On rainy nights in Sham Shui Po, three "unhealthy" encounters bring three broken hearts together to find the "medicine" they need.
Couple One: School Bully x Rich Young Master: The Paradox of Touch and Restraint
Lin Jiamu has two faces. At school, he's the feared bully of St. Paul's. At home, he's invisible, waiting for someone to cook him a fried egg. No one knows he's been bullied for two years, or that every night he scrubs himself until his skin peels. No one knows he's hidden three years' worth of perfect exam papers in the deepest drawer of his desk.
Gu Shen first sees him in a convenience store. The boy is covered in wounds, like a bristling stray cat. "What are you looking at?" Gu Shen crouches down to offer him water and smiles. He doesn't say he's the heir to the Gu family, nor that he's gone crazy for him at first sight. Later, he waits outside a boxing gym until three in the morning just to bring him a bowl of clay pot rice. After being slapped, he catches the other's wrist, his voice going hoarse. "Your hand is so cold."
One hates being touched; the other aches for human contact. One is gentle to the bone, with madness underneath; the other hides a heart full of broken glass beneath a fierce exterior.
Couple Two: Older Brother x Childhood Friend: An Unspoken Understanding of Twenty Years
Lin Jiashu, the perfect heir, stands downstairs from his younger brother's place for half an hour, too afraid to go up. Lu Shiyan, who has been by his side for twenty years, stands across the street for half an hour, too afraid to speak. One has been crushed by expectations; the other is afraid to speak for fear of losing him. At the seaside, he finally says, "I've liked you since we were little." The reply comes: "Me too."
Couple Three: Fake Smile x Fake Smile: Seeing Through Each Other's Masks
Cheng Yue and Shen Yu have worn fake smiles for twenty-five and twenty-four years, respectively. When they first meet, he steps on the other's shoe, and they both put on perfect smiles at the same time. Cheng Yue says, "Your smile looks just like mine." Shen Yu is stunned. Later, Cheng Yue waits outside the operating room until two in the morning and says, "I just wanted to wait."
From the lively streets of Sham Shui Po to the wedding hall on Hongmian Road, they aren't bad people. They've just gone too long without being loved properly.
"You're not broken. You're my medicine."
Theme: At the heart of this story is learning to accept your imperfect self through loving and being loved.
Even broken souls can become each other's light. Everyone has something wrong with them; love is the only cure.
