Qian Jin

Do you really think you can thwart my plans?

After Liu Min's death, Qian Jin was tasked by Liu Jing to retrieve his son's phone, which was in the hands of the police officer Chen Bin at the time. Qian Jin, along with Xiao Ma, visited Chen Bin's wife at her home and stole a photo of Chen Bin.

Handing the photo to Li Tianchen, he coordinated Xiao Ma to retrieve Liu Min's phone from a possessed Chen Bin. However, this would cause him to lose a vital part of his operations, as Li Tianxi, who her brother was controlling Chen Bin through, was overwhelmed by Chen Bin's emotions and ran away from them. He would also later learn that Xiao Ma had handed the phone to Li Tianchen that night, who had kept the phone for himself. Despite knowing his betrayal, he decided to not rush to confront Li Tianchen, as this partnership still held its values to him.

As part of a plan to change his own past, Qian Jin would continue working with Li Tianchen to capture Cheng Xiaoshi. Li Tianchen proposed a bold plan to Qian Jin: To disguise himself as his sister and enter the police station posing as a witness, in order to lure out Cheng Xiaoshi and kidnap him using his ability to control by touch.

Although his plan had initially gone smoothly, with him successfully shaking off the the police's pursuit and taking Cheng Xiaoshi to a boat, Lu Guang had also anticipated their plot: He took a photo on his phone before Cheng Xiaoshi was taken, allowing Cheng Xiaoshi to return to the past as Lu Guang and save himself. While Cheng Xiaoshi was able to enter the photo and intercept his past self, in an attempt to stop who he thought was Li Tianxi from escaping, he made physical contact with Li Tianchen, allowing Lu Guang to be controlled and taken away in his place.

Having failed to secure Cheng Xiaoshi, Qian Jin and Li Tianchen soon devised another plan: They demanded a hostage exchange to be made in the next 35 minutes, trading Lu Guang for Cheng Xiaoshi.