Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue used a Go game and a ghost story about Wu Zheng’s murdered family to unsettle An Teng during his interrogation. After An Teng placed a piece, he seemed to see the family’s bodies and Wu Zheng’s wife’s ghost, leaving him terrified.

• Wang Yue learned that An Teng was really An Yan, a former soldier who had been discharged for stealing guns, and ordered Lu Mingjia to investigate his connection to Wu Zheng and his contacts.
• Guan Hongfeng exposed An Teng’s knowledge of Room 301 and suspected he had been involved in Wu Zheng’s case and framed by people connected to Changfeng Detachment.
• Wang Yue arranged a Go game with An Teng to keep him from resting while Guan Hongfeng and Hu Yibiao took a break.
• Wang Yue and Lu Mingjia described the murdered family and the mother’s possible final moments while An Teng played.
• After An Teng placed a Go piece, the interrogation room seemed to disappear, and he saw the murdered family before turning to face Wu Zheng’s wife.

Wang Yue frightened Ando into revealing Ye Fangzhou’s role in framing Guan Hongfeng, then pushed Director Liang to publicize the massacre investigation and pursue the suspects despite the risks. Public attention instead made Wang Yue a celebrated police officer, while Ye Fangzhou remained on the run and kept changing locations to avoid capture.

• Wang Yue used an illusion to terrify Ando, who confessed that Ye Fangzhou had helped frame Guan Hongfeng and direct the placement of his fingerprints.
• The technical team traced phones linked to Ando, but Wang Yue’s arrest team found that the phones had been discarded or picked up by strangers.
• Wang Yue proposed publicizing the case on Weibo, and Director Liang posted a notice about the Wu Zheng family massacre and sought a wanted notice for Ye Fangzhou.
• An article and video of Wang Yue defeating Jiang Huai with a bow and arrow went viral, earning Wang Yue the nickname “China Captain.”
• Reports from the public repeatedly narrowed the search for Ye Fangzhou, who changed locations and used his investigative skills to evade capture.

Wang Yue’s attempt to pick up Chen Rui led him to uncover a motorcycle theft ring, whose investigation revealed a double murder that joined the Changfeng Detachment’s case. As the teams began investigating together, Wang Yue questioned how information about Wu Zheng had leaked, and Zhou Xun hinted that a frequent visitor to the station might know something.

• Wang Yue left the detachment early to pick up Chen Rui, but they found Peng Peng’s missing motorcycle near her school.
• Wang Yue stopped a blond man who was trying to ride the motorcycle and followed him to Old Qian’s shop, where he arrested Old Qian and uncovered a storeroom full of unregistered vehicles.
• Police traced the shop’s statement to a theft-and-resale gang and found that Wu Hao’s girlfriend and her older brother had been murdered; Wu Hao confessed to theft but had a verified alibi for the killings.
• Wang Yue, Guan Hongfeng, and Lu Mingjia joined Zhou Xun’s Changfeng team to investigate the murders, while Hu Yibiao searched for Wu Hao.
• Wang Yue asked Zhou Xun whether anyone could have learned about his meetings with Wu Zheng, and Zhou Xun insisted he had kept the information secret.
• Zhou Xun suggested that someone who often visited the police station might be involved, and the officer driving warned him to wait until he got out of the car before saying more.

Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng solved the delivery rider Gao Yuan’s murder case while pursuing leads in the 213 case. Their investigation uncovered Zhao Qian’s close ties to An Teng, and the chapter ended with Guan Hongyu warning that someone had attacked him and might be targeting Guan Hongfeng.

• Guan Hongfeng analyzed the dumping site, and Zhou Xun’s team arrested delivery rider Gao Yuan, who admitted killing people he resented for taking their health for granted.
• Wang Yue suspected criminology experts Han Bin or Han Songge might be behind the 213 case, then asked Lu Mingjia to investigate two Changfeng Detachment women whose reactions had seemed unusual.
• Guan Hongfeng identified one woman as Gao Yanan, his brother’s girlfriend, while Lu Mingjia found that the other, Zhao Qian, had transferred from the municipal bureau and was close to An Teng, who had paid for her university tuition.
• Wang Yue told Lu Mingjia to investigate Zhao Qian and An Teng thoroughly, and the next day Zhou Shutong arrived at the Xiguan Detachment as a new assistant.
• After discussing the 213 case, Wang Yue and Hu Yibiao decided to revisit places where Ye Fangzhou had hidden, following Zhou Shutong’s suggestion.
• Guan Hongyu called Wang Yue to warn that someone had attacked him and might have been targeting Guan Hongfeng.

Wang Yue and the Xiguan Detachment investigated Qi Weidong’s gruesome murder, uncovering Mei Ji’s drug stash while tracing a phone Qi had bought. Their investigation led them to corner Wang Hui in a warehouse, where they prepared to arrest him.

• Guan Hongyu told Wang Yue that the man Guan Hongfeng had beaten had been found dead with more than thirty knife wounds, and Guan Hongfeng identified the victim as Qi Weidong, a former criminal he had arrested.
• Lu Mingjia learned that Qi Weidong had been released that day and picked up by Mei Ji, who said he had given Qi ten thousand yuan before Qi left to buy an iPhone.
• Wang Yue ordered a search of places associated with Mei Ji, and the police found hundreds of grams of drugs at a warehouse at Pier Three; Mei Ji claimed the drugs had belonged to Cheng Yan’s men.
• The police traced Qi’s phone to a repair shop and found that Wang Hui had sold it, then used the tech team’s tracking to locate Wang Hui as he tried to leave the city.
• Wang Yue and the others cornered Wang Hui in a warehouse, where Wang Yue insisted they take him alive and Hu Yibiao agreed to follow his lead.

Wang Yue and his colleagues closed Qi Weidong’s case after Wang Yue shot Wang Hui, then began investigating a suspected scheme to steal evidence from police evidence rooms. While examining Wu Zheng’s murder scene, they found Li Dishen and Chang Mengran dead in a car and discovered that the killer’s actions had been recorded on a phone.

• Wang Yue shot Wang Hui dead after Wang Hui resisted arrest, and Hu Yibiao helped present the death as justified while Qi Weidong’s case was closed.
• Wang Yue asked Guan Hongyu to make his hacker informant and questioned him about the underworld, prompting Guan Hongfeng to suggest that criminals might be stealing evidence from detachment evidence rooms.
• Wang Yue alerted Director Liang, who began inspecting the Xiguan Detachment’s evidence room, while Director Lu arranged for evidence rooms across the city to be sealed and checked.
• Wang Yue, Guan Hongfeng, Lu Mingjia, and Zhou Shutong searched Wu Zheng’s home and suspected that someone who arranged his undercover assignment might have been involved in his murder.
• Wang Yue spotted a car near the scene and found Li Dishen and Chang Mengran dead inside; Guan Hongfeng found a phone, and Wang Yue discovered its recording of the incident.
• Wang Yue reasoned that the killer had little time to switch weapons after breaking the window and killing the victims.

Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng investigated a new double murder and linked it to an old case through a fingerprint found on a hotel key card. The fingerprint led them to Tang Ying, and the chapter left Wang Yue suspecting that her husband, Wang Zhige, might have killed Lu Siping.

• Guan Hongfeng and Wang Yue reasoned that the killer was practiced, meticulous, and likely connected to criminal investigation or forensic work, so they requested searches for similar cases.
• Zhou Shutong found an old murder case involving Lu Siping, whose scene had been meticulously cleaned, and Wang Yue suspected Lu Siping's fashionable companion might have helped the killer enter the room.
• Wang Yue followed Guan Hongfeng's bad feeling and changed plans, narrowly escaping a collision with a silver-gray Jetta that Wang Yue believed was driven by the killer.
• Wang Yue's team matched an unidentified fingerprint from Lu Siping's hotel key card to Tang Ying and brought her in for questioning.
• Tang Ying admitted she had gone to the hotel with Lu Siping but denied knowing the killer, while Hu Yibiao went to question Lu Siping's former accomplice.
• Wang Yue learned that Tang Ying's husband, Wang Zhige, directed the city identification center and suspected he might have killed Lu Siping out of jealousy.

Wang Yue and his team arrested Wang Zhige as the suspected Rainy Night Killer and used his reaction to a ring test and taunts about his wife to provoke a confession. Wang Zhige revealed that Tang Ying was connected to his crimes, while Zhou Shutong began considering whether she could use her own family connections to pursue justice.

• Guan Hongfeng connected Wang Zhige to Lu Siping's murder and the couple killings, and Wang Yue confirmed that Wang Zhige's car matched the one that had hit him.
• Wang Yue led armed teams to the forensics center, arrested Wang Zhige, and brought him to the Xiguan Detachment for questioning.
• Hu Yibiao reported that Lu Siping had repeatedly blackmailed Wang Zhige, prompting Wang Yue to suspect that Wang Zhige and Tang Ying had been caught together by Lu Siping.
• Wang Yue noticed Wang Zhige protectively covering his wedding ring and ordered forensic testing, then questioned him about his wife, an abortion, and Lu Siping's blackmail.
• Wang Yue and Lu Mingjia speculated aloud about Wang Zhige's humiliation and his attacks on couples, provoking him to shout that he had killed them but had not dared to touch Tang Ying.
• Guan Hongfeng defended the interrogation tactics to Zhou Shutong, who began thinking about using her father Liu Changyong's position to help make someone pay.

Wang Yue and his colleagues pursued leads in Lu Siping’s unsolved murder while handling Guo Xixiang’s son’s kidnapping. After the hostage was rescued and one kidnapper was arrested, Guan Hongfeng prepared to investigate a Jiangzhou case and look into An Teng.

• Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng concluded that Wang Zhige had not killed Lu Siping and directed Zhou Shutong to check hotel staff and investigate Shi Guangling’s connection to Tang Ying.
• Guo Xixiang reported that his son Guo Peng had been kidnapped, and Wang Yue told him to prepare an enormous ransom before the kidnapper demanded five million yuan in cash.
• Guo Xixiang withdrew his report and left for the Changfeng District police, while Wang Yue arranged to track the ransom money and arrest the kidnappers.
• The police rescued Guo Peng and arrested Hu Qiang, but Liu Yan escaped, so Wang Yue ordered the team to protect Guo Xixiang until Liu Yan was caught.
• Guan Hongfeng said Hu Qiang had confessed to an unreported Jiangzhou case and asked to travel there with his brother to investigate it and look into An Teng; Wang Yue offered to send Lu Mingjia or Zhou Shutong with them.

Wang Yue pursued Liu Yan’s suspected hideout and unexpectedly joined Zhao Xincheng in a gunfight against a large group of armed criminals. As the surviving criminals escaped, Director Liang’s call distracted Wang Yue just as he tried to shoot out their car’s tires.

• Zhou Shutong volunteered to assist Guan Hongfeng on his Jiangzhou trip, while Chen Rui showed Wang Yue her admission letter to Qingcheng University’s law program.
• Qin Chi returned after his surgery, explained that his memory had come back, and chose to take a position at Qingcheng Precinct to investigate his former mentor’s death.
• Liu Yan evaded Wang Yue’s teams and stayed in Jingang to prepare a reprisal, while Guan Hongfeng continued investigating a complicated case in Jiangzhou.
• After receiving a tip about suspicious activity near Warehouse No. 9, Wang Yue and Lu Mingjia spotted Zhao Xincheng entering the warehouse, and Wang Yue went inside to help him.
• Zhao Xincheng revealed that he was on a confidential city bureau assignment, and he and Wang Yue fought a large group of armed criminals inside the warehouse.
• The surviving criminals escaped in a car, and Wang Yue missed their tires when Director Liang’s call unexpectedly reached his phone.

Wang Yue turned the Warehouse No. 9 confrontation into a jurisdictional standoff with Shi Guangling while insisting the incident might be a setup targeting the Xiguan Detachment. After learning Liu Yan had kidnapped Guo Peng, Wang Yue left to handle the case and learned that Zhou Xun’s apprentice had been identified at a hotel; Director Lu and Director Liang were waiting for him at the City Bureau as suspicions of a larger operation grew.

• Wang Yue told Director Liang that he and Lu Mingjia had followed a tip about Liu Yan to Warehouse No. 9 and had encountered armed men, then suggested someone had deliberately lured them there.
• Lu Mingjia and Hu Yibiao arrived with field investigation teams, and Wang Yue framed the warehouse incident as a possible conspiracy while Shi Guangling’s City Bureau officers surrounded the scene.
• Shi Guangling demanded that Wang Yue return with him, but a call reported that Liu Yan had kidnapped Guo Peng, so Wang Yue said Shi should take responsibility for the case and left with his team.
• Liu Changyong told Wang Yue that a waiter had identified Xiao Wang, Zhou Xun’s apprentice, at a hotel, and Wang Yue asked for Xiao Wang’s contacts to be checked and for him to be surveilled.
• Director Lu summoned Wang Yue and Lu Mingjia to the City Bureau, while Wang Yue and Hu Yibiao suspected that someone had targeted them and that the warehouse operation might have been part of a higher-level plan.

Wang Yue defended his actions at Warehouse No. 9, exposed Shi Guangling’s failures, and proposed a plan to resume the operation and find the person who had lured his team there. As Wang Yue took temporary command, Lin Jiayin helped Jin Shan consider who had set them up, and Jin Shan vowed to find the buyer behind the plot.

• At the Municipal Public Security Bureau meeting, Wang Yue challenged Shi Guangling for leaving the warehouse perimeter unguarded and for declaring the operation a failure.
• Wang Yue accused Shi Guangling of neglecting the investigation into Wu Zheng’s death, and Director Du ordered Shi Guangling to assist Feng Xiao with the case.
• Wang Yue proposed disguising the warehouse raid as a provocation against the police while secretly searching for the person who had led his team there; the bureau named him temporary commander.
• The Xiguan Detachment announced the warehouse incident, and the city’s criminals learned that Wang Yue’s team had defeated more than thirty armed men.
• Lin Jiayin told Jin Shan that neither she nor her group had arranged the ambush and suggested Ji Jie might be working for someone else.
• Jin Shan suspected that his group had been set up and demanded to know who had hired Ji Jie.

Wang Yue pursued leads in the Guo Peng kidnapping while investigating how Jin Shan’s gang had been located and whether Shi Guangling had leaked confidential information. After Guo Xixiang offered a ten-million-yuan reward, Zhou Xun asked Wang Yue to help pursue Liu Yan, and Wang Yue set out with his gun.

• Lin Jiayin warned Jin Shan that the police would intensify their response to the 714 case and urged him to leave Jingang City.
• Wang Yue learned that the police lacked enough evidence to hold Xiao Wang or Tang Ying, while Laitou Li had disappeared and Liu Yan remained at large.
• Wang Yue recruited Cui Hu as a confidential informant and expected Guo Xixiang to offer a reward for information about Liu Yan.
• Wang Yue and Hu Yibiao suspected someone with knowledge of the city bureau’s plans had helped expose Jin Shan, and Wang Yue warned Feng Xiao to stay cautious around Shi Guangling.
• Guo Xixiang offered ten million yuan for Guo Peng’s return, prompting Zhou Xun to report a lead on Liu Yan and ask Wang Yue to help.
• Wang Yue took his gun and prepared to join Zhou Xun, while Hu Yibiao suggested Lu Mingjia accompany him.

Wang Yue and Zhou Xun captured Ye Fangzhou and Liu Yan at an unfinished building, then escorted them toward a hospital under police guard. A deliberate traffic blockade revealed a link between the 213 massacre and Wu Zheng’s former adopted son, Wei Bobao, while Zhou Xun’s lack of knowledge about Wu Zheng’s family left Wang Yue stunned.

• Wang Yue and Zhou Xun entered the unfinished building, where Wang Yue used Zhou Xun’s jacket to draw fire before they shot and captured Ye Fangzhou and Liu Yan.
• Wang Yue called Hu Yibiao for backup and asked Cui Hu to monitor the route as police escorted the wounded suspects toward the hospital.
• Wang Yue realized that increasingly long waits at red lights suggested a deliberate traffic jam meant to delay the ambulance.
• Cui Hu reported that a tanker and bus had crashed and blocked the route, and identified the tanker driver as Wei Bobao, Wu Zheng’s former adopted son.
• Cui Hu explained that Wu Zheng and his ex-wife had adopted Wei Bobao, who had caused his adoptive mother’s death and later been disowned.
• Wang Yue questioned Zhou Xun about Wu Zheng’s marriage and family, but Zhou Xun said he had no wife and saw nothing unusual about that.

Wang Yue’s team arrested Wei Bobao, who confessed to killing the Wu family and implicated Ye Fangzhou and a police officer named Xiao Wang in a cover-up. Wang Yue and Zhou Xun arranged to monitor Xiao Wang’s phone and bait him with news that the case was about to be solved, while Zhou Xun confronted his colleagues over their gossip about Xiguan Detachment.

• Wang Yue and Zhou Xun suspected Wei Bobao had staged the traffic accident to obstruct their investigation, then learned Liu Yan had died and Ye Fangzhou had survived in a coma.
• Wang Yue arrested Wei Bobao, and Lu Mingjia tricked him into confessing that he had killed five members of the Wu family.
• Wei Bobao said Ye Fangzhou had helped conceal the murders and that a police officer named Xiao Wang had taken his statement before he was knocked unconscious; he also provided the number that had called him to stage the accident.
• Wang Yue told Zhou Xun about Wei Bobao’s accusation against Xiao Wang, and they decided to monitor Xiao Wang’s phone and let him hear that the February 13 case was about to be solved.
• Director Wang arranged for the municipal bureau’s technical team to monitor Zhang Hai’s phone, and Zhou Xun stormed into the office to scold colleagues for gossiping about Xiguan Detachment.

Wang Yue’s investigation exposed Han Bin’s criminal gang, while Lin Jiayin persuaded Jin Shan to turn Meng Zhongmou’s plan against him. The police captured Meng Zhongmou, Xinyi, and the other criminals at a weapons deal, though Jin Shan’s next move remained uncertain.

• Zhou Xun’s staged outburst made Xiao Wang call his Big Brother, and Zhao Xincheng arrested Xiao Wang after the call exposed him.
• Wang Yue arrested Han Bin for forming a criminal gang, while Shi Guangling, Tang Ying, and Ye Fangzhou were also implicated in crimes.
• Lin Jiayin convinced Jin Shan that Meng Zhongmou planned to replace him and urged him to arrange a deal that would implicate Meng Zhongmou.
• Wang Yue learned that Meng Zhongmou and Jin Shan’s men were near Da Qingshan, and Guan Hongfeng recognized Lin Jiayin’s plan to use Jin Shan against Meng Zhongmou.
• The police jammed communications around the meeting and surrounded the deal between Jin Shan’s men and Xinyi’s group.
• After a fierce battle, the police captured Meng Zhongmou, Xinyi, and the other criminals.

Meng Zhongmou traded evidence against Jingang’s criminal network for leniency, and Wang Yue accepted a post in the Ministry of State Security. As Wang Yue escorted Chen Rui to Qingcheng University, Chen Rui guarded him from an interested senior student.

• Meng Zhongmou told Wang Yue where Laitou Li was hiding and offered a recording that could implicate Jingang’s powerful criminal leader in a gun deal with An Yan.
• The Special Department revealed that it had evaluated Wang Yue for a long time and invited him to lead Jingang Operations Division One; Wang Yue accepted.
• Han Bin was sentenced to prison, Ye Fangzhou and Shi Guangling received longer sentences, and Hu Yibiao and Lu Mingjia took on new roles as Wang Yue transferred to the Special Department.
• Qin Chi changed his name to Luo Jian and planned to move to Qingcheng with Feng Xiao, who considered changing her own name and having him court her again.
• Wang Yue took Chen Rui to register at Qingcheng University, where Chen Rui introduced herself to senior student Zou Yu and accepted her campus map.

Wang Yue settled Chen Rui into college and joined the operation in Northern Myanmar, where he planned to build influence through Jin Shan's group. Over the years, Chen Rui and her roommates grew close, and as they approached graduation, they began facing the prospect of parting.

• Wang Yue helped Chen Rui move into her dorm, where she befriended Zou Yu, Wang Xue, and Lin Zhiyue.
• Wang Yue left Chen Rui's golden retriever with Liuzi while a nearby house was renovated, then traveled southwest to join his team.
• Wang Yue agreed to send Guan Hongfeng undercover to help Jin Shan and said he intended to turn Northern Myanmar into a tool for their side.
• Wang Yue proposed a plan that let Liuzi's restaurant sell some dogs alive, and the unusual policy made the business popular.
• Zou Yu secretly took the graduate-school entrance exam and stayed with the other girls, while Chen Rui later used her trained golden retriever to clear Zhuang Wenjie of a theft accusation.
• As Chen Rui entered her senior year, the four roommates faced internships and the sadness of their approaching separation.

Wang Yue finished his Northern Myanmar mission, transferred to Qingcheng, and reunited with Chen Rui. While visiting the university art museum with her, he and Zhuang Wenjie discovered that the famous painting Water Lilies had been replaced by a fake, and Wang Yue began helping Luo Jian investigate.

• Wang Yue’s forces defeated the gangs in Northern Myanmar, Guan Hongfeng recovered from his fear of the dark, and Jin Shan withdrew to the southwest.
• Wang Yue’s Thieves Cannot See Plan succeeded in Xishan, earning him a promotion to head Qingcheng’s operations department.
• Wang Yue reunited with Chen Rui at Qingcheng University, where they planned to visit the art museum with Wang Xue, Lin Zhiyue, and Zhuang Wenjie.
• Zhuang Wenjie recognized that Water Lilies was a fake, and Wang Yue called Luo Jian to report the theft and bring the police to the museum.
• Wang Yue told Luo Jian that Zhuang Wenjie was likely Guan Hongfeng’s son, then reassured Zhuang Wenjie and Lin Zhiyue that the police would soon resolve the case.

Wang Yue investigated the theft of Water Lily after Zhuang Wenjie was framed, uncovering a resealed museum roof window and suspecting the scheme was connected to Guan Hongfeng. He also found that Wang Xue's online boyfriend was courting four women at once, and Chen Rui prepared to send her the chat records.

• Wang Yue promised Chen Rui he would get the overweight golden retriever back in shape, then Luo Jian summoned him and revealed that Zhuang Wenjie was under suspicion in the Water Lily theft.
• Wang Yue argued that Zhuang Wenjie might have been framed, and the technical team found a false signature bearing Zhuang Wenjie's name on the forgery.
• Wang Yue told Zhuang Wenjie about the framing and arranged signals and a tracking chip to help protect him, while suggesting the case might target Guan Hongfeng or relate to Zhuang Wenjie's father.
• Wang Yue and Guan Hongfeng suspected the culprit had recently returned from abroad or been released from prison, and Wang Yue found signs that a roof window above the painting had been opened and resealed.
• Chen Rui told Wang Yue that Wang Xue planned to meet an online boyfriend, so he accessed the man's chat records and discovered he was dating four women at once.
• Wang Yue offered to send the chat records to Wang Xue through the man's account, and Chen Rui began copying them.