Recaps

Dong Xuebin visited the Fang family to propose marriage between Xie Ran and Fang Xiao Ling, but Old Master Fang rejected the match, saying Xiao Ling was still a student and not ready for marriage. Dong Xuebin argued that she was old enough and mature enough, leaving the discussion unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin entered Old Master Fang's room, and Old Master Fang sent the guard away and summoned the Fang family.
• Dong Xuebin apologized for entering without permission, greeted the family, and announced that he had come to propose marriage between Xie Ran and Fang Xiao Ling.
• The Fang family questioned Dong Xuebin's authority and suitability, while he enthusiastically praised the match and brought up betrothal gifts.
• Old Master Fang thanked Dong Xuebin but rejected the proposal, saying Xiao Ling was still pursuing her doctorate and was not ready for marriage.
• Dong Xuebin countered that Xiao Ling was legally old enough and mature, and said Xie Ran could support and care for her.

Dong Xuebin pressed the Fang family to accept Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran’s engagement despite their polite refusal. Old Master Fang left the decision open, while Fang Wenping warned the family not to let anything happen to Xiao Ling.

• Dong Xuebin ignored the Fang family’s rejection and argued that Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran should get engaged before their careers became more demanding.
• When the Fang family tried to send him away, Dong Xuebin accepted their polite offer of tea and went downstairs by himself.
• Old Master Fang asked Fang Wenping for her view, and she warned the family she would turn against them if Xiao Ling suffered irreparable harm.
• Fang Shuiling’s father worried that she would react badly to the decision, while Old Master Fang said they should wait and see.
• The Fang family members left the room and found Dong Xuebin leisurely drinking tea in the living room.

Dong Xuebin stubbornly stayed at the Fang family home all afternoon despite repeated hints that he should leave, hoping to secure their approval for Xiao Ling to marry into his family. When Second Sister-in-law demanded that a meat pie fall from the sky before she would agree, Dong Xuebin used his ability to make one appear, leaving the family stunned.

• Dong Xuebin told Xie Ran over the phone that the Fang family had welcomed him and was discussing TV dramas with him, even though they had been trying to get him to leave.
• When Xiao Ling's Mother said everyone needed to rest, Dong Xuebin stayed to watch television and eat sunflower seeds, then spent the afternoon chatting and playing cards with a young Fang family girl.
• After Dong Xuebin was still there when the family gathered for dinner, Second Sister-in-law asked if he planned to eat with them, and he cheerfully said he would accept anything simple.
• Second Sister-in-law declared that Xiao Ling would not marry into Dong Xuebin's family unless meat pies fell from the sky, and Dong Xuebin asked whether she could make that decision for the family.
• Dong Xuebin snapped his fingers, made a meat pie fall from above, and caught it on a plate as the Fang family stared in shock.

Dong Xuebin staged a pie falling from the sky to turn Second Sister-in-law’s challenge into supposed proof that Xiao Ling and Xiao Ran were destined to marry. Old Master Fang welcomed him to dinner, but Second Sister-in-law remained trapped by her promise and the Fang family did not answer.

• Dong Xuebin used Stop to retrieve a leftover pie and made it appear to fall from the sky after Second Sister-in-law said one would have to fall before Xiao Ling and Xiao Ran could get engaged.
• Xiao Mei and other younger Fang family members recognized Dong Xuebin from a magic performance, while he insisted the pie proved Heaven had arranged the marriage.
• Old Master Fang laughed at Dong Xuebin’s performance and invited him to eat with the family.
• Dong Xuebin seated himself at the dinner table and called the Fang family his own, irritating Second Sister-in-law.
• Dong Xuebin reminded Second Sister-in-law that she had promised to allow the engagement if a pie fell from the sky, leaving her and the Fang family speechless.

Dong Xuebin used Second Sister-in-law’s earlier promise and his drunken act to pressure the Fang family over Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran’s marriage. Old Master Fang agreed to let Third Brother Fang discuss their engagement with Dong’s family, leaving Dong Xuebin to report the decision and discuss betrothal gifts.

• Second Sister-in-law claimed her promise about a pie falling from the sky had only been an expression, but Dong Xuebin reminded her that she had agreed on behalf of the Fang family.
• Second Brother rebuked his wife, and Old Master Fang urged Dong Xuebin to eat while Xiao Ling's Mother concealed that Fang Shuiling was with Xie Ran.
• After dinner, Dong Xuebin pretended he was too drunk to leave, insisting that the marriage proposal could be discussed the next day.
• Old Master Fang arranged a car for Dong Xuebin and said Third Brother Fang would discuss Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran’s engagement with Dong’s family.
• Dong Xuebin immediately sobered up, accepted the decision, and said he would tell his family and discuss the betrothal gifts.

Dong Xuebin persuaded the Fang Family to accept Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran’s relationship, and both families agreed to meet the next day to discuss their engagement. The Xie Family celebrated the news when Fang Shuiling returned, and Dong Xuebin came home to report that his mission had succeeded.

• Dong Xuebin secured Old Master Fang’s agreement to a meeting between the families the next day to discuss Fang Shuiling and Xie Ran’s engagement.
• Fang Shuiling’s mother called and told her that Old Master Fang had approved the relationship after Dong Xuebin’s visit.
• Fang Shuiling told the Xie Family that her family had agreed, and Xie Ran took her upstairs to tell Old Master Xie.
• The Xie Family gathered to discuss the happy news, and Dong Xuebin returned and confirmed that the Fang Family had agreed.

Dong Xuebin returned home after persuading Fang Shuiling’s family to agree to her engagement with Xie Ran, and the family learned how he had endured their hostility and used his antics to win them over. With a private meal between the families arranged for the next day, the chapter ended with Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling promising to honor Dong Xuebin’s help and treat Xie Guoliang and Xia Yanzhen well.

• Dong Xuebin told the family that a private meal with Fang Shuiling’s parents had been arranged for the next day, and Xie Guoliang and Xia Yanzhen confirmed they could attend.
• Fang Shuiling explained that her family had agreed after Dong Xuebin endured her Second Aunt’s hostility and made a pie fall from the sky.
• Fang Shuiling described Dong Xuebin’s shameless efforts to stay at her family’s home, prompting Xie Jing and Xie Hao to laugh.
• Xia Yanzhen apologized for Dong Xuebin’s treatment, while Fang Shuiling apologized on behalf of her family and he reassured them.
• Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling bowed to Dong Xuebin to thank him, and he urged them to be filial to Xie Guoliang and Xia Yanzhen.

Dong Xuebin spent a leisurely morning at his villa before arriving late for lunch at Old Master's home, where the family joked about wedding gifts. Xie Ran returned from discussing his engagement looking upset, and Xie Guoliang revealed the trouble concerned the bride price.

• Dong Xuebin received Han Jing's invitation to lunch and promised to arrive before noon.
• Dong Xuebin swam and fell asleep on a pool float, then rushed to Old Master's home after waking past twelve-thirty.
• Dong Xuebin ate leftovers with Han Jing, Ci Lifen, Xie Jing, and Xie Hao, who pressed him for a future wedding gift and a promised car.
• Xie Guoliang and Xia Yanzhen returned with Xie Ran from the engagement discussion, and Xia Yanzhen complained about Xiao Ling's parents.
• Xie Guoliang told the family that the dispute was about the bride price.

After the Fang family demanded an expensive villa and a large cash bride price before Xie Ran and Xiao Ling could marry, Dong Xuebin offered them his villa and a bank card with twelve million. Han Jing made Xie Ran accept the gifts, and he prepared to tell Xiao Ling that they could proceed with the engagement.

• Xia Yanzhen explained that Xiao Ling's mother had presented a strict bride-price list and refused to allow the wedding unless every demand was met.
• Xie Hao read the demands, which included a detached villa of at least three hundred square meters and at least ten million in cash.
• Dong Xuebin offered Xie Ran his villa at Si Ji Qing Bridge and an ICBC Platinum Card containing around twelve million.
• Xie Ran, Xie Guoliang, and Xia Yanzhen tried to refuse the gifts, but Han Jing insisted that Xie Ran accept them.
• Dong Xuebin urged Xie Ran to tell Xiao Ling that the bride price was ready, and Xie Ran agreed to call her.

Xie Ran told Fang Shuiling that Dong Xuebin had provided the money and villa needed to satisfy her family’s bride price demands, clearing the way for their marriage. At dinner, Old Master Xie approved plans for Xie Ran’s wedding and announced a lavish one-hundred-day celebration for Dong Zhong.

• Fang Shuiling argued with her parents over their demand for a villa and ten million yuan in bride price, while Fang Wenping comforted her.
• Xie Ran called Fang Shuiling and explained that Dong Xuebin had supplied a villa and twelve million yuan to meet her parents’ demands.
• Fang Shuiling told her parents the bride price was ready, and Fang Wenping confirmed Dong Xuebin had declared assets of more than a hundred million yuan.
• Xiao Ling's Mother agreed to let Fang Shuiling marry Xie Ran after learning the bride price had been prepared.
• At dinner, Old Master Xie told Xia Yanzhen to begin planning Xie Ran’s wedding and said Han Jing would arrange a lavish one-hundred-day celebration for Dong Zhong.

At the Xie Family dinner, Dong Xuebin was thanked for his help with Xie Ran’s wedding and the family planned his child’s hundred-day banquet. On his flight back to northern Shaanxi, he unexpectedly found himself seated across from Fang Wenping, and they immediately began arguing.

• Dong Xuebin’s relatives recognized how much he had done for the Xie Family, and Xie Ran toasted him in gratitude.
• The family discussed Xie Ran’s engagement and began planning Dong Xuebin’s child’s hundred-day banquet with Luan Xiaoping.
• Dong Xuebin left for the airport by taxi after Xie Ran saw him off.
• Dong Xuebin boarded his flight and discovered Fang Wenping seated across from him.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Fang Wenping for ignoring his calls, and the flight attendants and an air marshal intervened before the pair fastened their seat belts.

Dong Xuebin drove Fang Wenping from the airport, then deliberately took her to a deserted forest road to confront her over her cold, demanding behavior. He restrained her with his belt and began spanking her, leaving Fang Wenping struggling against him in the car.

• Dong Xuebin carried Fang Wenping's suitcase from the plane and drove her to her new home while she slept in the passenger seat.
• Dong Xuebin drove Fang Wenping into a remote wooded area and refused to take her back, prompting an argument between them.
• After Fang Wenping ignored him and tried to sleep, Dong Xuebin bound her wrists with his belt and grabbed her hair.
• Dong Xuebin said he would teach Fang Wenping a lesson, then struck her butt twice as she cried out.

Dong Xuebin restrained Fang Wenping in the Land Rover and discovered that she responded eagerly to his rough treatment. The encounter continued as Xiao Dongnan called again, and Fang Wenping ignored the phone.

• Dong Xuebin spanked and pinched Fang Wenping, who showed no resistance and appeared increasingly aroused.
• Dong Xuebin tied Fang Wenping's hands and raised leg with his belt and stocking, then kissed her as she responded eagerly.
• Dong Xuebin undressed and questioned Fang Wenping about whether she liked being hit; she repeatedly said yes and promised not to hold it against him later.
• Xiao Dongnan called Fang Wenping again, but she ignored the call while Dong Xuebin continued the encounter.

After the encounter in the Small Woods, Dong Xuebin drove Fang Wenping home and tended to her injuries. Fang Wenping remained unusually subdued, and the chapter ended with Dong Xuebin restraining her with his belt while applying ointment to her wounds.

• Dong Xuebin untied Fang Wenping, helped her recover, and drove her back to her residential complex.
• Dong Xuebin carried Fang Wenping's suitcase upstairs and stayed at her home while she showered.
• After Dong Xuebin showered, he found Fang Wenping applying ointment to her injuries and took over despite her protests.
• When Fang Wenping tried to sleep without treating her wounds, Dong Xuebin fastened his belt around her neck and pulled her out from under the covers.
• Dong Xuebin applied ointment to Fang Wenping's scrapes and bruises while she remained subdued, then felt increasingly aroused by her behavior.

Dong Xuebin dominated Fang Wenping in bed, making her crawl and obey his commands before tormenting her for another hour. The chapter ended with Fang Wenping exhausted and trembling as Dong Xuebin finally stopped.

• Dong Xuebin fastened a belt around Fang Wenping's neck and made her crawl over to him.
• Fang Wenping fetched Dong Xuebin's cigarettes and stayed on her stomach beside him while he smoked.
• Fang Wenping asked permission to use the bathroom and later to get back onto the bed, obeying Dong Xuebin's instructions.
• Dong Xuebin pulled Fang Wenping toward him by the belt and resumed tormenting her.
• After an hour, Dong Xuebin stopped when Fang Wenping was visibly drained and trembling.

After spending the night with Fang Wenping, Dong Xuebin helped her get ready for work and made breakfast before they parted separately. He watched from the window as Xiao Dongnan tried to give Fang Wenping roses and a ride, but she rejected him and drove away alone.

• Su Yan called Dong Xuebin about the morning meeting, and he told her to delay it while he made his way back.
• Dong Xuebin woke Fang Wenping, removed his belt from around her neck, and apologized as she got ready for work.
• Dong Xuebin made breakfast while Fang Wenping showered, and they ate together before she left first.
• Dong Xuebin tidied Fang Wenping's bedroom and saw Xiao Dongnan approach her with roses and offer her a ride.
• Fang Wenping rebuffed Xiao Dongnan, told him to mind his own business, and drove away in her Land Rover.

Dong Xuebin returned to Jiaolin County and felt confident about his work and the coming ancient-tomb discovery. While reading the newspapers, he found that villagers had already unearthed a corroded bronze-mirror-like artifact on Qingluan Mountain, earlier than the timeline he remembered.

• Dong Xuebin watched Xiao Dongnan leave Fang Wenping's residential complex, then took a bus back to Jiaolin County.
• Dong Xuebin met Meng Hanmei, postponed the morning meeting until the afternoon, and heard that renovations to the County Party Committee Compound were progressing smoothly.
• Dong Xuebin relaxed in his office, confident that his investment work would boost Jiaolin County's economy and that the ancient tomb would secure its County-level City nomination.
• Dong Xuebin read a newspaper report that villagers had found a corroded artifact resembling a bronze mirror on Qingluan Mountain and reported it to the Jiaolin County Bureau of Culture.
• Dong Xuebin realized the artifact had been discovered ahead of the timeline he remembered and concluded that his actions had changed history.

Dong Xuebin learned that villagers had unearthed a bronze mirror on Qingluan Mountain and convened Jiaolin County’s Standing Committee to investigate its significance. The mirror’s authenticity and age remained unconfirmed, and the committee members showed little concern as the discussion ended.

• Dong Xuebin summoned Su Yan and instructed him to report discoveries like the Qingluan Mountain antique immediately.
• Dong Xuebin ordered a one o’clock Standing Committee meeting and invited Wu Guoquan, Xiao Cheng, and Director Liu to attend as observers.
• Dong Xuebin opened the meeting by distributing newspaper reports about the villagers’ discovery and asking Wu Guoquan for details.
• Wu Guoquan and Director Liu explained that the bronze mirror’s authenticity and age had not been confirmed, though staff suspected it might date to the Han dynasty.
• Zhang Dongfang and Xu Zhuang remarked on the possible age of the mirror, while the committee members treated the find as a minor matter.

Dong Xuebin pushed Jiaolin County to protect the Bronze Mirror’s discovery site on Qingluan Mountain, convinced the genuine Han Dynasty relic confirmed the ancient tomb he had learned about from the Future Newspaper. The chapter ended with him confident that securing the tomb would guarantee his promotion to deputy department-level rank.

• Dong Xuebin rejected Zhang Dongfang’s slower proposal and ordered an immediate Cultural Relics Protection Team to seal off the relevant area of Qingluan Mountain, with himself in charge.
• Dong Xuebin warned county officials that they would be held accountable for any failures to protect the cultural relics.
• Dean Liu brought out the Bronze Mirror, and Dong Xuebin inspected it closely and confirmed it was genuine and extremely old.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the Bureau of Culture, County Cultural Center, and Public Security Bureau to send personnel to Qingluan Mountain that day.
• Dong Xuebin smiled, certain that the Bronze Mirror confirmed the Han Dynasty Ancient Tomb and that his deputy department-level promotion was assured.

Dong Xuebin tried to speed up the investigation of a possible Han Dynasty tomb on Qingluan Mountain by asking expert Mu Zhengzhong to appraise a bronze mirror. He also pushed county officials to strengthen the protection team and prepare for a cautious excavation.

• After the Standing Committee meeting, Dong Xuebin decided the Cultural Center’s appraisal process would take too long and sought an outside expert.
• Dong Xuebin called Mu Zhengzhong, who agreed to examine photos of the bronze mirror and promised an answer within an hour.
• Dong Xuebin sent Mu Zhengzhong photographs of the mirror from every angle.
• Su Yan brought Dong Xuebin the protection team roster, and he objected that too few staff had been assigned.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Chang Lin to increase the Public Security Bureau’s team to at least five officers.
• Dong Xuebin told Su Yan to have the Bureau of Culture send all available staff, set up rotating shifts and a field command post, and begin cautious excavation around Qingluan Mountain.

Dong Xuebin ordered a larger Cultural Relics Protection Work Team to secure Qingluan Mountain, confident that it concealed an important tomb. After examining the Bronze Mirror and the mountain’s location, Mu Zhengzhong and veteran archaeologists judged the site potentially extraordinary and hurried to Jiaolin County, leaving Dong Xuebin to arrange protection and await their arrival.

• Su Yan presented a 23-person protection team list, and Dong Xuebin ordered the team to secure Qingluan Mountain and remain assigned there.
• Team members and county officials questioned the deployment, while Zhang Dongfang urged Dong Xuebin to reconsider the added manpower.
• Mu Zhengzhong asked Dong Xuebin for Qingluan Mountain’s location and details after examining the Bronze Mirror.
• Mu Zhengzhong and other archaeologists concluded that the mirror and the mountain suggested a potentially major tomb discovery, and they planned to arrive that night.
• Dong Xuebin told Su Yan to arrange airport transport and instructed the cultural department to protect the site without excavating until professional archaeologists arrived.

Dong Xuebin persuaded Zhang Dongfang to protect Qingluan Mountain after explaining that it might contain a Han dynasty imperial tomb complex. He then proposed reviving Jiaolin County’s failed application for county-level city status, and Zhang agreed to prepare the documents.

• Dong Xuebin told Zhang Dongfang that Mu Zhengzhong and archaeologists were coming to inspect the Bronze Mirrors.
• Dong Xuebin said he suspected Qingluan Mountain held a Han dynasty imperial tomb complex and explained why the site needed strict protection.
• Zhang Dongfang accepted the need to protect the area and cooperate with Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin proposed reapplying for county-level city status, citing the possible discovery’s cultural heritage value.
• Zhang Dongfang clenched his fists and agreed to prepare the application documents.

Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang traveled to Qingluan Mountain to inspect a possible Han Dynasty imperial tomb, which Zhang believed could help Jiaolin County qualify to become a county-level city. The site had been secured, but Qingbei Village Party Secretary Xiao Cheng warned that the mountain straddled the border with a neighboring county, which might contest ownership of the tomb.

• Dong Xuebin proposed applying again for county-level city status if the suspected imperial tomb transformed Jiaolin County's prospects, and Zhang Dongfang embraced the idea.
• Zhang Dongfang gathered additional county staff, then accompanied Dong Xuebin to Qingluan Mountain to inspect the site.
• Xiao Cheng met the leaders and reported that the Cultural Relics Protection Team had cordoned off the area and begun setting up equipment.
• Dong Xuebin and the others ate at Xiao Cheng's home before planning to climb the mountain, and Dong considered giving the capable village secretary more responsibility.
• Xiao Cheng warned that Qingluan Mountain crossed into a neighboring county and that its unclear boundary could lead the county to claim the tomb.

Dong Xuebin went ahead to the Qingluan Mountain excavation site, where workers had set up a camp around the place the Bronze Mirror was found. He waited with Zhang Dongfang for Mu Zhengzhong and the experts, who arrived that night and began examining the artifact.

• Zhang Dongfang became exhausted on the climb, so Dong Xuebin continued alone after Xiao Cheng gave him directions.
• Dong Xuebin reached the site, thanked the workers and villagers, and told Director Liu to pay the villagers fairly.
• Dong Xuebin inspected the spot where the Bronze Mirror had been unearthed and explained to Zhang Dongfang that professionals would need to excavate carefully to confirm an ancient tomb.
• Mu Zhengzhong arrived with Teacher Chu and Teacher Meng, and Dong Xuebin introduced them to Zhang Dongfang.
• Teacher Chu opened the box containing the Bronze Mirror, and the three experts examined it before exchanging firm nods.

Dong Xuebin and the archaeological specialists investigated Qingluan Mountain and uncovered a corroded sword with distinctive patterns. Mu Zhengzhong concluded that an intact Han Dynasty emperor’s tomb and nearby burial tombs lay beneath the mountain, and recommended sealing off the area and bringing in the national Archaeological Team.

• Teacher Chu questioned Xiao Cheng about Qingluan Mountain’s history and studied the mountain with Teacher Meng and Mu Zhengzhong before beginning an excavation.
• Dong Xuebin arranged for searchlights and ordered Su Yan to organize accommodations and supplies for the work team.
• Teacher Chu uncovered a corroded sword, and Mu Zhengzhong recognized its patterns from reference materials.
• Mu Zhengzhong told Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang that the site was almost certainly a Han Dynasty emperor’s tomb with intact nearby burial chambers.
• Mu Zhengzhong recommended sealing off all of Qingluan Mountain and having Teacher Chu contact the national Archaeological Team.