Chapter 18 This bastard is shameless
Xu Songning glanced back and saw that the person who came in was Song Qing'an. She wiped her mouth calmly.
Having just disembarked, Song Qing'an was still wearing his pilot's uniform and sunglasses, accompanied by a girl who wasn't in uniform. The girl was holding his hand intimately, and the two sat down a short distance away. Song Qing'an had his back to them, while the unsuspecting girl was facing them, smiling shyly.
“It’s her,” Lu Xiaomeng whispered to Xu Songning, “the flight attendant who posted on WeChat Moments.”
"Let's eat. Mind your own business," Xu Songning said, picking up his phone and deleting Song Qing'an from his contacts.
Lu Xiaomeng gave a thumbs up, "That's right, people like this shouldn't take up space on my contact list. I'll keep it for fun, to see when he announces his relationship! I'll give him a like, ha! Let's see if he remembers casting a wide net back then."
Xu Songning was amused by her and his mood improved considerably. "Good sister, why don't you go over and say hello?"
Lu Xiaomeng stuffed a mouthful of sushi into her mouth, and upon hearing what she said, she forgot to chew, "You you you..."
After wolfing down the sushi, Lu Xiaomeng shook her head, genuinely admiring her, "It has to be my Sister Xu, even in this situation she still wants to go up and say hello."
“Until yesterday, he was still sending me ambiguous messages.” Xu Songning tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingers.
"Let's go!" Lu Xiaomeng suddenly stood up, slung her bag over her shoulder, "I was so blind back then, I was fooled by his gentle and refined appearance!"
Xu Songning smiled, took her hand, and went to pay the bill. The cashier was very close to Song Qing'an's table. After they paid, they naturally turned around and walked straight to Song Qing'an's table.
"Captain Song, what a coincidence, you're eating here too." Lu Xiaomeng spoke first.
As soon as Song Qing'an looked up, he saw Xu Songning. A hint of panic flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure and waved as if he were seeing a friend, "Hi."
There was no intention to continue with formalities; he lowered his head and continued ordering. Instead, the girl smiled and called out to Xiaomeng.
"You two know each other?" Song Qing'an finally looked up from his phone, his expression slightly tense.
"Yeah, you don't know how popular Xiaomeng is." The girl looked at Xu Songning next to her and asked in confusion, "And who is this?"
His gaze, however, was fixed on Song Qing'an.
“Xu Songning is also an air traffic controller, my good sister!” Lu Xiaomeng replied with a smile, “Right, Captain Song?”
Song Qing'an's jaw tightened. They were all adults, and he was used to dating, but he never expected to make such a mistake. He never imagined that a small control tower could know so many flight attendants.
"Heh." He chuckled dryly.
"Captain Song, it's been a long time. Is this your girlfriend?" Xu Songning asked softly, but his words were quite intriguing.
The woman who had "not seen her for a long time" was immediately asked about the identity of another woman. No matter how you listened to it, it felt like there was a hint of questioning and ambiguity in it.
The girl sitting opposite Song Qing'an tidied her hair, her smile slightly stiff, her eyes fixed on Song Qing'an, seemingly also expecting an answer.
Song Qing'an's gaze shifted from her face to Xu Songning's beautiful and flamboyant face. Admittedly, as a man, Xu Songning was more in line with his standards for a womanizer, but Xu Songning was too difficult to catch and never took the bait, which made him lose interest. However, when he saw her face again, he didn't want to give up.
"No, we're friends." Song Qing'an considered himself to have chosen a safe answer.
"Really? Then I won't disturb your meal any longer." Xu Songning smiled slightly and pulled Lu Xiaomeng to leave.
Before Song Qing'an could exhale, she leaned down and whispered in the girl's ear, "We still need to assess him more."
“You…” Song Qing’an was stunned.
The girl's smile faded as she watched Xu Songning leave.
“Darling, what did she say to you? I didn’t admit it just now because I was afraid they would go around gossiping about our relationship. I love you, baby!” Song Qing’an quickly explained.
The girl listened calmly to his words, then just smiled. "She said Captain Song is a very good person and told me to cherish him. What's wrong? Do you and her... have a grudge? You seem worried that she might say bad things about you."
If Song Qing'an hadn't been in such a hurry, she might have thought Xu Songning was trying to sow discord. But seeing how eager he was to explain and his unwillingness to publicly acknowledge their relationship on social media, there was more to it than met the eye.
“There’s no reason for this to happen. I was too hasty, afraid of losing you. You know how much I love you.” Song Qing’an held her hand and gently kissed the back of it.
The girl concealed the doubt in her eyes, withdrew her hand, and smiled as she wiped her hand clean under the table. "Okay, I believe you."
"Sister Xu, do you think she'll understand what you mean?" Lu Xiaomeng rubbed her stomach as she strolled slowly through the airport to digest her food.
“It depends on how smart she is. Besides, everyone has different thoughts and wants. If she can tolerate Song Qing'an's behavior, then she won't leave him. If she keeps her eyes open and investigates on her own, I believe she will find out a lot of interesting things. Song Qing'an is obviously an old hand; he doesn't feel any guilt at all for doing these transgressions in relationships.” Xu Songning stretched. After the two finished their meal, she still had to go back to her shift.
"Then I'd better stay single. With my personality, Song Qing'an could play me eight hundred times and I wouldn't even realize it." Lu Xiaomeng shrank her neck. She had never been in a relationship during her student days. She usually just read novels and played the most popular games. She didn't seem to be very interested in men.
Despite her good interpersonal skills and knowing many people from the control tower, approach, area control, captains, and flight attendants, she remains single. Her parents are also optimistic about her relationship status and dote on their only daughter, so whether she has a boyfriend or not is not an important matter.
"You should stay single with us," Xu Songning said with a smile, pinching her cheek.
"It seems like Sister Zhou is up to something lately. It feels like she's going to abandon our group of singles!" Lu Xiaomeng gossiped.
"What's going on?" Xu Songning asked curiously. Zhou Qiao hadn't contacted her recently; she had been too busy with work and had forgotten to ask about Zhou Qiao and Qin You.
"The bar waitress tattled to me, saying that recently someone has been sending flowers to Sister Zhou, a different kind every day. Every time they send flowers, Sister Zhou throws them away. What do they look like? They're not ugly, are they? So ugly that Sister Zhou is too lazy to even accept them. She used to show them off to us when she received them." Lu Xiaomeng stroked her chin, full of doubt.
"Oh, probably her ex-boyfriend," Xu Songning understood.
"Ah, so it's my ex...what?! My ex-boyfriend! The one who sang? The one Zhou Jie made famous, then he got together with another woman and ran away?" Lu Xiaomeng's eyes widened, and she shouted, "That bastard dares to come back to Zhou Jie, he's shameless!"
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