Love or Spend

- Season 1

(2015)

Pei Zheng Xi and Mo Cheng Zhen, best friends since childhood, promised their mothers that they'll marry each other if they're single at the same time on their shared birthday. They thought that day would never come, except it has.

Cheng Zhen must decide whether or not to date her subordinate, He Li Yang, before the birthday party. Zheng Xi's younger sister returns from the USA.

Cheng Zhen attends the supervisors' luncheon and endures the sexist remarks of her superior. You Xin and Cheng Han have an awkward morning.

As family dinner topics quickly becomes about Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen's love lives, an old friend makes a surprise appearance.

You Ting vows to work hard and not disappoint her parents. Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi's colleague question why they aren't together.

Li Yang wins over the approval of Cheng Zhen's mother and brother, while Cheng Zhen's friendship with Zheng Xi begins to get rocky.

Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi apologize to each other. Li Yang sees them holding hand, and confronts Zheng Xi about it.

Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi decide to put some distance between them. You Ting is forced to stay out all night trying to get a drunk Victor home.

Zheng Xi interviews the candidates for the company positions, and Cheng Zhen gets handed the First Sales Department's biggest client.

You Ting gets hired by the company because of the Director. Cheng Zhen and Li Yang go on their business trip.

Cheng Zhen and Li Yang bond over the course of the business trip, and end up having to share a room in the hotel.

Cheng Zhen secures the contract and spends the rest of the day having fun with Li Yang.

Cheng Zhen makes the choice to get serious about her relationship with Li Yang, who asks Zheng Xi to keep his distance.

Cheng Zhen hears the new employees gossiping about her relationship with Li Yang, and withdraws from him.

A new position in Vietnam opens up. You Ting gets upset after seeing Cheng Zhen being discriminated against at work.

Zheng Xi's ex-girlfriend Vivian makes her move to win him back. Li Yang makes dinner for Cheng Zhen's family.

Cheng Zhen meets Vivian. Victor's mother catches him at work, causing him to have to lie to You Ting.

Unable to come to terms with his feelings for Cheng Zhen, Zheng Xi reluctantly finds a friend in Vivian. Cheng Zhen struggles at work.

Cheng Zhen and Cheng Han realizes that their mother is aging. Victor is unable to appease his mother's anger.

You Xin finds herself increasingly drawn to her female senior. With Vivian's encouragement, Zheng Xi decides to take a chance.

When Cheng Zhen dismisses Zheng Xi's confession as a joke, he realizes that he has to get serious. Victor tries to figure out ways to not get shocked by You Ting.

Zheng Xi plans a date for him and Cheng Zhen to win her over.

Zheng Xi's date does not according to plan. Cheng Zhen has lunch with Li Yang and his mother, and gets stressed out.

After spending the night together, Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen do everything they can to prevent their family from finding out.

Zheng Xi decides to take time to woo Cheng Zhen. The company goes through a personnel change, and Cheng Zhen gets demoted.

Victor figures out that he's in love with You Ting. Cheng Zhen gets adjusted to her new position and team, and meets the elusive Lady Hua Hua.

Cheng Han gives his sister's teddy bear back, and gets assigned the duty of taking You Xin to her piano lesson.

Cheng Zhen presents a new plan for the Development Department, and struggles to connect with the unmotivated Lady Hua Hua.

Cheng Zhen's relationship problems with Zheng Xi inadvertently resulted in Hua Hua doing work. Zheng Xi and Vivian's friendship grows.

The Vice General Manager piles more work onto the already busy Sales Department. Cheng Han stops by You Xin's school to woo her senior.

Zheng Xi's attempts to apologize to Cheng Zhen go awry. The Sales Department's performance worsens with the increased workload.

The Vice General Manager challenges the Sales Department to a basketball game amid their heavy workload.

Zheng Xi's increasing strictness leads to one of his employees filing a complaint against him.

Cheng Zhen realizes that she still has feelings for Zheng Xi. Victor becomes You Ting's dance partner.

Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi make up after their awkward morning. You Xin's senior returns from her trip.

Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi admit to their parents that they have feelings for one another, but their 33 years of friendship prevent them from confessing.

Zheng Xi's assignment to Vietnam reaches the ears of the office staff. Wei Xuan gives Cheng Han twenty chances to win her over.

Having successfully delayed Zheng Xi's transfer, Cheng Zhen must find a way to stop it completely. The Development Department discovers a bunch of unsold stock.

Zheng Xi falls ill after a particularly bad sales day. You Xin struggles to overcome her unknown feelings for Wei Xuan.

You Xin realizes that she's in love with her senior. Zheng Xi's fever makes him delirious.

Wei Ming's confession creates an awkwardness between him and You Ting. Cheng Zhen finds out who's been sending her flowers.

While Cheng Zhen struggles with her feelings for Zheng Xi, he becomes convinced that he must make a move.

The Development Department work overnight to complete a design plan. Hua Hua gives Cheng Zhen some advice.

Vivian decides to give up her pursuit of Zheng Xi. Wei Ming talks to Stanley about his future in the company.

Zheng Xi launches the new blow-dryers with an usual sales strategy. You Xin gets anxious because Wei Xuan isn't responding to her texts.

Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen both turn to Cheng Han to help confessing their love. You Xin's anger towards Cheng Han leads to a siblings intervention.

The Director puts the blow-dryer sales on hold and sends Zheng Xi to Vietnam. Faced with the possibility of losing Zheng Xi, Cheng Zhen acts on her feelings.

Cheng Zhen goes to Vietnam to surprise Zheng Xi. As the families celebrate their oldest children's new relationship, Wei Ming shows up.

You Ting finds out that Wei Ming got kicked out of his home. Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen decide to try experiencing the normal stages of a relationship.

Cheng Han confesses to Wei Xuan, but is rejected when she tells him the truth about her. Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi return home to find him heartbroken.

Cheng Zhen and her mother recalls a particular painful memory that made their relationship stronger. You Xin talks to Mo Cheng Han about his heart break.

Zheng Xi is transferred to the Development Department. Meanwhile, he pulls all stops to make sure that Victor doesn't go near his sister.

You Xin finds Wei Xuan and confesses her feelings. Victor's mother pays a visit to the office.

As two of the relationships blossom, Cheng Han and Victor think of new ways to win the heart of the girls they like.

After his heartbreak, Victor prepares to assume the role of General Manager, leaving You Ting confused and unhappy.

Cheng Han's confrontation with Wei Xuan causes her and You Xin to separate. Stanley tells Zheng Xi his plan for him.

You Ting learns that Victor is serious about liking her, but things may be looking too late as he takes over the general manager position.

Seeing all their siblings unhappy, Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen throw a pajama party to cheer everyone up, and to confront their problems.

You Xin wakes up having forgotten that she came out of the closet. Zheng Xi is unsure how to react to his sister's sexuality.

The Vice General Manager throws a dinner party for selective members of the Sales staff. You Xin visits Wei Xuan.

With Stanley on vacation, Wei Ming and Zheng Xi must deal with the Vice General Manager's plan to poach the Sales staff.

Zheng Xi makes his decision about how he handles You Xin's sexuality. At work, he gets promoted to Assistant Manager of Sales, and has to deal with the staff's collective resignations.

Cheng Zhen bumps into an ex-boyfriend, inciting Zheng Xi's jealousy. The management confronts the Vice General Manager.

The Sales staff make their choice about whether to stay or to go. The Vice General Manager has a heart-to-heart with his younger sister, Vivian.

Zheng Xi plans his proposal for Cheng Zhen, while Wei Ming confronts the former Vice General Manager.

Zheng Xi finds out that Cheng Zhen knows about the proposal. Wei Ming tells his mother about You Xing.

Zheng Xi tricks Cheng Zhen into organizing her own proposal. Wei Xuan has dinner with You Xin's family.

To celebrate their first night together as fiances, Zheng Xi takes Cheng Zhen on a surprise getaway.

As the Mo siblings deal with seeing their father, Zheng Xi decides to tell Cheng Zhen a secret he's been keeping from her family.

The Mo siblings have a heart-to-heart, and decide what to do about their father's sudden reappearance. You Ting receives some help from Hua Hua.

Cheng Zhen and Cheng Han confront their father. The Pei family prepares for You Ting's dinner with Wei Ming's mother.

The dinner with Wei Ming's parents goes disastrous. Cheng Han finds himself in a predicament when his half-brother becomes his new roommate.

Wei Ming must figure out a way to appease his mother. Cheng Han learns that Ji Xia already knews about Kevin's true identity.

While Wei Ming devises a plan to apologize to You Ting, You Ting's family and friends devise their own plans to teach him a lesson.

Zheng Xi and Cheng Zhen keep getting surprised at work. Mama Pei expresses her concern about You Xin to her husband.

Zheng Xi prepares for his wedding with Cheng Zhen, but learns that she's having second thoughts. You Xin has a heart-to-heart with her father.

Mama Pei and Wei Xuan talk about Wei Xuan's relationship with You Xin. Cheng Zhen and Zheng Xi tell their family that they don't want to get married.