Recaps

Dong Xuebin sought Xie Huilan’s help transferring into the Public Security System, but dinner with her and Xie Hao turned into a contest with Wei Nan, the man her family wanted her to marry. Dong Xuebin won Xie Huilan’s promised company by using Back to identify a hidden 1992 one-yuan coin, leaving everyone amazed as they left the restaurant together.

• Dong Xuebin called Xie Hao to ask what Xie Huilan liked, hoping to find a way to ask her for help with his transfer.
• Xie Hao invited Dong Xuebin to dinner with Xie Huilan, where they met Wei Nan, who said he and Xie Huilan were about to get engaged.
• Xie Huilan proposed a magic contest between Wei Nan and Xie Hao, and Wei Nan impressed her by producing red roses from a handkerchief.
• Xie Hao challenged Dong Xuebin to identify what was inside a neighboring couple’s wrapped box, and Dong Xuebin said it held a 1992 one-yuan coin.
• The couple opened the box and confirmed the coin’s year, so Xie Huilan declared that she would go with Dong Xuebin, while Wei Nan watched in disbelief.

Dong Xuebin visited Xie Huilan and asked her to transfer him from the National Security System to the Public Security System. Xie Huilan promised to try to arrange him as Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau and told him to wait for her news.

• Dong Xuebin brought Xie Huilan an electric heater, and she repaid him for it.
• Xie Huilan praised Dong Xuebin for his recent accomplishments and asked what he wanted to discuss.
• Dong Xuebin asked Xie Huilan to help him transfer into the Public Security System.
• Xie Huilan offered to arrange a leadership position and asked Dong Xuebin to name a department.
• Dong Xuebin requested Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau, and Xie Huilan agreed to try to arrange it within a couple of days.

Dong Xuebin visited Xie Huilan’s family after she secured his grassroots transfer, but a confrontation with Wei Nan nearly derailed the visit. He then met Xie Huilan’s grandfather and discovered the old man was the Republic’s former General Secretary.

• Dong Xuebin told his mother he might be promoted again, then learned from Xie Huilan that her grandfather had approved his transfer and wanted to meet him.
• Dong Xuebin accompanied Xie Huilan to her family’s villa, where Wei Nan was waiting to play chess with her grandfather.
• After Xie Huilan stumbled while getting out of the car, Dong Xuebin caught her, and Wei Nan kicked him; Dong used BACK to rewind and dodged the attack before punching Wei Nan.
• Xie Huilan rebuked Wei Nan for attacking her rescuer, rejected their engagement, and declared that Dong Xuebin was closer to her than Wei Nan was.
• Xie Huilan led Dong Xuebin into the garden, where he saw her grandfather and realized the old man was the Republic’s former General Secretary.

Dong Xuebin met Xie Huilan’s powerful family, lost at chess to her and Old Xie, and became caught in a clash over her arranged engagement to Wei Nan. After Old Xie ordered Xie Huilan and Wei Nan to get engaged, Xie Huilan asked Dong Xuebin whether he wanted to date her.

• Dong Xuebin learned that Old Xie was Xie Huilan’s grandfather and that her father was the Capital City Municipal Party Secretary.
• Xie Huilan defeated Dong Xuebin at chess, and Wei Nan later humiliated him in a game before Old Xie invited him to play.
• Wei Nan told Old Xie that Dong Xuebin had taken advantage of Xie Huilan and attacked him, prompting Old Xie to order Xie Huilan and Wei Nan to get engaged the following week.
• Xie Huilan and Xie Hao defied Old Xie, while Xie Huilan revealed that Wei Nan had attacked Dong Xuebin and denied having a relationship with him.
• After Old Xie refused to reconsider his order, Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin they should not accept the accusation against them and asked whether he wanted to date her.

Xie Huilan pretended to be dating Dong Xuebin to resist her arranged engagement to Wei Nan, and Dong Xuebin risked his career to stand by her. After Old Xie challenged him to a chess match, Dong Xuebin used BACK repeatedly to follow Zhang Wanxu’s advice and won, leaving Old Xie reconsidering the engagement and Dong Xuebin’s suitability.

• Xie Huilan announced that she and Dong Xuebin were dating and asked Old Xie to let her marry him instead of Wei Nan.
• Old Xie rejected them, threatened to exile Dong Xuebin to the Northwest, and finally offered to approve their relationship if Dong Xuebin beat him at Chinese chess.
• Xie Huilan agreed to get engaged to Wei Nan when Dong Xuebin appeared unable to win, but Dong Xuebin insisted on playing Old Xie.
• Dong Xuebin repeatedly conceded and used BACK to apply Zhang Wanxu’s advice until he defeated Old Xie in a decisive game.
• Old Xie praised Dong Xuebin’s play and reconsidered whether the alliance with Wei Nan’s family was a mistake, while Zhang Wanxu offered to take Dong Xuebin as a disciple.
• Xie Huilan said Old Xie would keep his word, and Xie Hao congratulated her and Dong Xuebin as Wei Nan hurried toward the villa in distress.

Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan’s engagement to Wei Nan had effectively been called off and that his transfer to Yantai County Public Security Bureau was nearly settled. The chapter ended with him thrilled at the prospect of returning to his hometown as a deputy bureau chief.

• Xie Hao thanked Dong Xuebin for helping Xie Huilan and said his grandfather had promised to approve Dong’s transfer if he won their chess game.
• Xie Hao told Dong that his family had heard about the events at the Old Master’s home, leaving Dong worried about how they viewed him.
• Xie Huilan told Dong that the Old Master had refused to see Wei Nan and that Wei Nan’s father had taken him home, effectively ending the engagement.
• Xie Huilan said Dong’s transfer was basically no longer a problem and offered him the deputy bureau chief opening at Yantai County Public Security Bureau.
• Dong eagerly accepted the Yantai County post and thanked Xie Huilan, who said the appointment should come through within a few days.

Dong Xuebin brought Xie Huilan the heating-related newspaper reports she needed for an important speech, after hearing how badly her office had failed to obtain them. Xie Huilan insisted their relationship was real, then confronted him about what he had done with her stockings when he saved her.

• Dong Xuebin bought Xie Huilan cosmetics and visited her, where she explained that heating reports would be the most useful gift for her work.
• Dong Xuebin used his connection with Director Zheng to obtain and print heating reports from January and February.
• Dong Xuebin delivered the reports to Xie Huilan just as she was struggling to find materials for her speech.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin that she had never said their relationship was fake, while he protested that he was not worthy of her and denied having romantic feelings.
• Xie Huilan asked Dong Xuebin to explain what he had done with her stockings when he saved her, leaving him shocked that she knew.

Wang Lin searched the Soldier Immortal's memories and confronted the Immortal Venerate's seal within his sea of consciousness. He discovered a power that disintegrated anything approaching the seven-colored man, but remained determined to find a way through.

• Wang Lin seized the skinny old man and used his divine sense to search the Soldier Immortal's memories despite the old man's threats.
• The four ancient clan statues discussed Wang Lin's attempt, and Vermillion Bird acknowledged that Wang Lin had not been part of his plan.
• Wang Lin entered the fog sealing the old man's memories and encountered the seven-colored man who served as the seal.
• Wang Lin attacked the seven-colored man with a palm strike, a wave of air, and Ancient God-powered fingers, but each attack disintegrated within three inches of him.
• Wang Lin withdrew his damaged fingers, regrew them with Ancient God power, and considered how to overcome the seal.

Dong Xuebin expected to transfer from National Security to a deputy leadership post in the Public Security System, but a stranger accused him of owing gambling debts and the Chengxi Branch Bureau’s leaders blocked his departure. The chapter ended with Dong Xuebin furious after Zhen Anguo refused to approve the transfer and insisted he stay.

• Dong Xuebin’s colleagues learned he was likely to transfer, and Xu Yan supported his move while asking whom he would recommend to replace him.
• Dong Xuebin recommended Guo Panwei for the General Office deputy director position and told him he might take over.
• A middle-aged man shouted outside the branch bureau that Dong Xuebin owed him 254,000 in gambling debts, then fled when officers pursued him.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin that his transfer depended on Zhen Anguo’s approval, and Dong Xuebin suspected Wei Nan had arranged the accusation to frame him.
• Zhen Anguo used the disturbance as grounds to refuse Dong Xuebin’s transfer, offering instead to seek him a deputy-section-level post at the branch bureau.
• Dong Xuebin argued against being held back, but Zhen Anguo remained firm, leaving Dong Xuebin enraged and his transfer blocked.

Dong Xuebin learned that Zhen Anguo had blocked his transfer to a grassroots deputy director post, and attempts by Xu Yan and Xie Huilan to intervene failed. The chapter ended with Dong helping prepare lunch for Municipal Party Secretary Xie Guobang’s inspection while his conflict with Zhen Anguo worsened.

• Zhen Anguo refused Xu Yan’s appeal to release Dong Xuebin for the transfer, offering instead a future deputy section chief promotion.
• Xie Huilan asked Director Wang to intervene, but Zhen Anguo defended his decision by citing the gambling-debt incident and insisting Dong Xuebin be investigated.
• Yan Lei taunted Dong Xuebin about the canceled transfer, and Dong smashed a cup before being assigned to prepare for a municipal inspection.
• Dong Xuebin overslept and arrived late as Zhen Anguo reprimanded him in front of the bureau leaders.
• Xie Guobang arrived to inspect the aging Chengxi Branch Bureau buildings and chose to eat in the main cafeteria.
• Dong Xuebin moved tables and served dishes for Xie Guobang’s group while Yan Lei announced the dishes and tried to impress the visiting leaders.

Xie Guobang’s intervention ended Zhen Anguo’s resistance to Dong Xuebin’s transfer, and Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan had helped arrange the support. After completing Ministry of State Security training, Dong Xuebin received his transfer order appointing him deputy bureau chief of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau.

• Xie Guobang called Dong Xuebin to sit beside him at lunch, signaling his displeasure with the way Zhen Anguo had treated him.
• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan, who confirmed that she had spoken to her father and said Zhen Anguo would have to approve the transfer.
• Zhen Anguo told Dong Xuebin to attend a Ministry of State Security Party school training program and arranged his place in the class.
• Zhen Anguo approved Dong Xuebin’s transfer after the inspection, and the branch bureau staff congratulated Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin received his Order of Transfer appointing him deputy bureau chief of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau at deputy section level.

After finishing the National Security Party School, Dong Xuebin flew to Lin'an City to visit Qu Yunxuan at the Chicken-Blood Stone mine he had chosen. The mine kept producing valuable stones, and Qu Yunxuan told him their account had grown to over 4.6 million, with more earnings expected before the lease ended.

• Dong Xuebin completed the National Security Party School courses, barely passed the theory exams, and made farewell rounds before leaving the capital.
• Qu Yunxuan oversaw another blast at the mine, where workers found more Chicken-Blood Stone and she sold the rough stone to Sun Boss for 220,000.
• Dong Xuebin called Qu Yunxuan from the airport, then surprised her at the mine after flying directly to Lin'an City.
• Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan reunited and went into the mine to inspect the excavation.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that the mine had yielded more than twenty rough stones and over 4.6 million in proceeds, with about twenty days remaining on the lease.

Dong Xuebin tested the mine’s deeper vein and found almost no Chicken-Blood Stone, so he persuaded Qu Yunxuan to sell back the lease rather than keep mining. He used a new way to activate Back, then negotiated a 700,000-yuan buyout with Old Yezi, leaving Old Yezi to take over the depleted mine.

• Qu Yunxuan asked Dong Xuebin whether they should extend the lease, and he decided to inspect the mine before committing.
• Dong Xuebin staged an oversized blast, saw that the deeper mine held almost no Chicken-Blood Stone, and discovered he could use Back to rewind five minutes in one command.
• Dong Xuebin stopped mining and convinced Qu Yunxuan to sell the lease back to Old Yezi, despite her reluctance to give up the mine.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that Old Yezi had sent local thugs to cause trouble at their mine, angering him.
• Dong Xuebin demanded 700,000 yuan for the lease buyout, and Old Yezi agreed after trying to bargain the price down.

Dong Xuebin took Cui Yundong to Meixie Resort to celebrate their success with the mine, then told her he had been transferred to become deputy director of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau. She initially doubted him but was overjoyed after checking his official documents.

• Dong Xuebin booked a private villa at Meixie Resort and insisted that Cui Yundong enjoy a day of relaxation after their work at the mine.
• Dong Xuebin and Cui Yundong discussed opening an auction company in the Capital City, and he urged her to buy a car with part of their earnings.
• Dong Xuebin treated Cui Yundong to massages, billiards, shopping, and a beauty treatment, then teased her before revealing his career news.
• Dong Xuebin told Cui Yundong that he had been appointed deputy director of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau and showed her his transfer documents.
• Cui Yundong confirmed the appointment was real, embraced Dong Xuebin, and excitedly praised him.

Dong Xuebin arrived in Yantai County to take up his post as a deputy director of the Public Security Bureau and quietly reported in. He met office deputy director Hu Silian, while the bureau chief and other department heads remained away at a meeting.

• Dong Xuebin ate at a meat pie shop and heard the Boss Lady describe protection rackets and alleged police corruption in Yantai County.
• Dong Xuebin reported to the County Party Committee Organization Department, where Deputy Minister Han arranged a car to take him to the county bureau.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the shabby County Public Security Bureau compound and went inside with his luggage.
• Hu Silian came out to welcome Dong Xuebin and told him the bureau chief and other department heads were away at a meeting.
• Hu Silian led Dong Xuebin to his office as bureau staff greeted him respectfully.

Dong Xuebin visited his mother, Luan Xiaoping, in Huitian Township and saw how poorly his relatives treated her. The chapter ended when his cousin Tang Jin rushed into the courtyard in tears.

• Hu Silian offered Dong Xuebin a ride and a welcome meal, but he declined and went to visit his mother.
• Dong Xuebin called Luan Xiaoping and learned that she was doing chores while his aunt by marriage was at home.
• Luan Xiaoping warned Dong Xuebin to stay away from the local mine thugs, but he dismissed the warning.
• Dong Xuebin greeted his relatives, then grew angry as they belittled him and made Luan Xiaoping handle the household work.
• Tang Jin ran into the house crying, and Dong Xuebin asked who had bullied her.

Tang Jin told her family that thugs had harassed her, and the Huitian Township police station ignored their calls for help. Dong Xuebin confronted station chief Liu Dahai, who realized the household belonged to the new deputy bureau chief and rushed to respond.

• Tang Jin told Dong Xuebin and the family that the mine owner's thugs had harassed her on her way home.
• Second Aunt's husband wanted to confront the thugs, but Dong Xuebin urged the family to call the police, and Grandma backed him.
• Za Xiaoping called the Huitian Township police station twice, but no officers arrived, and the station claimed it was short-staffed.
• Dong Xuebin obtained Liu Dahai's number from Hu Silian, identified himself, and ordered the station chief to come to the Za family home within ten minutes.
• Liu Dahai learned from a subordinate that the family had reported the harassment but the station had ignored it, then Hu Silian told him Dong Xuebin's mother was surnamed Za.
• Liu Dahai ordered officers to respond immediately and hurriedly drove to Dong Xuebin's home.

Dong Xuebin confronted township police director Liu Dahai over the failure to respond to Tang Jin’s report, then had the four hooligans who harassed her arrested. He revealed to his family that he had become deputy director of the county Public Security Bureau, leaving them astonished and proud.

• Dong Xuebin told his family that Liu Dahai was coming and promised Tang Jin he would get justice for her.
• Liu Dahai arrived with officers, apologized to Dong Xuebin, and learned that he was the newly appointed Director Dong.
• Liu Dahai ordered officers to arrest the hooligans who had harassed Tang Jin and stolen crops from the family’s field.
• Tang Jin identified Yellow Hair and the other hooligans, and Dong Xuebin told the police to take them away and handle the case impartially.
• Dong Xuebin told his family that he had become deputy director of the county Public Security Bureau, and Tang Jin celebrated his promotion.

Dong Xuebin celebrated his new deputy bureau chief position with his family, and Za Xiaoping experienced a sudden rise in standing among her relatives. After giving Tang Jin a large gift and agreeing to appease his other relatives, he revealed his savings and antique-business earnings to his mother, leaving her overwhelmed with happiness.

• Dong Xuebin reassured Second Aunt that he remembered her past help, while relatives changed their behavior toward Za Xiaoping after learning about his promotion.
• Aunt, Eldest Aunt, and Grandma insisted that Za Xiaoping rest and offered her clothes instead of letting her do housework.
• Dong Xuebin gave Tang Jin a red envelope containing ten thousand yuan and promised to help her in the future.
• Za Xiaoping urged Dong Xuebin to give Grandma and his uncles gifts, and he bought cigarettes and handed his mother another thousand yuan for them.
• Dong Xuebin told Za Xiaoping that he had earned about five million yuan through antiques and gave her access to a bank card with nearly three hundred thousand yuan on it.

Dong Xuebin said goodbye to his family and reported to the County Public Security Bureau, where he officially took up his post as deputy director. He left his first meetings wary of Hu Yiguo and wondering whether the bureau’s modest welcome banquet reflected disrespect.

• Dong Xuebin spent the night talking with Luan Xiaoping, then declined her offer to return to the county with him because she still had to teach.
• A police officer sent by Liu Dahai drove Dong Xuebin to the County Public Security Bureau.
• Dong Xuebin introduced himself to Liang Chengpeng, Liu Weiye, and Hu Yiguo, forming good first impressions of the first two but sensing Hu’s doubts about him.
• Liang Chengpeng read Dong Xuebin’s Letter of Appointment at a bureau meeting, and Dong delivered his prepared speech before officially assuming the deputy director post.
• Liang Chengpeng, Liu Weiye, Hu Yiguo, and other leaders held Dong Xuebin’s welcome banquet in the bureau’s Small Cafeteria, leaving him disappointed by its modest setting.

Dong Xuebin struggled to gain responsibilities at the County Public Security Bureau while its leaders faced a two-day deadline to catch the hacker attacking the county government website. As Liang Chengpeng worried over the unsolved case, Zhen Anguo advised him to turn to Dong Xuebin, whom he acknowledged as unusually capable.

• Dong Xuebin attended the Director's Office Meeting, where Liang Chengpeng criticized Hu Yiguo for failing to stop repeated attacks on the county government website.
• The hacker altered the County Leaders announcement list, prompting Liang Chengpeng to order Hu Yiguo to solve the case within two days.
• Liang Chengpeng ended the meeting without assigning Dong Xuebin any responsibilities, so Dong Xuebin asked him directly about his work assignment and received only a promise to arrange something later.
• Hu Yiguo and the Cyber Police searched for clues through the afternoon, while pressure mounted on Liang Chengpeng and the bureau to resolve the case.
• Zhen Anguo called Liang Chengpeng to ask about Dong Xuebin, then recommended that Liang seek Dong's help if no one else could solve the case.

Dong Xuebin was appointed leader of a Special Investigation Team tasked with the County Government website attack after Hu Yiguo maneuvered to shift responsibility onto him. Liang Chengpeng refused to revoke the appointment and told Dong to prevent further attacks, leaving him angry and stuck with the case.

• Hu Yiguo told Dong Xuebin that he would recommend giving him a heavier workload, and Dong agreed to follow the leadership's arrangements.
• Dong Xuebin learned he had been named leader of a Special Investigation Team investigating the County Government website attack, while Hu Yiguo was excluded from the team.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Hu Yiguo, who claimed Dong had agreed to the assignment and said Liang Chengpeng had approved it.
• Dong Xuebin appealed to Liang Chengpeng to revoke his appointment, but Liang told him to solve the case or at least prevent another attack on the website.

Dong Xuebin used his ability to foresee events to help the Special Investigation Team catch the hacker before the County Leaders’ deadline. The traced address led to the County Party Committee Family Compound, suggesting the culprit was a leader or a leader’s family member.

• After Hu Yiguo assigned Dong Xuebin to lead the investigation, Qin Yong warned him that the case would be difficult and could damage his career.
• Wang Bo explained that the team could trace the hacker if they knew which website would be attacked, but they could not predict the target.
• After the hacker escaped from an attack on the Public Security Bureau website, Dong Xuebin used his power to return eight minutes and ordered the team to prepare for another attack.
• The hacker attacked the Public Security Bureau website, and the team traced the real address to Building No. 2, Room 303, No. 1 Courtyard, Chunshui Road.
• Dong Xuebin and the county officers realized the address was in the County Party Committee Family Compound, where leaders lived.

Dong Xuebin used Back to erase the Cyber Police’s discovery that the hacker lived in the County Party Committee Family Compound, then privately confronted Xiao Hua and agreed to try to protect him. He left without accepting a gift, and Xiao Hua’s father called to thank him.

• Dong Xuebin used Back to rewind ten minutes so Wang Bo and the Cyber Police would fail to identify the hacker.
• Dong Xuebin went to Xiao Hua’s home and told Xiao Hua and his mother that the bureau had traced the attack to their address.
• Xiao Hua admitted he had attacked the websites for fun, and his mother begged Dong Xuebin to keep the case quiet.
• Dong Xuebin refused the mother’s jade necklace but agreed to do his best to help the family.
• Xiao Hua’s mother called her husband, and Xiao Hua’s father later phoned Dong Xuebin to thank him.

Dong Xuebin claimed credit for ending the hacker attacks and stopped Hu Yiguo from taking credit in the case report. Liang Chengpeng then praised him and assigned him oversight of Huitian Township Police Station, leaving Hu Yiguo furious.

• Dong Xuebin told Liang Chengpeng that he had traced and defeated the hacker, and a final intrusion left a message admitting defeat.
• Dong Xuebin discovered that Hu Yiguo had rewritten the case report to emphasize his own leadership, so he confronted Liang Chengpeng with the investigation team's original report.
• Liang Chengpeng rejected Hu Yiguo's report and chose Dong Xuebin's, then commended Dong Xuebin for resolving the case.
• At a Party committee meeting, Liang Chengpeng assigned Dong Xuebin liaison work with Huitian Township Police Station, which had been under Hu Yiguo's supervision.
• Hu Yiguo objected that Dong Xuebin's hometown was in Huitian Township, but Liang Chengpeng finalized the assignment, and bureau staff congratulated Dong Xuebin.