Chapter Summaries

Dong Xuebin tested his slower command and realized it accelerated him by slowing time around him, then spent days studying medicine. He learned that Sun Kai had been stabbed while protecting female students and rushed to the hospital.

• Dong Xuebin used slower while brushing his teeth and confirmed on video that he moved at extraordinary speed as time around him slowed.
• Dong Xuebin spent two days reading a medical book and watching its accompanying disc.
• Xie Jing called and arranged for Dong Xuebin to meet Sun Kai and the others for lunch the next day.
• Luan Xiaoping told Dong Xuebin that Sun Kai had been stabbed while rescuing female students from robbers.
• Dong Xuebin hurriedly got dressed and rushed to Heping Street Hospital.

Dong Xuebin rushed to the hospital after learning Sun Kai had been stabbed while protecting students, only to find that Sun Kai’s injuries were critical and the hospital lacked a surgeon capable of saving him. Dong Xuebin used REVERSE to stabilize Sun Kai briefly, but faced a dilemma over whether to use it to heal the fatal wound and reveal his ability.

• Dong Xuebin hurried to Heping Street Hospital and called Xie Jing to tell her Sun Kai had been stabbed and ask her to arrange a transfer.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Sun Kai had been stabbed while shielding his students from several thugs, and the doctor warned that he was unlikely to survive.
• Dong Xuebin entered the Operating Room and spoke with the conscious Sun Kai, who wondered whether he would die and regretted being unable to protect the students better.
• Dong Xuebin used REVERSE on Sun Kai, raising his blood pressure and heart rate enough to improve his condition slightly.
• Dong Xuebin considered using REVERSE to restore Sun Kai’s wound but hesitated because doing so could expose his ability.

Sun Kai’s condition worsened while an inexperienced surgeon struggled to repair his injuries, and Dong Xuebin decided he had to intervene using his unusual abilities. The chapter ended with Dong Xuebin entering the operating room after revealing that he had majored in computer science.

• Sun Kai passed out as the surgeon repeatedly failed to stitch his damaged organs, and the associate chief physician remained hours away.
• Dong Xuebin learned from Xie Jing that Sun Kai’s family had been notified, while she rushed to the hospital in tears.
• Dong Xuebin considered using his abilities to perform the surgery, including slower to take his time and back to correct mistakes.
• The fat nurse announced that Sun Kai might not survive and urged his family to see him.
• Dong Xuebin declared that he would perform the surgery and entered the operating room, startling everyone by saying he had majored in computer science.

Dong Xuebin forced his way into the operating room to take over Sun Kai’s surgery despite having majored in computer science. After using his abilities to stabilize Sun Kai and repeatedly rewinding time to correct his mistakes, he successfully sutured the wound, leaving the medical staff stunned.

• Dong Xuebin revealed that he had majored in computer science, but pushed past the staff and entered the operating room to operate on Sun Kai.
• Sun Kai’s vital signs plunged, and the lead surgeon and assistants could not stop his condition from worsening.
• Dong Xuebin pressed a point on Sun Kai’s abdomen and used Reverse, causing his blood pressure and heart rate to recover.
• Dong Xuebin cleaned the wound and began suturing it while the staff watched in alarm.
• Dong Xuebin used Back repeatedly to correct his stitching mistakes and finally completed the difficult suture, astonishing everyone in the operating room.

Dong Xuebin helped operate on Sun Kai, but the doctors discovered a second stab wound and a broken blade lodged in another organ. As Sun Kai’s family gathered to say goodbye, Dong Xuebin faced the near-impossible task of removing the blade and suturing the wound in seconds.

• Dong Xuebin stabilized Sun Kai’s blood pressure and discovered that a broken blade was lodged in another organ, revealing a second stab wound.
• The doctors warned that removing the blade would cause Sun Kai to bleed to death, while leaving it in place would give him only minutes.
• Sun Kai’s family and Xie Jing arrived and learned that Dong Xuebin, a computer science graduate, was operating on him.
• The family entered the operating room, where the chief surgeon said Sun Kai’s only chance was to remove the blade and suture the wound within seconds.

With Sun Kai dying from a severe wound, Dong Xuebin insisted on operating despite the doctors' warnings and began a desperate attempt to save him. The chapter ended as he threw the surgical supplies into the air and used his newly discovered command to slow them down.

• Sun Kai's family left the operating room after Sun's Mother fainted, leaving Xie Jing and several teachers behind.
• Dong Xuebin asked Xie Jing to trust him and announced that he would operate on Sun Kai.
• The chief surgeon said Sun Kai could have a strong chance of survival if the operation was completed within five seconds.
• As Sun Kai's blood pressure fell, Dong Xuebin ordered the surgical supplies placed on one tray and prepared to operate alone.
• Dong Xuebin flung the supplies into the air and silently commanded them to slow down.

Dong Xuebin used Slower and Back to suture Sun Kai’s organ within a five-second operation. The doctors and nurses saw the wound had been stitched successfully and stared at Dong Xuebin in shock.

• Dong Xuebin slowed time, pulled the blade from Sun Kai’s organ, and began treating the wound.
• Dong Xuebin used Back to correct his crooked first stitch, then rapidly sewed the wound.
• The doctors and nurses watched Dong Xuebin complete the operation in five seconds.
• Dong Xuebin withdrew his hands and announced that he was done.
• The doctors and nurses examined the ugly but successful sutures and stared at Dong Xuebin in disbelief.

Dong Xuebin performed a near-impossible emergency surgery that saved Sun Kai from immediate danger. The lead surgeon told Sun Kai’s family and the gathered teachers and students that Dong, despite studying computer science, had completed the crucial operation in five seconds.

• Dong Xuebin removed the blade, treated the wound, and sutured it in five seconds, causing Sun Kai’s vital signs to rise.
• The lead surgeon and his team finished closing Sun Kai’s incision and completed the remaining treatment.
• Outside the operating room, Sun Kai’s family, teachers, and students anxiously awaited news, fearing he would not survive.
• The lead surgeon announced that Sun Kai had passed out of immediate danger, though he remained in critical condition and needed further treatment.
• The lead surgeon revealed that Dong Xuebin had performed the life-saving surgery, placing seven stitches in one second.

Dong Xuebin woke after sleeping in the operating room and visited Sun Kai, who was recovering from surgery. When Xie Jing’s mother, Xia Yanzhen, arrived, she surprised everyone by supporting Xie Jing’s decision to stay with Sun Kai.

• Dong Xuebin woke in the operating room and learned that Sun Kai had regained consciousness and that reporters were covering his rescue of the students.
• Hospital staff praised Dong Xuebin’s surgery and treated him like a doctor as a nurse led him to Sun Kai’s intensive care room.
• Dong Xuebin reassured Sun Kai and his family, while Xie Jing asked how he had suddenly learned Western medicine.
• The nurse announced that Xia Yanzhen had come to visit, startling Xie Jing and making Sun Kai tense up.
• Xia Yanzhen arrived, allowed Xie Jing to stay beside Sun Kai, and greeted him warmly, surprising the Sun family.

Xia Yanzhen visited the injured Sun Kai, praised his courage, and accepted him as Xie Jing’s boyfriend. The families left the ward after arranging better care for Sun Kai and learning that the criminals had all been caught.

• Xia Yanzhen offered to transfer Sun Kai to a better hospital and apologized for having interfered with his job before.
• Xia Yanzhen praised Sun Kai for protecting his students and offered to help him find a position in the Capital City education system.
• Xia Yanzhen gave Xie Jing and Sun Kai her approval, and Xie Jing hugged her mother in relief.
• Xia Yanzhen apologized to Sun Kai’s parents, while Dong Xuebin tried to take responsibility for arranging Sun Kai’s teaching job.
• The nurse asked everyone to leave while Sun Kai was examined, and Xie Jing said Sun Kai could not compare with her brother-in-law, Dong Xuebin.
• Xia Yanzhen asked Dong Xuebin about performing Sun Kai’s surgery and said his feats no longer surprised her.

After Sun Kai survived surgery, Dong Xuebin stayed at the hospital while his family and colleagues argued with Jingcheng Daily reporters who criticized Sun's past teaching methods. Dong recognized the reporters from a newspaper he had once smashed up, and his reputation drove them away.

• Dong Xuebin urged Sun Kai's exhausted family to rest and promised to stay nearby in case Sun Kai's condition worsened.
• Dong Xuebin and the others found Sun Kai's teachers and students confronting Jingcheng Daily reporters over their questions about Sun's past discipline of students.
• Xia Yanzhen asked the reporters to leave, but they insisted they needed to investigate Sun Kai more thoroughly.
• Dong Xuebin offered to answer the reporters' questions, and the reporters recognized him and retreated after he ordered them to leave.
• Dong Xuebin told the astonished group that he had smashed up the newspaper before.

Dong Xuebin drove away the newspaper reporters who had come to interview Sun Kai and persuaded the school to let Sun Kai’s students remain in the city until he recovered. The principal recognized Dong Xuebin’s notorious reputation in Lü'an City, while the students and teachers realized he was no ordinary friend of Sun Kai.

• Dong Xuebin told Xie Jing and Xia Yanzhen that he had once smashed up a newspaper office, and the Daily newspaper reporters left rather than risk confronting him.
• Dong Xuebin apologized to Sun Kai’s students for yelling at them and offered to help them stay near the hospital.
• When the principal ordered the students to return home, Dong Xuebin took the phone and said he would have his mother speak to him.
• Dong Xuebin called Luan Xiaoping, who agreed to contact the principal, and he told the teachers and students they could stay a few more days.
• The principal called Teacher Zheng back, allowing the students to stay and promising to provide funds for their care.
• After a call from the Mayor's Wife, the principal recognized Dong Xuebin and remembered his infamous Porsche stunt at Lü'an City's Municipal Party Committee Family Compound.

Dong Xuebin stayed in the Capital City to watch over Sun Kai after surgery and told his family and friends that his return would be delayed. He learned that Xu Yan had been promoted and began planning his trip back to Qingxi Province.

• Dong Xuebin sent Sun Kai's exhausted sister and brother-in-law home to rest, then told Xie Huilan that Sun Kai was out of surgery and he would stay in the Capital City to watch over him.
• Dong Xuebin called Qu Yunxuan, Yu Meixia, and Geng Yuehua to say he could not visit them or return as planned.
• A nurse brought Dong Xuebin water, mistaking him for a doctor after he had spent the morning at the hospital.
• Dong Xuebin called Xu Yan and learned that her transfer to Deputy Department Director of the Qingxi Province State Security Department had come through.
• Dong Xuebin congratulated Xu Yan, then decided to book a plane ticket and head back when his affairs allowed.

After Sun Kai recovered enough to be transferred to a hospital room, Dong Xuebin prepared to return to the county. At Han Jing’s request, he visited the ill Zhong Lizhen, who refused treatment and rest, and left the chapter carrying her toward her bedroom.

• Dong Xuebin said goodbye to Sun Kai and his family after Sun Kai’s condition stabilized and he was transferred to the hospital.
• Dong Xuebin called Han Jing and learned that Zhong Lizhen had a cold and fever but refused to go to the hospital.
• Dong Xuebin drove to Zhong Lizhen’s home in the Chinese Academy of Sciences compound and brought medicine for her.
• Dong Xuebin found Zhong Lizhen working among research equipment and documents, and she refused to take medicine or rest.
• Dong Xuebin shut Zhong Lizhen’s keyboard, scooped her up, and carried her toward the bedroom.

Dong Xuebin tried to make Zhong Lizhen stop working and rest after discovering she had a fever. She remained furious and insisted on returning to work, but he kept her in bed and went to get her medicine.

• Dong Xuebin carried Zhong Lizhen into her bedroom and insisted that she rest while he checked her temperature.
• Zhong Lizhen removed her high heels and took her temperature, but Dong Xuebin made her wait five minutes before reading it.
• Zhong Lizhen claimed her temperature was thirty-seven degrees and tried to leave, but Dong Xuebin saw that it was thirty-eight point five.
• Dong Xuebin took Zhong Lizhen's shoes and covered her with the blanket again, threatening to find a rope if she would not stay put.
• Zhong Lizhen struggled briefly, then stopped moving as Dong Xuebin went to get her medicine.

Dong Xuebin cared for feverish Zhong Lizhen at her home, making her take medicine, eat porridge, and rest. While waiting for a computer to start, he accidentally read a private diary entry about himself and hurriedly put it away.

• Dong Xuebin gave Zhong Lizhen fever medicine and cooked her egg drop porridge while Han Jing asked him to look after her.
• Zhong Lizhen wrote down a calculation before eating, and Dong Xuebin took away her writing supplies and insisted she rest.
• Zhong Lizhen went to sleep after Dong Xuebin tucked her in, and he left the bedroom to wait outside.
• Dong Xuebin found Zhong Lizhen's diary in the master bedroom and accidentally read an entry about her increasing masturbation and her thoughts about him.
• Dong Xuebin shut the diary and computer, shocked by what he had read.

Dong Xuebin cared for the recovering Zhong Lizhen and learned that she was planning a remote site for a Chinese Academy of Sciences Experimental Base. Seeing a political opportunity for Zhenshui County, he persuaded her to consider recommending it, though the final decision remained uncertain.

• Dong Xuebin cleaned Zhong Lizhen’s home and washed her clothes while she slept, then checked on her as her fever eased.
• Zhong Lizhen noticed that Dong Xuebin had rearranged her living room and questioned him about entering the Master Bedroom, but he denied going inside.
• A caller asked Zhong Lizhen about the Experimental Base, and she said it needed a confidential, remote site, preferably in the mountains.
• Dong Xuebin proposed Zhenshui County because it was poor, remote, and mountainous, and explained that hosting the base could bring political and economic benefits.
• Zhong Lizhen agreed to ask about recommending Zhenshui County if it met the project’s requirements, while warning that she could not guarantee the outcome.

Dong Xuebin cared for Zhong Lizhen while trying to figure out how to win the Experimental Base project for Zhenshui County and build the achievements he needed for promotion. After treating her fever, he left her home, and Zhong Lizhen promised to update him about the project.

• Dong Xuebin cooked dinner at Zhong Lizhen's home and privately planned how to bring the Experimental Base to Zhenshui County.
• Zhong Lizhen asked Dong Xuebin to treat her fever so she could keep working through the night.
• Dong Xuebin gave Zhong Lizhen medicine, massaged her acupoints, and secretly used Reverse to restore her health.
• Zhong Lizhen's temperature returned to normal, and she thanked Dong Xuebin before he left with the car keys.
• Zhong Lizhen promised to call Dong Xuebin with news about the Experimental Base.

Dong Xuebin returned to Zhenshui County after a month away and reunited with Yao Cui, who had repaired his car. As she brought him up to date over lunch, he learned that county departments were competing for the newly arrived funds, leaving him to face mounting requests.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at the provincial capital airport, where Yao Cui met him and drove him toward Zhenshui County in his repaired Land Rover.
• Dong Xuebin gave Yao Cui emerald-green high heels and brown sunglasses, and she happily tried them on and accepted them.
• Yao Cui told Dong Xuebin that the county's Standing Committee meeting was scheduled for the next morning.
• Over lunch, Yao Cui briefed Dong Xuebin on the county's affairs during his absence and warned that townships and county departments were clamoring for shares of the fifty million in funding.

Dong Xuebin returned to work in Zhenshui County after a month of recovery and found the county overwhelmed by requests for money. He told Chen Xiaomei to keep the Finance Bureau from releasing funds and said he would face anyone who objected.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at the County Party Committee Compound with Yao Cui, surprising cadres who thought his injuries would keep him away much longer.
• Dong Xuebin learned that Meng Rui was out and Jiang Fangfang was at lunch, then settled into his office and reviewed the documents awaiting him.
• Dong Xuebin found dozens of large funding requests from county departments and townships and decided to leave major decisions for the Standing Committee meeting.
• Chen Xiaomei told Dong Xuebin that officials and department leaders had pressured the Finance Bureau for money while it tried to limit disbursements.
• Dong Xuebin instructed Chen Xiaomei to keep holding the funds and told her to send anyone with a problem to him.