Arc 1Chapters 1–25
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Lu Yuanqiu learned that Bai Qingxia had cast his only vote in a high school election, then woke up fifteen years in the past on the day she would die in a traffic accident. He reached his family’s supermarket and caught Bai Qingxia taking bread, preparing to intervene before she left.
Lu Yuanqiu caught Bai Qingxia stealing three pieces of bread from his family’s supermarket and held her in the storeroom, determined to keep her safe until the day passed. After searching her bag and forcing her to show what she wore beneath her uniform, he insisted she was still hiding another layer of clothes.
Lu Yuanqiu searched Bai Qingxia for stolen buns, realized she might have feelings for him, and gave her food when he saw how hungry she was. After Bai Qingxia wrote an IOU for three buns, Lu Yuanqiu recognized her handwriting from the ballot and left her wondering what he would do next.
Lu Yuanqiu replaced Bai Qingxia’s damaged backpack and gave her other supplies while making her promise to keep what happened secret. As they reached the supermarket entrance, Hu Caiwei arrived with two friends, and Lu Yuanqiu stopped Bai Qingxia so he could confront everyone involved in the PE representative voting mix-up.
After realizing in his previous life that Hu Caiwei had never voted for him, Lu Yuanqiu used his second chance to stop fawning over her and confront her at his family's supermarket. Hu Caiwei tried to shame him in front of Bai Qingxia and her friends, then revealed that the class president had confessed to her.
Lu Yuanqiu teased Hu Caiwei after she threatened to accept the class monitor’s confession, then tried to give Bai Qingxia a pink hair clip as thanks for voting for him. On the first day of senior year, he realized Bai Qingxia had ranked last in the previous semester’s exams after earning a zero, while he had ranked second to last.
Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia were assigned seats together in the back of the classroom, where he teased her and introduced her to their classmates. The chapter ended with Lu Yuanqiu asking Bai Qingxia to guess what kind of “god” he was.
Lu Yuanqiu teased Bai Qingxia at school and tried to resist his old slacker habits while preparing for class. When Su Miaomiao asked him to read aloud, his fluent British pronunciation surprised her and the class, including Bai Qingxia.
Lu Yuanqiu impressed Su Miaomiao and his classmates with his newfound English skills, then arranged to tutor with Bai Qingxia. As he slept through class, Bai Qingxia quietly protected him from the teacher, and a pink hair clip appeared on her desk.
Lu Yuanqiu urged Bai Qingxia to eat breakfast and then faced Hu Caiwei’s attempt to explain her feelings about Wang Haoran. By noon, Hu Caiwei still had not managed to talk with Lu Yuanqiu, and he stayed behind in class with Bai Qingxia to see whether she would eat.
Lu Yuanqiu tried to restart his studies but quickly fell asleep, while Bai Qingxia quietly cared for him and ate plain rice in the cafeteria. The chapter ended with Hu Caiwei pointing out that Bai Qingxia’s new backpack matched Lu Yuanqiu’s.
As Class 28 discussed outfits for the upcoming sports meet, Lu Yuanqiu saw Bai Qingxia’s reserved demeanor and remembered that she had skipped the class procession the previous year. The class voted enthusiastically for Japanese school uniforms, leaving it unclear whether Bai Qingxia would take part this time.
Lu Yuanqiu arranged for Bai Qingxia to tutor him at his house and showed off his newly strengthened athletic ability during PE. The chapter ended with Bai Qingxia watching him dunk and meeting his gaze from across the field.
Lu Yuanqiu rushed to help Bai Qingxia after an unknown girl pushed her down the steps, carrying her to the infirmary. With the doctor absent, he began examining her injured ankle, leaving Bai Qingxia embarrassed and furious.
Lu Yuanqiu treated Bai Qingxia’s sprained ankle and discovered she had been doing his classroom cleaning duties for him. He offered to take her home, but she refused because she worried about her father seeing her with an unfamiliar boy.
Lu Yuanqiu returned home and learned that his sister, Lu Yidong, had been spending time with the intellectually disabled man known as Overalls Uncle. Remembering a girl who once protected the man from bullies, he urged his mother to learn the full story before scolding Lu Yidong again.
Lu Yuanqiu tried to reform himself by studying, then arrived unusually early at school and shared buns with Bai Qingxia. The biology teacher introduced pulse checks as a way to detect lies, and Bai Qingxia hid her hands when Lu Yuanqiu turned toward her.
During biology class, Lu Yuanqiu teased Bai Qingxia about having a secret crush, then rejected Hu Caiwei’s invitation to lunch and shared his snacks with Bai Qingxia. He hired her to work evenings at his family’s supermarket, and she saved the leftover food to take home to her father.
Bai Qingxia packed the cafeteria snacks Lu Yuanqiu had given her so she could bring them to her father, and Lu Yuanqiu reluctantly agreed. She found her father waiting outside Lucheng No. 65 Middle School and fed him, revealing his childlike behavior as he worried that “the bad guys” were coming.
After Bai Qingxia happily fed her father and reconciled with Lu Yuanqiu after an argument, a school-wide power outage plunged evening self-study into chaos. Lu Yuanqiu’s fear of the dark overwhelmed him, and Bai Qingxia called out to him as he knelt in the darkness.
During the blackout, Bai Qingxia helped Lu Yuanqiu through his fear of the dark, and they talked about her father and their earlier quarrel. Lu Yuanqiu then pretended to be frightened again, prompting Bai Qingxia to comfort him in her arms.
During a school-field power outage, Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia escaped the grade administrators’ crackdown and returned to class without punishment. After self-study ended early, Lu Yuanqiu tried to reassure Bai Qingxia about her upcoming interview, but she hesitated to ride with him as they left school.
Lu Yuanqiu rode Bai Qingxia to his family’s supermarket and declared that he would work hard to get into a good university. When his father mistook Bai Qingxia for a girl Lu Yuanqiu had tricked into working, she became upset and tried to leave, and Lu Yuanqiu stopped her.
Lu Yuanqiu bargained with Lu Tian to let Bai Qingxia work at the supermarket, promising to reach the top thirty-five in class. Bai Qingxia began learning the job and showed her conscientiousness, while Lu Tian reminded Lu Yuanqiu that the deal still depended on his grades.
Lu Yuanqiu gave Bai Qingxia her first wages and teased her about earning a raise, then urged her to buy the class outfit for their final high school sports meet. Bai Qingxia planned to spend some of her money on meals and exam papers, but had not agreed to buy the outfit.