Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen finished his technology exam and arranged to borrow Kang Ping’s summer homework before hearing Xia Yunuo think about visiting Teacher Song. He followed her out of the classroom, leaving the reason for her visit unresolved.

• Song Yunshen woke in his own body, went to school, and declined Xu Zhuoyue’s invitation to play ball because he had family plans.
• Song Yunshen completed the technology exam and arranged with Kang Ping to borrow her summer homework, while Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long negotiated to copy it afterward.
• Xia Yunuo wondered whether Teacher Song had returned to the office and decided to go there alone.
• Song Yunshen noticed Xia Yunuo leave through the back door, got up to follow her, and told Xu Zhuoyue he was going to play the hero and save the beauty.

Xia Yunuo asked Song Minggui for help finding summer tutoring work, and Zhang Zhidong explained that her family wanted her to gain experience. After Song Yunshen helped her feel at ease, she offered to let him copy her summer homework if he insisted.

• Song Yunshen followed Xia Yunuo into the teachers' office and jokingly teased Jiang Wenpei while she asked Song Minggui about tutoring work.
• Xia Yunuo clarified that she wanted a summer job as a tutor, and Song Minggui agreed to ask a friend about suitable opportunities after Zhang Zhidong confirmed her parent had raised the idea.
• Zhang Zhidong cautioned Song Minggui to consider Xia Yunuo's safety, and the teachers planned to have lunch together.
• Song Yunshen gave Xia Yunuo a lollipop and admitted he had invented Xu Zhuoyue's promised reward so he could take it from Jiang Wenpei.
• Xia Yunuo told Song Yunshen he should do his summer homework himself, but offered to let him copy hers if he insisted.

Song Yunshen asked Song Minggui about tutoring rates and made sure Xia Yunuo would not be charged an unaffordable agency fee. He brought Xia Yunuo chips at lunchtime, and she asked if he wanted to eat with her.

• Song Yunshen asked Song Minggui to find Xia Yunuo a female student to tutor, then learned that private tutoring usually cost less than agency rates.
• Song Minggui said an agency might charge Xia Yunuo several hundred yuan in fees, and Song Yunshen offered to pay them himself.
• Song Yunshen asked Jiang Wenpei for her chips and carried them back to the classroom.
• Song Yunshen gave Xia Yunuo the chips, and Xia Yunuo asked him if he wanted to have lunch together.

Xia Yunuo overheard Song Yunshen thinking that he planned to have lunch with her sister, Xia Jinshu, and hurried after him, feeling betrayed and wondering whether they were friends. Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu met at the cafeteria, but when Xia Yunuo arrived, they ducked into a stairwell, where Song Yunshen wondered if their secretive meeting resembled his imagined future affair.

• Song Yunshen turned down Xia Yunuo’s lunch invitation, and she heard his inner voice reveal that he was meeting Xia Jinshu.
• Xia Yunuo suspected her sister was testing Song Yunshen and chased after him, troubled by her feelings and by the possibility that they were friends.
• Xia Jinshu waited at the cafeteria’s side entrance, and Song Yunshen arrived to meet her.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu spotted Xia Yunuo entering the cafeteria and hid together in a nearby stairwell.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu let go of each other’s arms, and Song Yunshen wondered whether the meeting foreshadowed a future affair.

Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu hid in the stairwell, then went out for braised chicken and rice after he showed her a buy-one-get-one-free coupon. At the restaurant, Song Minggui, Zhang Zhidong, and Jiang Wenpei discussed helping Xia Yunuo with tutoring costs, then spotted Song Yunshen with a girl as they prepared to leave.

• Song Yunshen stared at Xia Jinshu while they hid in the stairwell, and both wondered why the other was keeping their meeting from Xia Yunuo.
• Xia Jinshu declined Song Yunshen's offer to pay for lunch until he showed her a genuine buy-one-get-one-free coupon, then agreed to go with him and insisted on paying half.
• Song Minggui, Zhang Zhidong, and Jiang Wenpei ate lunch together after discussing the tutoring agency fee for Xia Yunuo.
• Zhang Zhidong offered to cover Xia Yunuo's agency fee because her family had narrowly missed qualifying for financial aid, and Jiang Wenpei volunteered to contribute a hundred yuan.
• As Song Minggui prepared to drive away, Jiang Wenpei spotted Song Yunshen walking with Xia Jinshu and asked who the girl was.

Xia Jinshu accompanied Song Yunshen to a restaurant, where they agreed on the terms for her to tutor him over summer vacation. As they began their meal, a woman who knew Song Yunshen mistook Xia Jinshu for his girlfriend.

• Xia Jinshu followed Song Yunshen toward the Tangning New Residence, and he stopped her from stepping into the road against a red light.
• Jiang Wenpei, Song Minggui, and Zhang Zhidong saw Song Yunshen enter the restaurant with a tall girl and decided to wait and find out who she was.
• Song Yunshen showed Xia Jinshu a tutoring contract and agreed to start lessons on July fifth at a rate of one hundred yuan per hour.
• A short-haired woman approached Song Yunshen at the restaurant, put an arm around his neck, and asked whether Xia Jinshu was his girlfriend.

The author reflected on his father’s death, his grief, and how friends helped him regain some vitality as he finished his old book and began a new one. He concluded that writing made him happy and hoped his novels could bring readers happiness too.

• The author’s father passed away in June, and the author kept writing while handling the funeral and renovating their new home.
• The author became numb to life, stopped writing the old book’s side stories, and updated it sporadically.
• After friends moved from Guangzhou to Hangzhou to live with him, the author gradually regained some vitality and finished the old book’s main story.
• The author released the new book on June 21, the summer solstice, which was also Father’s Day and roughly the first anniversary of his father’s death.
• The author decided to focus on the happiness writing brought him and hoped his novels would make readers happier.

Song Yunshen introduced Xia Jinshu to his aunt, who treated them to a meal and bet that Xia could raise his English score to 120 for free meals at her restaurant. After discussing their tutoring arrangement, Song invited Xia to visit his home before they finalized the contract.

• Song Yunshen introduced Xia Jinshu as his tutor, and his aunt was surprised to learn that Xia was still a high school student.
• Song Yunshen's aunt treated them to braised chicken and praised Xia for working during summer vacation.
• Song Yunshen's aunt offered Xia free meals at her restaurant if she raised his English score to 120, and Xia accepted the challenge.
• Song Yunshen and Xia discussed the tutoring details and planned to print a contract at a nearby convenience store.
• Song Yunshen invited Xia to visit his home and see her prospective work environment, and she agreed after hesitating.

Song Minggui, Zhang Zhidong, and Jiang Wenpei learned that Song Yunshen had hired Xia Jinshu as his summer English tutor and debated whether they should interfere. Zhang Zhidong decided to leave the arrangement alone, while Song Wantang vowed to protect Xia Jinshu; unaware they had been watching him, Song Yunshen left with her to print their contract and take her home.

• Song Wantang approached Song Minggui's car and met his colleagues, then told them Song Yunshen was eating with Xia Jinshu.
• Song Wantang clarified that Xia Jinshu was Song Yunshen's English tutor, prompting Song Minggui to worry about them being alone together over summer break.
• Song Wantang defended the tutoring arrangement, and Zhang Zhidong said he would leave it alone but inform Xia Jinshu's homeroom teacher.
• Song Wantang rode with Song Minggui to a mahjong parlor and asked Jiang Wenpei about her single friends.
• Song Yunshen left with Xia Jinshu to print their tutoring contract and invited her to his home.

Xia Jinshu visited Song Yunshen’s home for the first time, where he showed her the study they would use for tutoring. They reviewed and signed the tutoring contract, leaving Xia Jinshu ready to teach him over the summer.

• Song Yunshen led Xia Jinshu through Tangning New Residence West District to his home in Building 24.
• Song Yunshen showed Xia Jinshu his spacious, smart-enabled home and the study where they would work, including a piano he said he could not play.
• Song Yunshen asked whether Xia Jinshu’s family had approved the arrangement, and she told him her mother had reviewed the contract.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu signed two copies of the contract, and Xia Jinshu felt relieved about earning three thousand a month.
• Song Yunshen thanked Xia Jinshu for tutoring him over the summer, and they exchanged a brief handshake.

Song Yunshen saw Xia Jinshu off after Song Mingyuan spoke to them through the apartment cameras, and Xia Jinshu went to the library to keep Xia Yunuo company. Xia Yunuo became upset when she realized Song Yunshen had bought her sister a drink and both had hidden that from her.

• Song Yunshen told Xia Jinshu about the apartment cameras, and Song Mingyuan greeted her through one and offered her drinks and ice cream.
• Song Yunshen gave Xia Jinshu a jasmine tea and walked her out of the residential complex before heading back to visit his uncle.
• Xia Yunuo sat in the library worrying that her sister and Song Yunshen had eaten lunch together and that she mattered little to him.
• Xia Jinshu arrived at the library and gave Xia Yunuo the jasmine tea, saying a deskmate had bought it for her.
• Xia Yunuo realized Song Yunshen had bought the drink and refused it, feeling hurt that he had bought one for her sister but never for her.

Song Yunshen visited his uncle Zhao Zeheng’s home, played with his three-year-old cousin Yingying, and chatted with Xia Kening while she did homework. Their conversation turned to what they would do if they swapped bodies again, and both privately wondered when it might happen.

• Song Yunshen gave Yingying a pony ride and then played puzzles and toys with her while Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng prepared a meal.
• Song Yunshen told Xia Kening by message that he was at his uncle’s home keeping Yingying company.
• Xia Kening warned Song Yunshen not to touch her mother if they swapped bodies while she was sleeping at home, and explained that she shared a bed with her mother.
• Song Yunshen said they had not swapped bodies for two days and wondered if it had happened only once, while privately hoping it would happen again.
• Xia Kening claimed another swap would be best, but she also checked her messages and wondered when it would happen.

Song Yunshen spent time with Zhao Zeheng and Yingying before the Xia sisters’ dinner revealed their hidden concerns about one another’s relationships with Song Yunshen. Xia Jinshu questioned Xia Kening about a recent confession and learned the boy’s name was Xu Lingcheng.

• Song Yunshen teased Zhao Zeheng while they worked on a puzzle with Yingying, and reflected on how Zhao Zeheng became a successful webnovel author and married Ruan Zheng.
• Song Yunshen warned Zhao Zeheng about his sleep schedule, but Zhao Zeheng defended his routine and described his plans for taking Yingying to kindergarten.
• Xia Jinshu and Xia Yunuo cooked dinner, and the three sisters chatted while privately worrying about Xia Kening’s boyfriend, Xia Yunuo’s closeness to Song Yunshen, and Song Yunshen’s connections with both younger sisters.
• Xia Jinshu followed Xia Kening into the kitchen to ask about boys who had confessed to her, and Xia Kening named Xu Lingcheng.

Song Yunshen visited Zhao Zeheng’s family, where Yingying cried after learning that a sister-in-law would be his wife and insisted she wanted to be his wife instead. Over dinner, the adults discussed Zhao Zeheng’s short-drama studio and Ruan Zheng asked Song Mingyuan about finding Yingying a preschool tutor.

• Song Yunshen played with Yingying until he was exhausted, and Zhao Zeheng teased him about spending more time with his daughter.
• Zhao Zeheng joked that Song Yunshen might get a sister-in-law, causing Yingying to cry that she wanted to be Big Brother’s wife.
• Song Yunshen and Zhao Zeheng calmed Yingying, then the family sat down to eat the meal Ruan Zheng had prepared.
• Song Mingyuan asked Zhao Zeheng about his short-drama studio, and Zhao Zeheng explained its plans to recruit and train new writers.
• Ruan Zheng asked Song Mingyuan whether his younger brother could help find a preschool tutor for Yingying before she started kindergarten.

Song Yunshen helped Ruan Zheng and Zhao Zeheng reach a compromise about hiring a tutor for Yingying, then suggested finding a younger teacher. That evening, Xia Yunuo questioned Xia Kening about knowing Song Yunshen, and Xia Kening teased her sister for being in love with him.

• Song Yunshen proposed limiting Yingying’s tutoring to an hour a day, and Song Mingyuan agreed to look for a suitable teacher.
• Song Yunshen quietly asked Song Mingyuan to find a younger tutor, prompting his father to suspect he meant Xia Jinshu.
• Xia Yunuo asked Xia Kening how she had met Song Yunshen, and Xia Kening explained that they had talked at a convenience store near their residential complex.
• Xia Kening asked how Xia Yunuo knew Song Yunshen, and Xia Yunuo admitted they were classmates who had eaten together a few times.
• Xia Kening shouted that Xia Yunuo was in love with Song Yunshen, and Xia Yunuo chased her sister while denying it.

Xia Jinshu told Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening about her summer tutoring job and discussed using her earnings to buy practical gifts for their mother. Later, Song Yunshen returned home and checked the Future Diary, where he noticed that its earlier content seemed to have changed.

• Xia Jinshu told her sisters she had found a summer tutoring job paying three thousand a month and offered to buy them new clothes.
• Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening suggested buying their mother something instead, and the sisters settled on clothes and shoes as gifts.
• Xia Jinshu checked the mysterious diary, found no new entry, and began writing in her own diary.
• Song Yunshen returned home, argued and played CS with Song Mingyuan, then went to his room after losing.
• Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary and froze when its earlier content seemed different from what he remembered.

Song Yunshen realized that the future diary updated when his actions changed Xia Jinshu’s entry for the current day, and he learned that her mother’s birthday was August 9. That night, Xia Jinshu opened her special diary and was surprised to find Song Yunshen’s new entry about the same birthday.

• Song Yunshen read Xia Jinshu’s rewritten June 28 diary entry and concluded that the future diary updated when his interference changed events in the current timeline.
• Song Yunshen noticed Xia Jinshu’s plans to buy her mother a birthday present and reacted emotionally to the August 9 date.
• Song Yunshen sat silently at the piano, went to the rooftop to calm down, then returned to write in his own diary.
• Xia Jinshu helped Xia Yunuo dry her hair while Xia Kening waited for her phone time to begin.
• Xia Jinshu opened her special diary and found Song Yunshen’s latest entry saying he had suddenly remembered that August 9 was her mother’s birthday.

Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and wondered whether his parents were divorced and why he had stopped playing the piano, while deciding to support Xia Yunuo’s search for tutoring work. Song Yunshen locked away his diaries, then teased Xia Kening over text until she demanded that they delete each other.

• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and speculated that his parents might be divorced and that the piano reminded him of his mother.
• Xia Jinshu decided to support Xia Yunuo’s tutoring plans while keeping Song Yunshen’s identity as her student secret.
• Xia Yunuo asked Xia Jinshu how she found her tutoring job, and Xia Jinshu said an English Club teacher had referred her.
• Song Yunshen hid and locked away his diaries so Xia Kening would not find them if they swapped souls again.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening about having feelings for him, and she angrily told him to delete her.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening arranged to study together at his aunt’s shop the next morning, while teasing each other over messages. Xia Kening grew uneasy about Song Yunshen’s supposed date with Xia Yunuo, then exchanged a goodnight with him and tried to hide it from her sister.

• Song Yunshen refused to tutor Xia Kening the next afternoon because he said he had a date, and Xia Kening suspected it was with Xia Yunuo.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening agreed to meet at eight the next morning at the west district entrance and study at his aunt’s braised chicken and rice shop.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening about their past body-swapping experience, leaving her flustered before they ended their chat.
• Xia Kening sent Song Yunshen a goodnight message, smiled when he replied, and pretended to be asleep when Xia Yunuo came out to use the toilet.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening made plans to study together while Song Yunshen arranged lunch with Xia Yunuo. Xia Jinshu, unaware of Xia Kening’s real plans, suspected she was meeting a boy and asked her to send a photo from the library.

• Song Yunshen confirmed that he and Xia Kening had not swapped souls again, then agreed to meet her at the main gate to go over science papers.
• Song Yunshen arranged to meet Xia Yunuo for lunch at a braised chicken and rice restaurant on Tianhe Road.
• Xia Kening teased Xia Yunuo about messaging Song Yunshen, then said she was going to the library with a classmate.
• Xia Yunuo sent Xia Kening twenty yuan and told her to split the lunch bill with her friend.
• Xia Jinshu suspected Xia Kening was meeting a boy and messaged her to send a photo from the library and stay safe.