Chapter Summaries

Bai Yi secretly witnessed Ye Shiyu’s disturbing photo of Yan Huan and decided to gather evidence, while Yan Huan tried to manage Ye Shiyu’s growing Modifier in the greenhouse. The chapter ended as Spencer unexpectedly exposed Bai Yi’s presence, causing Bai Yi to freeze when Ye Shiyu looked toward the empty space.

• Bai Yi argued with critics of her song using an alternate account until the site restricted her from commenting.
• Bai Yi overheard Ye Shiyu talking about Yan Huan and saw a compromising photo of him, then resolved to collect evidence with her Moment Pocket Watch.
• Yan Huan suspected Ye Shiyu’s Modifier could make other hosts drop fragments and sent You Anlina and Jiang Nuannuan away while Spencer stayed behind.
• Ye Shiyu entered the greenhouse, and Yan Huan distracted her by offering to let her tend his flowers.
• Bai Yi entered the greenhouse under Indifference and moved to steal Ye Shiyu’s phone, but Spencer revealed that Bai Yi was there.
• Ye Shiyu turned toward Spencer’s hiding place as Bai Yi stiffened and the hour hand began spinning.

Bai Yi used the Pocket Watch to stop time, experimented with the effect on Yan Huan, and took a photo from Ye Shiyu’s phone as evidence. When she ended the time stop, she suffered severe backlash, while a Modifier fragment drifted toward Little Finger and An Le.

• Bai Yi discovered she could move objects during the time stop, but Spencer remained locked hand-in-hand with Yan Huan as Meow-chan explained that only she and Spencer could still act in limited ways.
• Bai Yi teased Spencer, undid Yan Huan’s clothes, and kissed him before the Pocket Watch changed his body to a more vigorous state, leaving Bai Yi startled and embarrassed.
• Bai Yi tried to take Ye Shiyu’s phone, but Ye Shiyu’s Modifier attacked her and dropped a green fragment; Bai Yi picked up the phone and found a photo of Yan Huan asleep, which she transferred to her own phone.
• Bai Yi ended the time stop, and the returning ripples swept the fragment away toward the classroom building, where Little Finger sensed it and rushed after it with An Le.
• Bai Yi collapsed on the path, nauseated and pale, as her body gradually returned to reality and the Pocket Watch’s ticking resumed.

Bai Yi suffered severe pain and a nosebleed after ending Time Stop, causing another fragment to break off her Pocket Watch. The fragment’s green mist affected Little Finger, An Le, and Ye Shiyu, while Yan Huan later found it and realized its curse had to be transferred before Meow-chan could consume it.

• After Time Stop ended, Bai Yi collapsed in pain, panicked at her nosebleed, and unintentionally caused another emerald fragment to break off the Pocket Watch.
• Little Finger found the fragment with An Le, swallowed it to keep Index Finger from eating it, and then collapsed as green mist seeped from his body into An Le.
• When time resumed, green mist from Bai Yi’s fragment affected Ye Shiyu, who collapsed after Spencer blocked her from reaching Yan Huan and later left for the hospital with Ye Lan.
• Spencer told Yan Huan that she had seen Bai Yi during Time Stop, and Yan Huan believed her before she ran off to skip class.
• Yan Huan and Meow-chan found Bai Yi’s fragment near the greenhouse; Yan Huan recognized its mist as a temporary curse and decided they needed someone else to take it before Meow-chan could eat it.

Bai Yi suffered severe backlash after stopping time, while the fragments and lingering mist from her Modifier affected Little Finger, An Le, and Ye Shiyu. Yan Huan found Bai Yi’s fragment near the Greenhouse and realized its curse had to be transferred to someone before Meow-chan could consume it.

• After time resumed, Bai Yi collapsed in pain and fear of her nosebleed caused another fragment to break from the Pocket Watch.
• Little Finger found an emerald fragment, swallowed it to keep it from Index Finger, and then collapsed as green mist escaped into An Le.
• The escaping mist weakened Ye Shiyu, who fainted after Spencer blocked her from reaching Yan Huan; Ye Lan took her to the hospital.
• Spencer explained that she had seen Bai Yi and that an unseen force had restrained her, and Yan Huan told her he believed her.
• Yan Huan and Meow-chan found Bai Yi’s fragment near the Greenhouse, where Yan Huan discovered its mist inflicted a temporary curse and decided someone had to take it before Meow-chan could eat it.

Yan Huan left a curse fragment behind and met Tong Yingying, who took him out for dinner, while the Student Council watched and misread their relationship. Hitomi Sakuramiya confronted Yan Huan at the parking garage, but Tong Yingying’s companions dragged him into a van, prompting Hitomi Sakuramiya to order Nara to follow and help her steal him back.

• Yan Huan discussed leaving Bai Yi’s Modifier fragment behind and noticed Spencer training on the school track.
• Tong Yingying picked Yan Huan up, and the two headed toward the parking garage while the Student Council secretly followed and speculated about their relationship.
• You Anlina and the others invited Hitomi Sakuramiya along, and she became increasingly upset as they joked that Tong Yingying was stealing Yan Huan from her.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya approached Yan Huan at the garage, but Tong Yingying ordered Chi Yuan and Bai Lu to pull him into a Toyota HiAce van.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya called Nara and told her to track the van and arrange a car so they could pursue it and get Yan Huan back.

Yan Huan left school with Tong Yingying, while Hitomi Sakuramiya and the Student Council followed them, convinced they were witnessing a romance or a wealthy woman’s attempt to steal him away. The observers’ speculation became literal when Tong Yingying’s associates hauled Yan Huan into a van, and Hitomi Sakuramiya set out to pursue them and get him back.

• Yan Huan left a cursed Modifier fragment behind and watched Spencer train before Tong Yingying arrived and invited him to dinner.
• You Anlina gathered the Student Council to follow Yan Huan and Tong Yingying, while Hitomi Sakuramiya recognized Tong Yingying as the Red-Haired Demon and grew jealous.
• The group imagined Tong Yingying was using wealth and luxury cars to take Yan Huan away, and Jiang Nuannuan’s remarks helped Hitomi Sakuramiya regain her confidence.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya and the others approached Yan Huan in the parking garage, where Tong Yingying arrived in a van and ordered Chi Yuan and Bai Lu to pull him inside.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya called Nara to track the Toyota HiAce and arranged a car so she could pursue the van and get Yan Huan back.

Tong Yingying took Yan Huan to dinner, while Chi Yuan and Bai Lu urged her to be honest about her feelings and past. As Yan Huan stopped her from smoking at the elevator, Hitomi Sakuramiya and Nara hurried to find them, leaving Hitomi Sakuramiya increasingly jealous and distressed.

• Yan Huan rode with Tong Yingying, Chi Yuan, and Bai Lu, who teased Tong Yingying about her driving and makeup while Tong Yingying tried to keep them quiet.
• At the restaurant garage, Chi Yuan and Bai Lu slipped Yan Huan a key, then advised Tong Yingying to consider her feelings and be honest with him; Tong Yingying told them to keep Hitomi Sakuramiya away.
• Tong Yingying waited with Yan Huan for the elevator and wondered whether she liked him, deciding to tell him about her past.
• Yan Huan stopped Tong Yingying from lighting a cigarette, and she realized that his concern felt pleasant before they headed upstairs together.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya rode with Nara and four others as they searched for Yan Huan, growing jealous as the group imagined him enjoying time with older women.

Yan Huan and Tong Yingying’s elegant dinner was interrupted when Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived after overhearing Tong Yingying offer to manage Yan Huan’s money. Hitomi Sakuramiya tried to buy White Feather to outshine her rival, only to discover Tong Yingying was its largest shareholder; Tong Yingying invited the group to join them, while Hitomi Sakuramiya resolved to fight back.

• Yan Huan and Tong Yingying discussed Hitomi Sakuramiya and You Anlina as they sat down for dinner, and Tong Yingying hinted that Yan Huan could manage her money.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya rushed into White Feather and challenged Tong Yingying, while You Anlina and the other Student Council members followed behind her.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya revealed her ninth-rank Power of Money and declared she would buy White Feather’s largest shareholder’s shares and rename the restaurant Sakuramiya.
• The manager addressed Tong Yingying as President Tong, revealing she owned the shares Hitomi Sakuramiya wanted to buy, and Tong Yingying invited the whole group to dine with them.
• Yan Huan offered to pay for the group, but Tong Yingying declined and asked the manager to arrange seats, leaving Hitomi Sakuramiya humiliated but determined to fight back.

Tong Yingying took Yan Huan to dinner, while Chi Yuan and Bai Lu urged her to be honest about her feelings and past. As they reached the restaurant, Hitomi Sakuramiya and her companions hurried to find them, with Hitomi Sakuramiya growing increasingly jealous and alarmed.

• Tong Yingying drove Yan Huan to an upscale restaurant, while Chi Yuan and Bai Lu teased her and passed Yan Huan a key wrapped in paper.
• Chi Yuan and Bai Lu advised Tong Yingying to consider what she wanted from Yan Huan and to be honest with him, warning her to learn from Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mistakes.
• Tong Yingying decided to tell Yan Huan more about her past and stopped herself from smoking when he gently asked her not to.
• Nara drove Hitomi Sakuramiya and the others toward the restaurant as Hitomi Sakuramiya fretted over Yan Huan’s silence and imagined him with older women.

Yan Huan and the Student Council met Tong Yingying for a meal, where she and Hitomi Sakuramiya sparred over their secrets until Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mother called and announced she was already in Linmen. Sakuramiya Yuri arrived to meet the students and immediately recognized Yan Huan.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya tried to expose Tong Yingying’s suspicious behavior, but Tong Yingying countered by alluding to Hitomi Sakuramiya’s secret spying on Yan Huan.
• Nara hacked Tong Yingying’s phone and connected a call from her mother, embarrassing Tong Yingying in front of the group.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya received a call from her mother, who said she was in Linmen and wanted to meet the Student Council.
• Yan Huan and the Student Council waited outside White Feather as Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mother arrived in a black sedan.
• Sakuramiya Yuri stepped out of the car, recognized Yan Huan, and began addressing him by name.

Yan Huan and Tong Yingying’s dinner was interrupted when Hitomi Sakuramiya arrived with the Student Council and challenged Tong Yingying, only to discover that Tong Yingying owned the restaurant. Tong Yingying invited the group to dine, while Hitomi Sakuramiya swallowed her humiliation and resolved to keep competing for Yan Huan.

• Yan Huan’s phone died at White Feather, and Tong Yingying questioned whether he was eager to reply to Hitomi Sakuramiya; Yan Huan explained that he had meant to warn You Anlina about causing trouble.
• Tong Yingying offered to let Yan Huan manage her money, prompting him to reflect on his feelings for her after Sakuramiya had left his life.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya burst into the restaurant and declared she would buy its shares, while You Anlina and the other Student Council members followed after distracting the staff.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya invoked her ninth-stage Power of Money and demanded to buy the largest shareholder’s shares, but the manager addressed Tong Yingying as President Tong and revealed she owned them.
• Tong Yingying refused to sell, then offered seats and a meal to Hitomi Sakuramiya’s group; Hitomi Sakuramiya accepted the setback and vowed to win a comeback match.

Yan Huan met Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mother, Sakuramiya Yuri, who took Hitomi Sakuramiya to Ye International and urged her to pursue Yan Huan more boldly. While waiting alone, Hitomi Sakuramiya discovered that her Barrier could alter her own body, opening up a new use for her Superpower.

• Sakuramiya Yuri warmly questioned Yan Huan and heard the Student Council members praise Hitomi Sakuramiya before giving them gifts.
• Sakuramiya Yuri took Hitomi Sakuramiya away, revealed that she could stay in Linmen, and advised her to use her advantages to take the initiative with Yan Huan.
• At Ye International, Hitomi Sakuramiya entered a private lounge and suspected Ye Shiyu’s Superpower had influenced Yan Huan.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya activated her Barrier and realized she could change her own body while inside it, briefly making herself taller and curvier.

Hitomi Sakuramiya and the Student Council joined Yan Huan and Tong Yingying for dinner, where their rivalry and attempts to expose one another were interrupted by calls from their mothers. Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mother, Sakuramiya Yuri, arrived in Linmen and came to meet the group, leaving Yan Huan face-to-face with her first.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya and Tong Yingying traded pointed remarks at dinner, while Tong Yingying hinted at Hitomi Sakuramiya’s spying and Yan Huan tried to keep the secret from being exposed further.
• Nara arranged for Tong Yingying’s mother to call, forcing Tong Yingying to speak politely while her friends watched.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya received a call from her mother, Sakuramiya Yuri, who said she was in Linmen and wanted to meet the Student Council.
• Yan Huan and the Student Council waited by White Feather as Sakuramiya Yuri’s black sedan arrived.
• Sakuramiya Yuri stepped out in a black kimono and recognized Yan Huan as President Yan Huan.

Hitomi Sakuramiya tested the Barrier’s limits and discovered it could alter her appearance and imitate other women, but it could not make her nonhuman or male. Meanwhile, Jiang Nuannuan explained why she had taken leave from Xiuzhi Academy, Spencer chose to wait until after the Club War before withdrawing, and Ye Shiyu woke in an isolation ward beside Bai Yi and An Le.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya transformed herself inside the Barrier, found that its changes stopped short of making her nonhuman or male, and learned she could imitate the female Ye International employee who entered her room.
• Yan Huan and the Student Council shared fried noodles with Jiang Nuannuan, who explained that she had taken leave because she struggled to fit in at Xiuzhi Academy.
• Spencer read the proposed plan for retaining her enrollment while studying privately, but told the educational consultant she would wait until the Club War ended and then arrange her withdrawal regardless of the result.
• Ye Shiyu woke in an isolation ward and found Bai Yi and An Le there with her, while their mothers and doctors argued outside.
• Bai Yi woke, reacted in alarm to Ye Shiyu, and then perfunctorily greeted An Le as the three fell into an uneasy silence.

Yan Huan met Hitomi Sakuramiya’s mother, Sakuramiya Yuri, who gave the Student Council gifts before taking Hitomi Sakuramiya to a meeting at Ye International. While waiting alone, Hitomi Sakuramiya reconsidered her barrier superpower and discovered she could use it to change her own body.

• Sakuramiya Yuri warmly greeted Yan Huan, apologized for Cheng’s earlier behavior, and asked the Student Council to share their impressions of Hitomi Sakuramiya.
• Sakuramiya Yuri gave the group gifts, then took Hitomi Sakuramiya with her to meet President Ye at Ye International.
• In the car, Sakuramiya Yuri told Hitomi Sakuramiya she could stay in Linmen and choose her own future, then advised her to take the initiative in pursuing Yan Huan.
• At Ye International, Hitomi Sakuramiya suspected Ye Shiyu and Spencer had used their superpowers to get close to Yan Huan and wondered how she could make better use of her own ability.
• Hitomi Sakuramiya deployed her barrier in the lounge and realized she could change the rules of the space to alter her own appearance, briefly making herself taller and fuller.

Yan Huan agreed to join Spencer’s Doujin Club outing after she offered to use up their remaining pretend-girlfriend chances, then went with her to visit the hospitalized An Le. He arrived to find An Le, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu sharing a room, leaving him unable to tell the nurse which patient he was visiting.

• Yan Huan learned that An Le was hospitalized and agreed to visit her with Spencer, after encouraging her about training and calling her out for skipping classes.
• Spencer invited Yan Huan to the Doujin Club outing at Linmen Universal Studios and offered to wipe out their remaining pretend-girlfriend chances; Yan Huan accepted and took a ticket.
• At Sacred Heart Private Hospital, Zuo Jiangqin pressured Bai Yi to eat an apple, then offered one to An Le, while Ye Shiyu ignored her and Ye Lan checked on her daughter.
• Ye Shiyu noticed that she had struggled to express her feelings even when she saw Ye Lan, but eventually managed a faint smile and asked for her phone.
• Yan Huan arrived with Spencer and discovered An Le, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu were all in the same room; the nurse asked whom he had come to visit, and he froze.

Hitomi Sakuramiya explored the Barrier’s powers before rejoining Yan Huan’s group, where Jiang Nuannuan explained why she had taken leave from Xiuzhi Academy. Spencer agreed to discuss withdrawing from Totsuki after the Club War, while Ye Shiyu, Bai Yi, and An Le woke together in a hospital isolation ward with unexplained illnesses.

• Hitomi Sakuramiya discovered that her Barrier could make her healthy and alter her appearance, but it could not turn her into a nonhuman or a man, and she left it to meet her mother.
• Yan Huan’s group ate chow mein, and Jiang Nuannuan told them she had taken leave from Xiuzhi Academy because she struggled to fit in.
• Spencer received a proposal to leave Totsuki while retaining her enrollment, but asked to wait until after the Club War before discussing it with the school.
• Ye Shiyu woke in an isolation ward beside Bai Yi and An Le, whose unexplained illnesses had led the hospital to keep them together.
• Bai Yi woke, saw Ye Shiyu, and learned that An Le was in the same ward as the three fell into an uneasy silence.

Yan Huan visited the hospitalized Ye Shiyu, An Le, and Bai Yi with Spencer, while the girls’ rivalries and Spencer’s guilt complicated the visit. After Zuo Jiangqin urged Bai Yi to pursue Yan Huan for his wealth, Ye Shiyu appeared behind her, watching with a chilling gaze.

• Yan Huan entered the ward with Spencer and gave Ye Shiyu a fruit basket, while Ye Lan warned Ye Shiyu not to claim the other gifts.
• Ye Lan teased Spencer about being close to Yan Huan, prompting jealous reactions from Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi; Spencer then admitted she had come to see An Le.
• Ye Shiyu left with Ye Lan for an examination, and Yan Huan spoke with Bai Yi about her singing as Zuo Jiangqin watched them closely.
• On the way to the examination, Zuo Jiangqin questioned Bai Yi about Yan Huan and mocked the idea that he liked her, until Bai Yi insisted he was a longtime fan of her singing.
• Zuo Jiangqin urged Bai Yi to pursue Yan Huan because he was Ye Lan’s adopted son, but Bai Yi rejected her mother’s motives and went into the consultation room alone.
• As Zuo Jiangqin muttered about enjoying the Ye Family’s wealth, Ye Shiyu emerged through the room’s back door and silently watched her.

Yan Huan learned that An Le was hospitalized and agreed to visit her with Spencer, who traded her remaining chances to pretend to be his girlfriend for his attendance at a Doujin Club outing. At the hospital, Yan Huan discovered An Le, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu were all in the same room, leaving him unsure which one to say he had come to visit.

• Spencer told Yan Huan that An Le was in the hospital, and he agreed to visit her despite realizing Spencer had skipped classes to train.
• Spencer invited Yan Huan to a Doujin Club outing at Linmen Universal Studios and offered to wipe their remaining pretend-girlfriend chances off the slate if he came.
• At the hospital, Zuo Jiangqin fussed over Bai Yi and offered apples to Ye Shiyu and An Le, while Ye Lan visited Ye Shiyu.
• Ye Shiyu noticed that her emotions and expressions had felt unusually muted, then learned from Ye Lan that her phone was in the car.
• Yan Huan arrived to find An Le, Bai Yi, and Ye Shiyu sharing a room, and a nurse asked him who he had come to visit as another person arrived behind him.

Yan Huan discovered that An Le's Modifier had swallowed a poisonous fragment and that Spencer could neutralize its curse. As Yan Huan and Spencer went to the Outpatient Department, he saw Zuo Jiangqin enter an elevator in terror and realized she was being taken somewhere against her will, so he rushed after her and called Ye Lan.

• Yan Huan questioned An Le about her illness, and Little Finger revived inside her and asked her to find somewhere to spit out the fragment it had swallowed.
• Yan Huan saw poisonous mist surrounding An Le, but Spencer unknowingly neutralized the mist when it drifted toward her.
• Yan Huan realized Spencer could absorb the poison, then accompanied her toward the Outpatient Department after learning Bai Yi could not find her mother, Zuo Jiangqin.
• Ye Lan called Yan Huan looking for Ye Shiyu, who had finished her examination and gone to get her phone, prompting Yan Huan to worry about her whereabouts.
• Yan Huan saw Zuo Jiangqin enter another elevator in terror and rush upstairs, then called Ye Lan and hurried after her with Spencer following.