Chapter Summaries

Cheng Che figured out Lu Yunxiao’s predictable returns and turned the match around by anticipating his shots. After winning the third set six to four, Cheng Che prepared to face Lu Yunxiao in the fourth set.

• Cheng Che’s [Flash of Inspiration] activated, and he realized Lu Yunxiao relied on deep shots down the middle to force opponents into mistakes.
• Cheng Che deliberately dropped the first two games of the third set while testing his read of Lu Yunxiao’s patterns, then broke serve with a series of early anticipations.
• Lu Yunxiao tried changing direction, but Cheng Che exploited his weak angles and held serve to even the set at two all.
• Cheng Che and Lu Yunxiao traded holds until Cheng Che broke again and served out the third set six to four.
• Qin Lie asked whether Cheng Che had staged his early losses, while Lu Yunxiao recognized that Cheng Che had seen through him as the fourth set began.

Cheng Che defeated Lu Yunxiao in five sets, establishing himself as the tournament favorite and moving closer to the championship. After the match, Lu Yunxiao acknowledged Cheng Che’s talent, while Cheng Che focused on completing his Stamina Trial task.

• Cheng Che adapted to Lu Yunxiao’s patterns and dominated the fourth set, winning it six-two.
• Cheng Che overwhelmed Lu Yunxiao in the fifth set, breaking his serve repeatedly and winning the match seven-six, four-six, six-four, six-two, six-one.
• Lin Yan and Zhou Zhou praised Cheng Che’s undefeated run and discussed whether a new tennis king was rising.
• Yan Ruanning, Su Jianqiu, Su Qingyue, and Father Su watched Cheng Che’s victory and applauded him.
• Lu Yunxiao shook hands with Cheng Che, admitted he had been wrong about Cheng Che’s talent, and accepted his loss.
• Qin Lie told Cheng Che that the championship was within reach, while Cheng Che thought about completing his Stamina Trial task.

Cheng Che advanced to the National Youth Games final after defeating Zhou Huan and Wei Ran, while his rise drew national attention and Federer arrived to watch. The chapter ended as Cheng Che and Jiang Shuo prepared to enter the court for the final.

• Cheng Che ignored the online attention as Qin Lie reviewed his upcoming opponents with him.
• Cheng Che defeated Zhou Huan 6–3, 6–2 in the quarterfinals.
• Cheng Che defeated Wei Ran 6–2, 6–4 in the semifinals and advanced to the final against Jiang Shuo.
• Federer arrived with his wife and daughters and took his seat in the VIP section to watch the final.
• Cheng Che and Jiang Shuo prepared to enter the court as Federer waited for Cheng Che to appear.

Cheng Che defeated Jiang Shuo to win the National Youth Games men's singles championship, completing his final stamina trial as Federer presented him with the trophy. After the ceremony, Cheng Che met Yan Ruanning, and they finally went to share the meal they had long planned.

• Cheng Che beat Jiang Shuo in four sets, winning the championship after nine straight victories.
• Federer surprised the crowd by presenting Cheng Che with the trophy and telling him he hoped to see him on the international stage.
• Cheng Che received the notification that he had completed all three trials.
• Cheng Che accepted Yan Ruanning's invitation to eat, left Qin Lie's car, and met her at the stadium's east gate.
• Yan Ruanning drove Cheng Che to a Chinese restaurant as they finally prepared to share their long-awaited meal.

After winning the championship, Cheng Che received a talent that healed his injuries and a title that pressured opponents and favored him in competition. Yan Ruanning gave him matching tennis shoes, and Cheng Che realized they were a couple’s pair as he saw the love in her eyes.

• Cheng Che checked the system and received Self-Healing Instinct, which quickly repaired his lingering injuries.
• Cheng Che received and equipped the Champion title, whose aura made opponents doubt themselves and tilted third-party judgments in his favor.
• Yan Ruanning told Cheng Che that her father wanted him to film a promotional video for No. 13 Middle School when he returned to Spring City, and Cheng Che agreed to visit him.
• Cheng Che and Yan Ruanning ate together, sharing small, familiar gestures that showed their relationship had grown closer.
• Yan Ruanning gave Cheng Che black tennis shoes, and he discovered she had bought herself a matching, smaller pair.

Cheng Che’s family celebrated his tennis victory, then learned that online rumors linked him romantically to singer Yan Ruanning, who was revealed to be Xu Ruanning, Old Xu’s daughter. As the speculation spread, Yan Ping recognized that her daughter liked Cheng Che, while Guo Xin defended their rumored relationship in the class group chat.

• Cheng Jianguo’s family watched Cheng Che win the tennis final and celebrated over lunch.
• Xu Qian showed the family an online video claiming Yan Ruanning had attended several of Cheng Che’s matches, and Jiang Xue explained that Yan Ruanning was Xu Ruanning, Teacher Xu’s daughter.
• Yan Ping saw the dating rumors and a livestream clip, then told Old Xu that Ningning liked Cheng Che.
• Guo Xin shared his belief that Cheng Che and Yan Ruanning were involved in the class group chat, then messaged Cheng Che for confirmation.

Yan Ruanning and Cheng Che responded to rumors sparked by her attending all of his matches, then parted on warm terms. Back at Qin Lie’s home, Cheng Che committed to continuing tennis and accepted the first stages of three demanding advancement trials.

• Xiao Zhou told Yan Ruanning that blurry photos of her attending Cheng Che’s matches had made their supposed relationship a trending topic, and Cheng Che realized she had watched every match.
• Yan Ruanning decided the photos did not prove anything, while Cheng Che encouraged her to handle work and said they could keep in touch and meet in Spring City.
• Yan Ruanning left with Xiao Zhou, and Cheng Che returned to Qin Lie’s home after finishing their meal.
• Qin Lie asked whether Yan Ruanning was Cheng Che’s girlfriend and worried that Cheng Che might leave tennis for university, but Cheng Che said he would keep training and asked Qin Lie to coach him later.
• Cheng Che checked the system’s high-rank trials, which required worldwide popularity, a national academic award, and a Grand Slam victory, then accepted the first-stage tasks for all three.

Cheng Che accepted three trials, opened his tennis training pack, and returned to Spring City to visit his family. His teacher asked him to come to school to film a promotional video, leaving Cheng Che feeling awkward as he thought of Yan Ruanning.

• Cheng Che accepted the Charisma, Intelligence, and Stamina trials and planned to use his family's business for the commercial venture objective.
• Cheng Che opened the Advanced Tennis Training Pack, received a racket and four training packs, and considered running as his second sport.
• Cheng Che noticed a video of Su Qingyue watching his final and wondered whether she had a crush on him.
• Cheng Che flew back to Spring City and reunited with Cheng Jianguo and Jiang Xue, who worried that he had lost weight.
• Cheng Jianguo told Cheng Che that Old Xu wanted him to visit school to film a promotional video, and Cheng Che thought of Yan Ruanning and their matching shoes.

Cheng Che returned to his tennis routine in Spring City and reunited with Guo Xin, who was trying to lose weight by swimming. After Guo Xin showed him a provincial cultural tourism video contest, Cheng Che agreed to make a video with him and planned to film at the school first.

• Cheng Che practiced tennis with his new racket at People's Park, then ran five kilometers and arranged to discuss a school promotional video with Old Xu.
• Cheng Che visited Guo Xin and found him swimming at the municipal pool in an effort to lose weight.
• Guo Xin showed Cheng Che the Caiyun Province Cultural Tourism Promotional Video Competition, whose first-place prize was 500,000 yuan.
• Cheng Che connected the contest video to his Charisma Trial mission and agreed to enter with Guo Xin.
• Cheng Che told Guo Xin he would film a school promotional video the next day and start their project in earnest the day after.

After returning to Spring City, Cheng Che visited the tennis center and reunited with Old Chen before joining classmates to film a promotional video for No. 13 Middle School. The chapter ended with Old Xu hinting that Cheng Che might give him a grandchild, leaving Cheng Che bewildered about whom he meant.

• Cheng Che visited the tennis center, where Old Chen welcomed him and the young players asked him for autographs and photos.
• Cheng Che returned to No. 13 Middle School and reunited with Su Qingyue, Lin Xiao, and Zhou Mingxuan before joining the promotional video shoot.
• Cheng Che joked about the students treating him like an exhibit, easing the awkward atmosphere in the principal's office.
• Cheng Che and Su Qingyue filmed a classroom study scene together, and Su Qingyue told him they should keep in touch while studying in Capital City.
• Old Xu told Cheng Che that he did not want to hold a grandchild so soon, leaving Cheng Che confused about whom he meant.

Cheng Che considered the system’s three trials and found an idea for his charisma challenge: film a day exploring Spring City. He and Guo Xin began planning the video, intending to start filming the next day.

• Cheng Che reviewed the stamina, intelligence, and charisma trials, weighing sports for the first and waiting for his parents’ breakfast-shop plans before tackling the second.
• Wang Xiumei greeted Cheng Che warmly, praised his success, and helped him add Zhou Hao on WeChat.
• Cheng Che decided to make a video about a day in Spring City and post it as an entry in the cultural and tourism competition.
• Cheng Che told Guo Xin his idea, and Guo Xin agreed to list the city’s appealing places and food while Cheng Che worked out how to film them.

Cheng Che’s parents chose a cultural and creative shop for their new business, and his friends planned a culture and tourism promotional video centered on his daily life and Caiyun Province’s sights. The group agreed to meet before dawn to film Cheng Che practicing.

• Cheng Jianguo and Jiang Xue showed Cheng Che the storefront they had chosen for a cultural and creative shop, and Cheng Che encouraged them to keep reasonable hours.
• Guo Xin invited Cheng Che, Su Qingyue, Lin Xiao, and Zhou Mingxuan to a video call to discuss a culture and tourism promotional video.
• Guo Xin proposed filming Cheng Che’s daily routine, but Zhou Mingxuan suggested adding quick cuts of distinctive sights in Caiyun Province and ending with Cheng Che welcoming viewers to the capital of Caiyun.
• Cheng Che approved Zhou Mingxuan’s plan, and the group agreed to begin filming his morning practice the next day.
• Cheng Che told everyone to meet at the entrance to Clearwater Bay Residential Complex before five, and Guo Xin agreed to have his mother wake him.

Cheng Che met his friends before dawn to film himself practicing tennis at People's Park, then treated them to breakfast. The group learned that the episode of Life Slowed Down featuring Cheng Che would air the next day.

• Guo Xin, Su Qingyue, Lin Xiao, and Zhou Mingxuan met Cheng Che at the entrance to Clearwater Bay Residential Complex before dawn.
• Cheng Che and his friends walked to People's Park, where they discussed their university plans; Su Qingyue, Lin Xiao, and Guo Xin chose Capital City, while Zhou Mingxuan was going to Magic City.
• Cheng Che activated a Training Recovery Card and practiced tennis while Guo Xin, Zhou Mingxuan, Su Qingyue, and Lin Xiao filmed him.
• Cheng Che treated his friends to breakfast after Guo Xin complained that filming with a phone had tired his arms.
• Guo Xin discovered that the episode of Life Slowed Down featuring Cheng Che would air the next day.

Cheng Che and Guo Xin filmed more footage around Spring City while viewers gathered to watch Cheng Che’s episode of Life Slowed Down. His striking entrance captivated Yan Ruanning’s fans, including two roommates, leaving them eager to see more of him.

• Cheng Che and Guo Xin discussed the episode preview, and Cheng Che encouraged Guo Xin to praise him in the bullet comments.
• Cheng Che exchanged playful WeChat messages with Yan Ruanning about her handling of the lawyer’s letter and their undefined relationship.
• Cheng Che, Guo Xin, Zhou Mingxuan, Su Qingyue, and Lin Xiao filmed Cheng Che visiting Spring City landmarks until evening.
• Cheng Che watched the Life Slowed Down livestream as viewers filled the bullet comments with speculation about him and Yan Ruanning.
• Huang Chengcheng and Hu Manni watched Cheng Che arrive at the Mushroom House, and both admitted they had fallen for him.

Cheng Che’s appearance on Life Slowed Down went viral, winning over viewers and softening Yan Ruanning’s fans toward their rumored relationship. As Yan Ruanning wondered what Cheng Che meant to her, Su Qingyue resolved to take better pictures of him than the show’s photographer.

• The episode’s footage of Cheng Che spread across Weibo and Douyin, and the show’s director celebrated the success of his expanded edit.
• Yan Ruanning’s fans began accepting the possibility that she and Cheng Che were together, while Zhihu users debated whether they should oppose the match.
• Yan Ruanning asked Xiao Zhou what Cheng Che was to her and admitted that neither of them had confessed their feelings.
• Su Qingyue repeatedly watched Cheng Che’s entrance, tried to recreate the shot, and wrote that she would take better pictures than the photographer.

Cheng Che selected running as his second sport, received new training items and talents, and began training at the park with his friends filming. He completed his five-kilometer run with his breathing naturally synchronized to his strides.

• Cheng Che concluded that online attention did not count as influence unless it prompted people to take concrete action, and decided to focus on tourism and culture videos.
• Cheng Che selected running for the Stamina Trial and received running training packs, Sneakers That Never Chafe, Natural Breathing Rhythm, and the Phantom Pinky Ring.
• Cheng Che tested the ring on Jiang Xue and Cheng Jianguo, realizing it encouraged belief in plausible claims but could not make people accept absurd ones.
• Cheng Che went to the park early to train, where Guo Xin, Su Qingyue, Lin Xiao, and Zhou Mingxuan arrived with cameras to film him.
• Cheng Che set out for a five-kilometer run; Guo Xin and Lin Xiao slowed down, while Zhou Mingxuan and Su Qingyue tried to keep up before the group paused.
• Cheng Che continued alone, running steadily as Natural Breathing Rhythm synchronized his breaths with his strides.

Cheng Che ran nearly ten kilometers while his classmates struggled to keep up and film him, then took them to see his family’s new cultural and creative shop on Spring City Old Street. The shop was already nearly ready, and Jiang Xue explained that she and Cheng Che’s father had researched the business before opening it.

• Cheng Che’s classmates chased him on electric scooters after they could not keep up on foot, and Su Qingyue filmed him completing a run of nearly ten kilometers.
• The group returned to the park by bus, where elderly passengers eagerly joined the filming and took up much of the footage.
• After sharing rice noodles, Cheng Che offered to cover travel expenses so the group could film local specialties and went with them toward Spring City Old Street.
• Cheng Che and his classmates found Jiang Xue arranging goods in the family’s new shop, which she said had been stocked the morning after they took it over.
• Guo Xin asked Jiang Xue if he could be the shop’s spokesperson, and she told him there might be a chance someday.

Cheng Che filmed at Jiang Xue’s shop, registered for the Spring City Marathon, and planned a trip to Yunnan with his classmates. The next day, he visited Su Jianqiu on set, where she welcomed him with an enthusiastic hug and pulled him inside.

• Cheng Che helped film and organize Jiang Xue’s cultural products shop while his classmates recorded footage for a competition video.
• Cheng Che heard about the Spring City Marathon’s prize money, registered for the full marathon, and told his classmates he planned to win.
• Cheng Jianguo discussed a possible Yunnan trip with Cheng Che and urged him to finish his driving tests.
• Yan Ruanning told Cheng Che that Su Jianqiu wanted him to visit her on set, and Cheng Che agreed.
• Cheng Che traveled to the film base, where Su Jianqiu ran out to greet him, hugged him, and led him inside.

Cheng Che visited Su Jianqiu’s filming set, but after taking off his mask, he was mistaken for a featured extra and given a role. The chapter ended with Su Jianqiu spotting him in a school uniform, surprised that he had ended up acting.

• Cheng Che followed Su Jianqiu into the studio complex, where she introduced him to her assistant, Xiao Liu.
• Xiao Liu took Cheng Che around the set, then left him alone near the extras’ makeup area because her stomach hurt.
• After Cheng Che removed his mask, the people around him noticed his looks, and the assistant director mistook him for a featured extra and sent him to get ready for a role.
• Cheng Che read the script for Zhou Xiaobei, changed into a school uniform, and prepared to act opposite the male lead.
• Assistant Liu and Su Jianqiu spotted Cheng Che on set, and Su Jianqiu wondered how he had ended up acting.

Cheng Che used his Sunny Boy ability to impress director Zhao Min with a one-take performance on Su Jianqiu’s set. Zhao Min offered him a supporting role, and Cheng Che replied that the upgrade would cost extra.

• Su Jianqiu watched Cheng Che prepare for a scene and told Zhao Min to see how he acted.
• Cheng Che activated Sunny Boy and performed a scene opposite Lin Zhe, drawing the crew’s attention and earning Zhao Min’s praise.
• The crew recognized Cheng Che as the gaokao zhuangyuan, tennis champion, and variety-show male god.
• Zhao Min offered Cheng Che a supporting role in North Star, and he said it would cost extra.