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Two doctors with opposite personalities and extremely different backgrounds suddenly find themselves working at the same hospital. What's more, they used to attend the same high school fourteen years ago but didn't get along well.
Wu Jie is a highly skilled cardiothoracic surgeon, though now he works as a cleaner after running away from his toxic workplace in the US. His selfless, kind-hearted, and popular personality makes his old classmates secretly look down on how his life had turned out.
Shen Xiaoyun, on the other hand, has a physical condition that prevents him from operating, so he could only become the Director of a well-known hospital. Unlike Wu Jie, Shen Xiaoyun is arrogant and haughty, to the point that everyone avoids him.
The road they have chosen after fourteen years forces their lives to intertwine, uncovering the truths that both of them have been hiding for so long. Can Shen Xiaoyun convince Wu Jie to retake his profession, and save his sick father? Or will Wu Jie continue to run away from his trauma and never touch a scalpel again?
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【Shen Xiaoyun】
《Do you like the ocean?》10:47
【Wu Jie】
《The ocean? It depends》10:47
《I don't like it if there are too many people on the beach or if it's too sunny》10:48
【Shen Xiaoyun】
《What about the ocean in general?》10:47
【Wu Jie】
《I like it. Why?》10:48
【Shen Xiaoyun】
《A quiz》10:48
《88.5 or 68?》10:49
【Wu Jie】
《What are these numbers for?》10:49
【Shen Xiaoyun】
《The number of cats you want in the future》10:49
【Wu Jie】
《88.5》10:49
《Is there a cat missing half its body??》10:50
【Shen Xiaoyun】
《Ok》10:50
Shen Xiaoyun immediately purchased the Illusion Plus superyacht 88.5meters, which amounted to $79,800,000 without a second thought.
"If I give this to him as a gift, maybe Wu Jie will fall for me. I'm so smart!"
Content Warning: mentions of sexual assault/abuse, depression, s
To cover the traces of his depravity, Gu Xiao constricted himself to the role of a jester while being torn between the idealisation of others and reality.
Gu Xiao was a slacker in school, constantly truanting and playing around. Unknowingly, when he gets glued to sitting next to Lan Yuning, the school's top student, a linked past that they never knew they shared, gradually came back to haunt them.
These students weaved their way through the tangling threads of familial relationships, financial issues, examinations, and identity while enjoying most of their last high school year.
[You killed him.]
[If you didn't ignore him that time, then he wouldn't have died.]
[It's in the past. If you keep thinking about it, it's only going to do you harm.]
[Sometimes I wonder... if you would be happier if I was the one who died back then instead.]
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[I like you.]
[Why... Why would you like someone like me...?]
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Warning: mentions of suicide, homophobia, and domestic abuse
THIS IS A SLOW BURN so if you want to read something fast and spicy then this book isn't for you :')
Cover: @CASZETTES