Scalpels and fire axes crossed paths, while the smell of disinfectant mingled with scorched earth.
The cool, striking surgeon Lin Wanqiu reunited with Gu Mingyuan, the star firefighter of his station. A love letter she had never sent six years ago surfaced, blood-red, in the burn unit's ICU.
"Don't touch the ventilator while you're putting out a fire." A joint drill between the emergency department and the fire brigade reopened old wounds.
In the ruins of a fire, a hand clutched a shattered engagement ring. On the operating table, a heartbeat was brought back from the brink of death. Currents stirred beneath the surface as every second became a race for survival.
"I pushed you away back then because I was afraid you'd die on the job. Now..." "My life has been tied to your duty roster for ages." As flames devoured the wreckage, the hands that once picked green plums for her used a fire hose to break the knot fate had tied.
Ash stained her white coat, and blood and sweat soaked his orange-red rescue uniform. When an explosion's shock wave overturned the ambulance, the passion that had smoldered for six years finally blazed into the open. "Lin Wanqiu, this time, I'm the one breaking into your forbidden zone."