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Burning Years (2023) 似火流年 Episode 1 Recap & Review

Episode 1: Twenty-five years ago, things started

The southern district of Yanyang is located in a remote area, and the grassroots police force is insufficient. Public security has always been a big problem. Many gangsters used knives and sticks, causing injuries and sometimes ordinary people, so a severe crackdown was carried out at that time. In the opening interview, the last interviewee was a people’s policeman named Lin Zhihua, and his relationship with those people was very young. That was twenty-five years ago. At that time, Lin Zhihua would never have thought that his friend would stand on the opposite side or even die in front of him. If you want to figure out what made these former friends take different paths over the years, you should probably start from the college entrance examination.

The time hand goes back to the early 1980s at Chengnan Railway Station in Chengnan District, Yanyang City. Nineteen-year-old Zhang Peng could not find a job after graduation. His mother asked him to go back to school for another year of high school, but he chose to work on the train Station to attract customers. Zhang Peng is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and he loves money as much as his life. Xu Weibiao wanted to be a hero since he was a child.

After repeating many grades, he became classmates with Lin Zhihua. On this day, the three of them solicited customers to make money together. Because of the late time, they were scolded by the car owner. The impulsive Xu Weibiao was about to have a conflict with the car owner. Zhang Peng stepped forward to persuade him to make peace and gave the car owner more money. In the end, he Conflicts were resolved before they broke out.

The three of them were going to eat noodles, but they were blocked by people who were soliciting customers at the train station today. They gathered a group of people to retaliate against the three of them. Xu Weibiao knew that he could not beat him, so he tried to escape after distracting the other party with his words, but he was killed by the other party. People were blocking the alley on both sides. The opponent had a large number of people, and the three of them were beaten so hard that they ran away.

When Xu Weibiao saw Lin Zhihua being beaten, he decisively lay on top of him to protect him with his own body. At that time, their love was as strong as gold, and they truly shared blessings and shared hardships. At that time, they were idle all day long, doing nothing more than three things: skipping classes, making money, and getting beaten, but they also enjoyed it.

The teacher discovered that Xu Weibiao had not come to class and saw injuries on his face. He punished him by smashing walnuts and gave him a scolding. The teacher asked him to take a bag of walnuts back to his mother. Xu Weibiao was so upset by the scolding that he did not take the teacher’s words at all. On this day, Lin Zhihua and Zhang Peng were in class. Xu Weibiao secretly signaled Lin Zhihua outside, so the two men followed Xu Weibiao to skip class and go to the boxing ring to place bets.

There was a boxer in the boxing ring named Wang Lei, a kid from the alley next door to Xu Weibiao. It was said that he was born without pain and had a withdrawn and weird personality. That day, he changed his mind at the last minute and asked for 200 yuan before he lost to Ding Yi with a fake punch.

Ding Yi agreed, but insulted Wang Lei for having a father but not a mother. Wang Lei was angry and rose up to resist. At this time, the police fell from the sky and everyone dispersed. Lin Zhihua and Zhang Peng fled to the alley and accidentally encountered the criminal police team captain Sun Haijie arresting someone. They wanted to sneak away quietly, but they were discovered by Sun Haijie and brought back to the police station. Xu Weibiao hid in the women’s restroom, where Wang Lei happened to be hiding as well. The two of them jumped into the cesspit, thus evading pursuit. Zhang Peng and Lin Zhihua were still students.

Sun Haijie expected that they were just going in to join in the fun, so he asked their parents to pick them up and take them back. Although Xu Weibiao went home and took a shower, his brother Xu Weidong had already guessed that it was his younger brother who took the two people to the boxing ring. At night, Xu Weibiao called Lin Zhihua and Zhang Peng out again and brought them something to eat.

Wang Lei’s mother, who was making money from dead people, discovered the injury on her hand, and she cursed her son. Xu Weibiao wanted to make friends with Wang Lei, but Wang Lei was very cold. Lin Zhihua and Zhang Peng accidentally rescued Zhong Yunan, the only child of Master Zhong.