Episode 16 recap: Song Zhuo Wen used his influence to get rid of Cui Anping.
Cui Anping used the excuse of a business trip to pack up and leave. His wife insisted on going with him and suspected that something must have happened to Cui Anping. Cui Anping claimed that he would soon obtain a large sum of money, which made his wife extremely happy and eager to start a better life with him. However, Cui Anping was very uneasy. Early the next morning, Cui Anping went to a telephone booth with a letter for Guan Xue. It was a call to arrange a meeting point with Song Zhuo Wen for the gold bar transaction.
Later, Cui Anping made a phone call to Guan Xue, arranging to meet at 7:30 p.m. that evening. After the call, Cui Anping dropped the letter into the mailbox. Qian Chong Li had arranged for someone to eliminate Cui Anping that evening. Last month, Cui Anping had betrayed party members for a small sum of money. In the evening, Cui Anping arrived at the agreed meeting place with Song Zhuo Wen but quickly realized that someone was trying to kill him. He immediately jumped out of the car and went to the nightclub, which was the place he had arranged to meet Guan Xue.
Guan Xue was already waiting there, and as soon as they exchanged glances, gunshots rang out from upstairs, and Cui Anping was killed. Hu Bin's men captured Cui Anping's wife, and his house was already empty. Guan Xue planned to frame Cui Anping as the murderer and take the blame for everything. Guan Xue then questioned Cui Anping's wife, who was very emotional but truly knew nothing about Cui Anping's work. However, she saw that Cui Anping had written a letter the previous night, but she didn't know who it was addressed to. Cui Anping had mentioned twins in his sleep-talk. Qian Chong Li called Xiao Wei and informed him that Cui Anping had sent a letter today, addressed to Guan Xue, and asked Xiao Wei to find a way to intercept it.
Xiao Wei, who was undercover at the post office, quickly intercepted the letter. Guan Xue, Hu Bin, and Pan Yue went to the post office to investigate. Xiao Wei, out of fear, instinctively tried to escape but was captured. After being caught, he swallowed the letter. Pan Yue ordered someone to slit Xiao Wei's throat to retrieve the letter, and everyone present became sickened by the scene. Song Zhuo Wen appeared calm and searched Xiao Wei thoroughly, but he only found a wallet. No one knew how much pain he felt inside.
Pan Yue didn't expect that Song Zhuo Wen was innocent. It turned out that he was a ruthless character as well. Song Zhuo Wen stared intensely at Pan Yue from the back seat, wishing to tear him apart. Song Zhuo Wen cried uncontrollably in front of Qian Chong Li, gasping for breath. Xiao Wei saved him, but he didn't do anything himself. He couldn't do anything.
Qian Chong Li was also heartbroken. In that moment, Song Zhuo Wen showed great courage by holding back. Xiao Wei did what he had to do, and he was brave. Song Zhuo Wen didn't do what he shouldn't have done, and he was also brave. Pan Yue speculated that Cui Anping had been bribed by the anti-Japanese resistance, but Guan Xue focused on the key point: who the letter was written to and why the resistance wanted to destroy it. Hu Bin had already found the girl who sold chicken feather dusters, named Xie Yue. Guan Xue asked Hu Bin to visit her tomorrow morning and to be kind. Guan Xue's classmates were worried that the agents from the Special Branch would come looking for Xie Yue, but Xie Yue didn't want to reveal the truth. However, the other party produced Song Zhuo Wen's pocket watch, and only then did Xie Yue speak the truth. She borrowed money from Guan Kai and believed that Guan Kai would help her cover up the lie.
Guan Xue received the news and rushed to the school to see Guan Kai, shouting that he liked Xie Yue, which infuriated Guan Kai. Mr. Ning instructed Guan Kai to move the explosives, and Guan Kai was worried that Guan Xue would discover it. However, Mr. Ning said that the Special Branch had too much on their plate to notice.
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