Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin’s intimacy with Qu Yunxuan was interrupted when Xie Huilan walked in, and his attempt to get out of bed reopened his leg wound. After Qu Yunxuan and Xie Huilan treated him, Xie Huilan later gave in to his advances despite his injury.

• Qu Yunxuan indulged Dong Xuebin in bed until Xie Huilan opened the bedroom door and caught them together.
• Qu Yunxuan and Xie Huilan argued briefly over the intimacy, but Dong Xuebin fell from the bed while trying to follow Xie Huilan, reopening his leg wound.
• Qu Yunxuan fetched medicine while Xie Huilan stopped the bleeding, and the two women bandaged Dong Xuebin and helped him rest.
• That night, Dong Xuebin touched Xie Huilan and asked to be intimate; she initially reminded him that she was pregnant and he was injured.
• Xie Huilan agreed to reward Dong Xuebin for helping her at the school, and she climbed onto his lap.

Dong Xuebin spent the morning with Qu Yunxuan, then tried to meet several women after she left, but they were all unavailable. He visited Xu Yan at the State Security Bureau, where his notorious reputation drew attention, and Xu Yan explained why people still reacted to him with shock.

• Dong Xuebin tricked Qu Yunxuan into staying in bed with him, and she eventually gave in before preparing breakfast and leaving for work.
• Dong Xuebin called Geng Yuehua and learned she was away on business, then called Yu Meixia and found out she was traveling with her parents and Qian Qian.
• Dong Xuebin called Xu Yan, who invited him to her office at the State Security Bureau.
• Dong Xuebin registered at the State Security compound, startling the guard when he saw his name.
• Dong Xuebin met Xu Yan in her office, and she told him his past feats had made him famous across Fenzhou City.

Dong Xuebin visited Xu Yan's office, told her about his recent troubles and injuries, and the two became intimate while they were alone. The chapter ended after their encounter in the office.

• Dong Xuebin complained to Xu Yan about how others treated him, then explained how he had been injured after falling from a building.
• Xu Yan invited Dong Xuebin to stay while she finished reviewing documents and assured him that nobody would interrupt them.
• Dong Xuebin locked the office door, kissed Xu Yan, and she cleared space on her desk.
• Dong Xuebin and Xu Yan had sex around the office despite his injuries, and the chapter ended with them breathing heavily.

Dong Xuebin rested with Xu Yan after they had sex in her office, then talked with her about his dangerous trip to America and Zhang Longjuan’s help. A call from Zhang Longjuan left Xu Yan worried that something had happened to her.

• Dong Xuebin and Xu Yan dressed and cleaned up after having sex in Xu Yan’s office, then Xu Yan let him rest on her lap.
• Xu Yan asked Dong Xuebin about his trip to America to rescue a scientist, and he acknowledged that things had gone wrong.
• Dong Xuebin asked Xu Yan to thank Zhang Longjuan for helping him, and Xu Yan said Zhang was a longtime friend with a flamboyant personality.
• Zhang Longjuan called Xu Yan, who urged her to leave wherever she was and return to America.
• After Zhang Longjuan’s call disconnected and Xu Yan could not reach her again, Xu Yan told Dong Xuebin that something might have happened to Zhang Longjuan.

After learning Zhang Longjuan had received a threatening letter in Hong Kong, Dong Xuebin grew worried when Xu Yan could not reach her. He told his family he was returning to the Capital City for medical care, but secretly asked Tan Limei to arrange a travel permit and plane ticket to Hong Kong.

• Xu Yan told Dong Xuebin that Zhang Longjuan was on a confidential National Security mission in Hong Kong and had been threatened by people demanding tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
• Xu Yan searched for Zhang Longjuan and tried to contact her, but could not learn where she was staying or reach her phone.
• Dong Xuebin waited for news, then called Xu Yan and learned Zhang Longjuan was still unreachable.
• Dong Xuebin told Xie Huilan, Luan Xiaoping, and Qu Yunxuan that he was returning to the Capital City for medical treatment.
• Dong Xuebin called Tan Limei and asked her to arrange a travel permit and an urgent flight to Hong Kong without telling Xu Yan.

Dong Xuebin secretly flew from Capital City to find Zhang Longjuan, whom he feared was in trouble. He reached an unfamiliar city near the airport and headed toward her hotel despite his injuries.

• Dong Xuebin reunited at Capital Airport with Sun Zhuang and Tan Limei, his old colleagues, who gave him the travel arrangements they had secured.
• Dong Xuebin refused to take money from Tan Limei and Sun Zhuang, asked them to keep his departure secret, and hurried through security for the last flight.
• Dong Xuebin boarded the plane with difficulty because of his injuries and tried calling Zhang Longjuan, but her phone was off.
• After landing shortly before one in the morning, Dong Xuebin asked for directions and limped toward the hotel.
• Dong Xuebin reflected that he had told Hui Lan, Mom, Xu Yan, and the others he was returning to Capital City for treatment, but had traveled to help Zhang Longjuan out of gratitude.

Dong Xuebin found Zhang Longjuan at the Yonghai Hotel and used his time-rewinding and time-stopping abilities to enter her suite unseen. He discovered that she was working with State Security agents Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei on a secret mission, and the chapter ended with the sisters aiming their guns at him while Zhang Longjuan warned him not to make a move.

• Dong Xuebin tricked the hotel receptionist into revealing Zhang Longjuan's room number, then rewound time to leave without being caught.
• Dong Xuebin went to the twelfth floor and rang the bell at Zhang Longjuan's suite.
• Shen Xiaomei checked the corridor, found no one, and returned to Zhang Longjuan and Shen Xiaoyan.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei discussed protecting Zhang Longjuan, who was helping them carry out a secret State Security mission.
• Dong Xuebin emerged from the bathroom after using Stop to enter the suite unseen and overheard their conversation.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei drew their guns on Dong Xuebin, and Zhang Longjuan recognized him and told him not to make a move.

Dong Xuebin confronted Zhang Longjuan and her armed bodyguards, then insisted on staying in Hong Kong to protect her despite his injuries. Zhang Longjuan accepted, leaving the Twin Sisters unhappy about having to account for him while preparing for their mission.

• Shen Xiaomei and Shen Xiaoyan kept their guns trained on Dong Xuebin until Zhang Longjuan ordered them to stand down.
• Dong Xuebin told Zhang Longjuan he had come to take her home, but she refused because she was cooperating with National Security and had business to handle in Hong Kong.
• Dong Xuebin insisted he would stay if Zhang Longjuan stayed, so she booked him a room on the same floor.
• After Dong Xuebin left, Zhang Longjuan told the Twin Sisters she wanted him to join them, and they objected that his injuries would make him a liability.
• Zhang Longjuan overruled the Twin Sisters and settled the matter, while Shen Xiaoyan warned that they could not guarantee Dong Xuebin's safety.

Dong Xuebin recovered from his injuries in Hong Kong and joined Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters for breakfast in her hotel suite. Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei agreed to let him stay with them for the next two days, though they warned that they would prioritize Zhang Longjuan if danger arose.

• Dong Xuebin called his family and friends, telling them harmless lies about his recovery and plans to stay in the Capital City.
• Zhang Longjuan invited Dong Xuebin to her suite for breakfast, where she doted on him while he felt self-conscious under the Twin Sisters' watchful eyes.
• Shen Xiaoyan told Dong Xuebin that he could stay with them for the next two days and reminded him to keep their identities secret.
• Shen Xiaomei warned Dong Xuebin that she and Shen Xiaoyan might not protect him if trouble arose because Zhang Longjuan would come first.
• Dong Xuebin agreed not to cause trouble and kept quiet about his abilities as he continued eating.

Zhang Longjuan received an extortion call demanding two million US dollars and threatening to ruin her reputation. She refused to pay, and the chapter ended with Dong Xuebin reassuring her that he could handle the attackers despite his plastered arm.

• Shen Xiaomei answered the hotel phone and put the caller on speaker at Shen Xiaoyan's signal.
• The caller demanded two million US dollars before noon and threatened to disgrace Zhang Longjuan if she refused.
• Zhang Longjuan rejected the demand and suspected the people behind it might be old gambling rivals from Macau.
• Shen Xiaoyan asked about investigating, changing hotels, contacting police, and requesting reinforcements, but Zhang Longjuan dismissed those options as risky or futile.
• Zhang Longjuan looked to Dong Xuebin, who nodded that he was ready to face the attackers despite his injured arm.

Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters went out to handle a State Security assignment while Dong Xuebin followed, and they discovered they were being watched. After Zhang refused a demand for two million dollars, their Mercedes was trapped between a van and a truck, and Dong Xuebin took the wheel as the truck charged toward them.

• Dong Xuebin followed Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters from the hotel, where Shen Xiaoyan spotted watchers and Shen Xiaomei checked their rental car for danger.
• Shen Xiaoyan completed her business while Zhang Longjuan and the others drove around to shake the vans following them, then picked her up at another location.
• A caller demanded two million dollars from Zhang Longjuan in exchange for her people, and a van and truck boxed in their Mercedes.
• Shen Xiaomei failed to find a way out, so Shen Xiaoyan planned to lead Zhang Longjuan and Dong Xuebin away while she held off their attackers.
• Zhang Longjuan ordered Shen Xiaomei to let Dong Xuebin drive, and he accelerated the Mercedes straight toward the oncoming truck.

Dong Xuebin used the Mercedes to bluff two pursuing vehicles into swerving off the road. After escaping the truck, he turned back and chased the business van away, leaving its passengers shaken.

• Dong Xuebin drove the Mercedes straight at the truck while smoking, despite Shen Xiaomei and Shen Xiaoyan urging him to stop.
• The truck driver swerved to avoid a collision, overturned down a roadside slope, and left the Mercedes unharmed.
• Dong Xuebin reassured the shaken passengers, then turned the Mercedes around and drove toward the business van.
• The business van tried to reverse away from the Mercedes but slid down a dirt slope, jolting its occupants.
• Dong Xuebin drove off after stopping to face the van, leaving its passengers stunned.

At a hotel suite, Dong Xuebin’s wounds reopened after he drove Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters to safety. As Shen Xiaomei went to buy medical supplies, Shen Xiaoyan learned that Dong Xuebin was a civil servant and struggled to reconcile that with his daring actions.

• Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters moved to a hotel suite to avoid attention after their car was damaged and they escaped their pursuers.
• Dong Xuebin’s wounds began bleeding through his clothes, and Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters discovered how badly he was injured.
• Shen Xiaomei helped Dong Xuebin remove his shirt, then left to buy medicine, needles, and thread while Shen Xiaoyan and Zhang Longjuan tried to stop the bleeding.
• Dong Xuebin told Shen Xiaoyan that he was a civil servant, leaving her astonished by his courage.

A gang kidnapped Shen Xiaomei and demanded that Zhang Longjuan come to a remote warehouse with ransom money. With reinforcements too far away and Dong Xuebin wounded, Zhang Longjuan and Shen Xiaoyan set out to rescue her, leaving their options uncertain.

• On a yacht, the Sixth Master learned that Zhang Longjuan and her group had escaped and ordered his men to keep watching them.
• When Shen Xiaomei failed to return from buying medical supplies, Shen Xiaoyan realized something had happened to her and received a call confirming she had been captured.
• Shen Xiaomei signaled that her captors had twenty people and five guns, while the Sixth Master's men demanded Zhang Longjuan arrive at a warehouse with ransom money.
• Shen Xiaoyan learned that reinforcements would take at least a day, so Dong Xuebin insisted on going to save Shen Xiaomei despite his reopened wound.
• Zhang Longjuan took two million US dollars from a safe, secured an extension to the deadline, and drove with Shen Xiaoyan and Dong Xuebin toward the warehouse.

Zhang Longjuan, Shen Xiaoyan, and Dong Xuebin brought the ransom to rescue Shen Xiaomei, but the kidnappers took the money and trapped them on Sixth Master’s orders. As the gang focused on the women, Dong Xuebin moved to retrieve Shen Xiaoyan’s discarded gun.

• Zhang Longjuan rejected calling the police and went with Shen Xiaoyan and the injured Dong Xuebin to the warehouse meeting place.
• The kidnappers demanded that Shen Xiaoyan surrender her weapons, and Dong Xuebin showed them he carried none.
• The gang brought out the bound Shen Xiaomei, inspected the two million US Dollars, and exchanged her for the suitcase.
• The kidnappers raised their guns again and blocked the group’s escape with the overturned truck driver’s vehicle.
• Sixth Master ordered the gang to keep everyone there, and the leader refused Zhang Longjuan’s offer to stay behind alone.
• As the women faced the gang, Dong Xuebin limped toward the gun Shen Xiaoyan had dropped.

Dong Xuebin was struck by Little Hu’s truck and appeared dead, leaving Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters to face the armed gang alone. After the sisters were overwhelmed, Dong Xuebin rose from the pool of blood and confronted the men.

• Little Hu drove the truck into Dong Xuebin, who was sent flying and lay motionless in a pool of blood.
• The leader called Sixth Master, who ordered his men to restrain Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters and disregard Dong Xuebin’s body.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei fought off several attackers but were overwhelmed by the gang’s numbers and weapons.
• The gang subdued the injured Shen sisters and prepared to take Zhang Longjuan, while the sisters could no longer escape.
• Dong Xuebin got to his feet, reset his dislocated arm, and challenged the gang for trying to tie everyone up.

After surviving a truck collision, Dong Xuebin faced the armed men who had taken Zhang Longjuan and the Shen sisters captive, hiding his abilities while approaching them despite his injuries. Zhang Longjuan trusted him to handle the attackers, and Little Hu stepped forward to restrain him.

• Dong Xuebin crawled out of the dirt after the truck hit him, reset his crooked leg, and faced the stunned attackers.
• Dong Xuebin smoked a blood-stained cigarette and taunted the leader and his twenty men instead of running away.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei considered breaking free to help Dong Xuebin, but Zhang Longjuan stopped them and said he could defeat the attackers even while injured.
• The armed men mocked Dong Xuebin as he slowly approached, and Little Hu volunteered to deal with him.
• The leader ordered Little Hu to restrain Dong Xuebin without killing him, warning him not to cause trouble for Sixth Master.

Dong Xuebin attacked Little Hu and then advanced through gunfire, dodging the bullets with uncanny precision. Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei realized that Zhang Longjuan had been right about his extraordinary ability.

• Little Hu approached Dong Xuebin and punched him, but Dong Xuebin grabbed him and gouged out his eyes.
• Dong Xuebin continued toward the gang as the leading man ordered everyone to attack him.
• The Twin Sisters warned Dong Xuebin about the guns, but he kept walking as the first shots missed.
• Dong Xuebin dodged several more bullets by reading their trajectories and moving at the last moment.
• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei watched in disbelief as Dong Xuebin repeatedly evaded the gunfire.

Dong Xuebin continued evading gunfire despite his severe injuries, astonishing Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei. When two punks attacked him with a rod and a dagger, he brought them down without anyone seeing how, leaving the remaining attackers facing him.

• Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei marveled at Dong Xuebin's ability to dodge bullets but worried that his real injuries would prevent him from surviving close combat.
• The punks stopped shooting after repeatedly missing and sent more than a dozen men to charge Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin nodded to Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters as two attackers rushed him with an Iron Rod and a dagger.
• Dong Xuebin walked past the two attackers, who collapsed unconscious with severe injuries, though no one saw him strike them.

Dong Xuebin kept fighting the thugs despite his severe injuries, taking down wave after wave while refusing to abandon Zhang Longjuan and the Twin Sisters. After the gang surrounded him and struck his head and body, they assumed he was dead, but one thug discovered Dong Xuebin had grabbed his rod.

• Dong Xuebin defeated three more thugs with quick counterattacks, leaving the gang shaken by his skill.
• The leader ordered ten men to attack Dong Xuebin together, while the Twin Sisters urged him to escape without them.
• Dong Xuebin refused to leave his friends and let the attackers surround and strike him with their weapons.
• The thugs believed Dong Xuebin was dead and began pulling their weapons away as Zhang Longjuan insisted he would survive.
• A thug found that he could not retrieve his rod because Dong Xuebin was gripping it tightly.