[Proud top-tier star × rebellious practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine | Secret marriage pact | Mutual healing | Sweet romance and playful bickering]
Top-tier star Rong Zhaoye loathes traditional Chinese medicine, until his grandmother bundles him off to the city hospital’s TCM department.
“Dr. Chu, I can’t sleep.” Behind his sunglasses, the man radiates resistance, but when she calls out his qi and blood deficiency, his ears turn bright red.
Chu Qiao raises an eyebrow and sneers. “Afraid of needles? Then don’t get treated. Keep staying up until you pass out on set.”
To her surprise, he promptly hands her a marriage contract. “Help me deal with my grandmother and keep up my image for this TCM drama. A year from now, I’ll give you the money to open your own clinic.”
Chu Qiao looks at the online abuse that threatens to derail her career, grits her teeth, and signs. “Deal. We keep the marriage secret, and don’t cross the line.”
From then on:
When the star gets called out on set for pressing the wrong acupuncture point, he turns around and shields the TCM consultant behind him. “You don’t get to question my woman!”
When obsessive fans corner the doctor, a black car suddenly speeds toward her. Rong Zhaoye pulls her into his arms. “I told you I’d be here.”
When the air conditioner breaks on a night they’re living together, he wraps them both in a thick blanket and holds her close. “Don’t get cold. I run hot.”
Chu Qiao scolds him for being “fussy” while preparing medicinal dishes, yet stays up until dawn when he has a high fever, gently pressing the Shenmen acupoint to soothe him to sleep.
On the day their contract expires, Rong Zhaoye blocks her doorway with wedding rings engraved “Golden Retriever × Pomeranian.” “Dr. Chu, let’s make this pretend marriage real.”
Chu Qiao rolls her eyes. “I’m afraid a star like you is too weak to keep up.”
He leans in, his breath hot. “There’s only one way to find out…”
From a misunderstanding and chase along Binjiang Road, to steadfast support on set, to joining forces to take down the villains and heal each other’s old wounds.
