Chapter Summaries

After drinking too much, Dong Xuebin returned home with Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, where Yu Meixia cared for him and learned to use her new phone. As Dong Xuebin helped her with the phone, he began touching her thigh, and Yu Meixia remained rigid and silent.

• Dong Xuebin came home drunk after dinner and let Yu Meixia prepare a bath for him.
• Yu Meixia washed Dong Xuebin's hair and massaged his foot while he asked about her abusive, gambling-addicted husband.
• Yu Meixia encouraged Yu Qianqian as the girl happily learned to use her new laptop.
• Yu Meixia dried Dong Xuebin's hair and asked him to teach her how to use her Nokia N8.
• Dong Xuebin guided Yu Meixia through the phone and began stroking her thigh beneath her skirt as she continued trying to set an alarm.

Dong Xuebin learned that Yu Meixia’s husband may have been murdered by people connected to Jin Di Mountain Villa, a suspected illegal casino protected by powerful officials. Despite the danger and his limited authority, he promised to help expose the truth and told Yu Meixia to keep reporting the case.

• Dong Xuebin avoided Yu Meixia after recalling how he had touched her while drunk, then encountered Hu Yiguo at the County Public Security Bureau as a human-trafficking case stalled.
• At home, Dong Xuebin accepted Yu Meixia’s massage, but when she began crying, she revealed that her husband’s death had been ruled a suicide despite her belief that Jin Di Mountain Villa’s people had killed him.
• Yu Meixia explained that her husband had gambled at Jin Di Mountain Villa, accumulated debts, disappeared after his final gamble, and was later found dead in a lake.
• Dong Xuebin called Qin Yong, who warned him that Jin Di Mountain Villa had powerful connections and was secretly owned by Qian Sen’s son.
• Dong Xuebin promised Yu Meixia he would pursue the truth if her husband had been murdered, then advised her to keep reporting the case through the police hierarchy.

Dong Xuebin pushed to reopen the investigation into Yu Meixia’s husband’s death despite warnings from county officials and Jin Di Mountain Villa’s influential connections. After Qian Fei failed to persuade him to back off, Yu Meixia disappeared, and Hu Silian reported that she might have been abducted by a suspected human-trafficking group.

• Yu Meixia reported her husband’s death to the police, and Dong Xuebin dismissed warnings from Hu Silian, Qin Yong, Liu Dahai, and Hu Yiguo to stop pursuing the case.
• Liang Chengpeng told Dong Xuebin that Jin Di Mountain Villa was too powerful to investigate for now, but Dong Xuebin refused to give up and urged Yu Meixia to keep making reports.
• Qian Fei, son of Qian Sen, invited Dong Xuebin to dinner, but Dong Xuebin refused and returned home.
• The next morning, Yu Meixia went out to buy eggs and failed to return, while Dong Xuebin searched nearby markets with Yu Qianqian waiting at home.
• Hu Silian told Dong Xuebin that a woman matching Yu Meixia’s description had been taken into a van, possibly by a group suspected of human trafficking.

After Liang Chengpeng reassigned the women-and-children trafficking case to Dong Xuebin, Dong forced suspect Chen Hailiang to reveal that the abducted victims were headed to Gao Family Village. He used his ability to rewind time to erase the shooting and set out with Chu Feng’s team to rescue Yu Meixia.

• Dong Xuebin rushed to the Public Security Bureau after learning Yu Meixia had been abducted, and Qin Yong and Hu Silian reported that the kidnappers were believed to be heading west.
• Hu Yiguo refused Dong Xuebin access to the case files and suspect, so Dong appealed to Liang Chengpeng, who reassigned the case to him.
• Dong Xuebin obtained a service weapon and went to the Detention Center, where he questioned Chen Hailiang while a guard urged the suspect to keep quiet.
• After Yu Qianqian called in tears, Dong Xuebin threatened Chen Hailiang with his gun and learned that the gang’s leader was Da Ba and the victims were headed to Gao Family Village.
• Dong Xuebin rewound time to before the shooting, called Liu Dahai to send Chu Feng and an armed team, and refused to share his lead with Hu Yiguo.

Dong Xuebin led Chu Feng and three officers to Gao Family Village in a neighboring province and rescued Yu Meixia from traffickers. After shooting several criminals to stop an attack by the villagers, he ordered the suspects returned to Yantai County, rejecting a local deputy captain’s attempt to keep the case.

• Dong Xuebin took Chu Feng and three officers west without notifying the neighboring province’s police, found the van used to abduct Yu Meixia, and traced it to Gao Family Village.
• Dong Xuebin used his knowledge of events to identify the largest courtyard, where Da Ba and two villagers were bidding for Yu Meixia; he then led the officers inside and rescued her.
• Da Ba incited villagers to surround the officers, and Dong Xuebin shot the villager who attacked him before using his time-reversal power to bring down Da Ba and his fleeing accomplices.
• The local police found two children and two trafficked women, while Dong Xuebin learned that both women had been raped and ordered the suspects and rescued victims sent back to their home counties.
• Dong Xuebin refused the local deputy captain’s demand to retain the suspects and ordered Chu Feng to take them back to Yantai County.

Dong Xuebin exposed the plot behind Yu Meixia’s attempted abduction and rescued the victims, but Hu Yiguo stole public credit for the case through Qian Sen’s influence. After Dong appealed to Xie Huilan, the Provincial Newspaper published the same report with Dong’s name in place of Hu’s, forcing Qian Sen to reverse course and leaving Hu furious.

• Dong Xuebin learned from Da Ba that a man nicknamed Da Tou had directed him to abduct Yu Meixia, and he suspected Jin Di Mountain Villa was behind the plot.
• Dong Xuebin brought the rescued victims and suspects back to Yantai County, where Yu Meixia reunited with Yu Qianqian.
• Hu Yiguo and Qian Fei arranged for the county morning paper to credit Hu Yiguo with solving the trafficking case while omitting Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin told Xie Huilan that Hu had stolen his credit, and she took action on his behalf.
• The Provincial Newspaper ran an identical story naming Dong Xuebin as the case leader, forcing Qian Sen to promote Dong’s role in the evening paper.
• Hu Yiguo tore up the newspapers in anger, while Dong Xuebin realized Xie Huilan had used her influence to secure the provincial report.

After Yu Meixia’s abduction left her unable to sleep, Dong Xuebin stayed beside her and Yu Qianqian through the night, comforting them. He crossed a boundary with Yu Meixia while she remained silent, and the chapter ended with the three waking together and Dong Xuebin preparing breakfast.

• Dong Xuebin returned home and told Yu Meixia to rest, while Yu Qianqian massaged him because both mother and daughter had slept poorly after the abduction.
• Yu Meixia woke from a nightmare about the killer targeting Yu Qianqian, so Dong Xuebin stayed beside her until she and her daughter fell asleep.
• When Yu Meixia had another nightmare, she returned to the bed and held Dong Xuebin’s arm; he touched her, asked if she agreed, and she remained silent.
• Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian woke with Dong Xuebin between them, and the embarrassed trio chatted before Dong Xuebin went to cook breakfast.

Dong Xuebin narrowly avoided being caught in bed with Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian when his mother arrived, then learned that Jin Di Mountain Villa was tied to Zhou Mei’s rape and powerful officials. Zhou Mei’s account strengthened his resolve to take down the villa and its protectors.

• Dong Xuebin spent the morning caring for Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, then taught Yu Meixia to read while touching her.
• Dong Xuebin lay down beside Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian for an afternoon nap, but used his rewind ability to avoid being discovered by Luan Xiaoping.
• Luan Xiaoping took Dong Xuebin to the staff housing, where Zhou Mei said she had come to give him a lead about Jin Di Mountain Villa.
• Zhou Mei told Dong Xuebin that officials including Hu Yiguo, Zhao Jinsong, and a man called Fei had been at a drinking gathering where she was drugged and raped.
• Zhou Mei said she had awakened in Jin Di Mountain Villa’s best suite and believed the officials’ connections to the villa had protected them.
• Dong Xuebin became more determined to destroy Jin Di Mountain Villa and the network shielding it.

Dong Xuebin welcomed his cousin Luan Ying and her husband Chen Daqing at their wedding, bringing Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian along. When Qian Fei arranged for Ma Sanr to repeatedly block the wedding procession for red envelopes, Dong Xuebin ordered the police officers to smash the Mercedes, and the procession continued as Qian Fei watched furiously.

• Dong Xuebin warmly received Luan Ying and Chen Daqing, accepted their wedding invitation, and gave them a five-thousand-yuan red envelope.
• Dong Xuebin brought Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to Luan Ying's wedding, where Huitian Township police officers helped welcome guests.
• Qian Fei told Ma Sanr to block the wedding procession with his Mercedes and demand red envelopes, while Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian recognized Ma Sanr as a man who had driven them out of Jin Di Mountain Villa.
• After Ma Sanr blocked the procession three times, Dong Xuebin ordered Chu Feng and the other officers to smash the Mercedes.
• Dong Xuebin's group pushed the wrecked Mercedes aside and continued the wedding procession, while Qian Fei angrily smashed his phone.

Dong Xuebin set out with Chu Feng to infiltrate Jin Di Mountain Villa’s gambling operation and seize its funds. After deliberately losing at a small card game, he secured an invitation to a high-stakes game that night.

• Liang Chengpeng assigned Dong Xuebin to crack down on Jin Di Mountain Villa and told him to seize at least several hundred thousand yuan in gambling funds.
• Dong Xuebin learned that earlier investigations had failed, then disguised himself and Chu Feng so they could investigate without alerting their colleagues or crossing jurisdictions.
• Dong Xuebin explained that they would enter the gambling operation by playing and winning its money, and Chu Feng agreed to join him.
• At Jin Di Mountain Villa, Dong Xuebin and Chu Feng reached an outer Zha Jin Hua table, where Dong Xuebin deliberately lost thirty thousand yuan.
• Dong Xuebin told the dealer that the stakes were too low, and she promised to contact him about a bigger game that night.

Dong Xuebin used his ability to rewind time and win 3.5 million yuan at Jin Di Mountain Villa’s illegal casino, then helped the police raid it. He exposed the hidden gambling equipment and funds after the casino staff evacuated, leaving Ma Dakai and the operation facing arrest.

• Dong Xuebin and Chu Feng entered Jin Di Mountain Villa’s casino, where Dong tested roulette and used Back to win 350,000 yuan on a single-number bet.
• Dong Xuebin continued gambling, lost most of his winnings, then rewound time twice to correctly bet his last 100,000 yuan on number 17 and win 3.5 million yuan.
• Ma Dakai ordered the roulette wheel shut down and planned to recover the payout, while Chu Feng used Dong Xuebin’s signal to call Director Liang and request a police raid.
• Deputy Captain Feng’s team arrived, but the casino staff evacuated the gamblers and moved the equipment and funds before the officers reached the empty hall.
• Dong Xuebin returned in disguise, revealed his identity, and produced the hidden gambling equipment and 3.5 million yuan as evidence.
• Dong Xuebin told Deputy Captain Feng to arrest the casino staff and gamblers and have Chu Feng identify them.

Dong Xuebin raided Jin Di Mountain Villa and forced Ma Sanr to reveal two murders implicating Qian Fei and Ma Dakai. After a corpse was found buried behind the villa, the county leadership rushed to the scene, and the gambling den’s downfall was complete.

• Dong Xuebin led a raid on Jin Di Mountain Villa, arresting nearly thirty people and seizing 3.5 million in gambling funds and equipment.
• Liang Chengpeng put Dong Xuebin in charge of a special task force, while Hu Yiguo objected to Dong’s methods and warned Qian Fei about the investigation.
• Dong Xuebin stabbed Ma Sanr with a pen until he confessed that Ma Dakai and Qian Fei were involved in Yu Zhuang’s murder and that another gambler had been killed and buried behind the villa.
• After rewinding time, Dong Xuebin confronted Ma Sanr with details of both murders, prompting him to identify Da Tou as the killer and reveal where the body was buried.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Deputy Captain Feng to secretly arrest Da Tou and Qian Fei, then took investigators to dig up the buried corpse.
• Liang Chengpeng arrived after Dong Xuebin reported the witness testimony and physical evidence, and county leaders rushed to the scene as Jin Di Mountain Villa fell.

Dong Xuebin learned that Qian Fei had been released because Ma Dakai took the blame and powerful officials intervened, so he confronted Qian and feared for his family’s safety. After rewinding time, Dong maneuvered Qian beneath a falling flowerpot, which struck him and knocked him unconscious.

• Dong Xuebin learned from Hu Silian that Ma Dakai had confessed to all the crimes and that Qian Fei might be released for lack of evidence.
• Liang Chengpeng told Dong Xuebin that higher authorities had ordered Qian Fei’s release, but Dong insisted he would keep investigating.
• Deputy Captain Feng told Dong Xuebin that the officers wanted to continue the investigation, and Dong went to find Qian Fei.
• Qian Fei threatened Dong Xuebin’s family and revealed his plans for revenge, prompting Dong to use Back to rewind time.
• Dong Xuebin lured Qian Fei beneath a building, where a falling flowerpot hit Qian and knocked him unconscious.

After Qian Fei was struck by a falling flowerpot and left with severe brain damage, Qian Sen and County Party Secretary Chang Lei moved against Dong Xuebin, but Ma Dakai’s confession and evidence of Chang Lei’s affair turned the tables. Dong remained in Yantai County as Qian Sen was investigated and Chang Lei was transferred, earning the nickname “Little Dong the Plague God.”

• Dong Xuebin reported Qian Fei’s flowerpot accident, and the investigation confirmed it was accidental; Qian Fei later awoke with severe brain damage that was unlikely to improve.
• Qian Sen retaliated by circulating a post about Dong smashing a Mercedes, and Chang Lei criticized Dong and planned to transfer and demote him.
• After learning Qian Fei was unlikely to recover, Ma Dakai confessed that Qian Fei controlled Jin Di Mountain Villa and gave Dong the address of Qian Fei’s mistress.
• Dong searched the mistress’s home and found a twenty-million-yuan account and photographs linking Chang Lei to her, then turned the evidence over to Liang Chengpeng.
• Qian Sen was placed under Double Designation and Chang Lei was transferred to an idle post, while Dong kept his position and gained a reputation as “Little Dong the Plague God.”

During his week off, Dong Xuebin used Qu Yunxuan’s five million yuan to buy Yiling Pharmaceutical after spotting a rare stock-market opportunity with his back ability. He sold the shares the next morning for a 1.8-million-yuan profit and gave Yu Meixia her share of the gains.

• Yu Meixia thanked Dong Xuebin for avenging her husband, and he told her he had a week off.
• Dong Xuebin learned Qu Yunxuan had five million yuan in available company funds and asked her to transfer it so he could make money.
• Dong Xuebin watched the falling stock market with Yu Meixia and spotted Yiling Pharmaceutical surging near the close.
• Dong Xuebin used back to return twenty minutes and bought Yiling Pharmaceutical with the transferred five million yuan.
• Yiling Pharmaceutical rose from about thirty yuan to above forty yuan, and Dong Xuebin sold his shares the next morning for 6.8 million yuan.
• Dong Xuebin gave Yu Meixia four thousand yuan as the profit from her supposed ten-thousand-yuan investment.

Dong Xuebin bought Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian an apartment, believing Yu Meixia planned to move out to start a new life with a police officer. After learning she only wanted to protect him from danger, he agreed to live with them in the new home, and the three settled in together.

• Dong Xuebin returned the five million yuan he had borrowed from Qu Yunxuan and kept his stock-trading profits.
• Dong Xuebin learned Yu Meixia had been contacted by a police officer from the Household Registration Section and grew jealous when she said she wanted to move out with Yu Qianqian.
• Dong Xuebin took Yu Meixia to Huamei Community and bought a furnished apartment in her name.
• Dong Xuebin urged Yu Meixia to accept the apartment and consider marrying the police officer, but Yu Meixia cried and explained that Luan Xiaoping had advised her to move away to keep her and Yu Qianqian safe from people targeting Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin apologized, agreed that Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian could stay close to him, and decided he would live at the new apartment with them part of the time.
• Dong Xuebin helped Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian settle into their home, then asked them to help him choose a car.

Dong Xuebin bought a luxurious Mercedes-Benz R 500L through Qu Yunxuan and celebrated Tang Jin’s birthday with her and Liu Li. After Tang Jin asked him to help Liu Li get an official police position, Dong called Qin Yong, and Liu Li was told he could transfer onto the official payroll; Liu Li then recognized Dong as the notorious “Plague God Little Dong.”

• Dong Xuebin chose a Mercedes-Benz R 500L and transferred Qu Yunxuan the money to purchase it under the Auction Company's name.
• Tang Jin brought her boyfriend Liu Li to Dong Xuebin’s home for her birthday, where Dong approved of their relationship and celebrated with them.
• Tang Jin asked Dong Xuebin to help Liu Li move from auxiliary officer to the official police payroll, and Dong called Qin Yong to inquire.
• Liu Li’s Police Station director called to tell him to fill out paperwork for the transfer, and Tang Jin thanked Dong Xuebin.
• Liu Li recognized Dong Xuebin as the infamous Plague God Little Dong, leaving Dong embarrassed by how widely his reputation had spread.

Dong Xuebin tried to connect with Xiang Daofa after helping bring down Chang Lei, but Xiang Daofa refused to meet him and became Yantai County’s new top leader. Dong Xuebin then learned that Xie Huilan was arriving as the new acting county chief, leaving him delighted at the prospect of having his girlfriend as his backer.

• Xie Hao texted Dong Xuebin that Xie Huilan would visit Yantai County in the next few days, and Dong Xuebin went to collect the Mercedes Business Qu Xuan had sent him.
• Dong Xuebin asked Liang Chengpeng to arrange a meeting with Xiang Daofa, but Xiang Daofa declined, so Dong Xuebin decided not to seek his support again.
• Qin Yong told Dong Xuebin that Xiang Daofa had become County Party Secretary and that a thirty-year-old woman from the Central Propaganda Department would become acting county chief.
• Qin Yong recalled that the new county chief was named Xie Huilan, and Dong Xuebin realized she was his girlfriend and was coming to take office.

Dong Xuebin rushed to Huitian Township after Xiang Daofa’s secretary said Xiang Chengdong had been beaten, only to find Xiang Chengdong’s group had attacked Da Lengzi’s family after molesting his sister. When Xiang Chengdong demanded money and tried to use his connections, Dong Xuebin ordered his arrest and took responsibility for acting against the County Party Secretary’s relative.

• Secretary Zhou called Dong Xuebin late at night and ordered him to handle the beating of Xiang Daofa’s relative.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the Food Stall and learned that Xiang Chengdong’s group had attacked Da Lengzi’s family, injuring his sister and breaking his Second Uncle’s leg.
• Xiang Chengdong demanded compensation and the arrest of Da Lengzi and Er Lengzi, while Secretary Zhou pressured Dong Xuebin to satisfy him.
• Dong Xuebin argued with Secretary Zhou, then returned and ordered the officers to arrest Xiang Chengdong and his companions instead.
• Xiang Chengdong resisted, so Dong Xuebin kicked him down and told the officers to take the entire group to the station.

Dong Xuebin forced Xiang Chengdong and his friends to compensate the injured family, despite pressure from Secretary Zhou, and released Xiang Chengdong after payment. The next day, Dong attended the meeting announcing Xie Huilan as Yantai County’s acting County Chief, where she made her first public appearance before the county cadres.

• Dong Xuebin rejected Secretary Zhou’s demand to release Xiang Chengdong and explained to Liang Chengpeng that Xiang Chengdong had assaulted Da Lengzi’s relatives and tried to extort them.
• At three in the morning, Xiang Chengdong had his family bring money, and Dong Xuebin released him after collecting eighty thousand yuan in compensation for Da Lengzi’s family.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan had arrived as the new County Chief and drove Hu Silian to the Public Security Bureau.
• At the county cadres’ meeting, Minister Ci announced Xie Huilan’s appointment as acting County Chief, and Xie Huilan delivered her introductory remarks.
• Dong Xuebin watched Xie Huilan leave the meeting without acknowledging him, then drove Qin Yong away while they discussed her connections.