Recaps

Dong Xuebin faced a smear campaign and a violent protest, then helped expose Liu Haibin’s role in stirring up the crowd. After visiting Yu Meixia, he returned to another protest and leapt into a freezing river to rescue people trapped beneath the ice.

• Dong Xuebin entered Deputy Commander Xiong’s birthday banquet with Invitation Number 002, endured a drinking challenge from Liu Haibin and Wang Yue, and earned Xiong Liping’s public support.
• Dong Xuebin presented evidence against Liu Haibin, while Nanqi Morning News published a hostile report about Dong and protesters gathered outside the Municipal Party Committee Courtyard.
• Dong Xuebin faced the protesters without fighting back as they beat him, then used Reverse to recover and remained standing until the crowd scattered.
• Liu Haibin admitted to Liu Guowei that he had contacted officials opposed to Dong, and investigators arrested him after ringleaders implicated him in organizing the protest.
• Dong Xuebin visited Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, stayed overnight, and later went to the Public Security Bureau to speak with relatives protesting the arrests.
• Dong Xuebin warned the crowd that the spring ice was brittle, but several people fell into the river and rescuers went under as officials and Xie Huilan watched helplessly.
• Dong Xuebin removed his clothes despite officials trying to stop him, revealing hidden injuries before leaping into the river to rescue the people trapped beneath the ice.

After rescuing people from the icy lake, Dong Xuebin recovered and received public recognition, then sought a grassroots post to gain experience for future advancement. With help from Jia Miao and others, he secured a transfer away from Fenzhou City and prepared to leave, recommending Luo Haiting as his successor.

• Dong Xuebin repeatedly dived beneath the ice, rescued several people, and finally emerged with the missing boy after using Reverse to survive and find his way out.
• Dong Xuebin recovered in the hospital, learned that Xie Huilan and the rescued victims were safe, and received visitors’ thanks and a municipal commendation.
• Dong Xuebin accepted Xu Yan’s advice to seek a substantive grassroots post, and Xu Yan arranged for him to meet Provincial Organization Department Vice Minister Jia Miao.
• Dong Xuebin treated Jia Miao’s migraines and Madam Jia’s back pain, and Jia Miao promised to help find him a suitable post.
• The Organization Department assessed Dong Xuebin for a grassroots transfer, and he told his family and colleagues that he would be leaving Fenzhou City for a distant post.
• Dong Xuebin said goodbye to Luan Xiaoping and Xie Huilan, recommended Luo Haiting to replace him as director, and left her candidacy with Zhan Guiping’s support.

Dong Xuebin arrived in impoverished Zhenshui County, reunited with his college classmate Yao Cui, and appointed her as his secretary. As he learned about the county’s political divisions and took on new responsibilities, Jiang Fangfang unexpectedly began preparing dinner for him.

• Dong Xuebin left his former post to the cheers of citizens he had rescued, then arrived in Zhenshui County and reunited with Yao Cui at her family’s breakfast stall.
• Dong Xuebin took up his post as executive deputy county chief, and Jiang Fangfang assigned him to handle investment promotion while Secretary Meng sought provincial funding.
• When Ma Bin and Section Chief Cai tried to take the sick Yao Cui to dinner, Dong Xuebin revealed his authority and stopped them from pressuring her.
• Dong Xuebin chose Yao Cui as his secretary, and she discovered that her old classmate was the executive deputy county chief who had arranged her promotion.
• County officials returned fines to the Yao family and helped Yao Li obtain a supervisor position at the county Printing Factory, while visitors crowded the family courtyard to congratulate Yao Cui.
• Yao Cui explained that Secretary Meng held considerable influence in the county, but Dong Xuebin chose to observe rather than join a faction.
• Jiang Fangfang assigned Dong Xuebin his predecessor’s duties and Ci Boyang’s investment promotion work, prompting Dong to suspect her move was calculated amid Meng’s growing influence.
• After Dong Xuebin returned home without finding a restaurant, Jiang Fangfang joined him upstairs and began cooking dinner in his apartment.

Dong Xuebin backed Jiang Fangfang against diverting education funds, then secured fifty million yuan for Zhenshui County through Xie Guoliang. After refusing a dangerous mission to rescue Zhong Lizhen, he secretly booked a flight to America to find her and decide what to do.

• Jiang Fangfang opposed using education funds to cover Zhenshui County’s shortfall, and Dong Xuebin supported her despite Meng Rui’s challenge.
• Dong Xuebin took Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei to the Capital City to seek funding, but Director Qian rejected their request until Xie Guoliang recognized Dong and summoned them.
• Xie Guoliang approved fifty million yuan for Zhenshui County, and Dong Xuebin told Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei to keep his family connection to the minister quiet.
• Dong Xuebin met Geng Yuehua at the hotel, and they spent the night together.
• Han Jing and Xie Guojian told Dong Xuebin that America had confined Zhong Lizhen and asked him to help bring her home, but he initially refused because of the danger and his family responsibilities.
• Chen Xuekai pleaded with Dong Xuebin to rescue Zhong Lizhen, while Dong remained uncertain and told his family he would not go.
• Dong Xuebin instructed Yan Yizhi and Chen Xiaomei to return to Zhenshui County if he was away, then secretly called Xu Yan to book an international flight to America.