Back for You – Angelababy, Wang Anyu

In the year of Bingyin, in mid-autumn, under the stars and moon, a series of strange and extraordinary stories began. A Lai was mistakenly believed by the gang to have killed Jin Si. Everyone was searching for him, and he was constantly trying to evade the pursuit. While on the street, he risked himself to save a child, which exposed him to his pursuers. He fled, but they outnumbered him, and eventually, he was captured.

Just as his captors were about to shoot him to avenge Jin Si, Lu Na suddenly appeared from another time and space. She ran toward A Lai and took a bullet for him. The police arrived in time, forcing their attackers to flee in panic. A Lai quickly took Lu Na to the hospital. However, he had never seen her before and had no idea where she came from or why she risked her life to save him.

Lu Na was rescued but remained unconscious. Anxious to learn her identity, A Lai searched her bag and found a notebook. Only then did he learn her name and that she was a comic artist. Her current work was titled "Street Corner Stories". A Lai noticed something strange—her artwork depicted characters that looked exactly like him and Jin Si, and the events in the comic were the same as what had recently happened in real life.

A Lai worked for Jin Xin Company, which was owned by Jin Si. However, Jin Si had a conflict with Long Qi from the Long Hu Hall over business matters. Jin Si ordered his newly recruited subordinates to draw lots, with the one drawing the highest number assigned to assassinate Long Qi. Unluckily, A Lai drew fifty-nine. Not wanting to walk into certain death, he broke the lot, removing the number 5 in an attempt to deceive others.

However, another person ended up with the same number, and his trick was exposed. If he refused to carry out the task, Jin Si would have him killed instead—leaving him no choice but to go. While on the street, A Lai ran into his former police academy classmate, A Jia. In the past, A Lai had often bullied A Jia, but now the tables had turned. A Jia seized the opportunity for revenge, publicly humiliating A Lai.

He forced him to remove his jacket to check for contraband and even made him shine his shoes. A Lai deliberately provoked A Jia, hoping to be arrested and taken away. However, the lot he had drawn fell out, and A Jia overheard Jin Si’s plan to have his men assassinate Long Qi. Realizing A Lai was the unlucky assassin, A Jia refused to take him in—he wanted to see how A Lai would die at Long Qi’s hands.

After A Jia left, A Lai encountered his non-biological younger sister, Pei Yun. Unfortunately, Pei Yun was taken away by Jin Si. A Lai knew Jin Si was using her to control him, and panic set in. He called Officer Huang, the only person who knew his true identity—A Lai was actually an undercover agent placed by Officer Huang. But to his shock, he learned that Officer Huang had been in a car accident.

Now, there was no one left who could vouch for his identity. In Lu Na’s comic, A Lai later heroically stormed Long Hu Hall and killed Long Qi. But reality was different. When A Lai broke into Long Hu Hall, another group had also come to eliminate Long Qi. Forced to flee together, A Lai and Long Qi engaged in a fierce battle. During the fight, A Lai recognized Long Qi’s combat techniques—they were from the police academy.

This meant Long Qi was also an undercover agent planted by Officer Huang. Realizing this, A Lai convinced Long Qi to help him rescue Pei Yun, and the two of them staged a scene together. A Lai dragged Long Qi’s "corpse" to Jin Si. However, Jin Si was attempting to assault Pei Yun. A Lai arrived just in time, pointing a gun at Jin Si. Unexpectedly, Pei Yun protected Jin Si, telling A Lai to stop interfering in her life.

At that moment, Long Qi, hidden in a sack, suddenly fired a shot and killed Jin Si. Knowing that Jin Si’s men outside had likely heard the gunshot and would rush in, A Lai and Long Qi quickly jumped out of the window and escaped. They fled to a narrow alley, where A Lai and Long Qi had a conversation. A Lai learned that Officer Huang’s death was connected to Long Qi.

Long Qi no longer wanted to return to being a normal person—he enjoyed the power of being a gang leader. Now that Jin Si was dead, Long Qi could take over his territory. He offered A Lai a share if he joined him, but A Lai refused. "If we’re not friends, then we’re enemies. "Long Qi fired at A Lai, but A Lai had been wearing a bulletproof vest and was unharmed.

However, fate took a cruel turn—just then, a shop sign fell from a building above and crushed Long Qi. The workers who had been installing the sign were startled by the gunshot and accidentally dropped it. Seeing that they had killed someone, they panicked and ran away.

A Lai's undercover mission had come to an end. Chief Inspector Zhang fulfilled Officer Huang’s promise and reinstated A Lai as a police officer. However, he was assigned to work in the archives. Though he disliked desk work, he had no choice but to obey orders. Lu Na remained in a coma. The doctor informed A Lai that talking to her about past events could help awaken her.

Since he knew nothing about her, he decided to read from the books she had brought with her. Randomly picking one up, he saw the title "Lu Na’s Biography". A Lai wasn’t sure if it was actually her story, but his curiosity drove him to keep reading. In this story, Lu Na was a character in Zi Dan’s novel. She appeared before Zi Dan because she was unhappy with how he had portrayed her.

Lu Na was getting married in a church, but gang members disrupted the ceremony. She and her groom eliminated them inside the church. However, just as the groom placed the wedding ring on Lu Na’s finger at the church entrance, he suddenly pointed a gun at her. Enraged, Lu Na tore up Zi Dan’s manuscript and demanded that he rewrite the story, insisting on a happy wedding instead.

Lu Na continued to stay by Zi Dan’s side as he wrote, and eventually, he produced a great novel. In this story, Lu Na was depicted as a tragic character—an orphan adopted at the age of seven. However, her adoptive parents only took her in to receive government subsidies and treated her poorly. When she grew older, they sent her to an institution.

Later, she killed a client, attracting the attention of an assassin organization, and eventually became a killer herself. Despite everything, she longed for a happy life. Under Lu Na’s influence, Zi Dan wrote a series of brilliant stories and became a bestselling author. Lu Na stayed by his side, finally living the happy life she had dreamed of. She wished for things to remain that way forever.

However, Zi Dan was not content—there were now many other bestselling authors, and he wanted to keep creating. But he could no longer write anything as good as before. Desperate, he begged Lu Na for help. However, Lu Na realized that he was only using her and never truly loved her, so she disappeared. Without Lu Na, Zi Dan fell into despair. In an attempt to regain his creativity, he turned to opium, but it only made things worse.

He failed to produce any good work, and soon, people began to doubt whether "Lu Na’s Biography" was really his creation. One day, Lu Na returned to Zi Dan’s life. She loved him and couldn’t bear to see him ruin himself. This time, in a church, Zi Dan formally proposed to her. Believing that he truly loved her, Lu Na was moved. She told Zi Dan that she wanted to be called by her real name—Zhang Baobao.

Zi Dan complied, calling her by that name. However, after he placed the wedding ring on her finger, his expression changed. Now that they were "family," he expected her to help him continue writing. It was then that Lu Na realized he was still trying to use her. She refused. Enraged, Zi Dan shot and killed her. At this point in the story, A Lai recalled an old missing person case.

The missing woman’s name was Zhang Baobao, and the person who reported her disappearance was a writer named Mu Xuefeng. The similarities between the real case and Lu Na’s story were striking. A Lai began to think—if Zhang Baobao was already dead, where could her body be? He remembered that the church had been mentioned repeatedly in the story. Acting on his hunch, he reported his findings.

Sure enough, A Jia led a team to search the church and discovered Zhang Baobao’s corpse. They brought Mu Xuefeng in for questioning. Mu Xuefeng’s story was identical to what Lu Na had written. Zhang Baobao had helped him create his works, but he only used her and never acknowledged their relationship publicly. When Zhang Baobao realized this, she confronted him, and during their argument, she accidentally fell down the stairs.

Instead of saving her, Mu Xuefeng hid her body in the church. With the case solved, Chief Inspector Zhang was pleased. A Jia and A Lai had worked well together this time. Later, A Lai returned to the hospital. When he picked up the notebooks to read them again, he was shocked to find that all the pages were blank.

Lu Na was still in a coma, and just like the past few days, A Lai sat by her bedside, reading comic book stories to her. This time, the story was about A Ming, a doctor with a severe fear of blood. Although A Ming was a doctor, his condition was extreme. During his internship, he finally got the chance to enter an operating room, but when he began suturing a patient’s wound, he fainted at the sight of blood.

It was only then that he realized he had this problem. Determined to overcome it, he started training—eating pig’s blood and drinking red beverages—but nothing seemed to help. A Ming’s cousin, A Xiao, was a plastic surgeon who ran a small clinic. Recently, he had been researching breast augmentation surgery. One day, A Ming was eating at his cousin’s clinic when he suddenly got a nosebleed. The sight of his own blood made him faint again.

A Xiao told him his method wasn’t going to work. Meanwhile, Sister Hong, who ran a chicken rice stall, had undergone a breast augmentation surgery at A Xiao’s clinic. However, she felt that one side was hard while the other was soft. She had already visited A Xiao several times, demanding an explanation. When A Xiao heard her voice again, he quickly hid and asked A Ming to deal with her. By accident, A Ming actually helped Sister Hong.

He noticed she was experiencing chest pain and, after an initial diagnosis, suspected she had a tumor. He advised her to get checked at a hospital and even wrote down the name of a doctor she could contact directly. Grateful, Sister Hong thanked him. That night, Situ Xiong and Scar planned to rob a gold shop. They seized the perfect moment to storm in and ransack the place.

Sister Hong’s husband was the security guard at the shop, and he fought back against Situ Xiong and his gang. In the end, he was shot dead by Scar. However, during the struggle, Situ Xiong was also severely wounded. Scar quickly took him to find a doctor. On the way, they ran into Sister Hong, who mentioned a nearby clinic, so Scar rushed over. A Xiao was at the clinic when Scar barged in, carrying a man covered in blood.

He was terrified. Scar demanded that he save their boss, but A Xiao had no experience handling such critical injuries. With no other choice, he asked for permission to contact A Ming. A Ming arrived just in time. However, the moment he saw Situ Xiong, he fainted from the sight of blood again. Situ Xiong pointed to his own pocket, and Scar pulled out a pair of sunglasses.

They understood what he meant—A Ming put them on, and surprisingly, he no longer felt dizzy. But while he could now face the blood, he still lacked surgical experience. His hands trembled as he held the scalpel, too afraid to make an incision. Scar, holding a gun to his head, tried to intimidate him, but it only made A Ming more nervous. Fortunately, A Xiao was by his side, and with their combined efforts, they managed to save Situ Xiong.

Knowing that Situ Xiong wouldn’t last long without proper medical care, A Ming urged them to go to a hospital immediately. However, Scar suddenly turned on them—he wanted to kill both A Ming and A Xiao to eliminate witnesses. Just then, Sister Hong burst in with a kitchen knife and slashed Scar’s neck. It turned out that Scar was the one who had killed her husband, and she had come to avenge him.

A Ming and A Xiao quickly intervened, trying to stop the chaos. But in the midst of the struggle, Situ Xiong managed to sit up and fired a shot at Sister Hong, hitting her in the chest. By then, Scar had already bled to death. Ignoring everything else, Situ Xiong shot A Xiao in the leg and forced A Ming to drive him to the docks. To save his cousin, A Ming had no choice but to comply.

During the drive, Situ Xiong grew impatient with A Ming’s slow pace and shot A Xiao again. Seeing this, A Ming insisted they take A Xiao to the hospital first. They argued, and in the chaos, the car crashed into cargo at the dockside. Desperate, A Ming grabbed the stolen goods and threatened to throw them into the river if Situ Xiong refused to take A Xiao to the hospital.

Situ Xiong raised his gun to kill A Ming, but before he could fire, he collapsed and died—his wounds had been too severe, and without timely medical attention, his death was inevitable. By then, A Ming had completely overcome his fear of blood. Supporting his injured cousin, he walked toward the hospital. Afterward, A Ming was brought to the police station for questioning. He truthfully explained the events, but A Jia didn’t believe him.

A Jia suspected that A Ming and A Xiao had plotted to kill Situ Xiong out of greed. A Ming was unable to defend himself against the accusations. Fortunately, A Lai found the stolen goods at the dock and rushed to the station. He confirmed that A Ming was telling the truth. He also brought Sister Hong, who had survived—A Xiao’s surgical implants had saved her life.

Sister Hong testified that A Ming was a good person and would never kill for gold. After a thorough investigation, the truth was revealed, and A Ming was cleared of all charges. A Lai found it increasingly strange—why had a complete stranger suddenly appeared in his life, and how was this person able to predict the crimes happening around him?

The police were investigating a series of recent midnight murders. The killer was extremely cruel, mainly targeting intoxicated women. He would tie them up, drain their blood little by little, and then dispose of their bodies. The Chief Inspector originally intended for A Lai to take on the case, but A Jia seized the opportunity instead. A Lai didn’t mind. He went to the hospital to continue reading stories to Lu Na.

This time, the book contained a story he had never seen before, which struck him as odd. When he turned to the first page, he realized it was related to the midnight murder case the police were investigating. He began reading the story to Lu Na. The protagonists of the story were Jia Hua and Chun Ying. Jia Hua was a sailor, and Chun Ying was a doctor.

The two were lovers, but Jia Hua had been missing for over a year. Chun Ying had been waiting for his return all this time. One evening, after completing a surgery, Chun Ying missed the last bus home and had to walk with a colleague instead. Neither of them noticed that someone was secretly following them. Meanwhile, a patrolling police officer spotted a suspicious person and began chasing him.

Chun Ying quickly pulled her colleague along, urging them to hurry home. They were well aware of the midnight murder cases, and she felt that the streets were too dangerous at night. A few days later, Chun Ying went to a dance hall with her colleague. Since she didn’t know how to dance, she sat at the bar drinking alone. However, a former classmate who had once pursued her appeared.

Chun Ying had no interest in him and ignored him completely, causing him to leave disappointed. Unbeknownst to her, the classmate secretly spiked her drink. Just then, Jia Hua, who had been secretly following Chun Ying, noticed what happened. After the classmate left, Chun Ying reached for her drink. At that moment, Jia Hua pretended to be a drunkard and stumbled into her, spilling the drink. After successfully preventing her from drinking the spiked liquor, he quietly left.

Chun Ying didn’t recognize Jia Hua and simply ordered another drink. However, the collision exposed Jia Hua’s presence. A group of gangsters from the River Gang, who had been hunting him down, recognized him. In the ensuing fight, Jia Hua was injured, but he managed to escape. Drunk and disoriented, Chun Ying left the dance hall alone, only to be confronted by the classmate with bad intentions.

Just as he was about to assault her, Jia Hua appeared in time and took her away. They got into a chauffeur-driven car, and Jia Hua instructed the driver to take them to a hotel. After settling Chun Ying in a room, he went to the bathroom to tend to his wounds. When Chun Ying woke up, she was confused about where she was. The dim lighting prevented her from seeing the man in front of her clearly.

Only when Jia Hua turned on the light did she realize that the man standing before her was the lover she had been waiting for all this time. Overcome with emotion, she hugged Jia Hua and expressed how much she had missed him. However, she accidentally touched his wound. Just as she was about to help him treat it, there was a knock at the door.

It was the chauffeur, claiming to have brought them the bag they had left in the car. Chun Ying, unsuspecting, opened the door—only to be attacked. Seeing Chun Ying in danger, Jia Hua disregarded his injuries and fought the assailant. However, he was no match for the attacker and was quickly overpowered. The killer took out a knife, ready to slit Chun Ying’s throat. Desperate, Jia Hua used a hidden blade to cut through the ropes binding his hands.

Before the murderer could act, the River Gang members arrived—it was Big Beard and Skinny Monkey, two low-ranking gang members. They had been chasing Jia Hua for over a year, mistakenly believing that he had stolen a shipment of opium. In reality, Jia Hua had been deceived. He had unknowingly helped smuggle what he thought was red wine, only to realize at the delivery point that the shipment had been swapped for actual wine.

Someone had switched the cargo, but he had no idea who. His colleague had been killed by Skinny Monkey and Big Beard, but Jia Hua had managed to escape by diving into the river. Since then, he had been on the run, unable to contact Chun Ying for fear of putting her in danger. A chaotic battle erupted between Skinny Monkey, Big Beard, and the murderer.

The murderer killed Skinny Monkey, while Jia Hua, in a desperate attempt to save Chun Ying, killed both Big Beard and the murderer. However, he was critically injured in the process. Knowing he wouldn’t survive, Jia Hua made one final request to Chun Ying: to take him to the mountaintop where they used to watch the sunrise together. No longer needing to run or hide, Jia Hua passed away in Chun Ying’s arms as the sun rose.

A Lai, reflecting on the midnight murder case, realized that a crucial clue was hidden in the comic. He suspected that the chauffeur outside the dance hall was the killer. Without hesitation, he contacted his colleagues at the police station. A Jia rushed to the scene and, sure enough, found the murder weapon in the trunk of a chauffeur-driven car. The case was finally solved. The Chief Inspector was deeply impressed by A Lai’s deduction skills.

However, A Lai simply stated that he had received a tip from a "beautiful informant" and, in order to protect her identity, refused to reveal any details.

A Lai discovered a new story. The protagonist was a man named Yuan San, who was obsessed with reading science fiction novels. He often dreamed that he was trapped in a white room, where he could hear voices bullying him. Concerned about his condition, his family sent him for psychological treatment. After a period of hypnosis therapy, Yuan San's condition improved, and he seemed to have escaped from the white room. However, Yuan San possessed the ability of teleportation.

Whenever he wore his pocket watch, he could instantly move to another location. The problem was that his destination was random—he would sometimes appear in other people's pools, but no one could see him. Yuan San had no control over his teleportation. One day, he unintentionally teleported into his neighbor’s house. His field of vision was limited, and he saw a girl changing a light bulb. Mistakenly thinking she was attempting suicide, he suddenly woke up in his own home.

Alarmed, he ran to his neighbor’s house to save her. However, when he forcefully opened the door, he realized it was all a misunderstanding. His neighbor, Michelle, was a beautiful ballet dancer. She assumed Yuan San had been spying on her—otherwise, how would he have known she was changing a light bulb? When Yuan San tried to explain his teleportation ability, Michelle thought he was mentally unstable. Yuan San fell in love with Michelle.

Determined to teleport accurately to her home, he practiced tirelessly until he finally succeeded. Now able to control his ability, he often visited Michelle’s home. One day, he watched Michelle celebrate her birthday with her friends. Her birthday wish was for it to snow soon. Wanting to fulfill her wish, Yuan San worked hard at home to invent a small machine that, when activated, released countless cotton-like flakes, resembling snowfall.

However, Michelle mistakenly believed the gift was from her upstairs neighbor, Allen, because the card attached to it bore his name. She went upstairs to thank him, but Allen refused to let her in and denied giving her any gift. Michelle, however, insisted it was from him. Embarrassed, Allen pushed the door slightly open, and at that moment, Michelle saw a woman lying on the sofa, covered in blood. Terrified, Michelle ran back to her apartment, but Allen chased after her.

He broke into her home, intent on killing her because she had seen something she shouldn’t have. At that critical moment, Yuan San teleported into Michelle’s apartment. He saw Allen attacking Michelle but was unable to stop it immediately. In a panic, he teleported back home, grabbed a fruit knife, and rushed back to Michelle’s place, stabbing Allen multiple times. However, Michelle didn’t see Yuan San as her savior. Instead, she screamed, accusing him of being a murderer.

Through the illustrations in the comic, A Lai identified the building where the incident was taking place. He rushed over and saw Yuan San chasing both Michelle and Allen. A Lai quickly subdued Yuan San and took him back to the police station. In reality, Yuan San never had the ability to teleport. He was deeply isolated, had no friends, and spent his days observing the people in the opposite building through a telescope.

Everything he believed had only existed in his imagination. Allen and Michelle were merely rehearsing for a stage play when Yuan San mistakenly thought Michelle was in danger. Acting on his delusion, he broke in to "save" her, ultimately attacking Allen. In truth, neither Michelle nor Allen had ever met him before.

A Lai had now become the rising star of the police department. Everyone called him the "One-Step Detective," meaning he always managed to get ahead of criminals. As a result, many officers hoped he would teach them his techniques. However, A Lai felt guilty, knowing that his abilities were not truly his own and that he had nothing special to pass on. Meanwhile, A Jia began to suspect something was off about A Lai.

He even went to the chief inspector to report his concerns, but instead of supporting him, the chief inspector reprimanded A Jia, telling him to trust others. A Lai visited Lu Na at the hospital and noticed that the open notebook contained a new story. This time, the protagonist was a man named A Feng, an incredibly unlucky person. While playing a game with his classmates, he accidentally hit the principal on the head.

His design drafts, which he had stayed up all night working on, were ruined by water. When he proposed to his girlfriend, he was stabbed multiple times by a thug. As A Feng lay on the ground, the bar owner asked him, "If you could do it all over again, would you make different choices? " With that question, A Feng found himself back in the year he was 17, preparing for his college entrance exams.

He still retained all of his current memories and knew that he had been late for his art exam back then. This time, no matter what, he was determined to arrive on time. However, history repeated itself—he saw a puppy run over by a car. He hesitated but ultimately made the same choice: he saved the puppy. The moment he picked up the puppy, he was transported back to reality. He was alive.

A Feng shared his experience with the bar owner, who told him that every choice he made determined his future. If he hadn't saved the puppy, the fight that led to his stabbing wouldn’t have happened, and he wouldn’t have ended up marrying his girlfriend, Xiao Qiao. Determined to change his fate, A Feng took another drink and traveled back in time again—this time bringing the bar owner into his dream. A Feng returned to the moment he had just graduated.

His best friend, A Jie, was devastated after a breakup. Originally, A Feng had planned to move to a new city with Xiao Qiao, but he chose to stay behind to take care of A Jie. Because of this, he never made it to the train station and never had a proper farewell with Xiao Qiao. For the sake of brotherhood, he missed the chance to spend the rest of his life with the woman he loved.

A Feng tried to alter the past. He went back to the night he was working overtime on his design draft. At the time, he had a pregnant colleague who was also his competitor. She intentionally asked him to help revise her design, delaying his progress. When she left, she deliberately cut the power and destroyed his draft. The bar owner told A Feng that from the beginning, he should never have helped that colleague.

He then showed A Feng what would have happened if he had chosen differently—A Feng would have been promoted, while the pregnant colleague would have been bullied in the workplace. But A Feng was a kind-hearted person. He couldn’t accept that outcome. Later, A Feng returned to the day he proposed to Xiao Qiao. The events played out the same way—a drunken man grabbed Xiao Qiao, insisting she drink with him.

A Feng intervened and managed to get hold of a knife, but he didn’t have the courage to use it. The drunken man then snatched the knife and, in a shocking twist, stabbed himself. As a result, A Feng was convicted and sent to prison. He became so hopeless that he wanted to end his own life. Fortunately, A Lai arrived just in time to save him.

A Lai comforted A Feng, promising that he would uncover the truth and clear his name. In court, A Lai reenacted the events of that night. In the end, the court declared A Feng not guilty and released him on the spot.

A Lai arrived at the hospital, and as usual, he opened the book and began reading to Lu Na. This time, the story’s protagonists were Li Li and Bai Lang. Li Li loved eating Bai Lang cakes, and Bai Lang was her idol. She even enrolled in a pastry class to learn how to bake, but she had no talent for it. Her teacher was so frustrated that he told her to give up and stop wasting her time.

Li Li was furious. It was her birthday today. Even though she had failed to make a successful cake, she still wanted to celebrate with it. Just as she was about to open the cake, she received a phone call in a roadside telephone booth. The caller instructed her to go to a law firm to sign a house transfer agreement. When she arrived, Li Li was shocked to learn that Bai Lang had left her a house.

She found it strange but still took the cake and went inside. The place had been abandoned for a long time. She opened the cake, ready to celebrate her birthday, but to her surprise, the cake inside was the once-famous cream strawberry molten cake. After taking a few bites, she fell unconscious. When she woke up, she found herself in bed with a strange man. The man explained that this was his home and dragged her to the door.

To her astonishment, she was standing in front of "Xiao Bai Pastry Shop. " The man in front of her was Bai Lang. Li Li had never met Bai Lang in person, but she had seen photos of him. The man indeed looked exactly like Bai Lang. Suddenly, Bai Lang was chased by a gang of thugs. He grabbed Li Li, and they ran. Along the way, they accidentally bumped into a newspaper boy.

Li Li glanced at the newspaper and saw the date—she had traveled back in time. At this point, Bai Lang’s pastry shop had a terrible reputation. His cakes were notoriously bad. Li Li was surprised, so she decided to help him improve his recipes. Together, they worked hard and developed a new product—the cream strawberry molten cake. After tasting it, they confirmed it was perfect, but selling it was difficult. No one was willing to try Bai Lang’s cakes.

Then, Li Li had an idea—she would use publicity to promote the cake. She decided to seek out a well-known food critic. She brought Mr. Li to the pastry shop, but he had already visited when the shop first opened and had written a harsh review criticizing it. Li Li pleaded with him to give them another chance. However, during their struggle, she accidentally smashed the cake onto his face. Mr.

Li was furious, but when he licked a bit of the cream, he was instantly captivated by the taste. The cake was delicious. Soon, Bai Lang’s cream strawberry molten cake became a sensation throughout the city. Customers had to wait in long lines just to buy one. However, the success was short-lived. Bai Lang suddenly developed a problem with his sense of taste. While making cakes, he mistakenly used salt instead of sugar.

Customers returned their cakes, and that was when Li Li realized something was wrong. She initially thought Bai Lang was simply overworked. After that, Bai Lang lost motivation and stopped focusing on baking. He was constantly out on errands. Sensing that something was off, Li Li secretly followed him and discovered that Bai Lang had another girlfriend. He had only been with Li Li to gain inspiration for his cakes. Heartbroken, Li Li decided to leave.

As she ran away, she was hit by a car. When she woke up, she had returned to the present. She was devastated, realizing that Bai Lang had betrayed her. While packing her things, Li Li accidentally uncovered some hidden writing on the wall—it was left by Bai Lang. Bai Lang had never betrayed her. In reality, he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. To make Li Li leave, he had staged a fake act with his doctor.

But after she left, he missed her terribly and constantly reminisced about their time together. Lu Na knew this story because the elderly Li Li had told it to her. It was A Lai who had investigated the case and cleared Li Li’s name. Since Bai Lang had taken his own life, Li Li had been a suspect. If not for A Lai, she might never have been able to prove her innocence.

Tragically, shortly after Bai Lang’s death, a special medication for his illness became available. Unfortunately, he never got the chance to receive it.

The police department was investigating the case of the popular actress Liu Meng’s murder. Her driver, Wei Lun, claimed responsibility for killing Liu Meng. However, based on the crime scene and the forensic conclusions, A Jia believed that Wei Lun was not the real culprit, leading the investigation into a deadlock. A Lai went to the hospital, opened his notebook, and a comic story related to Liu Meng appeared.

In the comic, Liu Meng was a famous actress at the peak of her career. However, she had found a body double for herself named Xiao Rou. The two looked very similar, but Xiao Rou was a much better actress than Liu Meng. Liu Meng had never liked her and would never allow her to surpass her. So, Liu Meng deliberately took Xiao Rou to a business gathering, got her drunk, and then sent her to Boss Luo.

Xiao Rou cried for help. At that time, Liu Meng was in the next room but had no intention of saving her. Xiao Rou was assaulted by Boss Luo. Afterward, she was devastated and asked Liu Meng why she hadn’t saved her. Liu Meng claimed that she had fallen asleep and didn’t hear anything. She then told Xiao Rou that what was done was done, and she should think about how to move forward.

That day, Wei Lun had sensed that something was off. He stayed near Liu Meng’s home and knocked on the door to check on her. However, he heard the sounds of Xiao Rou being abused. Liu Meng drove Wei Lun away. Wei Lun waited downstairs for Xiao Rou to come out and took her home. He wanted to persuade her to report the incident to the police, but Xiao Rou didn’t dare to.

She needed the job because her father was deep in debt and constantly harassed her for money. To survive, she had to endure many things. Liu Meng often brought Xiao Rou along when she went out for work. She would have Xiao Rou wear the same clothes as her, so that whenever she didn’t feel like working, she could have Xiao Rou step in for her. On the road one day, Liu Meng deliberately provoked Xiao Rou.

Wei Lun, trying to defend Xiao Rou, was distracted and didn’t notice the road ahead. This resulted in a car accident. The vehicle crashed. Xiao Rou pulled Wei Lun out of the car, then turned to check on Liu Meng. A piece of shattered glass had pierced Liu Meng’s neck. Xiao Rou wanted to check on Wei Lun’s condition, but Liu Meng dismissed it, saying his life was worthless.

She ordered Xiao Rou to stay with her and take her away quickly. Xiao Rou was deeply shaken. She felt that Liu Meng had no respect for others and realized she had endured enough. She couldn’t take it anymore. In a fit of rage, she killed Liu Meng and dumped her body into the river. When Xiao Rou woke up, she found herself in a hospital. The assistant thought she was Liu Meng and took care of her.

Her injuries weren’t severe. At first, she wanted to explain that she wasn’t Liu Meng. However, remembering that she had killed Liu Meng and thinking about her father, who constantly demanded money, she decided to go along with it and continue being Liu Meng. Xiao Rou had the assistant take her home. Without suspicion, she moved into Liu Meng’s house. She forged Liu Meng’s signature and worked hard to become Liu Meng.

The only flaw that could expose the switch between Xiao Rou and Liu Meng was a red birthmark on Xiao Rou’s neck. At first, she tried to cover it, but as time passed, she stopped caring. One day, on set, a stranger greeted her. She didn’t recognize him or know his relationship with Liu Meng, so she just smiled politely. Later, the man entered her dressing room and threatened her with something inside an envelope.

He told her that if she wanted to know the secret, she should meet him at a designated location. Xiao Rou was frightened. She didn’t know what the man had, so she followed his instructions. In the end, she was assaulted by him. Later, she discovered that the man had only taken photos of Liu Meng with some powerful figures, and they were only back-view shots, making them unimportant. However, the man had also discovered another secret—her birthmark.

He knew she was actually Xiao Rou. This time, Xiao Rou was truly afraid. She tried to please the man and, to keep him quiet, gave him money as he demanded. At first, the amount was bearable. But as time passed, the man became more and more demanding, treating her like his personal ATM. This time, Xiao Rou decided to get rid of him. She went to his home and drugged his drink.

However, he was prepared, and Xiao Rou was no match for him. Luckily, Wei Lun arrived just in time and saved her. Wei Lun had witnessed Xiao Rou killing Liu Meng, but he never said a word, nor would he in the future. He only wished to stay by Xiao Rou’s side. To prove his loyalty, he killed the man who had been blackmailing Xiao Rou.

Xiao Rou was filming a scene, and the plot was eerily similar to her own experience—a body double killing the real star. After the shoot, she was triggered. When she returned home, she began hallucinating, seeing Liu Meng. Liu Meng taunted her with cruel words. Xiao Rou grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed at Liu Meng, only to realize she was looking at her own reflection in the mirror.

Staring at the face identical to Liu Meng’s, she stabbed herself instead. At that moment, Wei Lun arrived. A Lai understood now—Wei Lun was an accomplice. Now, all that remained was to find the evidence.

A Lai saw the news in the newspaper about Liu Meng collaborating with actor Wang Ke, which reminded him of the story in the comic. He immediately went to the woods and dug up Wang Ke’s body. He sent for Wei Lun, and during the interrogation, A Jia appeared with a box of gold bars, accusing A Lai of accepting a bribe.

He claimed that it was Wei Lun who had bribed A Lai, asking him to help cover up the crime. Wei Lun, upon hearing this, surprisingly admitted to it, leading to A Lai being suspended from his position. This was all part of A Jia’s plan. He had instructed Xiao Zhao to keep an eye on A Lai. Xiao Zhao discovered that A Lai had received a letter on his desk, which contained pictures of waterfowl.

Xiao Zhao immediately informed A Jia, and from the location of the photos, they found the gold bars and framed A Lai for the crime. A Jia’s ultimate goal was to be promoted to the position of police chief, and A Lai, being a strong competitor, needed to be taken out of the running. When Lu Na woke up in the hospital, she had lost her memory.

She had no idea how she had ended up there or even who she was. A Lai came to the hospital, and the doctor suggested electroshock therapy. However, A Lai decided to take Lu Na home instead. Lu Na didn’t trust A Lai, and the only reason she followed him was because, while unconscious, she vaguely heard someone reading a story to her, and it was A Lai’s voice.

At A Lai’s home, Lu Na asked to see his police officer badge. But since A Lai had been suspended, the badge had been surrendered. To prove his identity, A Lai showed her his police academy graduation certificate. He then told her that the comic was connected to her case and that his suspension was also related to her. Their conversation was overheard by Xiao Zhao, who found it suspicious and quickly went to inform A Jia.

A Lai asked Lu Na to try recalling what she had drawn in the comic, but she couldn’t remember. She was hungry, so A Lai cooked some noodles for her. While A Lai played with a lighter, Lu Na heard the sound and suddenly a man’s face appeared in her mind. She quickly drew the face, although she didn’t know why it came to her. Just then, the doorman came to find A Lai.

He reported that a man had been found in the storage room, sitting on the floor and repeatedly banging his head against the cabinet, appearing to be delirious. Lu Na and A Lai went downstairs to check. Lu Na recognized the man as the one she had just drawn. A Lai told Lu Na to go back to her room and get the comic. Lu Na took all the notebooks but left the drawing of the man behind.

After they left, A Lai and Xiao Zhao broke into A Lai’s home and discovered the drawing. They also learned from the doorman about the strange man in the storage room. The two decided to follow A Lai and investigate, but unfortunately, they were discovered and lost track of him. A Lai and Lu Na, based on the small tag around the man’s neck, ended up at the Old Friend Hotel.

According to the doorman, this hotel was newly opened, but when A Lai and Lu Na arrived, they found it was actually an abandoned place. They opened the door, and A Lai noticed a newspaper on the floor, which turned out to be a newspaper from twenty years in the future. He found it strange. At that moment, the strange man picked up an axe and looked at A Lai. Lu Na was also his target.

If it weren’t for Lu Na, he wouldn’t be in trouble. While Lu Na tried to escape, she tripped and dropped her notebook. The wind blew the pages open, and the comic began to form on the previously blank pages. The man’s name was Da Bing. He and his father were both workers at the Old Friend Hotel, living in room 237. Da Bing’s father frequently beat him for his mistakes, making Da Bing terrified of his father.

One day, Da Bing was wrongly accused of stealing a customer’s gold watch. His father made him strip in front of everyone to prove his innocence. Da Bing did as told, but later, the gold watch was found in the clothes sent for washing. His father hoped the customer would apologize, but instead, they humiliated him. The hotel manager sided with the customer.

That night, Da Bing’s father gave him a glass of milk laced with sleeping pills and then went to the customer’s room to kill him and steal the gold watch. Later, some colleagues teased Da Bing and tricked him into drinking alcohol. When his father saw this, he called Da Bing to room 237 and beat him up. That night, his father gave him another glass of milk, and while Da Bing was asleep, he killed the colleague who had been teasing him.

Da Bing met a female guest named Man Man, who found him endearing and somewhat interesting. Da Bing was attracted to Man Man's beauty. Da Bing's father noticed something strange between the two and warned Da Bing not to make friends casually, advising him not to trust anyone since they were all insincere, given their differing statuses. Da Bing, however, no longer wanted to be controlled by his father, so he began to resist.

His father, unable to stay in the current place, wanted to take Da Bing and leave. They happened to meet an old acquaintance who mentioned Da Bing's mother, which made Da Bing realize that his father had never spoken about his mother. He kept asking about her, but his father drugged his milk, and Da Bing fell asleep, dreaming that it was his father who had killed his mother.

The next day, Da Bing found out that the acquaintance he had spoken to the day before had also been killed by his father. In a panic, Da Bing wanted to report it to the police. He ran into Man Man, and in his hurry, he dragged her into a room. Fearing that his father might kill Man Man as well, neither of them dared to make a sound.

However, Da Bing’s father still managed to break down the door and killed Man Man. But none of these things were actually done by Da Bing’s father. After being humiliated by a customer, Da Bing, upset, decided to leave the hotel. His father tried to keep him there, and during a struggle on the road, they didn’t notice an approaching car. To protect Da Bing, his father pushed him away but ended up getting hit by the car.

This incident triggered a psychological break in Da Bing, and since then, he developed two personalities—one being Da Bing, and the other being his father. The customer with the gold watch, his colleague A Long, and Man Man were all killed by Da Bing. His fantasies about Man Man liking him were all false; Man Man had been playing him the whole time.

So, Da Bing bound her, forced her to confess that she liked him and kiss him, before killing her. As for his mother, she was not killed by his father—she had simply abandoned Da Bing and his father and left. Da Bing wanted revenge because it was A Lai, the police officer who had arrested him years ago, and it was Lu Na, the one who had provided the story’s clues.

To save Lu Na, A Lai fought fiercely with Da Bing. During the struggle, a lighter fell out, which triggered a memory for Lu Na. She remembered that it was because of the lighter that she had traveled back 29 years in time. Seizing the opportunity, she picked up the lighter and pressed it. It seemed as if Da Bing was burned by the fire and then disappeared.

Lu Na and A Lai, carrying the newspaper, traveled back to the Old Friend Hotel 20 years ago. They overheard Man Man’s cries for help. Lu Na urged A Lai to rescue her. During the struggle, Da Bing took a young girl hostage. A Lai first calmed Da Bing down, and while Da Bing was distracted, A Lai managed to subdue him. Fortunately, other police officers arrived just in time to arrest Da Bing.

It was A Jia who had led the officers to make the arrest. Seeing this, A Lai quickly took Lu Na and left. The young girl who had been held hostage was rescued. She found the lighter on the ground and picked it up. However, A Lai had left too quickly, and she didn’t have time to give it to him. This young girl was Lu Na from 20 years ago. Back then, she didn’t have her pen name and was still called Man Ru.