At dusk, after a ten-hour flight, the brand new Airbus A330 landed smoothly on the runway of Daxing International Airport.
"Taxi guidance lights."
"close."
"Strobe light."
"close."
"Navigation light."
"close."
"Flight director."
"close."
"One shot."
"close."
"Second shot."
"close."
"Beacon light."
"close."
“Panel light.”
"close."
"Mains power."
"close."
After the plane taxied into position and the seat belt sign was turned off, the two captains still had more than a dozen checklists to complete, in addition to which, there were flight documents that needed to be filled out and confirmed. There were two four-bar captains on this mission from Berlin, Germany to Beijing, China, one was the experienced Qi Yadong, and the other was Lang Feng.
Qi Yadong had actually been listening to outsiders gossiping about Zhou Qichen and Lang Feng for so long that he couldn't help but be curious. They had performed so many missions together, but Lang Feng himself had never mentioned his relationship with Zhou Qichen. He rarely talked about family matters, and basically never revealed his personal affairs. Qi Yadong even asked Shen Tiantian, who he thought was the easiest to talk to, about it. Shen Tiantian hadn't informed Zhou Qichen in advance, so she denied it right away to protect her friend. He had used up his last gossipy brain cell as a straight man and planned not to pursue the matter. But today, the passengers had all gotten off, and the crew had returned to the cabin to clean up. The second mate was standing on the jet bridge talking to the crew, and they happened to be the only two people left in the cockpit. Lang Feng signed his last name and was about to leave when Qi Yadong suddenly stopped him and asked, "Hey, what is your relationship with Zhou Qichen?"
Lang Feng stopped, tucked his hat under his arm, looked back at him, and then gave Qi Yadong a smile that seemed quite gentle and shy.
"Brother Yadong, why do you think of asking this?"
Qi Yadong saw that he didn't avoid it, and even stared at him, which made him a little scared: "... I'm just curious."
"Oh, he is my boyfriend." Lang Feng admitted it directly.
Qi Yadong didn't expect that the truth would be revealed so easily. Lang Feng didn't beat around the bush with him, and didn't even give him time to react. He just said, "I've signed the documents. I'll leave first." His tone didn't sound like he was coming out to his colleagues. It was exactly the same as when he was performing the flight procedure just now.
"Well, I was just asking casually, about your personal matters..." Lang Feng was not embarrassed, but Qi Yadong was. He wanted to say, "It's not easy, I wish you happiness," but he swallowed the words back, fearing that it would sound like discrimination.
Lang Feng said generously: "It's okay. Thank you."
Qi Yadong scratched his head: "What are you thanking me for? Let's drink together if we have a chance."
The two men came out of the terminal one after the other, and saw Zhou Qichen, dressed in black and wearing a hat, waiting to pick him up.
Qi Yadong was very energetic. He caught up with Lang Feng in two steps, greeted Zhou Qichen, and then said, "Why not come today to have a drink with me? You can rest tomorrow too."
Zhou Qichen looked at Lang Feng, then at Qi Yadong, and he understood.