Recaps

Xun Yuan pursued a romance with Zuo Tingyue while continuing her restoration work and handling secret overseas affairs. The arc left them traveling to Shen City together, with their attraction deepening as Zuo Tingyue agreed to protect her.

• Xun Yuan met Zuo Tingyue at the Jiang Family Club and began pursuing him, while he gave her replacement jade hairpins after their first kiss.
• Xun Yuan and Zuo Tingyue grew closer at the hot springs, where she agreed to sleep with him and later took mifepristone, prompting him to promise she would not have to take it again.
• Xun Yuan and Zuo Tingyue continued their romance through jealousy, intimate nights, and a tense dinner where she asked to join his dangerous Southeast Asia work and he refused.
• Xun Yuan reunited with Xu Sui, fell ill after seeing Zuo Tingyue with another woman, and later confronted him at the club before spending the night with him.
• After media photos showed Zuo Tingyue carrying Xun Yuan, he visited his family estate while she restored a Guanyin sculpture and waited without contacting him.
• Zuo Tingyue met Xun Yuan in the rain, and she told him she was worried about him and wanted his protection before they spent the night together.
• Xun Yuan handled secret overseas orders and recurring nightmares while continuing her restoration work, then accepted Zuo Tingyue’s invitation to travel with him to Shen City.
• On Zuo Tingyue’s plane, Xun Yuan asked him to stay with her and called herself his woman, and he kissed her before stopping when she refused to continue.

Xun Yuan and Zuo Tingyue grew closer through travel, work, and repeated clashes, while Xun Yuan wrestled with what she wanted from him. The arc ended with Zuo Tingyue comforting her after a traumatic dream and kissing her as autumn rain fell.

• Zuo Tingyue brought Xun Yuan to Shen City, where he pressed ahead with Leap’s acquisition while drawing her into shared outings and growing intimacy.
• After returning to Harbor City, Xun Yuan restored an antique, advised Yun Tang about her arranged marriage, and became caught in a series of charged encounters with Zuo Tingyue.
• Xun Yuan and Yun Tang traveled to Sanya, where Xun Yuan and Zuo Tingyue kissed at the pool before their unresolved feelings followed them back to Harbor City.
• Xun Yuan completed a bodhisattva restoration and declined Mr. Dong’s offer to work at a museum, then overheard Yun Tang confront Lin Sheng about their one-night stand.
• Zuo Tingyue took Xun Yuan to Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef, but after she questioned what his gifts meant, he rebuffed her and they remained estranged for several days.
• After Xun Yuan refused Zuo Tingyue’s ride, he followed her into her building, revealed he lived on the ninth floor, and kissed her in the elevator.
• Zuo Tingyue gave Xun Yuan the Australia project contracts and an agreement granting her its proceeds, which left her reflecting that he offered money and power but nothing more.
• Xun Yuan dreamed of her father’s gift and relived the violence surrounding her mother’s death, then Zuo Tingyue comforted her and kissed her as autumn rain fell.