Chen Jiayu hasn't flown a small plane in five years, and this time he and Chang Bin had a great time flying. He never posted on social media when he was flying in civil aviation before. He felt that just to fulfill the mission, he had flown thousands of times, and there was nothing strange about it. But this time he decided the route and flew by himself. After every flight, he took a photo of the instrument and sent the data to his WeChat Moments. He usually flies in the afternoon, while Fang Hao usually runs in the morning. There is a 15-hour time difference between the West Coast and China, so they often clock in front and back. Every night, he made a video call to Fang Hao. Sometimes he talked little, and sometimes he could chat until midnight. They seemed to have endless things to say.
Liang Yinan saw his check-in in Los Angeles. He came up and asked Chen Jiayu: Have you come to the United States?
Chen Jiayu scrolled up the chat history and understood why Liang Yinan came to poke him. He was really letting himself go these days. He couldn't go to work, and Chen Zheng didn't accompany him anymore. He came to Los Angeles to relax alone, so he felt a little guilty. He completely forgot about Liang Yinan's wedding invitation at the end of the month. He looked at the calendar and saw that it was only a week away.
But Chen Jiayu was able to save himself from this negligence. He explained that he was on vacation recently, and then said: Isn't it too late to RSVP to your wedding?
Liang Yinan immediately said: It's not too late. In fact, a week before the official day, the wedding guest list has been decided, but Liang Yinan is willing to accommodate him.
Chen Jiayu asked: Send me the time and place?
Out of nowhere, he asked again: Can I bring a plus one?
Liang Yinan came over with a smile, sent him an electronic invitation first, and then said: Of course. Let me remember two people for you.
Chen Jiayu did not hesitate this time and said to Liang Yinan: I want you to meet my boyfriend. I have to ask him first if he can come over on leave.
That night, Chen Jiayu asked Fang Hao on the phone: "There is something that I didn't tell you before. I really forgot. Liang Yinan is getting married. The wedding is next week in the United States. He invited me to come before. You... …Want to come with me to attend?”
"Your first love?" Fang Hao heard him talk about the two of them. He also knew that Chen Jiayu didn't have any first love feelings. At that time, the two of them just got together and parted easily.
"Well, he asked me to come to participate if I was free a few years ago. I politely said yes, but what I was thinking about was how I could go to the United States. As a result..." Chen Jiayu himself laughed, "It was a strange combination of circumstances and it was a rush. Come on. If you don't mind or don't have time, forget it, I don't have to go, it all depends on you."
Fang Hao smiled and said, "Do you mind... I don't mind, but I don't know anyone?" He was not particularly good at this kind of situation.
"Liang Yinan's friends include one or two of our old classmates in the United States. I want to take you to meet them. The others are probably engaged in aviation," Chen Jiayu explained, "If it is convenient for you to take leave, come with me. .Then we can also have some fun in California. Don’t you want to travel with me?
Fang Hao said first: "What a coincidence, I went to the hospital to see Brother Chen yesterday, and Brother Chen called me, and then... I have actually asked for two weeks of leave." He felt that after being with Chen Jiayu, he also had a kind of Changes, in some aspects, he became much bolder and dared to step out of his comfort zone, because he knew that Chen Jiayu would accompany him. Going to someone else's wedding, especially a same-sex couple's wedding, is a different kind of experience. Fang Hao prepared himself mentally, but the more he thought about it, the more tempting he became. He opened his mouth again and agreed: "If you want me to go to the wedding, I will go with you."
Chen Jiayu was overjoyed. While he was on the phone, he exited the video interface and said, "I'll buy you a ticket to fly to our company. You can fly directly to San Francisco. The wedding is in Northern California. Liang Yinan's boyfriend - now I should call my fiancé and pick a winery.”
He felt that he had been infected by Fang Hao and became an activist. Before hanging up the phone, he bought a ticket for Fang Hao.
"Beijing to San Francisco, come on, we might catch up with Zheng Xiaoxu's flight." He said before hanging up.
"That's a coincidence." Fang Hao said cheerfully on the other end of the phone.
The last day for Chen Jiayu and Chang Binfei was still a warm and good day. Chen Jiayu explained that he had to attend a classmate's wedding the next day, so he had to leave two days earlier than expected. Chang Bin just told him that he could come anytime he wanted in the future, and our place was also close to the airport.
The two of them had a barbecue dinner and drank some beer. Chang Bin sent Chen Jiayu to the door of his hotel.
Chen Jiayu stopped him: "Thank you so much for these two weeks."
Of course Chang Bin smiled and said: "Sometimes I get tired from flying civil aviation. I get up at four or five o'clock every day, and I have to go home after flying to be jet-lagged... It's easy to fall into this inertial cycle. I know, you are too. Tired, plus the investigation No. 1713. You still have to fly what you like often, and don’t forget this kind of love.”
Chen Jiayu nodded, knowing that Chang Bin understood him. Even if they didn't need to practice flying together every day for the past two weeks, he already understood it when he sent the message before he left for the United States.
Before leaving, he finally made up his mind and asked Chang Bin: "Brother Bin, that psychiatrist you mentioned...can you introduce me to him?"
Chang Bin looked into his eyes, nodded and said: "Of course." He was very polite and did not draw any conclusions or judgments about this, but just affirmed: "It is good to find someone to talk to. I just hope that I can Did it earlier.”
When Chen Jiayu was waiting for the plane to San Francisco at Los Angeles International Airport, he finally had the opportunity to calm down and observe his surroundings, while also digesting what Chang Bin said to him. In his view, the airport is a unique place in the world, where all encounters and partings take place, where the destinies of countless individuals briefly intersect and then go their separate ways. He grew up at the airport since he was a child, and would go to the airport every summer vacation to wait for Chen Zheng to finish get off work. Later, he became a civil aviation pilot and spent more than 200 days out of 365 days a year dealing with airports. He has flown to and visited more than 100 airports around the world. But today, he looked at the majesty of the steel structure in front of him, the dazzling array of electronic displays and advertisements, and the countless flight and flight attendant uniforms passing neatly in front of him. It felt familiar yet strange, as if he was looking at another world through a glass window. of myself.
All aircraft landed, taxied into position, took off to the troposphere and then to the stratosphere. The large and complicated arrival and departure flights were carried out in an orderly manner through air traffic control. And he, like hundreds of pilots at the airport, plays a small role. Every time he lifted the wheel, the plane pulled up with his movement of the joystick. At that moment, the gravity of liftoff pressed him slightly on the seat, and then he pushed off the ground. The car turned into a small car, and the tree turned into a small car. Small trees, and finally no clouds could be seen. He has experienced thousands of takeoffs and landings. The aerodynamic changes at the moment of liftoff are as familiar to him as his own heartbeat, and the aircraft is like a part of his body. Like all pilots, he can train for thousands of hours just for the moment he takes off. It was worth it, he thought.
Chang Bin was right. He experienced two dangerous situations, No. 416 and No. 1713, flying short-term flights without interruption. In addition, Cao Hui was ill. In the past three years, he had been flying like a top without stopping. This holiday should be spent after all, and he needs to see clearly his relationship with his job - of course, if he hasn't lost his job after all this is over. But more importantly, see his relationship with yourself. He has Fang Hao, which is indeed very rare, but it does not mean that he can just lie down and rely 100% on the other party to solve his own knot.
He remembered what Fang Hao told him that day about Lu Jiawei, and finally he said - I went to the 4S shop in the past two days to touch up the paint that was scratched at his house that day. Although the touch-up is only on the outside, internally I am also patching up the crack in my heart. After three years of patching, I feel that it is almost done. This is not your obligation, it is my homework alone.
Chen Jiayu thought that he also had his homework. Thinking of this, he turned on his phone, found the contact information of the psychological counselor that Chang Bin sent to him, and then drafted an email and sent it.
As soon as he finished sending the email and closed the computer, Chen Jiayu answered Chen Zheng's call. Chen Zheng did not greet him politely. His first words were: "Jiayu, I heard something."
Chen Jiayu naturally knew what he was calling for, so he asked, "Can the CVR be restored?" He was surprised. Is there really room for change in this matter?
"That won't work. The CVR was not damaged, but was deleted by Duan Jingchu himself. It probably won't be restored even if it's sent to Washington. But the investigation team found a witness who can confirm that it was not you who put down the flaps. I heard... it was a member of the flight crew. .”
Chen Jiayu thought for a moment and then said, "Well, thank you, dad."
Chen Zheng told him to be at ease and not to worry too much about this, before Chen Jiayu hung up the phone. Because of Cao Hui's death and the accident investigation, he could feel that he and Chen Zheng had become one, and the previous unhappiness and conflicts were temporarily put aside. Even Chen Jiayu had to admit that it felt good to have relatives as a solid backing. It was better to come late than never.
He hung up Chen Zheng's phone and called Cheng Xuan. She was the flight attendant for that day's flight, so Chen Jiayu assumed that she was the one Chen Zheng was talking about on the phone.
But after answering the phone, Cheng Xuan denied it: "They came to ask me, but I was not in the front cabin at the time, so I couldn't confirm it. I just told everything I knew. I'm really sorry."
Chen Jiayu didn't blame him, he just said: "No need to be sorry, you have a good rest and adjust well."
Just as he was about to hang up, Cheng Xuan suddenly said: "I heard... it's Yang Feifei."
When she said this, Chen Jiayu remembered that he did meet Yang Feifei when he went to the bathroom, and that was the vibration he felt in his body at that time - Duan Jingchu probably took advantage of his absence and violated the rules. operate. If Yang Feifei had checked the time at that time, it could prove the time when he went to the bathroom, and paired with the flight data recorder, it could prove that he was not in the cockpit at that time.
Chen Jiayu was also a little shocked when he realized this. He had never thought about Yang Feifei before because she was the youngest, least experienced and youngest member of the flight crew.
"Yang Feifei..." Chen Jiayu paused and then said: "Duan Jingchu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Have you heard about Kong Xinyi's resignation last time?" What he really wanted to say was that you might end up on my side. Same as Kong Xinyi. He has always felt guilty about Kong Xinyi's resignation, and now he doesn't want to involve any other innocent people in this matter.
"Well," there are no secrets among the flight attendants. Cheng Xuan has naturally heard of it: "Yang Feifei is a very aggressive girl. Why don't you call her and ask her."
Chen Jiayu obtained Yang Feifei's mobile phone number from Cheng Xuan, and then made an ocean call to her. He first asked how Yang Feifei was adjusting after the aftermath of the accident. After getting a positive answer, he asked Yang Feifei if he had helped him prove some of the time details of the incident.
She immediately admitted: "Yes, I happened to sell an extra meal to a customer at that time. He was the only one who ordered this on the entire flight. He paid with his card. When I met you after paying, I asked Do you want to drink water? When I go back and check the credit card records, I will know that the time you left has been cut off, and I will let them record the flight data."
Chen Jiayu was silent for a moment, and then said to him: "Thank you, you helped me."
"No need to thank me, this is the truth." Yang Feifei replied, "I know you can't do that kind of thing, I just try my best."
Chen Jiayu hesitated for a moment and then said: "It's not me who puts down the flaps, it's Captain Duan. He's been messing with me from behind, and this time is no exception. I testified for Kong Xinyi before that he sexually harassed Kong Xinyi on the taxiway, and then Kong Xinyi I resigned...you should know that too. To be honest, I'm afraid that you will be implicated this time as well."
Yang Feifei also paused for a moment, and then she said: "I know, but I have to tell the truth. You may not remember that in September last year, we took a flight from Guangzhou Baiyun to Beijing Daxing, and a passenger... I asked for hot water and cold water. I had only been working for two months and I had never seen such an unreasonable person. I was made to cry on the spot."
But Chen Jiayu had an impression of it. He had a photographic memory for things and people: "...I remember. It was you and Sister Cheng Xuan that day."
Yang Feifei continued: "That day when you got off the flight, everyone was anxious despite the one-hour delay, but you stood up and asked me what happened when we took off. I... It's not for anything else, my parents have taught me since I was a child. Good people are rewarded." After all, she was still a young girl, excited and moved. She was trying not to cry at this moment: "Captain Chen... you are a good person. I don't want to see good people being wronged."
Chen Jiayu's heart trembled when she heard what she said. He also stabilized his voice, controlled his emotions, took a long time to speak, and solemnly said: "Thank you."