Episode 6 recap: After Ma San's death, Hou Ping An went missing.
Xu Jia Yin wanted to sit by the window to capture something on camera, but the man sitting there not only spoke disrespectfully but also became physically aggressive. Xu Jia Yin immediately threatened to call the police, but the man grabbed her phone and smashed it. When the waiter attempted to call the police, the man threw some money on the table, enough to cover the cost of the phone, and tried to leave. Xu Jia Yin refused to let him go, leading to a conflict. Just when Xu Jia Yin was at a disadvantage due to her physical condition, Lu Gao Yuan and Gong Qi arrived. Together, they confronted the man. Unexpectedly, the man had a knife on him, but fortunately, the police arrived in time to subdue him.
Lu Jiang went to the station to gather information and upon seeing the man, he recognized that he had overdosed on drugs. Lu Jiang noticed Xu Jia Yin's involvement in the incident and learned that she knowingly stayed away from Linjiang despite Xu Ke Ji and Yan Qing Qing being in trouble. He also observed that she had been going to the same coffee shop for two consecutive days, leading him to suspect that Xu Jia Yin had a purpose.
Seeing Lu Jiang's confidence, Xu Jia Yin wanted to have a conversation with him. She brought him home, and Lu Jiang showcased his cooking skills by preparing a meal. Xu Jia Yin listened as Lu Jiang analyzed the situation but found herself unable to respond. She tried to change the subject, but Lu Jiang was not easily fooled and quickly discerned Xu Jia Yin's intentions.
Hou Ping An felt deeply guilty when he realized that it was because of the information he obtained from Ma San that the capture of Feiying failed. He was determined to find out who was behind it all. He took Ma San to his home and arranged for a skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor to treat him.
Wu Ye, the doctor Hou Ping An brought in, earned Hou Ping An's complete trust with his medical skills. Hou Ping An believed that with Wu Ye's intervention, Ma San would definitely wake up, and then they could extract information about the higher-ups. Dai Zhi Yong learned that Hou Ping An had brought Ma San home and prepared some money as treatment fees. However, Hou Ping An repeatedly declined to accept the money, so Dai Zhi Yong gave it to Hou Ping An's mother instead.
Lu Shan was still unable to move on from the incident of Su Pan wanting to marry Lu Jiang. Holding many photos of Su Pan, she looked at them one by one, reminiscing repeatedly. At that moment, Lu Jiang came to find Lu Shan. Panicked, Lu Shan quickly put the photos in a drawer and told Lu Jiang that she planned to resign and focus on investigating her mother's cause of death.
Lu Jiang explained that investigating the case was the police's responsibility, but Lu Shan didn't want to go to work at the company to avoid seeing Su Pan. It would add an emotional burden to both of them, especially considering Su Pan's already busy schedule. Lu Shan had been refusing to learn how to drive, but now she had made up her mind to get her driver's license and take control of her life.
Today, Dai Zhi Yong was the protagonist of the meeting. Xiao Zhi asked him to talk about the plan to deal with Feiying. Dai Zhi Yong had just spoken a few sentences when Lu Jiang immediately refuted the loopholes in his words with solid reasoning. Many people at the meeting agreed with Lu Jiang's point of view, and Dai Zhi Yong felt isolated.
Lu Jiang analyzed Feiying's drug trafficking activity and believed that Feiying was in Linjiang. However, Dai Zhi Yong intentionally shifted his focus outside the province, which played right into Feiying's hands. Dai Zhi Yong felt that he was being portrayed in a negative light, but he genuinely wanted to solve the case. He couldn't help but feel disappointed, and at that moment, news of Ma San's death arrived. Xiao Zhi immediately ended the meeting and took Dai Zhi Yong and Lu Jiang to Hou Ping An's home to assess the situation.
When Hou's mother saw Dai Zhi Yong, she lost control of her emotions and demanded that he return her son, emphasizing that Hou Ping An trusted him so much. Hou Ping An's sister berated Dai Zhi Yong harshly, urging him to return her brother and mentioning that Hou Ping An had left home after receiving a call from Dai Zhi Yong last night, but there had been no news since then.
Xiao Zhi and Lu Jiang tried to persuade Dai Zhi Yong to go back for now, but he refused. He knew in his heart that he hadn't harmed Hou Ping An and wanted to find clues. However, with the Hou family in such an agitated state, his presence would only add fuel to the fire. In the end, it was Lu Jiang who managed to calm down Hou Ping An.
Ma San's room only had a latch, which could be easily opened, and the noise from the room couldn't be heard in the north room. Ma San was found suffocated under the covers, as if it were an accidental death by asphyxiation, but it couldn't be ruled out that someone had entered the room. The autopsy report for Ma San would only be available tomorrow. Hong Jun had already reviewed all the surveillance footage of Hou Ping An leaving the village and indeed saw him leaving home. However, he didn't see him entering the city, indicating that Hou Ping An had gone missing in the unmonitored section of the road.
Hou Ping An's sister, Hou Kuai Le, took the initiative to call the police and said she had something to say. Lu Jiang went to meet her and learned that Ma San's condition had improved at the time. Dai Zhi Yong and Hou Ping An were both happy about it. Hou Kuai Le also mentioned that her mother overheard Dai Zhi Yong and Hou Ping An discussing using drugs to make Ma San recover for interrogation purposes, but she couldn't be certain who specifically suggested using drugs.
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