Love The Way You Are Episode 24 Recap
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Yin Yike went to the Original Animation Exhibition to pitch a co-branded product collaboration to Ms. Xu of Flower World. She proposed that if her team achieved satisfactory sales of game skins during live streams, Flower World might consider withdrawing a previous tort compensation claim or entering a long-term partnership. Yin Yike pointed out that their data identified game skins as Flower World's current sales bottleneck and even offered to accept a valuation adjustment agreement.
However, Ms. Xu politely declined, stating her company lacked a suitable product for such a co-branding effort. Just then, Xu Guangxi arrived with a painting of a new game skin design he created for Flower World. He impressed Ms. Xu by contrasting his dynamic, Chinese-style artwork with their current skins, noting their known difficulty in finding a suitable key animator for such a style.
When Ms. Xu learned Xu Guangxi was a director from another animation company, she grew concerned about potential intellectual property conflicts. Chen Ye, Xu Guangxi's boss, suddenly appeared and resolved the issue by offering to sign an agreement that waived the intellectual property rights for Xu Guangxi's contribution, framing it as a straightforward company-to-company deal. Intrigued, Ms. Xu agreed to give the "free" artist a trial run.
Soon after, Ms. Xu personally invited Yin Yike to her company to discuss the next steps, her attitude completely transformed. Yin Yike noticed artwork signed by Xu Guangxi on the table, realizing he had subtly helped her secure the deal. Back at her own company, Yin Yike convinced her boss, Frank, to sign the valuation adjustment agreement. During a management meeting, Frank praised Yin Yike's achievement.
When another manager raised concerns about the vacant marketing director position affecting staff morale, Yin Yike confidently assured them her department's performance would speak for itself. Pleased, Frank approved the Live Stream Department's move back to their original workstations on the 20th floor. Yin Yike’s colleagues, who had feared they were being fired, were overjoyed.
Later, Yin Yike informed her team that Ms. Xu wanted to slightly adjust the co-branded skins, selecting one popular and one hidden style, and hinted that Flower World might send an artist to work with them. Meanwhile, Yin Yibo was dutifully studying in the library, having decided to obey his father and prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination, even though it wasn't his passion. Xia Xiaomian, watching him, felt he was giving up on his true calling.
She recalled how his eyes lit up when he talked about live streaming and encouraged him not to abandon his years of hard work. Yin Yibo explained that he couldn't risk upsetting his father again, especially since his father didn't recognize his live streaming success as a real achievement. He recounted how he had started streaming for extra money and poured immense effort into it, often staying up all night to coordinate with foreign brands across time zones.
Moved by his dedication, Xia Xiaomian decided she would try to convince his father. That evening, Yin Yibo held what he intended to be his final live stream. Unbeknownst to him, his father, guided by Xia Xiaomian, was watching from the living room. Seeing viewers send gifts, his father decided to send a "yacht" himself but was shocked to see it cost over 1,000 yuan. He angrily called Yin Yibo out to demand a refund.
However, upon learning that over 300,000 people were watching and supporting his son, his anger turned to pride. He relented, telling Yin Yibo he could continue live streaming as long as he also passed the postgraduate entrance examination. Xu Guangxi joined Yin Yike at her company for another late night of work. She had prepared a cozy "overtime corner" and a special "exclusive coffee" for him.
Their team for the project expanded to include Chen Ye and Qin Yiran, giving the two a chance to grow closer. During a meeting about the Otome Game collaboration and a sweet perfume, Chen Ye grew bored with the perfume discussion. His phone rang with a call from his son, Chen Yu, who wanted Qin Yiran to tell him a bedtime story.
Despite not being a mother, Qin Yiran patiently promised to tell Chen Yu three stories if he went to bed. After work, Qin Yiran went with Chen Ye to his home to tell Chen Yu his stories, a routine that had become a comfort to the child. Qin Yiran observed what a responsible father Chen Ye was, learning he had even taken classes to make wooden figures for his son’s school projects.
She wondered why a successful man like him was still single and always relied on her for help. Chen Ye confessed that because his circumstances were comfortable, he held out a "fantasy" of finding someone he truly loved to spend his life with, rather than just finding a mother for Chen Yu.
Later, at her home with Xu Guangxi, Yin Yike discussed the pair, speculating that Qin Yiran’s carefree attitude was a defense mechanism against getting hurt, as she had yet to meet someone she truly loved. Ms. Xu was very satisfied with the collaboration proposal but expressed to Yin Yike her disappointment that Xu Guangxi hadn't presented his work himself.
On a call, Yin Yike relayed the good news to Xu Guangxi, adding that Ms. Xu praised him as handsome and talented and wished she could recruit him. Xu Guangxi modestly attributed his insight to his long experience as a vendor. He then abruptly ended the call, claiming he needed to get back to his own company to work on the "Fengqi Shendu" project.
Back at her office, Ms. Xu signaled a change in her interests by switching her usual coffee order from Blue Mountain to the more delicate Geisha. Her growing fascination with Xu Guangxi was confirmed as she began searching for his information online.
