Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin stepped in after Korean investor Li Xiaoan beat a local man and county officials shielded him from angry bystanders. He challenged Taekwondo champion Park Yong-hee, who was protecting Li, to a match.

• Li Xiaoan beat a mild-mannered local man, and Wang Bo and other Dafeng County officials tried to protect the Koreans as a crowd demanded justice.
• Park Yong-hee blocked attacks from several bystanders and injured some of them, leaving the crowd afraid to confront him again.
• Xu Yan urged Dong Xuebin to teach the Koreans a lesson, and Dong pushed through the crowd to confront them.
• Dong condemned Wang Bo and Dafeng County's officials for neglecting the people and declared that he would handle the matter himself.
• Dong ordered Park Yong-hee to move aside, then challenged him to a match when Park refused.

Dong Xuebin stepped in after Wen Jing was assaulted and fought Park Yong-hee to a draw, surprising the crowd with his skill. Park recognized him as the young man who had defeated Seoul’s martial halls, and Dong confirmed it.

• Dong Xuebin confronted Wang Bo and the Korean businessmen over their treatment of Wen Jing, then challenged Park Yong-hee despite the crowd’s doubts.
• Dong and Park exchanged blows, and Park realized Dong was a skilled fighter before they began a serious match.
• Dong used BACK to evade Park’s powerful kicks and strike his numb spots, while Park blocked his attacks, leaving them evenly matched.
• Park Yong-hee stopped the fight and identified Dong as the fighter who had defeated Seoul’s martial halls and more than a dozen black-belt instructors.
• Dong admitted he had challenged the martial halls after their people beat international students and the police failed to provide an explanation, stunning the crowd.

Dong Xuebin confronted Li Xiaoan and Park Yong-hee at the swimming pool after Li Xiaoan assaulted Wen Jing's husband. After beating Li Xiaoan and destroying the camera, Dong Xuebin won the crowd's applause, while Wang Bo reported the incident to Li Feng.

• Park Yong-hee refused to fight Dong Xuebin under unfair conditions but said he had come to settle the old Seoul Martial Hall score and protect Li Xiaoan.
• Dong Xuebin used Time Stop to evade Park Yong-hee, slap Li Xiaoan, and kick him in the stomach.
• Dong Xuebin took Li Xiaoan's camera and smashed it, destroying the photos, then stopped fighting as the crowd cheered.
• Park Yong-hee checked Li Xiaoan and chose not to attack Dong Xuebin, while Wang Bo called for help and reported the incident to Li Feng.
• Dong Xuebin comforted Wen Jing's husband and his family, then told the crowd that the Party and government belonged to the common people.
• Xu Yan led the crowd in applauding Dong Xuebin, while Wang Bo and the Investment Bureau officials looked on unhappily.

Dong Xuebin agreed to return to Yantai County the next morning when Xie Huilan told him to leave Dafeng County, but he still intended to bring back an investor. At the hotel, he settled the dispute over Li Xiaoan’s camera and injuries by writing a 100,000-yuan check, while the police and onlookers watched in surprise.

• After Xu Yan left the swimming pool, Dong Xuebin went to dinner and received a call from Xie Huilan, who ordered him to return the next morning after he beat Li Xiaoan.
• Dong Xuebin agreed to Xie Huilan’s instructions but privately decided to find an investor to take back to Yantai County before he left.
• At the Ruihe Hotel, Dong Xuebin saw police officers speaking with Li Xiaoan, an interpreter, and Wang Bo about the swimming-pool incident.
• The older officer offered Dong Xuebin a private settlement of 100,000 yuan or a trip to the Police Station, after explaining that Park Yong-hee had compensated the young man he hit.
• Dong Xuebin pulled out a checkbook and handed the officer a cash check for 100,000 yuan, astonishing Wang Bo and the investors in the lobby.

After settling the police matter, Dong Xuebin worried about returning to Dafeng County without an investor, but Park Yong-hee offered to invest in a large gymnasium project if Dong agreed to a friendly match. Dong accepted, and they arranged to compete the next morning.

• Dong Xuebin showed the police a check to settle the matter, then returned to his room at the Ruihe Hotel.
• Dong Xuebin considered how to bring an investor back to Dafeng County before morning.
• Park Yong-hee called Dong Xuebin and asked him to compete in a friendly match, but Dong initially refused.
• Park Yong-hee offered to invest around sixty to one hundred million yuan in a Large Comprehensive Gymnasium project if Dong defeated him.
• Dong Xuebin accepted the challenge, and he and Park Yong-hee agreed to meet the next morning.

Dong Xuebin defeated Park Yong-hee in their private martial arts match and secured Park’s promise to invest in Yantai County’s sports center. He let Park Yong-hee call the bout a draw to preserve his dignity, and they left to discuss the project.

• Dong Xuebin met Park Yong-hee at a martial arts hall in Dafeng County for their wagered match.
• Dong Xuebin stopped his punch just before it hit Park Yong-hee, while Park’s punch failed to reach him, and Park conceded defeat.
• Park Yong-hee promised to invest in Yantai County’s sports center after Dong Xuebin argued for the county’s prospects near Beijing.
• Dong Xuebin told the waiting group the match was a draw and rode back with Park Yong-hee to discuss the project.

Dong Xuebin persuaded Park Yong-hee to leave Dafeng County and inspect an investment site in Yantai County, after they bonded over martial arts. He returned to a jubilant welcome from Yantai County’s leaders, while Dafeng County was furious at losing the nearly hundred-million project.

• Dong Xuebin and Park Yong-hee discussed martial arts, and Park agreed to travel with him to inspect the project in Yantai County.
• Park Yong-hee told Wang Bo that he was leaving Dafeng County, and officials there learned Dong Xuebin had taken him away.
• Dong Xuebin drove Park Yong-hee back toward Yantai County and told Xie Huilan he was nearly certain to secure the investment.
• Xiang Daofa, Xie Huilan, and other Yantai County officials warmly welcomed Park Yong-hee and praised Dong Xuebin.
• Yantai County officials recognized the scale of Dong Xuebin’s achievement, while Dafeng County officials seethed over losing the investor.

Dong Xuebin took leave after being told to lie low following the trouble he caused in Dafeng County, then went to Beijing to visit Qu Yunxuan. The chapter ended with him carrying her to the bedroom despite her protests, as she told him to buy lubricant first.

• Zhao Xinglong told Dong Xuebin to look after Park Yong-hee and said County Chief Hui Lan had approved two days of leave for him.
• Dong Xuebin briefed Sun Shuli, Luo Haiting, and the others about the Investment Bureau’s affairs before driving to Beijing.
• Dong Xuebin called Qu Yunxuan and arranged to visit her and their unborn child.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at Qu Yunxuan’s apartment, greeted her and the baby, and joined her for dinner.
• Qu Yunxuan refused intercourse during her pregnancy, but Dong Xuebin carried her toward the bedroom and she told him to buy lubricant.

After Qu Yunxuan and Dong Xuebin watched the Double Color Ball draw, Dong Xuebin decided to use his remaining time to travel back and buy tickets with the winning numbers. The chapter ended with him arriving in Beijing five minutes before ticket sales closed and receiving Qu Yunxuan’s call.

• Qu Yunxuan and Dong Xuebin watched the Double Color Ball draw and found they had won only a few small prizes.
• Dong Xuebin memorized the winning numbers and realized he could use his remaining time to go back before ticket sales closed.
• Dong Xuebin used Back 97 minutes and returned to 7:55 p.m., while driving into Beijing from Yantai County.
• Qu Yunxuan called Dong Xuebin to ask why he had not come over for dinner.

Dong Xuebin rushed to buy Double Color Ball tickets before sales closed, betting one hundred times on the numbers he knew would win. After the draw matched his ticket exactly, Qu Yunxuan realized they had won one hundred First Prizes.

• Dong Xuebin hurried to a lottery shop and bought one hundred bets on several number combinations before sales closed.
• Dong Xuebin returned home with the tickets, and Qu Yunxuan teased him as they waited for the draw.
• Qu Yunxuan watched the draw with Dong Xuebin and saw the winning numbers match his ticket.
• Qu Yunxuan checked Dong Xuebin's ticket and realized he had won one hundred First Prize bets.

After winning one hundred First Prize lottery tickets, Dong Xuebin and Zhai Yunxuan learned the prize was worth about 150 million yuan after taxes. To avoid drawing attention, they planned for Zhai Yunxuan to claim the money for the company, then went shopping for a new car and bought a black top-trim Porsche Cayenne.

• Zhai Yunxuan called the Welfare Lottery Center and learned that Dong Xuebin's hundred winning tickets would bring in about 150 million yuan after taxes.
• News outlets and online commenters discussed the extraordinary lottery win, while Dong Xuebin and Zhai Yunxuan heard people talking about it during their morning walk.
• Dong Xuebin asked Zhai Yunxuan to claim the prize and put the money into the company so he would not attract scrutiny.
• Dong Xuebin and Zhai Yunxuan visited a dealership, where Dong Xuebin chose a black top-trim Porsche Cayenne costing about two and a half million yuan.

After returning to Yantai County, Dong Xuebin focused on how to meet the county’s five-hundred-million investment target and considered holding an Investment Conference. Luo Haiting and Lin Pingping supported the idea, and Dong Xuebin began examining why past conferences had failed.

• Dong Xuebin drove his new Cayenne back to the Investment Bureau and told Luo Haiting and Lin Pingping he wanted to discuss work after lunch.
• Dong Xuebin asked Guo Panwei to eat before they went over the documents from his absence.
• Luo Haiting brought Dong Xuebin lunch and told him that a new project had signed a letter of intent but that negotiations were unfinished.
• Dong Xuebin asked Luo Haiting for ideas to help reach the county’s five-hundred-million investment target, and she suggested an Investment Conference.
• Dong Xuebin asked Luo Haiting to gather detailed materials on the county’s past conferences and other counties’ experiences.
• Lin Pingping argued that an Investment Conference could promote Yantai County more broadly than small project briefings, and Dong Xuebin listened as he began to understand the earlier conferences’ shortcomings.

Dong Xuebin proposed holding an Investment Conference over the May Day holiday, and Xie Huilan approved it with a target of at least 150 million yuan in projects. After Zhao Xinglong left, Dong Xuebin massaged Xie Huilan in her office and tried to grope her, but she stopped him.

• Dong Xuebin presented Zhao Xinglong with a preliminary plan for an Investment Conference and assured him that Park Yong-hee's project was nearly certain.
• Zhao Xinglong contacted Xie Huilan, who summoned Dong Xuebin to discuss the proposal.
• Xie Huilan approved the conference, promised county support, and gave Dong Xuebin authority to coordinate the departments involved.
• Xie Huilan set a goal of securing at least 150 million yuan in total projects, and Dong Xuebin promised to meet it.
• After Zhao Xinglong left, Dong Xuebin massaged Xie Huilan and tried to reach into her collar, but she caught his hand and told him to behave.

Dong Xuebin organized the Investment Bureau’s preparations for the upcoming Investment Conference and dealt with Li Hong’s angry confrontation at the office. The next morning, Deputy Captain Feng called to tell him that Li Hong was dead.

• Dong Xuebin assigned the Investment Bureau departments tasks for the conference and ordered them to work overtime.
• Li Hong argued with Lu Dafa, then insulted Dong Xuebin in the hallway, prompting him to call security.
• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan and learned that she had dined with Cheng Keliang and would be away at a meeting for two days.
• Dong Xuebin went home, fell asleep thinking about the conference and Xie Huilan, and dreamed of bringing in over a billion in projects.
• Deputy Captain Feng woke Dong Xuebin with news that Lu Dafa’s wife, Li Hong, was dead.

After Li Hong was killed, police arrested Dong Xuebin as a suspect because his fingerprints were found on her handbag. Dong Xuebin realized the prints came from when he had secretly searched Lu Dafa’s home, leaving him unable to explain the evidence without exposing his own misconduct.

• Deputy Captain Feng told Dong Xuebin that Li Hong had been found dead in an alley, apparently struck by a car, and investigators suspected homicide.
• Dong Xuebin offered Lu Dafa condolences and approved his leave while the Investment Bureau continued working.
• Police arrested the Jinbei Car driver, who said a man had pushed Li Hong into the road before fleeing.
• Investigators found Dong Xuebin’s fingerprints all over Li Hong’s handbag and brought him in for questioning.
• Hu Yiguo questioned Dong Xuebin about his whereabouts and the fingerprints, while Dong Xuebin denied killing Li Hong.
• Dong Xuebin remembered that he had touched the handbag while secretly searching Lu Dafa’s home, and realized he could not explain the prints without revealing that intrusion.

Dong Xuebin was detained after Li Hong was killed by a hit-and-run driver, with his old fingerprints on her bag serving as the only evidence. He suspected Xiang Daofa was using the case to ruin his career and weaken Xie Huilan, while officials across Yantai County began wondering whether the Jinx would survive another crisis.

• Feng Lei and Qin Yong visited Dong Xuebin in the interrogation room and told him investigators had found no witnesses, only his fingerprints on Li Hong's bag.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan had gone to the city and concluded Xiang Daofa had arranged his detention to remove him and undermine Xie Huilan.
• Dong Xuebin feared the case would be quietly resolved at the cost of his political career and vowed to fight Xiang Daofa if he recovered.
• News of Dong Xuebin's detention spread through Yantai County, where many doubted he had killed Li Hong but suspected the case was part of a political struggle.

Dong Xuebin was suspended and accused of negligent homicide as Xiang Daofa moved to replace him as the Investment Conference lead. Xie Huilan returned to the county committee meeting and stunned everyone by testifying that Dong had been with her all night.

• Dong Xuebin remained isolated in the interrogation room while rumors spread that he would be removed from office.
• Luo Haiting and Lin Pingping learned that Dong had been suspended and feared Xiang Daofa planned to install his own replacement at the Investment Bureau.
• At an emergency county committee meeting, Huang Li challenged the Public Security Bureau's handling of Dong's case, but Xiang Daofa proposed appointing someone else to lead the Investment Conference.
• Xie Huilan returned from the city, questioned the evidence against Dong, and argued that fingerprints on Li Hong's handbag did not prove he had killed her.
• Xie Huilan testified that Dong had stayed with her from the previous night until six in the morning and had not left her side.

Xie Huilan publicly claimed Dong Xuebin had spent the night with her, clearing him of suspicion in Li Hong’s death while revealing that they were engaged and planned to marry. Dong learned she had fabricated the alibi to protect him, and news of their relationship spread throughout Yantai County.

• At the Standing Committee meeting, Xie Huilan offered her apartment keys as evidence and testified that Dong Xuebin had been with her all night.
• Xie Huilan announced that she and Dong Xuebin were engaged and expected to marry by the end of the year, leaving the committee members stunned.
• Feng Lei and Qin Yong told Dong Xuebin that the bureau had cleared him and that Xie Huilan had testified for him.
• Dong realized Xie Huilan had given him a false alibi and felt deeply moved by the risk she had taken to protect him.
• News of Xie Huilan and Dong Xuebin’s relationship spread across Yantai County and shocked government offices throughout the county.

After Xie Huilan protected Dong Xuebin from the accusations against him, their romantic relationship became public knowledge throughout Yantai County. They discussed how the revelation might affect their official positions, while Dong Xuebin thanked Xie Huilan for risking her reputation and career to help him.

• Dong Xuebin visited Hu Silian, who congratulated him on his relationship with Xie Huilan and thanked him for helping her become Xie Huilan’s secretary.
• Dong Xuebin went to Xie Huilan’s office and embraced her, grateful that she had testified for him.
• Xie Huilan warned that Xiang Daofa might use their relationship to raise conflict-of-interest concerns and cause trouble at the Investment Bureau.
• Dong Xuebin blamed Xiang Daofa and explained that Li Hong’s accident had been caused by Niao Chengjiu, while his fingerprints had ended up on her bag after he entered Lu Dafa’s home.
• Xie Huilan teased Dong Xuebin for secretly entering someone else’s home, and he continued hugging her as they spoke.

After Dong Xuebin was cleared in the case, he learned that his relationship with Xie Huilan had become public and agreed to take her to meet his mother. The chapter ended with Xie Huilan joining him to buy gifts before they headed to his family’s home.

• Dong Xuebin returned to the Investment Bureau, confirmed his relationship with Xie Huilan to Luo Haiting, and heard reports from the department heads.
• Dong Xuebin reassured Luan Xiaoping about the case, then admitted he was dating Xie Huilan when his mother asked.
• Luan Xiaoping insisted that Dong Xuebin bring Xie Huilan to the township for dinner that evening, and he agreed to ask her.
• Dong Xuebin picked Xie Huilan up at the county government building, where she sat beside him in the front seat and made their relationship public.
• Xie Huilan agreed to visit Dong Xuebin’s family and told him to drive them to buy gifts first.