In a village in the Jiangnan water country lives Bai Wei, a young doctor who came from the capital. Though young, his medical skills are extraordinary, and more remarkably, he never charges a penny.
The villagers often wonder, "What could this little Doctor Bai be after?"
With his excellent medical skills and gentle disposition, Bai Wei soon became the village's beloved "little Doctor Bai," and his life passed in peaceful calm.
Until one day, he found a destitute scholar outside his home, on his way to take the imperial examinations.
The scholar pleaded weakly, "Little Doctor Bai, please take me in..."
Bai Wei looked at him in silence.
No one could have expected that the scholar's arrival would be like a pebble tossed into a still lake, completely disrupting Bai Wei's tranquil life. Forced to leave the secluded village, he was drawn step by step into an unknown torrent, while the secrets he'd buried deep in the capital gradually came to light as the turmoil intensified...
Direct Pursuer x Gentle Recipient
Content warnings: Wildly imaginative plot, unpolished writing
Thesis: Be a good person
