Chapter Summaries

Xu Shi reunited with Xie Yanci, who had appeared in the company, but left without accepting his help. Later, Xu Shi joined a meeting where Xie Yanci asked the designers to create ten suits for him.

• Xu Shi saw Xie Yanci in the lobby and wondered why he had not come to find him.
• Xu Shi fell in front of Xie Yanci, refused his offered hand, thanked him formally, and walked away.
• Xie Yanci watched Xu Shi leave while Song Zhixing teased him about their relationship.
• Xu Shi learned Song Zhixing had summoned him to a meeting in Xia Shian's place.
• Song Zhixing announced that Xie Yanci wanted the designers to make ten suits for him.

Xie Yanci selected Xia Shian’s design and challenged Xu Shi to fill in for him, prompting Xu Shi to accept. After the other designers left, Xie Yanci asked Xu Shi to try on a white suit because they had not found a suitable model.

• Xie Yanci chose Xia Shian’s portfolio, whose featured design was Xu Shi’s graduation project.
• After learning Xia Shian had been suspended, Xie Yanci told Xu Shi he could become a designer and asked him to fill in for Xia Shian.
• Xu Shi accepted Xie Yanci’s challenge to create work that could rival Xia Shian’s design.
• Once the other designers left, Xie Yanci showed Xu Shi a white European court-style suit and asked him to critique it.
• Xie Yanci told Xu Shi to try on the suit because they had not found a suitable model.

Xu Shi modeled the suit he designed for Xie Yanci, who asked about the tattoo covering scars from a childhood fire and praised its appearance. Later, Xu Shi rejected the idea that he could become Liva’s chief designer and said he had promised Zhou An he would leave for his workplace next year, while Xie Yanci secretly overheard.

• Xu Shi came out in the white suit, and Xie Yanci touched his back tattoo before asking when he had gotten it.
• Xu Shi explained that he had gotten the tattoo at twenty-five to cover scars from a fire at the Xu Family home.
• Xie Yanci urgently asked when the fire happened, then told Xu Shi the tattoo suited him and was beautiful.
• Xu Shi told Xu Yu he did not expect to become Liva’s chief designer and had promised Zhou An he would join him next year.
• Xie Yanci overheard Xu Shi mention Zhou An while hiding by the break room door.
• Xu Yu invited Xu Shi to dinner to celebrate Zhou An finding a new job.

Xu Shi was persuaded to meet Zhou An, but Secretary Zhou summoned him to take Xie Yanci’s measurements instead. Left alone in Xie Yanci’s office while he was in a meeting, Xu Shi realized he was now alone with him.

• Xie Yanci overheard Xu Shi and Xu Yu discuss Zhou An and Song Zhixing, then decided he should help Xu Shi build a happy life without him.
• Xie Yanci asked Secretary Zhou to investigate Zhou An, noting that he was close to Xu Shi and may have been his former colleague.
• Xu Shi finished work and planned to decline designing nine more suits for Xie Yanci before leaving the company next year.
• Xu Yu tried to take Xu Shi to dinner with Zhou An, but Secretary Zhou summoned Xu Shi to Xie Yanci’s office for measurements.
• Xu Shi followed Secretary Zhou upstairs and waited alone in Xie Yanci’s office while Xie Yanci was in a meeting.

Xu Shi suspected Xie Yanci might be a ghost and planned to test him, but Doubao exposed his scheme and embarrassed him in front of Xie Yanci. Xie Yanci invited Xu Shi to dinner, intending to interrupt his plans with Zhou An and keep other men away from his wife.

• Xu Shi played CEO in Xie Yanci’s office while Xie Yanci watched him through the office camera during a meeting.
• Xu Shi wondered why Xie Yanci had kept him there and asked Doubao how to test whether his boss was a ghost.
• Xu Shi bought glutinous rice and a bean stalk to test Xie Yanci, but Xie Yanci entered the office before he could act.
• Doubao’s voice revealed Xu Shi’s plans and his wish to smack Xie Yanci’s butt, leaving Xu Shi mortified and Xie Yanci amused.
• Xie Yanci invited Xu Shi to dinner as an apology, intending to join him at the Japanese restaurant Zhou An had booked.

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.”