Recaps

Dong Xuebin saved Sun Kai with his abilities, cared for Zhong Lizhen, and proposed Zhenshui County as the site of an Experimental Base. Back in the county, he resisted pressure to distribute the new funds and left the allocation to the upcoming Standing Committee meeting.

• Dong Xuebin used his abilities to perform a five-second operation that removed a blade and saved Sun Kai, astonishing the hospital staff.
• Xia Yanzhen visited Sun Kai, supported his relationship with Xie Jing, and offered to help him find a teaching position in the Capital City.
• Dong Xuebin faced reporters and helped Sun Kai’s students remain near the hospital, then stayed in the Capital City while Sun Kai recovered.
• Dong Xuebin visited Zhong Lizhen while she was ill, made her rest, and proposed Zhenshui County as a possible site for the Experimental Base.
• Zhong Lizhen’s fever eased after Dong Xuebin treated her, and she promised to tell him whether Zhenshui County could be recommended.
• Dong Xuebin returned to Zhenshui County and told Chen Xiaomei to hold the fifty million in funding while he reviewed the applications.
• County officials and department leaders pressed Dong Xuebin for money, but he rejected improper requests and required Finance Bureau disbursements over one hundred thousand to have his signature.
• Meng Rui appreciated Dong Xuebin for turning away the fund-seekers, while Jiang Fangfang thanked him and invited him to dinner.

Dong Xuebin’s warning about the county dormitories led to a major renovation plan after one building collapsed, strengthening Jiang Fangfang’s position. When the damaged building later began to collapse with Zeng Linghua trapped inside, Dong risked his life to free her and emerged badly wounded.

• Dong Xuebin and Jiang Fangfang backed repairs to the county dormitories at the Standing Committee meeting, and Dong brought out a future newspaper that revealed a coming disaster.
• After the Public Security Bureau dormitory collapsed, Dong Xuebin rescued residents from the burning building, including a trapped child and Sister Liu.
• Meng Rui approved thirty million yuan for the dormitory renovation, appointed Jiang Fangfang chief commander, and made Dong Xuebin her deputy.
• Dong Xuebin assured Jiang Fangfang that he would find funding for township road repairs, then hosted county officials at Yao Cui’s home.
• Jiang Fangfang learned that Zeng Linghua was still trapped in the unstable dormitory, and Dong Xuebin volunteered to rescue her despite his injuries.
• Dong Xuebin used slower to lift the slab trapping Zeng Linghua, endured falling debris, and shoved the stone wall aside to free her.
• As the building collapsed, Dong Xuebin carried Zeng Linghua out and shielded her from debris before doctors rushed her to the hospital.
• Medical staff found Dong Xuebin badly wounded and in need of a transfusion, but his rare Type B Rh-negative blood was not readily available.

Dong Xuebin saved Zeng Linghua during the dormitory collapse, earned public recognition, and worked with Jiang Fangfang on a housing proposal. When Chenggang County officials caused Xie Huilan to fall and endangered her pregnancy, Dong retaliated at the construction site and left eight men severely injured.

• Dong Xuebin stabilized Zeng Linghua with acupuncture and performed emergency surgery in an ambulance, saving her life before qualified surgeons arrived.
• After Zeng Linghua recovered, Dong Xuebin received a county commendation and visited injured residents with Xie Huilan, who offered advice on his dormitory renovation proposal.
• Dong Xuebin presented Jiang Fangfang with a Small Family Compound plan, which she approved and expanded with the sections he had removed.
• Dong Xuebin drove to Chenggang County and learned that Xie Huilan had fallen amid a gale and was bleeding, so he rushed to the hospital and used reverse to protect her and their baby.
• After Xie Huilan survived, Dong Xuebin heard that fleeing officials had knocked her down, but Li Zhixin and Hua Li dismissed the incident as an accidental fall.
• Dong Xuebin took Zhou Wei and other Chenggang County officials to the construction site, where he challenged their account of the falling materials and suspected the ground had been cleared.
• Dong Xuebin froze time to arrange boards, machinery, and a steel plate above the officials, then resumed time and caused the debris to fall on them during the storm.
• Dong Xuebin deliberately worsened Zhou Wei’s injuries and secretly mangled the other men’s limbs before helping rescuers pull all eight injured men out alive.

Dong Xuebin retaliated against Chenggang County officials who tried to frame him after Xie Huilan was injured, and the county’s unfinished compound collapsed as an investigation began. Back in Zhenshui County, he took on Jiang Fangfang’s duties and pretended to be her late husband to comfort her mother, bringing him and Jiang closer during an overnight visit.

• Dong Xuebin learned that Zhou Wei, Director Wang, Director Li, Sun, and two officers had been injured, while Xie Huilan suspected he had caused the injuries of those who pushed her.
• Dong Xuebin arranged for Xie Huilan and the Fenzhou City delegation to return home, then argued with Deputy County Chief Wang, who accused him of bringing officials to the dangerous construction site.
• Li Zhixin and Deputy County Chief Wang steered injured officials into blaming Dong Xuebin and ordered police to collect his fingerprints and shoe prints, while Liao Yimin told Dong that Li Zhixin had pushed Xie Huilan.
• Dong Xuebin refused the officers’ unauthorized search and reversed the New County Party Committee Office Building, causing its foundation to turn back into loose materials and the building to collapse.
• Deputy County Chief Wang was knocked unconscious, residents criticized Chenggang County’s leaders, and city investigators took over as Dong visited the hospital and returned to Zhenshui County.
• Dong Xuebin learned that the collapse involved substandard materials and that Li Zhixin and company executives had been detained, then handled county business while Jiang Fangfang visited her dying father.
• After Jiang Fangfang’s father died, Dong Xuebin covered her duties and agreed to impersonate her late husband, Liu Tao, so her mother would eat and take her medicine.
• Dong Xuebin used Reversal to learn Mother Jiang’s family birthdays and convinced her that he was Liu Tao, then stayed overnight with Jiang Fangfang and her mother through a storm.
• As Dong Xuebin and Jiang Fangfang shared a bed, he massaged her injured waist and repeatedly tested her boundaries, while she allowed him to hold her hand and tell her stories.
• The next morning, Dong Xuebin and Jiang Fangfang prepared breakfast and medicine together while Mother Jiang scolded Jiang Fangfang for leaving him to do everything.