My heart was filled with anger and resentment as I tried to connect to Justin at the control tower. My hands trembled as I did that.

However, the control tower had cut off all connections to our plane.

Not only did Justin refuse to help me, but I was also unable to contact the other colleagues at the control tower to ask for help.

The plane shook wildly. Noises, screams, and cries from the cabin could be heard inside the cockpit.

As the flight attendant entered the cockpit, I heard curses from the cabin.

"What a terrible flight. Will I die here today?"

"I heard that someone has a grudge against the captain. This woman has implicated all of us!"

"What is she still doing there? She should apologize immediately!"

Some people even yelled at my daughter. "I heard that this child is the captain's daughter. We wouldn't have encountered such a disaster if it weren't for her."

However, some of the passengers still had good senses. They stepped forward and scolded angrily, "She's already dead; please show some respect. We're not dead yet. Everyone must believe in the captain."

At that moment, human beings' various characteristics and behaviors were fully revealed.

The flight attendant said in a trembling voice, "Captain Davis, the situation outside is getting out of control."

I stared at the various buttons on the complicated control panel. I took a deep breath, turned around and said, "Simon, we can only rely on ourselves now."

Simon's face paled as he broke into a cold sweat.

"Do you have confidence in me?" I asked.

He took a deep breath and nodded solemnly. "Yes."

The control tower had abandoned us.

I chose to fly toward the ocean outside the navigation area to avoid involving other flights and disrupting their navigation routes.

We bypassed the thunderstorm and managed to land—a narrow escape from death.

In the end, no one yelled or screamed.

Everyone shut their eyes, either in silence or crying, quietly waiting for death to come.

When the plane landed on the sea, the crew stood up and bowed to me with gratitude.

All 360 people on board were safe. No one died except for my daughter.

As I stared at the white cloth covering my daughter's body in the hospital, the emotions that I had suppressed for a long time finally broke free. My eyes were red. I could not stop crying.

I never thought that I would still lose my daughter even after I had saved more than 300 people.

Simon sighed and said, "Captain Davis, many reporters are outside waiting to interview you.

"Why don't you step out first? Let me take care of the matters involving your child."

I wiped my tears and squeezed my daughter's cold, tiny hands. I gathered myself and walked out.

I met Justin and Kelly on my way out.

When he saw me, Justin sneered, "Hey, the heroic female captain is here.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't you say that our daughter was dying? Your daughter is dead, yet you're still in the mood for an interview?"

A dash of anger surged into my mind. Without thinking, I grabbed his collar and shouted angrily, "Justin, what nonsense are you talking about?

"That's your daughter!"

Justin pushed me away. He sneered, "What kind of rubbish daughter was she? I think you've taught this daughter to be just as selfish as you!

"She became so disgusting and full of lies because she has a mother like you."

My body trembled with anger; my face paled.

My body continued to shake, and I was about to fall. Not only did Justin ignore me, but he also held Kelly's arm and said, with pity, "Kelly is just too kind. That's why you bully her..."

I smiled sadly. "Justin, do you know that our daughter is really dead?"

Justin's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Dead? That's great news. I've been wishing for her to die someplace far away so you two can't bully Kelly again."

My resentment deepened. My eyes turned red. "Justin, don't regret it."

Justin sneered disdainfully and said, "If I regret it, I'll slice my head off and give it to you."

Just as he finished speaking, a nurse rushed from the end of the corridor. "Captain Davis, the hospital has issued your daughter's death certificate.

"You should contact the funeral parlor as soon as possible so they can pick up your child's body."

Justin's expression changed instantly.

I took the death certificate.

A person's life had turned into a weightless piece of paper.

I turned around and wanted to leave immediately. However, Justin reached out and snatched the certificate from me.

His facial expression looked horrible. "How is it possible..." he murmured.

Kelly, who stood beside Justin, looked at it. She covered her mouth with surprise. "Wow, this looks real. Where did you get it, Julia?"

Justin realized her insinuation.

He did not think further. He tore the death certificate into pieces and then threw it at me.

The sharp edge of the paper left a cut on my right cheek.

He sneered, "It's illegal to issue a fake death certificate. Nurse, how dare you cooperate with her to do this? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

The nurse frowned, "What are you talking about? Her daughter is really—"

"That's enough," Justin interrupted her rudely. He looked at me with disgust. "I feel sick when I see your hypocritical face!"

Suddenly, many reporters swarmed our location.

Countless microphones were pointed toward my face.

"Captain Davis, the heroic captain, do you have anything to say to us?"

"We understand that your daughter is the only fatality in this incident. What do you think about this?"

"Haha!"

A loud sneer attracted everyone's attention instantly.

The microphone and camera were immediately pointed toward Justin.

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You've all been deceived by her.

"She made up a lie about her daughter's death to gain credit. The media actually believed her?"

A reporter asked in shock, "Mister, are you saying that Captain Davis' daughter isn't dead?"

Everyone looked at me when he said that.

The crowd started to discuss among themselves. Some were pointing at me, throwing me a disapproving look.

A rational person asked, "Mister, who are you to Captain Davis? Can we trust what you say?"

Justin replied, "I'm her husband, the father of the supposedly dead little girl. Do you think you can trust my words?"

Those words created an uproar.

Many spoke in criticism against me.

The microphones were pushed closer to my face, and some hit my chin.

Some even took out their cell phones to livestream the incident.

They insulted me viciously. "What's going on? Captain Davis, did you do that to make yourself look miserable to take credit?"

"Perhaps it wasn't her who landed the plane but the co-pilot? How capable can she be? She's just a woman."

"That makes sense. Maybe she made up the lie that her daughter was dead to take credit."

The live broadcast attracted a large number of viewers very quickly.

Over a million viewers were watching the live broadcast. Comments started to scroll through everyone's screens.

[She cursed her daughter to take credit? What kind of mother is she?]

[She's so disgusting. I feel sorry for the co-pilot.]

[Have you all heard? There was a thunderstorm earlier. She lied that her daughter had a heart attack to land first. The controllers at the tower didn't listen to her and insisted on landing the flights according to order. She cut off the connection with the control tower and flew to another place.]

[Oh, my god! That's terrible. In other words, this accident may have been caused by her.]

[Now we know the truth. She wanted to gain credit so desperately that she risked the lives of 300 passengers.]

The crowd was emotional. I was pushed to a corner; there was no way for me to escape.

Some people even took out water bottles, paper balls, keys, and other items and threw them at me.

I was struck so hard that my head started bleeding. I could only hide in the corner pitifully. I tried to explain. "Don't listen to him. My daughter is really—"

"Shut up!"

At that moment, Kelly, who was always gentle, pretended to help me. She whispered in my ear, "Just give up, Julia. There's no way you can beat me.

"After all, in Justin's mind, you're only a woman who's cheated on him."

I opened my eyes and looked at her.

The reason behind everything was finally revealed.