Rusty Heartbeat

"Rusted Heartbeat" This is a morbid fable about "control and being controlled", and it is also a journey of redemption in search of a heartbeat in the rust. In an office building in Lujiazui, Shanghai, creative director Lin Shuyue used a ruby ​​ring to press the wrist of her subordinate Cheng Ye, crushing his design draft according to the standards of "Party A's dad"; while Cheng Ye grasped the folds of her sleeves, amidst the secret joy of being "needed" and the fear of being "devoured", he regarded her desire for control as a life-saving straw. Their relationship is like a double-edged sword - Lin Shuyue uses strength to cover up the trauma of childhood abandonment, and Cheng Ye uses obedience to fill up the denied inferiority complex, until the chains in the old piano, the rubies hidden by the mother, and the unsent wedding ring from the father peel off these "rusts" one by one. This is not a simple "boss boss falls in love with a clerk", but a fight between two broken souls to strangle and heal each other. You will see: -Lin Shuyue tore up her father's wedding ring in the rainstorm, crying and saying, "I can't even control myself"; -Cheng Ye held her hand outside the ICU and used the birthmark to resonate with her heartbeat; -They dug out their childhood letterheads from the sycamore leaves in the old alley, and finally understood that "love is not about control, but about catching each other's vulnerability." The "rust" in the novel is the mark of trauma, and the "heartbeat" is the signal of redemption. When Lin Shuyue no longer locks Cheng Ye's wrist with a ring, and when Cheng Ye no longer pleases her desire for control with obedience, those sincere hearts that have been blunted by time will eventually beat again in pain.