Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian’s squad prepared for a covert-protection mission in Da Fu Prefecture while she received new protective equipment from Zong Ruoan and Gu Shanjun. The Association identified their client as Quan Caiwei, who would stay at the Fan Family residence, leaving Xia Chujian wondering whether it was the same Fan Family they had visited.

• After touring the Sanctuary, Xia Chujian told the squad that the Fan Clan’s territory lay at the center of Da Fu Prefecture.
• Fang Chenggong delivered a newly developed Bulletproof Vest from Colonel Zong Ruoan, and Xia Chujian inspected its reinforced design.
• Gu Shanjun brought Xia Chujian a Supernatural Helmet and told her its test data was available on the Association website, with compensation offered if its rating fell short.
• Before dawn, Xia Chujian’s squad put on their Nanomaterial Bulletproof Vests, boarded their Combat Aircraft, and waited near an Interstellar Spaceship docking point.
• The Association identified the Noble Lady as Quan Caiwei, eldest daughter of the Quan Family’s Third Branch, and gave her the codename Tulip.
• After seeing Quan Caiwei’s photo and learning she would stay at the Fan Family main residence, Xia Chujian asked whether it was the Fan Family they had visited.

Xia Chujian’s team learned that protecting Quan Caiwei would bring them close to their target, Fan Chengcai, and planned to kill him after Quan Caiwei’s six-day stay. They watched Quan’s Starship arrive on Guiyuan Star, then prepared to escort Quan Caiwei from a distance while two members joined her security team.

• Ye Shijie confirmed that Quan Caiwei would stay near Fan Chengcai’s residence, and the team agreed not to target Fan Chengcai until the seventh day.
• Quan’s enormous Private Starship arrived at the terminal, impressing Xia Chujian and the others with its size and the Quan Family’s wealth.
• A swan-white shuttle locked missiles onto the team’s vehicle until Ye Shijie sent their Dark Night Hunter contact card number, then headed toward Guiyuan Star.
• Ye Shijie reviewed Quan Caiwei’s schedule, which included a visit to the Fan Family estate and sightseeing at Mist Lost Pavilion.
• Ye Shijie assigned Xia Chujian as the sniper, Ping Qiong as the observer, Li Fu as lookout, and himself and Song Mingqian to blend into Quan Caiwei’s security team.

Xia Chujian and her team secretly guarded Quan Caiwei as she followed her itinerary, while suspecting the Quan family had gathered outside security forces to draw out an attacker. Their suspicions proved warranted when an armed flying vehicle attacked the convoy, triggering a drone assault that Xia Chujian fought back against.

• Ye Shijie and Song Mingqian disguised themselves as Quan family security staff while Xia Chujian watched Quan Caiwei arrive with her friend Hui Yinong.
• Xia Chujian guarded Quan Caiwei throughout her scheduled activities and skipped the Advanced Nutrient Solution so it could be saved for her ill aunt.
• As the team followed Quan Caiwei toward Mist Lost Pavilion, Xia Chujian noticed multiple stealth flying vehicles and wondered whether the Quan family was using Quan Caiwei as bait.
• Xia Chujian fired at an incoming threat and intercepted a sniper bullet aimed at the luxury motorhome, exposing the attacking flying vehicle.
• The Quan family's security system revealed the nearby aircraft, and armed drones swarmed toward the convoy.
• Xia Chujian ordered Ping Qiong to keep firing at the attacking aircraft, then opened fire on the drones with the Starling Machine Gun and her submachine gun.

Xia Chujian and Quan Family Security repelled a Drone attack without the convoy’s passengers noticing, while Quan Yugui uncovered a security breach and confronted his mother’s private secretary. The chapter ended with Quan Yugui pointing a pistol at Secretary Zhao after she denied knowing the company she had recommended.

• Xia Chujian destroyed the attacking Drones with help from Quan Family Security, while Ping Qiong and Quan's Bodyguards shot down the few that escaped her barrage.
• Quan Caiwei and Fan Chengcai lost their card game, and Fan Chengcai accepted both paper penalties while Quan Caiwei laughed at him.
• Quan Caiwei praised Fan Chengcai for refusing to flatter powerful people, and Hui Yinong warned her not to take his bluntness personally.
• Quan Yugui fired Director Liang for violating Quan Family Security’s rule requiring background checks on everyone involved in security.
• Quan Yugui questioned Secretary Zhao about the security company she had recommended, then aimed a pistol at her forehead when she denied knowing the company.

Quan Yugui killed Secretary Zhao after discovering her role in the attack, then reviewed the battle footage and summoned three members of the Dark Night Hunter Association to reward them. At the meeting, Xia Chujian gave Ping Qiong credit for stopping the attack, and Quan Yugui called the two women forward.

• Quan Yugui shot Secretary Zhao for taking money to recommend the security company involved in the attack.
• Quan Yugui reviewed the footage, saw that an unknown sniper had protected Quan Caiwei and that the Dark Night Hunter Association had destroyed the Drone swarm, and ordered his people to bring him the team's files.
• Quan Yugui summoned Li Fu, Ping Qiong, and Xia Chujian after granting them a written half-hour exemption from alert duty.
• Quan Yugui recognized Xia Chujian by her birthmark and thanked the team for protecting his cousin.
• Xia Chujian credited Ping Qiong with firing the first shot and directing the machine gun, and Ping Qiong accepted the praise while Li Fu clarified that he had piloted the aircraft.
• Quan Yugui asked Ping Qiong and Xia Chujian to come closer after learning that Li Fu had not been the one who fired the first shot.

Quan Yugui hired Xia Chujian’s squad to take the lead in future battles in exchange for replenishing their ammunition and equipment. As Xia Chujian watched Quan Caiwei’s group at Mist Lost Pavilion, she declared that Fan Chengcai would die in seven days, while Fan Chengcai arranged a musical performance and served Quan Caiwei sealed mineral water.

• Quan Yugui offered Ping Qiong a job with Quan Family Security, but Ping Qiong declined and exchanged contact information with him.
• Xia Chujian demanded ammunition and equipment reimbursement, and Quan Yugui agreed on the condition that her squad take point in future battles.
• Gu Shanjun and Quan Yugui discussed Xia Chujian’s boldness after she, Ping Qiong, and Li Fu left.
• Xia Chujian resumed watching Quan Caiwei’s group and told Li Fu that Fan Chengcai would die in seven days.
• Fan Chengcai brought Quan Caiwei, Hui Yinong, and Fan Chengqi to a private compartment, where performer Tao Yao sang for them.
• Hui Yinong described the mineral water as unique to Guiyuan Star, and Quan Caiwei asked where Mulan City was.

Xia Chujian’s squad secured Quan Caiwei’s dinner at Yi Sha Ka while Li Fu explained how noble titles worked in the Beichen Empire. At dinner, Fan Chengcai impressed Quan Caiwei with his concern for ordinary people, leaving Xia Chujian worried he could keep pretending for the full six days.

• Li Fu explained that the Four Great Noble Families kept hereditary titles and that the emperor alone granted other noble titles when vacancies arose.
• Xia Chujian, Li Fu, and Ping Qiong disguised themselves as Quan Family security personnel and guarded Yi Sha Ka restaurant during Quan Caiwei’s dinner.
• Quan Caiwei praised the fresh Unicorn Cattle Meat, and Fan Chengcai invited her to visit Mulan City and try Black Truffle Wild Rhino Pig.
• Quan Caiwei suggested closing the dangerous Exotic Beast Forest, but Fan Chengcai argued that Bounty Hunters depended on it for their livelihoods and chance to rise.
• Quan Caiwei toasted Fan Chengcai, while Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong watched uneasily and wondered whether he could keep up his act for six days.

Xia Chujian guarded Quan Caiwei overnight and stopped Hui Yinong from leaving to meet her fiancé. The next morning, Quan Family Security reassigned Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong to pose as Quan Caiwei’s close friends and secret bodyguards.

• Xia Chujian refused the Fan Clan’s late-night snacks and stood watch while Ping Qiong slept through part of her shift.
• At three in the morning, Xia Chujian caught Hui Yinong leaving Quan Caiwei’s room and made her return inside.
• Xia Chujian blocked the bedroom doorway with a sofa and played an offline game while Quan Yugui watched the surveillance footage.
• After her shift, Xia Chujian went back to sleep, and Ping Qiong later noticed the sofa blocking Quan Caiwei’s doorway.
• Ye Shijie told Ping Qiong that she and Xia Chujian would pose as Quan Caiwei’s close friends and personal bodyguards, and they changed into new clothes and masks.

Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong adopted disguises as Su Buyu and Ying Wuxin so they could protect Quan Caiwei while posing as her best friends. After Quan Caiwei welcomed them, the group planned a visit to a royal family villa to see rare peonies.

• Xia Chujian chose a silent persona to hide her voice, and Quan Caiwei assigned her and Ping Qiong the identities of Su Buyu and Ying Wuxin.
• Li Fu explained the Su Family’s status and Ying Wuxin’s connection to the family, leaving Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong uneasy about impersonating noblewomen.
• Quan Yugui showed Quan Caiwei a video of Hui Yinong sneaking out to meet Fan Chengqi, persuading Quan Caiwei to let Hui Yinong spend time with her fiancé while guards followed her during the day.
• Quan Caiwei told Fan Chengcai that two best friends were coming to visit, surprising him because Hui Yinong had claimed to be her only best friend.
• Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong arrived in disguises, and Quan Caiwei warmly welcomed them and proposed visiting a royal family villa to see the Scarlet Essence Cloud Top Peonies.

Quan Caiwei’s two childhood friends, Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong, disrupted the Fan brothers’ plans to keep Quan Caiwei close and pushed Hui Yinong out of her company. The chapter ended after Hui Yinong revealed that the friends were Su Buyu and Ying Wuxin of the Su Family.

• Xia Chujian used a Virtual Display Screen to explain that she could not speak, and Quan Caiwei gave her an intelligent mask.
• Fan Chengqi questioned Hui Yinong about Quan Caiwei’s two new best friends, then sent Hui Yinong to learn who they were.
• Quan Caiwei introduced Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong as childhood friends she had known for more than ten years, and Xia Chujian challenged Hui Yinong’s place beside her.
• Ping Qiong asked to stay at Quan Caiwei’s villa, and Quan Caiwei told Hui Yinong to spend time with Fan Chengqi instead.
• At the Royal Family Villa, Fan Chengcai accidentally knocked Xia Chujian down when she blocked him from taking Quan Caiwei’s hand; Xia Chujian injured her knee.
• Hui Yinong learned the friends were Su Buyu and Ying Wuxin of the Su Family and told the Fan brothers.

Quan Caiwei toured the Royal Villa with Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong before attending a Fan Clan banquet where Fan Chengcai maneuvered to stand beside her. As the Fan Clan’s plan to draw attention to the pair took shape, an unexpected distinguished guest arrived, and Fan Chengcai edged closer to Quan Caiwei.

• Quan Caiwei, Xia Chujian, and Ping Qiong watched the Scarlet Essence Cloud Top Peonies bloom, and the steward gave each woman one.
• Quan Caiwei offered to send Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong’s flowers to Beichen Star, leaving Ping Qiong troubled by the social distance between them.
• At the Fan Clan banquet, Xia Chujian learned that Governor Hu Meihang was Fan Chengcai’s uncle by marriage.
• A female attendant’s staged mishap soaked Ping Qiong with wine, and another attendant took her away to change.
• Fan Chengcai filled the space beside Quan Caiwei while Xia Chujian realized the Fan Clan was trying to make them the focus of the banquet.
• An unexpected distinguished guest caused a commotion at the entrance, and Fan Chengcai moved subtly closer to Quan Caiwei.

At the Fan Clan banquet, Xia Chujian kept Fan Chengcai away from Quan Caiwei and met Zong Ruoan while disguised as Su Buyu. Outside, Huo Yushen recognized Xia Chujian and warned her that the real Su Buyu would appear in a nationally broadcast event the following night, putting their disguise at risk.

• Xia Chujian pulled Fan Chengcai away from Quan Caiwei, then linked arms with Quan Caiwei to keep him at a distance.
• Zong Ruoan arrived at the Fan Clan estate on official business, greeted Fan Bowei and Hu Meihang, and went to speak with Quan Caiwei and the disguised Xia Chujian.
• Xia Chujian slipped out through the back door to escape the crowded banquet hall.
• Huo Yushen told Xia Chujian that the real Su Buyu would attend a major event broadcast nationwide the next night.
• Xia Chujian dropped her silent act and questioned Huo Yushen, who identified her as the Quan family's hired security and gave no explanation.

After learning that the real Su Buyu would appear in public the next night, Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong abandoned their borrowed identities and left the Fan Clan banquet. The chapter ended with Fan Bowei learning that Fan Chengcai had provoked the Dark Night Hunter Association over a rare nuclear-fusion-powered flying vehicle.

• Xia Chujian warned Ye Shijie that Su Buyu would appear on nationwide media the next night, and Quan Yugui confirmed the news and arranged transport.
• Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong told Quan Caiwei they had to leave, then revealed the real Su Buyu’s upcoming appearance and departed the Fan Clan banquet in a Quan limousine.
• Quan Caiwei decided to leave Guiyuan Star a day earlier than planned, while the banquet guests departed after Zong Ruoan arrived on official business.
• Fan Bowei confronted Fan Chengqi and Fan Chengcai about the Special Security Bureau’s investigation and the raid on their Mulan City residence.
• Fan Chengcai admitted he had tried to take a flying vehicle from the Dark Night Hunter Association, and Fan Bowei warned him that the organization had destroyed noble families before.
• Fan Chengcai explained that the vehicle used Small-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion, leaving Fan Bowei and Fan Chengqi alarmed by its rarity.

Zong Ruoan confronted Fan Bowei with evidence of Fan Chengcai’s crimes and demanded that the Fan Clan hand him over for trial and relinquish half its positions in the Guiyuan Star Disciplinary Department. Fan Bowei agreed to delay the handover until Quan Caiwei left, then consulted his sons as they looked for ways to protect the clan and Chengcai.

• Fan Bowei blamed Fan Chengcai for failing to secure the flying vehicle and resented that his son had mishandled the situation.
• Zong Ruoan showed Fan Bowei records of Fan Chengcai’s crimes and demanded that Chengcai face investigation and trial while the Fan Clan withdrew half its personnel from the Guiyuan Star Disciplinary Department.
• Fan Bowei asked for one day to consider the demands and agreed to hand over Fan Chengcai after Quan Caiwei departed, while Zong Ruoan stayed with the Fan Clan.
• Fan Bowei struck and berated Fan Chengcai, then told him and Fan Chengqi what Zong Ruoan had demanded.
• Fan Chengqi suggested that the Fan Clan cultivate ties with the Dark Night Hunter and the Alliance of the Spirits of Light, and Fan Bowei praised him before asking how they should deal with Zong Ruoan.

Fan Chengcai faced pressure to secure a marriage with Quan Caiwei before the Special Security Bureau acted against him, while Huo Yushen confronted Governor Hu Meihang over his alliance with the Fan Clan. The chapter ended with Jiang Yuanshu receiving orders to begin purging the Guiyuan Star Governor’s Office.

• Fan Bowei and Fan Chengqi pressured Fan Chengcai to win Quan Caiwei’s favor, and Fan Chengcai vowed to secure the marriage after Fan Bowei threatened to hand him over to the Court.
• Fan Chengcai asked Fan Chengqi who had placed a bounty on him, and Fan Chengqi dismissed the idea that the Dark Night Hunter was responsible.
• Huo Yushen confronted Hu Meihang with evidence that the Fan Clan had taken control of Guiyuan Star’s Disciplinary Department and demanded that he purge either it or the Governor’s Office.
• Kang Shanxing explained why the Fan Clan had been permitted to remain on Guiyuan Star and accused Hu Meihang of letting it grow beyond control.
• Huo Yushen ordered Jiang Yuanshu to launch the Guiyuan Star Governor’s Office Purge Plan, and she saluted in agreement.

Huo Yushen arranged a purge of Guiyuan Star’s Governor’s Office while testing Jiang Yuanshu and Zong Ruoan. Xia Chujian’s team prepared to attack the Fan Clan after Quan Caiwei left, while Quan Caiwei spent her final day with the Fan family and Fan Chengcai learned someone had accepted a mission to hunt him.

• Huo Yushen told Jiang Yuanshu to keep the planned purge confidential and revealed that her ability to maintain secrecy would be tested.
• Xia Chujian and Ping Qiong returned to the Fan Family territory, reunited with their team, and learned Quan Caiwei would leave the next day.
• Ye Shijie showed the team the nano cameras he had planted in the Fan Clan’s security control room and explained how they could disable its Air Defense System.
• Quan Caiwei spent her last day in Da Fu Prefecture barbecuing and relaxing with Fan Chengcai, Fan Chengqi, and Hui Yinong.
• Fan Chengqi warned Fan Chengcai about the danger of relying on others, and Fan Chengcai said he could handle the assassin who had accepted the Hunted List mission.

Fan Chengcai used a secret tunnel and stealth suit to enter Quan Caiwei’s bedroom and attack her, while the Fan Clan’s shielding system blocked Xia Chujian’s surveillance. When the gunfire exposed the bedroom, Xia Chujian spotted the assault and shot Fan Chengcai dead, leaving Quan Caiwei unconscious.

• Fan Chengcai advised Fan Chengqi about the Quan Family, then returned to his villa as Quan Caiwei watched him leave.
• Quan Caiwei fell asleep, and the Fan Clan’s shielding system suddenly prevented Xia Chujian from seeing inside the villas; her warning to Quan Family Security was intercepted.
• Fan Chengcai entered Quan Caiwei’s villa through a secret underground passage and tried to drug her, but she woke and fought back.
• Quan Caiwei fired her bracelet pistol at Fan Chengcai, and the shots damaged the bedroom window, revealing the room to Xia Chujian.
• Xia Chujian saw Fan Chengcai assaulting the unconscious Quan Caiwei and shot him through the forehead with her sniper rifle.

Xia Chujian rescued the drugged, unconscious Quan Caiwei from attackers posing as Quan Family Security and escaped with her on the team’s flying vehicle. After Quan Yugui accused the Dark Night Hunter Team of killing security personnel and abducting Quan Caiwei, Xia explained what had happened and offered video evidence, prompting him to believe her.

• Xia Chujian armed herself, flew to Quan Caiwei’s bedroom, and wrapped the collapsed woman in a blanket.
• When armed men claiming to be Quan Family Security entered, Xia shot out their lights, changed position under fire, and killed the attackers.
• With more people approaching, Xia tied Quan Caiwei to her back and climbed a rope ladder into the flying vehicle with her teammates’ help.
• Xia untied Quan Caiwei in the storage room and told Quan Yugui that Fan Chengcai had drugged her and that she needed medical care.
• Quan Yugui reconsidered the accusation after Xia offered video footage, believed her account, and vowed not to be outplayed.

Xia Chujian refused to dock her team's flying vehicle with the Quan Family's and brought the unconscious Quan Caiwei to Quan Yugui instead. After placing Quan Caiwei in the Medical Cabin, Xia Chujian showed Quan Yugui and Gu Shanjun the footage she had recorded, which began with signs of a gunfight and Fan Chengcai standing before an unsteady figure.

• Xia Chujian persuaded Gu Shanjun to let her deliver Quan Caiwei without docking the team's flying vehicle, and she brought a recording as a backup.
• Xia Chujian told Quan Yugui that Fan Chengcai had drugged Quan Caiwei and showed him the security messages that had been intercepted.
• Quan Yugui put Quan Caiwei in the Quan Family's Medical Cabin, and Xia Chujian changed her into its special clothing.
• Quan Yugui operated the Medical Cabin while Xia Chujian watched, then asked her to show the recording.
• Xia Chujian played helmet footage showing an apparent gunfight, Fan Chengcai bare-chested, and a slender figure swaying in front of him.

Xia Chujian showed Quan Yugui footage of Fan Chengcai’s attack and the Quan Family Security Personnel who tried to kill her, then helped uncover the drugs used against Quan Caiwei. Quan Yugui learned that the Fan Clan had ties to his family and decided they had gone too far, while Xia Chujian and Gu Shanjun offered to take a mission against them.

• Xia Chujian edited the footage to obscure Quan Caiwei’s body, then showed Quan Yugui and Gu Shanjun Fan Chengcai’s death and the Quan Family Security Personnel’s attack on her.
• Quan Yugui asked Xia Chujian to send him the videos so the Quan information department could verify them, then rushed to the Medical Cabin when it warned that Quan Caiwei needed more treatment.
• Quan Yugui and Xia Chujian discovered that Quan Caiwei had been drugged with a powerful sedative and veterinary ovulation medicine, so Quan Yugui increased her treatment dosage.
• Xia Chujian and Gu Shanjun pointed out Fan Chengcai’s past crimes and the Quan Clan’s legal assistance to him, prompting Quan Yugui to uncover Fan Jiao Yan’s role and condemn the Fan Clan.
• Xia Chujian and Gu Shanjun offered to take a mission against the Fan Clan.