Xia Yao and Xuan DaYu leave the club drunk. The next morning, Xuan DaYu discovers that his house has been ransacked. Xuan DaYu and Xia Yao have no recollection of how he got home from the club.

The students take a break from their rigorous training to pick lotus roots from the academy's field. Afterward, Yuan Zong gives Xia Yao some cooked lotus roots. Xia Yao's mother loved the food and made him promise to buy more.