Hot Girl Episode 40 Recap
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Xiao Di, severely injured while saving Dr. Hua's child, was visited in the hospital by Qin Sheng and Liu Sha, who encouraged her swift recovery. Dr. Hua also personally thanked Fierce Fire Shield for Xiao Di's actions. After several days in a coma, Xiao Di finally regained consciousness, having dreamed of her childhood with her mother. Guan Xiao, by her side, revealed that Xiong Kuohai had given Xiao Di a blood transfusion, urging her to forgive her biological father.
Xiao Di affirmed that no one could replace Guan Xiao's position in her heart. Later, Guan Xiao accompanied Xiao Di to the seaside to "visit" Lu Lin. Xiong Kuohai also arrived to express his remorse. At this moment, Xiao Di finally reconciled with Xiong Kuohai, calling him "Dad," and the three stood hand-in-hand on the beach. Meanwhile, Fierce Fire Shield, short-staffed but having secured a major contract, was hired by the DEC Ecological Institute to provide security.
Professor Wang Lei, the chief research scientist, specifically requested protection for an upcoming collaborative exchange meeting with MIT professors. Fang Shuan assigned this critical mission, which involved safeguarding both American and Chinese professors and securing vital research documents and experimental results, to Liang Dawei, Zhang Yan, and Ma Li. Wu Fei, determined to sabotage Fierce Fire Shield's new business, gathered his Panshi Security team and planned to disrupt the agreement.
He dispatched Ju Liang and his team to infiltrate the DEC building. While Ju Liang's team triggered the security system and narrowly escaped detection, Wu Fei successfully infiltrated the institute. He ambushed Professor Wang Lei, knocking him unconscious, stealing his confidential room key, and replicating his fingerprint. Using these, Wu Fei gained access to the confidential room and stole a critical password box containing irreplaceable research reports without backups.
Fang Shuan immediately notified Liang Dawei's team after discovering the anomaly at Professor Wang Lei's office. Liang Dawei, after ensuring the American scientists' safety and waking the unconscious Professor Wang Lei, rushed to the confidential room but was too late. Professor Wang Lei was furious about the stolen password box and threatened to terminate the contract, demanding compensation from Fierce Fire Shield.
Xiong Kuohai intervened, assuring Professor Wang Lei that Fierce Fire Shield would take responsibility and recover the lost documents, thus buying time for reconciliation. Wu Fei was frustrated, unable to open the password box due to its self-destruct mechanism. He was later approached by the McKinney Company boss, who bought client data from both Fierce Fire Shield and Panshi Security. The boss also offered to buy the password box, but Wu Fei refused, unsure of its contents' true value.
Upon learning of Liang Dawei's team's mission failure, Xiao Di, now fully recovered, promptly returned to work. She began investigating at the DEC, reviewing surveillance footage from the night of the incident, where she spotted a masked figure resembling Ju Liang. She decided to conduct further investigation before making a conclusion to avoid falsely accusing Ju Liang.
