Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin joined the countywide search after ten escaped prisoners headed toward Yantai County, but a dispatcher’s mistaken address delayed the police and two people were murdered. At the emergency meeting, the leaders removed Hu Silian from her administrative posts, despite Dong Xuebin’s forceful defense of her.

• Hu Silian invited Dong Xuebin to dinner, but both received urgent calls summoning them to the Public Security Bureau.
• Huang Li announced that ten escaped prisoners were believed to be heading toward Yantai County, and Liang Chengpeng assigned the bureau’s leaders to search and seal roads.
• Dong Xuebin searched Huitian Township and a major intersection before officers received a report that several prisoners were hiding in a courtyard house.
• Hu Silian discovered the dispatcher had sent officers to the wrong address, and Dong Xuebin’s team found a murdered woman and boy after reaching the correct house.
• Xiang Daofa berated Liang Chengpeng over the delayed response, while the overnight search failed to find the escaped prisoners.
• Liang Chengpeng proposed removing Hu Silian over the Command Center’s mistake, and Dong Xuebin argued against the decision, but the leaders removed her from all administrative positions.

Dong Xuebin reached Nanliu Elementary School after escaped prisoners took children and teachers hostage, and volunteered to enter the building in place of Cao Xupeng. After persuading the robbers to release Hong Hong, he approached the Teaching Building in handcuffs, with less than five minutes of BACK remaining.

• Dong Xuebin and the police found nine escaped prisoners at Nanliu Elementary School, where the fugitives had taken children and teachers hostage.
• The robbers demanded a minibus and a county leader as a hostage, while parents gathered outside and pleaded for their children.
• Dong Xuebin forced Xiang Daofa and Xie Huilan to leave the dangerous scene, then offered to go inside instead of Cao Xupeng.
• Dong Xuebin negotiated the release of Hong Hong, and her parents reunited with her outside the school.
• Deputy Captain Feng handcuffed Dong Xuebin and threw away the key, and Dong Xuebin entered the building to confront the fugitives.

Dong Xuebin used his Back ability to survive repeated gunshots and kill the escaped convicts holding teachers and children hostage in the Teaching Building. After rescuing the hostages, he learned that Vitiligo Man’s brother was still missing, leaving another dangerous fugitive at large.

• Dong Xuebin entered the hostage classroom, learned that teachers and children were being held in multiple rooms, and told the hostages to lie down when he made his move.
• When Skinny tried to attack Director Chen, Dong Xuebin used Back to undo his own fatal stab wound and killed Skinny with the convict’s dagger.
• Fat Bro shot Dong Xuebin in the head several times, but Dong Xuebin repeatedly used Back to learn the timing and eventually dodged the bullets, killed Fat Bro, and shot two more convicts who rushed in.
• Dong Xuebin entered the next classroom, dodged three shots from the pale convict, and killed four armed convicts, leaving Vitiligo Man as the last of the nine.
• Vitiligo Man tried to stab a little girl, but Dong Xuebin rewound time and knocked the knife away before subduing him; Vitiligo Man then stabbed himself, and Dong Xuebin led the hostages out.
• Vitiligo Man told Dong Xuebin that his brother had escaped separately and might still be free.

Dong Xuebin emerged from Nanliu Elementary School after killing all nine criminals and rescuing every hostage. Xie Huilan praised him and promised first-class merit, while Education Bureau Director Yu Zhengzhi arrived only after the crisis was over.

• Xiang Daofa criticized Dong Xuebin for acting alone, but Xie Huilan ordered the Armed Police to storm the Teaching Building.
• Dong Xuebin walked out in blood-covered handcuffs, followed by the rescued children and teachers.
• Dong Xuebin told the officials he had killed all nine criminals, and an Armed Police officer confirmed the bodies inside.
• The families reunited with the children, and the crowd applauded Dong Xuebin as Deputy Captain Feng removed his handcuffs.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin he would receive first-class merit, then rebuked Yu Zhengzhi for arriving late.

After receiving a Second-Class Merit for rescuing the hostages, Dong Xuebin returned home to rest and considered his next move. He recommended Hu Silian for Xie Huilan’s secretary position, and the chapter ended with the two sharing a warm, flirtatious phone call.

• Dong Xuebin received a Second-Class Merit and two days off after subduing the kidnappers, though the killings left him mentally shaken.
• Hu Silian visited Dong Xuebin, thanked him for resolving the hostage case, and said she expected to be transferred to another bureau without a leadership post.
• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan and recommended Hu Silian as her secretary, and Xie Huilan agreed to consider her.
• Xie Huilan warned Dong Xuebin not to risk his life recklessly again, then exchanged affectionate remarks with him before ending the call.

Xie Huilan chose Hu Silian to become her secretary and a deputy director in the County Government Office after Dong Xuebin recommended her. Hu Silian celebrated her sudden return to official life and visited Dong Xuebin with her husband to thank him.

• Yao Yi presented secretary candidates to Xie Huilan, who asked him to bring Hu Silian to her office instead of selecting Xiao Wang.
• Xie Huilan offered Hu Silian a secretary role and a deputy director position, explaining that Dong Xuebin had recommended her.
• Hu Silian returned home and told Hu Ge about her new post, then decided to visit Dong Xuebin to thank him.
• Hu Silian and Hu Ge brought cigarettes to Dong Xuebin’s home, where they shared dinner and drinks.
• Hu Silian became emotional and promised to help Dong Xuebin whenever he needed her.

Dong Xuebin went to County Chief Xie Huilan’s office to report on the escaped prisoner and learned that she planned to reveal their relationship to Huang Li. The chapter ended with Huang Li stunned after Xie Huilan announced that Dong Xuebin was her boyfriend.

• Hu Silian called Dong Xuebin and asked him to come report to Xie Huilan about the escaped prisoner.
• Dong Xuebin met Huang Li on the way into the county government building, and Huang Li offered to introduce him to his niece.
• Hu Silian told Dong Xuebin that Xie Huilan wanted him to go straight into her office and was in a good mood.
• Xie Huilan teased Dong Xuebin about having carried her during the school hostage incident, then told Huang Li that Dong Xuebin was her boyfriend.
• Huang Li expressed astonishment, accepted the news, and praised Xie Huilan and Dong Xuebin as a well-matched couple.

Dong Xuebin secretly visited Xie Huilan’s home, prepared a candlelit dinner, and spent the evening growing more intimate with her. The night left him embarrassed when Xie Huilan teased him by giving him the clothes she had just taken off.

• Xie Huilan told Huang Li that she and Dong Xuebin were dating and explained that she trusted him to keep their relationship secret.
• Xie Huilan gave Dong Xuebin the keys to her apartment and invited him over to talk and have dinner.
• Dong Xuebin bought groceries, roses, and candles, then entered Xie Huilan’s apartment and prepared dinner before she returned in the rain.
• Xie Huilan showered and changed into clothes Dong Xuebin brought her, then accepted his roses and praised the meal he cooked.
• While they watched television after dinner, Xie Huilan took Dong Xuebin’s hand, and he touched her thigh as their evening became more intimate.
• Xie Huilan handed Dong Xuebin a bag containing the clothes she had taken off, teasing him about his earlier use of her stockings.

Dong Xuebin hid in Xie Huilan’s bedroom while she received visitors, then helped her relax and cautiously kissed her. Xie Huilan accepted his affection, held his hand, and invited him to stay the night.

• Dong Xuebin hid in Xie Huilan’s bedroom when Director Sun and his wife arrived to offer her gifts, and he listened as she refused them while agreeing to help with their matter.
• After the visitors left, Dong Xuebin brought Xie Huilan tea and massaged her shoulders while she revised a document.
• Dong Xuebin kissed Xie Huilan’s forehead, then her face and lips, while she watched him without stopping him.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin she had never been kissed by a man, then held his hand and teased him as they sat together.
• Xie Huilan invited Dong Xuebin to stay the night, and he agreed.

Dong Xuebin spent the night at Xie Huilan’s home, shared a kiss with her, and left after breakfast. After she explained the hurdles to an exceptional promotion, he resolved to pursue more major achievements and earn a nomination for a Zhengke Level post.

• Dong Xuebin prepared for bed at Xie Huilan’s home, and she sent him to the small bedroom after sharing a good-night kiss with him.
• Dong Xuebin woke early, prepared breakfast for Xie Huilan, and left her a note before she got up.
• Xie Huilan joined Dong Xuebin for breakfast and explained that his short civil-service tenure and limited political achievements made a Zhengke Level promotion unlikely.
• Xie Huilan said Dong Xuebin would need major merits and undeniable accomplishments even to be nominated for an exceptional promotion.
• Dong Xuebin decided to pursue more political achievements and set his sights on a substantive Zhengke Level post.

Dong Xuebin rushed to the County Party Committee Compound after a cotton-mill worker threatened to jump, creating a crisis for Xie Huilan. After the worker fell beyond the rescue cushion, Dong used BACK repeatedly to adjust the landing and saved his life, though he collapsed afterward.

• Hao Shun notified Dong Xuebin that a cotton-mill worker had climbed onto the County Party Committee office building and demanded to see Xie Huilan.
• Dong Xuebin arrived as county leaders tried to calm the worker, while Xie Huilan told him to save the man but not set a precedent by meeting him.
• A gust knocked the worker off the roof, and he fell toward hard concrete beyond the rescue cushion, dying on impact.
• Dong Xuebin used BACK to rewind two minutes, then ran beneath the falling worker with a small inflatable boat and tried to catch him.
• After repeated rewinds and adjustments to the worker's position, Dong Xuebin made him land feet-first on the air cushion, saving him before collapsing from exhaustion.

Dong Xuebin recovered in the hospital after injuring his arms while saving a worker, and learned that he had received a Third-Class Merit. Xie Huilan thanked him and shared an intimate moment with him before he left the hospital to stay with Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, embarrassed to ask anyone for help with his basic needs.

• Dong Xuebin woke in the hospital with both arms badly strained, and Liang Chengpeng told him he had been awarded an individual Third-Class Merit and extra leave.
• Xie Huilan visited Dong Xuebin, thanked him for risking himself, and kissed him before his family arrived.
• Luan Xiaoping and Dong Xuebin's relatives visited him, and Luan Xiaoping stayed to care for him despite her high blood pressure.
• Dong Xuebin spent the afternoon receiving a stream of visitors, then persuaded Luan Xiaoping to go home and rest.
• Embarrassed to ask a nurse or female caregiver for help, Dong Xuebin left the hospital and took a taxi to stay with Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian.

Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian welcomed Dong Xuebin, who arrived with an injured hand and asked to stay with them while he recovered. Yu Meixia agreed to care for him, and the chapter ended with her tending to his needs at home.

• Yu Qianqian worried that Dong Xuebin had stopped visiting, while Yu Meixia reassured her and hosted Qianqian's classmates.
• Dong Xuebin arrived with his hand bandaged and asked Yu Meixia to let him stay for a few days; Yu Qianqian and her classmates greeted him.
• Dong Xuebin praised Yu Qianqian's exam results and gave Yu Meixia money to buy her a phone, after which Qianqian showed her friends the laptop he had bought her.
• Unable to use his injured hands, Dong Xuebin asked Yu Meixia to help him in the bathroom, and she assisted him despite her embarrassment.
• Yu Meixia agreed to stay and care for Dong Xuebin, then fed him fruit and helped him smoke while he rested on the sofa.

While Dong Xuebin recovered from his injuries, Yu Meixia cared for him at home, and the two discussed her future and her unknown birth parents. Mosquito bites left Dong Xuebin unable to scratch himself, so Yu Meixia helped him, ending the chapter in an awkwardly intimate moment.

• Yu Meixia washed and dried Dong Xuebin's hair, and he urged her to stop treating him like someone she owed and accept that he considered her and Yu Qianqian family.
• Yu Meixia agreed to stay overnight to help Dong Xuebin, then danced for him when he could not sleep; he later invited her to lie beside him instead of sleeping at the desk.
• Dong Xuebin asked about Yu Meixia's plans, and she revealed that she had learned she was adopted and hoped to find her biological parents; he offered to help her search.
• Mosquitoes bit Dong Xuebin and Yu Meixia during the night, and Yu Meixia swatted one and applied medicated oil to their bites.
• When Dong Xuebin realized a mosquito had bitten him beneath his briefs and he could not scratch the spot, Yu Meixia hesitantly offered to help and rubbed the itch away with her fingers.

Dong Xuebin relied on Yu Meixia to care for him, and their closeness grew as she helped him bathe and massage him. After an intimate question-and-answer exchange, Yu Meixia left to buy groceries, while Dong Xuebin was left embarrassed by what had happened.

• Yu Meixia helped Dong Xuebin relieve himself after he pretended his injured body still itched, and she reassured him that she did not mind.
• The next morning, Yu Meixia fed Dong Xuebin and let Yu Qianqian use the money he had given her to buy a phone with classmates.
• After Yu Qianqian left, Yu Meixia bathed Dong Xuebin and told him that she and her daughter missed him when he was away.
• Yu Meixia gave Dong Xuebin a massage and offered to help him when he reacted to her touch.
• While Yu Meixia helped him, Dong Xuebin asked about her private habits, and she answered that she had touched herself that morning while he slept.
• After Yu Meixia cleaned him up, she hurried out to buy groceries, and Dong Xuebin told her to come back early.

Dong Xuebin questioned Yu Meixia about the intimate secrets she had shared with him, and she eventually admitted she wanted to pleasure herself. After he sent Yu Qianqian to use the computer, Yu Meixia went to the bathroom and returned flustered, while Dong Xuebin realized what she had done.

• Dong Xuebin and Yu Meixia talked online while Yu Qianqian played with her new phone.
• Dong Xuebin asked Yu Meixia whether she had pleasured herself recently, and she admitted she had done so the night before and wanted to again.
• Dong Xuebin called Yu Qianqian into the bedroom to use the computer and sent Yu Meixia to watch television.
• Yu Meixia went into the bathroom for several minutes and returned with hot tea for Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin noticed the soap scent on Yu Meixia's damp right hand, and she retreated to the living room, regretting what she had told him.

Dong Xuebin rushed to Wutian Township after learning Tang Jin had been injured, then confronted the people responsible and rejected their attempt to settle the matter with compensation. The chapter left him ordering the township police to arrest the shop worker after Liu Li knocked him down.

• Dong Xuebin learned from his second aunt that Tang Jin had been beaten and hurried to Wutian Township with Yu Meixia.
• Tang Jin explained that a Smoke Shop worker had shoved her after she complained about counterfeit cigarettes, making her hit her head and bleed.
• Dong Xuebin confronted the shop owner, but Lu Dafa called and asked him to accept compensation and drop the matter; Dong Xuebin refused.
• Dong Xuebin kicked the shop owner and then attacked the worker when he challenged him, while Liu Li stepped in to protect Dong Xuebin and knocked the worker down.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the Wutian Township police officers to cuff the worker and take him back for questioning.

After Dong Xuebin defended Tang Jin from a shopkeeper who had beaten her, he helped her persuade her parents to accept her relationship with Liu Li. The family left the county-town development with a two-bedroom apartment reserved for Tang Jin, paid for by Dong Xuebin as her wedding gift.

• Dong Xuebin reassured Qin Yong that he was recovering after defending Tang Jin, and Tang Jin excitedly recounted how he had confronted the cigarette shop owner.
• Tang Jin introduced Liu Li to her family, but her parents objected to the match because his family was poor and his parents were unwell.
• Dong Xuebin offered to help Liu Li and Tang Jin find work in the county town, while Luan Xiaoping offered Tang Jin her remaining savings for rent or a home.
• Dong Xuebin agreed to buy Tang Jin a house, and her parents accepted after he said he would also cover its renovation and furnishings.
• Dong Xuebin and the family reserved a bright, north-south-facing two-bedroom apartment of more than ninety square meters for over five hundred thousand yuan, and Tang Jin thanked him tearfully.

Dong Xuebin returned to work during a torrential storm and rushed to Qingnan Road, where a landslide overturned and buried a tour bus during a rescue. The chapter ended with the bus completely swallowed by mud and rocks, leaving passengers trapped and an auxiliary police officer dead.

• Dong Xuebin returned to the County Public Security Bureau, and Liang Chengpeng told him to rest and said he would receive a Third-Class Merit at a commendation meeting.
• After Liu Dahai reported dangerous road conditions in Huitian Township, Dong Xuebin drove there despite the storm and narrowly avoided a torrent of rocks and mud.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the overturned tour bus and helped Liang Chengpeng, Xie Huilan, Cao Xupeng, and rescue workers evacuate the trapped passengers.
• A massive landslide swept down the mountain and buried the bus before the remaining passengers could escape.
• The landslide killed Xiao Sun, an auxiliary police officer, while rescued passengers cried out for relatives still buried inside the bus.

Dong Xuebin ordered Huitian Township Police Station to evacuate the civilians and county leaders after a dangerous rescue attempt killed two officers. He stayed behind and walked toward the buried tour bus with a shovel, leaving the others stunned as he prepared to rescue the trapped passengers himself.

• Xie Huilan ordered an immediate rescue, but two officers were killed or gravely injured when rocks and mud struck them, and Little Li disappeared into a mud pit.
• Cao Xupeng reported that Xiang Daofa had ordered them to rescue the trapped passengers, while Xie Huilan stayed to direct operations and told the others to evacuate.
• Trapped passengers’ relatives begged the leaders to save their loved ones as more landslide booms shook the area.
• Dong Xuebin ordered Chen Fa and the Huitian Township officers to force the civilians and county leaders, including Xie Huilan, onto buses and take them to shelter.
• Dong Xuebin refused to leave, picked up a shovel, and walked toward the buried tour bus as Chen Fa drove the others away.