Chapter Summaries

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.