Chapter Summaries

Ye Yizhou and Jiang Zhengze were taken to the police station after Ye subdued him, where Jiang accused Ye of assault and demanded compensation. Ye revealed that a stairwell camera had recorded what happened, leaving Jiang shaken as the officer showed him the interview record.

• Police officers took Jiang Zhengze and Ye Yizhou to the station for questioning.
• Jiang Zhengze claimed Ye had assaulted him and demanded detention and compensation.
• Jiang Zhengze told the officer that Ye had attacked classmates before and then beat him after he confessed his feelings.
• Ye Yizhou said he had nothing to add, then revealed that a stairwell camera had recorded the incident.
• Jiang Zhengze insisted his account was true and accused the police of protecting Ye because he was a celebrity.
• The officer rejected Jiang Zhengze's accusation and turned the laptop screen toward him.

Ye Yizhou used surveillance footage to expose Jiang Zhengze’s assault, threats, online harassment, and false statements, forcing him to confess. After Jiang Zhengze was taken away, Ye Yizhou reunited with Yan Qingdu and hugged him to recharge.

• Jiang Zhengze watched the fire-escape footage and accused Ye Yizhou of setting him up.
• The officer confronted Jiang Zhengze with the footage and evidence of his online harassment, threats, and false statements.
• Jiang Zhengze confessed to his crimes but blamed Ye Yizhou as he was taken away.
• Ye Yizhou accused Jiang Zhengze of scheming to benefit from him and explained how he had manipulated Jiang Shouyi in high school.
• Ye Yizhou hugged Yan Qingdu at the police station, and Jiang Zhengze turned to look at Yan Qingdu.

After Jiang Zhengze confessed to framing Ye Yizhou, Yan Qingdu took Ye to the hospital and made sure the evidence and legal cases were in order. Ye’s livestream and the authorities’ statement cleared his name, while supporters revealed the anti-bullying work he had done for years; Yan Qingdu then asked if Ye had ever been bullied himself.

• Jiang Zhengze recognized Yan Qingdu, confessed, and urged the police to take him away.
• Yan Qingdu checked Ye Yizhou’s injured hand, took him to the hospital, and said he had preserved the evidence.
• Ye Yizhou’s livestream showed Jiang Zhengze’s shameless remarks before police arrived, and the official bulletin confirmed Jiang’s confession and refuted the bullying allegations.
• Yan Qingdu’s law firm announced lawsuits against detractors as supporters shared Ye Yizhou’s long-running work helping students affected by bullying.
• Yan Qingdu found Ye Yizhou pretending to sleep and softly asked whether he had ever been caught in the rain too.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu teased each other about Ye Yizhou’s childhood, then took a photo together. Yan Qingdu posted a picture of their intertwined hands on Weibo to make their relationship public, but Ye Yizhou spotted something alarming on Yan Qingdu’s phone.

• Yan Qingdu asked whether Ye Yizhou had been bullied as a child, and Ye Yizhou admitted some kids had tried but an older boy chased them away.
• Ye Yizhou tricked Yan Qingdu by showing him a picture of edible rice balls, then took a photo of them together.
• Ye Yizhou said it was too soon to post their relationship on Weibo, so Yan Qingdu took a picture of their intertwined hands and posted it himself.
• Yan Qingdu explained that he wanted the world to know he was taken and to discourage anyone who might be interested in him.
• Ye Yizhou noticed Yan Qingdu’s phone screen and exclaimed in shock about what he had been liking.

Ye Yizhou used Yan Qingdu’s Weibo account to discourage wild speculation after a post sparked debate about their relationship, and Yan Qingdu confessed that he was falling more in love with him. At the company the next day, Yan Qingdu happily accepted congratulations until someone mistakenly congratulated him on ending up with Manager Wen.

• Yan Qingdu liked suggestive comments on Weibo, and Ye Yizhou teased him after discovering why.
• A trending topic claimed Yan Qingdu had proved Ye Yizhou wrong, prompting online debate over whether Yan Qingdu’s partner was Ye Yizhou.
• Ye Yizhou commented from Yan Qingdu’s account, telling people to stop guessing wildly.
• Yan Qingdu told Ye Yizhou he was falling more in love with him, and Ye Yizhou was delighted.
• Yan Qingdu accepted congratulations at the company, then darkened when someone congratulated him on getting together with Manager Wen.

Wen Ningcheng went to Yan Qingdu’s office to ask about his Weibo post and learned that Yan had secretly married nearly five months earlier. Yan proudly showed off the wedding ring his wife had bought him and smiled when Ye Yizhou messaged him, while Wen Ningcheng grappled with the news.

• After a colleague’s remark about Yan Qingdu and Wen Ningcheng upset Yan, the office workers criticized the colleague and returned to work.
• Wen Ningcheng arrived and asked to speak with Yan Qingdu privately, so Yan allowed Pei Jiabei to leave.
• Wen Ningcheng asked what Yan’s Weibo post meant, and Yan revealed that his ring was a wedding ring bought by his wife.
• Yan told Wen Ningcheng that he had secretly married nearly five months earlier and kept the marriage private to protect his spouse’s career.
• Yan explained that he had left on a business trip the day after registering the marriage and had nearly lost his wife by upsetting him when he returned.
• Yan received a WeChat message from Ye Yizhou and smiled more warmly as he read it.

Yan Qingdu remembered waking Ye Yizhou for an early company meeting and exchanged affectionate messages with him while Wen Ningcheng asked about their relationship. Wen Ningcheng accepted that Yan Qingdu loved Ye Yizhou, while Pei Jiabei handled workplace rumors and then put pressure on Wen Ningcheng to produce project results.

• Yan Qingdu recalled coaxing Ye Yizhou out of bed to attend a meeting after Ye Yizhou complained about the early start.
• Yan Qingdu told Wen Ningcheng that his relationship with Ye Yizhou was not sudden and said he loved Ye Yizhou very much.
• Wen Ningcheng asked whether Yan Qingdu truly loved Ye Yizhou, then wished him happiness and left the office.
• Pei Jiabei told Wen Ningcheng that Yan Qingdu had ordered him to deal with the company rumors, and added that Wen Ningcheng should quickly deliver results on his project.
• Yan Qingdu questioned Pei Jiabei's interpretation of his instructions and wondered why he was picking on Wen Ningcheng.

Pei Jiabei and Yan Qingdu discussed Pei Jiabei’s harsh treatment of an employee before Yan wondered how Ye Yizhou’s meeting was going. At the meeting, Ye Yizhou put Xu Yifeng in his place by citing his own greater shareholding, then learned Yunduan’s representatives had come to ask about the delayed Yan Group collaboration.

• Pei Jiabei defended pressuring an employee as being for the company’s benefit, and Yan Qingdu warned him not to blame Yan if the employee became ill from overtime.
• Yan Qingdu recalled how Pei Jiabei had once damaged expensive lab equipment, taken responsibility, and later joined Yan’s company after graduation.
• Xu Yifeng challenged Ye Yizhou’s right to sit at the head of the meeting table, and Ye Chongli defended Ye Yizhou as Lingyao Group’s most influential representative.
• Xu Yifeng boasted that his family owned fifteen percent of Lingyao Group, but Ye Yizhou revealed that he held sixteen percent and invoked his family’s combined shares to silence him.
• Liu Dawei apologized for Xu Yifeng’s behavior and asked Ye Yizhou about the progress of Yunduan Group’s collaboration with Yan Group.

Ye Yizhou confronted Yunduan Group’s shareholders over their questions about a joint project, then warned them not to interfere with Lingyao Group’s management. He left them uncertain whether he would really risk the company to make his point.

• Ye Yizhou called He Sipei on speaker, and He revealed the project had only been underway for a little over a week and was nowhere near 10% complete.
• Ye Yizhou told Liu Dawei and the others that Yan Group would not care about losing the investment, then challenged them to verify it themselves.
• Ye Yizhou accused the visitors of trying to intimidate Ye Chongli and reminded them that their shares and dividends were owed to them.
• Ye Yizhou threatened that if the shareholders insisted on directing the company, everyone could pay off the old debts together.
• Ye Yizhou said he expected to inherit Lingyao Group and had no personal ties to the shareholders, then challenged them to reconsider how they spoke to him.

Ye Yizhou helped Ye Chongli deal with Xu Yifeng’s interference in Lingyao Group, then discussed ways with Yan Qingdu to recover the shares Xu held. He was overheard proposing that Yunduan Technology be brought down or acquired, leaving him facing Xu Yifeng and the others.

• Ye Yizhou left the conference room and called Yan Qingdu, saying he had handled the meeting with ease.
• Ye Yizhou explained that Xu Yifeng wanted to interfere in Lingyao Group’s affairs after inheriting Yunduan Technology and the shares held by his family.
• Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu agreed that Xu Yifeng’s shares should be brought back under their control, and Yan Qingdu suggested bringing down Yunduan Technology.
• Ye Yizhou considered whether acquiring Yunduan Technology would be easier, then turned and found Xu Yifeng, Ye Chongli, and the others had overheard him.

Ye Yizhou confronted Xu Yifeng and the other shareholders, insisting he would run Lingyao Group and warning them to accept dividends rather than make trouble. After the shareholders left, Ye Chongli discussed the confrontation with Ye Yizhou, while Xu Yifeng and Liu Dawei began planning a response.

• Ye Yizhou admitted the shareholders had heard his earlier remarks and told them to consider what benefits they could secure while negotiations remained possible.
• When Xu Yifeng accused Lingyao Group of discarding them, Ye Yizhou warned that the company could reclaim their shares and said he would call the shots from then on.
• Xu Yifeng left with his people after threatening to consider their options, and Ye Chongli slapped Ye Yizhou for straying from their plan.
• The remaining shareholders departed, and Ye Chongli took Ye Yizhou to his office, where he questioned whether Ye Yizhou's phone call had been staged and praised his performance while criticizing his approach.
• Ye Chongli said the confrontation might make the shareholders behave, while Xu Yifeng complained to Liu Dawei and then smiled as he claimed to have found a way to deal with Ye Yizhou.

Ye Yizhou and Ye Jing'an discussed Xu Yifeng’s attempt to stir up conflict between them and how Ye Yizhou was becoming involved in the family company. After dinner, Ye Jing'an dropped Ye Yizhou off at the company and received a message from Yan Qingdu.

• Ye Yizhou met Ye Jing'an for dinner and listened to a recording of Xu Yifeng claiming he would control Lingyao Group.
• Ye Yizhou and Ye Jing'an mocked Xu Yifeng’s greed and his attempt to drive a wedge between the brothers.
• Ye Jing'an pointed out that Ye Chongli had been drawing Ye Yizhou into company affairs to build his sense of responsibility.
• Ye Yizhou joked that he would let Ye Jing'an run the family business while he stayed a rich slacker, and Ye Jing'an agreed to work for him.
• Ye Jing'an asked about the delayed Yan Group project, and Ye Yizhou blamed online haters for interrupting his work with Director Liu.
• Ye Jing'an dropped Ye Yizhou at the company and noticed a new message from Yan Qingdu.

Yan Qingdu tricked Ye Jing'an into sending him childhood photos of Ye Yizhou, then grew jealous after recognizing Ye Yizhou as the child he had met long ago. His bad mood unsettled the conference room, while Ye Yizhou arrived at his office and waited for him.

• Yan Qingdu demanded childhood photos of Zhouzhou, and Ye Jing'an sent several after Yan Qingdu threatened to get them from someone else.
• Yan Qingdu saved the photos and recognized Ye Yizhou, then wondered whether Ye Yizhou would have liked someone else if he had met someone different as a child.
• Yan Qingdu carried his jealousy into a meeting and harshly criticized the department managers' unchanged proposal.
• Pei Jiabei and Wen Ningcheng speculated about Yan Qingdu's mood, while Wen Ningcheng said he had decided to move on because Yan Qingdu was married.
• Ye Yizhou arrived at Yan Qingdu's office, waited in the reception area, and messaged him while the meeting continued.

Yan Qingdu ended a tense meeting early after Ye Yizhou arrived at the office, then took him by the hand to his own office. When Ye Yizhou invited Wen Ningcheng and Pei Jiabei to dinner, Yan Qingdu grew jealous.

• Ye Yizhou messaged Yan Qingdu that he was waiting in the reception area, and Yan Qingdu ended the meeting to go get him.
• Pei Jiabei hinted to the staff that Yan Qingdu had hurried off to see his partner, and they thanked Ye Yizhou as Mrs. President.
• Yan Qingdu took Ye Yizhou's hand in front of the staff, and Wen Ningcheng recognized him as the person he had once mistaken for someone from the Legal Department.
• Ye Yizhou teased Yan Qingdu about Wen Ningcheng, then invited Wen Ningcheng and Pei Jiabei to dinner.
• Yan Qingdu grew jealous as Ye Yizhou questioned why everyone looked to the President for permission to accept the invitation.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu arranged to have dinner with Wen Ningcheng and Pei Jiabei, while office gossipers figured out Ye Yizhou’s identity. Pei Jiabei hinted that he might want to date Wen Ningcheng, and Yan Qingdu and Ye Yizhou overheard their conversation, leaving Ye Yizhou amused by Yan Qingdu’s suspicion that Pei Jiabei was spreading rumors about him.

• Ye Yizhou invited Wen Ningcheng and Pei Jiabei to dinner after work, and Yan Qingdu reluctantly agreed to join them.
• Pei Jiabei warned the department managers not to gossip about Ye Yizhou, but they recognized him as the man who had trended with Yan Qingdu.
• Wen Ningcheng asked Pei Jiabei whether Ye Yizhou knew he liked Yan Qingdu, and Pei Jiabei reassured him that Ye Yizhou was unlikely to see him as a rival.
• Pei Jiabei suggested that Wen Ningcheng consider him as a boyfriend, and Wen Ningcheng said he would think about it before leaving.
• Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu overheard Pei Jiabei and Wen Ningcheng, and Yan Qingdu joked that Pei Jiabei might have been spreading wild rumors about Ye Yizhou.

Ye Yizhou reassured Yan Qingdu that he had only ever loved him after Yan Qingdu wondered whether Ye Yizhou might have chosen someone else if they had not met as children. When Yan Qingdu asked why Ye Yizhou had invited people to dinner, he suddenly said he understood, leaving Ye Yizhou confused.

• Ye Yizhou admitted he had used tricks to get close to Yan Qingdu because he wanted to be his lover, and they kissed.
• Yan Qingdu told Ye Yizhou he had looked at childhood photos and asked whether Ye Yizhou would have loved someone else if another person had met him first.
• Ye Yizhou pinched Yan Qingdu for doubting him, then firmly said he had only ever loved Yan Qingdu.
• Ye Yizhou explained that their childhood meeting had made him want to know Yan Qingdu, and teased him by saying everything about him was a turn-on.
• Yan Qingdu asked why Ye Yizhou had invited people to dinner; after Ye Yizhou said he wanted to dine with handsome men, Yan Qingdu said he understood, puzzling Ye Yizhou.

Ye Yizhou teased Yan Qingdu about his confidence in their relationship, then asked Director Liu to let him watch the project’s actor auditions online. Yan Qingdu arranged a private viewing setup for him, but Ye Yizhou questioned whether Yan had put the request in the wrong order.

• Yan Qingdu joked that he would laugh if Ye Yizhou fell for someone less handsome, and Ye Yizhou laughed at his response.
• Ye Yizhou asked Director Liu about the project and learned that auditions were underway.
• Ye Yizhou asked to watch the auditions by livestream, and Director Liu agreed to arrange it.
• Yan Qingdu summoned Pei Jiabei and instructed him to prepare the conference room for Ye Yizhou’s online viewing without interruptions.
• Yan Qingdu explained why the conference room’s screen was better, and Ye Yizhou leaned over his desk and asked whether he had gotten the order wrong.

Ye Yizhou joined the auditions remotely and gave blunt feedback while Director Liu, Liu Jiangzhou, and Ji Yanchuan conducted them. When an actress tried to use her relationship with Xu Yifeng to gain special treatment, Ye Yizhou asserted his authority as the project's biggest financial backer and had her leave, but an even more absurd incident was still to come.

• Yan Qingdu apologized to Ye Yizhou for making a decision without consulting him, and Ye Yizhou teased him before joining Assistant Pei in the conference room.
• Ye Yizhou connected remotely to the audition, surprising Ji Yanchuan and revealing to him how influential Ye Yizhou was.
• Ye Yizhou criticized auditionees' performances, and Ji Yanchuan dismissed those who did not meet the requirements.
• An actress demanded to speak privately with the directors and claimed she was close to Xu Yifeng, the project's person in charge.
• Ye Yizhou said Xu Yifeng did not have the same authority as the project's biggest financial backer, and Liu Jiangzhou told the actress to leave.

Ye Yizhou rejected an actor who tried to use Xu Yifeng’s influence to claim a role, then posted a statement declaring that auditions were fair and that he alone called the shots on the film. The post stirred online speculation about his authority, and Yan Qingdu found Ye Yizhou finishing work and asked who had upset him.

• An actor claimed Xu Yifeng had arranged for him to get the second male lead, but Ye Yizhou ordered staff to escort him out.
• Ye Yizhou asked Director Liu about the project’s Weibo account, then got its login details and left the remaining auditions to the director.
• Ji Yanchuan asked whether they should question Ye Yizhou about his post, and Liu Jiangzhou told him Ye Yizhou was the one in charge and was more capable than people assumed.
• Ye Yizhou posted a statement rejecting casting favors, requiring auditions for major roles, and warning that anyone claiming influence over the project was a fraud.
• The post sparked online debate about who had sole authority over the film and whether that person was qualified.
• Yan Qingdu met Ye Yizhou after he finished posting and asked who had upset him.

Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu left the office with Pei Jiabei and Wen Ningcheng, while the staff realized Ye Yizhou was the young master from the variety show and gossiped about the couple. At dinner, Ye Yizhou revealed that he had invited Wen Ningcheng to ask him to work for him, then added him on WeChat and received his acceptance.

• Ye Yizhou reassured Yan Qingdu that the people who upset him should worry about themselves, and they met Pei Jiabei and Wen Ningcheng outside the office.
• Ye Yizhou chatted with Wen Ningcheng and complained about work while Yan Qingdu teased him affectionately.
• After Ye Yizhou and Yan Qingdu left, the Secretary's Office staff recognized Ye Yizhou as the young master from the variety show and discussed how much Yan Qingdu doted on him.
• In the car, Yan Qingdu claimed he only cared about Ye Yizhou, and Ye Yizhou teased him about secretly taking action against the office gossip.
• At dinner, Ye Yizhou told Wen Ningcheng that he wanted to hire him, then added him on WeChat after Wen Ningcheng said it was hard to answer in front of his boss.
• Ye Yizhou received Wen Ningcheng's acceptance and left Yan Qingdu wondering why he had gone through the whole hiring discussion in person.