Officer Lu and Doctor Xue Get Back Together

▌Straightforward and tough, the police academy’s campus belle vs. composed and reserved, a medical prodigy

▌Doctor gong | Six-year age gap | Second chance romance | Both virgins, 1v1, happy ending

When he was nineteen, Lu Huiyuan leaned over the medical school wall and whistled at Xue Lianzhi as he passed by. “Senior, want to date? I can take a beating, and I’m obedient.”

Back then, he was passionate and forthright, determined to melt the iceberg that was Xue Lianzhi.

But an iceberg’s heart is deep beneath the sea.

Lu Huiyuan wanted a promise, wanted a response, but all Xue Lianzhi gave him was silent companionship.

On the eve of graduation, Lu Huiyuan tore up their photo. Looking at Xue Lianzhi’s utterly unruffled eyes, his heart turned to ash. “You go chase your future. I’ll go uphold justice. We’re even.”

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Seven years later, the two meet again on a municipal police task force investigating a serious crime.

At opposite ends of the conference table,

Lu Huiyuan wears his police uniform with quiet authority, the youngest criminal investigation squad leader in the department.

Xue Lianzhi, dressed in a pristine shirt, is a renowned medical expert in his field.

They are courteous and distant.

“Professor Xue, I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“Captain Lu, a pleasure.”

They refuse to back down.

“Professor Xue, please analyze this from a professional perspective.”

“Captain Lu, your operation plan involves serious risks. I disagree.”

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Everyone in the department thinks the two don’t get along. They trade barbs in meetings and sit several tables apart when they run into each other in the cafeteria.

No one notices that

Xue Lianzhi always checks that Lu Huiyuan is safe out of the corner of his eye,

and Lu Huiyuan always lets a fleeting moment of longing show after Xue Lianzhi turns away.

When communications go down during a mission, Xue Lianzhi loses his composure and shouts, “Lu Huiyuan, answer me!”

Static crackles through the radio, followed by a breathless, low chuckle. “...Why are you panicking? I’m not dead.”

In the pitch-black night, their silhouettes overlap.

Xue Lianzhi tenderly strokes the new scar on Lu Huiyuan’s shoulder blade. His usually calm voice is hoarse and scorching. “Back then, you said we were even...”

Lu Huiyuan shudders, then bites hard into his shoulder, the fire in his eyes undimmed after seven years.

Xue Lianzhi winces, but holds him even tighter. “But my entire life has belonged to you for a long time.” His kiss falls, crushing their breaths. “Sentence me to life.”

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Theme: Love takes courage, but it also takes understanding. Learn to express love in a language the other person can understand, and in the justice they protect together, they will finally find their way home to each other.