The two most humiliating moments of Duan Yulin’s life both happened at the hands of the same woman.
The first time, she was a wealthy family’s cast-off, intent on ending her life, until an intern doctor smelling of antiseptic dragged her back from the brink.
Her name badge read: Kang Yuan.
Back then, Kang Yuan carefully bandaged her wounds and secretly slipped her a strawberry candy behind the director’s back.
Back then, Duan Yulin thought she had found the only lifeline she could cling to.
The second time, she was already caught up in a vortex of power. The first thing she did after returning home was attend a funeral. But then came the torrential rain and a sudden car crash, and time seemed to overlap absurdly in that instant.
The familiar emergency room. The familiar cool, detached voice.
In her daze, Duan Yulin’s eyes reddened. She clutched the doctor’s wrist as if a drowning person were clinging to a lifeline. “Kang Yuan... It’s you, isn’t it?”
But beneath the white coat, the face showed nothing but a doctor’s compassion, without a trace of warmth.
The other woman smoothly withdrew her hand. Her matter-of-fact movement as she reached for the stethoscope was so cold it sent a chill through Duan Yulin.
“Miss Duan, a concussion can cause hallucinations.”
She pointed to the three characters “Hai Yihe” on her name badge. Her voice was so even it held no trace of emotion. “Miss Duan, you have the wrong person.”
Only later did Duan Yulin understand.
Some names can be faked, some love can be erased, and some people are destined to drag each other down with them.
Reader advisory:
1. Switch, happy ending
2. A levelheaded, by-the-book doctor x a gloomy, restrained programmer
3. Modern setting, same-sex marriage is not legal
4. Part of the Office Worker series, set in a shared universe
Theme: Don’t dwell on the past. Embrace a beautiful future.
