"You go to the cabin first to calm all the passengers down. Make sure they don't leave their seats. I'll contact the tower now to try to land at the nearest airport," Shao Xichen said clearly and calmly, exuding a reassuring aura.
Cen Yao nodded blankly, then reacted and walked towards the cabin.
The aircraft encountered continuous turbulence, and the cabin was in turmoil, with noisy chatter everywhere.
"Please quiet down for a moment and listen to me!"
Cen Yao held the loudspeaker, always maintaining a proper smile. As a staff member, she couldn't let her emotions show on her face, no matter what happened.
For a moment, the cabin fell silent instantly, and everyone's gaze turned to her.
"There has been a small accident with our plane, and we are now arranging to land at the nearest airport. So please fasten your seat belts and stay seated without leaving your seats."
"Landing?! Do you know that I have to sign an important contract abroad this time? If I miss it, who will compensate for my loss?" A man with a big belly sitting in first class suddenly stood up and pointed at Cen Yao, shouting.
"Sir, we will arrange for you to transfer immediately after the plane lands safely. Please return to your seat for now."
The man looked down on Cen Yao disdainfully, not only ignoring the advice but also wanting to move around.
Cen Yao reached out to block the man's path and repeated, "Please return to your seat!"
"What kind of attitude is this!" The man glared fiercely at Cen Yao, as if he wanted to eat her alive. "I'm going to complain about you, what kind of broken airline is this?"
"This gentleman, the flight attendant is talking to you politely, can't you be a little more reasonable. It's not her fault that there's a problem with the plane..."
Other passengers couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up for Cen Yao.
"Yeah, let's understand each other."
Seeing himself become the target of public criticism, the man finally calmed down.
Soon, the plane landed at Lingzhou International Airport, and the cabin doors opened.
Cen Yao and several other flight attendants escorted the passengers off the plane and arranged for transfers.
The man who had argued with Cen Yao earlier even gave her a glare before getting off the plane, his expression as if to say 'just wait and see'!
Cheng Xue twitched her mouth. If it weren't for the airline's explicit rules that they could not argue with passengers, she would have slapped the man just now.
She had seen many unreasonable people, but she had never seen someone so reckless, wanting to drag others down with him.
"Cen Yao, do you think he will cause you trouble?"
Cen Yao glanced indifferently, her thin lips moved slightly, "...
Due to the emergency landing, all flight attendants had to rest overnight in Lingzhou and could not return until the next morning.
"Cen Yao, I'll share a room with you tonight," Cheng Xue linked her arm with Cen Yao's, reserving it in advance.
"It's one room per person tonight," the person speaking was the co-pilot Gu Chinan of this flight. He distributed the room cards to everyone while saying so. When he handed one of the room cards to Cen Yao, he glanced at her teasingly, with a meaningful look.
Cheng Xue's eyes widened, looking like she had never seen the world before.
In the past, only the captain could have a single room. Since when did they get such good treatment?
After distributing the room cards, everyone prepared to return to their rooms to rest.
"Cen Yao, I heard there's a nice night market nearby. How about we go there together tonight?" This was also a stroke of luck, as they had unexpectedly gained half a day of rest time.
Cen Yao looked tired, "I won't go, you go with Li Li and the others."
"What's wrong with you, not feeling well?" The next second, Cheng Xue noticed the swollen marks on Cen Yao's wrist, "What happened to your hand?"
"I accidentally fell during the turbulence."
"I'll accompany you to see a doctor."
"No need, I'll just put some ointment on the abrasion later. You go ahead, I want to take a nap."
She could stand here now, all thanks to her willpower.
When Shao Xichen passed by Cen Yao, he happened to overhear their conversation. But he only paused slightly in his steps, not even giving her a glance, treating her like a stranger.
Cen Yao took a deep breath. Fortunately, she hadn't presumptuously greeted Shao Xichen on the plane, otherwise it would have been really presumptuous.
Back in the room, Cen Yao didn't even unpack her luggage before going to bed to rest. She was so tired that she could fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
After being drowsy for a while, she vaguely heard a series of urgent knocks on the door. She struggled to open her eyes, blinked several times before she fully woke up.
The first thing she did after getting up was to sit on the bed in a daze. She seemed to have had a long dream, but she couldn't quite remember what it was about.
Thinking that it was Cheng Xue outside the door, Cen Yao just combed her messy hair and went to open the door without even putting on her shoes.
The moment she opened the door, she was stunned! It turned out to be Shao Xichen!
He was wearing a grey casual outfit, exuding a faint lemon fragrance, as if he had just taken a shower.
Cen Yao's face turned red in an instant, and she fiddled with her disheveled hair. "Wha, what are you doing here?"
A slight frown appeared between the man's handsome brows as he glanced down at her bare feet.
As if sensing something, Cen Yao quickly tucked in her feet, her cheeks turning even redder, aware of how disheveled she must look.
"What's up?"
"Aren't you inviting me in?" Shao Xichen raised an eyebrow.
Cen Yao was stunned for a moment. Why had he come to find her now? Weren't they tacitly choosing to pretend not to know each other like they did on the plane? Moreover, it was already so late, what if someone saw them?
Just as she was about to speak, her phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated.
"Sorry, I'll take this call first."
"Yao Yao, are you awake yet?" It was Cheng Xue's voice on the other end of the phone, "I packed some food, I'm sending it over now, hurry and open the door, I'm almost at the elevator!"
Cen Yao stared blankly at Shao Xichen, quickly pulling the person into the room.
She didn't know what she was thinking, she just felt very afraid that others would find out she was with Shao Xichen.
And she thought to herself that Shao Xichen probably had the same idea as her.
Cheng Xue stood at the door of Cen Yao's room, glanced at the tightly closed door and her hands that were too busy to free up, and pursed her lips.