Chapter Summaries

Cen Xia ate with Lin Jiandu at an upscale restaurant, where their conversation about body image led Lin Jiandu to ask him to help build muscle. Huo Jinran arrived and showed hostility toward Cen Xia, then Chi Zhao and Pei Huaiyi joined them, bringing all three of Lin Jiandu’s love interests into the private room.

• Lin Jiandu took Cen Xia to a lavish private dining establishment and told him the chef would prepare whatever was served.
• Cen Xia urged Lin Jiandu to eat more and offered to take him to the gym, and Lin Jiandu agreed.
• Huo Jinran arrived, questioned Lin Jiandu about Cen Xia, and promised to spend time with him after his busy spell.
• Chi Zhao and Pei Huaiyi followed Huo Jinran into the room and joined the meal.
• Cen Xia realized that all three of Lin Jiandu’s laogongs had gathered around them.

At dinner, Cen Xia met Lin Jiandu and watched Huo Jinran’s intense attachment to him become clear. Cen Xia took Lin Jiandu away from Huo Jinran, and they joked that they were eloping as they headed back to school.

• Chi Zhao questioned Lin Jiandu, who explained that he had met Huo Jinran last year and had been admitted to Kanlitel as a special-admission student.
• Pei Huaiyi recognized Cen Xia and said he wanted to see him have an episode, while Lin Jiandu comforted Cen Xia.
• Huo Jinran asked Lin Jiandu to stay, but Lin Jiandu hesitated because he wanted to spend time with Cen Xia and still considered Huo Jinran useful.
• Cen Xia refused Huo Jinran on Lin Jiandu’s behalf, took Lin Jiandu’s hand, and hurried out of Private Banquet with him.
• After they walked several hundred meters, Lin Jiandu joked that they were eloping, and Cen Xia played along before saying they would return to school.

Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng witnessed new dorm inspections at Kanlitel, which Shi Su explained were meant to help the Disciplinary Group pressure the Student Council president. The inspections caught Ding Yiheng’s roommate with a special-admission student, and Cen Xia learned the roommate had claimed they were dating.

• Cen Xia shared lunch with Lin Jiandu and Ding Yiheng, then gave Lin Jiandu his last chicken drumstick to help him gain weight.
• Cen Xia found photos of himself and Ding Yiheng on the forum after they ate with Lin Jiandu.
• Student Council members, including Shi Su, inspected the dorms, and Cen Xia learned the inspections had only begun that morning.
• Shi Su explained that the Disciplinary Group had accused the president of neglecting dorm rules and abusing his power, prompting the school to order inspections.
• Ding Yiheng said his roommate returned after three in the morning, angry and exhausted from writing a self-criticism after being caught with a special-admission student.
• Ding Yiheng learned his roommate had told the Student Council that he and the special-admission student were dating, and Cen Xia was shocked by the explanation.

Cen Xia attended the Archery Club’s welcome party, where he found Lu Mian working as a server and followed him after the event. Lu Mian teased Cen Xia about having a crush on him, then offered him a ride when they realized no cars were available.

• Ding Yiheng reminded Cen Xia about the Archery Club’s welcome event and brought him to the party at a villa.
• Cen Xia left the noisy party area and spotted Lu Mian working as a server, then offered to cover any pay Lu Mian might lose by talking to him.
• Cen Xia stayed until Lu Mian finished his shift in the early hours and followed him out of the villa complex.
• Lu Mian stopped his motorcycle and asked Cen Xia why he was following him, then claimed Cen Xia liked him.
• Cen Xia denied liking Lu Mian, and Lu Mian offered him a ride because there were no cars nearby.

Cen Xia woke up at Lu Mian’s home after drunkenly asking to sleep there and telling Lu Mian that he liked him. The next afternoon, Lu Xiao questioned Cen Xia about pursuing her brother, leaving him shocked that he had said so.

• Cen Xia fell asleep on Lu Mian’s motorcycle, then begged to stay at Lu Mian’s home because he was too tired to return to school.
• Cen Xia told Lu Mian, “I like you. Let me sleep,” and Lu Mian recorded his words before letting him sleep on the floor.
• Lu Xiao learned that Lu Mian still needed three hundred thousand for their grandmother’s medical bills and offered to sell their apartment, but Lu Mian refused.
• Lu Mian gave the sleeping Cen Xia a pillow and blanket, then went to bed.
• Cen Xia woke after one in the afternoon and met Lu Xiao, who told him he had said he was pursuing Lu Mian; Cen Xia was stunned.

Cen Xia spent the morning with Lu Xiao and Lu Mian, learning about the siblings’ lives and treating them to hot pot. After Lu Xiao invited him to her band’s performance, Cen Xia agreed to stay and nap beside Lu Mian, while Lu Mian continued to mistake his actions for romantic interest.

• Lu Xiao introduced herself to Cen Xia and explained that Lu Mian worked nights and slept during the day, then exaggerated their hardships while trying to get Cen Xia to help her brother.
• Lu Mian woke up, and Lu Xiao teased Cen Xia about finding her brother handsome; Cen Xia admitted that Lu Mian was handsome.
• Cen Xia took Lu Xiao and Lu Mian to a hot pot restaurant and paid for their meal.
• Lu Xiao invited Cen Xia to her band’s performance that evening, and he agreed to stay after she urged him to come along.
• Lu Mian offered to share his bed with Cen Xia so they could nap, and Cen Xia accepted while Lu Mian privately interpreted his sniffing the bedding as a sign of attraction.

Cen Xia discovered that Lu Xiao’s changed behavior had derailed the original plot, and the world’s creator pulled him into a white void to ask him to restore key turning points. After agreeing to help ensure the protagonists meet at crucial moments, Cen Xia returned to the bar and invited Lu Mian to see what was happening upstairs.

• Cen Xia and Lu Mian entered the bar to find Lu Xiao, but they could not locate backstage and waited in a booth instead.
• Several patrons approached Lu Mian, so he claimed Cen Xia was his boyfriend and pulled him into an embrace to deter them.
• Lu Xiao messaged that she had helped with an investigation and warned them to stay away from the second floor, where the suspects were still present.
• Cen Xia realized that Lu Xiao’s changed characterization had altered a key plot event: Lu Mian and Wen Xingzhou’s first meeting.
• The world’s creator told Cen Xia that the world had come alive and asked him to restore key plot turning points; Cen Xia agreed to help.
• Back in the bar, Cen Xia returned Lu Mian’s phone and suggested they go see the excitement on the second floor.

Cen Xia tried to lure Wen Xingzhou away from room 808 by staging a scene in room 806, but Wen Xingzhou caught him snooping and ordered him taken in as a suspect. The chapter ended with Cen Xia protesting as Li Man escorted him inside.

• Cen Xia booked room 806 and placed Lu Mian where Lu Xiao had been in the original plot.
• Cen Xia watched room 808, hoping to find a way to lure Wen Xingzhou out.
• Wen Xingzhou approached Cen Xia, and the two exchanged barbs while pretending they were both in room 808.
• Li Man came out of room 808 and addressed the man beside Cen Xia as Chief Wen.
• Wen Xingzhou told Li Man to take Cen Xia inside as a suspect, and Cen Xia protested that he had made up being from room 808.

Cen Xia, Lu Mian, and Lu Xiao were taken to the police station after Lu Xiao disrupted an operation, then Wen Xingzhou drove them home. There, Cen Xia realized that the changed events had saved Lu Mian’s grandmother and altered both siblings’ fates.

• Cen Xia asked to bring Lu Mian from room 806, and Wen Xingzhou took them to room 808, where they found Lu Xiao already waiting.
• Liu Yang explained that Lu Xiao had swiped a phone to tell her brother about the operation, and Wen Xingzhou ordered everyone taken to the police station.
• Lu Mian and Cen Xia were questioned and signed confidentiality agreements, then Wen Xingzhou offered to drive them home.
• On the way, Lu Xiao told Wen Xingzhou that Cen Xia liked Lu Mian, and Lu Mian pulled her back while Cen Xia resigned himself to the misunderstanding.
• At the Lu home, Cen Xia overheard Lu Mian promising to visit Grandma at the hospital and realized that the changed events had kept her alive and changed both siblings’ futures.

Cen Xia comforted Lu Mian’s worried grandmother and spent the night at Lu Mian’s home, while Lu Mian began to notice how much he missed Cen Xia when he was gone. The following week, after both boys made the basketball team as substitutes, Cen Xia ran into Shen Zhong in the communal showers, where Shen Zhong admired his physique but found his face disappointing.

• Cen Xia took Lu Mian’s phone and reassured Grandma Lu that Lu Mian was popular and had friends, making her happy and promising to visit with him.
• Lu Mian watched Cen Xia sleeping beside him, then later found himself missing Cen Xia’s presence after Cen Xia left and Lu Mian returned from his milk tea shop shift.
• Kanlitel announced a basketball competition, and Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng both made the team as substitutes after PE tryouts.
• Cen Xia went to the communal showers with Ding Yiheng after PE and unexpectedly encountered Shen Zhong and Yellow Hair.
• Shen Zhong watched Cen Xia take off his jersey and admired his waist and abs, but regretted that Cen Xia’s face did not match his physique.

After Shen Zhong unexpectedly asked Cen Xia to add him as a friend, Cen Xia attended the Archery Club’s first practice and was challenged to a match by Qian Yuan. The match began with Ding Yiheng convinced Cen Xia would lose to the experienced youth archery medalist.

• Shen Zhong blocked Cen Xia after their showers, asked his name, and added him as a friend.
• Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng attended their Archery Club session, where Cen Xia’s practiced form impressed a senior member.
• Qian Yuan mocked Cen Xia’s form and challenged him to a match.
• Ding Yiheng learned Qian Yuan had won third place in a youth archery competition and worried because Cen Xia had only tried archery at a park.
• Cen Xia calmly prepared to shoot as the club members gathered to watch.

Cen Xia defeated Qian Yuan in an archery match, impressing the club members and catching He Wangsheng’s attention. After the club president began a changeover meeting, Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng secretly played a game at the back.

• The club president and He Wangsheng arrived and watched Cen Xia and Qian Yuan compete.
• Cen Xia shot casually but impressed Ding Yiheng and He Wangsheng with his form.
• Cen Xia narrowly won the first round, then won the next two and took the match three rounds to none.
• Ding Yiheng confronted Cen Xia about his archery experience and asked him to teach him; Cen Xia agreed to teach him next time.
• The president called the club members, including the newcomers, to a changeover meeting, where Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng secretly played a game.

He Wangsheng asked Cen Xia to pose as his nude model, but Cen Xia politely refused. Later, He Wangsheng arrived alone to inspect Cen Xia’s dorm, leaving Cen Xia wary of his courteous manner.

• During a club meeting, He Wangsheng let his attention drift while Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng played a game, which ended in defeat.
• He Wangsheng stopped Cen Xia and asked him to be his nude model, but Cen Xia refused despite an offer of payment or an exchange.
• Ding Yiheng told Cen Xia that Shen Si had returned to school and revealed that Shen Si was Shen Zhong’s older brother.
• After dinner, Cen Xia returned to his dorm for the scheduled inspection, where He Wangsheng arrived alone and asked permission to enter.

He Wangsheng visited Cen Xia’s bedroom and asked him again to model for his painting, offering to grant him any request. Cen Xia refused after mistakenly assuming modeling required taking his clothes off, and He Wangsheng left while privately vowing that Cen Xia would come back to him.

• He Wangsheng inspected Cen Xia’s untidy, impersonal bedroom during a routine dorm check.
• He Wangsheng asked Cen Xia a second time to model for his painting and offered to fulfill any request.
• Cen Xia refused, explaining that he did not want to take his clothes off, and He Wangsheng clarified that modeling did not require it.
• He Wangsheng asked again, but Cen Xia firmly told him not to ask again, and He Wangsheng apologized before leaving.
• Outside Cen Xia’s closed door, He Wangsheng concealed his dark feelings and promised himself that Cen Xia would return to him.

Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng found Shen Si tormenting Shi Su on the rooftop during a storm, where He Wangsheng—the person who saved Shi Su in the original book—was absent. Cen Xia rescued Shi Su and confronted Shen Si as they tried to leave.

• Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng learned that Shen Si was on the rooftop bullying Shi Su and hurried there through the crowd.
• Shen Si ordered his lackey to kick Shi Su down and pull him back up while Shi Su lay helpless in the rain.
• Cen Xia asked whether He Wangsheng had come and, learning he was absent, decided to intervene.
• Cen Xia grabbed Shi Su and kicked Shen Si's lackey away, while Ding Yiheng held an umbrella over them.
• Cen Xia carried Shi Su toward the exit, but Shen Si ordered them to stop and declared that Shi Su could not leave.
• Cen Xia turned to Shen Si and said he was taking Shi Su away and Shen Si could not stop him.

Chi Zhao interrupted Shen Si’s confrontation with Cen Xia and hinted that he had found leverage against Shen Si. At the infirmary, Shi Su recovered from a low-grade fever, but the torrential rain continued into the evening.

• Chi Zhao arrived on the rooftop with a small floral umbrella and stopped Shen Si from continuing the confrontation.
• Chi Zhao told Shen Si to report that he had caught him by the tail, and Shen Si left without reacting.
• Cen Xia cared for Shi Su in the infirmary while Fang Sheng brought dry clothes and Ding Yiheng fetched medicine.
• Shi Su woke after a long dream, brushed off Fang Sheng’s concern, and drank medicine after his fever went down.
• Shi Su saw that the rain and wind were still raging outside near seven in the evening.

Cen Xia wondered why the World Will had not reacted after he took Shi Su away from the rooftop, then reassured Lin Jiandu that he was safe and that his friend had a fever. Lin Jiandu later attended a tense family dinner with Sheng Heyi and Sheng Yi'an, thinking about Cen Xia as a gift in his life.

• Cen Xia recalled that the rain should stop after Shi Su kissed He Wangsheng, but questioned why the World Will had not reacted to the changed rooftop scene.
• Lin Jiandu called Cen Xia after seeing forum photos and learned that Cen Xia was at the infirmary with his feverish friend, Shi Su.
• Lin Jiandu complained that Cen Xia had never carried him in a princess carry, and Cen Xia promised to carry him next time.
• At dinner, Lin Jiandu answered Sheng Heyi's questions about the call by saying Cen Xia was a friend.
• Lin Jiandu silently resented Sheng Heyi and the oppressive Sheng Family dinner, then thought of Cen Xia as a gift sent especially for him.

Cen Xia found Shi Su’s missing star pendant and reassured him that he did not blame him for helping Zhou Zanli. Shi Su feared Cen Xia would become Shen Si’s next target, but Cen Xia comforted him, and the rain stopped before midnight.

• Cen Xia returned Shi Su’s dried clothes and learned that a star pendant was missing from his broken necklace.
• Cen Xia searched the corridor and laundry room, found the missing pendant beneath a washing machine, and gave it back to Shi Su.
• Shi Su asked whether Cen Xia blamed him for getting into trouble, and Cen Xia embraced him and said he had done nothing wrong.
• Shi Su explained that he had helped Zhou Zanli, prompting Shen Si to target him, and worried Shen Si would go after Cen Xia next.
• Cen Xia reassured Shi Su and called him “baby,” while the storm outside gradually eased and stopped before midnight.

After the rooftop confrontation with Shen Si, Cen Xia and his friends woke in the hospital ward to find the school had given them the morning off. A photo of the confrontation spread across the campus forum, and the group headed to Shi Su and Fang Sheng’s dormitory as Cen Xia wondered why nobody had identified him.

• Cen Xia, Ding Yiheng, Fang Sheng, and Shi Su woke in the ward after the rain stopped, and Cen Xia learned that classes would resume that afternoon.
• Cen Xia saw a forum post featuring an unflattering photo of Ding Yiheng and a slanted account of the rooftop confrontation with Shen Si.
• Cen Xia and Ding Yiheng wondered why Chi Zhao was popular after seeing students show off umbrellas like his.
• Shi Su refused to rest another day, and Cen Xia told him he was well-built after seeing his body while changing his clothes.
• Cen Xia and the others went to Shi Su and Fang Sheng’s dormitory, while Cen Xia wondered whether the World Will had kept his identity off the forum.

Cen Xia received a message from Shen Zhong asking him to report if Shen Si contacted him, then walked into an equipment-room trap set by Shen Si. The chapter left Cen Xia pinned on the dusty floor, calmly facing Shen Si as he confronted him.

• Cen Xia realized the unknown contact was Shen Zhong, who asked him to tell him if Shen Si got in touch.
• Cen Xia spent the afternoon expecting trouble from Shen Si, but saw neither him nor his lackeys.
• Zhang Yao told Cen Xia that the class monitor needed help moving things, and Cen Xia went to the equipment room alone.
• Two people pinned Cen Xia down inside the dark room and slammed the door shut behind him.
• Cen Xia saw Shen Si standing nearby and answered calmly when Shen Si accused him of having nerve.