[A career-minded professor who's clueless about love x a reserved, sharp-tongued cardiac surgeon|Second chances + love growing over time + reunion after years apart + a long road to winning her back]
I
Meng Shiyin and Zhou Boheng had disliked each other ever since high school, especially because of that mouth of his. She couldn't stand him.
But after their final year of high school, they never saw each other again.
Years later, Meng Shiyin opened her door, overcome with gratitude, and hugged the little dog she'd thought she'd lost, ready to thank her kind neighbor.
Then she nearly dropped her jaw in shock.
“Is this your dog?” Zhou Boheng asked with an amused smile, looking down at her. He spoke first.
“Long time no see, Meng Shiyin.”
This was a reunion she'd never imagined.
“...We sure are fated to meet.” A cursed fate.
II
After Zhou Boheng chased away an unwanted suitor on her behalf, Meng Shiyin watched him walk away, thought for a moment, then went back and knocked on the door next door.
“I noticed you hurt your forehead earlier, so I went to the pharmacy and got some medicine.” Holding ointment and cotton swabs, she spoke with righteous conviction.
Zhou Boheng realized they were standing too close. His heart skipped a beat, but he still insisted, “I'll do it myself.”
Meng Shiyin refused. “It's awkward to apply it yourself. Let me do it.”
Zhou Boheng: “...”
III
Later, Meng Shiyin went all the way to the city where Zhou Boheng was on a business trip.
She asked him to be with her.
But Zhou Boheng turned her down.
One night, Meng Shiyin wrapped both arms around his neck.
“Surely you can see how I feel now.”
