Chapter Summaries

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.