A human starved for affection vs. a nonhuman who goes crazy for love
Wen Ran has an older sister and a younger brother. As the middle child, she's always been the one who gets overlooked. Growing up neglected left her desperately hungry for love, but she can't even tell what kind of love she wants.
During one of her treatments, she meets a man in the waiting room. His gaze is damp, cold, and clinging, and he looks at her like she's prey or food.
When her room is turned into a nursery for her nephew, Wen Ran finally stops lying to herself. She will always be the one who doesn't belong in this family.
Swept up in the man's passionate pursuit, she agrees to a whirlwind marriage.
But it doesn't take long for her to realize something is wrong with her new husband.
His body temperature never changes. He never gets sick, barely needs to sleep, and works from home for an absurdly high salary.
More importantly, he has no moral scruples, and no... sense of shame.
Later, Wen Ran watches her usually calm husband lose his mind, demanding to know why she wants to leave, why she's afraid, why they can't be together forever. If they can't be together, he says, then they should die together.
Wen Ran thinks she'll be afraid, and even her new husband thinks so. But Wen Ran smiles. Maybe... this is the kind of love she wants. Real love.
Sheffield comes from planet Z062 and accidentally crash-lands on Earth. Because he's different, he's sent to a psychiatric hospital, where he meets a doctor of his own kind.
The doctor tells him that if he doesn't want to be treated like an alien, he'll have to learn to imitate humans.
Wen Ran is the human he chooses.
Every week, Sheffield visits the doctor under the pretense of psychological counseling. In reality, he is there to discuss what he has learned.
Week One: His expression is blank as he says, "Humans are boring. Their emotions can be swayed by trivial things."
"Humans can't separate love from sex. I don't understand it, and I can't get any pleasure from it."
"Humans say one thing and mean another. They have a strong sense of morality."
Week Two: He begins to wonder. "What is shame? Why does she refuse to be intimate with me in front of other people?"
"Humans seem to be very interested in sex."
"She cries during sex. When I stop, she cries even harder."
"She slapped me. I didn't cry, but she did. I had to kneel and beg her to forgive me."
Week Three: He is a little confused. "Her honeymoon leave is over. The house has become very quiet, very big."
"I still feel no pleasure during sex, but the look on her face makes me work harder without even realizing it."
"I think I could keep her all to myself. She wouldn't have to work, go out, or socialize. She could stay with me."
Week Four: He doesn't come to the hospital. Instead, he texts to express his anger. "A human has appeared at her side. That human is provoking me."
"She's become so cold. She's guessed what I am."
"She refuses to have sex with me. She wants to leave me."
"That human must have coerced her by some vile means. He has to die."
Week Five: He smiles, though it looks a little stiff. "My wife loves me very much, and I love her too. We are two halves of the same person in this world."
"We are made for each other. She was destined to belong to me."
"My wife is adorable. If you know that, you're dead."
"I won't be coming back. My wife and I are the ones who belong together."
Wen Ran: I'm someone who was starved for love. Once you show me love, you have to love me all the way. I'll cling to you like a dodder vine and draw nourishment from you endlessly. So love me until the day you die.
Sheffield: If you doubt my love for you, that only means I haven't given you nearly enough. Wen Ran, I belong entirely to you and to no one else. That's why we're meant to be together.
Theme: Those on the same wavelength are drawn to each other.
