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Is his family member here?

I'm here.

What is your relationship with the patient?

[Resuscitation Area]

I'm his sister.

This is a notice of critical condition.

[Resuscitation Area]

Please sign it.

Shan.

When you laid out what happened to our parents

in front of me,

I resented you, hated you,

[Signature of Guardian]

and wanted to push you away.

But when I received the notice of critical condition,

[Signature of Guardian: Chen Ying]

I finally understood

that this bond without blood ties

has already seeped into my bones.

[Light the Dark]

[Episode 7]

[Wugang County Red Cross Hospital]

I just asked them.

Shan is now

out of danger.

Don't worry.

You two, come out with me for a moment.

Which of you is his family member?

She is.

She is Chen Shan's sister, Chen Ying.

The traffic accident liability report is out.

Your brother, Chen Shan,

was driving drunk without a license

and is suspected of causing a traffic accident.

We need to keep him under supervision.

Causing a traffic accident?

Family members are temporarily not allowed to visit.

Well...

Will my brother be sentenced?

That depends on the court's verdict.

Just wait for the news.

Will Shan go to jail?

He just graduated from college.

What will happen

to his future?

What should I do?

Ying.

Don't worry.

I'll find

a few lawyers to ask around.

It should be fine. It should be fine.

[Nurses' Station]

Nurse.

The patient is awake. Go get the doctor.

Okay.

Ma...

Where is Ma Yiming?

Ma Yiming is dead.

Chen Shan.

Calm down, Chen Shan.

Chen Shan.

Impossible.

Chen Shan, Chen Shan.

He can't be dead.

Chen Shan, calm down.

Chen Shan, Chen Shan.

Chen Shan.

Chen Shan!

Chen Shan!

You murderer!

My son took you in

and treated you so well!

Why did you kill him?

Why did you kill him?

I'm sorry, Ma'am.

Sorry?

Can an apology bring back

my son's life?

What's the use of an apology?

Ma'am, I'm sorry.

Why wasn't it you who died?

-Ma'am. -And you're perfectly fine now.

Ma'am, we are questioning him.

Ma'am.

Ma'am, you can't do this, Ma'am.

-Ma'am, let's go. Ma'am. -Why didn't you die?

Why wasn't it you who died?

You're still fine.

How about we become

sworn brothers tonight?

Sure.

From now on,

your mom is my mom.

Then,

we weren't born on the same day,

but we wish to die on the same day.

Say something auspicious.

Say something auspicious.

Come on, here's to us brothers

getting better and better.

I saved a spot for Mom and Dad.

You can just hang it there.

I won't hang it here.

What... what is this?

They gave it to me.

Ying.

I washed some fruit.

Now,

shouldn't you call me Peng Xiaoyun?

Look, I forgot.

Right, Xiaoyun.

Xiaoyun, Xiaoyun.

Hello?

Okay, I got it.

Xiaoyun,

the plant office just called.

Chen Shan

was sentenced

to 3 years.

I want to see him.

Okay, I'll contact them right away

and see what we need to prepare.

[Two months later]

Right face!

At ease!

Attention!

[Save Food. No Waste.]

Time to eat!

[Save Food. No Waste.]

Sit!

Our place is under maintenance.

I was just transferred from another squad.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen you.

How did you get in?

How long have you been here?

Quiet!

[Save Food. No Waste.]

Chen Shan, come here for a second.

[Save Food. No Waste.]

Here.

Chen Shan,

the letters you sent to your sister

have all been returned.

How...

How could they be returned?

No such person at the mailing address.

No one received the letters.

Wait.

Then,

can you do me a favor

and contact her?

You guys...

Chen Shan,

go eat.

-Wait, you don't allow me to see her— -Go.

Stop!

Put your hands on your heads and squat down!

Squat down, all of you!

Behave yourselves!

-Hands on your head! -Squat down!

I'll kill you!

Move!

Get up!

Get up!

Come with me!

Move!

On the morning of the explosion,

outside the valve pit,

I saw Qi Mo.

Generally, at emergency repair sites,

designers don't need to be there.

Ma Yiming definitely wouldn't lie to me.

Now Qi Mo is married to Ying.

What if Qi Mo really

has something to do with my dad's death?

Then Ying...

No.

I have to find a way

to see Ying as soon as possible.

Okay, thank you.

Here.

Let's eat.

What's wrong?

The prison called.

They said I'm not Shan's

immediate family member.

So I can't visit.

Why do they still have such a rule?

Don't worry.

We'll figure something out.

Come on.

Let's eat first.

Go in.

Stand next to Sun Jie.

Chen Shan,

Sun Jie said

your parents and he used

to work in the same plant.

He watched you grow up,

so he applied for you and him

to stay in the same cell.

We considered that

this would help with your rehabilitation.

Hope you reform yourself well.

Copy that.

This is the new cell.

Greet him!

Are you deaf?

That's enough!

Dismissed.

Did I wake you up?

I even moved outside on purpose,

but I still woke you up, didn't I?

What are you doing so early in the morning?

Aren't you pregnant now?

You can't keep eating the food at work.

The dishes in the cafeteria

are not nutritious and too greasy.

I was thinking, I'll cook

breakfast and lunch for you from now on.

According to the standard for pregnant women,

you should eat nutritious meals.

I'll make them for you

and pack them in a lunchbox,

and you can take them to the plant.

Careful, I'm holding a knife.

You're so sweet.

Right now,

as long as you're happy, that's all that matters.

I wonder how Shan is eating.

Come here.

Xiaoyun.

I know you're worried about Shan right now,

but the most important thing right now

is you and the baby in your belly.

Look.

Baby,

hurry and wake up.

Get up and persuade your mom

to stop worrying.

Your mom needs to be happy.

Tell your mom,

"Pay more attention to me.

When I grow up,

Uncle will be back.

By the time he comes back,

I'll be 2 years old."

Time to eat!

Sit!

Enough.

Give him a little.

Bro,

this kid hasn't eaten or drunk for 2 days.

[Wugang Petrochemical Plant]

Right now, the plant

has reached a point

where reform and transformation are inevitable.

Starting tomorrow,

our plant will be responsible for its own profits and losses,

and we have to forge our own path.

[All-Staff Meeting of Wugang Petrochemical Gas Distribution Plant]

Next, the plant

will make personnel adjustments

and reassignments.

I will also focus on promoting

capable

and competent young key personnel.

At the same time, we will also dismiss a batch of

employees who do not meet the transformation requirements.

The personnel

[All-Staff Meeting of Wugang Petrochemical Gas Distribution Plant]

adjustment list

will be publicized in a week.

Wait, what does this mean?

We've worked hard for the plant

for half our lives,

and now we're just dismissed?

What's the rush?

The list hasn't been announced yet.

Comrades.

When the leader is speaking,

let's not talk.

Let the director finish.

Otherwise, we won't know

what it's about.

Also,

some of our comrades

have been demoted and are no longer leaders,

but they still act like leaders,

bossing people around

and forming cliques.

This kind of situation

will absolutely not be allowed in the future.

Deputy Director Geng.

Look,

there's been a lot going on at the plant lately.

We just want to hear your thoughts.

You are now

our backbone.

Yes.

I know exactly

why you guys are here.

As for Qi Mo,

he's young

and aggressive.

A new broom sweeps clean.

It's understandable.

It's true

that he's a bit rash.

A bit rash.

Look,

-Deputy Director Geng has sharp eyes. -Yes.

The plant

needs someone like you to keep watch.

-Yes. -Really.

The plant is getting more and more chaotic.

I think he's just

an inexperienced

youngster.

There are still projects in the plant.

If everyone just quits,

he won't be able to be the director anymore.

You guys stay here.

Stay here and drink tea.

Because I have to go back.

No, no, no.

Let's eat together, come on.

I'm not going.

I've already eaten.

It's just upstairs.

I can't eat anymore.

Let's go.

You guys just go.

It's just upstairs.

Let's go.

Really.

Are you on a hunger strike?

Do you want to die that much?

What?

What are you doing?

Don't move.

You have to eat.

The King of Hell doesn't accept ghosts who starve to death.

Eat.

Eat.

Wait, what does this mean?

Dismissing us with just a piece of paper?

[Notice on the Release of the Plant's First Batch of Laid‑off Staff List]

We're laid off just like that?

How could Qi Mo treat us like this?

Qi Mo.

[Geng Jian, Feng Jian, Hu Haiqing, Sun Qianqian]

[He Jianchuan, Zhang Weiping, Chen Xuejun, Zhao Zhiguo]

[Director's Office]

What about the supply department?

And the security department?

Okay, then let's do it this way.

C-Can I ask

why my name is suddenly

on the layoff list?

I'll call you back later.

Godfather.

I didn't want to bring this

out in the open.

Let me ask you,

the department you manage

has been at the bottom in performance every year.

If you were not on the layoff list,

how could I convince the others?

Also, you instigated them to make trouble

at the construction site, didn't you?

I didn't!

In the teahouse private room,

you, He Jianchuan,

Feng Jian, and Department Chief Gao

instigated people to make trouble

and divided the workers.

Is this what plant leaders should do?

I...

Whichever way the boat

on the river heads,

we must

pull together to keep it steady.

If you had

stopped them in time,

the plant wouldn't have

suffered such a huge loss.

As the deputy director,

you are responsible for this oversight.

I'm already being lenient

by not asking you to compensate

for the plant's losses.

Who told you that?

Enough.

I have a meeting now.

Think it over yourself.

A bunch of villains!

Qi Mo!

Come out!

Give us an explanation!

What are you doing? What are you doing?

I'm here!

Call the security department.

Director.

The people in the security department

were all laid off along with Wang Pengju.

Give us an explanation!

Go call the police! Call the police!

-Go ahead. We're not afraid of you! -Let me tell you,

I already said at the last meeting

that I would compensate everyone

as much as possible.

Since that's the case,

every single one of you present today

will have all your subsidies

suspended

from today!

Burning bridges and biting the hand that feeds you!

He Jianchuan,

let's talk about you.

When Chen Fu was alive,

you didn't respect him.

He dedicated himself

to his work diligently.

What about you?

What did you dedicate yourself to?

Forming cliques!

The deputy captain

of the construction team

you kicked out a few days ago

is sitting in my office right now.

Should I invite him over

to tell everyone

about the dirty things you did back then?

Chen Fu passed away.

He died at his post.

He was the pride of our plant.

What about you?

Your departure

is clearing out the black sheep!

That's slander!

Absolute slander!

Feng Jian!

What are you blabbering about here?

You are the most ridiculous!

When my Master Zhang Wenying was here,

you couldn't even do a good job

as an assistant.

You're talking nonsense.

You're jealous.

A complete mess!

Why should the plant spend real money

to support a piece of trash like you?

Fine, Director Qi,

you said the cadres are at fault,

but what about us?

What did we

do wrong?

Why should we be fired?

-Yeah! -Yeah!

-Don't make a fuss! -Give us an explanation!

Let's talk about you!

Are you at your post

for more than 2 hours a day?

You either arrive late or leave early!

When you're at work,

you just chat,

gossip, and slack off!

And Sun Qianqian next to you!

Don't think I don't know

how you got into the plant.

If you're free,

you should go to the prison

and see if he is

comfortable there.

How can you talk like that?

-You've gone too far! -And you, the one standing high!

Secretary Hu!

What did I do?

While being by Wan Yang's side,

you've never done anything good,

throwing your weight around every day.

If I tell everyone what you did,

they will

hate you to death!

You...

Everyone,

everyone,

keep this in mind.

I have checked

your workload one by one.

From now on, everything in our plant

depends on efficiency!

If you stay,

you have to earn your living by your skills.

Only those who can do practical things for the plant

will have a place here!

Let me make this clear today.

If anyone dares to intentionally

make trouble, hold us back,

or sabotage the restructuring work,

don't blame me

for not showing mercy!

Qi Mo, you're something.

You're the director,

and I quit!

-Let's go! -I quit!

-I quit! -I quit!

I'm not serving you anymore!

Nothing to see here, disperse!

Godfather.

Why didn't you go up?

Xiaoyun, well...

I-I was afraid Director Qi

was upstairs,

and I shouldn't disturb him.

Well,

Xiaoyun.

Qi Mo...

He laid me off.

Just today, I went to see him,

and he just told me,

"You can go home."

He just said that

the list has been published.

Even if he doesn't respect me,

he should respect you.

Doesn't he know

who I am?

I'm your godfather.

We are one.

He...

I've spent half my life

in the plant.

And he just told me to go home.

Where can I go?

What can I do?

If he really...

If he really pushes me too far,

I'll have no choice.

I'll just...

I'll just be

like Wan Yang.

I'll just jump off a building and die.

-I won't care about your reputation

-or what will happen to you. -Godfather.

Regardless of...

-Godfather. -I won't care whether he is

your husband.

Godfather,

please calm down.

You know the plant's rules

and regulations best.

Qi Mo is in charge.

I-I'm just an accountant.

There are some things I can't say

and some things

I can't interfere with,

right?

I-I know all that.

I...

I understand all these things.

I understand.

I know that you're an accountant,

and that you can't get involved.

And he's the director.

But when you go home,

you can talk to him.

If you talk to him,

he'll listen to you.

To put it bluntly,

your words are like an imperial edict to him.

He won't ignore you.

When have I ever begged you for anything?

What are you doing? What are you doing?

Are you crazy?

Did you really think I was asleep?

With a psycho like you around,

I can't sleep at all!

You want to die, right?

Go die outside!

Don't cause trouble for me here!

Listen to me, everyone.

Keep a close eye on him, one shift a day!

-Okay, bro. -Got it.

I'll watch him today.

Watch him closely. I'm going to sleep.

Go to sleep.

I know I shouldn't interfere

with your work.

But...

Godfather is all alone.

He's quite pitiful.

And he has been so good to Shan and me

since we were little.

I can't just ignore

his situation.

Godfather Geng Jian

knows you're soft-hearted.

But Xiaoyun,

we really shouldn't gossip

about our elders behind their backs.

However,

he's actually not as good

as you think he is.

I know.

After all these years,

how could I not know?

Godfather

is afraid of trouble,

wavers easily,

always likes to play the good guy

in front of everyone,

and often

talks behind people's backs.

I know all of this.

But no matter what,

he treats us well.

He has taken care of me for so many years,

and I've called him

Godfather for so long.

Do you have any odd jobs

for him here in our unit?

Just consider it as helping him in his old age,

okay?

Besides, with his years

of work experience,

he can definitely handle

an ordinary job.

Okay.

I promise you.

But

the most important thing for you right now

is to take care of your health.

I'll find some time

to talk to him.

You're so sweet.

The personnel adjustments are going smoothly.

Yes.

As for the restructuring,

there are still some difficulties.

Okay.

I'll report to you in detail

when the time comes.

Alright, that's it for now.

Director Qi,

you called for me?

Godfather,

Ying,

no,

Xiaoyun

is pregnant right now

and gets tired easily.

So regarding work matters,

there's really no need for you to bother her.

Yes. Yes.

I had no other choice.

You've seen how many

personnel changes there are in the plant.

And the reform isn't just

about you.

Right.

Since

Xiaoyun asked me,

I'll transfer you

to the subsidiary the plant is about to open,

and you can be the general manager there.

Director Qi,

does the subsidiary

have to be responsible for its own profits and losses?

But it's suitable for young people

to manage it.

I'm really getting old,

and my health is failing.

I'm mainly afraid

of affecting the subsidiary's development.

Can you transfer me back to the plant?

I'm familiar with the environment and everything.

Godfather,

the layoff list is already out.

It can't be changed overnight.

Going back to the plant

is absolutely impossible.

But don't worry.

The subsidiary

is also owned by the head office.

The head office will provide projects.

As for the business side,

you don't need to worry at all.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Spit it out!

You don't deserve to be Chen Fu's son.

I'm going to teach you a lesson

on behalf of your father.

You want to die, huh?

Dying is easy.

Dying is the easiest thing.

Stop! Stop!

Behave yourself!

What happened?

Report!

He was trying to kill himself.

Squat down!

Hello.

You said Shan tried to kill himself?

Okay, I'll be there as soon as possible.

[Wugang Prison, Jiangnan Province]

Xiaoyun.

When you go in to see Chen Shan later,

don't get worked up.

Don't upset the baby.

I'm here to see Chen Shan.

In Room 5.

Okay.

Shan.

Chen Shan, please keep walking.

Shan.

-Shan. -Ying.

Who hit you?

N-Nothing, Ying.

Shan,

why are you so foolish?

Don't do anything stupid.

Three years will pass by

very quickly,

you know?

You have to be good.

Ying,

this was the only way

I could see you.

Are you stupid, Chen Shan?

You ruined yourself

just to see me.

If something happened to you,

what would I do?

Shan.

Don't cry, Ying. Don't cry.

I have something very important

to tell you.

Shan,

I have something to tell you too.

Wait a minute.

No, Ying.

Ying, Qi Mo—

I'm pregnant.

What about Qi Mo?

Don't worry.

Qi Mo is very good to me.

He will take good care

of me and the baby.

Shan.

You have to listen to me.

Stay alive.

[Wugang County People's Hospital] [Ultrasound Examination Report]

Three years will go by fast.

[Name: Peng Xiaoyun]

When you get out,

this child will be able

to run after you

and call you Uncle.

Didn't you have something to tell me?

Shan.

Shan.

Shan.

Ying.

Wait for me to get out.

Protect yourself.

[Wugang County People's Hospital] [Ultrasound Examination Report]

Shan.

Shan.

Shan.

Be careful.

Let's go home.

[Wugang Prison, Jiangnan Province]

Come on.

Careful, careful.

Sit here.

Take a rest.

It's been a long day.

Don't exhaust yourself, okay?

I'll heat up the chicken soup for you.

If you feel tired,

just lie down for a while, okay?

About Shan,

I really think

you shouldn't worry too much.

Think about it.

Three years

actually passes by very quickly.

When he gets out,

we will

figure something out together,

okay?

Qi Mo—

I'm pregnant.

Why are you looking at me?

Do I look good?

Be careful.

You're so good to me.