Episode 4 plot introduction

In the night by the lake, Wang Chao left with disappointment and anger.Han Dong wanted to stop him, but he knew that a few explanations would not be worth twenty years of pain.After Zhao Xiaoqi's accident, Wang Chao's family was devastated.The tremendous pressure forced Han Dong to finally confess to Lin Meiyue the old things buried in his heart. He no longer just said that he was innocent, but also told why he was silent back then.

Twenty years ago, Sun Haitao threatened Han Dong with his mother's bone marrow match and asked Han Dong to help invite Zhao Xiaoqi out for his birthday.Han Dong was delayed in getting the cake and did not arrive in time, which ultimately led to Zhao Xiaoqi being violated by Sun Haitao.Afterwards, Sun Haitao continued to threaten Han Dong's mother's life, and young Han Dong chose to remain silent.This silence has allowed him to live to this day, but it has also become a cross weighing on him.

A real crisis ensued.Wang Chao went to Sun Haitao alone to seek revenge, but was seriously injured and fell into coma. Instead, he was beaten up by Sun Haitao.Sun Haitao arrogantly proposed that unless Zhao's mother knelt down to apologize, she would never issue a letter of understanding.Han Dong looked at the unconscious Wang Chao and Zhao's mother who was forced to be humiliated, and felt even more guilty.He wanted to make amends, but found that Sun Haitao could still use money and power to trample everyone under his feet.

Sun Haitao's hand also reached out to Han Dong's home.He entered Han Dong's daughter Han Ruoxi's school in the name of charity and gave a skirt with a smiley face as a scholarship gift.The smiley face pattern echoed the mark on the skirt Zhao Xiaoqi was wearing when she was injured, which was a naked provocation to Han Dong.Sun Haitao not only wanted to escape guilt, he also wanted to let Han Dong live in the nightmare that year.

After hearing Han Dong's confession, Lin Meiyue did not judge him immediately.She also has a past that cannot be told, so she understands how secrets can force people to transform.Han Dong finally revealed his old wounds, but he was not relieved. Wang Chao's hatred, Zhao's mother's humiliation, and his daughter's smiling skirt at school all made him realize that Sun Haitao was no longer satisfied with hiding the old case, but was pushing him to a desperate situation step by step.

When Han Dong told Lin Meiyue the truth about that year, the hardest thing to tell was not that he had not committed a crime, but that he had chosen to remain silent.He was threatened with his mother's life by Sun Haitao, missed the opportunity to save Zhao Xiaoqi, and was forced to swallow all his fears afterwards.This secret made him seem to be living an ordinary life, but he never really let go of himself.When Lin Meiyue heard this, she didn't rush to force him to express his position, because she also knew what it was like to be tied up by the past.

Sun Haitao forced Zhao's mother to apologize and sent the smiley skirt to Han Ruoxi's school. He was destroying Han Dong's psychological defense step by step.Wang Chao was unconscious, and Zhao's mother might be forced to bow her head for the sake of her son. Han Dong saw not only Sun Haitao's arrogance, but also the consequences of his own silence.The smiley face pattern extends from the old case to his daughter's side, which means that Sun Haitao has placed the threat at the door of Han Dong's house.Han Dong can no longer just hide, he must find a way to protect his daughter, and he must also recover the stolen truth for Zhao Xiaoqi's family.