Recaps

Principal Cai Guotao warned Su Can not to use outside influence or involve himself in matters beyond his role as a student, while acknowledging the school’s discomfort with the Public Security Bureau’s intervention. Afterward, Zhang Xian’s circle thanked Su Can for what happened to Zhao Chengyan but kept their welcome cautious, unwilling to seem opportunistic.

• Cai Guotao reviewed the school’s recommendation results and worried about preserving No. 27 Middle School’s discipline and performance in Su Can’s graduating year.
• Cai Guotao told Su Can that he was not entitled to the police banner and warned him not to use influence or meddle in criminal matters while he was a student.
• Su Can declined to take the banner, and Cai Guotao let him leave after saying he hoped Su Can would someday become worthy of it.
• Su Can reflected that the school resented the Public Security Bureau’s intervention but had good reason to defend its independence and discipline.
• Zhang Xian’s circle called Su Can over, and Zhang Feifei asked about his relationship with Zhao Lijun.
• Su Can gave a brief explanation, and Zhang Xian thanked him for helping them get back at Zhao Chengyan; the group remained restrained so they would not appear to be courting Su Can for his influence.

Su Can turned down an attempt by Zhang Xian and Zhuang Zhiyu to bring him into their social circle, then shared a heartfelt exchange with Tang Wu about their future together. Later, while relaxing on the rooftop, he saw a girl climb over the railing and heard her say she was going to jump.

• Zhuang Zhiyu invited Su Can to meet friends who admired how he had dealt with Zhao Chengyan, but Su Can gave a noncommittal answer.
• Tang Wu told Su Can she would share his burdens and wait for him, urging him to believe in her as she believed in him.
• Su Can reflected on his business, his relationship with Tang Wu, and the life he might have lost by pursuing immense wealth.
• Su Can saw a girl climb over the rooftop railing and warned her that it was dangerous.
• The girl told Su Can she planned to jump off the building and did not care about the danger.

Su Can tried to keep Li Ying from jumping off the school rooftop after an English teacher humiliated her for questioning the teacher’s competence. He stalled her while police prepared a rescue, but the chapter ended before he learned how to bring her back from the brink.

• At No. 27 Middle School, Li Ying threatened to jump from the rooftop after her English teacher told her to jump during an argument.
• Su Can addressed Li Ying without dismissing her or openly trying to persuade her, and his joke about her skirt made her laugh.
• Teachers, students, police, and firefighters gathered on the rooftop while Zhang Xian, Zhuang Zhiyu, and Zhang Feifei kept other students away.
• Cai Guotao mistakenly suggested Su Can had wronged Li Ying, and Su Can’s reply made Li Ying laugh again.
• The rescue team asked Su Can to keep Li Ying occupied while officers prepared below, and he picked up her books and asked whether she planned to jump over them.

Su Can tried to persuade Li Ying to step away from the rooftop by speaking about life, memories, and future possibilities. After he reached her, she slipped at the edge, and he caught her hand until a firefighter secured her ankle.

• Su Can found Li Ying's English textbook and reflected on the school years it represented.
• Su Can spoke to Li Ying about leaving a mark on the world and the life she might have in the future, gradually moving closer to her.
• Su Can recalled the youthful memories tied to English textbooks and recited lines about enduring hardship and hoping for better days.
• Su Can reached Li Ying as she cried, but she slipped at the rooftop edge.
• Su Can caught Li Ying's hand and held on until a firefighter grabbed her ankle and others rushed to help.

After Su Can saved Li Ying from falling off the school rooftop, rumors spread through No. 27 Middle School, and Guo Xiaozhong visited him to hear what happened. Su Can joined a group of company-compound students heading to a Yu Quan concert, while his classmates quietly watched him as talk of the rescue followed him.

• News of Su Can saving Li Ying spread through No. 27 Middle School, and teachers offered their classes guidance while reporters questioned school officials.
• Su Can returned to an empty home and reflected on the danger of catching Li Ying before Guo Xiaozhong arrived and asked him about the rescue.
• Su Can told Guo Xiaozhong what had happened, and Guo predicted that Su Can would become famous throughout the grade by Monday.
• Su Can and Guo Xiaozhong encountered a group led by Wu Shimiao, Zhao Xin, and Yang Zhao preparing to attend Yu Quan's concert.
• Guo Xiaozhong persuaded Su Can to join the group, and the students discussed the rooftop incident on the bus while Wu Shimiao, Zhao Xin, and Yang Zhao watched Su Can.

Su Can and the Dajie Construction children attended a Yu Quan concert after dinner, where a group of young men had harassed Wu Shimiao and clashed with Zhao Xin and Yang Zhao. After the concert, the two groups met again outside the university arena, and a brawl broke out.

• Wu Shimiao, Zhao Xin, and Yang Zhao stayed quiet when classmates discussed Su Can saving the girl who had tried to jump from the rooftop.
• Four young men arrived in a Buick New Century, stared at Wu Shimiao, and made a lewd remark as Wu Shirui brought back milk tea.
• Wu Shiyin stopped Zhao Xin and Yang Zhao from confronting the young men so the group could eat and make it to the concert.
• Su Can and the group watched Yu Quan perform, and Wu Shimiao accidentally shouted “I love you” toward Su Can during a song.
• After the concert, the group met the four young men again outside the arena, where one of them kicked Yang Zhao and several others attacked Zhao Xin and Yang Zhao, starting a brawl.

Su Can and the other Darong Construction students were held at the West District Police Station after a fight, while their parents failed to persuade Deputy Chief Mao Jie to release them. Chief Gong Jun recognized Su Can, freed the Darong students, and ordered the officials’ sons who had fought them detained, leaving the parents to wonder about Su Licheng’s influence.

• Zhao Yuelei and the other parents arrived at the police station, scolded their children, and tried to intervene when Mao Jie said the mass brawl might be treated as gang-related juvenile crime.
• The parents called on their connections to seek help, but Mao Jie continued to stall because the opposing youths included the district party secretary’s son and other officials’ relatives.
• Chief Gong Jun arrived, recognized Su Can, and heard Su Can’s account of the fight.
• Gong Jun ordered the Darong Construction students to go home and detained the officials’ sons for twelve hours, despite Mao Jie’s objection.
• On the ride home, the parents reflected on how quickly Gong Jun had acted for Su Can and speculated about the influence behind Su Licheng.

Su Can watched his family’s business and influence grow while returning to No. 27 Middle School, where students were still discussing the student he had saved. He reunited briefly with Tang Wu and heard girls romanticize the mysterious rescuer, unaware that it was him.

• Zeng He told Su Can about her expanding stationery shops, while Su Can considered how to grow the Shushan brand and factory.
• Su Can learned that his father’s standing had attracted attention after the group’s safe return from the police station.
• Commuters and students continued debating the student’s attempted jump at No. 27 Middle School and the poem recited by her rescuer.
• Su Can met Tang Wu outside the school and told her he would return the book she had lent him when they had lunch.
• Tang Wu’s friends teased her about Su Can and speculated about the identity of the student who had saved Li Ying.

After saving Li Ying from attempting to jump, Su Can met with her parents and Principal Cai Guotao, who praised his actions and offered Li Ying time at home to recover. He then found Sun Man and the Broadcasting Society girls discussing his words and reputation, ending with the group fleeing when they realized he was standing among them.

• Wang Guiwen took Su Can to the Administrative Building and admitted that Su Can had handled the rooftop crisis well.
• Principal Cai Guotao introduced Su Can to Li Ying's parents, who thanked him for saving their daughter.
• Su Can criticized Li Ying's parents for not teaching her independence, and they accepted his advice as Cai Guotao discussed her recovery and the teacher's dismissal.
• Li Ying thanked Su Can sincerely, and Cai Guotao offered him the school's commendation banner, which Su Can said belonged to No. 27 Middle School.
• Su Can joined Sun Man and the Broadcasting Society girls, who praised his words and joked about his romantic prospects before realizing he was the boy they had been discussing and scattering.

Su Can’s business advice helped Pineapple Media expand while avoiding a takeover, and he returned his focus to finals as his actions made him famous at No. 27 Middle School. After reconciling with Zhang Feifei and the others, Su Can drew Sun Man’s attention, and she asked Tang Wu how to pursue him.

• Lin Guangdong told Su Can that Campus Consumption had grown and that Rongcheng media groups wanted to acquire Pineapple Media, so Su Can advised him to stall and quote an exorbitant price.
• Lin Guangdong used Su Can’s strategy to make the newspaper group dismiss Pineapple Media, while Su Can resumed studying for finals and heard that Gong Jun’s police station faced retaliation for releasing Darong Construction’s detainees.
• Students at No. 27 Middle School connected Su Can to several recent incidents, and Zhang Feifei and her friends approached him to make amends for their earlier treatment of him.
• Su Can accepted their invitation to reconnect after finals and offered to buy drinks, while Wei Chao ran to the school shop for him.
• Sun Man saw Su Can sitting alone beneath a banyan tree and later asked Tang Wu what kind of girl he liked and how she could pursue him.

Darong Construction Group reshuffled its leadership, elevating Xu Jianchuan, Su Licheng, and Zhong Jianjun while reducing Mu Kai’s faction’s influence. As Su Can celebrated his father’s promotion, Wang Bu and Zeng Qu anming also received new appointments, and a farewell gathering began in Xiahai City.

• Lu Cheng announced personnel changes that made Xu Jianchuan executive director and general manager, appointed Su Licheng and Zhong Jianjun deputy general managers, and reassigned several other leaders.
• Mu Kai realized that his faction had lost support within Darong Construction Group, while Yang Kaifu was moved to the trade union chairmanship.
• Su Can congratulated Su Licheng on his promotion over dinner, and Su Licheng explained his new responsibilities to his family.
• Wang Bu was appointed secretary of the Rongcheng Municipal Party Committee, and Zeng Qu anming was transferred to a deputy director post in Rongcheng’s State Planning Commission.
• A farewell gathering was underway in Xiahai City.

At Wang Weiwei’s farewell party, the group reminisced about Su Can and teased him over the phone, while Tang Wu told him she missed him. Later, Su Can visited Zeng Na at the Medical University and met her friend Deng Songqi, whose relationship with her left him puzzled.

• Xue Yiyang and Liu Rui recounted Su Can’s childhood mischief at the farewell party, and the group speculated about his relationship with Tang Wu.
• Wang Weiwei called Su Can, and the group shouted that they all looked down on him before Wang Weiwei asked how Zhao Lijun had helped him.
• Lin Zouwen joked that Lin Luoran missed Su Can, and Lin Luoran kicked him before speaking to Su Can herself and saying she wanted to see him.
• Su Can met Zeng Na and Deng Songqi at the Medical University, where Zeng Na introduced Deng as her high-school friend studying at the University of Science and Technology.
• Zeng Na invited Su Can and Deng Songqi to eat together, leaving Su Can wondering whether Deng was her boyfriend.

Su Can met his cousin Zeng Na’s prospective boyfriend, Deng Songqi, and saw that Deng genuinely cared for her despite her uncle’s disapproval. After hearing about Deng’s web design club and technical team, Su Can considered recruiting them for a major opportunity.

• Zeng Na asked Su Can to assess Deng Songqi and help persuade her uncle to accept him.
• Su Can recalled that Deng and Zeng Na had been separated in his previous life, and recognized that their relationship had a chance to begin anew.
• At a restaurant, Deng invited Zeng Na to a movie, and she declined while leaving open the possibility of another time.
• Deng told Su Can that he wanted to reject a newspaper job and start a web design studio with his university club.
• Su Can learned that Deng’s club included skilled programmers and considered building a team around them.

Su Can weighed the limits of pursuing internet ventures while expanding Shushan Stationery’s distribution network and preparing to move the factory out from under Dajie Construction Group. After Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zouwen returned to Rongcheng, they reunited with Su Can and Tang Wu at a bar, where Lin Luoran brought up a question that made Tang Wu ask what Su Can had said.

• Su Can exchanged contact information with Deng Songqi and discussed his club and studio ideas with him.
• Su Can proposed a tiered distributor network for Shushan Stationery, and the factory recruited partners across several provinces while Zeng He agreed to open three more branches.
• Su Can considered relocating Shushan Stationery and reforming its relationship with Dajie Construction Group as the factory’s business grew.
• Wang Bu took up his post in August, and Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zouwen returned to Rongcheng and moved into a villa.
• Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zouwen met Su Can and Tang Wu at a bar, where Lin Luoran said she had once asked Su Can which of the two girls was prettier.
• Tang Wu smiled at Su Can and asked what he had said.

Su Can, Tang Wu, Lin Luoran, Wang Weiwei, and Lin Zouwen met at a bar, where Tang Wu and Lin Luoran moved from sharp verbal sparring to a friendly alliance. After Wang Weiwei drove off a group of arrogant young men by invoking his family name, he warned Su Can that a bigger problem was still coming.

• Tang Wu and Lin Luoran traded sharp remarks about beauty and attraction before agreeing that they liked each other and shaking hands.
• Several young men approached the group and asked to join them, but Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen rejected them.
• One of the young men threatened Lin Zouwen, so Wang Weiwei identified himself as Wang Bu's son and told them to leave.
• The young men left, and Lin Zouwen awkwardly corrected his remark about them targeting their women after Lin Luoran and Tang Wu rebuked him.
• Wang Weiwei told Su Can that a more serious problem was coming and asked him for help.

Su Can spent the day with Tang Wu, Lin Luoran, Wang Weiwei, and Lin Zouwen before visiting Wang Weiwei’s home and reflecting on his wealth and Tang Wu’s privileged background. As he and Tang Wu walked together at dusk, he teased her about her black figure-shaping bra, making her lose her composure.

• Su Can and his friends rode downtown, where Tang Wu and Lin Luoran competed at an arcade skiing game before the group strolled around and ate at McDonald’s.
• Lin Luoran invited Su Can and Tang Wu into Wang Weiwei’s villa, where Su Can considered buying a home for his parents and assessed his own financial standing.
• After tea at Wang Weiwei’s home, Su Can walked with Tang Wu and learned that she would be busy exercising with her mother, Mu Wei, and reviewing schoolwork.
• Su Can thought about Tang Wu’s family’s wealth and future success as they walked beside the river at sunset.
• Su Can told Tang Wu he had seen her black figure-shaping bra, and she blushed and covered her neckline.

Su Can walked Tang Wu to her bus stop after their teasing left them both flustered, and he reflected on letting her enjoy her youth while keeping their relationship close. When she boarded, he surprised her by getting on too and sitting beside her, and Tang Wu agreed to let him take her home.

• Su Can and Tang Wu walked together after seeing Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and their companion home, both unsettled by his teasing remark.
• Su Can escorted Tang Wu to her bus stop and watched as she boarded, then they looked at each other through the window.
• Passengers watched the pair and recalled their own youthful farewells, while a couple on the bus discussed devotion and the possibility of parting.
• Su Can boarded just before the doors closed and sat beside Tang Wu, telling her he had long wanted to ride with her.
• Tang Wu held back tears and agreed to go home with Su Can.

Su Can and Tang Wu discovered that they had lived near each other all along, shared an affectionate parting, and spent the evening looking toward each other’s homes. Tang Wu’s mother, Mu Xuan, warned her to put aside her feelings and focus on her future, leaving Tang Wu’s conflict unresolved.

• Su Can and Tang Wu realized their homes were only a short distance apart, despite having unknowingly passed near each other for months.
• Su Can and Tang Wu embraced in the park, and he tried to kiss her before she pushed him away and returned home.
• Su Can moved a sofa beside the window and wished he had a telescope to see Tang Wu’s apartment.
• Tang Wu gazed toward Su Can’s building, then listened as Mu Xuan discussed her future and told her to calm down and forget her restlessness.

Su Can accompanied Wang Weiwei to a gathering where Wang Weiwei was waiting to see Ye Huishang, his first love. Ye Huishang arrived, greeted the group warmly, and explained that Kong Qinghua had organized the reception to expand the Wangchao Hotel’s business and was pestering her.

• Lin Zouwen, Lin Luoran, and Wang Weiwei persuaded Su Can to join them at a gathering, and he arrived at their home on Friday.
• Su Can, Lin Zouwen, Lin Luoran, and Wang Weiwei took a taxi to the Wangchao Hotel and waited in the lobby with several of Wang Weiwei’s old acquaintances.
• The group discussed Wang Weiwei’s return to Rongcheng and his father’s political position while Su Can watched the reception’s guests arrive.
• Ye Huishang arrived at the hotel in a dark green dress, and Wang Weiwei stood to greet her.
• Ye Huishang greeted Lin Zouwen, Lin Luoran, and Su Can, then linked arms with Wang Weiwei as they headed to the reception.
• Ye Huishang told Wang Weiwei that Kong Qinghua had organized the reception to promote the Wangchao Hotel and had been pestering her.

At a reception, Ye Huishang told Wang Weiwei she was disappointed in how dispirited and lacking in confidence he had become, while her friends belittled him and Su Can. Xue Lingzhu then arranged to humiliate Su Can with a staged wine-throwing prank, but Su Can retaliated and sent both young men tumbling into the pool.

• Ye Huishang reunited with Wang Weiwei, teased him, and later criticized his excessive agreeableness and declining confidence.
• Ye Huishang's friends mocked Wang Weiwei and Su Can, while Su Can refused to engage with their insults.
• Kong Qi arrived and warmly greeted Ye Huishang and Wang Weiwei, then joked with his friends about Wang Weiwei following him as a child.
• Xue Lingzhu recognized Su Can and arranged for two young men to stage an argument and throw wine at him.
• Su Can dodged the first splash, threw his own wine at the attacker, and broke his glass under the man's foot, sending both young men into the swimming pool.

Su Can left the Wangchao Hotel reception after Kong Qi tried to make him leave, while Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and Lin Zouwen stood by him. Wang Weiwei openly confronted Kong Qi, leaving Ye Huishang to realize how much he had changed.

• Su Can denied causing the two men to fall into the pool, and the hotel manager ordered him to leave the reception.
• Kong Qi told Su Can to exit, but Wang Weiwei defended him and said he would leave too if Su Can had to go.
• Lin Luoran and Lin Zouwen chose to leave with Su Can and Wang Weiwei, forcing Kong Qi to reconsider his demand.
• Kong Qi tried to smooth things over and offered Su Can a drink, but Su Can ignored his outstretched hand and said he was leaving.
• Kong Qi shouted for them to stop, and Wang Weiwei warned him to know his place before leaving with the others.
• Ye Huishang cried as she watched them go, recognizing that Wang Weiwei was no longer the boy she remembered.

Wang Weiwei’s clash with Kong Qi ended with Wang Bu accepting the Kong family’s apology and supporting his son’s loyalty to Su Can. Su Can and Tang Wu grew closer while Pineapple Media expanded through a new magazine partnership, and Su Can began his final year of high school.

• Kong Qi’s dispute with Wang Weiwei drove Rongcheng business associates away from the Wangchao Hotel, and the Kong family called Wang Bu to apologize.
• Wang Bu gave Wang Weiwei an allowance and told him he understood that he had acted for Su Can.
• Su Can took Tang Wu shopping, and they bought telescopes so they could see each other from their homes.
• Tang Wu’s mother briefly looked through her telescope but failed to realize it was aimed at Su Can’s home.
• Pineapple Media weathered rising paper costs and a rival’s threat, then agreed with Provincial Newspaper Group to develop Fashion Culture.
• Su Can decided to buy a company car for Pineapple Media, and summer ended as he began his final year of high school.

At No. 27 Middle School, Sun Man heard that Wang Weiwei, Lin Zouwen, and Lin Luoran had returned, while Su Can read letters from his friends in Xiahai and began senior-year classes. The three transferred into Su Can’s class and teased him about his grades, ending with Lin Zouwen warning that Su Can was not one of them and Su Can telling him to scram.

• Sun Man and her friends discussed Wang Weiwei, Lin Zouwen, and Lin Luoran returning to No. 27 Middle School, along with rumors about Su Can’s summer encounter with Wang Weiwei’s group.
• Wang Guiwen announced the start of senior-year evening study sessions and urged the class to support one another through the year.
• Su Can read letters from his Xiahai friends while classmates discussed his high ranking and showed interest in him.
• Wang Weiwei, Lin Zouwen, and Lin Luoran arrived at Senior Class Three and took the empty desks beside Su Can.
• Lin Luoran complimented Su Can’s grades, Wang Weiwei called catching up with him difficult, and Lin Zouwen warned that Su Can was not one of them before Su Can told him to scram.

Sun Man considered pursuing Su Can while Tang Wu struggled to tell her about their relationship. After Su Can’s friends mocked his chances with Tang Wu and Zhang Feifei’s remarks about money offended Wang Weiwei, the gathering ended in a bitter confrontation.

• Sun Man asked Tang Wu why she had not eaten with Su Can, then suggested that they invite him to meals together while declaring she could win him over.
• Tang Wu tried to tell Sun Man that she and Su Can were more than ordinary friends, but Sun Man left before she could explain.
• Su Can returned to No. 27 Middle School with Wang Weiwei, Lin Luoran, and their friends, who discussed Wang Weiwei’s conflict with Ye Huishang’s Circle.
• When Lin Zouwen pointed out Tang Wu at the soccer match, the group learned how admired she was and questioned whether Su Can had any chance with her.
• Zhang Feifei asked whether Su Can’s family had ten million and joked about introducing him to models, then called herself unwilling to take someone else’s leftovers.
• Wang Weiwei angrily rebuked Zhang Feifei for insulting Su Can and ended their friendship.

After Wang Weiwei confronted Zhang Feifei for joking about Su Can, he and Lin Zouwen skipped evening study to drink with Su Can and discuss how their friendships had changed. Wang Weiwei urged Su Can to prove himself by taking Tang Wu’s hand, and Lin Zouwen challenged him to stake his senior-year chastity instead.

• Wang Weiwei rebuked Zhang Feifei for her joke about Su Can, and Lin Zouwen backed him before Su Can asked them to stop escalating the argument.
• Su Can learned Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen had skipped evening self-study and found them drinking beer at the soccer field.
• Wang Weiwei told Su Can he was hurt by Ye Huishang’s departure and by Zhang Feifei’s dismissive joke, and he praised Su Can for supporting his family during Wang Bu’s investigation.
• Su Can urged Wang Weiwei to be understanding of others, but Wang Weiwei insisted he could not accept friends who looked down on Su Can.
• Wang Weiwei challenged Su Can to take Tang Wu’s hand and prove himself, and Lin Zouwen joked that Su Can should stake his senior-year chastity.