1. Introduction

This story and the names in the book are purely fictitious, and any similarity is purely coincidental.

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It was pitch black inside the tunnel. The landslide just now made Dong Qiangqiang unable to see even the little light at the entrance of the cave. The coal basket carried behind him seemed particularly heavy. The coal dust raised by the landslide made the tunnel smoky. Dong Qiangqiang felt like he was about to suffocate.

Before he could react, another aftershock occurred in the place where the collapse had just occurred. Dong Qiangqiang felt a huge air wave rushing over. Although he was only crawling in the tunnel, the impact of the air wave seemed to push him away. A few meters behind, the cinders rolled up by the air wave hit his face, which was extremely painful. At the same time, Dong Qiangqiang felt that he was about to be blown away due to the unconscious movement of his body backwards.

"This is underground, how can I fly?" Dong Qiangqiang felt confused.

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a cold feeling on his face. This time Dong Qiangqiang woke up completely. It turned out that it was just a dream. Suddenly he found a little blond girl in the front seat leaning on the back of the chair and smiling at him. Only then did he notice that the little girl was holding an empty plastic cup in her hand. Dong Qiangqiang reached out and touched his face, and understood why he felt cold just now.

Before he could recover, the seat shook again. At the same time, a deep German baritone came from overhead: "Passengers, please note that we are passing through an airflow layer, and the fuselage may experience severe turbulence. All passengers are asked to sit in their seats and remember their seat belts. Please do not stand." In the corridor and do not stop in the toilet. Your captain, Mr. Wolfgang, thanks you for your cooperation."

Because he had just woken up from his sleep, Dong Qiangqiang could only understand the general outline intermittently. He subconsciously touched the buckle of the seat belt and found that it was fastened very firmly.

Let’s get through this airflow quickly, Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself. After all, it was his first time to fly abroad and he hoped to reach his destination safely as soon as possible.

To the left of Dong Qiangqiang's seat is the aisle, and to the right is a girl. She is curled up in the seat wearing an eye mask and seems to be sleeping. Her long, shiny black hair hangs gently on her chest.

Dong Qiangqiang reached out and gently lifted the sunshade beside the girl a little. He saw that the endless sea of ​​clouds outside the window was reflecting the sun's rays, and the dazzling glare made it difficult for him to open his eyes.

The moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly remembered his parents' words before boarding the plane and their hunched backs as they turned to leave.

He felt a sore nose. At this moment, the girl in the seat next to him suddenly changed his position in the seat and muttered something. Dong Qiangqiang was afraid that the light would be too bright and wake her up, so he quickly put down the visor.

The fuselage shook violently again. Dong Qiangqiang looked at the German-style potato and beef rice on the small plate in front of him. The rice was already a little cold. He felt sick in his stomach and really had no appetite to eat. So he picked up the juice and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing his drink, he stared blankly at the small plate.

"When we were serving dinner just now, I saw that you were asleep and I didn't wake you up. I asked for it for you." A clear female voice sounded in Dong Qiangqiang's ears.

"Oh?" Dong Qiangqiang quickly turned his head when he heard this, and saw that the girl who was sleeping just now had woken up at some point. The girl looked about 20 years old, with an oval face, shallow eyebrows, and a pair of big bright eyes looking at him intently. Her slightly aquiline nose makes her look slightly fierce.

"Thank you... thank you." Dong Qiangqiang suddenly realized that his behavior was a bit rude, and he quickly bowed his head and thanked him.

"First time flying?" the girl asked, putting on headphones and bending over to take out a book from the bag under her legs and put it on her lap.

"How...you know?" Dong Qiangqiang was a little strange.

The girl smiled, said nothing, and started reading seriously while holding the book.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of chatting, Dong Qiangqiang smiled awkwardly and turned his attention to the monitor above his head. On the monitor, he saw a small white plane flying steadily towards Europe.

"It will take another five hours to fly." Dong Qiangqiang stood up from his seat tiredly and stretched.