Recaps

Song Shi'an tried to keep Lu Mingyu and Tang Ruan on the story’s expected romantic path while protecting Lu Mingyu from danger. After a rocky business trip and a kidnapping ruse, Lu Mingyu returned to Sea City with Song Shi'an and transferred Tang Ruan to the Advertising Department, where she threatened to resign.

• Lu Mingyu heard Song Shi'an’s inner thoughts and realized Song still saw him as the male lead of a romance novel.
• Lu Mingyu recovered from Tang Ruan’s car accident with Song Shi'an’s help, then brought Song to Lu Tingting’s birthday banquet, where Song helped expose Chen Xiaowen and Chen Yaoqiang’s schemes.
• At the banquet, Song Shi'an pushed Lu Mingyu toward Tang Ruan, but Lu Mingyu was drugged and Song helped him evade President Lin’s attempt to catch him with his daughter.
• Old Madam Lu defended Tang Ruan after Shen Fu accused her of stealing a bracelet, then asked Song Shi'an to help bring Tang Ruan and Lu Mingyu together during their business trip to Fancheng.
• During a visit to a demolition site, falling rocks injured Lu Mingyu, and Song Shi'an pulled him to safety while suspecting Ye Zhicheng had arranged the danger.
• Song Shi'an rejected Ye Zhicheng’s bribe, but kidnappers later seized him and planned to demand five million from Lu Mingyu.
• Song Shi'an pretended to help the kidnappers capture Lu Mingyu, but Lu Mingyu’s bodyguards caught the lead kidnapper, and Lu Mingyu revealed he had heard Song’s plan.
• Lu Mingyu returned to Sea City with Song Shi'an and transferred Tang Ruan to the Advertising Department, prompting her to threaten to resign.

Song Shi'an's growing closeness with Lu Mingyu was tested when Tang Ruan drugged and trapped him, prompting Lu Mingyu to rescue him. Tang Ruan was dismissed, while Jiang Churan's return exposed a conflict between Lu Mingyu's behavior and the story Song Shi'an remembered.

• Lu Mingyu allowed Tang Ruan to remain in a nominal Executive Office role after Old Madam Lu intervened, and Song Shi'an mistook her for a ghost in the dark before clinging to Lu Mingyu in bed.
• Ye Ming harassed Song Shi'an, so Lu Mingyu canceled their partnership and later admitted he had caused Ye Ming's car accident because Song was one of his own.
• Lu Mingyu became Song Shi'an's neighbor and cared for him, while Song Shi'an tried to steer Lu Mingyu toward Tang Ruan and Fu Jingyan claimed to his family that he liked Lu Mingyu.
• Jiang Churan returned after eight years abroad, and Tang Ruan took Song Shi'an to a bar, where she demanded help getting Lu Mingyu and drugged him when he refused.
• Song Shi'an shared his location with Lu Mingyu, who left Jiang Churan's dinner and arrived with bodyguards just as three men were about to assault Song.
• Lu Mingyu carried Song Shi'an home, where the two were affected by drugs and slept together, and afterward, Lu Mingyu asked Song to take responsibility for the night.
• Song Shi'an told Lu Mingyu that Tang Ruan had drugged him, and Lu Mingyu fired her after she denied the accusation and claimed she was his future wife.
• Lu Mingyu accused Jiang Churan of arranging drugged food at her welcome party and challenged her claims that they were childhood sweethearts, while Song Shi'an learned he was supposed to harvest a female lead's kidney for her.

Lu Mingyu repeatedly protected Song Shi'an as Jiang Churan and Zhou Jianning tried to manipulate them, while their shared trips and nights together brought them closer. The stretch ended with Song Shi'an moving into Henghu Villa and traveling with Lu Mingyu to Old Master Fu's birthday banquet.

• Lu Mingyu rejected Jiang Churan's advances at the resort, and Song Shi'an witnessed her failed attempt to seduce him before she was exposed and sent away.
• Song Shi'an cared for Chen Jiashu after he became ill, and Chen Jiashu discovered that Lin Xiyan had used him to secure a role through Han Ziqing.
• Lu Mingyu and Song Shi'an traveled to Cloud City, where Song rejected Zhou Jianning's attempted bribes and Lu Mingyu secured the Zhou Group contract.
• After Zhou Jianning arranged a break-in at Song Shi'an's hotel, Lu Mingyu had the intruders caught and brought Song back to Sea City safely.
• Jiang Churan demanded that Song Shi'an donate a kidney, but he refused and Lu Mingyu had her removed from Lu Group.
• Chen Jiashu left with Han Ziqing, while Song Shi'an tried to make chicken soup for Lu Mingyu and Jiang Churan later forced her way into Song's home.
• Lu Mingyu had Jiang Churan taken away and offered Song Shi'an a room at Henghu Villa, where Song moved in ahead of Old Master Fu's birthday banquet.
• Lu Mingyu traveled with Song Shi'an to the mountain resort, and Fu Jingyan joked that they looked like a couple.

Song Shi'an and Lu Mingyu navigated schemes against Lu Mingyu, growing intimacy, and opposition from the Lu family before openly committing to each other. The arc left them together, with Lu Mingyu bringing Song Shi'an into his family and social life.

• Song Shi'an exposed Tang Ruan's claims about him, while Lu Mingyu grew convinced that Song Shi'an was secretly obsessed with him and began acting against the Ye family.
• Lu Mingyu and Song Shi'an shared increasingly intimate moments, including paid kisses and a drunken night together, while Tang Ruan's schemes and an attempted kidnapping threatened them.
• After Mrs. Lu offered Song Shi'an money to leave, Lu Mingyu stopped him, confessed that he wanted to be with him for life, and promised to handle his family.
• Song Shi'an admitted his feelings but asked to take the lead in their relationship, and Lu Mingyu agreed to wait until he was ready.
• Lu Mingyu introduced Song Shi'an to Lu Zhengyao, who approved of their relationship despite Mrs. Lu's objections.
• Lu Mingyu and Song Shi'an returned to Henghu Villa, where Lu Mingyu tried to help Song Shi'an learn to take the lead, and later brought him along to a club with Fu Jingyan.
• After Song Shi'an overheard men mocking their relationship, Lu Mingyu confronted them and carried the dizzy Song Shi'an home.