Please Don’t Give Up Treatment 请别放弃治疗 by Ye Feiran 叶斐然

Yan Ming is wealthy, handsome, and has a line of admirers stretching from one end of the hospital to the other.

Yu Tian wants to share the same household registration book with Yan Ming so badly that she treats him like her VIP client.

When Yan Ming doesn’t like the food in the hospital cafeteria, Yu Tian makes homemade meals and brings them to him every day; when Yan Ming mentions a trendy internet-famous cake, Yu Tian queues up at dawn to buy it for him. Yan Ming remains cold toward her, curious about how far this scheming woman will go—until…

Until Yu Tian’s widowed mother and Yan Ming’s divorced father disastrously fail their middle-aged matchmaking attempt. Yu Tian quickly packs her things and leaves.

The homemade meals stop, the internet-famous cakes vanish, and even the enthusiastic “Brother Yan Ming” becomes just plain old “Hey.”

[Short Play 1]

In the hospital, an angry Yan Ming corners Yu Tian to question her: “Didn’t you want to be on the same household registration? Why give up so easily?”

Yu Tian rolls her eyes: “My mom and your dad failed their matchmaking. In the future, we won’t even be family anymore, so why should I waste my energy? You were so difficult to deal with, and I’ve been sticking my warm face out despite your cold shoulder for so long—all for the sake of ensuring my mom could have a harmonious second marriage!”

“I’m not that difficult, you can try again. Besides, I think we should still be written into the same household registration.”

Yu Tian is full of question marks: “As far as I know, my mom and your dad have completely become revolutionary comrades-in-arms.”

Yan Ming, expressionless: “I know. But there’s a more suitable spot reserved for you in my household registration.”

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[Short Play 2]

Previously:

Yu Tian: Brother Yan Ming! Can I eat dinner with you tonight?

Yan Ming: No, don’t call me brother—I don’t have a sister.

Later:

Yu Tian is hit on by someone at a bar, and Yan Ming coldly steps in to drive the person away.

Yan Ming: I’m her brother.

Just as Yu Tian is about to protest, Yan Ming emotionlessly adds: The kind of brother without blood ties but who holds hands, kisses, and hugs—all included.

Yu Tian: …