As it awaits the verdict from Ajun's appeal, the Citizen's Justice Movement takes advantage of new government policy to crack down on corruption. Choosing now to run an article on Ajun's case, it hopes that exposing the police corruption will force the court's hand into returning the right verdict. But the plan backfires and instead the judge accuses Ajun and his legal team of corrupting witnesses. They uphold Ajun's death sentence.

As Ying collapses, a confused Mei wonders if she's been used by Qianyi and her friends - did they always know this wasn't going to work? Before she gets any answers, Qianyi and all the members of the Citizen Justice Movement are arrested.

Alone with her mother Mei feels abandoned and useless. Then she realises there's one person who still might be able to help her - Xiaopeng, the real killer - but can she persuade him to admit his guilt? Her meeting with him is tense, but it's clear this rich 'princeling' is very attracted to this determined English girl and she uses it to her advantage.

Xiaopeng agrees to help her and arranges a meeting for her with his father - a high-ranking security official. He offers Mei a choice - one that will secure Ajun's freedom, but at a cost Mei just can't bring herself to take.

Summoned for a final visit with Ajun, Mei and Ying have a heartbreaking last meeting in which he begs them to find someone who can save him. Now they face a race against time to reach Beijing and a lawyer who can help them petition the Supreme Court to stop his execution. With her adoptive parents arriving in China, Mei feels the walls closing in as her two worlds collide and she realises she's willing to risk everything for the sake of her brother's freedom. Show less