[Scheming, aloof ace captain vs. cool-tongued, sharp-witted emergency physician]
Jiang Yu, the youngest captain with four stripes at China Eastern Airlines, is an absolute ruler in the skies. His body clock is forever torn between three time zones, and he’s used to wrapping every vulnerability in a shell of cool detachment and precision, until a sudden bout of acute appendicitis forces him to make an emergency landing in the red zone of the emergency department in Jing City, Xia Kingdom.
Su Chen, the emergency department’s “steadying force” at First Hospital, is a poker-faced doctor who has seen life and death countless times. He believes in “stabilizing the vital signs first, then dealing with everything else,” but he never expected the man who gripped his wrist tightly on the edge of anesthesia and murmured, “The clouds look like your furrowed brows,” to become the biggest “unpredictable factor” in his career.
At their first encounter, he’s a stubborn captain refusing to divert, while the other is a ruthless doctor who operates on him by force.
“Captain Jiang, you call the shots in your cockpit, but on my operating table, your appendix calls the shots.”
When they meet again, he’s a fallen hero hounded by an investigation team and facing a grounding, while the other is the only one brave enough to slam his hand on the table at the hearing and defend him with his professional expertise.
The outside world claims that their personal relationship compromises flight safety. Only they know the truth:
He’s the one and only anchor keeping him steady when turbulence strikes and communications are cut off;
He’s the strongest line of defense in the air when he faces harassment at the hospital and a media storm.
“The world knows a captain must conquer the skies, but not that every altitude I choose is only so I can land in your heart.”
“Clouds may part and time zones may shift, but my flight path will always point toward you.”
The plot in the middle is a little faster, but everything else is fine. I like this setting.