Recaps

Tang Ruan tried to resign from Lu Group, but Lu Mingyu accepted and sent her away. Fu Jingyan believed she might be the girl who saved him as a child, then reconsidered after Song Shi'an described her troublemaking.

• Lu Mingyu agreed to Tang Ruan's resignation, and Song Shi'an tried to defend her by explaining her family's hardships.
• Fu Jingyan arrived and recognized Tang Ruan as a possible childhood savior named Tangtang, so Lu Mingyu let him investigate with Song Shi'an.
• Song Shi'an told Fu Jingyan about Tang Ruan's repeated accidents involving Lu Mingyu.
• Fu Jingyan changed his mind about meeting Tang Ruan and backed away, saying he had something important to discuss with Lu Mingyu.

Fu Jingyan abandoned his pursuit of Tang Ruan after learning about the misfortunes surrounding her, only to get scalded when she collided with him. Lu Mingyu decided to dismiss Tang Ruan and brought Song Shi'an to the Lu residence for dinner, where Tang Ruan was also staying.

• Fu Jingyan heard about the bad luck Tang Ruan brought and decided he should avoid getting involved with her, though he later asked Song Shi'an to take him to see her.
• Tang Ruan collided with Fu Jingyan and spilled hot tea on him, leaving him badly burned.
• Tang Ruan apologized and offered to take Fu Jingyan to the hospital, but he angrily sent her away and left.
• Lu Mingyu told Tang Ruan to handle her resignation, then learned that his grandmother wanted him to return to the old residence for dinner.
• Lu Mingyu brought Song Shi'an along because Tang Ruan was at the old residence and he wanted Song Shi'an to speak on his behalf.

Lu Mingyu let Tang Ruan keep a nominal position in the Executive Office to appease Old Madam Lu, then Song Shi'an rushed to his room after hearing a scream and mistook Tang Ruan for a ghost. Song Shi'an clung to Lu Mingyu in bed, and after Tang Ruan left, he realized Lu Mingyu had become aroused.

• Old Madam Lu asked Lu Mingyu not to fire Tang Ruan, and he agreed to let her remain in the Executive Office in a nominal role.
• Old Madam Lu arranged for Lu Mingyu, Song Shi'an, and Tang Ruan to stay overnight because of the torrential rain, but Lu Mingyu insisted Song Shi'an take the room beside his.
• Song Shi'an heard a scream from Lu Mingyu's room, saw Tang Ruan dressed in white in the darkness, and mistook her for a ghost.
• Song Shi'an burrowed under Lu Mingyu's covers and clung to him until Lu Mingyu turned on the light and identified Tang Ruan.
• Lu Mingyu rebuked Tang Ruan for entering his room without permission and ordered her to leave.
• After Tang Ruan left, Song Shi'an realized he was holding Lu Mingyu and felt Lu Mingyu's erection.

Song Shi'an worried that Lu Mingyu's reaction to him meant their relationship might become intimate, while Lu Mingyu overheard his frantic thoughts. After Song Shi'an met Chen Jiashu for a meal, he tried to explain that he had only gone to Lu Mingyu's house to help him deal with a woman.

• Lu Mingyu kicked Song Shi'an out of his bed, then locked his bedroom door and tried to sleep.
• Song Shi'an fretted about Lu Mingyu's reaction and his own imagined role in a possible relationship, and Lu Mingyu heard his thoughts through the wall.
• The next morning, Song Shi'an met Lu Mingyu after his exercise and privately thought about dreams involving enoki mushrooms.
• Old Madam Lu asked Song Shi'an whether he had seen Lu Mingyu with any women and said that Mingyu resisted Tang Ruan.
• Song Shi'an accepted Chen Jiashu's invitation to eat, and Chen Jiashu teased him about being the one on the bottom with Lu Mingyu.
• Song Shi'an denied having a relationship with Lu Mingyu and explained that he had gone to Lu Mingyu's house to help him deal with a woman.

Song Shi'an accompanied Lu Mingyu to a business meeting with Ye Ming, who later cornered and harassed him in the restaurant restroom. As Lu Mingyu approached, Song Shi'an pleaded with Ye Ming to let him go, insisting he did not like men.

• Chen Jiashu teased Song Shi'an about his lack of romantic experience, and Song Shi'an asked him to introduce him to a woman.
• Song Shi'an prepared documents and met Lu Mingyu at a restaurant to discuss a chip project with Ye Ming of EverTrust Company.
• Ye Ming negotiated a deal with Lu Mingyu and asked Song Shi'an to show him around Sea City during his visit.
• Ye Ming offered Song Shi'an a higher salary to change jobs, then moved closer and called him pretty; Song Shi'an refused the offer.
• Ye Ming hugged Song Shi'an, touched his waist and butt, and offered to pay him to become his lover.
• Song Shi'an tried to push Ye Ming away and insisted he did not like men as Lu Mingyu walked toward them.

Song Shi'an beat Ye Ming after rejecting his offer to keep him, and Lu Mingyu backed Song Shi'an by ending the potential partnership. Back at the office, Song Shi'an heard that Ye Ming had been in a serious car accident and wondered whether Lu Mingyu had arranged it.

• Ye Ming offered Song Shi'an fifty thousand a month to keep him, so Song Shi'an struck him and explained the harassment to Lu Mingyu.
• Lu Mingyu declared that Song Shi'an was one of his people and canceled the unsigned partnership with Ye Ming's company.
• In the car, Lu Mingyu said he had already arranged discussions with a company in M Country, while Song Shi'an privately fumed about Ye Ming groping him.
• After work, Song Shi'an heard that Ye Ming had been in a car accident and fractured both hands, and he wondered if Lu Mingyu was responsible.

Song Shi'an learned that Lu Mingyu had harmed Ye Ming because he considered Song one of his own, leaving Song unexpectedly attracted to him. Mrs. Lu and Shen Fu then paid Song to keep Tang Ruan away from Lu Mingyu, though Song suspected the task would be easy because Lu Mingyu already avoided her.

• Song Shi'an asked Lu Mingyu whether Ye Ming's misfortune was an accident, and Lu Mingyu admitted he had caused it because Song was one of his own.
• Song Shi'an realized Lu Mingyu's words and past rescue had stirred romantic feelings in him, then tried to remind himself that Lu Mingyu was the male lead.
• Mrs. Lu summoned Song Shi'an and spoke cryptically about preventing matters from delaying Lu Mingyu's future, transferring two hundred thousand yuan to him as a reward.
• Shen Fu told Song Shi'an to get rid of Tang Ruan, then clarified that she only wanted Tang Ruan kept away from Lu Mingyu in daily life.
• Song Shi'an suspected Tang Ruan already stayed away from Lu Mingyu and felt uneasy about accepting payment for the task.

Song Shi'an took money from Shen Fu after agreeing to help her, but Lu Mingyu picked him up and insisted on driving him home. Lu Mingyu followed Song Shi'an into his building, leaving the two of them trapped in an elevator with neighbors mistaking them for a couple.

• Song Shi'an accepted Shen Fu's money after agreeing to help her and left the villa, where Lu Mingyu was waiting in his Maybach.
• Lu Mingyu questioned Song Shi'an about his meeting with Madam Lu and told him he did not have to answer the Lu family's summonses, while Song Shi'an privately hoped to keep earning money from them.
• Lu Mingyu played alarming news reports about men being attacked until Song Shi'an agreed to let him drive him home.
• Lu Mingyu drove into Song Shi'an's residential area and insisted on going upstairs for tea despite Song Shi'an's objections.
• Two girls saw Song Shi'an and Lu Mingyu enter the elevator and excitedly speculated that they were a romantic couple.

Song Shi'an brought Lu Mingyu to his apartment, where their conversation was interrupted when Chen Jiashu arrived drunk and leaned on Song. Lu Mingyu insisted on staying the night and said he would sleep with Song, leaving Song unable to refuse.

• Song Shi'an privately complained about Lu Mingyu's demands while answering his questions about living alone.
• Chen Jiashu arrived drunk, leaned on Song Shi'an, and asked him to make hangover soup.
• Lu Mingyu lifted Chen Jiashu onto the sofa and questioned Song Shi'an about the unexpected guest.
• Song Shi'an explained that Chen Jiashu was his agent friend who sometimes stayed over and asked Lu Mingyu to leave.
• Lu Mingyu claimed it was too dark to drive home safely and decided to stay at Song Shi'an's apartment.
• Lu Mingyu said he would sleep with Song Shi'an, who forced himself to agree.

Lu Mingyu stayed overnight at Song Shi'an’s apartment, where Song panicked after Lu found his romance novel and notes. The next morning, Chen Jiashu caught them sharing a bed and teased Song before they left for work.

• Lu Mingyu carried the drunken Chen Jiashu to the guest bedroom and insisted on sharing Song Shi'an’s bed.
• Song gave Lu Mingyu an oversized shirt, then tried to hide his copy of Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me when Lu began reading it.
• Lu noticed Song’s notes in the book, and Song made up an excuse before they both fell asleep.
• Chen Jiashu shrieked when he found Song and Lu in the same bed, then teased Song about their relationship after they woke.
• Chen Jiashu explained that he had to apologize to a film and television company boss whose reputation had been damaged by rumors, and Song agreed to leave with him.

Song Shi'an accompanied Lu Mingyu to work, then met Shen Fu, who demanded to know which woman had spent the night with Lu Mingyu. Song Shi'an persuaded Shen Fu to stop pursuing Lu Mingyu, and she left determined to move on.

• Two young women mistook Song Shi'an, Chen Jiashu, and Lu Mingyu for a romantic trio, and Song Shi'an rode to work with Lu Mingyu.
• Shen Fu threatened Song Shi'an into joining her for lunch and asked him to identify the woman who had spent the night with Lu Mingyu.
• Song Shi'an concealed that Lu Mingyu had stayed at his home and suggested Tang Ruan might be the woman Shen Fu suspected.
• Song Shi'an urged Shen Fu to question why she pursued Lu Mingyu and suggested she try dating other men instead.
• Shen Fu accepted Song Shi'an's advice and left resolved to stop chasing Lu Mingyu.

Song Shi'an was confronted by Lu Mingyu over the rumors he had spread, then received a meal from Tang Ruan that unexpectedly drew Lu Mingyu's jealousy. The chapter left Song Shi'an thinking his plan to make the leads fall for each other was finally working.

• Song Shi'an ran into Lu Mingyu after leaving Shen Fu and admitted he had exaggerated rumors about Lu Mingyu to fend off potential blind dates.
• Lu Mingyu took Song Shi'an back to the office and kept him from sneaking away to order food.
• Tang Ruan brought Song Shi'an a homemade meal as thanks for helping her, and insisted she had made it especially for him.
• Song Shi'an tasted Tang Ruan's cooking and found it delicious and unusually restorative.
• Lu Mingyu introduced a new office rule against eating after seeing Song Shi'an enjoy Tang Ruan's meal, and Song Shi'an suspected he was jealous.

Assistant Song navigated Lu Mingyu’s jealousy over Tang Ruan’s lunch and later mistook Tang Ruan’s concern for another misunderstanding. After work, he discovered Lu Mingyu had bought the apartment across from his, ostensibly so Assistant Song could conveniently help care for his poor health.

• Lu Mingyu brought Assistant Song into his office, revealed he had prepared him lunch, and warned him not to eat food Tang Ruan sent.
• Assistant Song ate with Lu Mingyu, praised his cooking, and then found Tang Ruan crying outside the office because she thought Lu Mingyu had scolded him.
• Assistant Song reassured Tang Ruan that nothing had happened and returned to work until the end of the day.
• Assistant Song repeatedly encountered Lu Mingyu on the way home and found him waiting outside his apartment.
• Lu Mingyu said he had bought the renovated apartment across the hall because it was close to work and would make it convenient for Assistant Song to visit.

Song Shi'an learned that Lu Mingyu had moved in next door and worried over their intimate sleeping position, then planned to push Lu Mingyu and Tang Ruan together. The chapter ended with Lu Mingyu calling Song Shi'an over because he felt unwell.

• Lu Mingyu told Song Shi'an that he had bought the home next door and would be his neighbor.
• Chen Jiashu told Song Shi'an that he had seen him sleeping face-to-face in Lu Mingyu's arms, leaving Song Shi'an embarrassed.
• Chen Jiashu described meeting Heavenly Entertainment's hidden boss, Han Ziqing, and speculated that Lu Mingyu had ulterior motives for moving nearby.
• Song Shi'an studied Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me and planned to create a situation that would make Lu Mingyu recognize his feelings for Tang Ruan.
• Lu Mingyu called Song Shi'an and asked him to come over because he did not feel well.

Song Shi'an went to Lu Mingyu's home when Lu Mingyu complained of a stomachache and stayed to massage his stomach. Afterward, Song Shi'an brought him warm water, leaving their awkwardly intimate evening unresolved.

• Song Shi'an went next door after Lu Mingyu called him over and learned Lu Mingyu had skipped dinner and was suffering from an old stomach problem.
• Lu Mingyu asked Song Shi'an to stay and keep him company, then requested a stomach massage.
• Song Shi'an accidentally rubbed too low, and Lu Mingyu warned him to pay attention before Song Shi'an continued the massage.
• After massaging Lu Mingyu for about half an hour, Song Shi'an fetched warm water from his own home and brought it back.

Song Shi'an's awkward encounters with Lu Mingyu continued as they began sharing breakfast and a commute, while Fu Jingyan revealed he had claimed to like men to escape an arranged match. The chapter ended with Fu Jingyan telling Lu Mingyu that he had named him as the man he loved.

• Song Shi'an accidentally spilled water over Lu Mingyu, then fled after Lu Mingyu told him to stop wiping and change clothes.
• Song Shi'an met Lu Mingyu at a breakfast stall, and Lu Mingyu offered to have breakfast sent to the office for him.
• Song Shi'an and Lu Mingyu arrived at work and found Fu Jingyan waiting in the office.
• Fu Jingyan told Lu Mingyu that he had claimed to like men to avoid the match arranged by his grandfather, contrary to the plot Song Shi'an remembered.
• Fu Jingyan warned Lu Mingyu to avoid his grandfather because he had said that Lu Mingyu was the person he liked.

Fu Jingyan told Lu Mingyu’s family that he and Lu Mingyu were involved, then suggested that Lu Mingyu might like Song Shi'an. Song Shi'an tried to ignore the rumors, but after dreaming about his boss and being mistaken for someone in a same-sex relationship, he worried that he was being led astray.

• Fu Jingyan explained that he had told his family he was involved with Lu Mingyu, angering Lu Mingyu before he fled.
• Song Shi'an pretended not to hear Fu Jingyan’s comments when Lu Mingyu questioned him, and Fu Jingyan later claimed that Lu Mingyu might like him.
• Lu Mingyu told Song Shi'an he was going to the old residence, while Song Shi'an wondered if he would have to deny Fu Jingyan’s rumor to his family.
• Song Shi'an called Chen Jiashu and learned that he would be away in Imperial City for half a month.
• Song Shi'an woke from a vivid dream about Lu Mingyu and went to work with dark circles under his eyes.
• Two women in Song Shi'an’s elevator assumed he had fought with his male friends and encouraged him to pursue someone regardless of gender.

Song Shi'an signed up for a matchmaking service while trying to dismiss his attraction to Lu Mingyu, then learned that Lu Mingyu's first love, Jiang Churan, had returned. When Jiang Churan arrived at the office and thanked Song Shi'an for taking care of Lu Mingyu, he wondered why she acted like the mistress of the house.

• Song Shi'an bought a top-tier Matchmaking Hall membership and signed up for a gathering, hoping to put his thoughts of Lu Mingyu aside.
• Song Shi'an discovered Lu Mingyu was absent, then learned he was on his way to the afternoon meeting and arrived with Lu Tingting.
• Lu Tingting told Song Shi'an that Lu Mingyu had come home late because his first love, Jiang Churan, had returned after eight years abroad.
• Song Shi'an challenged Lu Tingting's assumption that Lu Mingyu still loved Jiang Churan, asking why he had never visited her overseas.
• Jiang Churan came to the office to wait for Lu Mingyu, and thanked Song Shi'an for taking care of him, leaving Song Shi'an questioning her familiarity.

Jiang Churan visited Lu Mingyu at the office, where she grew suspicious of Tang Ruan, the only woman in his Executive Office. After work, Song Shi'an reluctantly agreed to have dinner with Tang Ruan, who led him to the bar where she worked, leaving him uneasy about her behavior.

• Tang Ruan brought tea to Jiang Churan, who questioned Song Shi'an about her and her relationship with Lu Mingyu.
• Lu Mingyu told Jiang Churan he would join her and Lu Tingting later, then told Song Shi'an he would not return to the apartment that night.
• Tang Ruan invited Song Shi'an to dinner and cried until he agreed to go with her.
• Tang Ruan took Song Shi'an to a bar in Sea City's red-light district, saying she worked there to save money for her mother.
• Tang Ruan led Song Shi'an deeper into the bar to try its fried potatoes, and he felt uneasy about her behavior.

Tang Ruan revealed that she remembered a dream in which she became Lu Mingyu’s wife, then tried to force Song Shi'an to help her win him back. The chapter ended with Tang Ruan and Ye Shi drugging and restraining Song Shi'an.

• Tang Ruan told Song Shi'an that she dreamed of marrying Lu Mingyu and having three children, and demanded to know why events had changed.
• Tang Ruan asked Song Shi'an to arrange a meeting with Lu Mingyu so she could sleep with him and restore the future she remembered.
• Song Shi'an refused to help Tang Ruan, but Ye Shi grabbed him when he tried to leave.
• Tang Ruan forced a drug down Song Shi'an's throat while Ye Shi restrained him, then revealed it was used to breed sows.

Tang Ruan drugged Song Shi'an and arranged for three men to assault him, hoping to use him to control Lu Mingyu. After Song Shi'an sent Lu Mingyu a distress message, Lu Mingyu left Jiang Churan's welcome-back dinner and arrived just as Song Shi'an was pinned down.

• Tang Ruan revealed that she had drugged Song Shi'an and ordered Ye Shi to lock him in a room with three men.
• Song Shi'an searched for an escape and used his personal phone to share his location and ask Lu Mingyu for help.
• Lu Mingyu left Jiang Churan's dinner despite her attempts to stop him and hurried to find Song Shi'an.
• Song Shi'an fought off the men as long as he could, but the drug weakened him and they pinned him down.
• Lu Mingyu kicked open the door just as the men prepared to assault Song Shi'an.

Lu Mingyu rescued Song Shi'an from Ye Shi and Tang Ruan's setup, but both men were drugged and returned to Song Shi'an's apartment. The chapter left Lu Mingyu facing Song Shi'an, who was overcome by the drug and begged him for help.

• Lu Mingyu arrived with bodyguards, knocked one of the three men unconscious, and helped Song Shi'an retrieve his phone and demand compensation for his torn shirt.
• Ye Shi and Tang Ruan claimed Song Shi'an had merely drunk too much, but Song Shi'an accused them of drugging him and trying to use a video to threaten him, then slapped Tang Ruan twice.
• Song Shi'an's legs gave way, and Lu Mingyu caught him, carried him out, and told Tang Ruan that he trusted Song Shi'an over an outsider.
• Lu Mingyu took Song Shi'an home, where both men felt increasingly overheated; Lu Mingyu realized he had been drugged and suspected Jiang Churan.
• Lu Mingyu prepared to leave, but found Song Shi'an sprawled on the sofa with his clothes partly removed, asking him for help.

After Song Shi'an was drugged, Lu Mingyu helped him through the night, and the two slept together. The next morning, Song Shi'an tried to pretend he had forgotten, but Lu Mingyu offered to recount the details.

• Lu Mingyu discovered Song Shi'an had a high fever and learned from Doctor Huang that the aphrodisiac had to run its course.
• Song Shi'an clung to Lu Mingyu, and Lu Mingyu carried him into the bedroom and helped him through the effects of the drug.
• After Song Shi'an regained his senses, he realized he and Lu Mingyu had slept together and tried to excuse his behavior as the result of being drugged.
• Song Shi'an offered to find a woman for Lu Mingyu, but Lu Mingyu said Song Shi'an should help him in return.
• The next morning, Song Shi'an tried to claim someone else had been with Lu Mingyu, but Lu Mingyu challenged him to remember what had happened.

Song Shi'an told Lu Mingyu how Tang Ruan drugged him to pressure him into helping her pursue Lu Mingyu, and Lu Mingyu fired her. Tang Ruan confronted Lu Mingyu at the company and accused Song Shi'an of lying, while he challenged her claim that he had wanted her.

• Lu Mingyu asked Song Shi'an to take responsibility for their night together, and Song Shi'an pretended he had once done the same with a friend who had died three years earlier.
• Song Shi'an explained that Tang Ruan had drugged him after he refused to help her get together with Lu Mingyu, and Lu Mingyu promised to make her answer for it.
• Song Shi'an cleaned his wrecked room, discovered a painful bite mark on his chest, then went with Lu Mingyu to the company.
• Tang Ruan barged into Lu Mingyu's office and demanded to know why he had fired her.
• Song Shi'an recounted how Tang Ruan had threatened and drugged him, but she denied it and claimed he had pursued her.
• Song Shi'an mocked Tang Ruan's accusation by asking what he could possibly have wanted from her.

Lu Mingyu fired Tang Ruan and rejected her claims that they were destined to be together, then confronted Jiang Churan about drugging food at the welcome party and dismissed her childhood-sweetheart claims. Jiang Churan began coughing and tried to explain that she was sick, while Lu Mingyu kept his distance and told her to go to the hospital.

• Lu Mingyu ordered Tang Ruan to leave after she claimed she was his future wife and the female protagonist, and security dragged her out.
• Jiang Churan visited Lu Mingyu, who accused her of arranging food that had been drugged at the welcome party and warned her not to do it again.
• Song Shi'an wondered why Lu Mingyu seemed to dislike Jiang Churan despite supposedly loving her, and Lu Mingyu learned that he was supposed to harvest a female lead's kidney for her.
• Lu Mingyu rejected Jiang Churan's claims that they were childhood sweethearts, pointing out that they had merely been neighbors and asking why she had not returned in eight years.
• Jiang Churan began coughing and said she was sick, so Lu Mingyu backed away and told her not to bring an illness into his company.