Only Upon Waking Did I Realize How Deeply I Loved You

Nan Xing is ill. While traveling, she happens to meet a cool and aloof young genius of traditional Chinese medicine. As they spend more time together, they fall in love. Neither has ever been in love before, so they do not know what it means to like someone. Only when they wake up do they realize how deep their feelings run.

The lovers make a fervent wish beneath a silk tree to stay together for a lifetime. But in the end, the tree is still there, and they are both still there, yet they are no longer together.

On the eve of her surgery, he once again put his faith in the gods. He knelt on all ninety-nine steps before the Medicine God Temple, praying only for her health and safety. As long as... as long as she was healthy and safe. In the moments before she went into surgery, she was still writing, writing without stopping, writing his name. A thick notebook was filled with “Jiang Xie, Jiang...” On the final page, beneath tear stains, was a single sentence: “Jiang Xie, I love you. I really, truly love you.” ...