Chapter Summaries

The Track and Field Club and the Doujin Club prepared for their 4 × 400-meter relay final as Owen warned Hua Zhaofeng that Spencer’s improved running technique made the outcome uncertain. Hua Zhaofeng secretly urged Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino to throw the race, and just before check-in, Jiang Yun raced in shouting for Spencer to wait.

• The Track and Field Club and the Doujin Club drew the 4 × 400-meter relay as their final event, and Owen chose himself, the vice president, and the Cooper Sisters as his runners.
• Owen explained to Hua Zhaofeng that Spencer had rapidly improved her 400-meter form and could make the final difficult to win.
• Jiang Yun rejected Qiu-senpai’s invitation to rejoin the Astronomy Club, saying she stayed with the Doujin Club for herself and its competitions.
• Hua Zhaofeng followed Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino into the restroom and persuaded them to consider throwing the relay so Spencer would lose and leave the school.
• Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino returned to Spencer before the final, and Jiang Yun then sprinted onto the field and shouted for Spencer not to check in yet.

Yan Huan rejected Owen’s offer to end the Club War and joined Spencer’s Doujin Club so it could continue competing. As the contest resumed, he shed his disguising Modifier and revealed himself to Spencer and the crowd, who erupted in cheers.

• Yan Huan comforted Spencer as Owen argued that they should declare the Track and Field Club the winner and end the Club War.
• Spencer accepted Owen’s proposed outcome, but Yan Huan decided to stand by her despite the risks and the crowd’s hostility.
• Yan Huan announced that he was joining the Doujin Club in place of Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino, restoring its membership and allowing the competition to continue.
• Owen challenged Yan Huan to compete in the 800 meters, and Yan Huan removed his sun-protective jacket and student council uniform, revealing his president’s badge and physique.
• Yan Huan’s actions caused the peacock illusion and Spencer’s Modifier to collapse, letting her see him clearly for the first time.
• Yan Huan told Owen that standing up for Spencer was why he was student council president, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

At a relay race check-in, Jiang Yun exposed Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino for agreeing to throw the race for Hua Zhaofeng, and their accusations left Spencer devastated. As Spencer’s despair began destroying the strongest Modifier, Yan Huan rejected the chance to let it die and walked toward her, cursing the Modifier.

• Owen approached check-in with the Cooper Sisters as Spencer arrived with Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino.
• Jiang Yun played a recording proving Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino had agreed to throw their relay legs for Hua Zhaofeng.
• Zuochuan Tatsuya said Spencer’s presence had made others hate and mistreat them, while Nino admitted he wanted to stop being called a harasser.
• Spencer collapsed in tears as the crowd mocked her, and her despair caused the Thumb’s shadow to crack and begin leaving her body.
• Meow-chan told Yan Huan that Spencer’s despair could destroy the Modifier, but Yan Huan chose to approach her and cried, “Fuck the Modifier!”

Yan Huan and Spencer challenged Owen’s Track and Field Club in a relay race, and Yan Huan overtook Owen before handing Spencer the baton. Despite falling, being booed, and scraping herself badly, Spencer surged ahead of the final runner and crossed the finish line first, though the venue stayed silent.

• Yan Huan took Spencer’s hand, restored her resolve, and agreed to Owen’s relay arrangement, with Hua Zhaofeng running the first leg and Yan Huan facing Owen in the second.
• Jiang Yun and Hua Zhaofeng started the race, and Yan Huan and Owen prepared for their head-to-head leg while discussing why they wanted to win.
• Yan Huan drew strength from the crowd’s calls, overtook Owen in the final stretch, and handed the baton to Spencer.
• Spencer sprinted too hard, fell and dropped the baton, then recovered it and continued as Older Cooper Sister passed the baton to Younger Cooper Sister.
• After Yan Huan shouted for Spencer to run, she caught and passed Younger Cooper Sister with a desperate dive across the finish line, giving the Doujin Club the victory.

Yan Huan rejected Owen’s demand to end the Club War and joined Spencer’s understaffed Doujin Club, then revealed his Student Council President uniform and challenged Owen to continue. His intervention shattered Spencer’s peacock illusion, allowing her to see Yan Huan clearly as the crowd erupted in cheers.

• Yan Huan comforted the distraught Spencer as Owen urged him to accept the Track and Field Club’s victory and end the competition.
• Spencer nodded for Yan Huan to let the matter end, but he recalled the moment he had chosen to run for Student Council and refused to yield.
• Yan Huan announced that he was joining the Doujin Club to replace Zuochuan Tatsuya and Nino, restoring the club’s four-member roster and allowing the competition to continue.
• Yan Huan removed his sun-protective jacket, revealing his identity as Totsuki Academy’s 47th Student Council President, and told Owen he could outrun him.
• Yan Huan removed his shirt, triggering the collapse of Spencer’s peacock illusion and revealing his true appearance to her.
• Spencer called Yan Huan “President” as the crowd cheered him.

After Yan Huan helped Spencer win the race, he reflected on the regrets from his previous life and decided he did not regret standing up for her. Spencer kissed him in front of the crowd, and as he held her while she cried over their victory, a withered Chinese rose bloomed again.

• Spencer crossed the finish line first, and Yelena's medical team hurried to carry her away as Yan Huan left the field.
• Owen returned Yan Huan's clothes and congratulated him, while Yan Huan admitted to Meow-chan that he did not regret helping Spencer despite the consequences.
• Meow-chan suggested Yan Huan might have avoided his death in his previous life if he had stood up for his colleague, but Spencer suddenly ran back and kissed him.
• Yatsuhashi Ki's drone broadcast Spencer kissing Yan Huan across the field, shocking Ye Shiyu, Hitomi Sakuramiya, An Le, Hermes, and the woman watching from New York.
• Spencer cried that they had finally won, and Yan Huan embraced her as their tears brought a withered Chinese rose back to bloom.

Yan Huan and Spencer joined the relay against Owen’s Track and Field Club, with Yan Huan winning his leg and Spencer recovering from a fall to cross the finish line first. Spencer secured the Doujin Club’s victory, but the crowd remained silent as she lay injured on the track.

• Yan Huan took Spencer’s hand, and she agreed to keep racing; Owen arranged for Hua Zhaofeng to run the first leg and challenged Yan Huan to face him in the second.
• Jiang Yun and Hua Zhaofeng started the relay, and Yan Huan and Owen took their batons nearly together.
• Yan Huan overtook Owen in the final stretch and handed the baton to Spencer, who ran the remaining 800 meters against the Cooper Sisters.
• Spencer fell and dropped the baton, but got back up, retrieved it, and continued as Yan Huan urged her to run.
• Spencer lunged across the finish line just ahead of Younger Cooper Sister, giving the Doujin Club the win; the crowd stayed silent as Spencer lay hurt on the track.

After winning the Club War, Spencer used the Doujin Club’s wish to remain at Totsuki Academy, encouraged by Yan Huan’s reasons for wanting her to stay. As she signed the paperwork, her mother called and addressed her as Aria.

• Hermes explained that the Club War wish could waive Spencer’s current expulsion process but would not protect her from future difficulties, then shared Yan Huan’s reasons for wanting her to stay.
• Spencer decided to use the wish to remain at the academy and signed the document as Aria Spencer.
• Yan Huan and Meow-chan left the school gates, and Yan Huan wondered whether Spencer would stay for her own sake or his.
• Spencer received a call from Mom, hesitated before answering, and heard her mother softly call her Aria.

After the Doujin Club won, Yan Huan walked away from the hostile crowd, reflecting on why he had chosen to help Spencer and deciding he did not regret it. Spencer ran back to him and kissed him in front of the stadium, then they embraced as she wept over their victory, while a withered Chinese rose in Yan Huan’s heart bloomed again.

• Spencer crossed the finish line first, collapsed with injuries, and was taken toward a stretcher by Yelena and the medical staff.
• Yan Huan accepted his clothes from Owen, left the field, and told Meow-chan that he did not regret helping Spencer despite the consequences.
• Meow-chan suggested Yan Huan might have avoided dying at his desk in his previous life if he had spoken up for his colleague, but Spencer suddenly ran up and kissed him.
• Yatsuhashi Ki’s drone broadcast Spencer kissing Yan Huan across the stadium, shocking You Anlina, Bai Yi, Ye Shiyu, Hitomi Sakuramiya, An Le, and Hermes.
• Spencer cried that the Doujin Club had finally won, and Yan Huan embraced her, while her tears revived the withered Chinese rose in his heart.

Yan Huan upgraded Meow-chan’s Modifier, chose a new demon path, and selected the Kiss God reward while wondering whether Spencer would stay at school. The next morning, he learned the Student Council had been assigned to organize physical-health and sexual-safety classes, while Spencer and An Le were both absent.

• Meow-chan explained that anything touching its body could travel with it, then swallowed fragments belonging to Ye Shiyu and Bai Yi to raise its Modifier to level five.
• Yan Huan chose the Helltaker evolution path and received level-seven rewards themed around reproduction, including Kiss God, which improved kissing and granted daily benefits.
• Yan Huan wondered whether Spencer would return to school, but Meow-chan noticed an email from the Linmen Education Bureau forwarded by the Student Affairs Office.
• At Monday’s Student Council meeting, You Anlina, Hitomi Sakuramiya, Aishili, and Yatsuhashi Ki learned the school had to hold physical-health and sexual-safety classes.
• Yan Huan noted that Spencer and An Le were absent, then told the Student Council that it would be fully responsible for the classes.

Spencer used the Doujin Club’s Club War wish to remain at Totsuki Academy, encouraged by Yan Huan’s reasons for wanting her to stay. After signing the paperwork, she answered a call from her mother, Elvira Spencer, who addressed her gently as Aria.

• At the principal’s office, Hermes explained that the Club War wish could only temporarily waive Spencer’s expulsion and warned that staying would bring continued academic and social difficulties.
• Jiang Yun urged Spencer to consider An Le’s support and her wish for Spencer to remain, while Spencer recalled kissing Yan Huan and grew flustered.
• Hermes relayed Yan Huan’s three reasons for wanting Spencer to stay: she could work through her dyslexia, the academy should not overlook her efforts to defend An Le, and he wanted her to experience the outside world as his friend.
• Spencer decided to use the wish to stay at Totsuki Academy and signed the document as Aria Spencer.
• As Yan Huan and Meow-chan left the school, Spencer received a call from her mother, answered it nervously, and heard her mother softly say, “Aria.”

Yan Huan learned that Spencer’s mother was forcing her to leave Totsuki, while Spencer secretly ran away from home to find An Le and resolve their conflict. As dark clouds gathered, Spencer’s mother’s staff followed her taxi toward Luoqiao District.

• Yatsuhashi Ki joked about the school’s reproductive-health program, and Aishili hit him while Yan Huan explained the program to You Anlina.
• The Student Council discussed their families’ views on dating and sex, then learned from Yatsuhashi Ki that Spencer was beginning a leave of absence and leaving Totsuki.
• Yan Huan asked Jiang Yun about Spencer and learned that Spencer’s mother had opposed her staying at Totsuki and that An Le was leaving the Doujin Club.
• At the Golden Lion Building, Spencer argued with her teacher about staying at Totsuki, then pretended to cooperate so she could send the staff away.
• Spencer removed her monitoring bracelet, packed a suitcase, and ran away from home to visit An Le after seeing Jiang Yun’s message about the club.
• Spencer’s teacher called Spencer’s mother, then instructed the men in black to follow Spencer’s taxi discreetly toward Luoqiao District.

An Le confronted Spencer about kissing Yan Huan, and Spencer refused to lie about her feelings, ending their friendship. Alone in the rain, An Le was cornered by men in an alley, where her powers evolved and she awakened a tentacle ability fueled by her desire.

• An Le ignored Spencer’s messages until Spencer caught up with her outside and tried to explain why she had kissed Yan Huan.
• An Le asked Spencer whether she liked Yan Huan, and Spencer admitted she could not lie to her friend; An Le then said they were no longer friends and walked away.
• Little Finger urged the heartbroken An Le to acknowledge her own desires as she sat alone in an alley during the rain.
• Several men approached An Le, and her newly manifested tentacle knocked them unconscious or dragged them away.
• An Le’s modifier evolved, unlocking a regenerating tentacle that could use her pleasure-manipulation ability without limits, at the cost of sensation below her neck.

Yan Huan chose the Helltaker evolution path and selected the Kiss God reward, then learned that Totsuki Academy had been ordered to hold classes on sexual health and safety. The chapter left him preoccupied with Spencer’s absence as he faced the Student Council’s responsibility for organizing the classes.

• Meow-chan helped Yan Huan upgrade his Modifier with Spider Silk and Toad Venom fragments, revealing Toad Venom’s curse-and-buff effect.
• Yan Huan chose the Helltaker evolution path, earning the favor of the Promiscuity Demon and receiving three level-seven rewards related to reproduction.
• Yan Huan selected Kiss God, which let him gain a daily reward by kissing someone of the opposite sex, and wondered whether Spencer would return to school.
• Meow-chan noticed an email from the Linmen Education Bureau, which the school’s Student Affairs Office had forwarded to Yan Huan.
• Yan Huan arrived at the Student Council office and saw that Spencer and An Le were absent; he then confirmed that the Student Council had to organize school-wide classes on sexual health and safety.

Yan Huan found Spencer waiting outside his apartment after she ran away from home, and he let her stay with him. As he looked after her through dinner and a late-night shower, he wondered why the Golden Lion Group had made no effort to retrieve her.

• Yan Huan learned from Yelena that Spencer was absent from the Golden Lion Building and that Yelena would investigate the Golden Lion Group.
• Yan Huan found Spencer waiting in his apartment building with a suitcase, and she explained that she had left home after arguing with her mother.
• Yan Huan let Spencer stay at his apartment, helped her settle in, and rescued her Golden Bomb Pig plush from her suitcase.
• Yan Huan served Spencer noodles, watched her cuddle Meow-chan, and wondered why the Golden Lion Group had not come looking for her.
• Yan Huan showed Spencer how to shower, then dried her hair; she leaned against him and pressed her face to his lower abdomen.

Yan Huan learned that Spencer’s mother was forcing her to leave Totsuki Academy, while An Le was also considering leaving the Doujin Club. Spencer escaped her home and headed to find An Le, as her mother’s staff secretly followed her.

• Yan Huan and the Student Council discussed a school health lecture, and he left to investigate Spencer’s silence.
• Yatsuhashi Ki revealed that Spencer had begun the leave-of-absence process, and Jiang Yun told Yan Huan that Spencer’s mother had taken her away after an argument.
• Jiang Yun asked Yan Huan for help finding Doujin Club members because An Le planned to leave, and Yan Huan agreed to look into it.
• At the Golden Lion Building, Spencer refused to leave Totsuki, then tricked the staff into leaving and secretly escaped with her suitcase.
• Spencer read Yan Huan’s and Jiang Yun’s messages, learned An Le wanted to leave the club, and decided to visit her at home.
• Spencer’s teacher told the Golden Lion Group president that Spencer had run away, and the president ordered the Men in Black to follow her without being seen.

Yan Huan let Spencer stay the night, but the cold drove her into his bed, where they shared their first kiss. Spencer fell asleep beside him, leaving Yan Huan flustered and asking Meow-chan to fetch him water.

• Yan Huan made a bed for Spencer on the floor and gave her his thin summer quilt.
• Unable to sleep because she was cold, Spencer went to the bathroom, then climbed into Yan Huan's bed and clung to his quilt.
• Yan Huan tried to make Spencer let go of the quilt, but when he prepared to sleep on the floor, she grabbed his arm and he kissed her.
• Spencer asked Yan Huan for more kisses, then grew sleepy and shared the covers with him.
• Meow-chan returned to the bed and teased Yan Huan, who asked the cat to bring him a glass of water.

After Spencer admitted she could not deny her feelings for Yan Huan, An Le ended their friendship and wandered into the rain. Cornered by predatory men in an alley, An Le’s power evolved, and she used its new tentacle ability to incapacitate them.

• An Le ignored Spencer’s messages and tried to walk away when she found Spencer outside her home, but Spencer caught up and asked why she had stopped replying.
• An Le confronted Spencer about kissing Yan Huan and asked whether Spencer liked him; Spencer refused to lie, and An Le concluded that they were no longer friends.
• An Le left Spencer in the rain and wandered to an alley, where Little Finger challenged her to acknowledge her desires and several men closed in on her.
• An Le’s tentacle ability emerged and incapacitated the men who surrounded her, while Little Finger fed on the desire released by her power.
• An Le read a new interface announcing that her modifier had evolved and unlocked an endlessly regenerating tentacle that could control pleasure.

Yan Huan overslept with Spencer and struggled to handle her school duties while she stayed with him. Elvira prepared to go to Linmen as the Sakuramiya family discussed Spencer’s situation and Hitomi Sakuramiya considered using Yan Huan’s health education course to pursue him.

• Yan Huan and Spencer overslept until 9:27, and Yan Huan discovered that the school infirmary teachers had declined to help with the health education course.
• Yatsuhashi Ki suggested inviting Miyake Huhu, a former gynecology nurse and artist, to teach the course, and Yan Huan approved asking her.
• Yan Huan examined Spencer’s identity and household documents, while Spencer offered him money after he warned her not to bounce on his fragile bed.
• Elvira watched footage of Spencer and Yan Huan sharing a bed, announced that she would fly to Linmen, and said the Spencers needed to send a signal there.
• Sakuramiya Yuri teased Hitomi Sakuramiya about her rivals for Yan Huan, and Hitomi Sakuramiya dismissed them before considering a plan involving the health education course.

Yan Huan found Spencer waiting outside his apartment after she ran away from home, and he let her stay despite his concerns about the Golden Lion Group’s silence. As he helped her settle in, their evening ended with Yan Huan drying her hair while she leaned against him.

• Yan Huan learned from Yelena that Spencer was missing from the Golden Lion Building, then found Spencer waiting for him at his apartment building.
• Spencer told Yan Huan she had argued with her mother and snuck away, and he agreed to let her stay at his cramped apartment.
• Yan Huan noticed that no one in Linmen seemed to be searching for Spencer and wondered whether the Golden Lion Group had everything under control.
• Yan Huan helped Spencer settle in, rescued her Golden Bomb Pig plush from her suitcase, and served her noodles for dinner.
• Yan Huan persuaded Spencer to shower, then dried her hair and dimmed the lights after she said they were too bright.
• Sleepy Spencer leaned against Yan Huan and pressed her face against his lower abdomen as he finished drying her hair.