Chapter Summaries

Yan Huan returned to Tong Yingying’s tavern to make up missed shifts and found her drinking heavily while dealing with pressure from her mother to go on a blind date. When a mysterious white snake offered Tong Yingying power, she stomped it out, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Yan Huan left school early, caught the South District bus, and headed to Tong Yingying’s tavern to make up for his missed weekend shifts.
• Yan Huan and Tong Yingying traded jokes before he changed for work, and Tian Li and Guan Rong arrived to help at the tavern.
• As the tavern grew busy, Tong Yingying drank alone and sent angry messages to her mother about being pressured into a blind date.
• Tong Yingying became sick in the restroom, where a snake-shaped tattoo emerged from her body as a small white snake.
• The white snake offered Tong Yingying power to manipulate sensations, but she dismissed it as a drunken hallucination and stomped on it until it vanished.

Yan Huan helped the drunken Tong Yingying upstairs and advised her to change her habits instead of pretending to date him to satisfy her parents. After he left, Tong Yingying considered quitting smoking and drinking, while a mysterious injured white snake appeared at An Le’s window and she brought it inside.

• Yan Huan found Tong Yingying drunk in the restroom, helped her upstairs, and stopped her from making a drunken advance on him.
• Tong Yingying offered Yan Huan money to pretend to be close to her during calls with her parents, but he explained that changing her lifestyle might ease their worries.
• Yan Huan accepted extra pay from Tong Yingying and left, while she wondered whether she should quit smoking and drinking.
• An Le browsed adult games in her room and noticed an injured white snake on the windowsill.
• An Le put on bite-resistant gloves and carried the white snake into her room.

Yan Huan learned about a school internship program and a compulsory study-support initiative, then volunteered to oversee it after spotting Bai Yi and Aria Spencer on the list. Meanwhile, Spencer discovered a strange bookmark in An Le’s textbook bearing a message about An Le and Yan Huan.

• You Anlina posted the first-year grades, revealing Yan Huan ranked first, Hitomi Sakuramiya second, and Aria Spencer near the bottom with 66 points.
• Principal Hermes asked Yan Huan and Hitomi Sakuramiya to review summer company placements and lead a pilot study-support program for struggling students.
• Yan Huan noticed that Bai Yi was recommended and Aria Spencer was required to join the program, then agreed to take charge of it.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya grew suspicious of Yan Huan’s interest in Spencer and privately resolved to make him hers alone.
• Spencer recalled how her classmates had shunned her and explained why she had kicked into the equipment room, where she had encountered Yan Huan.
• During math class, Spencer borrowed An Le’s textbook and found a bookmark reading, “Yan Huan and An Le must stay together forever.”

An Le met Little Finger, a white snake that offered her a power to manipulate pleasure and pain in exchange for helping her fulfill her wishes. As Little Finger urged her to stop being timid, An Le remembered her childhood bond with Yan Huan, then learned that he was already involved with Hitomi Sakuramiya.

• An Le overheard Piao Shuwen and her classmates discuss how to get letters to Yan Huan through Yatsuhashi.
• Little Finger appeared to An Le, introduced itself as her cheat, and granted her level-one pleasure-and-pain manipulation abilities.
• Little Finger urged An Le to use her new power against people who bullied her, but An Le returned to class without agreeing to take revenge.
• An Le recalled meeting Yan Huan at a neighborhood orphanage, their promise to stay together, and her later failure to approach him at Totsuki.
• Spencer returned An Le's childhood bookmark and told her that Yan Huan was already together with Hitomi Sakuramiya, leaving An Le pale and stunned.

At Totsuki Academy, Yan Huan planned a Study Group while Hitomi Sakuramiya tried to join, but he kept her out because Spencer's Modifier might affect her. Later, he agreed to inspect Ye Shiyu's slow laptop and triggered her purple phone's Individual Hypnosis effect as he was about to open a browser.

• You Anlina blamed the Student Council members for her poor exam result, and Yatsuhashi Ki invited her to join the revived Study Group.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya offered to help with the Study Group, but Yan Huan declined because he worried Spencer's Modifier could harm her.
• Yan Huan and Hitomi Sakuramiya parted at the Teaching Building, and he returned to his classroom planning to nap and play mahjong.
• Ye Shiyu brought Yan Huan cookies and asked him to fix her sluggish laptop, which he suspected had a virus after finding a system process using all the CPU.
• As Yan Huan moved to open the browser, Ye Shiyu's phone activated Individual Hypnosis for fifteen minutes.

Ye Shiyu hypnotized Yan Huan to hide her browsing history, then indulged her wish to hear him call her “big sister” before ordering him to act clingy. Yan Huan turned the command into an unexpectedly intimate hand-grab, and Ye Shiyu stopped him when voices outside revealed students were looking for Bai Yi.

• Ye Shiyu hypnotized Yan Huan and rushed to delete her browser history before classmates returned.
• After clearing the history, Ye Shiyu made Yan Huan call her “big sister” and then smile while saying it.
• Ye Shiyu ordered Yan Huan to act like a little brother who loved her more than anything and to be cute and clingy.
• Yan Huan grabbed Ye Shiyu’s hand and pulled her toward him, leaving her flustered and unable to immediately stop him.
• Hearing people outside talk about Bai Yi, Ye Shiyu told Yan Huan to stop, and he released her.

Ye Shiyu ended her hypnosis of Yan Huan, while he resolved to make her feel more guilt about using her Modifier. Bai Yi used her Indifference Modifier to skip class, then argued with her mother over school, work, and Yan Huan before disappearing from her bedroom.

• Ye Shiyu ended her hypnosis, and Yan Huan resumed acting as her normal younger sworn brother while planning how to discourage her from using the Modifier again.
• Bai Yi used her pocket watch’s Indifference effect to leave campus, eat candied hawthorn, and skip her afternoon class.
• Bai Yi’s mother, Zuo Jiangqin, confronted her about missing class and poor exam results, then compared her unfavorably with Yan Huan.
• Bai Yi told Zuo Jiangqin she could make Yan Huan her son and slammed her bedroom door.
• Zuo Jiangqin brought soup and salad to Bai Yi’s room, but found it empty, with the window open.

Yatsuhashi Ki invited Yan Huan to the Linmen Jinghe Game Expo, where Yan Huan learned Bai Yi was a VIP guest and might be reachable. After someone vandalized Yan Huan’s desk, he discovered Bai Yi hiding outside, but she vanished when police arrived with her worried mother, who said Bai Yi had disappeared overnight; meanwhile, An Le tried to deliver Yan Huan a letter and was confronted by Piao Shuwen and other girls.

• Yatsuhashi Ki showed Yan Huan two expo tickets and revealed that Bai Yi was listed among the VIP guests, so Yan Huan agreed to attend and look for her.
• A classmate reported that Yan Huan’s desk had been covered in paint and insults, and Yan Huan suspected Bai Yi was responsible after pebbles struck the classroom window.
• Yan Huan spotted Bai Yi hiding under a tree and confronted her, but they both turned toward the school gate when police arrived with Bai Yi’s distressed mother.
• Bai Yi disappeared before Yan Huan could find her again, while Yatsuhashi Ki encountered An Le, who offered him a letter addressed to Xiao Huan.
• Yatsuhashi Ki hurried away without taking An Le’s letter, and Piao Shuwen and several girls watched An Le in the corridor.

An Le was bullied and had her letter to Yan Huan torn up, but Spencer intervened and beat the girls who attacked her. As An Le began to reach out to Spencer, Spencer received a student council order from Yan Huan requiring her to join a study group, leaving her angry at him.

• Piao Shuwen and two girls pinned An Le down, mocked her letter to Yan Huan, and tore it apart.
• Spencer came out of a restroom stall, confronted Piao Shuwen, and knocked her down before beating the two other girls.
• An Le thanked Spencer and offered to be her witness, then walked with her and introduced herself.
• An Le spotted Yan Huan near a police car and asked Spencer whether she liked him, but Spencer said she felt nothing for him.
• Spencer read a student council email ordering her to register for a study group by Friday, signed by Yan Huan, and grew angry.
• An Le defended Yan Huan as acting within his role, and Spencer huffed and continued toward class.

Police searched Totsuki Academy for Bai Yi, who was hiding nearby and used her pocket watch to increase its duration and gain a trait that corrected technological evidence. After watching Yan Huan clean up the damage she had caused, Bai Yi reconsidered her plan and decided to learn more about him, while Yan Huan remained wary of further attacks.

• Captain Edo searched Totsuki Academy for Bai Yi and learned from Zuo Jiangqin that Bai Yi might be staying with an older female friend in Jinghe District.
• Yan Huan heard that police had asked for him and worried that investigating Bai Yi's Modifier could expose the supernatural abilities.
• Bai Yi hid at the school and leveled up her pocket watch, gaining twenty minutes of daily Indifference and Transparent Human Correction.
• Bai Yi followed Yan Huan to Class A and watched him scrub away the paint she had caused while he called Tong Yingying to say he would be late for work.
• Bai Yi abandoned her immediate plan to harm Yan Huan and decided to observe him, while Yan Huan left school expecting another attack.

Yan Huan discovered that Bai Yi’s grudge might be connected to his past rejection of Yasaka Entertainment, then found her crying after a furious argument with her mother and brought her into the Tavern. Tong Yingying intervened to handle Bai Yi while sending Yan Huan back to work.

• Yan Huan researched Bai Yi online, recognized Yasaka Entertainment as a possible connection between them, and recalled fleeing after its boss made him uncomfortable.
• Bai Yi followed Yan Huan to the Tavern, where a call with her mother, Zuo Jiangqin, escalated into an argument over her career, studies, and songs.
• Bai Yi smashed her phone and broke down crying; Yan Huan found her by the Tavern’s back door and invited her inside to rest.
• Bai Yi asked Yan Huan why he had turned down chances to become a star, and he said that stardom was not what he wanted.
• Tong Yingying arrived, told Yan Huan to return to work, and said she would take care of Bai Yi.

Bai Yi ran away from home after clashing with her mother, and Tong Yingying and Yan Huan helped her decide to return. Yan Huan’s praise of her songs and a secret caramel pudding calmed Bai Yi and stopped her pocket watch’s power from awakening, while she agreed to let him speak with her mother.

• After Yan Huan left, Tong Yingying questioned Bai Yi, discovered she was a distressed runaway, and urged her to explain what had happened at home.
• Bai Yi told Tong Yingying that she longed for her mother’s approval but felt pressured to abandon what she wanted; Yan Huan returned before Tong Yingying could share her idea.
• Yan Huan recognized Bai Yi as a schoolmate and fan of her music, and Bai Yi excitedly promised to upload a new song after learning he had listened to her work.
• When Tong Yingying suggested calling Bai Yi’s family, Bai Yi’s pocket watch began to stir, but Yan Huan gave her time and later persuaded her to call her mother with his help.
• Bai Yi’s mother, Zuo Jiangqin, coldly told her to wait and prepare for a weekend event, leaving Bai Yi distressed after the call ended.
• As Bai Yi’s despair began to awaken her power, Yan Huan brought her caramel pudding, praised her songs, and said he would attend the weekend event; Bai Yi ate, cried, and her pocket watch fell silent.

Yan Huan managed to calm Bai Yi by recognizing that she wanted her singing to be acknowledged, but he knew his approval could not replace her mother's. At Totsuki Academy, An Le secretly watched Yan Huan confront Spencer over the Study Group, then followed Little Finger's advice and accidentally flooded Yan Huan with pleasure.

• Yan Huan explained to Meow-chan that Bai Yi cared about recognition for her singing, though her mother's disapproval remained the deeper problem.
• Yan Huan took Tong Yingying's cigarette and joked with her before agreeing to make her pudding.
• An Le changed her hairstyle and, urged on by Little Finger, went to watch Yan Huan meet Spencer about the Study Group.
• Spencer agreed to join Yan Huan's Study Group after he provoked her, but he required her to bring several workbooks and delete the photos.
• Little Finger persuaded An Le to use her pleasure-manipulating ability to cheer Yan Huan up, and An Le accidentally sent him far too much white mist.

Yan Huan was struck by An Le’s Modifier, which pierced most of his resistance and left him struggling to hide his arousal while Hitomi Sakuramiya and You Anlina returned to the Student Council office. After Yan Huan concealed what had happened and walked back with Hitomi Sakuramiya, Little Finger encouraged An Le to use her power again, telling her she was the Child of Fortune.

• Yan Huan was hit by the fourth Modifier’s pleasure effect, and Meow-chan explained that it had penetrated part of his resistance.
• Yan Huan hid around the corridor corner to avoid Hitomi Sakuramiya and You Anlina, while Hitomi Sakuramiya reviewed surveillance footage and searched the floor for him.
• An Le hid with Little Finger and panicked over having caused Yan Huan’s distress, while Hitomi Sakuramiya checked the restrooms and headed toward Yan Huan’s hiding place.
• Yan Huan used a meditation technique to calm himself, then met Hitomi Sakuramiya and claimed he had been busy with the study group and had argued with Spencer.
• Yan Huan reassured Hitomi Sakuramiya and walked back toward the Student Council office with her, while An Le watched them together and grew jealous.
• Little Finger told An Le that she still had a chance with Yan Huan and urged her to act freely as the world’s Child of Fortune.

Ye Shiyu joined Yumiko and Aijia for lunch, where their talk about romance made her realize she wanted a cheerful younger boy like Yan Huan, though she struggled to express her feelings. Later, she paired with Yan Huan in Handicrafts Class and tried communicating through her phone, but he encouraged her to speak as usual; they began making a cloth bag together.

• Ye Shiyu ate lunch with Yumiko and Aijia, who asked what kind of boy she liked.
• Ye Shiyu decided she liked a cheerful younger boy who smiled at her, while Yumiko suspected she meant Yan Huan.
• Yan Huan considered who might have used a Modifier against him, then paired with Ye Shiyu in Handicrafts Class.
• Ye Shiyu used a notes app to explain her materials kit, and Yan Huan told her she did not need to change how she communicated with him.
• Ye Shiyu lent Yan Huan her scissors, silently discouraged another girl from borrowing them, and agreed to make a cloth bag with him.

Yan Huan discovered a new Modifier fragment and planned to use it to strengthen Learning Conqueror, while wondering whether Tong Yingying might be connected to it. After witnessing a violent fire and gang clash on his way home, he gathered university math materials and activated his ability to study.

• Yan Huan finished a cloth pouch with Ye Shiyu, learned that she might look into joining a club, and received the yellow Pet Scarf she had made for Meow-chan.
• Meow-chan showed Yan Huan a large, intangible Modifier fragment shaped like a snake scale, which it had found at the Tavern, and a smaller fragment from Ye Shiyu's Modifier.
• Yan Huan suspected that a new Modifier might be connected to Tong Yingying, but she did not respond to his messages or call.
• Yan Huan learned that a fire and violent clash at the Sterling Building might be connected to the Feather Gang as the school bus detoured around the scene.
• Yan Huan obtained math textbooks and lecture slides from the Changsun Studio ghostwriting contact and activated Learning Conqueror to study.

Yan Huan studied through the night with Learning Conqueror before finally resting, while Bai Yi worked up the courage to send him a Plane friend request after Jiang Xiong encouraged her to be braver. At Tongyao Tavern, Tong Yingying offered two injured men a way out of Linmen, but said only one of them could leave.

• Yan Huan studied for nearly eight hours with Learning Conqueror, then stopped to rest after Meow-chan warned him he was exhausted.
• Yan Huan accepted a Plane friend request from Xin Yi without realizing Bai Yi had sent it, and went to bed without hearing from Tong Yingying.
• Bai Yi struggled to finish her song and hesitated to contact Yan Huan until Jiang Xiong urged her to be braver; she then sent him a friend request and anxiously waited for his approval.
• Jiang Xiong told Bai Yi about his connection to Ye Lan and advised her to rest more and make time for school and things she liked.
• At Tongyao Tavern, Tong Yingying listened as two injured men asked her for help, then said she could get one of them out of Linmen and made them choose who would go.

Yan Huan rested in the student council office while Hitomi Sakuramiya secretly recorded him with her barrier. Ye Shiyu arrived to return his jacket, found him asleep, and faced Hitomi Sakuramiya’s firm refusal to let her enter.

• Yan Huan complimented Hitomi Sakuramiya’s outfits and admitted to Meow-chan that he felt attracted to her but believed their circumstances made a relationship impractical.
• Yan Huan decided to nap in the student council office, and Hitomi Sakuramiya covered him with a blanket.
• While Yan Huan slept, Hitomi Sakuramiya watched him and used her barrier to secretly record him.
• Ye Shiyu went to Class 1-A to return Yan Huan’s uniform jacket, learned he was likely in the student council office, and went upstairs to find him.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya opened the office door to Ye Shiyu and tried to keep her out after Ye Shiyu spotted Yan Huan sleeping inside.

Ye Shiyu brought Yan Huan new clothes and tried to visit him in the Student Council office, where Hitomi Sakuramiya initially refused her entry. Yan Huan woke before Ye Shiyu could use her Modifier, let her in, and agreed to join her and Ye Lan for dinner, while leaving Hitomi Sakuramiya blushing after mentioning he would see her at the weekend.

• Ye Shiyu confronted Hitomi Sakuramiya at the Student Council office, but Hitomi Sakuramiya refused to let her enter without Yan Huan's permission.
• Ye Shiyu grew angry and guilty as Hitomi Sakuramiya questioned why Yan Huan worked exhausting part-time hours despite his wealthy family, and she nearly used her Modifier on Hitomi Sakuramiya.
• Meow-chan warned Yan Huan that Ye Shiyu was about to use her Modifier, and Yan Huan woke up and called to his sister, stopping her.
• Yan Huan let Ye Shiyu into the office, where she returned his uniform and gave him new clothes; she then asked about his part-time job.
• Ye Shiyu said Ye Lan wanted to take them to dinner, and Yan Huan agreed before leaving the office with her.
• Yan Huan thanked Hitomi Sakuramiya for the blanket and coffee and said he would see her that weekend, leaving her blushing after he departed.

Yan Huan traveled with Ye Shiyu to the South District for dinner with Ye Lan, while Hitomi Sakuramiya investigated the strange events around him and identified Bai Yi as a possible connection. At dinner, Yan Huan remembered a childhood friend from the orphanage who had moved away from Linmen, leaving Ye Shiyu visibly relieved.

• Yan Huan exchanged brief messages with Bai Yi, while Ye Shiyu considered using hypnosis to keep him at home but learned that Ye Lan had arranged dinner in the South District.
• Yan Huan invited Aishili to join the Student Council group at the game expo and offered her an extra ticket, prompting Hitomi Sakuramiya to investigate who had given it to him.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya reviewed camera footage, connected Bai Yi to the tickets and the police visit, and placed Bai Yi and Aria Spencer on her priority watch list.
• Yan Huan met Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu for dinner, then recalled a close childhood friend from the orphanage who had invited him to share a popsicle.
• Yan Huan said the childhood friend had moved away from Linmen and they might never meet again, while Ye Shiyu looked relieved.