Chapter 114 Battle Qi
Xu Songning answered calmly and frankly, "There's no contact. Is there any activity?"
The activity she mentioned was simply that her department would organize people to visit her mentor at the school every year. She went with them for the first two years, but her enthusiasm waned, and last year she didn't go to see her mentor at all.
This has led many people to speculate behind the scenes what exactly happened between Xu Songning and her master, that they went from being good friends and mentors to being strangers.
Although Director Liu was also curious about this matter, he had subtly inquired with Xu Songning, but Xu Songning was unwilling to say more. Ming Ge was an even more serious person and would never gossip with Director Liu.
Thus, this matter became an unsolved mystery.
"Ah, it's not about visiting your master. It's just that it's almost May, and there are a lot of activities at various flight schools. They're looking for some experienced senior students to go back to their schools and share their experiences. Just then, your master messaged me, saying that our aerospace department should send a representative to give a presentation to his school's students." Director Liu rubbed his hands together. He had just finished eating the lychees the man had given him, and now he was being asked to go out and accept an invitation to an event. He felt a little embarrassed.
This topic is premature; the event is still two weeks away. I just happened to take a bite of lychee and it reminded me of this.
Xu Songning didn't react much. He turned his chair around and said calmly, "Let someone else go. Don't you like visiting him? Isn't this a good opportunity?"
"He" refers to Xu Songning's master, Ming Ge.
Xu Songning no longer addresses him with the respectful title of "Brother Ming" that everyone uses, nor does he call him "Master," which makes Director Liu feel unfamiliar with him.
For some inexplicable reason, it seemed that Xu Songning even harbored some hostility towards his master and deliberately avoided seeing him.
“I would like to send someone else, but Songning,” Director Liu lowered his voice and tapped the table, “you are Ming’s apprentice after all. Ming even called me and asked me to send someone. If you don’t go, not only will I lose face, but you will also damage the relationship with Ming.”
Xu Songning didn't want to talk, so he shut his mouth, spun around in his chair, and played with the ornaments on his table. He picked up a small ball and used it to hit the other small balls, making a crackling sound. Several beads swayed in unison.
“Songning, you’ll soon have worked for five years, which is the time for promotion. You’ve done a great job, and I don’t think you need to be taught how to navigate interpersonal relationships. Why make things so awkward with your mentor? Your other colleagues have all seen it; please give me some face this year. It’s just a presentation anyway; you might not even see him. Just coordinate with his teaching assistant.” Director Liu advised.
In this activity, work ability and physical attractiveness are both important conditions, in order to motivate people to love this industry.
The flight major boasts captains who are tall and good-looking, while the cabin crew major features beautiful flight attendants and handsome male flight attendants.
The controllers couldn't fall behind, so the management specifically requested someone with an outstanding appearance to participate. After much deliberation, Xu Songning seemed like the perfect candidate.
Whether it's interpersonal skills, work ability, or appearance, Xu Songning should be the one to participate.
After all, it was an invitation from Ming Ge, so it wouldn't be appropriate not to let his apprentice go.
The problem is that his apprentice is unwilling to go and also unwilling to see his master.
However, this mentor secretly had his wife speak to Director Liu's wife, asking Director Liu to recommend Xu Songning to participate in the event.
This caused Director Liu to lose a few more hairs from his receding hairline.
Seeing his predicament, Xu Songning felt a little sorry for the middle-aged man, but he was still unwilling to go. However, when he heard that all he needed to do was to coordinate with the teaching assistant, he reluctantly agreed to consider it.
"Okay, give me an answer as soon as possible. If you really don't want to go, then I'll have to go by myself," Director Liu said with a sigh.
Xu Songning smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give you an answer as soon as possible."
Others probably knew about the flight school event as well. She heard people discussing it as soon as she came out of Director Liu's office, and it seemed that the selection of whom was no longer a secret.
Besides Xu Songning, another male controller was also selected from the air traffic controllers.
The man's name was Zhao Yi, and he was six years older than Xu Songning.
When Zhao Yi saw her come out of Director Liu's office, he went up to her with a disdainful look and asked her rudely, "Xu Songning, are you coming with me to give a presentation?"
"It's not certain yet."
Xu Songning wasn't familiar with him, and the fact that he suddenly struck up a conversation with her in such an aggressive manner made her a little suspicious.
Soon, Zhao Yi's purpose was exposed.
He looked at her sharply. "Really? Do you and Ming have some kind of grudge? I didn't see you visit him last year, so why did Director Liu invite you?"
Xu Songning thought to himself, "Wow!" It turned out that it was one of his admirers who had come to question him.
"Why don't you ask him directly when you go to the presentation?"
This statement left Zhao Yi speechless. Asking Xu Songning, who was younger than him, about other people's private matters was considered inquiring, but asking Ming Ge, who was more senior than him, was considered gossiping and would leave a very bad impression.
“Xu Songning, I am also your senior. Is this how you treat your senior?” Zhao Yi said in a deep voice.
Xu Songning chuckled. "Senior? Anyone who didn't know better would think I'm an idol trainee."
"Then I'll answer again. I'll be the one giving the presentation at the flight school. If any seniors have objections, they can talk to Director Liu and ask him to send someone else. I'd be happy to do that."
Xu Songning smiled brightly. Her agreement to give the presentation both disgusted Zhao Yi, made Zhao Yi want to talk to Director Liu, and also prevented her from giving the presentation. It was perfect.
Sure enough, Zhao Yi's face turned a deep purplish-red. "Didn't you say you weren't sure?!"
Xu Songning said innocently, "Yes, I was unsure at first, but seeing how concerned Brother Zhao was about whether I would go or not, I decided to go."
Zhao Yi was so angry that he couldn't speak. He turned around and went back into Director Liu's office, probably to complain.
Xu Songning didn't have time to play along with his nonsense and went into the control room to start working.
If Zhao Yi could persuade Director Liu not to let her give the presentation, she would be happy to do so.
Unfortunately, when she came out of the control room, she didn't receive any good news from Director Liu. Instead, Xiao Jin said that she saw Brother Zhao come out of Director Liu's office in a huff, and she didn't know why. He seemed to be in a very bad mood.
Xu Songning sighed; it seemed his plan had fallen through.
Lu Xiaomeng sent her a message, inviting her out for coffee.
Xu Songning readily accepted the invitation, and the two sat in the store chatting. As expected, Zhou Qiao hadn't informed Lu Xiaomeng. Upon learning that Zhou Qiao was injured, Lu Xiaomeng said she would go to the bar to hunt down Boss Zhou after get off work.
Lu Xiaomeng remembered something and asked her, "Hey, by the way, Sister Xu, did you mention going to the flight school to give a presentation?"
"Could the control tower be choosing you?"
"You're not going to be the one going to the front, are you?"
"..."
We are both wanderers in this world.
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