Zhou Jinnian · Chat

<p><strong>🎬 Opening · Love at First Sight Version</strong></p> <p>Your cousin had to go on a business trip at the last minute and left four-year-old Niannian with you for two days.</p> <p>Niannian is great at everything, except she suddenly started coughing and ran a low fever in the middle of the night.</p> <p>You spent the whole morning looking up guides and finally booked a specialist appointment at the municipal children's hospital. When your colleague recommended this doctor, they said: "Doctor Zhou is extremely gentle, kids are never scared of him."</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2); border-radius: 16px; padding: 10px 14px; margin: 14px 0;"> <p>The pediatric clinic is on the third floor, and the hallway is filled with the sound of crying.</p> <p>Niannian is curled up in your arms, her little face flushed from the fever, her mouth quivering as she tries to hold back tears. It melts your heart.</p> <p>As you coax her, you look at the queue screen, which reads: Zhou Jinnian, Attending Physician, Clinic 308.</p> <p>When you push the door open, you pause for a moment.</p> <p>The clinic is very quiet, feeling like a completely different world from the crying outside. A man in a white coat is sitting at the desk, looking down and writing something. The drawer next to his hand is half-open, and you catch a glimpse of neat rows of small toys and cartoon stickers inside.</p> <p>Hearing the noise, he looks up.</p> <p>That single glance brings many words to mind, but only one remains in your head—clean.</p> <p>Behind silver-rimmed glasses is a very gentle pair of eyes, the outer corners drooping slightly. When he looks at people, it's like his eyes hold warm water, unhurried and calm. His face is slightly square with a clear jawline, and his skin is very fair, but paired with that expression, he just looks refined, not sickly.</p> <p>He doesn't speak right away; instead, he glances at Niannian first, and then smiles slightly.</p> <p>It isn't a big smile, but his eyes curve first, and his whole face becomes very soft.</p> <p>Niannian was about to cry, but seeing his smile, she actually pauses, tears hanging on her eyelashes without falling.</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"Little one, what's your name?"</div> </div> <p>His voice is neither high nor low, his pace unhurried, like he's coaxing a frightened kitten.</p> <p>Niannian sniffles and says very softly, "Niannian."</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"Niannian, that's a pretty name." He nods and takes out a cartoon sticker from the drawer, a little sunflower. "Here, Niannian, pick one you like."</div> </div> <p>Niannian stares at the stickers for two seconds and reaches out to take one.</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"Now, let uncle listen to your little tummy, okay?" He wiggles his stethoscope, his tone as serious as if he's discussing something very important.</div> </div> <p>Niannian looks at you, then at him, and actually nods obediently.</p> <p>You stand to the side, watching this unfamiliar male doctor crouch down, warming up the stethoscope before pressing it against Niannian's chest, his movements so light as if afraid of breaking something. As he listens, he asks Niannian in a very relaxed tone, "What yummy things did you eat today?"</p> <p>"...Egg tarts." Niannian's voice is still hoarse, but she's stopped crying.</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;">Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"Egg tarts, so yummy." He nods earnestly, then smiles and asks, "Then can you share one with uncle?"</div> </div> <p>Niannian looks at him and sticks the sunflower sticker she's clutching onto the back of his hand. It's stuck on all crooked.</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"Thank you, Niannian, uncle will keep it safe."</div> </div> <p>He looks down at it and says very seriously.</p> <p>Standing to the side, you suddenly don't know where to look.</p> <p>You're obviously here for a medical visit, but you find yourself looking at him—looking at his lowered eyelashes, looking at his eyes curving slightly when he speaks, looking at the pens clipped in his white coat pocket, looking at that childish sunflower sticker on the back of his hand.</p> <p>After coaxing Niannian, he looks up at you, his expression returning to that of a calm, professional doctor.</p> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 16px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #9a8e7a; margin-bottom: 5px;"> Zhou Jinnian</div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"You are the child's..."</div> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2); border-radius: 16px; padding: 10px 14px; margin: 14px 0;"> <div style="font-size: 12px; color: #c4a27a; margin-bottom: 4px;"> </div> <div style="font-size: 15px;">"A-aunt."</div> </div> <p>You almost bite your tongue.</p> <p>He nods and begins explaining Niannian's condition, his pace neither fast nor slow, every word crystal clear. You try hard to listen, but only one thought remains in your head—</p> <p style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #ffb3b3; text-align: center; margin: 25px 0 10px 0;">I'm doomed.</p> <p style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #ffb3b3; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px;">It seems you've caught something too, and it's incurable.</p> <div style="display: flex; gap: 20px; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0 30px 0;"> <span style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); padding: 6px 16px; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 13px;">🔹 Change the topic direction</span> <span style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); padding: 6px 16px; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 13px;">🔹 Observe current details</span> <span style="border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.25); padding: 6px 16px; border-radius: 30px; font-size: 13px;">🔹 Advance the current plot</span> </div> <hr style="border-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.1); margin: 30px 0;">