The Sound of the Tide Tonight

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A handsome, tragic pianist, wounded and scarred x a doctor specializing in bones from a family of physicians

Irresistible first love | He takes the bait | Passionate cohabitation

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At eighteen, Zhong Xiwen fell for a pianist from Taicheng named Zhou Yunsheng.

At Fudan University's centennial celebration, he was the pianist adored by everyone onstage, while she watched from the audience. The young man was elegant and ethereal. She fell for him at first sight, then secretly squeezed in beside him for a group photo. She treasured that picture for more than a decade.

Zhong Xiwen had gazed up at Zhou Yunsheng as if he were a star, and willingly spent half a year's savings on a scalper's ticket to his concert. But stars don't shine forever. The pianist suddenly vanished without a trace...

Amid Shencheng's autumn colors, Zhou Yunsheng held out his scarred left hand to her. "Doctor Zhong, please help me. I still want to play the piano."

The emotional refuge she'd cherished for over a decade shattered like glass. When he was sick, she cared for him. When she couldn't cure him, she found him the best doctors. Whatever it took, she had to fix the pianist's hand.

Before she got together with Zhou Yunsheng, Zhong Xiwen thought she was too cold to expect love, body or soul. But with him, she needed him as if she were starved for touch. His voice was always so gentle, his eyes so tender when he looked at her, and his lips so soft and warm...

Zhou Yunsheng indulged her, but also reminded her, "Doctor Zhong, after a night shift, you need to get some proper rest. Be good."

Even her grandfather, an old Chinese medicine doctor, found ways to tell her to take it easy. Zhou Yunsheng still needed time to recover.

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Between Taicheng and Shencheng lay more than a stretch of sea. There were also the years from 1949 to 2025. Zhou Yunsheng had a butterfly brooch, and Zhong Xiwen had a diary titled 667 Xianxian Road. Both were left behind by the same person.

Zhong Xiwen said, "If you want to know the whole story, come live with me at 667 Xianxian Road. I'll tell you everything, little by little."

Everyone could see she was asking him to move in. Zhou Yunsheng's job was to obediently take the bait. Patients had to listen to their doctors.

Her colleagues were green with envy. "Doctor Zhong gets picked up and dropped off by her family every day!"

Zhou Yunsheng blushed. "I don't have a job, so I have more free time."

Zhong Xiwen said, "Exactly. He can focus on recovering, and I'll provide for us."

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He returned to the stage. At the end of the New Year's concert, before the audience could call for an encore, Zhou Yunsheng said, "I'd like to play 'Mariage d'Amour' first, then ask her if she'll marry me. Is that okay?"

Zhong Xiwen said, "I will."

Author's note:

Everyone is over thirty.

Please don't scrutinize the medical details too closely. They're just for the story.

A cross-strait search for family, but at heart, this is a simple, sweet romance, with the right values!

Grandpa only has eyes for Grandma. The story behind the male lead's family will be explained later~

Theme: Family knows no borders, neither does medicine or music.