Resumen del episodio 12 de Eight Hundred
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In the freezing shadows of the old coal factory, Chen Hui narrowly evades his father, Chen Hongbing, and flees into the night. Returning home, he finds his mother, Ding Yue, upset about her neglected birthday. Hui lies, claiming he was out scouring the town for candles. When Hongbing finally returns, covered in the chill of the wasteland, the two men exchange a piercing, silent look.
Hongbing eventually asks why Hui paged him earlier—a move Hui used at the factory to confirm his pursuer was indeed his father. Distraught by the realization that his father might have used lethal force if they weren't related, Hui storms out of the room. Despite the suffocating tension, the family attempts a brief celebration. As midnight approaches, Hui prepares to return to the city, but Hongbing intercepts him.
Under the pretext of needing a ride to the station to cover a shift for Director Tong, Hongbing lures his son into the precinct and abruptly locks him in a holding room. When Director Tong and other officers return from a home invasion case, they find the situation legally precarious.
Since Hongbing must recuse himself due to their relationship, he convinces his colleagues to seize Hui’s coat for forensic testing, hoping to find traces of residue from the coal washing pool. While Hui is detained, Gao Songge grows increasingly anxious. Her health is failing; a flashback reveals that after her grandparents, Gao Peiliang and Liu Xiwen, died in a 1993 landslide, the Chens took her in. Now suffering from severe uremia, she requires frequent and exhausting dialysis.
Officer Liu Na visits Songge at the internet cafe, feigning concern while acting as a sentry. Liu Na suspects that if Hui is the source of the illicit cough syrup, Songge is likely his scarred female accomplice, and she waits for forensic evidence to make an arrest. The laboratory results eventually return, but they offer no proof.
Unbeknownst to the police, Hui had discovered suspicious foam on a DVD box earlier that night and prudently changed into clean clothes before heading to the coal factory. With the evidence inconclusive, Director Tong is forced to release him. Hui leaves the station with cold indifference, refusing to acknowledge his father and instead instructing the Director to tell Hongbing to bring his belongings home later.
Upon returning home, Hui checks on his grandfather, removing the elderly man’s hearing aid so he can call Songge in private. He warns her to stay low and vows to strike back against his father’s betrayal. However, he is startled to find that his grandfather had put his hearing aid back on and likely overheard the entire bitter conversation. The household is further strained when Ding Yue injures her back.
Seeing his mother in pain from her recurring herniated disc, Hui’s anger momentarily softens into grief. Meanwhile, Hongbing, terrified of facing his wife's judgment, spends the night drinking and soul-searching with Director Tong. When he finally returns home, he expects a confrontation. Instead, he discovers that Hui has protected him by spinning a second lie.
Hui tells Ding Yue that Hongbing had pressured him to sell the roller skating rink to Director Tong’s niece, which offended his classmate Wang Xiaojian, leading to an all-night drinking session to smooth things over. Watching his mother from the shadows, Hui notices the gray in her hair and her increasing fragility. Though he had intended to expose his father's actions to cause chaos, the sight of her illness silences him. He chooses to swallow his resentment and uphold the lie, realizing his mother is too weak to carry the burden of the truth.
