Recaps

Xu Shi took Xie Yanci’s measurements, distracted by his physique and memories of their past intimacy, then left without resolving their relationship. On the way home, Xu Shi accepted Zhou An’s invitation to meet the next morning, while Secretary Zhou decided to inform President Xie.

• Xu Shi declined dinner with Xie Yanci but agreed to take his measurements, and Xie Yanci let him begin.
• Xu Shi became distracted admiring Xie Yanci’s body and forgot to record the measurements, so he took them again and finished after an hour.
• Xu Shi left the office, and Xie Yanci arranged for Secretary Zhou to drive him home rather than ask him himself.
• Secretary Zhou told Xu Shi that President Song had arranged to meet Xie Yanci, and Xu Shi urged him to tell President Xie to go home and rest.
• Zhou An saw Xu Shi get into the Maybach, then called to invite him to meet for mango mille crêpe the next morning; Xu Shi accepted.
• Secretary Zhou noticed Xu Shi had accepted Zhou An’s invitation and decided to tell President Xie.

Xu Shi tried to put Xie Yanci behind him while meeting Zhou An, but he thought he saw Xie Yanci outside the Dessert Shop. At work, Song Zhixing showed Xu Shi evidence that Xia Shian had plagiarized designs and asked him to check whether any belonged to him.

• Xu Shi left his wedding ring at home and met Zhou An at the Dessert Shop to discuss Zhou An’s designer assessment at Noro.
• Xu Shi thought he saw Xie Yanci across the road, but a passing bus blocked his view and the man disappeared.
• Xu Shi spent hours on the phone comforting Zhou An, then went to the Lounge after learning Song Zhixing was waiting for him.
• Song Zhixing gave Xu Shi five envelopes of design work and asked him to check whether any of the designs Xia Shian had plagiarized were his.

Xie Yanci received evidence that Xia Shian had plagiarized works and realized his mission to help Xu Shi was only halfway complete. As he prepared for the possibility of disappearing and arranged for Song Zhixing to support Xu Shi, he found a tiny ring hidden in the final envelope.

• Xu Shi reviewed the eleven works Xia Shian had plagiarized and told Song Zhixing that none belonged to him.
• Song Zhixing delivered six document envelopes to Xie Yanci, and a mission prompt announced 50% progress.
• Xie Yanci learned Xia Shian had plagiarized works belonging to his ex-boyfriends and told Song Zhixing to investigate further.
• Xie Yanci promised to prepare fifteen years of company plans and asked Song Zhixing to help Xu Shi, while concealing his fear that he would disappear.
• Xie Yanci examined the remaining evidence and found a tiny ring in the last envelope.

Xie Yanci hid Xu Shi’s wedding ring and tried to distance himself, but he and Xu Shi met at a coworker’s birthday party. Xu Shi teased him about the ring and his boyfriend, leaving Xie Yanci distressed and Xu Shi calling him out for seducing and abandoning him.

• Xie Yanci put Xu Shi’s wedding ring at the bottom of his desk drawer and resolved to keep his distance.
• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that Xu Shi had stopped wearing his ring and suggested Xie Yanci had a chance with him.
• Xu Shi wondered why Xie Yanci had not contacted him, then went to his supervisor’s birthday party at Wanzhen.
• Xu Shi found Xie Yanci waiting in the private room, noticed the wedding ring hanging from his neck, and teased him about coming to see him.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi who Zhou An was, and Xu Shi called him his boyfriend and claimed he was two-timing Zhou An and Xia Shian.
• Xie Yanci said Xu Shi’s behavior was wrong, and Xu Shi asked whether abandoning someone after seducing them was any better.

Xu Shi and Xie Yanci shared a brief private moment at a dinner, then Song Zhixing drew them into a game that exposed their unresolved history and mutual attraction. When Xu Shi was dared to take an ice cube from Xie Yanci’s mouth, Xie Yanci agreed, leaving them poised for a public kiss.

• Xie Yanci held Xu Shi’s hand beneath the table until Song Zhixing entered and startled them apart.
• During a game, Xie Yanci described his first love as someone he had known since childhood, parted from at twenty, and reunited with at twenty-seven.
• Song Zhixing gave Xu Shi a fabricated question, and Xu Shi joked that his ex-boyfriend had been useless in bed, provoking Xie Yanci’s jealousy.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi who his ex-boyfriend was, but Xu Shi reminded him that he had no right to ask.
• Song Zhixing dared Xu Shi to take an ice cube from the mouth of the person beside him, and Xie Yanci said he did not mind.

At a company dinner, Xu Shi followed Xie Yanci out and was pulled into a dark private room, where they kissed. Xie Yanci asked to be Xu Shi’s side piece, and Xu Shi secretly recorded his drunk confession.

• Xie Yanci left the private dining room after Song Zhixing teased him, and Song Zhixing urged Xu Shi to follow.
• Xu Shi reflected on his lingering feelings for Xie Yanci and wondered what mission kept Xie Yanci away from him.
• Someone pulled Xu Shi into a dark room and kissed him; Xu Shi recognized Xie Yanci and returned the kiss.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi if he could be his side piece, and Xu Shi pushed him away, thinking he was drunk.
• Xu Shi switched on his phone recorder as Xie Yanci repeated that he wanted to stay with Xu Shi for a lifetime.

After a drunken night in which Xie Yanci confessed his longing for Xu Shi, he woke with no memory of what happened and learned Xu Shi had left him to sleep. Xu Shi listened to a recording of Xie Yanci’s vulnerable words, then received a summons to weekend overtime from President Xie.

• Drunk Xie Yanci agreed to be Xu Shi’s mistress, and Xu Shi teased him before their kisses advanced the mission to 60%.
• Xie Yanci woke on the lounge floor with a hangover and asked Song Zhixing who had brought him there.
• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that Xu Shi had asked him to keep watch after Xu Shi went home, then relayed Xu Shi’s joke about Xie Yanci’s age and performance.
• Xu Shi replayed a recording of Xie Yanci’s drunken confessions and reflected on Xie Yanci’s past despair before stopping himself from crying.
• Secretary Zhou called Xu Shi on President Xie’s behalf to summon him for weekend overtime at five times his usual pay.

Xie Yanci anxiously prepared to meet Xu Shi, while Xu Shi arrived at the office and teased him for consulting AI. Their meeting ended with Xie Yanci buying Xu Shi ten homes and forbidding him from bringing other men into them.

• Xie Yanci tried several outfits and used Doubao for advice before settling on a black suit to meet Xu Shi.
• Xu Shi overheard Xie Yanci asking Doubao whether a rich, handsome man or an ordinary, honest man made a better partner, then walked into the office.
• Doubao criticized rich, handsome men, making Xie Yanci angry, and Xu Shi tried to reassure him with a teasing remark.
• Xu Shi demanded reimbursement for his travel, rent, and emotional distress, and Xie Yanci added him on WeChat and transferred the money.
• When Xu Shi joked about using money to get a wife, Xie Yanci ordered Secretary Zhou to buy ten homes in Xu Shi's name and warned him not to bring other men into them.
• Xu Shi laughed and called Xie Yanci an idiot.

Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci about being his mistress and having rivals, while Xie Yanci insisted that someone had been born just for Xu Shi. Xu Shi rejected his bid for an official place, and the mission progress rose to 69%.

• Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci about his drunken behavior and played a recording of him asking to be Xu Shi’s mistress.
• When Xu Shi threatened to find another man, Xie Yanci demanded to know who the official partner was and grew jealous over the supposed rivals.
• Xie Yanci told Xu Shi that someone had been born just for him, believing he existed only for Xu Shi.
• Xu Shi dismissed Xie Yanci’s words as no reason to grant him an official place, and the mission progress increased to 69%.

Xie Yanci learned that Xu Shi had created the graduation project credited to Xia Shian and ordered Song Zhixing to investigate without involving Xu Shi. Xu Shi rejected Xie Yanci’s offer of several homes, but Xie Yanci’s attempt to turn Secretary Zhou’s leave into a reason to make Xu Shi his assistant left Xu Shi unexpectedly agreeing to cover the work.

• Song Zhixing told Xie Yanci that Xu Shi had designed the graduation project that made Xia Shian famous, and Xie Yanci told him to investigate further without disturbing Xu Shi.
• Secretary Zhou showed Xu Shi five apartments and two villas that Xie Yanci had chosen for him, but Xu Shi refused the homes and went to confront Xie Yanci.
• Xie Yanci said the homes were an offering for Xu Shi to accept him as a side piece, and Xu Shi considered the proposal.
• Secretary Zhou asked Xie Yanci to approve his annual leave before his wife gave birth, disrupting Xie Yanci’s plan to make Xu Shi his assistant.
• Xu Shi objected when Xie Yanci denied Secretary Zhou’s leave, so Xie Yanci claimed Xu Shi had volunteered to cover for him and approved the leave.

Xu Shi adjusted to working as Xie Yanci’s highly paid secretary while Xie Yanci grew jealous of his friendship with Zhou An. As they prepared for Xie Yanci’s first interview, Xu Shi wondered whether a secretary was supposed to help him change, and Xie Yanci said yes.

• Xu Shi secretly asked Xu Yu to check whether Secretary Zhou had a wife, then Xie Yanci caught him on the phone and became jealous when he thought Xu Shi was talking to Zhou An.
• Xu Shi soothed Xie Yanci with flattery and briefly held his hand, though he privately continued insulting him.
• Secretary Zhou called to give Xu Shi instructions for Xie Yanci’s important evening interview, pretending his wife was about to give birth.
• Xu Shi arranged Xie Yanci’s suits, ties, shoes, and accessories in the Lounge and repeated Secretary Zhou’s instructions.
• Xie Yanci told Xu Shi not to reward or touch Zhou An, then agreed that Xu Shi had to help him change.

While helping Xie Yanci prepare for an interview, Xu Shi discovered a scar that proved Xie Yanci had saved him from a fire ten years earlier. He was still processing the revelation when he encountered Zhou An, and Xie Yanci arrived looking dangerously jealous.

• Xu Shi watched Xie Yanci change, then noticed a severe scar on his back and realized Xie Yanci had rescued him from the fire at the Xu Family home ten years earlier.
• Xu Shi nearly asked Xie Yanci about their past but instead claimed he had wrinkled Xie Yanci's jacket.
• Xie Yanci prepared for his interview while Xu Shi left the room and reflected on his own design plans.
• Xu Shi ran into Zhou An, who said he had been selected as a designer for a collaboration with Liva and wanted to thank President Xie.
• Xie Yanci saw Xu Shi talking with Zhou An and approached with an icy expression, suspecting Xu Shi had slipped away to meet another man.

Xie Yanci met Zhou An and clarified that he had helped him earn a place in the Noro designer assessment, while Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci and thanked him. After Xie Yanci kissed Xu Shi backstage, he wrongly assumed Xu Shi had allowed it only out of gratitude for Zhou An, and the mission progress fell to 68.5%.

• Xie Yanci approached Xu Shi while Zhou An was checking on him, then introduced himself as Xu Shi’s boss.
• Xu Shi revealed that the man was President Xie, and Zhou An thanked Xie Yanci for helping him get an extra spot in the Noro designer assessment.
• Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci as they walked away, and Zhou An wondered about their closeness and Xie Yanci’s connection to Song Zhixing.
• Xu Shi clipped a microphone onto Xie Yanci backstage, asked whether Secretary Zhou had touched him like that, and Xie Yanci kissed him.
• Xu Shi thanked Xie Yanci for helping Zhou An, but Xie Yanci assumed Xu Shi had only let him kiss him out of gratitude and accused him of loving Zhou An.
• The mission progress dropped to 68.5%, surprising Xie Yanci.

Xu Shi accidentally made Xie Yanci’s private life a trending topic, then discovered Xie had turned the scandal into a public clarification about his boyfriend. As Xu Shi settled into a meeting at Xie Corporation, Xu Yu called to say Lin Yuxiang had arrived and was demanding to see him.

• Xu Shi posted online that Xie Yanci was gay and had abandoned his wife and child, then deleted his Weibo account when the claims became trending searches.
• Xu Shi nervously returned to Xie Corporation, where Secretary Zhou was back at work, and Xie Yanci took the documents from his arms without explaining the change.
• Xie Yanci posted that his boyfriend was sulking, leaving Xu Shi to realize Xie had recognized him and was teasing him.
• Xu Shi prepared the conference room and joined the morning meeting, then slipped out to return Xu Yu’s call.
• Xu Yu told Xu Shi that Lin Yuxiang was arguing with the supervisor and demanding to see him, so Xu Shi said he would come right away.

Xu Shi confronted Lin Yuxiang at work over his ties to the Xu family and his relationship with Xia Shian. Xie Yanci intervened, declared Xu Shi and Xia Shian’s engagement canceled, and called Xu Shi his wife as the mission reached 75%.

• Lin Yuxiang came to Xu Shi’s company and demanded to know about his relationship with Xia Shian and President Xie.
• Xu Shi reminded Lin Yuxiang that the thirty million yuan had settled his debt to the Xu family and said he had cut ties with them.
• Lin Yuxiang grabbed Xu Shi’s wrist, but Xie Yanci arrived and called him back to work.
• Lin Yuxiang thanked Xie Yanci for looking after Xu Shi and challenged him over Xu Shi’s engagement to Xia Shian.
• Xie Yanci declared the engagement canceled and warned Lin Yuxiang to remember her place when speaking to him and his wife.
• The mission progress reached 75%, leaving Xu Shi wondering whom Xie Yanci meant by “wife.”

Xu Shi spiraled into painful memories of his adoptive parents’ rejection until Xie Yanci found him and comforted him in the break room. Their intimate reunion was interrupted when the supervisor opened the door, and Xu Shi shoved Xie Yanci out of hiding.

• Xu Shi took his medication while recalling his adoptive parents’ harsh expectations and the scorn they showed him after he failed to enter graduate school.
• Xie Yanci found Xu Shi trembling, held him close, and reassured him that he was there for him.
• Xu Shi admitted he was used to handling problems alone, while Xie Yanci insisted he could always rely on his husband.
• Xu Shi and Xie Yanci kissed passionately in the break room until the supervisor knocked and demanded to know who was inside.
• When the supervisor opened the door, Xu Shi shoved Xie Yanci out from behind it.

Xu Shi and Xie Yanci reconciled after Xu Shi secretly pushed Xie out to face Supervisor Zhang, then Xu Shi went home emotionally exhausted after dealing with the Xu Family. Xu Xingqi came to cook for him and answered a call from Xie Yanci, who heard him claim Xu Shi was showering.

• Supervisor Zhang found Xie Yanci disheveled after Xu Shi hid from view, and Xie told him to keep what happened secret.
• Xu Shi explained that he had pushed Xie out because Supervisor Zhang would not dare scold the president, and Xie coaxed Xu into kissing him.
• Xu Shi returned home, cried over the years of mistreatment from his adoptive parents, and hid his tears when Xu Xingqi arrived.
• Xu Xingqi covered Xu Shi with a blanket, then cooked him sweet-and-sour ribs after learning Xu had not eaten.
• When Xie Yanci called, Xu Xingqi answered and told him that his baby was taking a shower.

Xu Xingqi told Xu Shi that the police were investigating Xia Shian for allegedly stealing Xu Shi’s graduation project, while Xu Shi avoided explaining that he had sold the work. Later, Xie Yanci arrived at Xu Shi’s home, where Xu Shi introduced him to Xu Xingqi as a repairman hired to fix a light bulb.

• Xu Xingqi cooked dinner for Xu Shi and admitted that he had heard Xia Shian was under investigation over Xu Shi’s graduation project.
• Xu Shi said he would wait for the police investigation and privately worried about having accepted thirty million from Xia Shian for the work.
• Xu Shi discovered that Xu Xingqi had answered a call from Xie Yanci and questioned him about it.
• Xie Yanci arrived at Xu Shi’s home, and Xu Shi asked him to fix his bedroom light bulb.
• Xu Xingqi and Xie Yanci eyed each other with suspicion, while Xu Shi introduced Xie Yanci as a repairman.

Xu Shi coaxed Xie Yanci into fixing his bedroom light, soothed Xu Xingqi into doing the dishes, and then fell asleep in Xie Yanci’s arms. Two hours later, Xie Yanci dragged Xu Xingqi out of the apartment, where they encountered Zhou An.

• Xu Shi called Xie Yanci by name and sweet-talked him into changing the bedroom light bulb, while Xu Xingqi grew jealous of their closeness.
• Xu Shi ruffled Xu Xingqi’s hair and persuaded him to wash the dishes, then slipped into the bedroom to find Xie Yanci jealous of him soothing Xu Xingqi.
• Xu Shi nuzzled Xie Yanci and admitted he was exhausted, so Xie Yanci carried him to bed, tucked him in, and kissed him as he slept.
• Two hours later, Xie Yanci hauled Xu Xingqi out of the apartment and threatened to leave him downstairs if he refused to go home.
• Zhou An stepped out of the elevator as Xie Yanci and Xu Xingqi were about to leave, and the three men appraised one another in the hallway.

Xie Yanci sent Zhou An and Xu Xingqi away from Xu Shi’s door, then told Zhou An he was already investigating Xia Shian and would keep Xu Shi unaware. After waking to a clean home, Xu Shi decided to celebrate his birthday and thought of inviting Song Zhixing.

• Xie Yanci stopped Zhou An from visiting the sleeping Xu Shi and drove Zhou An and Xu Xingqi home.
• Xie Yanci warned Xu Xingqi not to bother Xu Shi and told Zhou An he had asked Song Zhixing to investigate Xia Shian and recover Xu Shi’s work.
• Zhou An accepted that Xie Yanci would handle the investigation and thought Xie Yanci was a good match for Xu Shi.
• Xu Shi woke to find his home cleaned and the bedroom light replaced, then decided to celebrate his birthday and invited Xu Yu.
• Xu Shi hesitated to contact Xie Yanci about his birthday and instead thought of going to Song Zhixing.

Xu Shi invited Song Zhixing to his birthday gathering, hoping he would get Xie Yanci to come, while Xie Yanci misunderstood their conversation and promised to teach Song Zhixing a lesson. Xu Shi then nervously asked Xie Yanci to celebrate his birthday with him, and Xie Yanci eagerly agreed.

• Xu Shi invited Song Zhixing to his birthday gathering and suggested he bring Xie Yanci along.
• Song Zhixing teased Xu Shi by pretending he would not tell Xie Yanci about the invitation, making Xu Shi vow to complain to his husband.
• Xie Yanci brought Xu Shi into his office and asked whether Song Zhixing had bullied him.
• Xu Shi complained that Song Zhixing had messed with him, and Xie Yanci promised to call him in and teach him a lesson.
• Xu Shi hinted that he wanted Xie Yanci to celebrate his birthday with him, and Xie Yanci asked whether he would be the only guest.
• Xu Shi started to say that Xie Yanci could forget it if he did not want to come, but Xie Yanci interrupted to say he would come.

Xu Shi celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday with Xu Yu, Zhou An, and Xu Xingqi while waiting for Xie Yanci, who was investigating Xia Shian’s arrest. The chapter ended with Xie Yanci arriving and wishing Xu Shi a happy birthday.

• Xu Yu and Zhou An arrived at Xu Shi’s apartment to celebrate his birthday, and Zhou An gave him flowers.
• Xu Shi learned that Xia Shian had been detained and that President Song was investigating the case at the police station.
• Xu Shi suspected Xie Yanci was late because he was handling the investigation and waited for him to bring the birthday cake.
• Xie Yanci arrived, steadied Xu Shi as he tumbled into his arms, and wished him a happy birthday.

Xu Shi celebrated his birthday with Xie Yanci and their friends, while keeping their special bond private. After the guests left, Xu Shi kissed the apparently sleeping Xie Yanci and asked him to hide away with him so fate would not find them.

• Xu Shi recalled that only Xie Yanci knew his birth name, Suisui, and welcomed him home in matching couple slippers.
• Xie Yanci brought a homemade cake to Xu Shi’s birthday gathering and showed jealousy toward Xu Xingqi and Zhou An.
• Xu Xingqi and Xie Yanci traded barbs over the cake, while Zhou An watched and realized he had no place between them.
• After the guests drank all five bottles of wine, Xie Yanci pretended to be unconscious, and Song Zhixing told Xu Shi to let him stay.
• Xu Shi saw the others off, kissed Xie Yanci, touched the wedding ring around his neck, and asked him to hide away together.

Xu Shi found Xia Shian's statement among Xie Yanci's papers, confirming that his stolen graduation project had been credited to him without implicating him. After waking alone and fearing Xie Yanci had vanished, Xu Shi reunited with him and demanded that he never leave without a word again.

• Xu Shi teased and kissed Xie Yanci, then found Xia Shian's statement and read that Xia had stolen Xu Shi's graduation project.
• Xu Shi confirmed the statement was authentic and wept with relief that his work had finally been credited to him.
• Xu Shi fell asleep in Xie Yanci's arms on the sofa but woke in bed clutching Xie Yanci's jacket, unsure whether the night had been real.
• Xu Shi ran into the empty living room and panicked until Xie Yanci returned with breakfast.
• Xu Shi clung to Xie Yanci, kissed him, and told him not to leave him alone again without a word.

Xu Shi clung to Xie Yanci after waking to find him gone, and Xie Yanci promised to stay by his side while wondering whether his mission was complete. At work, Xia Shian confronted Xu Shi and tried to attack him, but security restrained him before Xie Yanci arrived and revealed he was Liva’s president.

• Xu Shi held Xie Yanci tightly and asked him to wake him before leaving in the future, and Xie Yanci promised to stay by his side forever.
• Xie Yanci drove Xu Shi to work, and Xu Shi said he would start designing his suit and no longer work as his assistant.
• Xia Shian confronted Xu Shi outside Liva and blamed him for Song Zhixing’s investigation and the ruin of his career.
• Xia Shian lunged at Xu Shi, but five bodyguards and security guards restrained him before he could reach Xu Shi.
• Xie Yanci arrived, shielded Xu Shi, and told Xia Shian that he was Liva’s president and could be challenged through a lawyer and an appeal.