Chapter 91: The Journey (1)

  Xiao Lu stood at the aircraft cabin door, with a sweet smile on her face, welcoming each boarding passenger. The deep blue flight attendant uniform was tailored to fit her body perfectly, simple and refreshing, with a lovely blue and red striped silk scarf tied around her neck, which was lively and distinctive yet layered, giving an overall effect of being approachable, clean, elegant and refined, with an international sense of fashion. Paired with black stockings and black high-heeled shoes with a flower pattern, it made her whole person look sexy and charming, with a captivating demeanor.

  Xiao Lu is a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, well, to be precise, she should be called a probationary flight attendant. She has just finished three months of pre-job training and started working. According to the company's regulations, she must complete a three-month probation period before becoming a formal flight attendant, signing a contract, and enjoying the treatment of a formal flight attendant.

  Flight attendants are a very fashionable and special profession, although they also come with high risks, but high salaries and bright images have always been the dream of girls. The average monthly salary of flight attendants is over 10,000 yuan, and the highest monthly salary has reached more than 20,000 yuan, belonging to high-income earners in society. Elegant, dignified, and generous external requirements have also equated flight attendants with beauty and prettiness, as if becoming a flight attendant not only brings high income but also becomes a socially recognized beauty, so everyone is eager to pursue it. The profession of flight attendants has also become an enviable profession.

  Xiao Lu feels very lucky, she didn't do well in school and almost lost confidence in life after failing the college entrance exam. Fortunately, with the encouragement and help of her family, she signed up for the Southwest Airlines flight attendant recruitment and was able to stand out from many applicants, and after layers of screening, she finally became a probationary flight attendant that she had always dreamed of. Therefore, she cherishes this job very much, even the smile on her face is heartfelt, not just a professional smile.

  In 1990, airplanes were still out of reach for ordinary people. The cost of a plane ticket was far beyond what an average family could afford. Therefore, those who could afford to take planes were either rich or high-ranking government officials, or they were wealthy individuals or corporate executives who had the means to indulge themselves.

  "Welcome, please..." Xiao Lu habitually bowed slightly and greeted the passenger. Every time a passenger arrived, she had to welcome them politely. But before she could finish speaking, she stood up and was surprised to find that the person standing in front of her was just a kid around 10 years old. He wasn't short, only about a head shorter than herself - Xiao Lu's height was 172cm, so this kid must have been at least 150cm tall. He wore a white sweater on top and a coffee-colored high-waisted jacket over it, with faded jeans on the bottom, looking both sunny and fashionable.

  Xiao Lu looked at himself with great curiosity, the boy smiled slightly, and his tender and delicate face suddenly flashed a dazzling light like sunshine, making people feel very close.

  Xiao Lu took the boarding pass handed over by the boy, looked at it and said: "E14, please go straight to the fourth row on the right. Hmm, are you alone? Where are your parents?" She suddenly noticed that this boarding pass was the last one for this flight, and there were no adults accompanying the child, could he have boarded the plane first?

  Chengdu and Xichang is a branch line in the province, originally only flew once a week, but with the development of Xichang tourism, flights have also increased to three times a week. However, there are still not many people taking the plane, and the plane used is also a small MD-95 aircraft with a maximum capacity of 100 people. Even so, the load factor is less than 50% each time, like today, only less than 30 people on the 74-seat flight. But precisely because there are few people taking the plane, it is possible for Xiao Lu and other trainee flight attendants to serve this route.

  "Hmm, what's up?" the boy asked curiously.

  "Like this, where are your parents sitting? I can help you adjust the seats so that you can sit together." Xiao Lu smiled and explained. Although these things were not something a flight attendant had to do, Xiao Lu felt very close to this sunny little boy, and naturally, her service became more detailed and thorough.

  "Thank you, sister, but don't bother. I'm alone, anywhere is fine." The little boy politely took the boarding pass and carried his luggage towards the cabin.

  "Ah!" Xiao Lu was shocked, in fact, not to mention her, even if it were any other experienced flight attendant, they had never seen a child of around ten years old traveling alone on a plane before. Not to mention how the child managed to book the ticket and pass security checks, but wouldn't the child's parents be worried?

  It wasn't until ten years later that airlines introduced a service for children to fly alone, where flight attendants would pick up the child from their home and hand them over to designated parents at the destination. At that time, airlines did not have such services, and letting children fly alone required great energy and courage from parents.

  It's possible that this little boy is the youngest solo passenger in Chinese civil aviation history. Xiao Lu never thought that on this flight, which was less than an hour long, she would have the good fortune to witness a historic moment. She was so shocked that she didn't react until another flight attendant, Wang Fei, came over and called out to her several times, saying they could close the cabin door. Only then did Xiao Lu snap back to reality, busily working while still wondering who this child was. He must be from a wealthy family to be able to fly alone, she thought. Although his clothes didn't look high-end, they were tasteful and understated, and his behavior was very refined - not something you'd expect from a kid in his early teens.

  For her, this child was full of too many mysteries.

  Everyone must have already seen it, this child is none other than our protagonist Leng Bing Han.

  Sitting in an airplane seat, with eyes slightly closed, the experiences of these days seemed to be unfolding before my eyes.

  After spending the 15th of the first month at home, it was time for Leng Binghan to leave. The things he needed had been packed long ago, and although Wang Peiyuan had prepared everything for him at home, Li Huafen still helped Leng Binghan pack a large suitcase with all sorts of clothes, socks, shoes, and other essentials, fearing that he might lack something outside. Looking at the towering suitcase, which was almost as tall as himself, Leng Binghan felt helpless but didn't dare go against his mother's wishes.

  Xichang is just over 500 kilometers away from Chengdu, and taking the train takes only a little over ten hours. However, after the Spring Festival, it's the peak of the Spring Festival travel rush, and tickets are hard to buy, not to mention being crowded to death. Moreover, I hate taking trains the most, in my previous life when I was studying at university in Tianjin, every year I had to go back and forth four times, each time taking a train for nearly 50 or 60 hours, eating poorly, sleeping poorly, even going to the toilet required wading through a sea of people, that feeling, just thinking about it makes me shudder all over, and I'm still afraid.

  Leng Yun and Li Yuafen were also heartbroken for their son, so they finally chose to take a plane, which would arrive in Chengdu in less than an hour, saving time and making the journey relatively comfortable. Besides, they didn't lack that amount of money at home anyway.

  Originally, Li Yuafen was supposed to accompany her son to Chengdu, but when the time came, she fell ill. The illness wasn't serious, just a common fever and cold, but she looked a bit weak and her spirit wasn't great either. Given this situation, Leng Bingxue firmly opposed his mother taking the plane. Under Leng Bingxue's persistent request, a shocking scene appeared before Xiao Lu.

  Actually, in a strict sense, Leng Bing Han can't board a plane alone. All tickets are real-name and require ID verification, but Leng Bing Han is underage and doesn't have an ID. However, there will always be people who enjoy privileges and won't be restricted by any system. With Mayor Leng Yun's identity helping his son with the procedures, everything would go smoothly. Although airports and airlines don't belong to local jurisdictions, they are still on someone else's turf, so who dares not give face to this powerful mayor?

  This wasn't because Ling Yun and Li Yu Fen trusted him enough to let him travel far alone, but rather that Ling Yun personally saw him onto the plane. He had also informed Wang Pei Yuan to arrange for someone to pick him up, so it was unlikely anything unexpected would happen within just over an hour.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard this flight. Please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts, as our plane is about to take off..." After finishing the announcement, Xiao Lu felt a bit worried that the boy had never been on a plane before and wouldn't know how to fasten his seatbelt. She quickly walked over to him and looked down to see that his seatbelt was already securely fastened, and he was leaning back in his seat, relaxing. This was a far cry from those who were taking their first flight, looking around nervously like Liu Mama entering the Grand View Garden for the first time.

  It seems that this child is not taking a plane for the first time, seeing such a situation, Xiao Lu came to this conclusion in her heart. What she thought was right and wrong, in her previous life, Cold Ice had taken planes many times, but in this life, it really was the first time.

  Before long, the plane took off with a loud roar.

  I don't know if it's because the pilot's skills are not good enough or because of the small plane, but when taking off and rising, it shook violently, Leng Bing Han felt a bit dizzy, nauseous, and started to feel ear pressure, the sound became very distant, and his ears would also buzz, the resonance was severe, sometimes even feeling painful. This life Leng Bing Han is flying for the first time, but in his past lives he has flown many planes, including Airbus A340 and Boeing 747, but never had such a strong reaction.

  He furrowed his brow, took a deep breath, and adjusted his breathing, trying to alleviate the discomfort in this way. However, this method, which had some effect in his previous life, did not have the slightest effect at this time.

  "This damn small plane, I'll never take this kind of plane again." Coldly muttered. However, he didn't think that until ten years later, the flights between Xichang and Chengdu were changed to Boeing 737, before that, either take the train or could only take such a small plane, there was no other choice.

  A new chapter unfolds, hoping to bring more excitement to everyone.