Recaps

Gu Bai arranged to get help from Chu Zeshen during a business exam at the Chu Family home. With Uncle Li and Mocha helping him keep the Gu Family's butler away, Gu Bai sent Chu Zeshen photos of the paper and finished it with his answers, though his praise of the Gu ancestors sounded overly commercial.

• Gu Bai had used Chu Zeshen's reputation for indulging him to persuade his teachers that he would make progress in business studies.
• Gu Bai arranged for Uncle Li to distract the Gu Family's butler while Mocha watched the back door.
• Gu Bai photographed the exam paper and sent it to Chu Zeshen, who was in a secretarial department review meeting.
• Chu Zeshen dismissed the staff and helped Gu Bai answer the exam questions, after teasing him about compensation.
• Gu Bai finished the paper with Chu Zeshen's help and noticed that the passage praising the Gu ancestors sounded too commercial.

After Gu Bai finished his exams, Chu Zeshen coaxed him into spending his day off at the office. There, Chu Zeshen had a new desk and chair set up for Gu Bai, who realized the workstation was meant for him.

• Gu Bai ended his call with Chu Zeshen when Mocha barked, and the butler found that he had finished his morning exam.
• Chu Zeshen called Gu Bai repeatedly during the afternoon exam, but the Gu Family Butler answered and told him Gu Bai was busy.
• After Gu Bai finished his exams, the butler told him he could take the next day off.
• Chu Zeshen persuaded Gu Bai to come to the office on his day off, despite Gu Bai regretting leaving the warm house in the rain.
• Chu Zeshen returned to his office with Assistant Feng and workers, who installed a desk and chair beside his own.
• Gu Bai realized Chu Zeshen had prepared the workstation for him and said so.

Gu Bai visited Chu Zeshen’s company, tried out the custom office chair prepared for him, and gradually grew less resistant to starting work at Gu Corporation. After work, he and Chu Zeshen met Xie Wen and Lu Shengfan for dinner, where Xie Wen showed an unusual interest in Mocha.

• Chu Zeshen showed Gu Bai his custom office spot and said Gu Bai would start at Gu Corporation in a few days.
• Gu Bai tried the comfortable chair, then joked in the group chat that he had taken over Chu Zeshen’s position.
• Gu Bai napped in the Rest Lounge until nearly the end of the workday, and Chu Zeshen woke him with a kiss.
• Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai met Xie Wen and Lu Shengfan at a restaurant Xie Wen had chosen.
• Xie Wen looked for Mocha and asked why Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen had not brought him, and Gu Bai explained that the rainy weather might make the pet catch cold.

Xie Wen told Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen that he planned to adopt a female Border Collie named Brandy and joked about matching her with Mocha. Gu Bai advised Xie Wen on caring for the puppy, and the meal ended with Xie Wen eagerly taking notes while asking questions.

• Xie Wen revealed that he had reserved a female Border Collie and planned to name her Brandy.
• Xie Wen proposed that Brandy and Mocha become in-laws, while Chu Zeshen pointed out that Mocha had been neutered.
• Xie Wen suggested an online meeting for the dogs, and Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai advised him to wait until Brandy was older and settled before introducing her to Mocha.
• Xie Wen asked Gu Bai for puppy-care advice and took notes as Gu Bai explained what to do after Brandy came home.
• Lu Shengfan and Chu Zeshen ordered dinner while Gu Bai answered Xie Wen's questions, leaving Gu Bai with little time to eat.

At dinner, Gu Bai discussed Gu Ruilin’s transfer and Gu Haisheng’s recovery while Xie Wen teased him about taking over the family fortune. Afterward, Xie Wen arranged for Mocha to meet Brandy, and Gu Bai agreed to let the dogs get acquainted.

• Chu Zeshen warned Xie Wen to stop monopolizing Gu Bai, and Xie Wen backed down until after dinner.
• Gu Bai told Xie Wen that Gu Ruilin had been sent to F Country to manage a subsidiary, while Gu Haisheng shut himself off from outside contact to recover.
• Xie Wen asked whether the Gu Family assets now belonged to Gu Bai, who said the situation could change in the future.
• After dinner, Xie Wen promised to send pictures of Brandy so Gu Bai could show them to Mocha.
• In the car, Gu Bai told Chu Zeshen that he only wanted Mocha to make a new friend and would not force him to like Brandy.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen tested Mocha’s reaction to a photo of Brandy, then Gu Bai prepared to begin his role as executive president of Gu Corporation. The chapter left Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen kissing as they dressed for work.

• Gu Bai showed Mocha a photo of Brandy, but Mocha briefly looked at it before returning to his toy.
• Gu Bai told Xie Wen that Mocha’s reaction to Brandy’s photo had been misleading, and the dogs’ meeting was postponed while Brandy adjusted to her new home.
• Gu Bai faced his first day as executive president of Gu Corporation, while Chu Zeshen helped him get out of bed and chose a suit for him.
• Chu Zeshen helped Gu Bai change, and Gu Bai kissed him after realizing his husband had ulterior motives.

Gu Bai began his first day as executive president of the Gu Corporation, establishing a formal distance from Gu Jiazi and the other executives. He found the custom desk Chu Zeshen had arranged for him waiting in his office, while the company’s directors remained divided over his leadership.

• Chu Zeshen helped Gu Bai dress, leaving him sore, and the two left for work in separate cars.
• Gu Jiazi and the Gu Corporation’s directors and employees gathered to welcome Gu Bai, speculating about his health and authority.
• Gu Bai told Director He to address him as President Gu at work, then greeted Gu Jiazi as Director Gu.
• The directors split between those who doubted Gu Bai’s qualifications and those loyal to Gu Haisheng, leaving Gu Bai without his own supporters.
• Gu Jiazi showed Gu Bai to his office, where he found a custom desk and chair Chu Zeshen had arranged for him.
• Gu Bai told Gu Jiazi not to discuss personal matters during work, reinforcing their strictly professional relationship.

Gu Bai began his first day as executive president of Gu Corporation, where Gu Haisheng’s decision to assign Assistant Liu to him strengthened his authority. He became absorbed in reviewing documents, but Chu Zeshen arrived at lunchtime and pulled him onto his lap, leaving Gu Bai to ask Chu to read the final document for him.

• Gu Jiazi introduced Gu Bai to his newly assigned assistant, but Gu Bai sent her back to her original position because Gu Haisheng had arranged for Assistant Liu to help him.
• Gu Jiazi questioned whether Gu Haisheng had really assigned Assistant Liu to Gu Bai, and Gu Bai told her to speak to his father if she objected.
• Gu Bai called Chu Zeshen to ask whether his position let him leave work after half a day, and Chu said his afternoon off would depend on his performance.
• Assistant Liu brought Gu Bai documents to sign and explained that Gu Haisheng had declined some meetings so Gu Bai could adjust to his new role.
• Gu Bai asked Chu Zeshen for beef hot pot, then became engrossed in reading documents until Chu arrived shortly before noon.
• Chu Zeshen took the last document from Gu Bai, sat in his chair, and pulled him onto his lap; Gu Bai asked him to read the final document instead.

On his first day as Gu Corporation’s Executive President, Gu Bai finished a day’s work in the morning, then skipped the afternoon with Chu Zeshen. In the days that followed, Gu Bai kept adjusting his hours to avoid working longer than necessary, and Gu Haisheng accepted his son’s habit of leaving early.

• Chu Zeshen kissed Gu Bai in his office at noon, then left with him five minutes after the hour.
• Assistant Liu found the office empty and learned from the receptionist that Chu Zeshen had taken Gu Bai home for an important matter.
• Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai to beef hot pot, and the two decided to skip work that afternoon and nap together at home.
• Gu Bai continued finishing work early or leaving before the day ended, while Assistant Liu tried to intercept him at lunchtime.
• Gu Haisheng laughed when he heard about Gu Bai’s work habits and let him adjust his schedule.

Gu Bai enjoyed the freedom to skip work and sleep in, but Xie Wen arrived early with Brandy to introduce the puppy to Mocha. The two dogs met and began getting acquainted while Xie Wen stayed for breakfast.

• Gu Bai reflected on how freely he could come and go from work after escaping his old family obligations.
• Xie Wen arrived at the Chu residence with Brandy, waking Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen with Mocha’s excited barking.
• Gu Bai calmed Mocha and put him on a leash while Xie Wen brought Brandy inside in a pet carrier.
• Brandy boldly approached Mocha, and Mocha initially startled before the two dogs sniffed each other and began to bond.
• Xie Wen filmed the dogs’ first meeting and invited himself to breakfast while Gu Bai watched Chu Zeshen’s reaction.

Mocha and Brandy met at the Chu Family home, where Xie Wen and the others watched them become attached to each other. Brandy warmed quickly to Gu Bai and fell asleep on Mocha’s mat, while Xie Wen tried to make Mocha’s scent rub off on him.

• Xie Wen teased Chu Zeshen about Mocha and Brandy meeting, and Chu Zeshen told him the dog could stay while he should leave.
• After breakfast, Xie Wen asked Uncle Li to take a commemorative photo and then coached Brandy to kiss Mocha.
• Mocha showed Brandy around the house and brought her his favorite toys, while Lu Shengfan and Gu Bai watched.
• Brandy approached Gu Bai, let him pet her belly, and fell asleep on Mocha’s mat after he carried her there.
• Xie Wen complained that Brandy treated Gu Bai more like her owner, then pressed Mocha against himself to get the dog’s scent on his clothes.

Brandy’s first meeting with Mocha went well, and Xie Wen left the Chu Family home after joking with Chu Zeshen about betrothal gifts. On Sunday, Assistant Liu alerted Chu Zeshen to a coordinated online attack exposing Gu Corporation’s tactics and the marriage alliance, and Chu Zeshen began investigating who was behind it.

• Brandy woke at lunchtime, ate goat-milk-soaked dog food, and charmed the people watching him.
• Mocha accepted Brandy and escorted him and Xie Wen to the car when they left the Chu Family home.
• Xie Wen teased Chu Zeshen about betrothal gifts, and Chu Zeshen replied that he should wait and see.
• Assistant Liu called to report that an online article had exposed Gu Haisheng’s business tactics and the marriage alliance, drawing attacks against both companies’ official Weibo accounts.
• Chu Zeshen told Assistant Liu to reduce the article’s visibility while he investigated who was behind it.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen rushed to the Gu Corporation to contain an attack targeting both the Gu and Chu Corporations. They suspected Gu Ruilin was behind it, while Gu Jiazi arrived late and pointed them toward the Zhou Corporation, leaving Gu Bai to suspect she was deliberately misleading them.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen left home before dawn after receiving urgent calls, and Assistant Liu briefed them at the Gu Corporation headquarters.
• The Gu and Chu teams agreed to deny the article’s claims and redirect public attention while keeping it focused on the two companies.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that Chu Peiwen had flown to F Country with his pregnant wife, where Gu Ruilin had been transferred.
• Gu Bai wondered whether Gu Jiazi had been involved, while Chu Zeshen promised to handle the crisis and comforted him.
• Gu Jiazi arrived at ten, claimed she had been drinking at a friend’s birthday party, and blamed the Zhou Corporation for the attack.
• Gu Bai realized Gu Jiazi knew about the matter and was likely giving them a false lead.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen confronted Gu Haisheng with evidence that Gu Ruilin and Gu Jiazi had plotted against them, while Gu Bai demanded full control of the Gu Corporation. The next day, the Gu and Chu Corporations pursued legal action and used the idea of a rival’s frame-up to redirect public opinion.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen told Gu Haisheng that Gu Ruilin was behind the online rumors, and Gu Bai demanded that he take over the Gu Corporation completely.
• Gu Haisheng questioned Gu Bai about Gu Jiazi, and Gu Bai said she had known about Second Brother’s actions.
• Chu Zeshen revealed that Gu Ruilin had planned to drug him at the Resort Hotel opening, and Gu Bai added that Gu Jiazi had helped by bringing reporters to the rest lounge.
• Gu Haisheng realized that Gu Bai considered him a failed father who could not be relied upon.
• The next day, the Gu Corporation and the Chu Corporation pursued legal action against rumor spreaders and considered claiming a rival had framed them.

Gu Bai formally took over as president of Gu Corporation and launched an investigation into Zhao Xinran’s people and relatives placed in the company through connections. He stayed home claiming to be ill, avoiding visits from the directors as he rested with Mocha and Assistant Liu checked on him.

• After the online controversy died down, Gu Corporation announced Gu Haisheng was stepping down and Gu Bai would formally take over as president.
• Gu Bai received Gu Haisheng’s signed document, signed the equity agreement, and won the directors’ unanimous approval at a board meeting.
• Gu Bai ordered a thorough investigation into Zhao Xinran’s people and employees placed in the company through senior executives’ influence.
• Gu Bai stayed home, where Mocha gave him a massage, while Assistant Liu called to ask when he would return to the office.
• Gu Bai discouraged a visit from the directors by saying Chu Zeshen had caught his cold too.

Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen about being frail, and Chu Zeshen kissed him while keeping up the pretense that Gu Bai had given him a cold. Later, Gu Bai visited Gu Jiazi at the now-deserted Gu family home after she demanded to meet him, and she greeted him with unexpected composure.

• Gu Bai decided he needed to find a CFO so he could become a hands-off president.
• Chu Zeshen overheard Gu Bai call him frail, pulled him onto his lap, and kissed him while claiming he needed to act as if he had caught Gu Bai's nonexistent cold.
• After Gu Bai hired a CEO from abroad, Gu Jiazi insisted on meeting him, and the butler eventually passed along her request.
• Gu Bai returned alone to the Gu family home and found Gu Haisheng's guards stationed throughout the property, while Zhao Xinran and Gu Ruilin had moved out.
• Gu Jiazi descended in a black dress, explained that she had dismissed most of the household staff, poured tea for Gu Bai, and stared at him.

Gu Bai defended his decision to let an outsider manage the Gu Corporation and rejected Gu Jiazi’s claim to influence its operations. He revealed that he had deliberately hidden his business knowledge from his family, leaving Gu Jiazi shaken and unsure what else he had concealed.

• Gu Bai refused to drink the tea Gu Jiazi offered and told her that only Chu Zeshen was not a stranger to him.
• Gu Jiazi urged Gu Bai to value his family and challenged his decision to let an outsider manage the Gu Corporation.
• Gu Bai argued that the corporation needed change and said that his authority as its highest-ranking executive allowed him to hire help without her approval.
• Gu Jiazi criticized Gu Bai’s lack of business experience and warned that his management plan could endanger the corporation.
• Gu Bai reminded Gu Jiazi that he had pretended not to understand business terms at their father’s funeral, revealing that he had deliberately misled her and Gu Ruilin.
• Gu Jiazi realized Gu Bai had concealed his abilities and could only stare at him in shock.

Gu Bai left the Gu residence after refusing Gu Jiazi’s offer to trade Gu Ruilin’s hiding place for her position as director. Chu Zeshen picked him up and explained that they already knew where Gu Ruilin was; meanwhile, Gu Jiazi warned Wu Hui, who realized their hiding place might not be secure.

• Gu Jiazi offered to reveal Gu Ruilin’s location if Gu Bai restored her position as director, but Gu Bai refused and said they already knew where Gu Ruilin was.
• Chu Zeshen picked Gu Bai up, and Gu Bai told him about his conversation with Gu Jiazi.
• Gu Bai explained that Gu Ruilin had fled to F Country with help from Wu Hui and her current husband, but Chu Zeshen had already found his hiding place through an overseas contact.
• Gu Jiazi called Wu Hui and reported that Gu Bai knew where Gu Ruilin was hiding, prompting Wu Hui to question how that was possible.
• David woke beside Wu Hui and asked who was calling.

Gu Jiazi learned that men in black had taken Gu Ruilin, while Gu Bai escaped his directors’ demands and went to Chu Zeshen’s office, where he ended up doing work. The chapter left Gu Bai questioning Chu Zeshen’s attempt to recruit him to Chu Corporation.

• David answered a call and Wu Hui told Gu Jiazi that men in black had broken into the villa and taken Ruilin.
• Gu Jiazi realized Gu Bai was behind the events and smashed her phone in anger.
• The directors confronted Assistant Liu at Gu Bai’s empty office, and Michael summoned them to a meeting on Gu Bai’s behalf.
• Gu Bai went to Chu Zeshen’s office to escape the directors, but Chu Zeshen put him to work reviewing documents.
• Chu Zeshen offered Gu Bai a position at Chu Corporation, and Gu Bai questioned why he would leave his own company.

Gu Bai turned down Chu Zeshen’s offer to join Chu Corporation, but secured double the penalty for their old prenuptial contract. As his twenty-third birthday approached, he arranged for Brandy to visit so Mocha could meet her in person.

• Gu Bai rejected Chu Zeshen’s invitation to work at Chu Corporation and demanded double the contract penalty after learning their prenuptial agreement no longer applied.
• Chu Zeshen paid the penalty and continued working while Gu Bai relaxed at his side; over the following weeks, Gu Bai visited Chu Corporation for afternoon tea and helped with documents.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen spent their evenings at home, where Mocha video-called Brandy while Xie Wen was away on a business trip.
• Gu Bai suggested bringing Brandy over for his birthday so Mocha could see her, and Chu Zeshen asked Xie Wen for permission.
• Xie Wen agreed and encouraged Gu Bai to pick up Brandy himself in the future.

On Gu Bai’s twenty-third birthday, Chu Zeshen gave him a necklace he had designed himself, and Gu Bai told him he was the person he loved most. Brandy returned to stay with Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen for a few days, where it could keep Mocha company and learn from him.

• Gu Bai found the necklace Chu Zeshen had designed and apologized for having criticized his drawing.
• Chu Zeshen asked whether Gu Bai liked the necklace, and Gu Bai said he loved Chu Zeshen most.
• Gu Bai brought Brandy home, and Brandy and Mocha excitedly reunited.
• Gu Bai read Xie Wen’s birthday card, which asked them to care for Brandy for a few more days.
• Chu Zeshen joked about Xie Wen’s birthday wishes, and Gu Bai teased him for caring about their age difference.

Brandy stayed at the Chu Family home and learned new commands alongside Mocha, while Chu Zeshen grew jealous of the dogs’ competition for Gu Bai’s affection. The chapter ended with Gu Bai teasing Chu Zeshen and proposing they try something new on the sofa.

• Chu Zeshen arranged for Gu Bai to have his birthday off, then spent the day at home with him and the dogs.
• Brandy demonstrated his training, and he and Mocha both ran to Gu Bai when he patted his thigh.
• Chu Zeshen pulled Gu Bai onto the sofa and sent Brandy down, letting Mocha lead the puppy away.
• Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen for being jealous, and Chu Zeshen said they needed time alone together.
• Gu Bai bit Chu Zeshen’s Adam’s apple and suggested that Chu Zeshen lie down while he took the lead on the sofa.

Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen teased each other before making up while playing with Mocha and Brandy. On Gu Bai’s birthday, he received thoughtful gifts and shared a celebratory meal with Chu Zeshen and Uncle Li, while Elder Chu sent him a custom daybed.

• Chu Zeshen teased Gu Bai about being on top, and Gu Bai eventually shoved him away to play with Mocha and Brandy.
• Chu Zeshen coaxed Gu Bai back into a good mood, agreeing to play games with him for a week.
• Gu Bai received a game from Xie Wen and liquor from Lu Shengfan, thanked them in the group chat, and invited them to visit.
• Uncle Li prepared thirteen dishes for Gu Bai’s first birthday with the Chu Family, and Chu Zeshen and Gu Bai persuaded him to eat with them.
• Elder Chu sent Gu Bai a custom rosewood daybed after a cold kept him from visiting, and the three ate together while Mocha waited for Brandy to finish his meal.
• When Uncle Li kept serving Gu Bai food, Chu Zeshen asked about the soup, prompting Uncle Li to remember it and go to the kitchen.

On Gu Bai’s twenty-fourth birthday, Chu Zeshen indulged him at lunch and took him to a café he had booked, where he served Gu Bai himself. The playful role-play ended with Gu Bai pretending they were strangers who had met too late, prompting Chu Zeshen to call out the implausible scenario.

• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen shared food and soup at lunch, and Chu Zeshen agreed to finish whatever Gu Bai could not eat.
• Gu Bai postponed Uncle Li’s homemade afternoon tea until the next day so he could go out with Chu Zeshen.
• Gu Bai and Chu Zeshen emerged in similar outfits, then took Mocha and Brandy with them.
• Chu Zeshen took Gu Bai to a café he had booked and changed into a café uniform to serve him.
• Gu Bai ordered coffee and pet cream, then flirted with Chu Zeshen as if they were strangers, claiming he was nearly thirty and wishing they had met sooner.

Chu Zeshen surprised Gu Bai with a café he had prepared as a birthday present, decorated with his necklace design. Gu Bai was deeply moved by Chu Zeshen’s care, and the chapter ended with them embracing.

• Gu Bai teased Chu Zeshen during their café role-play, then asked him to choose some desserts.
• Chu Zeshen served Gu Bai a cream puff and a chocolate lava egg tart at The Love, whose decorations featured his necklace design.
• Chu Zeshen revealed that he had spent over a month preparing the café and that it had opened that day as Gu Bai’s birthday present.
• Gu Bai realized Chu Zeshen had learned baking while pretending to go to work and hugged him tightly.
• Chu Zeshen told Gu Bai that he was his husband and the only person he treated so well.