The pact almost happens, then gets postponed for a good, tender reason. Lin Juan’s frustration with the whole Ren system boils over into a tense confrontation, then a genuine trade deal.

Wu Nongyu isn’t ready to form a pact yet. But real feelings keep pushing forward anyway. A hidden video exposes Wu Siyuan’s cruelty toward Xie Xinxu.

A fake investigation into a “cheating” wife spirals into full soap opera absurdity. Wu Nongyu and Xie Xinxu keep clashing over what’s real versus drug-induced.

Max’s tragic backstory unravels, revealing why he worshipped Xie Xinxu in the first place, before it ends in tragedy. Wu Nongyu wakes up in a hospital with real answers, a family secret involving

A tender morning-after with Xie Xinxu’s family gets shattered when his parents turn up dead, and the whole scene spirals into a mind-bending time-loop through both their childh

A drug vault heist turns into a full-blown prison break, complete with Wu Nongyu becoming an unexpected killing machine and Xie Xinxu taking a bullet for the team.

A drugging leaves Xie Xinxu temporarily powerless, and he and Wu Nongyu get kidnapped by his own “fan club,” former escapees who worship him as a founder figure.

Xie Xinxu and Wu Siyuan’s tense standoff turns into psychological warfare, before Siyuan tries to trap him with a “job offer” that’s really an ambush plan.

Wu Nongyu gets drugged into attending a government matchmaking event, only to find out she’s on a countdown herself, form a pact with a Ren

Xie Xinxu decides he’s done being lenient and starts taking full control of the relationship, kisses included.