Recaps

Dong Xuebin pushed earthquake preparations despite official resistance, while resolving Geng Xinke’s scandal and earning the Geng family’s gratitude. When animal behavior convinced him that the quake was imminent, he got his warning published, triggering panic across Fenzhou as officials scrambled to respond.

• Dong Xuebin launched door-to-door earthquake education across Guangming Street, faced Geng Yuehua’s opposition, and secured 1.5 million yuan for preparations.
• Dong Xuebin recovered the hotel recordings of Geng Xinke and Lin Pingping, uncovered Xu Zhong’s revenge motive, and kept the scandal from spreading.
• Geng Yuehua explained Dong Xuebin’s help to her family, and Geng Xinke invited him to dinner, where the two men agreed to put their conflict behind them.
• Dong Xuebin expanded earthquake preparations and scheduled a street-wide drill for September 25, while quietly preparing to warn the entire city.
• After reports of abnormal animal behavior emerged, Dong Xuebin sought confirmation from officials, but the Earthquake Bureau found no signs of a quake.
• Dong Xuebin persuaded Za Xiaoping to ask Yang Zhaode to help publish his earthquake warning, and the Fenzhou Daily printed the article.
• Residents across Fenzhou and nearby areas panicked and began evacuating, while Xie Huilan ordered an investigation and Geng Yuehua and Geng Xinke worried about the consequences for Guangming Subdistrict Office.

Dong Xuebin defied officials and evacuated residents before a devastating earthquake, then repeatedly risked his life rescuing people. Trapped beneath a collapsed hospital, he survived and heard the radio report that he was dead.

• Dong Xuebin warned people to leave unsafe buildings and organized Guangming Street Office staff to evacuate residents despite Wang Anshi’s suspension order.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan’s evacuations were vindicated when the earthquake struck, and Dong Xuebin entered a collapsing courtyard to search for Old Cheng’s grandson.
• Dong Xuebin rescued officials including Geng Yuehua from the burning District Committee building, catching them as they jumped from the roof and suffering fractured hands.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Yun Xuan had safely given birth to their daughter while he remained in Fenzhou to help with rescue work.
• Dong Xuebin defied Wang Anshi’s order to return patients to First Hospital, but an aftershock split the building and trapped him and Zhan Rourou inside.
• Dong Xuebin freed Zhan Rourou and threw her through a window to safety before the hospital collapsed over him.
• Trapped beneath the rubble, Dong Xuebin healed himself with REVERSE, used BACK on an oxygen tank and radio to survive, and heard that people were searching for him.
• After ten days, Dong Xuebin heard a broadcast report more than 42,000 earthquake deaths and declared him dead, though he remained alive beneath the ruins.

After surviving the earthquake, Dong Xuebin returned to his family and work before leaving for the Central Party School, where he reunited with Xie Huilan. He raised the money to buy the Pink Diamonds and proposed to her before her family.

• Dong Xuebin escaped the rubble, returned to the Guangming Park shelter, and stunned the officials and residents who had believed he was dead.
• After collapsing from exhaustion, Dong Xuebin recovered in the hospital, received the public’s thanks, and learned that Geng Yuehua would become Nanshan District party secretary.
• Geng Yuehua sent Dong Xuebin to department-level training at the Central Party School, where he reunited with Xie Huilan and learned she was expecting a promotion after her earthquake evacuation work.
• At the Xie family dinner, Xie Huilan said she was waiting for Dong Xuebin to propose, and he decided to buy her the Pink Diamonds she had admired.
• Dong Xuebin restored Xu Yang’s burned painting, sold it at auction, and used the proceeds and borrowed money to win the Pink Diamonds for 237 million yuan.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the Xie family villa with 999 roses and asked Xie Huilan to marry him.
• Dong Xuebin revealed that he had bought the Pink Diamonds, and Xie Huilan wore one of the matching rings while he wore the other.

Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan became engaged, married, and registered their marriage while celebrating with both families. After graduating from the Central Party School, Dong took charge of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office One in earthquake-damaged Fenzhou City.

• Dong Xuebin proposed to Xie Huilan with a pink diamond ring, and she accepted before the Xie family, and they arranged a simple wedding at Old Master Xie's villa.
• Dong Xuebin used football lottery winnings to buy cars for Xie Jing and Xie Ran, a Range Rover for Xie Huilan, and a Porsche for himself.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan's wedding brought both families together, and the General Secretary and the Premier's wife offered their congratulations.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan spent their wedding night together, then shared breakfast and visited Luan Xiaoping and Yang Zhaode before registering their marriage.
• Luo Haiting asked Dong Xuebin for help after she was suspended, and Xie Guobang agreed to look into a transfer if she had committed no serious misconduct.
• Dong Xuebin graduated from the Central Party School and was appointed director of Fenzhou City's Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office One at deputy section chief rank.
• He Suien and Wen Shixiang announced Dong Xuebin's appointment, and Dong delivered a five-minute acceptance statement as Luo Haiting attended the meeting.