Recaps

After waking in his original world, Xu Shi grieved the life he had shared with Xie Yanci and tried to move forward at Liva. Xie Yanci reappeared as the company’s top executive, and their reunion left Xu Shi uncertain while Xie Yanci quietly sought ways to stay close.

• After the truck hit him, Xu Shi woke in his original world and remembered that Xie Yanci had begun as his imaginary childhood companion before becoming a character in his novel.
• Xu Shi rewrote the novel’s ending, returned to work at Liva, and struggled with memories of Xie Yanci while facing pressure from his adoptive family and Xia Shian.
• Xu Shi refused Xia Shian’s blind-date proposal and later watched Song Zhixing’s unnamed friend hold him while he was drunk, unaware the man was Xie Yanci.
• Xu Shi saw his revised ending replaced by Xie Yanci’s original death, but the words “The end” changed to “To be continued...” when he touched the screen.
• Xie Yanci appeared at Liva as its top executive, but Xu Shi refused his offered hand and walked away, and Xie Yanci then asked Xu Shi to help design suits and challenge Xia Shian’s work.
• While Xu Shi modeled a suit, Xie Yanci saw his back tattoo and asked about the fire scars it covered, then overheard Xu Shi planning to leave Liva for Zhou An’s company.
• Xie Yanci investigated Zhou An and summoned Xu Shi to his office for measurements, where Xu Shi tried to test whether his boss was a ghost before Xie Yanci invited him to dinner.

Xu Shi and Xie Yanci drew closer as Xu Shi uncovered the truth about his stolen graduation project and Xie Yanci faced his jealousy and fear of losing him. The arc ended with Xu Shi returning to his own design work and Xie Yanci protecting him when Xia Shian confronted him.

• Xu Shi rejected Xie Yanci’s dinner invitation but took his measurements, then met Zhou An and later checked Xia Shian’s suspected plagiarized designs for Song Zhixing.
• Xie Yanci found Xu Shi’s wedding ring among the evidence, hid it in his desk, and asked Song Zhixing to investigate Xia Shian further.
• At a birthday party, Xu Shi teased Xie Yanci about his feelings, and Xie Yanci later confessed while drunk that he wanted to stay with Xu Shi for life.
• Xu Shi discovered the scar on Xie Yanci’s back and realized Xie Yanci had rescued him from the Xu Family fire ten years earlier.
• Xie Yanci canceled his engagement to Xia Shian and comforted Xu Shi through memories of his adoptive parents’ mistreatment, while Xu Xingqi grew wary of their closeness.
• Xie Yanci and Xu Shi celebrated Xu Shi’s birthday with friends, and Xu Shi read Xia Shian’s statement confirming that Xia had stolen his graduation project.
• Xu Shi panicked when he woke and thought Xie Yanci had left, then clung to him after he returned and asked him not to disappear without a word again.
• Xu Shi decided to resume designing his suit, and Xie Yanci shielded him when Xia Shian confronted him outside Liva.

After Xia Shian’s plagiarism was exposed, Xu Shi began working at Noro and agreed to date Xie Yanci. Their relationship grew closer amid jealousy, family interruptions, and a contract with Liva, and the stretch ended with Xu Shi heading to Liva’s fashion show.

• Xia Shian’s theft of Xu Shi’s design was confirmed, restoring Xu Shi’s name and bringing his mission progress to 90 percent, and Xu Shi then gave Xie Yanci a chance to pursue him.
• Xu Shi rejected a Chief Designer position at Liva and joined Noro after New Year, where Xie Yanci grew jealous of his attention from Gu Shixu and other men.
• At Xie Yanci’s interview, he revealed that Xu Shi had designed his suit, and they later agreed to date when Xie Yanci asked to be Xu Shi’s boyfriend.
• Song Zhixing pressured Xu Shi into attending a banquet, where Xie Yanci asked him to meet in the parking garage and Xu Shi took his slightly drunk boyfriend home.
• Xu Shi told Xu Xingqi that he and Xie Yanci were together, and Xie Yanci continued kissing Xu Shi despite Xu Xingqi’s protests.
• Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi to design suits for Liva, and they signed a contract for two suits after Xu Shi negotiated down the original offer.
• Xie Yanci bought Xu Shi a diamond necklace after deliberately outbidding Gu Shixu, while Xu Shi gave Xie Yanci a location-tracking children’s watch.
• Xu Shi revealed to Gu Shixu that Xie Yanci was his boyfriend, and he and Xie Yanci reaffirmed their commitment before Xu Shi decided to replace Xie Yanci’s missing wedding ring.
• Xu Shi received an invitation to Liva’s fashion show from Song Zhixing, learned that Xie Yanci had arranged it, and went to Liva with his young assistant.