Recaps

Director Zhou Yi welcomed reporters Tian Tian and Lin Fang to interview him about the Changxing Coal Mine accident, while officials investigated the illegal mine and discussed penalties. When angry villagers gathered outside, Mayor Shan Wenxu called for Zhou Yi.

• Zhou Yi warmly greeted Tian Tian and coldly received Lin Fang, then said he was authorized to answer questions on behalf of the Yangcheng accident investigation team.
• Tian Tian began interviewing Zhou Yi about why the reported death toll had risen from one to six.
• Wu Xiande reported that excessive gas had ignited in the mine, and Zhao Ming questioned whether the mine and its safety staff had the required permits and certifications.
• Shan Wenxu announced the removal of Wu Xiande and Zhan Hongqiang and promised a campaign to rectify or close small coal mines.
• Yang Hao reported that an angry crowd of villagers carrying banners was approaching, and Shan Wenxu urgently called for Director Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi confronted a crowd of miners and their families protesting the mine closures at the Changxing Coal Mine Company, where agitators pushed the gathering toward violence. After firing three shots to stop the crowd, he used his authority over Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong to take control, but someone struck him on the forehead from within the crowd.

• Secretary Yang summoned Zhou Yi after a large, agitated crowd gathered at the company compound, and Zhou hurried there with officers as Lin Gongzhi followed with her TV crew.
• Zhou Yi ordered the crowd to stop and offer representatives, but hidden agitators stirred the miners and villagers into chanting and pushing against the police.
• When a man claimed the police had hurt him and the crowd raised shovels and pickaxes, Zhou fired three shots and warned that Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong were afraid of him.
• Zhou challenged the injured man to prove his claim and warned the crowd not to let agitators exploit them, then shouted at someone trying to incite them.
• Someone concealed in the crowd swung a club and struck Zhou Yi on the forehead.

Zhou Yi stopped a violent confrontation between miners and police, then persuaded the crowd to hear Mayor Shan Wenxu’s promises about compensation and new employment. As the miners dispersed, Reporter Tian cleaned Zhou Yi’s wound and asked why he had risked his life.

• After a miner struck Zhou Yi with a club, Zhou Yi ordered the officers to stand back and disarmed and incapacitated the attacker.
• Zhou Yi acknowledged the miners’ hardships and explained that the mine closures were meant to prevent further deaths, prompting the miners to lower their tools.
• Zhou Yi identified a suspicious man posing as a miner and had Chen Zhong seize him, then invited the miners to send representatives to meet the city leaders.
• Shan Wenxu addressed the miners and promised compensation, employment assistance, and a way to contact him with complaints.
• Tian Tian assured the miners that the Provincial Daily Newspaper would report their concerns, and the crowd dispersed.
• Reporter Tian treated Zhou Yi’s forehead wound and asked why he had risked his life; Zhou Yi silently reflected that he had fought to protect what he had gained.

Zhou Yi faced Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong after they were removed from office, openly confirming that he had threatened to break their legs. The two men fell down the stairs as they left, and rumors spread that Zhou Yi had made good on his threat.

• Yang Hao escorted Zhou Yi to meet Mayor Ren Changqing and the other officials, who praised him for resolving the miners' crisis.
• Shan Wenxu announced that Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong had been removed from their township posts, but the two men implied they still held sway in Sitong Township.
• Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong taunted Zhou Yi about his threat, and he confirmed that he had said he would break their legs.
• Ma Baojin challenged Zhou Yi to act, but Shan Wenxu dismissed the dispute and the other leaders ignored the two men.
• Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong left, fell down the stairs, and were taken to a health center with injuries.
• Rumors spread through the surrounding villages and townships that Zhou Yi had broken the two men's legs.

Mayor Shan and Zhou Yi planned to use Zhou’s fearsome reputation to help shut down Sitong Township’s small coal mines. Zhou’s officers arrested Ma Zhiyong and Ma Wenwu despite local resistance, and Ma Baojin later berated the men who had let them pass.

• Mayor Shan saw the circumstances of Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong’s injuries as an opportunity to strengthen the crackdown on small coal mines, and Zhou Yi agreed to try using his reputation.
• Zhou Yi said he had sent Shao Mingbao, Cai Xiaobo, Chen Zhong, and other officers to arrest Ma Zhiyong and Ma Wenwu at the New Village Restaurant.
• Shao Mingbao’s team arrested Ma Zhiyong and Ma Wenwu, but locals armed with clubs and hunting guns blocked the police cars.
• Shao Mingbao invoked Director Zhou’s authority, and Cai Xiaobo warned the locals not to provoke him, so Ma Ben and the crowd let the officers leave.
• Ma Baojin angrily demanded to know why Ma Ben had not fought the police, while Ma Ben privately wondered why Ma Baojin had not dared challenge Director Zhou himself.

After Tian Tian said goodbye to Zhou Yi and urged him to protect his life, Mayor Shan and Zhou Yi launched a forceful campaign to overhaul and close Yangcheng’s small coal mines. The effort shut or consolidated every mine below the output threshold without a mass incident, strengthening their records of achievement.

• Tian Tian warned Zhou Yi not to risk his life again, promised to visit for his birthday, and left after saying goodbye.
• Rao Yu broke up the office workers’ gossip about Tian Tian and Zhou Yi.
• After Ma Wenwu and Ma Zhiyong were arrested, Ma Baojin and Feng Zhihong failed to persuade other mine owners to resist Zhou Yi.
• Mayor Shan convened township leaders and ordered them to cooperate with inspections and closures of noncompliant small mines.
• Beginning March 11, Zhou Yi led a multi-agency rectification team that inspected mines, dismantled equipment, confiscated explosives, and punished obstruction.
• Within a month, all nearby small mines producing under ninety thousand tons annually were closed or consolidated, with no mass incidents.

Zhou Yi learned that Sima Yanan would soon become Yangcheng City’s Party Committee secretary, and Shan Wenxu made clear he wanted Zhou’s support against her. In Liaoyang, Qi Jing tried to suggest Zhou Yi as a match for Tian Tiantian, but Mu Yalan interrupted by arranging for Zhou and Yue to have lunch at home.

• Shan Wenxu thanked Zhou Yi for helping shut down the small coal mines, while Zhou worried the crackdown might not last.
• Shan Wenxu told Zhou Yi that Sima Yanan would take over as Yangcheng City’s Party Committee secretary, and asked whether Zhou was on his side.
• Zhou Yi accepted tea and a birthday gift from Shan Wenxu, who escorted him to the government building’s entrance to display their closeness.
• At Tian Ruping’s home, Qi Jing asked about Tiantian’s birthday and suggested she join the television station.
• Qi Jing began suggesting Zhou Yi as a match for Tiantian, but Mu Yalan interrupted and called Yue to arrange lunch at home with Zhou Yi.

Mu Yalan, Tian Ruping, and Qi Jing traded veiled boasts about Zhou Yi and their daughters while discussing his dangerous police work. Meanwhile, an unnamed woman traveled to the Public Security Bureau and heard Master Zhang describe Zhou Yi as a powerful, connected figure.

• Qi Jing improvised an explanation for discussing Zhou Yi, and Mu Yalan praised him while implying Jian Shuyue had chosen well.
• Tian Ruping and Qi Jing recognized Mu Yalan's disguised bragging, while Tian Ruping recalled hoping Zhou Yi would date Tian Tian.
• Mu Yalan described Zhou Yi's dangerous work at the Changxing Coal Mine, and Qi Jing and Tian Ruping praised his courage and record.
• An unnamed woman took a taxi to the Public Security Bureau and asked Master Zhang about Yangcheng's reputation for disorder.
• Master Zhang told the woman stories about Zhou Yi taking down Xie Bingyi and corrupt officials, leaving her with the impression that he relied on powerful connections.

Sima Yanan visited Yangcheng Public Security Director Zhou Yi ahead of her appointment as Municipal Party Secretary, after hearing that he held unusual influence in the city. She invoked her cousin Xiao Han and asked Zhou Yi to help her, leaving him unsure of her intentions but unable to refuse outright.

• A woman criticized Director Zhou for beating people, and Mr. Zhang defended him before dropping her off at the Yangcheng City Public Security Bureau.
• Sima Yanan questioned General Office Director Fu Zhigang about a saying that Zhou Yi controlled Yangcheng, and Fu praised Zhou’s campaign against crime.
• Zhou Yi recognized Sima Yanan as the incoming Municipal Party Secretary and suspected she had arrived for an incognito inspection.
• Sima Yanan said Xiao Han had told her she would need Zhou’s support, while Zhou denied having any influence beyond police work.
• Xiao Han called Zhou and revealed that Sima Yanan was his cousin, then ended the call before Zhou could introduce them.
• Sima Yanan told Zhou that she was new to Yangcheng and asked him to help her.

Zhou Yi weighed Sima Yanan’s offer against his growing alliance with Shan Wenxu and avoided pledging himself to either side. As Sima left satisfied, Shan learned of her visit and planned to return to Liaoyang, while Ma Ben ordered Ma Quan to monitor Zhou Yi because someone else was preparing to deal with him.

• Zhou Yi considered the risks of choosing sides and told Sima Yanan he would support her work without promising to join her camp.
• Sima Yanan toured the Yangcheng Public Security Bureau with Zhou Yi, then held a lengthy work discussion with him before leaving satisfied.
• Shan Wenxu learned that Sima Yanan had visited Zhou Yi and decided to return to Liaoyang the next day.
• Ma Ben told Ma Quan and Feng Yuan to watch the entrance to Sunshine Residential Community and report if Zhou Yi left the city.
• Ma Ben explained that the team only needed to track Zhou Yi because someone else had been assigned to deal with him.

Director Zhou, Sima Yanan, and their companions were ambushed on the road to Liaoyang, but their attackers were defeated and arrested. The chapter ended with Sima Yanan remarking on Zhou Yi’s large police escort, while he claimed he was only trying to stay alive.

• Director Zhou drove Sima Yanan and Xiao Miao toward Liaoyang in his old Jetta, and Xiao Miao spotted vehicles following them.
• A truck charged toward the Jetta, but Yu Xiao swerved off the road and avoided a collision.
• The truck driver attacked Yu Xiao, who struck him down, while Xiao Miao knocked out the bald young man accompanying him.
• Ma Quan ordered the attack to begin, and masked men poured from two vans to assault the Jetta.
• Police officers arrived in three vans and aimed their weapons at the attackers, while Shao Mingbao and Cai Xiaobo arrested Ma Quan and Feng Yuan.
• Sima Yanan noted Zhou Yi’s large police force, and Zhou Yi said he was afraid of dying.

After police arrested nearly all the masked attackers, Zhou Yi and Sima Yanan discussed the public support they had earned through their work for the people. Elsewhere, Ma Baojin learned that Ma Yuancheng had helped arrange the attack on Zhou Yi and beat him for acting without permission.

• Li Linsen and Zhao Xin thanked Zhou Yi after police captured nearly all the masked thugs, while Meng Shen and the other officers continued guarding him.
• Sima Yanan told Zhou Yi that people’s respect for him impressed her, and they discussed their records of public service.
• Sima Yanan considered recruiting Zhou Yi for her upcoming post after hearing about his successes and Shan Wenxu’s experience in Yangcheng.
• Ma Baojin confronted Ma Ben about the attack, and Ma Yuancheng admitted that he had coordinated with people from the Province and ordered Ma Quan and Feng Yuan to intervene if needed.
• Ma Baojin accused Ma Yuancheng of acting without permission and beat him while insisting that his broken leg had resulted from a fall, not an attack.

Liu Xin considered helping Tong Xuan escape from Ma Changxi, while Zhou Yi reunited with Jian Shuyue and won over her mother during a meal with provincial leaders. At East Hill Villa, Tian Tian showed off her remarkable stock gains as Secretary Jian and Deng Yadong discussed their stalled investigation into Xie Bingkun.

• Liu Xin asked Liu Defu to help Tong Xuan escape, but Liu Defu warned that the Ma family still controlled Changxing Village and urged him to contact Zhou Yi instead.
• Zhou Yi arrived in Liaoyang, embraced Jian Shuyue outside the Provincial Party Committee Compound, and joined her family and Deng Yadong for lunch.
• Mu Yalan warmly urged Zhou Yi to eat more, while Jian Wanyan and Deng Yadong discussed Xie Bingkun and the possibility of leaks within the investigation team.
• Jian Wanyan let Jian Shuyue take Zhou Yi around the city, then asked Deng Yadong about replacing the Special Task Force.
• At East Hill Villa, Xu Heng and Bai Haoxuan marveled at Tian Tian's soaring stocks, and Tian Tian declared herself the stock market god.

At Tian Tian’s birthday gathering, Zhou Yi received gifts and attention from influential figures, while Director Qi acted on his criticism of reporter Lin Fang. After dinner plans complicated Mayor Shan Wenxu’s attempt to meet him, the chapter ended with Tong Xuan raising a brick over Ma Changxi as he suddenly opened his eyes.

• Tian Tian told Xu Heng that she had bought shares with her savings and borrowed money from her mother, and she refused to sell because Zhou Yi expected prices to rise.
• Zhou Yi and Jian Shuyue arrived with birthday gifts for Tian Tian, including a present from Shan Wenxu.
• Tian Ruping welcomed Zhou Yi and introduced him to Director Qi, who decided Lin Fang was unsuitable for interviewing after hearing Zhou Yi’s assessment.
• Shan Wenxu called to invite Zhou Yi and Jian Shuyue to dinner, but Zhou Yi said they had already made plans with Xiao Han and agreed to speak later.
• Bai Haoxuan warned Zhou Yi that Shan Wenxu might be plotting against him and claimed he had always supported Zhou Yi’s relationship with Jian Shuyue.
• Tong Xuan pulled a brick from beneath a cabinet and raised it to strike Ma Changxi, but he suddenly opened his eyes.

Tong Xuan escaped Ma Changxi and called the police, while Zhou Yi dined with Xiao Han and their companions. Their dinner was interrupted when three men harassed the women, and one of them was knocked down after trying to slap Xiao Miao.

• Tong Xuan knocked Ma Changxi unconscious, freed herself, called the police, and fled into the mountains.
• Zhou Yi and Jian Shuyue joined Xiao Han, Sima Yanan, and Miao Xiaomiao for dinner at the Old Courtyard restaurant.
• Sima Yanan and Jian Shuyue briefly left the table, and Zhang Yuxuan, Ouyang Jing, and Fan Tingbai noticed them outside.
• Zhang Yuxuan, Ouyang Jing, and Fan Tingbai entered the private room and made unwanted advances toward the women.
• Miao Xiaomiao ordered the three men to leave, and Fan Tingbai tried to slap her.
• An unidentified man punched Fan Tingbai in the chin and sent him flying.

Miao Xiaomiao and Sima Yanan fought back when Fan Tingbai and his companions harassed them, triggering a brawl in the private room. When police arrived, Detachment Captain Guo Yong recognized Zhou Yi and ordered Fan Tingbai, Zhang Yuxuan, Ouyang Jing, and the bodyguards arrested, and Director Yuan backed him up.

• Miao Xiaomiao knocked Fan Tingbai down, while Zhang Yuxuan and Ouyang Jing called for reinforcements and Yuan Tanghua contacted Detachment Captain Guo Yong.
• Fan Tingfang arrived with five bodyguards and ordered them to attack Miao Xiaomiao, while Fan Tingbai tried to grab Sima Yanan.
• Zhou Yi and Xiao Han struck Fan Tingbai, and Sima Yanan kicked him and smashed a plate over his head as the two sides fought.
• Police sirens stopped the brawl, and Guo Yong ordered Fan Tingbai, Zhang Yuxuan, Ouyang Jing, and the bodyguards brought in after seeing Zhou Yi and Jian Shuyue.
• Guo Yong whispered to Yuan Tanghua, who then ordered the police to take everyone away.

Zhou Yi’s group escaped consequences after Fan Tingbai’s assault, while his family learned they could not retaliate against the powerful people involved. Tong Xuan was lured into a police van by Ma Changxi, but the officers were actually working for Zhou Yi and arrested him.

• Guo Yong escorted Zhang Yuxuan and his companions away, while Yuan Tanghua explained that Jian Wanyan’s daughter had been involved.
• Fan Tingfang learned that the people who injured Fan Tingbai were connected to the Jian and Xiao families, and that Zhou Yi was about to become the Jian family’s son-in-law.
• Shan Zuocheng apologized to Zhou Yi and the others on behalf of his cousin.
• Tong Xuan emerged from hiding to meet officers who claimed they had come to rescue her, but Ma Changxi was waiting inside their van.
• Ma Changxi offered the officers cigarettes and cash before realizing they were taking him the wrong way.
• The officers struck Ma Changxi with an Electric Punch, restrained him with Silver Shackles, and gagged him.

Zhou Yi’s team rescued Tong Xuan from Changxing Village through a carefully planned operation. At Tian Tian’s birthday lunch, Zhou Yi advised his friends about stocks and rejected illegal overseas betting, leaving them to consider lawful ways to make money.

• Fan Yang reported Tong Xuan’s abduction to Fu Zhigang, who relayed the case to Zhou Yi and arranged for the Public Security Management Brigade to lead the rescue.
• Geng Tao told Shao Mingbao and Cai Xiaobo about village chief Ma Changxi, and they used Ma Jian’s name to gain his trust and get Tong Xuan out of Changxing Village.
• Cai Xiaobo told Zhou Yi that Tong Xuan had been rescued, and Zhou Yi praised his subordinates for carrying out the mission.
• At Tian Tian’s birthday lunch, Zhou Yi recommended stocks to Xu Heng and Bai Haoxuan and considered other investments, including football lottery tickets.
• Bai Haoxuan offered to fund Zhou Yi’s World Cup bets, but Zhou Yi declined overseas gambling because it was illegal.

After leaving Jian Shuyue and her friends, Zhou Yi attended the announcement of Yangcheng’s new officials, including Sima Yanan as Municipal Party Secretary. At Sima Yanan’s first Standing Committee meeting, she and two other officials praised Zhou Yi, leaving him wondering why the meeting had begun with compliments for him.

• Jian Shuyue teased Zhou Yi and his friends about gambling, and Zhou Yi explained that they had bought legitimate foreign football lottery tickets.
• Zhou Yi said goodbye to Jian Shuyue and Tian Tian before returning to Yangcheng, where he planned to bring Jian Shuyue to meet his parents during the May Day holiday.
• At Yangcheng’s April 18 officials’ meeting, Qingyuan leaders announced Sima Yanan’s appointment as Municipal Party Secretary and several other changes, including Shi Liang’s removal as Procurator-General.
• After the appointment meeting, Sima Yanan convened her first Standing Committee meeting and asked Zhou Yi, Liu Yi, and Wan Dean to stay.
• Sima Yanan, Su Zhongsheng, and Wang Zhe praised Zhou Yi’s public security work, while Zhou Yi wondered why they had complimented him three times in a row.

At a meeting on Yangcheng’s stability and development, Zhou Yi reported on the Public Security Bureau’s progress and shortages, prompting Sima Yanan and Shan Wenxu to secure funding for its case-handling costs and equipment. The meeting left Zhou pleased with the unexpected support while Wan Dean faced a major hit to the city’s tight finances.

• Sima Yanan praised Zhou Yi and invited him, Liu Yi, and Wan Dean to discuss stability, urban redevelopment, and fiscal work.
• Zhou Yi reported that Yangcheng’s urban order had improved but warned of criminal gangs in surrounding towns and villages, a shortage of police personnel, and outdated equipment and vehicles.
• Zhou Yi credited Shan Wenxu’s support for police recruitment, while Wan Dean silently worried that Zhou’s remarks would lead to demands for funds.
• Sima Yanan and Shan Wenxu agreed that the Finance Bureau had to provide the Public Security Bureau’s case-handling funds, and Wan Dean agreed to arrange their disbursement.
• Sima Yanan also ordered the city to budget for police equipment and the new Special Police Brigade, and Shan Wenxu said a provincial fiscal subsidy had been requested.
• Zhou Yi welcomed the funding commitments as an unexpected windfall while Wan Dean worried about the cost.

After Shao Mingbao was injured while intervening in an assault, Zhou Yi ordered the suspects arrested despite warnings that they were connected to potential investors. The arrests disrupted an investment lunch, and Vice Mayor Liu confronted the officers as they took the young men into custody.

• At a hot pot lunch with Liu Yi, Wan Dean, and Dai Zhengxing, Zhou Yi received an urgent call and rushed to the hospital to see the injured Shao Mingbao.
• Cai Xiaobo explained that Shao Mingbao had been beaten and stabbed after confronting young men harassing a woman, and that Li Linsen was tracing their car.
• Li Linsen told Zhou Yi that the attackers included Guo Ze’s son and children of potential investors, but Zhou ordered him to arrest them and said he would handle the consequences.
• Li Linsen led officers to the Investment Promotion Bureau’s hotel, where Deputy Mayor Liu Bo and Shi Hong were having lunch with Guo Ze and other investor representatives, and arrested three young men.
• Liu Bo confronted Li Linsen outside as the suspects were put into police cars, and Li explained that the arrests were made on Zhou Yi’s instructions.

Guo Ze and the other investors tried to get their sons released after learning they had stabbed a plainclothes officer, but Mayor Shan refused to bargain over the law. The chapter ended with Guo Ze discovering that even Qingyuan's executive vice mayor was unwilling to intervene with Zhou Yi.

• Vice Mayor Liu confirmed that Guo Yichen, Xue Chen, and Wang Xingda had stabbed a plainclothes officer who was still receiving emergency treatment.
• Shi Hong warned Guo Ze and the other investors that Zhou Yi was a respected director with Mayor Shan's support.
• Mayor Shan rebuked the investors, said the offense left him questioning their sincerity, and refused to promise special treatment for their sons.
• Guo Ze, Xue Renhui, and Wang Dewei left the meeting intending to seek help from higher-ranking officials.
• Guo Ze called Qingyuan Executive Vice Mayor Chen Lianhai, who hung up after learning the case involved Zhou Yi.

Guo Ze and his partners failed to pressure Yangcheng into releasing the arrested men, while Shan Wenxu stood firmly behind Zhou Yi and his subordinates. Zhou Yi’s bureau debated a rescue operation in Changxing Village and chose to delay it while preparing a plan; Guo Ze and his partners then visited Shao Mingbao, who refused to settle.

• Deputy Mayor Chen refused to intervene for Guo Ze, and Guo Ze and his partners failed to get officials to secure the prisoners’ release.
• Guo Ze’s group threatened to withdraw their investment, but Shan Wenxu told them to invest or leave, earning the support of his colleagues and Zhou Yi’s subordinates.
• Bian Ji presented Ganquan City’s request for help rescuing trafficked women in Changxing Village, and bureau leaders debated the risks of acting immediately.
• Zhou Yi sided with Bian Ji and instructed the bureau to tell Ganquan that it did not recommend an immediate rescue and needed time to prepare its own plan.
• Guo Ze, Wang Dewei, and Xue Renhui visited Shao Mingbao in the hospital, but Shao firmly rejected a settlement.

Guo Ze and Wang Dewei failed to bribe Shao Mingbao into showing leniency toward their sons, while Ganquan City pushed for a rescue operation for the trafficked Tian Jiawen. Director Zhou recognized the proposed team leader, Jiang Huizhen, as a notorious detective whose celebrated record had later been discredited, though she had remained in office before his rebirth.

• Guo Ze offered Shao Mingbao 300,000 yuan and then more, but Shao rejected the money and upheld the criminal detention of the three boys.
• Sun Lianzheng told Zheng Jianqing that Yangcheng opposed an immediate rescue in Changxing Village, and Jiang Huizhen insisted that they could not delay rescuing Tian Jiawen.
• Fu Zhigang reported that Ganquan City had renewed its request for cooperation, while Bian Ji warned that the police lacked the information needed to safely find Tian Jiawen.
• Director Zhou recognized Jiang Huizhen as Ganquan City's famous female super detective and recalled her role in a rape and murder case later overturned after the defendants were exonerated.

Director Zhou refused to meet the Ganquan City team and denied a bail application before an unexpected visitor appeared at the training room. Meanwhile, prosecutor Zhan Biao continued seeking a retrial for the Zhao father and son and received a call recommending a law firm.

• Director Zhou told his colleagues to make Ganquan City responsible for any adverse consequences of its investigation, and the bureau leadership welcomed Jiang Huizhen’s ten-member team without him.
• Director Zhou trained alone, rejected the bail application for Guo Yichen, Xue Chen, and Wang Xingda, and refused to meet their lawyer.
• After finishing his workout, Director Zhou spotted someone at the doorway and stammered in surprise as the newcomer echoed him.
• Zhan Biao reviewed the July 18 Rape and Murder Case materials and recalled that his appeals for a retrial had gone unanswered.
• Ruan Hua called Zhan Biao to recommend a law firm, leaving Zhan wondering why he needed another lawyer.