Wen Xi gets Cheng Jun to help her to prepare a surprise party for Le Xuan. Le Xuan is touched with their sincerity.
Wen Xi gives Le Xuan a gift of written coupons. He could use the coupons to redeem a request from her.
Le Xuan is about to use one to ask her to quit school but couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth.
Zheng Zhi gatecrashes Le Xuan’s party. He pushes him to make a decision by bringing up the issue of paupers masquerading as high-born.
Le Xuan decides to come clean and admits that he is a lowly commoner. He tells Zheng Zhi that he will not do what is asked of him.
Zheng Zhi vows to make him pay for not fulfilling his promise before storming off. Everyone pretends nothing happened and continues drinking thereafter.
While Zheng Zhi wants to punish Le Xuan, he still needs his help for the annual Worshipping Ceremony.
They need to win during the ceremony to preserve the Student Council’s reputation.
Le Xuan informs Wen Xi about what Zheng Zhi had wanted him to do. She tells him that he is a good man for choosing friendship first.
Le Xuan wants Wen Xi to address him as brother and she complies. Zheng Zhi wants Le Xuan to do his duty for the coming Worship Ceremony to redeem himself. But Le Xuan is non-committal.
All the students are allowed to go out to watch a meteor shower. Some classmates invite Wen Xi to the nearby hill to catch the phenomena but Cheng Jun decides to go to Quiming Island for a better view.
Shu Min begs Le Xuan to help her to get to the island with Cheng Jun but he turns her down.
Shu Min then gets her maid to pay the boatman to wait for a second person to show up before leaving with Cheng Jun.
Le Xuan is quietly planting ideas in Wen Xi’s head to watch the meteor shower with Cheng Jun.
He can see that the both of them have feelings for each other. Thus, Wen Xi decides to join Cheng Jun instead.
The boatman sees 2 people and leaves for the island. Shu Min is disappointed when the boatman left without her. The island is deserted and there is just the 2 of them.
Lei Ao tails Commander Xu and overhears his subordinate mentioning Ke Shi Jun’s location. He gets there before them but there is no sign of the fugitive.
He finds some evidence of herbs on the floor and collects it. The teacher at the academy identifies it as tuberculosis medication. Lei Ao has the idea of waiting for Ke Shi Jun at the medicinal hall.
Wen Xi and Cheng Jun discuss whether he will treat her as well if he gets married one day. Cheng Jun reassures her that he will because they are brothers.
He also advises her that the outcome of any problems that they face is not important. The most important is to enjoy the process. The weather gets rainy and they both huddle under a branch for the night.
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In A Class of Her Own
RomanceXue Wen Xi, the daughter of an impoverished family, is willing to do what it takes to help care for the clan; she takes a job as a writer but must disguise herself as a male; the ruse becomes complicated when the prime minister's son enters her life.
