Episode 17 recap: Liu Xun hates Zhou Luo and is determined to seek revenge.
The relationship between Zhou Luo and Zhang Qing Li became known, and they were mocked by the young people around them. One was a repeat student and the other dropped out of school. In their eyes, Zhou Luo became someone who could seduce both the old and the young. Liu Xun, who liked Zhang Qing Li, was unhappy about their relationship. He stated that Zhou Luo was a despicable person who was expelled from college and even had an affair with a female teacher in her forties. It was clear to him that Zhou Luo was using Zhang Qing Li. However, Zhang Qing Li retorted and cursed Liu Xun as a despicable and mean person.
As a result, Liu Xun became furious and directly played Zhang Qing Li's recording on the school's loudspeaker, letting everyone know that Zhang Qing Li had slept with Zhou Luo. Chen Jun wanted to know if Zhou Luo had actually committed murder, but Zhou Luo neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, he described the details of a knife killing, shocking and grieving Chen Jun, urging him to escape as soon as possible.
Chen Jun repeatedly asked Zhou Luo to confirm whether he had committed murder, but Zhou Luo responded with silence, leaving him extremely shocked. Zhou Luo urged him to escape quickly. However, Zhou Luo suddenly described the details of a knife killing, suggesting that if a forensic examination was conducted on the suspect, it would not let the killer escape. This indicated that the real murderer was someone else.
Upon hearing Zhou Luo's words, Chen Jun finally felt a little relieved. He bid farewell to Zhou Luo and returned home in a daze. Lin Fang Lu asked Nan Ya to explain the source of the photos. Nan Ya lied, claiming that she had taken these photos in order to find evidence of Xu Yi's crimes as leverage in their divorce and custody battle. She pretended not to remember the dates and other details of taking the photos, which made Lin Fang Lu suspicious.
However, Lao Chen believed that Nan Ya had no reason to lie again. Lin Fang Lu thought that Nan Ya would need a long time of surveillance to take such photos, but she had to run the store and take care of the children every day, so she simply didn't have the time to do such time-consuming and laborious work. Therefore, based on various clues, Lin Fang Lu suspected that things were not as simple as imagined and were probably more complex than a murder case.
In the following days, Zhou Luo and Zhang Qing Li joined forces and became a sweet couple in the eyes of outsiders. However, as their relationship became known, they were mocked by the young people around them. One was a repeat student and the other dropped out of school. Zhou Luo became someone who could seduce both the old and the young in their eyes.
Zhou Luo couldn't bear to see Zhang Qing Li suffer so much for him. Zhang Qing Li expressed that she had never regretted it and hoped to attend a good university like Zhou Luo and leave this Qing Shui Town. Later, when Lin Fang Lu came to the print shop to investigate the photos, Liu Xun happened to notice their conversation and hurriedly returned home to look through the photos he had saved, and indeed, they were similar to the ones Lin Fang Lu had in his hands.
In the morning, when Liu Xun went to school, he noticed a bike that looked very familiar. The stickers on it caught his attention, and his thoughts drifted back to several months ago. At that time, Liu Xun had gone alone to confront Xu Yi and was mercilessly beaten by him, mistaking Liu Xun for the person who had taken secret photos. In a critical moment, Chen Jun and the others intentionally turned off the lights in the parking lot, helping Liu Xun escape safely. However, Liu Xun remembered the sticker on a bike outside the parking lot, which happened to be exactly the same as Zhang Qing Li's bike.
Liu Xun questioned Zhang Qing Li about where she got the sticker, confirming that they were the ones outside the parking lot that day. Liu Xun warned Zhang Qing Li to stay away from Zhou Luo, someone who was expelled from university and capable of using manipulative tactics, as he had been involved in an affair with a female teacher in her forties. Zhang Qing Li retorted and cursed Liu Xun as a despicable and mean person.
After school, the four of them gathered by the river to discuss whether Liu Changshui's death was related to their extortion of Xu Yi. Since the current evidence in their possession was not enough to convict Xu Yi, Zhou Luo came up with the idea of using the photos to blackmail Xu Yi and make him reveal his true colors. However, it unexpectedly ended up implicating Liu Xun as well. Seeing him being beaten, they had no choice but to cut off the power and let Liu Xun escape.
Now that things had turned out this way, the four of them were filled with mixed emotions. Chen Jun lamented that Zhou Luo was a good student with luck that others didn't have, and he should have had a bright future. He hoped that after the case was over, Zhou Luo would leave this place of controversy and bid farewell to the past.
Liu Xun realized that something was wrong with the photos and went to the print shop again to find clues, ultimately narrowing it down to Zhou Luo. For this reason, Liu Xun personally went to confront Zhou Luo, emotionally questioning him about taking those photos and causing his father's death. Zhou Luo vehemently denied it and reminded him not to forget that Liu Changshui died due to unequal distribution of stolen goods.
However, Liu Xun couldn't accept this reality at all. He angrily blamed Zhou Luo, Zhang Qing Li, and the others for all the wrongdoing and was determined to seek revenge against them. The next morning, during the school's morning exercise on the square, the students suddenly heard Lin Fang Lu's conversation with them being played over the loudspeaker. Zhou Luo and Chen Jun realized that something was wrong and hurriedly rushed to the broadcasting room, but it was too late.
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