Chapter Summaries

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening went to breakfast with Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng, who warned them not to let gaming affect Xia Kening’s studies. Back at Song Yunshen’s home, they played and studied until he sent Xia Kening home ahead of Xia Yunuo’s visit, leaving him nervous about seeing the girl he knew would become his wife.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening teased each other before joining Zhao Zeheng and Ruan Zheng for breakfast, where Song Yunshen said Xia Kening was his Genshin Impact apprentice.
• Ruan Zheng warned Xia Kening and Song Yunshen to manage their gaming and said she would tell Xia Kening’s mother if Xia Kening did poorly on the start-of-term exam.
• Zhao Zeheng privately cautioned Song Yunshen not to fool around with Xia Kening because he already had Xia Yunuo; Song Yunshen told Xia Kening about the warning, and they continued joking.
• Back at Song Yunshen’s home, Xia Kening played while Song Yunshen studied English, and they bantered about their exam and cosplay bet.
• Song Yunshen messaged Xia Yunuo and arranged for her to come for lunch, then sent Xia Kening home and admitted to himself that he felt nervous about seeing his future wife.

Xia Yunuo suspected Xia Kening had gone to see Song Yunshen instead of the library, then prepared to meet him for lunch herself. The sisters returned home at the same time and agreed to keep each other’s secrets.

• Xia Yunuo learned Xia Kening had left early in clothes that suggested she was meeting Song Yunshen, while Xia Jinshu and Yan Zhenxia believed she had gone to the library.
• Xia Yunuo received a message from Song Yunshen and told Xia Jinshu she would have lunch with classmates, though Xia Jinshu knew about her tutoring job and let the excuse pass.
• Xia Yunuo went home to change into a skirt and get ready before heading to Song Yunshen’s uncle’s house for lunch.
• Xia Yunuo ran into Xia Kening as she returned home, and they agreed not to expose each other’s plans at lunch.

Xia Yunuo visited Song Yunshen in a pretty outfit, and the two traded teasing remarks while privately hearing each other’s thoughts. After she joined him at the apartment opposite, Song Yunshen admired her calves, but his final thought about her figure spoiled her quiet delight.

• Song Yunshen welcomed Xia Yunuo upstairs and teased her about dressing up for a date.
• Xia Yunuo and Song Yunshen heard each other’s thoughts and both privately admitted they had dressed up for each other.
• Song Yunshen reflected on the Future Diary’s prediction that he would marry Xia Yunuo in 2035 and wondered about his future relationships with her and Xia Jinshu.
• Yingying opened the apartment door, greeted Xia Yunuo, and led her inside.
• Song Yunshen admired Xia Yunuo’s calves as she changed into slippers, then thought her chest should be more pronounced, leaving her silently upset.

Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo shared lunch at Ruan Zheng’s home before teaching Yingying together, and Xia Yunuo quietly enjoyed Song Yunshen’s attentiveness and admiration. When Song Yunshen thought of Xia Yunuo as his future wife and decided he should wait until college, Xia Yunuo heard him and was stunned.

• Ruan Zheng worried about Song Yunshen’s closeness with Xia Kening and Xia Yunuo but decided not to interfere as long as Xia Kening’s grades stayed strong.
• Song Yunshen served Xia Yunuo a braised chicken wing and moved the dishes closer, making her feel touched by his consideration.
• After lunch, Xia Yunuo taught Yingying while Song Yunshen joined them, and he noticed Xia Yunuo’s skirt had ridden up as Yingying tugged its hem.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen admiring her legs and deliberately kept them in view while continuing Yingying’s lesson.
• Song Yunshen thought Xia Yunuo was his future wife but resolved to focus on high school and perhaps wait until college, leaving Xia Yunuo shocked by the thought.

Song Yunshen arranged to take Xia Jinshu to his aunt’s friend’s optician and persuaded her to have dinner with him at Wanda first. After Auntie Cao offered them free glasses, Xia Yunuo overheard Song Yunshen’s plans and was shocked that her sister was going out with him again.

• Song Yunshen asked Song Wantang where her friend Auntie Cao’s optician was and learned that it was inside Wanda’s food court.
• Song Yunshen used money from Song Wantang to convince Xia Jinshu to eat with him after tutoring, and Xia Jinshu agreed to repay him with a meal later.
• Song Wantang showed the mahjong group Song Yunshen’s messages, and Auntie Cao offered to give Xia Jinshu a pair of glasses for free.
• Song Yunshen planned to have dinner with Xia Jinshu, stroll around Wanda, and take her to the optician’s.
• Xia Yunuo overheard Song Yunshen’s plans and wondered why Xia Jinshu was going out with him again.

Song Yunshen spent time gaming with Xia Yunuo before tutoring with Xia Jinshu and taking her out for barbecue. Xia Kening saw Xia Jinshu ride away on Song Yunshen’s scooter and wondered whether rumors that she had written him a love letter were true.

• Song Yunshen invited Xia Yunuo to play a puzzle game before she went home, where she ran into Xia Kening walking Gaogao.
• Xia Kening told Xia Yunuo that she was walking Gaogao for snacks, while keeping quiet that the dog belonged to Song Yunshen’s grandparents.
• Xia Jinshu arrived at Song Yunshen’s home, quizzed him on vocabulary, and planned to give him a test after more lessons.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu left for an all-you-can-eat barbecue restaurant.
• Xia Kening spotted Xia Jinshu riding on the back of Song Yunshen’s electric scooter and wondered whether Xia Jinshu had written him a love letter.

Xia Jinshu accompanied Song Yunshen to Wanda Plaza, where his teasing and her awkward reactions brought them closer as they waited for a barbecue table. The outing left Xia Jinshu flustered after Song Yunshen told her she did not need to keep apologizing to him.

• Xia Jinshu nearly fell on an escalator, and Song Yunshen caught her before she lost her balance.
• Xia Jinshu belatedly complimented Song Yunshen's looks, and he returned the compliment while teasing her about her awkward conversation skills.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu found the barbecue restaurant full, took a queue ticket, and wandered around the third floor while they waited.
• Xia Jinshu spotted her deskmate at the arcade and pulled Song Yunshen aside, explaining that she did not want to reveal her tutoring job or invite misunderstandings.
• Song Yunshen noticed Xia Jinshu was still holding his wrist and told her he disliked how often she apologized; Xia Jinshu answered that apologizing was basic courtesy.

Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu played arcade games together, winning SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plushies for Xia Jinshu’s younger sisters. They then went to a barbecue buffet, where Song Yunshen began wondering whether Xia Jinshu could have been his future wife.

• Xia Jinshu chose a SpongeBob SquarePants claw machine, and Song Yunshen helped her free a plushie wedged over the chute by slapping the machine.
• Song Yunshen won a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plushie with Xia Jinshu’s help, and she decided to give the two plushies to Ningning and Xiao Nuo.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu used the rest of their tokens playing arcade games, then returned to the barbecue restaurant and were seated immediately.
• Xia Jinshu grilled meat and served Song Yunshen, who imagined her as his future wife and wondered why he had chosen Xia Yunuo instead.

Song Yunshen took Xia Jinshu to Auntie Cao’s optical shop, where she learned she was mildly nearsighted but decided to wait until she had money to buy glasses. After he dropped her at her residential complex, Xia Jinshu gave Xia Yunuo a plush toy, while Xia Yunuo remained curious about her sister’s relationship with Song Yunshen and chose to wait before asking.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Jinshu finished dinner, then went to Auntie Cao’s optical shop for eye exams.
• The exam showed Song Yunshen’s eyesight was healthy and Xia Jinshu was mildly nearsighted, but she declined to buy glasses until she got paid.
• Xia Jinshu tried on several frames, and Song Yunshen secretly noted the model of a pair she liked.
• Song Yunshen drove Xia Jinshu to the entrance of the East District, where she went home with the two plush toys they had won.
• Xia Jinshu gave Xia Yunuo a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle plushie and told her she had gone to dinner with classmates.
• Xia Yunuo wondered about Xia Jinshu and Song Yunshen’s relationship but decided to bear with her questions for now.

Xia Kening confronted Song Yunshen about seeing him ride with another girl, but he insisted there was nothing romantic between them and refused to explain their relationship. She decided to ask her eldest sister about the girl and tried to convince herself that her unhappiness came from wanting to protect her sisters, though she still wanted to spend time with Song Yunshen.

• Song Yunshen helped Xia Kening onto his electric scooter and rode her back to the West District.
• Xia Kening accused Song Yunshen of carrying on with another woman after seeing him give a girl a ride, and he denied having a relationship with either girl.
• Song Yunshen teased Xia Kening about being jealous and refused to tell her how he had met the girl, so Xia Kening decided to ask her eldest sister instead.
• At home, Xia Kening stopped questioning Song Yunshen and opened the game, telling herself she was only worried he might deceive her sisters.
• Xia Kening asked what Song Yunshen and the girl had eaten, then went quiet when he said they had gone to the same barbecue place she had visited before.

Xia Kening and Song Yunshen spent the evening teasing each other and discussed their video earnings before she returned home, where she learned Xia Jinshu had brought her a plushie. The three sisters each kept their knowledge of Xia Jinshu’s connection to Song Yunshen secret, leaving their household in an uncanny balance.

• Xia Kening and Song Yunshen agreed to split their video earnings equally, and Xia Kening left while hinting that their next body swap would bring a surprise.
• Song Yunshen checked the Future Diary, noted how long it took to produce entries, and began writing in his own diary.
• Xia Kening discovered that Xia Jinshu had brought home a SpongeBob plushie for her and learned Xia Yunuo had received a turtle plushie too.
• Xia Kening questioned Xia Jinshu about her dinner out, but Xia Jinshu concealed that she had gone with Song Yunshen, and neither younger sister exposed her lie.
• Xia Jinshu quietly reopened her diary after Xia Kening left, while Xia Yunuo continued doing homework.

Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary and realized how carefully he had been considering her feelings, leaving her unexpectedly eager for the next day. That night, Xia Yunuo and Song Yunshen exchanged pajama photos and picked outfits for tomorrow, while Xia Kening secretly messaged him and received a pajama selfie of her own.

• Xia Jinshu read Song Yunshen’s diary, learned he had arranged their dinner with a transfer screenshot to spare her embarrassment, and felt touched by his thoughtfulness.
• Xia Jinshu finished the diary and found herself looking forward to seeing Song Yunshen again the next day.
• After showering, Xia Yunuo sent Song Yunshen a pajama selfie, and they chatted about what they would wear tomorrow.
• Xia Yunuo chose a top and pants for Song Yunshen to wear, and he agreed to her selection.
• While drying Xia Yunuo’s hair, Xia Kening secretly messaged Song Yunshen, guessed he was chatting with Xia Yunuo, and received a pajama selfie as her reward.
• Xia Yunuo waited for Song Yunshen’s reply and wondered why he was taking longer to respond.

Xia Yunuo arranged to treat Song Yunshen to barbecue after she got paid and learned that he had caught the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle she was holding. After chatting with both girls late into the night, Song Yunshen woke to discover that they had swapped bodies again.

• Xia Yunuo asked Song Yunshen to go for barbecue together next month, and he agreed to take her to Wanda for fun the following week.
• Song Yunshen told Xia Yunuo he had caught a SpongeBob SquarePants and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, then claimed he had given the turtle to his classmate.
• Xia Yunuo learned that Song Yunshen had caught the turtle she had at home and eagerly agreed to spend more time with him.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening joked about his passcode and threatened to swap directly the next day.
• Song Yunshen chatted with both girls until after eleven, fell asleep, and woke the next morning to find that they had swapped bodies again.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening swapped bodies again, and Song Yunshen slipped out of Xia Kening’s home while her mother slept. Xia Yunuo half-awoke to hear Song Yunshen’s thoughts, noticed clues that unsettled her, then dismissed them as a dream and went back to sleep.

• Song Yunshen woke in Xia Kening’s body beside Yan Zhenxia and messaged Xia Kening about the swap and his plan to leave quietly.
• Song Yunshen dressed, tried on Xia Kening’s white stocking, and asked Xia Kening for help with the bathroom and finding her sandals.
• Song Yunshen noticed the SpongeBob plush and the lack of men’s shoes before slipping out of the Xia home.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen’s thoughts while half asleep, including his observations about the family and the plush toy.
• Xia Yunuo woke, messaged Song Yunshen a good-morning greeting, then went back to sleep while wondering whether Ningning would wear stockings.

Xia Kening and Song Yunshen met in person while still swapped, teased each other, and tried to identify what triggered their body swaps. Their attempt to sleep and test how to swap back failed when they both found themselves too hungry to sleep.

• Xia Kening dressed in Song Yunshen's clothes, noticed Xia Yunuo's good-morning message to Song Yunshen, and sent him a screenshot.
• Song Yunshen suspected Xia Kening was related to Xia Yunuo and Xia Jinshu after recalling clues about their home and belongings.
• Song Yunshen reached Xia Kening's apartment, where he and Xia Kening reacted to seeing their own bodies and playfully chased and pinned each other.
• Song Yunshen replied to Xia Yunuo with a sticker, and Xia Kening teased him about it while privately deciding to tease Xia Yunuo later.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening compared their sleep records, found no clear pattern behind their swaps, and lay down to test whether sleeping would swap them back.
• After ten minutes, Song Yunshen and Xia Kening admitted they could not sleep and decided to get breakfast because Xia Kening was hungry.

Song Yunshen and Xia Kening remained trapped in each other’s bodies and arranged to get through the day while keeping their identities secret. Xia Kening bullied Song Yunshen over his computer, and he left her with his tutoring lesson as he headed out, still planning to visit her home later.

• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening ate breakfast together and agreed to wait until they slept that night to see if they switched back.
• Song Yunshen realized from old photos that Xia Kening lived with her mother and two older sisters, but he pretended not to know.
• Xia Kening took over Song Yunshen’s new computer and used her strength in his body to stop him from getting it back.
• Song Yunshen told Xia Kening to memorize his English tutoring assignments and attend his lesson that afternoon.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening logged into their own WeChat accounts on each other’s phones before separating for lunch and their afternoon plans.

Song Yunshen, in Xia Kening's body, arranged a meal with Xia Yunuo while Xia Kening tried to imitate his familiar, teasing manner with her sister. After Xia Yunuo noticed Song Yunshen's thoughts again and realized they had stopped when she was near him, she heard another thought and suspected the person before her was not Song Yunshen.

• Song Yunshen ordered braised chicken for free at his aunt's restaurant and warned Xia Kening that Xia Yunuo was on her way.
• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen's thoughts near the restaurant, spotted Xia Kening eating there, secretly photographed her, and then hurried to meet him.
• Xia Kening, acting as Song Yunshen, greeted Xia Yunuo, patted her head, and later pinched her cheek while they ate and washed dishes together.
• Xia Yunuo became flustered at Xia Kening's unusually assertive behavior, then noticed she could no longer hear Song Yunshen's thoughts while they were together.
• Xia Yunuo heard the thought, “I'm so full. If I'd known, I wouldn't have ordered the large portion,” and abruptly looked at Xia Kening in Song Yunshen's body.

Xia Yunuo struggled to understand the strange thoughts she heard from Song Yunshen, while Song Yunshen and Xia Kening discussed their body switch and its likely connection to sleep. After the switch reversed, Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen say they had switched back and began recording clues at home.

• Xia Yunuo heard Song Yunshen's thoughts about being full and a large portion, then wondered why the thoughts had returned.
• Song Yunshen learned that Xia Kening had patted Xia Yunuo's head and pinched her cheeks, and told her to stop touching Xia Yunuo so casually.
• Song Yunshen fell asleep while Xia Yunuo taught Yingying, and woke after Zhao Zeheng's voice; he realized he and Xia Kening had switched back and patted Xia Yunuo's head.
• Song Yunshen and Xia Kening concluded that their souls might switch back when both slept during the same period, and Xia Kening left before Xia Yunuo finished class.
• At home, Xia Yunuo asked when Xia Kening had returned, then began writing down clues about the cat drawings on Song Yunshen's test paper and Xia Kening's homework notebook.

Xia Yunuo pieced together the clues and concluded that Xia Kening and Song Yunshen had been swapping souls, then worried about what their closeness might mean. Meanwhile, Song Yunshen failed Xia Jinshu’s vocabulary check after neglecting to study, so Xia Jinshu made a weekly reward deal with him that left her wondering what he would ask her to do next.

• Xia Yunuo reviewed her clues and realized Xia Kening and Song Yunshen had swapped souls, including at Xia Yunuo’s home that morning.
• Xia Yunuo worried that Song Yunshen might eventually learn the three sisters’ relationship and imagined what could happen when he stayed at their house in Xia Kening’s body.
• Song Yunshen went grocery shopping with Xia Jinshu, then crammed vocabulary but still failed her spot check because he had not studied that morning.
• Xia Jinshu wondered whether Song Yunshen had lost motivation after their glasses-store outing and proposed another reward to encourage his studying.
• Song Yunshen suggested that if he completed his weekly vocabulary tasks, Xia Jinshu would grant him one acceptable request, and she agreed to the deal.

Xia Yunuo and Xia Kening teased each other about Song Yunshen while helping prepare dinner, and their family discussed Xia Jinshu’s tutoring job. The chapter ended with Xia Kening arriving at Song Yunshen’s apartment, where he confronted her over the morning’s vocabulary quiz.

• Xia Kening told Xia Yunuo she was working as Song Yunshen’s gaming proxy, then teased her about having a crush on him.
• Xia Kening claimed Song Yunshen sneaked looks at her and liked her stockings, making Xia Yunuo jealous and uneasy about their body swap.
• Yan Zhenxia discussed her new writing job and asked about Xia Jinshu; Xia Jinshu claimed her student’s mother cooked the meals.
• Xia Kening messaged Song Yunshen, learned he had failed a surprise vocabulary quiz, and decided to keep Xia Jinshu’s tutoring him a secret from Xia Yunuo.
• Xia Kening went to Song Yunshen’s apartment, where he threatened to settle the score over the quiz and she protested.