Episode 18 recap: Journalist's true identity exposed.
Jiang Yueling confirmed that Luo Zhongming is dead, and Sun Ruichen is the real illusionist Zhou Yun who has been hiding, so she directly asked Sun Ruichen to take off his mask. Twenty years ago, Sun Ruichen was the seven-year-old Zhou Yun, the only son of the Zhou family. He was living a happy life until the robber Xie Chengqi broke into the Zhou family and looted their property. Before leaving, he firmly remembered the faces of Xie Chengqi and his associates, planting the seeds of revenge.
Zhou Yun left with the servant and changed the servant's last name. He took the name Sun Ruichen and learned magic tricks from the servant. Zhou Yun was extremely talented and mastered magic to a remarkable level, but he did not pursue a career in magic. Instead, he became a journalist because this profession would make it easier for him to find his enemies and reclaim everything that belonged to the Zhou family.
After becoming a journalist, Zhou Yun found his first enemy, the person who had a deal with Luo Zhongming. While tracking them, he learned that Xie Chengqi had fled to Hong Kong, leaving behind his belongings. Zhou Yun discovered Luo Zhongming's interest in magic and used it to catch his attention. That's how he met Pan Yong and Luo Zhongming.
Through a series of coincidences, Zhou Yun devised a revenge plan and assumed the identity of an illusionist named "The Joker" to begin his killing spree. He executed his murders at night and during the day, he reported on the cases he committed, giving himself the name "The Illusionist." Zhou Yun wanted Xie Chengqi and his former associates to tremble in fear at his presence, but he didn't expect to encounter love on his path of revenge.
Jiang Yueling and her mother relied on each other for survival and searched for her missing father during the war. They went to the newspaper office to post a missing person notice and that's how she met Sun Ruichen. Initially, Jiang Yueling and Sun Ruichen got along well, but when Jiang's mother suddenly passed away, Jiang Yueling became cold towards him. Jiang Yueling left, but Zhou Yun was unwilling to give up his revenge. Moreover, Yu Ba wouldn't let go of him, so Zhou Yun included Yu Ba in his revenge plan as well.
Zhou Yun left a ticket for Yu Ba, hoping that he would also board the Paradise Ship, but what he didn't expect was that Jiang Yueling was also on the ship, and she was with the person he intended to kill, Song Bo. Jiang Yueling exposed Zhou Yun's identity, and Zhou Yun decided to gamble with her using the explosives set by Luo Zhongming.
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