Chapter Summaries

Lezheng protected Karuizawa from Manabe and her companions, then agreed to pose as her cousin in exchange for Private Points or information. After the school announced the four-class VIP Exam, Lezheng and the other leaders agreed to share what they learned, and they identified three Class A VIPs the next morning.

• Lezheng made Karuizawa apologize to Chuteng, then agreed to protect her in exchange for Private Points or information and recorded their agreement to pose as cousins.
• Lezheng played water volleyball with Class A students while Totsuka refereed, and he predicted that the next Special Exam might be a sports festival.
• The school assigned Lezheng, Katsuragi, Kanzaki, Ryuuen, Horikita, Hirata, and Kushida to Room 207 and explained the rules of the four-day VIP Exam.
• Lezheng chose early reporting as his preferred strategy, and Ryuuen warned the others to watch out.
• Lezheng, Katsuragi, Hashimoto, and Takimura agreed to share VIP information privately, then identified Motodoi Chikako, Tsukaji Shiori, and Guhara Mao as Class A's VIPs.

Lezheng deduced the Dragon Group’s VIP from the gojuon order and ended the Special Exam, leaving Class A far ahead while Class C overtook Class B and Class D fell to zero points. Afterward, Sakayanagi investigated Lezheng’s background and learned that his records showed no special training.

• Lezheng recognized the gojuon pattern in the VIP names, identified Kushida as the Dragon Group’s VIP, and ended the group’s exam.
• The school announced the remaining groups’ results, and Lezheng rewarded Karuizawa with 250,000 Private Points for sharing information.
• Ryuuen had Class C’s students deliberately reveal themselves as VIPs, raising Class C by 50 points while Class A gained 400.
• The final standings placed Class A at 1,637 points, Class C at 670, Class B at 566, and Class D at zero.
• Hirata faced complaints from classmates, while Horikita rebuked Yamauchi and left after he compared her with Lezheng.
• Sakayanagi asked Lezheng how he identified the VIPs, then reviewed his records with her father and found no evidence of special training.

Lezheng shopped with Katsuragi, gave Karuizawa a hair clip, and spent time with Sakayanagi before helping the Student Council manage a crowded fortune-telling event. When the council members finally got their turns, Lezheng went to be paired with Shiina, leaving Kiriyama surprised.

• Lezheng ran into Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji while shopping, then helped Katsuragi send a birthday gift to his sister through the school's delivery service.
• Lezheng gave Karuizawa a blue hair clip in the dormitory elevator before going to his room and playing chess with Sakayanagi.
• Horikita Manabu announced that the Student Council would manage the mall's fortune-telling event and assigned Lezheng to pair with Kiriyama.
• Lezheng chatted with Hashimoto at the queue while the Student Council maintained order during the busy fortune-telling event.
• On the third day, Lezheng told Kiriyama he had arranged another partner and walked over to Shiina, who had a red hair clip.

Lezheng helped Class A prepare for the Sports Festival by testing students’ athletic abilities and assigning team roles, while practicing races with Kamuro and encouraging Yamamura. The chapter ended with Lezheng coaching Yamamura in the beanbag toss as Sakayanagi watched the others exercise from the stands.

• Lezheng and Shiina visited a fortune-teller, then invited Yamamura inside for a reading before summer vacation ended.
• Sakayanagi met Lezheng outside his room on the first day of the new semester, and Mashima assigned him to organize Class A’s Sports Festival preparations.
• Lezheng measured the class’s grip strength, demonstrated his 100-kilogram result, and chose the strongest students for the Cavalry Battle teams.
• Lezheng and Kamuro practiced the three-legged race and mixed relay while Sakayanagi watched from the stands, wishing she could run too.
• Lezheng left Kamuro to rest with Sakayanagi and went to help Yamamura practice the beanbag toss.

Lezheng coordinated with Horikita over Class A’s lineup and learned that Horikita Manabu would compete in the mixed relay. At the sports festival, Lezheng beat Nagumo in the 100-meter dash and dominated the final, leaving Sakayanagi wondering how his speed compared with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji’s.

• Lezheng visited Class D, where Horikita secured agreement to compensate students who sacrificed themselves for the class with 5,000 private points.
• Horikita asked Lezheng to keep Class A’s roster from Kushida and sought information about Horikita Manabu’s mixed-relay participation; Lezheng confirmed Manabu would compete.
• A month later, Lezheng beat Nagumo by half a second in the sixth heat of the 100-meter dash.
• Lezheng won the 100-meter final by accelerating past Horikita Manabu, Sudo, Yamada, Sasaki, and the second-year runner.
• Sakayanagi watched Lezheng’s victory and wondered how his speed compared with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji’s.

Kamuro reached the girls’ 100-meter final but finished second behind Kiryuin, then joined Lezheng’s team for the relay. After Horikita was knocked down by a collision, the race continued with Kamuro passing the baton to Lezheng, while Ishikura and Yamada led the remaining runners toward the finish.

• Lezheng encouraged Kamuro before her race and spoke with Kiryuin, who said she had given up leading Class A because it bored her.
• Kiryuin won the girls’ 100-meter final, and Kamuro narrowly took second place.
• Ryuuen led an aggressive pole-toppling strategy, while Sudo charged at Class B and was stopped by Yamada.
• Hirata set the relay order with Sudo, Onodera, Ayanokoji, Horikita, Kamuro, and Lezheng running for their team.
• During her relay leg, Horikita collided with runners on both sides and injured her right leg, but she continued long enough to pass the baton to Kamuro.
• Kamuro sprinted toward Lezheng as Nagumo’s and Horikita Manabu’s teams fell out of contention, leaving Ishikura and Yamada racing toward the finish.

Lezheng won the Mixed-Gender Relay and the Sports Festival’s Best Individual Award, securing victory for the Red Team and raising Class A’s standing. After Nagumo was suspended pending an investigation, Lezheng reviewed candidates for the Student Council and selected Horikita Suzune and Ichinose Honami.

• Lezheng overtook Ishikura at the finish line, winning the Mixed-Gender Relay and giving the Red Team the Sports Festival victory.
• Lezheng Youyan received the Best Individual Award, bringing his private points total to 1.3 million.
• Sakayanagi told Lezheng that Ichinose and Horikita’s classes had formed a study group, and Lezheng decided to watch them at the library.
• President Horikita gave Lezheng files on potential first-year Student Council recruits and warned him about Nagumo.
• The school announced that Nagumo had been suspended pending an investigation into alleged misuse of his Student Council position.
• Lezheng reviewed the candidate files and selected Horikita Suzune and Ichinose Honami.

Lezheng accepted Horikita and Ichinose into the Student Council, then went with Shiina to an escape room and solved its first two stages. The final stage ended with them correctly guessing each other’s numbers.

• Lezheng interviewed Horikita and told her that her Student Council application had been accepted.
• Ichinose told Lezheng about stealing a hair clip for her younger sister when her family was struggling, and Lezheng exchanged contact details with her.
• Lezheng and Shiina left the library together to visit an escape room, where they solved the first stage using the clock and oil painting clues.
• Shiina and Lezheng solved the second stage by entering the months corresponding to the four seasons.
• Lezheng and Shiina took turns saying they did not know their numbers, then guessed that Shiina had 4 and Lezheng had 2.

Lezheng became a Student Council vice president and joined the other students for an eight-day mixed training camp special exam. After students formed high-multiplier groups, Nagumo challenged Horikita Manabu to a bet, but Lezheng raised concerns that made Horikita reconsider.

• Horikita Manabu announced the upcoming three-year off-campus exam and appointed Lezheng as a second vice president alongside Nagumo.
• Mashima explained the mixed training camp rules, including group formation, four final tests, rewards, and the risk of expulsion for the lowest-scoring group.
• Lezheng, Sakayanagi, Katsuragi, and Takimura agreed to cooperate, then Lezheng and Ryuuen formed groups using the highest multiplier.
• Nagumo challenged Horikita Manabu to a bet on whose boys' group would rank higher, with each promising to recognize the other's standing if they lost.
• Lezheng warned Horikita Manabu that Nagumo might target the girls and mentioned Nagumo's closeness with Ishikura, prompting Horikita to reconsider the bet.

During the mixed training camp, Lezheng and Horikita Manabu investigated Nagumo’s control over the second years while Lezheng learned that Tachibana was being targeted. The chapter ended with Lezheng agreeing to show Nagumo what strength meant and discussing how to deal with Tachibana’s isolation.

• Lezheng and Horikita Manabu formed a group and agreed to ask Tachibana about the situation among the girls.
• At lunch, Sakayanagi told Lezheng that Ichinose had joined the Class D girls’ group, and the group began camp activities and cooking duties.
• Nagumo offered Lezheng twenty million Private Points to give up the Student Council presidency, and Lezheng challenged him to meet the following night.
• Lezheng caught Sakayanagi when Yamauchi knocked away her cane, then handed it back and escorted her away.
• Sakayanagi told Lezheng that Tachibana was in trouble, and Lezheng guessed that the girls were isolating her and planned to blame her for failure.

Lezheng beat Nagumo in a one-on-one fight after Nagumo tried to blind him with powder, and Nagumo later disguised his bloody nose as an accident. The training camp’s boys’ bathhouse ended in a chaotic contest, with Lezheng making a spectacle of himself before Ryuuen kicked him into the hot spring.

• Lezheng became the trusted leader of his group as the students continued the camp’s curriculum, while his classmates admired his abilities and recalled that he had saved a student from falling down a mountain.
• Lezheng fought Nagumo, dodged the powder Nagumo threw, and knocked him unconscious with a punch; Nagumo woke with a bloody nose and threatened to remember him.
• On the day off, students heard that Nagumo had blamed his bloody nose on a nighttime fall, and Lezheng chatted with Shiina through the fence between the activity areas.
• Nagumo visited Lezheng’s room with Kiriyama, Tsunoda, and Ishikura, left behind a warning about nighttime trips to the bathroom, and Lezheng joined Yahiko and the others in their card game.
• At the boys’ bathhouse, students compared themselves in a rowdy display, and Lezheng declared himself the winner with his “super Tyrannosaurus rex.”
• Ryuuen sneaked behind Lezheng and kicked him into the hot spring, prompting Lezheng to curse at him.

Lezheng dealt with Nagumo’s attacks on Tsukimi and his classmates, then learned that Tachibana faced possible expulsion. The chapter ended with Lezheng fighting Nagumo and his group again, armed with a wooden stick.

• At the hot spring, Ichinose discussed her Valentine’s Day chocolates, while Karuizawa hid her disappointment over not knowing whether Lezheng would accept hers.
• Lezheng found the injured Tsukimi after Nagumo’s group attacked him and helped him return.
• Lezheng confronted Nagumo on the forest route, defeated his ten lackeys, and warned Nagumo against targeting his classmates.
• Horikita Manabu questioned Lezheng about Nagumo’s group taking leave, and Lezheng asked how Tachibana could avoid expulsion after learning the required Class Points and Private Points.
• After Igari and others argued with Tachibana, Nagumo’s group attacked Lezheng; he fought them off, knocked Nagumo down, and picked up a wooden stick.

After defeating Miyabi Nagumo and more than thirty second-year boys, Lezheng hid his injuries behind a story about falling and continued preparing his group for the exam. He recruited Tachibana and Horikita Suzune into a plan to make Nagumo lose a large amount of Private Points.

• Lezheng went to the infirmary, where Hoshinomiya treated his injuries and asked him to keep Sae Chasuke’s class in Class D; Lezheng repeatedly insisted he had fallen.
• Katsuragi noticed Lezheng’s injuries and a footprint on his sleeve, and Lezheng promised to take him along next time.
• On the seventh morning, Horikita Manabu recognized that Lezheng had fought Nagumo, while the school investigated the second-year boys’ mass absences and added nighttime patrols.
• Lezheng assigned Forest Relay sections to his group and practiced with its fifteen members after preparing them for the other exam events.
• Shiina accepted Lezheng’s claim that he had fallen, while Ryuuen questioned him about Nagumo and invited him to transfer to his class.
• Lezheng gave Tachibana mushrooms to put in breakfast and persuaded Horikita Suzune to help tamper with Asahina’s group’s food as part of his plan against Nagumo.

The mixed training camp ended with Nagumo losing influence and Lezheng becoming the likely next Student Council President. Sakayanagi then revealed that her father, the school Chairman, had been suspended after the White Room made its move, leaving Lezheng searching for information about it.

• Nagumo learned that his second-year boys had been injured and that two girls' groups had failed, while Tachibana avoided expulsion by completing the tests alone.
• Igari and Asahina each designated a Class D student for expulsion, and Nagumo decided not to spend private points to save Igari.
• Class 1-A's large group placed first, the girls' group placed third, and the school announced the classes' final point totals.
• Horikita Manabu asked Lezheng about the breakfast sabotage, and Lezheng credited Horikita Suzune; Sakayanagi later teased Lezheng on the bus while Kamuro discovered his injury was fake.
• After the camp, Nagumo lost forty million private points and rumors about him spread as Lezheng's Student Council presidency became likely.
• Sakayanagi told Lezheng that her father, the Chairman, had been suspended because the White Room had made its move, and Lezheng searched online for information about it.

Lezheng received chocolates from several girls on Valentine’s Day, then welcomed Karuizawa to his dorm room, where she brought him handmade chocolates and shared news about tensions in Class D. The chapter ended with Lezheng warning Karuizawa that Miyabi Nagumo was trying to entice their classmates with Private Points.

• Kamuro and Yamamura gave Lezheng chocolates, and other girls followed; Kamuro’s wasabi prank failed before she gave him a normal box.
• Ichinose gave Lezheng handmade chocolates, while Shiranami Chihiro watched them and felt dejected.
• Karuizawa made chocolates for Lezheng, avoided shopping with Matsushita and Shinohara, and went to his dorm room as Kushida secretly watched her.
• Karuizawa told Lezheng that Hirata and Horikita were at odds and that many girls in Class D had become hostile toward Horikita.
• Lezheng warned Karuizawa that Miyabi Nagumo was approaching Class D students and might be trading help for their secrets.

Lezheng spent Valentine’s Day with Shiina, then met the new Acting Chairman, Tsunenari Tsukishiro, as the Student Council’s secretary role passed to Ichinose. A sudden first-year Special Exam put expulsion and a one-time exemption voucher on the line, and Lezheng settled on Kanji Ike as the Class D student to target with criticism votes.

• Lezheng accepted Shiina’s homemade chocolates, watched Flipped with her, and received a pair of embroidered gloves before they shared an umbrella back to the dorms.
• Tsunenari Tsukishiro introduced himself to the Student Council, and Lezheng later encouraged Ichinose in her new role as secretary.
• Lezheng told Ichinose he expected a Special Exam soon and discussed the class balance, Sakayanagi, and Ayanokoji.
• The school announced a first-year Special Exam in which the most praised student in each class earned an expulsion-exemption voucher and the most criticized student was expelled.
• Lezheng and Sakayanagi agreed to direct their class’s praise and criticism votes toward her, then Lezheng chose Kanji Ike as the Class D student to receive criticism votes.

Lezheng arranged for Class D to praise-vote Kanji Ike and advised Karuizawa’s group on how to protect themselves during the voting exam. Yamauchi was exposed for leaking Class D’s information, lost the vote, and was expelled after Hashimoto failed to transfer him to Class A.

• Lezheng met Ryuuen and arranged for Classes C and D to give praise votes to Kanji Ike, with Ichinose agreeing to cooperate.
• Lezheng advised Karuizawa to let her group exchange praise votes and coordinate their criticism votes.
• On the third day of voting, news and photos surfaced of Yamauchi meeting Hashimoto, and Yamauchi admitted his plan to join Class A while mocking Class D.
• Yamauchi spent his private points and claimed Lezheng would protect him, but Sudo nearly struck him before Horikita stopped Sudo.
• Chasuke announced that Ike had the highest score and Yamauchi the lowest, making Yamauchi subject to expulsion.
• Yamauchi discovered Hashimoto had sent no transfer points, accused others of stealing them, and was restrained by security guards as Ayanokoji watched.

After Horikita Manabu graduated, Class A prepared for the Command Tower Exam, where Sakayanagi asked Lezheng to help her face Class D and challenge Ayanokoji in chess. Horikita’s class planned its events cautiously, while Lezheng’s role as a potential Command Tower remained central to their strategy.

• Lezheng reviewed the Command Tower Exam rules and saw Horikita Manabu graduate, then watched Horikita Suzune speak with her brother and cut her hair short.
• After the third-years left, Sakayanagi named Class D as Class A’s target and asked Lezheng to support her as Command Tower in exchange for placing her people under his command.
• Sakayanagi told Lezheng that the new Chairman worked under Ayanokoji’s father and that her own father was under investigation.
• Ayanokoji arrived on the rooftop, and Sakayanagi challenged him to a chess match for the exam; afterward, she told Lezheng about her childhood.
• Horikita rejected Sudo’s proposal to make basketball a main event, and Koenji argued that Lezheng’s athletic abilities made sports a poor choice unless Lezheng served as Command Tower.

Lezheng prepared and delivered return gifts to the girls who had given him chocolates, while Class D discussed their upcoming match against Class A. The chapter ended with Kamuro discovering that Lezheng had given her a malfunctioning hair dryer.

• Horikita asked Class D to list their niche hobbies, and Hirata and Kushida helped calm the class as they discussed the Class A match.
• Lezheng rejected Tsukishiro’s proposed OAA System, then practiced baking cookies and considered gifts for the girls who had given him chocolates.
• Lezheng gave Yamamura and Kamuro gifts, including a keychain for Yamamura and a hair dryer for Kamuro.
• Lezheng gave Ichinose a bracelet and other gifts, and she gave him a knitted hat in return.
• Lezheng gave Karuizawa hair accessories and met Shiina at the mall, where they took purikura photos together.
• Kamuro tried the hair dryer Lezheng had given her and realized it was defective.

Ayanokoji devised a way for Horikita's class to draw Lezheng into an obscure event, while Sakayanagi prepared Class A's lineup around his strength. Lezheng sought Kiryuin's help in restoring Chairman Sakayanagi and revealed his exceptional school records; Kiryuin said the Chairman would return no earlier than after winter break.

• Ayanokoji told Horikita that Sakayanagi wanted to face him in chess and suggested submitting obscure events so Class A might assign Lezheng to one, giving Sudo a chance to compete against the remaining lineup.
• Sakayanagi chose five main events for Class A, including mathematics, English, model repair, judo, and chess, while reserving Lezheng and other students to face Class D.
• Lezheng asked Kiryuin to help bring Chairman Sakayanagi back, and she agreed in exchange for seeing his school ratings.
• Lezheng showed Kiryuin his confidential file, which listed four A+ ratings, and said he had completed Ozaki's Eight Items with a team as its referee.
• Kiryuin told Lezheng the Chairman would return after winter break at the earliest, then Ichinose asked to see her own file.