Episode Summary
Gao Dahua commits suicide after admitting he buried Qu Meng in a statue, and Gao Feng discovers he and Wu Feifei are long-lost twins born to Qu Meng. Police excavate the square, finding multiple bodies and a loose tooth, while Wu Guohao discovers he is the twins' biological father due to a past assault. Wu Guohao flees, burns evidence, and uses a bomb-strapped henchman to force Gao Feng into a meeting.
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Light of Dawn Episode 17 Recap
The Statue's grim secret
Gao Dahua plays a dirty game. He lies to Li Hongyue. He claims he brought Gao Feng to Penglai Square. That is false. He is alone. He hangs up and calls Su Min. He spins a story about a female scammer taking his money. He demands Su Min bring a team.
Then we see the crash involving Wang Dan. But the real explosion is verbal. Li Hongyue exposes Gao Dahua. She reveals the truth about Qu Meng. Gao Dahua buried Qu Meng inside the statue with his own hands. He sealed her in with bricks. Gao Dahua breaks down. He is a coward at heart. He cannot handle the guilt. He commits suicide. Later, Gao Feng finds Li Hongyue’s body in the attic.
Wu Guohao loses his grip
It is a heavy rainy night at the Wu villa. Wu Guohao confronts Wu Feifei. Tensions boil over. He slaps her. He screams that he built his empire for her sake. He sees her as an ungrateful traitor. She wrote a confession letter. She wants to report him just like Xu Zhiyang did.
Gao Feng tips off the police. Su Min checks surveillance footage. He sees Feifei went to the cemetery alone. The police need to get her out of that house. They bring her in for a DNA test. It is a smart play to remove her from Wu Guohao’s control. Guohao is furious. He slaps his lawyer the moment the police leave.
A family tree rewritten
Police analyze the golden ball. They find a string of numbers inside. It is a set of coordinates. They point right to the statue in Penglai Square. Police start digging. They suspect the coordinates mean more than just the location of the statue.
The DNA results drop. They are shocking. Wu Feifei is not related to Li Hongyue. But she is a close match to Gao Feng. Further testing confirms it. Wu Feifei and Gao Feng are fraternal twins. Qu Meng was their mother.
We get the backstory. Years ago, Zhang Biao caused Li Hongyue to lose her baby. Qu Meng gave birth to twins. She gave the girl to Li Hongyue to raise. Gao Dahua took the boy, Gao Feng. This truth hits hard. Both Gao Feng and Feifei need time to process this.
The graveyard beneath the square
The excavation at the square gets darker. Police find more than just Qu Meng. They find a mass grave. There are two female skeletons. Two skeletons of infants. Two male skeletons. These victims died before Qu Meng. The killer has been at this for a long time. Forensics find a clue. There is a tooth inside one of the male skeletons. It does not belong to the victim.
The monster revealed
Police summon Wu Guohao. He is gone. He is in a wasteland on the outskirts of town. He burns all his evidence. He holds a DNA report of his own. It confirms a sickening truth. He is the biological father of Gao Feng and Wu Feifei.
He assaulted Qu Meng years ago. She never knew. She thought the babies belonged to Yang Wenyuan. That is why she took the risk to have them. If she or Li Hongyue knew the truth, those children would never have been born.
The final standoff begins
Wu Guohao destroys the physical evidence. Police lose his phone signal. But the Sky Eye system tracks him. He is still in Binchuan. Police rush to protect the twins. They expedite the DNA test on the tooth.
But Wu Guohao strikes first. He sends Chen Kang to get the twins. Chen Kang is strapped with a bomb vest. Gao Feng cannot fight that. Wu Guohao also dangles a carrot. He promises to reveal the truth about Yang Wenyuan’s death. Gao Feng agrees to the meeting.
