Episode Summary
Zeng Dalun's schemes escalate, leading to Xiao Yanhong's near-fatal miscarriage and Shen Yiqun's assassination. This drives a wedge between Zeng Peide and his sons. As the Battle of Shanghai begins, Zeng Dalun becomes a traitor, helping the Japanese bomb Chinese targets. After Cheng Ao hesitates to stop him, their father, Zeng Peide, executes Zeng Dalun for his treason.
Spoiler Alert
A Messy Family Drama Gets Messier
The Hospital Standoff
So, Zeng Dalun is freaking out. He’s worried about his father, Zeng Peide, constantly fighting the Japanese. He’s also just worried about the Japanese in general. Ah Jin gives him some terrible advice. He suggests that if they create a distraction for Zeng Peide, he’ll stop focusing on politics.
Their distraction is Xiao Yanhong. And their plan is awful. Ah Jin gets a maid to put something in Xiao Yanhong’s chicken soup to induce a miscarriage. Before this, we see Xiao Yanhong happily shopping for jewelry. She was ready to have this baby, especially since it secured her a piece of the family inheritance.
Next thing you know, she’s in the emergency room. Zeng Peide is there, looking frantic. The situation is bad. Her blood pressure is low. Lin Siyun is the doctor, and she says they can only save one of them, the mother or the baby.
A Father's Choice
Here’s where it gets wild. Lin Siyun asks Zeng Peide for his decision. His first instinct is to save the adult. But just a few minutes later, he changes his mind. He tells Lin Siyun he wants the child.
Lin Siyun is in the operating room. She looks at Xiao Yanhong, pale and fighting for her life. She’s a doctor, and there’s a living person right in front of her. She makes a choice. She saves the mother.
When Zeng Peide hears the baby didn't make it, he snaps. He pulls a gun and points it right at Lin Siyun’s head. He’s about to pull the trigger. Cheng Ao runs in, screaming at his father not to shoot. After a few tense moments, Zeng Peide fires three shots away from them. Then he looks at Cheng Ao and disowns him on the spot.
The Race for the Medicine
A Rivalry Turns Deadly
The government has a job for Zeng Dalun and Shen Yiqun. They have intel that the G-Party is moving a shipment of medicine and equipment. The two of them are ordered to work together to find it. But their boss pulls Zeng Dalun aside. He tells him whoever finds the shipment gets a promotion.
Zeng Dalun doesn't want to compete. He goes straight to the Japanese. He asks them to get rid of Shen Yiqun for him.
Shen Yiqun knows something is up. He also knows Cheng Ao has connections with the resistance. He goes to Cheng Ao late at night to warn him about the operation. He gives Cheng Ao two boat tickets to Chongqing, telling him to take Lin Siyun and get out.
A Final Goodbye
After leaving Cheng Ao, Shen Yiqun meets Lin Siyun at a church. He gives her a set of keys. They're for a new villa in Chongqing. He genuinely likes her and tells her he hopes she and Cheng Ao will be happy together. It’s a surprisingly sweet moment.
It doesn’t last. As Shen Yiqun leaves the church, he’s assassinated by the Japanese.
With his rival gone, Zeng Dalun is desperate to secure his promotion. He goes to Cheng Ao to use the family’s private dock. But Zeng Peide shows up. He now knows that Ah Jin and a maid were behind Xiao Yanhong’s miscarriage. He is disgusted with his son, Zeng Dalun. He gets rid of all of Zeng Dalun's men and warns him to stop dealing with the Japanese.
With help from Cheng Ao and Lin Siyun, a man named Gu Weimin successfully ships the crucial medicine.
The War Begins
A Traitor's Signal
The story jumps to 1937. The Battle of Shanghai has started.Lin Siyun's hospital has been taken over by the military to treat wounded soldiers and refugees.The hospital is overflowing, and she works day and night.
Zeng Dalun is now a full-blown traitor. He’s working as a Japanese collaborator. Japanese planes circle over Shanghai, and Zeng Dalun acts as a spotter. He uses a mirror to reflect sunlight onto Chinese military positions, like ammunition depots. The Japanese pilots see the reflection and drop their bombs.
A Father's Justice
Cheng Ao discovers what Zeng Dalun is doing. He leads a raid on Zeng Dalun's hideout. He confronts him with a gun, but he can't bring himself to shoot his own brother.
Zeng Dalun sees his chance and runs. He spots his father’s car outside and thinks he’s been saved. He’s wrong. Zeng Peide is a man of principle. He walks up to his son, touches his forehead, and then shoots him dead.
