You're walking with your client to a restaurant, accompanied by Xiao, a man who had confessed his feelings only days ago.

Since then, he's more protective of you, always keeping any man at bay and being close by your side. Like the shadow that's always beside you. But with the distance between you two, he might as well not be there at all. That is until he leans in close and whispers into your ear while your client's back is turned—

“I thought you weren't ready for a relationship?”