Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin confronted villagers who had attacked Jiang Fangfang despite his severe injuries, and used a club to defeat them one by one. The chapter ended with him pinning the leading villager down and forcing him to face the consequences for spitting on Jiang Fangfang.

• The bearded villager swung a club at Dong Xuebin, who seized it and smashed it into the man's mouth and knee.
• Dong Xuebin asked who had spat on Jiang Fangfang and struck down villagers who charged him.
• Dong Xuebin turned the villagers' hoes against them and used a fallen attacker as a shield against their weapons.
• Dong Xuebin fought off the surrounding villagers with his club until only their middle-aged leader remained.
• The leader tried to flee, but Dong Xuebin knocked him down and rammed the club into his mouth.

Dong Xuebin subdued the villagers who had blocked the road and demanded money, then made them clear the tractor and call ambulances. His colleagues were stunned by his fighting ability, while Jiang Fangfang thanked him for stepping in after a villager spat on her.

• Dong Xuebin questioned the injured middle-aged villager, who denied anyone had sent the group and returned the twenty thousand yuan.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the middle-aged villager to move the tractor and call ambulances for the injured villagers.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the Land Rover and asked Jiang Fangfang whether they should leave, but she told him to wait.
• Chen Xiaomei, Zhang Feng, Yan Yizhi, and Lao Wang reacted with shock to Dong Xuebin’s defeat of eighteen people and questioned how he had done it.
• Dong Xuebin said he had once worked in the Public Security Department, and Jiang Fangfang thanked him for defending her.

Dong Xuebin, despite his fractures, subdued nearly twenty villagers who had surrounded Jiang Fangfang’s group and collected road tolls. When officials from both counties arrived, they argued over who had beaten the villagers before learning Dong had taken them down alone, leaving everyone stunned.

• Dong Xuebin got into a car to rest while Jiang Fangfang and the others waited for help.
• Meng Rui, Chu Peng, Yao Cui, and other Zhenshui County officials arrived, found the villagers injured, and confirmed Jiang Fangfang’s group was safe.
• Leng Gang arrived with local police and argued with the Zhenshui County officers over the villagers’ injuries and the late response.
• A villager admitted that the Zhenshui County officers had not beaten them, and Zhang Feng revealed Dong Xuebin had subdued the group in self-defense.
• Jiang Fangfang confirmed Dong had used only his lightly injured right hand, leaving the officials amazed that he had taken on nearly twenty people alone.

After Dong Xuebin defeated the villagers who had extorted and attacked his group, Leng Gang tried to blame him, but the witnesses confirmed the villagers had struck first. Meng Rui and Jiang Fangfang left to demand accountability from the local county, while Dong Xuebin stayed to face Leng Gang.

• Doctors treated the injured villagers and confirmed that none of them was in life-threatening condition.
• The villagers accused Dong Xuebin, but fell silent when he got out of the car and challenged them to repeat their claims.
• Dong Xuebin explained that the villagers had blocked the road, extorted twenty thousand yuan, and attacked his group, while Chen Xiaomei, Yan Yizhi, and Zhang Feng backed up his account.
• Leng Gang criticized Dong Xuebin for injuring the villagers, and Dong Xuebin accused the Police Station of colluding with them and dared Leng Gang to arrest him.
• Meng Rui and Jiang Fangfang left for the county to hold its officials accountable, leaving Dong Xuebin to deal with Leng Gang.

After the clash with the neighboring county, Dong Xuebin learned that Leng Gang had been suspended and Wei Lin had lost his chance at reinstatement. Despite his severe injuries, Dong Xuebin’s arm had begun healing, and he insisted on leaving the hospital, with Jiang Fangfang approving his discharge.

• Little Yao told Dong Xuebin that Leng Gang had been suspended pending investigation and that Wei Lin would not return to his post.
• Dong Xuebin smoked by the hospital window and dismissed the doctors’ warnings when they caught him.
• Pu An and Jian Xiangrong visited Dong Xuebin, who collapsed from pain while trying to greet them.
• The doctors reported that Dong Xuebin’s injuries had not worsened and that his forearm fracture had nearly healed.
• Dong Xuebin insisted on leaving the hospital, and Jiang Fangfang told the doctors to process his discharge.

After Dong Xuebin returned home from the hospital, his injuries left him struggling to manage alone until Jiang Fangfang came to check on him. She helped him use the bathroom and care for himself, leaving their relationship more familiar.

• Medical staff carried Dong Xuebin home from the hospital and left him alone after he refused a nurse’s help.
• Dong Xuebin smoked at home, then struggled to get out of his wheelchair and use the bathroom by himself.
• Jiang Fangfang arrived with groceries because she was worried Dong Xuebin could not care for himself.
• Jiang Fangfang helped Dong Xuebin stand and supported him from behind while he used the toilet.
• Jiang Fangfang helped Dong Xuebin back into his wheelchair, flushed the toilet, and wiped his hands.

Jiang Fangfang cooked dinner for Dong Xuebin, and the two shared food and Moutai while discussing his recent actions and growing trust in each other. Jiang Fangfang admitted that Dong Xuebin looked almost exactly like her late husband and that this resemblance made her want to care for him, leaving their relationship emotionally charged.

• Dong Xuebin turned down Yao Cui’s offer to visit so she would not discover Jiang Fangfang cooking at his home.
• Jiang Fangfang served Dong Xuebin dinner, and they shared Moutai while discussing the county’s funding and his efforts on its behalf.
• Jiang Fangfang asked about Dong Xuebin’s fighting skills and whether Wei Lin had really pushed him from the Finance Bureau building.
• Dong Xuebin confessed that he had deliberately fallen from the third-floor window to pressure the city into returning Zhenshui County’s money.
• Jiang Fangfang showed Dong Xuebin a photograph of her late husband and told him they looked almost exactly alike, which was why she felt compelled to treat him well.

After drinking together, Jiang Fangfang and Dong Xuebin confided in each other about their pasts and relationships. Dong Xuebin later discovered Jiang Fangfang washing his clothes and, through a cracked door, saw her drunkenly touching herself in the bathroom.

• Jiang Fangfang told Dong Xuebin about her late husband and why his reading had helped her fall asleep.
• Dong Xuebin shared details about his family and his relationship with his pregnant wife, and Jiang Fangfang urged him to cherish her.
• Jiang Fangfang helped Dong Xuebin into bed, then stayed behind to clean the dishes and wash his dirty clothes.
• Unable to sleep, Dong Xuebin saw Jiang Fangfang sitting in the bathroom and drunkenly touching herself.

Dong Xuebin accidentally caught Jiang Fangfang masturbating and tried to ease the awkwardness while she calmly explained her loneliness and her reasons for caring for him. The chapter ended with Jiang Fangfang asking him to watch as she continued, leaving Dong Xuebin stunned.

• Dong Xuebin accidentally fell from his wheelchair and startled Jiang Fangfang in the bathroom, where she had been touching herself.
• Jiang Fangfang helped Dong Xuebin back into his wheelchair and cleaned a sticky mark from his arm, while he tried to act as if nothing unusual had happened.
• Jiang Fangfang acknowledged that Dong Xuebin had seen her and said that, as a widow who had been alone for years, she had normal needs.
• Jiang Fangfang told Dong Xuebin that caring for him gave her an emotional anchor and that his resemblance to her late husband sometimes made her mistake him for him.
• Jiang Fangfang asked Dong Xuebin to lie in bed and watch her as she resumed touching herself, leaving him shocked.

Jiang Fangfang asked Dong Xuebin to stay and watch while she relieved her pent-up desire, then took a shower and decided to spend the night at his home. The chapter left Dong Xuebin reading to her as she settled on his living-room sofa.

• Jiang Fangfang asked Dong Xuebin to watch her, and he reluctantly agreed after she promised not to blame him later.
• Jiang Fangfang lowered her stockings and skirt, touched herself, and eventually relaxed after climaxing while Dong Xuebin watched.
• Jiang Fangfang washed her hands and told Dong Xuebin she would borrow a room because she felt weak and the alcohol was affecting her.
• Jiang Fangfang showered and said she would sleep on the living-room sofa, then asked Dong Xuebin to read her a story.
• Dong Xuebin stayed in bed and began reading a magazine aloud to Jiang Fangfang.

Dong Xuebin woke to find Jiang Fangfang asleep at his home after the previous night’s drunken encounter and feared he had offended her. Jiang left after dressing, while Dong Xuebin was left unsure whether she was angry or embarrassed.

• Yao Cui called Dong Xuebin and said she was bringing him breakfast.
• Dong Xuebin discovered Jiang Fangfang asleep on his sofa and remembered what had happened the night before.
• Dong Xuebin covered Jiang Fangfang with a blanket and woke her, then helped her find her clothes.
• Jiang Fangfang asked whether she had gone into Dong Xuebin’s room, and he pretended not to remember.
• Jiang Fangfang left without accepting Dong Xuebin’s invitation to eat breakfast, leaving him worried about their relationship.

Dong Xuebin returned to work despite his fractures, hoping to smooth things over with Jiang Fangfang, but she refused to see him. Meng Rui ordered him to take two months off, leaving Dong Xuebin planning to visit his family during the break.

• Dong Xuebin went to the county compound in his wheelchair, where officials warmly greeted him after his recent achievements.
• Dong Xuebin asked to see Jiang Fangfang, but her secretary Li Xiaona found her inner office locked, and Jiang Fangfang sent him away without meeting him.
• Meng Rui called Dong Xuebin and ordered him to take two months off to recover from his injuries.
• Dong Xuebin accepted the leave and considered visiting Hui Lan, Yun Xuan, and his family in Capital City or Fenzhou City.

Dong Xuebin left Zhenshui County to recuperate at home and flew to Fenzhou City. After landing, he secretly healed some of his injuries and stunned the people nearby by standing up from his wheelchair.

• Dong Xuebin told Little Yao, Li Xiaona, and other officials that he was leaving for home, and asked them to inform County Chief Jiang and Secretary Meng.
• Ma Bin and two Government Office clerks escorted Dong Xuebin to the airport, where he thanked them and gave them cigarettes before passing security.
• Dong Xuebin tried calling Xie Huilan while waiting to board, but she did not answer.
• After arriving in Fenzhou City, Dong Xuebin used REVERSE to heal his right leg and part of his left thigh while leaving other injuries intact.
• Dong Xuebin stood up, folded his wheelchair, and got into a taxi, surprising the driver and nearby bystanders.

Dong Xuebin learned that parents were protesting at Fenzhou Fourth Middle School over a teacher’s abuse of students and went there to see what was happening. Xie Huilan addressed the crowd, but the parents continued demanding compensation despite the harmed students’ families having already reached a settlement.

• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan, learned she was handling an education-system incident, and heard from his taxi driver that parents were protesting at Fourth Middle School.
• Dong Xuebin left the taxi and limped to the school, where he found a crowd demanding an explanation and compensation from city and school officials.
• Dong Xuebin learned from nearby residents that the protesting parents were not the families of the students who had been beaten and were using the incident to seek money.
• Xie Huilan came out to address the crowd, said the teacher had been suspended and the investigation was ongoing, and explained that the affected students’ families had already reached a settlement.
• The parents rejected Xie Huilan’s response and continued demanding compensation for their children’s alleged distress.

Parents stormed Fourth Middle School to demand compensation, trapping Xie Huilan and city officials inside the crowd. When Dong Xuebin saw his pregnant wife surrounded, he entered the school, and the parents fell silent and parted in fear as they recognized him.

• Parents overwhelmed the school guards and ignored Xie Huilan’s calls to calm down, with apparent hired agitators urging them to rush inside.
• The parents broke onto campus and surrounded Xie Huilan, Liao Yimin, and school leaders while police outside called for backup.
• Xie Huilan told the principal to keep students inside and have teachers calm them as the crowd’s standoff with officials continued.
• Dong Xuebin saw Xie Huilan trapped and walked through the gate toward the crowd despite officers trying to stop him.
• Police and parents recognized Dong Xuebin and fell silent, opening a path as he approached.

Dong Xuebin arrived at Fourth Middle School and used his intimidating reputation to disperse the angry parents and detain four men who had been paid to incite them. The chapter ended with new teachers learning why so many people in Fenzhou City feared him.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at Fourth Middle School, where the parents and officials fell silent when they recognized him.
• Dong Xuebin checked that Xie Huilan was unharmed and agreed to coordinate the situation after she cautioned him to stay within limits.
• Dong Xuebin silently watched the crowd until the parents grew uneasy and began leaving.
• Dong Xuebin stopped four suspected instigators, who admitted they had been paid to stir up the parents, and had staff take them away.
• Teacher Sun told the new teachers that Dong Xuebin’s reputation for fearlessness and fighting made him more intimidating than his official rank suggested.

Dong Xuebin returned to Fenzhou City and dispersed the crowd of parents surrounding Xie Huilan at Fourth Middle School. The incident was resolved, and Zhong Zhengwei learned that Dong’s presence had prevented it from escalating.

• Dong Xuebin told the onlookers at Fourth Middle School to disperse, and they left while the officers arrested the hooligans who had stirred up the crowd.
• Dong Xuebin apologized to Liao Yimin and the principal for intervening, then checked that Xie Huilan was all right.
• The lead officer called off reinforcements after learning Dong Xuebin had already settled the situation.
• Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan agreed to meet after work and eat at his mother’s home.
• Zhong Zhengwei’s secretary reported that the crowd had dispersed, and Zhong said Dong Xuebin’s reputation made him a useful deterrent.

Dong Xuebin returned to Lü'an City and reunited with Xie Huilan, Luan Xiaoping, and Yang Zhaode after helping Xie Huilan resolve the Fourth Middle School crisis. He was welcomed home, though his family worried about his injuries and his fearsome reputation.

• Dong Xuebin answered calls from former colleagues and acquaintances who had heard he was back in Lü'an City.
• Xie Huilan drove Dong Xuebin to the Yang family home, where Luan Xiaoping initially ignored him for risking his life again.
• Dong Xuebin coaxed Luan Xiaoping into forgiving him, and she checked on his injuries before the family prepared to eat.
• Dong Xuebin pressed his ear to Xie Huilan's belly and excitedly felt their baby kick.
• Yang Zhaode asked about the Fourth Middle School crisis, and Xie Huilan explained that Dong Xuebin had scared off the gathered parents simply by appearing.

Dong Xuebin reunited with Qu Yunxuan and his family over dinner, doting on his baby daughter while everyone teased him about his injuries and troublemaking. As the group left, Qu Yunxuan invited Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan to stay at her apartment, and they accepted.

• Qu Yunxuan arrived at the Yang family home with Qu Qian, and she worried over Dong Xuebin's injuries.
• Dong Xuebin eagerly held and played with Xiao Qianqian while Xie Huilan and Luan Xiaoping warned him to be careful.
• At dinner, Qu Yunxuan discussed her busy television work and Yang Zhaode mentioned that the Provincial Television Station had tried to recruit her.
• Dong Xuebin kept playing with Xiao Qianqian until she cried from tiredness, and Luan Xiaoping soothed her to sleep.
• Qu Yunxuan invited Dong Xuebin and Xie Huilan to stay at her television-station apartment, and they agreed.

Dong Xuebin, Xie Huilan, and Qu Yunxuan arrived at Qu Yunxuan’s apartment, where Xie Huilan and Qu Yunxuan bickered over how to care for him. After Xie Huilan went to shower, Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan became intimate, and the chapter ended with her carefully lowering herself onto him because of his injuries.

• Dong Xuebin, Xie Huilan, and Qu Yunxuan entered Qu Yunxuan’s apartment and discussed its comforts compared with Zhenshui County.
• Qu Yunxuan urged Dong Xuebin to transfer back, while Xie Huilan said hardship would help him, and the two women bickered.
• Xie Huilan and Qu Yunxuan agreed to share the bedroom while Dong Xuebin took the sofa, but Dong Xuebin insisted he could manage despite his injuries.
• After Xie Huilan went to shower, Dong Xuebin pulled Qu Yunxuan into the bedroom and persuaded her to become intimate with him.
• When Dong Xuebin’s wounds hurt as they moved, Qu Yunxuan supported him and carefully lowered herself onto him.