Episode Summary
In 2014, Lang Sang’s murder and Ti Yi’s death are revealed as part of a cover-up. Shen Congxin (Ti Yi’s mother) sacrifices herself to expose Gade, while Liao Zhibai’s ruthless schemes are challenged by Liao Siyuan. Gade, injected with a凝血剂, flees to his father’s villa, leading Liao Zhibai closer to uncovering the shadowy mastermind.
Spoiler Alert
In 2014, Lang Sang—a former police academy student who failed his exams—decided to open a convenience store near the campus using his savings. While renovating the shop, he skipped a group dinner hosted by Bai Han, promising to join later. That fateful night, a battered Ti Yi rushed to Lang Sang’s store, begging for help. Before Lang Sang could react, she hid inside. Moments later, Gade appeared, striking Lang Sang’s head with an axe. Though gravely injured, Lang Sang clung to Gade’s leg, pleading for him to stop. Enraged, Gade delivered a final blow, killing him. Gade then discovered Ti Yi and murdered her too. He called his father to cover up the crime, framing Lang Sang and Ti Yi with planted evidence while erasing all traces of his involvement.
Shu He uncovered that the woman posing as Ti Yi was actually her mother, Shen Congxin. Liao Siyuan connected the dots, suspecting Liao Zhibai’s orchestration and fearing for Shen’s safety. Shen, determined to avenge her daughter’s death, lured Gade to a rooftop confrontation. Years earlier, Shen had spiraled into grief after refusing to believe Ti Yi’s fabricated “suicide-by-prostitution” narrative. Now, she vowed to expose the truth. Liao Siyuan desperately called Liao Zhibai, urging him to warn Shen not to trust his schemes, but Shen hung up, fully aware of Liao Zhibai’s manipulations. Gade arrived at the scene but fled after realizing security cameras had captured him. Shen, following Liao Zhibai’s plan, thanked him coldly before leaping to her death.
Liao Siyuan arrived just in time to witness Shen’s body hit the ground. Confronting Liao Zhibai on the rooftop, he accused him of sacrificing lives for his decade-long vendetta against Gade’s shadowy backers. Liao Zhibai—unapologetic and ruthless—replied that Shen had “chosen to give her life meaning,” then taunted Liao Siyuan for living in a moral fantasy before kicking him in retaliation.
Meanwhile, Shu He informed Reynolds that Liao Zhibai was alive, while new reports surfaced: Employees from Gade’s tutoring center accused him of sexual assault. Retired forensic expert Xu Sheng rejected an offer to return to the force. Analyzing victim statements, Liao Siyuan realized Gade’s pattern of tearing his victims’ skirts. He set a trap at Gade’s home, painting a skirt hem near the entrance. When Gade returned, he ambushed Liao Siyuan, drugging him—but Qi Meihua stormed in with a gun, saving Liao Siyuan as Gade escaped.
Bleeding from Qi Meihua’s bullet, Gade fled to his father’s villa, tailed by Liao Zhibai’s crew. They’d injected him with a blood coagulant, ensuring his wounds would hemorrhage uncontrollably. In the pouring rain, Gade collapsed at the villa’s gates, begging for help. Inside, shadowy figures watched indifferently as his blood pooled on the doorstep. Liao Zhibai’s plan worked: The trail now led straight to the puppet master pulling Gade’s strings.
Themes: Betrayal, generational trauma, and the cost of vengeance collide as loyalties fracture. With Shen’s sacrifice and Lang Sang’s forgotten heroism, the episode underscores how power silences the vulnerable—and asks who gets to rewrite history.
