Recaps

After surviving the plane crash and reuniting with his family, Dong Xuebin received a transfer to lead Guangming Subdistrict. He began challenging the office’s entrenched factions and neglect of residents, leaving tensions with Geng Xinke and Wang Yuling unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin appeared alive at his memorial service, reunited with Luan Xiaoping, Xie Huilan, and his colleagues, then ended the funeral and visited the pregnant Zhai Yundong in the hospital.
• Dong Xuebin accepted Sun Shuli’s appointment as Investment Bureau director, sought a promotion from Xie Huilan, and celebrated their plans to marry early the following year.
• Dong Xuebin helped Yu Meixia confirm through a DNA test that Liu Chenglong was her father, while she decided to consider meeting her parents and agreed to stay with Dong Xuebin.
• Cao Xupeng informed Dong Xuebin of his transfer, and on June 2 he received an order appointing him Party Committee Secretary and Director of the Guangming Subdistrict Office.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at Guangming, learned that Geng Xinke and Wang Yuling had powerful family connections, and faced a hostile welcome banquet where he outlasted Geng’s allies in a drinking contest.
• Dong Xuebin used the banquet to establish his authority, then began inspecting the office and found staff neglecting their work while Wang Yuling disregarded his authority.
• After Wang Yuling mistreated an elderly resident, Dong Xuebin stopped the guards, helped the woman, and berated Wang Yuling for her conduct and absences.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Wang Yuling to submit a self-criticism, directed Qu Yiqiang to draft penalties for repeated complaints, and ordered Meng Senguo to establish a complaint desk despite Geng Xinke’s objection.

Dong Xuebin pushed through the demolition of illegal structures in Willow Lane Alley despite violent resistance, then faced a hostile news report and district scrutiny. After Peng Kun took the blame, Dong’s story continued through a late-night encounter with Geng Yuehua and an unexpected wedding appearance.

• Dong Xuebin announced the community Complaint Window plan, and Wang Yuling later apologized to him and joined him for lunch.
• Dong Xuebin discovered and repaired a gas leak in Geng Yuehua’s apartment, then learned who she was and won her approval to pilot his reporting program.
• After experimenting with Reverse and discovering it could restore objects to earlier states, Dong Xuebin ordered a crackdown on illegal construction in Willow Lane Alley.
• Xue Gui and the merchants resisted the demolition, and Peng Kun challenged Dong Xuebin’s orders before the confrontation turned violent.
• Dong Xuebin fought off the attackers, protected his colleagues, and oversaw the demolition as local residents cheered.
• After Nanqi Morning News portrayed the Street Office as the aggressor, Dong Xuebin contacted Su Jia, and the City Daily published favorable coverage, and the district punished Peng Kun but not Dong.
• When Geng Yuehua’s apartment filled with gas and she became locked out, she stayed overnight at Dong Xuebin’s home and borrowed his clothes when her parents arrived.
• Dong Xuebin drove Wang Yuling and Zhou Yanru to work, then attended Chu Qinghua’s son’s wedding with Wang Yuling, where he heard that Geng Yuehua and Madam Yan had arrived.

Dong Xuebin retaliated against Chu Qinghua and Li Lu, then maneuvered Guangming Street Office into the central inspection team’s floating Model Unit nomination. The nomination secured district support, and the arc ended with Xu Yan inviting Dong Xuebin to spar.

• Dong Xuebin realized Li Lu had served him the Woman Forty dish at Chu Qinghua’s suggestion, then retaliated by having Li’s Restaurant’s power cut until Li apologized.
• Li Lu apologized to Dong Xuebin and offered the office a Santana, while Dong confronted him about the banquet trick.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Peace Street Office was nominated as a National Model Elder Care Unit and warned Chu Qinghua that the central inspection team had arrived.
• After learning that Su Xiaochun’s mother had gone missing from the Peace Street nursing home, Dong Xuebin had Guo Panwei alert her to the inspection, and her family’s public complaint disrupted the team’s visit.
• Dong Xuebin obtained Cheng Yandong’s shattered jadeite pendant, used Reverse to restore it, and returned it in exchange for a visit to Guangming Street Office.
• The inspection team visited Guangming Street Office and awarded it the floating nomination quota, leaving Chu Qinghua furious as Dong Xuebin began preparing the application.
• Xu Yan invited Dong Xuebin to practice hand-to-hand combat, repeatedly throwing him as he let her test her skills.

Dong Xuebin used Reverse and political maneuvering to expose the false case against him and bring down Guo Mingfeng, while Xue Xiaoliang faced punishment. After the Guangming Street Office passed its elder-care review, Dong traveled to Beijing and helped Chengcheng secure a place at Yucai Middle School.

• Dong Xuebin used Reverse during a massage to erase Xu Yan’s recent wrinkles and freckles, then spent time with Yu Meixia before discovering Xue Xiaoliang beating Guo Mingfeng.
• Xue Qingrong pressured Guo Mingfeng to accuse Dong Xuebin of starting the fight, and the hospital backed the accusation with a false injury report.
• Dong Xuebin used Reverse to restore Xue Xiaoliang’s body to its uninjured state, exposing the fabricated medical evidence and forcing the hospital to suspend Director Wu.
• After Guo Mingfeng refused to correct his testimony, Dong Xuebin used Guo’s phone to let Wang Anshi overhear Guo’s private remarks, then had evidence against Guo submitted to the District Discipline Inspection Committee.
• Guo Mingfeng confessed that Xue Xiaoliang had attacked first and that Xue Qingrong had pressured him to lie, and the district warned Xue Qingrong while Xue Xiaoliang faced detention.
• Dong Xuebin learned that the Guangming Street Office had passed the preliminary elder-care review and assigned staff to prepare the application materials for Beijing.
• In Beijing, Dong Xuebin learned Chengcheng could not find a high-school place and asked Xie Hao to help her transfer to Yucai Middle School.
• Xie Hao persuaded Principal Liu to admit Chengcheng despite her entrance-exam score, and Principal Liu reduced the sponsorship fee.