Episode 23 recap: Zhang Jun is competing against Xu Xiao Bo.
Luo Qi Qi and Guan He have a heart-to-heart conversation on the rooftop, where they share snippets of their favorite poems and laugh together. Luo Qi Qi has big ambitions, aiming to be the first. However, Guan He finds Luo Qi Qi's aspirations somewhat unrealistic. Nevertheless, Luo Qi Qi firmly believes that having wild dreams is the most powerful driving force. While Guan He thinks Luo Qi Qi's English skills are already quite good, Luo Qi Qi is still dissatisfied. She wants to be like Chen Jin, who excels in every aspect, without any weaknesses, in order to become the top student in their grade.
Guan He looks at Luo Qi Qi with both admiration and a sense of impossibility. In the lounge, Luo Qi Qi explains a problem to Zhang Jun. Mi Mi happens to bring Hei Pi there and mocks Zhang Jun for studying, considering him useless. Unable to tolerate it any longer, Luo Qi Qi stands up. Zhang Jun quickly stops her impulsive action, restraining his anger, and takes Luo Qi Qi away. He asks her to wait for him in a safe place while he goes back to confront Mi Mi and Hei Pi, resulting in a fight.
Luo Qi Qi watches Zhang Jun, his mouth and face injured, feeling both heartbroken and proud of him because he has finally learned to fight back. Zhang Jun feels Luo Qi Qi carefully tidying his disheveled hair and they share a smile, feeling a closer connection.
Luo Qi Qi has been working hard, and now she can have fluent English conversations with Xu Xiao Bo. Both of them remain determined in pursuing their goals. Xu Xiao Bo wants to assess his current level, so he brings some fruits to Teacher Yuan, hoping that she will allow him to take the school's exam. Teacher Yuan, aware of Xu Xiao Bo's family situation, appreciates his eagerness to learn but asks him to take the fruits back home. She promises to provide him with a set of exam papers and tells him to bring them back after completing them. Xu Xiao Bo is deeply moved by her gesture.
The exam is scheduled for tomorrow, and Luo Qi Qi is studying diligently. As she looks at the grids in front of her, she sees a small version of herself working hard, and they exchange encouraging gazes across time and space. After the exam, the results are quickly released. The homeroom teacher announces the grades, encouraging those who have fallen behind to continue working hard and advising those who have made progress not to become complacent. Guan He ranks sixth in the class this time, while Luo Qi Qi takes the first place, undoubtedly the most popular news.
Guan He senses Luo Qi Qi's joy and feels a little disappointed, as she used to be the one with good grades in the past.
Zhang Jun did quite well in this exam, which surprised his classmates. After all, Zhang Jun often skips classes, and they never expected him to put in private efforts.
The news of Luo Qi Qi's first place in the class quickly spread throughout the school. Zhang Jun felt happy for Luo Qi Qi and immediately rushed out of the classroom to find her. He happened to see Luo Qi Qi eager to share her joy with Xu Xiao Bo, and at that moment, Zhang Jun felt a sense of disappointment.
Xu Xiao Bo was doing his work when Luo Qi Qi rushed back to tell him the good news. Xu Xiao Bo was shocked and only believed the good news when Luo Qi Qi excitedly hugged him. After returning home, Luo Qi Qi wanted to share the good news with her father, but her father didn't let her get a word in. Just when she thought she would be ignored by her family as usual, her mother came back with roasted duck to celebrate for Luo Qi Qi. Finally, Luo Qi Qi felt her mother's attention, and her heart warmed.
Zhang Jun went to find Ma Li to hang out, but Ma Li couldn't accompany him because he had to pick up foreign guests. Zhang Jun immediately mocked Ma Li, saying he couldn't earn much money in a day and offered 200 yuan to rent Ma Li's car so that Ma Li could accompany him. However, Ma Li just wanted to focus on his own work. Zhang Jun felt ignored and sarcastically mentioned that Ma Li liked Ge Xiao Fei but could only watch Ge Xiao Fei being bullied and leaving town.
Zhang Jun's words made Ma Li very angry, and they soon started fighting. Just as Zhang Jun's fist was about to hit Ma Li's face, Ma Li couldn't believe that his friend Zhang Jun would do such a thing. In the end, Zhang Jun chose to put down his fist, fell silent, and left.
Originally, Zhang Jun was going to have a good time and quit his job with Chen Xiao Jun today. It happened that Chen Jun was entertaining guests and deliberately exposed him. Zhang Jun felt that he had face, so he decided to stay. Chen Jun had long coveted Water Yifang, so he specifically paid a visit to discuss cooperation. However, Li Shu was well aware of Chen Jun's malicious intentions and refused to give in, even mocking Chen Jun, saying she would rather feed the meat to a dog than to a wolf.
Chen Jun got so angry that he smashed a glass on the spot and left to regain his face. He then had a motorcycle race with Xu Xiao Bo at In Water Yifang. Zhang Jun took the initiative to step forward and fight against Xu Xiao Bo. Luo Qi Qi happened to witness this scene and was furious. In the end, Zhang Jun won the race with his daredevil riding skills.
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