Dr. Shen, My Tooth Hurts

A bold, take-charge writer × a dentist who acts reluctant but secretly welcomes her advances

[Note: Pure romance | Both leads are each other’s first and only | Slow-paced | Delicate writing]

[Sugar-sweet romance · Mutual pining · Healing · Happy ending]

The day she went to the dentist, she fell in love with him at first sight.

She thought it was their first meeting. She had no idea he had planned it all along, or that they were reuniting after a long separation.

She draws close to him and pursues him, but he says, “I’m actually a terrible person. You can leave whenever you want.”

She points to her heart and looks at him. “Dr. Shen, my tooth doesn’t hurt anymore, but my heart is still beating so fast.”

In her medical chart, he writes, “Patient reports what may be an excessive heartbeat caused by falling in love.”

She looks at the photograph. The woman in it is wearing a white dress and looks a lot like her.

Crying, she says, “I love you, but I resent you too.”

He says softly, “You can leave whenever you want. I’ll always wait for you to come back.”

Only after she signs three critical-condition consent forms and watches the lights above the operating table stay on for more than ten hours does she understand that love weighs more than resentment and guilt.

They see each other, and they fall in love. She sees the vulnerability beneath his cold, distant exterior; he sees the loneliness beneath her bold resolve. Their love is more than mutual affection. It is a fated resonance between their souls.

[Theme: Love means truly seeing someone and loving them as a whole, real person.]