Milan couldn’t believe her father was dead. She sadly sat down and began to cry. Yun Hongqi urged her to pull herself together, but Milan continued to weep uncontrollably. Desperate, Yun Hongqi looked towards Yun Hongshen, but Yun Hongshen pretended not to see. Ke Jingping stated that they had just investigated Ba Ge and Yun Hongshen, and the Japanese had already dispatched their team. He said it wasn’t the mole’s fault for being too capable; rather, it was their own failure in maintaining secrecy. Wen Yeming admitted that she had been careless, and Ke Jingping remarked that judging solely by the Japanese’s urgency to eliminate Yun Hongshen, he probably wasn’t an enemy of the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, he pondered why the Japanese were so eager to eliminate him—perhaps Yun Hongshen possessed something that made the Japanese wary.
Wen Yeming mentioned that Yun Hongshen claimed he could find the killer of Ba Ge and that he had clues. Ke Jingping asked Wen Yeming when Yun Hongshen would contact her again. Wen Yeming replied that Yun Hongshen would reach out once the Military Intelligence Bureau ceased their pursuit and stopped monitoring the Yun family. Ke Jingping felt that if they simply surrendered, it would make the Military Intelligence Bureau look incompetent in the eyes of outsiders. Wen Yeming assured him that she would force Yun Hongshen to come forward. Yun Hongshen and Yun Hongqi, accompanied by Milan, arrived at Ba Ge’s corpse. Milan looked at her father’s cold corpse and couldn’t stop crying. Ling Han informed Ke Jingping that they had identified two suspects as moles, but couldn’t determine exactly who they were.
Ke Jingping acknowledged that he knew about Qu Wenzhi’s escape and felt deeply remorseful but insisted that the blame couldn’t be entirely on him; he also shared responsibility. Yun Hongqi sent Milan back home and told Yun Hongshen that now they had nowhere else to go. Yun Hongshen replied that there was still one place left. The two brothers went to Yang Ziming’s home. Yang Ziming urged them to pack up and go to sleep. He went to his study, looking at the password in his hand, unsure of how to start the conversation. Yun Hongshen sat beside him, and Yang Ziming said that Yun Muzhi had been tracking Kunwu for five years without any leads, but recently they had finally gotten a clue. Yun Hongshen asked if he suspected that Kunwu was within the Military Intelligence Bureau, prompting Yang Ziming to use a hesitant tone, indicating he didn’t know how to broach the subject since Yun Muzhi had just passed away. Yun Hongshen told him that this was his own ideal and asked Yang Ziming to complete the mission Yun Muzhi hadn’t finished. Yang Ziming bowed to Yun Hongshen, saying it was a bow to the people of Changsha. Yun Hongshen urged him to get up, stating, “I am a Chinese man.” Yang Ziming handed Yun Hongshen the password left by Yun Muzhi. Yun Hongshen sat down to decrypt it but encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Milan was taken away by Wen Yeming, who said she needed her cooperation in the investigation of Ba Ge’s death.
Upon learning this, Yun Hongqi wanted to rush to save her, but Yun Hongshen responded, “If you want to kill me, go ahead.” Yun Hongqi didn’t understand why saving Milan would lead to his own demise. Yun Hongshen explained that Wen Yeming was forcing him to come out. He assured Yun Hongqi that he would definitely save Milan. Yun Hongshen went to the Military Intelligence Bureau to confront Wen Yeming. He told Wen Yeming that he knew who the killer was, but Wen Yeming didn’t believe him. Yun Hongshen revealed that he also had Ba Ge’s password book. Wen Yeming demanded he hand it over, and Ke Jingping, who was eavesdropping, immediately approached. Yun Hongshen expressed his willingness to cooperate, and Ke Jingping said he could lift the pursuit of Yun Hongshen and stop monitoring the Yun family.
Yun Hongshen also proposed releasing Milan, and Ke Jingping agreed, stating it was a gesture of goodwill. Yun Hongshen informed Yang Ziming that the Military Intelligence Bureau didn’t fully trust him yet. Yang Ziming said it was time to give them a gift. Yun Hongshen asked if he meant revealing the killer of Ba Ge. Yang Ziming responded that in a few days, there would be a cocktail party where both Yun Hongshen and the killer would likely attend. Ke Jingping made the same arrangement for Wen Yeming and expressed his desire for Yun Hongshen to join their Military Intelligence Bureau, as they needed talents like him during this critical period. Yun Hongshen, holding Ba Ge’s relics, hoped to find clues to decrypt the password.