Recaps

Jiang Qiao tried to keep Fu Zhilan away from Shi Junyi, but Shi Junyi assigned Fu Zhilan to work near his residence. Jiang Qiao left pretending to be heartbroken, planning to mislead Fu Zhilan and learn his methods.

• Fu Zhilan fled from Alice and chased Jiang Qiao, who ran from him, while Shen Guiyi remained by the lioness.
• Shi Junyi returned and canceled Chen Sheng’s bonus after Chen Sheng guessed that Fu Zhilan was a new servant.
• Fu Zhilan pretended to twist his ankle and fall toward Shi Junyi, but Jiang Qiao grabbed him and then clung to Shi Junyi to redirect his attention.
• Shi Junyi assigned Fu Zhilan to work on the south side of the second floor, near his residence, and left with Jiang Qiao looking displeased.
• Fu Zhilan asked whether Jiang Qiao was jealous, and Jiang Qiao decided to mislead him before walking away with a dejected appearance.

Jiang Qiao watched Fu Zhilan meet with Shi Junyi, then waited outside Shi Junyi’s window until he was let in. The chapter left Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi kissing after Shi Junyi bit him back.

• Jiang Qiao lost focus at the shooting range and combat arena while worrying about Fu Zhilan visiting Shi Junyi.
• Shi Junyi questioned Fu Zhilan about why he joined the Shi family and his relationship with Jiang Qiao, but could not read Fu Zhilan’s thoughts.
• Shi Junyi sent Fu Zhilan away, then spotted Jiang Qiao waiting outside his window and closed the curtains.
• After Jiang Qiao knocked on the window repeatedly, Shi Junyi opened it, and Jiang Qiao climbed inside and hugged him.
• Shi Junyi kneed Jiang Qiao, but Jiang Qiao pulled him down, pinned him, and kissed him until Shi Junyi bit him back.

Shi Junyi discovered Jiang Qiao’s abdominal bruise and treated it while trying to find out who had hurt him. After confronting Jiang Qiao about his history with someone who claimed Jiang Qiao liked him, Jiang Qiao insisted that he only liked Shi Junyi.

• Jiang Qiao hid his bruised abdomen, but Shi Junyi used a gun to make him lift his shirt and saw the injury.
• Shi Junyi asked who had hurt Jiang Qiao, but Jiang Qiao claimed he had collided with the edge of a bed.
• Shi Junyi massaged Jiang Qiao’s bruise with medicated oil while Jiang Qiao flirted with him.
• Chris and Chen Sheng overheard the noises outside Shi Junyi’s room and guessed he was watching a movie.
• Shi Junyi told Jiang Qiao that someone had said Jiang Qiao liked him, and Jiang Qiao denied it and said he only liked Shi Junyi.

Shi Junyi let Jiang Qiao sleep beside him and asked whether he would accept a bed partner relationship, but Jiang Qiao treated the question as teasing. At dawn, Jiang Qiao slipped back to his dorm, where Shen Guiyi grilled him about his night and guessed wildly about his partner.

• Shi Junyi lay beside Jiang Qiao, and Jiang Qiao insisted Shi Junyi was already responding to his feelings.
• Shi Junyi asked whether Jiang Qiao would accept a bed partner relationship, and Jiang Qiao told him to stop talking and hurry up.
• Jiang Qiao waited until Shi Junyi fell asleep, then climbed out through the window and returned to the dorm at dawn.
• Shen Guiyi questioned Jiang Qiao about the servant-uniformed boy and asked why he was walking uncomfortably.
• Jiang Qiao joked that he had cheated, and Shen Guiyi guessed he had gotten together with the old master.
• Jiang Qiao showed Shen Guiyi the expensive face cream he had taken, then went back to bed.

Jiang Qiao woke with a fever while Shen Guiyi learned that Fu Zhilan liked men and decided to pursue him anyway. That night, Shi Junyi secretly entered Jiang Qiao’s room and found him unmedicated, then brought him medicine and ointment.

• Shi Junyi found Fu Zhilan cleaning his bedroom, rejected the coffee he had made, and told him not to enter again without permission.
• Jiang Qiao woke in the afternoon with a fever and found Shen Guiyi had eaten the meals left for him but saved him homemade porridge.
• Shen Guiyi said she wanted to pursue Fu Zhilan, and Jiang Qiao told her that Fu Zhilan had come for Shi Junyi.
• Jiang Qiao’s fever rose above 39°C, so he stayed in bed instead of trying to climb through the window.
• Shi Junyi became distracted waiting for Jiang Qiao, secretly entered his room, and brought him ointment and a fever-reducing pill.

Jiang Qiao recovered from his fever and joined the night-shift bodyguards, where a clash with Sang Ye ended with Shi Junyi intervening. Shi Junyi ordered Sang Ye into solitary confinement, while Jiang Qiao followed him upstairs.

• Shi Junyi treated Jiang Qiao's fever and reminded him to come for night duty the following night.
• Jiang Qiao joined the night-shift bodyguards, and Sang Ye challenged his right to be there because his shooting skills were weak.
• Jiang Qiao provoked Sang Ye over losing the captain's position, and the two fought until Chen Sheng told them to stop.
• Sang Ye attacked Jiang Qiao with an electric baton, but Shi Junyi caught Jiang Qiao and ordered Sang Ye to receive punishment.
• Shi Junyi choked Sang Ye and sentenced him to solitary confinement, then headed upstairs with Jiang Qiao.

Jiang Qiao spent the night alone with Shi Junyi, who told the others he was being punished while they privately stayed together until dawn. After his shift, Jiang Qiao learned Fu Zhilan suspected someone was secretly involved with Shi Junyi, and Fu Zhilan asked him to watch for suspicious people.

• Shi Junyi assigned Chris to the entrance and ordered Jiang Qiao into his bedroom under the pretense of punishing him.
• Shi Junyi and Jiang Qiao spent the night together, and Jiang Qiao stayed beside him until the morning shift change.
• Chen Sheng arrived to relieve Jiang Qiao, who left after telling him the night had been normal.
• Fu Zhilan asked Jiang Qiao whether anyone had visited Shi Junyi and said he suspected someone was cheating with him.
• Fu Zhilan asked Jiang Qiao to alert him if any suspicious person approached Shi Junyi.

Jiang Qiao helped Fu Zhilan while probing his intentions, then trained and discovered Shi Junyi had punished one of Shi Youxi’s men. Shi Youxi asked Jiang Qiao to work for him, but Jiang Qiao refused and criticized his behavior.

• Jiang Qiao teased Fu Zhilan about his skill at seduction, agreed to help him, and privately resolved to watch his next move.
• Shen Guiyi told Jiang Qiao that Shi Junyi had broken the legs of one of Shi Youxi’s men and planned to send him to clean elephant sheds on the family’s island.
• Jiang Qiao considered how to approach Zhao Xu and learned that Su Min was the more significant rival to Shi Junyi’s position in the family.
• Jiang Qiao trained successfully at the fighting arena and shooting range while Shi Youxi watched him for hours.
• Shi Youxi offered to transfer Jiang Qiao from Shi Jiao’s staff to his own, but Jiang Qiao refused and condemned his treatment of people.

Jiang Qiao stopped Shi Youxi from trying to take him away from Shi Jiao and refused Shi Youxi’s offer of money. When Shi Junyi asked Jiang Qiao to accompany him to a private party as his male companion, Jiang Qiao demanded to be called his boyfriend, but Shi Junyi warned that a public label would not change how their relationship ended.

• Shi Youxi grabbed Jiang Qiao and demanded that he come with him, so Jiang Qiao carried him to his room and told him to stop bothering him.
• Shi Youxi explained that he wanted to take Jiang Qiao away from Shi Jiao and offered him money, but Jiang Qiao refused and left.
• Jiang Qiao worried that Shi Junyi might hear about how he had handled Shi Youxi and misunderstand what had happened.
• Shi Junyi visited Jiang Qiao after missing him earlier and asked him to attend a private party as his male companion.
• Jiang Qiao refused the title and demanded to be called Shi Junyi’s boyfriend, but Shi Junyi said it would not change the eventual outcome of their relationship.

Jiang Qiao accompanied Shi Junyi to Xie Xun’s lavish estate party, where Shi Junyi introduced him as his boyfriend. After noticing Shi Junyi’s reaction to Xie Xun’s remarks about being forced to marry, Jiang Qiao remembered that Shi Junyi had a fiancée in the original novel and worried about what lay ahead.

• Shi Junyi and Jiang Qiao drove to the party in a sapphire-blue Koenigsegg while Shi Junyi’s bodyguards followed at a distance.
• At the estate, Jiang Qiao took Shi Junyi’s hand and insisted on being presented as his boyfriend.
• Xie Xun greeted Shi Junyi, who introduced Jiang Qiao as his boyfriend and met Xie Xun’s surprise with a pointed remark about his own partner.
• Xie Xun joked that he had to marry whoever his family chose, and Jiang Qiao noticed Shi Junyi’s hand tremble.
• Jiang Qiao remembered that Shi Junyi had a fiancée in the original novel and regretted not remembering more of the story.

Jiang Qiao overheard women discussing Shi Junyi’s engagement and received a warning from Lin Yuan about pursuing him. At a party game, Jiang Qiao joined Shi Junyi and teased him about whether he had kept secrets from him.

• Jiang Qiao overheard women discussing Shi Junyi’s fiancée, Duan Xu, and his reputation for rejecting other women.
• Lin Yuan warned Jiang Qiao that relationships with men like Shi Junyi rarely worked out, and revealed he planned to leave for Europe to pursue his career.
• Jiang Qiao and Lin Yuan found Shi Junyi playing King’s Game with a group, and Jiang Qiao sat beside him.
• The group teased Jiang Qiao as Shi Junyi’s first publicly acknowledged boyfriend, and Jiang Qiao drank three cups to quiet them.
• Jiang Qiao sarcastically suggested Shi Junyi might have secrets, prompting Shi Junyi to ask what secrets he had.

Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi attended a King's Game at Xie Xun's gathering, where Jiang Qiao watched Lin Yuan endure Xie Xun's attentions and confessed that Shi Junyi was his type. As they walked home, Jiang Qiao asked Shi Junyi whether he had a fiancée.

• Jiang Qiao watched Xie Xun kiss a purple-haired girl during a King's Game while keeping a hand on Lin Yuan's waist, and noticed Lin Yuan seemed unfazed.
• Shi Junyi asked whom Jiang Qiao was watching, and Jiang Qiao said he was looking at Lin Yuan before telling Shi Junyi that he would like whatever type Shi Junyi was.
• Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi avoided their assigned King's Game tasks by drinking, and Shi Junyi later left the gathering with Jiang Qiao.
• Shi Junyi stopped Jiang Qiao from driving after they had both been drinking, and they walked together down an empty street.
• Jiang Qiao asked Shi Junyi whether he had a fiancée.

Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi became lovers after Jiang Qiao confronted him about his engagement, then Shi Junyi confronted Jiang Qiao about his encounter with Shi Youxi. Jiang Qiao confessed and received a chance to make amends, but by dawn he had returned to his dormitory and ignored Shi Junyi at goodbye.

• Jiang Qiao objected to Shi Junyi’s business engagement, grabbed him, and declared himself Shi Junyi’s boyfriend.
• Jiang Qiao and Shi Junyi left the Shi family bodyguards behind and went to Jiang Qiao’s villa together.
• Shi Junyi questioned Jiang Qiao about Shi Youxi, including their time together at the shooting range and in Shi Youxi’s bedroom.
• Jiang Qiao admitted that Shi Youxi had asked him to go with him and insisted that he had rejected him.
• Jiang Qiao apologized and swore that nothing had happened with Shi Youxi, and Shi Junyi gave him a chance to redeem himself.
• At dawn, Jiang Qiao returned to his dormitory and left without looking at Shi Junyi, making Shi Junyi displeased.

Jiang Qiao, irritable after Shi Junyi’s absence and difficult training, beat Sang Ye in the fighting arena and then challenged a coach who punished him. Jiang Qiao won the fight and ordered the coach to leave the Shi family.

• Jiang Qiao accused Sang Ye of snitching and following him, then beat him badly in the ring.
• A white coach stopped Jiang Qiao and ordered him to do one thousand push-ups for settling personal grudges.
• Jiang Qiao challenged the coach to a fight, wagering that the loser would leave the Shi family.
• Jiang Qiao fought the coach, locked him to the mat, and forced him to surrender.
• Jiang Qiao released the coach and told him to get lost.

Chen Sheng invited Jiang Qiao to a gathering with the Shi family bodyguards, and Jiang Qiao brought Shen Guiyi, who supplied drinks and ingredients for coconut chicken hot pot. Their meal was interrupted when Fu Zhilan arrived looking for Jiang Qiao, leaving everyone except Shen Guiyi awkwardly focused on him.

• Chen Sheng invited Jiang Qiao to join a get-together with the bodyguards, and Jiang Qiao asked if they could bring someone who had alcohol.
• Jiang Qiao brought Shen Guiyi, who revealed her stash of drinks and joined the group preparing coconut chicken hot pot in the media room.
• The group hid their alcohol when someone knocked, and Shen Guiyi opened the door to find Fu Zhilan asking for Jiang Qiao.
• Shen Guiyi welcomed Fu Zhilan inside, and he gave Jiang Qiao a box of homemade cookies and promised to keep their drinking secret.
• The bodyguards stared at Fu Zhilan while Jiang Qiao drank beer and ate meat from the pot.

Jiang Qiao fended off Shi Youxi and Fu Zhilan’s advances by declaring himself straight, then slipped into Shi Junyi’s empty bedroom. There, he discovered that the gun Shi Junyi had pointed at him was unloaded and vowed to make Shi Junyi confess his love willingly.

• Fu Zhilan joined Jiang Qiao and the others for a secret meal, but Shi Youxi barged in and demanded to know whether Jiang Qiao was avoiding him.
• Shi Youxi insisted he had something to tell Jiang Qiao privately, but Jiang Qiao refused to leave the group, and the two men competed to serve him food.
• When Shi Youxi threatened to punish everyone if Jiang Qiao left, Jiang Qiao proposed watching something else and played an adult movie to declare that he was a straight guy.
• Five people drank until they passed out, while Chen Sheng took Shi Youxi back to the third floor and Jiang Qiao sent the drunken Fu Zhilan to Shen Guiyi.
• Jiang Qiao climbed into Shi Junyi’s empty bedroom, replaced the roses, and found two guns beneath Shi Junyi’s pillow.
• Jiang Qiao realized the gun Shi Junyi had pointed at his head was empty and vowed to make Shi Junyi tell him he loved him willingly.

Shi Junyi returned from Belgium and reunited with Jiang Qiao, whose jealousy surfaced as he questioned him about his fiancée. Shi Junyi gave Jiang Qiao beer, chocolate, and a diamond earring instead of a ring, then left when he sensed their relationship growing too close; the next day, he slept unusually late.

• Shi Junyi returned to the Shi family after three days away and massaged Jiang Qiao, who recognized him by his scent.
• Jiang Qiao asked whether Shi Junyi had locked the door, and their intimacy turned tense when Shi Junyi kept him from making noise.
• Shi Junyi visited Jiang Qiao after midnight with beer, chocolate, and a diamond stud earring, and Jiang Qiao questioned him about meeting his fiancée.
• Shi Junyi denied going on a date or giving his fiancée a gift, and Jiang Qiao calmed down and put on the earring.
• Shi Junyi sensed that he and Jiang Qiao were getting too close, left instead of staying the night, and then tossed and turned before sleeping late the next day.

Jiang Qiao wrestled with his growing feelings for Shi Junyi and the obstacle posed by Shi Junyi’s engagement, then spent the afternoon playing with Alice and her cubs. He finally encountered someone he had been hoping to meet.

• Fu Zhilan asked Chen Sheng whether Shi Junyi had a boyfriend and learned that he had a fiancée, but Chen Sheng refused to share more about Shi Junyi’s private life.
• Chen Sheng reported the recent events involving Jiang Qiao and the white instructor to Shi Junyi, who decided that Jiang Qiao no longer needed to be watched specially.
• Jiang Qiao worried that Shi Junyi’s business interests would keep him from choosing Jiang Qiao over his fiancée, and imagined sabotaging their wedding if they married.
• Jiang Qiao took a day off, stayed in his room through the morning, and spent the afternoon playing with Alice and her lion cubs.
• Jiang Qiao ran into someone he had wanted to meet.

Jiang Qiao befriended Zhao Xu in the back courtyard as the two lit their cigarettes together, while Shi Junyi watched from the rooftop and mistook their closeness for a kiss. Shi Junyi learned they had not kissed, then aimed his Barrett at Chen Sheng after Chen Sheng revealed he understood Shi Junyi’s feelings for Jiang Qiao.

• Jiang Qiao spoke with Zhao Xu, who thanked him for intervening when Shi Youxi punished him and explained that he could not leave the Shi family because Madam had bought him.
• Jiang Qiao and Zhao Xu lit their cigarettes by touching the tips together after Jiang Qiao’s lighter failed.
• Shi Junyi watched them from the rooftop, broke his wineglass, and mistook their closeness for a kiss.
• Chen Sheng took the Barrett from Shi Junyi and explained that Jiang Qiao and Zhao Xu had only been lighting cigarettes.
• Shi Junyi confirmed the two had not kissed, then turned the Barrett toward Chen Sheng.

Shi Junyi worried that his growing feelings for Jiang Qiao could disrupt his family and political plans. Jiang Qiao decided to give Shi Junyi the distance he wanted while preparing to keep him interested, then dressed up and set out with roses.

• Shi Junyi told Chen Sheng to keep the magazine secret and reflected that caring about Jiang Qiao could threaten his plans to ally with the Duan family.
• Jiang Qiao left Zhao Xu without learning his secrets, then regained his resolve while watching hermit crabs at the seaside.
• Jiang Qiao decided to let Shi Junyi hide from him rather than cling too tightly, and returned to the main house.
• Jiang Qiao borrowed Shen Guiyi's beauty products and underwear, groomed himself, and chose a seductive outfit.
• After Shen Guiyi praised his appearance, Jiang Qiao took the day's roses and headed out.

Jiang Qiao carefully prepared himself to draw Shi Junyi into another intimate encounter, then left without lingering, while Shi Junyi insisted their arrangement was ideal. The next night, Shi Junyi grew increasingly irritated as he waited up over work emails and took his frustration out on his secretary.

• Jiang Qiao changed Shi Junyi's roses, read The Golden Bough, and let Shi Junyi examine him before their intimacy began.
• Afterward, Jiang Qiao dressed, took the book, kissed Shi Junyi good night, and left through the window without looking back.
• Shi Junyi stared at Jiang Qiao's glove, put it away, and convinced himself their bed-partner arrangement was ideal.
• The next night, Shi Junyi repeatedly reviewed emails about cafeteria menus, retail uniforms, and charity funding, rejecting the proposals and ordering an audit of the charity accounts.
• At two-thirty in the morning, Shi Junyi called Secretary Xiao Wang, learned he had a girlfriend, and canceled his monthly bonus.

Jiang Qiao visited Shi Junyi on the third night, and their fight led Chen Sheng to discover their secret. After Shi Junyi pushed Jiang Qiao until he cried, Jiang Qiao stayed away the next night; years later, the two recalled how they first got together.

• Jiang Qiao visited Shi Junyi wearing pearls, and the two started fighting after Shi Junyi confronted him about arriving late.
• Jiang Qiao covered Shi Junyi's mouth while Chen Sheng used their danger code; Chen Sheng opened the door, glimpsed the scene, and hurried out.
• Shi Junyi told Jiang Qiao to leave through the door in the morning because Chen Sheng already knew, and Jiang Qiao limped past him.
• Shi Junyi recalled that he had deliberately pushed Jiang Qiao until he cried, while Jiang Qiao silently cursed him and threatened to get revenge.
• Years later, Shi Junyi asked Jiang Qiao to remember how he used to seek his attention, and Jiang Qiao kissed him and refused to change his methods.

After recovering from his exhausting night with Shi Junyi, Jiang Qiao went out with Shen Guiyi to eat and relax. At the wellness club, he learned that the beautiful woman who had just arrived was Duan Xu, Shi Junyi’s prospective bride, and worried about what their marriage would mean for him.

• Jiang Qiao woke after sleeping for a day, and Shen Guiyi invited him to go out for a spa visit.
• Shen Guiyi used Shi Jiao’s clearance to take Jiang Qiao through the Shi family’s security gate and drive him to a shopping plaza.
• Jiang Qiao paid for their buffet meal with money he had earned selling magazines, and he and Shen Guiyi ate lavishly.
• Shen Guiyi brought Jiang Qiao to a members-only wellness club and arranged for him to have a male therapist.
• Duan Xu arrived at the club with two bodyguards, and Shen Guiyi told Jiang Qiao who she was.
• Jiang Qiao privately questioned whether Duan Xu could handle Shi Junyi and worried about what would happen once they married.

Jiang Qiao learned more about Duan Xu and Shi Junyi’s history, then discovered they planned to marry early next year. Jealous and furious that Shi Junyi had hidden the wedding plans, Jiang Qiao openly tried to persuade Duan Xu to marry him instead.

• Jiang Qiao asked Shen Guiyi about Duan Xu and learned she and Shi Junyi had been classmates, and that she once stayed with the Shi family.
• Duan Xu returned from abroad and told Shen Guiyi she would stay in the country and marry Shi Junyi early next year.
• Jiang Qiao tore the armrest off his chair when Duan Xu mentioned the wedding, then blamed the chair’s poor quality.
• Duan Xu introduced herself as Shi Junyi’s fiancée and invited Jiang Qiao to work for her after the marriage.
• Jiang Qiao insulted Shi Junyi, urged Duan Xu not to marry him, and brazenly offered to marry her himself, making her blush.

Jiang Qiao persuaded Duan Xu to reconsider her attachment to Shi Junyi, then completed his bodyguard assessments so he could work beside him. Shi Junyi struggled to decide whether to keep Jiang Qiao under surveillance, and Chen Sheng’s report that Jiang Qiao had visited Prince Charming left him furious.

• Jiang Qiao flirted with Duan Xu and argued that he would be a more available companion than Shi Junyi, but Duan Xu rejected the temptation and left to warn Shi Junyi about him.
• After Duan Xu left, Jiang Qiao got a massage, threatened the therapist into silence, and recovered enough to perform exceptionally well in his bodyguard assessments.
• Chen Sheng reported Jiang Qiao’s successful assessments to Shi Junyi, who told him to arrange Jiang Qiao’s start at work without raising his head.
• Chen Sheng asked whether Shi Junyi wanted surveillance on Jiang Qiao withdrawn, but Shi Junyi reacted angrily to either option and ordered Chen Sheng to figure it out himself.
• Chen Sheng told Shi Junyi that Jiang Qiao had gone to Prince Charming with Shen Guiyi and stayed until 1:32 a.m., prompting Shi Junyi to spray ink and snap his fountain pen.