Chapter Summaries

Luo Qiu and the others heard the White Jade’s old treasure legend over dinner, while Qian Guoliang searched the ship’s engine room for something. He caught a masked intruder, and the two began fighting as crewmen approached.

• Ma Houde told Luo Qiu, Ren Ziling, Lizi, and the others the White Jade legend about a hidden treasure, then explained that it had been a publicity stunt.
• Ren Ziling kept urging Ma Houde to eat oysters, while Lizi imagined treasure hunters battling aboard the ship.
• Qian Guoliang sneaked into the engine room, checked his notebook, and concluded that the data there did not match what he was seeking.
• Qian Guoliang chased a masked man through the engine room and cornered him at a locked door.
• The masked man claimed he had gotten lost, but he blocked Qian Guoliang’s sudden attack and fought back.
• A crewman shouted as the two continued grappling in the engine room.

Qian Guoliang and the masked thief Fei Ying discovered they each possessed a key to the White Jade’s rumored treasure and agreed to search for it together. Meanwhile, Boss Luo and You Ye watched the Old Captain walk away from a documentary shoot, leaving Deputy Captain Mu to handle the frustrated crew.

• Qian Guoliang and the masked man stopped fighting after a crewman searched the engine room, then agreed to talk on the stern deck.
• Fei Ying revealed that he had the White Jade’s original design blueprint, while Qian Guoliang showed him a protractor that could decipher it.
• Qian Guoliang and Fei Ying introduced themselves and agreed to cooperate in uncovering the White Jade’s thirty-year-old secret.
• Boss Luo and You Ye watched a television crew interview the Old Captain and learned the documentary covered the White Jade’s final voyage and the Old Captain’s retirement.
• The Old Captain left the interview, and Deputy Captain Mu promised the director they would continue filming the next day before following his father.

Mu Enli and Mu Qinghai argued over filming a documentary about the White Jade, and Mu Enli collapsed after suffering a severe heart attack. He awoke feeling vigorous and returned to his duties, leaving the cause of his recovery unclear.

• Mu Enli had raised the abandoned Mu Qinghai aboard the White Jade, where Mu Qinghai later became vice-captain.
• Mu Qinghai confronted Mu Enli about refusing to participate in the company’s documentary, and Mu Enli accused him of using his father to advance his career.
• Mu Qinghai left after insisting that Mu Enli follow the company’s orders, and Mu Enli collapsed with severe heart pain.
• A calm voice warned Mu Enli that taking more medicine could kill him, and Mu Enli begged for time to finish the White Jade’s final voyage before losing consciousness.
• A young crewman woke Mu Enli, who found himself healthy, put on his captain’s hat, and ordered the crewman back to work.

Mu Enli hid his renewed vigor and avoided his son’s attempt to get him checked by a doctor, while Qian Guoliang drugged Fei Ying and went alone to investigate the ship. The next morning, Ren Ziling found Luo Qiu and You Ye had slept quietly, while Mrs. Ma’s embarrassment hinted at a very different night for her and Ma Houde.

• Mu Enli checked his pocket watch beside his bed, then concealed his actions when Mu Qinghai came to ask about his collapse.
• Mu Enli dismissed Mu Qinghai’s worries and went to sleep clutching his pocket watch.
• Qian Guoliang compared blueprints with Fei Ying, then used a hidden knockout substance to incapacitate him and took the plans and protractor.
• Qian Guoliang tied up Fei Ying, searched him, and headed alone deeper into the White Jade.
• Ren Ziling entered Luo Qiu’s room and learned from You Ye that they had gone to bed early and done nothing else.
• Ren Ziling found Mrs. Ma radiant and learned that Ma Houde had spent the night with her after suddenly regaining his vigor.

During a documentary interview aboard the White Jade, Captain Mu Enli was interrupted by the discovery of a murdered passenger. Ma Houde began investigating the death of Qian Guoliang while Ren Ziling set off on her own.

• Director asked Captain Mu Enli what stood out from his thirty years sailing with the White Jade, and Mu Enli gazed silently at the horizon.
• Ma Houde struggled onto the deck, where Luo Qiu offered him a cocktail, and Ren Ziling teased him over breakfast.
• A woman screamed after finding Qian Guoliang collapse on deck with a fruit knife in his chest, and Ma Houde confirmed that he was dead.
• The ship's doctor described the wound, and Ma Houde found a business card identifying the victim as engineer Qian Guoliang.
• Ma Houde ordered the area secured, requested a search for bloodstains, and asked Captain Mu Enli to check passenger records and surveillance footage.
• Ma Houde told Ren Ziling to stay out of the investigation, but after he left, she set off to watch the surveillance footage and realized Luo Qiu and You Ye were already gone.

Ma Houde and Mu Enli investigated how the mortally wounded Qian Guoliang appeared on the ship’s surveillance footage, while Ren Ziling and Lizi examined where his bloody trail vanished. Ma Houde learned that the real Qian Guoliang was alive in Australia, leaving the identity of the dead man—and the bound Fei Ying in Qian Guoliang’s room—in question.

• Ma Houde found no footage of Qian Guoliang before he appeared in the corridor and considered whether someone had avoided the cameras.
• Ren Ziling and Lizi followed the bloody handprints to a corridor corner, then suspected the trail continued through the ceiling.
• Ma Houde and the crew found Fei Ying tied to a chair in Qian Guoliang’s room and woke him.
• Lin Feng told Ma Houde that Qian Guoliang was alive in Australia, prompting Ma Houde to look at the bound Fei Ying.

After a murder aboard the cruise ship, Luo Qiu comforted Mrs. Ma, who offered him her support and agreed to keep his private matter secret. Meanwhile, Ma Houde questioned Fei Ying about Qian Guoliang’s death, and Ren Ziling and Lizi climbed into the ceiling after a suspicious woman watched them.

• Mrs. Ma recovered from her fright and told Luo Qiu she considered him family and would support him, while agreeing to keep his secret from the others.
• Ma Houde questioned Fei Ying, and crew members found stolen valuables in his room and footage showing him entering Qian Guoliang’s room before Qian never emerged.
• Fei Ying insisted he was innocent, but Ma Houde ordered crew members to take him to see Qian Guoliang’s body.
• Ren Ziling struggled to climb into the corridor ceiling with Lizi’s help, while a woman in sunglasses and a headscarf watched them and then walked away.

Luo Qiu and You Ye investigated Qian Guoliang’s death aboard the White Jade, while Ma Houde questioned Fei Ying about their connection and the ship’s treasure. The murderer and missing treasure clues remained unresolved as Mu Qinghai went to inspect the surveillance room.

• You Ye found that Qian Guoliang had been stabbed and poisoned with pufferfish toxin, while Luo Qiu noted the suspicious bloodied handprints and a locked utility room.
• Luo Qiu and You Ye reasoned that Qian Guoliang and Fei Ying had sought the White Jade’s treasure, and that someone else might have taken the missing blueprint and protractor.
• Ma Houde handcuffed Fei Ying to himself and learned that Fei Ying had partnered with Qian Guoliang to find the treasure before Qian Guoliang knocked him unconscious and stole his blueprint.
• Fei Ying offered to split the treasure with Ma Houde, but Ma Houde refused and ordered him to help find the murderer.
• Mu Qinghai learned that Ma Houde had checked the surveillance footage and went to inspect the surveillance room himself.

Ma Houde brought Lin Feng and forensic technician Xiao Bao aboard the White Jade to investigate the murder before the ship docked. Meanwhile, Ren Ziling and Lizi stumbled into a men’s bathhouse and overheard crewmen discussing a brief power outage that may be relevant to the case.

• Ma Houde introduced Fei Ying as a suspect while Lin Feng and Xiao Bao arrived by helicopter to help investigate the murder.
• Xiao Bao went to examine the victim, and Ma Houde and Lin Feng returned to the scene to search for clues before the White Jade docked.
• Ren Ziling and Lizi crawled through a ceiling passage, caught a rat, and fell through the ceiling into a men’s bathhouse.
• Ren Ziling and Lizi hid in the changing room and overheard two crewmen say the central control room had lost power for about ten minutes after four in the morning.

Luo Qiu and You Ye learned that the ship’s pufferfish stock was missing one fish while bringing food to Ma Houde and Lin Feng. Fei Ying uncovered that the bloody palm prints came from two different people, leaving the investigation with a new clue.

• Luo Qiu asked about pufferfish at the restaurant, and the waiter explained that the chef was injured and the captain had visited yesterday without getting any.
• A young chef told the older chef that one pufferfish was missing from the freezer, and Luo Qiu and You Ye ordered sushi to take away.
• Luo Qiu brought the sushi to Ma Houde and Lin Feng as they investigated the unexplained bloody palm prints with Fei Ying in custody.
• Fei Ying deduced that Qian Guoliang appeared in a camera blind spot and showed that the palm prints belonged to two different people.
• Ma Houde handed Fei Ying an empty sushi box as a reward, and Fei Ying accidentally choked on the leftover wasabi.

Xiao Bao’s forensic findings left the murder’s details uncertain, while Ren Ziling and Lizi uncovered a control-room power outage and a suspicious woman evaded pursuit. Fei Ying escaped custody, and someone studying a blueprint in the engine room appeared to locate something.

• Xiao Bao reported that Qian Guoliang’s chest wound had likely been inflicted by two thrusts, that the victim had also been poisoned, and that DNA testing would take until the next day.
• Lin Feng searched the locked storage room and found no footprints or evidence that Qian Guoliang had emerged from it.
• Fei Ying harassed a woman, stole her hair clip, and later escaped after his guard was distracted by a listening bug beneath the restaurant table.
• Ren Ziling told Ma Houde that the control room had suffered a brief power outage after four o’clock and that Vice Captain Mu Qinghai had been on duty.
• Lizi recognized a woman who had watched them from outside; Ma Houde and Lin Feng pursued her but lost her, then discovered the bug she had planted.
• A person in the engine room moved a protractor across a blueprint and wondered whether a location had been found.

Luo Qiu and You Ye accepted a room card planted by a mysterious woman while Officer Ma’s team failed to catch Fei Ying. After learning Fei Ying claimed a treasure was hidden aboard the White Jade, Ma Houde questioned Captain Mu Enli, who began recounting the old story.

• The mysterious woman gave Luo Qiu a room card and asked him to turn it in, while You Ye recognized that she had deliberately planted it.
• Officer Ma, Lin Feng, and Officer Alai returned to the restaurant after Fei Ying escaped, and Aunt Ren laughed at their disheveled appearance.
• Ma Houde told the group that Fei Ying had claimed a treasure was hidden aboard the White Jade, making them suspect the treasure might be connected to the murder case.
• Mu Qinghai confirmed there had been a fifteen-minute power outage in the central control room but said it had not affected the surveillance system or the ship’s navigation.
• After Mu Qinghai left, Ma Houde asked Captain Mu Enli about the White Jade’s treasure, and the captain began telling him what he remembered.

Ma Houde and Ren Ziling learned that Old Captain had invented the White Jade treasure legend to hide an earlier haunting rumor, while the captain’s past revealed his connection to the ship’s history. The company ordered the White Jade to return, but Old Captain secretly kept it on its planned course, and Luo Qiu met the woman calling herself Muzi on the sightseeing deck.

• Old Captain explained that the White Jade’s haunting rumors had driven away workers and tourists, so he invented a treasure story based on the ship’s pirate hijacking to attract people and conceal its past.
• Old Captain told Ma Houde and Ren Ziling that he had served unofficially in the navy, later returned to his homeland, and had remained captain of the White Jade for thirty years.
• After Old Captain left, Ma Houde and Ren Ziling argued over Ren Ziling stepping on his foot, then Ma Houde led Lin Feng and Alai away to continue searching for the suspects.
• Ren Ziling said she still sensed something was wrong and decided to sneak into the central control room to inspect the surveillance footage with Lizi.
• A company executive ordered Old Captain to return the White Jade immediately, but Old Captain told the crew to continue on the original course toward Haibei Island.
• Luo Qiu and You Ye met the woman from the corridor on the sightseeing deck, where she introduced herself as Muzi and asked to be called Sister Muzi.

Luo Qiu met Muzi on the ship, received a bracelet she said would bring him good luck, and learned it carried gentle Mental Power. Meanwhile, Mu Enli questioned his son Mu Qinghai about the previous night's power outage before sending him to prepare for the ship's arrival at Haibei Island.

• Muzi chatted with Luo Qiu, gave him a wooden-bead bracelet, and urged him to treat those around him well.
• You Ye sensed gentle Mental Power in the bracelet, and Luo Qiu put it on as the ship approached Haibei Island.
• Mu Enli watched Luo Qiu and You Ye on deck, then offered his son Mu Qinghai a drink, which Mu Qinghai refused because he was on duty.
• Mu Enli criticized Mu Qinghai for keeping his distance from the crew, while Mu Qinghai defended his strict approach and said he would take over after his father's retirement.
• Mu Enli asked whether Mu Qinghai had stayed in the control room the previous night; Mu Qinghai said he had left only briefly during the power outage.
• Mu Enli sent Mu Qinghai to prepare for the ship's arrival, then watched the young couple and wished they could stay together forever.

Ren Ziling discovered that surveillance footage had been replaced and realized a woman might be following Mu Enli, while Fei Ying sabotaged the ship’s electrical system to evade capture and hunt for treasure. The blackout left the investigation in disarray as Luo Qiu and You Ye waited to go ashore.

• Ren Ziling and Lizi found glitches in footage from several cameras and concluded that recordings from around three to six had been overwritten.
• Ren Ziling spotted a woman in a pink coat and sunglasses following Mu Enli, then urged Ma Houde to follow the captain and catch her.
• Ma Houde warned Mu Enli that someone was tracking him and asked him to lead the follower into a confined area.
• Lizi returned with information about the surveillance archives just as the monitoring room’s equipment and lights shut down.
• Fei Ying cut and connected wires in the electrical room, causing a blackout, then left to search for treasure.
• Luo Qiu and You Ye were told they had to wait thirty minutes before going ashore, and Luo Qiu reflected on being a bystander.

Mu Enli’s pursuit led Ma Houde, Lin Feng, Ren Ziling, and Lizi to capture the disguised Ali, who revealed that she worked for National Security. Ali recruited Ma Houde and Lin Feng to help investigate a foreign agent aboard the White Jade, whose code name was King.

• Mu Enli lured a hidden woman out of the stairwell, but Ma Houde and Lin Feng blocked her escape and fought her with Ren Ziling.
• Lizi secretly tripped the woman with an ice ring, allowing Ma Houde, Lin Feng, and Ren Ziling to subdue and handcuff her.
• The woman removed her disguise and revealed herself as Ali, an old colleague of Ma Houde and a rival of Ren Ziling.
• Ali showed Ma Houde her National Security identification and warned him and Lin Feng to keep her identity secret.
• Ali requisitioned Ma Houde and Lin Feng to investigate a foreign agent aboard the White Jade, explaining that the dead Qian Guoliang had come to find another agent known by the code name King.

Ali and Ren Ziling uncovered evidence implicating Mu Enli and Mu Qinghai in the investigation, while Fei Ying broke into the captain’s room and discovered a concealed hiding place. On Haibei Island, Mu Enli headed deeper into the woods as Officer Ma’s group searched for him, and Luo Qiu and You Ye stayed on the beach.

• Ali explained that Qian Guoliang had met Mu Enli twice and later contacted Fei Ying before dying on the deck.
• Ren Ziling revealed that surveillance footage had been replaced with older recordings, and she said only Mu Enli and Mu Qinghai had keys to the data room.
• Ma Houde learned that Mu Enli’s phone was off as Lin Feng reported a power outage and the passengers’ disembarkation, then ordered a search for the captain.
• Fei Ying confronted Mu Qinghai in the captain’s bedroom, took a protractor, and claimed to have recorded their conversation before escaping the ship’s security guards.
• Mu Qinghai found a keyhole behind the bed and a steel plate beneath the wallpaper, then left after Officer Ma requested to see him.
• Luo Qiu directed Lin Feng, Ren Ziling, and Lizi toward the cliffs after Mu Enli walked into the forest, then listened as You Ye called a seashell’s sound a love song.

Mu Enli visited a crude grave in the island’s woods, retrieved a canvas-wrapped object, and returned to the White Jade for his final voyage. Meanwhile, Fei Ying was captured after a theater chase and claimed he could identify who killed Qian Guoliang, leaving Ali and Ma Houde to retrieve his hidden recorder.

• Mu Enli entered a cave, paid respects at a grave, and dug up a palm-sized object wrapped in canvas.
• Mu Enli told the grave he had to bring the White Jade home safely, then returned to the beach and spoke with You Ye and Luo Qiu.
• Fei Ying disrupted a theater performance, evaded the crew, and was cornered by Ma Houde and Ali.
• Fei Ying offered to identify Qian Guoliang’s killer and said he had a voice recorder, but claimed it was hidden in his crotch.
• Ali kicked Fei Ying and ordered Ma Houde to retrieve the recorder, and Ma Houde reached for it as Fei Ying screamed.

Ma Houde and Ali questioned Deputy Captain Mu Qinghai about erased surveillance footage and Qian Guoliang’s death, but Mu Qinghai remained composed and challenged the evidence. As they considered detaining both Mu Qinghai and Mu Enli, Mu Enli called and said he would explain everything in the central control room.

• Ma Houde reviewed the erased surveillance footage with Mu Qinghai and questioned him about his unsupervised time during the power outage.
• A crewman confirmed that Mu Qinghai had been alone for seven or eight minutes, and Ma Houde confronted him about access to the stored footage.
• Ma Houde played a recording implicating Mu Qinghai in Qian Guoliang’s death, but Mu Qinghai challenged its admissibility and cited his alibi.
• Ali and Ma Houde discussed whether Mu Qinghai or Mu Enli was code-named King and decided they might have to take both into custody.
• Mu Enli called Ma Houde from the central control room and offered to explain everything.

Luo Qiu and the others returned to the White Jade, where Mu Enli confessed that he killed Qian Guoliang, an agent known as K09. He then revealed a strategic detector that Ali had been targeting, while Mu Qinghai reacted with alarm.

• Lin Feng, Ren Ziling, and Lizi caught up with the boat carrying Luo Qiu and You Ye, and Lin Feng said the captain wanted to confess something.
• Ren Ziling and Ali exchanged a silent understanding before everyone entered the central control room, where Mu Enli restored order aboard the White Jade.
• Mu Enli told the group that he had killed the man they knew as Qian Guoliang, whose real identity was agent K09.
• Ali revealed that K09 was her target, and Mu Enli brought out a detector that could collect public and classified coastal data.
• Mu Qinghai turned pale and leaned against the doorway when Mu Enli explained the detector's strategic capabilities.