Chapter Summaries

Xu Shi woke up sore after a drunken night with Xie Yanci, and the two avoided discussing what had happened between them. When Xu Shi learned that an Alpha he had flirted with planned to go to the police and expose him, he asked Xie Yanci for help.

• Xu Shi woke beside Xie Yanci and wondered whether they had had sex while drunk, while Xie Yanci claimed he could not remember either.
• Xu Shi and Xie Yanci ate breakfast at home, and Xie Yanci decided to go to the office in the afternoon.
• Xiao Chi called Xu Shi and said the Alpha from Xu Shi's last production was still in the hospital and planned to contact reporters and the police.
• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci to help him, and Xie Yanci agreed to do it just this once.

Xu Shi celebrated Xie Yanci’s promise to introduce him to a director, then went with him to a prestigious banquet while keeping their marriage secret. Xie Yanci met director Song Zhixing and agreed to invest in his next film, but insisted on choosing the male lead.

• Xu Shi kissed Xie Yanci repeatedly after Xie Yanci promised to introduce him to a director and gave him an invitation to the evening banquet.
• Xu Shi wrote his name beside Xie Yanci’s on the invitation, then asked whether they should enter the banquet together.
• Xu Shi ran off to the restroom with the invitation, leaving Xie Yanci puzzled about why he was avoiding him.
• Song Zhixing greeted Xie Yanci at the banquet and complained about being summoned there after returning from abroad.
• Xie Yanci offered to invest in Song Zhixing’s next film and said he would choose the male lead.

At a banquet, Xie Yanci introduced his wife Xu Shi to his friend Song Zhixing, who immediately showed interest in him. Xu Shi asked Song Zhixing for an audition, and Song gave him his assistant’s contact information.

• Song Zhixing teased Xie Yanci about his unseen wife and asked him to recommend a nightclub with attractive Omegas.
• Xu Shi arrived, and Song Zhixing declared that Xu Shi was his type and said he wanted him that night.
• Xie Yanci introduced Xu Shi as his married wife, while Song Zhixing dismissed the warning and continued flirting.
• Xu Shi recognized Song Zhixing as a famous director and asked for a chance to audition for his upcoming film.
• Song Zhixing gave Xu Shi his assistant’s contact information after Xie Yanci told him to use a different business card.
• Song Zhixing accused Xie Yanci of acting as though Song had been flirting with his wife.

Xie Yanci brought Xu Shi a film script, then found himself unsettled by Xu Shi showering behind transparent glass and by a porn film playing on the television. The chapter left Xie Yanci entering the bathroom as Xu Shi backed away and asked what he was trying to do.

• Xie Yanci warned Song Zhixing not to flirt with him because he was married, and Song Zhixing vowed to pursue him if Xie Yanci did not want Xu Shi.
• Xu Shi told Xiao Chi about Song Zhixing's business card, denied sleeping with the director, and privately wished he could marry him instead of Xie Yanci.
• Xie Yanci arrived at Xu Shi's apartment with Song Zhixing's script and told Xu Shi that Song Zhixing had the flu.
• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci to read the script aloud, then went to shower while Xie Yanci tried not to look through the transparent bathroom glass.
• Xie Yanci turned on the television and discovered an unfinished porn film, while Xu Shi realized that Xie Yanci could see him showering.
• Xu Shi asked Xie Yanci to bring him underwear, but Xie Yanci entered the bathroom as Xu Shi backed away and asked what he was trying to do.

After Xie Yanci and Xu Shi spent the night together, Xie Yanci comforted him by discussing a suspense film script and offered to finance it so Xu Shi could play the second male lead. The chapter ended with Song Zhixing teasing Xie Yanci about helping his “little lover.”

• Xu Shi complained that Xie Yanci had ignored their once-a-month agreement, while Xie Yanci insisted the extra intimacy could be deducted from future months.
• After Xu Shi woke, Xie Yanci soothed his aching body and told him about a script centered on a police investigation into an Omega suspected of murdering his husbands.
• Xu Shi became excited about playing the second male lead, and Xie Yanci offered to invest in the film.
• Xie Yanci called Song Zhixing at four in the morning and told him he would fund the movie if Xu Shi played the second male lead.
• Song Zhixing asked whether Xie Yanci’s wife would get jealous if he helped his little lover.

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.