A Hummingbird Flaps Its Wings 1,000 Times [Ice Hockey]

[Main story complete! Bonus chapters may drop at any time! The story of the secondary couple is also complete and free to read!] Jiang Yan, the NHL’s most dazzling Chinese-American first overall draft pick, the infamous “Tyrant on Ice,” a hard-hitting forward and ruthless goal scorer. Until one day, the camera swept across the stands A young master in a sharp suit, the tips of his ears bright red, frantically waving at the Kiss Cam: “That’s my sister!” Jiang Yan, still caught up in the fever of the game, suddenly froze as he watched the jumbotron. His heart, which had refused to calm down, abruptly skipped a beat. The next second, it began racing wildly, impossibly fast. Like a hummingbird beating its wings. Elliott, the sole heir to a Midwestern powerhouse family, has a life as perfectly laid out as a ruler’s markings. He hates hockey, and he hates the cold of the northern United States. Until, during a game, he was standing by a vending machine in the arena when a sweaty stranger in a hockey uniform snatched his Coke. The man popped the tab with one hand. Sweat slid down his sharp jaw as he raised an eyebrow and grinned at him: “Thanks, buddy.” Only later did Elliott learn that the man who’d stolen his Coke was the star forward of his family’s club’s bitter rivals. And that he would become the one unexpected turn of events to shatter Elliott’s orderly life completely, then rebuild it with his own hands. It all began with a “scouting trip” that had been planned in advance. They grew close in a locker room thick with the scent of sweat and cedar, made a pact in an alley where no one could see, and exchanged glances beside an arena where tens of thousands of fans cheered… …until one night in a parking lot, when they made a mistake that nearly couldn’t be undone. Paparazzi, drunken gossip, blood on the ice, psychological trauma, their careers… The whole world clamored for them to break apart. Jiang Yan put up a tough front: “I don’t have real feelings for you. There’s no future for us.” Elliott remained perfectly calm. “Oh? Is that so? Then why don’t you dare give us a try?” As it turned out, neither a blizzard nor a gun pointed at their foreheads could make their hearts beat like that hummingbird’s, at least a thousand times a minute: frantic and erratic, yet fighting with all their might to stay in flight. [Reader’s Guide / Content Warnings] · A volatile, fragile, wolfish forward × a gentle, steadfast young master who knows how to guide him. Two strong leads, younger top, size difference, and mutual healing. · Professional-level hockey game scenes, including the top getting into fights and scenes of competitive violence, all within the bounds of normal hockey games. · Includes career storylines, family conflicts, and media storms. The plot gets pretty melodramatic. All the conflicts serve the characters’ growth, with no pointless push-and-pull. · Both male leads have exes. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you. · The bottom suffers early on, the top in the middle, and both suffer later. Not for fans who can’t stand seeing their favorite character hurt. · Happy ending. Additional notes: This novel * Was inspired by a short video I came across online. * Is not based on any real person. * Blurb written on December 1, 2025. Please add my upcoming novel to your reading list: "Icarus Strikes Out" A nontraditional story of marriage before love, set on the baseball field. Cosmo Lin, the ace of the Los Angeles Guardians, MLB’s universally acclaimed “godlike” two-way player, and a superstar who excels at both pitching and batting. There are only two secrets in his life: One, he’s deep in the closet. Two, he woke up hungover in Las Vegas last night with a ring on his ring finger, and his spouse… appears to be a man. His PR team was thrown into a full-blown crisis. To protect his flawless image, Cosmo had no choice but to hide the marriage and make a quick escape from the city that never sleeps. Then the new season began, and he came face-to-face with his old rival: Lorenzo, the ace pitcher of the New York Empire. As usual, Lorenzo started the game by taunting him. Cosmo couldn’t be bothered to listen and simply gave him the middle finger. But when a fastball traveling nearly 160 kilometers per hour came hurtling toward his face, Cosmo suddenly recognized Lorenzo’s face in the blurry yet intimate silhouette from that drunken night. And what the other man had said before the game didn’t seem to have been trash talk after all. It had sounded like, “Your husband is coming.” Crack! The ball slammed into Cosmo’s helmet. The whole stadium erupted. Only Lorenzo, grinning like a villain on the pitcher’s mound, silently mouthed: “What’s wrong? Got distracted by your handsome husband’s face?” Help! What’s a guy who’s deep in the closet supposed to do when he’s married to the man he hates most in the world? Urgent, waiting for answers online. Reader’s Guide: · Scheming ace pitcher top × closeted perfect idol bottom · Both male leads have exes. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you. · Both male leads are kind of “trash.” Please proceed with caution if that bothers you. · Includes emotional and physical angst. Not for fans who can’t stand seeing their favorite character hurt. · Happy ending. This novel is not based on any real person and has no connection to the real world. Blurb written on March 9, 2026. Theme: Pursuing a happy life