While playing cards downstairs, Song Hongyu met a man named Qiu Feng. Qiu Feng invited Song Hongyu to have dinner at his home, unaware that Song Hongyu and her group were already watching him. The next day, Zhen Zhen’s mother realized that Zhen Zhen had left, but Zhen Zhen also did not go to school. Zhen Zhen’s mother finally sensed that something was wrong when she found that everything in Zhen Zhen’s room had been cleared out. Zhen Zhen left a letter, severing ties with her parents, believing that her parents did not love her, especially her mother; otherwise, they wouldn’t have humiliated her so harshly. Zhen Zhen took five hundred yuan from her wallet, promising to return it if she survived, and chose to disappear completely from her mother’s life.
Zhen Zhen and Ding Yachun had been neighbors who grew up together. Later, when Zhen Zhen moved to Luancheng with her parents, they separated. However, when Zhen Zhen came looking for her, Ding Yachun was nowhere to be found. With nowhere to go, Zhen Zhen had to wait in front of their home. When Qiu Feng, heavily made up, came out, he gave her Ding Yachun’s phone number. Zhen Zhen cried as she called Ding Yachun, who told her that there was still a room available in the house and that Zhen Zhen could stay there temporarily. However, she must have her parents come to take her back home. Zhen Zhen entered Ding Yachun’s room, but she was already low on money.
Song Hongyu and Qiu Feng grew closer and brought several individuals claiming to be big bosses to their nightclub, who were actually Deng Ligang and his associates. When Qiu Feng returned home from work, he saw Zhen Zhen there. Zhen Zhen explained that it was Ding Yachun who gave her the key, and that Ding Yachun had asked her to help take care of Zhen Zhen, even agreeing to reduce her rent by half. After breakfast, Peng Zhaolin took his son to school, making Peng Cheng very happy. Peng Zhaolin then went to the hospital but saw that Yang Bo’s bed was empty. He thought Yang Bo was gone, but unexpectedly, Yang Bo had awakened.
Peng Zhaolin was having nightmares even while asleep, dreaming of Deng Ligang killing and dismembering someone right in front of him. The shadow of Deng Ligang lingered, making it hard for Peng Zhaolin to move on. He told Cheng Guo that he needed to make a business trip, and Cheng Guo, without asking any questions, packed his things and left. Peng Zhaolin visited the father of the murdered girl, whose mother had become mentally unstable due to her daughter’s case. Peng Zhaolin couldn’t let go of the case; their family’s savings and borrowed money had been given to the kidnappers. They wanted to know if they could still wait for the criminals to be caught. Peng Zhaolin hoped that the victim’s father would report him to the police for inaction.
Zhen Zhen’s parents went to the police station to file a report. Alone and helpless in another city, Zhen Zhen tried to find a place to work but was rejected for being underage. She found a place to do odd jobs but was underpaid due to not having an ID card. At the entrance of the nightclub, Zhen Zhen met Qiu Feng, who instructed her to maintain hygiene and to think of others. Living together caused some friction between them, and Zhen Zhen realized that the situation couldn’t continue. Because of Zhen Zhen’s disappearance, her mother’s emotional state began to deteriorate, and she insisted on going south to find her daughter.
The boss decided to take a two-day break, settled Zhen Zhen’s wages, and let her relax in the district for two days. After the nightclub shift ended, Song Hongyu invited Qiu Feng to her home, but he declined, saying he had things to do the next day. The next day, Zhen Zhen arrived at her home, but the person who opened the door was Zhen Zhen herself.
