Recaps

Nuannuan used the snow leopard to uncover a tin box her mother had hidden beneath a floorboard, finding diaries, a photograph, and a mysterious drawing. Her uncles recognized the drawing as a top-secret Project 713 sketch, leading them to suspect Su Mingyue’s death had not been an accident.

• Nuannuan brought the snow leopard upstairs and had it pry up a floorboard beneath her bed.
• Nuannuan opened the tin box with the snow leopard’s help and found her mother’s diaries and a photograph of Su Mingyue holding her as a newborn.
• Su Mingfeng came home, recognized the diary, and read Su Mingyue’s message on the back of the photograph.
• Su Mingfeng found a detailed pencil drawing at the bottom of the box and unfolded it.
• Su Mingzhe recognized the drawing as Project 713’s top-secret mineral vein sketch.
• Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe recalled Su Mingyue’s death in a flash flood and suspected it had not been accidental.

Su Mingzhe and Su Mingfeng secretly investigated suspicions surrounding their sister’s death and faced obstruction from Liu Guifang in Li Family Village. Nuannuan pointed to a diary drawing and said mice had told her that human bones were hidden in Liu Guifang’s cellar.

• Su Mingzhe locked away the mineral-vein sketch and decided with Su Mingfeng to investigate their sister’s death in secret.
• Su Mingzhe received a telegram reporting that Liu Guifang had stirred up Li Family Village against the investigation team and trapped them at the village committee office.
• Su Mingfeng proposed sending troops, but Su Mingzhe refused and insisted they needed decisive evidence against Liu Guifang.
• Nuannuan found a diary drawing of a cellar and identified the woman in it as the bad granny.
• Nuannuan told Su Mingzhe and Su Mingfeng that mice had said human bones were hidden in Liu Guifang’s cellar.

Nuannuan told Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe that mice had revealed bones beneath a cellar vat, apparently belonging to someone in a green uniform. Convinced Liu Guifang was hiding a murder as well as abusing Nuannuan, the brothers prepared a forceful nighttime operation, leaving their grandparents stunned by the revelation.

• Nuannuan relayed the mice's account of bones beneath Liu Guifang's cellar vat and said the victim had worn green clothes.
• Su Mingfeng concluded Liu Guifang had committed murder and ordered the guard company to assemble for an operation.
• Su Mingzhe secured the diary and mineral vein map in a locked cabinet while Su Mingfeng prepared to leave with Nuannuan.
• Su Mingguo approved a show of force, arranged logistical cover for the operation, and urged Su Mingfeng to take the snow leopard along.
• Su Mingzhe insisted on joining Su Mingfeng, and the brothers headed downstairs with Nuannuan.
• Nuannuan told Lin Wanyi and Su Zhenbang about the person buried in the cellar, shocking them with the revelation.

Su Mingfeng took Nuannuan and a fully armed guard company to Li Family Village so she could identify the place where she had been harmed. As the convoy headed into the night, Su Mingzhe raised the possibility that Liu Guifang had intercepted Su Mingyue’s letters and that they might reveal a connection to the siblings’ deaths.

• Lin Wanyi reluctantly agreed to let Nuannuan go and bundled her in an old military overcoat, while Su Zhenbang urged Su Mingfeng to show no mercy and promised to protect the family.
• Su Mingfeng departed with Nuannuan, Su Mingzhe, and Zhang Li’s armed guard company in a convoy bound for Li Family Village.
• Big Kitty leaped into the jeep and settled beside Nuannuan, obeying her command to stay quiet before she fell asleep against his fur.
• Su Mingzhe suggested Liu Guifang might have intercepted Su Mingyue’s letters, possibly including information about Project 713.
• Su Mingfeng remained silent and clenched his fists as the convoy sped toward the village, determined to force the truth from Liu Guifang.

Su Mingfeng arrived at Li Family Village with armed soldiers and found the investigation team surrounded by villagers defending Liu Guifang. He ordered Zhang Li to handcuff Liu Guifang, leaving the villagers stunned.

• Liu Guifang and Li Goudan incited villagers to block Team Leader Wang and the investigation team from leaving the village committee compound.
• A convoy of military vehicles arrived at the village entrance, and armed soldiers formed up on the grain-drying ground.
• Su Mingfeng covered Su Mingzhe with his military overcoat and gently gathered Nuannuan into his arms.
• Liu Guifang saw Nuannuan’s improved appearance and prepared to claim she had missed her niece.
• Su Mingfeng ordered Zhang Li to handcuff Liu Guifang for obstructing military duties.

Su Mingfeng arrested Liu Guifang and ordered soldiers to search her cellar after Nuannuan revealed that she had buried bones there. As Li Goudan tried to stop the soldiers, Nuannuan called for Big Kitty.

• Li Goudan charged at the soldiers when they arrested Liu Guifang, and a soldier struck him down with a rifle butt.
• Su Mingfeng asked Liu Guifang what else was in her cellar, but she denied hiding anything and tried to turn the villagers against the soldiers.
• Su Mingzhe cited emergency authority to search the property, warning Li Laosi not to obstruct the military.
• Nuannuan told Su Mingfeng that the mice had seen Liu Guifang bury bones beneath the pickling crock.
• Su Mingfeng ordered Teams Two and Three to search the cellar and dig three feet down, while Liu Guifang and Li Goudan tried to stop them.
• Nuannuan asked Su Mingfeng to put her down, then called for Big Kitty.

Nuannuan used the animals in the village to investigate Liu Guifang and uncovered evidence hidden in her courtyard. She pointed Su Mingfeng toward the firewood pile as the villagers began to suspect Liu Guifang.

• Nuannuan summoned Big Kitty, a snow leopard, and sent it toward Liu Guifang's courtyard.
• Nuannuan questioned a guard dog and sparrows, who told her Liu Guifang had hidden something near the firewood pile and described a cellar containing a vat and bones.
• Nuannuan told Su Mingfeng that Big Kitty had detected a bad smell from the firewood pile.
• Liu Guifang trembled when Nuannuan named the firewood pile, and villagers began doubting her claims.

Su Mingfeng’s soldiers uncovered a postman’s remains buried beneath a pickling crock in Liu Guifang’s cellar, exposing the truth behind the village’s suspicions. Nuannuan then identified a lunch box from the firewood pile as the postman’s and revealed that it held undelivered letters.

• Li Goudan tried to stop the soldiers, but the snow leopard frightened him into fainting and cleared the way into the courtyard.
• The snow leopard smashed open the cellar entrance, and Su Mingfeng ordered the soldiers to search beneath the pickling crock.
• The soldiers dug up human bones wrapped in a straw mat, along with army-green fabric and a badge identifying the victim as a postman.
• Liu Guifang claimed the postman had fallen to his death, while Su Mingzhe warned her that a forensic examiner would investigate the skull wound.
• Nuannuan pointed to a lunch box found in the firewood pile and said it belonged to the postman and contained undelivered letters.

Su Mingzhe and Su Mingfeng uncovered proof that Liu Guifang had stolen Su Mingyue’s support money and murdered postman Old Zhang, while a letter from the highly classified Northwest Base 713 raised new questions about Su Mingyue’s death. The soldiers took Liu Guifang and Li Goudan away as Su Mingfeng vowed to seek justice.

• Nuannuan had Big Kitty open a rusted lunch box, and Su Mingzhe found Su Mingyue’s letters alongside a letter addressed to “Green Pine” from Northwest Base 713.
• Nuannuan revealed that the dead postman had given village children candy and that Liu Guifang had denied her any, prompting villagers to recognize him as Old Zhang.
• Liu Guifang broke down and confessed that she and her husband attacked Old Zhang, buried him in the cellar, and stole the money, mailbag, and belongings.
• Su Mingzhe identified Base 713 as a highly classified facility, and Su Mingfeng suspected that Su Mingyue’s death was connected to a larger conspiracy.
• Su Mingfeng ordered the soldiers to take Liu Guifang and Li Goudan away, determined to hold them accountable for their crimes.

Su Mingfeng announced Liu Guifang’s suspected murder of postman Zhang Jianjun and her abuse of Nuannuan, the orphaned daughter of fallen heroes. He left with Nuannuan as Liu Guifang and Li Goudan were thrown into a military truck to face punishment.

• Liu Guifang tried to make Nuannuan stop the soldiers from taking her, but Su Mingfeng ordered Zhang Li to gag her.
• Su Mingfeng told the villagers that Liu Guifang was suspected of murdering Zhang Jianjun, whose remains had been found in her cellar.
• Su Mingfeng revealed that Nuannuan’s parents were heroes and that Liu Guifang had stolen her benefits, abused her, and planned to sell her.
• Nuannuan asked Su Mingfeng whether Liu Guifang could ever steal her dried sweet potatoes again, moving him and the soldiers.
• Zhang Li ordered the soldiers to throw Liu Guifang into the truck, and they threw Li Goudan on top of her before locking the tailgate.

Su Mingzhe opened the mailbag and revealed the ruined baby clothes, toys, and tiger-head shoes Su Mingyue had prepared for Nuannuan, items lost for five years. Su Mingfeng broke down at the sight, then held Nuannuan close, knowing the reckoning for those who hurt them had only begun.

• Su Mingzhe carefully cut open the old mailbag and removed the letters and the ruined baby belongings inside.
• Su Mingfeng recognized the tiger-head shoes as the pair Su Mingyue had sewn for Nuannuan and remembered her hopes for her daughter.
• Su Mingfeng roared in grief and rage as he saw how cold and poorly dressed Nuannuan was.
• Nuannuan comforted Su Mingfeng, while Big Kitty sheltered the ruined belongings beneath his body.
• Su Mingzhe told Su Mingfeng that it was all in the past, but Su Mingfeng held Nuannuan tighter and resolved that the reckoning had only begun.

Su Mingfeng held Li Family Village accountable for ignoring Zhang Jianjun’s disappearance and Nuannuan’s abuse, ordering an investigation and punishment for the villagers. He left with Nuannuan, while Su Mingzhe remained troubled by the letter marked “Green Pine.”

• Su Mingfeng questioned the villagers about failing to search for Zhang Jianjun or intervene in Nuannuan’s abuse, and they admitted nothing.
• Su Mingfeng accused village Party secretary Li Laosi of negligence and possible complicity in embezzling the martyr’s pension and relief grain, then ordered his removal and investigation.
• Su Mingfeng comforted Nuannuan as the parents of children who had bullied her begged her to forgive them.
• Su Mingfeng ordered Zhang Li to recommend that Li Family Village lose eligibility for future collective honors, including Advanced Brigade and Model Village.
• Su Mingfeng left Li Family Village with Nuannuan, while Su Mingzhe looked again at the letter marked “Green Pine.”

Su Mingzhe investigated the suspicious letter addressed to Green Pine, and Nuannuan asked the mice in Liu Guifang’s house what they knew. Their account revealed that the postman died trying to swallow the letter and that a bespectacled man regularly waited for a message, leading Su Mingzhe to realize Green Pine was not one person.

• Su Mingzhe concluded that the letter from Base 713 had been delivered through a secret channel, disguised among Su Mingzhe’s sister’s mail.
• Nuannuan squeaked in her sleep, prompting Big Kitty to growl, and Su Mingfeng suggested she might help solve the mystery.
• At the mountain guesthouse, Nuannuan summoned mice with pieces of biscuit and asked them about the letter.
• The mice told Nuannuan that Liu Guifang’s husband had killed the postman, who tried to swallow the letter before dying.
• The mice also described a bespectacled man in a clean Zhongshan suit who returned each month to wait beneath the village pagoda tree.
• Su Mingzhe connected the clues and realized that Green Pine was not a single person.

Su Mingzhe deduced that Green Pine was an enemy spy organization using the Li Family Village committee office as a dead drop, and Nuannuan’s clue about a formalin smell narrowed the search toward medical workers. The Su brothers classified the discovery and Nuannuan’s ability, then prepared to return to the capital and report to their father.

• Su Mingzhe concluded that Green Pine was an undercover spy organization and that the man in gold-rimmed glasses had collected letters from the village committee office.
• Su Mingfeng ordered a level-two silence status and classified all evidence from the Li Family Village operation as top secret.
• Nuannuan told Su Mingzhe that the man with glasses smelled like a hospital, and he identified the scent as formalin, suggesting the spies posed as doctors or researchers.
• Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe agreed to protect Nuannuan’s ability as a highly classified secret.
• Su Mingzhe locked the letter and the belongings found in the mailbag in a secure case, and the brothers decided to return to the capital the next morning to report to their father.

Su Mingfeng returned to Liu Guifang’s courtyard so Nuannuan could retrieve the heart-shaped stone she treasured from the woodshed where she had been imprisoned. After she took it, Big Kitty brought the rotten woodshed roof crashing down, and Su Mingfeng left with Nuannuan for home.

• Su Mingfeng asked Nuannuan what she wanted to take from Li Family Village, and she pointed to the woodshed.
• Su Mingfeng had Zhang Li break the padlock and carried Nuannuan into the woodshed.
• Nuannuan retrieved a smooth, heart-shaped stone she had made and treasured as a reminder of her mother.
• Big Kitty shoved a rotten wooden post, collapsing the woodshed roof into rubble.
• Su Mingfeng brushed dust from Nuannuan, told the villagers he was renovating an unsafe building, and carried her to the jeep.

As Su Mingfeng’s convoy carried Nuannuan away from Li Family Village, she sensed a sniper watching them and warned her uncle. Su Mingfeng drove the observer off and changed their plans to fly back, determined to protect Nuannuan from any further danger.

• Su Mingfeng held Nuannuan as the convoy left Li Family Village, while she watched the village disappear in the rearview mirror and clutched her mother’s belongings.
• Nuannuan woke in the mountain valley and warned Su Mingfeng that a man with a gun was watching from the mountainside.
• Nuannuan pinpointed the sniper’s position, and Su Mingfeng spotted the rifle scope through his binoculars.
• Su Mingfeng fired a warning shot at the dead tree, causing the hidden observer to flee over the ridge.
• Su Mingfeng ordered the convoy to change course for the western suburbs military airfield and said they would fly back to protect Nuannuan.

Aboard the military transport plane, Su Mingzhe found Braille hidden in the letter marked “Green Pine” and used his sister’s diary to decipher it. The message revealed that the mole was in the capital.

• Nuannuan drew a tree being chopped down and told Su Mingzhe she was helping catch the bad pine tree.
• Su Mingzhe explained that the letter held a secret their mother had left for the country, and Nuannuan promised to help solve it.
• Su Mingzhe carefully opened the envelope’s hidden layer and discovered a row of Braille dots inside.
• Su Mingzhe translated the Braille into an encrypted string and realized he needed a codebook to decipher it.
• Su Mingzhe and Su Mingfeng used their sister’s diary to decode the message: the mole was in the capital.

After Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe returned to the capital with Nuannuan, the Su Family learned that a mole was hiding there and established a secret group to investigate. Su Zhenbang assigned the family’s roles and ordered them to keep Nuannuan’s ability secret from everyone outside the five of them.

• Su Zhenbang welcomed Su Mingfeng and Nuannuan at the airport, then read Su Mingzhe’s message that the mole was in the capital.
• Su Zhenbang sealed the flight records and ordered the guard company involved in the operation to undergo isolated interviews.
• Su Mingzhe reported the discoveries from Li Family Village, the Braille code left by their sister, and the suspected sniper to the Su Family.
• Su Mingguo and Su Mingfeng called for an investigation, while Su Mingyuan warned that Green Pine would be difficult to track down.
• Su Zhenbang established the secret Great Wall investigation group and assigned Su Mingfeng, Su Mingguo, Su Mingzhe, and Su Mingyuan their responsibilities.
• Su Zhenbang declared Nuannuan’s ability the group’s secret trump card and ordered his sons not to reveal it to anyone outside the five of them.

Nuannuan befriended the animals living in the military district compound and unknowingly formed an intelligence network centered on herself. Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe discovered her holding a meeting with the animals and recognized her influence as an extraordinary asset.

• Nuannuan offered candy to Black Wind, and Big Kitty intimidated the military dog into retreating.
• As her health improved, Nuannuan explored the compound and traded snacks with its animals for news and information.
• Black Wind became Nuannuan's loyal escort, while sparrows, cats, and a squirrel joined the animal network around her.
• Su Mingfeng and Su Mingzhe saw Nuannuan distribute a walnut cookie to the animals according to their contributions.
• Su Mingzhe told Su Mingfeng that Nuannuan was the Su Family's, and perhaps the country's, most unfathomable weapon.

When Auntie Wang accused the Su Family’s snow leopard of stealing her gold ring, Nuannuan used her ability to learn from sparrows that the ring was hidden in Wang’s chicken coop. The ring was found there, and Lin Wanyi realized Nuannuan’s power was real and resolved to protect her.

• Auntie Wang publicly wailed about her missing gold ring and implied that the Su Family’s snow leopard had taken it.
• Nuannuan told Lin Wanyi that sparrows had seen the ring beneath straw in Auntie Wang’s chicken coop.
• Lin Wanyi suggested Auntie Wang check the chicken coop, and Auntie Wang went home to search.
• Auntie Wang found the ring and scolded her grandson Huzi, who had taken it.
• Nuannuan explained that the sparrows had told her where Huzi hid the ring, and Lin Wanyi held her close, determined to shelter her.

After Nuannuan’s animal communication revealed precise information, Su Mingzhe began teaching her to describe and interpret intelligence through playful lessons. The Su Family believed he was simply playing with her, while Su Mingfeng recognized that his gentle lessons were training Nuannuan in tracking and reconnaissance.

• At the family meeting, Lin Wanyi told the Su Family how Nuannuan had located the hidden gold, and Su Mingguo realized her ability could convey precise information before Su Mingzhe reminded him she was not a weapon.
• Su Mingzhe persuaded Su Zhenbang that Nuannuan needed gentle guidance, and Su Zhenbang assigned him to teach her without putting pressure on her.
• Su Mingzhe used a map and a toy soldier to teach Nuannuan directions, landmarks, and how to describe a location.
• Su Mingzhe introduced labeled bottles of distinctive smells to help Nuannuan connect scents with occupations and places.
• As Nuannuan happily played through daily lessons, Su Mingfeng watched and understood that Su Mingzhe was teaching her tracking and reconnaissance techniques.

At dinner with the Su Family, Nuannuan learned that she had seven uncles and heard about the absent Fifth and Sixth Uncles. Her family described Seventh Uncle Su Minglang as a rebellious businessman in Shanghai, leaving Nuannuan eager to meet him.

• Lin Wanyi gave Nuannuan a shrimp as the Su family gathered for dinner.
• Su Mingguo told Su Mingfeng that Fifth Uncle Su Minghui had sent a telegram and was eager to return after learning Nuannuan had been found.
• Lin Wanyi explained that Nuannuan had seven uncles, and Su Mingguo said Su Minghui served as a captain in the South Sea Fleet.
• Su Mingfeng told Nuannuan that Sixth Uncle was away on a distant secret mission and might not return for a long time.
• Su Zhenbang and the other uncles criticized Seventh Uncle Su Minglang for rejecting the family's preferred path and doing business in Shanghai.
• Su Mingzhe explained Su Minglang's choices, and Nuannuan decided she wanted to visit Shanghai and meet him.

Su Mingguo brought Nuannuan and Big Kitty, the snow leopard code-named “King of the Snowy Mountains,” to a military dog training base to demonstrate his abilities. After Big Kitty overwhelmed the base’s elite dogs in three exercises, Commander Wang asked for him to stay as their chief instructor, and his reputation spread through the Capital Military Region.

• Su Mingguo introduced Nuannuan as Big Kitty’s commanding officer, surprising Commander Wang and the officers at the base.
• Big Kitty completed the obstacle course in fifteen seconds, far faster than the military dogs.
• Big Kitty tracked down the fugitive, then helped find the lost German shepherd Chasing the Wind.
• Big Kitty silently approached and pinned the simulated terrorist without harming the hostage.
• Commander Wang saluted Su Mingguo and requested that Big Kitty serve as chief instructor for the military dogs.
• Su Mingguo lifted Nuannuan onto his shoulders as the base’s personnel admired her and Big Kitty.

Su Minglang sent Nuannuan dolls, clothes, sweets, and an invitation for the Su Family to visit him in Shanghai. Nuannuan tried on her gifts and began to feel a new sense of herself, while the family considered his invitation.

• Su Zhenbang angrily criticized the flashy gifts and letter from Su Minglang, then told Lin Wanyi to throw them out.
• Lin Wanyi gave Nuannuan the gifts, and Nuannuan eagerly admired the doll, dress, and teddy bear.
• Su Mingzhe offered Nuannuan chocolate, while Su Mingguo and Su Mingyuan defended Su Minglang's affection for his family.
• Lin Wanyi and Auntie Zhang dressed Nuannuan in a pink dress and white shoes, and the family admired her appearance.
• Nuannuan saw herself in the mirror and felt grateful to Su Minglang, as his invitation to Shanghai stirred the family's quiet routine.

During Lin Wanyi’s hospital visit, Nuannuan recognized a suspicious man by his formalin-like smell and gathered clues from the hospital cats. She told Su Mingyuan, who realized the man matched the spy courier known as the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man and called Mingfeng for help.

• Dr. Wang told Lin Wanyi that her recovery was going well during her follow-up appointment.
• On the way to the bathroom, Nuannuan smelled formalin on a thin pharmacy worker wearing gold-rimmed glasses and recognized him as the strange-smelling man from Li Family Village.
• Nuannuan listened to the hospital cats describe the man’s daily visits to a secluded park, where he drew beneath the benches.
• Nuannuan urgently asked Lin Wanyi to take her to Su Mingyuan, then told him about the man and the cats’ clues.
• Su Mingyuan recognized the pharmacy worker as the enemy spy courier called the Gold-Rimmed Glasses Man and called Mingfeng to come immediately.