Recaps

Shen Yu followed Yuan Qingshan’s lead to the morgue, where he discovered two men trying to erase evidence of a drug in the corpse and frame Luo Ningsang. After fighting them, Shen Yu was captured, and the men decided to recruit him into their organization to hurt Luo Ningsang.

• Yuan Qingshan used a device to locate Luo Ningsang in the Underground Morgue, and Shen Yu rushed there.
• Shen Yu found evidence that someone had been in the morgue and hid beneath the sheet covering the corpse when two men arrived.
• Shen Yu overheard the men discussing a drug in the corpse and their plan to remove its traces and leave Luo Ningsang responsible for the death.
• Shen Yu attacked one man, cuffed him, and grabbed the vial of drug, but Xiao Qi threw him to the floor as he tried to escape.
• After recognizing Shen Yu as Luo Ningsang’s little brother, Xiao Qi decided to bring him into their organization and use brainwashing to hurt Luo Ningsang.

Shen Yu was held hostage by Police Bureau officers Xiao Qi and Nan Chuanming, members of the fifth faction, as they tried to escape. He and the Bureau’s team turned the tables at the entrance, where Luo Ningsang caught the weakened Shen Yu and the officers were captured.

• Shen Yu emptied the drug vial and fought Xiao Qi, but Nan Chuanming and Xiao Qi handcuffed him and locked the morgue door.
• Luo Ningsang broke into the morgue, recognized Xiao Qi and Nan Chuanming as fifth-faction members, and was forced to arrange a car while Xiao Qi held Shen Yu at knifepoint.
• Lin Xinluo and Chu Sheng prepared the team as Xiao Qi and Nan Chuanming escorted Shen Yu out of the Police Bureau.
• Shen Yu freed one hand, grabbed Xiao Qi’s scalpel, and kicked him; Chu Sheng shot Xiao Qi while Luo Ningsang caught Shen Yu as he collapsed.
• The team pinned Nan Chuanming beside the car, and Lin Xinluo stabbed his hand with a scalpel before rushing to Luo Ningsang and Shen Yu.

After Shen Yu escaped the hostage situation and helped clear Luo Ningsang of suspicion, he woke a week later to learn the Police Bureau had uncovered evidence of corruption. He told Luo Ningsang that Ji Jingxing, not the person previously suspected, had killed Jiang Lian, and asked him to investigate further.

• Luo Ningsang treated Shen Yu’s wounds as Shen Yu identified Thorn Coagulin and Chailuophenol as the drugs used to kill the morgue victim and clear his brother.
• Xie Shuyang arrived and tended to Shen Yu, while Chu Jingsong ordered Chu Sheng to investigate the Bai Family and gave him a Chu badge.
• Shen Yu woke in room 1217 after a week and learned that Chailuophenol had been found and Xiao Qi and Nan Chuanming had been taken for investigation.
• Luo Ningsang told Shen Yu that Feng Xingyi’s disobedience had alerted Eroding Ash’s network, while Bai Xiaofan had survived and Chu Sheng had searched the Bai Family’s old residence.
• Shen Yu told Luo Ningsang that Ji Jingxing had killed Jiang Lian and asked him to help investigate the remaining questions.

After leaving the hospital, Shen Yu learned more about Jiang Lian’s murder and Ji Jingxing’s family, then asked to meet Ji Jingxing’s father at the Police Bureau. The chapter ended as Shen Yu arrived there with Xu Shenzheng and Lu Yanjin.

• Xu Shenzheng and Lu Yanjin bundled Shen Yu up before he left the hospital, and Shen Yu accepted Xu Yao’s concert invitation by message.
• Lu Yanjin gave Shen Yu information about Jiang Lian’s difficult home life, his birthday gift for Jiang Xi, and how Bai Xiaofan lured him away before killing him.
• Shen Yu learned that Ji Jingxing’s father had hired a lawyer to defend him but had not visited him personally.
• Shen Yu asked Xu Shenzheng to call Ji Jingxing’s father so he could meet him, and they arrived at the Police Bureau.

Shen Yu confronted Ji Jingxing in the interrogation room and used the threat of the death penalty to make him retract his confession and name Bai Xiaofan. Shen Yu then argued that Ji Jingxing had killed Jiang Lian out of jealousy and a desire for Bai Xiaofan’s attention, leaving Ji Jingxing to face his accusations.

• Shen Yu entered the Criminal Investigation Unit as a case consultant and met Ji Jingxing in the interrogation room.
• Shen Yu told Ji Jingxing he faced the death penalty, prompting the frightened teenager to retract his confession and blame Bai Xiaofan.
• Shen Yu challenged Ji Jingxing’s claim by saying Bai Xiaofan had an alibi and that the crime scene suggested someone had deliberately imitated him.
• Shen Yu suggested Ji Jingxing had killed Jiang Lian because he wanted Bai Xiaofan’s attention and resented Bai Xiaofan defending Jiang Lian.
• Shen Yu accused Ji Jingxing of taking the blame to impress Bai Xiaofan, then asked whether his explanation was correct.

Shen Yu confronted Ji Jingxing with the consequences of killing Jiang Lian, while Ji Jingxing’s father accepted responsibility and promised to support Jiang Xi. The case was settled for the time being, and Jiang Xi began grieving in the care of her adoptive family.

• Ji Jingxing broke down during Shen Yu’s interrogation, admitting he had wanted attention and regretted killing Jiang Lian.
• Ji Jingxing’s father told him he loved him, then accepted the main responsibility for the crime; Ji Jingxing was taken to juvenile detention as an accomplice.
• Ji Jingxing’s father promised to support Jiang Xi and agreed to tell her the truth, while Shen Yu barred him from visiting Ji Jingxing for ten years.
• Ji Jingxing’s father arranged for a couple who ran a shop to adopt Jiang Xi, and she cried over the teddy bear her brother had given her.
• Shen Yu watched Jiang Xi receive comfort from her adoptive mother, then left with Luo Ningsang to go home and eat.

Shen Yu went to the Lu Family’s reunion banquet to find Lu Xianchang and deliver Luo Ningsang’s letter, but he was kept from seeing him before the banquet began. He Lin took an interest in Shen Yu and began investigating his connection to the Lu Family.

• Lu Yanjin cared for Shen Yu’s injuries and prepared his medication while Shen Yu planned to visit Lu Xianchang at the reunion banquet.
• Luo Ningsang sent Shen Yu to the banquet with a bag and a letter for Lu Xianchang, but a bomb threat forced Luo and the others to respond to an explosives discovery.
• Shen Yu entered the Jinglan Imperial Residence using Luo Ningsang’s membership card after the venue refused to admit Meng Wenrui.
• He Lin approached Shen Yu, but Shen Yu rejected his offer to help and asked an attendant where to find Lu Xianchang.
• He Lin learned Shen Yu’s name was Luo Ningsang and decided to investigate him and join the coming commotion.

Lu Xianchang was confined at the Jinglan Imperial Residence while Shen Yu reached him and asked whether he was there willingly. Meanwhile, Luo Ningsang identified Qin'an Elementary School as the likely site of the first bomb, then received a cryptic message from the bomber.

• Lu Changfeng kept Lu Xianchang in a room and warned him not to leave before the banquet.
• Lu Changfeng argued with Old Master Lu over the banquet and threatened to give his shares to Lu Xianchang.
• Shen Yu used the elevator to reach the top floor and found Lu Xianchang.
• Shen Yu asked Lu Xianchang if he was at the residence of his own free will and offered to help him escape.
• Luo Ningsang connected the bomb locations on a map and ordered responders to Qin'an Elementary School.
• Luo Ningsang received a message saying, "Brother Luo, you still know me so well."

Shen Yu left after Lu Xianchang refused to go with him, but Lu Xianchang decided to find him and make sure he took his medicine. Meanwhile, He Lin learned where Shen Yu was staying and arranged to visit him with suspicious intentions.

• Shen Yu gave Lu Xianchang a letter from Luo Ningsang reminding him to make sure Shen Yu took his medicine and to treat Lu Changfeng well.
• Lu Changfeng found Lu Xianchang, whose trauma resurfaced, and offered him the Lu Family’s wealth and power; Lu Xianchang asked to leave so he could check on Shen Yu.
• Lu Changfeng let Lu Xianchang go, telling him to return before the banquet, while Lu Xianchang realized his phone could not contact Shen Yu and decided to check surveillance instead.
• He Lin learned that Lu Xianchang had returned to the Lu Family and decided he could pursue Shen Yu without provoking them.
• He Lin bribed a waiter to learn Shen Yu’s room number, then headed toward room 508.

Luo Ningsang and his team discovered that a bomb threat at Qin'an Elementary School was a fake, then traced a string of real and fake bombs toward the Lu Family’s acknowledgment banquet. With the fifth bomb due to explode at the Jinglan Imperial Residence, Shen Yu arrived at the banquet to pursue his own plans.

• Luo Ningsang and Feng Zijin found coconut charcoal inside the supposed bomb at Qin'an Elementary School, and Xiaoyuan revealed the real-and-fake bomb game.
• Luo Ningsang identified real bombs at an abandoned building, a small company, and a sports venue, whose tag was numbered thirteen instead of five.
• Feng Zijin pointed out the unchecked Jinglan Imperial Residence, where the Lu Family’s acknowledgment banquet was about to begin, and Luo Ningsang ordered a search.
• Shen Yu went to the banquet to recruit allies for his plan against Bai Xiaofan, then watched two masked guests wager stacks of chips on a dice game.

Shen Yu interrupted a rigged dice game and won back the boy’s losses, drawing Sister Ting’s suspicion that he might be connected to the Lu Family. He led the grateful boy away, unaware that someone in the crowd was giving a server instructions about them.

• A group of gamblers lured the boy into borrowing chips at five times their value, and he lost six boxes worth three million.
• Sister Ting tempted the boy with a final high-stakes round, but Shen Yu took the chips from his hand and challenged her instead.
• Shen Yu rolled three sixes, beat Sister Ting’s 5, 6, 6, and prompted the boy to tear up his contracts and ask to become his disciple.
• Sister Ting told the young man to find out whether the Lu Family had taken back any other children besides the eldest young master.
• Shen Yu led the admiring boy to a corner, while someone across the crowd instructed a server after pointing them out.

Shen Yu befriended Jiang Qianyu by offering to teach him a gambling trick under strict conditions, then drank wine that left him drugged and vulnerable. He Lin followed him to his room, unlocked the door, and took the unconscious Shen Yu away as his desires escalated.

• Shen Yu learned Jiang Qianyu's identity, exchanged contact information with him, and agreed to teach him a gambling trick if he never initiated a bet.
• Jiang Qianyu accepted Shen Yu's condition, and they became friends before sharing a glass of Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos.
• As the banquet preparations began, Shen Yu headed upstairs while a silver-masked man followed him.
• Shen Yu became disoriented from the drugged wine and escaped into his room, but the man unlocked the door and took his phone.
• The man revealed himself as He Lin, lifted the unconscious Shen Yu, and began touching him before a slender hand grabbed his arm.

Shen Yu fought off He Lin while drugged, then was found by Lu Xianchang and Lu Changfeng. After Shen Yu struck Lu Changfeng, he regained some awareness and let Lu Changfeng carry him to a doctor.

• Shen Yu attacked He Lin on instinct, forcing him to back away and leave him crouched beside the bed.
• Lu Xianchang and Lu Changfeng entered the room, and Lu Xianchang punched He Lin while demanding to know what he had done to Shen Yu.
• Lu Changfeng tried to approach Shen Yu, but Shen Yu punched him in the nose.
• Shen Yu regained consciousness and realized his clothes were open, his body hurt, and Lu Changfeng was bleeding.
• Lu Changfeng gently gathered Shen Yu into his arms to take him to a doctor, while Lu Xianchang warned He Lin again.

After Shen Yu was injured at the Lu Family banquet, Lu Changfeng offered to keep him safe, and Lu Xianchang agreed to keep the incident secret from Luo Ningsang. Lu Changfeng’s memories of his childhood bond with Lu Xianchang resurfaced, leaving him longing for what they had lost.

• Shen Yu learned from the system that He Lin had tried to molest him and that he had struck both He Lin and Lu Changfeng.
• Lu Xianchang treated Shen Yu’s wounds and refused to promise that he would keep the incident from Luo Ningsang.
• The system told Shen Yu that the Everyone's Favorite Buff had made the man who drugged him fall in love with him.
• Lu Changfeng offered to let Shen Yu stay by his side for protection, and Lu Xianchang accepted the arrangement.
• Lu Xianchang proposed keeping the incident a secret between himself and Shen Yu, which brought back Lu Changfeng’s memories of their childhood secrets and punishment.

Lu Changfeng explained his history with Lu Xianchang and said he was interested in Shen Yu, but their conversation was interrupted when someone hacked the Jinglan Imperial Residence’s system and trapped everyone inside. A game announcement revealed a bomb threat and demanded that the residents identify a killer within half an hour.

• Lu Xianchang passed out after speaking with Lu Changfeng, who said he had treated him well and was interested in Shen Yu.
• Lu Changfeng told Shen Yu that he had thrown the attacker out of the banquet and would pursue him and his family.
• Luo Ningsang called Shen Yu to warn him about a bomb at the Jinglan Imperial Residence, but the building’s defenses activated before Shen Yu could leave.
• Lu Changfeng explained that someone had hacked the system and trapped everyone inside, while Luo Ningsang urged him to get Shen Yu out.
• A mechanical voice announced the third rule: everyone had to find the killer among them and bring him to the rooftop terrace within half an hour, or a bomb would kill them.

Shen Yu and Lu Changfeng were trapped inside the Lu Family building and went downstairs to investigate the forced killer game. They joined the gathered guests as the search began, while Jiang Qianyu reunited with Shen Yu and noticed his injury.

• Luo Ningsang confirmed that the electrified fence prevented anyone from leaving, while Xu Shenzheng cleared the crowd away from the dangerous perimeter.
• Shen Yu learned that Lu Xianchang had chosen to stay by Lu Changfeng's side, and Lu Changfeng gave Shen Yu an excuse to exchange contact information despite the signal jammers.
• Shen Yu and Lu Changfeng took the private elevator to the first floor, where guests speculated about the killer, the Sun Family, and the threat of explosives.
• A guest collapsed in fear when Lu Changfeng appeared after overhearing him gossip about the Lu Family and the banquet.
• Jiang Qianyu found Shen Yu, worried over his bandaged hand, and followed him to sit beside Lu Changfeng.

As the Police Bureau struggled to disable the electrified wire mesh around Jinglan Imperial Residence, an explosion set its upper floors ablaze. Inside, a masked pianist revealed himself as the culprit and challenged the trapped guests to keep playing his deadly game.

• Shen Yu refused to identify the man Jiang Qianyu wanted to deal with, while Lu Changfeng watched their closeness with jealousy.
• Feng Zijin argued with officials over shutting off Ancheng’s main switch, and Luo Ningsang sent her to cut power at a local breaker while coordinating efforts to find an exit.
• An explosion engulfed the upper floors of Jinglan Imperial Residence, and Luo Ningsang demanded that a crane arrive within ten minutes.
• Lu Changfeng pulled Shen Yu away from Jiang Qianyu as a masked server began playing piano for the trapped guests.
• The pianist removed his mask, revealed the scar on his face, and taunted the guests, calling one of them a devil wearing an angel’s skin.

Yuanxiao threatened the people at Jinglan Imperial Residence, but fell in love with Shen Yu at first sight and offered to reveal the culprit in exchange for a chance to pursue him. The chapter ended with Yuanxiao torn between his revenge and Shen Yu, leaning toward choosing Shen Yu.

• Yuanxiao approached Shen Yu and shyly asked to get to know him, while Jiang Qianyu and Lu Changfeng prepared to stop him.
• Yuanxiao dodged Jiang Qianyu's attack and revealed he had a backup plan, but a bomb blast and alarms soon trapped everyone inside Jinglan Imperial Residence.
• Yuanxiao said an accomplice would detonate bombs if anyone threatened him or failed to find the culprit.
• Shen Yu touched Yuanxiao's scar and offered him a chance to pursue him if he revealed the culprit's identity.
• Yuanxiao struggled to choose between completing his revenge and pursuing Shen Yu, and decided he wanted to choose Shen Yu.

After exposing He Wen as Yuanxiao’s killer, Shen Yu and the others were trapped by a bomber monitoring them from the building’s surveillance room. To satisfy the bomber and punish He Wen, Yuanxiao urged the crowd to stab him in exchange for their freedom, and the first attacks began.

• Yuanxiao identified He Wen as his killer, and Lu Changfeng sent a team to capture him.
• Shen Yu gave Yuanxiao his name, then recognized that the bomber was likely watching them from the building’s surveillance room.
• The bomber threatened to destroy a load-bearing column unless Shen Yu offered a satisfactory explanation, while Lu Changfeng considered how to reach the surveillance room unnoticed.
• Yuanxiao proposed that the crowd stab He Wen to make up for ruining the bomber’s game, and the bomber threatened them against refusing.
• Yuanxiao handed a dinner knife to a middle-aged man and ordered him to stab He Wen; the man obeyed, and the knife passed to another person.

Shen Yu and Jiang Qianyu searched the third floor for the surveillance room and found Yuan Qingshan waiting inside after overpowering two staff members. Yuan Qingshan revealed that he had come because of a debt owed by Luo Ningsang.

• Yuanxiao completed his revenge on He Wen and realized he wanted Shen Yu as his wife.
• Shen Yu and Jiang Qianyu went to the third floor to find the surveillance room, with Jiang Qianyu nervously trying to protect him.
• The surveillance room door unlocked by itself, and Shen Yu recognized that the person inside was someone he had met before.
• Shen Yu opened the door and found Yuan Qingshan connected to the surveillance system, with two unconscious staff members nearby.
• Yuan Qingshan mocked Jiang Qianyu's protection and said Luo Ningsang had sent him, prompting Shen Yu to realize he had come to collect a debt from Luo Ningsang.

Shen Yu confronted Yuan Qingshan while protecting Jiang Qianyu, whose family’s underworld past Yuan exposed. Shen Yu reaffirmed that Jiang was his chosen friend and demanded Yuan release the people he had taken, leaving Jiang quietly wishing they were more than friends.

• Shen Yu asked whether Yuan Qingshan had gone to the Police Bureau to save his brother, and Yuan insisted that he and Luo Ningsang were closer than Shen Yu and his brother were.
• Jiang Qianyu clung to Shen Yu and pretended to be frightened while provoking Yuan, who warned Shen Yu to stay away from someone.
• Shen Yu accused Yuan of dragging innocent people into his revenge and noticed that Yuanxiao and Lu Changfeng were missing.
• Yuan exposed Jiang Qianyu’s ties to the Jiang Family’s underworld business and named Jiang Mucen as his biological father.
• Shen Yu told Jiang that his past was between them and called him a friend he had chosen, leaving Jiang wondering if they were only friends.
• Shen Yu demanded that Yuan let the people go.

Shen Yu forced Yuan Qingshan to agree to lower the iron net, while Yuan Qingshan became fascinated by him and demanded a future meeting. Their confrontation was interrupted when Luo Ningsang broke into the surveillance room.

• Shen Yu threatened Yuan Qingshan with Luo Ningsang’s registered gun and shot him near the ear when he refused to lower the iron net.
• Yuanxiao and Lu Changfeng entered and found Shen Yu holding Yuan Qingshan at gunpoint.
• Yuan Qingshan admired Shen Yu’s dangerous side and agreed to lower the iron net on the condition that they meet later.
• Lu Changfeng rejected Yuan Qingshan’s condition, but Shen Yu stopped him from taking the gun and shooting Yuan Qingshan.
• An alert showed Luo Ningsang climbing through a smashed window into the surveillance room.

Yuan Qingshan let the captives escape while Shen Yu reunited with Luo Ningsang, who exposed the bombs as a mix of real and fake. Yuan Qingshan then revealed a third bomb as police entered the building, leaving Xu Shenzheng in immediate danger.

• Shen Yu told Yuan Qingshan he could escape if he managed to get out, and Yuan Qingshan released the captives with only minutes to spare.
• Lu Changfeng recognized Yuan Qingshan as Suyuan and warned that he would remember what happened before Shen Yu pulled him toward the exit.
• Luo Ningsang found Shen Yu, checked on him, and confronted Yuan Qingshan over the explosives and his threats.
• Luo Ningsang explained that the bombs included both real ones and duds, and Shen Yu realized the next bomb might be fake.
• Yuan Qingshan announced that there were more than two bombs as police entered the Jinglan Imperial Residence and the second bomb proved to be a dud.
• Luo Ningsang warned Xu Shenzheng to get out after Yuan Qingshan revealed the third bomb's location, but Yuan Qingshan said it was too late.

At the Jinglan Imperial Residence, Luo Ningsang agreed to let Yuan Qingshan escape after Shen Yu assured him he had a plan, and the group safely withdrew from the building. Outside, the rescue drew public attention before the news was suppressed, and the chapter ended as heavy rain soaked everyone.

• Yuan Qingshan threatened to detonate a bomb at the entrance, and Luo Ningsang halted his squad.
• Shen Yu wrote that Luo Ningsang should let Yuan Qingshan go because he had a way to handle things, so Luo Ningsang led his people out.
• Luo Ningsang and the others found Lu Xianchang waiting by the stairwell and brought him along as they joined Xu Shenzheng outside.
• Police surrounded the Jinglan Imperial Residence, the rescue footage went viral, and the people involved gave statements while He Wen was taken to the hospital.
• Lin Xinluo checked on Shen Yu, and heavy rain suddenly drenched the group.

After Shen Yu hid how he had been hurt, Luo Ningsang misunderstood his silence as emotional distress and decided he should return to school to spend time with people his own age. The chapter ended with Shen Yu protesting the plan but being told he had to attend Ancheng No. 3 Middle School.

• Lin Xinluo covered Shen Yu with her coat and brought him and the others into a shop to shelter from the rain while they waited for questioning.
• Lu Xianchang told Lin Xinluo about He Lin’s actions at the Jinglan Imperial Residence, and she threatened to kill him before Lu Xianchang stopped her and whispered a plan to protect Shen Yu.
• Luo Ningsang questioned Shen Yu about his bandaged wrist, and Shen Yu claimed he had pinched himself.
• Luo Ningsang mistook Shen Yu’s evasiveness for emotional distress and decided to send him to Ancheng No. 3 Middle School to meet people his own age.
• Shen Yu refused to return to school, but Luo Ningsang insisted he would attend and offered to excuse him from morning study, cafeteria meals, and evening classes.