Recaps

Dong Xuebin helped Luan Xiaoping win over Yang Zhaode’s family, then returned to Yantai County and confronted the students who had bullied Yu Qianqian and the officials protecting them. The dispute escalated after Huang Shizhong rejected a settlement, while Dong Xuebin began using his connections and walked away from the investigating officers.

• Dong Xuebin secured the filing for Guangming Street Office’s Model Unit assessment after Vice Minister Xia Yanzhen intervened on his behalf.
• Dong Xuebin bought Luan Xiaoping an expensive new wardrobe and a 19.8-million-yuan villa before she met Yang Zhaode’s family.
• Dong Xuebin learned from Xie Huilan that Yu Zhengzhi and Hu Yiguo had been placed under Double Designation, then stayed with her at the villa.
• Dong Xuebin watched a video of Huang Tingting and other students beating Yu Qianqian, rushed to County No. 1 Middle School, and confronted the bullies and their teacher.
• Dong Xuebin fought Huang Tingting, Lei Zi, and Xiao Fan, while Principal Qian Dong recognized him and the police hesitated to arrest him.
• Dong Xuebin showed Huang Shizhong the video of the bullying and demanded apologies and discipline for the students, but Huang Shizhong rejected the proposed settlement and reported him for intentional injury.
• Dong Xuebin called Duan Zheng'an and others about Huang Shizhong’s conduct, then took Yu Qianqian out of the infirmary as Huang Shizhong watched the officers fail to stop him.

Dong Xuebin protected Yu Qianqian, aligned himself with Wang Anshi, and turned a newspaper campaign against him into the arrests of its reporters. Just as his office prepared for a national commendation, he learned he was being sent to Party School and that Wang Anshi himself had proposed it.

• Dong Xuebin learned Huang Shizhong had withdrawn his police report, and Huang Tingting apologized to Yu Qianqian and her mother after the students were expelled.
• Xie Huilan advised Dong Xuebin to build ties with a powerful Nanshan District leader, and Dong decided to approach Wang Anshi.
• Dong Xuebin visited the ill Wang Anshi, reversed his appendicitis, and won his trust after the pain disappeared.
• After Nanqi Morning News published accusations against Dong Xuebin, he identified Pang Dabing and Liu Gang as the people pursuing the story.
• Dong Xuebin lured Liu Gang into following Xu Yan, and State Security arrested Liu and Pang on suspicion of espionage.
• Dong Xuebin learned the newspaper had dismissed Liu Gang and Pang Dabing, while his reputation as the Plague God spread through Nanshan District.
• Dong Xuebin used REVERSE during massages to make Xu Yan look younger, and she warned him that the District Discipline Inspection Committee was investigating him.
• Xue Qingrong told Dong Xuebin he would attend a month-long Party School program while Geng Xinke took over his office and the Beijing commendation, and Geng Yuehua revealed Wang Anshi had proposed the assignment.

Dong Xuebin defied Wang Anshi’s attempt to send him to Party School, but Yang Zhaode kept him at Guangming Street Office and Geng Xinke was assigned to training instead. While helping Geng Yuehua reclaim Japanese investors from Dafeng County, Dong crashed their car in the rain and spent the night stranded with her, leaving their relationship changed and unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin confronted Wang Anshi over his Party School transfer, but Wang defended the decision as a way to appease Xue Qingrong and help Geng Xinke and Wang Yuling.
• Dong Xuebin refused to attend the Party School, and Yang Zhaode arranged for the school to return his name while Dong rejected an offer to transfer to Xiping District.
• Wang Anshi’s appendicitis flared up, but Dong refused to treat him, and Geng Xinke was later ordered to attend cadre training instead of taking over Guangming Street Office.
• Geng Yuehua took Dong Xuebin to Dafeng County to retrieve Japanese investors, and Dong confronted Wang Bo and the county officials over their attempt to claim the delegation.
• Geng Yuehua ordered Dong to write a self-criticism for berating Wang Bo, but their argument continued until Dong’s Cayenne skidded off a muddy road and stalled in the woods.
• After a snake bit Geng Yuehua, Dong sucked at her wound, and she tried to draw venom from his mouth before the two spent the night in the car.
• Dong Xuebin and Geng Yuehua had sex while stranded, then woke to an awkward silence as Geng Yuehua ordered him to find help and arrange for District Governor Ying to accompany the investors.
• Dong Xuebin reached a village to call for repairs, then returned to find Geng Yuehua reading in the car and refusing to talk with him.

Dong Xuebin used FORWARD to uncover a coming earthquake and a fatal accident, saving Qian Lihua and reuniting Yu Meixia with her parents. He began preparing Guangming Street for the disaster by forcing the Health Wine Factory to remove its dangerous advertising cards.

• Dong Xuebin danced with Geng Yuehua at the District Committee ball, and she visited his apartment that night, where they spent the night together.
• Dong Xuebin discovered that FORWARD could reveal future newspapers, then read of Qian Lihua’s coming death and rescued her from a drunk driver’s crash.
• Dong Xuebin reunited Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian with Liu Chenglong and Qian Lihua after a DNA test confirmed Yu Meixia was their missing daughter.
• Dong Xuebin used FORWARD on Guangming Street’s internal newspaper and learned that a magnitude 8.0 earthquake would devastate Fenzhou in about a month.
• Dong Xuebin warned officials about the earthquake and began lawful preparations, starting with the dangerous Health Wine Factory advertising cards.
• Song Qingming refused to remove the cards, so Dong Xuebin asked Qian Lihua to investigate the factory’s loan application.
• After the bank halted the loan, Song Qingming apologized and arranged for all five advertising cards in Guangming Street to be removed.