
He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

Xiao Tian returns to Dragon City and applies for a bodyguard position at Ye Group to fulfill a promise to his sworn brother Ye Feng: to protect Ye Feng's fiancée, Lin Qingyue. At the interview, Xiao Tian encounters his ex-girlfriend Wu Qian, who dumped him years ago. Wu Qian is now the HR manager and mocks him relentlessly, even ridiculing him for collecting garbage abroad. Just then, Lin Qingyue, the president of Ye Group, appears. Assassins hidden among the interviewees launch a sudden attack. In a critical moment, Xiao Tian eliminates several top assassins with just a coin, displaying terrifying skills and shocking everyone present.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

This episode reveals the truth behind Ye Feng's sacrifice through a conversation between Xiao Tian and Ye's mother, Li Xiumei. Before his death, Ye Feng entrusted his family business and fiancée Lin Qingyue to Xiao Tian, hoping he would protect the Ye family in his stead. To fend off the covetous Zhou family and preserve the family's foundation, Ye's mother implores Xiao Tian to marry Lin Qingyue as Ye Feng and continue the family line. Though hesitant, Xiao Tian decides to first join the Ye family as a bodyguard. At the end, Xiao Tian accompanies Ye's mother to the Ye family villa, where he unexpectedly reunites with Chu Yiyi, who is discussing "dating strategies" with Ye Sisi. Their past encounter on a plane instantly plunges the scene into shock.

Xiao Tian officially joins the Ye family as a bodyguard, receiving a warm welcome from Ye Sisi and the attention of Chu Yiyi. However, Lin Qingyue, due to a previous misunderstanding, is extremely disgusted with him, calling him a "pervert." Ye's mother, Li Xiumei, reveals that Xiao Tian is the sworn brother of her deceased son, Ye Feng. Facing increasing pressure from external forces like the Zhou family, Li Xiumei, in order to stabilize the Ye family's situation, tearfully pleads with her daughter-in-law, Lin Qingyue, to share a room with Xiao Tian to "continue the family line" for the Ye family. Under pressure, Lin Qingyue enters Xiao Tian's room late at night, only to be met with his sarcastic remarks and a forceful wall slam.

This episode focuses on the ambiguous entanglement between Xiao Tian and Chu Yiyi. Xiao Tian discovers that Chu Yiyi and her clothes have been poisoned. He forcibly takes her to the bathroom to rinse her with water, demanding she remove her clothes for a thorough cleansing. The scene then shifts to them alone indoors, where Chu Yiyi, now in uniform, questions Xiao Tian, asking if he's forgotten their past "encounter." Xiao Tian coldly dismisses it as a mere coincidence and states his current identity is solely that of the Ye family's bodyguard. Enraged, Chu Yiyi pushes Xiao Tian onto the bed, blindfolds him with a silk scarf, and threatens to reveal their relationship to her best friend, Lin Qingyue. Just as they become intimate, Lin Qingyue bursts in, witnessing the shocking scene.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.

He could walk in as a king—but chooses to stay in the shadows. One step at a time, he crushes schemes, fighters, and everything in his way. They think he’s just a bodyguard. They don’t know who they’re dealing with.