Chapter Summaries

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.

• Gao Qiang told Lu Yuanqiu that Bai Qingxia, not Hu Caiwei, had written the vote that once encouraged him.
• Lu Yuanqiu fainted and woke up fifteen years earlier, on the day Bai Qingxia had stolen food from his family’s supermarket before her fatal accident.
• Lu Yuanqiu hurried to the supermarket after his mother asked him to watch it, startling her and his sister with his affectionate behavior.
• Bai Qingxia entered the supermarket, hesitated over a bread roll, and hid three rolls in her backpack.
• Lu Yuanqiu recorded Bai Qingxia taking the bread and stood up as she prepared to leave.

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.

• Bai Qingxia hurried out of the supermarket with her schoolbag, collided with Lu Yuanqiu, and tried to flee when he recognized her.
• Lu Yuanqiu showed Bai Qingxia surveillance footage, changed the supermarket sign to closed, and took her into the storeroom.
• Bai Qingxia emptied her schoolbag and revealed three pieces of bread, while Lu Yuanqiu found her repaired strap had torn and saw a sanitary pad in a plastic bag.
• Lu Yuanqiu threatened to expose Bai Qingxia at school unless she proved she was hiding nothing beneath her uniform.
• Bai Qingxia opened her uniform to reveal a tight T-shirt, but Lu Yuanqiu claimed she still had another layer on.

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 checked Bai Qingxia's sleeves and pockets, then made her jump to prove she had nothing else hidden.
• Lu Yuanqiu suspected Bai Qingxia had once liked him and wondered why she had voted for him despite their lack of interaction.
• Lu Yuanqiu asked whether Bai Qingxia was hungry and gave her buns; she ate while crying.
• Bai Qingxia wrote an IOU dated August 30, 2010, for three buns, and Lu Yuanqiu recognized the handwriting from the ballot slip.
• Lu Yuanqiu tossed aside the IOU and asked Bai Qingxia whether she thought that meant they were done for the day.

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.

• Lu Yuanqiu realized Bai Qingxia, not Hu Caiwei, had supported him for PE representative, and he regretted mistaking Hu Caiwei’s freeloading for affection.
• Lu Yuanqiu led Bai Qingxia through the supermarket and gave her a pink backpack, a pencil case, and sanitary pads, while she added each item to her IOU.
• Lu Yuanqiu told Bai Qingxia to get home safely and go to school the next day, promising they could act as if the incident had never happened.
• Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia found Hu Caiwei and two friends waiting outside the supermarket.
• Lu Yuanqiu told Bai Qingxia to wait because he intended to settle 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 remembered how Hu Caiwei had accepted his gifts while hiding that she was dating someone else, and learned only after her death that Bai Qingxia had cast the vote he had treasured.
• Hu Caiwei teased Lu Yuanqiu about whether he thought she or Bai Qingxia was prettier, but he ignored the bait and asked what she wanted to buy.
• Hu Caiwei promised her two friends that snacks from Lu Yuanqiu's supermarket would be free, but Lu Yuanqiu scanned the items and asked her to pay.
• Hu Caiwei accused Lu Yuanqiu of acting strangely and tried to provoke him, while Bai Qingxia watched quietly.
• Hu Caiwei declared that the class president had confessed his feelings to her the previous day.

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 mocked Hu Caiwei’s threat to accept the class monitor’s confession, then made her friends return the items they had taken from the supermarket.
• Lu Yuanqiu clipped a pink hair clip into Bai Qingxia’s hair as a thank-you gift, but she returned it and hurried away.
• Lu Yuanqiu went home and was chased around the house by his father, Lu Tian, after admitting he had forgotten about his summer homework.
• Lu Yuanqiu arrived late at Lucheng No. 7 Middle School on the first day of senior year and saw Bai Qingxia moving desks with her classmates.
• Lu Yuanqiu remembered that Bai Qingxia had ranked last after scoring zero on the previous semester’s exams, 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.

• Zhong Jincheng asked Liu Wei to move him to the back row, while Lu Yuanqiu suspected he wanted to ogle the English teacher.
• Liu Wei assigned Hu Caiwei to sit with Wang Haoran, then paired Lu Yuanqiu with Bai Qingxia and warned him not to disturb her studies.
• Lu Yuanqiu poked Bai Qingxia’s arm to test what counted as bullying, then dodged Liu Wei as she charged at him with a stick.
• At their back-row seats, Lu Yuanqiu joked about Liu Buneng and Liu Buxing and introduced Bai Qingxia to Zheng Yifeng and Zhong Jincheng.
• Lu Yuanqiu leaned over Bai Qingxia’s desk to admire her, prompting Liu Wei to shout at him; he then asked Bai Qingxia to guess what 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 pressured Bai Qingxia to guess that he was the god of love, teased her, and gave her meat buns to eat.
• Liu Wei warned the class about their final year and criticized Lu Yuanqiu for slacking and distracting others.
• Su Miaomiao arrived to teach English, while Zheng Yifeng fell asleep and Lu Yuanqiu struggled to keep from doodling in his textbook.
• Bai Qingxia questioned Lu Yuanqiu as he restrained his twitching arm, and he claimed a demon inside it was about to break free.
• Su Miaomiao asked Lu Yuanqiu to read the first paragraph, and his natural British pronunciation astonished her, Bai Qingxia, and the class.

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 read English with a convincing British accent, surprising Su Miaomiao and earning praise for planning to attend college.
• Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia agreed that he would help her practice English while she tutored him in other subjects.
• After Liu Wei appeared outside the classroom window, Bai Qingxia passed Lu Yuanqiu a note agreeing to tutor him.
• Lu Yuanqiu fell asleep during class, and Bai Qingxia shielded him from the sunlight and helped him avoid Su Miaomiao's notice.
• Bai Qingxia found a pink hair clip on her desk and looked toward Lu Yuanqiu, who had turned away.

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.

• Bai Qingxia tried on Lu Yuanqiu’s pink Hello Kitty hair clip, then took it off and put it away.
• Lu Yuanqiu insisted that Bai Qingxia eat the steamed buns, and she reluctantly ate three.
• Hu Caiwei told Lu Yuanqiu she had only pretended to accept Wang Haoran’s confession and did not like him, but Liu Wei’s arrival interrupted their conversation.
• At noon, Hu Caiwei invited Lu Yuanqiu to eat in the cafeteria, but he refused and stayed in the classroom.
• Lu Yuanqiu remained with Bai Qingxia, intending to find out whether she ate when she went to the cafeteria late.

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.

• Lu Yuanqiu realized he had forgotten his schoolwork, resolved to study, and fell asleep within minutes.
• Bai Qingxia placed a tissue beside Lu Yuanqiu’s mouth, touched his nose, and went to the cafeteria for plain rice.
• Lu Yuanqiu woke, found the tissue, and went to the cafeteria, where he learned Bai Qingxia had eaten only rice.
• Bai Qingxia erased “Bastard” from the classroom cleaning-duty list and rewrote Lu Yuanqiu’s name as “Yuanqiu.”
• Hu Caiwei told Bai Qingxia that her 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.

• Hu Caiwei avoided provoking Bai Qingxia, whose school reputation came from standing up to girls who cut her hair and boys who tried to intimidate her.
• Lu Yuanqiu returned to class, confronted Zhong Jincheng over the insult written on the blackboard, and told the Liu brothers to put their shoes back on.
• Lu Yuanqiu tried to restore order in the back row, but Zheng Yifeng ignored him and went back to sleep.
• Teacher Liu Wei announced that Class 28 needed to choose matching outfits for the September 20 sports meet procession.
• The boys rallied behind Japanese school uniforms, while Lu Yuanqiu remembered that Bai Qingxia had not bought the class outfit or joined the procession the previous year.

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.

• Liu Wei and Wang Haoran arranged for the class to order schoolgirl uniforms, while Bai Qingxia reacted quietly to the price.
• Lu Yuanqiu persuaded Bai Qingxia to tutor him at his house on Saturday, and she agreed on the condition that someone else would be home.
• Wang Ping gave Class 28 free time during PE, and Bai Qingxia sat on the steps to study while watching the basketball court.
• Lu Yuanqiu drove past Wang Haoran and dunked, surprising his classmates and Bai Qingxia.
• Hu Caiwei praised Lu Yuanqiu, who looked across the field and met Bai Qingxia's eyes.

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.

• Bai Qingxia turned away shyly when she caught Lu Yuanqiu looking at her during PE.
• A girl said she had seen someone push Bai Qingxia down the steps, and Lu Yuanqiu hurried to carry Bai Qingxia to the infirmary.
• Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia found the infirmary doctor absent, so he set her on a bed and offered to examine her ankle himself.
• Lu Yuanqiu sniffed Bai Qingxia's socked foot, then removed her sock despite her protests and squeezed her swollen ankle.

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 checked Bai Qingxia’s ankle and tried to apply safflower oil, but she pulled away after he removed her sock.
• Bai Qingxia left the infirmary, and Lu Yuanqiu followed her while explaining himself; Ge Hao and the school doctor then emerged from their hiding place.
• Lu Yuanqiu turned back to the classroom building and found Bai Qingxia limping as she tried to erase the high writing on the blackboard.
• Lu Yuanqiu erased the board and realized Bai Qingxia had been doing his cleaning duty; he insisted she stop studying and go home to rest.
• Bai Qingxia cleaned the teacher’s desk too, then refused Lu Yuanqiu’s offer to ride his bicycle home, saying her father might see them together.

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.

• Bai Qingxia told Lu Yuanqiu that her father would chase people with a stick, then said goodbye as they parted outside Lucheng No. 7 Middle School.
• Lu Yuanqiu declared his ambitions to study hard and become Lucheng's top scorer, while Lu Tian mocked his poor grades.
• Lu Yuanqiu suggested that his classmate take the vacant evening shift at the family supermarket, and Lu Tian agreed to interview her the next day.
• Su Xiaoya explained that she and Lu Tian had scolded Lu Yidong for getting close to an intellectually disabled man near Lucheng No. 65 Middle School.
• Lu Yuanqiu remembered how a girl had defended Overalls Uncle from bullies when he was in middle school, and wondered if Lu Yidong was now protecting him.
• Lu Yuanqiu told Su Xiaoya to find out what had happened before deciding whether to scold Lu Yidong.

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.

• Lu Yuanqiu reassured Lu Yidong that he would help her protect the man in overalls if she needed him.
• Lu Yuanqiu pulled out his old textbooks and tried to stay awake by tying a rope around his neck, frightening Lu Yidong.
• Lu Yuanqiu arrived early at Lucheng No. 7 Middle School and passed Hu Caiwei while a teacher reprimanded her for her outfit.
• Lu Yuanqiu slipped steamed buns into Bai Qingxia's desk and explained the red mark on his neck as the result of staying awake to study.
• Bai Qingxia secretly saved two buns, then confessed to Lu Yuanqiu after he woke up.
• After the biology teacher suggested checking seatmates' pulses to detect lies, 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 tried to check Lu Yuanqiu’s pulse, and he asked whether she had a secret crush, making her visibly embarrassed.
• Lu Yuanqiu turned down Hu Caiwei’s invitation to lunch and stayed in the classroom to study with Bai Qingxia.
• Lu Yuanqiu noticed Bai Qingxia had only plain rice, swapped trays with her, and gave her the snacks he had brought.
• Lu Yuanqiu told Bai Qingxia she was hired as an evening cashier at his family’s supermarket, and she accepted.
• Bai Qingxia packed the leftover food to take home for her father, and Lu Yuanqiu asked what she was doing.

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.

• Bai Qingxia told Lu Yuanqiu she wanted to take the food to her father, and he angrily objected to her needing to feed him.
• Bai Qingxia mistook Lu Yuanqiu’s anger for disapproval, apologized, and tried to return the snacks.
• Lu Yuanqiu reassured Bai Qingxia that she could take the food, and she packed it into her schoolbag.
• Bai Qingxia went to Lucheng No. 65 Middle School, where her father waited outside for her.
• Bai Qingxia comforted her father, cleaned his face, and fed him rice and a chicken drumstick as he excitedly warned her 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.

• Bai Qingxia fed her father chicken drumsticks and rice while Lu Yidong watched from across the road.
• Bai Qingxia greeted Lu Yuanqiu warmly, and he told her his father wanted to interview her at the supermarket after evening self-study.
• Lu Yuanqiu insulted Bai Qingxia’s father, making her cry; he apologized, and she said her father was normal.
• A school-wide power outage disrupted Class 28’s evening self-study, and Su Miaomiao struggled to quiet the students.
• Lu Yuanqiu’s childhood trauma left him terrified of the dark, and he collapsed to his knees as Bai Qingxia anxiously called his name.