Recaps

At Chu Qinghua’s wedding banquet, Geng Yuehua and Madam Yan’s arrival changed the mood at the table, and Dong Xuebin tried to stay out of trouble. The chapter left him blamed for ordering the revolting dish “Woman Forty,” which turned out to be bean dregs.

• Geng Yuehua and Madam Yan arrived at the wedding banquet, surprising Chu Qinghua and the other guests.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Madam Yan was Wang Yuling’s aunt and quietly observed Geng Yuehua assigning work to Pan Zhengyi.
• Dong Xuebin ordered a dish called Woman Forty, mistaking its name for a women’s health dish.
• The other cadres discreetly removed their alcohol glasses while Dong Xuebin was in the restroom, leaving him to quickly drink his wine when the newlyweds offered a toast.
• Dong Xuebin tasted a foul dish of bean dregs, and the waitress revealed that he had ordered it as Woman Forty.

Dong Xuebin accidentally ordered a dish called Woman Forty, embarrassing Geng Yuehua and Madam Yan, then confronted restaurant owner Li Lu when he refused to apologize. Li Lu dismissed Dong’s complaint, and Dong left unaware that Li Lu and Chu Qinghua shared a knowing smile.

• Dong Xuebin realized the tofu-dregs dish he had ordered was called Woman Forty, then drank three glasses to apologize as the banquet fell silent.
• Wang Yuling helped Dong Xuebin explain the dish name as a joke, and Geng Yuehua later left the banquet early.
• Dong Xuebin went to the kitchen and demanded that Li Lu apologize to Madam Yan, but Li Lu blamed him for not reading the menu carefully.
• Chu Qinghua arrived, introduced Dong Xuebin as a street office director, and accepted Li Lu’s promise to remove Woman Forty from the menu.
• Dong Xuebin again demanded an apology, but Li Lu ignored him, so Dong left without seeing Li Lu and Chu Qinghua exchange a smile.

After the embarrassing banquet incident, Dong Xuebin investigated the strained relationship between Guangming Street and Peace Street and concluded that Chu Qinghua and Li Lu had deliberately set him up. He ended the chapter furious and determined to retaliate against them.

• Dong Xuebin returned to the Guangming Street Office and noticed that staff members were alarmed by rumors about the banquet.
• Dong Xuebin questioned Zhou Yanru and learned that Peace Street and Guangming Street had fallen out after Peace Street officers let a murder victim’s body drift across the boundary before reporting the case.
• Dong Xuebin connected the offices’ feud to Chu Qinghua’s behavior at the banquet and suspected that Chu Qinghua and Li Lu had intentionally served him the Woman Forty dish to humiliate him.
• Dong Xuebin slammed his palm on the desk and vowed that Chu Qinghua and Li Lu would pay for scheming against him.

Dong Xuebin reviewed reports on the district’s elderly-care campaign and grew angrier at Li Lu after Li’s Restaurant staged a loud promotion outside the Guangming Street Office. When Li Lu ignored Zhou Yanru’s demand to stop, Dong Xuebin decided to teach him a lesson.

• Dong Xuebin read community reports urging the Guangming Street Office to follow the Peace Street Office’s elderly-care model and resented the directive.
• Dong Xuebin watched Li Lu’s staff set up a stage and speakers outside Li’s Restaurant while he considered how to retaliate for the earlier trick.
• Li Lu held a noisy dish-name quiz that drew residents and disrupted work at the Guangming Street Office.
• Dong Xuebin sent Zhou Yanru to tell Li Lu to stop, while residents also reported the disturbance to Qu Yiqiang.
• Li Lu refused to take down the equipment or lower the volume, and Zhou Yanru returned to tell Dong Xuebin that the restaurant owner would not cooperate.
• Dong Xuebin recognized that the dispute fell under the Peace Street Office’s jurisdiction and resolved to teach Li Lu a lesson.

Dong Xuebin confronted Li Lu over the noise from Li's Restaurant and, after Peace Street officials ignored the complaints, called Liu Chenglong for help. The restaurant's loudspeakers and lights suddenly went out, leaving Li Lu stunned.

• Dong Xuebin called Chu Qinghua to demand that Peace Street handle complaints about Li's Restaurant, but Chu refused to be directed by him.
• After waiting and seeing no Peace Street staff or police arrive, Dong Xuebin drove to the restaurant, where Guangming Street Office staff were arguing with Li Lu.
• Li Lu ignored Dong Xuebin and ordered his staff to hand out another two thousand yuan in spending vouchers and continue the promotion.
• Dong Xuebin called Liu Chenglong, who agreed to make a call, then warned Li Lu that he would stay and match him.
• The restaurant's loudspeakers abruptly stopped and all its lights went out, leaving Li Lu dumbstruck.

Dong Xuebin retaliated against Li Lu by arranging an indefinite power outage at Li's Restaurant, bringing the newly opened business to a standstill. Li Lu learned the outage had no set end date and realized Dong Xuebin was serious.

• The power went out only at Li's Restaurant while nearby businesses remained open, and Dong Xuebin left with Zhou Yanru, Meng Senguo, and Qu Yiqiang.
• The Guangming Street Office staff heard that Dong Xuebin had struck back and celebrated the restaurant's loss of power.
• Li Lu called Peace Street Office and then spoke with Chu Qinghua, who told him to wait and see what happened.
• The Electric Power Company issued a notice saying Li's Restaurant would have no power indefinitely for electrical line repairs.
• Li Lu became furious when he realized the outage could prevent him from running his restaurant for an unknown length of time.

Li Lu’s Restaurant remained without power after Dong Xuebin arranged for the city Electric Power Company to cut its electricity, leaving Li Lu facing mounting losses and unable to use his connections to reverse the decision. After Li Lu’s wife explained that the outage was meant to pressure him into apologizing, he still resisted, though he admitted he could not compete with Dong Xuebin.

• Li Lu argued with the Electric Power Company, but the operator said the restaurant’s lines were under repair and told him he could sue if he wished.
• Li Lu called Peace Street and his other contacts, then learned that a high-ranking city Electric Power Company leader had personally ordered the outage and none of his friends could intervene.
• Li Lu watched customers leave, worried about spoiled food and unprocessed bills, and learned that reserved customers were also canceling their visits.
• Li Lu’s wife blamed him for serving the inappropriate Woman Forty dish at Chu Qinghua’s request and warned him that Dong Xuebin had already defeated powerful opponents.
• Chu Qinghua told Li Lu to wait because the Electric Power Company would not restore power immediately, and Li Lu’s wife concluded that Dong Xuebin would end the outage only after Li Lu apologized.
• Li Lu refused to apologize but admitted that Dong Xuebin might keep the restaurant powerless for days or even a month.

Dong Xuebin let Li Lu’s restaurant remain without power after its owner disrupted the Street Office’s work, then heard Li’s public apology and offer of a vehicle and restaurant vouchers. The chapter ended with Dong inviting Li to his office, leaving the outcome of the apology unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at the Street Office as staff discussed Li’s Restaurant still being without power and praised his tough approach.
• Zhou Yanru brought Dong food, and he gave her and Wang Yuling expensive cigarettes before allowing Wang to use the office Passat.
• Dong told staff to share his own car and said he would look into the office’s shortage of vehicles.
• When Li Lu arrived that morning, Dong told the gatekeeper to ask him to return at noon.
• Li Lu returned after lunch, apologized publicly for the noise, and offered the office a new Santana and restaurant vouchers.
• Dong invited Li Lu to his office.

Dong Xuebin made Li Lu wait outside his office for over an hour before confronting him about the noise pollution and the wedding banquet dish. Li Lu left the Santana behind, and Dong Xuebin's staff privately began calling him the biggest troublemaker in Nanshan District.

• Dong Xuebin kept Li Lu waiting outside while he handled documents, and Zhou Yanru arrived with materials.
• Li Lu apologized to Zhou Yanru and offered her the Santana, asking her to speak to Dong Xuebin for him.
• Zhou Yanru asked Dong Xuebin about the car, and he agreed to see Li Lu.
• Dong Xuebin rebuked Li Lu over the restaurant's noise and pressed him about the wedding banquet dish.
• Li Lu admitted that Chu Qinghua had hinted the dish should be served, then left the Santana's keys on Dong Xuebin's desk.
• Staff watched Li Lu leave on foot and privately dubbed Dong Xuebin the biggest troublemaker in Nanshan District.

Dong Xuebin tested his reverse ability and discovered that one second sent an object back about one day. After Geng Yuehua returned his suit, he found a pair of dark red lace panties in its pocket.

• Dong Xuebin used his remaining time to reverse a calendar clock for four seconds and saw its date move back about four days.
• Dong Xuebin went downstairs for beer and snacks and spotted Geng Yuehua's official Audi leaving the dormitory building.
• Dong Xuebin met Geng Yuehua on the stairs, and she returned the suit he had lent her.
• Dong Xuebin hung up the suit and discovered dark red lace panties in its pocket.

Dong Xuebin found Geng Yuehua’s dark red underwear and her father’s ID card in the suit she had lent him, then struggled over how to return them without embarrassing her. After Geng Yuehua told him to bring the forgotten items over, he handed them to her in an opaque bag and was left wondering what she thought of him.

• Dong Xuebin found Geng Yuehua’s underwear and her father’s ID card in the suit pocket and pieced together how they had been left there.
• Dong Xuebin debated whether to return the items, worried that Geng Yuehua would realize he had seen her underwear.
• Geng Yuehua called Dong Xuebin and told him to bring the forgotten items to her.
• Dong Xuebin put the underwear and ID card in an opaque bag and delivered it to Geng Yuehua.
• Geng Yuehua took the bag and closed the door, leaving Dong Xuebin unsure whether she resented him.

Dong Xuebin tried to gauge Geng Yuehua’s attitude after their recent conflicts, but she left without engaging him. He attended a district meeting on nursing home construction and management, where his youth and position immediately drew attention.

• Dong Xuebin caught up with Geng Yuehua as she left home, greeted her, and watched her drive away without stopping.
• Zhou Yanru told Dong Xuebin that the district had called a meeting about advancing street nursing home construction and management.
• Dong Xuebin reviewed the meeting documents and drove the Passat to the district government compound.
• At the meeting, an official asked Dong Xuebin who he was, then changed his manner after learning he was the Director of Guangming Street Office.
• The officials present noticed Dong Xuebin’s unusually young age and wondered how he had risen to his position.

Dong Xuebin learned that Peace Street Office had been nominated for a National Model Elder Care Unit, and the district was rallying behind its inspection. He returned to Guangming Street Office and shared the news, leaving his colleagues troubled by the honor going to their rival.

• Geng Yuehua praised Peace Street Office’s nursing home work and issued six directives to accelerate elder care construction across the district.
• Chu Qinghua described Peace Street Office’s work, and Shen Fei announced that a central Inspection Team would inspect it the next morning as a nominee for a National Model Elder Care Unit.
• Officials congratulated Chu Qinghua while Dong Xuebin resented his rival’s nomination and recalled Chu’s past attempt to frame him.
• Dong Xuebin convened a Party and Government Work Committee meeting at Guangming Street Office and relayed the district’s nursing home directives.
• Dong Xuebin told the meeting about Peace Street Office’s nomination, prompting Zhou Yanru, Qu Yiqiang, Geng Xinke, and other attendees to react with displeasure.

Dong Xuebin learned that the Central Respect for the Elderly Model Unit Inspection Team had secretly arrived in Nanshan District. After recognizing its members and meeting them while picking up Luan Xiaoping, he warned Chu Qinghua that they were headed to Peace Street’s Nursing Home.

• Guangming Street Office staff criticized Peace Street Office’s Model Unit nomination while Dong Xuebin worried that he lacked a major political achievement and district support.
• Dong Xuebin met Luan Xiaoping at the garden entrance and recognized the officials with her as members of the Central Respect for the Elderly Model Unit Inspection Team.
• Cheng Yandong and the other inspectors confirmed their identities and headed toward Peace Street to ask about its Nursing Home.
• Dong Xuebin decided to inform Peace Street Office and called its Party and Government Office, but the call was transferred to Chu Qinghua.
• Dong Xuebin warned Chu Qinghua that the inspectors had arrived and were asking for the Nursing Home, and Chu Qinghua abruptly ended the call.

After Chu Qinghua repeatedly insulted and undermined him, Dong Xuebin looked for a way to sabotage Peace Street Office’s bid for a Respect-the-Elderly Model Unit title. He found a report about an elderly woman who vanished from its nursing home and arranged for the family’s grievance to reach the press, leaving Su Xiaochun determined to demand answers from the visiting inspection team.

• Dong Xuebin told Luan Xiaoping how Chu Qinghua had treated him and decided to retaliate against Peace Street Office.
• Luan Xiaoping found a newspaper report about Su Xiaochun’s mother disappearing from the Peace Street nursing home.
• Dong Xuebin asked Su Jia to investigate and obtained Su Xiaochun’s contact information.
• Dong Xuebin instructed Guo Panwei to pose as a reporter and call Su Xiaochun about the nursing home and Peace Street’s nomination.
• Su Xiaochun learned that the inspection team was visiting and vowed to demand an explanation.

Dong Xuebin’s plan brought Su Xiaochun’s family’s dispute with the Peace Street Nursing Home before the Central Inspection Team. The confrontation turned into a fight as Su Xiaochun and her relatives attacked the Nursing Home director.

• Luan Xiaoping urged Dong Xuebin to get up and asked whether he would act on the Nursing Home’s failure to find Su Xiaochun’s mother.
• Zhou Yanru told Dong Xuebin that a dispute was unfolding at the Peace Street Nursing Home, and he hurried to Meizhuang Community.
• Su Xiaochun and her relatives publicly accused the Nursing Home and Peace Subdistrict Office of neglecting their missing mother, while residents joined in.
• Cheng Yandong listened as Su Xiaochun described the case, and Chu Qinghua grew worried about the Central Inspection Team witnessing the dispute.
• The Nursing Home director argued that the contract exempted the facility from responsibility because Su Xiaochun’s mother had Alzheimer’s, prompting Su Xiaochun and her relatives to attack him.

A brawl at the community Nursing Home left Cheng Yandong’s jade pendant, a keepsake from his mother, shattered and disrupted the inspection. Chu Qinghua later traced the false tip that brought Su Xiaochun’s family to the Nursing Home back to Dong Xuebin, who had deliberately left clues pointing to himself.

• Su Xiaochun and her family attacked the Nursing Home’s person in charge, and a staff member accidentally knocked Cheng Yandong to the ground.
• Su Xiaochun accused the Nursing Home staff of attacking central leaders, while Cheng Yandong’s fall shattered his jade pendant.
• Cheng Yandong set the necklace aside and told the officials to resolve Su Xiaochun’s complaint; Chu Qinghua arranged compensation of 150,000 yuan.
• Chu Qinghua learned that a caller from Nanqi Morning News had tipped off Su Xiaochun’s family about the inspection and ordered the number traced.
• The Peace Street Office traced the call to a public telephone in Yantai County, and Chu Qinghua realized Dong Xuebin had set the incident in motion.

Dong Xuebin learned that the Inspection Team could add a Model Unit nomination without an advance application and considered using the opening to get Guangming Street Office nominated at Peace Street Office’s expense. He approached Geng Xinke to gauge his support, leaving Geng stunned by the prospect of taking Chu Qinghua’s slot.

• Zhou Yanru told Dong Xuebin that an Inspection Team had once added a Model Unit nomination after its visit began, but warned him not to try the same thing.
• Dong Xuebin realized Guangming Street Office might still be nominated and saw that its selection would likely displace Chu Qinghua’s Peace Street Office.
• After lunch, Dong Xuebin walked back to the office with Geng Xinke and invited him to his office for tea.
• Dong Xuebin told Geng Xinke that Peace Street Office’s nomination was at risk and suggested Guangming Street Office could take its place.
• Geng Xinke nearly choked on his tea when he understood Dong Xuebin was proposing to steal Peace Street Office’s nomination slot.

Dong Xuebin tried to use Peace Street Office’s troubles to push Guangming Street Office into contention for a Respect-the-Elderly Model Unit nomination. After meeting Inspection Team leader Cheng Yandong, he realized his Reverse ability might restore Cheng’s shattered jadeite pendant and took the fragments to try.

• Dong Xuebin proposed that Geng Xinke help Guangming Street Office compete for the Model Unit nomination, but Geng refused to get involved.
• Dong Xuebin went to Peace Second Street to approach Cheng Yandong, while Chu Qinghua discussed Peace Street Office’s failing prospects with Shen Fei.
• Cheng Yandong accepted a ride from Dong Xuebin but gave him no sign that the Inspection Team had turned against Peace Street Office.
• Cheng Yandong told Dong Xuebin that his late mother’s jadeite pendant had shattered and could not be repaired.
• Dong Xuebin remembered his Reverse ability, asked to keep the jadeite fragments for a day, and Cheng Yandong handed them over.

Dong Xuebin used Reverse to repair the jadeite pendant that had shattered at Meizhuang Nursing Home, but his first attempt left gaps because tiny fragments were missing. After finding those fragments at the scene, he used Reverse again and restored the pendant completely.

• Dong Xuebin saw Cheng Yandong and the Inspection Team inspecting Peace Street Office's communities, where a Nursing Home resident praised the facility.
• Dong Xuebin used Reverse on the shattered jadeite pendant at home, but the restored pieces still had cracks and gaps.
• Dong Xuebin suspected missing fragments were responsible and returned to Meizhuang Nursing Home to search where the pendant had shattered.
• Dong Xuebin found tiny jadeite particles on the asphalt and used Reverse on them together with the pendant.
• Dong Xuebin inspected the pendant in his Porsche and found it smooth and completely restored.

Dong Xuebin returned Cheng Yandong’s broken jadeite necklace in apparently perfect condition and asked him to help Guangming Street Office get inspected for the Respect-the-Elderly Model Unit. After Cheng agreed, Dong convened an emergency meeting and told the officials that the inspection team was coming to assess them.

• Dong Xuebin gave Cheng Yandong his Coiled Dragon jadeite necklace, repaired with an invented biological glue, and refused payment.
• Cheng Yandong agreed to use a flexible inspection slot to have the team visit Guangming Street Office that morning.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the Street Office and ordered an emergency Party and Government Work Committee meeting.
• Dong Xuebin told the assembled officials that the inspection team planned to inspect Guangming Street Office and might nominate it to the central government.
• Geng Xinke, Zhou Yanru, and the other officials were shocked that Dong Xuebin had secured the inspection team's visit.

Dong Xuebin secured an inspection by the Respect-the-Elderly Model Unit team for Guangming Street Office, provoking Chu Qinghua and district officials who expected the team to inspect Peace Street Office. After Shen Fei summoned him, Dong defended his actions by arguing that the team had approached him voluntarily and that he had helped Peace Street Office.

• Dong Xuebin called a meeting and got Qu Yiqiang and Wang Yuling to support accepting the inspection team's visit, then sent staff to Huai'an First Lane to meet the inspectors.
• Chu Qinghua learned that Wei Yandong's team had gone to Guangming Street Office instead of Peace Street Office and rushed to the district government in anger.
• Wei Yandong praised the work at Huai'an First Lane, and Dong Xuebin arranged for the team to visit Huai'an Second Lane before Shen Fei summoned him.
• At Shen Fei's office, Chu Qinghua accused Dong Xuebin of poaching the inspectors, while Dong argued that the team had approached him and that repairing Team Leader Cheng's necklace had helped Peace Street Office.
• Dong Xuebin offered to send the inspection team away if the district considered its visit improper, leaving Shen Fei frustrated by his defiance.

Dong Xuebin secured the Inspection Team’s floating nomination quota for Guangming Street Office, taking it from Peace Street Office. The district accepted the change, while Chu Qinghua and Peace Street Office were left furious.

• Dong Xuebin and Chu Qinghua argued over their rivalry as they left the district government building.
• Dong Xuebin joined the Inspection Team’s visit to Guangming Street Office and told Zhou Yanru and Guo Mingfeng to arrange lunch and rooms for the inspectors.
• Cheng Yandong told Shen Fei that the Inspection Team had awarded Guangming Street Office its floating nomination quota after finding its conditions commendable.
• Shen Fei called Dong Xuebin and instructed him to secure the quota, signaling the district’s approval.
• Dong Xuebin announced the news at Guangming Street Office, while Chu Qinghua threw a document to the floor in anger at Peace Street Office.

Dong Xuebin smoothed things over with Shen Fei after Guangming Street Office secured a strong chance at a Model Unit nomination. He assigned Zhou Yanru to lead the application preparations and coordination, leaving other cadres to seek a share of the achievement.

• Dong Xuebin apologized to Shen Fei for his sharp words the day before and told him the central Inspection Team had seemed satisfied with Guangming Street Office's work.
• Shen Fei urged Dong Xuebin to keep up the effort and aim for the final award in the capital, not just a provincial nomination.
• Dong Xuebin heard staff celebrating the setback for Peace Street Office and watched Guo Mingfeng, Yu Rongfeng, and Geng Xinke show new interest in the selection.
• Dong Xuebin asked Zhou Yanru to prepare the application materials and gave her Party and Government Office responsibility for the application and coordination work.
• Zhou Yanru praised Dong Xuebin's foresight, and he joked that her flattery was obvious.

Dong Xuebin visited Xu Yan at the State Security Bureau Family Compound, where she invited him to spar so she could regain her hand-to-hand skills. He was repeatedly thrown by Xu Yan and continued acting as her sparring partner.

• After taking the afternoon off, Dong Xuebin accepted Xu Yan’s invitation and drove to her home in Nanshan District.
• Xu Yan welcomed Dong Xuebin and explained that she wanted to practice hand-to-hand combat with him.
• Xu Yan quickly threw Dong Xuebin to the floor during their first exchange, surprising him with her skill.
• Xu Yan threw Dong Xuebin again, and he realized she had been understating her abilities.
• Dong Xuebin kept sparring with Xu Yan and let her throw him repeatedly so she could test her skills.