Chapter Summaries

Su Can helped Wang Ming and her uncle move toward taking over the struggling factory, while finding renewed resolve to face the danger surrounding Tang Wu. At No. 27 Middle School, the weekly highlights broadcast Su Can’s clash with Sun Man, exposing him to the whole school and leaving one girl in Class Thirteen overcome with emotion.

• Su Can accompanied Wang Ming and Wang Feng to inspect the factory and spoke with worker Old Xiao about his family’s hardships.
• Su Licheng learned that Wang Ming’s company and her Shandong uncle wanted to contract the factory and manufacture pens.
• Su Can reflected on his fear of losing Tang Wu and resolved to face the threat he believed surrounded her.
• Su Can arrived at school with Guo Xiaozhong as students anticipated Sun Man’s promised confrontation in the weekly highlights.
• The Campus Television Station broadcast footage of Su Can criticizing the school’s koi policy and Sun Man asking if he thought he was Stephen Chow.
• Jiang Mingjun recognized Su Can on television, while a girl in Class Thirteen watched through tears.

Tang Wu remembered how her mother, Mu Xuan, had moved her to a new city and away from Su Can, then learned that he had appeared at No. 27 Middle School. She went to find him and arrived at his classroom, where the two finally saw each other again.

• Tang Wu recalled leaving Su Can behind and writing him a letter after Mu Xuan warned that he would eventually forget her.
• Tang Wu asked Sun Man which class Su Can was in, then walked to Class Three without accepting an escort.
• Guo Xiaozhong warned Su Can that his television interview had made him unpopular, while classmates mocked him for confronting Sun Man.
• Tang Wu arrived at Su Can's classroom and smiled at him as he stood up from his desk.

Su Can reunited with Tang Wu at No. 27 Middle School, where they cleared up the pain caused by her farewell letter and admitted how much they had missed each other. They parted for class holding onto the belief that they still had plenty of time together.

• Su Can entered Tang Wu's classroom, where she asked whether he was angry with her.
• Su Can joked about arriving without riches, and Tang Wu laughed and rested a hand on his shoulder.
• Su Can mentioned Tang Wu's letter, and she tearfully apologized for trying to spare him the burden of their relationship.
• Su Can embraced Tang Wu and asked what she meant by calling him someone who had once belonged to her alone; Tang Wu said it meant they had met again.
• Su Can and Tang Wu walked hand in hand beneath the vine arbor, promised to live well, and separated for class, turning in opposite directions.

Su Can settled into No. 27 Middle School, where his appearance on the school television station changed Jiang Mingjun’s opinion of him. After classes, Su Can and Tang Wu reunited beneath the grape trellis and shared what had happened since they parted, including Tang Wu’s earlier fear that she might study abroad.

• Su Can arrived late to class, and Jiang Mingjun, impressed by his school television appearance and connections, lost his earlier hostility toward him.
• Jiang Mingjun questioned Su Can about Tang Wu, but Su Can said they were just friends, leaving Jiang Mingjun determined to prove himself through the physics quiz.
• After school, Tang Wu hurried out after each lesson to meet Su Can, while Guo Xiaozhong repeatedly failed to catch up with him.
• Su Can and Tang Wu met beneath the grape trellis and told each other about their lives since they had last seen each other.
• Tang Wu told Su Can she had written her farewell letter after her school considered sending her abroad, but his arrival had changed their circumstances.

Su Can reunited with Tang Wu after nearly half a year apart, and the two spent time together at a roadside snack stall outside No. 27 Middle School. Their teasing and easy closeness left the students around them stunned by Tang Wu’s unexpected date with the transfer student.

• Su Can met Tang Wu outside the Administrative Building, where she apologized for making him wait and squeezed his hand.
• Su Can suggested they get something to eat, and Tang Wu agreed to visit the snack stalls outside No. 27 Middle School.
• Sun Man and her friends spotted Tang Wu and Su Can sitting together at their usual cold-drink shop and stared in surprise.
• Su Can ordered barbecue and shaved ice, dipped a beef skewer in chili powder, and offered it to Tang Wu.
• Tang Wu ate the skewer and teased Su Can by saying that what he had given her tasted really good, while nearby boys watched in shock.

Su Can reunited with Tang Wu at a snack shop, where Sun Man joined them and described Tang Wu’s admirers. Li Qingyang arrived to ask Tang Wu for a promised article for the school magazine, but Tang Wu declined and pointed to Su Can as a better writer.

• Sun Man sat with Su Can and Tang Wu, and Su Can apologized for their earlier encounter by the pond.
• Sun Man bought shaved ice and skewers, then told Su Can about the students who admired Tang Wu.
• Li Qingyang arrived and joined them, and Sun Man praised his writing and asked about the upcoming magazine submissions.
• Li Qingyang said he was judging the writing competition and asked Tang Wu to contribute to Jade Terrace, noting students’ strong anticipation for her article.
• Tang Wu refused to write and said Su Can was a better choice.

Su Can accepted Li Qingyang’s offer to write a Jade Terrace piece for Morning Blossoms after Tang Wu recommended him, while Li Qingyang secretly hoped he would fail. After sharing a tender goodbye with Tang Wu, Su Can resolved to grow strong enough to enter her family’s world.

• Tang Wu recommended Su Can to write for Morning Blossoms, and Li Qingyang challenged him to provide the Jade Terrace piece before proofreading.
• Su Can accepted the assignment and shook Li Qingyang’s hand, while Li Qingyang grew wary and planned to make him embarrass himself.
• Su Can and Tang Wu walked away from the roadside shop and held hands as they passed the busy streets near the school.
• Su Can invited Tang Wu to see a movie, but she said she had to go home because they had school the next day.
• Tang Wu hugged Su Can at the bus platform, boarded her bus, and left him determined to become strong enough to visit her home.

Guo Xiaozhong warned Su Can that Li Qingyang might have invited him to submit to Jade Terrace to embarrass him over Tang Wu, while Su Can agreed to try his best. At a banquet that turned out to be Zhang Ping’s daughter’s birthday party, Li Yuhe tried to make Su Licheng look bad, but Zhang Ping saw through the setup and took a liking to him.

• Guo Xiaozhong learned that Su Can was submitting to Morning Flowers and suspected Li Qingyang was using the submission to target him because of Tang Wu.
• Su Licheng took Su Can and Zeng He to a company dinner, but they discovered it was actually Deputy Director Zhang Ping’s daughter’s birthday banquet, where guests were expected to give red envelopes.
• Li Yuhe introduced Su Licheng to Zhang Ping and steered their conversation toward Xinghai Square, apparently hoping to provoke Zhang Ping against him.
• Su Licheng praised the people who had worked on Xinghai Square, and Zhang Ping recognized Li Yuhe’s trap, clinked glasses with Su Licheng, and praised Big Banyan Construction for promoting talented officials.
• A girl in a dark green dress studied Su Can and asked whether he was Stephen Chow.

At Zhang Ke’s birthday banquet, Zhang Ping invited Su Licheng to speak at a provincial engineering exchange, while Zhang Ke insulted Su Can over his school interview and accused him of trying to impress Sun Man. The argument ended with Zhang Ke stuck in a decorative barrier and Su Can spanking her as she cursed him.

• Zhang Ke recognized Su Can from No. 27 Middle School and mocked him for appearing on the Weekly Exposure Platform, while Zhang Ping rebuked her.
• Zhang Ping invited Su Licheng to speak at an upcoming Provincial Construction Committee engineering exchange, leaving Li Yuhe brooding.
• Su Can withdrew two thousand yuan, prepared a red envelope for Zhang Ke, and encountered her waiting in a passage.
• Zhang Ke accused Su Can of staging his televised remarks to win Sun Man’s favor and of conspiring with Gao Zhansong.
• Zhang Ke got her dress caught in the decorative crossbars and asked Su Can to help her.
• Su Can slapped Zhang Ke’s backside several times while she was stuck, and she called him Stephen Chow and declared them mortal enemies.

After Su Can freed Zhang Ke from a caught clasp and toasted her father at her birthday banquet, gossip spread at No. 27 Middle School about Morning Blossoms Magazine inviting him to write for Jade Terrace. As students debated his motives and ability, Sun Man wondered whether his earlier actions had been aimed at Tang Wu, while Su Can had still submitted no work.

• Su Can stopped smacking Zhang Ke, lectured her about focusing on school, and left a waitress to free her from the caught clasp.
• Zhang Ke found Su Can toasting Zhang Ping with a substantial red envelope and concealed their earlier encounter during the birthday gathering.
• Zhang Ping and his wife discovered the generous gift, and Zhang Ping reflected on his daughter turning eighteen.
• News spread at No. 27 Middle School that Morning Blossoms had invited Su Can to contribute to Jade Terrace, prompting students to argue about his writing and motives.
• Sun Man considered whether Su Can's actions had been meant to attract Tang Wu's attention, while Zhang Ke dismissed his invitation as publicity.
• Li Qingyang told Sun Man that Su Can had not yet submitted anything to Morning Blossoms.

Su Can’s essay “Forest of Memories” was published in Morning Blossoms and impressed students and teachers, raising his profile at No. 27 Middle School. After he challenged Li Qingyang over the magazine’s standards, Li Qingyang lost his composure in front of Tang Wu and the others, ending his carefully cultivated image.

• Lin Guangdong read Su Can’s “Forest of Memories,” was deeply moved, and accepted it for the Jade Terrace column.
• Morning Blossoms published Su Can’s essay, and students copied its closing poem while teachers praised the piece.
• Xiao Yunyun sat with Su Can during break and teased him about his closeness with Tang Wu as classmates watched them.
• After school, Su Can found Sun Man and several girls with Tang Wu, then encountered Li Qingyang, who praised his essay.
• Su Can criticized Jade Terrace’s standards and told Li Qingyang the column should be scrapped if it failed to improve.
• Li Qingyang erupted in anger and insulted Su Can, shocking the girls and destroying his refined public image.

Li Qingyang’s angry outburst over Su Can’s story alienated the girls and angered Tang Wu, who left with Su Can. Afterward, a powerful student offered to help Li Qingyang retaliate by targeting Lin Guangdong first, while Su Can and Tang Wu shared a warm moment before boarding separate ways.

• Li Qingyang called Su Can’s published story a load of crap and blamed him for publishing it without permission, while the girls’ opinion of him fell.
• Tang Wu declared that she was an outsider too, then left with Su Can after Sun Man tried to calm the argument.
• A well-connected boy promised Li Qingyang he would get revenge by first using his uncle to bring down Lin Guangdong, then targeting Su Can.
• Su Can told Tang Wu he only got angry over people he cared about, and she warned him not to make enemies on her behalf.
• Su Can asked Tang Wu to say, “You’re mine,” but she hurried onto the bus and answered, “No!”

Su Can joined the Morning Blossoms Literary Society as rumors about his relationship with Sun Man and Tang Wu spread through No. 27 Middle School. He tried to recruit Lin Guangdong and Li Jin as partners for a consumer magazine, then proved his academic ability with a high physics score while anticipating his father’s speech at the Construction Committee Engineers Exchange Conference.

• Su Can joined the Morning Blossoms Literary Society, where Chen Kehong and other members teased him about Sun Man as rumors about him and Li Qingyang spread around the school.
• Lin Guangdong and Li Jin discussed Su Can’s consumer magazine proposal, but Lin Guangdong withheld his commitment and urged him to focus on his studies.
• Su Can left the planning room intending to win Lin Guangdong’s trust by demonstrating that he could maintain excellent grades.
• The physics teacher announced that Su Can ranked fifth in Class Three and had scored 108 out of 120, surprising Jiang Mingjun and their classmates.
• Su Can thought about his father, Su Licheng, speaking at the Construction Committee Engineers Exchange Conference and about influential figures considering moves in Xiahai City.

Su Can watched Lin Guangdong lose the woman he loved and used the humiliation to persuade him to join his plans. Lin Guangdong agreed to work with Su Can, who believed his first trusted ally had finally emerged.

• Su Can received letters from his former classmates, including Xue Yiyang, and learned that news of his connection with Tang Wu had spread at No. 27 Middle School.
• Sun Man ran into Su Can at school, but he apologized and walked away, leaving her disappointed and his classmates pleased.
• Su Can arrived at the school magazine office and found Lin Guangdong fighting a middle-aged man who had harassed the woman Lin loved.
• The woman told Lin Guangdong she had left because he could not offer her security or a future, then left with the middle-aged man.
• Su Can urged Lin Guangdong to make success his answer to those who had humiliated him, and Lin Guangdong agreed to join him and contact Su Can's sister.

Su Licheng gained influence at Big Banyan Construction after a well-received speech, while Su Can and Wang Ming established Pineapple Media and recruited Lin Guangdong to run it. The company secured a publication permit and offices, but Lin Guangdong's resignation left Morning Blossoms disheartened.

• Su Licheng delivered a speech at a provincial construction conference, won praise, and attracted business contacts and project appointments.
• Zhong Jianjun warned Su Licheng to guard against Mu Kai as his standing in Big Banyan Construction grew.
• Wu Lei saw Yang Ping's warm friendship with Zeng He and considered aligning himself with Su Licheng's faction.
• Su Can, Wang Ming, and Lin Guangdong founded Pineapple Media with Lin as its legal representative, general manager, and chief planner.
• Li Jin secured a direct-distribution publication permit, and Lin Guangdong rented offices and hired university students for Pineapple Media.
• Lin Guangdong submitted his resignation from the school, leaving the Morning Blossoms club saddened as Pineapple Media began operating.

Su Can spent quiet hours with Tang Wu at school, then went to secure advertising for Pineapple Culture Media’s campus consumer magazine. He left with rival hotpot chains committed to a combined sixty thousand yuan in advertising, while Tang Wu’s feelings about his library misadventure remained unspoken.

• Su Can and Tang Wu spent their lunch breaks studying in the library, where Tang Wu woke to find Su Can leaning over her and both of them blushed before leaving.
• Su Can presented Qin Ma Hotpot’s manager with campus survey results and offered to tie payment for the first issue’s advertisement to coupon redemptions.
• Qin Ma Hotpot agreed to pay ten thousand yuan up front for a month-long advertising trial.
• Su Can told De Zhuang Hotpot that Qin Ma had invested thirty thousand yuan to challenge its campus standing.
• De Zhuang’s management committed fifty thousand yuan in advertising, nearly one hundred thousand yuan in concessions, and almost three thousand discount coupons, bringing Su Can’s advertising income for the afternoon to sixty thousand yuan.

Su Can secured Pineapple Media’s first major campus distribution deal by sponsoring Rongcheng University’s singing competition, while at No. 27 Middle School he faced hostility from Li Qingyang and other boys over his closeness with Tang Wu. The chapter ended with Li Qingyang inviting Su Can to speak with someone at another table, prompting alarm among the group.

• Su Can proposed sponsoring Rongcheng University’s singing competition and using the Student Union to distribute Pineapple Campus magazines across campus.
• Jiang Ming’s Student Union experience helped Pineapple Media negotiate a thirty-thousand-yuan sponsorship with Rongcheng University, which promised six months of university-wide magazine distribution.
• At No. 27 Middle School, Su Can ate with Tang Wu, Sun Man, and a crowded group of students, some of whom resented his seat beside Tang Wu.
• Sun Man introduced Su Can as the Morning Flowers Society’s star writer, and Tang Wu showed him quiet consideration while the other boys watched warily.
• Li Qingyang offered Sun Man a television station report, but she refused; he then asked Su Can to come speak with someone at another table, unsettling the group.

Su Can faced Li Qingyang’s influential allies at No. 27 Middle School after they tried to intimidate him. He rejected Zhao Chengyan’s humiliating demand by throwing away the offered lunch and calmly returning to his seat, leaving the group unable to respond without looking bad.

• Su Can recognized Qian Long, Liang Xiao, and Zhao Chengyan as powerful students closely connected to Li Qingyang.
• Sun Man urged Su Can not to approach the boys, while Tang Wu trusted that he could handle them.
• Su Can sat across from the three boys, and Li Qingyang accused him of insulting and framing him.
• Zhao Chengyan demanded that Su Can eat Qian Long’s leftover lunch to settle the dispute.
• Su Can shut the lunch box, threw it into the trash, and told the boys not to waste food.
• Zhao Chengyan and the others were left staring as Su Can’s calm dismissal made retaliation look disgraceful.

Su Can expanded Pineapple Media’s advertising launch while advancing the takeover and rebranding of Longsheng Gift Factory as Shushan Stationery Factory. After he deterred Qian Long’s father from threatening the factory, Su Can presented new pen packaging designs and pressed to protect and market the brand nationwide.

• Chen Zhichao stood up to defend Su Can from Zhao Chengyan, Liang Xiao, and Qian Long, but returned to the cafeteria bruised after confronting them outside.
• Pineapple Media secured letters of intent from fifty advertisers worth 650,000 yuan in initial revenue, and Su Can pushed for a larger print run and distinctive magazine design.
• Lin Guangdong promoted the magazine to advertisers while Wang Ming and Wang Feng prepared to leave for Xiahai City after finalizing the Longsheng factory contract.
• At the factory, Qian Long’s father threatened that Longsheng would be demolished, but Su Can challenged his claims and invoked Dajie Construction’s authority, prompting him to leave.
• Su Can showed Zhao Mingnong his pen packaging designs and urged him to produce them, secure copyright protection, and build a nationwide direct-sales network for Shushan stationery.

Zhao Mingnong began developing Shushan Stationery Factory’s new products using Su Can’s designs, while Su Can met a worker’s daughter who thanked him and warned him about Zhao Chengyan. After learning Zhao Chengyan had targeted Su Can, Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen moved to rally their families’ allies against him, while Lin Luoran quietly remembered the person whose departure had brought their circles together.

• Zhao Mingnong gave the Shanghai technicians one of Su Can’s designs and arranged for factory workers to learn their skills, trusting Shushan to protect the workforce’s future.
• A girl from the factory thanked Su Can for helping her family and warned him to be careful around Qian Long and Zhao Chengyan’s group.
• The girl teased Su Can about winning Tang Wu over, and he nearly stumbled as he turned to look back at her.
• Su Can called Wang Weiwei to ask about Zhao Chengyan and learned that Zhao Chengyan was Liu Cheng’s godson and Zhao Zhuoyan’s son.
• Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen decided to contact Zhang Xian and Zhuang Zhiyu to gather allies and protect Su Can from Zhao Chengyan.
• Lin Luoran sat apart from them and remembered the person whose departure had brought their separate circles together.