Recaps

On the first day of the Autumn Semester, Bai Yi returned to Totsuki Academy and found that Hitomi Sakuramiya now treated her as a rival over Yan Huan. As the 47th Student Council faced its final meeting and Yan Huan planned to resolve the remaining modifiers, Bai Yi was approached by first-year Xiyue about running for Student Council President.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya questioned You Anlina about Bai Yi and asked her to keep the gossip from Ye Shiyu and the Third-Year Division.
• Bai Yi greeted Hitomi Sakuramiya, enjoyed her newly serious reaction, and left without explaining her past connection to Yan Huan.
• Yan Huan and Meow-chan discussed how the modifiers had nearly all been dealt with, while Yan Huan planned to have the hosts give theirs up.
• At the Student Council’s first regular meeting of the semester, the members mourned that the 47th Student Council would soon disband, until Yatsuhashi Ki exposed You Anlina’s notebook of preferred presidential candidates and reasons for supporting them.
• Yan Huan received a message from Bai Yi asking if he was free after school, but Hitomi Sakuramiya brought him tea before he could reply.
• Bai Yi signed an autograph for Xiyue, who then asked whether she wanted to become Student Council President.

Bai Yi and Yan Huan escaped the Thumb’s attempt to seize him and returned to reality, where Bai Yi discovered that her past had changed and resolved to confront Zuo Jiangqin. As she arrived at Golden Lion Entertainment to end her contract, another Yan Huan found that his Modifier owed fragments and received a message from An Le.

• Bai Yi pulled Yan Huan out of the Thumb’s golden light, but the power shattered the IF Route and pursued them as they used Time Acceleration to escape back to reality.
• Bai Yi and Yan Huan landed at her Rental Villa, where she found her phone dead and later discovered that several days had passed and Yan Huan, Ye Shiyu, and the others were missing from her contacts.
• Bai Yi read Zuo Jiangqin’s messages, decided to sever their mother-daughter relationship, and wrote a notice before leaving for Golden Lion Entertainment with Yan Huan.
• Bai Yi asked William to terminate her contract and deliver her notice to Zuo Jiangqin, while Yan Huan realized they had arrived on a different day than he expected.
• At Ye International, another Yan Huan refined You Anlina’s Spider Silk Fragments, saw that his Modifier still owed one fragment, and received a message from An Le.

Xiyue decided to run for Student Council President after Bai Yi defended Yan Huan, and she recruited Aria Spencer to join her campaign. Meanwhile, Bai Yi and Yan Huan secretly planned a dinner date during class until Zhou Bin caught Bai Yi and sent her to the front, where Yan Huan helped her solve the problem before she was punished again.

• Xiyue criticized Yan Huan's conduct as Student Council President, but Bai Yi defended him and stormed off when Xiyue accused him of chasing girls.
• Xiyue met Aria Spencer and invited her to join the Student Council campaign; Aria agreed after Xiyue offered to teach her how to tie her hair.
• Bai Yi and Yan Huan exchanged messages during class, arranged to get dinner, and discussed Xiyue's bid for Student Council President.
• Zhou Bin caught Bai Yi using her phone and ordered her to solve the problem at the blackboard.
• Yan Huan relayed the solution to Bai Yi, who wrote the correct answer, but her laughter at his message annoyed Zhou Bin, who sent her to stand at the back as punishment.

Bai Yi learned that her mother regretted having her, but chose to save Yan Huan after he called her important, despite Yan Ye warning her it was not worth it. As Bai Yi vanished into an unknown time route, Yan Huan stopped Aria from taking him away and fell into a ruined IF route filled with white cat corpses, with Bai Yi's disappearance imminent.

• Bai Yi ended her contract and left Zuo Jiangqin a letter severing their ties, then overheard her mother admit she regretted marrying Bai Letian and having Bai Yi.
• Bai Yi encountered Yan Huan, who had forgotten her, but he recognized her name and said she felt important to him; he then collapsed after touching a Modifier Fragment.
• Bai Yi decided to save Yan Huan despite Yan Ye's objections, explaining that she still loved him and blaming herself for the suffering of Yan Huan, Bai Letian, and Zuo Jiangqin.
• At 4:44, Bai Yi used her Pocket Watch to enter an unknown IF route, while Thumb's golden light carried Yan Huan away toward the future.
• Yan Huan shouted for Aria to stop, causing the golden light to dissipate and sending him into the shattered IF route, where white cat corpses rained around him as Bai Yi's disappearance drew near.

Yan Huan put up Student Council election notices and considered running again while worrying about getting all the Modifier hosts to give it up together. He met Bai Yi for a date, and the chapter ended with her stumbling in her new high heels after making a dramatic entrance.

• Yan Huan and Yatsuhashi Ki posted the Student Council election notices, and Yatsuhashi Ki told Yan Huan he hoped he would run again.
• Yan Huan put an election application in his bag and discussed the Modifier with the kitten, worrying about bringing the hosts together and Ye Shiyu's hostility toward them.
• Yan Huan met Bai Yi outside school, and they joked about Ye Shiyu running for Student Council president before heading to a rooftop restaurant for a date.
• Yan Huan contacted Aria and learned she still remembered Bai Yi, while Aria struggled to learn twin tails from Xiyue as they discussed the election.
• Bai Yi arrived at the restaurant in an evening gown, stumbled in her high heels, and complained that Yan Huan was laughing at her.

With the IF Route collapsing, Yan Huan realized Ring Finger had created the Causality Bomb through a time loop tied to Bai Yi’s birth and uncovered an earlier knot between their Worldlines. He used his Crab Coins to open a gateway to the past, choosing to risk his life and the fate of his resurrected parents to save Bai Yi.

• Meow-chan warned Yan Huan that the IF Route would collapse at 4:45, but he stayed behind to search for a way to save Bai Yi.
• Yan Huan realized Ring Finger’s third-stage ability had formed a reversed-causality loop when future Bai Yi returned to the moment of her birth.
• Yan Huan identified his childhood talent competition at Yasaka Company as the first knot between him and Bai Yi, where the Causality Bomb had formed.
• Yan Huan spent Crab Coins to open a gateway to the past despite Meow-chan warning that changing his own past could harm him and restore his parents’ original fate.
• As the clock reached 4:45, Yan Huan entered the gateway, saying he would take responsibility for Bai Yi.

Yan Huan and Bai Yi shared a romantic rooftop dinner and a walk, where Bai Yi revealed she had prepared a confession for him and told him she liked him. After Yan Huan returned her feelings and carried her home, Bai Yi invited him to stay and called her invitation payback for when he had been her cat.

• Yan Huan and Bai Yi enjoyed steak at a rooftop restaurant before walking along the river, where her high heels left her ankles sore.
• Bai Yi explained that she had worn her chosen outfit because she wanted to confess to Yan Huan in it, so he carried her to the end of the path.
• At a mall display Bai Yi had prepared, she told Yan Huan that she liked him, and he said he felt the same.
• Yan Huan carried Bai Yi to her villa, where she said her mother no longer lived there and that she owned the house.
• When Yan Huan prepared to leave, Bai Yi invited him to stay the night and called it payback for when he had been her cat, then leaned close and meowed.

Bai Yi tried to kill her newborn self to undo the suffering she believed she had caused, while Yan Huan tried to stop his younger self from entering the child-star audition. Both struggled against worldline correction, and the chapter ended with Bai Yi pleading for her mother to let her go.

• Bai Yi entered Zuo Jiangqin’s hospital room disguised as a nurse and said she regretted being born before drawing a dagger.
• Bai Yi tried to stab the newborn, but Zuo Jiangqin knocked her aside and shielded the baby as Ring Finger descended over Linmen.
• Bai Letian returned and begged Bai Yi not to hurt his wife and daughter, while Bai Yi demanded to know why everything was happening.
• Yan Huan confronted his younger self at the child-star audition and tried to bribe him into leaving, but worldline correction took the money and wounded Yan Huan.
• Yan Huan beat his younger self to keep him from entering the audition as Bai Yi performed inside, and the boy finally begged him to stop.
• Bai Yi told Zuo Jiangqin that her choices had ruined her mother’s life and Yan Huan’s future, then pleaded to be let go.

Yan Huan and Bai Yi woke after spending the night together, then discussed whether the other Hosts could remember Bai Yi and planned to contact Ye Shiyu. At Totsuki Academy, Ye Shiyu confirmed she would run for Student Council President and sensed a familiar gaze near the doorway.

• Yan Huan woke beside Bai Yi, discovered lipstick marks on himself, and realized she was pretending to sleep.
• Bai Yi and Yan Huan got ready for school and ate breakfast together, where Bai Yi asked whether the other Hosts would remember her.
• Yan Huan told Bai Yi that Aria still remembered her and suggested she try awakening Ye Shiyu's memories while investigating Ye Shiyu's Student Council campaign.
• Bai Yi asked whether Yan Huan had been involved with Ye Shiyu, relaxed when he denied it, and reluctantly agreed to contact her.
• Mōri Hina asked Ye Shiyu whether she would run for Student Council President, and Ye Shiyu confirmed it before sensing a familiar gaze at the doorway.

Bai Yi confronted the infant she had been trying to kill, but Meow-chan revealed that Yan Huan had traveled back in time to save her and helped him reach her across the collapsing worldline. As time stopped and the world was restored, Yan Huan fulfilled his last promise by confessing his love to Bai Yi.

• Bai Yi stopped time in the hospital and tried to stab the baby, but Bai Letian and Zuo Jiangqin shielded their child from her.
• Bai Yi’s memories revealed how her mother had berated her after she placed second in a singing contest and accepted a talent offer from Yasaka Entertainment Company.
• A black cat appeared before Bai Yi and explained that it was a Modifier manifestation belonging to someone else, leading Bai Yi to realize that Yan Ye had been Yan Huan traveling through time.
• Meow-chan shielded the worldline from annihilation and told Bai Yi that Yan Huan had returned to save her, while Yan Huan encouraged her younger self to keep singing and become a singer.
• As Meow-chan restored the worldline, Yan Huan’s fading message reached Bai Yi, and he confessed that he loved her.

Ye Shiyu decided to run for Student Council President and got advice from Mōri Hina, while Bai Yi tried to reconnect with her but found Ye Shiyu reacting strangely to her. Yan Huan checked on An Le and asked whether she remembered Bai Yi, then realized An Le was already making plans to spend the evening with him.

• Ye Shiyu told Mōri Hina she planned to run for Student Council President and showed her the campaign materials she had prepared.
• Mōri Hina explained that Ye Shiyu needed to become more popular and recognizable, and Ye Shiyu invited her to get a drink.
• Bai Yi approached Ye Shiyu and offered to help with the campaign, but Ye Shiyu reacted to Bai Yi with an involuntary smile instead of recognizing her.
• Yan Huan went to find Aria and learned she had gone to the First-Year Division to meet someone called Xiyue.
• Yan Huan found An Le crossing off days on a calendar, asked whether she remembered Bai Yi, and heard that the name felt familiar.
• An Le said she planned to cook dinner with Yan Huan that evening, leaving him worried about whether he could handle another encounter so soon.

Meow-chan used its remaining strength and stored fragments to send Bai Yi and Yan Huan back along the repaired worldline, though the journey left them separated. Bai Yi awoke in the present, learned Yan Huan had survived, and decided to transfer to Totsuki Academy so she could see him.

• Meow-chan absorbed its hidden fragments, then sent Bai Yi and Yan Huan back through the restored worldline as its power faded.
• Bai Yi awoke in Sacred Heart Hospital on July 27 and discovered memories of a different life in which she had become a singer.
• Jiang Xiong told Bai Yi that she had been unconscious for over a month, while a nurse explained that Yan Huan had been hospitalized after his birthday but had since recovered and left the hospital.
• Bai Yi realized Yan Huan was safe and cried with relief after learning their worldlines had separated and the Causality Bomb had been stopped.
• Bai Yi asked to write to Linmen Second Prison and announced that she wanted to transfer to Totsuki Academy for the Autumn Semester.

Yan Huan and An Le spent the evening together, and he learned that An Le was struggling to decide whether to pursue doujinshi professionally while hiding her work from her parents. The chapter ended with Yan Huan resolved to help her and inviting her to take a shower with him.

• Yan Huan and An Le went grocery shopping, where An Le tried to buy a large supply of contraceptives, but Yan Huan refused most of them.
• At dinner, Little Finger exposed how An Le’s parents and her work commitments had been weighing on her, and Yan Huan carried her to the bedroom.
• Afterward, An Le told Yan Huan that she had answered messages from Bai Yi, Hitomi Sakuramiya, Ye Shiyu, and Tong Yingying for him, though Hitomi Sakuramiya recognized her.
• An Le explained that she was unsure whether drawing doujinshi was a hobby or a career, and feared disappointing her parents after attending Totsuki Academy.
• Yan Huan listened as An Le shared her regrets and hopes, then invited her to take a shower with him.

Bai Yi returned to Totsuki Academy and found that Yan Huan no longer remembered her, but her kiss and the sound of her Pocket Watch awakened his memories. They reunited, confessed their feelings again, and Meow-chan returned as the volume ended with a scene of a prisoner reading a letter from his daughter.

• Bai Yi found Yan Huan at the Second-Year Division and realized he had forgotten her and their bond after the worldline changed.
• Bai Yi chose not to use the Pocket Watch to alter the past again, then activated Indifference and secretly watched Yan Huan during his exam.
• Bai Yi kissed Yan Huan, and the kiss and the ticking of her Pocket Watch stirred his memories; Yan Huan left the exam room and chased after her.
• Yan Huan embraced Bai Yi, remembered saving her, and confessed that he liked her; Bai Yi returned his feelings and asked him to confess properly.
• A Fragment fell from Bai Yi’s tears, and Meow-chan reappeared, sniffing for Fragments before complaining that one was poisonous.
• In Linmen Second Prison, a middle-aged man read a letter from his daughter and told Officer Zhou he planned to take care of himself and get out sooner.

Yan Huan discovered that Hitomi Sakuramiya had been secretly watching the Student Council office and learned she was anxious about whether to run as his running mate. He suggested that Hitomi Sakuramiya run for president with You Anlina as her running mate, then nominate him as vice president if she won.

• You Anlina brought Yan Huan the latest Student Council election information, which showed his approval rating was 63.2% and especially low among first-years.
• Yatsuhashi Ki told Yan Huan and You Anlina that he felt someone secretly watching him, and Yan Huan realized Hitomi Sakuramiya was peering through the office door.
• Yan Huan confronted Hitomi Sakuramiya, who explained that she had inferred An Le spent the previous night with him from the timing of his messages and sticker replies.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya told Yan Huan she was unsure whether to become his running mate because Yatsuhashi Ki had traditionally held that role and would have become vice president.
• Yan Huan proposed that Hitomi Sakuramiya run for president with You Anlina as her running mate, then nominate him as vice president if she won.

Yi Weixie reflected on the completed Bai Yi volume and outlined the novel’s remaining slice-of-life interlude, final volume, and ending extras. The story was set to resume next Monday with autumn-semester campus life before moving into its final volume.

• Yi Weixie said the fifth volume, focused on Bai Yi, had concluded and all five Modifier Hosts’ thematic volumes were complete.
• Yi Weixie explained that Yan Huan had viewed Bai Yi through a presumptuous perspective and had answered her sincere feelings with lies.
• Yi Weixie said the next section would follow Yan Huan and the heroines through autumn-semester campus life, including dates, conflicts, and humorous scenes.
• Yi Weixie planned to finish the book before the end of the year, then write separate afterstories for each heroine and a final extra featuring them all together.
• Yi Weixie announced a two-day break to organize the outline and adjust his sleep schedule, with the slice-of-life interlude starting the following Monday.

Aria learned to make twin tails with Xiyue, who revealed her plans to run for Student Council, while Aria admitted she liked Yan Huan and had founded the Doujin Club. Several students then confronted one another over the election, and Yan Huan watched from the rooftop as he focused on his slowly progressing missions.

• Aria successfully tied her hair into twin tails after Xiyue taught her, and Xiyue explained that she wanted to improve the academy by running for Student Council.
• Aria told Xiyue that she liked Yan Huan and had founded the Doujin Club, prompting Xiyue to leave in embarrassment.
• Xiyue bumped into Ye Shiyu, who was also running for Student Council, and Aria stepped between them as Bai Yi arrived to support Ye Shiyu.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya joined the group and challenged their reasons for running, but Aria and Ye Shiyu both insisted they would compete and each planned to make Yan Huan Vice President.
• Yan Huan watched the students disperse from the rooftop and explained to a kitten that he had no plan to replace his current officers and needed to focus on the Crab Coin Mission.

On the first day of the autumn semester, Bai Yi returned to Totsuki Academy, where Hitomi Sakuramiya and Yan Huan struggled to make sense of their changed relationship with her. As Yan Huan’s Student Council prepared to disband and Bai Yi waited for his reply, first-year Xiyue asked whether Bai Yi wanted to run for president.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya heard You Anlina’s account of Bai Yi crying and acting familiar with Yan Huan, then cautioned her not to tell Ye Shiyu or the Third-Year Division.
• Bai Yi greeted Hitomi Sakuramiya with newfound confidence and walked away, while Hitomi Sakuramiya grew irritated by her apparent arrogance.
• Yan Huan and Meow-chan discussed how the modifier situation had nearly been resolved, and Yan Huan opened the Student Council’s first regular meeting of the semester by saying it would probably be their last.
• You Anlina pleaded with Yan Huan not to disband the Student Council, but Yatsuhashi Ki exposed her notebook listing potential candidates and the perks she hoped to gain from each.
• Yan Huan received a message from Bai Yi asking to meet after school, but Hitomi Sakuramiya interrupted before he replied.
• Xiyue introduced herself to Bai Yi as a fan, got her autograph, and asked whether Bai Yi wanted to run for Student Council president.

Xiyue recruited Aria Spencer to join her Student Council campaign after Bai Yi rejected her criticism of Yan Huan. Meanwhile, Bai Yi and Yan Huan arranged a dinner date during class, but Bai Yi was caught texting and ended the lesson standing in punishment.

• Xiyue argued that Yan Huan was unworthy of leading the Student Council, but Bai Yi defended him and stormed off.
• Xiyue met Aria Spencer and invited her to run for the Student Council; Aria agreed after Xiyue offered to teach her how to tie her hair.
• During math class, Bai Yi and Yan Huan exchanged messages and agreed to go out for steak after school.
• Zhou Bin caught Bai Yi texting and ordered her to solve a math problem at the board, but Yan Huan coached her through the correct solution.
• Bai Yi returned to her seat laughing at Yan Huan's message, so Zhou Bin sent her to stand at the back as punishment.

Yan Huan considered running for Student Council again while he prepared for a date with Bai Yi and confirmed that Aria still remembered her. Bai Yi arrived dressed elegantly but stumbled in her high heels, leaving Yan Huan laughing as she complained.

• Yatsuhashi Ki asked Yan Huan to run for Student Council president again, and Yan Huan quietly put his candidacy form in his schoolbag.
• Yan Huan worried that the other hosts would have to give up the Modifier together and that Ye Shiyu's conflict with them would complicate his Crab Coin mission.
• Yan Huan told Bai Yi that Ye Shiyu was running for president, and Bai Yi laughed before teasingly bumping her head against his shoulder.
• Yan Huan contacted Aria and confirmed that she remembered Bai Yi, while Aria practiced twin tails with Xiyue and discussed running for Student Council.
• Bai Yi arrived at the restaurant rooftop in an evening gown, stumbled in her high heels, and accused Yan Huan of laughing at her.

Yan Huan and Bai Yi shared a romantic dinner and walk, where Bai Yi revealed she had prepared a confession for him and the two admitted they liked each other. At Bai Yi’s villa, she invited Yan Huan to stay and called her intimate gesture payback for when he had been her cat.

• Yan Huan and Bai Yi ate steak on a rooftop, then Bai Yi asked him to take her for a walk despite her painful high heels.
• Bai Yi explained that she wanted to confess to Yan Huan in her chosen dress, so Yan Huan carried her toward the end of the path.
• Bai Yi’s staged display and song played at the mall, and she confessed that she liked Yan Huan; he told her he liked her too.
• Yan Huan carried Bai Yi to her villa, where she explained that her mother no longer lived there and invited him to stay the night.
• Bai Yi called her invitation payback for when Yan Huan had been her cat, then kissed his earlobe and meowed.

Yan Huan and Bai Yi woke after spending the night together, then discussed whether the other Hosts could remember Bai Yi and decided to try awakening Ye Shiyu’s memories. At school, Ye Shiyu confirmed she would run for Student Council President and sensed a familiar gaze at the doorway.

• Yan Huan carried Bai Yi to her bedroom, and they promised to stay together forever.
• Yan Huan woke beside Bai Yi, teased her for pretending to sleep, and helped her get ready before they shared breakfast.
• Bai Yi worried that the other Hosts would not remember her, and Yan Huan suggested contacting Ye Shiyu to awaken her memories and investigate her Student Council run.
• Bai Yi denied being close to Ye Shiyu, then agreed to consider reaching out to her after Yan Huan urged her to start with the scariest Host.
• At Totsuki Academy, Ye Shiyu confirmed to Mōri Hina that she would run for Student Council President and sensed a familiar gaze near the doorway.

Ye Shiyu discussed her Student Council campaign with Mōri Hina, then met Bai Yi, whose name made her unexpectedly laugh. Yan Huan found An Le at school and, after asking whether Bai Yi seemed familiar, faced An Le’s eager invitation to dinner and the consequences of the previous night.

• Ye Shiyu told Mōri Hina she planned to run for Student Council President, and Mōri Hina offered to help as her running mate.
• Mōri Hina advised Ye Shiyu to become more popular and recognizable, using Bai Yi as an example.
• Bai Yi approached Ye Shiyu and offered to help with her campaign, but Ye Shiyu only laughed when she heard Bai Yi’s name.
• Yan Huan went looking for Aria and found An Le sitting by the window with a calendar covered in red crosses.
• Yan Huan asked An Le whether Bai Yi’s name seemed familiar, and Little Finger nearly revealed that Yan Huan had visited her the night before.
• An Le invited Yan Huan to dinner and offered to cook, leaving him worried about whether he could endure another night with her.

Yan Huan and An Le spent the evening together, and An Le admitted that she was unsure whether to pursue doujinshi professionally despite her success. Yan Huan resolved to do something about the worry weighing on her heart, but the chapter left his plan unspoken as they went to shower.

• Yan Huan stopped An Le from buying a large supply of contraceptives at the supermarket, and Little Finger teased them on the way home.
• At dinner, Little Finger revealed that An Le’s parents remained distracted by her mother’s pregnancy and that An Le’s drawing group was under pressure; Yan Huan carried An Le into the bedroom afterward.
• Yan Huan found that An Le had replied to messages from Bai Yi, Hitomi Sakuramiya, Ye Shiyu, and Tong Yingying in his style, though Hitomi Sakuramiya recognized her.
• An Le explained that she understood her parents’ circumstances but was uncertain whether drawing doujinshi was a hobby or a career, since pursuing it openly conflicted with her expectations for attending Totsuki Academy.
• Yan Huan decided he wanted to address An Le’s career worries and invited her to take a shower with him.

Yan Huan learned that Hitomi Sakuramiya was worried about taking Yatsuhashi Ki’s place as his running mate and vice president. He encouraged her to run for Student Council President herself, with You Anlina as her running mate, and offered to serve as her vice president if she won.

• You Anlina brought Yan Huan the final Student Council Election information, which showed his approval rating was 63.2% overall but below 20% among first-years.
• Yatsuhashi Ki told Yan Huan and You Anlina that he felt watched, and Yan Huan realized Hitomi Sakuramiya was secretly observing them from outside the Student Council office.
• Yan Huan confronted Hitomi Sakuramiya, who explained that she had inferred An Le spent the night with him from her slow sticker replies.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya told Yan Huan she was unsure whether to run as his running mate because Yatsuhashi Ki had previously held that role and might have become vice president.
• Yan Huan suggested Hitomi Sakuramiya run for President with You Anlina as her running mate, then offered to be her vice president if she won.