Chapter Summaries

Lü Yi responded to a locksmith's refusal to lower his price by smashing the shop's glass counter and attacking him. He pinned the locksmith down and crushed the fingers of his right hand with a U-lock.

• The locksmith demanded fifty yuan to open Lü Yi's new U-lock and refused to bargain.
• Lü Yi decided to buy another lock, but after the locksmith charged fifty yuan for it, he smashed the glass counter with it.
• The locksmith lunged at Lü Yi, who struck him in the head with the U-lock and knocked him down.
• Lü Yi ordered the startled young man to sit down, then stomped the locksmith onto the floor and pinned his right wrist.
• Lü Yi brought the U-lock down on the locksmith's fingers, breaking them as the man screamed.

Lü Yi injured a locksmith after a dispute and calmly waited for the police, claiming his people would arrive soon. As an officer prepared to handcuff him, several cars screeched to a stop outside the shop.

• Lü Yi crushed the locksmith’s hand with a U-lock and ordered the frightened young man to call the police.
• The young man called 110, and two officers arrived; the older officer requested an ambulance while the younger officer took the young man’s account.
• Lü Yi admitted that he had attacked the locksmith, but said his people would soon come to pick him up.
• The young officer insisted Lü Yi come to the station and prepared to handcuff him.
• Several cars screeched to a stop outside just as the officer reached for Lü Yi.

Lü Yi was revealed to be a patient who had escaped from compulsory treatment, and hospital staff came to take him back. After demanding a ceremonial return to the palace and a carriage, he was strapped to a stretcher and carried away, while the officers explained how the injured shop owner could seek compensation.

• Chang Deming arrived with staff from the Fourth Psychiatric Hospital and showed the officers documents confirming Lü Yi was under compulsory medical treatment.
• The officers verified the records and allowed Chang Deming and the hospital staff to take Lü Yi back.
• Lü Yi insisted Chang Deming call him a prince and provide a carriage before he would leave.
• Xiao Wang brought a medical stretcher, and the hospital staff strapped Lü Yi to it and carried him out.
• The young clerk asked how the shop owner would pay his medical bills, and the young officer explained that he could seek civil compensation from the hospital or Lü Yi's legal guardian.

Lin Feng met Monkey at their old barbecue spot after sensing his distress and learned that Monkey’s younger sister had stage three lymphoma. Lin Feng accepted Monkey’s IOU for the earlier loan and transferred him another two hundred thousand to help pay for her treatment.

• Lin Feng reassured Zhou Wenyuan that Lü Yi was doing well, then left after Monkey called and asked to meet.
• Lin Feng found Monkey drinking alone at Old Wang Barbecue and asked what was wrong.
• Monkey explained that his younger sister had been diagnosed with stage three lymphoma and that his family had exhausted its savings and borrowed from relatives and friends.
• Monkey gave Lin Feng an IOU for the one hundred thousand he had borrowed and promised to repay it.
• Lin Feng told Monkey to focus on his sister’s treatment and offered to transfer him another two hundred thousand.

While drinking with Lin Feng, Monkey recalled the hardships of raising his younger sister and the family’s financial crisis after their father was injured. The chapter ended with his sister urging him not to quit school and offering to bear the burden herself.

• Monkey drank heavily as Lin Feng stayed beside him and listened to him talk about his hospitalized sister.
• Monkey recalled carrying his sister in a bamboo basket while caring for her and their elderly grandmother as a child.
• After Monkey's father was seriously injured at a construction site, Monkey considered leaving school to support the family.
• Monkey's sister told him not to drop out of school and said she would drink anything he put in her milk if he became too overwhelmed.

After hearing Monkey’s story about his sister’s cancer and childhood sacrifice, Lin Feng took him home and sent his family 500,000 yuan. Troubled by how the girl had been diagnosed with stage three lymphoma at her first examination, Lin Feng ordered K to investigate the hospital.

• Lin Feng took the drunk Monkey to the Fuchao Guesthouse and helped his parents settle him in.
• Lin Feng told Monkey’s parents not to worry about money and left the guesthouse.
• Lin Feng transferred 500,000 yuan to Monkey’s account, knowing it could ease his family’s financial burden but not cure his sister.
• Lin Feng reviewed Monkey’s account and grew suspicious of the hospital that had diagnosed his sister.
• Lin Feng contacted K and ordered a comprehensive investigation into the hospital, prompting his death warriors to take action.

Lin Feng and the deathsworn visited Feng Jianguo’s grave after the public turmoil had subsided, honoring the man who had sacrificed himself to help Lin Feng. They poured Moutai over the grave as Feng Jianguo had once requested, then left the cemetery.

• Lin Feng arrived at Feng Jianguo’s grave with Lawyer Zhou, Lü Yi, hacker K, Li Jun, Du Mingyuan, and the other deathsworn.
• Lin Feng and the deathsworn bowed three times before the tombstone.
• Lin Feng poured a bottle of Moutai over the grave, remembering Feng Jianguo’s request and the hope he had protected.
• Lawyer Zhou, Lü Yi, hacker K, Li Jun, Du Mingyuan, and the other deathsworn each poured Moutai over the soil in turn.
• Lin Feng and the deathsworn stayed silently beside the grave, then departed through the rain.

After visiting Old Feng's grave, Lin Feng comforted Lü Yi as he mourned and expressed a wish to be remembered as a hero. K then reported serious suspected crimes at Ankang Hospital and revealed it was likely connected to a dark web organ-trafficking organization.

• Lü Yi cried at the cemetery and told Lin Feng he envied Old Feng's heroic death and wanted to be remembered too.
• Lin Feng gently patted Lü Yi's shoulder as he comforted him without speaking.
• K gave Lin Feng documents detailing suspected financial and medical fraud, improper charges, excessive treatment, and deceptive advertising at Ankang Hospital.
• K said he had not found decisive evidence because the hospital's staff appeared to protect one another and someone was helping them evade electronic investigations.
• K told Lin Feng that Ankang Hospital was likely connected to a dark web organization trafficking human organs.

After learning that Ankang Hospital might be involved in serious wrongdoing, Lin Feng secretly arranged to move Monkey’s sister to a better hospital for treatment. He then learned that Feng Jianguo’s daughter had secretly married and resolved to support her as her family from the bride’s side.

• Lin Feng remembered K’s report about Ankang Hospital and decided he could not leave Monkey’s sister there any longer.
• Lin Feng called Monkey and persuaded him to arrange his sister’s transfer to a provincial hospital, offering to cover the medical expenses as a loan.
• Lin Feng concealed his suspicions about Ankang Hospital because he feared Monkey might confront its staff and endanger himself and his sister.
• Lin Feng considered arranging for a respected cancer specialist to assess Monkey’s sister and plan her treatment.
• K told Lin Feng that Feng Jianguo’s daughter had obtained a marriage certificate early that year without telling her father.
• Lin Feng told K to prepare for them to attend the wedding and support Feng Jianguo’s daughter as her family from the bride’s side.

Monkey struggled with the cost of Hou Xiaoya’s lymphoma treatment until Lin Feng offered to arrange a provincial specialist and lend money for her care. Monkey left to begin the transfer process, newly hopeful that Xiaoya could get better treatment.

• Monkey cared for Hou Xiaoya in the hospital and hid that he had been fired from his construction job.
• Monkey sat in the corridor, overwhelmed by the cost of Xiaoya’s treatment and his inability to help her.
• Lin Feng called Monkey and said he had contacted a provincial cancer specialist who would review Xiaoya’s case.
• Lin Feng urged Monkey to transfer Xiaoya to a better hospital and promised to lend him money for her medical expenses.
• Monkey accepted Lin Feng’s help and went to the nurses’ station to ask about the transfer paperwork.

Hou Jun (Monkey) asked to transfer Xiaoya to a provincial hospital, but Doctor Qin warned that the move could endanger her life and disrupt treatment. Monkey decided to proceed despite the warning, and Doctor Qin demanded that Xiaoya’s guardian speak with him.

• Hou Jun (Monkey) asked the nurses' guidance desk how to transfer Xiaoya to another hospital and learned he needed her attending physician’s approval.
• Monkey told Doctor Qin that a friend had arranged for a provincial lymphoma specialist to examine Xiaoya and that he wanted to transfer her.
• Doctor Qin warned Monkey that the journey and change in treatment could worsen Xiaoya’s critical condition, and questioned whether Monkey could accept that risk.
• Monkey thanked Doctor Qin but insisted that he wanted to transfer Xiaoya and take one last gamble.
• Doctor Qin coldly told Monkey to have Xiaoya’s guardian come speak with him.

Monkey tried to transfer his sister Hou Xiaoya to a provincial hospital, but Doctor Qin warned the family about the risks before issuing the certificate. Just as they prepared to complete the paperwork, a nurse reported that the patient in Hou Xiaoya’s bed had suddenly deteriorated.

• Monkey left Doctor Qin’s office unsettled and called his parents to tell them that Lin Feng had arranged a provincial specialist for Hou Xiaoya.
• Monkey’s parents arrived, and the family asked Doctor Qin to arrange Hou Xiaoya’s transfer.
• Doctor Qin asked Monkey to wait outside while he privately discussed the transfer risks with Monkey’s parents.
• Monkey’s parents left with the transfer certificate, but they were shaken by Doctor Qin’s warnings about the danger of moving Hou Xiaoya.
• A nurse rushed to Doctor Qin’s office to report that the patient in Hou Xiaoya’s bed had rapidly worsening breathing and oxygen levels, and Monkey froze when he heard the bed number.

Lin Feng learned that Xiaoya had suddenly deteriorated and been taken to the ICU just after her parents obtained a transfer certificate, prompting him to abandon his meal and rush back. He met Monkey at their usual restaurant, where Monkey regained some composure when Lin Feng arrived.

• Monkey called Lin Feng and said Xiaoya had been taken to the ICU after her condition suddenly worsened.
• Lin Feng suspected the timing was no coincidence, reassured Monkey, and arranged to meet him that evening.
• Lin Feng canceled the meal and immediately drove back with Zhou Wenyuan and Lü Yi.
• Lin Feng went straight to the restaurant where Monkey was waiting alone.
• Monkey looked up as Lin Feng arrived and said, "Madman... you're here..."

Lin Feng showed Monkey evidence of serious wrongdoing at Ankang Hospital and warned that alerting the police could endanger Xiaoya, who remained in its ICU. He told Monkey to reassure Doctor Qin while he secured Xiaoya’s records and a secret second opinion, then introduced his imposing associate, Li Jun.

• Lin Feng gave Monkey documents detailing suspected insurance fraud, altered medical records, false advertising, and other abuses at Ankang Hospital.
• Monkey feared the hospital might harm Xiaoya, but Lin Feng explained that going to the police could alert the hospital and put her at greater risk.
• Lin Feng instructed Monkey to return to the hospital, reassure Doctor Qin, and pretend the family had decided against transferring Xiaoya.
• Lin Feng planned to obtain Xiaoya’s original medical records and arrange a secret assessment by a provincial expert.
• A muscular man arrived at Lin Feng’s signal, addressed him as “Boss,” and was introduced to Monkey as Li Jun.

Lin Feng met Professor Liu Mingyuan to have him review Hou Xiaoya’s medical records. Professor Liu said the records appeared to show stage-three lymphoma, but several indicators were highly unlikely in a twelve-year-old, leaving Lin Feng with new cause for concern.

• Lin Feng arranged a meeting with Professor Liu Mingyuan through a death warrior connected to the specialist.
• Lin Feng gave Professor Liu copies of Hou Xiaoya’s medical records, which Hacker K had obtained from Ankang Hospital’s system.
• Professor Liu examined the records and asked Lin Feng to confirm Hou Xiaoya’s age.
• Lin Feng said Hou Xiaoya was twelve, and Professor Liu judged that the records showed signs consistent with stage-three lymphoma.
• Professor Liu noted that abnormal hormone levels and chronic complications in the records were extremely unlikely in a child, and Lin Feng reacted with growing suspicion.

Lin Feng told Professor Liu that he suspected Ankang Hospital had falsified his sister’s lymphoma diagnosis and deliberately worsened her condition, and asked him to investigate. Professor Liu agreed to examine her at the hospital that evening, while Lawyer Zhou Wenyuan’s identity left him wondering who Lin Feng was.

• Professor Liu questioned Lin Feng about his sister’s medical records and learned she was in Ankang Hospital’s ICU.
• Lin Feng explained his suspicions about Ankang Hospital and asked Professor Liu to determine whether his sister really had lymphoma.
• Professor Liu agreed to examine Lin Feng’s sister and review her original records and imaging after his operations that evening.
• Lawyer Zhou offered Professor Liu an envelope of cash, but Professor Liu refused it and accepted Zhou’s business card instead.
• Professor Liu recognized Zhou Wenyuan as a prominent lawyer and wondered about Lin Feng’s identity.

Lin Feng and Professor Liu Mingyuan visited Ankang Hospital’s ICU to assess Hou Xiaoya’s condition without entering her room. After studying her and the equipment through the window, Professor Liu gave Lin Feng a slight nod, leaving the reason for his grave reaction unclear.

• Lin Feng and Professor Liu Mingyuan met Monkey at Ankang Hospital and went with him to the ICU.
• Lin Feng persuaded the nurse to let them view Hou Xiaoya through the isolation window.
• Lin Feng briefly surveyed Hou Xiaoya’s room and the medical equipment before giving Professor Liu the window.
• Professor Liu closely examined Hou Xiaoya, her vital signs, the ventilator, and the medications.
• After the nurse urged him twice, Professor Liu finished his inspection and nodded slightly to Lin Feng before they left.

Professor Liu concluded that Xiaoya's unconsciousness was caused by anesthesia rather than a sudden worsening of her illness, and confirmed she could be safely transferred. Lin Feng planned to bring her home the next day after contacting Li Jun.

• Professor Liu told Lin Feng and Monkey that he could not confirm Xiaoya had lymphoma without further tests, but her ICU condition indicated she was under general anesthesia.
• Monkey reacted with shock and fear, and Lin Feng steadied him before asking whether Xiaoya could be transferred to another hospital.
• Professor Liu said Xiaoya's vital signs were stable enough for a safe transfer.
• Lin Feng sent Lawyer Zhou to take Professor Liu home, then comforted Monkey when he broke down in tears.
• Lin Feng told Lawyer Zhou to contact Li Jun and declared that they would bring Xiaoya home the next day.

Li Jun arrived at Ankang Hospital with dozens of men and insisted on taking Hou Xiaoya home by transferring her to another hospital. He reached the ICU and asked the frightened nurse to open its doors.

• Li Jun arrived at Ankang Hospital with thirty or forty men in black and a wheelchair.
• Li Jun told Monkey that they had come to take Xiaoya home.
• Li Jun's men restrained the security guards and forced their way through the hospital toward the ICU.
• At the ICU entrance, one of Li Jun's men struck the nurses' station and demanded the key.
• Li Jun identified himself and Monkey as Hou Xiaoya's family and asked the nurse to open the ICU doors so they could transfer her.

Li Jun and Monkey forced their way into the ICU, where a nurse disconnected Hou Xiaoya from her life-support equipment so Monkey could take her away. When the vice director learned the patient in bed eighteen was being removed, he ordered hospital security to stop them.

• Li Jun's underling threatened the nurse until she opened the ICU door and dragged her inside.
• The underling ordered the nurse to disconnect Hou Xiaoya's life-support equipment, and she obeyed.
• Monkey lifted Hou Xiaoya from the bed and placed her in the wheelchair Li Jun brought over.
• The security captain told the vice director that a group was taking the patient from bed eighteen.
• The vice director panicked and ordered security to rush to the ICU and stop them.