A modern day romance between a snarky female pilot and her CEO. They start off on the wrong foot, when the ML thinks the FL is trying to hit on him, while all she's trying to do is approach him about the cancellation of their company's pilot recruitment program which she was about to apply for.
She quits the company and, 3 years later, rejoins the company as a top recruited pilot for the new airplane model that just got released. The ML doesn't remember her anymore, but the FL is determined to get back at the ML and gets so much satisfaction whenever she snubs him or treats him rudely. For some reason though, the ML is really into her impolite attitude (of course, it helps that she's gorgeous), and has infinite patience when dealing with her. He even starts pursuing her in the face of her poor attitude towards him.
I didn't like the FL that much. Her actions seemed kinda petty, and she keeps believing the worst of the ML when she hears rumors from others rather than trusting him. Honestly she just felt very immature from beginning to end. I don't know if the author actually expects the reader to emphathize with the FL, but if I were the ML and came across the FL's actions at the beginning, I would make the same assumption that she's trying to hit on me. I don't know why the FL got so offended.
And I would definitely NOT put up with the FL's antics nearly as much as the ML did. He's a busy guy and would make time to check in on her out of his busy schedule, to the point where he's not giving himself any rest time. But what does he get for his efforts? The FL treats him so poorly every time without knowing how much effort he put in to see her. I got mad on the ML's behalf, honestly.
The FL's actions aren't even consistent. She'll go from ridiculing the ML or passively aggressively scolding him on her WeChat moments to suddenly remembering that he's her boss and paying her salary, so she'll treat him nicer for two seconds, before reverting back to scolding him again. Like come on, even if you aren't satisfied with him, please keep in mind that he's your boss and act within professional boundaries!!
I also don't understand why she harbors so much hatred against her mother. Yes, I get that her mother divorced and then barely checked in with her afterwards, but was that enough for her to be completely estranged with her mom? And it turns out the other reason she hated her mother was because she thought her mother was having an affair prior to the divorce, but even that got debunked later and she still doesn't want to reconcile. I don't get it. On one hand, she's super jealous of her step-sister for getting her mom's attention, but on the other, when her mom makes an effort to reach out to her, she completely rejects her.
The first part of the story where he's chasing her had me super annoyed with the FL, and the second half after they got together became a standard romance, where they deal with typical couple problems. And don't get me wrong, the FL was annoying here too. She reads some online articles about how the ML was papped with a recently popular actress, and immediately she believes the articles and goes to confront the ML. She doesn't ask him about it first or give him the benefit of the doubt. Like come on, hasn't the poor guy proved his devotion to you enough already with his tolerance of your rude behavior? Why are you still doubting him?? And this happened not once but twice!! Ughhhh!!!
Pressing his lips into a tight line, Boyang stepped forward and presented the entertainment news displayed on his iPad.
It took him only two seconds of scanning to roughly grasp what was going on.
After setting the iPad down, Fu Mingyu said calmly, "She and I are merely ordinary acquaintances."
Here it came, right on cue!
The universal catch-all excuse of a scumbag!
Gritting her teeth, Ruan Suxian retorted, "Then you and I are also merely ordinary acquaintances."
Anyways, clearly I have a lot of problems with this novel and the FL in particular, as my whole review ended up being a rant about her lol. I wouldn't recommend.
Really liked it. I don't know anything about the technicalities of being a pilot but it all sounded so cool. I feel like that emergency landing arc was greatly written and I can picture it in my head like a movie. Kudos to the author, she either has background on this or did extensive research. Even I (zero clue on how planes work) was so impressed with how Ruan Sixiab managed that feat.
It kind of dragged a bit and would have liked it to be more slowburn but oh well. I actually got so bored of it, I didn't bother with the bonus chapters. 😬
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
reading this after watching the drama and i think i like the book better in understanding certain decisions / thinking like the girl seemed overly harsh in the show but reading the book makes me understand her character more and the best part was there was no lame breakup in the book FMY is such a dream even though i guess he was quite rude at the start but i love the trope when the male lead falls first and chases the girl heheh overall 4.5/5 for sure
Gara-gara lagi nonton drama yang diadaptasi dari novel ini, aku langsung penasaran dan tertarik ingin membaca novelnyaaaaa.... sejujurnya karena nggak sabar nonton ongoing dramanya, pengen tau gimana plot kisahnya Mbak Pilot dan Mas CEO Hengshi Airlines. Ternyata bagussss bangetttttt, aku suka banget kalau baca novel romance dan karakter perempuannya itu yang ambis banget demi mewujudkan cita-citanya. Karena mulai baca pas dramanya mulai tayang, jadi sambil m3mbayangnya Ruan Sixian itu Liu Xiening, dan emang cocok banget yah Liu Xiening meranin Ruan Sixian, dan yang jadi Fu Mingyu itu Wei Zeming (dia mah cocok spesialis jadi CEO atau atasan di kantor).
Oh iya yang tertarik ingin nonton dramanya, judulnya "Blossom through the Cloud" bisa ditonton di app MangoTV, Viki, dan Iqiyi