Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen went to breakfast with Xia Yunuo and Song Mingyuan, who had returned to work, while the adults discussed their businesses. Xia Yunuo worried about her family’s finances after hearing Zhao Zeheng predict trouble for the short-drama industry, and Song Mingyuan left knowing Zhao Zeheng still did not know about Xia Jinshu.

• Song Mingyuan agreed to join Song Yunshen for breakfast before heading back to work, then discovered Xia Yunuo was meeting them at the shop.
• Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng joined them, and Song Mingyuan and Zhao Zeheng discussed their companies and recent profits.
• Zhao Zeheng warned that the short-drama market might become unsustainable within a year or two, leaving Xia Yunuo worried about her mother’s job and family finances.
• Song Yunshen left with Xia Yunuo for school, and Zhao Zeheng told Song Mingyuan that his son often had breakfast with another girl too.
• Song Mingyuan realized Zhao Zeheng did not know about Xia Jinshu and kept the information to himself before driving to work.

Song Yunshen took Xia Jinshu to the cat café, where she named a blue cat QQ Candy. Her choice made him realize that the snacks she had taken from his home were for Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening, not herself, leaving him quietly troubled.

• Song Yunshen won Song Jiayao’s Honor of Kings match while she made milk tea, then left without paying.
• Xia Kening copied Song Yunshen’s summer homework for payment while Xia Yunuo finished her own and planned to work at the cat café.
• Xia Yunuo pretended her mother had asked her to help at home so she could avoid the café and keep Xia Jinshu from learning about her job.
• Song Yunshen took Xia Jinshu to the cat café, where she bonded with the blue cat and turned down the other cats as too naughty or aloof.
• Song Yunshen explained that he had chosen the blue cat for Xia Jinshu, and she named it QQ Candy.
• Song Yunshen realized Xia Jinshu had taken snacks from his home for her younger sisters rather than herself, and he felt uncomfortable.

Xia Jinshu grew closer to QQ Candy and spent the afternoon with Song Yunshen before the two went out for barbecue. Song Jiaxuan and Song Jiayao spotted them eating together, mistook their affectionate interaction for something suspicious, and confronted Song Yunshen, who was left to explain himself.

• Xia Jinshu held QQ Candy at the cat café, and the cat repeatedly returned to her lap until she told it to behave on Song Yunshen’s lap.
• Xia Jinshu used a lesson plan to chat with Song Yunshen, then invited him to dinner and went with him to an all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant.
• Song Jiaxuan picked up Song Jiayao and went to the plaza, where they saw Song Yunshen dining with an unfamiliar girl.
• Song Jiaxuan and Song Jiayao watched Xia Jinshu grill meat for Song Yunshen and wipe his mouth, and they grew convinced that something was going on between them.
• Song Yunshen noticed Song Jiaxuan and Song Jiayao watching him, joined them at their table, and asked why they were following him.

Song Yunshen spent the last day of summer vacation with Xia Jinshu and Xia Kening, then recorded the events in his diary, which Xia Jinshu read and tried to interpret. As the new term began at Ningjiang Middle School, Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu exchanged messages about seeing each other at school.

• Song Jiaxuan and Song Jiayao discovered Song Yunshen dining with Xia Jinshu, learned she was his English tutor, and heard that she had named the blue cat QQ Candy.
• Song Yunshen took Xia Jinshu home, then picked up Xia Kening, who finished copying his homework and received 600 yuan.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening about their exam bet and prepared his schoolbag for the next day, while Xia Kening lamented that summer vacation was ending.
• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen's diary, wondered who he meant by Hairless Cat, and questioned why Xia Yunuo had unexpectedly skipped work at the cat café.
• Song Yunshen invited Xia Jinshu to register for school with him, and they flirted over WeChat while agreeing he could visit her at school without mentioning the tutoring.
• The new term began at Ningjiang Middle School on August 31.

On the first day of school, Song Yunshen met Xia Yunuo for breakfast, helped drop Yingying off at kindergarten, and went with Xia Yunuo to Ningjiang Middle School. As they settled into their new class as deskmates, Xia Yunuo grew uneasy when she heard Song Yunshen planned to visit Xia Jinshu.

• Song Yunshen exchanged morning messages with Xia Kening, Xia Jinshu, and Xia Yunuo, then learned that two relatives would transfer into his Class Five.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo had breakfast with his uncle and aunt before taking Yingying to Star Kindergarten, where Yingying cried at the thought of being left alone.
• Xia Yunuo revealed that she had never attended kindergarten, and Song Yunshen learned from her thoughts that her father had neglected her and her sisters.
• Xu Zhuoyue saw Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo arrive at school together and confronted Song Yunshen, who brushed him off and entered with Xia Yunuo.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo sat together in Class Five, and Xia Yunuo became uneasy when she heard he intended to visit Xia Jinshu.

Song Yunshen reconciled with Xia Yunuo after she discovered Xia Kening had copied his summer homework, then noticed Cao Shuhan’s interest in her when the new students arrived. Wei Zhile and Song Yu'an joined Class 5 as Song Yunshen’s cousins, and he invited them to have lunch with him and Xia Yunuo.

• Song Yunshen joked with Xia Yunuo and Xu Zhuoyue, then Xia Yunuo found that Xia Kening had written Song Yunshen’s summer homework and grew upset.
• Song Yunshen explained why Xia Kening had copied the homework and apologized to Xia Yunuo, who forgave him.
• Xu Zhuoyue scrambled to finish copying his homework and learned Zhong Long would charge him more for photocopies.
• Zhang Zhidong introduced three transfer students, and Song Yunshen noticed Cao Shuhan watching Xia Yunuo and learned he had once given her a love letter.
• Wei Zhile announced that Song Yunshen was her cousin, and Song Yu'an introduced himself as another cousin.
• Song Yunshen explained his relatives’ connections to Xia Yunuo and suggested they all have lunch together.

Xia Yunuo secretly left Xu Zhuoyue off the list of students who had not handed in their summer homework, and he promised to treat Song Yunshen to lunch in return. While carrying and distributing new textbooks, Xia Yunuo got acquainted with Song Yunshen’s cousin Wei Zhile, then spent the remaining self-study time playing five-in-a-row with Song Yunshen.

• Zhang Zhidong assigned Xia Yunuo to collect summer homework and Ma Xianmin to gather helpers to retrieve the new textbooks.
• Xia Yunuo deliberately omitted Xu Zhuoyue’s name from the list of students who had not submitted homework, and Xu Zhuoyue agreed to buy Song Yunshen lunch.
• Wei Zhile greeted Song Yunshen and met Xia Yunuo while joining the group carrying textbooks from the storeroom.
• Wei Zhile befriended Xia Yunuo and asked whether she and Song Yunshen had been deskmates before.
• After the books were distributed, Song Yunshen handed Xia Yunuo a five-in-a-row grid, and she began playing with him.

Song Yunshen spent lunch with his classmates, then secretly planned to visit Xia Jinshu under the pretext of their English Club connection. Xia Yunuo overheard his thoughts and felt hurt when she realized he intended to see her older sister.

• Song Yunshen treated Xia Yunuo to lunch, and Song Yu'an added his own chopped scallions to his food.
• Wei Zhile explained why she had transferred to the science class, while Song Yu'an said his family had chosen his subjects for him.
• Song Yunshen teased Xu Zhuoyue and Deng Shitao about their unfinished summer homework, then chased Xu Zhuoyue toward the basketball court.
• Xia Jinshu spotted Song Yunshen at the cafeteria and later went to watch the class play basketball with Zhuang Lujun.
• Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long recognized Xia Jinshu and discussed Song Yunshen's connection to her before she left the court.
• Song Yunshen wrote a letter while Xia Yunuo rested, thinking he could use the English Club as a reason to visit Xia Jinshu, and Xia Yunuo overheard him.

Xia Yunuo spent the school’s flag-raising ceremony hearing Song Yunshen think about her sisters, while Song Yunshen shared his paper fan with her and arranged to sit beside her. After the ceremony and a class meeting, Song Yunshen went to find Xia Jinshu with the letter he had written, leaving Xia Yunuo feeling unable to stop him.

• Song Yunshen gave Xia Yunuo a paper fan, then carried her chair and sat her beside him at the flag-raising ceremony.
• Cao Shuhan tried to speak with Xia Yunuo, but Song Yunshen’s actions left Cao Shuhan unable to sit beside her.
• When Xia Jinshu spoke at the ceremony, Song Yunshen thought of her as “Mama Xia,” and Xia Yunuo heard the thought and felt bewildered and jealous.
• Song Yunshen thought about asking Xia Kening about her start-of-term exam, further irritating Xia Yunuo.
• After the ceremony, Zhang Zhidong held a class meeting, and Xia Yunuo and Wei Zhile were elected to committee positions.
• Song Yunshen left the classroom with the letter for Xia Jinshu, while Xia Yunuo watched him go and called herself an incompetent deskmate.

Xia Jinshu waited for Song Yunshen at school, then went to find him and met him in the corridor. After they exchanged English letters, Song Yunshen teased her by calling her “Mama Xia,” leaving Xia Jinshu embarrassed and unexpectedly reluctant for him to stop.

• Xia Jinshu waited for Song Yunshen after school and decided to write an English letter as an excuse to visit his class.
• Xia Jinshu ran into Song Yunshen in the corridor while she was on her way to find him, and they explained why they had come looking for each other.
• Xia Jinshu gave Song Yunshen her English letter, and he handed her one of his own, joking that it was a love letter.
• Song Yunshen revealed that his letter was also written in English, and Xia Jinshu walked away in embarrassment after mistaking his joke for a confession.
• Song Yunshen called Xia Jinshu “Mama Xia” to stop her from leaving, then repeated the nickname after she covered his mouth.
• Xia Jinshu insisted she was not angry, but felt an unexpected sense of loss when Song Yunshen returned to calling her senior.

Xia Jinshu and Song Yunshen arranged for her to tutor him and cook dinner at his home, while Xia Yunuo accepted that they would spend the evening together and planned to visit afterward. After school, Xia Jinshu and Song Yunshen shopped for groceries and returned to his apartment, where they unexpectedly met Song Mingyuan in the elevator.

• Xia Jinshu gave Song Yunshen a letter confirming their tutoring plan and suggested they shop for groceries and eat at his place after school.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen read the letter, felt jealous about his plans with her sister, then arranged to visit him after evening self-study and challenged him to a game of gomoku.
• Song Yunshen left school while Xia Yunuo stayed, and he made a bet with Xu Zhuoyue that he would place in the top 200 on the start-of-term exam.
• Song Yunshen met Xia Jinshu at their agreed intersection, and they went to his apartment to leave their bags before riding his electric scooter to the market.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu returned with groceries and unexpectedly encountered Song Mingyuan in the elevator, and Xia Jinshu invited him to eat dinner with them.

Song Mingyuan offered Xia Jinshu a continuing weekend tutoring job for Song Yunshen, and Song Yunshen took her home before heading to Ningjiang Middle School to meet Xia Yunuo. He surprised Xia Yunuo by pretending to be a stranger offering her a ride, and she recognized him and climbed onto his scooter.

• Song Mingyuan praised Xia Jinshu's tutoring and proposed that she continue teaching Song Yunshen on weekends for 2,000 yuan a month; both agreed to the schedule and pay.
• Song Yunshen persuaded Xia Jinshu to wear her glasses during school lessons, then escorted her home on his electric scooter after their tutoring session.
• Song Yunshen visited Song Jiayao's milk tea shop, argued with her about whether he had paid for earlier drinks, and bought two milk teas.
• Song Yunshen rode to Ningjiang Middle School and waited for Xia Yunuo, who messaged that she was leaving and would reach him shortly.
• Song Yunshen approached Xia Yunuo on his scooter with a fake flirtatious voice, startling her until she recognized him; she teased him and embraced him from behind.

Song Yunshen brought Xia Yunuo home to study, but they spent much of the evening talking and playing a game before he took her back. Xia Yunuo overheard that he planned to meet her sister on the rooftop, secretly followed him, and discovered that he and Xia Jinshu were only memorizing vocabulary.

• Song Mingyuan caught Song Yunshen bringing Xia Yunuo home and questioned their claim that they were studying, then took over the study.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo moved to his bedroom, where they talked about his uncle Zhao Zeheng's novel Martial Saint and played a game together.
• Song Yunshen walked Xia Yunuo home, and she overheard his thoughts that he planned to meet Xia Jinshu on the rooftop after she went upstairs.
• Xia Yunuo secretly went to the rooftop and saw Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu reciting vocabulary together, easing her jealousy.
• Song Yunshen noticed Xia Yunuo's shadow near the rooftop entrance and wondered whether she knew about Xia Jinshu's tutoring, while he and Xia Jinshu continued joking.

Song Yunshen reflected on the Future Diary, while Xia Jinshu discovered his account of Xia Yunuo eavesdropping and decided to act as though she knew nothing. After Song Yunshen finished his exams, Xia Jinshu prepared the promised surprise in his bedroom, leaving him waiting outside.

• Song Yunshen noticed the Future Diary had updated with a new entry for his birthday in 2025, then wrote about his first day of school and accidentally calling Xia Jinshu “Mama Xia.”
• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and realized Xia Yunuo might know she was tutoring him, but chose not to bring it up.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening traded messages about their bet and her possible cosplay, then Song Yunshen took his math and physics exams without switching souls with her.
• Xia Yunuo ate with Wei Zhile and Chen Yue, and Wei Zhile offered to help them buy clothes through her family’s clothing business.
• Song Yunshen reminded Xia Jinshu about her promised surprise, and she went into his bedroom with a blouse, a fitted skirt, and black stockings.

Xia Jinshu changed into a blouse, bodycon skirt, black stockings, and high heels as a surprise for Song Yunshen, then turned the visit into a teasing English lesson. She let him open his eyes after he described her outfit, leaving the reveal poised to happen.

• Xia Jinshu changed clothes in Song Yunshen's bedroom and put on the rimless glasses he had given her.
• Xia Jinshu checked Song Yunshen's locked desk drawer for a diary but decided not to pry into it.
• Xia Jinshu messaged Song Yunshen to close his eyes before she came out to show him her surprise.
• Xia Jinshu guided Song Yunshen's hand over her blouse, skirt, and stockings while quizzing him on their English names.
• Song Yunshen described Xia Jinshu's outfit in English, and Xia Jinshu told him he could open his eyes.

Song Yunshen admired Xia Jinshu’s dressed-up look before they reviewed his English exam, then caught and cared for her after she sprained her ankle. As he helped her leave his bedroom, Song Mingyuan returned home and found them together.

• Xia Jinshu dressed up for Song Yunshen, who teased her by calling her “Mama Xia” before they began their lesson.
• Xia Jinshu reviewed Song Yunshen’s previous exam paper, and he promised to aim for a perfect score on the exam the next day.
• Xia Jinshu twisted her ankle, and Song Yunshen carried her to his bedroom, examined her foot, and applied ointment.
• Song Yunshen helped Xia Jinshu remove her stocking and later helped her change back into her school uniform and put on her shoes.
• Song Yunshen supported the limping Xia Jinshu out of his bedroom just as Song Mingyuan returned home and saw them.