Recaps

Duan Chan'er and Zhang Zhaomu chatted about their names and his parents before a locksmith arrived to open Duan Chan'er's door. After paying him, Duan Chan'er calmly challenged his inflated fee and reminded him to handle her identity information properly.

• Duan Chan'er praised Zhang Zhaomu for changing his habits, and they discussed the stories behind their names.
• Duan Chan'er explained that her nickname came from babbling along with cicadas as a baby, while Zhang Zhaomu speculated that his name reflected his parents' hopes for lasting love.
• Duan Chan'er received a call from a locksmith and went with Zhang Zhaomu to meet him outside her apartment.
• The locksmith quickly opened Duan Chan'er's door, charged her eighty yuan, and registered her identity information.
• Duan Chan'er pointed out the locksmith's excessive fee and his wasted travel time, then reminded him to use her information only for official records.

After helping Duan Chan'er get into her apartment, Zhang Zhaomu chatted with her online as Bing Chan and learned that she had few close friends. Their conversation ended with Bing Chan considering encouraging her daughter to befriend her neighbor, not realizing Zhang Zhaomu was that neighbor.

• After the locksmith opened Duan Chan'er's door, Zhang Zhaomu praised her caution, and she went inside to sleep.
• Duan Chan'er messaged Zhang Zhaomu as Bing Chan to say she had finally gotten into her apartment.
• Zhang Zhaomu learned that Bing Chan had invented a high-school-aged daughter who was in the same class as her neighbor.
• Bing Chan said her daughter had few true friends, and Zhang Zhaomu suggested she start by befriending her neighbor.
• Bing Chan agreed to talk to her daughter about making friends and described the neighbor as handsome and easy to talk to.

Zhang Zhaomu grew closer to author Bing Chan, helped Chen Zhenzhen style her hair, and realized his new [Refined] persona had changed how he saw two girls. He skipped evening self-study to begin making over Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan at the school dance studio.

• Zhang Zhaomu accepted Bing Chan’s friend request, chatted with her the next morning, and learned she had slept poorly thinking about her daughter.
• Chen Zhenzhen visited Zhang Zhaomu to ask him to teach her how to style her hair in buns, and he showed her how.
• Zhang Zhaomu reflected that his [Refined] persona had irreversibly changed his impressions of Chen Zhenzhen and Duan Chan'er.
• Zhang Zhaomu attended school and then skipped evening self-study for the first time to work on the girls’ makeovers.
• Zhang Zhaomu met Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan at the dance studio in the multipurpose building.

Zhang Zhaomu visited the dance studio to give Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan makeovers, starting with their hairstyles. Wang Lan emerged in her new outfit and short haircut, leaving the others stunned by how handsome she looked.

• Zhang Zhaomu found the dance studio and met Wang Lan, Song Xuanxuan, and three other Class Nine students.
• Zhang Zhaomu gave Wang Lan a short wolf cut suited to her androgynous style.
• Zhang Zhaomu began trimming Song Xuanxuan's hair while Wang Lan changed into her outfit.
• Wang Lan emerged from the changing room, and Song Xuanxuan and another girl exclaimed that she looked handsome.

Zhang Zhaomu gave Wang Lan a stylish makeover, impressing his classmates and drawing a wave of new clients. They persuaded him to raise his price, but Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan insisted on paying him more than he had agreed to accept.

• Zhang Zhaomu finished Wang Lan’s makeover and advised her on how to complete her new look with accessories and everyday bags.
• Wang Lan praised the result, and Song Xuanxuan, Luo Xinyi, another girl, and a boy asked Zhang Zhaomu to give them makeovers too.
• The boy booked a place in line and sent Zhang Zhaomu two hundred yuan, prompting Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan to argue that his original price was far too low.
• Zhang Zhaomu settled on a new price of five hundred and eighty-eight yuan, though he felt uneasy charging students that much.
• Wang Lan sent him more than the original agreed price and threatened to send even more if he refused, while Song Xuanxuan offered to add another zero to her payment.

After his makeovers made him popular at school, Zhang Zhaomu limited his bookings so he could spend the weekend gaming with Chen Zhenzhen. He woke on Monday with a new persona in mind: [Cat].

• Wang Lan and Song Xuanxuan’s makeovers spread Zhang Zhaomu’s fame, and he stopped taking orders after setting a limit of three makeovers a week.
• Song Xuanxuan invited Zhang Zhaomu to a movie and Xue Jingshu asked for a makeover, but he refused both so he could play games over the weekend.
• Zhang Zhaomu and Chen Zhenzhen went to an internet café, rented a private room, and spent the weekend gaming together.
• After lamenting the end of the weekend, Zhang Zhaomu dreamed that he and Chen Zhenzhen played games in class, then woke as the new week began.
• Zhang Zhaomu suddenly realized that his persona for the week was [Cat].

Zhang Zhaomu discovered that his new [Cat] persona made him overwhelmingly sleepy, while he could now load or unload his [Refined] persona at will. He used [Refined] to force himself out of bed after sleeping through the Monday flag-raising ceremony, then struck his head on the ceiling.

• Zhang Zhaomu woke with the thought that his new persona was [Cat] and realized he could load or unload [Refined] whenever he wanted.
• Zhang Zhaomu repeatedly chose to sleep through Monday morning, despite remembering that he was the class monitor and had missed the flag-raising ceremony.
• Zhang Zhaomu realized that [Cat] was making him unusually sleepy and blamed the persona for persuading him to stay in bed.
• Zhang Zhaomu loaded [Refined], overcame his sleepiness, and sprang out of bed.
• Zhang Zhaomu hit his head on the ceiling and realized something had changed about his body.

After gaining the [Cat] persona, Zhang Zhaomu discovered it gave him catlike instincts as well as unusual reflexes, and he struggled to keep them under control on his way to school. The chapter ended with him reacting to a motorcycle starting as if it were a threat, on the verge of leaping onto a shop awning.

• Zhang Zhaomu woke by springing off the bed and hitting the ceiling, then found he could not repeat the feat with an ordinary jump.
• Zhang Zhaomu knocked over bathroom items and realized the [Cat] persona had given him catlike urges, which he feared would cause trouble at school.
• Zhang Zhaomu resolved to endure the persona for a week until he could uninstall it, then hurried out to school.
• Zhang Zhaomu became distracted by roadside stalls as he walked toward Xinxi No. 1 High School, but the [Refined] persona helped him resist playing with them.
• Zhang Zhaomu heard a motorcycle start behind him, experienced the world slowing down, and instinctively began to leap toward a shop awning before realizing the driver had only started his bike.

After [Cat]'s abilities activated in response to a motorcycle starting, Zhang Zhaomu learned that stress and following the persona's instincts could trigger them. He reached school by climbing over the wall, but his catlike impulses disrupted class and led him to grab his deskmate's hair.

• Zhang Zhaomu suppressed an involuntary leap when a motorcycle startled him, then realized the shock had triggered [Cat]'s enhanced senses and agility.
• Zhang Zhaomu avoided the busy street, climbed over the school wall, and concluded that following [Cat]'s instincts could also activate his abilities.
• Zhang Zhaomu arrived late to Humanities Class Nine, and Chen Yongchao told him to come to the office after class.
• Zhang Zhaomu struggled to sit still and focus as [Cat]'s instincts made the classroom feel unbearable.
• Zhang Zhaomu grabbed a lock of his deskmate's hair, prompting the student to turn toward him with alarm.

After Zhang Zhaomu accidentally touched Xiang Qing’s hair, he apologized and gave her a vague explanation, while she quietly questioned him about it. He fell asleep in class and was summoned to Chen Yongchao’s office, where another teacher recognized him as the popular image consultant who had caused Chen trouble.

• Zhang Zhaomu apologized to Xiang Qing for touching her hair, and she replied that she was okay.
• Xiang Qing asked Zhang Zhaomu why he had touched her hair, and he said it looked nice.
• Zhang Zhaomu fell asleep during Chen Yongchao’s lesson and woke when Chen called him over.
• Chen Yongchao took Zhang Zhaomu to the teachers’ office and reminded him that he had caused trouble with the higher-ups.
• A teacher recognized Zhang Zhaomu as the image consultant who had become popular at the school.

Zhang Zhaomu met with Chen Yongchao over his makeover business and lateness, agreeing to limit his orders and follow school rules. After Zhang left, Chen and another teacher discussed the troubles in Chen’s class, and the teacher asked whether Zhang could style him for a blind date.

• Chen Yongchao reprimanded Zhang Zhaomu for being late and ordered him to submit a self-criticism before the end of the day.
• Chen Yongchao warned Zhang Zhaomu that his makeover business had drawn the school leadership’s attention and set rules about studies, appearance standards, and dating.
• Zhang Zhaomu said he would take only three orders a week and promised to follow Chen Yongchao’s instructions.
• After Zhang Zhaomu left, another teacher criticized Chen Yongchao for letting him off easily and warned that he seemed like a troublemaker.
• Chen Yongchao told the teacher about the transferred student whose mother had repeatedly complained, then the teacher revealed he hoped Zhang Zhaomu could style him for a blind date.

Zhang Zhaomu fought the [Cat] persona’s urge to tug at Duan Chan'er’s dress bow, then escaped suspicion by offering styling advice. During math class, he wrote his self-criticism and exchanged notes with Xiang Qing, who asked whether their homeroom teacher had scolded him and insisted they not chat in class.

• Zhang Zhaomu ran into Duan Chan'er and struggled to resist touching the bow at her neckline.
• Zhang Zhaomu complimented Duan Chan'er's outfit and suggested a thin silver necklace, convincing her he had been studying her styling.
• Zhang Zhaomu wrote a self-criticism during math class, then received a note from Xiang Qing asking what the homeroom teacher had said.
• Zhang Zhaomu whispered that Old Chen had not scolded him, but Xiang Qing avoided answering aloud and passed him another note.
• Xiang Qing told Zhang Zhaomu that they should not chat in class, and he wrote back that they had barely spoken in the week they had been deskmates.

Zhang Zhaomu learned that Xiang Qing had grown up avoiding boys because her mother loathed them, but he stopped her from sharing the family story. Xiang Qing explained why she chose to sit with him and admitted that secretly passing notes in class was something she had long wanted to try.

• Xiang Qing told Zhang Zhaomu that she had little experience with boys because her mother kept her from them and loathed them because of Xiang Qing’s biological father.
• Xiang Qing offered to write Zhang Zhaomu a long account of her family, but he declined and changed the subject.
• Zhang Zhaomu asked Xiang Qing for her impression of him, and she first repeated his suggested compliments before giving her honest view.
• Xiang Qing explained that her mother usually arranged for her to sit in the front row and avoid boys, but she chose Zhang Zhaomu because he respected her boundaries and she wanted to try sharing a desk with a boy.
• Xiang Qing told Zhang Zhaomu that passing notes in class felt new and that she had wanted to try it for a long time.

Zhang Zhaomu tried to talk with Xiang Qing and learned she struggled to speak with him, then went to see Chen Zhenzhen during the break. He teased Chen by grabbing both of her hair buns, leaving her furious.

• Xiang Qing explained that she had wanted to pass notes in class and said she had transferred from No. 3 High School to No. 1 High School, but she could not explain why.
• After class, Zhang Zhaomu asked Xiang Qing about her transfer and found that she could barely answer him aloud.
• Zhang Zhaomu saw sports students sitting in a chain and tossed an empty mineral water bottle into a trash can as he passed.
• Zhang Zhaomu visited Chen Zhenzhen, who told him girls were offering money and favors to get styling appointments with him.
• Zhang Zhaomu poked Chen Zhenzhen's hair buns, then grabbed one in each hand, making her flush with anger.

Zhang Zhaomu teased Chen Zhenzhen, then read a long note in which Xiang Qing described her reasons for transferring and her loneliness in the dorm. He reassured Xiang Qing that her note was sincere and that he did not mind getting to know her better.

• Zhang Zhaomu tugged at Chen Zhenzhen’s hair bun, dodged her kick, and taunted her as he ran away.
• Zhang Zhaomu returned to class, where the boys’ bottle-throwing game turned into a contest to touch high places after they saw him reach the doorframe.
• Zhang Zhaomu slept through most of history class and woke near lunch break.
• Xiang Qing passed Zhang Zhaomu a lengthy note explaining why she transferred schools and describing her difficulties adjusting to dorm life.
• Xiang Qing apologized for writing so much, and Zhang Zhaomu told her that her note was sincere and he did not mind learning about her.

Zhang Zhaomu encouraged Xiang Qing to communicate with him, then learned her mother had arranged nutritious meals for her at a restaurant. He ran into Chen Zhenzhen, whose attempt at revenge turned into a joking exchange, and the chapter ended with Zhang Zhaomu asking to tug on her jumper strap.

• Xiang Qing spoke aloud and began to smile after Zhang Zhaomu told her she could talk or write to him whenever she wanted.
• Xiang Qing wrote that her mother had arranged a long-term meal plan at a nearby restaurant, and she offered to bring Zhang Zhaomu takeout.
• Zhang Zhaomu tried to leave for lunch but found Chen Zhenzhen waiting by the classroom door to get even with him.
• Chen Zhenzhen threatened to embarrass Zhang Zhaomu with white silk, but his shameless reaction ruined her enjoyment of the revenge.
• Zhang Zhaomu asked Chen Zhenzhen to buy him lunch, then raised his hand toward her jumper strap and asked if he could tug it.

Chen Zhenzhen mistook Zhang Zhaomu’s teasing and furtive glances for signs that he wanted to confess, while Zhang Zhaomu worried that his [Cat] persona was making him act inappropriately around her. After they awkwardly parted, Xiang Qing offered him spare ribs and a note in the classroom.

• Chen Zhenzhen interpreted Zhang Zhaomu’s behavior as romantic interest and panicked about how a relationship might change their friendship.
• Zhang Zhaomu asked Chen Zhenzhen to treat him, but she misunderstood him until he clarified that he meant a meal and iced black tea.
• Chen Zhenzhen and Zhang Zhaomu ate lunch in awkward silence, then parted at the stairwell after she said she would skip New Era to do homework.
• Zhang Zhaomu reflected that he might have gone too far because of the [Cat] persona and decided to spend less time around Chen Zhenzhen for the week.
• Xiang Qing offered Zhang Zhaomu spare ribs from her lunchbox and explained in a note that she had saved them for him.

Zhang Zhaomu shared ribs with Xiang Qing, endured the [Cat] persona’s restlessness through evening self-study, and went hunting for a mouse in the grove. Chen Zhenzhen finished class and found that Zhang Zhaomu had not waited for her.

• Xiang Qing shared her ribs with Zhang Zhaomu, and they took turns eating from the same chopsticks.
• Zhang Zhaomu helped a classmate with a makeover, then struggled to control [Cat]’s urge to cause trouble during evening self-study.
• After class, Zhang Zhaomu left without waiting for Chen Zhenzhen and went to the grove to hunt a mouse.
• Chen Zhenzhen left class with Wang Qianzi and looked toward the stairway, but Zhang Zhaomu was not there.

Chen Zhenzhen worried that Zhang Zhaomu had stopped waiting for her because she had rejected his advances, so she decided to confront him and accept dating him. When she found him, she learned he had simply been away and asked why he had acted strangely at noon, but Zhang Zhaomu denied having anything to say.

• Chen Zhenzhen realized Zhang Zhaomu had left school without waiting for her and feared he was giving up on her.
• Wang Qianzi walked Chen Zhenzhen to the school gate and encouraged her to talk about anything troubling her.
• Chen Zhenzhen decided she would agree to date Zhang Zhaomu and went to his apartment to confront him.
• Zhang Zhaomu returned while Chen Zhenzhen waited at his door, looking dirty from a cleanup in the school grove.
• Chen Zhenzhen admitted she thought Zhang Zhaomu no longer wanted to talk to her, and he denied having anything he wanted to say.

Chen Zhenzhen confronted Zhang Zhaomu about his feelings and asked whether he liked her, but he denied it and insisted they were just good bros. When she pressed him to explain his strange behavior at noon, Zhang Zhaomu finally admitted that he liked her.

• Chen Zhenzhen cornered Zhang Zhaomu at his door and demanded that they settle the tension between them.
• Chen Zhenzhen asked Zhang Zhaomu if he liked her, but he called her assumption a misconception and insisted they were good bros.
• Chen Zhenzhen accepted his denial at first, then questioned him about his unusual reaction at noon.
• Zhang Zhaomu tried to evade her questions, then admitted, "I like you!"

Chen Zhenzhen confronted Zhang Zhaomu about his supposed confession, only to learn that he had been fantasizing about her. She left in mortification, determined to punish him by refusing to talk to him for a day.

• Chen Zhenzhen challenged Zhang Zhaomu to explain his confession and threatened to call her mother from his phone.
• Chen Zhenzhen unlocked Zhang Zhaomu's phone and started a call, prompting him to admit that he had secretly looked at her chest and fantasized about her.
• Chen Zhenzhen dismissed Zhang Zhaomu's protests, called him a pervert, and left his home.
• Outside, Chen Zhenzhen panicked over how to face Zhang Zhaomu and decided not to talk to him for a day.

Unable to sleep because the [Cat] persona kept him restless, Zhang Zhaomu went out for a walk and ran into Duan Chan'er, who invited him to get barbecue. Their outing took a turn when Zhang Zhaomu heard a sound in a dark alley and went to investigate.

• Zhang Zhaomu worried about the effects of his weekly personas and found that he could not sleep.
• Zhang Zhaomu went outside for a walk and met Duan Chan'er as she left her room.
• Duan Chan'er invited Zhang Zhaomu to get barbecue, and they walked together toward Crossroads Barbecue.
• Zhang Zhaomu heard a sound in a dark alley and started walking into it, leaving Duan Chan'er uneasy.

Zhang Zhaomu and Duan Chan'er found two newborn puppies abandoned in a trash bin and took them home to try to save them. Duan Chan'er said she had goat's milk at home, and the two headed there to feed the puppies.

• Zhang Zhaomu heard a whimper from a trash bin and searched through the garbage despite his disgust.
• Zhang Zhaomu and Duan Chan'er found two weak, newborn puppies and decided to take them home.
• Zhang Zhaomu used his T-shirt to lift the puppies out of the bin, and Duan Chan'er offered to help care for them.
• On their way back, Duan Chan'er told Zhang Zhaomu about her childhood dog, and they discussed whether he liked dogs.
• Zhang Zhaomu asked what newborn puppies could drink, and Duan Chan'er said she had goat's milk at home.

Zhang Zhaomu and Duan Chan'er rescued two newborn puppies and worked together at Duan Chan'er's apartment to feed and clean them. They settled the puppies into a warm nest, but the pair knew they would need to stay up through the night to care for them.

• Zhang Zhaomu brought the dirty newborn puppies to his apartment, but Duan Chan'er warned him that bathing them could kill them.
• Duan Chan'er took Zhang Zhaomu and the puppies to her apartment, where she prepared warm goat's milk and supplies for their care.
• Zhang Zhaomu made a feeder from a kitchen glove and fed the puppies while Duan Chan'er gently cleaned them and dried them with a hair dryer.
• Zhang Zhaomu and Duan Chan'er placed the puppies in a cardboard box lined with old clothes and watched them fall asleep.
• Duan Chan'er explained that the puppies needed feeding every two to three hours and manual help relieving themselves, so she refused to leave Zhang Zhaomu to care for them alone.

Zhang Zhaomu and Duan Chan'er found abandoned puppies, and Duan Chan'er later told her readers about them through her online identity, Bing Chan. Zhang Zhaomu recognized her genuine happiness at making a friend and resolved to make things right with Chen Zhenzhen the next day.

• Duan Chan'er told Zhang Zhaomu that his classmates respected him as class monitor, and he left her home near one in the morning.
• Duan Chan'er admired the two rescued puppies and decided to discuss names with Zhang Zhaomu before naming them.
• Duan Chan'er told her readers she was taking a day off because she had found abandoned puppies, and she sent a photo to Jasmine Meow.
• Zhang Zhaomu replied to Duan Chan'er as Jasmine Meow and learned how happy she was that her daughter had made a friend.
• Zhang Zhaomu worried that his argument with Chen Zhenzhen had crossed a line and decided to make it up to her the next day.