Memory inheritor

Chapter 110 Closing the Net

Chen Xuemin heard the boarding announcement again and saw that dozens of economy class passengers had already passed through the boarding gate and entered the jet bridge.

She slung her bag over her shoulder, stood up, and turned around, her gaze sweeping over her surroundings, but she didn't see anyone unusual. Her gaze lingered for a moment on a security camera before she walked toward the business class gate.

Unlike the long queues of passengers in economy class, only two women were passing through the boarding gate on this side.

The older woman was nearly fifty years old, carrying an unassuming yet expensive leather bag. The younger woman was in her early twenties, with a high ponytail, carrying a backpack with a small cat charm hanging from the zipper of the side pocket.

The two passed through the boarding gate one after the other. The young girl quickened her pace to catch up with the older woman, took her arm, and said, "Mom, after we get off the plane, take me out for a local feast."

After Chen Xuemin completed the verification of her boarding pass and passport and walked into the jet bridge, she could still hear the conversation between the two people in front of her.

"The plane landed at just past six in the morning; there's no way we'd have any fancy meals for you."

"Huh? Isn't it noon?"

"There's a time difference, and they're observing daylight saving time there."

"Then take me to play first!"

"I have things to do, I don't have time to spend with you."

"Oh dear, this is my first time traveling so far from home, and you're not even going to play with me?"

"I'll find someone to play with you, okay?"

Hearing the mother and daughter chatting, Chen Xuemin couldn't help but let out a soft sigh of relief.

As Chen Xuemin entered the cabin, he looked around at the passengers.

The business class on this flight has a 1-2-1 reverse herringbone layout with a total of 26 seats, and 17 people are already seated.

Chen Xuemin chose a window seat in the last row. She walked to the seat, placed her handbag on it, glanced around the cabin, and then sat down.

The mother and daughter who boarded before her sat in the middle two seats next to her.

After sitting down, the mother closed her eyes to rest, looking somewhat tired. The daughter, on the other hand, was quite energetic, taking out a tablet, putting on headphones, and watching a show, giggling to herself as she watched, but without making a sound.

Chen Xuemin focused her attention on the cabin door. A foreign man in his fifties came up and then the door closed.

Hearing the cabin door close, Chen Xuemin turned her gaze to the porthole.

As the plane left the jet bridge and headed toward the runway for takeoff, she took out her phone, snapped a picture of the view outside the window, captioned it "Night Sky," and posted it on her social media.

Internet access is available during the cruise phase of this flight, but not during takeoff and landing.

Shortly afterward, the plane began to taxi at high speed on the runway and then took off.

The excessive gravity pressed Chen Xuemin down into the seat, giving her a sense of security. Her tense nerves finally relaxed, and she immediately felt a noticeable weariness. Physical fatigue cannot always be resisted by willpower.

She watched the lights on the ground recede into the distance outside the window, then slowly closed her eyes, preparing to rest for a while. She planned to check the internet once the plane reached cruising altitude.

At that moment, a young girl sitting across the aisle from Chen Xuemin played a five-minute song on her phone.

After listening to the song, she put away her headphones, unbuckled her seatbelt, stood up, glanced at Chen Xuemin for a moment, and then walked towards the front of the plane.

A female flight attendant sitting in the small out-of-cabin area saw her, quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, stood up, and whispered, "Hello, ma'am, the plane is still climbing..."

Before she could finish speaking, the girl pulled out an ID: "Contact the cockpit and say 'two grams of fuel'."

The female flight attendant paused for a moment, glanced at her colleague next to her, picked up the intercom, and called the cockpit: "Captain, this is the forward galley. A lady said 'two grams of oil'?"

Soon the cockpit door opened, and a man in his thirties who wasn't wearing a uniform stepped out.

The young girl made a gesture to the man, then turned and went back to business class.

The man smiled at the female flight attendant who was on the phone: "Please come in for a moment, the captain has some arrangements."

The female flight attendant smiled professionally and entered the cockpit.

The captain glanced back and said, "One passenger has suddenly fallen seriously ill and needs to return for medical treatment. We will continue our flight after the passenger disembarks; no further security screening is required. Inform the passenger immediately."

"Okay." The flight attendant knew that the truth was definitely not like that, but she didn't ask any more questions and went out to make the announcement as the captain had instructed.

The man who wasn't in uniform closed the cockpit door and sat down behind the captain.

Not long after, the plane returned to the airspace above Yuecheng International Airport, aligned itself with the runway, and began to land, eventually stopping at a remote parking position.

"Thank you, Captain!" the man who wasn't in uniform said to the pilot.

"Is this even worth thanking?" The old team chuckled. "Alright, get back to your business."

The man stood up, saluted the captain, said goodbye to the co-pilot, and left the cockpit.

After the man left, the co-pilot said, "No wonder they only gave us 20 tons of fuel, and you didn't say anything, Captain."

"If you add too much, you'll just have to let it all go; that would be such a waste," the captain said with a smile and a shake of his head.

This aircraft model requires approximately 100 tons of fuel to fully refuel, and its maximum safe landing weight is no more than 190 tons. If it takes off and returns with a full tank of fuel, at least 80 tons of fuel must be discharged.

The two chatted casually, neither mentioning or asking about the unexpected situation.

After the plane came to a stop, the young girl whispered to the middle-aged woman in the next seat, "Oh, dear mother, what happened? You're so sick, how can you get better quickly?"

The middle-aged woman's lips twitched twice, and she glanced at the girl sideways: "Let me give you a couple of beatings."

The young girl giggled and packed her things into her backpack: "Goodbye, Mom!"

The middle-aged woman silently uttered the word "get lost".

Shortly after, the cabin door opened, and several medical personnel and ground staff entered the cabin with a stretcher. With the help of the flight attendants and staff, the passengers remained seated, and no one got up to look around.

The medical staff first checked Chen Xuemin's vital signs, then lifted her off the chair and placed her on a stretcher, covered her head with a cover, and covered her body with a sheet.

The young girl got off the plane on a stretcher. The middle-aged woman then sat in the seat that Chen Xuemin had previously occupied.

The cabin door closed again quickly. About half an hour later, the plane refueled and took off again into the night sky.

At this moment, the ambulance carrying Chen Xuemin was already speeding towards the Criminal Investigation Corps Medical Monitoring Center.