Recaps

Dong Xuebin prepared to leave the Capital City for his new post in Northern Shaanxi, but Fang Wenping called and asked him to drive her there as well. After picking her up and waiting while she packed, he set off with her as his passenger.

• Dong Xuebin loaded his belongings into his Land Rover and left his home in the Capital City for Northern Shaanxi.
• Fang Wenping called Dong Xuebin and told him she had also been transferred there as a vice governor.
• Fang Wenping asked Dong Xuebin to pick her up and drive her to Northern Shaanxi, and he agreed.
• Dong Xuebin found Fang Wenping packing at her apartment and waited as she finished getting ready.
• Dong Xuebin made lunch while Fang Wenping packed, then carried her heavier suitcase downstairs.
• Fang Wenping put her luggage in Dong Xuebin's Land Rover, and Dong Xuebin drove away with her.

After driving for hours, Dong Xuebin followed Fang Wenping off the highway to eat and explore a county town instead of stopping to rest. Their evening walk ended in a confrontation when a stall owner demanded that Fang Wenping pay for a bracelet she had opened.

• Dong Xuebin told Fang Wenping he was too tired to keep driving, but she suggested they take an exit and look around since neither had to report for work soon.
• Dong Xuebin drove Fang Wenping off the highway, and they ate dinner at a restaurant in a county town.
• After dinner, Fang Wenping walked around the town’s roadside stalls while Dong Xuebin followed her.
• Fang Wenping opened a bracelet package at a stall, rejected the bracelet after hearing its price was one hundred yuan, and tried to leave.
• The stall owner stopped Fang Wenping and insisted she had to buy the bracelet because she had opened it.

Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin were surrounded by dozens of local vendors after she refused to pay for a bracelet she had opened. The police took them away, but the crowd chased their cars toward the Police Station.

• The Brawny Stall Owner demanded that Fang Wenping pay one hundred yuan for an opened bracelet, and Dong Xuebin stood by her as they argued.
• The stall owner called for help, and dozens of people surrounded Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin, threatening them and raising the price to one thousand yuan.
• Fang Wenping called the Police Station, but the officer initially responded dismissively and told her to wait.
• When the police arrived, an older officer urged Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin into a police car, while the stall owner insisted they pay first.
• The officers drove Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin away, and the crowd chased after the police cars.

Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping were brought to the Police Station after a hostile crowd followed them, but the officers admitted they were afraid to confront the locals. Furious at the officers’ refusal to act, Dong Xuebin declared that he would handle the situation himself.

• Police officers hurried Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping into the station while the Brawny Stall Owner and a crowd carrying tools entered the courtyard.
• An older officer explained that the locals often banded together and had even attacked police, so the station planned to wait for the crowd to leave.
• Fang Wenping challenged the officers for failing to stop the locals from robbing and forcing tourists to buy things.
• Dong Xuebin argued with a young officer, condemning the police for hiding instead of enforcing the law.
• Fang Wenping insisted on getting an explanation, and Dong Xuebin declared that he would handle the matter himself.

Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping argued with the police over their failure to stop a group of stall owners from extorting them, while the crowd outside demanded payment for a bracelet. Chief Zhu returned and told them to pay one thousand yuan, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping berated the officers for sheltering the crowd and refusing to address the attempted extortion.
• Chief Zhu entered, heard the officers’ account, and went outside as the crowd banged on the window and demanded the pair come out.
• The Brawny Stall Owner and others refused Chief Zhu’s orders to go home and insisted on one thousand yuan for the bracelet.
• After speaking with the crowd, Chief Zhu returned and told Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping to settle the bracelet payment first.
• Dong Xuebin asked Chief Zhu to repeat himself after being told to pay.

Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping refused to pay off the crowd that had extorted them, while the Police Station urged them to compromise. Fang Wenping agreed to let Dong Xuebin handle the roughly sixty people outside, and he prepared to act.

• Chief Zhu urged Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping to pay the crowd a thousand yuan so the Police Station could escort them away safely.
• Fang Wenping refused to hand over their money, and Dong Xuebin berated the police for siding with the extortionists.
• Dong Xuebin demanded to know whether the Police Station intended to let the crowd go unpunished, and Chief Zhu asked what he expected them to do.
• Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin they would handle the crowd themselves, and he boasted that he could take on all sixty within five minutes.
• Fang Wenping left the confrontation to Dong Xuebin, who eagerly prepared to take action.

Dong Xuebin decided to confront the peddlers who were threatening him and Fang Wenping outside the Police Station, despite the officers’ warnings and refusal to help. Fang Wenping followed him and said she would call provincial contacts, while Dong Xuebin headed out to face the crowd.

• The peddlers shouted threats and demanded payment outside the Police Station, insulting Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping and pounding on the window.
• Dong Xuebin took off his coat and prepared to go outside, but an older police officer warned that the crowd might attack him.
• Chief Zhu let Dong Xuebin leave after warning him that the Police Station would not take responsibility for what happened.
• Dong Xuebin criticized the officers for siding with the peddlers and told Fang Wenping to stay inside.
• Fang Wenping followed Dong Xuebin toward the door and said she would call provincial officials she knew.

Dong Xuebin confronted the stall owner and the crowd demanding money from him, insisting they confess to their crimes instead. The stall owner struck Dong Xuebin over the head with a club, but Dong Xuebin smiled afterward.

• Fang Wenping stayed inside the Police Station as Dong Xuebin walked into the courtyard, where dozens of Ethnic Minorities had gathered.
• The Brawny Stall Owner demanded one thousand yuan and an apology, but Dong Xuebin refused to pay and called the demand extortion.
• Dong Xuebin warned the crowd to enter the Police Station and accept punishment, or face him.
• The Brawny Stall Owner hit Dong Xuebin on the head with a club, which snapped, and Dong Xuebin smiled as the crowd watched.

After being struck by the Brawny Stall Owner, Dong Xuebin used the attack as justification to defend himself and fought back against the mob. He left dozens of attackers stunned and ten men down, while the remaining crowd hesitated to approach him.

• Dong Xuebin reassured Fang Wenping and told the onlookers that he had not started the fight after the Brawny Stall Owner struck him with a stick.
• The Brawny Stall Owner thrust his broken stick at Dong Xuebin, who grabbed and twisted his wrist, driving the stick into the man's chin and knocking him unconscious.
• Dong Xuebin taunted the fallen man, provoking the ethnic minority group to charge him with clubs and daggers.
• Dong Xuebin quickly defeated the first waves of attackers, sending several flying and injuring others with their own weapons.
• After Dong Xuebin knocked down ten men in a dozen seconds, the remaining attackers hesitated while Fang Wenping, Chief Zhu, the officers, and the civilians watched in shock.

Dong Xuebin fought off the armed crowd at the Police Station, leaving many of them injured and the rest fleeing. He stayed behind without pursuing them, conserving his remaining time before taking office.

• Two ambulances arrived, and Dong Xuebin challenged the crowd to rob him.
• The men hurled rocks, bottles, tools, and knives at Dong Xuebin, but he dodged them and returned a knife and a brick to their throwers.
• Dong Xuebin charged into the crowd and knocked down one man after another while the officers and bystanders watched.
• The remaining men fled, leaving their injured companions behind.
• Dong Xuebin did not pursue them and wiped the blood from his hands.

Dong Xuebin fought off a group that had attacked him at the Police Station, but Chief Zhu prioritized treating the injured and resisted taking action against them. Fang Wenping called her own people for backup, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Medical staff arrived and treated the injured while requesting more ambulances and support.
• Fang Wenping returned Dong Xuebin's wallet and asked whether he was hurt.
• Dong Xuebin told Chief Zhu that the group had extorted and attacked them, and demanded that the police handle the case.
• Chief Zhu ordered officers to save the injured first and dismissed Dong Xuebin's concerns about the attackers escaping.
• Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin not to waste words with the police and called Little Yang to demand that her people hurry over.

After Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin confronted the police and the Ethnic Minorities, officials from the municipal and provincial public security bureaus arrived. The chapter ended when Fang Wenping casually greeted Provincial Deputy Department Director Yang as “Little Yang,” leaving the local officers stunned.

• Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin that the people she had called were on their way, while the injured were taken away and the crowd remained at the scene.
• Cheng Dalei, deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, arrived with armed officers and asked for Ms. Fang.
• Fang Wenping told Cheng Dalei to handle the matter, and Dong Xuebin challenged him to explain how he planned to do so.
• Director Yang arrived, and Fang Wenping addressed the Provincial Public Security Bureau deputy department director as “Little Yang,” shocking Cheng Dalei and Chief Zhu’s officers.

Fang Wenping’s identity as Governor Fang was revealed, prompting Deputy Department Director Yang and Cheng Dalei to take charge of the case against the people who had forced a sale and attacked her group. The chapter ended with Deputy Department Director Yang recognizing Dong Xuebin as the man who had stormed the Municipal State Security Bureau.

• Fang Wenping called Deputy Department Director Yang Little Yang, and he ordered the authorities to detain the people involved in the forced sale and its instigators.
• Deputy Department Director Yang addressed Fang Wenping as Governor Fang, stunning Chief Zhu, Cheng Dalei, and the people who had confronted her.
• Chief Zhu ordered his officers to guard the injured suspects at the hospital and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Dong Xuebin rebuked Chief Zhu for the police response, and Cheng Dalei announced that the city would take over the case as a model case.
• Deputy Department Director Yang asked whether Dong Xuebin had held off sixty people, then recognized him as the man who had stormed the Municipal State Security Bureau.

After the street disturbance was settled, Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin had dinner with Deputy Department Director Yang and checked into a hotel before their planned departure the next morning. Unable to sleep, Dong Xuebin was surprised when Fang Wenping came to his room in a bathrobe with liquor and asked him to drink with her.

• Deputy Department Director Yang asked Fang Wenping whether she accepted his handling of the disturbance, then arranged a meal for her and Dong Xuebin.
• Fang Wenping insisted on paying for dinner and told Deputy Department Director Yang that she and Dong Xuebin would leave the next morning.
• Deputy Department Director Yang arranged two hotel rooms, and Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin went upstairs.
• Dong Xuebin could not sleep, so he browsed news about Jiaolin County on the room's computer.
• Fang Wenping knocked on Dong Xuebin's door in a bathrobe, brought liquor, and asked him to drink with her.

Fang Wenping visited Dong Xuebin’s hotel room for a late-night drink, but their awkward conversation left him unsure why she had come. After rapidly finishing the liquor, she passed out on his bed and told him he could sleep anywhere, leaving him stunned.

• Fang Wenping and Dong Xuebin drank wine and struggled to find anything to talk about.
• Dong Xuebin asked whether Fang Wenping had something on her mind, but she denied it.
• Dong Xuebin tried to end the evening and went to the bathroom while Fang Wenping stayed in his room.
• Fang Wenping drank the rest of the liquor straight from the bottle and staggered to Dong Xuebin’s bed.
• Fang Wenping refused to move from Dong Xuebin’s bed and told him to sleep anywhere.

Dong Xuebin struggled to decide whether Fang Wenping’s drunken behavior was a hint that she wanted him to stay with her. He tested her reaction by putting an arm around her waist, and the chapter ended with him ready to take the risk.

• Fang Wenping lay down in Dong Xuebin’s room and claimed she could not get up or find her room card.
• Dong Xuebin called the front desk and got a room card for the neighboring room.
• Fang Wenping rolled over, leaving her robe partly open, and Dong Xuebin wondered if she was signaling that he could approach her.
• Dong Xuebin nearly left but stayed to smoke and agonize over whether he had misunderstood her intentions.
• Fang Wenping asked Dong Xuebin for water, then lay back down without objecting when he put an arm around her waist.

Dong Xuebin tried to escalate things with Fang Wenping in bed, but she abruptly stopped him and left. She told him they would leave at ten the next morning, leaving him stunned and frustrated.

• Dong Xuebin climbed into bed beside Fang Wenping and began touching her after she did not object.
• Fang Wenping opened her eyes, and Dong Xuebin asked if his advances were okay before continuing.
• Dong Xuebin undid Fang Wenping's robe, but she told him to wait and rubbed her forehead.
• Fang Wenping pushed Dong Xuebin away, retied her robe, and left the room after saying they would leave at ten tomorrow.
• Dong Xuebin sat on the bed, baffled and frustrated by Fang Wenping's sudden departure.

Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping left the hotel for her new post after an awkward morning and an apology from local County Leaders. On the drive north, Fang Wenping took over when Dong Xuebin grew tired, then drove so fast that he worried she would get them into trouble.

• Dong Xuebin overslept after staying up late and hurried to get ready while Fang Wenping waited in his hotel room.
• Fang Wenping found her missing hairpin, and Dong Xuebin packed his belongings without bringing up what had happened the night before.
• County Leaders apologized to Fang Wenping and offered her lunch, but she refused and left with Dong Xuebin.
• After stopping for food, Fang Wenping noticed Dong Xuebin's fatigue and ordered him to let her drive.
• Fang Wenping sped along the highway, dismissing Dong Xuebin's concerns about their safety and a possible traffic fine.

Dong Xuebin and Fang Wenping arrived in the provincial capital and checked into a hotel suite. Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin to leave the next day and took his car keys, announcing that she would keep his Land Rover for half a year.

• Fang Wenping drove Dong Xuebin into the provincial capital after taking a long, exhausting detour.
• Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin to book a two-bedroom suite under his ID so she could avoid being discovered before assuming office.
• Dong Xuebin booked the suite for ten days and offered Fang Wenping the master bedroom.
• Fang Wenping urged Dong Xuebin to leave the next day and learn about his new post ahead of time.
• Fang Wenping took Dong Xuebin's car keys and said she would use his Land Rover for half a year, leaving him stunned.

Dong Xuebin accidentally walked in on Fang Wenping showering, then argued her into driving him toward the long-distance bus station while she kept his car. On the way, Fang Wenping named Li Guian as Jiaolin County’s former Party Secretary, and Dong Xuebin realized the Future Newspaper had shown Zhang Dongfang in that position, leaving him uneasy about what would happen.

• Dong Xuebin entered the bathroom and found Fang Wenping showering behind a transparent glass door, then tried to leave before she caught him.
• Fang Wenping confronted Dong Xuebin, and he hurried out and later washed up after she finished showering.
• Dong Xuebin asked for his car keys to retrieve his luggage, but Fang Wenping refused to return them and insisted he find his own way to the bus station.
• Dong Xuebin persuaded Fang Wenping to drive him by getting into the car, and she drove off recklessly with him in the passenger seat.
• Fang Wenping told Dong Xuebin to visit former Jiaolin County Party Secretary Li Guian, but Dong Xuebin recalled that the Future Newspaper had identified Zhang Dongfang as the county’s Party Secretary.

On the drive to Jiaolin County, Dong Xuebin realized that he did not know why Li Guian had left the County Party Secretary post in the future timeline, and worried he might suffer the same fate. After Fang Wenping dropped him at the bus station, he decided to investigate once he had settled in.

• Dong Xuebin asked Fang Wenping whether Li Guian had been due for a transfer, and she said he had been doing well and was not expected to move soon.
• Dong Xuebin checked Jiaolin County’s official website and confirmed that Li Guian was the County Party Secretary while Zhang Dongfang was the County Chief.
• Dong Xuebin recalled that a future newspaper had named Zhang Dongfang as County Party Secretary after Jiaolin County became a County-level City, but he could not determine why Li Guian had left.
• Dong Xuebin asked Fang Wenping whether Li Guian had economic problems, but she said she did not know.
• Fang Wenping dropped Dong Xuebin and his luggage at the Long-distance Bus station, and he decided to look into Li Guian’s departure after settling in.

Dong Xuebin took a private minibus from the provincial capital to Jiaolin County and watched its operators mistreat passengers before demanding an extra highway fee. When Su Yan identified himself as a deputy section chief from the Jiaolin County Party Committee, the ticket seller offered to waive only his fee, leaving the other passengers pressured to pay.

• Unable to find an official bus leaving soon, Dong Xuebin paid a hundred yuan to board a private minibus bound for Jiaolin County.
• Dong Xuebin chose a seat beside a young man, and the overcrowded bus set off with passengers sitting on stools in the aisle.
• The bus jolted along, and Big Man rudely snapped at an elderly passenger and a middle-aged woman who complained about the ride.
• After the bus entered the highway, Big Man stopped it and demanded an additional ten yuan from each passenger for highway tolls.
• Su Yan showed Big Man his Jiaolin County Party Committee ID and asked him to go easy on the passengers, but Big Man offered to cover only Su Yan's fee and demanded payment from everyone else.

On the highway minibus, Dong Xuebin refused to pay the Big Man’s unauthorized ten-yuan toll and confronted him. After the Big Man tried to grab him, Dong Xuebin kicked him across the bus and threw him onto the highway.

• Su Yan objected to the Big Man collecting extra tolls, but the Big Man demanded payment from the passengers and threatened to put nonpayers off the bus.
• Most passengers paid, while Dong Xuebin refused and rejected Su Yan’s offer to cover his fee.
• The Big Man threatened Dong Xuebin and reached for his collar, but Dong Xuebin kicked him across the minibus and into the windshield.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the driver to open the door and threw the injured Big Man onto the highway.

Dong Xuebin threw Big Man off the illegal bus after Big Man tried to extort the passengers, then refused their warnings to get off early and avoid retaliation. The passengers reclaimed their money as the bus continued toward Jiaolin County, where Dong Xuebin was going to take office as County Party Secretary.

• Dong Xuebin kicked Big Man off the bus after Big Man tried to grab him, and Big Man threatened revenge while calling someone for help.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the driver to continue, and the driver shut the door and drove away with Big Man left on the roadside.
• The passengers praised Dong Xuebin and reclaimed the ten-yuan fees Big Man had collected.
• Su Yan warned Dong Xuebin that Big Man might have connections in Jiaolin County and advised him to get off early, but Dong Xuebin refused to hide.
• Dong Xuebin closed his eyes on the bus, determined to continue to Jiaolin County and take up his post as County Party Secretary.

Dong Xuebin arrived in Jiaolin County on an illegal minibus after fighting a passenger who had demanded extra fees. Police officers led by Liu Xing ignored witnesses’ accounts and the bus’s violations, and Dong Xuebin agreed to go with them, deciding to make a forceful entrance as the county’s new top leader.

• Passengers urged Dong Xuebin to get off the bus and avoid trouble, but he refused.
• Police stopped the minibus, and the driver accused Dong Xuebin of assaulting a passenger and forcing him to drive.
• Liu Xing questioned Dong Xuebin, who admitted hitting the man and challenged the officers for ignoring the illegal bus and its arbitrary fees.
• Passengers supported Dong Xuebin, and Su Yan showed his government ID, but Liu Xing insisted on taking Dong Xuebin in.
• Dong Xuebin confirmed that the officers intended to arrest him, then agreed to go with them so he could make a bold entrance as Jiaolin County’s new top leader.