Recaps

After surviving Bai Xiaofan’s kidnapping, Shen Yu escaped the hospital and sought Chu Jingsong’s help while Luo Ningsang faced an investigation over Liu Wenzhang’s death. The arc left Shen Yu’s guilt over Bai Xiaofan’s death and Luo Ningsang’s case unresolved.

• Qingjiu kidnapped Shen Yu, but Luo Ningsang rescued him from the rigged house before the explosives detonated.
• Shen Yu recovered in the hospital, learned to trust Luo Ningsang’s brothers, and joined their investigation into Jiang Lian’s murder and the deaths at No. 7 High School.
• Bai Yin abducted Shen Yu with help from Wen Wenyu, but Lu Yanjin and Wen Wenyu pursued them before Bai Xiaofan seized Shen Yu.
• Bai Xiaofan imprisoned Shen Yu in a sealed display case, and Shen Yu attacked him with a pen and broken glass as the laboratory alarm sounded.
• Luo Ningsang found Shen Yu wounded beside Bai Xiaofan and killed Liu Wenzhang when the man tried to manipulate him into killing Bai Xiaofan.
• Luo Ningsang cuffed himself to Liu Wenzhang’s corpse and went to the hospital before agreeing to face questioning, while Shen Yu woke and feared he had killed Bai Xiaofan.
• Shen Yu escaped the hospital, found Chu Jingsong, and admitted that he had killed the person Luo Ningsang was accused of killing, and Chu promised to stand up for him.
• Chu Sheng delayed Luo Ningsang’s case, but restored footage appeared to incriminate him, and Xie Shuyang alerted Luo Ningsang that Shen Yu had run off.

Shen Yu helped uncover the truth behind Jiang Lian’s murder, then became caught in a hostage crisis at the Jinglan Imperial Residence, where Yuan Qingshan used bombs to settle a score with Luo Ningsang. After the captives escaped, Luo Ningsang decided Shen Yu would return to school.

• Shen Yu exposed Ji Jingxing’s guilt in Jiang Lian’s murder, and Ji Jingxing’s father accepted responsibility while arranging for Jiang Xi to be adopted.
• Shen Yu visited Lu Xianchang at the Jinglan Imperial Residence, where He Lin drugged him and tried to molest him before Lu Xianchang and Lu Changfeng intervened.
• A bomber sealed the residence and gave the guests half an hour to identify a killer, while Shen Yu learned Yuanxiao wanted revenge on He Wen.
• Yuanxiao named He Wen as his killer and directed the guests to stab him, while Shen Yu and Jiang Qianyu searched for the surveillance room.
• Shen Yu found Yuan Qingshan controlling the surveillance system and demanded that he release the captives, eventually forcing him to lower the iron net at gunpoint.
• Luo Ningsang reached the surveillance room as Yuan Qingshan revealed the bombs included duds and threatened another detonation, then Shen Yu persuaded Luo to withdraw his squad.
• The captives escaped before the bomb threat ended, and police took statements as rescue footage spread online.
• After Lin Xinluo sheltered Shen Yu from the rain, Luo Ningsang decided to send him to Ancheng No. 3 Middle School despite Shen Yu’s refusal.