Chapter Summaries

Yuan Chen took Shen Yi, who was in his heat period, to a discreet hotel and refused to let another Alpha handle him. After Shen Yi kissed him in the car, Yuan Chen carried him to their room and ordered Secretary Pang to keep what she had seen secret.

• Yuan Chen contacted Secretary Pang and arranged a quiet hotel for Shen Yi, whose heat period had left him delirious.
• Secretary Pang drove them to the hotel and asked whether they should contact an Alpha, but Yuan Chen refused.
• Shen Yi suddenly kissed Yuan Chen in the car, and Yuan Chen returned the kiss while Secretary Pang witnessed them.
• Yuan Chen carried Shen Yi to Room 1314 and told Secretary Pang to forget everything she had seen.

During Shen Yi’s first heat, Yuan Chen helped him through it, and they spent the night together. Shen Yi woke the next morning embarrassed and sore, while Yuan Chen prepared them to leave for a nine o’clock flight.

• Yuan Chen brought Shen Yi to a room, confirmed he was lucid, and helped him through his heat.
• Yuan Chen carried Shen Yi to the bathroom, where they became entangled again before eventually falling asleep.
• Shen Yi woke nearly ten hours later with his heat over and his body covered in marks, then remembered what had happened.
• Yuan Chen gave Shen Yi water and told him to get ready because their flight was at nine.
• Shen Yi tried to stand but his legs buckled, and Yuan Chen told him not to shift the blame.

Shen Yi and Yuan Chen agreed to treat their encounter as a private matter, but Yuan Chen insisted on dealing with Duke von Heinrich himself. After a hospital visit revealed their heat cycles might synchronize, Shen Yi returned to work, where Secretary Pang noticed his distress.

• In the car, Shen Yi told Yuan Chen that his chances of conceiving were extremely low and asked him to forget their first encounter, and Yuan Chen agreed to treat it as outside work.
• Yuan Chen said he would handle Duke von Heinrich, dismissing Shen Yi's warning that acting could harm their partnership and the company.
• At the hospital, Professor Hu found that Yuan Chen's pheromone levels had stabilized and warned that the men's heat cycles might begin synchronizing.
• Yuan Chen took Shen Yi by the wrist and led him out after Professor Hu asked whether they planned further cooperation.
• Shen Yi returned to a backlog of work, took the emergency contraceptive, and Secretary Pang asked whether he was feeling all right.

Shen Yi tried to keep his interactions with Yuan Chen professional while rumors about Yuan Hao’s comeback unsettled him. After a series of awkward close encounters with Yuan Chen, he was accused of deliberately trying to seduce him.

• Shen Yi deflected Secretary Pang’s questions about the business trip and assured her he was fine.
• Assistant Lin told Shen Yi that Yuan Hao had gathered supporters and might perform remarkably in the second half of the year, then said he supported Yuan Chen.
• Shen Yi accompanied Yuan Chen after his report, and a crowded elevator forced them to stand pressed close together.
• Shen Yi accidentally knocked documents to the floor, crawled under Yuan Chen’s desk to retrieve them, and looked up to find Yuan Chen accusing him of deliberately trying to seduce him.

Shen Yi tried to put the past behind him after an awkward moment with Yuan Chen, then managed the secretaries’ excitement over Gu Qingheng’s visit to headquarters. After a meeting, Shen Yi and Yuan Chen tried to avoid the crowd around Gu Qingheng, but the head of the Publicity Department spotted Yuan Chen.

• Shen Yi recalled his intimate encounter with Yuan Chen, and Yuan Chen told him to avoid physical contact and act as if it had not happened.
• The secretaries told Shen Yi that Gu Qingheng had been chosen as Akit’s new advertising spokesperson and asked permission to go see him.
• Yuan Chen asked Shen Yi to move up a meeting with the legal department, forcing the secretaries to return from their visit.
• After the meeting, Shen Yi and Yuan Chen saw the crowd gathered around Gu Qingheng and headed for the emergency exit to avoid it.
• The head of the Publicity Department spotted Yuan Chen and called out to him.

Yuan Chen met Akit’s new star, Gu Qingheng, and remained distant despite Gu’s playful attempts to connect. Later, Shen Yi concealed his prior encounters with Gu, while Yuan Chen warned him that his demeanor had changed since differentiating; that night, Gu offered Shen a ride home, which he refused.

• Director Zhou introduced Gu Qingheng to Yuan Chen and eagerly praised the actor’s success.
• Gu Qingheng recognized Shen Yi as his neighbor and teased Yuan Chen about their repeated encounters, but Yuan Chen kept the exchange formal.
• In the elevator, Yuan Chen asked Shen Yi whether he had seen Gu Qingheng, and Shen Yi lied that they had barely met.
• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi that his demeanor had changed since he differentiated, then left Shen’s question about whether the change was good or bad unanswered.
• After work, Gu Qingheng offered Shen Yi a ride home, but Shen declined and memorized Gu’s license plate as the vehicle drove away.

Shen Yi tried to keep his relationship with Yuan Chen professional, but being trapped together in the records room brought their unresolved tension to a head. Yuan Chen admitted that his earlier actions had not been meant to help Shen Yi, then kissed him.

• Shen Yi told Gu Qingheng to stop asking about his relationship with Yuan Chen and leave him alone.
• Shen Yi greeted Yuan Chen with a practiced professional smile, but Yuan Chen objected to the forced expression.
• Shen Yi and Yuan Chen searched the records room together until a power outage locked them inside.
• Shen Yi accidentally knocked materials onto the floor, and he and Yuan Chen crouched to gather them in the dark.
• Yuan Chen said he had not acted to help Shen Yi that day, grabbed him by the neck, and kissed him.

During a power outage, Shen Yi and Yuan Chen kissed passionately in the company records room, then returned to work as though nothing had happened. Later, at Yuan Chen’s home, they acknowledged that their attraction was hard to control and that their agreement might be impossible to keep.

• Shen Yi eagerly returned Yuan Chen’s kiss in the dark, and the lights came back on while they were still embracing.
• Yuan Chen kissed Shen Yi again under the bright lights, and they left the records room without retrieving the documents.
• Yuan Chen sent Shen Yi to wash his flushed face, and they resumed work without discussing the kiss.
• Yuan Chen called Shen Yi to leave early, then invited him inside his home for a private conversation.
• Yuan Chen reminded Shen Yi that their agreement forbade reacting to each other’s heat periods and asked whether he could promise the kiss would not happen again.
• Shen Yi admitted that he could not guarantee it, and Yuan Chen concluded that they seemed to be done for.

Shen Yi and Yuan Chen agreed to a casual physical relationship without emotional obligations, then spent the night together. They returned to their work routine, but their growing attraction soon led them to kiss in the office after hours.

• Yuan Chen admitted that Shen Yi aroused him and asked to continue their relationship because their pheromones were compatible.
• Shen Yi agreed to a casual arrangement, provided they kept work separate and avoided emotional entanglements.
• Shen Yi accepted Yuan Chen's invitation to stay the night and woke alone in Yuan Chen's bedroom the next morning.
• Yuan Chen brought Shen Yi coffee before they left for work together, while Shen Yi wondered how to maintain boundaries between their personal and professional lives.
• After work, Shen Yi and Yuan Chen kissed in the office reception room until an alarm interrupted them.
• Shen Yi suggested setting limits on their encounters, but Yuan Chen dismissed the idea and told him to exercise.

Shen Yi and Yuan Chen discussed their intimacy and tried to keep their relationship discreet at the office, but they kissed in the company garage after hours. With Saturday free and both still aroused, Yuan Chen took over driving them home.

• Yuan Chen teased Shen Yi about running out of stamina, and Shen Yi admitted Yuan Chen was his first man.
• Yuan Chen suggested they figure out what suited them, leaving Shen Yi embarrassed but excited.
• Shen Yi found Secretary Pang in the office after leaving the reception room, and Yuan Chen warned her not to mention anything that should remain private.
• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi they should be more careful at the office, and Shen Yi resolved to hold back before immediately giving in again.
• In the underground garage, Yuan Chen kissed Shen Yi and pointed out that they both remained unsatisfied and had no plans the next day.
• Yuan Chen ordered Shen Yi into the passenger seat and drove them away at speed.

Shen Yi and Yuan Chen spent the night together, leaving Shen Yi exhausted while Yuan Chen returned to work. At the office, Secretary Pang struggled to keep their relationship and intimacy secret.

• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi to come to the bedroom after showering, then caressed and kissed him while finishing a phone call with Lawyer Hao.
• Shen Yi and Yuan Chen spent the night together, and Shen Yi asked Yuan Chen to wake him after an hour so he could go home and rest.
• Yuan Chen silenced the alarm after an hour while Shen Yi slept deeply, then stayed awake to work on his tablet.
• The secretaries speculated that Yuan Chen might be dating someone, but Secretary Pang stayed silent because she knew about his relationship with Shen Yi.
• Secretary Pang wrote down what she had witnessed, tore up the note, and ate the scraps before her coworkers caught her.

Yuan Chen reluctantly attended a promotional shoot with actor Gu Qingheng, who repeatedly provoked him by expressing interest in Shen Yi. After the shoot, Gu made an obscene proposition, and Yuan Chen threatened to end his acting career.

• Yuan Chen arrived at the studio displeased by the shoot and ordered the crew to finish within an hour.
• Gu Qingheng greeted Yuan Chen, and they began filming a staged conversation over coffee.
• Gu Qingheng questioned Yuan Chen about his closeness with Shen Yi and taunted him about marking his partner.
• The crew wrapped the shoot after about thirty minutes, and Gu Qingheng suggested a threesome to Yuan Chen.
• Yuan Chen rose and warned Gu Qingheng that he could end his acting career.

After Gu Qingheng provoked Yuan Chen on set, Shen Yi comforted Yuan Chen with a kiss and refused to move away from his home. Shen Yi then drove two drunk secretaries home, and Yuan Chen called him as the car fell silent.

• Yuan Chen blamed Minister Zhou for failing to assess Gu Qingheng before choosing him as a spokesperson and left the set.
• Yuan Chen ordered Shen Yi to move away from Gu Qingheng, but Shen Yi kissed him and refused to leave his home.
• Yuan Chen kissed Shen Yi, warned that he would make Gu Qingheng disappear if he caused trouble, and calmed down as they shared pheromones.
• Shen Yi attended the Secretary Department gathering, avoided drinking because he was driving, and took Secretary Pang and Secretary Li home.
• Yuan Chen called Shen Yi while he was driving, and the two secretaries in the back seat fell silent when they heard his voice.

After Secretary Pang drunkenly exposed her belief that Shen Yi and Yuan Chen had kissed, Shen Yi struggled to conceal their relationship from the secretaries. The chapter ended with Yuan Chen teasing Shen Yi in his office after their hands touched.

• While Shen Yi drove Secretary Pang and Secretary Li home, Secretary Pang drunkenly shouted that she had seen Shen Yi and Yuan Chen kiss.
• Secretary Pang panicked when Yuan Chen called, and Shen Yi answered for her, assuring him that she had drunk too much.
• On Monday, Shen Yi worried the secretaries might discover his relationship with Yuan Chen and carefully delivered Secretary Pang's documents to the office.
• When Shen Yi and Yuan Chen's fingers brushed, Shen Yi flinched and warned Yuan Chen to keep his voice down.
• Yuan Chen caught Shen Yi's wrist, pressed his hand to the desk, and teased him for acting suspicious and looking up to no good.

Shen Yi received the completed Wanhua Building transfer documents from Yuan Chen and celebrated becoming a property owner. After Yuan Chen teased him about a reward, Shen Yi asked him to pretend to get angry so they could hide their intimacy from their colleagues, and the chapter ended with Yuan Chen inviting him to try something.

• Yuan Chen approved the advertisement’s first cut and warned Minister Zhou and the Marketing Team Leader not to repeat the earlier problem.
• Yuan Chen gave Shen Yi the completed documents confirming that Wanhua Building had been transferred to him.
• Yuan Chen teased Shen Yi about rewarding him, while Shen Yi resisted his advances at work.
• Shen Yi asked Yuan Chen to pretend to be angry, and Yuan Chen slammed his fist on the desk as the secretaries watched through the glass.
• Shen Yi turned the glass opaque, kissed Yuan Chen, and agreed to continue their intimate encounter in the office.

Shen Yi attended dinner at Yuan Chen’s family residence after Yuan Chen’s interview sparked widespread attention and strengthened his prospects of becoming Chairman. Professor Yuan Shuhe explained that Yuan Chen’s parents regretted how they had handled his illness and that Lin Shulan saw Shen Yi as Yuan Chen’s only hope.

• Yuan Chen and Shen Yi had a private encounter in Yuan Chen’s office, and Shen Yi left with his appearance neat despite his flushed eyes.
• Yuan Chen’s interview went viral, and Akit’s publicity team promoted his achievements and the company’s growth, bolstering his prospects of becoming Chairman.
• Lin Shulan invited Yuan Chen and Shen Yi to dinner at the family residence and warmly welcomed Shen Yi.
• Yuan Chen and Lin Shulan discussed his fame and the possibility that he had secured the next chairmanship, while Professor Yuan intervened as tensions rose.
• Yuan Shuhe took Shen Yi to his study, apologized for the uncomfortable atmosphere, and said Lin Shulan viewed Shen Yi as Yuan Chen’s only hope because she regretted how they had handled his illness.

Professor Yuan asked Shen Yi whether he had feelings for Yuan Chen, but Yuan Chen denied that they could ever fall for each other. On the drive home, Shen Yi asked to end their arrangement, but Yuan Chen refused; the chapter ended when their neighbor Gu Qingheng approached them.

• Professor Yuan asked Shen Yi whether he liked Yuan Chen and whether their relationship might develop, but Yuan Chen interrupted and denied having romantic feelings for Shen Yi.
• Yuan Chen pulled Shen Yi from the study and drove him home in silence, then insisted their intimate arrangement did not mean anything special.
• Shen Yi admitted he felt uneasy about the future and asked to end their arrangement, but Yuan Chen refused and told him not to raise the matter again.
• Yuan Chen followed Shen Yi to his door and insisted they have dinner together, despite Shen Yi asking to be alone.
• Gu Qingheng approached Shen Yi and Yuan Chen at Shen Yi's door, and Yuan Chen fixed him with a hostile stare.

Yuan Chen kissed Shen Yi possessively in front of Gu Qingheng, then carried their encounter into Shen Yi’s home and demanded that Shen Yi say he wanted to continue their relationship. Shen Yi realized Yuan Chen was giving him a temporary mark.

• Yuan Chen seized Shen Yi and kissed him hard when Shen Yi tried to send him away.
• Gu Qingheng stopped to watch, but Yuan Chen’s threatening glare and alpha pheromones drove him to leave.
• Yuan Chen and Shen Yi stumbled into Shen Yi’s home and continued their passionate encounter in the entryway.
• Yuan Chen demanded that Shen Yi say he wanted to keep going with him, while Shen Yi struggled to understand his own feelings.
• Shen Yi heard Yuan Chen say he could not control himself and realized Yuan Chen was giving him a temporary mark.

Shen Yi woke after his encounter with Yuan Chen, searched for information about marking, and wondered whether Yuan Chen's actions meant he cared for him. Yuan Chen brought him food and emergency contraception, then arranged a massage before abruptly dismissing the therapist.

• Shen Yi woke sore and exhausted, found Yuan Chen's note, and called him after realizing he had slept through work.
• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi to rest and said he would visit, while Shen Yi searched for information about marking and wondered whether Yuan Chen felt attached to him.
• Yuan Chen arrived, checked Shen Yi's fever, brought porridge and emergency contraception, and changed into loungewear.
• Yuan Chen arranged for a massage therapist to treat Shen Yi's stiff back, and Shen Yi reluctantly removed his shirt and relaxed into the massage.
• Yuan Chen interrupted the massage and told the therapist to leave.

Yuan Chen apologized to Shen Yi by giving him a massage and holding him as they slept, leading Shen Yi to realize he had fallen for him. The next day, Yuan Chen revealed evidence against Duke von Heinrich and put Shen Yi in charge of negotiating with Nuohe Pharmaceuticals.

• Yuan Chen sent the massage therapist away and massaged Shen Yi himself, explaining that he was making amends for what had happened to him.
• Shen Yi fell asleep during the massage and later woke to find Yuan Chen holding him in bed, where he realized he had fallen for him.
• Yuan Chen gave Shen Yi a confidential folder about sixteen victims who accused Duke von Heinrich of sexual assault, including nine willing to testify.
• Shen Yi learned that Yuan Chen had spent over a month pressuring Nuohe Pharmaceuticals to make von Heinrich publicly apologize and admit to his crimes.
• Yuan Chen told Shen Yi that Nuohe Pharmaceuticals had agreed to meet in City A and that Shen Yi would lead the negotiations.