Recaps

Shen Yi managed Yuan Chen’s company crisis and rut before their intimacy complicated their working relationship. After Shen Yi unexpectedly differentiated into an S-class Omega and resigned, Yuan Chen struggled with his absence and went to see him, asking him to visit Lost Town.

• Shen Yi managed Yuan Chen’s response to Yuzhi Technology’s stolen patent, then rushed him to the hospital when his pheromone system failed.
• In Boston, Shen Yi’s planned vacation ended when Yuan Chen’s rut partner failed to help, and Shen Yi stayed to calm Yuan Chen through the rut.
• After returning home, Shen Yi struggled with his feelings for Yuan Chen and explored dating Chen Kang, while Yuan Chen reacted with jealousy.
• Shen Yi developed a fever and abdominal pain, collapsed during an institute inspection, and later learned that he had differentiated into an Omega.
• Shen Yi rejected Chen Kang, told Yuan Chen about his diagnosis, and resigned after Professor Hu confirmed he was an S-class Omega.
• Yuan Chen repeatedly sought Shen Yi at work and called him while drunk, while Shen Yi visited Yuan Chen’s home to leave him medicine and honey water.
• Yuan Chen brought sushi to Shen Yi’s home and asked him to come out and talk before suggesting they go to Lost Town.

After resigning, Shen Yi returned to Yuan Chen’s side under a new contract and helped him confront Yuan Hao’s schemes. Their growing reliance on each other deepened when Yuan Chen’s pheromones helped Shen Yi recover from an assault, while Shen Yi’s approaching heat raised new medical concerns.

• Shen Yi resigned from his position after failing to find a replacement, and Professor Hu told him that his unstable implantation structure made mental imprint fusion virtually impossible.
• Yuan Chen asked Shen Yi to return and offered him Wanhua Building, so Shen Yi accepted under negotiated terms and resumed work as his secretary.
• Shen Yi helped Yuan Chen expose Yuan Hao’s misconduct, leading the board to transfer Yuan Hao to the D City branch.
• Yuan Hao attacked Yuan Chen and Shen Yi, but Yuan Chen knocked him unconscious and used a pheromone exchange to stabilize Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi declined to press charges, while Yuan Chen documented the bruises on his neck and arranged for the matter to be handled through legal channels.
• During their checkups, Professor Hu told Shen Yi that Yuan Chen’s pheromones had helped him and advised him to rely on Yuan Chen as his heat period approached.

Shen Yi’s approaching heat drew him and Yuan Chen into an intimate relationship after Yuan Chen protected him during a business trip. They agreed to keep their casual arrangement separate from work, but their attraction kept breaking through their boundaries as Gu Qingheng and the secretaries came close to uncovering it.

• Shen Yi struggled to prepare for his heat period, and Yuan Chen repeatedly interfered with his attempts to find a partner.
• During the D Country negotiations, Duke von Heinrich pressured Shen Yi to release his pheromones, triggering his heat, and Yuan Chen broke into his room and helped him through it.
• After returning home, Shen Yi asked Yuan Chen to treat their encounter as outside work, but Professor Hu warned that their heat cycles might begin synchronizing.
• Shen Yi and Yuan Chen kissed in a dark records room, then agreed to a casual relationship with work kept separate and no emotional entanglements.
• Their private encounters continued at the office and at Yuan Chen’s home, while Secretary Pang kept what she had witnessed secret.
• Gu Qingheng questioned Yuan Chen about his closeness with Shen Yi and suggested a threesome, prompting Yuan Chen to threaten his acting career.
• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi to stay away from Gu Qingheng, and Shen Yi refused before soothing Yuan Chen by sharing pheromones.
• Shen Yi received the completed documents transferring Wanhua Building to him, then made the office glass opaque and kissed Yuan Chen.

Shen Yi and Yuan Chen moved from a secret, uncertain relationship to openly choosing each other as they faced Shen Yi’s mental imprint fusion and pregnancy. The arc ended with Shen Yi deciding to let the integration continue and bringing Yuan Chen an ultrasound photograph to discuss their future.

• After Yuan Chen secured a meeting with Nuohe Pharmaceuticals, Shen Yi demanded that Duke von Heinrich publicly acknowledge his crimes, while Yuan Chen made Dai Ciling’s return a source of growing tension.
• Dai Ciling proposed marriage to Yuan Chen, and Shen Yi decided he would end their relationship if Yuan Chen accepted, after a blind date with Xiao Jun, Shen Yi admitted he loved Yuan Chen.
• Yuan Chen interrupted Shen Yi’s date, and Shen Yi asked him to choose an open relationship or let him go, so Yuan Chen agreed they would be together.
• Yuan Chen and Shen Yi kept their relationship private while sharing dates and time together, and Yuan Chen helped Shen Yi handle the scandal surrounding Gu Qingheng.
• Shen Yi developed a fever and chest discomfort, tested positive for mental imprint fusion, and learned the fusion could lead to adopting a child with Yuan Chen, and he hid the diagnosis while considering whether to stop it.
• When Shen Yi collapsed during a conference, Yuan Chen learned the fusion had begun, and Shen Yi broke down as he admitted he was afraid and intended to stop it.
• Yuan Chen promised to respect Shen Yi’s choice, cared for him after the hospital found minor bleeding, and confessed that he loved Shen Yi and wanted to marry him.
• After a dream changed how he felt about the pregnancy, Shen Yi learned the integration was stable for now, decided to let it continue, and brought Yuan Chen an ultrasound photograph to ask what he thought.