Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening ate barbecue and discussed their earnings and how to trigger their soul-swapping ability. After they agreed to test whether falling asleep and waking at the same time caused a swap, Xia Kening returned home, where Xia Yunuo noticed the barbecue smell on her and questioned her.

• Song Yunshen treated Xia Kening to barbecue, messaged Xia Yunuo, and promised to treat her to yellow braised chicken another time.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening discussed her grinding work, possible video earnings, and whether she could take on other jobs.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening considered ways to control their soul-swapping ability and agreed to nap and wake at the same time to test whether sleep triggered it.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening returned to Tangning New Residence and parted at the entrance.
• Xia Yunuo smelled barbecue on Xia Kening and asked whether she had eaten it, and Xia Kening claimed she had gone with Yang Wan.

Xia Yunuo accompanied Yan Zhenxia to meet Ruan Zheng about a tutoring job, while suspecting Xia Kening was secretly meeting Song Yunshen. She accepted the offer to tutor and play with Yingying, then overheard Song Yunshen thinking about inviting her to eat together and grew visibly upset.

• Xia Yunuo suspected Xia Kening was hiding a meeting with Song Yunshen and decided she might need to warn her sister against dating too young.
• Xia Jinshu left for the library and tutoring, while Xia Yunuo and Yan Zhenxia set out to discuss a tutoring job for Xia Yunuo.
• Song Yunshen watched Xia Yunuo and Yan Zhenxia arrive at his uncle's apartment and realized Xia Yunuo was nearby.
• Yan Zhenxia and Xia Yunuo discovered that Ruan Zheng was Xia Kening's homeroom teacher, and Ruan Zheng offered Xia Yunuo two tutoring arrangements for Yingying.
• Xia Yunuo chose the option that included tutoring Yingying and keeping her company, then overheard Song Yunshen thinking about inviting her to eat with him and clenched her fists.

Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening confronted each other over their separate outings with Song Yunshen, revealing that Kening had gone to try out a paid gaming job while Yunuo had secretly arranged tutoring work. The sisters ended up teasing and chasing each other, unaware that someone else had eaten braised chicken with Song Yunshen before either of them.

• Xia Yunuo watched the tutoring contract get signed and confirmed that lessons would begin the next afternoon, while Ruan Zheng agreed to reimburse her for teaching supplies.
• Song Minggui thanked Ruan Zheng for helping Xia Yunuo and warned her to keep Song Yunshen from causing trouble while Yunuo taught.
• Xia Yunuo messaged Song Yunshen about the signed contract and promised to treat him to a feast after she received her pay.
• Xia Yunuo confronted Xia Kening about going out with Song Yunshen, and Kening admitted they had eaten barbecue together and that she had gone to try out a paid gaming job.
• Xia Kening revealed that she had also eaten braised chicken with Song Yunshen the previous Saturday, then accused Xia Yunuo of being jealous.
• The sisters chased and teased each other, unaware that someone else had been the first to eat braised chicken with Song Yunshen.

Xia Jinshu visited Song Yunshen to tutor him, initially suspecting his question about her birthday had romantic intent before learning it was for a timed guest door code. Song Mingyuan monitored their first lesson remotely and encouraged Xia Jinshu to keep Song Yunshen on task, leaving Song Yunshen facing an unexpectedly strict tutor.

• Xia Jinshu wondered whether Song Yunshen was flirting when he asked her birthday, then learned he had used it to create a timed guest code for his door.
• Xia Jinshu reached Song Yunshen's apartment, entered with the code, and was welcomed by the smart lock before accidentally triggering the door alarm.
• Song Yunshen opened the study camera feed and found Song Mingyuan watching; Song Mingyuan told Xia Jinshu to report any misbehavior and exchanged WeChat contacts with her.
• Xia Jinshu started the lesson early despite Song Yunshen pointing out that it was not yet four, and told him to take out his final exam paper.

Xia Jinshu assessed Song Yunshen’s English and laid out a strict summer tutoring plan, while Song Mingyuan backed her up with a bonus tied to Song Yunshen’s next exam score. After the lesson, Xia Jinshu learned Song Yunshen relied on takeout and offered to cook for him from then on.

• Xia Jinshu questioned Song Yunshen about his English exam and discovered that he often guessed answers because he lacked vocabulary.
• Xia Jinshu outlined daily vocabulary checks and grammar lessons, and Song Mingyuan supported her plan and promised her a bonus for every ten points Song Yunshen gained.
• Song Yunshen tried to move lessons to his bedroom, but Xia Jinshu threatened to ask Song Mingyuan, so he withdrew the suggestion.
• Xia Jinshu assigned Song Yunshen a small set of words and sentences to memorize, then ended their first lesson at five o’clock.
• Song Yunshen said he usually ate out or ordered delivery, and Xia Jinshu offered to cook for him from then on.

Xia Jinshu offered to cook for Song Yunshen, and they agreed she would start the next day after buying fresh ingredients together. Later, Song Wantang gave Song Yunshen spending money and teased him about the three girls he was close to, leaving him joking that he might like all three.

• Xia Jinshu offered to cook for Song Yunshen, and he accepted after showing her his unused kitchen.
• Xia Jinshu found that the seasonings had spoiled and arranged to shop with Song Yunshen the next day before they began cooking.
• Song Yunshen went to his aunt Song Wantang's braised chicken restaurant and learned that meals were free if he brought a girl.
• Song Wantang arrived, gave Song Yunshen 2,000 yuan, and called it his summer vacation dating fund.
• Song Wantang asked which of the three girls Song Yunshen liked, and he replied that he might like all three.

Song Yunshen went shopping with Song Wantang, bought seasonings for Xia Jinshu and slippers for his home, then worked on a video and read Xia Jinshu’s updated Future Diary. Her entry revealed that she planned to cook for him while judging whether he was a good person, and she was uneasy about their hand touching.

• Song Wantang teased Song Yunshen about his friendship with a girl and joked with him about finding a boyfriend while they drove to the supermarket.
• Song Yunshen bought the seasonings Xia Jinshu requested and told Song Wantang that his tutor had offered to cook for him.
• Song Yunshen bought three pairs of slippers and arranged them by the entrance after returning home.
• Song Yunshen edited a video while messaging Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo, then told Xia Kening she could use his game account to learn its daily routine.
• Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary and read Xia Jinshu’s entry about tutoring him, planning to cook for him, and keeping an eye on him for Xia Yunuo’s sake.

Song Yunshen read Xia Jinshu’s diary entry and considered how the Future Diary might change, then arranged to attend a math makeup class with Xia Yunuo so they could have lunch together. Later, Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s new diary entry and learned that he planned to ask her about cooking for her family.

• Song Yunshen confirmed that old Future Diary entries seemed to be replaced when their dates arrived and decided to aim for 100 points on his exam for Xia Jinshu’s cooking reward.
• Song Yunshen advised Xia Kening to explore only areas already unlocked in Genshin Impact so she would not spoil her own first playthrough.
• Xia Yunuo asked Song Yunshen to take the math makeup class with her, and he agreed to sit beside her so they could share lunch and she could ask him questions.
• Xia Yunuo dropped her phone on her face, and Song Yunshen playfully pretended to blow on her nose until she felt better.
• Xia Jinshu secretly read Song Yunshen’s new diary entry, which said he planned to buy groceries so they could eat together and ask why she had to cook for her family.

Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and wrestled with his wish to see her in a qipao, while Xia Kening and Song Yunshen planned a soul-swap test and teased each other over chat. Song Yunshen ended the night with a brief good-night exchange with Xia Yunuo, who was left wishing they had talked longer.

• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary, considered offering a qipao as a reward for a high exam score, then put the idea aside.
• Xia Kening quit her game and messaged Song Yunshen, and they agreed to set alarms for six to test whether waking at the same time triggered their soul swap.
• Xia Kening sent Song Yunshen a sweet voice message to make him pat her, and he replayed it several times before patting her and calling her Mom.
• Xia Kening saved a screenshot of Song Yunshen’s pat message, and they wished each other good night.
• Xia Yunuo told Song Yunshen she felt nervous about tutoring the next day, and he reassured her before saying good night.
• Xia Yunuo sent Song Yunshen a good-night sticker and lay awake wishing they had chatted longer.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening’s morning plans followed a failed body-swap test, while Xia Jinshu checked in about tutoring him. Song Yunshen agreed to study vocabulary while Xia Kening played games, and they went to breakfast together before heading to his place.

• Song Yunshen woke before six to use the bathroom, and he and Xia Kening suspected that this had disrupted their body-swap test.
• Xia Kening invited Song Yunshen to breakfast and badminton, but he went back to sleep; Xia Jinshu then messaged him about vocabulary practice and offered to supervise him by video call.
• After waking past eight, Song Yunshen replied to Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo, then reassured Xia Jinshu that he would study after breakfast.
• Song Yunshen met Xia Kening at the breakfast shop, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and invited her to play games at his place.
• Song Yunshen said he would record the game for Xia Kening and memorize vocabulary beside her, prompting her to tease him about changing his habits and their bet.

Song Yunshen studied English while Xia Kening played Genshin Impact at his apartment, and he arranged for Xia Yunuo to visit later with a surprise. Xia Yunuo expected the surprise to be Song Yunshen, while Xia Jinshu wondered how she would react to learning he was the student she tutored.

• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening with an alarm recording of her begging and traded the threat of sharing it for a cosplay session.
• Song Yunshen gave Xia Kening orange slippers, helped her play Genshin Impact, and studied English vocabulary for Xia Jinshu’s weekly spot checks.
• Song Yunshen sent Xia Jinshu a photo of his studying and discussed a possible reward for keeping up his progress.
• Song Yunshen walked Xia Kening home and told her to return in the evening, then messaged Xia Yunuo about a surprise at his uncle’s apartment.
• Xia Yunuo told Xia Jinshu she was going to the library, while Xia Jinshu privately wondered how she would react to discovering Song Yunshen was her tutoring student.

Song Yunshen stayed at his uncle Zhao Zeheng’s home to meet Xia Yunuo as she arrived to tutor his young cousin Yingying. Xia Yunuo began teaching Yingying while Song Yunshen listened in, and his private thoughts left Xia Yunuo embarrassed but quietly pleased.

• Song Yunshen ate lunch with Zhao Zeheng, Ruan Zheng, and Yingying, then learned his aunt and uncle would leave him to look after Yingying during Xia Yunuo’s lesson.
• Xia Yunuo left home for the tutoring session, while Xia Kening learned from Song Yunshen that he would sit in and felt uneasy about it.
• Xia Yunuo arrived at Zhao Zeheng’s apartment and pretended to be surprised to find Song Yunshen there with Yingying, though she already knew Yingying was his cousin.
• Xia Yunuo explained her plan to teach Yingying through short lessons and educational games, and Song Yunshen approved it.
• Xia Yunuo began the lesson in a sweet, child-friendly voice, while Song Yunshen privately admired her and Xia Yunuo felt embarrassed but happy that only he saw her that way.

After finishing her first lesson with Yingying, Xia Yunuo visited Song Yunshen’s apartment across the hall. She spotted jasmine tea in his fridge and suspected that her older sister had once shared a meal with him there, leaving her jealous and unsettled.

• Xia Yunuo completed her lesson, and Yingying said she wanted pretty sister to visit again the next day.
• Ruan Zheng returned home, thanked Xia Yunuo for teaching Yingying, and asked Song Yunshen to see her out.
• Song Yunshen invited Xia Yunuo into his apartment across the hall and revealed he had prepared navy-blue slippers for her.
• Song Yunshen offered Xia Yunuo a drink, and she noticed jasmine tea in his fridge.
• Xia Yunuo recalled her older sister bringing her jasmine tea after lunch with Song Yunshen and wondered if they had eaten at his apartment together.

Xia Yunuo toured Song Yunshen’s home, then left as he went to meet Xia Jinshu for grocery shopping. At the market, Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu unexpectedly ran into his grandfather, leaving Xia Jinshu stunned.

• Song Yunshen showed Xia Yunuo his home, and she learned from his inner thoughts that his mother had died.
• Song Yunshen walked Xia Yunuo downstairs, then rode his electric scooter to meet Xia Jinshu at the residential complex entrance.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu rode to the market, where she agreed to cook dinner with him and efficiently bargained for ingredients.
• Song Yunshen stopped Xia Jinshu from approaching one vegetable stall, but the elderly vendor recognized her and called Song Yunshen his grandson.
• Xia Jinshu reacted with shock when Song Yunshen greeted the vegetable vendor as his grandfather.

Xia Jinshu and Song Yunshen bought groceries from his grandfather Zhao Lisong, then returned to Song Yunshen’s home so she could prepare dinner and tutor him. After Xia Jinshu finished preparing the ingredients, she began a spot check of the vocabulary Song Yunshen had studied.

• Song Yunshen introduced Xia Jinshu to his grandfather, Zhao Lisong, who explained that he sold vegetables at the market because he enjoyed keeping busy.
• Xia Jinshu and Song Yunshen discussed Zhao Lisong’s vegetable prices before Song Yunshen drove them home on his electric scooter.
• Song Yunshen offered to take Xia Jinshu grocery shopping on his scooter in the future and gave her a new pair of slippers to keep at his home.
• Xia Jinshu prepared the ingredients while Song Yunshen reviewed his vocabulary and secretly chatted with Xia Kening on Douyin.
• Xia Jinshu came to the study with her lesson plan, and Song Yunshen sat ready for her vocabulary spot check.

After Song Yunshen completed Xia Jinshu’s English homework, he invited her to an optical shop and agreed to do her daily assignments for a week. As Xia Jinshu cooked dinner, Song Yunshen was reminded of his mother and asked her to say “Dinner’s ready” at mealtimes from then on.

• Xia Jinshu checked Song Yunshen’s memorization work and found that he had completed it successfully.
• Song Yunshen invited Xia Jinshu to accompany him to an optical shop the following weekend, and she agreed on the condition that he finish her daily homework for a week.
• Xia Jinshu taught Song Yunshen basic English sentence structures until their lesson ended at five.
• While Xia Jinshu prepared dinner, Song Yunshen watched her and felt that her presence reminded him of his mother.
• Song Yunshen asked Xia Jinshu to say “Dinner’s ready” whenever it was time to eat.

Xia Jinshu cooked dinner at Song Yunshen's home, where he showed her the dishwasher and she imagined the appliances she hoped to buy for her family. After she left, Xia Kening arranged to visit Song Yunshen to play a game, and she and Xia Yunuo agreed to cover for each other so Xia Jinshu would not find out.

• Xia Jinshu cooked dinner with Song Yunshen, praised his home appliances, and asked him to finish the rice in his bowl.
• Song Yunshen showed Xia Jinshu how to use the dishwasher, then saw her off and reminded her to send him his memorization work.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening exchanged messages, and he agreed she could come over to play Genshin Impact for an hour.
• Xia Kening told Xia Jinshu she was going for a run, but Xia Yunuo caught her and learned she was going to Song Yunshen's home.
• Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo agreed to cover for each other when visiting Song Yunshen, keeping their plans from Xia Jinshu.

Xia Kening visited Song Yunshen to play Genshin Impact while he edited a video, and they agreed to record their sleep schedules to investigate their body swaps. Song Yunshen arranged to walk to school and eat breakfast with Xia Yunuo the next morning, then checked the Future Diary, whose written date had not yet faded.

• Song Yunshen gave Xia Kening a guest passcode and let her play Genshin Impact at his home while he studied and brought her yogurt by hand.
• Xia Kening wondered whether she should practice cooking for Song Yunshen, and she stopped playing when his alarm went off.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening decided to track when they fell asleep and woke up instead of conducting dedicated body-swap tests.
• Song Yunshen walked Xia Kening to the elevator, then returned to editing her gameplay video and replied when she told him she was home.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo arranged to meet at seven the next morning and eat breakfast together before school.
• Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary after showering, saw that its written date had not faded, and began writing in his own diary.

After reading Song Yunshen’s diary, Xia Jinshu realized that hearing her say “Dinner’s ready!” reminded him of having a mother and resolved to offer him comfort. Meanwhile, Song Yunshen chatted and joked with Xia Kening online before they said good night.

• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and learned that her cooking had brought back his longing for a mother.
• Xia Jinshu considered letting Song Yunshen treat her as a substitute mother and reconsidered her earlier suspicions of him.
• Song Yunshen saw Xu Zhuoyue’s message about saving seats for English class and replied in the class group chat.
• Song Yunshen watched the videos Xia Kening had sent and teased her while they chatted on Douyin.
• Xia Kening asked whether they would have breakfast together, and Song Yunshen explained that she could eat with his uncle and aunt instead.

Xia Yunuo got up early to meet Song Yunshen for breakfast, while Xia Kening realized her sister’s plans and teased her about them. Song Yunshen’s uncle Zhao Zeheng spotted Xia Yunuo waiting outside the breakfast shop, and Song arrived to bring her inside, insisting they were just good friends.

• Xia Yunuo got up early and admitted to Xia Kening that she planned to have breakfast with Song Yunshen.
• Xia Kening agreed not to tell Xia Jinshu and told Xia Yunuo to save her money instead of bringing back snacks.
• Song Yunshen arranged to meet Xia Yunuo at the breakfast shop and learned from Zhao Zeheng that she had been waiting outside.
• Song Yunshen joked with Zhao Zeheng about his relationship with Xia Yunuo and received 2,000 yuan from Ruan Zheng.
• Song Yunshen found Xia Yunuo outside the shop, teased her for waiting in the sun, and invited her inside to cool off.