where students could be harmed.
• The Black-Robed Man is cruel and strategic, exploiting Wu’s restraint to lure him away and attack by surprise.

Significant themes

• The opening scene plays with embarrassment, gossip, and coercive humor, while showing how easily a joke can become blackmail.
• Wu’s encounter contrasts revenge with responsibility: protecting students takes precedence over his desire to confront his enemy.
• The chapter closes on deception and hidden danger, as the Black-Robed Man uses a feint to turn Wu’s caution against him.