Vol. 5The Yantai County Showdown

Dong Xuebin fought to secure Yantai County’s investment target while using his abilities to survive escalating conflicts and a plane crash. Presumed dead after the crash, he returned to Yantai County and learned Xie Huilan and Hu Silian were at his memorial service.

  • Dong Xuebin recovered the Xie family’s Bodhisattva Statue from Japan and gave it to Han Jing, while donating a stolen painting to Mu Zhengzhong’s museum.
  • After city pressure led to his dismissal over the investment dispute with Dafeng County, Dong Xuebin resolved to escalate the fight.
  • Dong Xuebin was cleared after a viral video exposed Pan Zhou’s staged injury, then won Park Yong-hee’s wager and secured his sports-center investment for Yantai County.
  • Dong Xuebin used Back to buy one hundred lottery bets before sales closed, and Qu Yunxuan discovered they had all won first prize.
  • Dong Xuebin returned to lead the Investment Conference after Jia Yan’s plans faltered, restoring Park Yong-hee’s commitment and bringing about a hundred investors to the opening.
  • Xie Huilan confirmed Dong Xuebin was in control, and he left the opening ceremony to receive an influential investor representative.
  • Dong Xuebin closed the Investment Conference with 450 million yuan in signings, bringing Yantai County’s total to its 500 million yuan target.
  • After surviving the plane crash and returning to Beijing, Dong Xuebin learned everyone believed he was dead and rushed to Yantai County, where Xie Huilan and Hu Silian were at his memorial service.
Chapters 408–507 Read from Ch. 408

Arc 17Stolen Treasures and County Feud

Dong Xuebin recovered the Xie family’s Bodhisattva Statue from Japan and returned it to Han Jing, while donating a stolen national treasure painting to Mu Zhengzhong’s museum. Back in Yantai County, Dong’s clashes with Pan Zhou and Dafeng County over an investment led to his immediate dismissal, and he resolved to escalate the dispute.

  • Dong Xuebin stole the Bodhisattva Statue and Sesshu's Splashed Ink Landscape from the Tokyo National Museum, then escaped to the Republic.
  • Dong Xuebin gave Han Jing the genuine Bodhisattva Statue for her birthday and arranged for Mu Zhengzhong to display the painting as a patriotic donation.
  • Dong Xuebin learned that Han Jing and Xie Guobang approved of his marriage to Xie Huilan after his next job transfer.
  • Dong Xuebin helped Xu Yan secure her appointment as Fenzhou City State Security Bureau Director and helped Su Jia and Zhou Xiaoru obtain exchange slots at Xinhua News Agency.
  • At a clubhouse, Dong Xuebin injured Liu Cheng after Liu harassed Han Jing, then suspected Pan Zhou had arranged the encounter.
  • Dong Xuebin left Pan Zhou and Li Feng waiting while he pursued a Yantai County investment, but Peng Kenong later postponed the signing and demanded a lower land price.
  • Dong Xuebin confronted Pan Zhou and Li Feng after discovering their attempt to take the project, and he secretly struck Pan Zhou so the man crashed into a car.
  • Dong Xuebin learned that city pressure had led to his immediate dismissal, then told Yang Zhaode he could reverse the situation and decided to make the fight with Dafeng County bigger.
Chapters 408–43225 summaries Read

Arc 18Dafeng County Showdown

Dong Xuebin fought Dafeng County’s attempts to undermine Yantai County and turned a confrontation at the swimming pool into a major investment opportunity. After bringing Park Yong-hee and his sports-center project back to Yantai County, Dong used his time-reversal ability to win a hundred lottery first prizes.

  • Xiang Daofa dismissed Dong Xuebin over the alleged assault, but a viral video showed Pan Zhou had staged his injury, and the county revoked Dong’s punishment while suspending Pan.
  • Dong Xuebin retaliated against Peng Kenong’s Strong Tea teahouse with inspections, then went to Dafeng County’s Investment Conference to approach its investors despite Li Feng’s objections.
  • Xie Huilan backed Dong Xuebin against Dafeng County and the city, while Xu Yan visited him and stood by him during his dispute with the county’s officials.
  • At a swimming pool, Li Xiaoan photographed swimmers and beat Wen Jing’s husband, so Dong Xuebin challenged Park Yong-hee, struck Li, and destroyed the camera’s photos.
  • Dong Xuebin settled the police matter and accepted Park Yong-hee’s wager, then won their match and persuaded Park to invest in a sports center in Yantai County.
  • Yantai County’s leaders welcomed Park Yong-hee, and Dong Xuebin left for Beijing to visit Qu Yunxuan and their unborn child.
  • Dong Xuebin used Back to return to before lottery sales closed, bought one hundred bets, and watched Qu Yunxuan discover that every bet had won first prize.
Chapters 433–45725 summaries Read

Arc 19The Investment Conference Struggle

Dong Xuebin prepared an Investment Conference, survived a murder investigation with Xie Huilan’s false alibi, and lost control of the conference to Jia Yan. After Jia Yan’s preparations collapsed, Dong Xuebin returned, restored Park Yong-hee’s investment commitment, and opened the conference with about a hundred investors attending.

  • Dong Xuebin asked Zhai Yunxuan to claim his lottery winnings for the company, bought a Porsche Cayenne, and secured Xie Huilan’s approval for an Investment Conference.
  • Police detained Dong Xuebin over fingerprints on Li Hong’s handbag, but Xie Huilan secured his release with a false alibi and announced their engagement.
  • Xie Huilan visited Dong Xuebin’s family, and Luan Xiaoping approved of their relationship.
  • Dong Xuebin stepped aside for Jia Yan and used STOP to make Xiang Renjie’s dog bite Xiang Daofa before killing the dog as his apparent rescuer.
  • Jia Yan expanded the conference plans but attracted few investors and jeopardized Park Yong-hee’s project during negotiations over tax concessions.
  • Xie Huilan arranged for an investor to get Jia Yan drunk, and Xiang Daofa asked Dong Xuebin to take charge after Jia Yan was hospitalized.
  • Dong Xuebin secured Park Yong-hee’s original investment commitment, invited Mu Zhengzhong, and coordinated with Xie Huilan as arriving delegations brought attendance to about a hundred investors.
  • Xie Huilan confirmed Dong Xuebin’s control when Jia Yan returned, and Dong Xuebin left the opening ceremony to receive an influential investor representative.
Chapters 458–48225 summaries Read

Arc 20From Tokyo to the Memorial

Dong Xuebin completed Yantai County’s investment target, then survived a plane crash and struggled back to Beijing using his time-stopping ability. He learned that everyone believed he was dead and rushed to Yantai County, where Xie Huilan and Hu Silian were attending his memorial service.

  • Xiang Renjie’s friends harassed the county’s investor inspection convoy, and Dong Xuebin stopped their Corolla from crashing into the officials and investors.
  • Dong Xuebin helped close the Investment Conference with 450 million yuan in signings, bringing the total with his earlier investments to the 500 million yuan target.
  • Dong Xuebin traveled to Tokyo with Luo Haiting, Zhang Fan, and Yu Rui, where he recognized that Liu Chenglong’s missing daughter might be Yu Meixia.
  • After the plane’s engine caught fire, Dong Xuebin used his time-stopping ability to escape the crash, then survived at sea and boarded a freighter.
  • Dong Xuebin escaped the Japanese police, reached Tokyo, and hid aboard a flight to Beijing without money or documents.
  • Back in Beijing, Dong Xuebin learned that the crash had been reported as having no survivors and that his family and colleagues believed he was dead.
  • Dong Xuebin reached the County Government and learned that Xie Huilan and Hu Silian were at his memorial service, then sped toward Yantai County.
Chapters 483–50725 summaries Read
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