Chapter Summaries

Pei Qingyu tried to help Xun Yin escape while hiding his worsening condition, but Zhuo Wumian revealed the sacrifice he had made to obtain the syringes. Xun Yin stayed with the unconscious Pei Qingyu as Zhuo Wumian challenged him to wager that he would love someone he could never have.

• Pei Qingyu noticed the surveillance camera moving and suspected Song Ranran had taken control of it, then returned to Xun Yin instead of stepping into the electric current.
• Pei Qingyu collapsed into Xun Yin's arms, told him about the syringes hidden in his pocket, and coughed up blood.
• Zhuo Wumian revealed that Pei Qingyu had given him his medicine in exchange for Xun Yin's survival, and Xun Yin asked to trade his own life for Pei Qingyu's.
• Zhuo Wumian offered Xun Yin a new wager: he could love Pei Qingyu but could never have him.
• Zhuo Wumian explained that Pei Qingyu had endured the electric current to retrieve both syringes, leaving his heart and body in dangerous condition.

Xun Yin rescued Pei Qingyu from the underground room after agreeing to Zhuo Wumian’s terms, then brought him to the medical team. As Pei Qingyu was taken for treatment, he insisted that Song Xuanmo accompany Pei Qingyan to investigate the dead at the scene.

• Xun Yin agreed to Zhuo Wumian’s terms and carried Pei Qingyu out through a hole blasted in the wall.
• Xun Yin brought Pei Qingyu to Pei Qingyan and the medical team, where Pei Qingyu clung to Xun Yin’s jacket and calmed when Xun Yin held his hand.
• Song Xuanmo warned that Pei Qingyu’s heart was at risk and that Xun Yin’s presence helped steady him.
• Pei Qingyan told Xun Yin to stay with Pei Qingyu while he investigated the underground bar and adjoining room.
• Pei Qingyu woke and asked Song Xuanmo to go with Pei Qingyan because there were dead people and no forensic doctor at the scene.
• Song Xuanmo agreed to accompany Pei Qingyan after Xun Yin said medical knowledge would help the investigation.

Pei Qingyan and Song Xuanmo uncovered a hidden chamber beneath the underground bar and found bodies, blood, and a clue labeled “The Innocent.” Meanwhile, Pei Qingyu suffered cardiac arrest in the ambulance, and the medical team began resuscitation.

• Pei Qingyan sent Xun Yin with Pei Qingyu in the ambulance, then took Song Xuanmo to investigate the underground bar.
• Pei Qingyan and Song Xuanmo found concealed seams in the floor, and Song Xuanmo discovered a booth button that opened the hidden chamber.
• Pei Qingyan and Song Xuanmo found two masked bodies marked with the numbers 6 and 4, along with blood from multiple people.
• Pei Qingyan found a slip of paper labeled “The Innocent” in the booth.
• Pei Qingyu lost consciousness in the ambulance, suffered cardiac arrest, and the elderly doctor began chest compressions while Xun Yin watched.

Xun Yin waited anxiously while Pei Qingyu underwent emergency surgery, and helped Song Ranran investigate the listening devices found on Song Sheng and Song Xiao. Pei Qingyu survived surgery, while Pei Qingyan revealed that the identity of one body found in the underground bar had been discovered because the man was famous.

• Doctors revived Pei Qingyu after his heart stopped and took him into surgery to repair his ruptured old injury.
• Song Ranran told Xun Yin that Song Sheng identified Zhuo Wumian as the person who gave her and Song Xiao listening devices.
• Xun Yin arranged for Wang Yu to deliver two syringes so Song Ranran could close the case, while the evidence involving Zhuo Wumian would be filed separately.
• Pei Qingyu came through surgery and was admitted to the ICU for overnight observation.
• Pei Qingyan told Xun Yin that the identity of one body recovered from the underground bar had been found, and Song Xuanmo explained that the man was famous.

Pei Qingyu woke in the hospital after the case, while Xun Yin kept his distance and Pei Qingyu considered leaving his home. The chapter ended with Pei Qingyu borrowing Song Xuanmo’s phone and being connected to his brother, Pei Qingyan.

• Pei Qingyu asked Xun Yin why he always brought him case reports in the hospital, and Xun Yin checked his pulse instead of returning the file.
• As Pei Qingyu drifted off, he asked Xun Yin not to be angry with him; Xun Yin quietly denied being angry after Pei Qingyu fell asleep.
• Xun Yin left to buy food, answered a call from Captain Yan, and hurried back to the hospital room.
• Song Xuanmo told Pei Qingyu that his heart was seriously damaged and that he might need oxygen at night.
• Pei Qingyu asked Song Xuanmo not to tell Xun Yin that he was considering leaving his place, then borrowed his phone and spoke with Pei Qingyan.

Pei Qingyu learned that he would be expected to return to work on the investigation into two wealthy men’s deaths soon after leaving the hospital, despite Song Xuanmo’s concern for his recovery. Days later, Zhou Fu’s godson Zhou Yang arrived at the Special Case Team and demanded that Captain Pei question him in his office.

• Pei Qingyan told Pei Qingyu that the Special Case Team had been ordered to investigate the deaths of Zhou Fu and Zhang Bu, and that Pei Qingyu would have to return after a few more days of rest.
• Song Xuanmo objected to Pei Qingyu returning to work so soon, but Pei Qingyan explained that the higher-ups had specifically insisted Pei Qingyu handle the case.
• Pei Qingyu reassured Song Xuanmo that he was fine and said he still had Xun Yin with him.
• At the police station, Song Ranran and Wang Yu reviewed the case files and discussed the wealth of the two deceased men.
• Zhou Yang arrived with his assistant Lele, insulted the Special Case Team, and demanded to be questioned in Pei Qingyu’s office.
• Lin Shichu refused to let Zhou Yang use Pei Qingyu’s office and explained that Pei Qingyu was recovering from an injury, but Zhou Yang insisted that Captain Pei come question him.

Zhou Yang insulted Pei Qingyu and accused him of fooling around with Xun Yin, prompting Xun Yin to defend his captain and arrest Zhou Yang. After Zhou Yang was escorted away, Xun Yin admitted he had learned the law by watching a video of Pei Qingyu reciting it, leaving Pei Qingyu puzzled about the recording.

• Pei Qingyu arrived at the Special Case Team and traded insults with Zhou Yang, who threw a cup at him and mocked his relationship with Xun Yin.
• Xun Yin gave Pei Qingyu his medicine, then subdued Zhou Yang and handcuffed him for defamation and assaulting a police officer.
• Xun Yin told Zhou Yang that even if he and Pei Qingyu were together, it was none of his business, and Lin Shichu escorted Zhou Yang to the meeting room.
• Xun Yin nervously asked Pei Qingyu whether he had embarrassed him, and Pei Qingyu teased him about memorizing the Criminal Law.
• Xun Yin said he had learned the law from a video of Pei Qingyu reciting it, leaving Pei Qingyu unable to remember the recording.

Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin joined Lin Shichu’s questioning of Zhou Yang about his adoptive father and Zhuo Wumian. Zhou Yang could not identify Zhuo Wumian, but said the man’s demeanor felt familiar.

• Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin entered the conference room, where Lin Shichu had removed Zhou Yang’s handcuffs.
• Pei Qingyu warned Zhou Yang that he questioned only serious criminals, so Zhou Yang agreed to answer Lin Shichu instead.
• Zhou Yang said he had last seen his adoptive father three days earlier to ask for an acting opportunity, but his father had refused and mentioned a major opportunity he was preparing for.
• Zhou Yang said he did not know Zhuo Wumian, then recognized something familiar about the man’s demeanor.
• Zhou Yang insisted that he recognized people by their demeanor and defended his ability to read others.

Zhou Yang identified someone resembling a person connected to his godfather’s death, but the photo Lele showed Pei Qingyu was of Zhu Qi, not the suspect. As Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin left, Zhou Yang offered Pei Qingyu an invitation to a banquet where Zhu Qi would be present.

• Song Ranran asked Pei Qingyu whether Zhou Yang’s claim about him was true, and Pei Qingyu admitted Zhou Yang held grudges.
• Zhou Yang said the person in Zhuo Wumian’s photo reminded him of someone he had seen at his godfather’s office and claimed Pei Qingyu knew that person.
• Pei Qingyu confirmed the person was the prime suspect in the godfather’s death and warned Zhou Yang not to seek revenge.
• Lele showed Pei Qingyu a photo of Zhu Qi, but Pei Qingyu said Zhou Yang had remembered the person wrong and asked Song Ranran to investigate Zhu Qi.
• After a banquet invitation appeared on Lele’s phone, Zhou Yang offered Pei Qingyu an invitation, saying Zhu Qi would attend and only Pei Qingyu could go.

Pei Qingyu reassured Xun Yin about his history with Zhou Yang, then the two prepared for an operation at a lavish banquet hosted by the Zhu family. The chapter left them checking their equipment as they took positions to investigate the deaths among the guests.

• Pei Qingyu told Xun Yin that Zhou Yang had bullied people at banquets when they were young and that meeting Xun Yin at the public security university had been his own choice.
• Song Ranran interrupted Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin in a compromising embrace, offered to distract Brother Lin, and asked Pei Qingyu to reimburse her broken computer.
• Pei Qingyu asked Xun Yin to buy formal clothes, but they borrowed a suit from Pei Qingyan instead because they still had case files to handle.
• Pei Qingyu adjusted Xun Yin's headset before the operation at the Zhu family's banquet celebrating Zhu Qi's company going public.
• Pei Qingyu arranged for Wang Yu and Song Ranran to support the operation remotely, with Wang Yu sniping from the top floor and Song Ranran handling backend operations.