Recaps

Xu Yan teased Dong Xuebin about his marriage and, after learning he had been away from his wife, helped relieve his pent-up desire. The chapter ended with Dong Xuebin reaching his limit while Xu Yan comforted him.

• Xu Yan questioned Dong Xuebin about his sex life with his wife and criticized him for being ruled by lust.
• Xu Yan asked Dong Xuebin to lie down and removed his shirt and blanket.
• Xu Yan put her hand inside Dong Xuebin's pants and began helping him, telling him to lie still.
• Dong Xuebin briefly touched Xu Yan's butt, but pulled his hand away when she told him to leave it alone.
• After about twenty minutes, Dong Xuebin reached his limit, and Xu Yan urged him not to hold back.

After Xu Yan helped Dong Xuebin with his physical needs, he thanked her and wondered what their relationship had become. Xu Yan sent him home with health supplements and money, telling him he could come back whenever he needed a place to stay or help.

• Xu Yan finished helping Dong Xuebin, cleaned him up, and made him breakfast.
• Dong Xuebin worried that Xu Yan had helped him because she felt indebted, but she said she had acted because she felt bad seeing him suffer.
• Xu Yan changed into colorful clothes from ten years earlier, and Dong Xuebin praised her youthful appearance.
• After they watched the news, Xu Yan gave Dong Xuebin health supplements for his mother and money for a taxi.
• Xu Yan told Dong Xuebin to come back if his family threw him out or he needed help with his physical needs.

Dong Xuebin returned home and tried to win forgiveness from Luan Xiaoping after angering her. Luan Xiaoping softened toward him during the family meal, though she still blamed him for his mistakes.

• Dong Xuebin arrived home with health supplements and found Xie Huilan and Qu Yunxuan waiting; they urged him to keep his head down when facing Luan Xiaoping.
• Luan Xiaoping ignored Dong Xuebin and scolded him, but Xiao Qianqian’s crying distracted her, and Dong Xuebin used his granddaughter to plead for forgiveness.
• Xie Huilan soothed Xiao Qianqian and explained that the baby responded to her calm, smiling expression.
• Luan Xiaoping held Xiao Qianqian throughout the meal, while Dong Xuebin toasted her, Xie Huilan, and Qu Yunxuan with three cups of Baijiu.
• Luan Xiaoping stopped Dong Xuebin from drinking more and admitted that she could not deny him as her son.

Luan Xiaoping apologized to Qu Yunxuan and Xie Huilan for Dong Xuebin’s actions and offered to help raise Xiao Qianqian. Xie Huilan then revealed she was pregnant, leaving the family celebrating that she would soon have a child of her own.

• Dong Xuebin played with Xiao Qianqian until Luan Xiaoping took the baby and called him, Qu Yunxuan, and Xie Huilan to talk.
• Luan Xiaoping apologized to both women, accepted Qu Yunxuan as her daughter-in-law, and warned Dong Xuebin not to wrong either of them again.
• Luan Xiaoping offered to care for Xiao Qianqian, and Qu Yunxuan agreed that she could help raise the child.
• Xie Huilan revealed a hospital report confirming that she was pregnant, and Luan Xiaoping, Qu Yunxuan, and Dong Xuebin celebrated the news.
• Qu Yunxuan offered to stay and explain what Xie Huilan should avoid during pregnancy.

Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan was pregnant, and the couple celebrated the news together at home. The family gathered for dinner, where Luan Xiaoping fussed over the expectant and new mothers while Dong Xuebin complained about being forgotten.

• Dong Xuebin congratulated Xie Huilan on her pregnancy and joked with her about whether their baby would be a boy or a girl.
• Xie Huilan said pregnancy had made her feel more motherly and planned to tighten her grip on work before her belly began to show.
• Dong Xuebin promised to care for Xie Huilan and doted on her as the two cuddled and kissed.
• Luan Xiaoping prepared chicken soup and nutritious dishes for Xie Huilan and Qu Yunxuan, while leaving Dong Xuebin without the food he wanted.
• Dong Xuebin complained that he had lost his standing in the family, and Qu Yunxuan and Xie Huilan laughed.

Dong Xuebin returned to work at the Fenzhou City Discipline Inspection Committee after learning that Xie Huilan was pregnant, and caught up on the department’s affairs. He heard that Deputy Secretary Zhan Guiping had been away because his daughter was injured in an earthquake, and realized she might be Zhan Rourou.

• Dong Xuebin shared a cheerful breakfast with Xie Huilan, Qu Yunxuan, and Luan Xiaoping as the family discussed caring for the children and Xie Huilan’s pregnancy.
• Dong Xuebin accompanied Xie Huilan to work, then returned to his office at the City Discipline Inspection Committee.
• Luo Haiting briefed Dong Xuebin on office matters and said Liu Hanqing had returned to work and stopped throwing his weight around.
• Luo Haiting reported that Zhang Huo had been placed under Double Designation after the investigation cleared Geng Yuehua of wrongdoing.
• Luo Haiting told Dong Xuebin that Deputy Secretary Zhan Guiping had taken leave to seek treatment for his seriously injured daughter, and Dong Xuebin asked whether the daughter was Zhan Rourou.

Dong Xuebin learned that Zhan Rourou, the nurse he had rescued during the Second Hospital earthquake, was paralyzed and receiving treatment in the Capital City. He contacted her father, Zhan Guiping, to ask about her condition and offered to use his hospital connections to help, but Zhan Guiping did not seem to take the offer seriously.

• Luo Haiting told Dong Xuebin that Zhan Rourou could no longer walk after her injuries in the earthquake.
• Dong Xuebin asked Luo Haiting for Zhan Guiping’s phone number and called him after she sent it.
• Zhan Guiping thanked Dong Xuebin for saving Zhan Rourou and explained that delayed treatment had left her wheelchair-bound.
• Dong Xuebin offered to use his Capital City hospital connections to help Zhan Rourou, but Zhan Guiping declined the offer.

Dong Xuebin and pregnant Xie Huilan traveled to the Capital City for New Year’s Day and went to the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital for her pregnancy examinations. While waiting for her checkup, Dong Xuebin spotted Zhan Rourou in a wheelchair amid a loud argument and recognized Deputy Party Secretary Zhan Guiping and his wife beside her.

• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan packed for their trip to the Capital City, and Xie Huilan told Han Jing they would arrive around noon after visiting a hospital.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan drove to the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital for an ultrasound and pregnancy examinations arranged by Dean Liu.
• Xie Huilan went in for her examination while Dong Xuebin waited outside and then headed downstairs to smoke.
• Dong Xuebin noticed Zhan Rourou crying in a wheelchair near the orthopedics department, with Zhan Guiping and his wife beside her amid an argument.

Dong Xuebin found Zhan Rourou and her parents being told that her injuries were beyond treatment, and he apologized for his role in the earthquake evacuation. When they learned only Professor Ci in 301’s West Building might be able to help, Dong Xuebin contacted Aunt Liu, who agreed to come examine Zhan Rourou.

• Doctors at the Capital City hospital said Zhan Rourou’s damaged nerves and bones made surgery unlikely to restore her ability to walk.
• Dong Xuebin apologized to Zhan Rourou and her parents, while Madam Zhan blamed him and Zhan Guiping defended him.
• Zhan Guiping said a doctor had recommended Professor Ci, but the hospital staff explained that Professor Ci treated cases only in the West Building.
• Dong Xuebin called Aunt Liu using Hui Lan’s phone and asked her to help Zhan Rourou reach Professor Ci.
• Aunt Liu said she was near the hospital and would come examine Zhan Rourou in orthopedics.

Dong Xuebin asked Liu Xuemei, a vice dean at the People's Liberation Army General Hospital, to help Zhan Rourou, whose parents had been unable to find a surgeon willing to treat her paralysis. Liu arranged further care and an operation with Professor Ci, leaving Zhan Guiping and Madam Zhan grateful to Dong Xuebin as Rourou was moved to the West Building for tests.

• Zhan Guiping and Madam Zhan pleaded with the orthopedic doctor to treat Zhan Rourou, but he said the hospital could not perform the operation.
• Dong Xuebin returned and reassured Zhan Rourou that he had contacted someone, while deciding not to use his reverse ability because it could expose him.
• Liu Xuemei arrived, greeted Dong Xuebin, and reviewed Zhan Rourou's scans and medical records.
• Liu Xuemei said Rourou had a strong chance of recovering and arranged for her to move to the West Building and have Professor Ci operate as soon as possible.
• After Liu Xuemei left, Zhan Guiping thanked Dong Xuebin, and Madam Zhan began to apologize for having doubted him.

Dong Xuebin accompanied Zhan Rourou to the hospital, where Professor Ci confirmed her leg might be treated but delayed surgery until the day after tomorrow. His unexpected meetings with prominent officials revealed to the Zhan family that he had powerful connections, leaving them astonished by his hidden background.

• Professor Ci examined Zhan Rourou's scans and said surgery had a chance of success, but the earliest opening was the night after tomorrow.
• Dong Xuebin ran into Old Master Wu, whom he had met at Hui Lan's wedding, and escorted him back to his room.
• Vice Minister Zhang and Secretary Chen greeted Dong Xuebin, congratulated him on Hui Lan's pregnancy, and Secretary Chen jokingly proposed a future match between their grandchildren.
• The Zhan family watched Dong Xuebin speak with the senior officials and wondered how someone they thought unconnected could know so many powerful people.

Dong Xuebin arranged Zhan Rourou’s surgery for the next morning and introduced Xie Huilan to the Zhan family. After the couple left, Zhan Guiping and his wife wondered whether Xie Huilan was the powerful Xie they suspected.

• Dong Xuebin persuaded Professor Ci to schedule Zhan Rourou’s surgery for the next morning and helped the family complete her examinations.
• Mrs. Zhan apologized to Dong Xuebin, and Zhan Guiping thanked him for helping their daughter.
• Xie Huilan arrived, met Zhan Guiping and his family, and offered to help them during Zhan Rourou’s recovery.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan left, and Zhan Guiping told his family that the people who had spoken with Dong Xuebin included powerful officials.
• Mrs. Zhan suspected that Xie Huilan might be the Capital City Municipal Party Committee Leader surnamed Xie, but Zhan Guiping stopped her from speculating.

Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan told Xie Guobang and Han Jing that Hui Lan was pregnant, and the family celebrated the news. Their relatives gathered at the villa, where Xie Hao and Xie Jing eagerly fussed over Hui Lan and her unborn child.

• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan visited Xie Guobang and Han Jing and shared Hui Lan's pregnancy test reports.
• Xie Guobang and Han Jing delightedly congratulated the couple, and Han Jing called relatives to spread the news.
• Xie Guobang planned to celebrate with Moutai while Xie Huilan told Old Master Xie about the pregnancy by phone.
• Xie Hao arrived and eagerly touched Hui Lan's stomach, joking that he would take his nephew out to play.
• Xie Jing, Xie Ran, and other younger relatives arrived and joined the family's cheerful celebration.

Dong Xuebin cared for pregnant Xie Huilan before she left on a weeklong business trip, then visited Qu Yunxuan, who had knitted him a sweater. Qu Yunxuan told him that Xie Huilan and Sister Luan had agreed to be more open about their relationship, and Dong Xuebin ended the evening touched by her care.

• Dong Xuebin prepared breakfast and packed Xie Huilan's luggage after learning her work trip had been moved up to that day.
• Xie Huilan left with several city leaders to catch her flight, and Dong Xuebin went to work.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that his mother had taken Xiao Qianqian to a neighboring city and that Sister Luan would stay with her for a while.
• Qu Yunxuan said she had discussed being open about her closeness with Dong Xuebin with Xie Huilan and Sister Luan, who would help smooth things over if needed.
• Qu Yunxuan gave Dong Xuebin a sweater she had knitted for him, and he thanked her for looking after him over the years.

Dong Xuebin waited for Qu Yunxuan while she went to dinner with Wan Sichao to seek his help transferring to an anchoring job. Mother Qu called to say Qu Yunxuan had jumped from the fourth floor of Liuyang Restaurant and might not survive.

• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin she planned to ask Wan Sichao for help moving from logistics to anchoring at the Television Station.
• Wan Sichao arrived at the Qu residence and drove Qu Yunxuan to Liuyang Restaurant, touching her back as she got into his car.
• Dong Xuebin waited for Qu Yunxuan, grew worried when she did not answer his call, and drove toward the restaurant.
• Mother Qu called Dong Xuebin and said the Public Security Bureau had reported that Qu Yunxuan jumped from Liuyang Restaurant's fourth floor and might not make it.

Dong Xuebin rushed to the hospital after learning that Qu Yunxuan had jumped from a building and forced his way into her emergency treatment. After doctors stabilized her, they warned that the next twenty-four hours were critical, leaving him to wait beside her in intensive care.

• Dong Xuebin learned from Mother Qu that Qu Yunxuan had jumped from a building and raced to the scene.
• Dong Xuebin found blood at the restaurant, learned that Qu Yunxuan had been taken to the City Emergency Center, and drove there.
• Dong Xuebin kicked open the operating-room door and saw doctors treating Qu Yunxuan's severe injuries.
• The doctors stopped Qu Yunxuan's bleeding but said her survival depended on her condition over the next twenty-four hours.
• Dong Xuebin followed Qu Yunxuan into a private intensive care room and stayed beside her.

Dong Xuebin secretly healed Qu Yunxuan’s internal injuries as her parents arrived at the hospital, and she soon woke and revealed that Wan Sichao had assaulted her before she jumped from a restaurant window. Dong Xuebin promised to leave matters to the police, but his fury made clear he intended to retaliate against Wan Sichao himself.

• Dong Xuebin used Reverse to heal Qu Yunxuan’s internal injuries, but stopped when Father Qu and Mother Qu rushed into the ward.
• Mother Qu slapped Dong Xuebin and blamed him for failing to protect Qu Yunxuan, while Father Qu urged her to wait for news.
• Qu Yunxuan stirred and mentioned Wan Sichao, then woke fully and identified him as the man involved.
• Qu Yunxuan recounted how Wan Sichao blocked her in a private room, tore at her clothes, struck and kicked her, and drove her to jump from the window to escape.
• Dong Xuebin told Qu Yunxuan to rest and repeat her account to the police, but privately vowed to make Wan Sichao pay.

After Qu Yunxuan nearly died escaping Wan Sichao’s attempted rape, Dong Xuebin vowed to make him pay and began looking into his record. He obtained years of complaint letters about Wan Sichao, despite warnings that the case was politically sensitive.

• Dong Xuebin told Xie Huilan that Qu Yunxuan was out of immediate danger and that Wan Sichao had tried to rape her; Xie Huilan urged him to wait until she returned before taking further action.
• Dong Xuebin visited Qu Yunxuan in the hospital, reassured her parents that he would seek justice, and then went to work.
• At the Discipline Inspection Commission, Dong Xuebin asked Director Liang Xuan whether the Letters and Visits Office held complaints about Wan Sichao.
• Dong Xuebin explained that Qu Yunxuan was his cousin, and Liang Xuan had a staff member bring over seven or eight complaint letters.
• Liang Xuan warned Dong Xuebin that Wan Sichao’s ties to a municipal leader made the matter sensitive, but Dong Xuebin left with the letters determined to pursue him.

Dong Xuebin reviewed multiple reports accusing Wan Sichao of rape and molestation, then contacted Criminal Investigation Brigade Captain Li Taibo to ask why the cases had not been pursued. Li Taibo dismissed the allegations with explanations about relationships and insufficient evidence, leaving Dong Xuebin convinced the police had protected Wan Sichao.

• Dong Xuebin read several reports accusing Wan Sichao of rape, drugging women, and molestation, including a detailed real-name complaint from a clerk surnamed Liu.
• Dong Xuebin suspected the victims had turned to the Discipline Inspection Committee because the Municipal Public Security Bureau had failed to act on their complaints.
• Dong Xuebin called Li Taibo and offered to transfer the reports to the Public Security Department, but Li Taibo said his investigators were busy.
• Dong Xuebin asked Li Taibo about the reported assaults on the clerk surnamed Liu and Teacher Feng, and Li Taibo claimed the allegations had been disproved or lacked evidence.
• Dong Xuebin described the remaining reports, but Li Taibo dismissed them as relationship disputes or unsupported accusations, angering Dong Xuebin.

Dong Xuebin tried to get the Discipline Inspection Committee to investigate Wan Sichao, but Xiao Bin refused, and the police then declared Qu Yunxuan’s fall unrelated to Wan Sichao. After discovering Liuyang Restaurant had reopened, Dong Xuebin confronted the officers and owner over their account and recorded their names, determined to hold everyone involved accountable.

• Xiao Bin rejected Dong Xuebin’s request to investigate Wan Sichao, insisting that Office One follow procedure and wait for the police investigation.
• Dong Xuebin noticed Liuyang Restaurant had reopened and heard owner Xu Dabing claim Qu Yunxuan had been drunk when she jumped.
• Captain Li Taibo told Dong Xuebin that the police had found insufficient evidence against Wan Sichao and were treating Qu Yunxuan’s fall as voluntary.
• Dong Xuebin challenged Li Taibo’s conclusion and accused Xu Dabing of giving false testimony, but both stood by their account.
• Dong Xuebin wrote down the names Wan Sichao, Li Taibo, and Xu Dabing, vowing not to let anyone involved escape responsibility.

Dong Xuebin learned that the Criminal Investigation Brigade had used fabricated evidence to clear Wan Sichao, who then visited Qu Yunxuan's hospital room to taunt her family. Dong Xuebin promised to find another way to bring Wan Sichao and everyone protecting him to account.

• Dong Xuebin told Qu Yunxuan's parents that officials had arranged false testimony and evidence to blame her for her fall and likely close the case.
• Wan Sichao entered the hospital room with flowers, claimed Qu Yunxuan had fallen while drunk, and said he had paid her medical bills.
• After Wan Sichao left, Qu Yunxuan revealed she had heard the exchange, and Mother Qu demanded that Dong Xuebin punish him.
• Dong Xuebin vowed to handle the case himself and make the people protecting Wan Sichao answer for what they had done.

Dong Xuebin decided to retaliate against Wan Sichao and the men who helped him escape responsibility for Qu Yunxuan’s case. He arranged a lunch meeting at Liuyang Restaurant with Wan Sichao, Li Taibo, and Xu Dabing, setting his plan in motion.

• Dong Xuebin told Xie Huilan he would handle the matter himself and refused to wait for her return.
• At the Discipline Inspection Committee, Dong Xuebin heard colleagues discuss the closed case and the suspicions surrounding Wan Sichao’s alibi.
• Dong Xuebin asked Luo Haiting to invite Li Taibo and Xu Dabing to lunch at Liuyang Restaurant.
• Dong Xuebin called Wan Sichao and arranged to meet him at the restaurant at noon.
• Luo Haiting confirmed that Li Taibo and Xu Dabing would attend, and Dong Xuebin reviewed his plan.

Dong Xuebin met Wan Sichao at Liuyang Restaurant to confront him about the evidence in Qu Yunxuan’s case. The two headed to the room where Qu Yunxuan had fallen, while Captain Li Taibo grew suspicious and summoned colleagues to the restaurant.

• Dong Xuebin bought an inconspicuous bicycle and rode to Liuyang Restaurant at noon.
• Wan Sichao told Xu Dabing that he had arranged for district departments to eat at the restaurant and asked him to prepare a private room for his meal with Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin gave Xu Dabing one last chance to admit whether he had really seen Wan Sichao buy alcohol before Qu Yunxuan fell, but Xu Dabing repeated his testimony that Qu Yunxuan had been drunk.
• Dong Xuebin asked for Room 18, where Qu Yunxuan had met with her accident, and Wan Sichao agreed to go there with him.
• Luo Haiting and Captain Li Taibo saw Dong Xuebin and Wan Sichao together, and Captain Li called several colleagues to come to the restaurant.

Dong Xuebin confronted Wan Sichao at Liuyang Restaurant while arranging for Li Taibo and Xu Dabing to be drawn away. After Wan Sichao boasted that he would pursue Yun Xuan, Dong Xuebin prepared to act before his Discipline Inspection Committee meeting.

• Dong Xuebin met Wan Sichao in the room where Yun Xuan had been attacked and noticed that Xu Dabing had given false testimony for Wan Sichao.
• Li Taibo brought criminal police officers to a nearby room to watch Dong Xuebin and protect Wan Sichao, prompting Dong Xuebin to circle Li Taibo and Xu Dabing’s names in his notebook.
• Dong Xuebin learned that his Discipline Inspection Committee meeting had been moved to 12:40 and locked the private-room door while he and Wan Sichao ate.
• Wan Sichao denied harming Yun Xuan and boasted that he would keep pursuing her, while Dong Xuebin warned that he would show Wan Sichao who he was.
• Luo Haiting lured Li Taibo and Xu Dabing into drinking and left for the restroom, giving Dong Xuebin the opening he had been waiting for.

Dong Xuebin used Stop to frame Li Taibo and Xu Dabing for Wan Sichao’s death, then set Wan Sichao up to fall from the restaurant window. With Stop nearly expired, he raced to the Municipal Party Committee Courtyard and entered the Discipline Inspection Commission building just as time resumed.

• Dong Xuebin dragged the frozen Wan Sichao into Li Taibo and Xu Dabing’s room and planted their fingerprints and traces on him.
• Dong Xuebin kicked Wan Sichao through the fourth-floor window and struck his back, making his fall more deadly when time resumed.
• Dong Xuebin left the restaurant and rode a bicycle toward the Municipal Party Committee Courtyard because vehicles could not move during Stop.
• Dong Xuebin reached the Discipline Inspection Commission Office Building and ran toward the Conference Room as Stop expired.