Chapter Summaries

Song Shi'an’s warning helped Lu Mingyu avoid Ye Zhicheng’s planned rockslide, but Lu Mingyu was still injured when Tang Ruan tried to shield him. As Song Shi'an prepared to take him to the hospital, Tang Ruan rushed in and offered to treat him with her hidden medical skills.

• Ye Zhicheng told Lu Mingyu that a family had caused trouble after a demolition death, but Lu Mingyu insisted on visiting them.
• Song Shi'an remembered that Ye Zhicheng had arranged a rockslide, and Lu Mingyu became alert as the group walked the muddy mountain path.
• When rocks tumbled down, Tang Ruan clung to Lu Mingyu instead of letting him escape, and a rock struck his waist.
• Song Shi'an pulled Lu Mingyu away from the falling rocks, then helped him return to the development zone for treatment.
• A doctor advised Lu Mingyu to go to the hospital, and Song Shi'an prepared to take him there.
• Tang Ruan rushed into the car and tried to examine Lu Mingyu, prompting Song Shi'an to remember that Tang Ruan was secretly a formidable medical expert.

After Song Shi'an’s thoughts made Lu Mingyu distrust Tang Ruan, Lu Mingyu went to the hospital and then decided to investigate Ye Zhicheng’s role in the earlier incident. The chapter ended with Ye Zhicheng trying to bribe Song Shi'an, who warned that an investigation was coming.

• Lu Mingyu rejected Tang Ruan’s offer to treat him and ordered Song Shi'an to investigate her, suspecting she was an assassin sent by his rivals.
• Song Shi'an took Lu Mingyu to the hospital, where a doctor advised Lu Mingyu to avoid sexual activity while his waist injury healed.
• Lu Mingyu asked Song Shi'an about Ye Zhicheng and decided the earlier incident needed investigation.
• Ye Zhicheng tried to buy Song Shi'an’s help with an envelope of money, but Song Shi'an refused and told him the incident would be investigated.

Song Shi'an tried to warn Tang Ruan that she was in danger, but kidnappers seized him instead and demanded a ransom from Lu Mingyu. Tied up in a warehouse, Song Shi'an tried to persuade the kidnappers to target the injured Lu Mingyu, who he claimed would be worth a much larger ransom.

• Song Shi'an recognized that Ye Zhicheng might kidnap Tang Ruan and went to warn her to stay inside at night.
• Tang Ruan ignored Song Shi'an's warnings and kept asking how she could make Lu Mingyu forgive her, so Song Shi'an left.
• Four thugs surrounded Song Shi'an on his way back, took his cash, drugged him, and kidnapped him.
• The lead kidnapper told Song Shi'an they planned to demand five million from Lu Mingyu because they believed the president cared about his assistant.
• Song Shi'an argued that Lu Mingyu would be a more valuable target and urged the kidnapper to capture him instead.

Song Shi'an talked his way into the kidnapper's confidence, only to be rescued by Lu Mingyu and exposed by the captured leader. Lu Mingyu revealed he had overheard Song Shi'an's lies, leaving Song Shi'an on his knees trying to explain himself.

• Song Shi'an convinced the lead kidnapper that he hated Lu Mingyu and could help kidnap him for ransom money.
• The lead kidnapper agreed to go with Song Shi'an, but Lu Mingyu's bodyguards suddenly captured him as they left the warehouse.
• Song Shi'an tried to flee but ran into Lu Mingyu, who ordered his bodyguards to take the kidnapper and deal with his accomplices.
• The lead kidnapper accused Song Shi'an of plotting to rob Lu Mingyu and revealed the claims Song Shi'an had made about him.
• Lu Mingyu said he had arrived half an hour earlier and heard Song Shi'an's remarks, so Song Shi'an fell to his knees and begged him to believe the kidnapping ruse.

After Lu Mingyu rescued Song Shi'an from Ye Zhicheng's kidnappers, Song Shi'an worried that he had become Tang Ruan's scapegoat and resolved to force the novel's plot back on track. Back at Lu Group, Lu Mingyu transferred Tang Ruan to the Advertising Department, and she threatened to resign rather than accept the move.

• Song Shi'an clung to Lu Mingyu and insisted his cooperation with the kidnappers had only been a ruse, and Lu Mingyu said Ye Zhicheng had wanted to use him as leverage.
• Lu Mingyu teased the anxious Song Shi'an, checked his injured wrist, and sent him back to rest.
• Song Shi'an reviewed the story's derailed plot and resolved to bring the male and female leads together.
• Lu Mingyu returned to Sea City with Song Shi'an and transferred Tang Ruan from the Executive Office to the Advertising Department.
• Tang Ruan confronted Lu Mingyu about the transfer and said she would resign rather than work in the Advertising Department.

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.