Recaps

Fang Fang remained determined to escape her family’s poverty and marry Gu Zheng, while Song Ning remained unconscious as her hereditary disease threatened her life. Gu Zheng learned the preliminary details of her C4 blood test and called to her, and Song Ning heard his voice from within her unresponsive state.

• Sun Jiahui gave up trying to arrange a marriage for Fang Fang, who planned to improve her appearance and wait for Gu Zheng.
• Jiang Chengshi warned Gu Zheng that Song Ning’s organs could fail if she remained in shock, and urged him to seek information from her blood test.
• Gu Zheng visited the laboratory and memorized the doctor’s description of the C4 serum test, though its results were not yet ready.
• Gu Zheng returned to Song Ning’s hospital and called to her beside her bed.
• Song Ning, trapped in a blank space and fearing she would die without returning to either her life in the twenty-first century or 1979, heard Gu Zheng’s voice.

Song Ning used Gu Zheng’s report about the serum sample to identify a likely treatment while her body in the hospital deteriorated. Her call for fresh frozen plasma reached Gu Zheng, and the infusion stabilized her, but Gu Zheng collapsed from exhaustion and grief.

• As Song Ning’s vital signs worsened, Gu Zheng described the serum test results, and she used the incomplete data to work out a likely diagnosis.
• Song Ning shouted that she was eighty percent sure the condition involved HAE, but the others could not hear her clearly.
• When Gu Zheng tearfully begged Song Ning to answer, she briefly made contact and called for fresh frozen plasma, or FFP.
• Gu Zheng recognized the letters, and Jiang Chengshi ordered fresh frozen plasma for Song Ning, whose oxygen saturation and ECG improved after the infusion began.
• Jiang Chengshi told Gu Zheng that Song Ning should recover, but Gu Zheng swayed and collapsed beside the bed.

After Song Ning woke from a life-threatening HAE attack, she explained her illness and treatment to Jiang Chengshi and revealed that Lei Ming was her grandfather. Gu Zheng remained unconscious, and a second examination found that no one could wake him.

• Doctors attributed Gu Zheng's collapse to exhaustion, but he remained unconscious overnight as Zhang Ming watched over him and informed Lei Ming.
• Lei Ming learned that Gu Zheng and Song Ning were hospitalized, then went to see them and felt deeply unsettled when Song Ning remained in the observation room.
• Song Ning woke up, cried at the sight of Lao Qi, Jiang Chengshi, and Lei Ming, and explained how to treat her HAE attack and avoid aggravating medications.
• Song Ning told Jiang Chengshi that Lei Ming was her grandfather before she grew too tired to continue speaking.
• Han Xiao arrived at the hospital, raised concerns about Gu Zheng's prolonged unconsciousness, and prompted doctors to examine him again; they found that he could not be woken.

Gu Zheng remained unconscious despite repeated examinations, so his family and friends transferred him to Xiehe Hospital, where doctors still found no explanation. Fang Fang learned that the pill she had given him was meant to make him fall in love with her, and the chapter ended when a young woman arrived claiming to have a folk remedy that could save him.

• The hospital transferred Gu Zheng to Xiehe Hospital after finding no abnormalities, and Tang Wei alerted Wei Jinjun and Tan Qingru.
• Sun Jiahui told Fang Fang that Gu Zheng had been hospitalized, and Fang Fang went to ask Song Lan about the medicine she had given him.
• Song Lan told Fang Fang that the Bone-Binding Lure would make Gu Zheng fall in love with her, but warned her not to use the secret remedy improperly and ended their contact.
• Fang Fang revealed that she had also added an aphrodisiac to the medicine, then left holding another pill and smiling.
• Doctors at Xiehe Hospital found Gu Zheng physically normal despite nearly two days of unconsciousness, and Zhang Ming reported that a young woman outside claimed to have a folk remedy that could save him.

Song Ning recovered from the car accident and learned that Gu Zheng remained unconscious, but she could find no cause in his test results. She told Jiang Chengshi that she had briefly returned to the other world while in shock, and he asked what triggered her condition.

• Fang Fang visited Gu Zheng with a secret remedy, but Tan Qingru refused it and sent her away with her gifts and phone number.
• Song Ning’s tests confirmed she had hereditary angioedema, and doctors moved her to a regular ward after her condition stabilized.
• Song Ning thanked Zhou Yuanhang for saving her during the car accident and learned that he was hospitalized next door with a scraped back.
• Song Ning learned from Jiang Chengshi that Gu Zheng was still unconscious, then examined his test results without finding a cause.
• Song Ning told Jiang Chengshi that she had heard her mother and maternal grandfather while in shock, and he asked what triggered her condition.

Song Ning learned what could trigger her rare condition and suspected Fang Fang had drugged Gu Zheng before his collapse. Too weak to visit him, she planned to recover and try acupuncture the next morning, while Han Xiao and Chen Liang went to collect her silver needles and encountered an unexpected guest at Song Wang's home.

• Song Ning connected her past episodes to severe blood loss, hormonal fluctuations, and possibly infection, while Lao Jiang worried that the many triggers could not all be avoided.
• Han Xiao and Chen Liang told Song Ning that Gu Zheng had remained unconscious for nearly two days and that Fang Fang claimed to have a remedy that could wake him.
• Song Ning suspected Fang Fang had added another substance to the aphrodisiac she gave Gu Zheng on October first, and Han Xiao agreed to watch her without alerting her.
• Song Ning tried to get out of bed to visit Gu Zheng but nearly collapsed, so she asked Han Xiao to bring her silver needles the next morning and fainted after requesting energy infusions.
• Han Xiao and Chen Liang left to collect Song Ning's needles and found a young woman with two braids helping Song Wang clear the dishes; Song Wang called her a colleague.

Song Ning recovered enough to examine Gu Zheng, whose body reacted to acupuncture but remained trapped in unconsciousness. She suspected someone had tampered with him, and Tan Qingru ordered Wei Jinjun to bring Fang Fang in for questioning.

• Wu Tao Ying visited Song Wang at his home, stayed for dinner, and Chen Liang warned Song Wang to watch out for thieves.
• Han Xiao and Chen Liang worried that Song Ning's prolonged sleep might resemble Gu Zheng's condition, but she woke feeling better and agreed to visit him.
• Lei Ming accompanied Song Ning to Xiehe Hospital, where Tan Qingru welcomed her to Gu Zheng's bedside.
• Song Ning used acupuncture on Gu Zheng, whose body reacted strongly before he cried out, "Song Ning! Don't go back!" and passed out again.
• Song Ning told Tan Qingru that someone might have tampered with Gu Zheng, and Tan Qingru suspected Fang Fang and ordered Wei Jinjun to bring her in.

After Song Ning recovered from the accident, she reflected on her connection to Gu Zheng and agreed to let Fang Fang try waking him with a secret remedy. Fang Fang arrived with black liquid, but Song Ning urged Tan Qingru to give it to Gu Zheng herself while they remained uncertain what Fang Fang was relying on.

• Tan Qingru arranged to transfer Song Ning to Gu Zheng's hospital room so she could stay near him.
• Song Ning recalled how Gu Zheng's tears had helped her return from the other world and felt more confident about facing her body's problem.
• Fang Fang arrived wearing the same yellow dress she had worn on October first and said she could wake Gu Zheng with a secret remedy.
• Fang Fang drank some of the black liquid herself and claimed it would have no side effects, but she refused to explain Gu Zheng's condition.
• Song Ning nodded to Tan Qingru, then suggested Tan Qingru try feeding Gu Zheng the remedy herself.

Fang Fang gave Gu Zheng a secret medicine and, after he woke, he pretended to favor her so she would leave without suspecting his plan. Once she was gone, Gu Zheng reunited with Song Ning and concluded that someone had directed Fang Fang to attack and control him.

• Tan Qingru reluctantly allowed Fang Fang to administer her secret medicine to Gu Zheng.
• After Gu Zheng woke, he acted confused and warmly invited Fang Fang to visit again, while Song Ning silently went along with the act.
• Fang Fang left with Chen Liang, believing Gu Zheng welcomed her, and Gu Zheng immediately embraced Song Ning.
• Gu Zheng told Tan Qingru that Fang Fang had likely been directed by someone and that the timing of the attack was no coincidence.

After Song Ning woke, Gu Zheng confessed how afraid he was of losing her, and she told him about her fatal hereditary disease while asking whether he would still choose her. Gu Zheng affirmed his love, and as they began to acknowledge their feelings, Lei Ming arrived and Song Ning prepared to explain her identity.

• Tan Qingru and Wei Jinjun left the hospital room, and Gu Zheng held Song Ning while confessing his fear of losing her.
• Song Ning told Gu Zheng that her hereditary disease had no cure and asked whether he still wanted to be with her.
• Gu Zheng said he had wanted her for a long time and would choose her even if they had only days together.
• Song Ning returned Gu Zheng's embrace, and he asked whether he could kiss her, but Lei Ming interrupted them.
• Gu Zheng told Lei Ming that Song Ning was one of them, and Song Ning asked Lei Ming to sit while she explained.

Song Ning convinced Lei Ming that she was his granddaughter from the future by recounting intimate family secrets, and Lei Ming began to accept her claim. After discussing her role in protecting the chief engineers, he asked whether he and Gu Zheng were still alive in her time and what she and Gu Zheng had been doing when he entered.

• Song Ning recounted Lei Ming and Meng Yu’s family history and private memories, then revealed that she was Lei Hong’s daughter from the future.
• Gu Zheng vouched for Song Ning, and Lei Ming accepted that her knowledge proved she was telling the truth.
• Song Ning shared more personal details about Lei Ming and Meng Yu, including her memories of hearing Lei Ming speak to her after her car accident.
• Lei Ming asked Song Ning about her future and learned that she came from the twenty-first century, then discussed her contributions to the crackdown on the 'K' organization and the protection of the chief engineers.
• Before leaving, Lei Ming asked about Song Ning’s father and Tang Wei, then asked whether he and Gu Zheng were alive in her time and what she and Gu Zheng had been doing when he entered.

After Lei Ming discovered Gu Zheng's feelings for Song Ning, the two faced the age gap and the possibility that Gu Zheng might not exist in Song Ning's future, but decided to cherish their time together. Song Ning's friends visited after she woke, and Gu Zheng raised the possibility that Li Yanzhou had either kept his identity private or died before Song Ning was born.

• Lei Ming acknowledged Song Ning as his granddaughter, warned Gu Zheng that he and Song Ning were a generation apart, and left to process the revelation.
• Song Ning told Gu Zheng she had never heard of him in her time, but said she wanted them to cherish their chance together, and Gu Zheng agreed to face the future with her.
• Song Ning fell asleep, and Gu Zheng left after his IV finished to catch up on work.
• Liang Lichuan and Li Yanzhou visited Song Ning, told her they had joined a closed experimental project, and shared news about Feng Yujuan and Kong.
• After Liang Lichuan and Li Yanzhou left, Gu Zheng suggested Li Yanzhou might have stayed unknown or died before Song Ning was born.

Song Ning and Gu Zheng found comfort in each other as the nationwide inspections uncovered hidden bases, while Song Wang struggled with Wu Tao Ying’s sudden attention at the factory. The chapter ended with Wu Tao Ying asking Song Wang to go somewhere with her.

• Song Ning and Gu Zheng agreed to stop dwelling on the future, and Gu Zheng told her that Liang Lichuan’s father might have been the researcher Liang Shunsheng who died in the fire.
• Han Xiao reported that inspections had uncovered three sites with suspicious knife-switch symbols and underground passages, and Gu Zheng warned that their enemies might retaliate.
• Dong Yuan and Li Suying visited Song Ning, and Song Ning realized they were together; later, Gu Zheng secretly returned to stay beside her overnight.
• Song Wang learned that his liquor was nearing the distillation stage but found Wu Tao Ying unusually attentive toward him.
• Wu Tao Ying bashfully asked Song Wang to go somewhere with her.

Wu Tao Ying persuaded Song Wang to pose as her boyfriend to resist her family's plan to marry her to an abusive man, and he went with her to meet them. While waiting outside in her courtyard, Song Wang witnessed a young woman kneel before a man in a black trench coat, who threatened her and her sister.

• Wu Tao Ying begged Song Wang to pretend to be her boyfriend and threatened to kill herself with scissors until he agreed to help.
• Zheng Chunzhi entered the office and saw Wu Tao Ying leave after telling Song Wang she would come find him again.
• Wu Tao Ying explained that her family was arranging her marriage because they feared the distillery would close, and she argued that Song Wang's current home in the Siheyuan Courtyard would impress her mother.
• Song Wang rode with Wu Tao Ying to her family home, where her relatives welcomed him and examined his clothes, watch, and bicycle.
• While waiting for the meal, Song Wang saw a young woman in the neighboring courtyard kneel before a man in a black trench coat, who threatened that she and her sister would die if she disobeyed him.

Song Wang helped Wu Tao Ying fend off a proposed marriage, then told Song Ning about his encounters with a threatening man in black. Song Ning and Gu Zheng realized the man might be connected to the earlier threat against Lu Changqing.

• Song Wang left Wu Tao Ying after a woman knocked her down, and the man in black frightened Wu Tao Ying into silence.
• Chen Liang brought Song Wang to the hospital, where Song Ning asked whether he was dating Wu Tao Ying.
• Song Wang denied being interested in Wu Tao Ying, and Song Ning warned him not to agree to her future requests.
• Chen Liang revealed that he had followed Fang Fang to Wu Tao Ying's courtyard, where she had argued with the man in black.
• Song Wang said he had seen the man with different women and heard him threaten a girl and her sister.
• Song Wang identified the man as someone he had seen at the restaurant on the day Song Ning followed Lu Changqing, prompting Song Ning and Gu Zheng to connect him to the threat involving the 'Ghost' symbol.

Song Ning told Jiang Chengshi that she planned to fund a hospital by using her profits from Shenzhen City land and to take over Military Medical University's Affiliated Hospital under contract. The chapter ended with her revealing that the hospital was the reason she had applied to the university.

• Gu Zheng left to investigate Wu Tao Ying's neighbor after Song Wang identified a man who might be connected to Ghost and Fang Fang.
• Song Wang accepted Song Ning's relationship with Gu Zheng and remembered their grandfather's sacrifices.
• Jiang Chengshi brought Song Ning newspapers, and she said she was ready to begin her plan.
• Song Ning explained that she needed to establish a hospital to research a targeted drug for her illness and to save others.
• Song Ning told Jiang Chengshi that her 680 mu of leased land in Shenzhen City had gained value and that she planned to take over a hospital's operations under contract.
• Song Ning revealed that she had applied to Military Medical University because she intended to take over its affiliated hospital.

Song Ning returned to work after recovering from her accident, advanced the laboratory project, and reassured Zhou Yuanhang that she would continue overseeing his father’s treatment. As she left school, Lu Ming took her to identify a suspect in Chief Engineer Zhou’s murder.

• Song Ning asked Jiang Chengshi to gather her medical textbooks so she could prepare for the school assessment and later pursue a medical license.
• Song Ning left Xiehe Hospital after the doctors removed her stitches and returned to the laboratory, where she introduced the next phase of research.
• Zhou Yuanhang told Song Ning he feared losing her friendship, and she agreed to help arrange a CT scan for Elder Zhou in Shanghai City.
• Song Ning reflected that she might have treated Zhou Yuanhang too coldly after he returned from De Country.
• Lu Ming met Song Ning outside the school and drove her to identify a suspect in Chief Engineer Zhou’s murder.

Song Ning examined Poison Fang but could not determine whether he was the man she had seen near the factory or the missing Lu Changqing. On the drive home, she shared a tender conversation with Lei Ming about their family’s future, revealing that Hongyuan would live to be twelve.

• Song Ning recognized He Kui in a photograph and learned that the arrested Poison Fang was one of Yi Gang’s trusted men and a skilled poisoner.
• Lei Ming explained that Poison Fang’s arrest linked K to the Zhou Weide case and to the deaths of Feng Jicheng and Feng Yuping, while K and Ghost targeted factories and chief engineers across the country.
• Song Ning said she still could not tell whether Poison Fang or Lu Changqing had appeared at the factory gate, so Lei Ming agreed that the investigation needed to continue.
• On the drive home, Song Ning told Lei Ming that she had come to find him and Meng Yu and looked forward to eating her grandmother’s cooking again.
• When Lei Ming asked what became of Hongyuan, Song Ning revealed that he lived to be twelve despite his congenital heart condition.

Song Ning told Lei Ming she had returned to save a child and asked him to keep her return secret from Meng Yu, who suspected the young woman was their future granddaughter. Back at the Siheyuan Courtyard, Song Ning found Wu Tao Ying and her family visiting Song Wang, then asked her brother whether he wanted to marry Wu Tao Ying.

• Song Ning told Lei Ming she could treat his six-year-old nephew and wanted to open a hospital, then asked him not to tell Meng Yu that she had returned after being hit by a car.
• Lei Ming told Meng Yu that Song Ning would visit the next day, and Meng Yu wondered whether the girl was coming for her birthday and revealed that she had dreamed Song Ning called her Grandma.
• Song Ning arrived at the Siheyuan Courtyard and found Wu Tao Ying and several relatives and guests gathered with Song Wang.
• Wu Tao Ying sent the guests home, and Song Wang began tidying the living room after they left.
• Song Wang asked Song Ning whether he could get married, and she asked if he wanted to marry Wu Tao Ying.

Song Ning objected when Song Wang decided to marry Wu Tao Ying, but agreed that he could date her first while keeping his boundaries. Worried Wu Tao Ying was pursuing him for the Siheyuan Courtyard, Song Ning asked the police to spread the word that marrying Song Wang would not give her the property.

• Song Wang told Song Ning that Wu Tao Ying had hugged him in front of others, and said he wanted to try building a life with her despite her schemes.
• Song Ning urged Song Wang to date Wu Tao Ying before discussing marriage and warned him not to cross physical boundaries before they had a marriage certificate.
• Song Ning went to the Xiangyang Police Station and explained to Zheng Yang that she feared Wu Tao Ying was manipulating Song Wang over the courtyard.
• Zheng Yang called his friend at the Xingfu Road Police Station, then told Wei Jinjun about Song Ning's request.
• Wei Jinjun called Officer Jin to ensure the matter was handled discreetly, and Officer Jin summoned Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang for the assignment.

After Song Ning recovered enough to leave the hospital, she encountered Kong Jianming and offered to pay his debt if he agreed to date someone she chose for a month. At the Distillery, Wu Tao Ying listened as Public Security officers discussed the Wang family's burned courtyard and the Li family's imprisonment, then asked why they had gone to jail.

• Song Ning learned that Public Security had ruled her car crash an accident and went with her escorts to visit Feng Yujuan at the hospital.
• One of Song Ning's escorts stopped a group from beating Kong Jianming, who admitted he had borrowed money to pay Feng Yujuan's hospital bills and owed 120.
• Song Ning offered to clear Kong Jianming's debt if he dated a girl she chose for one month.
• Song Wang arrived at the Distillery pleased about his relationship with Wu Tao Ying, while Wu Tao Ying believed the Siheyuan Courtyard could house her family.
• Chief Jin and two other Public Security officers arrived at the Distillery to check fire and electrical safety, and Wu Tao Ying struggled to answer their questions.
• Two officers mentioned that the Li family had lost their home after a fire at the Wang family's Siheyuan Courtyard and had ended up in jail, prompting Wu Tao Ying to ask why.

Wu Tao Ying learned that Song Wang was only caretaking the Qiu Family courtyard and hurried away, while Song Ning encouraged Feng Yujuan to recover and raise her baby. At a traditional medicine shop, Song Ning exposed a mustached man's fake-medicine accusation as a dangerous setup involving poisonous langdu.

• Public Security officers left the factory after Chief Jin pointed out safety problems, and Chief Jin confirmed that Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang had delivered their warning.
• Wu Tao Ying asked Song Wang whether his courtyard belonged to the Qiu Family and whether he would return it to the family's descendants, then hurried away after he agreed.
• Song Wang resolved to make his liquor-brewing work succeed so he could provide for Wu Tao Ying.
• Song Ning stopped Feng Yujuan from kowtowing and urged her to recover, live well, and raise her baby.
• At a traditional medicine shop, a mustached man accused the staff of selling fake louru and demanded compensation, but Song Ning identified the herb as poisonous langdu and said he would not have survived if he had taken it.

Song Ning exposed a man trying to extort money at Tonghetang, then reunited with Gu Zheng, who confessed his worries about their relationship before kissing her passionately. The chapter ended when someone urgently called for Gu Zheng at the courtyard gate.

• Song Ning revealed that the mustached man was trying to extort money, and he fled as a staff member chased him.
• Song Ning collected her medicine and returned to the courtyard, where Gu Zheng was waiting for her.
• Song Ning and Gu Zheng embraced, then prepared vegetables together while discussing Gu Zheng’s concerns about their age and their connection to Lei Ming.
• Song Ning urged Gu Zheng to cherish their time together, and he kissed her until she pushed him away.
• Gu Zheng admitted he had practiced kissing before in the Basement at Dong Village, but someone pounded on the gate and called for him because something had happened.

Gu Zheng learned that Yang Jianlin had killed Fang Fang, while Song Wang’s new liquor won praise and gave the Distillery hope. Wu Tao Ying’s mother urged her to exploit Song Wang’s courtyard and wealth, but Song Wang left before Wu Tao Ying could speak to him.

• Han Xiao told Gu Zheng that Yang Jianlin had stabbed Fang Fang to death after an argument, and Gu Zheng left to investigate.
• Song Ning suspected Yang Jianlin might be linked to the Ghost organization because of his connection to Fang Fang and the symbols found at Lu Changqing’s hotel.
• Song Wang and the Distillery workers tasted his new liquor, and Technician Li and Zheng Chunzhi declared the batch a success.
• Song Wang went looking for Wu Tao Ying to share the good news but could not find her.
• Wu Tao Ying’s mother urged her to keep pursuing Song Wang so their family could move into his courtyard, and Wu Tao Ying returned to the Distillery.
• Wu Tao Ying saw Song Wang leaving in a Jeep and concluded that his family was more influential than she had thought.

Song Ning reunited with Changmei and Chunlan, who had escaped to Capital City, and learned Chunlan had unknowingly given Fang Fang the drug that incapacitated Gu Zheng. Chunlan revealed the drug was the Bone-Binding Lure, which made a man fall in love with the first person he saw upon waking, leaving Song Ning and Gu Zheng worried about its effects.

• Zhang Ming brought Song Ning to the Chaodong District Public Security Bureau, where Gu Zheng showed her Changmei and Chunlan in custody.
• Gu Zheng explained that Chunlan had given Fang Fang the drug once, but the sisters had refused to help further and were rescued from an attempt on their lives.
• Gu Zheng told Song Ning the sisters were being held as unregistered migrants because their temporary documents had expired, and he left their fate to her judgment.
• Song Ning asked Gu Zheng to decide whether the sisters should stay or be sent home, and he said he trusted her completely.
• Chunlan learned Gu Zheng had taken the Bone-Binding Lure and warned that it made him fall in love with the first person he saw after waking.
• Song Ning said she had underestimated the drug and that they should believe it existed, while Gu Zheng urged her to trust him.