Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhenzhen confessed her feelings to Zhang Zhaomu but told him he did not need to reciprocate, leaving their relationship as best friends for now. They reunited with Xiang Qing at the hotel, where she was embarrassed about her drunken behavior the previous night and Chen Zhenzhen learned Zhang Zhaomu had gone to help her.

• Chen Zhenzhen told Zhang Zhaomu she liked him, admitted she would still get jealous, and said they could discuss dating if his feelings changed.
• Zhang Zhaomu accepted that they could remain best friends and joked with Chen Zhenzhen as they walked back to the hotel.
• Zhang Zhaomu brought breakfast to Xiang Qing, who blushed as she remembered calling him over while drunk the night before.
• Chen Zhenzhen asked whether Zhang Zhaomu had visited Xiang Qing after taking her home, and Zhang Zhaomu explained he had gone to help her sober up.
• Xiang Qing praised Zhang Zhaomu, and Chen Zhenzhen told her to call them both if she needed help again.

Chen Zhenzhen admitted she liked Zhang Zhaomu and told Wang Qianzi she had confessed, but he had rejected her as a friend. Rumors spread that Zhang Zhaomu had taken Xiang Qing to a hotel, and Duan Chan'er asked him whether they were true.

• Chen Zhenzhen told Wang Qianzi she liked Zhang Zhaomu and had already confessed to him, but he saw her as one of the guys.
• Wang Qianzi was shocked that Chen Zhenzhen had confessed so quickly and questioned whether her romance theories matched real life.
• Classmates spread rumors that Zhang Zhaomu had taken Xiang Qing to a hotel, and they exaggerated the story to involve Chen Zhenzhen and other girls.
• Zhang Zhaomu dismissed the rumors, expecting them to fade, and apologized to Duan Chan'er in case they had bothered her.
• Duan Chan'er asked Zhang Zhaomu whether the rumors about him and Xiang Qing were true.

Zhang Zhaomu visited Duan Chan'er hoping to see the puppies and get lunch, but discovered she had taken time off to prepare for her father's surprise return. Duan Boyuan arrived while Zhang Zhaomu was there, and Duan Chan'er worried that her father might expose her secret identity as author Bing Chan.

• Duan Chan'er questioned Zhang Zhaomu about his night with Xiang Qing and Chen Zhen, then told him the puppies could eat softened dog food.
• Zhang Zhaomu studied during class and noticed Duan Chan'er was absent; he went to her room for lunch after Chen Zhenzhen was unavailable.
• Duan Chan'er explained that she had left class to tidy up before her father arrived unexpectedly from the provincial capital.
• Zhang Zhaomu met Duan Boyuan in the stairwell and politely left for his own room, while Duan Chan'er feared Zhang Zhaomu would recognize her as Bing Chan.
• Duan Boyuan asked about Zhang Zhaomu, who lived across the hall, and Duan Chan'er invited her father inside to eat.

Duan Boyuan visited Duan Chan'er, met her new puppies, and questioned her about her closeness with Zhang Zhaomu. Duan Chan'er insisted they were only friends and ended the conversation in anger, leaving Duan Boyuan more suspicious about what she was hiding.

• Duan Chan'er introduced September and Barbecue to Duan Boyuan and explained that Zhang Zhaomu had found them abandoned by the roadside.
• Duan Boyuan teased Duan Chan'er about Zhang Zhaomu and uncovered that she had lied about him already having eaten.
• Duan Boyuan asked about Duan Chan'er's relationship with Zhang Zhaomu, while she insisted they were only friends and denied that she was interested in dating him.
• Duan Chan'er lost her temper when Duan Boyuan kept probing, threatened to feed the meal to the puppies, and refused to continue the conversation.
• Duan Boyuan backed off and served Duan Chan'er food, but privately wondered what secret about Zhang Zhaomu she was hiding.

Zhang Zhaomu pranked Xiang Qing on the way to school, then read Duan Chan'er's novel during lunch. Duan Chan'er later apologized for not inviting him to eat with her and her father, and explained that her father was a publishing-house editor-in-chief.

• Zhang Zhaomu followed Xiang Qing on the street and made her think a stranger was stalking her before revealing the prank.
• Zhang Zhaomu and Xiang Qing walked to school together and talked about lunch and her appetite.
• Zhang Zhaomu read the latest updates to Duan Chan'er's novel and noted that its plot followed ideas they had discussed.
• Duan Chan'er saw Zhang Zhaomu reading her novel and asked him to speak with her in the corridor.
• Duan Chan'er apologized for not inviting Zhang Zhaomu to lunch because her father had come to see her, then told him her father worked as a publishing-house editor-in-chief.