Recaps

Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting grew closer through a business trip, family tensions, and Ji Ting’s medical examination, while Ji Yanzhi learned about Ji Ting’s childhood diagnosis. The arc ended with Ji Yanzhi confronting Ji Ting over a booklet comparing potential partners for Ling Xi and demanding that Ji Ting make amends.

• Ji Ting persuaded Ji Yanzhi to share his bed, and Ji Yanzhi made him sign a promise never to forgive Qin Zaiye.
• Ji Yanzhi investigated discrepancies in Ji Ting’s medical records and took him along to Hai City, where Wang Bin refused to guide Ji Ting at WAIC before apologizing after Ji Yanzhi revealed Ji Ting’s abilities.
• Ji Ting returned home to find Ji Shize and Lin Qing with Ling Xi, then went to Shili and joined Ji Yanzhi for a late-night trip to a convenience store.
• Ji Yanzhi explained Ji Shize’s political maneuvering to Ji Ting, and the two shared a bed before Ji Ting appeared at Ji Yanzhi’s office and Wang Bin asked to see him.
• Ji Yanzhi returned to the Old Residence after Ling Xi asked him to, while Ji Ting misunderstood why he had come back and later learned Ling Xi had agreed to stay away from him in exchange.
• Ji Yanzhi hid Ji Ting under his study desk while Ling Xi visited, then treated Ji Ting’s injured neck and arranged a physical examination that revealed Ji Ting’s childhood Asperger syndrome diagnosis.
• Ji Ting analyzed Ji Yanzhi, Lu Yanchu, and Qin Zaiye as possible partners for Ling Xi, but Ling Xi refused Ji Ting’s offer to give everything up for him.
• Ji Yanzhi confronted Ji Ting over the booklet, and Ji Ting explained his low score for Ji Yanzhi before admitting he had unintentionally slandered him to Ling Xi.

Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi drew closer through the New Year holiday as Ji Ting rejected Ling Xi’s attempt to reconcile and refused to forgive Qin Zaiye. The arc ended with Ji Shize plotting with Ling Xi while Ji Ting turned Ling Xi down.

• Ji Ting visited Ji Yanzhi’s company and explored Wang Bin’s research, while Wang Mian warned Ji Yanzhi that Wang Bin liked clever, attractive young men.
• Ji Ting told Ji Yanzhi he had never hated him, then went to Shen Mu Lan’s home after their argument and later fell into a pond while rescuing Doubao.
• Ji Yanzhi pulled Ji Ting from the pond, cared for him as he recovered, and admitted he did not hate him either.
• Ji Ting stayed with Ji Yanzhi over Lunar New Year, cared for him through a fever, and eventually confessed while drunk that Ji Yanzhi had begun to matter to him.
• Ji Ting refused to write Qin Zaiye a letter of forgiveness after learning Ling Xi had falsely claimed he would, and he returned to the Old Residence.
• Ji Yanzhi confronted Ling Xi over his defense of Qin Zaiye and his silence about Ji Ting’s treatment, then asked Ji Ting to eat with him in the West Building.
• Ji Ting said his feelings for Ling Xi had passed, and he and Ji Yanzhi shared a meal while Ji Shize watched them.
• Ji Shize promised Ling Xi he would make Ji Ting write a forgiveness letter for Qin Zaiye in exchange for a favor, while Ji Ting coldly rejected Ling Xi’s offer to be together.

Ji Ting confronted Qin Zaiye and helped Ji Yanzhi navigate Ji Shize’s schemes while their relationship grew closer. After Ji Shize’s board vote suspended Wang Mian, Ji Ting’s intervention brought a state appointment that ordered Shili to reinstate him.

• Ji Ting rejected Ling Xi’s plea to forgive Qin Zaiye, then confronted Qin Zaiye in the Garrison District and challenged his conduct as a soldier.
• Ji Ting gave technical documents to Shen Lin and spoke with Qin Zaiye, while Ji Yanzhi continued sharing a bedroom with him and learned about the confrontation.
• Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting staged a quarrel over a supposed forgiveness letter, but Ji Shize recognized Ji Yanzhi’s panic and decided to use Ji Ting to test his feelings.
• Ji Ting discovered problems in Shili’s chip research and accompanied Wang Bin to stop Wang Mian from beating Li Tianhua further, then advised Wang Mian to use the surveillance footage against him.
• Ji Shize’s board meeting suspended Wang Mian without pay and transferred his projects to Xue Litao, prompting Wang Mian to accuse Ji Yanzhi of failing to protect him.
• Ji Ting comforted Ji Yanzhi and admitted that he cared about him a little, while also asking Wang Bin to keep watch on Wang Mian.
• Ji Shize warned Ji Yanzhi about Wang Mian’s handover, but Director Chang arrived, revealed Wang Mian had been appointed to lead a state research project, and ordered Shili to bring him back.

Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting began speaking more honestly about their feelings, but Feng Lei abducted Ji Ting and delivered him to the Qin Family before trapping him in a freezing cold room. Ji Ting survived and was rescued, while his written evidence led to Ji Shize’s arrest and questioning.

• Ji Yanzhi explained that he had cared for Ling Xi because his dying mother had asked him to, and Ji Ting comforted him about his difficult childhood.
• Ji Ting met government officials and visited the 13th Institute, where he assessed its hypersonic tracking system and arranged for a laboratory and its resources to benefit the state and Ji Yanzhi.
• Feng Lei drugged Ji Ting and brought him to the Qin Family, where Qin Mingzhong, Ling Xi, and Qin Zaiye argued over him.
• After Ji Ting disappeared, Ji Yanzhi suspected Ji Shize, but police arrested him as a kidnapping suspect while Feng Lei moved Ji Ting to an abandoned slaughterhouse.
• Ji Ting disabled the cold room’s refrigeration but remained trapped until Li Donghu and Wu Li found him and police stopped their van.
• Ji Yanzhi helped officers locate Ji Ting, who was taken by helicopter for surgery, while state officials investigated the kidnapping and placed Ji Shize under surveillance.
• Ji Ting told Shen Mu Lan that he had evidence against Ji Shize and asked him to get Ji Yanzhi out, prompting Shen Mu Lan and Shen Lin to help.
• Ji Shize was arrested and questioned by State Security, where Team Leader Sun asked whether he had ordered the kidnapping and who might serve as the key witness.