Chapter Summaries

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.