Chapter Summaries

He Min tried to save Zhang Youzhi from Wild Fang attackers, but both were captured and taken away. As White Jade Capital and local police mobilized against Crane City’s criminal network, an undercover operation at Crane River Group’s headquarters began targeting the fat man who had served Gao Fu.

• He Min ran over two knife-wielding attackers, but Scarface beat her, seized her and Zhang Youzhi, and ordered his gang to take them away.
• A homeless man found a Jiacheng Entertainment name badge at the bloody scene, while the Funeral Directors and Yang Donglin’s officers arrived and coordinated their response.
• Number Two learned that reinforcements were at least six hours away and ordered Zhang Youzhi’s location broadcast to the company.
• Gao Fu ordered Wild Fang to kill Zhang Youzhi and bring He Min, then dismissed the fat man after receiving the USB drive.
• The fat man left Crane River Group headquarters intending to expose Gao Fu, but undercover officers staged an assault and had him taken away.

Wu Fuzhang left a little gray kitten with a girl and stormed Lejia Entertainment City to find Zhang Youzhi, who had been abducted and stabbed by Scarface’s men. After Scarface claimed Zhang was already dead, Wu struck through him and demanded to know where Zhang was.

• Wu Fuzhang accepted a bun from a little girl and left his kitten in her care before heading to Lejia Entertainment City.
• Scarface stabbed Zhang Youzhi, but Zhang barely felt the pain and learned that Boss Gao had ordered his death because of He Min.
• Zhang Youzhi struggled when Scarface tried to kill him, but Four Tigers burst in to report that a homeless man was fighting through the entrance.
• Wu Fuzhang defeated the enforcers in the lobby and demanded to know where Zhang Youzhi was.
• Scarface claimed Zhang was dead, and Wu Fuzhang ran his broken staff through Scarface before asking again.

Wu Fuchang and the four embalmers fought Master Fang’s men while Zhang Youzhi, badly wounded, helped kill Master Fang. The group was surrounded, but the embalmers’ call for help brought in armed forces who secured the hall.

• Wu Fuchang fought off Scarface’s thugs and the suited men until four embalmers broke through the hall’s windows and joined the battle.
• Zhang Youzhi crept downstairs and attacked Master Fang, mangling his mouth with a dagger even as a suited man nearly cut him in half.
• The embalmers and Wu Fuchang defeated the remaining guards and tried to keep Zhang Youzhi alive, but Master Fang’s reinforcements surrounded them.
• The lead embalmer revealed that their company had requested help from local authorities, and helicopters, police vehicles, and armed soldiers arrived to seize the hall.

After the crackdown, Zhang Youzhi was stitched together while doctors revealed that widespread cancer had left him little time to live. As Wu Fuzhang faced arrest, he arranged for Hao Shanzhi to look after Gray Kitten and decide whether to continue his martial training.

• Yang Donglin arrived at the lobby and learned that Zhang Youzhi’s injuries and advanced cancer made his survival unlikely once the drug wore off.
• The lead surgeon asked the morticians about the drug sustaining Zhang Youzhi, but they refused to discuss their company secret.
• Yang Donglin recognized the homeless man as Wu Fuzhang, a fugitive from fourteen years earlier, and offered to seek a commutation of his death sentence for his help in the crackdown.
• He Min insisted Zhang Youzhi wanted a quiet burial, and Wu Fuzhang asked to attend it.
• Wu Fuzhang wrote Hao Shanzhi a letter about checking on Gray Kitten and choosing between martial arts and studying, then offered his wrists for arrest, but Yang Donglin’s handcuffs were too small.

After the crackdown made Zhang Youzhi a viral hero, Number Two told him that his girlfriend was coming to find him and outlined a plan to help her start a new life after his death. With only two hours left to live, Zhang Youzhi decided to leave his hospital room for a walk.

• He Min told Zhang Youzhi that reporters had made him famous for helping bring down Crane City's criminal network, and he asked her to keep his name and photos from the media.
• Number Two explained that leaked security footage had gone viral and Zhang Youzhi's girlfriend was traveling to Songjiang City to find him.
• Number Two said the company would use hypnosis and romance, friendship, and career support to help Zhang Youzhi's girlfriend move on after his death.
• Zhang Youzhi canceled the deluxe funeral services he had previously withdrawn and accepted upgrades to the services he had kept.
• After Number Two told him he had two hours left to live, Zhang Youzhi decided to go outside for a stroll.

As the medicine wore off in a Crane City cemetery, Zhang Youzhi imagined a future with Li Douyu and said goodbye to the people he cared about. When the darkness came, he stepped toward it, and the world returned to light after someone checked his pulse and shook their head.

• Number Two refused to give Zhang Youzhi another pill and told him to use the remaining time to consider whether he had anything left to do.
• Zhang Youzhi nervously speculated about souls, reincarnation, and what might happen after death as he waited alone among the gravestones.
• Zhang Youzhi imagined marrying Li Douyu, raising Duoduo and a healed kitten, reassuring his father, and hearing that He Min had taken over her company.
• Zhang Youzhi's parents and Mr. Li discussed his wedding to Li Douyu, and his mother invited everyone to the banquet.
• After everyone else disappeared, Zhang Youzhi asked who wanted to find him, stepped into the darkness, and vanished as the world returned to light and someone checked his pulse.

Hao Shanzhi tracked Gray Kitten to a little girl, then left the cat with her after learning she knew Zhang Youzhi. As He Min arranged Zhang Youzhi’s funeral with Xu Nayuyan, his attempt to charm her was derailed by her elaborate funeral plans.

• Hao Shanzhi found Gray Kitten with Duoduo and learned she had met Zhang Youzhi, so he left the cat with her and gave her mother a funeral notice.
• Yang Donglin released Zhang Shuke, who took Zhang Youzhi’s invitation and left to attend his friend’s funeral.
• He Min took charge of arranging Zhang Youzhi’s funeral while Xu Nayuyan tried to coordinate the company’s luxury services and win her affection.
• Xu Nayuyan arranged a café meeting with He Min, but she arrived with a huge funeral wreath and spirit money samples.
• He Min took Xu Nayuyan’s Starlight Roses and added them to the wreath, leaving him speechless.

Xu Nayuyan and He Min planned Zhang Youzhi’s funeral, arguing over its customs, food, and what should happen to his remains. Zhang Youzhi’s final letter settled the dispute over cremation, and the preparations were completed.

• He Min planned a lively Chinese-Western funeral for Zhang Youzhi and asked Xu Nayuyan to let her handle the main ceremony.
• He Min directed the setup at the Crane River golf course, where the official funeral would take place before her private ceremony.
• Xu Nayuyan and He Min argued over the funeral banquet and whether Zhang Youzhi should be cremated or buried intact.
• He Min confronted Xu Nayuyan’s White Jade Capital employees with her own group over possession of Zhang Youzhi’s remains.
• Number Two used Zhang Youzhi’s final letter to settle the dispute, and He Min agreed to cremation.
• Xu Nayuyan and He Min completed the preparations, planning to scatter Zhang Youzhi’s ashes and bury the coffin the following day.

Zhang Youzhi was cremated while his soul awakened inside the furnace and realized that he was dead. His skull survived the fire, and his apparition followed He Min as she left with his urn.

• A makeup artist prepared Zhang Youzhi’s body, while He Min stayed beside him during the cremation ceremony.
• He Min clung to Zhang Youzhi’s bed as the morticians wheeled him toward the furnace, but they eventually pushed him inside.
• After Xu Nayuyan confirmed that Zhang Youzhi was burning, Zhang Youzhi’s corpse stirred in the furnace and his soul awakened.
• The fire reduced Zhang Youzhi’s body to ash, but his skull stayed intact near the cooler furnace door as his soul recognized it and wondered who he was.
• The worker collected fewer ashes than expected, and He Min took the urn before leaving with Xu Nayuyan and the others.
• Zhang Youzhi’s apparition followed He Min and the urn.

After his ashes were scattered, Zhang Youzhi regained his memories and attended his own public funeral as a ghost. Number Two revealed that Zhang Youzhi could join White Jade Capital and offered to show him his future workplace.

• A crematorium employee found Zhang Youzhi’s unburned skull, mistook it for a work of art, and packed it into a box to take home.
• He Min and Xu Nayuyan scattered Zhang Youzhi’s ashes into the Crane River, restoring his name and most of his memories.
• Reporters and officials held a heavily publicized funeral for Li Zhi, Zhang Youzhi’s alias, while Zhang Youzhi wandered around unseen by the mourners.
• Number Two approached Zhang Youzhi, explained that White Jade Capital was not an ordinary company, and invited him to tour his future workplace.

After his death, Zhang Youzhi walked along the Crane River with Number Two, who explained the White Jade Capital Company’s work combating extreme emotions and tried to recruit him. Zhang Youzhi refused to return to work or life, and stayed by the river as Number Two went back to the company.

• Zhang Youzhi told Number Two he would not work for the White Jade Capital Company, despite the risk that his soul would disappear when its services were complete.
• Number Two explained that the company handled extreme emotions worldwide and had identified Zhang Youzhi as the source of an S-rank emotional disaster tied to Li Douyu.
• Number Two described the company’s shortage of core personnel and the many emotional risks it was struggling to manage, then offered to help bring Zhang Youzhi back to life if he joined.
• Zhang Youzhi thanked Number Two but refused the offer, choosing not to return to a life of work and obligations.
• Number Two left for the company, while Zhang Youzhi remained by the river and reflected that the world would keep going without him.

At Zhang Youzhi’s sparsely attended funeral, guests watched videos celebrating his remarkable exploits and gathered to honor him. As He Min began the service, Zhang Youzhi’s spirit listened quietly, no longer feeling alone.

• Zhang Youzhi watched the musicians, opera performers, and staff prepare for his funeral, then saw them scan a QR code on his headstone to watch videos of his proudest moments.
• The homeless man arrived with Hao Shanzhi, and Gray Kitten jumped from a little girl’s arms to approach Zhang Youzhi’s ghost beneath the headstone.
• Yang Donglin caught Zhang Shuke stealing a staff member’s phone, returned it, and handcuffed him at the funeral.
• He Min welcomed Zhang Youzhi’s few acquaintances, explaining that she had invited them so he would not leave alone.
• He Min began recounting Zhang Youzhi’s life as his spirit listened quietly.

After Zhang Youzhi left the funeral, Li Douyu hid in Songjiang City and investigated the fake Zhang Youzhi controlling her boyfriend’s accounts. A White Jade Capital team planned to approach her and gain her trust before a Hypnosis Expert arrived.

• Zhang Youzhi left the funeral early and floated toward the station.
• Li Douyu settled across from the Songjiang City Police Station, fortified her rental room, and investigated Zhang Youzhi’s disappearance and suspicious messages.
• Li Douyu found no hospital records supporting the story of Zhang Youzhi’s terminally ill friend and concluded that the person controlling his accounts was not him.
• Si Weizhe’s team met to plan how to approach Li Douyu, assigning two pairs to pose as couples and siblings and make contact at the mall.

Li Douyu put up coded notices around Kaiyuan Mall to contact Zhang Youzhi, but her attempt brought her face-to-face with Wen Xuanjing and Nanmen Yingyun. Si Weizhe told them to withdraw after realizing Li Douyu might suspect the world they had built around her.

• Li Douyu disguised herself and posted notices reading "Big Winter Melon, Big Winter Melon, are you there?" around Kaiyuan Mall.
• A security guard chased Li Douyu, but she escaped and continued putting up notices.
• Wen Xuanjing and Nanmen Yingyun took one of Li Douyu's notices, and Li Douyu recognized them as vaguely familiar.
• Li Douyu refused Nanmen Yingyun's offer to help and hurried away.
• Wen Xuanjing remembered seeing the notice's phrase in chat logs, and Si Weizhe ordered the pair to withdraw.
• Si Weizhe said Li Douyu's attitude had changed after she asked Zhang Youzhi's account a coded question four days earlier, and he suspected she doubted her world.

Zhang Youzhi recalled Number Two explaining the White Jade Capital Company, emotional disasters, and the company’s origins and mission. As the train arrived at Songjiang North Station, Zhang Youzhi remained a phantom and the story left him returning from his memories.

• Zhang Youzhi remembered learning that the White Jade Capital Company identified and prevented emotional disasters, which ranged from individual cases to catastrophic collective events.
• Number Two told Zhang Youzhi that two SSS-rank disasters had occurred in history, both man-made, and that preventing a third was the company’s highest purpose.
• Number Two explained that the company’s founders came from the real White Jade Capital, founded the company in 1957, and had lost eleven companions by 1986.
• Number Two said Li Douyu was the first bearer of an individual S-rank emotional disaster and asked Zhang Youzhi to join as the seventh member, but Zhang Youzhi declined.
• A train announcement for Songjiang North Station interrupted Zhang Youzhi’s recollections.

Li Douyu searched Songjiang City for Zhang Youzhi while evading people who kept trying to befriend her and a sleazy man who followed her. At the university, Si Weizhe’s task force realized their repeated approaches had only made her more suspicious and planned to visit her with gifts.

• Li Douyu noticed the sleazy man following her and tried to draw the nearby police into helping by offering them watermelons, but the man remained outside her home.
• Li Douyu armed herself with a chainsaw to scare off the stalker, then broke down crying over Zhang Youzhi’s absence.
• Si Weizhe told the task force that Li Douyu had long known their Zhang Youzhi was fake and that their approaches had made her distrust them.
• Si Weizhe sent Bai Song to buy gifts so the five task-force members could visit Li Douyu that night and reassure her before the hypnosis expert arrived.

Li Douyu fought off a stalker who attacked her in an alley, and the police arrived to find the man dead and Li Douyu posing as his victim. The mission team reached the scene and Nanmen Yingyun was mistaken for a threat, leaving her under arrest as the police investigated.

• Bai Song spotted a disheveled man watching Li Douyu’s lodging, then grew uneasy when she did not return with food as expected.
• The stalker cornered Li Douyu in an alley, but she stabbed him with a fruit knife and called the police.
• Li Douyu altered the scene and pretended to be a helpless victim when Li Fei and the officers arrived.
• Bai Song, Si Weizhe, Gu Yu, Wen Xuanjing, and Nanmen Yingyun searched for Li Douyu and ran toward the sirens.
• Nanmen Yingyun claimed she had come to save Li Douyu, but Li Douyu denied knowing her, so Li Fei ordered the officers to take Nanmen Yingyun in.

Li Fei arrested Li Douyu’s five pursuers after she accused them of stalking and confining her, and the case drew the attention of the company overseeing her. Number Two decided to free the experts on bail and send a senior manager to approach Li Douyu while arranging to resurrect Zhang Youzhi.

• Li Fei arrested Nanmen Yingyun and Wen Xuanjing after mistaking their actions for involvement in a murder and an assault on an officer.
• Bai Song and Gu Yu arrived to rescue Li Douyu, but an officer found a tracker in her shoe, and Li Douyu claimed the four strangers had been following her.
• Li Fei arrested Bai Song, Gu Yu, Nanmen Yingyun, and Wen Xuanjing after Li Douyu denied knowing them and accused them of stalking her.
• Si Weizhe arrived and was also arrested after he identified Li Douyu by name, though she said she did not know him.
• Number Two learned that Li Douyu had filed complaints against the five experts and suspected she was using the case to reach the company and discover what happened to Zhang Youzhi.
• Number Two accepted a subordinate’s plan to secure the experts’ release, send a senior manager to Li Douyu, and resurrect Zhang Youzhi.

After Li Douyu was cleared of suspicion, Li Fei’s officers protected her while Number Two managed the released young people and sent the Hypnotist away from her guarded home. Number Two then found Zhang Youzhi, whose empty soul had reached Songjiang City and remained bound to pursue one final obsession: finding her before disappearing.

• Investigators ruled Li Douyu’s killing of the old thug self-defense and uncovered evidence that he had stalked her with a knife.
• Li Fei’s officers learned about the suspicious young people and Li Douyu’s missing boyfriend, escorted her home, and arranged free rent, meals, and heavy protection.
• Li Fei’s officers printed thousands of missing-person notices and increased security after their bureau chief blocked questions about the five young people.
• Number Two secured the five young people’s release, ordered the Hypnotist to stay away from Li Douyu, and told Si Weizhe’s group to apologize to her later.
• Zhang Youzhi’s soul reached Songjiang City and reflected on his lifeless existence, then resolved to find her before disappearing.

Number Two was assigned to investigate a potential C+ emotional disaster caused by missing children, while Si Weizhe's team organized an investigation and sting operation. Zhang Youzhi tried to work out how to find Li Douyu, who eventually disguised herself and set out to search for him.

• Number Two learned that grief over missing children could combine into a C+ emotional disaster, so he sent Si Weizhe and a hypnotist to investigate.
• Zhang Youzhi found Li Douyu's missing-person notice and decided to map where other notices appeared to narrow down his search.
• Si Weizhe's task force shifted its focus from Li Douyu to the missing children and assigned Gu Yu, Bai Song, Nanmen Yingyun, and Wen Xuanjing their investigation roles.
• Li Douyu grew tired of waiting for news about Zhang Youzhi and disguised herself as a middle school boy before leaving to search for him.