Recaps

Wang Xiaoliang agreed to be Wei Zijin’s first interview subject, and she filmed him selling drinks around campus before interviewing him and asking him to write calligraphy for her video. After his makeup exams, Wei Zijin sent him the finished video link, titled “Song of Ordinary People,” and Wang Xiaoliang opened it.

• Wang Xiaoliang agreed to let Wei Zijin film his daily life and meet him outside his dorm the next morning.
• Wei Zijin filmed Wang Xiaoliang selling drinks near the Library while Liu Xinyu was startled to see them together and questioned Wang Xiaoliang about calling her Zijin.
• Wei Zijin interviewed Wang Xiaoliang about his past, family, and future, then asked him to write a piece of calligraphy for the end of her video.
• Wang Xiaoliang spent the following weeks selling drinks and studying, then felt confident he had passed both makeup exams while Li Jun feared he had failed.
• Wei Zijin sent Wang Xiaoliang a link to her video, “Song of Ordinary People,” and he opened it.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Wei Zijin’s interview video about his life as a graduating student, his anxieties about the future, and his calligraphy. The video revealed that Wei Zijin had also filmed him helping an injured woman after a traffic accident, and he realized she had been there that day.

• Wei Zijin introduced her project to interview 100 graduating university students and presented Wang Xiaoliang as her first interviewee.
• The video showed Wang Xiaoliang delivering drinks around campus while studying during breaks and explained that earning money gave him a sense of security amid graduation and career worries.
• Wei Zijin asked Wang Xiaoliang to write something for her, and he created a calligraphy piece titled “Green, Green Is My Collar.”
• Wei Zijin revealed footage of Wang Xiaoliang treating an injured woman at a traffic accident and staying until the ambulance arrived.
• Wang Xiaoliang recognized the accident footage and found Wei Zijin’s account, where an earlier video had also documented his actions at the scene.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Wei Zijin’s interview videos gain popularity, drawing both vicious comments and praise for his calligraphy and their supposed romance. After the third video, he continued delivering drinks to the Library until someone stopped him at the entrance.

• Wang Xiaoliang read the first video’s comments, where viewers argued over his relationship with Wei Zijin and offered to commission his calligraphy.
• Wei Zijin released her second video, featuring Wang Fen singing about her dream of becoming a singer and her parents’ disapproval.
• Wei Zijin’s third video featured Li Lanxiang’s volleyball skills, athletic-student life, and plans to marry her boyfriend after graduation.
• Wang Xiaoliang made watching Wei Zijin’s videos and reading their comments a daily hobby.
• Wang Xiaoliang arrived at the Library with drinks for postgraduate exam students, but a stern voice stopped him at the entrance.

Wang Xiaoliang was reported for selling drinks in the Library, but Teacher Zheng intervened after recognizing him as the student who had helped an injured girl. After learning that viewers wanted to commission his calligraphy, Wang Xiaoliang saw a new way to earn money.

• Master Zhang took Wang Xiaoliang to Teacher Sun, who confronted him about selling drinks in the Library and demanded to know how much he had earned.
• Wang Xiaoliang refused to disclose his earnings, and Teacher Sun threatened him with discipline.
• Teacher Zheng recognized Wang Xiaoliang as the student who had helped the injured girl and persuaded Teacher Sun to drop the thousand-word self-criticism.
• Teacher Zheng explained that the university had banned outside food deliveries after the accident, then connected with Wang Xiaoliang on WeChat so she could put him in touch with the girl's grateful parents.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that viewers wanted his contact information to commission calligraphy, and he realized it might offer him a new source of income.

Wang Xiaoliang studied how to make calligraphy videos and decided to keep selling drinks while exploring the new business. After Liu Xinyu agreed to deliver Library orders, the wholesale shopkeeper showed Wang Xiaoliang how to turn his WeChat contacts and Moments into a broader marketplace.

• Wang Xiaoliang researched calligraphy creators, paid for a short-video course, and ordered basic filming equipment.
• The Book of Fate warned Wang Xiaoliang not to abandon his drink business before a new livelihood was secure.
• Wang Xiaoliang arranged for Liu Xinyu to deliver Library orders, with the two splitting the profits.
• Wang Xiaoliang found that Library sales fell after Liu Xinyu stopped actively pitching drinks to students.
• The wholesale shopkeeper told Wang Xiaoliang to use his WeChat contacts and Moments to sell more goods and offer deliveries.

After being barred from the Library, Wang Xiaoliang realized his WeChat contacts could become his market and earned his first money by writing commissioned calligraphy. He concluded that calligraphy could bring in some income but would not be his main business, then accepted a friend request from a customer whose nickname startled him: A Good-For-Nothing.

• Wang Xiaoliang accepted a friend request from S, who commissioned four calligraphy characters for four hundred yuan.
• Wang Xiaoliang wrote “I love Xiaoxiao,” photographed it for S, and received payment.
• S met Wang Xiaoliang, asked him to take photos and a video with the calligraphy, and explained it was a romantic gift for his girlfriend.
• Wang Xiaoliang received more calligraphy requests through Wei Zijin, charged one hundred yuan per character, and completed an order for “idiot.”
• Wang Xiaoliang decided to focus on turning his Moments into an online grocery store and accepted a friend request from a customer named A Good-For-Nothing.

Wang Xiaoliang met Zhou Qiang to discuss selling him recyclable bottles and cardboard, then learned how collecting recyclables had helped Zhou survive his first year at university. Zhou Qiang began to explain his unlikely rise, and Wang Xiaoliang asked how it had led to his Maybach.

• Wang Xiaoliang accepted a WeChat request from “A Good-For-Nothing” and met the person, who turned out to be Zhou Qiang.
• Zhou Qiang offered to buy Wang Xiaoliang’s empty drink bottles and cardboard at better prices and collect them himself.
• Over dinner at a cheap Sichuan restaurant, Zhou Qiang explained that recycling had been the starting point of his career.
• Zhou Qiang described growing up without parents, struggling to afford university, and earning money by collecting bottles and cardboard across campus.
• Zhou Qiang recalled using his first recycling profits to buy a lavish meal at the restaurant, which gave him diarrhea because his stomach was unaccustomed to rich food.
• Wang Xiaoliang toasted Zhou Qiang and asked how collecting recyclables had enabled him to buy a Maybach.

Zhou Qiang explained how he built his fortune by collecting graduates’ unwanted belongings, selling them online, and eventually entering cross-border e-commerce. He also told Wang Xiaoliang that his donation of a university building was not repayment for kindness but what the university deserved, leaving Wang impressed by his straightforward accounting of the past.

• Zhou Qiang refused to reveal his business secrets at first, but offered to explain if Wang Xiaoliang told him how he won Wei Zijin over.
• Wang Xiaoliang declined to claim he had won Wei Zijin and asked Zhou Qiang to continue his story instead.
• Zhou Qiang described how collecting graduates’ books, lamps, and other unwanted belongings earned him his first fortune, then led him to online secondhand sales and cross-border e-commerce.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked whether Zhou Qiang had donated a building to the university, and Zhou confirmed it.
• Zhou Qiang said the donation was what the university deserved for providing the environment where he began his business, and explained that he had refused to let the building bear only his name.
• Wang Xiaoliang praised Zhou Qiang’s perspective, and Zhou replied that he was simply telling the truth.

Wang Xiaoliang learned why Zhou Qiang still collected scrap despite his immense wealth and applied the lesson to his own work selling drinks. Later, he discovered that the book’s ninth art of fatechanging matched Zhou Qiang’s words about trusting first impressions, leaving him convinced the book was uncanny.

• Zhou Qiang told Wang Xiaoliang that Zhao Shengkai made him uneasy, while Wang Xiaoliang made him feel relaxed and open.
• Zhou Qiang explained that collecting scrap kept him grounded, and Wang Xiaoliang understood it as the foundation that sustained him even after his business grew.
• Wang Xiaoliang flattened his leftover cartons and went to collect empty bottles from classmates, resolving to promote his drinks more actively and gather scrap.
• Wang Xiaoliang connected Zhou Qiang’s continued scrap collecting to the eighth art of fatechanging, which advised maintaining an old trade while establishing a new one.
• Wang Xiaoliang read the ninth art of fatechanging and realized its advice about trusting or avoiding people matched Zhou Qiang’s remarks about his first impressions.

Wang Xiaoliang improved his calligraphy videos and called Zhou Qiang to clear the recyclables piling up in his dorm. As they rode the loaded tricycle off campus, they passed Zhao Shengkai, Chen Xiaoying, Ouyang Hai, and Wang Fen, whose mockery left Wang Xiaoliang unfazed.

• Wang Xiaoliang shortened his videos and began writing trending phrases in calligraphy, drawing more views, followers, and comments.
• After two weeks without Zhou Qiang visiting, Wang Xiaoliang sent him photos of the recyclables filling the dorm, and Zhou Qiang agreed to come that afternoon.
• Zhou Qiang sorted and bought Wang Xiaoliang's recyclables for eighty yuan, then accepted his offer to help deliver them.
• Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang loaded the recyclables onto Zhou Qiang's electric cargo tricycle and headed toward the west gate.
• They passed Zhao Shengkai, Chen Xiaoying, Ouyang Hai, and Wang Fen, who stared at the loaded tricycle and mocked Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang.
• Wang Xiaoliang smiled and stayed untroubled as Zhou Qiang drove on without stopping.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Wei Zijin’s interview with Nono, a terminally ill college student who spoke about her regrets and urged viewers to live well. The video went viral, and Wang Xiaoliang ended by encouraging Nono to confess her feelings to the person she liked.

• Wang Xiaoliang watched Zhao Shengkai and Chen Xiaoying boast about their jobs, marriage plans, and future together, and decided to keep his distance from them.
• Wang Xiaoliang opened Wei Zijin’s latest video and watched Nono explain her illness, her regrets, and the things she still loved.
• Nono broke down while talking about her parents, then listed her greatest regrets, including never having experienced a real relationship.
• Nono urged viewers to stop worrying over ordinary troubles and live well while they could.
• Wei Zijin’s video attracted a flood of emotional comments and rapidly gained views and followers.
• Wang Xiaoliang liked and shared the video, then commented that Nono should confess to the person she liked.

Wang Xiaoliang rented a small room near campus as graduation approached and attended a farewell dinner with Li Jun and Liu Xinyu. Liu Xinyu revealed that he would help with his family’s business but dreamed of building a venture from nothing, and Wang Xiaoliang toasted that ambition with him.

• Wang Xiaoliang chose a south-facing room in the university staff compound and agreed to pay fifteen hundred yuan a month.
• Li Jun took Wang Xiaoliang to a campus job fair, where both returned disappointed by the available prospects.
• Liu Xinyu invited Wang Xiaoliang and Li Jun to a small farewell dinner, explaining that he preferred gathering a few people to make each guest feel specially invited.
• Liu Xinyu said he would help with his family’s business after graduation and admitted that he wanted to build a business of his own.
• Wang Xiaoliang raised his glass to Liu Xinyu’s dream, and they toasted to building something from nothing.

After Li Jun drunkenly revealed that he had coerced Feng Yuan into helping him pass a makeup exam, Wang Xiaoliang discussed his plans to stay in Jiangcheng and earn money. Liu Xinyu praised Wang Xiaoliang’s recent efforts and predicted that good luck was coming, leaving them to toast to that hope.

• Li Jun complained about his prospects after graduation and admitted that he had threatened Feng Yuan over the makeup exam and false testimony about Third.
• Liu Xinyu tried to change the subject, but Li Jun angrily left the private room despite Wang Xiaoliang’s attempt to stop him.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Liu Xinyu he had rented a room in the university staff housing compound and planned to support himself by selling drinks, collecting recyclables, and selling calligraphy.
• Liu Xinyu admitted he had once thought poorly of Wang Xiaoliang and his dormmates for lacking plans, then said Wang Xiaoliang had impressed him in recent months.
• Wang Xiaoliang explained that Third’s death had made him reconsider his life and stop drifting, while keeping the Book of Fate secret.
• Liu Xinyu told Wang Xiaoliang that his good luck had arrived, and Wang Xiaoliang refilled his glass and toasted, “May your words come true.”

Wang Xiaoliang turned down Liu Xinyu’s offer to join his family business and chose to keep building his own ventures. Later that night, he learned Li Jun had been arrested, helped pay his fine, and returned to the dorm to watch over him, but awoke to find Li Jun gone.

• Liu Xinyu offered Wang Xiaoliang a job in his family business, but Wang Xiaoliang declined and said he wanted to try making it on his own first.
• A campus security officer woke Wang Xiaoliang and took him to the police station, where he learned Li Jun had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute.
• Wang Xiaoliang paid Li Jun’s two-thousand-yuan fine, and the security officer explained that Vice Principal Song had arranged to keep the matter quiet and have Li Jun withdraw from school.
• Back at the dorm, Wang Xiaoliang saw Li Jun crying and decided to stay awake to watch over him, but exhaustion overcame him.
• Wang Xiaoliang woke in the morning and found Li Jun’s bed empty.

After Li Jun left school, Wang Xiaoliang feared what might have happened if they had stayed close and moved out of their dorm. Over lunch with Liu Xinyu, he realized Liu had a knack for spotting business opportunities and wondered if he could now tell fortunes, before Liu asked whether he had a secret crush.

• Wang Xiaoliang found Li Jun's farewell message saying he had left school after losing his graduation and degree certificates and feeling unable to face anyone.
• Wang Xiaoliang, frightened by the dorm's recent tragedies and imagining how he might have followed Li Jun into trouble, decided to move out immediately.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked Liu Xinyu to help move his belongings, and they cleared out his dorm in one trip.
• Wang Xiaoliang treated Liu Xinyu to Sichuan food at Fly Restaurant despite having less than three hundred yuan left.
• Liu Xinyu complained about the restaurant's poor rice, prompting Wang Xiaoliang to recognize his business-minded outlook and conclude that he had a fortune ahead.
• Liu Xinyu asked Wang Xiaoliang whether he had a secret crush on someone.

Wang Xiaoliang and Liu Xinyu discussed their romantic histories, and Liu Xinyu shared his disappointment at not finding a sincere relationship. Alone in his new rental, Wang Xiaoliang worried about his future in Jiangcheng, then read the tenth art of fate-changing and wondered who his benefactor would be.

• Liu Xinyu teased Wang Xiaoliang for remaining a virgin and confessed that his past relationships had not brought him the lasting love he wanted.
• Wang Xiaoliang reflected that Wei Zijin's pragmatism attracted him, even as he recognized that it might make her the kind of person Liu Xinyu had criticized.
• Liu Xinyu asked whether Wang Xiaoliang's parents approved of his plan to stay in Jiangcheng, and Wang Xiaoliang admitted he had not yet told them his final decision.
• Wang Xiaoliang paid 178 yuan for their meal, returned alone to his rental, and unpacked as he worried about establishing himself in the city.
• Unable to sleep, Wang Xiaoliang opened the Book of Fate, read the tenth art of fate-changing about benefactors, and wondered who his benefactor was.

Wang Xiaoliang took the Book of Fate’s advice about recognizing benefactors to heart and discovered his parents’ support when he told his father he planned to stay in Jiangcheng after graduation. Encouraged by them, he built up his drink-selling business and made his first calligraphy sale, then received word of a second potential commission.

• Wang Xiaoliang identified his parents, Song Yi, the wholesale shop owner, Zhou Qiang, and Liu Xinyu as benefactors, then called his father to say he would stay in Jiangcheng after graduation.
• Wang Xiaoliang’s father supported his decision, promised another year of living expenses, and reassured him that home would remain a fallback; the next day, Wang Xiaoliang received money and reminders from his mother.
• Wang Xiaoliang sold leftover drinks to graduating students by delivering them to dormitories and sharing a photocopied student ID with his prices and WeChat contact.
• Wang Xiaoliang posted short calligraphy videos as Youyouzi and accepted a two-hundred-yuan commission for a piece reading “The Dao follows nature.”
• After the buyer praised the finished calligraphy, Wang Xiaoliang learned that the buyer’s friend wanted to commission a piece too.

Wang Xiaoliang gave Vice Principal Song Yi a calligraphy piece and learned a lesson about understanding the meaning behind his work. As graduation approached, Wei Zijin invited him to dinner, and a series of messages revealed that several friends were making plans for the same evening.

• Wang Xiaoliang brought Song Yi his calligraphy of “The Way Follows Nature” to thank him for his advice and for protecting Li Jun.
• Song Yi initially mistook Wang Xiaoliang’s gift for an attempt to curry favor, but accepted it after Wang explained his sincere reasons.
• Song Yi praised Wang Xiaoliang’s calligraphy, explained the phrase’s meaning in the Tao Te Ching, and advised him to understand the words rather than focus only on technique.
• Wei Zijin invited Wang Xiaoliang to dinner to celebrate graduation, and he eagerly accepted before turning down Zhou Qiang’s separate invitation.
• Wei Zijin said two more people would join them, and Zhou Qiang revealed that he had invited the “lovebirds,” Wei Zijin and Wang Xiaoliang.
• Liu Xinyu invited Wang Xiaoliang to dinner on the same evening, and he suggested meeting the day after; Liu asked if she could join his plans.

At graduation, Wang Xiaoliang sang a farewell song with his classmates and finally took a photo with Wei Zijin. He met her for dinner that evening, where Liu Xinyu was already waiting and appeared shocked when Zhou Qiang arrived.

• Wei Zijin sang Zhang Zhenyue's "Goodbye," and Wang Xiaoliang joined the graduates in singing as their university years ended.
• Wei Zijin spotted Wang Xiaoliang in the crowd and invited him onto the stage, where Chen Xiaoying took a photo of them together.
• Wang Xiaoliang met Wei Zijin at East Lake Park, and they walked together to Hongbin Tower for dinner.
• Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin found Liu Xinyu waiting in the private room, where he warmly greeted them and formally introduced himself to Wei Zijin.
• Zhou Qiang arrived with Li Lanxiang, and Liu Xinyu stared at Zhou Qiang in astonishment, revealing that he knew him.

At dinner, Zhou Qiang told Liu Xinyu that he owed much of his success to luck, then asked Li Lanxiang to explain why she was the luckiest person he knew. Wang Xiaoliang saw that Lanxiang’s good fortune came through the people who had helped her, all of whom fell within the Book of Fate’s verdict.

• Liu Xinyu recognized Zhou Qiang as an alumnus he admired, and Zhou welcomed him as a friend.
• Zhou Qiang revealed that he collected scrap and described Wang Xiaoliang as a reliable customer, while Li Lanxiang proudly explained that she had first met Zhou selling scrap.
• Zhou Qiang said he had been fortunate to meet people who helped him and invited Li Lanxiang to share her story.
• Li Lanxiang recounted how her mother supported her volleyball training, a PE teacher helped her reach university, and Zhou gave her paid work when she was struggling financially.
• Li Lanxiang explained that a teammate’s illness led her to play for State Grid, win a championship, and earn a permanent job before graduating.
• Wang Xiaoliang recognized Li Lanxiang’s mother, teacher, and Zhou Qiang as the benefactors behind her luck and realized they were included in the Book of Fate’s verdict.

At a graduation gathering, Liu Xinyu’s social skill helped the group grow closer as Li Lanxiang told the story of how she pursued Zhou Qiang and praised Wang Xiaoliang’s meeting with Song Yi. The conversation ended with Wei Zijin privately comparing Zhou Qiang to Marshal Tianpeng.

• Liu Xinyu praised Li Lanxiang’s talent, hard work, and beauty, and she revealed that she had pursued Zhou Qiang for two years.
• Zhou Qiang joked that Li Lanxiang’s looks had eventually turned his head, making the group laugh.
• Liu Xinyu toasted Wang Xiaoliang and thanked him for bringing everyone together before graduation.
• Li Lanxiang described how Song Yi had accepted Wang Xiaoliang’s calligraphy and personally walked him to the door.
• Zhou Qiang explained that Song Yi’s warm reception reflected his respect for Wang Xiaoliang, while Li Lanxiang recalled Song Yi’s former reputation for rejecting gifts.
• Wei Zijin whispered to Wang Xiaoliang that Zhou Qiang really was Marshal Tianpeng.

At dinner, Wang Xiaoliang realized the Book of Fate could help him identify benefactors before opportunities passed, and he wondered whether Wei Zijin could be his. After dinner, they walked together to East Lake, where Wei Zijin said she had good news for him.

• Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin shared their joke with Li Lanxiang, who laughed and teased Wang Xiaoliang.
• As the dinner grew more comfortable, Wang Xiaoliang reflected on using the Book of Fate to recognize benefactors and considered Wei Zijin one of his.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Zhou Qiang that he had rented a place near Jiangcheng University and wanted to try living independently; Zhou Qiang offered to help if needed.
• Liu Xinyu exchanged contact details with Zhou Qiang and Wei Zijin before leaving, and Zhou Qiang and Li Lanxiang soon departed as well.
• Wei Zijin suggested that she and Wang Xiaoliang walk to East Lake, where she told him she had good news.

Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that Jiangcheng Television had bought her short-video show and thanked him for helping her succeed. After giving him a new phone, she spoke about Lanxiang and Zhou Qiang’s marriage and hinted that she had reached an important decision about her own path with Xiaoliang.

• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that the station had bought her show and assigned her a production team, crediting his advice for her success.
• Wei Zijin gave Wang Xiaoliang a new iPhone as a thank-you and graduation gift, and he accepted it after she explained how much his calligraphy gift meant to her.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that Lanxiang and Zhou Qiang had registered their marriage and planned to start trying for a baby.
• Wei Zijin relayed Lanxiang’s view that what mattered most in choosing a life path was who walked it with you.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that he had nudged her onto a new path, then leaned closer and addressed him as she prepared to reveal her decision.

After Wei Zijin confessed that she had liked Wang Xiaoliang for four years, they became a couple and agreed to prioritize their careers. Liu Xinyu gave Wang Xiaoliang a new phone before leaving, and Wang signed up for the platform’s free creator training course as his videos began to gain traction.

• Wei Zijin confessed her feelings to Wang Xiaoliang, and they shared their first kiss by the lake.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang about Li Lanxiang’s physical attraction to Zhou Qiang, and the couple kissed again.
• Wei Zijin set three rules for their relationship: they would limit casual contact, meet no more than once a week, and keep working toward their futures.
• Liu Xinyu gave Wang Xiaoliang a new iPhone as a gift and told him he could always rely on him.
• Wang Xiaoliang used his improved phone to make more videos, and his views and follower count began to rise.
• Wang Xiaoliang signed up for the platform’s free Gold Creator Support Program training course.

Wang Xiaoliang turned his calligraphy videos into a growing creator business and earned 1,087 yuan from his first livestream and custom orders. After completing and shipping the orders, he received a message from the chubby wholesale shop owner and prepared food and liquor before going to see him.

• Wang Xiaoliang applied what he learned in the Gold Creator Support Program, grew his video views, and earned his first cent through the Creator Incentive program.
• Wang Xiaoliang obtained an Individual Business license, opened a platform shop, and listed custom handwritten calligraphy for 50 yuan per character.
• Wang Xiaoliang held his first livestream, attracted viewers with calligraphy requests, refused to write an insult despite an offer of a rocket, and earned 87 yuan in gift income.
• Wang Xiaoliang found 20 shop orders after the livestream, bringing his combined earnings to 1,087 yuan.
• Wang Xiaoliang completed the customers’ calligraphy, mailed the orders, and received a message from the chubby wholesale shop owner asking him to visit.
• Wang Xiaoliang bought braised food and two bottles of Fenjiu to bring to the wholesale shop owner.