Chapter Summaries

Su Yi confronted Fan Xin and his men in an alley, revealing overwhelming strength as he snapped a cleaver, knocked Wang Lin unconscious with one punch, and defeated an underground fighter. He left Fan Xin’s gang stunned and still stood with his three dormmates.

• Su Yi followed Fan Xin into an alley with Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and Yang Hui, then took Yang Hui’s hidden cleaver.
• Su Yi snapped the cleaver in two, frightening Fan Xin’s men, but Fan Xin dismissed the feat as a trick.
• Wang Lin challenged Su Yi and was knocked unconscious by a single punch that broke his cheekbone.
• A suited fighter attacked Su Yi with a steel rod, but Su Yi caught it and kicked him flying.
• Su Yi reflected that he had hit both men too hard while Fan Xin and the others stared at him in terror.

Su Yi forced Fan Xin and Ye Hu to back down after defeating their men, resolving the conflict with Jiang Biao. He then set out to find Zhang Ting and left the bar after Fan Jia offered him a briefcase and dropped their dispute.

• Su Yi confronted Fan Xin, and Fan Xin claimed he had only been joking.
• Fan Xin told Ye Hu to apologize to Jiang Biao, and Ye Hu apologized and agreed to leave the matter behind.
• Wang Junlin warned Ye Hu not to bother them again, and the roommates left while Fan Xin's group carried away their injured men.
• Su Yi returned to the bar, learned from Zhang Dan that Zhang Ting was likely at Prince's Mansion Garden, and decided to go there.
• Fan Jia approached Su Yi with a briefcase, apologized, and proposed putting their dispute behind them; Su Yi accepted and left with Zhang Dan.

Su Yi and Zhang Dan went to find Zhang Ting after discovering that Xu Chuan had beaten her. When Xu Chuan refused to give Zhang Ting anything in their divorce, Su Yi kicked the security door off its frame and sent it flying into the living room.

• Su Yi gave Zhang Dan the money Fan Jia had handed him and told her to pass it to Zhang Ting without naming him as the source.
• Zhang Dan drove Su Yi to the Prince's Mansion Garden, where they found Zhang Ting bruised and sitting dazed in the corridor.
• Zhang Dan confronted Xu Chuan, who told Zhang Ting to divorce him and leave without any of their assets.
• Su Yi kicked Xu Chuan's security door off its frame, terrifying Xu Chuan and shocking Zhang Dan and Zhang Ting.

Su Yi stopped Xu Chuan from abusing Zhang Ting and let her decide whether to pursue further punishment. Zhang Ting chose to divorce Xu Chuan and leave with their daughter, while Su Yi accompanied her and learned that her father lived on Wutong Street.

• Su Yi confronted Xu Chuan and demanded that he cut off the hand he had used to hit Zhang Ting, but Zhang Ting asked Su Yi to let him go.
• Zhang Ting decided to divorce Xu Chuan the next day and take their daughter, while Zhang Dan threw a makeup case at Xu Chuan.
• Zhang Dan gave Zhang Ting money, and Su Yi offered to help her if she needed anything in the future.
• Zhang Dan offered to drive Su Yi home, and he asked her to take him to Wutong Street, where Zhang Ting's father also lived.

Su Yi spent the morning on Wutong Street teaching Old Lin the original Five-Animal Frolics and reassuring him that Ye Xiaxuan could cure his illness. He invited Old Zhang over for lunch, then went to the market to buy groceries.

• Su Yi returned to Wutong Street after Zhang Dan drove him home, while Zhang Ting stayed in the car and left.
• Su Yi skipped morning classes and joined Old Lin in his courtyard, where he taught him the Five-Animal Frolics and urged him not to lose hope about his illness.
• Su Yi told Old Lin that his cousin Ye Xiaxuan, granddaughter of the renowned doctor Ye Lin, would treat him.
• Su Yi invited Old Zhang to lunch and welcomed him to practice the boxing routine with Old Lin after taking Diandian to school.
• Su Yi went to the market and followed elderly women as they bargained, buying produce at the prices they had negotiated.

Su Yi hosted Old Lin, Old Zhang, and Ye Xiaxuan for a meal, while Xu Diandian struggled with the fact that Su Yi had cooked rabbit after she befriended one. After the guests left, Su Yi skipped school and disappeared into the lake after jumping from an old bridge.

• Ye Xiaxuan brought mild medicinal herbs for Old Lin, and Su Yi reviewed her prescription without comment.
• Xu Diandian fed the rabbit in Su Yi’s courtyard and cried when she learned he planned to cook it, but she ate several bowls of rabbit meat anyway.
• Su Yi served lunch to Old Lin, Old Zhang, Ye Xiaxuan, and Xu Diandian, and arranged to go fishing with the two old men the next day.
• Xu Diandian asked Ye Xiaxuan if she was Su Yi’s girlfriend, and Ye Xiaxuan told her she was his older sister.
• After seeing Old Zhang and Old Lin off, Su Yi skipped school and jumped from an old bridge; passersby searched the lake but could not see him.

Su Yi caught a grass carp and cooked fish with pickled mustard greens, setting aside a meal for Lin Yiyun while feeding Xu Diandian and asking two neighbors to watch her. At the bookshop, Zhang Luolin stopped Wang Xiu from reaching for Su Yi’s food, and Su Yi made clear that Wang Xiu had narrowly avoided punishment.

• Su Yi returned to Wutong Street with a five-jin grass carp and took Xu Diandian to his courtyard to feed the rabbit.
• Su Yi cooked fish with pickled mustard greens, gave Xu Diandian a bowl, and asked Old Lin and another neighbor to watch her while he went to the university.
• Su Yi brought fish to the bookshop for Lin Yiyun and told Ye Xiaxuan to get rice.
• Wang Xiu offered to fetch another bowl for Zhang Luolin, but Su Yi said neither of them would get any fish.
• When Wang Xiu reached for the lunch box, Zhang Luolin shouted at him, and Su Yi warned that Wang Xiu would have had his hands crippled if he had touched it.

Su Yi waited for Lin Yiyun and served her lunch while Zhang Luolin and Wang Xiu stood by, intimidated by his power. After the meal, Zhang Luolin sent Wang Xiu away and warned him to treat Su Yi politely, while Wang Xiu mistakenly thought Zhang Luolin might want Su Yi as a disciple.

• Su Yi waited in the bookstore with lunch until Lin Yiyun arrived, while Zhang Luolin, Wang Xiu, and Ye Xiaxuan remained tense around him.
• Su Yi urged Lin Yiyun to eat and watched her throughout the meal, leading Ye Xiaxuan to conclude that he liked her.
• Ye Xiaxuan cleared the dishes while Lin Yiyun offered to help.
• Wang Xiu asked Zhang Luolin to leave with him, but Zhang Luolin told him to go and said he had something to discuss with Su Yi.
• Zhang Luolin warned Wang Xiu to be more polite to Su Yi, and Wang Xiu left believing Zhang Luolin might take Su Yi as a disciple.

Su Yi agreed to give Zhang Luolin calligraphy to help him seek a breakthrough and took him upstairs to write it. In the bookstore, Ye Xiaxuan probed Lin Yiyun about Su Yi, who admitted she found him strange and unusually composed.

• Zhang Luolin bowed to Su Yi and sought his guidance, and Su Yi offered him a piece of calligraphy in return for a previous favor.
• Zhang Luolin eagerly asked to grind the ink, and Su Yi invited him upstairs to watch while he wrote.
• Ye Xiaxuan returned and offered tea, but Su Yi requested milk tea instead, prompting her to order some.
• Lin Yiyun returned from the restroom and asked Ye Xiaxuan about Zhang Luolin, while Ye Xiaxuan said he seemed to be an elder connected to Wang Xiu.
• Ye Xiaxuan asked Lin Yiyun what she thought of Su Yi, and Lin Yiyun said he seemed strange and too composed for a young person.

Ye Xiaxuan tried to learn what Lin Yiyun liked and invited her to a movie, while Su Yi worried that Lin Yiyun saw him as too old-fashioned. After accepting Zhang Luolin’s calligraphy request and trying two milk teas, Su Yi preferred the hot matcha, leaving Ye Xiaxuan downstairs with his unwanted iced drink.

• Ye Xiaxuan asked Lin Yiyun about her hobbies and invited her to watch a movie, learning that Lin Yiyun had to mind the shop until Ye Xiaxuan arranged for it to close for a staff dinner.
• Su Yi overheard their conversation and wondered whether he should change his old-fashioned manner to appeal to Lin Yiyun.
• Su Yi wrote Dao Jing verses for Zhang Luolin, who became absorbed in the calligraphy and thanked Su Yi before taking it downstairs.
• Ye Xiaxuan brought Su Yi iced lemon milk tea and hot matcha, and Su Yi said he preferred the matcha.
• Ye Xiaxuan offered the leftover iced milk tea to Lin Yiyun, then drank it herself when Lin Yiyun did not take it.

Su Yi agreed to join Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun for a movie, then listened as Yang Zhengcheng explained that he believed Su Yi’s account of the tomb on Sword-Washing Mountain. Yang Zhengcheng planned to confront the Way of Orthodox Unity on Qingyun Mountain, while Su Yi declined to go and reflected on how much the world had changed.

• Su Yi agreed to attend Ye Xiaxuan’s staff gathering and movie outing the next evening.
• Yang Zhengcheng arrived at the bookstore and told Su Yi that he believed what Su Yi had said about the tomb.
• After Ye Xiaxuan and Lin Yiyun stepped outside, Yang Zhengcheng said Celestial Master Zhang had taken the tomb’s contents and that the authorities would demand their return.
• Yang Zhengcheng invited Su Yi to travel to Qingyun Mountain, but Su Yi refused.
• Yang Zhengcheng left with renewed conviction, while Su Yi noted that the Way of Orthodox Unity had been saddled with the blame.

Su Yi grew closer to Lin Yiyun during their ride home and decided to try eating at the school cafeteria. The next morning, Ye Xiaxuan came to learn cooking but discovered that Su Yi’s fist routine was far more powerful than she had realized.

• Su Yi asked Lin Yiyun what she wanted to eat, but she refused his offer to cook for her every day or set up a kitchen in the bookstore.
• Su Yi and Lin Yiyun chatted about neighborhood news, including Xu Diandian, and grew closer.
• Ye Xiaxuan arrived at Su Yi’s courtyard with groceries and asked to learn cooking, but Su Yi told her to focus on curing Old Lin and said he would cook the groceries the next day.
• Su Yi left for class with Lin Yiyun, while Ye Xiaxuan went to Old Lin’s courtyard and practiced the fist routine Su Yi had taught him.
• Ye Xiaxuan felt the routine’s hidden power and concluded that Su Yi was an immortal-level cultivator.

Su Yi ate lunch at the university cafeteria with his roommates, where his good looks earned him a generous serving and drew the attention of Lin Yiyun and Ding Miaomiao. As they chatted, he realized he still did not know Lin Yiyun’s department.

• Yu Xinghe warned people around him not to provoke Su Yi, and rumors about Su Yi spread across Qingzhou University.
• Su Yi went to the cafeteria with Wang Junlin and the others, and Wang Junlin offered to pay for their meal.
• The cafeteria auntie filled Su Yi’s container generously after he called her “miss,” but scolded Wang Junlin when he tried the same approach.
• Lin Yiyun and Ding Miaomiao joined the roommates at nearby tables, and the group introduced themselves and chatted over lunch.
• Su Yi wondered which department Lin Yiyun studied in and realized he had never asked her.

Su Yi agreed to attend a dance department mixer with his dormmates, hoping to see Lin Yiyun, while Ding Miaomiao tried to get closer to him. The chapter ended with Ding Miaomiao deciding to pursue him despite his oblivious response to her romantic hint.

• Ding Miaomiao invited Su Yi and Wang Junlin to a mixer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and Su Yi agreed to go.
• Su Yi learned that Lin Yiyun was the dance department's belle and confirmed that she would attend the mixer.
• Jiang Biao and Yang Hui pooled money for Wang Junlin, but Su Yi invited them to come along and said he would cover his own share.
• Ding Miaomiao offered to pay for herself and Su Yi as one share, but Su Yi insisted that everyone pay separately.
• Ding Miaomiao worried that Su Yi had rejected her, and Lin Yiyun told her he was simply oblivious.
• Ding Miaomiao vowed to bend Su Yi to her will.

Ding Miaomiao tried to learn what Su Yi liked while joking around with Lin Yiyun, who teased her about pursuing him. When Wang Qing and another roommate bragged about their relationships, Ding Miaomiao pulled Lin Yiyun out of the dorm, and they agreed the pair were veteran humblebraggers.

• Ding Miaomiao asked Lin Yiyun what Su Yi liked, and Lin Yiyun said he seemed to enjoy reading.
• Lin Yiyun and Ding Miaomiao playfully wrestled as they teased each other about Su Yi and dating.
• Wang Qing asked whether Lin Yiyun was attending the mixer and hinted that Zhao Yin would pay for her.
• Ding Miaomiao defended Lin Yiyun and mocked Wang Qing over Qin Lin's interest in Yu Huiyin.
• Wang Qing showed off an engagement ring while her roommate bragged about gifts from Ye Hu.
• Ding Miaomiao led Lin Yiyun out of the dorm, and they called Wang Qing and her roommate veteran humblebraggers.

Su Yi returned to find Ye Xiaxuan furnishing his home, then declined Yu Huiyin’s invitation to fish and considered her offer of a livestreaming job. He left to fish with Old Lin while Ye Xiaxuan stayed behind to guard his study.

• Su Yi found Ye Xiaxuan directing the delivery of appliances and told her to keep his old furniture for neighbors and bar people from entering the study.
• Su Yi declined Yu Huiyin’s offer to fish, and Old Lin went home to fetch a fishing rod.
• Yu Huiyin entered the courtyard, where Ye Xiaxuan said she was moving in, but Su Yi refused to let her buy another bed.
• Yu Huiyin offered Su Yi a possible livestreaming job, and he agreed to consider it while refusing to discuss work during fishing.
• Ye Xiaxuan asked to join the fishing trip, but Su Yi told her to stay and guard the study.

Su Yi returned from fishing with Old Lin and Old Zhang, then prepared a fish for Xu Diandian before leaving for dinner with his cousin and the others. Yu Huiyin learned that Ye Xiaxuan considered herself in love with Su Yi, and the chapter ended with Ye Xiaxuan watching Su Yi expertly remove every bone from a fish.

• Yu Huiyin asked Ye Xiaxuan what made Su Yi extraordinary, and Ye Xiaxuan praised his looks while keeping his other abilities secret.
• Ye Xiaxuan admitted she had fallen for Su Yi and warned Yu Huiyin not to set her sights on him; Yu Huiyin said she would not compete for him.
• Su Yi returned from fishing with Old Lin and Old Zhang, bringing Xu Diandian home after Old Zhang picked her up from kindergarten.
• Xu Diandian mistook Yu Huiyin for a fairy and asked whether she ate bunnies; Yu Huiyin reassured her that she did not.
• Su Yi went to Old Zhang's courtyard to catch a fish for Xu Diandian, then returned and began preparing it while Ye Xiaxuan watched him debone it with remarkable precision.

Su Yi joined Ye Xiaxuan and Yu Huiyin for dinner, where Yu Huiyin discussed a livestreaming job and asked what talents he could perform. Su Yi borrowed a Qin zheng at the restaurant and stunned the diners with his masterful rendition of Eight Scenes of Chang'an.

• Ye Xiaxuan invited Yu Huiyin to the bookstore staff dinner at a new Yangzhou Beef restaurant, and Yu Huiyin joined to discuss work with Su Yi.
• Yu Huiyin explained livestreaming and asked Su Yi what he could do; Su Yi said he could play the Qin zheng.
• Su Yi recognized the instrument at the restaurant entrance and asked its performer if he could borrow it.
• Su Yi played Eight Scenes of Chang'an, captivating the diners and leaving the guzheng student astonished by his extraordinary skill.

Su Yi played a guzheng piece that transported the restaurant guests into scenes from the High Tang, astonishing everyone. Afterward, the restaurant owner offered him free meals and payment for future performances, while performer Wen Qianmeng asked to become his disciple.

• Su Yi played a guzheng piece recalling his friends and travels during the High Tang, leaving the restaurant guests captivated by vivid visions of its scenery.
• Yu Huiyin asked Su Yi about his skills and livestreaming, and Su Yi said he could learn computer games with a little practice.
• Restaurant owner Yang Yongsheng praised Su Yi, offered him free meals whenever he visited, and promised ten thousand yuan for any piece he played there.
• Wen Qianmeng, a celebrated quyi student and performer, bowed to Su Yi and asked him to take her as his disciple.
• Su Yi declined to formally take Wen Qianmeng as a disciple but offered to teach her a little if they met again.

Su Yi refused Wen Qianmeng’s request for his contact information, then arranged an interview at Yu Huiyin’s friend’s company. Wang Xiu arrived and tried to charm Yu Huiyin before offering to play the zither, leaving himself committed to performing Eight Scenes of Chang'an.

• Su Yi refused to exchange contact information with Wen Qianmeng, who sat by the entrance in a daze after hearing him play.
• Su Yi arranged to interview at Yu Huiyin’s friend’s company the next afternoon.
• Wang Xiu arrived, noticed Wen Qianmeng and Yu Huiyin, and sat beside Yu Huiyin to strike up a conversation.
• Wang Xiu took Yu Huiyin’s pulse and publicly announced that she was on her period, angering her and amusing Ye Xiaxuan.
• Wang Xiu offered to play the zither, and Ye Xiaxuan challenged him to perform Eight Scenes of Chang'an.
• Wang Xiu claimed he had played Eight Scenes of Chang'an hundreds of times by age ten, despite knowing he could not play it well.