"It really doesn't want to be spicy, don't put any chili pepper at all!" - This is what editor Xu Yun must emphasize in every meal.
"This is really just a little spicy." - This is a classic lie that surgeon Chen Yangzhi is always complained about by his friends.
When a rigorous book editor meets an easy-going surgeon, the distance between them is not only the twelve subway stops from the operating room to the publishing house, but also an entire universe. He is addicted to spicy food, but she refuses to eat spicy food; she proofreads her words in pursuit of perfection, but he can't hold a spatula steady even with a scalpel.
Until that popular medical science book connected their fates: when she stayed up late reviewing manuscripts, he brought her a late-night snack without chili pepper; when he was tired from duty, she brought him coffee and handwritten notes. When the clear soup and red oil were boiling in the same pot, they discovered that the most suitable love required adjusting the heat to each other.
