Chapter Summaries

Li Taishan brought out Tu Gang, a former deputy commander of the Ironblood Division, to threaten Yue Xiaofei, but Yue condemned him for betraying the unit’s honor. As Tu Gang charged at Yue, Yue revealed that his father, Yue Changlong, had once commanded the Ironblood Division.

• Li Taishan introduced Tu Gang and demanded that Yue Xiaofei kneel and apologize or break his own arm.
• Yue Xiaofei denounced Tu Gang for serving Li Taishan and disgracing the Ironblood Division.
• Tu Gang erupted in anger and challenged Yue Xiaofei’s right to lecture him.
• Li Taishan ordered Tu Gang to break Yue’s limbs, and Tu Gang charged at him with a punch.
• Yue Xiaofei stood his ground and revealed that his father, Yue Changlong, had once commanded the Ironblood Division.

Tu Gang recognized Yue Xiaofei as Division Commander Yue’s son and broke down in remorse for nearly attacking him. Yue Xiaofei stopped Li Taishan from kicking Tu Gang, injured Li, and asked Tu Gang why he had become Li’s bodyguard.

• Tu Gang recognized Yue Xiaofei as Division Commander Yue’s son, knelt before him, and slapped himself in guilt.
• Li Taishan ordered Tu Gang to get up and insulted Yue Xiaofei’s father, but Tu Gang ignored him.
• Li Taishan tried to kick Tu Gang, and Yue Xiaofei grabbed his ankle and dislocated it.
• Yue Xiaofei helped Tu Gang stand and told him his father would not want him to kneel.
• Tu Gang explained that his mother’s kidney failure and costly dialysis had forced him to take Li Taishan’s bodyguard job.

Tu Gang turned against Li Taishan after he threatened Tu Gang’s mother, and Yue Xiaofei forced Li Taishan to reveal that Young Master Cao had ordered the car crash targeting Jiang Lan. Yue Xiaofei spared Li Taishan but demanded compensation for Tu Gang’s mother and an apology to Jiang Lan.

• Li Taishan threatened to stop Tu Gang’s mother’s treatment, so Tu Gang beat him senseless after Yue Xiaofei told him to stop.
• Yue Xiaofei promised to pay for Tu Gang’s mother’s treatment and questioned Li Taishan in a secret room at Purple Jade Manor.
• Li Taishan admitted that an unidentified, influential man had paid him to arrange a car crash and silence Jiang Lan.
• Under pressure, Li Taishan identified the man as Young Master Cao, whom Yue Xiaofei connected to Cao Xuanye, and said Cao seemed to be searching for something.
• Yue Xiaofei spared Li Taishan but ordered him to transfer half of Taishan Capital’s shares to Tu Gang’s mother and apologize to Jiang Lan in person the next day.

After arranging for Tu Gang’s mother to receive treatment, Yue Xiaofei sent him back to the Ironblood Division to restore its former glory. At the Su Family villa, Su Guohua’s company collapsed under sudden pressure, and Butler Cao arrived with armed men to confront him on the Cao Family’s behalf.

• Yue Xiaofei arranged for Tu Gang’s mother to be treated at Longdu Military Region General Hospital and told Tu Gang to return to the Ironblood Division.
• Tu Gang pledged his loyalty to Yue Xiaofei, who instructed him to tell his old comrades that Yue Changlong’s son had returned to lead them.
• Su Guohua learned that authorities had halted his company’s projects and banks were calling in its loans, while a business associate warned him he had offended someone powerful.
• Su Guohua blamed Yue Xiaofei for the company’s troubles as a group of black-suited men arrived at the Su Family villa and forced open its gates.
• Butler Cao identified the Cao Family’s power and demanded to know why Su Guohua’s projects had been halted and his loans called in.

Key plot points and events

• Butler Cao reveals that the Su Family’s business troubles stem from Yue Xiaofei’s conflict with the Cao Family. He demands that the Sus either spy on Xiaofei for Young Master Cao or throw him out.
• In exchange, the Cao Family promises to restore the Su company’s projects and offer a billion-yuan contract. Su Guohua immediately agrees, pledging to expel Xiaofei and serve the Cao family.
• Jiang Lan refuses to betray or abandon Xiaofei, insisting he is her godson and the only family left to her late friend Qingmei. Butler Cao gives the couple three days to decide, then leaves with a threat.
• Su Guohua and Jiang Lan argue bitterly. He sees Xiaofei as a danger to the family; she says they should accept financial ruin rather than repay old kindness with betrayal.
• Su Wanning is conflicted: she understands her father’s practical concerns but feels her mother is morally right. Xiaofei’s composure and extravagant gift deepen her curiosity about his identity and influence.
• The chapter ends as a military-plated black off-road vehicle arrives at the Su villa, interrupting the argument.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Guohua reveals himself as opportunistic and willing to betray Xiaofei for wealth and security. He lashes out at Jiang Lan when she refuses.
• Jiang Lan shows unusual resolve, defending Xiaofei even at the cost of the family business and confronting her husband over his ingratitude.
• Su Wanning remains torn between self-preservation and loyalty, while becoming increasingly intrigued by Xiaofei.
• Butler Cao uses intimidation and a tempting financial offer to pressure the family into choosing between compliance and ruin.

Significant themes

• Loyalty versus self-interest: The family must decide whether to protect Xiaofei or profit by betraying him.
• Gratitude and moral debt: Jiang Lan argues that the Sus owe their success to the kindness of Xiaofei’s family.
• Power and coercion: The Cao Family leverages financial control and threats to force the Sus into submission.

A senior colonel delivered an envelope for Yue Xiaofei, but Su Wanning, furious with him, threw it into the garden. Su Wanning’s rival Gao Yuanyuan found the envelope and discovered it contained a card granting access to the distinguished guest viewing area at the Dragon Kingdom Day Military Parade.

• Su Guohua mistook the senior colonel’s arrival for an attempt to arrest Yue Xiaofei, but the officer explained that he had come to deliver him an envelope.
• Jiang Lan accepted the envelope, and Su Wanning took it to her room, blaming Yue Xiaofei for her family’s troubles.
• Su Wanning threw the envelope into the garden and tried to suppress her guilt over discarding it.
• Gao Yuanyuan and Gao Yi came to gloat over the Su Family’s financial crisis, and Gao Yuanyuan found the envelope in the bushes.
• Gao Yuanyuan opened the envelope and found a card for the second row of the Dragon Kingdom Day Military Parade’s distinguished guest viewing area.

Key plot points and events

• Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan discover a highly valuable invitation in the Su Family’s bushes. Convinced the family must have lost it, they pocket it and hurry away without telling anyone.
• Yue Xiaofei returns to the Su villa and finds the household in turmoil: Jiang Lan is crying, Su Guohua is furious, and Su Wanning watches anxiously from the stairs.
• Su Guohua blames Xiaofei for the family’s business troubles and says the Cao Family threatened to ruin them because they had taken him in. He orders Xiaofei to leave.
• Xiaofei suspects the Cao Family may also be connected to Jiang Lan’s earlier car accident and his parents’ past, but he says nothing.
• Jiang Lan defends Xiaofei, reminding Su Guohua that Xiaofei’s parents once helped him. She refuses to let him be expelled and threatens divorce if Su Guohua throws him out.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Guohua shifts his fear and frustration onto Xiaofei, treating him as a threat to the family. Jiang Lan’s ultimatum leaves him stunned.
• Jiang Lan moves from grief to fierce resolve, openly standing up to her husband for the first time and protecting Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei remains outwardly calm under Su Guohua’s insults, while privately becoming more suspicious of the Cao Family.
• Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan act greedily and secretly, taking the invitation and fleeing before the Su Family can notice.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and gratitude: Jiang Lan insists the Su Family owes Xiaofei’s parents for their past help.
• Family conflict and moral courage: Jiang Lan risks her marriage to defend someone vulnerable.
• Greed and opportunity: The Gaos prioritize the invitation’s value over honesty.
• Power and hidden conspiracies: The Cao Family’s influence appears to reach into several misfortunes in Xiaofei’s life.

Yue Xiaofei challenged Su Guohua’s fear of the Cao Family, but before Su Guohua could strike him, Li Taishan arrived and confessed to arranging Jiang Lan’s car accident. Li begged Jiang Lan for forgiveness and offered her fifty million, while Yue Xiaofei kept his involvement hidden.

• Yue Xiaofei told Su Guohua that the Cao Family would discard him even if he threw Yue out, and Su Guohua raised his hand to slap Yue.
• The doorbell rang, and Sister Zhang opened the door to find Tu Gang and a badly beaten, disheveled Li Taishan.
• Li Taishan knelt before Jiang Lan, admitted that he had hired people to cause her car accident a year earlier, and begged her to spare him.
• Li Taishan introduced himself as the head of Taishan Capital, and Yue Xiaofei’s warning glance stopped him from revealing Yue’s role.
• Li Taishan claimed a nightmare had driven him to confess, then offered Jiang Lan a fifty-million check as compensation and pleaded for her forgiveness.

After Li Taishan left the Su Family's villa, Su Guohua and Su Wanning credited the Cao Family for his apology, while Yue Xiaofei quietly sought help for the Su Group's financial crisis. The chapter ended as a phone rang just after Yue Xiaofei texted Xu Wenqiang to invest one billion.

• Tu Gang dragged Li Taishan out of the Su Family's villa, leaving the Su Family with his fifty-million check.
• Su Guohua decided the Cao Family had frightened Li Taishan into apologizing, and Su Wanning agreed and mocked Yue Xiaofei.
• Su Guohua worried that the check could not cover the Su Group's several-hundred-million bank loans due in three days.
• Jiang Lan promised to protect Yue Xiaofei and support him through college if the Su Family went bankrupt.
• Yue Xiaofei texted Xu Wenqiang to inject one billion into the Su Group, and a phone rang before Su Guohua could finish rebuking him.

Azure Alliance Group invested one billion yuan in Jiang Lan’s company, ending its crisis and giving her new confidence to protect Yue Xiaofei. The Su Family celebrated the windfall before Gao Yuanyuan called Su Wanning to boast about her family’s invitation to the Military Parade.

• Jiang Lan received a call from Azure Alliance Group offering a one-billion-yuan investment in her company.
• Yue Xiaofei suggested the group wanted to oppose the Cao Family, and Director Wang confirmed the investment was sincere.
• Su Guohua and Su Wanning doubted the call until the finance director confirmed the billion yuan had arrived in the company account.
• Jiang Lan promised Yue Xiaofei that she would support him and prevent anyone in the family from bullying him.
• Yue Xiaofei said he did not need money or want to run a company, while Su Guohua criticized him for lacking ambition.
• Gao Yuanyuan called Su Wanning from the Chang'an Club and challenged her to come see the party celebrating her family’s Military Parade invitation.

Plot points and events

• Gao Yuanyuan calls Su Wanning to boast about her invitation to the Dragon Kingdom Day military parade’s Distinguished Guest Viewing Area. She uses it to mock the Su family’s supposed financial troubles and invite them to her party.
• Su Guohua accepts the invitation, eager to reveal that the family has secured a billion-yuan investment and prove they are better off than the Gaos.
• Su Wanning, initially furious and reluctant, becomes eager to attend once she remembers the family’s new wealth.
• Jiang Lan agrees to let her go only if she brings Yue Xiaofei. When Wanning refuses, Jiang threatens to cut off her cards and allowance and take her car, leaving Su Guohua unwilling to oppose her.
• Wanning grudgingly agrees and gives Xiaofei humiliating instructions: stay quiet, pretend to be her mute distant cousin, avoid the buffet, and keep away from her.
• Xiaofei accepts for Jiang Lan’s sake. He also sees the party as a chance to meet members of Longdu’s powerful families, possibly even the Cao family.

Character developments

• Su Guohua shifts from anxiety over the family’s finances to boastful confidence after learning of the billion-yuan investment. He wants to use the party to vindicate himself.
• Su Wanning moves from anger and embarrassment to competitive excitement, but her contempt for Xiaofei remains strong.
• Jiang Lan shows newfound authority and resolve, enforcing her condition despite her daughter’s protests.
• Yue Xiaofei remains calm in the face of Wanning’s insults. He agrees out of consideration for Jiang Lan and quietly pursues his own interest in meeting influential people.

Significant themes

• Wealth and status: The characters measure power through money, exclusive invitations, and access to elite circles.
• Family authority and dependence: Jiang Lan’s financial leverage lets her overrule Wanning, while Su Guohua avoids challenging her.
• Pride and humiliation: Wanning wants to prove herself to Gao Yuanyuan but tries to hide Xiaofei to protect her image.
• Contrasting motives: Wanning treats the party as a contest; Xiaofei sees it as a possible opportunity.

Character interactions

• Gao Yuanyuan provokes and belittles Wanning over the phone, prompting the Su family to accept the invitation.
• Su Guohua and Wanning unite in their desire to show off the family’s new wealth.
• Jiang Lan confronts Wanning’s refusal and insists Xiaofei accompany her.
• Wanning directs her resentment at Xiaofei, who responds without visible anger and agrees primarily for Jiang Lan’s sake.

Plot points and events

• Su Wanning prepares for a party at the prestigious Chang’an Club in an expensive Chanel dress and diamond necklace, but is dismayed that Yue Xiaofei plans to wear his faded jeans and T-shirt.
• Yue sees no problem with his practical clothes, while Su worries that his appearance will embarrass her among wealthy guests.
• Jiang Lan steps in and offers to take Yue shopping. Su Guohua agrees, saying Yue represents the Su family and should look respectable.
• At an upscale menswear store, Yue protests at the prices, preferring to spend money on the families of fallen comrades. Jiang Lan insists on buying him a suit.
• Yue emerges in a tailored black suit, unexpectedly drawing admiring attention—including from Su Wanning. Jiang Lan buys it, and the family heads for Chang’an Club.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei remains modest and indifferent to status or fashion. His discomfort with luxury spending reflects his practical values and loyalty to his fallen comrades.
• Su Wanning begins the scene embarrassed and contemptuous of Yue’s appearance. Seeing him transformed by the suit unsettles her; she hides her admiration behind a dismissive remark, though she blushes.
• Jiang Lan is warmly protective of Yue and treats him like a son, intervening in the argument and gladly paying for his new clothes.
• Su Guohua supports the shopping trip mainly because he wants the family to make a good impression at the party.
• The scene contrasts Su Wanning’s and her parents’ concern with appearances against Yue’s indifference to them. By the end, Su Wanning’s curiosity about the party—and perhaps about Yue—has replaced some of her annoyance.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus character: Yue’s formal suit changes others’ perception of him, though his underlying qualities remain unchanged.
• Status and social judgment: The family worries about how they will be viewed among the wealthy, while Yue sees clothing as merely practical.
• Generosity and values: Jiang Lan’s affection contrasts with Yue’s reluctance to accept expensive gifts and his concern for others.

At the Chang'an Club, Su Guohua announced that the Azure Alliance Group would invest one billion in the Su Group, turning Gao Yuanyuan’s boastful display into a humiliation. Yue Xiaofei recognized an envelope beside her invitation and confronted her, declaring that the invitation was his.

• Su Wanning warned Yue Xiaofei to stay quiet and avoid causing trouble at the Chang'an Club.
• Gao Yuanyuan showed off her second-row Military Parade invitation while guests mocked the Su Family’s financial troubles.
• Su Guohua announced that the Azure Alliance Group in Modu had signed an agreement to invest one billion in the Su Group.
• Yue Xiaofei recognized the kraft paper envelope beside Gao Yuanyuan’s velvet box and walked toward her despite Su Wanning and Su Guohua calling him back.
• Yue Xiaofei pointed at Gao Yuanyuan’s invitation and declared, “That invitation is mine!”

Key plot points and events

• At a banquet, Yue Xiaofei claims that the prestigious parade invitation Gao Yuanyuan is displaying actually belongs to him.
• Gao Yuanyuan and the other guests ridicule him, while Su Wanning is mortified and Su Guohua panics, fearing Yue has endangered the Su Family’s standing.
• Gao Yi challenges Yue to prove his claim, expecting to expose him as a fraud.
• Yue calmly identifies the invitation’s exact assignment: the Distinguished Guest Viewing Area, second row, seat eight.
• The guests fall silent. Gao Yuanyuan hesitates to check the invitation, while Gao Yi realizes Yue’s information is correct—and that he had deliberately kept the seat number secret.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei remains composed under public scorn and demonstrates knowledge that sharply challenges the assumption that he is an attention-seeking nobody.
• Gao Yi shifts from confident amusement to alarm when Yue reveals a detail he thought was concealed.
• Gao Yuanyuan loses her certainty and becomes visibly uneasy, caught between mocking Yue and verifying his claim.
• Su Wanning becomes even more resentful of Yue, while Su Guohua reacts with fear and tries to distance the family from him.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: The guests judge Yue by his rustic appearance, but his precise knowledge suggests the situation is more complicated than they assume.
• Status and social humiliation: The crowd uses wealth and prestige to belittle Yue and the Su Family.
• Power, secrecy, and uncertainty: Gao Yi’s concealed knowledge becomes a vulnerability, and Yue’s revelation unsettles the room.

Character interactions

• Yue ignores Su Guohua’s attempt to silence him and addresses the Gao family directly.
• Gao Yuanyuan mocks Yue and draws Su Wanning into the ridicule.
• Su Guohua demands that Yue apologize to prevent repercussions.
• Gao Yi challenges Yue to provide proof; Yue answers with the exact seat assignment, turning the crowd’s laughter into stunned doubt.

Yue Xiaofei challenged Gao Yi’s claim to the invitation by revealing that a senior colonel had delivered it to the Su Family’s villa, and Su Wanning’s reaction strengthened suspicion that it belonged to them. Gao Yi ordered security to remove Yue Xiaofei, but a woman’s voice stopped them.

• Gao Yi dismissed Yue Xiaofei’s claim and demanded to know why he deserved the invitation.
• Yue Xiaofei said a senior colonel had delivered the invitation to the Su Family’s villa and pointed out that the security cameras could verify it.
• Su Wanning recalled throwing away the envelope delivered that afternoon and grew visibly shaken.
• The guests began suspecting that the invitation belonged to the Su Family and that the Gao father and daughter had taken it.
• Gao Yi called Yue Xiaofei a liar and ordered the security guards to beat him out of the club.
• A woman in the crowd shouted, “Let’s see who dares!”

Plot points and events

• Jiang Lan steps between Gao Yi and Yue Xiaofei, declaring that she believes her godson. She offers to call the police and have the invitation’s ownership investigated.
• Gao Yi, alarmed by the prospect of an investigation and surveillance footage confirming Xiaofei’s account, tries to frighten Jiang Lan with threats of a slander charge. She refuses to back down.
• Xiaofei stops Jiang Lan from calling. He warns Gao Yi that stealing an invitation to a national military parade is an extremely serious matter, then says they will settle the dispute at the parade entrance. He leaves with Jiang Lan.
• Gao Yi mistakes Xiaofei’s departure for a retreat, mocks him as a fraud, and tries to prevent him from leaving. Gao Yuanyuan urges her father to call the police.
• Before the confrontation can develop further, a group of men in black suits bursts through the banquet-room doors. Their leader, Park Jeongsang, announces that the Four Star Group is taking the room and orders everyone out within a minute.

Character developments

• Jiang Lan reveals unexpected courage and resolve, openly defending Xiaofei despite Gao Yi’s intimidation.
• Yue Xiaofei remains composed and confident. Rather than pursue an immediate public confrontation, he postpones the reckoning, suggesting he expects his claim to be vindicated later.
• Gao Yi shifts from smug aggression to visible fear when police involvement threatens to expose him, then regains his bravado when Xiaofei leaves.
• Su Wanning and Su Guohua are frustrated and alarmed by Xiaofei’s actions, fearing the trouble will damage the Su Family.
• Park Jeongsang enters as an arrogant, forceful new presence, abruptly changing the focus of the scene.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and belief: Jiang Lan’s trust in Xiaofei contrasts with the surrounding guests’ suspicion.
• Justice versus intimidation: Gao Yi relies on threats and bluster, while Jiang Lan demands an impartial investigation.
• Pride and appearances: Gao Yi mistakes Xiaofei’s calm withdrawal for weakness, and the banquet guests watch the family’s dispute as entertainment.
• Suspense and escalation: The dispute is left unresolved, then interrupted by the Four Star Group’s aggressive arrival.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lan physically shields Xiaofei and confronts Gao Yi, refusing to be intimidated.
• Xiaofei reassures Jiang Lan, then addresses Gao Yi directly and sets a future point for settling the dispute.
• Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan try to turn the guests against Xiaofei and keep him from leaving.
• Su Wanning tries to intervene against Xiaofei, while the guests observe the family conflict.
• Park Jeongsang and his entourage forcibly assert control over the banquet room, confronting everyone inside.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei’s confrontation with the Gao family has barely settled when Park Jeongsang, an arrogant visitor from Goryeo, storms into the banquet and orders everyone out.
• Gao Yi challenges him, but Park refuses to address him directly. Guests recognize Park as the heir to Four Star Group, a vast and politically influential business empire, and the room quickly shifts from indignation to fear.
• Park singles out Su Wanning and Gao Yuanyuan, ordering them to stay and drink with him while everyone else leaves.
• Their fathers, Su Guohua and Gao Yi, rush to protect them. They plead with Park, but he has them slapped to the floor by his bodyguards.
• When a guest tries to call the police, Park’s bodyguard takes the phone and claims Park has diplomatic immunity and powerful connections in Longdu, threatening anyone who resists.

Character developments and interactions

• Park Jeongsang is introduced as entitled, domineering, and accustomed to having his demands obeyed. He uses his status and bodyguards to intimidate the guests.
• Gao Yi shifts from acting as the banquet’s authoritative host to being frightened and powerless once he learns who Park is.
• Su Guohua and Gao Yi put themselves between Park and their daughters, showing parental protectiveness despite their fear; both are violently punished for resisting.
• Su Wanning and Gao Yuanyuan become the targets of Park’s demands, though they have little opportunity to respond in this chapter.
• The banquet guests go from offended disbelief to silent fear, revealing how quickly wealth and local status lose their force against Park’s influence.

Significant themes

• Power and impunity: Park’s wealth, connections, and claimed immunity let him act as though he is beyond consequence.
• Status and vulnerability: The local business elite’s confidence collapses when faced with power they cannot challenge.
• Parental protection and coercion: The fathers’ attempts to shield their daughters expose the cruelty of Park’s abuse of authority.

Plot points and events

• Park Jeongsang’s claim to diplomatic immunity and police connections crushes the crowd’s hope of resisting him. Su Guohua and Gao Yi are beaten and helpless as Park approaches their daughters.
• Terrified, Su Wanning looks to Yue Xiaofei for help. Mistaking his calm for fear and indifference, she concludes he is a coward and regrets expecting anything from him.
• Yue is actually unmoved because he has faced far more powerful enemies. When Park is about to touch Wanning, Yue finally tells him to kneel, kowtow, and apologize—or leave unable to walk.
• Park and his Korean entourage laugh at Yue. Su Guohua panics, disowns him, and begs Park not to punish the Su family. Jiang Lan urges Yue to stop and escape.
• As Yue prepares to deal with Park himself, a forceful voice from the banquet-hall entrance orders everyone to stop, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Su Wanning shifts from desperate hope to bitter disappointment, believing Yue is too frightened to help her.
• Yue Xiaofei reveals extraordinary confidence and a history of confronting powerful enemies, though his restrained manner makes his intentions easy to misread.
• Su Guohua abandons any solidarity with Yue, prioritizing the family’s safety by disowning him.
• Jiang Lan responds with fear and concern, trying to prevent Yue from provoking Park.
• Park Jeongsang remains arrogant, relying on his wealth, status, and connections to intimidate others.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Yue’s calm is mistaken for cowardice, while it reflects confidence and lack of concern.
• Power and intimidation: Park’s claims of immunity and political connections silence those around him.
• Courage and misjudgment: Wanning’s interpretation of Yue contrasts sharply with what the reader knows.
• Betrayal under pressure: Su Guohua sacrifices Yue to protect himself and his family.

Character interactions

• Wanning silently appeals to Yue, but misreads his composure as fear.
• Yue directly challenges Park, who responds with ridicule.
• Su Guohua grabs Yue and publicly disowns him, while Jiang Lan tries to pull him away from danger.
• An unidentified, commanding figure arrives and interrupts the confrontation.

Xu Yiming, a navy major from the powerful Xu Family, entered the banquet hall and struck Park Jeongsang for bullying people. After revealing his family background and command of the Flood Dragon special operations assault team, he declared that he had returned to Longdu for the Dragon Kingdom Day Military Parade.

• Xu Yiming arrived at the wrecked banquet hall with two armed security guards and condemned Park Jeongsang and the Goryeans.
• Xu Yiming slapped Park Jeongsang hard enough to knock out a tooth, prompting the guests to cheer and applaud.
• Xu Yiming announced that he was from the Xu Family of Longdu, whose military legacy stunned the crowd.
• Xu Yiming said Xu Anbang was his third great-uncle and that he commanded the navy's Flood Dragon special operations assault team.
• Xu Yiming explained that he had returned to Longdu for the Dragon Kingdom Day Military Parade and had encountered the Goryeans bullying people.

Key plot points and events

• Xu Yiming invokes his family’s military history against Goryeo, recalling the defeats inflicted by his grandfather and the humiliation of Goryeo’s Tiger Regiment. His speech rallies the guests and reinforces his status.
• After his lackey explains the Xu Family’s influence and military connections, Park Jeongsang realizes he has overreached. He apologizes to Xu and prepares to leave, while Xu is relieved that the confrontation may end without an international incident.
• Yue Xiaofei abruptly stops Park from leaving. The guests and the Su family assume he is trying to cause trouble or steal Xu’s spotlight.
• Instead, Yue challenges Xu directly: if outsiders have bullied Dragon Kingdom citizens on their own soil, is simply slapping them and sending them away enough to defend the nation’s dignity? The chapter ends on this question.

Character developments

• Xu Yiming appears patriotic, forceful, and commanding, but his relief at Park’s retreat reveals that he is also concerned about the political consequences of escalating the conflict.
• Park Jeongsang shifts from arrogance to fearful compliance once he understands the Xu Family’s power.
• Yue Xiaofei emerges as a more serious challenger than the guests expect. Rather than seeking attention, he questions whether Xu’s response truly matches the offense.
• Su Wanning becomes increasingly admiring of Xu and hostile toward Yue, interpreting his intervention as spiteful.
• Su Guohua grows more alarmed, convinced Yue’s actions will bring disaster upon the Su family.

Significant themes

• National dignity and patriotism: The scene asks whether symbolic retaliation is enough when citizens are mistreated at home.
• Power and restraint: Xu’s influence forces Park to back down, but fear of diplomatic fallout limits how far Xu is willing to go.
• Public perception versus intent: The crowd sees Yue as a disruptive attention-seeker, while his question raises a substantive challenge to Xu’s idea of defending the country.
• Pride and humiliation: The characters’ responses draw on historical memories of conflict between Dragon Kingdom and Goryeo.

Character interactions

• Xu uses Goryeo’s military defeats to intimidate Park and rally the banquet guests.
• Park apologizes to Xu and tries to withdraw rather than risk a confrontation with the Xu Family.
• The guests, Su Guohua, and Su Wanning turn against Yue when he interrupts the apparent resolution.
• Yue addresses Xu—not Park—and presses him to consider whether his response adequately honors the people and the nation.