Synopsis of His Heartbeat, Her Nerves
Su Qingyan, a neurosurgeon, has eyes as precise as scalpels. She can locate lesions on a nerve map down to the millimeter, yet she alone cannot read the unmistakable tenderness in the eyes of Lu Shiyan, a cardiac surgeon, whenever he looks at her.
During a joint operation between departments, she uses delicate instruments under the microscope to separate the nerves at the base of the skull, while he stands by to protect the beating heart. Their fingertips brush through sterile gloves, and the touch throws their heartbeats more out of rhythm than the signal that the operation has succeeded. Neurosurgery demands absolute composure, yet after her back-to-back operations, Lu Shiyan always brings her ginger tea at just the right temperature. When a dispute with a patient leaves her at a low point, he steadies her exhaustion with a simple, “Your skill never needs proving.” The cardiac ward is a battlefield where life and death are constant companions, but Su Qingyan quietly remembers that he is allergic to mangoes. When a rescue operation runs overtime, she leaves nourishing porridge in the most conspicuous spot in his office.
As the cold gleam of scalpels meets the steady beeping of cardiac monitors, as the “sensitivity of nerve endings” collides with the “fervor of a heartbeat,” they find themselves beneath the lights of the emergency room and the surgical theater. They not only protect their patients' lives, but also discover in each other's eyes a unique frequency that resonates between them. The most moving kind of love, it turns out, is when he understands the delicacy of her nerves, and she treasures the sincerity of his heart.
