Chapter Summaries

Zhang Longjuan told Dong Xuebin she wanted him to father a child for her someday, and he agreed to take responsibility. After they settled the matter, they began their intimate encounter.

• Zhang Longjuan sat on Dong Xuebin’s stomach and explained that she wanted a son, asking him to father a child for her within the next year.
• Dong Xuebin considered her request and agreed to help her have a child whenever she decided she was ready.
• Zhang Longjuan moved onto Dong Xuebin’s thigh and began their intimate encounter.

Dong Xuebin and Zhang Longjuan woke after spending the night together and teased each other in bed. Their playful conversation turned into another intimate encounter, leaving them together and satisfied.

• Dong Xuebin woke first, hugged Zhang Longjuan, and praised her hair and their night together.
• Zhang Longjuan teased Dong Xuebin, shared cigarette smoke with him mouth to mouth, and praised him as the most outstanding young man she had met.
• Dong Xuebin denied having a mother complex and argued that he liked Zhang Longjuan for her charm and personality.
• Dong Xuebin tried to start another round, but Zhang Longjuan grabbed him and made him back down before he pounced on her again.
• Dong Xuebin and Zhang Longjuan continued their playful intimacy for another lengthy round.

Dong Xuebin and Zhang Longjuan spent a leisurely day together before a business emergency forced her to leave for Fu Continent. As she prepared to go, Zhang Longjuan gave Dong Xuebin an intimate parting gift.

• Dong Xuebin washed and styled Zhang Longjuan's hair, then lounged with her in the sun and cooked lunch.
• Zhang Longjuan teased Dong Xuebin when he admired her lips, while he hid his wish to kiss them.
• A call informed Zhang Longjuan that a legal issue had arisen with her investment in Fu Continent, so she booked an afternoon flight.
• Zhang Longjuan packed to leave, and Dong Xuebin kissed her while they waited for her driver.
• Zhang Longjuan told Dong Xuebin to take off his pants and knelt to pleasure him with her mouth.

Dong Xuebin settled into the Courtyard House and went out to meet his curious new neighbors. He left them baffled when he drove away in a battered secondhand Xiali despite living in a courtyard they believed was worth hundreds of millions.

• Dong Xuebin called Zhang Longjuan and several family members and friends to check on them before starting his day.
• Dong Xuebin walked through the hutong and introduced himself to Big Sister Ci and Aunt Zheng as their new neighbor, saying he lived alone.
• Dong Xuebin invited Big Sister Ci and Aunt Zheng to visit his Courtyard House, and they agreed to come by later.
• The neighbors speculated about Dong Xuebin's wealth after hearing he lived alone in a private courtyard and seeing luxury cars nearby.
• Dong Xuebin unlocked a battered secondhand Xiali and drove off, leaving the neighbors astonished.

Dong Xuebin spent the afternoon chatting with neighbors Aunt Zheng and Big Sister Ci, who brought him homemade beef. Their visit was interrupted by a traffic jam caused by three government Audis blocking the alley, and the residents complained that the drivers repeatedly ignored their requests to move.

• Aunt Zheng and Big Sister Ci visited Dong Xuebin, and Aunt Zheng gave him a lunchbox of her husband's stewed beef.
• Dong Xuebin served the women tea, and they admired the spacious Courtyard House as they chatted beneath the Toona sinensis tree.
• Car horns and angry voices drew Dong Xuebin and his neighbors to the gate to investigate the noise.
• Dong Xuebin saw three West District government Audis blocking the alley entrance and preventing cars and residents from passing freely.
• Aunt Zheng and Big Sister Ci explained that officials often parked there during meetings and ignored the neighbors' complaints, while an old man described having to take a long detour.

Dong Xuebin grew fed up with the Audis blocking the alley and the traffic officers’ refusal to act. After learning the cars belonged to district transportation officials, he kicked them to trigger their alarms, leaving the residents and officers stunned.

• Dong Xuebin returned to his courtyard to escape the noise, but after an hour he went back outside and found residents still trapped by the Audis.
• Residents angrily confronted two traffic officers, who stalled instead of towing the cars or bringing their owners over.
• A middle-aged resident revealed that the Audis belonged to district transportation department officials, intensifying the crowd’s anger.
• Dong Xuebin challenged the traffic officers, kicked the rear of one Audi and set off its alarm, then kicked the door of a second Audi.

Dong Xuebin kicked three illegally parked district officials’ cars to summon their owners, then challenged the traffic police for ignoring residents’ complaints. When the drivers arrived and confronted him, the hutong residents and neighbors gathered to protest the repeated noise and obstruction.

• Dong Xuebin kicked three cars blocking the hutong, setting off their alarms and drawing the traffic police’s anger.
• Dong Xuebin accused the traffic police of selectively enforcing the law, while the car owners silenced their alarms from nearby.
• Big Sister Ci and Aunt Zheng urged Dong Xuebin to be careful, but he dismissed their concerns about the officials’ cars.
• Three drivers arrived, and Dong Xuebin admitted kicking the cars and taunted them when they accused him of damaging government vehicles.
• Big Sister Ci, elderly residents, and other neighbors joined Dong Xuebin in condemning the drivers and traffic police, and more than a hundred residents crowded into the hutong.

Dong Xuebin confronted Transportation Department drivers who refused to move their cars after blocking a Houhai alley, while police threatened to arrest him for damaging the vehicles. With the residents furious and the standoff unresolved, Dong Xuebin called Secretary Shen for help.

• More than a hundred residents cursed the drivers and traffic cops as the blocked alley remained jammed.
• Police from Chengxi Branch Bureau arrived, and the lead officer ordered Dong Xuebin arrested after he admitted kicking the cars.
• Aunt Zheng, Big Sister Ci, and other residents shielded Dong Xuebin and challenged the police for ignoring the illegal parking.
• Dong Xuebin called out the officers' refusal to address the blocked road, while the drivers continued refusing to move their cars.
• Dong Xuebin called Secretary Shen and explained that the Transportation Department cars had blocked the alley and that police had done nothing.

Dong Xuebin called Secretary Shen to arrange for tow trucks to remove three Audis blocking the alley. The Municipal Traffic Management Department arrived and began towing the cars despite the drivers’ protests.

• Dong Xuebin asked Secretary Shen to arrange tow trucks and requested that his father not be told.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the standoff and told Big Sister Ci and the neighbors that they would teach the drivers a lesson.
• Seven tow trucks from the Municipal Traffic Management Department arrived with enforcement officers, who said they had been ordered to follow Dong Xuebin’s instructions.
• Dong Xuebin pointed out the three Audis, and the lead enforcement officer ordered them to be towed.
• The officers dragged away the first Audi with its parking brake on, then hooked up the second while the drivers protested and received a fine.

Dong Xuebin watched the Municipal Traffic Management Bureau tow the three illegally parked Audis after the West District drivers and traffic cops tried to interfere. He then demanded that the remaining tow trucks take away the two police cars and the traffic police car as well.

• Lao Wang and Old Sun protested as enforcement officers towed the three Audis, while residents cheered and mocked the drivers.
• Lao Wang called his leader, and two traffic cops tried to persuade the enforcement officers to stop, but Dong Xuebin rebuked them for ignoring the illegal parking and obstructing enforcement.
• The West District police officer leading the group offered a compromise, but the enforcement officer refused to back down because the operation had been arranged by the Top Leader.
• Dong Xuebin called out the police officer for previously claiming that traffic violations were not his responsibility, and the residents joined in criticizing the officers.
• After the Audis were moved to the roadside, Dong Xuebin pointed to the remaining tow trucks and demanded that they tow the two police cars and the traffic police car too.

Dong Xuebin insisted that the police cars blocking the road be towed, arguing that the officers had protected the offenders instead of carrying out their duties. With Captain Liu’s order and the residents’ support, the traffic management staff hauled away all three police vehicles, leaving the officers furious and the conflict unresolved.

• Dong Xuebin argued that the three police cars had worsened the congestion and deserved to be towed because their officers had not properly enforced the law.
• Captain Liu ordered the Municipal Traffic Management Department staff to tow the police cars despite his subordinates’ surprise.
• West District police officers tried to stop the towing, but Dong Xuebin blocked them and warned that he had recorded their badge numbers and the Audi license plates.
• More than a hundred residents surrounded the officers and helped keep them away from the vehicles.
• The tow trucks hauled away all three police cars as the officers shouted in protest and the Audi drivers watched in alarm.

Dong Xuebin insisted that municipal enforcement tow the West District officials’ Audis and three police cars after they blocked the residents’ alley. The officials’ attempt to complain to their superiors backfired when Secretary Xie intervened and ordered them to retrieve their cars and submit self-criticisms.

• The Municipal Traffic Management Bureau’s enforcement officers towed the officials’ Audis and three police cars as residents watched and mocked the stranded officials and officers.
• Director Zheng and Director Zhang arrived, asked the lead enforcement officer to spare their vehicles, and learned that Dong Xuebin was directing the operation.
• Dong Xuebin rejected the officials’ excuses and ordered the enforcement officers to continue towing the vehicles.
• Director Zheng called his superior to complain, but the superior called back and ordered him to pay the fines, retrieve the cars, and have everyone write self-criticisms after Secretary Xie had spoken.
• Director Zheng realized Dong Xuebin was formidable and broke out in a cold sweat.

Dong Xuebin forced the officials and police who had parked in the alley to leave in disgrace after their superiors ordered them back to the bureau. The residents celebrated and visited Dong Xuebin that evening, and he settled into his new neighborhood.

• Director Zheng told his colleagues that their superiors had ordered them back to the bureau to write self-criticisms, leaving them stunned by Dong Xuebin's influence.
• Dong Xuebin warned Director Zheng and the others never to park in the alley again, and they left on foot after their cars had been towed.
• Dong Xuebin sent Secretary Shen photos of the officers' badge numbers and the Audis' license plates, then returned to his Courtyard House as the residents cheered him.
• Dong Xuebin cooked dinner while neighbors retold the towing incident to people who had missed it.
• Neighbors brought fruit and visited Dong Xuebin that evening to thank him and welcome him into the alley.

Dong Xuebin returned to work at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection after his business trip, but his dislike of keeping a low profile grew when another cadre cut him off at the gate. He learned the driver was Yang Zhen, a deputy director in the Eighth Office, and returned to a workplace where most colleagues remained cool toward him.

• Dong Xuebin accepted steamed buns from his neighbor Aunt Zhou and drove back to work, reflecting on how constrained and unhappy he felt keeping a low profile.
• Yang Zhen cut ahead of Dong Xuebin's Xiali at the compound gate, and Dong's car stalled after he braked to avoid a collision.
• A guard pushed Dong Xuebin's car until he could restart it and identified the other driver as Deputy Director Yang Zhen of the Eighth Office's General Affairs Department.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the Second Office, where Han Fei and the other staff greeted him coolly because of his repeated absences and lateness.
• Dong Xuebin reported to Yin Cheng'an and submitted his business-trip report; Yin asked about his child and told him to manage his schedule without worrying about being late when there was no important work.

Bored by his idle work at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Dong Xuebin tried to entertain himself online and then went out for lunch. When he returned, he found a traffic jam and saw colleagues arguing with Yang Zhen, the deputy director who had cut him off that morning.

• Dong Xuebin grew restless in his office because his duties gave him little meaningful work to do.
• He joined an online forum argument and overwhelmed the opposing side with his rhetoric, but quickly felt bored again.
• At noon, Dong Xuebin left to eat at a restaurant, while Han Fei complained about his curt manner to Zhang Dongliang and He Zhou.
• Returning before one o’clock, Dong Xuebin found cars blocking the road inside the compound and recognized Han Fei, He Zhou, and others arguing with Yang Zhen.

Dong Xuebin watched Yang Zhen and the Second Office argue after Yang Zhen scraped Han Fei’s car and blocked the road. As the other drivers took a detour, Dong stayed put and prepared to confront Yang, whose clash with the Second Office had stirred up Dong’s anger.

• Yang Zhen and Han Fei argued over their cars after Yang scraped Han Fei’s side mirror while forcing his Audi through the narrow road.
• He Zhou and Sun Zhaobang backed Han Fei, while Yang blamed her parking and the two groups traded accusations.
• The other drivers avoided getting involved and backed away or drove around, leaving Dong Xuebin alone on the blocked route.
• Dong refused to take another road, moved behind Yang’s Audi, and honked, but Yang ignored him and continued arguing with Han Fei.
• Dong sided with the Second Office and grew angrier at Yang, remembering their earlier clash on the road and deciding he would not keep tolerating Yang’s behavior.

A dispute over Yang Zhen scraping Han Fei’s car escalated as the General Affairs Department and other cadres pressured Han Fei to let it go. Dong Xuebin arrived, reversed his Xiali to build up speed, and rammed it into Yang Zhen’s Audi A4.

• Han Fei demanded an apology from Yang Zhen, but he blamed her for parking illegally as their departments argued downstairs.
• Cadres from other offices urged Han Fei to drop the matter, while Han Fei and the Second Office staff simmered under the pressure.
• Dong Xuebin honked from his Xiali, then reversed away as the crowd recognized him and assumed he was leaving.
• Dong Xuebin stopped, accelerated back toward Yang Zhen’s Audi A4, and crashed into it.

Dong Xuebin rammed Deputy Director Yang Zhen’s Audi to clear a blocked road after the General Affairs Department clashed with the Second Division. He then confronted Yang Zhen and berated the department’s staff, leaving everyone stunned by his combative behavior.

• Dong Xuebin drove his Xiali into the rear of Yang Zhen’s Audi, scattering the nearby General Affairs Department staff.
• Dong Xuebin restarted the Xiali and pushed the damaged Audi several meters out of his way before parking.
• Yang Zhen confronted Dong Xuebin, who blamed him for blocking the road and said he had honked three times.
• Dong Xuebin argued with a General Affairs Department staffer and told the department to stop acting important.
• Han Fei, He Zhou, Sun Zhaobang, and the onlookers were astonished by Dong Xuebin’s sudden aggression.

Dong Xuebin defended the Second Office by deliberately crashing his Xiali into Yang Zhen’s Audi and throwing Yang Zhen’s own arguments back at him. The confrontation escalated when Yang Zhen shoved Dong Xuebin, who kicked him flying in front of the stunned onlookers.

• Dong Xuebin argued that Yang Zhen should accept responsibility for the damage to his Audi, using Yang Zhen’s earlier excuses about Han Fei’s car against him.
• Han Fei and the Second Office staff were moved that Dong Xuebin had stood up for them despite their poor relationship with him.
• He Zhou and Sun Zhaobang tried to claim Dong Xuebin’s crash had been an accident, but Dong Xuebin said he had hit Yang Zhen on purpose.
• Yang Zhen shoved Dong Xuebin twice despite others trying to calm them down.
• Dong Xuebin announced that Yang Zhen had hit him first and kicked him five or six meters away.

Dong Xuebin kicked Yang Zhen into his Audi after Yang Zhen laid hands on him, escalating the dispute between the Second Office and the General Affairs Department. Senior officials stopped the departments from fighting again, and Dong Xuebin left with his staff while Yang Zhen remained furious.

• Dong Xuebin kicked Yang Zhen into his Audi, and the General Affairs Department staff rushed to help their injured director.
• Han Fei, Sun Zhaobang, He Zhou, and Zhang Dongliang backed Dong Xuebin by arguing that Yang Zhen had struck first.
• Yang Zhen accused Dong Xuebin of causing trouble and charged at him again with the General Affairs Department staff.
• Dong Xuebin and the Second Office staff faced Yang Zhen's group until veteran discipline inspection officials intervened and separated them.
• Dong Xuebin told the others he would let the matter go and returned to work with the Second Office staff, leaving Yang Zhen enraged.