Above the cloud

His body convulsed violently, and he woke up with a start.

It turned out to be a dream...

In the sight that turned from hazy to clear, there was a strange ward and Mo Shaoting who was sleeping soundly on the sofa.

Yin Chen turned his stiff and sore neck and got up.

Mo Shaoting heard the movement and woke up.

"You're awake." He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say next, so he had to report his condition to Yin Chen dryly, "You have a fever of nearly 40 degrees, and you stayed in the hospital overnight."

"You watched me all night?" Yin Chen rubbed his temples, frowned and asked, "Where's Jiang Si'er, why don't you go with her."

Mo Shaoting thought to himself, your matter is much more serious than hers, and the bottom is still inflamed, who knows what else will happen... But he still said: "She's nothing serious, just observe it for two more days. I can be discharged from the hospital, I want to wait for you to wake up and then go to see her later. There is no rush."

Upon hearing this, Yin Chen's face darkened instantly, Mo Shaoting realized that he had slipped his tongue, and quickly apologized.

"When I heard your mother's words, I thought that if I got off the plane a moment late, I would have to take a taxi and go straight to Babaoshan! Hurry up and fly back! Do you two play together?"

Mo Shaoting admitted his mistake very responsibly, and said, "It's not Jiang Sier's fault, it's all my fault."

Listening to his protective tone, Yin Chen immediately made a gesture to slap him, but it touched his swollen backyard, and frowned with a "hiss".

"What's wrong?" Mo Shaoting asked.

"It's okay..." Yin Chen looked at the other party's concerned expression, feeling a little guilty, and said, "I'll go with you to see Jiang Si'er."

"You take the medicine first," Mo Shaoting said, and handed him a handful of pills with a calm face, "Take three pills a day, two pills for the red and green ones, and three pills for the white ones each time."

"So many kinds? Didn't it stop burning?" Yin Chen was a little dizzy.

"Follow the doctor's advice, young man." Mo Shaoting raised his eyebrows, rubbed the outer packaging of the anti-inflammatory medicine and threw it into the trash can, and then took him to find Jiang Silin after staring at him after taking the medicine.

On the other side of the ward, Jiang Silin tossed and turned with guilt all night, and didn't sleep well.Seeing that Yin Chen's fever has subsided and he is in good spirits, he feels much better.

After the two sick patients asked each other about their health for a while, she felt a little drowsy.Seeing this, Mo Shaoting was not polite, and immediately kicked Yin Chen out of the house to let Jiang Silin have a good rest.Under Yin Chen's protest, Mo Shaoting reluctantly accompanied him out of the ward and sent him back to his room.

After making sure that Jiang Silin couldn't hear it, Yin Chen poked Mo Shaoting's waist and asked softly, "Did you tell her?"

Mo Shaoting was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and said calmly: "No. I don't do things that I'm not sure about."

Yin Chen immediately smiled gloatingly, "Mo Shaoting, you will have a day of love?"

"It's not that I'm cowardly," Mo Shaoting shrugged, and said, "It's just that I have more worries. After all, I grew up together since childhood. If it doesn't work out and breaks the current balance, the loss outweighs the gain."

Yin Chen looked at Mo Shaoting's serious expression and knew that this kid was serious.

He patted the other person on the shoulder and said, "If you need my help, please feel free to tell me."

Mo Shaoting nodded movedly.

Then, Yin Chen said distressedly: "To be honest, if you two really get married, should I call you brother-in-law or her sister-in-law."

Although the three of them grew up together, Mo Shaoting and Jiang Silin were actually in the same class, both two years older than Yin Chen.

"Nonsense." Mo Shaoting said domineeringly, "Of course it's sister-in-law."

Yin Chen raised his eyebrows with disbelief on his face.

"Of course, you can call me brother-in-law in front of her, I don't mind." Mo Shaoting added smoothly as usual.

"Promise." Yin Chen laughed, shook off the hopeless tracheitis, and went back to the ward to pack his things.

As soon as he entered the door, the charging mobile phone rang in due time.

Yin Chen unplugged the power and answered the phone.

"Brother," Yin Hang's voice rushed in, "Have you arrived in Beijing yet? Why didn't you call me?"

Yin Chen didn't bother to explain yesterday's oolong and his change of ticket, so he simply prevaricated: "I just arrived not long ago, and the phone was turned off when it ran out of battery, so I just recharged it."

"Oh, no wonder. Yesterday Alden looked for you for a long time and couldn't get through the phone, so I thought the battery might be out." Yin Hang said with a bit of a reproachful tone, "You are really, you don't call when you leave It’s too embarrassing to have people looking for you for a long time just to say hello.”

Yin Chen smiled awkwardly, and suddenly came to his senses, and asked, "Are you still in Feiyuan? When you see him, please help me to ask him, did you receive the key?"

"I'm in the flying academy today, but he's not here." Yin Hang was very surprised, and asked inexplicably, "I looked for him last night but couldn't find him. John said that his vacation is over, and he will return to the company today. You two It's so funny, you didn't tell the other party that you were leaving?"

Yin Chen held the phone, speechless for a while.

"Hello? Brother, what's the matter with you?"

"Alden... has he returned to the United States?" Yin Chen felt that the pronunciation of every word became extremely difficult.

Yin Hang thought for a while, and replied: "It should be, isn't he from United Airlines? But anyway, everyone is flying everywhere, maybe we can still see him!"

"I hope so." Yin Chen said softly, looking out the window.

The sky is green and the clouds are as light as cotton.It's not as colorful as Perth's sky at all, and it seems to be covered with a layer of melancholy.

If you don't care, why are you so lost?

Yin Chen laughed at himself and closed the curtains.

Early the next morning, Yin Chen went to the company to report.

The notice of the go-around and modification has been published on the company's official website. Yin Chen is very popular among the young pilots of the A330 fleet. Everyone knew about his transfer and all gathered to say goodbye to him. The scene was a bit sad for a while.Yin Chen hugged them one by one and told them to keep in touch.

Several senior captains who had a good relationship with Cao Cheng also came over to greet each other. With a smile on his face, Yin Chen shook hands with each other one by one, but he was quite upset in his heart. When he was punished and grounded, no one came out to speak for him. After the limelight passed, everyone pretended to care about him.

At this time, the crowd surrounding him suddenly dispersed.Yin Chen raised his head and found that Cao Cheng was standing not far away staring at him with folded arms, with a disgusting smile on his face.

Yin Chen raised the corner of his mouth, returned him a provocative look, picked up his suitcase, and walked out of the office without looking back.

When he arrived at the new fleet, the senior captain of the B747 who came to greet Yin Chen was also the captain of the fleet.His surname is Sui Minghe, he is slightly fat and has a pleasant smile.Yin Chen shook hands with him, and was just about to introduce himself, but the other party called out his name and said with a smile, "I have long admired your name."

Yin Chen was taken aback for a moment, then blurted out and asked, "Is it notoriety?"

"What?" Captain Sui didn't seem to understand the meaning of Yin Chen's words, and smiled very calmly, "I heard from Mo Shaoting that once you were flying the A330 to Doha and caught up with the airliner when it landed. Fog, went around three times, and finally landed successfully on the fourth time. At that time, there was only 260 kilograms of fuel left on the plane, and it might not be able to last for another 5 minutes."

After Captain Sui finished speaking leisurely, he left a comment: "Very bold."

Yin Chen smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain." Then he blinked and said, "Actually, I forgot to check the fuel gauge."

"Hahaha." Captain Sui smiled face-saving, without airs at all.This surprised Yin Chen who was used to those "old captains" who like to put on airs over their qualifications. It seems that Captain Sui is indeed easy-going as his name suggests, and Yin Chen's affection for him immediately doubled.

"I didn't expect you to know Mo Shaoting." He chatted with Captain Sui along the topic.

"Yeah, I just flew with him a few days ago. I heard that he will release the captain soon, and his skills are really good." Speaking of this, Captain Sui suddenly suppressed his smile and sighed, "Oh , but I was unlucky that time, I encountered a clear sky and turbulence, and injured a flight attendant."

"Jiang Silin?" Yin Chen asked.

Captain Sui asked in surprise, "You know him too?"

Yin Chen nodded and said, "Well, we are all friends."

"I heard she was hospitalized, how is she doing now?" Captain Sui asked with concern.

"It's nothing serious, and I can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. But it's 'a hundred days of injury', and I'll have to take care of it for a while before I can go back to work."

Captain Sui nodded upon hearing the words, "It's fine as long as there's nothing serious, and it's good to rest for a while." Then he returned to his smiling face and said, "I'll take you around the team first. Over there on the A330. Few people, easy to remember.”

Yin Chen agreed and followed him to the office.

"The B747 fleet is all flying intercontinental. The schedule is tight but there are few people. At present, there are only 6 captains in total. I and another foreign Chinese captain are responsible for flight safety and training. His surname is He and he is not in China for the time being, but in the future you We will see you later." Captain Sui slowly introduced the general situation, and smiled at Yin Chen, "In the future, the company will have more and more international long-distance routes, and will continue to train new recruits, all of which depend on you young people. People, come on."

Yin Chen nodded.

"Now your first task is to concentrate on training in the simulator and pass the exam as soon as possible." Sui He patted Yin Chen on the shoulder, speaking earnestly.

"I know that you have accumulated more than 4000 flight hours. If you continue to stay on the 330, you may already have four bars today. But since you have modified the B747, you have to start all over again. Regarding this, I hope you can Calm down." He was silent for a moment, took out a document from the document bag in his hand, and handed it to Yin Chen.

The document was so familiar that he couldn't help but squeeze it harder until his fingertips turned white.

Isn't this the application for the captain's assessment issued by him before the grounding? !

Sui He noticed his unnatural expression and sighed, "Captain Jiang Jingchen handed it over to me before he retired. He regretted that you couldn't participate in his farewell flight because of the grounding. But he told me that no matter what happens What, you are always his most proud student."

Yin Chen pursed his lips. He looked at the application in his hand with mixed feelings in his heart.

"I hope that one day you can give me this piece of paper," Captain Sui said with a smile, "Of course, you will have to fill in the B747 for the model that will be the captain in the future."

"No problem!" Yin Chen blurted out, a long-lost flame ignited from the bottom of his heart, burning all his limbs and veins to boil.He folded the application neatly and put it in the inside pocket of his uniform.

The most difficult stage of model modification training has begun.

Yin Chen spent almost every day on the simulator, simulating various harsh weather conditions countless times to fly.After training during the day, I go home at night and continue to read books. On average, I only have less than 4 hours to sleep every day.

This half-month simulation made Yin Chen lose a full 10 catties.Mo Shaoting occasionally came to see him when he was not on shift, and would joke with him at the beginning, but as Yin Chen became thinner day by day, Mo Shaoting could only sigh from time to time seeing his haggard appearance.

"Why are you working so hard?" Mo Shaoting bought coffee to visit the class, and began to sigh as usual.

Originally, he wanted to buy some beef jerky or something like that to nourish his poor hair, but Yin Chen saw that the meat had no appetite at all, and he didn't even open the packaging bag, but drinking coffee was like drinking water.Seeing this, Mo Shaoting simply brought coffee instead.As long as you are free, once a day, nothing can be done.

Yin Chen had just finished a training session and was studying carefully with the data from the simulator.He knew that Mo Shaoting was looking for something to say, so he got the coffee without saying anything.

Mo Shaoting rolled his eyes and said, "Since I travel back and forth across the Fifth Ring Road every day, can you say thank you somehow? Do you really think of me as your servant?"

Yin Chen didn't raise his head: "Don't you need to fly every day?"

"How is it possible. The year-end peak is here again. Recently, there are four flight routes every day. I'm a busy person." Mo Shaoting said proudly.

"Then the distance you travel every day is only the distance from T2 to the training base, and it will not exceed 15 minutes anyway, which is just enough for you to exercise." Yin Chen raised his eyes and glanced at Mo Shaoting's stomach, and said, "Beware of long-term training." Sit down, Captain Mo."

Mo Shaoting benefited from the captain's voice, he reluctantly ignored the sarcasm in the other party's tone.

Although he doesn't like to save flight time as much as Yin Chen does, but Mo Shaoting joined the job earlier than Yin Chen, and after accumulating slowly, he still meets the standard of being a captain.In addition, he passed the test last week and was promoted to captain just now.

Seeing that the freshness of adding bars has not faded, Mo Shaoting swaggered around in front of Yin Chen with four bars every day. Although Yin Chen was not very happy when he saw it, he didn't say anything.

Mo Shaoting took a sip of coffee unhappily, and immediately distorted his facial features.He curled his lips, with disgust on his face, "What's your hobby? Without milk sugar, it's more bitter than traditional Chinese medicine. How did you swallow it?"

"Just swallowed it like this." Yin Chen picked up the cup and took a sip without any pressure.

When the bitterness of the coffee fades away, it will be a refreshing aftertaste. Yin Chen thought about it and found it extremely beneficial.

In fact, he never drank American before, he just thought it was too bitter, but Alden liked it very much.I don't know when, Yin Chen's taste has gradually been assimilated by him.Even after returning to China, I will still miss this bitter and mellow taste.

Thinking of the familiar figure in his memory, Yin Chen stopped looking at the data.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him thoughtful, Mo Shaoting asked.

"It's nothing." Yin Chen came back to his senses and said to him, "Since you don't like to drink, don't buy it next time."

"No, buy one get one free," Mo Shaoting shrugged, "So I can only drink whatever you drink."

Yin Chen paused when he heard the words, and said, "Actually, I don't have to drink American style, you can change it next time." After finishing speaking, he put away the data of the last round of simulation, got up, "I want to go in and continue It's been simulated. You should go back sooner too."

"Okay. It's still early, I'll go to Jiang Si'er's house to see." Mo Shaoting also stood up, and before leaving, he said to Yin Chen, "Really, don't try too hard, eat on time, and then eat again." If you lose weight, you will lose your shape."

Yin Chen only felt that Mo Shaoting was becoming more and more like Jiang Silin recently, even the tone of his speech was exactly the same as hers. He was most afraid of hearing this person nagging, so he waved his hand and left quickly.But he also knows that the exam day is getting closer and closer, and the huge pressure is like a shadow.In the past, Alden accompanied him to study and share with him from time to time, but now... At the door, Yin Chen stopped, closed his eyes, and tried to clear the messy thoughts in his brain, then opened them again, and walked into the empty simulation In the engine room, to face his own battle.

The inspection of the simulator is over, and Yin Chen's efforts for half a month have been perfectly rewarded.

The single engine and dual hydraulics all failed, but it still landed successfully in the end.Yin Chen got a very high simulation score in this assessment, and even entered the top three in the company's simulation results.

Captain Sui was quite satisfied with Yin Chen's results, but he himself didn't feel anything, as if this assessment was like thousands of simulations.After listening to the comments and scores calmly, he submitted the flight report and left.

"Have you received the notice of the assessment?" Captain Sui chased after him.

"Not yet." Yin Chen shook his head, "Didn't it mean that Captain He, who was in charge of the assessment, didn't return to China, so it has to be postponed for a few days?"

"He's back, and he's seen your data just now." Captain Sui handed over a stack of reports to Yin Chen, "The first two are report cards, we've already signed them, and you should bring them with you during the assessment. The third is the specific time schedule."

"The day after tomorrow?" Yin Chen flipped through it, showing surprise, "So soon?"

"It was decided by Captain He." Captain Sui said with a smile, "He just took the third place last night, and you kicked him off today. He watched your whole process live in the monitoring room just now, probably Can't sit still."

Yin Chen nodded in understanding, and glanced to the second floor of the engine room.

Through the glass window of the monitoring room, one could see a tall figure in uniform leaning over and looking at the monitor. It must be Captain He, the invigilator for the next exam.

It doesn't look like a man easy to deal with, Yin Chen thought to himself.

"However, it's better to take the test earlier, so that you can keep your hand." He looked back at Captain Sui, and smiled indifferently.

Captain Sui patted Yin Chen on the shoulder approvingly, and said: "How to manage stress and adjust mentality is also a compulsory course for us civil aviation personnel. There are always many unexpected situations, but no matter what the situation, we must behave well."

"Don't worry." Yin Chen nodded and waved goodbye to the other party.

Captain Sui watched him leave, then went upstairs to the monitoring room.

"He Yao, you haven't left yet?" As soon as he opened the door, Sui He saw the man in front of the monitor and greeted him with a smile.

He Yao turned his head and smiled politely as a response.

Sui He leaned his head over to look at the monitor, and then smiled clearly: "You are still watching this, I just said that this kid is a rare talent. Teacher Jiang told me that you can see it in him. To the shadow of Mr. Yin back then."

He backed away a few steps, pulled a stool over and sat down, lit a cigarette Yoyo, a bitter look flashed in his eyes staring at the screen, and said to himself: "What about Mr. Yin, after that incident Only Deputy Director Yin is left."

He Yao frowned when he smelled the smoke, and opened the window calmly.

Sui He noticed He Yao's actions, and took the cigarette from his mouth apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot that you can't stand the smell of cigarettes." After saying that, he was about to go out to the smoking area.

"It's alright, go ahead and talk."

Sui Hegang stopped and asked, "Say... what?"

"Tell me about Deputy Director Yin, you mentioned it just now."

"It's all old stuff." Sui He hesitated for a moment, then looked at the man not far away.

"It's okay, I want to hear it." He Yao raised his face and looked at Sui He, with a hint of persistence in his deep eyebrows.

Sui He took a deep puff of his cigarette, sighed, "Well, it was more than ten years ago..." He crushed the cigarette butt and sat down again.

On the day of the assessment, Yin Chen arrived at the apron early with the materials. Captain Sui hadn't arrived yet, so he stood on the stairs looking up at the sky bored.Today's weather is not very good, the whole capital is shrouded in smog, and the gray sky makes people feel a little depressed.But fortunately, the later assessment was only a one-time ups and downs in this field, and it was not very affected by the weather.

A slightly fat figure came running in the distance, and Yin Chen hurriedly waved at him.

Seeing Yin Chen, Sui He obviously accelerated his speed, Yuanyuan ran forward with a swaying body.Panting, he stopped in front of Yin Chen, unbuttoned the collar of his uniform, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiao Yin. I went to drop off the child first in the morning, but there was a traffic jam."

Sui He's nervous and funny look made Yin Chen laugh. He tried his best to manage his facial expressions, twitched the corners of his mouth subtly, and said in relief, "It's okay, there are still 10 minutes." Seeing that Sui He gradually calmed down his breathing, he asked again: "I really don't see that you have children, how old are the children?"

"Hi, I'm in my 40s, can I have no children? He's about to go to junior high school." Sui He rested for a while, and resumed his usual cheerful expression, "But we are also busy, choosing a school is a matter of His mother is worrying. I have so little time in the past two days, I just want to send my children to school. Who knows that this road will be blocked by me, I really want to drive a car and fly over the roof of other people's cars."

Speaking of this, Sui He burst out laughing.For the road conditions in Beijing, Yin Chen also felt the same way, and nodded with a smile on the side.

Suddenly Sui He slapped his forehead, rolled up his sleeves, looked at his watch, and said, "I'm busy chatting, let's go, it's time for us to get on the plane. I'll take you to Captain He to prepare for the exam."

Yin Chen looked at the Sui captain in a hurry, and his straightforward temperament was a bit like Mo Shaoting. No wonder Mo Shaoting would tell him about himself.Thinking of this, Yin Chen felt a little fond of Captain Sui.

Yin Chen followed Sui He into the cabin, the interior was spacious, luxurious and very comfortable.The A330 that Yin Chen drove was a wide-body jet, while the B747 was bigger than it and was a giant jet.The spacious interior cabin is divided into upper and lower cabins, which can accommodate 366 people, which is nearly 330 more passengers than the A100 driven by Yin Chen.

Yin Chen gradually became nervous. Although he has enough understanding of the 747's data and operating theory, it is another matter when he thinks that it is really his turn to drive.

The two went up the stairs to the second deck, and passed through the first-class seats to the cockpit.Sui He rang the doorbell, and the heavy cockpit door opened in response, and a tall and tall figure leaned out from the inside out.

"Xiao He, I brought you Xiao Yin." Sui He said, turning to the side and revealing Yin Chen behind him, "I'll go down first to pick up the invigilator from the Bureau, and wait for him to come Contact us in the channel."

"Okay." He Yao agreed, and followed Sui He's movements to Yin Chen.

Yin Chen looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in front of him, opened his mouth again and again, but in the end it stuck in his throat, and he didn't call out the other person's name.

Sui He didn't notice the subtle atmosphere in the air, so he patted Yin Chen on the shoulder with a smile, turned and left.

Only the two people whose eyes met were left speechless, and the cabin was extremely silent for a moment.

When the sound of Captain Sui's footsteps going downstairs completely disappeared, Yin Chen clenched his fists and threw the transcript of the simulator in his hand on He Yao, "What the hell are you trying to do? Are you playing tricks on me on purpose?" He After finishing speaking, he immediately laughed out loud, not knowing whether it was to laugh at himself or to vent his anger.

He Yao looked deeply at Yin Chen, and he saw burning anger in the other's eyes.He bent down, picked up the transcripts scattered on the floor, dusted them meticulously and organized them by page number.

Yin Chen looked at the other party's actions, and became more angry, and said sarcastically: "Are you the captain of the United Airlines who is on vacation in Australia? Or is it a famous person in the bar? Or is it just a long time ago?" Chi's mysterious captain? I don't even know if I should call you Alden? Satan? Or... He Yao?"

"Now, I am the flight inspection officer for your 747 modification." He Yao looked at Yin Chen with a serious face, and his tone was calm, "Come in the advanced cockpit."

Yin Chen didn't move.

Knowing that the man in front of him was angry, He Yao sighed helplessly, and reluctantly explained a few words: "In Anhang's personnel system, I am registered as He Yao, but you can call me Alden."

Yin Chen sneered, pushed He Yao away and sat on the left seat, and said, "Why did you lie to me?"

"I didn't lie to you," He Yao closed the hatch and stopped looking at him, but began to check the equipment in the cockpit, "When you were in the flying academy, you saw my flight records and read my books. My The signature has always been Alden He, but you never asked me."

Yin Chen pursed his lips, but he couldn't refute.Ever since he knew the other party's life experience, because he didn't want him to recall the past of his parents' divorce, Yin Chen never asked him his Chinese name.If he hadn't met him today, he would have thought Alden's surname was He.

Thinking of this, Yin Chen suddenly snatched his report card from He Yao, and quickly turned to the last page.At the end of the "signature of the flight safety reviewer", the names of Sui and Long Feifengwu are written, as well as a very familiar Chinese cursive... AldenHe...

If he took a closer look that day... Yin Chen's anger disappeared halfway, but he didn't fully accept He Yao's explanation, and he asked again: "Then why didn't the captain tell me about your job-hopping to Anhang. "

He Yao understood that Yin Chen was still angry, so he softened his tone slightly: "I came to Anhang not as simple as 'changing jobs'. It went through many negotiations and it was not settled until this half a month." He paused After a pause, he added, "Besides, even if I wanted to say it, you already left without saying goodbye."

Yin Chen managed to catch a trace of complaint in the other party's tone. He was going to explain, but he was interrupted by a doorbell.The two exchanged glances, and they both understood that it was someone from the bureau.

"Don't be distracted by other things." This was the last sentence He Yao said to Yin Chen in his personal capacity, and then he switched to the expressionless prosecutor, invited the bureau's invigilator to come in, and called each other in English hello.

"B747 fleet pilot Yin Chen's on-site inspection for modification is now starting." He Yao put on his earphones and reported the progress of the exam to the tower in a calm tone in English.

The long-lost deep voice of the man in the headset made Yin Chen dazed, but soon an instruction came from the control tower: "NW11 runway is available, and the test machine can roll out."

Yin Chen tried his best to concentrate, held his hand on the joystick, and slowly pushed the plane out of the parking lot. "NW11 runway is available, and the test machine has been launched." He repeated to the control tower, slightly turned his gaze to He Yao on the right seat, and He Yao was also looking at him.

Because he was recording, He Yao couldn't say anything to Yin Chen, but he raised his left hand slightly and gave Yin Chen a thumbs up.

Seeing this, Yin Chen involuntarily raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Good Luck." He knew what the other person hadn't said.

Just like when flying in the courtyard.