The country's first reality dating show built around "instant sparks," When the Scholar of Ancient Books Meets a Heartbeat Signal, has begun. Six ordinary women and six ordinary men, each with strikingly contrasting personalities, gather at the Heartbeat House.
Su Yang, a bold beauty blogger with a million followers across the internet, is here to shed her "love-brained" image. Sharp-tongued and clear-eyed on camera, she secretly puts on a tough front while being afraid of the dark. Meanwhile, Lu Chengyan, one of the country's top young restorers of ancient books, has ink stains on his fingertips and calluses on his palms. He joins the show to promote intangible cultural heritage, quiet and reserved like an old-fashioned scholar who has wandered into a lively gathering.
The top-tier star panel holds "heartbeat signal detectors" to capture unscripted moments of genuine chemistry. When the sharp-tongued blogger meets the taciturn restorer, their bickering conceals a growing concern for each other. Meanwhile, Lin Xiaotang, a sweet kindergarten teacher, repeatedly gets under the skin of Shen Zhiyan, a pianist accustomed to keeping everything under control.
In this romantic battle of clashing personalities and heart-fluttering details, who will find their way through the noise and win a perfect match through an unspoken understanding at first sight and little acts of tenderness?
