Recaps

Zhao Jianguo visited Chen Diansheng, who reminisced about their shared past with Zhao Tiezhu and asked him to help find the young man who had saved his life in a car accident. As Zhao Jianguo drove away, he reflected on how witnessing his mother’s fear and his father’s injuries had led him to become a police officer.

• Chen Diansheng recalled how he and Zhao Tiezhu built Hung Hing together and said he understood why Zhao Tiezhu had returned home to live peacefully with his family.
• Chen Diansheng asked Lei Zhen to send Zhao Jianguo the accident surveillance video so he could help identify the young man who had saved Chen Diansheng.
• Zhao Jianguo promised to investigate the surrounding surveillance footage, while Chen Diansheng said he would look into the accident himself.
• Lei Zhen asked Zhao Jianguo why he had become a police officer despite growing up among Hung Hing, and Zhao Jianguo left without explaining.
• As he drove home, Zhao Jianguo remembered his mother’s distress and his father returning home covered in blood, which had made him resolve not to follow their path.

Zhao Jianguo urged Chen Jingshen to reconcile with his estranged father, Chen Desheng, after seeing how lonely and old the man had become. Chen Jingshen agreed to think about returning, and Zhao Jianguo found comfort in his wife, Shen Jing, before joining her in the shower.

• Zhao Jianguo returned home and told Shen Jing that Chen Desheng had only suffered superficial injuries in the car accident.
• Zhao Jianguo called Chen Jingshen and described Chen Desheng’s loneliness, his memories of old friends, and the birthday meals he still prepared for his son.
• Zhao Jianguo challenged Chen Jingshen’s long-held blame toward his father, arguing that Lin Zhengye had opposed his relationship with the Lin Family girl instead.
• Chen Jingshen said he would think about visiting Chen Desheng, and Zhao Jianguo ended the call relieved.
• Shen Jing reassured Zhao Jianguo that she was happy with their life and their family, then invited him to join her in the shower.

After a call from Zhao Jianguo, Chen Jingshen remembered his family’s violent past, his years building Nianwei Capital, and the son and love he had lost. He began wavering over whether to return to Deep City and see his aging father, but still did not know how to face him.

• Chen Jingshen revisited the memory of the night armed men killed his mother and sister while he hid in a wardrobe.
• Chen Jingshen recalled that his father, Chen Desheng, had supported his relationship with Lin Nianwei, though Chen Jingshen left Hung Hing to protect her and their unborn child.
• Chen Jingshen remembered losing the child and leaving Deep City, then building Nianwei Capital from his savings and borrowed money.
• Chen Jingshen recalled visiting his son Chen Nianzhi’s grave each year and keeping track of Lin Nianwei while never contacting her.
• Chen Jingshen considered Zhao Jianguo’s advice to return to Deep City because Chen Desheng was over seventy, but remained unsure what to say to his father.

Zhao Jianguo discovered that Chen Yuan and Zhang Xiu'e had been wrongly detained after Liu Ming reviewed the hotel surveillance footage. He set out for the Second Detention Center to release them while ordering the men who had attacked Zhang Xiu'e detained.

• Zhao Jianguo shared a warm breakfast with Shen Jing and drove their son, Zhao Mingyuan, to school, learning that he ranked thirty-eighth in the city mock exams.
• At the station, Liu Ming told Zhao Jianguo that he had sent Chen Yuan and Zhang Xiu'e to the Second Detention Center based on the other men's statements and the station's performance needs.
• Zhao Jianguo ordered Liu Ming to review the Shangri-La Hotel surveillance footage, then recognized Chen Yuan in a video of a young man rescuing someone from a burning car.
• After reviewing the footage, Liu Ming admitted that Wang Dahai, Sun Deming, and Li Yan had dragged Zhang Xiu'e from the private room and planned to assault her.
• Zhao Jianguo ordered Liu Ming to take Wang Dahai, Sun Deming, and Li Yan to the Second Detention Center, then called ahead as he drove there to release Chen Yuan and Zhang Xiu'e.

Chen Yuan fought off Brother Lei and a large group of inmates after they threatened and attacked him in the workshop. When Zhao Jianguo and Deputy Director Sun arrived, the attackers lay scattered across the floor and Chen Yuan stood unharmed among them.

• Chen Yuan went to work in the workshop, where Brother Lei and his men targeted him and tried to force him to come along.
• Chen Yuan punched Brother Lei, then defeated the tall, thin man and several more attackers who rushed him.
• A bearded man arrived with more than a dozen men and ordered them to attack Chen Yuan because he had struck Brother Lei.
• Chen Yuan fought off the new attackers, then chased down the bearded man and pinned him to the floor until he surrendered.
• Zhao Jianguo, two guards, and Deputy Director Sun entered the wrecked workshop and found Chen Yuan surrounded by the fallen inmates.

After leaving the detention center, Zhang Xiu'e confronted Wang Dahai, Sun Deming, and Li Yan before Zhao Jianguo drove her and Chen Yuan home. They found Zhou Min entertaining a tattooed young man in their apartment, leaving Chen Yuan suspicious that she had returned to her old habits.

• Zhang Xiu'e angrily confronted Wang Dahai, Sun Deming, and Li Yan as Liu Ming condemned them and warned they faced prison for attempted rape and false accusations.
• Zhao Jianguo ordered Liu Ming to question the three thoroughly and pursue the harshest penalties, then drove Zhang Xiu'e and Chen Yuan home.
• Zhao Jianguo asked Chen Yuan about rescuing an elderly man from an overturned car, and Chen Yuan explained that he had pulled him out the previous day.
• Zhao Jianguo exchanged contact information with Zhang Xiu'e and Chen Yuan, dropped them at their alley, and told them to rest.
• Zhang Xiu'e and Chen Yuan returned to find Zhou Min sitting with a tattooed blond young man, who had scattered sunflower shells across the floor.
• Zhou Min teased Zhang Xiu'e about spending the night with Chen Yuan, and Zhang Xiu'e ordered the young man to clean up before she went to bed.

Chen Yuan tried to avoid Zhou Min's teasing after overhearing her with a man, but she flirted with him anyway. Zhang Xiu'e intervened and warned him to stay away from women like Zhou Min.

• Chen Yuan overheard Zhou Min with a man in her bedroom and pretended to be asleep when the man left.
• Zhou Min teased Chen Yuan about listening through the wall and offered to teach him about relationships.
• Zhang Xiu'e interrupted Zhou Min as she flirted with Chen Yuan, and Zhou Min winked at him before returning to her room.
• Zhang Xiu'e asked Chen Yuan what Zhou Min had said, then told him to stay away from women like her.

Chen Yuan received a call from Chen Desheng, the elderly man he had rescued from an overturned car, who insisted on inviting him over to show his gratitude. Lei Zhen picked Chen Yuan up and drove him toward Chen Desheng’s home, leaving Chen Yuan wondering who the old man was.

• Zhang Xiu'e went to look for work at a friend's staffing agency and told Chen Yuan to stay home and rest.
• Chen Yuan received a call from Chen Desheng, who said Zhao Jianguo had recognized him in surveillance footage and invited him over to thank him for saving his life.
• Chen Desheng insisted on sending a car to pick Chen Yuan up, and Chen Yuan gave him his address.
• Lei Zhen arrived in a black sedan and drove Chen Yuan out of the alley toward Chen Desheng's home.
• Chen Yuan texted Zhang Xiu'e that he had been invited to an older gentleman's home and would return that night.

Chen Yuan visited Chen Desheng at his villa and discussed his background, his Baji Fist training, and the circumstances that brought him to Deep City. Chen Desheng offered him a well-paid job under Lei Zhen, and Chen Yuan agreed to give it a try.

• Lei Zhen drove Chen Yuan to Chen Desheng's villa, where Chen Desheng welcomed him and asked about his hometown and family.
• Chen Yuan explained that his grandfather had adopted and raised him after finding him by a river.
• Chen Desheng asked about Chen Yuan's fight in the detention center and learned that he had trained in Baji Fist for more than ten years.
• Chen Yuan said he had come to Deep City to look for work but had not found a job yet.
• Chen Desheng offered Chen Yuan a high-paying position under Lei Zhen, with meals and lodging included.
• Chen Yuan accepted the job after Chen Desheng insisted that he take it as repayment for saving his life.

Chen Yuan accepted a bodyguard job with Chen Desheng but postponed starting until Zhang Xiu'e settled into work. After he returned to the apartment, he drove off Zhou Min’s three rowdy companions when they tried to intimidate him, and learned that Zhang Xiu'e had found a job too.

• Chen Yuan told Chen Desheng he wanted to wait until Zhang Xiu'e had found work before starting his new job, and Chen Desheng agreed.
• Lei Zhen drove Chen Yuan home and explained that he would work alongside him to protect Chen Desheng.
• Zhou Min brought three men into the apartment, and they confronted Chen Yuan and demanded that he leave.
• When the blond man tried to shove him, Chen Yuan caught his wrist and threw him back; he then disarmed Baldy when Baldy attacked with a switchblade.
• Chen Yuan ordered the three men out, discarded the knife, and heard Zhou Min ask him not to tell Xiu'e about what happened.
• Zhang Xiu'e messaged Chen Yuan that she had found a job, and he replied that he had found one too.

Chen Yuan told Zhang Xiu'e that Chen Desheng had offered him a bodyguard job, while she shared news of her new job and plans to move. They agreed she would move into a nearby one-bedroom apartment, leaving Chen Yuan to start work with room and board.

• Zhang Xiu'e cooked dinner for Chen Yuan, while Zhou Min left without joining them.
• Chen Yuan told Zhang Xiu'e that Chen Desheng had offered him a bodyguard job with room and board.
• Zhang Xiu'e recognized Chen Desheng as the famous founder of Hung Hing Group and said she had found a new job.
• Chen Yuan suggested that Zhang Xiu'e move away from Zhou Min, and she revealed she had already found an apartment near her workplace.
• Zhang Xiu'e said Chen Yuan could stay with her briefly before his job began and visit on his days off.

Lin Zhengfang and Lin Hao tried to secure Lin Zhengye’s favor by praising Hao’s work at Yuanda, while Lin Nianwei rejected her father’s attempt to arrange a match for her. Lin Zhengye was left believing she had never let go of the child from her past.

• Lin Zhengfang praised Lin Hao’s diligence and education to Lin Zhengye, while Lin Hao promised to learn from Lin Nianwei and Director Zhang.
• After leaving the villa, Lin Hao admitted he had been showing Lin Zhengye his abilities, and Lin Zhengfang said she expected Yuanda Group to depend on their family.
• Lin Nianwei told Lin Zhengye that Lin Zhengfang’s visit had been intended to put Lin Hao in his mind, and Lin Zhengye agreed Hao could become a capable employee.
• Lin Zhengye suggested Lin Nianwei consider Ye Mingyuan as a husband, but she refused and told him not to arrange her personal life or worry about an heir.
• Lin Nianwei went upstairs, and Lin Zhengye reflected that she seemed never to have let go of that child.

Chen Yuan and Zhang Xiu'e packed to move out, and Zhou Min tried to explain her role in the attempt to drive Chen Yuan away. Zhang Xiu'e rejected Zhou Min's excuses and continued preparing to leave with Chen Yuan.

• Chen Yuan and Zhang Xiu'e ate breakfast and began packing their belongings to move.
• Zhou Min woke up, saw the packed bags, and claimed her boyfriend had pressured her to arrange for people to scare Chen Yuan away.
• Zhang Xiu'e realized Zhou Min had exposed her involvement and demanded to know what had happened.
• Zhang Xiu'e condemned Zhou Min for sending people after Chen Yuan and refused to stay, despite Zhou Min pleading about the rent.
• Chen Yuan helped Zhang Xiu'e finish packing, and they decided to book a car.

After Zhang Xiu'e left for a welcome party at her new company, Chen Yuan ate lunch and explored the neighborhood around their new apartment. He encountered a sex worker in an alley, fled her advances, and hurried back toward the street, still embarrassed and shaken.

• Zhang Xiu'e received a call inviting her to a welcome party and left Chen Yuan at home, promising to make braised fish that evening.
• Chen Yuan ate stir-fried rice noodles at a nearby eatery, then wandered through the old neighborhood to learn the streets.
• Chen Yuan saw a woman in a short pink dress smoking in an alley and tried to walk past her.
• The woman called Chen Yuan handsome, offered him sex for a hundred yuan, and touched his chest.
• Chen Yuan rejected her, hurried around several corners until he escaped her voice, then headed for the alley's exit with his face still burning.

Chen Yuan rushed to Cashbox KTV after learning Zhang Xiu'e had become too drunk to leave safely. He found her surrounded by a group led by a burly man who refused to let her go, and the chapter ended as Chen Yuan faced him down.

• Chen Yuan received a call from Sister Wang asking him to pick up the drunken Zhang Xiu'e at Cashbox KTV.
• Chen Yuan heard a commotion and Sister Wang's warning that a man was blocking their group from leaving and trying to take Xiu'e away.
• Chen Yuan pushed past two security guards and found Sister Wang, Xiu'e, and their companions confronting a burly man and his group.
• Sister Wang told Chen Yuan that the man had tried to drag Xiu'e away to drink with him after she refused.
• Chen Yuan said Xiu'e was his sister and tried to take her home, but the burly man threatened him; Chen Yuan removed the man's hand from his shoulder and revealed his strength.

Chen Yuan tried to get Liu Hu to let him take Zhang Xiu'e home, but Liu Hu and his men threatened and mocked them. After they made obscene threats against Zhang Xiu'e, Chen Yuan stopped trying to negotiate and prepared to act.

• Liu Hu's blond underling invoked Brother Long, frightening Sister Wang and the others, while Chen Yuan admitted he did not know who Brother Long was.
• Sister Wang explained that He Long was the son of Hung Hing vice chairman He Qingguo, and Chen Yuan realized that He Qingguo was the man he had saved.
• Chen Yuan asked Liu Hu to let him take his drunk sister home, but Liu Hu refused and surrounded the group with his men.
• Liu Hu and his men threatened Zhang Xiu'e and made lewd remarks, while Sister Wang and the others stood helplessly by.
• Chen Yuan handed his phone to Sister Wang, faced Liu Hu, and prepared to stop holding back.

Chen Yuan defeated Liu Hu and his men in the lobby after Liu Hu challenged him and ordered his crew to attack. Zhang Xiu'e briefly recognized Chen Yuan as her little brother while drunk, and Liu Hu ended the confrontation with a threat of future trouble.

• Liu Hu mocked Chen Yuan and challenged him, but Chen Yuan knocked him down with a Baji Fist, Mountain-Leaning Charge.
• Liu Hu claimed he had been unprepared and challenged Chen Yuan again, but Chen Yuan struck him into a wall and injured his ribs.
• Liu Hu ordered his men to attack Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan quickly knocked out Blondie and defeated the other attackers.
• Liu Hu cowered as his men lay injured, while Zhang Xiu'e stirred and drunkenly called Chen Yuan her little brother.
• Liu Hu conceded the fight for the day and threatened Chen Yuan with future trouble.

Chen Yuan carried the drunk Zhang Xiu'e home, where she kissed him, and he woke the next morning beside her. Zhang Xiu'e told him not to worry about what happened and urged him to start his new job at Chen Desheng's, leaving Chen Yuan alone with the evidence of the night.

• Chen Yuan carried Zhang Xiu'e from the taxi to her apartment and laid her on the bed.
• Zhang Xiu'e woke, pulled Chen Yuan down, and kissed him.
• Chen Yuan woke the next morning beside Zhang Xiu'e and remembered the kiss.
• Zhang Xiu'e said they were both adults, told him not to let it weigh on him, and reminded him to start work at Chen Desheng's.
• Zhang Xiu'e left for her first official day at work, while Chen Yuan noticed marks on his chest and a dark-red stain on the bedsheet.

Chen Yuan toured the villa and learned its security procedures before meeting Chen Desheng over breakfast. Lei Zhen then took him to the training ground and challenged him to spar.

• Lei Zhen showed Chen Yuan his room, the surveillance room, and the villa's security routines.
• Chen Desheng welcomed Chen Yuan to breakfast and told Lei Zhen to teach him the rules.
• Chen Desheng sent Lei Zhen and Chen Yuan to the training ground to review the training rules.
• Lei Zhen warned Chen Yuan not to coast and asked whether he could fight.
• Chen Yuan said he could fight a little, and Lei Zhen challenged him to spar.

Chen Yuan proved his Baji Fist skill to Lei Zhen, who accepted him as a capable new partner and remarked that he resembled someone named Jing Shen. After moving into the bodyguard's room, Chen Yuan struggled to message Zhang Xiu'e and spent the night thinking about her.

• Chen Yuan used a Mountain-Leaning Charge to stagger Lei Zhen and numb his arm during their sparring match.
• Lei Zhen recognized Chen Yuan's Baji Fist, learned he had trained for over ten years, and gave him advice for future jobs.
• Lei Zhen and Chen Desheng both said Chen Yuan resembled Jing Shen, leaving Chen Yuan wondering who that was.
• Chen Yuan officially moved into the bodyguard's room and repeatedly began and erased messages to Zhang Xiu'e.
• Chen Yuan recalled the previous night's bloodied sheets and Zhang Xiu'e's words, then felt disappointed when his phone showed only an unrelated news notification.

Chen Yuan began his first day as a bodyguard at Hung Hing Group and clashed with He Long after Liu Hu recognized him from the fight at Cashbox KTV. After the board meeting, Chen Desheng took Chen Yuan to meet two people.

• Lei Zhen showed Chen Yuan the Hung Hing Group offices and told him to stand guard outside the conference room during the board meeting.
• He Long confronted Chen Yuan in the corridor, and Chen Yuan caught his wrist when He Long reached for his face.
• Liu Hu identified Chen Yuan as the man who had beaten him and his companions at Cashbox KTV.
• Lei Zhen warned He Long that Chen Yuan worked for Chen Desheng, and He Long left for the conference room after threatening Chen Yuan.
• He Qingguo passed Chen Yuan after the meeting, while He Long glared at him and followed his father out.
• Chen Desheng told Chen Yuan to accompany him to see two people.

Chen Desheng took Chen Yuan and Lei Zhen to visit his wife and daughter’s grave, where he revealed they had been murdered and his son had blamed him and left. Chen Yuan bowed in his absent son’s place, and Chen Desheng later revealed that another grave belonged to his grandson.

• Chen Desheng brought Lei Zhen and Chen Yuan to his wife and daughter’s grave and told Chen Yuan they had been hacked to death more than thirty years earlier.
• Chen Desheng said his son had run away nearly twenty years ago, believing Chen Desheng was responsible for his mother and sister’s deaths.
• Chen Yuan bowed three times before the grave on behalf of Chen Desheng’s absent son.
• Chen Desheng visited a separate grave bearing the name Chen Nianzhi without touching or tending it.
• On the drive back, Chen Desheng told Chen Yuan that the second grave belonged to his grandson.

Chen Yuan accompanied Chen Desheng to a private club, where He Long provoked him and later ambushed the group in an alley. After Chen Yuan defeated He Long’s men and accepted a challenge to fight in three days, Chen Desheng told him to go all out and warned that the He Family must not dare trouble him again.

• Chen Desheng met He Qingguo at a Hung Hing club and discussed the car crash caused by tampered brakes.
• He Long challenged Chen Yuan to drink, but Chen Yuan refused, and Chen Desheng smoothed over the insult.
• He Long ambushed Chen Yuan, Chen Desheng, and Lei Zhen in an alley with five or six men, and Chen Yuan defeated them all before punching He Long.
• He Long challenged Chen Yuan to fight someone in three days, and Chen Desheng accepted on Chen Yuan’s behalf.
• Chen Desheng told Chen Yuan to go all out in the coming match and privately lamented that He Qingguo had forced his hand despite their brotherhood.

Chen Yuan accompanied Chen Desheng to a charity gala, where he met Lin Nianwei and noticed the restrained tension between her and Chen Desheng. Afterward, Chen Desheng remarked that Chen Yuan’s eyes resembled Lin Nianwei’s, while Chen Yuan ended the night exchanging brief messages with Zhang Xiu'e.

• Lei Zhen gave Chen Yuan a suit and took him with Chen Desheng to a charity gala.
• Lin Nianwei arrived at the gala with Chen Quan, and she and Chen Desheng exchanged brief, reserved greetings.
• Chen Desheng led Chen Yuan down a corridor, where they encountered Lin Nianwei leaving the restroom; she briefly looked at Chen Yuan before walking on.
• After the gala, Chen Desheng asked Chen Yuan what he thought of Lin Nianwei and said Chen Yuan’s eyes looked like hers.
• Chen Yuan told Zhang Xiu'e he was good, then stayed awake watching her brief reply appear and disappear on his phone.

He Long introduced A Wei, a Thai Muay Thai fighter, to He Qingguo as a challenger for Chen Yuan. After A Wei demonstrated his power, He Qingguo warned He Long to stay cautious, while A Wei secretly reported to a woman that he had taken the job.

• He Long introduced A Wei to He Qingguo and said A Wei had won twelve underground fights, including eight by knockout.
• A Wei claimed no fighting style was unbeatable and said he could figure out Baji Fist in three days.
• A Wei kicked a punching bag so hard that its chain snapped and the bag flew three meters across the study.
• He Qingguo questioned A Wei's motives and warned He Long that five hundred thousand was enough to buy a life.
• A Wei left in a black sedan and called a woman to say he had taken the job; she told him to contact her when it was done.