Chapter Summaries

Zhang Zhaomu attracted several classmates with his image makeover of Chen Zhenzhen and began taking paid makeover orders. After sending clothing recommendations to his new clients, he returned to reading the novel, whose story had finally begun to progress.

• Song Xuanxuan and Wang Lan asked Zhang Zhaomu for makeover advice, and he explained which styles and clothing choices would suit them.
• Song Xuanxuan and Wang Lan agreed to pay Zhang Zhaomu for makeovers and asked him to choose outfits within their budgets.
• More girls approached Zhang Zhaomu, who secured five makeover orders before class began.
• Zhang Zhaomu chose clothes for his clients and sent them links by the end of the lesson.
• Zhang Zhaomu opened the novel website and found that its story had finally made substantial progress.

Zhang Zhaomu joined Bing Chan’s readers’ group and watched its members plead for bonus chapters before chatting with Chen Zhenzhen after evening study. Chen Zhenzhen complained about the attention she was receiving from boys, while Zhang Zhaomu took the attention he got in stride.

• Zhang Zhaomu joined the readers’ group, searched for the promised bonus extras, and saw members joke and complain about Bing Chan’s slow updates.
• Bing Chan appeared in the chat and defended his four-thousand-character daily limit as the group’s conversation turned to the novel and lewd pictures.
• Zhang Zhaomu wondered whether Duan Chan’er read the group chat but could not find her among its many members.
• After evening study, Zhang Zhaomu waited outside Class One and teased Chen Zhenzhen about the attention her new appearance had drawn.
• Chen Zhenzhen described the many ways boys were trying to pursue her, while Zhang Zhaomu reassured her that the attention would fade.

Chen Zhenzhen went home after spending time with Zhang Zhaomu, who resisted the urge to wash her clothes and chatted with her about games. Later, Zhang Zhaomu helped Bing Chan find a locksmith, and the author privately told him the locksmith would take at least an hour to arrive.

• Chen Zhenzhen left her new clothes at Zhang Zhaomu’s apartment and went home, asking him not to choose any more ill-fitting outfits or include stockings.
• Zhang Zhaomu received Chen Zhenzhen’s message that she had arrived home, but they decided not to play Honor of Kings because her mother was asking about her haircut.
• Bing Chan asked their group chat how to find a locksmith, and Zhang Zhaomu suggested asking property management or checking nearby walls for a number.
• Bing Chan privately told Zhang Zhaomu that he had contacted a locksmith, but the locksmith would take at least an hour to arrive.

Zhang Zhaomu chatted with Bing Chan, who was locked out and needed a bathroom, before his neighbor and classmate Duan Chan'er arrived with the same predicament. The uncanny coincidence left Zhang Zhaomu wondering whether the two situations were connected.

• Zhang Zhaomu chatted with Bing Chan, who had forgotten his keys and was waiting for a locksmith outside his home.
• Bing Chan told Zhang Zhaomu that he urgently needed to use the bathroom but felt embarrassed to ask a neighbor.
• After Zhang Zhaomu joked that a desperate person would knock on a neighbor's door, someone knocked at his own door.
• Duan Chan'er told Zhang Zhaomu she had also forgotten her keys and asked to use his bathroom while waiting for a locksmith.
• Zhang Zhaomu realized Duan Chan'er's situation closely matched the one he had just discussed with Bing Chan and wondered if the coincidence was too great.

Zhang Zhaomu realized that his literary classmate Duan Chan'er secretly wrote web novels as Bing Chan, but kept the discovery to himself. When Duan Chan'er mistook clothes in his bathroom for evidence that Chen Zhenzhen was living with him, he explained the situation and invited her to wait for a locksmith.

• Zhang Zhaomu connected Duan Chan'er to the online novelist Bing Chan and decided not to reveal that he knew her secret.
• Duan Chan'er came out of the bathroom and declined Zhang Zhaomu's offer to sit, saying she did not want to disturb him and Chen Zhenzhen.
• Duan Chan'er explained that she assumed Chen Zhenzhen was there because she had seen Chen Zhenzhen's clothes in the bathroom.
• Zhang Zhaomu explained why Chen Zhenzhen's clothes were at his home and opened the bedroom door to show Duan Chan'er that nobody else was there.
• Duan Chan'er apologized for misunderstanding, then sat down to wait for the locksmith and declined Zhang Zhaomu's offer of water.

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.