Recaps

Dong Xuebin rescued Qian Qian and other hostages from pirates, returned to his family, and led them on a New Year trip to tWan. When Japanese warships blocked the rescue of a damaged fishing boat, Dong Xuebin prepared to take Wu Er’s yacht into the danger zone with Xie Hao, Xie Jing, and Sun Kai.

• Dong Xuebin killed the pirates attacking the hostages, rescued Qian Qian, and returned to the warship, where the crew learned he worked for the Discipline Inspection Committee.
• Dong Xuebin celebrated New Year’s Eve with the soldiers, demonstrated his fighting ability, and left the warship with Qian Qian for Capital City.
• Dong Xuebin reunited with Xie Huilan and his family, then visited the Xie family and told them about the pirate rescue.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan set off for tWan with Xie Hao, Xie Ran, Xie Jing, and Sun Kai, and Dong Xuebin fought a Japanese passenger who argued over Diaoyu Island.
• Dong Xuebin hosted the group’s sightseeing and shopping, then accepted Wu Er’s invitation to stay at his seaside villa and join a yacht outing.
• Xie Hao heard that a Japanese warship had disabled a fishing boat carrying six people and was blocking rescue vessels from reaching them.
• Dong Xuebin asked Xie Guojian for help and then borrowed Wu Er’s yacht to rescue the Republic crew and confront the Japanese warships.
• Xie Huilan stayed behind because she was pregnant, while Xie Hao, Xie Jing, and Sun Kai joined Dong Xuebin after he promised to bring them back safely.

Dong Xuebin sank a Japanese warship while rescuing stranded fishermen, then helped Sun Kai pursue a future with Xie Jing. In Lü'an City, he forced a powerful family to apologize after a firecracker incident, reconnected with Geng Yuehua, and returned to work with Zhan Guiping's support.

• Dong Xuebin charged the Japanese destroyers, sank Destroyer No. 11, drove off Destroyer No. 12, and rescued the fishermen from their sinking boat.
• Dong Xuebin and his companions returned home, where Xie Hao recounted the incident and Xie Huilan ordered everyone to keep it secret.
• After Xie Jing's family rejected Sun Kai and he lost his job, Dong Xuebin promised to help him find work and encouraged him to believe in himself.
• Dong Xuebin brought Sun Kai to Lü'an City, arranged for Luan Xiaoping to help him find a school position, and learned Qu Yunxuan was transferring there too.
• When Director Meng's son burned Ma Li with firecrackers, Dong Xuebin blocked the wedding convoy with his Porsche until the boy and his family apologized.
• Luan Xiaoping and Yang Zhaode welcomed Dong Xuebin home, and Yang advised him to build experience in his current post and consult Xie Huilan about advancement.
• Hou Qing introduced Dong Xuebin to local officials at dinner, and he later visited Geng Yuehua at her hotel, where they had sex.
• Back at the Municipal Party Committee Courtyard, Dong Xuebin learned Zhan Rourou had recovered and accepted Zhan Guiping's invitation to dinner.

Dong Xuebin uncovered corruption in post-earthquake school construction, saved colleagues when a building collapsed, and led the resulting investigation. After Xie Huilan joined the Standing Committee, Dong was appointed to lead an inspection team and arrived in Ma Yang County, where he encountered old classmates and officials preparing for his visit.

• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan attended a charity gala, where Dong outbid Song Fei to buy Zhong Zhengwei’s calligraphy for three million yuan.
• After reading a future newspaper report about a deadly school collapse, Dong investigated Xiping Third Middle School and found evidence of substandard construction, then arranged a discreet inquiry despite resistance from Deputy Mayor Feng Jie.
• When an aftershock struck the Teaching Building, Dong Xuebin helped his colleagues escape and held up a falling wall long enough for Liu Hanqing and Ning Shaoyang to get clear.
• Dong returned to work after recovering, and He Suien assigned him to lead the investigation into the collapse and other post-disaster reconstruction projects.
• Dong Xuebin obtained Song Fei’s confession that he had bribed Deputy District Governor Chu and used substandard materials, then secured Chu’s testimony implicating Feng Jie’s secretary.
• Xie Huilan joined the Fenzhou City Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, and Dong Xuebin was later appointed to lead Inspection Team Three.
• In Ma Yang County, Dong Xuebin met former classmates Pang Shuo and Du Juan, then drove his inspection team past County Party Secretary Sun Yitao’s unannounced welcome party.
• At the class reunion, Dong Xuebin learned that Ma Yang County was worried about the inspection, and he told his team to dine with him without drinking.

Dong Xuebin exposed Liu Haibin’s misconduct during an inspection and became intimate with Xu Yan before helping her free her son from military detention. Liu Guowei’s complaint threatened Dong Xuebin with disciplinary action, and Dong Xuebin encountered him and Liu Haibin again at a military official’s birthday celebration.

• Dong Xuebin refused to surrender his classmates’ reserved dining room, and Sun Yitao revealed his inspection role and made Director Wang apologize.
• Dong Xuebin caught Liu Haibin with a disheveled woman during an unannounced Tourism Bureau inspection and ordered the bureau’s problems reported despite Liu Guowei’s call.
• Dong Xuebin and Xu Yan drank together, had sex in her car, and agreed to keep their encounter secret.
• Xu Yan learned that soldiers had detained Chao Chao and his classmates after they beat Liu Haibin, and Dong Xuebin sought their release after officials refused to help.
• Dong Xuebin forced his way into the Military District with Xu Yan and led the beaten students out after Political Commissar Liu recognized him and ordered the soldiers to stand down.
• Dong Xuebin arranged accommodation for Xu Yan and the students, and he and Xu Yan became intimate again at the hotel.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Liu Guowei’s complaint could bring a Party warning and sent his inspection team to investigate matters connected to Liu Haibin.
• Dong Xuebin traveled to Dafeng County and spotted Liu Guowei and Liu Haibin at a birthday celebration for an active-duty Navy deputy commander.