Chapter Summaries

Wu Liang worried that his dramatic jump in the exam rankings would make others suspect him of cheating, so he tried to avoid the crowds on campus. Ning Shuang and Su Qian caught up with him, and Su Qian reflected on how Wu Liang had surpassed her expectations.

• Milutin finished breakfast and reminded Wu Liang that his exam results were due, while he worried about drawing suspicion with his performance.
• Wu Liang entered campus in disguise and took a quiet route to avoid students checking the results board.
• Ning Shuang recognized Wu Liang, clung to his back, and took his baseball cap despite his disguise.
• Su Qian explained that Ning Shuang had identified Wu Liang from behind and watched their familiar interaction with amusement.
• Su Qian recalled how Wu Liang's intelligence and planning had exceeded her expectations, reinforcing her belief that inviting him into the student council was right.

He Xue searched the monthly exam results for Wu Liang and discovered that he had ranked first with nearly perfect scores, while she had placed second. She realized his success had come from his own ability and wondered how he had achieved it.

• He Xue searched the second-year results but could not find Wu Liang among the bottom hundred.
• He Xue wondered if Wu Liang had deliberately kept his grades low to maintain his thug persona and felt guilty about what he had supposedly endured for her.
• He Xue discovered that she had ranked second in the grade for the first time.
• He Xue found Wu Liang at the top of the board with nearly perfect scores in every subject and felt relieved that he would not have to repeat a year.
• He Xue realized the cram sessions had not caused Wu Liang’s achievement and wondered what training had made him so capable.

Wu Liang discovered that he had ranked first in the grade with nearly perfect scores, astonishing the students gathered at the notice board. The crowd quickly accepted his result as natural and swarmed him for autographs and pictures, while Rat urged him to leave.

• Nan Zhu and Rat saw Wu Liang's name at the top of the grade ranking and reacted in disbelief.
• Su Qian and Ning Shuang brought Wu Liang to the notice board, where he saw that he had placed first.
• Ning Shuang checked that she was awake, and Rat and Nan Zhu congratulated Wu Liang on his results.
• The students explained away Wu Liang's leap from last place to first as something expected of him and praised him as a genius.
• Students crowded around Wu Liang for autographs, pictures, and a chance to become his underling, so Rat suggested they leave.

Wu Liang struggled with the academy’s fanatical admiration and returned to class, where Nan Zhu nervously tried to explain an intense new feeling that had started after the amusement park. The chapter left Wu Liang wondering what Nan Zhu was about to confess.

• Wu Liang and his companions left the students who had gathered around him, while Su Qian concluded that his third trial would be easy.
• Milutin watched the crowd and considered telling Yao Shi about Wu Liang’s popularity so they could experience academy life.
• Wu Liang returned to class and found his classmates had explained away his poor grades as deliberate concealment of his abilities.
• Nan Zhu told Wu Liang that he had felt an intense, burning sensation since returning from the amusement park the previous night.

Wu Liang realized that the woman Nan Zhu had fallen for was likely Yao Qing, whom Wu Liang already knew. Nan Zhu confirmed she had stopped him from following Wu Liang at Gamcheon Brilliant Amusement Park, leaving Wu Liang stunned.

• Wu Liang noticed Nan Zhu's bashful reaction and asked whether he had fallen in love with someone.
• Nan Zhu recalled meeting a beautiful woman at an amusement park and described her long black hair, wine-red eyes, and outfit.
• Wu Liang recognized that Nan Zhu’s description matched someone familiar and snapped his pen in shock.
• Nan Zhu said he had visited Gamcheon Brilliant Amusement Park, where he had seen Wu Liang, Ning Shuang, and the others.
• Nan Zhu revealed that Yao Qing had stopped him from following Wu Liang and said she did not want anyone disturbing him.

Nan Zhu asked Wu Liang about the woman from the amusement park, and Wu Liang hid that Qing was a man to spare Nan Zhu’s feelings. The chapter ended with Yao Qing arriving at a tense office full of teachers.

• Nan Zhu told Wu Liang he wanted to learn the identity of the woman who had captivated him, and Wu Liang realized Nan Zhu had fallen for Yao Qing.
• Wu Liang started to reveal that the woman was actually a man, but he changed his mind after seeing Nan Zhu’s sincere excitement.
• Wu Liang called Qing difficult to approach and gave Nan Zhu her name, while Nan Zhu asked to see Qing again.
• Wu Liang shouted that Nan Zhu had no chance to meet Qing, then awkwardly explained that Qing had left Yanghai City and promised to arrange a meeting after Qing returned.
• Yao Qing sat in a silent office as the gathered teachers watched him warily.

Yao Qing waited in Huihuangxing Academy’s administrative office for his meeting with Principal Qiao Ranxin, acting so casually that the staff grew suspicious and irritated. Qiao Ranxin arrived exactly at nine thirty and recognized that he had behaved provocatively to make his connection to her clear.

• Yao Qing told the female assistant that Qiao Ranxin had arranged to meet him at nine thirty about taking up a position at the academy.
• The assistant and instructors remained wary because Yao Qing had no proof of his identity and acted as though the office were his home.
• Yao Qing took off his shoes, lay on the sofa, and played with his phone, leaving the assistant unsure how to stop him.
• Qiao Ranxin arrived at nine thirty and told Yao Qing to stop joking, while the other staff hurriedly stood at attention.
• Qiao Ranxin saw through Yao Qing’s plan to make everyone aware of his close relationship with her.

Qiao Ranxin introduced Yao Qing as the new second-year PE teacher, while Wu Liang learned the rules for the student council selection assembly three days away. He left with the challenge of winning support from two-thirds of the academy’s students as Nan Zhu remained infatuated with Yao Qing.

• Qiao Ranxin pulled Yao Qing to his feet and introduced him to the instructors and vice principal as the new second-year PE teacher.
• Wu Liang arrived at the student council room and found Ning Shuang, Rat, and Nan Zhu there with Su Qian and Nan Qingshui.
• Wu Liang worried that Nan Zhu had fallen for Yao Qing instead of pursuing the female leads, threatening the perfect ending.
• Su Qian told Wu Liang that he needed two-thirds of the students’ support at the selection assembly in three days.
• Su Qian explained that Wu Liang’s speech would be broadcast throughout the academy and students would vote electronically for five minutes afterward.

Wu Liang and Su Qian discussed his chances of gaining enough support and planned to use the election meeting to bring Ning Shuang, He Xue, Han Yu, and Nan Zhu into the student council. Later, Han Yu met He Xue at the flower garden where they first became friends and demanded to know why He Xue still tolerated her.

• Wu Liang questioned whether he could win two-thirds of the school's votes, but Su Qian said she trusted her intuition and believed his recent efforts had earned support.
• Su Qian showed Wu Liang the prepared applications for Ning Shuang, He Xue, Han Yu, and Nan Zhu and suggested using tricks at the election meeting.
• Han Yu and He Xue visited the flower garden where they first met after He Xue had been isolated at school and Han Yu comforted her.
• Han Yu said her former kindness had been an act and admitted she could not understand why He Xue still treated her without anger.
• Han Yu asked He Xue directly whether she truly did not hate her.

He Xue confronted Han Yu about their broken friendship and told her she wanted to become friends again. Han Yu accepted He Xue’s new Butterfly Hairpin, though she only tucked it away, leaving their reconciliation beginning but unresolved.

• He Xue told Han Yu she did not hate her and recognized that Han Yu was now the one left alone.
• He Xue introduced herself again, asked Han Yu to be friends, and offered her a Butterfly Hairpin.
• He Xue hugged Han Yu and declared that she wanted to know her again and did not want to lose Xiao Yu.
• Han Yu asked why He Xue would befriend someone who had betrayed and hurt her, and He Xue said Xiao Yu was her friend.
• He Xue explained that Xiao Yu was her most special friend and that she had chosen the same hairpin style to begin anew.
• Han Yu teased He Xue about whether she had only pretended to like butterflies, then tucked the hairpin into her clothes.

Han Yu accepted He Xue as her best friend and learned that He Xue knew the other girls admired Wu Liang, but He Xue saw no reason for them to compete over him. Yao Qing approached Han Yu for a private conversation, while Ye Luotong studied Wu Liang’s exam results and suspected he had hidden his intelligence in the past.

• Han Yu told He Xue she accepted her gift and acknowledged her as her best friend.
• He Xue admitted she liked Wu Liang and explained that she had realized the other girls shared her feelings, but did not want to fight over him.
• Yao Qing interrupted He Xue and asked Han Yu to speak with him privately about a message he had previously sent.
• Ye Luotong was shocked to see Wu Liang had ranked first in the monthly exam and ruled out cheating.
• Ye Luotong suspected Wu Liang had deliberately failed earlier exams to maintain his delinquent image, then remembered sharing a bed with him.

Ye Luotong spoke with Qiao Ranxin, who proposed a school trip and hinted that she wanted to discuss Wu Liang. Meanwhile, Milutin returned home and learned that Yao Shi had gone into the kitchen.

• Ye Luotong recalled sleeping in Wu Liang's guest bed and resolved to wash the sheets, though she still wondered about his pleasant scent.
• Qiao Ranxin visited Ye Luotong, asked how she was settling into her job, and proposed a trip for the academy's teachers and upper-grade students.
• Ye Luotong enthusiastically asked about the trip, and Qiao Ranxin said it would likely take place within two months at a coastal island.
• Qiao Ranxin said she would visit Ye Luotong to talk about Wu Liang, then wondered how a returning girl would react when she saw him.
• Milutin returned home and asked Xiao Ai and Gu Yilei where Yao Shi was; Gu Yilei said she had seen Yao Shi enter the kitchen around nine-thirty and not come out.

Yao Shi kept trying to cook a meal that Young Master could eat, while Milutin tried to stop her from throwing random ingredients together. Milutin urged her to use online recipes and begin with simple dishes.

• Gu Yilei told Milutin and Xiao Ai that Yao Shi had been in the kitchen for hours, frightening them with memories of her disastrous Starry Sky Gazing dish.
• Gu Yilei took Xiao Ai to loosen the soil in the garden, leaving Milutin to worry about Yao Shi’s cooking.
• Yao Shi dry-heaved after tasting her latest failed soup and examined her ingredients, convinced she had to make acceptable food for Young Master.
• Yao Shi considered adding a whole block of hotpot base to the pot, but Milutin stopped her and urged her to follow online tutorials and start with simple recipes.

Yao Shi practiced cooking with Milutin’s help so she could prepare dinner for the Young Master, and she finally made a delicious bone broth. With the Young Master due home soon, Yao Shi decided to prepare simple food to go with it.

• Milutin showed Yao Shi an online soup tutorial and helped supervise her cooking.
• Milutin tasted Yao Shi’s broth and noticed that her cooking had improved after she practiced every night.
• Yao Shi served Milutin another bowl, and Milutin was surprised to find the broth rich and free of any fishy taste.
• Yao Shi tasted the broth herself, confirmed it had turned out well, and showed Milutin the tutorial she had followed.
• Yao Shi covered the finished broth and decided to prepare simple food before the Young Master returned.

Yao Shi learned that girls at Huihuangxing Academy were pursuing the young master and decided to prepare for enrollment. Wu Liang returned home exhausted by the attention at school and questioned Yao Qing about what he had told Nan Zhu at the amusement park.

• Milutin told Yao Shi that the young master had become famous at the academy and that girls were harassing him.
• Yao Shi left the kitchen and told Milutin to come with her to prepare their enrollment procedures.
• Wu Liang reflected on Nan Zhu's feelings for Yao Qing and the girls at school who chased him for contact information and autographs.
• Yao Qing suggested that the academy girls were acting like children, then said he had handled a small matter that morning.
• Wu Liang stopped Yao Qing and asked what he had said to Nan Zhu when they met at the amusement park.

Wu Liang learned that Nan Zhu had fallen for Yao Qing after mistaking his praise for a confession, and decided to let the misunderstanding fade before explaining the truth. As Wu Liang braced himself for Yao Shi’s cooking, Milutin brought dinner to the table.

• Wu Liang questioned Yao Qing about his brief conversation with Nan Zhu and learned he had told Nan Zhu he liked him while praising his courage.
• Yao Qing offered to tell Nan Zhu that he was a man, but Wu Liang said to wait until Nan Zhu’s infatuation faded.
• Xiao Ai warned Wu Liang that Yao Shi had prepared dinner, and both of them feared a repeat of her disastrous cooking.
• Wu Liang promised Xiao Ai he would face the meal himself, even if it meant missing school the next day.
• Milutin emerged from the kitchen carrying spicy shredded potatoes and scrambled eggs and set them before Wu Liang.

Wu Liang sampled Milutin’s dishes while Yao Shi prepared bone broth as a surprise for him. Xiao Ai spilled the broth after Yao Qing startled her, and Yao Qing caught her before she hit the floor.

• Milutin told Wu Liang that she and Yao Shi had made two dishes together, hiding the bandages on her hand.
• Xiao Ai and Wu Liang praised the food, and Milutin revealed that Yao Shi had secretly been practicing cooking for Wu Liang.
• Yao Shi brought out bone broth she had simmered for hours, and Xiao Ai carried it toward the table.
• Yao Qing suddenly appeared to ask Milutin about a Misaka Sister body pillow, startling Xiao Ai and causing her to trip and fling the pot.
• Yao Qing caught Xiao Ai before she fell, but the clay pot shattered and the broth spilled across the floor.

When Xiao Ai accidentally spilled the soup Yao Shi had spent all day preparing for Wu Liang, Yao Shi went numb with disappointment. Wu Liang tasted what remained in a pot shard, praised the soup, and left Yao Shi reassured that he liked it.

• Xiao Ai accidentally knocked over Yao Shi's clay pot, spilling the soup she had prepared for Wu Liang, and apologized before leaving.
• Yao Qing and Milutin tried to comfort Yao Shi, who insisted she would make another serving and went back to the kitchen.
• Wu Liang found soup still inside a shard of the pot and drank it despite Yao Shi's protests.
• Wu Liang complimented the soup, suggested using fewer carrots, and told Yao Shi that he liked it very much.

Wu Liang suffered severe stomach cramps after drinking Yao Shi’s improved bone broth, then returned to school and found Han Yu and He Xue reconciled. Miao Lian apologized to Han Yu for her past behavior, and Han Yu accepted her apology.

• Wu Liang recalled that Yao Shi’s bone broth tasted good but caused painful stomach cramps during the night.
• He Xue and Han Yu offered Wu Liang hot water and medicine, and he asked whether they had made up.
• Han Yu and He Xue confirmed that they had reconciled, while Rat and Nan Zhu praised Wu Liang for helping them.
• Miao Lian approached the group and apologized to Han Yu for her earlier unreasonable behavior.
• Han Yu accepted Miao Lian’s apology and said she had never really been bullied by her.

Miao Lian and Han Yu reconciled, while Wu Liang said he would improvise his election speech. During a class meeting, Yao Shi transferred into the academy and declared that she was Wu Liang’s personal maid before heading straight toward his seat.

• He Xue encouraged Miao Lian and Han Yu to put their past conflict behind them, and Han Yu accepted Miao Lian’s outstretched hand.
• Nan Zhu asked Wu Liang about his election speech draft, but Wu Liang said he would improvise despite the election being two days away.
• Ye Luotong introduced Yao Shi as a new student during a class meeting.
• Yao Shi introduced herself as Wu Liang’s personal maid and fixed her gaze on Han Yu, He Xue, Nan Zhu, and Rat.
• Yao Shi ignored the seat Ye Luotong assigned and walked toward Wu Liang’s seat, unsettling Ye Luotong.