The heroine Lin Zhisheng was once an abandoned wife of a wealthy family. After signing the divorce agreement five years ago, she decided to go to the Middle East to become a war reporter/photographer, recording life and death with her camera, and also numbing her emotions. Five years later, she suffered severe psychological trauma (PTSD) and hearing loss in her left ear due to artillery fire, and was forced to return to China to recuperate.
The male protagonist Shen Tinglan is the youngest ace captain in the civil aviation industry. He comes from a distinguished background and is cold and ascetic. He hated Lin Zhisheng for leaving without saying goodbye, and even more hated himself for never really letting go of her in the past five years.