Recaps

Ji Yanzhi stayed by Ji Ting’s side as he recovered, while the brothers uncovered evidence linking Ji Shize to the kidnapping and a hidden family secret. After Ji Ting shared his brain-decoding technology and helped expose Ji Shize, he revealed to Ji Yanzhi that he had come from another dimension and told him about the life and aunt he had left behind.

• Ji Yanzhi was brought to the hospital, where Ji Ting communicated with him by tablet and promised he would recover.
• Ji Yanzhi remained with Ji Ting as he received treatment, and Shen Mu Lan’s family accepted their supposed relationship after Shen Lin used it to secure help for him.
• Ji Yanzhi told Ji Ting that he had heard Ji Ting’s thoughts while he was captive, and Ji Ting believed his explanation but kept his own secret about transmigrating.
• Ji Ting identified the Qin Family’s involvement in his kidnapping and returned with Ji Yanzhi to the Ji Family Old Residence, where he shared his inventions and introduced him to Pork Knuckle.
• Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi tested brain chips that transmitted thoughts, and Ji Yanzhi admitted he feared expressing his feelings before Ji Ting promised to wait for him.
• The brothers found hidden photographs and documents tying Cheng Yingyu to Ji Shize, then demonstrated Ji Ting’s brain-decoding technology to State Security.
• Ji Shize’s thoughts exposed his connection to Feng Lei’s failed attempt to kill Ji Ting, and Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi later thanked Wu Li and Li Donghu for saving him.
• Ji Ting told Ji Yanzhi that he was from another dimension, described his childhood and scientific career, and sobbed as he recalled the aunt who had adopted him.

Ji Yanzhi pursued Ji Ting while Ji Ting faced the truth about his feelings and began building a HyperNA lithography machine with Shili and state researchers. Ji Ting left Ji Yanzhi waiting for him in the Laboratory, where Ji Yanzhi spoke to his AI Avatar and asked whether he could hope to be an exception.

• Ji Ting rejected Ji Yanzhi’s confession as he sought a stable relationship, but Ji Yanzhi vowed to keep pursuing him.
• Ji Yanzhi uncovered the novel that mirrored their lives and learned that its version of events cast them as characters in Ling Xi’s romance.
• Ji Yanzhi helped Lu Yanchu learn that Ling Xi had not saved him, and Lu Yanchu confronted Ling Xi about his role in Ji Ting’s kidnapping.
• Ji Ting agreed to provide technology to Shili and announced plans to build a 0.7 NA lithography machine with support from Ji Yanzhi and the state.
• Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi went on a date, and Ji Ting realized he needed Ji Yanzhi as they shared memories and held hands.
• Ji Yanzhi publicly called Ji Ting his boyfriend and the person he wanted to marry, while DNA results confirmed Ji Shize was the father of both children.
• Ji Ting began directing twenty-six researchers in an underground Laboratory, using his technology to teach and coordinate the teams.
• After five days without seeing Ji Ting, Ji Yanzhi spoke to his AI Avatar and asked whether he could hope to be an exception.

Ji Yanzhi and Ji Ting grew closer as Shili advanced domestic lithography and AI technology, but Ji Ting revealed that he planned to return to his original world. Their argument left Ji Ting alone and crying, while Ji Yanzhi suffered a serious heart injury and was taken away from the hospital before Ji Ting helped get him back.

• Ji Yanzhi apologized for his drunken behavior, and he and Ji Ting began speaking more openly about their feelings and how they could understand each other.
• Ji Ting identified Ren Jinyang as Ji Zhenting’s agent, while Ji Yanzhi halted the car launch and backed Ji Ting’s lithography project despite Ji Zhenting’s opposition.
• Ji Ting worked through the lithography designs as Ji Yanzhi presented AI technology at Shili’s launch, including anti-fraud software, sign-language recognition, and a desktop robot.
• Ji Yanzhi discovered Ji Ting’s hidden laboratory and learned that Ji Ting was building an artificial sun to return to his original world.
• Ji Ting said he had not wavered about leaving, and Ji Yanzhi accused him of being unfair before calling him a monster and walking away.
• Ji Yanzhi suffered a myocardial myofibril rupture and remained unconscious, while Liao Kai kept his condition from Ji Ting for three days.
• Ji Ting used Pork Knuckle to disrupt the cars carrying Ji Yanzhi to Crane Garden, and Confidentiality Bureau officers later took Ji Yanzhi back to the hospital.
• After learning about Ji Yanzhi’s heart condition, Ji Ting decided that staying away would help him recover, while Pork Knuckle told him it had sent footage of them to a Body Language Expert.

Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi reconciled and brought Shili’s miniature lithography machine to completion, while Ji Yanzhi confronted his father over control of the technology. They left Shili behind to plan a company together, and Ji Ting began challenging Ji Yanzhi to become more comfortable with intimacy.

• Ji Ting confronted Ji Yanzhi about his hurtful words and left the hospital, but after Ji Yanzhi apologized and collapsed at the Laboratory, Ji Ting agreed to try again once he recovered.
• Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi resumed their relationship as Ji Ting advanced Shili’s chip research, learned he had been the communication chip, and began assembling the miniature lithography machine.
• Ji Yanzhi confronted Cheng Yingyu about her children and his mother’s death, then joined Ji Ting in telling Ji Zhenting they were taking Shili.
• Cheng Yingyu tried to use promotional accounts to expose Ji Ting and Ji Yanzhi’s relationship, but Pork Knuckle exposed the accounts’ misconduct and the authorities made arrests.
• Ji Ting demonstrated the completed machine’s ability to produce 2 nm chips, while Ji Zhenting collapsed and Ji Yanzhi took charge of plans to produce and distribute the technology outside Shili.
• Ji Yanzhi rejected Ji Zhenting’s objections and Shili’s demands for access to the patents, while Ji Ting presented his future research and agreed to start a company with Ji Yanzhi.
• Ji Ting told Ji Yanzhi he felt unwanted because he avoided physical contact, and Ji Yanzhi agreed to let Ji Ting guide and grade his attempts at intimacy.