Resumo do episódio 29 de The Company
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Chu Qiu returned to Tianguang Market only to face the deep resentment of the Market Lord, Miao Tong. She was furious that the Time Administration had heartlessly evicted the severely injured Bi Zhi. To her, being the Market Lord was no honor; it was being a "gilded prisoner," trapped in a stagnant void while the outside world crumbled. She confronted Chu Qiu, her supervisor, questioning the worth of his duty.
He would eventually leave at the end of his term, and the Time Administration would erase his memories, leaving her forgotten in time. The fragile peace of the Market was shattered when Ye Liangyin and her subordinates from Fusheng Hall invaded, capturing most of its inhabitants. Armed with a truth-telling ring, Ye interrogated Miao Tong about Bi Zhi’s whereabouts. When Miao Tong tried to lie, the ring instantly exposed her.
To shatter Miao Tong's loyalty to the Time Administration, Ye took her to her home, Liao Village, to reveal a devastating secret. In the ruins of Liao Village, the truth came to light: the sixty-seven villagers had never been saved because historical protocol forbade changing the timeline. Chu Qiu admitted he had only made an exception for Miao Tong because she was a rare talent who could be trained as a candidate for Market Lord.
Feeling betrayed by the man who had been her only companion for so long, Miao Tong severed her ties with Chu Qiu, declaring she never wanted to see him again. Sensing her vulnerability, Ye Liangyin showed Miao Tong her own prosthetic leg, a permanent reminder of the person who had once betrayed her.
She promised to help Miao Tong return to a time before the tragedy to see her parents live out their natural lives, provided she helped find Bi Zhi. Ye claimed she didn't want to hurt Bi Zhi but considered him dangerous for the secrets he held. Hoping to protect her friend by staying close to the enemy, Miao Tong revealed that Bi Zhi had headed to Liao Village.
However, Bi Zhi had not yet left and was secretly watching the exchange from a hidden corner of Tianguang Market. As Ye Liangyin searched the Market for clues, Su Beilu arrived through a mysterious mist. Bi Zhi urged him to leave immediately, but Su explained that he could not use the time elevator without causing a space-time disorder.
Refusing to leave Bi Zhi to face Fusheng Hall alone, Su insisted he was no longer a clueless employee and was now capable of standing on his own. Seeing his friend’s resolve, Bi Zhi devised a plan. Noticing the signs of a departing time elevator, Ye Liangyin tracked the coordinates and set off for the final location, bringing Miao Tong along as a bargaining chip. In another era, Young Master Qin Ziyi found his residence under a sudden lockdown.
Realizing that his own guards and even the trusted Lord Sima had turned traitor, he entrusted the Qin family heirloom, the Dushan Jade, to his maid Caiwei, instructing her to deliver it to Bi Zhi. As his home was set ablaze, Qin Ziyi felt a cold despair that he, a prince who sought no conflict, was no longer tolerated by the world.
To ensure the jade never fell into the hands of villains and to protect those who had plotted for him, he wrote a final farewell and drank poison. Bi Zhi, having returned to this timeline to investigate if Fusheng Hall was behind the death, arrived just in time to save Caiwei from assassins, but Ye Liangyin was close behind.
Meanwhile, on a moonlit night near Liao Village, a memory-wiped Chu Qiu encountered a group of grave robbers near an ancient tomb. Su Beilu found him and revealed that Chu Qiu was actually a commissioner from the Time Administration. They discovered the robbers were agents from Fusheng Hall who were poisoning the village well to cause a plague and cover up their looting.
Despite Su’s warnings that intervening would change history, Chu Qiu was moved by righteous fury and rushed to stop them. In the ensuing struggle, Su Beilu was stabbed while shielding Chu Qiu from an assassin's blade. Back at the confrontation, Ye Liangyin used her truth-telling ring to confirm that Qin Ziyi had indeed taken his own life.
Though she was technically innocent of his murder, she remained cold and calculated, demanding the Dushan Jade as the final treasure for her upcoming auction. Bi Zhi, finally understanding that Qin had sacrificed himself to uphold the noble spirit of his family, refused to let the heirloom be tarnished. As Ye’s subordinate prepared to use force, Bi Zhi held the jade high, threatening to shatter it and destroy everything they sought if they did not lower their weapons immediately.
