Recaps

Xie Yanci schemed to pressure Song Zhixing into accepting his investment and used Xu Shi’s complaints about a box of condoms as an excuse to reflect on their relationship. He was left laughing with Xu Shi on the phone, who told him to hurry home and asked what to do with the condoms.

• Song Zhixing brought Xie Yanci boxes of condoms and Viagra, and Xie Yanci had them sent to his villa for Xu Shi.
• Xie Yanci told Song Zhixing’s mother that Song wanted to meet an Alpha, prompting her to threaten to withhold investment in his film unless he got engaged.
• Xu Shi angrily called Xie Yanci about the condoms, and Xie Yanci laughed as they spoke.
• Xu Shi told Xie Yanci to hurry home after work and asked what they should do with the condoms.

Xie Yanci left work early after Xu Shi’s affectionate message, then found Xu Shi buried in suits he had damaged while studying for a role. He demanded repayment, and the argument ended with Xie Yanci pinning Xu Shi down and asking whether he would behave.

• Xie Yanci dismissed a department manager and an intern over an exchange-rate error, but relented after Xu Shi messaged that he missed him.
• Xu Shi explained that he had been studying fashion by going through Xie Yanci’s suits, accidentally damaging twelve of them.
• Xie Yanci jokingly demanded thirty-eight million yuan or repayment with Xu Shi’s body.
• Xu Shi agreed to pay, and Xie Yanci kissed him fiercely before asking if he would behave.

Xu Shi coaxed Xie Yanci into posing for a Top Designer game, but taking his measurements stirred memories of Xu Shi’s mother and Xie Yanci’s promise to protect him. The chapter ended with Xu Shi asking to measure Xie Yanci “down there.”

• Xie Yanci put away the box of condoms Song Zhixing had sent, while Xu Shi teased him about keeping a lover.
• Xie Yanci threw away his wrinkled couture suits, and Xu Shi privately complained that he would take his belongings when they divorced.
• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci to model for his Top Designer game, and Xie Yanci agreed.
• As Xu Shi measured Xie Yanci’s chest, Xie Yanci recalled Xu Shi’s mother asking him to protect her son until he turned twenty-five.
• Xie Yanci hugged Xu Shi to comfort him, then hurriedly let go when Xu Shi joked internally about suffocating against his chest.
• Xu Shi mischievously asked to measure Xie Yanci “down there.”

Xu Shi prepared for an audition for Song Zhixing's film while dealing with a swollen, scabbed mouth after an encounter with Xie Yanci. At the audition, he unexpectedly came face-to-face with Wen Yu, who had defied his company to pursue the second male lead.

• Xie Yanci reacted to Xu Shi mentioning that their marriage contract would end when Xu Shi turned twenty-five and asked Xu Shi to help him out.
• Xu Shi received an audition invitation from Song Zhixing's assistant, and three days later he blamed Xie Yanci for the injury at the corner of his mouth.
• Xie Yanci replied that Xu Shi looked good after receiving his selfie, while Xu Shi angrily warned him that the injury could ruin his audition.
• Xu Shi arrived at Song Zhixing's company, where the assistant brought him to a lounge despite the crowded turnout of actors.
• Xu Shi overheard Wen Yu arguing with his company about auditioning for the second male lead, then saw Wen Yu enter the lounge.

Xu Shi auditioned for the second male lead, using details he had observed in Xie Yanci to portray a composed, suspicious character. Song Zhixing scrutinized his performance, while Xie Yanci watched unseen and left as the audition ended.

• Wen Yu's manager Zhang Ya insulted Xu Shi, and Xu Shi retorted before Xiao Chi pulled him out of the waiting room.
• Xiao Chi warned Xu Shi not to offend Wen Yu's powerful husband, but Xu Shi decided he would not back down for anyone.
• Xu Shi went directly to audition for Song Zhixing and chose to compete for the role rather than yield to Wen Yu.
• Xu Shi performed a scene as the second male lead, imitating Xie Yanci's gestures and delivering his lines with calm authority.
• Song Zhixing studied Xu Shi after the scene and noticed Xie Yanci watching from the shadows before Xie Yanci left.

Xu Shi auditioned for a role in Song Zhixing’s film, while Xie Yanci came to watch and denied caring about him. After Song Zhixing teased Xie Yanci about the audition, Xie Yanci threatened to block his company’s business partnerships, then heard Xu Shi angrily complaining about him as the elevator doors opened.

• Song Zhixing praised Xu Shi’s audition and wrongly assumed that Xie Yanci had deceived him about being married.
• Xu Shi watched Wen Yu audition, judged his own chances to be poor, and left with Xiao Chi.
• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that Wen Yu’s acting was better, prompting Xie Yanci to reveal his concern before realizing Song Zhixing was teasing him.
• Xie Yanci messaged Secretary Zhou to threaten Song Zhixing’s company if he invested in his son’s film.
• As the elevator opened on the first floor, Xie Yanci heard Xu Shi complain that he had ignored his messages and failed to encourage him.

Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci in the elevator and went to change, while Xie Yanci tried to deny his growing attraction to his husband. At the lounge, Xie Yanci stayed as Xu Shi undressed and covered his own eyes, insisting he should not look.

• Xu Shi met Xie Yanci in the elevator, asked if his costume looked good, and learned Xie Yanci had come because Song Zhixing invited him.
• Xie Yanci read Xu Shi’s messages, accidentally patted his profile, and reconsidered whether they belonged to different worlds.
• Xu Shi and Xie Yanci encountered Wen Yu and Zhang Ya, who mistook Xu Shi for Xie Yanci’s lover and plotted to use Wen Yu to get close to Xie Yanci.
• Xie Yanci invited Wen Yu to audition for the male lead, but Wen Yu refused.
• Xu Shi went to the lounge to change, and Xie Yanci stayed while he undressed, then covered his eyes and told himself not to look.

Xu Shi was caught ordering male models with a card linked to Xie Yanci, who summoned him to the Xie Corporation. Xie Yanci handed him a draft divorce agreement, leaving Xu Shi to review it.

• Xu Shi ordered eighteen male models and planned to keep the purchase from Xie Yanci.
• Xie Yanci sent Xu Shi a screenshot of the 320,000 payment, and Xu Shi claimed the models were for his assistant, Xiao Chi.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi to come to the office to discuss something, and Xu Shi took a taxi to the Xie Corporation.
• Secretary Zhou escorted Xu Shi to the VIP lounge, where Xu Shi met a lawyer he barely remembered.
• Xie Yanci gave Xu Shi a draft divorce agreement and asked him to look it over.

Xu Shi and Xie Yanci signed their divorce agreement, and Xu Shi left with the contract while wondering if they could keep sleeping together after the divorce. After Xu Shi spotted Song Zhixing at the office, he secretly eavesdropped outside Xie Yanci’s door, which Xie Yanci quietly opened.

• Xu Shi signed the divorce agreement without reading it, and Xie Yanci signed it too after noticing Xu Shi’s wedding ring.
• Xu Shi took his copy of the agreement and left with Secretary Zhou, thinking about his plans after the divorce and whether he could still sleep with Xie Yanci.
• Xu Shi spotted Song Zhixing entering the building and hurried after him, while Secretary Zhou went to notify Xie Yanci.
• Song Zhixing complained that Xie Yanci’s wife was divorcing him, and Xie Yanci saw Xu Shi crouching outside his office on the surveillance feed.
• Xie Yanci quietly opened the office door as Xu Shi celebrated his chance to hear what was happening inside.

Xu Shi eavesdropped as Song Zhixing asked Xie Yanci to invest in his movie, hoping Xie Yanci would help him land a role. After Xie Yanci withheld his answer, Xu Shi decided seduction might be the only way to persuade his husband.

• Secretary Zhou noticed Xu Shi eavesdropping outside Xie Yanci's office and gave him a stool.
• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that his father had refused to invest in his movie despite making him attend blind dates.
• Song Zhixing asked Xie Yanci to invest in the movie and offered him a choice of lead actor.
• Xie Yanci said he would think about it and warned Song Zhixing that no one would dare approach him before he gave an answer.
• Xie Yanci left for a meeting, and Xu Shi hurried into the lounge to avoid being caught.
• Xu Shi worried that he would not be chosen for a role and decided to seduce Xie Yanci into supporting him.

Xu Shi tried to seduce Xie Yanci by sending him a suggestive photo and staging a drunken scene at home. Xie Yanci returned to the villa and caught Xu Shi pretending to sleep, leaving them face to face as Xu Shi realized he had been found out.

• Xu Shi dressed in Xie Yanci's shirt, poured red wine, and sent Xie Yanci a seductive photo before claiming it was meant for the wrong person.
• Xie Yanci left a tense meeting, ordered an investment in Song Zhixing's new film, and headed home after calling Xu Shi.
• Xu Shi hurriedly drank his wine and pretended to be asleep when Xie Yanci arrived at the villa.
• Xie Yanci touched Xu Shi while he pretended to sleep, and Xu Shi opened his eyes and asked if he had done it on purpose.

After Xie Yanci and Xu Shi slept together, Xu Shi woke in the hospital and reminded Xie Yanci to secure him the role of Xia Cen. Later, Xu Shi attended the Starlight Awards and unexpectedly walked the red carpet beside Wen Yu.

• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci for the role of Xia Cen as his reward, and Xie Yanci agreed before their encounter left Xu Shi needing hospital care.
• Xie Yanci apologized and cared for Xu Shi in the hospital, while Xu Shi insisted that he keep his promise about the role.
• Xu Shi heard from Xiao Chi that Xia Shian was expected to play the male lead and learned that he had to attend the Starlight Awards red carpet.
• At the red carpet, Xu Shi discovered that his suit was from the luxury brand represented by Wen Yu and was told to enter alongside him.
• Xu Shi walked the red carpet beside a startled Wen Yu, thinking someone had set him up and wishing he could go home to Xie Yanci.

After a tense red-carpet interview sparked rumors about Xu Shi and Wen Yu competing for a film role, Xu Shi worried that Xie Yanci might be cheating and called to check on him. Xie Yanci waited for Xu Shi to show up at the nightclub, only to learn that Xu Shi had never said he was coming.

• Xu Shi stood beside Wen Yu during a tense interview about auditioning for Song Zhixing's film, while Wen Yu redirected questions about the role.
• Wen Yu's manager, Zhang Ya, blamed the interview on deliberate publicity and accused Xu Shi of relying on President Xie; Xu Shi pushed back, then called Secretary Zhou to ask where Xie Yanci was.
• Secretary Zhou told Xu Shi that Xie Yanci was at a nightclub and sent him the address, making Xu Shi wonder if Xie Yanci was cheating.
• Xie Yanci attended Song Zhixing's welcome-home gathering, played mahjong, and heard his friends tease him about his spouse not checking up on him.
• After Secretary Zhou reported that Xu Shi had called, Xie Yanci asked when Xu Shi would arrive, but Secretary Zhou replied that Xu Shi had never said he was coming.

At a mahjong gathering, Xie Yanci’s friends discussed his impending divorce from Xu Shi, but Xu Shi arrived and openly flirted with him. The chapter ended with Xie Yanci asking whether Xu Shi cared about him, leaving Xu Shi momentarily at a loss.

• Xie Yanci’s friends congratulated a fellow Alpha on becoming a father and discussed Xie Yanci’s marriage alliance, which was due to end in three months.
• Shen Che complained about Xu Shi’s past pranks, while Xie Yanci watched Xu Shi appear in the doorway and assumed he had come looking for him.
• Xu Shi entered the private room, threw his bracelet to Xie Yanci, and sat on his lap in front of their friends.
• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci to come home, then teased him by asking whether his wife would get jealous.
• Xie Yanci said he was going home and asked Xu Shi whether he thought his wife cared about him; Xu Shi turned the question around and asked if Xie Yanci wanted his wife to care.

Xu Shi acted affectionate toward Xie Yanci during mahjong, then admitted he had deliberately lost to improve Xie Yanci’s impression of him. On the drive home, Xu Shi discovered Xiao Chi’s warning that he had been cursed on the trending list, and Xie Yanci offered to help.

• Xu Shi joined Xie Yanci, Shen Che, and Song Zhixing at mahjong, where Xie Yanci let him lose millions and promised he could lose as much as he wanted.
• After leaving, Xu Shi immediately pulled away from Xie Yanci and said he had come to check on him; Xie Yanci praised how well-behaved he had acted.
• In the car, Xie Yanci fastened Xu Shi’s silver bracelet and realized Xu Shi had deliberately lost to Song Zhixing to win his favor.
• Xiao Chi called to say Xu Shi had landed on the trending list and the company planned to let the bad publicity run.
• Xu Shi panicked over the denunciations on his phone, and Xie Yanci offered to help him.

Xu Shi dealt with a wave of online attacks, and Xie Yanci quietly ordered the Xie Corporation’s PR team to protect him. After learning that his stepmother Lin Yuxiang had orchestrated the smear campaign, Xu Shi received an invitation to her birthday meal and decided to go.

• Xu Shi saw insulting comments and trending topics about his red-carpet appearance with Wen Yu, while Xiao Chi warned that the negative publicity was growing.
• When Xiao Chi suggested asking Xie Yanci for help, Xie Yanci ordered his PR manager to handle the crisis and investigate who was behind it.
• The Xie Corporation removed the negative trending topics, and Secretary Zhou told Xu Shi that Lin Yuxiang had arranged the smear campaign.
• Xu Shi grew angry when Xie Yanci did not speak to him, then received a call inviting him to Lin Yuxiang’s birthday meal.
• Xu Shi mocked the caller’s invitation, hung up, and texted back that he would attend.

Xu Shi went to the Xu family villa to confront Lin Yuxiang, but his younger brother Xu Xingqi welcomed him affectionately. After Lin Yuxiang attacked him, Xu Shi slapped her; Xie Yanci arrived, and Xu Shi ran to him claiming she had hit him.

• Xu Shi entered the Xu family villa after messaging Xiao Chi to seek help if he did not check in within an hour.
• Xu Xingqi greeted Xu Shi warmly and called him “Suisui,” while Xu Shi struggled to remember that he had come to settle scores.
• Lin Yuxiang confronted Xu Shi about the suppressed trending topics and insulted him, and Xu Shi insulted her in return.
• Lin Yuxiang tried to grab Xu Shi by the throat, so Xu Shi slapped her and knocked her onto the sofa.
• When Lin Yuxiang’s servants surrounded him, Xu Shi saw Xie Yanci arrive and ran into his arms, claiming Lin Yuxiang had hit him.

Xie Yanci backed Xu Shi after a confrontation at the Xu Family home, demanding that Xu Xingjian answer for the alleged hit while Xu Shi chose to discuss his wishes later. As the family sat through dinner, Xie Yanci remembered finding Xu Shi stranded in the rain after he had lost his home.

• Xu Shi sought Xie Yanci’s support against Lin Yuxiang, and Xie Yanci asked Xu Xingjian how he planned to resolve the matter.
• Xie Yanci covered Xu Shi’s ears and promised to let him decide what happened next; Xu Shi said they would talk about it later.
• Xie Yanci remembered that Xu Shi had once been bullied at school and that he had gone to find him despite their broken childhood betrothal.
• Xie Yanci recalled carrying Xu Shi through heavy rain after Xu Shi said he had no home, but the Xu Family’s door had not opened.

After Xie Yanci backed Xu Shi up at the Xu family dinner, Xu Shi kissed him and returned home wondering whether his husband cared for him. Xiao Chi suggested Xie Yanci might only be fulfilling his duties, leaving Xu Shi’s new hopes uncertain.

• Xu Shi left the Xu family home with Xie Yanci and agreed to attend Xu Xingqi’s next birthday, while Xie Yanci warned Xu Xingqi to mind his manners.
• Xu Shi kissed Xie Yanci on the cheek and called him honey before they left together.
• In the car, Xie Yanci revised a business deal to concede three percentage points and told Xu Shi he did not need to apologize.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi to contact him directly if anything happened, and Xu Shi agreed.
• Back at his apartment, Xu Shi asked Xiao Chi whether Xie Yanci’s concern and sacrifices meant he loved him, but Xiao Chi said they could be a husband’s sense of responsibility.

Xu Shi asked whether Xie Yanci would cast him as the second male lead in Director Song’s film, and Xie Yanci began to choose him before a strange voice stopped him. Xie Yanci was plunged into a dark space and saw text foreshadowing a funeral, love at first sight, and a death in a car accident.

• Xu Shi told Xiao Chi he expected Xie Yanci to choose him for the second male lead and admitted to himself that he liked Xie Yanci.
• Xu Shi messaged Xie Yanci to ask whether he would get the role, calling him “Hubby.”
• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that the contract was signed and asked him to name the film’s three male leads.
• Xie Yanci decided to choose Xu Shi for the second male lead, but a strange voice warned him that the male protagonist could not choose anyone else.
• Xie Yanci remembered rushing into a burning villa to save Xu Shi ten years earlier, then found himself in a dark space where text mentioned a funeral and a car accident death.

After waking in the hospital, Xie Yanci realized his choice of Wen Yu for the role of Xia Cen had hurt Xu Shi, his wife, and withdrew his investment so the film could recast its Male Lead. He told Xu Shi the role would be recast, leaving Xu Shi stunned that Xie Yanci had chosen Wen Yu in the first place.

• Xie Yanci woke in the hospital and asked Xu Shi about the role of Xia Cen, prompting Xu Shi to leave the ward in tears.
• Xie Yanci saw his messages confirming he had chosen Wen Yu for the Male Lead role and told Song Zhixing that Xu Shi was his only wife.
• Xie Yanci announced he would withdraw his investment and accept the billion-plus breach-of-contract penalty so the film could choose a new Male Lead.
• Xie Yanci found Xu Shi smoking in the Emergency Stairwell and told him the Male Lead would be recast, leaving Xu Shi to ask whether he had not chosen Wen Yu.

Xu Shi confronted Xie Yanci over the casting of Wen Yu, but refused to discuss whether he trusted him and insisted he only cared about winning the role of Xia Cen. The next day, Xu Shi learned that Xie Corporation had pulled its investment and the second male lead was being recast, leaving him waiting for news and doubting his fate.

• Xie Yanci denied choosing Wen Yu and asked Xu Shi to trust him, but Xu Shi said their business marriage and each other's sincerity did not matter.
• Xu Shi woke in a luxury apartment after spending Xie Yanci's money and asked Secretary Zhou about Xie Yanci's illness, learning he had recovered and gone to work.
• Xu Shi saw trending searches linking Xie Yanci and Wen Yu, then called Xiao Chi to ask about the casting of Director Song's film.
• Xiao Chi told Xu Shi that Xie Corporation had pulled its investment and the second male lead was being recast, despite facing over a billion in penalties.
• Xu Shi learned Wen Yu had not signed a contract but had received no casting news himself, so he decided to wait and questioned whether he could change his fate.

Song Zhixing met with Wen Yu to offer him the male lead role, while keeping Xu Shi in mind for Xia Cen. At Xie Corporation, Xie Yanci learned Xu Shi had sent him a meal and claimed that his wife had always loved him.

• Song Zhixing reviewed Xu Shi’s audition for Xia Cen and reconsidered casting him despite his earlier concerns.
• Song Zhixing offered Wen Yu the male lead contract, but Wen Yu asked if he could still compete for Xia Cen.
• Song Zhixing told Wen Yu that he had someone more suitable in mind for Xia Cen and encouraged him to consider the lead role.
• Secretary Zhou told Xie Yanci that Xu Shi had sent him a meal, though Xu Shi still had not visited him since his discharge.
• Song Zhixing arrived at Xie Corporation, and Secretary Zhou clarified that Xu Shi had specially sent the food.
• Xie Yanci teased Song Zhixing by saying that his wife had always loved him.

Song Zhixing proposed that Xie Yanci act opposite Xu Shi, but Xie refused and spent the evening struggling to find a reason to contact his absent wife. When he learned Xu Shi was at Wanzhen Nightclub selecting male models, Xie headed there to stop them from touching Xu Shi.

• Song Zhixing suggested that Xie Yanci play Gu Jinnan opposite Xu Shi, but Xie refused after confirming the casting would not affect who played Xia Cen.
• Xie Yanci asked the butler whether Xu Shi had come home and learned that Xu Shi was still away on the sixth day.
• Xie Yanci opened his chat with Xu Shi but could not decide what to say before the nightclub manager reported Xu Shi had ordered eight male models.
• Xie Yanci set out for Wanzhen Nightclub, angrily telling the manager not to let the men touch his wife.
• Xu Shi carefully chose several attractive Alpha male models and asked the attendant to bring them to his VIP room.

After six days apart, Xie Yanci found Xu Shi asleep in a private dining room after ordering male models, and confronted him about going to a place he had forbidden. The chapter ended with Xie Yanci kissing Xu Shi and asking if he wanted to have sex, and Xu Shi tearfully agreeing.

• The manager learned Xu Shi had ordered five more male models and told the attendant to keep the matter quiet.
• Xie Yanci arrived at the private dining room and found Xu Shi asleep on the couch in revealing clothes.
• Xu Shi woke and mistook Xie Yanci for an attractive nightclub model, imagining him as her husband.
• Xie Yanci grabbed Xu Shi by the throat and demanded to know why he had spent six days away from home fooling around there.
• Xu Shi insisted it was his first visit and called Xie Yanci “Hubby” to soothe him.
• Xie Yanci kissed Xu Shi and asked whether he wanted to have sex, and Xu Shi tearfully said yes.