Jiang Xu has synesthesia. To him, everything in the world has its own unique smell.
Car horns smell like rotten eggs, the sound of typing on a keyboard smells like moldy peanuts, and when it rains, a faint lemony sourness rises in the air.
Sometimes these smells are good, sometimes they're bad.
Then one day, after an electric scooter knocks him into the hospital, a doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses tells him, "Raise your hand." A crisp scent of rain and fresh grass explodes across Jiang Xu's world.
He doesn't hear a word the doctor says. Looking up at the doctor about to examine his arm, Jiang Xu grabs his wrist. "Doctor, could you say that again?"
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The sudden touch on his wrist makes Zhou Ze'an frown. But when he sees the astonishingly handsome young man in front of him, the words "Go get an X-ray" take a detour before leaving his mouth. "...Let go first."
There's probably no cure for his condition of being attracted to good-looking people.
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Jiang Xu soon becomes a regular patient of Zhou Ze'an's.
The next time they meet, Zhou Ze'an taps the desk in front of him with his pen, looking thoroughly exasperated. "You've already come in three times this month. We see each other almost every week. Jiang Xu, are your bones really that fragile?"
At this, Jiang Xu blinks his big amber eyes and raises his perfectly fine right hand. In a sincere tone, he says, "It's not that I want to come. It's my arm. It turned into a little bird."
Hearing this, Zhou Ze'an remains expressionless. "Then you should see a psychiatrist."
Clutching the doctor's hand, Jiang Xu wheedles, "But the little bird keeps chirping all day, 'I'm in so much pain. I need to hear Doctor Zhou's voice to get better.'"
Zhou Ze'an: "..."
He silently crosses out the words "Recommend referral to psychiatry" on the medical record.
Never mind. He's so good-looking that anything he says must be right.
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A little scene:
One day later on, the neighbor across from Jiang Xu suddenly starts renovating.
The stench of rotten apples fills the air, and Jiang Xu feels as if he's about to suffocate.
He tries to endure it, but eventually picks up his phone and sends Doctor Zhou a voice message. "Doctor Zhou! Jiang Xu needs emergency help! Jiang Xu is about to die!"
He attaches a noisy recording of the renovation.
A moment later, Zhou Ze'an replies with a three-second voice message. It contains only two words: his name. "Jiang Xu."
After listening, Jiang Xu turns as red as an apple.
He rolls around on his bed with his phone in his arms, blushing as he taps the save button.
It smells like super-fresh strawberries and cream!
Theme: Finding love.
