A suspicious vehicle is found near Ruoting’s abandoned car. The vehicle owner, Hong Daming, is requested to assist in police investigations. Daming denies harbouring Ruoting, though bloodstains are found in his car. Ruoting’s wound is infected and she develops a raging fever. Chen Yu informs Xuewei and warns him that the police are about to locate her soon. Xuewei instructs him to finish her off. Zhijie and team track down Ruoting’s hideout. However, she is nowhere to be found. Xuanmei is discharged from the hospital. Guixiang proposes to her again. Lantian arrests Gary for laundering money online. Gary confesses the mastermind is Ruoting and insists he has never met Xuewei. Shishi helps Jingze court Yanqi. Jingze and Yanqi share some common interests and get along well. Lantian is well aware Ruoting is just carrying out Xuewei’s orders. He wants to find her, to get her to testify against Xuewei. Lantian finds a key in Hongxi’s musical box. Surmising that it is the key to Zhongzheng’s safe deposit box in Taiwan, he decides to take Hongxi to Taiwan to check it out. Xuewei finds out Lantian is heading off to Taiwan and concludes he has found the key to Zhongzheng’s safe deposit box. He sends Chen Yu over. Jianbo is kidnapped. Zhijie receives an anonymous message warning her not to file a police report.
