Chapter Summaries

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.

Gu Zheng and Song Ning learned more about the plot to drug Gu Zheng and the events that led Yang Jianlin to stab Fang Fang. They then went to Lei Ming’s home for Song Ning’s grandmother’s birthday, where Lei Hong excitedly told Song Ning about her dream.

• Gu Zheng chose to have Chunlan and Changmei detained for three days, while Song Ning learned that the man who threatened Chunlan was different from the man arrested at the scene.
• Han Xiao explained that Yang Jianlin and Fang Fang had agreed to deceive the Gu Family for money, but Fang Fang changed the drug after developing feelings for Gu Zheng, leading Yang Jianlin to stab her.
• Song Ning warned Gu Zheng that the plot had targeted him before his return to Capital City, and he promised to take extra precautions.
• Gu Zheng changed into proper clothes and brought gifts before accompanying Song Ning to her grandmother’s birthday gathering.
• Lei Hong rushed to hug Song Ning and described dreaming that Song Ning bought her a rocket launcher, prompting Lei Ming to threaten to make her see flashes himself.

Song Ning reunited with Meng Yu on her birthday and celebrated with the Lei family. After the meal, she reviewed a list of Dawn Project engineers and recognized Li Yongzhi as someone who would die in an accident five days later.

• Meng Yu recognized Song Ning, and the two embraced tearfully while Lei Hong tried to comfort them and warned Gu Zheng not to bully Song Ning.
• Song Ning helped Meng Yu finish preparing the birthday meal, and the family ate together and sang Meng Yu a birthday song.
• Lei Ming showed Song Ning and Gu Zheng a classified list of Dawn Project enterprises and chief engineers.
• Song Ning identified Wang Cunpu as alive in 2025, so Gu Zheng suggested prioritizing protection for engineers who had died before then.
• Song Ning recognized Li Yongzhi as a pioneer who would die in an accident on October 28, 1979, and asked whether newspapers would report it.

Song Ning used her future memories to help Lei Ming prioritize protecting Li Yongzhi and other men, then encouraged Song Wang as his liquor began selling. The next morning, Gu Zheng reported that Xu Changyi was critically ill and Li Yongzhi was missing, and Song Ning asked to accompany Gu Zheng to Ji Province.

• Song Ning explained that news and names could trigger memories of future events, so Gu Zheng urged Lei Ming to protect Li Yongzhi until after the twenty-eighth.
• Song Ning warned Lei Ming to watch Xu Changyi, and Gu Zheng revealed that Xu Changyi had survived a grenade attack but still had fragments in his body.
• Song Ning gave Meng Yu medicine for her health and Lei Ming medicine for his cold hands and feet, while Lei Ming privately asked Gu Zheng to treat Song Ning like family.
• Song Ning returned home and congratulated Song Wang on his successful liquor batch, deciding to let him keep working at the factory under his agreement with Zheng Chunzhi.
• Gu Zheng arrived the next morning to report that Xu Changyi was critically ill and Li Yongzhi had gone missing on a business trip to Jin City.
• Gu Zheng said he was leaving for Ji Province while Lei Ming searched for Li Yongzhi, and Song Ning asked to go with Gu Zheng.

Song Ning accompanied Gu Zheng to Shizhuang City Central Hospital and began operating on Xu Changyi, whose condition had worsened because shrapnel remained lodged near his heart. The chapter ended as Song Ning made the first incision in his chest.

• Wu Tao Ying’s mother urged her to win Song Wang’s affection, and Wu Tao Ying set out for work the next morning.
• Wu Tao Ying accidentally hit a young man with her bicycle, gave him her handkerchief, and introduced herself before he left.
• Wu Tao Ying arrived at the Distillery and greeted Song Wang, reassured by his fashionable new clothes.
• Gu Zheng drove Song Ning from Capital City to Shizhuang City, where Chen Liang escorted them to the hospital’s resuscitation room.
• Song Ning reviewed Xu Changyi’s records, identified the likely position of the shrapnel near his heart, and ordered surgery.
• Song Ning began the operation by cutting into Xu Changyi’s chest.

Song Ning successfully operated on Xu Changyi and stayed to monitor him as he recovered. After briefly waking, Xu Changyi gestured the numbers 6, 4, 8, 3, and 2 before losing consciousness again, leaving Song Ning and Gu Zheng to investigate what they meant.

• Song Ning completed Xu Changyi's heart surgery and remained at the hospital to watch over him.
• Song Ning treated Xu Changyi when his monitor alarmed, then saw him begin to wake several hours after surgery.
• Xu Changyi struggled to signal Song Ning with his right hand, gesturing 6, 4, 8, 3, and 2 before passing out again.
• Song Ning told Gu Zheng about the numbers, and Gu Zheng explained that the classified documents had already been secured and the K organization's hideout destroyed.
• Gu Zheng ordered searches of the factory and Xu Changyi's home, posted guards to protect Xu Changyi, and waited for him to wake again.