Chapter Summaries

Luo Ningsang was accused of killing Liu Wenzhang, but he forced the Police Bureau to take him, Shen Yu, and the corpse to the hospital. Shen Yu woke from a dark mental state in intensive care, where Lu Yanjin had stayed beside him for three days.

• Luo Ningsang recognized the corpse as Liu Wenzhang, an agency member who may have been turned or may have been a mole, and suspected a fifth faction was targeting him.
• Butler Bai challenged the Police Bureau to arrest Luo Ningsang, and Feng Xingyi tried to handcuff him.
• Luo Ningsang cuffed himself to Liu Wenzhang's corpse and made Feng Xingyi take them to the hospital, choosing to go to the bureau for questioning afterward.
• Shen Yu recalled his fear of his past memories and the affection of those caring for him before a voice urged him to wake up.
• Shen Yu woke in intensive care, and Lu Yanjin pressed the call button after finding him conscious.

Shen Yu woke from his dangerous, violent episodes and learned that Luo Ningsang was being held at the Police Bureau. Believing Luo Ningsang had taken responsibility for Bai Xiaofan’s death, Shen Yu’s panic triggered a medical emergency, and Xie Shuyang sedated him while sending Lu Yanjin away to rest.

• Lu Yanjin removed Shen Yu’s restraints, and Xie Shuyang confirmed that Shen Yu was truly awake and stable enough to be transferred to a regular ward the next day.
• Shen Yu remembered seeing Bai Xiaofan dead and feared he had killed him, then noticed Luo Ningsang was missing.
• Lu Yanjin told Shen Yu that Luo Ningsang was being held at the Police Bureau while Sister Luoluo and the others worked on the situation.
• Shen Yu believed Luo Ningsang was taking the blame for Bai Xiaofan’s death, panicked, and set off the heart monitor alarm.
• Xie Shuyang ordered diazepam for Shen Yu, then sent Lu Yanjin away to rest and warned him not to return until he had thought through what to say.

Xie Shuyang watched over Shen Yu and began considering how he could become Shen Yu’s older brother, while Lu Yanjin joined Lin Xinluo and the others at the Police Bureau as they confronted Zhang Pushan over Luo Ningsang’s case. The chapter ended with the group realizing Zhang Pushan’s move to bring in an investigation team was part of their plan, while Shen Yu remained in the hospital under Dr. Xie’s care.

• Xiao Yun gave Xie Shuyang ointment for his bruised mouth, and he wondered why he felt so drawn to protect Shen Yu.
• Xie Shuyang asked a lawyer friend how he could legally make Shen Yu his younger brother, then watched Shen Yu sleep.
• Lu Yanjin arrived at the Police Bureau as Lin Xinluo mocked Zhang Pushan and Feng Xingyi defended him.
• Zhang Pushan announced that an investigation team would arrive that night and left after Lin Xinluo and the others refused to cooperate.
• Lin Xinluo explained that Zhang Pushan had called in the investigation team as Boss had expected, and Feng Zijin pointed out that the bureau had an insider.
• Xu Shenzheng asked where Shen Yu was, and Lu Yanjin said he was at the hospital with Dr. Xie.

Shen Yu escaped the hospital to find out what was happening and went to the residential compound near the office. After helping Chu Jingsong win a go game, he asked the older man for a private favor, leaving Chu Jingsong to assume Shen Yu was connected to people plotting against him.

• Xie Shuyang discovered Shen Yu had escaped after Shen Yu tricked Xiao Yun and stole Xie Shuyang's phone.
• Shen Yu caught a ride to the shopping street, bought clothes, and concealed his blue hair with a hairpiece.
• Shen Yu went to the residential compound and drew the attention of a white-haired young man with golden eyes.
• Shen Yu gave Chu Jingsong a winning move in his go game against Gu Chongan, helping Chu secure victory.
• Shen Yu asked Chu Jingsong to speak with him privately, and Chu followed while suspecting Shen Yu was tied to a plot against him.

Shen Yu asked Chu Jingsong to help clear Luo Ningsang, revealing that he had killed Liu Wenzhang and his brother had taken the blame. As Luo Ningsang’s investigation stalled, Lin Xinluo told him that Shen Yu had run off.

• Shen Yu asked Chu Jingsong to find out what had happened to Luo Ningsang, and Chu Jingsong revealed that he was in charge of the Police Bureau.
• Shen Yu admitted that he had killed the person Luo Ningsang was accused of killing, and Chu Jingsong promised to stand up for him.
• Chu Sheng delayed the case against Luo Ningsang for one more day, while Zhang Pushan urged him to resolve it sooner.
• Lin Xinluo told Luo Ningsang that Liu Wenzhang had no clear motive or close connections, and the restored footage appeared to incriminate Luo Ningsang.
• Luo Ningsang said he would find someone who could detect what was wrong with Liu Wenzhang’s body, but Lin Xinluo’s call from Xie Shuyang revealed that Shen Yu had run off.

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.