Chapter Summaries

Xie Guobang’s intervention ended Zhen Anguo’s resistance to Dong Xuebin’s transfer, and Dong Xuebin learned that Xie Huilan had helped arrange the support. After completing Ministry of State Security training, Dong Xuebin received his transfer order appointing him deputy bureau chief of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau.

• Xie Guobang called Dong Xuebin to sit beside him at lunch, signaling his displeasure with the way Zhen Anguo had treated him.
• Dong Xuebin called Xie Huilan, who confirmed that she had spoken to her father and said Zhen Anguo would have to approve the transfer.
• Zhen Anguo told Dong Xuebin to attend a Ministry of State Security Party school training program and arranged his place in the class.
• Zhen Anguo approved Dong Xuebin’s transfer after the inspection, and the branch bureau staff congratulated Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin received his Order of Transfer appointing him deputy bureau chief of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau at deputy section level.

After finishing the National Security Party School, Dong Xuebin flew to Lin'an City to visit Qu Yunxuan at the Chicken-Blood Stone mine he had chosen. The mine kept producing valuable stones, and Qu Yunxuan told him their account had grown to over 4.6 million, with more earnings expected before the lease ended.

• Dong Xuebin completed the National Security Party School courses, barely passed the theory exams, and made farewell rounds before leaving the capital.
• Qu Yunxuan oversaw another blast at the mine, where workers found more Chicken-Blood Stone and she sold the rough stone to Sun Boss for 220,000.
• Dong Xuebin called Qu Yunxuan from the airport, then surprised her at the mine after flying directly to Lin'an City.
• Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan reunited and went into the mine to inspect the excavation.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that the mine had yielded more than twenty rough stones and over 4.6 million in proceeds, with about twenty days remaining on the lease.

Dong Xuebin tested the mine’s deeper vein and found almost no Chicken-Blood Stone, so he persuaded Qu Yunxuan to sell back the lease rather than keep mining. He used a new way to activate Back, then negotiated a 700,000-yuan buyout with Old Yezi, leaving Old Yezi to take over the depleted mine.

• Qu Yunxuan asked Dong Xuebin whether they should extend the lease, and he decided to inspect the mine before committing.
• Dong Xuebin staged an oversized blast, saw that the deeper mine held almost no Chicken-Blood Stone, and discovered he could use Back to rewind five minutes in one command.
• Dong Xuebin stopped mining and convinced Qu Yunxuan to sell the lease back to Old Yezi, despite her reluctance to give up the mine.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that Old Yezi had sent local thugs to cause trouble at their mine, angering him.
• Dong Xuebin demanded 700,000 yuan for the lease buyout, and Old Yezi agreed after trying to bargain the price down.

Dong Xuebin took Cui Yundong to Meixie Resort to celebrate their success with the mine, then told her he had been transferred to become deputy director of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau. She initially doubted him but was overjoyed after checking his official documents.

• Dong Xuebin booked a private villa at Meixie Resort and insisted that Cui Yundong enjoy a day of relaxation after their work at the mine.
• Dong Xuebin and Cui Yundong discussed opening an auction company in the Capital City, and he urged her to buy a car with part of their earnings.
• Dong Xuebin treated Cui Yundong to massages, billiards, shopping, and a beauty treatment, then teased her before revealing his career news.
• Dong Xuebin told Cui Yundong that he had been appointed deputy director of the Yantai County Public Security Bureau and showed her his transfer documents.
• Cui Yundong confirmed the appointment was real, embraced Dong Xuebin, and excitedly praised him.

Dong Xuebin arrived in Yantai County to take up his post as a deputy director of the Public Security Bureau and quietly reported in. He met office deputy director Hu Silian, while the bureau chief and other department heads remained away at a meeting.

• Dong Xuebin ate at a meat pie shop and heard the Boss Lady describe protection rackets and alleged police corruption in Yantai County.
• Dong Xuebin reported to the County Party Committee Organization Department, where Deputy Minister Han arranged a car to take him to the county bureau.
• Dong Xuebin arrived at the shabby County Public Security Bureau compound and went inside with his luggage.
• Hu Silian came out to welcome Dong Xuebin and told him the bureau chief and other department heads were away at a meeting.
• Hu Silian led Dong Xuebin to his office as bureau staff greeted him respectfully.

Dong Xuebin visited his mother, Luan Xiaoping, in Huitian Township and saw how poorly his relatives treated her. The chapter ended when his cousin Tang Jin rushed into the courtyard in tears.

• Hu Silian offered Dong Xuebin a ride and a welcome meal, but he declined and went to visit his mother.
• Dong Xuebin called Luan Xiaoping and learned that she was doing chores while his aunt by marriage was at home.
• Luan Xiaoping warned Dong Xuebin to stay away from the local mine thugs, but he dismissed the warning.
• Dong Xuebin greeted his relatives, then grew angry as they belittled him and made Luan Xiaoping handle the household work.
• Tang Jin ran into the house crying, and Dong Xuebin asked who had bullied her.

Tang Jin told her family that thugs had harassed her, and the Huitian Township police station ignored their calls for help. Dong Xuebin confronted station chief Liu Dahai, who realized the household belonged to the new deputy bureau chief and rushed to respond.

• Tang Jin told Dong Xuebin and the family that the mine owner's thugs had harassed her on her way home.
• Second Aunt's husband wanted to confront the thugs, but Dong Xuebin urged the family to call the police, and Grandma backed him.
• Za Xiaoping called the Huitian Township police station twice, but no officers arrived, and the station claimed it was short-staffed.
• Dong Xuebin obtained Liu Dahai's number from Hu Silian, identified himself, and ordered the station chief to come to the Za family home within ten minutes.
• Liu Dahai learned from a subordinate that the family had reported the harassment but the station had ignored it, then Hu Silian told him Dong Xuebin's mother was surnamed Za.
• Liu Dahai ordered officers to respond immediately and hurriedly drove to Dong Xuebin's home.

Dong Xuebin confronted township police director Liu Dahai over the failure to respond to Tang Jin’s report, then had the four hooligans who harassed her arrested. He revealed to his family that he had become deputy director of the county Public Security Bureau, leaving them astonished and proud.

• Dong Xuebin told his family that Liu Dahai was coming and promised Tang Jin he would get justice for her.
• Liu Dahai arrived with officers, apologized to Dong Xuebin, and learned that he was the newly appointed Director Dong.
• Liu Dahai ordered officers to arrest the hooligans who had harassed Tang Jin and stolen crops from the family’s field.
• Tang Jin identified Yellow Hair and the other hooligans, and Dong Xuebin told the police to take them away and handle the case impartially.
• Dong Xuebin told his family that he had become deputy director of the county Public Security Bureau, and Tang Jin celebrated his promotion.

Dong Xuebin celebrated his new deputy bureau chief position with his family, and Za Xiaoping experienced a sudden rise in standing among her relatives. After giving Tang Jin a large gift and agreeing to appease his other relatives, he revealed his savings and antique-business earnings to his mother, leaving her overwhelmed with happiness.

• Dong Xuebin reassured Second Aunt that he remembered her past help, while relatives changed their behavior toward Za Xiaoping after learning about his promotion.
• Aunt, Eldest Aunt, and Grandma insisted that Za Xiaoping rest and offered her clothes instead of letting her do housework.
• Dong Xuebin gave Tang Jin a red envelope containing ten thousand yuan and promised to help her in the future.
• Za Xiaoping urged Dong Xuebin to give Grandma and his uncles gifts, and he bought cigarettes and handed his mother another thousand yuan for them.
• Dong Xuebin told Za Xiaoping that he had earned about five million yuan through antiques and gave her access to a bank card with nearly three hundred thousand yuan on it.

Dong Xuebin said goodbye to his family and reported to the County Public Security Bureau, where he officially took up his post as deputy director. He left his first meetings wary of Hu Yiguo and wondering whether the bureau’s modest welcome banquet reflected disrespect.

• Dong Xuebin spent the night talking with Luan Xiaoping, then declined her offer to return to the county with him because she still had to teach.
• A police officer sent by Liu Dahai drove Dong Xuebin to the County Public Security Bureau.
• Dong Xuebin introduced himself to Liang Chengpeng, Liu Weiye, and Hu Yiguo, forming good first impressions of the first two but sensing Hu’s doubts about him.
• Liang Chengpeng read Dong Xuebin’s Letter of Appointment at a bureau meeting, and Dong delivered his prepared speech before officially assuming the deputy director post.
• Liang Chengpeng, Liu Weiye, Hu Yiguo, and other leaders held Dong Xuebin’s welcome banquet in the bureau’s Small Cafeteria, leaving him disappointed by its modest setting.

Dong Xuebin struggled to gain responsibilities at the County Public Security Bureau while its leaders faced a two-day deadline to catch the hacker attacking the county government website. As Liang Chengpeng worried over the unsolved case, Zhen Anguo advised him to turn to Dong Xuebin, whom he acknowledged as unusually capable.

• Dong Xuebin attended the Director's Office Meeting, where Liang Chengpeng criticized Hu Yiguo for failing to stop repeated attacks on the county government website.
• The hacker altered the County Leaders announcement list, prompting Liang Chengpeng to order Hu Yiguo to solve the case within two days.
• Liang Chengpeng ended the meeting without assigning Dong Xuebin any responsibilities, so Dong Xuebin asked him directly about his work assignment and received only a promise to arrange something later.
• Hu Yiguo and the Cyber Police searched for clues through the afternoon, while pressure mounted on Liang Chengpeng and the bureau to resolve the case.
• Zhen Anguo called Liang Chengpeng to ask about Dong Xuebin, then recommended that Liang seek Dong's help if no one else could solve the case.

Dong Xuebin was appointed leader of a Special Investigation Team tasked with the County Government website attack after Hu Yiguo maneuvered to shift responsibility onto him. Liang Chengpeng refused to revoke the appointment and told Dong to prevent further attacks, leaving him angry and stuck with the case.

• Hu Yiguo told Dong Xuebin that he would recommend giving him a heavier workload, and Dong agreed to follow the leadership's arrangements.
• Dong Xuebin learned he had been named leader of a Special Investigation Team investigating the County Government website attack, while Hu Yiguo was excluded from the team.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Hu Yiguo, who claimed Dong had agreed to the assignment and said Liang Chengpeng had approved it.
• Dong Xuebin appealed to Liang Chengpeng to revoke his appointment, but Liang told him to solve the case or at least prevent another attack on the website.

Dong Xuebin used his ability to foresee events to help the Special Investigation Team catch the hacker before the County Leaders’ deadline. The traced address led to the County Party Committee Family Compound, suggesting the culprit was a leader or a leader’s family member.

• After Hu Yiguo assigned Dong Xuebin to lead the investigation, Qin Yong warned him that the case would be difficult and could damage his career.
• Wang Bo explained that the team could trace the hacker if they knew which website would be attacked, but they could not predict the target.
• After the hacker escaped from an attack on the Public Security Bureau website, Dong Xuebin used his power to return eight minutes and ordered the team to prepare for another attack.
• The hacker attacked the Public Security Bureau website, and the team traced the real address to Building No. 2, Room 303, No. 1 Courtyard, Chunshui Road.
• Dong Xuebin and the county officers realized the address was in the County Party Committee Family Compound, where leaders lived.

Dong Xuebin used Back to erase the Cyber Police’s discovery that the hacker lived in the County Party Committee Family Compound, then privately confronted Xiao Hua and agreed to try to protect him. He left without accepting a gift, and Xiao Hua’s father called to thank him.

• Dong Xuebin used Back to rewind ten minutes so Wang Bo and the Cyber Police would fail to identify the hacker.
• Dong Xuebin went to Xiao Hua’s home and told Xiao Hua and his mother that the bureau had traced the attack to their address.
• Xiao Hua admitted he had attacked the websites for fun, and his mother begged Dong Xuebin to keep the case quiet.
• Dong Xuebin refused the mother’s jade necklace but agreed to do his best to help the family.
• Xiao Hua’s mother called her husband, and Xiao Hua’s father later phoned Dong Xuebin to thank him.

Dong Xuebin claimed credit for ending the hacker attacks and stopped Hu Yiguo from taking credit in the case report. Liang Chengpeng then praised him and assigned him oversight of Huitian Township Police Station, leaving Hu Yiguo furious.

• Dong Xuebin told Liang Chengpeng that he had traced and defeated the hacker, and a final intrusion left a message admitting defeat.
• Dong Xuebin discovered that Hu Yiguo had rewritten the case report to emphasize his own leadership, so he confronted Liang Chengpeng with the investigation team's original report.
• Liang Chengpeng rejected Hu Yiguo's report and chose Dong Xuebin's, then commended Dong Xuebin for resolving the case.
• At a Party committee meeting, Liang Chengpeng assigned Dong Xuebin liaison work with Huitian Township Police Station, which had been under Hu Yiguo's supervision.
• Hu Yiguo objected that Dong Xuebin's hometown was in Huitian Township, but Liang Chengpeng finalized the assignment, and bureau staff congratulated Dong Xuebin.

Dong Xuebin learned about county bureau politics from Qin Yong and searched a local antique shop for a valuable item to anchor Cui Yundong's first auction. He uncovered a Hetian mutton-fat white jade hairpin hidden inside a Guanyin statue and arranged for Xiao Taoer to take it to Cui Yundong.

• Qin Yong treated Dong Xuebin to dinner, shared information about county bureau leaders, and tried to learn whether Dong had powerful connections.
• Cui Yundong told Dong that her auction company needed a valuable main lot, so Dong went looking for antiques in Yantai County.
• Hu Silian and her husband took Dong to Bao Xuan Pavilion, where Dong repeatedly used BACK to inspect broken porcelain but found no treasures.
• When a Guanyin statue fell and broke, Dong saw an ancient jade hairpin hidden inside it, used BACK to restore the scene, and bought the statue for five hundred yuan.
• Dong extracted the Hetian mutton-fat white jade hairpin and told Cui Yundong it could serve as the auction's main lot.
• Dong gave the hairpin to Xiao Taoer, who had come to Yantai County to collect it for Cui Yundong.

Dong Xuebin inspected Huitian Township Police Station, then visited his mother Luan Xiaoping at the township middle school and asked Yu Zhengzhi to transfer her to a county school. Yu refused, and Dong learned Yu was related to Hu Yiguo and was retaliating against him, leaving Dong determined to secure the transfer himself.

• Dong Xuebin drove to Huitian Township Police Station, met its leaders, and familiarized himself with the station and township.
• Dong Xuebin visited Luan Xiaoping at Huitian Township Middle School and decided to seek her transfer to a school in the county seat.
• Luan Xiaoping told Dong Xuebin that Education Bureau Director Yu Zhengzhi had a bad reputation and might have abused Zhou Mei.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Yu Zhengzhi about transferring Luan Xiaoping, but Yu refused and dismissed the request.
• Dong Xuebin called Qin Yong, who explained that Yu Zhengzhi was a distant relative of Hu Yiguo and was likely retaliating for Dong's actions against Hu.
• Dong Xuebin declined Qin Yong's offer to intervene and vowed to arrange Luan Xiaoping's transfer himself.

Dong Xuebin secretly investigated Yu Zhengzhi’s nephew Yu Wei and led a police raid on the gambling game at Yu Family Village. The players had just escaped, leaving Dong Xuebin wondering whether someone had leaked the raid.

• Yu Zhengzhi told Hu Yiguo he would block Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to a county school, and Hu Yiguo approved of his treatment of Dong Xuebin.
• After learning that Yu Zhengzhi’s nephew Yu Wei gambled in Yu Family Village, Dong Xuebin asked police officer Chu Feng to secretly find out where and when he played Mahjong.
• Chu Feng reported that Yu Wei’s group planned to gamble that evening, and Dong Xuebin assembled Liu Dahai and several officers without using police vehicles.
• Dong Xuebin led the officers to a courtyard in Yu Family Village and ordered them to raid the game.
• Dong Xuebin and the officers found an empty room with Mahjong tiles, cold beer, and money left behind, and Liu Dahai suggested someone in the village had warned the players.

Dong Xuebin secured his mother Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to County No. 1 Middle School, making Yu Zhengzhi back down and boosting Dong’s standing at the County Public Security Bureau. After Xie Huilan advised him to focus on solving cases and serving ordinary people, Dong resolved to build a solid foundation through practical work.

• Yu Zhengzhi told Dong Xuebin that Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to County No. 1 Middle School had been approved, and Dong arranged for Yu Wei’s release while imposing a ten-thousand-yuan fine.
• Yu Zhengzhi told Hu Yiguo that he had approved the transfer because he feared Yu Wei would reveal more, while Hu angrily argued that Yu Wei would soon be released anyway.
• Deputy Director Qin Yong, Hu Silian, and other County Public Security Bureau staff followed the dispute and thought more highly of Dong Xuebin after Yu Zhengzhi backed down.
• Dong Xuebin told Luan Xiaoping and her family about the transfer, and Luan agreed to return to her township school to complete the handover paperwork.
• Xie Huilan called Dong Xuebin, heard about his recent conflicts, and advised him to solve cases and do practical work for ordinary people.
• Dong Xuebin accepted Xie Huilan’s advice and resolved to use his authority to build a firm foundation through concrete accomplishments.

Dong Xuebin helped Luan Xiaoping settle into the school dormitory, then intervened when a strong-armed driver tried to take Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian away. The fight revealed that he could use Back in fractions of a minute, leaving him hopeful that he could divide his daily time reversal into many uses.

• Dong Xuebin drove Luan Xiaoping to County No. 1 Middle School, where the principal gave her a faculty dormitory room.
• Dong Xuebin took Luan Xiaoping to her new room, then spotted Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian begging on South Road Small Commodity Street and gave them all the money in his wallet.
• A driver from a wealthy boss tried to force Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian into his car, so Dong Xuebin stepped in and was struck by the driver.
• Dong Xuebin discovered that he could use Back for forty seconds and then for shorter intervals, allowing him to anticipate and defeat the driver.
• Dong Xuebin urged Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to go home and realized that his daily minute of Back might be divided into as many as sixty one-second uses.