Indulging to Excess

Blurb: Yuan'an Hospital is the most famous private hospital in Nancheng, but its psychiatry department is its weakest, to the point that it’s practically irrelevant. To improve his hospital’s standing, Luo Yuchuan was given strict instructions by his father: he had to personally recruit the rising star psychiatrist Meng Shu. Word was, she was hard to recruit. Luo Yuchuan offered her a generous salary, but it didn’t seem to sway her at all. Her gaze was distant. “You want to recruit me? I’ll agree if you meet my condition.” Luo Yuchuan heard a glimmer of hope. “What condition?” Meng Shu didn’t bat an eye. “Sleep with me.” Luo Yuchuan: “…You mean the kind of sleeping I think you mean?” Meng Shu looked at him in silence, confirming his guess. Luo Yuchuan fell silent for three seconds, then tried to talk her out of it. “This isn’t good for you. Women tend to be at a disadvantage in these situations, so…” Maybe you could ask for something else. Meng Shu cut him off. “How I think about it is my business. You just have to tell me whether you agree or not.” “…” * Meng Shu left the break room, her eyes distant and her manner cool. Luo Yuchuan watched her walk away for a couple of seconds. His friend asked curiously, “Is she a doctor at your hospital, too? Could you introduce me? Does she have a boyfriend?” Luo Yuchuan: “Yes. No. I don’t know.” That night, Luo Yuchuan pulled down his shirt and looked in the mirror at the scratches Meng Shu had left on his back the night before. She’d been passionate and seductive, nothing like the cool, detached woman she was by day. - A little scene: Meng Shu stood before the mirror, lifting her hair to reveal the wanton kiss marks along her neck. She turned to question the man beside her. “Did you do that on purpose?” Luo Yuchuan slowly fastened his belt. “I didn’t control my strength.” Meng Shu looked at him in silence, clearly unconvinced. Luo Yuchuan braced a hand against the doorframe. “I’ll take you shopping for new clothes. How about a high-necked dress to cover them up?” “Besides, I haven’t seen you in a dress before.” He asked casually, “Would that make up for what I did?” Meng Shu glanced at him. “That’s your idea of making it up to me?” - That very day, Meng Shu wore the high-necked dress to dinner with a male colleague. Luo Yuchuan retorted, “You’re wearing the dress I picked out for you to have dinner with another man?” She even still had his kiss marks on her. Meng Shu gave a calm nod. “What’s the problem? Isn’t this your way of making it up to me?” Luo Yuchuan: “…” He’d shot himself in the foot. Cool, world-weary psychiatrist × reserved, secretly passionate young master Both leads are sexually inexperienced | Happy ending | Friends with benefits to lovers | Moving in together… Theme: Life is full of hardships, but never give up.