The famous dancer Su Ya was sentenced to a "persistent vegetative state" due to severe brain damage caused by an accident and was sent to a rehabilitation department for long-term care. Her husband Liu Minghui never left her and read to her every day in front of the hospital bed: "The Promoted Model Husband".
However, Zhang Chi, the young doctor in charge of Su Ya's rehabilitation treatment, discovered during daily monitoring that some of Su Ya's physiological index fluctuations were not consistent with a typical vegetative state, and she seemed to show a subtle, almost fearful stress response to Liu Minghui's voice and touch. At the same time, Su Ya's sister Su Qing, who was far away from abroad, returned to China. She felt an inexplicable sense of disobedience to her brother-in-law's meticulous care.
Zhang Chi and Su Qing began to investigate privately. They discovered that Liu Minghui appeared to be a loving protector, but in fact he was already heavily in debt and had purchased multiple huge personal accident insurance policies for Su Ya. Liu Minghui has been putting pressure on doctors, requesting a very risky experimental treatment of "neural stem cell transplantation", claiming that it is to awaken his wife. However, after checking the literature, Zhang Chi found that this treatment has a very low success rate for people in a vegetative state and may cause great pain.
Legally, Liu Minghui, as her husband, is Su Ya's first guardian and has the right to decide on the treatment plan. But medical ethics and a relaxed conscience told him that he could not just watch a patient who may still be conscious and suffering be used as a "guinea pig" and a "cash cow." Zhang Chi is caught in a huge contradiction: he can't produce direct evidence that Liu Minghui attempted to seek wealth and murder. Once questioned publicly, it will not only destroy the
