Recaps

Lin Feng faced Zhang Qian in another interrogation, where she blamed him for the recordings that had destroyed her career. He finally erupted over his wrongful treatment and said all he had ever wanted was fairness.

• Zhang Qian confronted Lin Feng about the recordings exposed online and accused him of ruining her career.
• Lin Feng denied knowing what she meant and calmly told Zhang Qian they would never see each other again.
• Zhang Qian lost her temper, berated Lin Feng, and demanded to know what he wanted.
• Lin Feng slammed his cuffed hands on the table and shouted that he wanted fairness, condemning Zhang Qian for ignoring his claims and allowing him to be falsely accused.
• Lin Feng slumped back in his chair and quietly repeated that all he wanted was fairness.

A special investigation team uncovered video proving that Lin Feng never touched or harassed Sun Tingting, while an investigation raised serious suspicions about Presiding Judge He. The court overturned the original judgment and scheduled a second-instance hearing for seven days later.

• A new special investigation team reexamined the case and questioned people who had been near the library.
• An officer found a first-year student’s cached WeChat video call and preserved the footage for analysis.
• Technical experts enhanced the video, which showed Lin Feng focused on a bookshelf while Sun Tingting remained at least twenty to thirty centimeters away.
• Investigators suspended Presiding Judge He and placed him under investigation after uncovering leads of possible disciplinary violations.
• The procuratorate filed an urgent retrial application, and the municipal intermediate people's court overturned the original judgment and scheduled a second-instance hearing for seven days later.

Lin Feng was acquitted at his appeal hearing after new video evidence undermined the original case, and he was released from detention. Reunited with his parents, he left for home while worrying about others who might not have the resources to overcome wrongful accusations.

• The prosecutor presented new evidence, and Zhou Wenyuan argued that Lin Feng had been framed and that those responsible should be held accountable.
• The court revoked Lin Feng’s original conviction and declared him not guilty.
• Lin Feng completed his release paperwork, collected his belongings, and left the detention center.
• Zhang Fen embraced Lin Feng in tears, and Lin Jianguo welcomed him home with quiet relief.
• Lin Feng reflected on how many people without his resources might remain trapped by injustice, then walked home with his parents.

After seeing his parents return home, Lin Feng rejected the idea of returning to university and met with Zhou Wenyuan to plan his next steps. He ordered Zhou to establish safe funding and a new identity, investigate those involved in his wrongful case, and prepare a team for special affairs.

• Lin Feng persuaded Zhang Fen and Lin Jianguo to return home, then saw them off at the train station.
• Lin Feng decided not to return to university, citing the administration’s silence and his loss of trust in the people around him.
• Zhou Wenyuan gave Lin Feng five hundred thousand in cash and proposed setting up an offshore foundation or investment company to move funds safely.
• Lin Feng told Zhou Wenyuan to arrange a new identity, investigate Zhang Qian and Presiding Judge He, locate Sun Tingting and Li Jing, and plan a team for special affairs.
• Lin Feng left the teahouse resolved to pursue his own path and never return to the university.

After Lin Feng was declared not guilty, Sun Tingting provoked him online by boasting about her academic and legal achievements and threatening to obstruct his future. Lin Feng chose not to respond immediately, instead ordering Zhou Wenyuan to investigate every questionable detail about her and her family before making a decisive move.

• The authorities announced that Lin Feng's conviction had been overturned and declared him not guilty, but said nothing about consequences for Sun Tingting, Zhang Qian, or Judge He.
• Sun Tingting posted a note celebrating her graduate recommendation and legal qualification while threatening to send damaging materials about Lin Feng to schools and authorities.
• Netizens shared Sun Tingting's post widely, condemning her arrogance and demanding investigations, while others doubted that her statements could be punished under the law.
• Lin Feng watched the online uproar from an internet cafe as Zhou Wenyuan offered to respond or begin legal proceedings against Sun Tingting.
• Lin Feng decided not to use the law or answer her provocation yet, and instructed Zhou Wenyuan to investigate Sun Tingting, her family, her graduate recommendation, and her legal qualification.

Lin Feng described three kinds of death to Zhou Wenyuan, hinting at a judgment aimed at his enemies, then left without explaining further. That night, Sun Tingting remained confident she would escape the online backlash while a shadowy figure watched her family’s apartment from the rain.

• Lin Feng told Zhou Wenyuan that death could be physiological, social, or an ultimate erasure from all records and memories.
• Lin Feng left the café, and Zhou Wenyuan suspected the storm surrounding Lin Feng had shifted into a more dangerous form.
• At home, Sun Tingting watched a drama with her parents and believed the public would soon forget the scandal.
• A figure in a raincoat silently watched Sun Tingting’s warmly lit apartment from the landscaping below.

Patient kidnapped Sun Tingting and her parents from their home on Lin Feng’s orders, then transported Sun Tingting away in a box. The next morning, a badly disfigured woman’s body was found outside the women’s dormitory at the normal university, and police began investigating her identity.

• Patient entered Sun Tingting’s home during the storm and knocked her parents unconscious before finding and electrocuting Sun Tingting beneath her bed.
• Patient reported to Lin Feng that he had secured the target, and Lin Feng told him to proceed according to plan.
• Patient gagged Sun Tingting and her parents with light bulbs, bound her parents, and carried Sun Tingting away in a delivery box.
• A student discovered a badly disfigured woman’s body outside the women’s dormitory at the normal university the next morning.
• Police examined the unidentified body and took it to the forensic center while checking missing-person reports.

After being suspended, Zhang Qian lost control of her temper while waiting for a ride outside the bureau and was struck by a heavy truck. Police arrested the eerily calm, alcohol-drinking driver as Zhang Qian lay unconscious and badly injured.

• Zhang Qian left the bureau carrying her belongings after her suspension was announced.
• Zhang Qian threatened her ride-hailing driver over the pickup delay and repeatedly demanded that he arrive before her deadline.
• A heavy truck veered toward Zhang Qian and hit her, leaving her unconscious and bleeding on the road.
• Police officers rushed out, treated Zhang Qian, secured the scene, and surrounded the truck.
• Officers found the middle-aged driver drinking baijiu in the cab, and he calmly drained the bottle before they arrested him.

Veteran detective Wang Yong and his apprentice Li Zhen interrogated Feng Jianguo, who had deliberately driven into Zhang Qian and claimed he did it for fairness. Feng exposed Li Zhen’s leading question as a procedural flaw, then said he could not wait long enough for the case to reach its final review.

• Wang Yong and Li Zhen questioned Feng Jianguo about his identity and background, and he answered calmly.
• Wang Yong asked Feng why he had hit Zhang Qian, and Feng said he had probably done it for fairness.
• Li Zhen angrily accused Feng of being put up to the attack, and Wang Yong stopped him and resumed the questioning.
• Feng pointed out that Li Zhen’s question was leading and could create a legal problem if the case went to final review.
• Feng told Li Zhen he was lucky because Feng could not wait that long, leaving Wang Yong and Li Zhen stunned.

Feng Jianguo told Wang Yong and Li Zhen that he had terminal stomach cancer and wanted his death to leave a mark. He confessed to killing Sun Tingting and revealed that he had taken her from her home to the University of Technology campus to make her fulfill her public vow to jump from a dormitory building.

• Feng Jianguo said doctors had given him at most a month to live and explained how alcohol had cost him his job and family.
• Feng Jianguo described his ordinary life and said he had decided not to die without making an impact after reading posts about Sun Tingting's case.
• Feng Jianguo confessed that he had investigated the case himself and killed Sun Tingting, shocking Li Zhen and Wang Yong.
• Feng Jianguo said he had taken Sun Tingting from her home the previous night and tied up and gagged her parents.
• Feng Jianguo explained that he brought Sun Tingting to the campus because she had vowed to jump from a dormitory building if she was lying, and said he made her do so.

Feng Jianguo told Wang Yong and Li Zhen how he had punished counselor Li Jing and Presiding Judge He for their actions in the Lin Feng case. He left the detectives shaken by his twisted idea of justice and his calm account of the attacks.

• Feng Jianguo revealed that he had pulled out counselor Li Jing’s tongue and treated the wound to keep her alive.
• Feng Jianguo explained that he had decided Li Jing deserved punishment after finding that she misdirected financial aid for impoverished students.
• Feng Jianguo said he had tied up Presiding Judge He and repeatedly dislocated her arm to leave her with a lasting injury.
• Wang Yong and Li Zhen listened in horror as Feng Jianguo justified his violence as a way to make his targets think more carefully.
• Feng Jianguo stubbed out his cigarette and closed his eyes, leaving the two detectives speechless.

After Feng Jianguo confessed to his crimes, Wang Yong explained to Li Zhen that Feng’s terminal cancer might let him die before he could be tried, leaving the case without a conviction. The officers hurried to verify the confession and find the injured victims, while hoping Li Jing and Zhang Qian would survive.

• Wang Yong and Li Zhen left the interrogation room after Feng Jianguo signed his confession and was taken to a holding room.
• Li Zhen asked what would happen to the case, and Wang Yong said Feng’s advanced cancer and the lengthy legal process could prevent him from ever reaching trial.
• Wang Yong explained that Feng would likely be released on medical grounds and that a confession could not replace a court judgment.
• Li Zhen accepted that Feng’s cancer and confession were probably genuine, and Wang Yong urged him to return to work.
• Wang Yong and Li Zhen hurried off to verify the confession, secure evidence, and locate Li Jing and Zhang Qian, whose survival could affect the case.

Police teams found Li Jing and Presiding Judge He badly injured, while Zhang Qian died in the hospital. After the case leaked online, public opinion erupted over Feng Jianguo’s vigilante violence as police struggled to contain the fallout.

• Police officers found Li Jing and her husband bound at home, and doctors determined that her tongue injury would likely leave permanent scars.
• Another team found Presiding Judge He with both shoulders dislocated and lasting trauma from Feng Jianguo’s abuse.
• The hospital reported that Zhang Qian had died from her extensive injuries, joining Sun Tingting among Feng Jianguo’s four victims who had died.
• Details of Feng Jianguo’s case spread online, provoking fierce debate over whether he was a hero or a criminal.
• Wang Yong and cyber police traced a threatening post to a fifth-grade boy, who admitted he had copied it to look cool.
• Lawyers, doctors, influencers, and online commenters amplified the controversy as police continued handling the case under public pressure.

Little Red Sweet Potato users rallied around Sun Tingting and Zhang Qian while condemning Feng Jianguo, and a reposted post defending them sparked a wave of mockery and anger on Quick Sound. The backlash briefly united users against the post but exposed how the Feng Jianguo case had widened into deeper social divisions.

• Little Red Sweet Potato posts expressed sympathy for Sun Tingting and Zhang Qian, minimized their actions, and demanded harsh punishment for Feng Jianguo.
• Accounts reposted a Little Red Sweet Potato blogger’s post claiming Sun Tingting had only misunderstood Lin Feng and Zhang Qian had merely protected the vulnerable.
• Quick Sound users mocked the blogger’s heavily staged candlelit photo and criticized her for turning the case into content.
• Other Quick Sound users condemned the post’s defense of Sun Tingting and Zhang Qian and its call to investigate Lin Feng.
• Quick Sound users temporarily united in their reaction to the post, while the online dispute continued to reveal growing divisions around Feng Jianguo’s case.

Lin Feng redirected the online backlash against Feng Jianguo’s case and arranged a fundraiser for Feng Jianguo’s daughter, but the fundraiser raised far more than he expected through public donations. The chapter left Lin Feng reflecting on the unexpected response from strangers.

• Lin Feng ordered Hacker K to expose the identities of the most inflammatory Little Red Sweet Potato accounts and to launch an anonymous fundraiser for Feng Jianguo’s daughter.
• The targeted accounts posted their own ID photos, addresses, and private chats, then deleted their content and left the internet after being mocked and condemned.
• Lawyer Zhou Wenyuan reported that the fundraiser had raised 2.17 million, including more than 1.3 million from netizens beyond the 800,000 Lin Feng’s group had donated.
• Lin Feng realized that strangers had contributed out of sympathy and mixed feelings about Feng Jianguo, and he silently considered their generosity.

After learning Feng Jianguo had been approved for medical parole, Lin Feng arranged a new place to live and returned to campus to collect his belongings. He said goodbye to Monkey and left university, heading toward an uncertain new life.

• Lawyer Zhou told Lin Feng that Feng Jianguo had been approved for medical parole, and offered him a vacant home to live in.
• Lin Feng returned to campus with two death warriors, while students whispered about his release and the controversy surrounding him.
• Monkey greeted Lin Feng with concern, and Lin Feng told him he planned to drop out of university.
• Monkey tried to dissuade Lin Feng, then accepted his decision and encouraged him to succeed.
• Lin Feng packed his belongings, said goodbye to Monkey, and left campus in a black SUV.

Lin Feng summoned Lü Yi, a delivery rider with stable bipolar disorder, and met him for lunch. Lü Yi’s attempt to avoid paying caused a commotion at the restaurant, leaving Lin Feng to settle the bill and warn him not to do it again.

• Lin Feng summoned Lü Yi and learned about his background, condition, and delivery skills.
• Lin Feng met Lü Yi at a roadside restaurant, where Lü Yi enthusiastically shared stories and city knowledge over lunch.
• Lü Yi claimed he would pay, then distracted the server and ran into the kitchen to evade the bill.
• The restaurant staff confronted Lü Yi, who pretended to be a Japanese officer, and Lin Feng paid for the meal and kitchen damage.
• Lü Yi told Lin Feng he had been trying to save the organization money, and Lin Feng warned him not to repeat the stunt.

Lin Feng met lawyer Zhou Wenyuan in a park to discuss consolidating and laundering funds, while his unusual bodyguard Lü Yi distracted Zhou with an elaborate performance of recycling a soda can. The chapter ended with Zhou accepting Lin Feng’s blunt explanation that Lü Yi was mentally ill and trying to focus on the financial proposal.

• Lin Feng met Zhou Wenyuan in a secluded park to review a plan for consolidating funds from different sources.
• Lü Yi stood guard nearby, watching his surroundings in an erratic and unsettling manner.
• Lü Yi retrieved a discarded soda can, pretended to drink from it, flattened it, and carefully sorted it for recycling while wearing gloves.
• Zhou asked Lin Feng who Lü Yi was and whether he knew kung fu, and Lin Feng said Lü Yi was his bodyguard and was mentally ill.
• Zhou stopped asking about Lü Yi and turned his attention back to Lin Feng’s financial proposal, though he continued glancing at the bodyguard.

Lin Feng and Zhou Wenyuan agreed to use an online alcohol store to disguise and consolidate funds while they worked toward establishing a foundation. On the way to lunch, they passed an old man who staged a fall, but Lin Feng walked on and Zhou Wenyuan followed, leaving the man waiting for another target.

• Zhou Wenyuan proposed creating a foundation, but acknowledged that Lin Feng lacked wealthy donors to support it in the short term.
• Zhou Wenyuan suggested opening an online alcohol store so the deathsworn could make purchases and turn their money into apparent business income, and Lin Feng approved the plan.
• Lin Feng, Zhou Wenyuan, and Lü Yi headed to a nearby restaurant after discussing the store.
• An old man staggered and fell as the group passed, groaning and clutching his chest.
• Lin Feng continued walking, Lü Yi followed him, and Zhou Wenyuan suppressed his urge to help and went after them.
• The old man’s expression shifted from pain to cunning as he waited for another passerby to take the bait.

Lin Nuannuan stopped to help an old man who had fallen, but he grabbed her wrist and falsely accused her of knocking him down. He demanded ten thousand yuan as onlookers watched and filmed, leaving her crying and trapped in his grip.

• Lin Nuannuan took a shortcut through a backstreet and found an old man lying on the ground.
• She rushed to help him, but he seized her wrist and accused her of knocking him down.
• The old man shouted for passersby to witness his accusation and demanded ten thousand yuan from Lin Nuannuan.
• Lin Nuannuan denied hitting him and pleaded for help, but the crowd stayed silent or filmed.
• The old man tightened his grip and continued feigning pain as Lin Nuannuan cried and struggled to get free.

Lin Nuannuan was trapped by an old man who falsely accused her of knocking him down and demanded money, while bystanders watched and offered little help. As his threats and staged heart attack wore her down, she closed her eyes, nearly ready to give in and pay.

• Lin Nuannuan repeatedly insisted that she had not hit the old man, but he gripped her wrist and demanded ten thousand yuan.
• The old man threatened to contact her school and spread accusations, while the onlookers filmed and debated whether she should pay him.
• The old man pretended to suffer a heart attack and used Lin Nuannuan's attempt to steady him to keep hold of her.
• Lin Nuannuan feared losing her tutoring job, facing trouble at school, and sacrificing the money saved for tuition.
• Overwhelmed by pain and despair, Lin Nuannuan stopped resisting and closed her eyes, nearly ready to pay.

Lin Feng intervened when an old man extorted Lin Nuannuan, letting Lü Yi handle the situation in his own bizarre way. Lin Feng and his companions left after the old man was subdued, while Lin Nuannuan remained stunned but relieved.

• The old man grabbed Lin Nuannuan's wrist and demanded ten thousand yuan, threatening to go to her school.
• Lin Feng glanced at Lü Yi, who confronted the old man and warned him that people had witnessed the incident.
• When the old man dismissed the warning and continued to threaten Lin Nuannuan, Lü Yi seized him and dragged him into a nearby alley.
• Lü Yi beat the old man, chased him down, and rode on his back until Lawyer Zhou told him to stop.
• Lin Feng left with Lawyer Zhou and Lü Yi, and Lin Nuannuan watched them go, relieved that the old man no longer dared threaten her.

After Lin Nuannuan thanked Lin Feng and his companions for rescuing her, Lin Feng learned that a professional was tailing them and ordered Old Chen to track the man’s accomplices. The group ate at a Hunan restaurant while Lin Feng watched the growing crowd, suspecting the apparent diners were connected to the scam ring.

• Lin Nuannuan thanked Lin Feng, Lawyer Zhou, and Lü Yi for stopping the old man who had harassed her, then exchanged contact information with Lawyer Zhou.
• Old Chen warned Lin Feng that a professional tail was following them, and Lin Feng told him to let the man follow while searching for his accomplices.
• Lü Yi led Lin Feng and Lawyer Zhou to Old Chen's Homestyle Cooking, where they ordered four Hunan dishes and discussed plans for an online store.
• As the three men ate, the restaurant quickly filled with groups of ordinary-looking customers who did not interact with them.
• Lin Feng surveyed the crowded restaurant and street, suspecting the diners were part of the group that had begun following them.

A gang of violent fraudsters stormed the restaurant to confront Lü Yi, whom their injured accomplice blamed for ruining an extortion attempt. The gang’s Fire General and his men advanced on Lü Yi, Lin Feng, and Lawyer Zhou as the diners watched in fear.

• A tattooed thug leading seven or eight men kicked open the restaurant door and intimidated the customers.
• The old extortionist who had pretended to collapse entered with the gang and identified Lü Yi to their leader.
• The chapter explained that the old man and a younger accomplice had brought the Fire General in to take revenge and seek compensation after their unauthorized scam failed.
• The Fire General signaled his men, who spread into a semicircle and advanced on Lü Yi, Lin Feng, and Lawyer Zhou.

Lü Yi mocked the thugs confronting him in the restaurant until their leader ordered them to attack, and Lawyer Zhou Wenyuan tried to defuse the confrontation. The leader demanded money and humiliation from Lü Yi, then threatened him with further violence as the thugs closed in.

• The old man returned with a gang of thugs, and Lü Yi stood up and traded insults with their burly leader.
• Lü Yi bluffed about having powerful connections, then revealed that he worked in Ele.me’s food delivery department, enraging the leader.
• Lawyer Zhou Wenyuan intervened, described Lü Yi as mentally unstable, and apologized on his behalf.
• The burly leader demanded three hundred thousand in cash, required Lü Yi to kowtow to the gang, and threatened to pull out two of his front teeth.
• Lawyer Zhou tried to negotiate, but the leader insisted that Lü Yi kowtow and choose between losing his teeth or a finger.