After Qin Muye was kicked off the national team for refusing to throw a match, he unexpectedly returned to the World Cup roster two years later as a substitute. Zhou Ran used data to rebuild his lethal attacking moves, Xu Qinglan investigated the conspiracy behind his expulsion, while Pei Xiao kept blocking the locker-room door. As everyone waited for him to become a laughingstock, Qin Muye cut down one powerhouse after another at the World Cup, turning doubts into applause and bringing old scores back into the spotlight one by one.