Recaps

After the fabric shipment went out, Ding Ding took his employees and Jeff’s group on a team outing while Li Hao’s business at Famous Brand collapsed under factory disputes, unpaid wages, and a harassment scandal. Li Hao wondered whether Ding Ding would help him, while Ding Ding stayed focused on playing cards with Bai Congming.

• Ding Ding shipped the approved Roman fabric sample and took the team on a picnic, where Fang Yun tried flying a kite with Bai Congming.
• A former Famous Brand employee told the gathered workers how Li Hao had withheld wages, and how a colleague’s harassment complaint led to damages against him.
• Factories refused Li Hao’s sample-development requests or demanded payment, while employees pressed him for months of unpaid wages.
• Li Hao faced unpaid invoices and a warehouse full of unapproved samples, and wondered whether Ding Ding would advise him.
• Ding Ding refused to help Jeff cheat Bai Congming at cards, then let Bai Congming pull him away to eat meat.

Ding Ding took Bai Congming to the seaside, where memories of his difficult arrival in M City and years working at the docks resurfaced. After riding a jet ski together, they left the beach with Ding Ding reassuring Bai Congming that he would always return to their shared home.

• Ding Ding declared a two-day holiday and took Bai Congming on a seaside trip.
• On the drive, Ding Ding remembered arriving in M City, struggling through his first jobs, and eventually earning a living as a dock laborer.
• Ding Ding showed Bai Congming the dock where he had once worked and promised to take him out to sea.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming rode a jet ski, and Ding Ding promised to return to the sea if Bai Congming was there, or to their shared home if he was not.
• At the commercialized beach, Ding Ding kept Bai Congming in a life jacket before agreeing to replace it with a pink swan swim ring.

Ding Ding and Bai Congming spent a romantic night at the seaside before Bai Congming spotted someone falling from a cliff. They found Chen Xin alive on the beach and contacted Sun Xiangxiang, who initially dismissed Ding Ding’s warning as a scam.

• Ding Ding and Bai Congming returned to their room after reserving diving equipment, showered together, and Ding Ding fitted Bai Congming with an anti-loss wristband for their dive.
• Bai Congming woke in alarm, saying he had seen Streetlight fall from the cliff, and persuaded Ding Ding to investigate.
• Ding Ding spotted a person lying below the cliff, called for help, and led Bai Congming down another route to the beach.
• Ding Ding checked that the man was breathing, and medical workers carried Chen Xin to an ambulance while Ding Ding and Bai Congming went along.
• Ding Ding recognized Chen Xin as Sun Xiangxiang’s boyfriend and called her, but she accused him of trying to scam her and hung up.
• Chen Xin’s phone rang with Sun Xiangxiang calling, and Ding Ding told her to come to the hospital.

After Chen Xin fell at the shore, Sun Xiangxiang rushed to the hospital and waited anxiously with Ding Ding and Bai Congming. Chen Xin recovered, and Sun Xiangxiang accompanied him to his hotel, where he stopped her from leaving by saying he had a gift for her.

• Sun Xiangxiang learned that Chen Xin had fallen from a height at the shore and went to the hospital, where Ding Ding and Bai Congming were waiting with him.
• Sun Xiangxiang accepted that Chen Xin was being treated alongside more seriously injured patients and waited with Ding Ding and Bai Congming.
• Chen Xin walked out of the emergency department apparently unharmed, hugged Sun Xiangxiang, and asked whether she would return to him if the fall had made him an idiot.
• Sun Xiangxiang let Chen Xin join her taxi and accompanied him to his hotel, where he said he had only fainted from low blood sugar.
• As Sun Xiangxiang tried to leave Chen Xin at the hotel, he embraced her and told her he had a gift for her.

Chen Xin tried to persuade Sun Xiangxiang not to break up by showing her a feather from a rare bird, but she left without changing her mind. After a seaside date, Bai Congming and Ding Ding went looking for Sun Xiangxiang and learned she had not been at the hospital or flower shop, so they headed to her home to check on her.

• Chen Xin offered Sun Xiangxiang a golden feather from a Manman bird and said he did not want to break up, but she walked out without replying.
• Bai Congming and Ding Ding spent the day at the seaside, then Bai Congming admitted he wanted to visit Sun Xiangxiang after their date.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming asked at the hospital about Chen Xin and learned he had left despite critically low blood sugar.
• Bai Congming and Ding Ding went to Sun Xiangxiang's flower shop, where the manager said she had not come in for a long time.
• Bai Congming asked Ding Ding to take him to Sun Xiangxiang's home because he feared something serious had happened.

Ding Ding and Bai Congming visited Sun Xiangxiang, who revealed that her flower shop was not hers and that she was moving out after her relationship with Chen Xin ended. After their holiday, they returned to work, where Jeff brought Ding Ding a new fabric order that looked familiar.

• Ding Ding and Bai Congming visited Sun Xiangxiang at her apartment and found her packing to move.
• Sun Xiangxiang told Bai Congming that the flower shop belonged to someone else and that she had nowhere to work now.
• Ding Ding fixed Sun Xiangxiang's flickering balcony light, and she said she was moving out after Chen Xin had left her with few belongings.
• Bai Congming sensed that Sun Xiangxiang had changed, and he and Ding Ding wondered whether she and Brother Streetlamp had fought.
• Ding Ding and Bai Congming returned to the company after their two-day holiday, where Ding Ding learned President Li had visited and Jeff brought him a new order with a familiar-looking fabric sample.

Jeff arranged for Ding Ding to take most of Famous Brand’s polyester jersey bulk order after Zixin had used Li Hao’s development work, leaving Li Hao with only a share and no factory capacity. Enraged, Li Hao confronted Ding Ding and was driven outside, where Bai Congming charged into him to protect Ding Ding.

• Jeff told Ding Ding that he had arranged the order through Zixin and that Li Hao held only twenty percent of it, while Ding Ding received the lion’s share.
• Li Hao learned that the factory had no room for Famous Brand’s fabric because it was running Ding Ding’s polyester jersey order, and the factory manager refused to make space for him.
• The factory manager revealed that Ding Ding’s order was the one occupying the machines, prompting Li Hao to call Manager Liu and discover that Zixin had given him only a small portion under a contract full of traps.
• Li Hao drove to Ding Ding’s company, shoved Bai Congming to the floor, and was punched by Ding Ding before Ding Ding dragged him outside and told the others to call the police.
• Bai Congming rushed outside and rammed Li Hao in the chest, then clung to Ding Ding and cried.

Li Hao barged into Ding Ding’s company, where a fight left Bai Congming with a bump on his head and Li Hao under arrest. After the police took Li Hao away, Ding Ding brought Bai Congming to the hospital, then learned the boy was already eager to buy carrots.

• Fang Yun called the police after Li Hao forced his way into the company and a fight broke out.
• The officers reviewed the surveillance footage and took Li Hao away for five days of detention.
• Ding Ding warned Bai Congming not to put himself in danger again, and Bai Congming said he wanted to protect him.
• An officer reminded Bai Congming to seek help from the police instead of acting impulsively.
• Ding Ding sent the employees home with red envelopes and took Bai Congming to the hospital for an examination.
• After the hospital confirmed his injuries were superficial, Bai Congming tugged Ding Ding toward the car to go buy carrots.

Sun Xiangxiang moved into her own studio apartment and prepared to open the flower shop she had always dreamed of, with Ding Ding and Bai Congming helping her. When Chen Xin appeared outside her building, she walked away without speaking and cried alone, still grieving the years she had spent with him.

• Bai Congming brought carrots to Sun Xiangxiang every day because he believed she was a rabbit spirit, and Ding Ding eventually discovered their secret visits.
• Sun Xiangxiang worried over Bai Congming’s head injury, but he defended Ding Ding and insisted he wanted to stay with him.
• Sun Xiangxiang moved to her own studio apartment near Ding Ding and Bai Congming’s company, and they helped her carry her belongings.
• At a housewarming meal, Sun Xiangxiang showed Bai Congming the storefront for her flower shop and explained that she wanted to be close to the happiness flowers brought people.
• Chen Xin waited outside Sun Xiangxiang’s building and took her cigarettes, but Sun Xiangxiang walked past him and went upstairs.
• Sun Xiangxiang cried as she unpacked, mourning the years she had given to the wrong person and hoping for a fresh start.

Li Hao came to see Ding Ding after leaving detention, hoping to confront him over the failed factory deal, but Ding Ding rejected his excuses and warned him to stay away. The chapter left Li Hao shaken as Ding Ding walked out, confident that he could withstand whatever trouble Li Hao caused.

• Li Hao returned to Ding Ding's company with pastries and apologized to Bai Congming for scaring him, while Bai Congming refused to acknowledge him.
• Ding Ding took Li Hao to a malatang shop, where Li Hao recalled their past and asked whether the factory's all-polyester yarn had belonged to Zixin.
• Ding Ding told Li Hao the yarn had belonged to Jeff and accused him of blaming Ding Ding because he could not find a flaw in his contract with Old Liu.
• Li Hao insulted Ding Ding and Bai Congming, so Ding Ding overturned the table and paid the shop owner for the damage.
• Ding Ding warned Li Hao to stay out of his way and said he had grown up by the sea, leaving Li Hao frozen with the thought that he might be finished.

Ding Ding met with factory managers to persuade them to stop taking unprofitable orders, then drank enough that a hired driver had to call Bai Congming to find his home. After reassuring Bai Congming, Ding Ding gave the driver his correct address and headed home.

• Ding Ding left Bai Congming at home and went to a club to meet factory managers, refusing a companion and accepting their toasts.
• Ding Ding discussed the managers’ businesses and persuaded them to give up small, unprofitable orders, promising they would not go hungry while he was around.
• Ding Ding left the club drunk, gave the driver an incorrect address, and mumbled Bai Congming’s name when asked where he lived.
• The driver called Bai Congming, who refused to tell a stranger his address and asked to speak to Ding Ding.
• Ding Ding reassured Bai Congming, gave the driver his correct address, and promised to come home soon.

Bai Congming waited anxiously for Ding Ding to come home after drinking, and Ding Ding reassured him that he would not abandon him or drink again. Meanwhile, Ding Ding undermined Li Hao’s business, and Bai Congming announced he wanted to visit Xiangxiang’s new flower shop.

• Bai Congming waited by the gate with Gouzai until Ding Ding returned late in a car, then scolded him for drinking and making him worry.
• Ding Ding explained that he had slept in the car, let Bai Congming bite his hand, and promised he would not drink again or leave him.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming that he had been taken to Hongfang Street and recalled that he had first fallen asleep after meeting Bai Congming because he trusted him.
• Ding Ding used information from Li Hao’s former assistant to disrupt Li Hao’s pending deals, leaving Famous Brand unable to secure even small orders.
• Bai Congming told Ding Ding he would not go to work the next day and wanted to visit Xiangxiang’s new flower shop.

Ding Ding brought Bai Congming to Sun Xiangxiang’s flower shop opening, where Bai delighted in the flowers and Sun invited him to work there. Bai chose to stay with Ding Ding and keep helping him at the company.

• Ding Ding and Bai Congming attended Sun Xiangxiang’s flower shop opening with a cake.
• Bai Congming wandered among the flowers, admiring them and introducing them to Ding Ding.
• Sun Xiangxiang asked Ding Ding whether Bai could work as her shop assistant, and Ding Ding said the choice was Bai’s.
• Sun Xiangxiang invited Bai to work at the flower shop, and Bai considered the offer.
• Bai refused, saying the company would have no Tea Server without him and that he wanted to help Ding Ding.

On the Qixi Festival, Ding Ding collected Bai Congming from Sun Xiangxiang’s flower shop and took him to the flower and bird market, where Bai Congming turned down everything Ding Ding offered to buy. Meanwhile, Sun Xiangxiang was confronted by Chen Xin, who said he had missed her and revealed that half his stomach had been removed.

• Ding Ding found Bai Congming at Sun Xiangxiang’s flower shop, where Bai had been helping with the Qixi Festival rush and reading a comic with her.
• Sun Xiangxiang remembered a past Qixi Festival with Chen Xin before he appeared at the shop and told her he had missed her.
• Chen Xin said doctors and nurses had kept him from visiting and revealed that he had been sick and had half his stomach removed.
• Ding Ding took Bai Congming to the flower and bird market and repeatedly offered to buy him rocks, hamsters, and other things, but Bai refused.
• Bai Congming collected unwanted Yuhua Stones while Ding Ding bought a cactus, then begged Bai to spend some money.

Ding Ding and Bai Congming argued over spending money, while Ding Ding learned how badly Li Hao’s business had collapsed. Bai Congming offered Ding Ding his savings, and they made up as Ding Ding reassured him that he spent money to make him happy.

• Bai Congming stopped Ding Ding from buying more things and insisted they eat at home.
• Ding Ding overheard renovation workers describe Li Hao’s failing business and learned that Li Hao had been evicted from his office.
• Bai Congming worried about the expensive rock in their yard and gave Ding Ding his wallet, telling him to use the money for himself.
• Ding Ding told Bai Congming that he bought things to make him happy, and Bai Congming admitted he was still unhappy about the wasteful spending.
• Bai Congming ate a tomato, then reminded Ding Ding that they had to save money.

Bai Congming secretly prepared a surprise birthday party for Ding Ding at Sun Xiangxiang’s Flower Shop and invited Ding Ding’s friends. After receiving a wedding-like invitation, Ding Shu offered to invite more people and called someone from her contacts.

• Sun Xiangxiang told Bai Congming that Ding Ding’s birthday was coming up, and Bai Congming began searching for a thoughtful present.
• Bai Congming and Sun Xiangxiang planned a surprise celebration, keeping Ding Ding in the dark as he tried to find out what they were doing.
• Bai Congming chose a flower-and-balloon party at the Flower Shop and invited Ding Shu, Sun Chang'an, Auntie Zhou, White-Haired Sister, the silly brother, and Jeff.
• Bai Congming made flower-decorated invitations using an old wedding invitation template, and Ding Shu confirmed hers was for a birthday party.
• Ding Shu offered to invite more people, then went onto the balcony and called a long-saved contact.

Ding Shu’s three older sisters arrived unexpectedly, and Bai Congming nervously met them as Ding Shu’s little brother’s wife. Ding Shu took them to a hotel and reflected on her strained relationship with Third Older Sister, while the sisters prepared to visit their brother for his birthday and Third Older Sister questioned Bai Congming’s place in the family.

• Ding Lai Di embraced Ding Shu, who introduced her sisters to Bai Congming as her little brother’s wife.
• Bai Congming nervously greeted the sisters, and Ding Shu shielded him when Ding Lai Di reacted to his introduction.
• Ding Shu upgraded the hotel booking for all three sisters and left them there with a card and instructions.
• Ding Shu told Sun Chang'an that she and her sisters were only related by blood, recalling how Ding Lai Di had repeatedly borrowed money from her.
• Eldest Older Sister and Second Older Sister prepared gifts for their little brother’s birthday, while Third Older Sister questioned whether they should let Bai Congming stay with him.

Bai Congming feared that Ding Ding’s sisters would lock him up, but Ding Ding comforted him and promised to protect him. The next day, Bai Congming hurried to the Flower Shop for a gathering that Ding Ding did not realize was planned for his birthday, while Sun Xiangxiang asked Chen Xin to leave after he tried to reconcile.

• Bai Congming told Ding Ding that he feared the sisters would lock him up, and Ding Ding held him and promised to find and protect him.
• Bai Congming insisted that Ding Ding take the afternoon off, but Ding Ding mistakenly thought he was going to the Flower Shop and left him there the next morning.
• Ding Ding failed to notice the Flower Shop’s closure notice and drove away, unaware that its crowded gathering had been arranged for his birthday.
• Sun Xiangxiang tried to send Chen Xin away, but he said he did not want to break up and could give her the home she wanted.
• Sun Xiangxiang told Chen Xin they were not right for each other and asked him to leave because the day belonged to someone else.

Sun Xiangxiang prepared a surprise birthday party for Ding Ding while ending her relationship with Chen Xin. Ding Shu and her sisters arrived, and Bai Congming warmly welcomed them as they gave him gifts.

• Bai Congming repeated Sun Xiangxiang's plan to take Ding Ding to the Flower Shop for a surprise party.
• Sun Xiangxiang rejected Chen Xin's plea for another chance and wished him well as he left.
• Sun Chang'an teased Sun Xiangxiang after her conversation with Chen Xin.
• Ding Shu arrived with her three older sisters, who warmly welcomed Bai Congming.
• Second Older Sister gave Bai Congming Chestnut Cake, and he gifted her a Fuse Beads flower.
• Ding Lai Di questioned Jeff about India and told him to use chopsticks.

He Jing offered to transfer Jinghe Textiles to Ding Ding at a bargain price before returning to military training, trusting him to look after the factory’s employees. Ding Ding spent the afternoon with Bai Congming, who insisted on visiting the Flower Shop, and the chapter left them heading there together.

• He Jing offered to transfer Jinghe Textiles to Ding Ding cheaply, on the condition that he kept the factory’s employees.
• He Jing explained that she had to return to the military to train recruits, and Ding Ding agreed to take over the factory.
• Ding Ding picked up Bai Congming, who refused lamb soup and chose Cao's Duck Necks instead.
• Bai Congming teared up after tasting the spicy food, but insisted on going to the Flower Shop with Ding Ding.
• Ding Ding kissed Bai Congming on the street, then agreed to spend the afternoon with him at the Flower Shop.

Bai Congming and their friends surprised Ding Ding with a birthday party at the Flower Shop, where he received handmade painted stones and other gifts. The gathering ended with Ding Ding wishing for Bai Congming’s safety and for them to stay together, before everyone shared a feast.

• Bai Congming led Ding Ding into the Flower Shop, where their friends revealed a birthday party with balloons and a birthday greeting.
• Ding Ding embraced Bai Congming in surprise, then greeted his older sisters and the other guests.
• Bai Congming gave Ding Ding a box of stones he had painted, and Jeff, the Zheng Siblings, the older sisters, and Ding Shu presented their gifts.
• The guests brought out a cake, and Ding Ding wished for Bai Congming to stay safe and remain by his side.
• Ding Ding offered to cover the birthday feast, and Sun Xiangxiang ordered a king crab.

At Ding Ding's birthday dinner, he and Eldest Older Sister cautiously discussed their family and their lives since his departure, while Ding Pan Di realized how much she had changed. Zheng Xixi had built a peaceful life on Hongfang Street, and Zheng Wang invited Bai Congming on an African trip, but Bai Congming refused and chose to stay with Little Bai.

• Eldest Older Sister apologized to Ding Ding, but he told her not to blame herself and offered to take the siblings sightseeing.
• Eldest Older Sister said their mother had sold the old house after Ding Changyuan died, and she was now working as a nanny in the city.
• Ding Pan Di reflected that the trip to M City had shown her how small she felt beyond the fishing village, and she accepted that her place was back home.
• Eldest Older Sister praised Little Bai, prompting Ding Ding to enthusiastically list his virtues.
• Zheng Xixi told Bai Congming that her sister was taking her to Africa, and Zheng Wang invited him along to see the animal migration.
• Bai Congming refused the trip and said he would watch TV, while Zheng Xixi gave him an oyster before serving Zheng Wang.

At Ding Ding’s birthday meal, Ding Shu announced that she had already registered her marriage to Sun Chang'an, while Ding Lai Di criticized Bai Congming and upset him. Bai Congming declared he would leave the company to find a job, and Sun Xiangxiang offered him work at her flower shop.

• Ding Shu told her sisters she and Sun Chang'an had registered their marriage and would hold their wedding before the New Year.
• Ding Lai Di privately questioned Ding Shu about not involving the families, but Ding Shu refused to ask Sun Chang'an for help with her.
• Ding Lai Di told Bai Congming he needed to take good care of Ding Ding, and Ding Ding defended Bai Congming when he became upset.
• Bai Congming declared he would stop working at the company and find a job, prompting Sun Xiangxiang, Zheng Xixi, and Jeff to offer him work.
• Bai Congming accepted Sun Xiangxiang's offer to work at her flower shop and announced that he was resigning.

At Ding Ding’s birthday party, he agreed to buy the Flower Shop and make it Bai Congming’s fallback as Bai prepared to leave the company. Ding Shu confronted Ding Lai Di over her past treatment of her siblings and told her the sisters would be sent home the next day, while Ding Ding and Bai Congming left together to plant flowers.

• Ding Ding agreed with Sun Xiangxiang on buying the Flower Shop, giving her a good price and making himself a Boss Bai.
• Bai Congming worried about approaching Ding Lai Di, so Sun Xiangxiang distracted him by sending him to repair the giant taro’s broken leaf.
• Ding Lai Di tried to persuade Jeff to invest in her husband, but Jeff repeatedly told her he could not understand.
• Ding Shu confronted Ding Lai Di about discouraging her education and trying to arrange a match for her, then said she would send the sisters home the next day.
• Bai Congming supported the broken giant taro leaf with a toothpick, and Ding Ding took his hand and drove them home to plant flowers.

Ding Ding confronted his older sisters about their treatment of Little Bai and pressed Third Older Sister to apologize, while the sisters tried to reassure him that they had never cared for him out of guilt. The conversation left Ding Ding abruptly returning to Little Bai when he learned he was awake.

• Ding Ding left Little Bai sleeping with porridge prepared and went to meet Ding Shu and their older sisters at a teahouse.
• Ding Ding raised Little Bai’s comic story to ask whether his sisters would accept their relationship, and Eldest Older Sister and Second Older Sister said they liked him.
• Ding Ding offered Third Older Sister a bank card as repayment for taking a beating for him, then explained that Little Bai had cared for him when he was injured and had no money or work.
• Ding Ding told Third Older Sister that Little Bai’s happiness mattered and made her memorize and record an apology for him.
• Eldest Older Sister and Second Older Sister told Ding Ding that their childhood kindness had been genuine and that he had helped them, but Ding Ding cut them off after learning Little Bai was awake.