Recaps

After the sports meet, Lu Yuanqiu focused on preparing for the monthly exams and wanted to attend the same university as Bai Qingxia. As he struggled to memorize Chinese passages, he copied his sister Lu Yidong’s bizarre “Knowledge Transfer Method.”

• Bai Qingxia savored the drink she bought and wanted to save the rest for her father, so Lu Yuanqiu bought her father another one.
• Lu Yuanqiu won gold in the high jump, bringing his total to five first-place finishes, and turned his attention to the upcoming monthly exams.
• Lu Yuanqiu resolved to study hard and attend the same university as Bai Qingxia so he could protect her.
• At home, Lu Yuanqiu told Lu Tian and Su Xiaoya he would skip dinner to study, then struggled to memorize his classical Chinese passages.
• Lu Yuanqiu found Lu Yidong pressing her forehead to a book and chanting to absorb its knowledge, then tried the same method himself.

Lu Yuanqiu prepared for his monthly exam while reflecting on the people he did not want to disappoint, then asked Cao Shuang to identify the girls who had forced Xu Yan to withdraw from the sports meet. The noisy Exam Room 30 fell silent when Bai Qingxia appeared, leaving Lu Yuanqiu and Cao Shuang staring at her.

• Lu Yidong and Lu Yuanqiu argued over their parents’ favoritism at breakfast, and Lu Yuanqiu claimed that holding a textbook to his forehead had helped him remember classical Chinese passages.
• Lu Yuanqiu rode to Lucheng No. 7 Middle School and encountered Zhong Jincheng, who complained about the silent top students and revealed that Su Miaomiao was proctoring Exam Room 30.
• Lu Yuanqiu reached the rowdy Exam Room 30, where Cao Shuang offered him gum and asked if he meant to pursue someone after his speech at the sports meet.
• Lu Yuanqiu asked Cao Shuang to find out which girls had forced Xu Yan to withdraw, especially among Xu Yan’s Grade 10 classmates.
• Bai Qingxia entered the floor, and Lu Yuanqiu and Cao Shuang stared at her as the corridor fell silent.

Bai Qingxia arrived at Exam Room 30 for the monthly exam, drawing attention from students who wondered why the top-ranked student was there. As Lu Yuanqiu sat beside Mao Sheng and tried to prepare Bai Qingxia for Tan Le’s disruptive presence, Tan Le introduced himself to her and Lu Yuanqiu stopped him from shaking her hand.

• Bai Qingxia walked into Exam Room 30, greeted Lu Yuanqiu, and took the last seat behind him.
• Lu Yuanqiu entered the room, found Zheng Yifeng asleep and Chen Fei admiring G-Dragon cards, then discovered Mao Sheng sitting beside him.
• Tan Le and Dali Jiao got stuck in the doorway while entering, prompting Lu Yuanqiu to give Bai Qingxia two nose plugs for the exam.
• Tan Le introduced himself to Bai Qingxia as Lu Yuanqiu’s old friend, and Lu Yuanqiu pressed down Tan Le’s hand before he could shake hers.

Lu Yuanqiu tried to pass the Chinese exam, but Tan Le’s repeated farting made it difficult for him to concentrate. The exam continued with Lu Yuanqiu struggling to keep writing while Bai Qingxia watched him with growing concern.

• Su Miaomiao arrived to supervise the exam, woke Zheng Yifeng, and collected the students’ bags with Lu Yuanqiu carrying Bai Qingxia’s backpack.
• Lu Yuanqiu nervously prepared for the Chinese exam and began answering as soon as the whistle sounded.
• Su Miaomiao caught Mao Sheng staring at Lu Yuanqiu, while Zheng Yifeng soon fell asleep again.
• Tan Le farted during the exam, and Lu Yuanqiu pinched his nose while trying to continue writing; Bai Qingxia realized why Lu Yuanqiu had given her nose plugs.
• After about an hour of Tan Le’s rhythmic farting, Lu Yuanqiu trembled over his paper, and Bai Qingxia clasped her hands in worry.

Lu Yuanqiu struggled through the Chinese exam after Tan Le’s fart disrupted him, then ate lunch while Mao Sheng glared at him. He remembered he had brought an old Nokia phone for Bai Qingxia and found her studying alone in a cafeteria corner.

• Bai Qingxia handed Lu Yuanqiu tissues to plug his nose, and he resumed the exam while Mao Sheng dry-heaved nearby.
• Lu Yuanqiu rushed through his essay, then guessed at the remaining questions when time ran out.
• Bai Qingxia ignored Tan Le’s invitation to eat with them and silently studied practice questions instead.
• Lu Yuanqiu and Tan Le ate in the cafeteria, where Mao Sheng stared at Lu Yuanqiu over his grudge about the 800-meter race.
• Lu Yuanqiu remembered the old Nokia phone in his backpack and found Bai Qingxia studying alone in a far corner of the cafeteria.

Lu Yuanqiu found Bai Qingxia trying to repair the broken hair clip while eating only plain rice, then lent her a phone and created her first QQ account. Bai Qingxia treasured the new account and its number, and Lu Yuanqiu asked what nickname she wanted.

• Lu Yuanqiu found Bai Qingxia in a cafeteria corner, carefully gluing together the broken hair clip while eating plain rice and free soup.
• Lu Yuanqiu noticed the superglue had damaged Bai Qingxia's palm and gave her an old Nokia phone to borrow.
• Bai Qingxia accepted the phone after Lu Yuanqiu explained how to answer calls.
• Lu Yuanqiu created a QQ account for Bai Qingxia and read out its number for her to write down.
• Bai Qingxia carefully put the number in her Pencil Case, and Lu Yuanqiu asked what nickname she wanted for the account.

Lu Yuanqiu helped Bai Qingxia choose the QQ nickname “Maple in Summer” and messaged her to eat and head home. At the afternoon math exam, he gave her new nose plugs while Tan Le distracted him with strange math-themed declarations of affection.

• Bai Qingxia chose “Maple in Summer” as her QQ nickname, and Lu Yuanqiu accepted her friend request under “A Leaf Reveals Autumn.”
• Lu Yuanqiu told Bai Qingxia to go home after eating and promised to bring her new nose plugs for the afternoon math exam.
• Bai Qingxia slowly replied to Lu Yuanqiu, packed the rest of her rice, and left No. 7 Middle School for No. 65 Middle School.
• Zhong Jincheng grabbed tissues from Lu Yuanqiu, claiming he needed them to solve a math problem through an obscene ritual.
• Lu Yuanqiu gave Bai Qingxia new nose plugs before the exam, then Tan Le recited math-themed love declarations to him as Bai Qingxia giggled.

Lu Yuanqiu learned he would play in the school basketball tournament and bantered with his classmates during the monthly exam. Afterward, Bai Qingxia went to the supermarket to sell collected bottles, and Lu Tian realized she still wanted the money despite previously refusing it.

• Lu Yuanqiu agreed to enter the school basketball tournament and learned Mao Sheng would guard him for Class 29.
• During the exam, Tan Le farted repeatedly while studying hard, and Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia wore nose plugs.
• After the exam, Lu Yuanqiu compared answers with Tan Le and celebrated that five of his answers matched Bai Qingxia's.
• Bai Qingxia went to Four Seasons Fresh Supermarket to sell the empty bottles, and Lu Tian remembered she had previously declined the money he offered.