Recaps

Song Yu arrived in Jing City and repeatedly stepped in to protect Xie Sui, then transferred to Jingcheng No. 1 High School and became his classmate. He helped Xie Sui reclaim his place as freshman speaker and ended the stretch determined to keep his forum identity secret and improve his grades.

• Song Yu transmigrated into Gentle Control as the sickly Song Yu, refused System 008’s demand to follow the original storyline, and moved to Jing City to stay with Grandma Meng.
• At Linshui, Song Yu found Xie Sui in danger in room 305, attacked Wang Beidan, and later tracked Xie Sui down to help him after a false accusation on Lianyun Street.
• Song Yu befriended Xie Sui and Grandma Chen, studied at Xie Sui’s milk tea shop, and repeatedly intervened when thugs threatened Xie Sui, including helping him escape Red Hair’s gang.
• Song Yu transferred to Jingcheng No. 1 High School, where he joined Class One and took the seat beside Xie Sui despite Wang Ci’s attempt to displace him.
• Song Yu and Xie Sui confronted Zhu Zhixing and his companions over the bullying and graffiti against Xie Sui, and Song Yu made Zhu Zhixing apologize and explain himself.
• When Wang Ci took Xie Sui’s freshman speech slot, Song Yu enlisted Meng Guang’s help, and Xie Sui regained the position and delivered his speech to Song Yu.
• After classmates speculated about Song Yu and Xie Sui on the school forum, Song Yu kept his identity secret and resolved to focus on studying, while asking Xie Sui if he could earn full marks and surpass him.

Song Yu stood up for Xie Sui and other classmates, while Xie Sui became his tutor and helped him rise to the top hundred. The arc left them growing closer at a class outing, where Xie Sui admitted he liked someone but kept the person’s identity secret.

• Song Yu defended Xie Sui after Zhu Zhixing accused him of exposing his family, and Xie Sui caught Song Yu when Zhu Zhixing’s mother shoved him toward the stairs.
• Song Yu challenged Gao Feng to a fight, confronted Ou Yilian over her treatment of Lin Shuangqiu, and sent evidence of her past misconduct to the principal.
• Song Yu defeated Gao Feng on the rooftop, then rushed to the abandoned classroom and found Xie Sui had fought off Wang Ci, who had lured him there.
• Wen Yuan and Meng Guang intervened after Wang Ci’s mother accused Xie Sui, and Mayor Meng suspended Ou Yilian pending investigation.
• Xie Sui began tutoring Song Yu, admitted privately that he liked him, and made a study plan that helped Song Yu earn eighty-first place in the monthly exams.
• Song Yu learned that his illness began after he nearly drowned as a child, while Xie Sui suspected someone had tampered with his childhood memories.
• At the class outing, Song Yu and Xie Sui joined their classmates for games and truth or dare, and Xie Sui said he liked someone without revealing who.