Chapter 115 Ungrateful Wolves
"Do you want to go?" Xu Songning asked helplessly.
Lu Xiaomeng shook her head violently, took a sip of bitter coffee, and said, "Sigh, it's all just a mission."
The two looked at each other, poured out their grievances, glanced at the time, and realized it was almost time to hand over their shifts. They each took their coffee and went back to work.
After a busy day, Xu Songning was sore all over and sat in the lounge waiting for Brother Yun to pick her up.
She opened her phone and found that Gu Xing had replied to her message.
Gu Xing: Guess
Xu Songning really wanted to punch someone, but she held back because she needed to ask Gu Xing for help.
Xu Songning: Guess if I guess or not
Gu Xing: Hahahaha, you're so impatient, Sister Xu. Let me give you a hint: his birthday is in May, it's really easy to guess.
Xu Songning: How easy is it to guess?
Gu Xing: If you can't guess, then you're really stupid. Don't bother me anymore, guess slowly~
Xu Songning clenched her fist and sent a cat punching emoji. Gu Xing pretended to be dead and stopped replying to her message.
On second thought, she wasn't in a hurry.
Given Gu Xing's inability to keep secrets, he would either take the initiative to bring up the matter of asking Xiang Yun about his birthday, in which case Xiang Yun would likely tell him.
If Gu Xing hadn't brought it up, he definitely wouldn't have been able to resist asking her if she had guessed it in a few days.
Poor Captain Gu, his thoughts were completely guessed.
Sister Wang walked in, rubbing her neck. Seeing Xu Songning still there, she asked, "Songning, why are you still here? Aren't you off work yet?"
"I'm waiting for someone to pick me up," Xu Songning replied.
Someone will come to pick me up.
After saying that, she felt a little conflicted. She used to always be alone and never cared whether anyone was waiting for her after get off work. Today, someone was picking her up, and she was inexplicably happy.
"Oh my, is that the captain from last time? No wonder he wouldn't let me introduce anyone else. That captain's qualifications are something most people can't compare to," Sister Wang teased.
Xu Songning laughed and said, "It is that captain, but Sister Wang, please don't misunderstand. We are just colleagues."
Sister Wang covered her mouth and laughed, "How innocent! He even came to pick you up after his flight. Do you two live together?"
They weren't exactly living together; they were neighbors, but in a sense, they were just neighbors.
Xu Songning could only shake his head, "No."
If word gets out that she and Xiang Yun are living together, then she'll be in deep trouble.
After gossiping for a while, Sister Wang packed her things to go home and rest. "My child has been quite fussy lately, so I'm going home now. Thank you for the lychees, Songning."
"You're welcome, go back now." Xu Songning waved his hand.
Sister Wang brought her child to the airport before, and everyone saw that clever and adorable child. Time really flies; in the blink of an eye, Sister Wang's child is already ready to go to school.
Xu Songning leaned against the window, gazing at the sky, letting his mind wander.
Against the dark night sky, planes flashed red, green and white lights as they prepared to land in an orderly fashion.
On the ground, the PAPI lights beside the runway flash, guiding pilots to the correct angle of descent, while the ground runway approach lighting system guides the aircraft's landing path.
The active "rabbit lights" flashed one after another from the outside in along the runway, just like a snow-white rabbit running straight along the center line of the runway, accurately indicating the direction and position of the runway to the pilots.
The clock struck 7:32. Among the circling planes, there should be an Air China Boeing 737. Xiang Yun was piloting this steel behemoth, preparing to land.
Xu Songning silently recited this in his heart.
"Safe takeoff and landing."
For Xiang Yun, for the airplanes in the sky, for the countless passengers.
Xiang Yun sent me a message: Wait for me at Terminal 2.
Xu Songning: Okay, Captain Xiang
Xu Songning packed her things and went to the terminal to wait for him. As soon as she arrived, she saw Xiang Yun pulling a flight case toward her.
The weather was getting slightly warmer. Xiang Yun unbuttoned his coat, revealing a crisply ironed shirt underneath. His suit pants made his legs look long, and his clean and handsome appearance attracted the attention of many travelers as he walked by.
Captain Xiang is too conspicuous, which is a bit of a problem.
Xiang Yun walked up to her and saw that she was staring at him intently without saying a word, so he asked her, "Have you been waiting long? Or are you sleepy?"
Xu Songning rubbed his neck, completely oblivious to the fact that staring at someone might be inappropriate, and lazily replied, "Not long, let's go."
The Porsche was parked in the garage. Xu Songning rested for a while and, unlike Xiang Yun who had just gotten off the plane, seemed less tired. She offered to drive, and Xiang Yun didn't refuse.
Flying three segments in one day is indeed quite tiring.
When Xu Songning was driving, he would sit in the passenger seat and rest with his eyes closed.
As Xu Songning drove, he wondered, what exactly is Yun-ge's birthday in May? Is it really that easy to guess? Is it some special day in May?
"You seem to have something on your mind?" Xiang Yun asked.
Xu Songning caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye that he still had his eyes closed, but he moved his lips slightly. Taking advantage of the traffic light, she boldly stared at Xiang Yun's sharp features without blinking, and didn't forget to answer her questions.
"I do have something on my mind," Xu Songning deliberately only said half of what he meant.
If she had to confide in someone, it would be about Director Liu asking her to attend a presentation at the flight school. Since it involved her mentor, she was reluctant to say much about it. Bringing up these long-buried memories would only cause more trouble.
Xiang Yun suddenly opened his eyes. The red light hadn't ended yet, and their eyes met.
"It's inconvenient to talk about?"
He didn't ask Xu Songning why he kept staring at him. He could feel the gaze of those around him even with his eyes closed, but he just didn't say anything.
The navigation system indicates that the green light is about to appear.
No one asked her about these things, and she could keep them buried in her heart for a long time. But once someone came over, knocked on the door, and said he wanted to hear the stories from the past, that tightly closed door would waver.
Xu Songning was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "You know that when we air traffic controllers first start our training, we all have someone to mentor us, right?"
"Yes, when pilots first leave the squadron, they are also guided by instructors."
“You guys have instructors, we have mentors. I used to have a mentor, he was a first-level air traffic controller, strict and rigid, but he really taught you things. I learned a lot from him in controlling aircraft, and he guided me from trainee to full-fledged air traffic controller. Not long after, he was transferred due to illness, and I still visited him often. But because of some things, I lost contact with my mentor, and gradually we stopped contacting each other. Others probably don't understand, they think I…”
Xu Songning paused, looked straight ahead, and continued in a very soft tone: "You think I'm an ingrate, that I forgot about you after I got promoted with my master's help."
For a long while, no one spoke in the car; the silence was almost suffocating, and someone desperately needed to break the silence.
Xu Songning was breathing lightly, and just as she was trying to find a topic to casually brush it off, Xiang Yun spoke up.
"You are not."
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