lcionline Chapter 499 A Terrifying Experience in the Air! Mr. Zhao, Help!
Chapter 499 A Terrifying Experience in the Air! Mr. Zhao, Help!
The plane roared as it took off.
It climbed higher and higher in the vast darkness of the night.
The beautiful and charming flight attendant, Wan Lingruo, sat gracefully near the cabin door.
An eager gaze, like a hunter eyeing its prey, was fixed on Zhao Ruilong, who was resting with his eyes closed in the business class cabin.
She used to fly three or four segments a day, and she would have been exhausted, both physically and mentally, and just wanted to get off work and go back to her dormitory at the base to rest.
But today...
She was exceptionally energetic and showed no signs of fatigue.
Even before joining the job, she was well aware that the flight attendant profession, while seemingly glamorous, actually had many drawbacks.
Flying for four days and resting for three days seems easy, but in reality, airlines push their aircraft to the limit every flight day in order to make more money, taking off and landing many times from morning to night.
The term "flight attendant" sounds nice, but in reality, they are just flight attendants on an airplane, not much different from waiters in a restaurant. They need to prepare to welcome passengers before they board, provide service after they board, and always maintain a smile.
As flight attendants, they can only sit and rest for a short time during takeoff and landing, and they only receive flight time allowances while the plane is in flight. No matter how long the delay is on the ground, there is no allowance.
Every flight day involves leaving early and returning late, constantly repeating the same tasks. Sleep deprivation is already a major factor in aging, and to keep the aircraft at high altitudes, the cabin needs to be pressurized and oxygenated. As a result, the dry air and frequently changing air pressure are constantly accelerating the aging process.
Therefore, the high income of flight attendants is entirely dependent on their youth. Young, beautiful flight attendants full of dreams often cannot work for more than a few years before their fighting spirit is worn down and they become physically and mentally exhausted. Most of them fail to change jobs and then leave to find another way to make a living.
Airlines don't seem to care about the frequent turnover of flight attendants, because China has such a huge population that there's never a shortage of young and beautiful girls who dream of becoming flight attendants through hard work and study.
Whether the other women are there to fulfill their dreams of flying, because they think being a flight attendant is glamorous and prestigious, or simply because they think flight attendants earn a good income...
Wan Lingruo, who wanted to be rich, had already planned it out. Since she didn't have the talent to become a star and her height was too short to become a model, she decided to meet and befriend rich people while working as a flight attendant.
These days, people who can afford to travel by plane are generally not bad off, and men who can afford expensive business class tickets are usually either powerful or wealthy, or at the very least, industry elites.
With knowledge of various luxury brands, coupled with keen observation and a comprehensive assessment of a traveler's demeanor, clothing, and overall presence, it's not difficult to discern whether a man is wealthy and powerful.
Men who are powerful or successful, regardless of whether they are married or have children, are often very interested in young, beautiful, and well-built flight attendants who always have a smile on their face, driven by their ambition and desire to conquer.
Many of my senior sisters have succeeded. Even if they didn't marry into wealthy families or into high-quality middle-class men, but instead became mistresses of wealthy and powerful men, they still earned a lot of money because of their youth and beauty.
What Wan Lingruo envied most was a junior colleague who had just joined the company last year. After being spotted by a coal mine owner, she quickly resigned to become a full-time mistress.
Although they weren't legally married, the coal mine owner not only bought her a car and a house, but also gave her a high-limit credit card to use as she pleased. When she recently found out she was pregnant, the coal mine owner was so happy that he rewarded her with a whole box full of cash.
When Wan Lingruo was browsing QQ Space, she saw her junior sister showing off her luxury cars, villas, and various brand-name luxury goods, which made her envious. When she saw her posting her pregnancy check-up report and a large box of cash, she was almost moved to tears.
For several days, Wan Lingruo couldn't understand why, even though she was prettier and had a better figure than her junior sister, and was better able to portray gentleness, tenderness, and virtuousness, no domineering big boss had taken a liking to her.
now.
She finally caught a big fish!
Zhao Ruilong, the beloved son of Zhao Lichun, the former Secretary of the Handong Province, is now the Vice President of Huilong Group!
In the world of ordinary people, Zhao Ruilong's background is already the best of the best, the absolute ceiling.
Small business owners, CEOs, rich kids, government officials' kids, coal mine owners, foreign company executives, overseas returnees, and entrepreneurial upstarts... all pale in comparison to Zhao Ruilong.
If I could become Zhao Ruilong's woman, why would I have to worry about not being able to rise to the top?
When I see my junior sister showing off her photos on QQ Space again, I won't feel envious or jealous anymore.
My junior sister is showing off her coal mine owner boyfriend. What's so special about the Land Rover M9 he bought for her?
If I become Zhao Ruilong's woman, wouldn't that be the same as being the boss's wife at Land Rover?
"Zhao Ruilong, oh Zhao Ruilong!"
"I never expected that you, who are so incredibly rich and powerful, would be so ordinary and low-key!"
"If I had a powerful father like you, and a multi-trillion dollar conglomerate, I would have bought a private jet long ago!"
Wan Lingruo pursed her red lips, her mind filled with thoughts of how to take advantage of the turbulence and swaying in the air to throw herself into Zhao Ruilong's arms.
Time passes slowly.
The aircraft finally completed its climb and began high-altitude cruising.
Wan Lingruo couldn't wait to unbuckle her seatbelt and get up to prepare food and drinks.
Soon, the business class and economy class became lively.
The flight attendants pushed small food carts and distributed meals and drinks to the passengers.
A thin, bespectacled man sitting in the middle of the plane, near the aisle, did not close his eyes to rest, nor did he, like other passengers, watch where the flight attendants were serving meals, nor did he read books or newspapers.
He wore a wristwatch on his left wrist, a folded-up map of the country was laid on his left knee, and a compass and a calculator were placed on his right knee, constantly checking the time and direction.
Every now and then, he would rattle off a series of calculations, then use a red pen to sketch the approximate flight path of the plane on the map...
When the flight attendant pushing the food cart came to his side, the bespectacled man quickly packed up his things, leaving only a compass behind.
Then I took my food and drinks and placed them on the small table along with the compass. I ate slowly while keeping an eye on the compass.
After confirming that the plane had not changed course significantly and was flying almost straight toward Han Dongjingzhou, they sped up and wolfed down their food.
After eating and drinking his fill, the bespectacled man glanced at the time, got up, opened the overhead luggage rack, took out his backpack, and went to the restroom. The other passengers were still busy eating and drinking.
When he opened the bathroom door, he was already wearing a bomb vest with round, rod-shaped detonators connected together and a detonator tied in the middle.
Two wires extending from the bottom of the detonator were connected to the push-button switch he was gripping tightly in his hand...
His attire, as soon as he came out of the restroom, startled the two flight attendants who were waiting at the back of the cabin to collect the trash.
Although they have received various professional training as professional flight attendants, training is training and reality is reality.
No one could have imagined that, in the face of a severe counter-terrorism situation and with increasingly stringent airport security in China, someone would still attempt to hijack a plane while wearing a bomb vest.
How did he manage to get his bomb vest on the plane?
Was he planning to blow up the plane and take everyone on board with him, or did he not intend to destroy the entire plane and hijack it for some other purpose?
Encountering this situation for the first time, even the two trained flight attendants suddenly had a mental breakdown and were at a loss for what to do.
Instead, it was the bespectacled man wearing a bomb vest and holding a detonator that broke the silence.
"Stop yelling! Stop making a scene!"
"I just want the plane to be diverted to Longwan. I don't want to hurt anyone!"
As he spoke, the bespectacled man raised his hand in a shushing gesture.
The two flight attendants nodded subconsciously, and the bespectacled man turned around with satisfaction to walk towards the front cabin.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
A man who was walking towards us and needed to use the restroom shouted a question.
The bespectacled man immediately shouted, "Can't you see that? If you don't want to die, get out of my way!"
"What are you standing there for? Don't you want to live anymore? You want to be buried with me, huh?"
The man hesitated to speak.
Seeing the bespectacled man's resolute and determined look, as if he were ready to take the gamble if he didn't believe him, he naturally didn't dare to say anything more.
Even the most ruthless person who would wear a bomb vest on an airplane, regardless of whether they actually dared to blow it up, would obviously not provoke the other party for the sake of their own life.
She silently stepped aside in the corridor, letting the bespectacled man pass by her.
Their conversation was naturally overheard by others around them.
Many people turned to look, and some even stood up out of curiosity.
However, most people didn't seem scared at first; instead, they seemed to be watching the show.
But seeing the bespectacled man wearing a bomb vest and holding a detonator, looking like he was ready to take anyone who interfered with him down with him, naturally no one dared to stop him, and no one even dared to utter a sound.
The journey was smooth, and the bespectacled man soon arrived at the boundary between business class and economy class.
This single-aisle narrow-body passenger aircraft features a common two-class layout with business and economy class, separated only by a curtain rather than a door.
The man with glasses lifted the curtain and entered the business class cabin.
After the meals and drinks were served, Wan Lingruo, who was wandering around the business class, was waiting for the plane to make turbulence so that she could throw herself into Zhao Ruilong's arms.
Seeing the bespectacled man wearing a bomb vest walk in, she immediately pointed at him and shouted:
"What are you doing? Don't move! Don't move!!"
Wan Lingruo shouted loudly.
The two guards sitting around Zhao Ruilong quickly stood up, their eyes fixed warily on the man with glasses.
Zhao Ruilong had fallen asleep before the plane even took off and was just woken up by the flight attendant to have his meal. He was eating his meal at the moment.
Upon hearing the flight attendant's shrill and terrified scream, I immediately turned my head to look in the direction she was pointing.
Upon seeing this, all sleepiness vanished instantly, and my whole body froze.
Good guy!
I've traveled to this world and taken countless flights.
There were concerns that the quality of aircraft was not good enough and that the management of the civil aviation industry was not strict enough, and that flying was not 100% safe.
But I've never worried about being hijacked on Chinese soil...
I never expected that I would encounter a hijacking when I had never experienced a plane making an emergency landing due to a malfunction.
Looking at the detonators he tied on, along with various wires and detonating devices, it really looked like it could explode.
"What am I supposed to do? Humph, I'm going to the cockpit and divert the plane to Longwan!"
"Get out of my way right now, or I'll detonate a bomb and we'll all be wiped out!"
As the bespectacled man spoke, he adopted a menacing posture, as if he were about to press the switch.
Wan Lingruo was so frightened that she immediately fell silent.
As a flight attendant, she naturally possesses basic aviation knowledge.
The plane is currently flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and the cabin is pressurized, like an inflated balloon.
Even if the fuselage develops a crack, let alone an internal explosion, it could still explode and disintegrate, resulting in the destruction of the aircraft and the loss of life.
If this bespectacled man were to detonate a bomb in business class, the plane would inevitably break in two very quickly.
What chance is there of survival after falling from a height of 10,000 meters?
Sullenly stepping aside, Wan Lingruo dared not block the bespectacled man's path.