How Did We Come To This?

At a gathering with her colleagues, Zhao Xuning draws a dare during a game: [Call the person pinned at the top of your contact list, put them on speakerphone, and ask, "Can I kiss you?"]

The atmosphere in the private room immediately turns cold.

As everyone knows, Dr. Zhao is the brilliant star of the cardiac surgery department. Ever since joining the hospital, she has risen through the ranks at an unbelievable pace.

Before even turning thirty, she has already become an associate chief physician. And she's every bit as cold and distant as she is beautiful.

When she first joined the hospital, the Omegas and Betas who confessed their feelings to her and got rejected could have formed a line that circled the hospital three times.

Everyone assumed she was the very definition of someone who had renounced love and romance, destined to spend her entire life alone.

To their surprise, she picks up her phone, opens her contacts, and makes a call.

And so, everyone witnesses something they never imagined: the usually aloof, unattainable beauty not only turns red at the ears as she speaks, but her eyes also redden.

Even her voice trembles.

After hearing what she has to say, the person on the other end lets out a cold laugh in a beautiful voice. "If murder weren't illegal, I'd fucking kill you, Zhao Xuning."

Dr. Zhao, who is usually so cold and aloof, suddenly breaks into a breathtaking smile. "I'll be waiting."

Everyone: "???"

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One-Sentence Synopsis: How did things between us come to this?

Theme: Love is an echo that answers us thousands upon thousands of times.