Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen took Xia Kening to breakfast before helping her with problems, and she enjoyed the food while learning about the shop’s history. At the braised chicken shop, he helped her fake a library photo for her mother, while an employee secretly photographed them and sent it to the proprietress.

• Song Yunshen met Xia Kening outside Tangning New Residence and took her to breakfast before their study session.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening split several dishes, and he told her how his relatives had run the breakfast shop for decades.
• Song Yunshen led Xia Kening to the braised chicken and rice shop, where she worried that her mother expected a photo from the library.
• Song Yunshen told Xia Kening to use Doubao to replace the shop’s background with a library and crop out the watermark before sending the photo.
• A young man at the counter secretly took a picture of Song Yunshen and Xia Kening and sent it to the proprietress.

Xia Jinshu learned that Xia Kening had rejected Xu Lingcheng’s confessions and was astonished by her youngest sister’s excellent exam scores. The chapter left Xia Kening studying with Song Yunshen as she asked him how to recognize the right approach to a problem.

• Xia Jinshu checked with Teacher Ruan and learned that Xia Kening had repeatedly rejected Xu Lingcheng, who had confessed to her several times.
• Teacher Ruan told Xia Jinshu that Xia Kening scored 595 across five subjects and was likely to rank in the grade’s top ten.
• Xia Jinshu felt moved by Xia Kening’s improvement and reconsidered her suspicion about the couple’s mug.
• Xia Kening asked Song Yunshen how to identify a problem-solving approach during an exam, and Song Yunshen agreed to explain it more clearly.

Song Yunshen finished tutoring Xia Kening and teased her about his upcoming meeting with Xia Yunuo. He challenged her to a bet about his next English exam, and they agreed that if he scored over one hundred, she would cook for him in a cosplay outfit.

• Song Yunshen finished reviewing math and science with Xia Kening and ordered her yellow braised chicken.
• Xia Kening guessed Song Yunshen was meeting Xia Yunuo, and he eventually admitted they would meet at noon to review an English paper.
• Song Yunshen pinched Xia Kening's cheek, and she let the incident go after deciding she did not want to spoil her second sister's date.
• Xia Kening challenged Song Yunshen to score over one hundred on his next English exam.
• Song Yunshen proposed that if he lost, he would treat Xia Kening to a feast, while if she lost, she would cook for him in a cosplay outfit; Xia Kening accepted.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening talked about her family’s sacrifices and her wish to earn money, and he urged her to focus on school. After lunch, Xia Kening returned home and found Xia Jinshu asking about the matching couples’ cup on the coffee table.

• Song Yunshen told Xia Kening about his modest childhood and advised her to accept her family’s sacrifices and study hard so she could support them later.
• Song Yunshen joked that Xia Kening could earn money by giving him a massage, and she scuffled with him before he advised her to stay in school.
• Xia Kening left the restaurant and went home while Song Yunshen messaged Xia Yunuo to confirm she was on her way to meet him.
• Xia Kening ran into Xia Yunuo at home and privately teased Song Yunshen by calling him “school.”
• Xia Jinshu decided to keep Xia Kening’s exam results a surprise, then asked where the matching couples’ cup on the coffee table came from.

Xia Jinshu learned that Xia Kening’s cup came from an innocent purchase, while Xiao Wu mistook a young man’s meetings with different girls for cheating and reported them to Song Wantang. At lunch, Song Mingyuan asked Song Minggui to help find a preschool teacher, and Song Minggui thought of one of his students.

• Xia Kening explained that she bought a cup after splitting the cost of a couples’ set with the landlord’s son, and Xia Jinshu realized she had wrongly suspected her sister of dating.
• Xiao Wu watched the lady boss’s nephew meet two different girls at the restaurant and secretly sent Song Wantang photos of him with the second girl.
• Song Wantang urged Song Minggui to meet a young woman she had added on WeChat, but Song Minggui resisted the blind date.
• Song Wantang found Xiao Wu’s photos while Song Mingyuan asked Song Minggui to help locate a suitable preschool teacher for Yingying.
• Song Minggui thought of one of his students as a possible preschool teacher.

Song Mingyuan recognized Xia Yunuo, Xia Jinshu, and Xia Kening as the daughters of his struggling tenant Yan Zhenxia and arranged for Xia Yunuo to tutor Ruan Zheng. At the restaurant, Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen’s thoughts mention Xia Kening and realized he knew the three sisters.

• Song Minggui recommended his classmate Xia Yunuo as a summer tutor, and Song Wantang told Song Mingyuan that Song Yunshen had brought three girls to the restaurant in two days.
• Song Mingyuan recognized the girls as Yan Zhenxia’s daughters and told Song Minggui to arrange a meeting between Xia Yunuo, Ruan Zheng, and her family to settle the tutoring contract.
• Song Mingyuan explained to Song Wantang that the girls’ family was struggling and said Xia Yunuo’s patience would suit tutoring Ruan Zheng.
• Song Yunshen ordered another serving of braised chicken so Xia Yunuo could eat more, and she eagerly anticipated it.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen think that it was good she had not eaten with Xia Kening earlier, and she stared at him in disbelief.

Xia Yunuo learned that Song Yunshen had eaten with her younger sister, Xia Kening, and struggled with her jealousy while hiding how she knew. After Song Yunshen reassured her that they were friends and closer than his other female friends, she happily agreed to have dinner with him.

• Xia Yunuo overheard Song Yunshen mention eating with Xia Kening and grew upset that her sister had not told her the truth.
• Xia Yunuo decided not to confront Xia Kening because she feared the conversation might reveal that she could hear Song Yunshen's thoughts.
• As they headed to the library, Xia Yunuo asked Song Yunshen whether it was better to know an upsetting truth or remain happily unaware.
• Song Yunshen said it was better to explain things clearly, prompting Xia Yunuo to ask whether he ate with other girls and whether they were friends.
• Song Yunshen said he was not as close to the other girls as he was to Xia Yunuo, and confirmed that they were friends.
• Song Yunshen invited Xia Yunuo to have dinner with him after they reviewed her test paper, and she eagerly agreed.

Song Yunshen spent the afternoon at the library as Xia Yunuo patiently tutored him in English, then shared dinner with her. As they ate, Xu Zhuoyue arrived and teasingly grabbed Song Yunshen by the neck.

• Song Yunshen accompanied Xia Yunuo to the library and learned that she often studied there on weekends, while privately realizing she worried about people discovering Xia Jinshu was her sister.
• Xia Yunuo spent the afternoon carefully explaining an English test paper to Song Yunshen, who struggled through the vocabulary, grammar, and essay questions.
• After finishing at the library, Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo went to the cafeteria, where he shared meat with her in exchange for some of her vegetables.
• Xu Zhuoyue approached them and sarcastically asked why Song Yunshen never picked food out for his good bro, then clamped a hand around his neck.

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo ate together, then arranged for her to switch seats with Xu Zhuoyue so Song Yunshen could help her with math during evening self-study. The chapter ended with Xu Zhuoyue eagerly agreeing to give up his seat after Xia Yunuo asked him herself.

• Xu Zhuoyue confronted Song Yunshen for missing their promised basketball game, and Song Yunshen explained that he had been studying with Xia Yunuo.
• Xia Yunuo worried that Xu Zhuoyue was angry and felt uneasy after seeing the boys playfully get physical, while Song Yunshen noticed her fear but did not ask about it.
• Song Yunshen agreed to help Xia Yunuo with her exam questions during evening self-study and bet that Xu Zhuoyue would refuse him but agree to her.
• Zhong Long asked whether Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo were dating, and Song Yunshen deflected the questions by teasing Zhong Long and Deng Shitao about their relationships.
• Song Yunshen asked Xu Zhuoyue to switch seats with Xia Yunuo, but Xu Zhuoyue refused until Xia Yunuo asked him herself, then agreed to switch for all three periods.

Song Yunshen went to Xia Jinshu’s classroom to get her WeChat contact, and she added him despite attracting attention from her classmates. He left thinking about their future relationship and wondering how to remove the cameras at home before summer vacation.

• Song Yunshen left his classroom during the break and went to second-year Class Four to find Xia Jinshu.
• Song Yunshen knocked on Xia Jinshu’s window, and she opened it and greeted him, surprising the students nearby.
• Song Yunshen asked for Xia Jinshu’s WeChat ID, and she entered it into his phone before he left.
• Zhuang Lujun teased Xia Jinshu about Song Yunshen, and Xia Jinshu insisted they were only friends.
• Xia Jinshu checked her friend requests while Song Yunshen reflected on their future and wondered whether he could remove the surveillance cameras at home.

Song Yunshen ran into Xu Zhuoyue and the other boys at the athletic field, then walked with Xia Yunuo and discussed a possible summer tutoring job. He returned to class to find Xu Zhuoyue teasing him for spending time with her.

• Song Yunshen visited the athletic field, where Xu Zhuoyue and the others caught him and playfully rubbed him against a horizontal bar; he later helped them do the same to Xu Zhuoyue.
• Song Yunshen doubled back to find Xia Yunuo hiding by a tree, and she said she had come to run.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo walked around the track and discussed her possible tutoring job, with her suggesting 1,500 yuan a month and him proposing 3,000.
• Song Yunshen returned to class, where Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long teased him for walking with Xia Yunuo.

During evening study, Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue played gomoku instead of working on summer homework, then were called to Teacher Jiang’s office with Xia Yunuo. On the way, Xia Yunuo reassured Song Yunshen that he was her only friend, and he teased her about what friendship felt like.

• Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue played gomoku during evening study and joked about Xia Yunuo sitting beside Song Yunshen next period.
• Fan Hongjian told Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue that Teacher Jiang wanted to see them in the office.
• Song Yunshen noticed Fan Hongjian talking to Xia Yunuo, and Xia Yunuo said she could ask Song Yunshen if she had math questions.
• Xia Yunuo joined Song Yunshen on the way to the office and told him that Fan Hongjian was not her friend and that Song Yunshen was her only friend.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Yunuo about her confession, and she wondered what it felt like to spend time with a friend.

Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue were called to Jiang Wenpei’s office over their English exam scores, where Song Yunshen’s lollipop prank was exposed. Xia Yunuo accepted a tutoring job for a young child, then heard Song Yunshen’s thoughts reveal that the child was Yingying, his family’s plan, and his concern about whether his uncle and aunt would approve of her.

• Jiang Wenpei showed Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue their English scores: Song Yunshen had passed with 90, while Xu Zhuoyue had scored 88.
• Song Yunshen admitted he had given Xu Zhuoyue’s promised lollipop to Xia Yunuo, and Jiang Wenpei warned Xu Zhuoyue to review his exam paper.
• Song Yunshen stayed in the office to pour Jiang Wenpei water while Song Minggui offered Xia Yunuo a job tutoring a relative’s kindergarten-age child.
• Xia Yunuo agreed to tutor the child, then heard Song Yunshen think that the child was Yingying and that he hoped his uncle and aunt would approve of Xia Yunuo.
• Xia Yunuo froze and abruptly turned to look at Song Yunshen.

Xia Yunuo realized Song Yunshen had helped arrange her preschool tutoring job and resolved to prepare for it, while the two grew closer during class. When Song Yunshen tried to teach her math, he spotted a cat drawn on his exam paper and suspected Xia Kening had scribbled on it.

• Xia Yunuo inferred that Song Yunshen had helped arrange the tutoring job through his uncle and decided to prepare lessons before meeting the family.
• Song Yunshen gave Xia Yunuo a lollipop and invited her to sit beside him in class.
• Fan Hongjian watched Song Yunshen help Xia Yunuo with her lollipop and grew jealous, while class monitor Ma Xianmin stopped the pair from whispering.
• Xia Yunuo shared an old lollipop with Song Yunshen, and they exchanged notes while silently teasing each other through their inner voices.
• Song Yunshen took out his math exam paper to teach Xia Yunuo, found a cat drawing on it, and switched to her paper.

Song Yunshen tutored Xia Yunuo in math, talked her into accepting his lunch invitation, and walked out of school with her and Xu Zhuoyue. After riding home, Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary and found a new entry dated 2029.

• Song Yunshen explained Xia Yunuo's missed math questions and invited her to lunch the next day.
• Song Yunshen used a convoluted argument to claim that winning their bet meant he could treat Xia Yunuo to a meal, and Xia Yunuo agreed to join him.
• Song Yunshen, Xia Yunuo, and Xu Zhuoyue left school together, and Xia Yunuo offered to treat Song Yunshen to a meal once she earned money tutoring.
• Song Yunshen and Xu Zhuoyue rode away from Xia Yunuo, who watched them go with anticipation for the next day.
• Song Yunshen opened the Future Diary at home and found a new entry dated 2029.

Song Yunshen learned from Xia Jinshu’s 2029 diary that he had helped her find a part-time job and might have pursued her for years before they began dating, though their later divorce remained unexplained. In 2025, he wrote about arranging tutoring for Xia Yunuo and Yingying, while Xia Jinshu finished reading his diary and looked toward her younger sister.

• Song Yunshen read Xia Jinshu’s 2029 diary entry, which described his buying her milk tea at the shop where she worked and her wondering whether he liked her.
• Song Yunshen speculated that he had pursued Xia Jinshu until she graduated, but questioned whether their relationship had been true love and why they later divorced.
• Song Yunshen tried writing a date in the Future Diary to choose its next entry, but nothing happened.
• Song Yunshen wrote in his own diary about coordinating Xia Yunuo’s tutoring with Yingying’s lessons and planning to tell his maternal uncle about their meeting.
• Xia Jinshu finished reading Song Yunshen’s diary entry and turned to look at Xia Yunuo.

After reading Song Yunshen’s diary, Xia Jinshu grew suspicious of his relationships with Xia Yunuo and another girl, and decided to observe him while tutoring him. Meanwhile, Song Yunshen and Xia Kening joked about swapping souls again, then woke up to discover that it had happened.

• Xia Jinshu questioned Xia Yunuo about her summer plans and realized she was hiding a tutoring job Song Yunshen had arranged.
• Xia Jinshu worried that Song Yunshen might be pursuing a third girl as well as Xia Yunuo, and decided to wait until she knew him better before warning her sister.
• Xia Jinshu messaged Song Yunshen to ask about his tutoring schedule, and he said he would confirm the time with his father.
• Song Yunshen arranged to discuss something with his uncle Zhao Zeheng over breakfast, then chatted with Xia Kening about their possible soul swap.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening woke up in swapped bodies and reacted with shock.

After swapping bodies again, Song Yunshen and Xia Kening planned how to handle each other’s school obligations and avoid revealing the switch. They left each other with a speech for the flag-raising ceremony, a family breakfast and job arrangement, and Xia Kening’s teachers to face over her science scores.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening argued over why they had swapped again, then agreed to warn each other before either started dating.
• Xia Kening told Song Yunshen she had to give a speech at the Monday flag-raising ceremony and directed him to the draft in her desk.
• Song Yunshen asked Xia Kening to have breakfast with his uncle and explain that Xia Yunuo had been recommended for a tutoring job, while asking him to pay her fairly.
• Xia Kening offered to tutor English for money, but Song Yunshen refused and told her to face the teachers’ reaction to her science scores herself.

Xia Kening panicked about taking Song Yunshen’s science exams and learned she would still have to go to school, while Song Yunshen planned to treat Xia Yunuo to lunch. After spotting Xia Jinshu in Song Yunshen’s WeChat contacts, Xia Kening wondered what was between them but resisted opening their chat.

• Xia Kening feared teachers would scold her for Song Yunshen’s poor science exam scores, and Song Yunshen told her to claim she had been unwell.
• Song Yunshen refused to let Xia Kening skip school because he planned to treat Xia Yunuo to lunch, and Xia Kening insisted she understood girls better than he did.
• After ending the call, Xia Kening noticed Xia Jinshu in Song Yunshen’s WeChat chat list and saw a message about settling on a time.
• Xia Kening stopped herself from opening Xia Jinshu’s chat, then put Song Yunshen’s phone away after replying to his breakfast message.

Xia Kening persuaded Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng to consider hiring her second sister as a tutor, while Song Yunshen took her place at school and delivered her flag-raising speech. Song Yunshen broke into laughter while reading the speech aloud.

• Xia Kening met Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng at breakfast and recommended Xia Yunuo as a patient, capable tutor for Yingying.
• Zhao Zeheng agreed to discuss Xia Yunuo’s pay and meet her on Saturday, while teasing Xia Kening about whether she was his girlfriend.
• Song Yunshen found Xia Kening’s draft speech in her desk and learned that she had ranked around seventieth or eightieth before placing third.
• Song Yunshen went to the flag-raising platform and began delivering Xia Kening’s speech about persistence and her academic comeback.
• Song Yunshen could not hold back his laughter while reading the speech aloud.