Cool, sensitive antiquarian book restorer x gentle, scheming cardiothoracic surgeon | I mend the past; you guard the heartbeat.
Chu Ci has a secret: she has been dreaming for years. In her dreams, there is always a hazy fog, and within it a figure whose face she can never make out. The figure gazes at her with warm, calm, beautiful eyes, giving her a sense of security she has never known. When she wakes, all that remains is an empty ache.
Then one day, in a dim hospital corridor, she stumbles into a man’s arms.
The moment she looks up, dream and reality crash together.
His name is Tang Yan. He is the youngest attending physician in the cardiothoracic surgery department at the City No. 1 Hospital, gentle as jade, steady and composed. Her heart, silent for so many years, beats again in that moment.
She thinks she is the only one caught in this turmoil.
But later
The umbrella on a rainy night is his;
The damaged ancient book is “coincidentally” brought to her for safekeeping by him;
The Samoyed named Snow Cake takes one look at her and refuses to leave;
At the claw machine, he takes her hand and murmurs, “Relax”;
Through the steam rising from the hot pot, he gazes at her, light in his eyes.
She falls deeper and deeper, yet retreats time and again.
Until one late night, she decides to face her feelings and sends a text with only four words: I like you.
The next second, he calls her.
“I’m driving.”
“Send me your address.”
“Wait for me.”
Three hours later, he crosses the city and stands before her, travel-worn.
He says
“I like you too.”
“For a long time.”
“Longer than you think.”
