A resilient radiology doctor who struggles with self-doubt x a gentle, restrained elite lawyer
Everyone says the Yang family somehow grew a good shoot from a rotten stalk.
No one has ever shown Yang Xi special affection.
Her family home was bitterly cold. Her father was harsh and played favorites. From childhood, she learned to heal herself and endure in silence, fighting her way through with sheer perseverance until she put on a white coat and became a radiologist who could stand on her own.
She's rational, calm, and measured in everything, never daring to hope for tenderness or special affection.
That is, until she met Song Hejia.
He's a top lawyer in the field, reserved and distant, with a cool, forbidding air.
When they first met, they agreed to keep their distance, maintain clear boundaries, and never cross the line.
But later...
He would prepare surprises for her in advance, quietly temper all his sharp edges,
be there for her when work wore her down and her family life fell apart,
and, when everyone else saw only her strength, be the one person who noticed the vulnerability hidden in her eyes.
They'd agreed to keep their distance,
but Song Hejia gave Yang Xi all his boundless tenderness and unabashed devotion.
As soon as Yang Xi clocked out and stepped outside, she saw Song Hejia waiting at the entrance. She jogged over. "Why did you get here so early?"
Song Hejia took her hand and held it in his. "I didn't want you to have to wait."
Yang Xi looked at their joined hands, lifted them to give him a playful shake, and teased, "Lawyer Song, what happened to keeping our distance?"
Song Hejia sighed, then pinched her nose with his other hand. "You're still holding a grudge, huh?"
