afternoon.
Fuzhou Airport.
M518 aircraft, in the cargo hold.
Behind several large wooden cargo boxes, Zhong Lizhen, who had been unconscious, slowly hummed, her eyelids flickered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"Um?"
"Shh!"
"… ah?"
"Keep your voice down."
As soon as Zhong Lizhen made a subconscious sound, her mouth was covered by a pair of hands. She looked up and saw that it was Dong Xuebin. Then she looked at the surrounding situation. Zhong Lizhen's eyes were stunned. She obviously didn't understand what happened. She vaguely recalled , then she remembered the scene of Xiaodong hitting her neck with a knife in the car. Zhong Lizhen couldn't help but her face changed slightly. She looked down at her clothes and her face became even more gloomy!
Why did you change your clothes
And where is this?
Zhong Lizhen could only think about the worst-case scenario.
Dong Xuebin understood what she was thinking at a glance. He turned his head towards the airport staff who were still loading and unloading luggage outside. Seeing that they were far away, he explained in a low voice: "The situation forced me to talk to you before. Speaking of which, I might offend you, well, I haven’t touched your inner clothes, and your white coat is also there. Our photos have probably been sent to the airport, so I thought about changing you into a coat.”
Zhong Lizhen took a look, and sure enough, the skirt and the shirt underneath were still hers, but the jacket was replaced by a white suit. Looking at Dong Xuebin, his clothes had also changed.
Zhong Lizhen nodded, "I understand, but why did you knock me out?"
Dong Xuebin said helplessly: "There are some things that you cannot see, so..."
"I fainted. Aren't we even less able to go abroad? This is even more eye-catching."
"Well, it involves a little secret of mine, so I really can't tell you."
When Zhong Lizhen heard this, she stopped asking, "Where are we now? In the warehouse? What is the noise outside? Why is it so chaotic?"
Dong Xuebin replied: "We are on the plane."
"Plane?" Zhong Lizhen was stunned, "Plane??"
Dong Xuebin said, "In the cargo hold of the plane. They are loading luggage."
Zhong Lizhen said in surprise: "How could it be on the plane? How did you enter the airport?"
In Zhong Lizhen's view, this was almost as impossible as Dong Xuebin destroying an army alone. The airport is so tightly sealed, not to mention the military personnel, but even the documents and security checks can't be passed, right? How come you got on the plane so smoothly? And he was still in a state of fainting? Xiaodong hugged himself. This goal was even bigger. Besides, Zhong Lizhen didn’t have a passport or ID, so she had already been taken in by the people from the research institute. In this case, they still got on the plane? How did this happen?
"Did you kill someone again?"
"Khan, of course not. If there is a big fuss at the airport, all flights will definitely be grounded. Even if we can get in, we won't be able to go back."
"Then the people at the airport didn't notice us?"
"Well, I didn't find it."
"There is only one way to enter the tarmac, so how do you..."
Dong Xuebin pondered. "I can't say the specifics. Anyway, we are already on the plane and will take off soon. We should be able to return home smoothly."
Zhong Lizhen took a breath, "I'm really becoming more and more curious about who you are."
Dong Xuebin said with sweat: "The more curious you are, the more embarrassed I am to say it. What about that, let's go back to China first. Now the biggest difficulty is over, but we don't know what sudden accidents will happen, so we can't relax yet. Anyway, let's hide it first Okay. Try not to let anyone find out."
"I understand this."
"Someone is coming, hush!"
The sound of footsteps was heard, and several airport staff walked inside.
There was some noise as they seemed to be securing the checked suitcases.
Zhong Lizhen was a little nervous. She had reached this point, and she naturally didn't want to waste all her efforts. However, Dong Xuebin was still very calm and indifferent, squatting lightly behind several containers, squinting his eyes and ready to take action at any time. Fortunately, the airport staff left after a few minutes and did not come to check the boxes at the back. Maybe these containers had already been fixed and were classified as cargo and did not seem to be under the control of the consignor.
five minutes…
ten minutes…
There was a creak and the sound of the hatch closing.
Then, visible to the naked eye, the cabin gradually became dark, blocking out the sunlight bit by bit. After a few seconds, nothing could be seen.
"Xiao Dong?"
"Yeah, I'm here."
"how's it going?"
"The hatch is closed, it should be safe."
"Huh, lucky you."
"Let's hold on to the box. The plane may be flying and the impact will be huge."
Sure enough, as soon as Dong Xuebin finished speaking, he felt the plane move. There was a loud buzz in the cargo hold, as if it was heading for the runway. Then about five or six minutes later, Dong Xuebin finally felt a weight on his body and his eardrums deflated. , the plane keeps rising!
Ten meters…
100 meters…
km…
Already jumped into the sky.
The cargo hold had been dark for a long time, and nothing could be seen.
Although this is also on an airplane, the environment in the cabin cannot be compared with that in the passenger cabin. Not to mention first class and business class, even economy class cannot compare. There will always be some noise during the flight. Listen It hurts the ears. Secondly, there is no air conditioning here. As the plane flies higher and higher, the temperature in the cargo hold plummets. Although it is spring, the temperature in the high altitude is certainly not comparable to that on the ground.
"Professor Zhong."
"Um?"
"This flight should take a little over ten hours."
"I know, maybe we can get to the Capital Airport tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, if you are tired, you can take a nap first."
"How can you sleep when there is so much noise? Don't worry about me."
"Well, I'll stare at you for a while. If you need anything, call me and I'll be right next to you."
"Okay, you can go to sleep. I've worked hard for you today, and I won't thank you enough!"
"You're welcome, I actually should be."
"I have no connection with you, and nothing is as it should be."
"Ahem, that's right. Well, I'll go to sleep first."
It was getting colder and colder on the plane, so Dong Xuebin shrank down.
Dong Xuebin couldn't change these objective factors. He thought that as long as he could return to China, he was a man, so of course he could tolerate it, so he leaned on the cargo box to check his remaining time, and found that there were only ten seconds left. It has been more than a few minutes and must not be used indiscriminately. They did not have passports and air tickets when they got off the plane. He still had to use the remaining time to take Zhong Lizhen out of the airport. Although it was already the territory of the Republic, Dong Xuebin was still very Cautious, he didn't want to leave any clues, and he didn't want foreign forces to find out about him. For example, Dong Xuebin only took off the big sunglasses on his face temporarily, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
I was so tired today that Dong Xuebin almost fell asleep after closing his eyes.
One hour…
three hours…
I don’t know how long it took.
Shivering all over, Dong Xuebin woke up with a jolt, and found that his hands and feet were cold, as if he were in the freezing temperature. It turned out that he had woken up from the cold.
Zero degrees
How many degrees
Dong Xuebin didn't know what the temperature was in the cargo hold. Anyway, he couldn't stand it anymore. He breathed into his palms quickly. It was cold. He was only wearing spring and autumn clothes. Later he changed clothes and took off a thick coat. , so he couldn't help the cold around him. There was no air conditioning here, and it was thousands of meters high. Dong Xuebin could only stand up quickly and move in place.
"Xiao... Dong?"
"Ah, I'm here."
"Hey, are you... cold too?"
"Yeah, how are you?"
"good."
Although it was too dark to see, Dong Xuebin could also tell that Zhong Lizhen's tone was definitely not just okay. Her voice was trembling, and she must have been frozen. After the activity, Dong Xuebin reached out and touched it. When he touched Zhong Lizhen's shoulder along the cargo box and startled her, Dong Xuebin sat back and tried to get closer to Zhong Lizhen. Although it didn't help, the two of them sat closer. It will always be warmer than before.
"Huh...hiss...huh..."
The sound of a woman breathing in and out could be heard next to her. Judging by the tone, she sounded uncomfortable.
After all, Dong Xuebin's physical fitness is there, and he is not as weak as Zhong Lizhen, who has been engaged in research all year round, so he can barely hold on.
"Where's your white coat?"
"Put it on... hiss... put it on."
"Then put on my clothes too!"
"Don't... Phew... I'm fine!"
Dong Xuebin didn't listen and immediately took off his suit and handed it over, "Stop being pretentious and put it on quickly. I feel uncomfortable looking at you like this."
After a while, Dong Xuebin felt a cold little hand touch the hand holding the clothes, and then took the clothes away, and there was a rustling sound.
"Are you wearing it?"
"Huh, um."
"How long until we arrive?"
"Still... seven or eight... hours."
"It's still taking so long? It's night now? It's only going to get colder!"
Zhong Lizhen was silent, as if she was rubbing her hands vigorously, and from time to time she would make a painful breathing sound. The movements of rubbing her hands became slower and slower, as if she was stiff.
Dong Xuebin knew that this was not going to work. "Professor Zhong, if you don't mind, could you sit over here? Can I help you rub your hands?"
"Hey, I'm fine."
"How can you say it's okay?"
"Still... Phew... I can hold on... Hold on!"
"It's still early. If you want to do something good then, what will I do when I get back?"
Indeed, at this temperature, if Professor Zhong's physique was not a matter of getting sick or not, it would probably be life-threatening.
Zhong Lizhen fell silent.
Seeing this, Dong Xuebin couldn't care less. He quickly touched his hand and found Zhong Lizhen's little hand hidden in the suit jacket that Dong Xuebin borrowed from her. He pulled it out and put it in his own palm. Dong Xuebin He lowered his head and sighed, then rubbed her hands vigorously.
The two cold little hands subconsciously pulled back.
Dong Xuebin immediately grabbed her and continued to help her keep warm. "Don't move. If you move, I will keep myself warm." (To be continued)