Chapter 118 Grounding Inspection
Jiang Yun's arm muscles were tense, and his shoulders were so broad that they could almost block out all the crowds and noise.
He held Xia Lili's head firmly with one hand and used his body to shield her from all the pushing and collisions.
The palms are warm, the knuckles are long and powerful, and can almost crush any obstacle.
Xia Lili was half-hugged and half-carried by him as she was carried forward. The only sounds in her ears were the steady heartbeat in his chest and the distant echo of the airport broadcast.
——Until she was escorted into the airport's special car and the door slammed shut, blocking out all the noise from the outside world.
Jiang Yun then let her go, lowered his head to check her condition, frowned slightly: "Lili, are you okay?"
Xia Lili opened her mouth, but found that her voice was still trembling: "I'm fine, but something terrible is going to happen!"
"Lend me your phone! It's an emergency! I just lost my phone."
Xia Lili grabbed Jiang Yun's wrist tightly, looking panicked.
Her fingertips were cold, but beads of sweat oozed from her palms, and her breathing was as rapid as if she had just finished a 100-meter sprint.
Jiang Yun didn't ask a single question and quickly took out his phone from his pocket and unlocked it.
Xia Lili pursed her cracked lips and quickly entered the number.
“Beep—beep—”
Every time the waiting tone sounded, Xia Lili's solar plexus would jump.
"Who?"
Li Qihan's low voice came from the receiver.
"Li Qihan, it's me!"
Xia Lili's voice was as tense as a taut string. "I've foreseen another doomsday scene—"
"Rainbow Airlines flight AF1431, there are high-density lithium batteries in the cargo hold, which have not been declared! They could overheat and explode during flight!"
She spoke so fast she almost bit her tongue, "This flight is boarding now!"
"Okay, got it. I'll notify the Civil Aviation Administration."
Li Qihan's voice suddenly tightened, "Go find the airport police station and get to the boarding gate to stop the passengers from boarding!"
--"good!"
Xia Lili hung up the phone and looked up at the driver's seat. "Master, can you find out which gate is for Ruiling Airlines flight AF1431?"
The driver in airport uniform cast a puzzled look at Xia Lili through the rearview mirror and saw Xia Lili take out her ID.
Xia Lili frowned. "It's an emergency! This flight can't take off now and must undergo secondary security checks! I have to get to the gate as quickly as possible and take action!"
The driver glanced at Xia Lili's ID and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect that this little girl was actually a police officer!
Judging from Xia Lili's tone, it seems like a major case!
The driver immediately got excited. He tapped a few times on the in-car screen and found the boarding gate for the Ruiling Airlines flight. "It's at Gate B27. I'll take you there right now!"
The driver pressed the control panel three times with his right hand, and the blue and white airport emergency lights on the roof suddenly lit up.
The car body suddenly sank and drove directly over the isolation belt into the tunnel marked "Internal Use Only".
"Hold on tight."
The driver kept one hand on the steering wheel and pressed the call button with the other. "Control Tower, this is VIP 3. The police are requesting priority for the ground access lane in Area B."
Xia Lili couldn't help but feel lucky that she got on the airport's special car and could drive directly into the airport.
She pursed her dry lips and her throat tightened slightly, but the next moment, a bottle of opened mineral water was handed to her.
Jiang Yun's fingertips naturally smoothed out the wrinkles of her skirt, and his voice was soft and gentle: "Don't be anxious, drink some water first."
Xia Lili's lips and tongue were already dry, so she quickly took the mineral water and drank several big gulps.
The driver's blood was boiling, and his tires were squealing sharply on the epoxy floor.
Xia Lili grabbed the emergency armrest above the car door tightly, and the gift bag in her hand fell beside Jiang Yun without her hold.
"What's this?"
Jiang Yun's eyes fell on the wrinkled gift box bag in Xia Lili's hand.
The once exquisite wrapping paper had been torn, and the ribbon hung loosely.
Xia Lili subconsciously hid the bag behind her, "It's... a gift for you."
Her voice became smaller and smaller. “I made it myself, please don’t be disgusted.”
A light sound of metal parts colliding came from the bag.
Xia Lili said in an annoyed tone: "It seems to have been squeezed just now..."
Before she could finish her words, she was suddenly frozen in place by Jiang Yun's bright eyes.
Those phoenix eyes that always had a bit of laziness were surprisingly bright, and the whole person looked like a large dog that would wag its tail wildly when it saw a bone.
"Really? You made it yourself?"
There was unconcealable joy in Jiang Yun's voice, and his fingers unconsciously reached for the damaged bag.
Xia Lili met his eyes. His clear gaze made her feel uneasy. She looked away and said, "But it's already broken."
Jiang Yun smiled even brighter: "It's okay,"
His voice was gentle, his tone expectant, "When you come back, we'll fix it together."
The setting sun shone between them through the glass of the terminal, and the wrinkled gift bag suddenly didn't look so ugly anymore.
Xia Lili looked at Jiang Yunzhen holding the worn bag in her arms solemnly, and her heart skipped a beat - she suddenly felt that perhaps the gift had completed its mission the moment it was handed over.
The car has shown signs of slowing down, so it must be approaching its destination.
Jiang Yun put the phone into Xia Lili's hand and said, "I'll give it to you first. I'll wait for you."
"The lock screen password is."
Xia Lili was stunned. Jiang Yun handed her the phone so naturally that she almost didn't catch it.
The moment their fingertips touched, she felt the warmth of Jiang Yun's palm, which contained unreserved trust.
As soon as the car stopped, Xia Lili got out quickly, ran to the entrance of the employee passage and the security personnel at the employee passage, and showed her ID.
The security personnel immediately contacted the airport police station and allowed Xia Lili to pass.
Xia Lili arrived at Gate B27 before the airport police station.
Passengers on this Air Luxembourg flight have lined up in a long queue to board the plane.
Xia Lili quickly showed her ID and called out to the passengers who had just passed through the passage and headed towards the jet bridge: "Passengers on AF1431, please do not board the plane. The plane needs to be inspected for major hidden dangers!"
The hurried passengers on the bridge stopped at the same time and returned from the bridge in confusion.
The passengers queuing for boarding looked at each other in confusion.
"Holy crap, what's going on? My flight is finally on time, but now I'm queuing at the gate and they tell me I can't get on the plane?"
"Just now on the first floor of the terminal, a bunch of crazy fans of some sports star were disrupting the airport order and almost delayed my check-in. Now they're suddenly saying there's a problem with the plane. Are you airport staff doing your job?"
"No, who is this woman? She's not wearing airport staff uniform, nor is she wearing a police uniform. Is she a tourist playing a prank?"
The ground staff also looked at Xia Lili with suspicion and caution: "Officer, we have not received any notice to ground the flight for inspection."
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