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Fake siblings / love rivals / hate turns to love (Blurb below)

Blurb:

[Brilliant, resilient female detective × Gentle, devoted male doctor]

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Dr. Sheng at Central Hospital is well known: a cold, solitary genius in anesthesiology.

But one day, in full view of the public, Dr. Sheng suddenly embraces a patient and starts getting entangled with her.

Zhan Shu, the woman caught up in it all, sighs: What a cruel joke fate is. I check into the hospital and end up running into my ex.

Her best friend is following the drama online: "I didn't expect him to be doing so well now. Do you still like him? Should you give him another chance?"

Zhan Shu's hand stills as she remembers the day she broke up with Sheng Gui: how desperately he tried to win her back, and how coldly she turned him down.

Back then, she'd made up her mind never to see him again.

So she looks away. "I don't know."

Unbeknownst to her, someone is watching the two of them inside the ward from outside the door.

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She thought it was only a brief reunion, but a joint operation between the police and hospital brings them together again and again, and they become friends once more.

Sheng Gui seizes the opportunity, using medical appointments as an excuse to reenter her life. No matter how many bad things happen, he refuses to let go.

Finally, on the day Sheng Gui has practically worn a hole in Zhan Shu's doorstep, he earns the right to move in with her.

On moving day, Zhan Shu leans against the doorway with a bright smile, watching Sheng Gui bustle about as he prepares several prescriptions.

She steps closer and asks, "Dr. Sheng, are you planning to start a home-visit service?"

Sheng Gui replies, "Yes. It's just for you. I'm trying to win you over."

"But you have to give someone something they actually like." Zhan Shu moves closer, her gaze glittering as she watches his eyes. "I don't like those."

"Then I'll..." Sheng Gui kisses the corner of her mouth. "Give you myself, and the rest of my life."

But he never expected his life to once again become leverage used to threaten her.

[If you want to send a challenge to fate, then I'll give you someone who chooses to stand by you. -- Sheng Gui]

Reader's guide: This story is an extremely slow burn. Thanks for reading.

Upcoming novel:

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The Qin family has two children. Their biological daughter is Qin Yue, and their adopted son is Qin Feng.

From the day Qin Feng entered the household, Qin Yue thought he looked at her with hostility. So she never called him her little brother, and often bullied him, relying on her parents' affection for her.

But nothing ever changed Qin Feng's look. As time went by, he even learned to act gentle and well-mannered in front of the adults, calling her "Sis" more and more naturally.

In the end, Qin Yue couldn't take it anymore. She decided to act as if he didn't exist.

They went on like that, one ignoring him and the other putting on an act, and managed to coexist peacefully. That is, until the night Qin Yue was driven home by the person she had a crush on. For the first time, Qin Feng barged into her room and locked the door behind him. "Qin Yue, you came home three hours later than usual today. Where were you?"

Theme: Love is a game of self-respect