Chapter 415 Childhood Sweetheart 22
âSir? Sir?â The taxi driver is an Asian. Chen Xiaopang doesnât know which country the driver is from. He calls Chen Xiaopang in poor Chinese, âWeâre at the airport, Sir!â
Chen Xiaopang raises his head suddenly. The follow-up of the air crash is still being reported on the radio. The driver also comments.
âAlas! How unlucky the people on this plane are! Why did the plane fall down? They are unlucky. Eh? Sir? Donât go, Sir. You havenât paid yet!â
Chen Xiaopang is in a mess. He feels vaguely that he has run into someone. Itâs like heâs being called. But he canât hear. He is going to find Zhao Ying.
âSir, you canât cut in!â Someone stops him,
Chen Xiaopang doesnât know who the person is. But when Chen Xiaopang sees him in airport staffâs clothes, he grabs the personâs arm and asks, âJust⦠The planeâ¦â
âDo you have any friends on that plane, Sir?â The other side looks at him sympathetically, âDo you see Counter 9? You can check the list and the details over there.â
Chen Xiaopang looks up and finds Counter 9 for a long time. He stumbles over there. There are many people in front of the counter. Most of them are crying.
He sees a woman kneeling on the ground crying with a small baby in her arms and a white-haired old woman fainting. The airport is preparing for rescueâ¦
âDo you want to check the list, Sir?â A staff member asks him.
Chen Xiaopang hears himself say in a very calm voice, âPlease find out if there is a Chinese passenger named Zhao Ying.â
He feels that it must not be his own voice. He canât be so calm.
âIâm sorry, Sirâ¦â The staff looks at the list and shows Chen Xiaopang the electronic screen, âI think your friend is on the plane.â
Chen Xiaopangâs eyes are hurt by the two words. He grabbed the tablet computer and poked it hard, âYou are wrong. It is not! You donât know Pinyin at all!â
âSir! Calm down, Sir.â The staff quickly asks colleagues to come over and help hold Chen Xiaopang down.
Chen Xiaopang struggles a few times and pushes them away, âThe plane⦠Whatâs the situation now?â
His tone is bitter. If Tang Cao is here, he will know that Chen Xiaopang has cried.
âThe situation is very bad. No survivors have been found at presentâ¦â
Chen Xiaopang slowly sits on the ground. The staff members still comfort him. He hears a lot of people crying. He also cries. He canât hear himself crying, but he feels it.
âYingâ¦â Chen Xiaopang begins to say to himself, âDo you still refuse to forgive me⦠You punish me in this way. Do you want me to live in regret for the rest of my life?â
âBut⦠Without you, I wonât have the rest of my life.â Chen Xiaopang covers his face. Chen Xiaopang doesnât know why he suddenly thinks of Tang Caoâs crying like a child in front of him when Tang Cao thought he was sorry for Fang Diandian last year.
Tang Cao cried and said, âI am afraid of losing Diandian. If I lose her, my rest of life will be meaningless.â
What did Chen Xiaopang say then?
âI know you like her very much. But if she doesnât forgive you, you will forget her in three or five years. There is no one in the world we can never forget. Life is so long. Itâs impossibleâ¦â
But now, he knows heâs wrong. Itâs not surprising that a person canât forget someone in his life. He even has a feeling that he wonât forget Zhao Ying if he really has another life. Childhood memories flashes in his mind like movie clips.
At last, he seems to see a pair of big watery eyes.
âXiaopang, when we grow up, remember to marry me!â
Chen Xiaopang canât control his mood any more. He starts to cry like all the people around him who have lost their loved ones. He cries and calls Ying. Then he hears someone say.
âChen Xiaopang, why are you crying here?â
Chen Xiaopang thinks that itâs a crime to have someone disturb him at this time, so he doesnât care and he continues to cry.
The voice gets closer and seems to be in his ear.
âIâm here, Xiaopang!â
Chen Xiaopang finally reacts, He turns his head abruptly and sees Zhao Ying squatting in front of him, leaning her head and smiling.
âYing⦠Ying?â Chen Xiaopang rubs his eyes fiercely, then jumps up and takes off his coat.
He wraps Zhao Yingâs head and upper body and then asks nervously, âWhy do you run out in the daytime? Although there arenât any Black and White emissaries in the West, you are a new ghost and you canât see the sun.â
Zhao Ying is stunned. She sees Chen Xiaopang look around secretly. Then he puts her in his arms.
âDonât be afraid! Iâll take you home. When we go back, I will find a master to find a way to let you stay. Hum⦠No. You are already a ghost. Itâs not good to stay in the world. Iâd better go with you!â
âThen I will ask the master if there is any way to tie us together for reincarnation.â
âDonât you always dislike me for being dirty? Letâs be neighbors this time. We will be together since childhood and we will never be separated. When we grow up, we will get married. Do you like children? Letâs have a daughter like you. We wonât have a son. The son wonât be obedientâ¦â
Chen Xiaopang says a lot.
âHey!â Zhao Ying suddenly interrupts the man.
Chen Xiaopang quickly looks down at her and asks, âWhatâs the matter? Are you uncomfortable? Do you want to hide? Iâll buy⦠Yes, Iâll buy an umbrella!â
âYou come back!â Zhao Ying grabs the man in a hurry and asks, âDo you really want to die with me?â
âOf course!â Chen Xiaopang still looks very happy, âYou have come back to me, proving that you like me very much! Donât lie to me, I know all about it. When a person becomes a ghost, he can only stay in the world if he has a mind that he canât let go. You just canât let me goâ¦â
âDonât be afraid. Weâll be reincarnated together then!â
Zhao Ying looks at him gently.
âYouâve got a good temper since youâve become a ghost!â Chen Xiaopang says stupidly.
âWho said I was a ghost?â Zhao Ying puts her hand on his face, âLook! I have temperature.â
Chen Xiaopang feels wrong. He grabs Zhao Yingâs hand and rubs it. Then he puts his hand on her chest.
Dong! Dong⦠Itâs the beating of the heart.
Chen Xiaopang is stunned first, then shocked and then ecstatic. Zhao Ying has never seen anyoneâs expression change so fast.
âI didnât get on the plane.â she said, âNo⦠I went on. But I regretted it before takeoff, so I ran down again.â
She woke up early in the morning and found herself in bed with Chen Xiaopang. She was in a daze. She didnât blame Chen Xiaopang. She took the initiative when she was drunk. But she didnât know how to deal with it, so she just ran away.
âI thought about it all the way. I suddenly figured it out when I was on the plane.â Zhao Ying smiles at Chen Xiaopang and says, âI canât go like this. I should be responsible for you!â
Chen Xiaopang hugs her and says, âYing⦠You⦠Youâre not dead! Great! Great!â
âStop crying!â Zhao Ying pats him, âDo you think itâs disgraceful for you to cry like this as a man?â
Chen Xiaopang looks up at her carefully. Then he hugs her and cries again.
Zhao Ying doesnât know whether to cry or laugh. She comforts him. They take a taxi back to the hotel. Coincidentally, Chen Xiaopang runs into the taxi that took him to the airport. The driver waits by the car. Seeing Chen Xiaopang, he shouts.
âOh! Is this your girlfriend? Did you worry about her before? Well, young people should be calm! You need to make sure the flight number and then you need to worryâ¦â
Chen Xiaopang smiles and apologizes. After arriving at the hotel, he tips the driver. The driverâs eyes are straight. When they get into the hotel, they hear the driver shouting outside.
âI wish a harmonious union lasting a hundred years. May you have a baby soon!â
Chen Xiaopang is probably scared. He becomes very nervous. Zhao Ying must be where he can see. Even if he goes to the bathroom, heâll call.
âAre you there, Ying?â
If Zhao Ying ignores him, he will wipe his buttocks and run out at once. For the first time, he didnât even wipe his buttocks. He dragged his pants and ran out. After being scolded by Zhao Ying, he still hasnât changed.
Zhao Ying has to answer him every time for fear that he will run out like this again.
âShall we go home by train?â Chen Xiaopang suggests.
Zhao Ying glares at him, âThis is America. Itâs across the Pacific Ocean from Hua Country. Which train do you take?â
âThen shall we take a cruise?â
He doesnât want to take a plane anyway.
âXiaopang.â Zhao Ying smiles.
Chen Xiaopangâs eyes change in an instant. Itâs like magic. Every time Zhao Ying calls him, he feels crispy. Chen Xiaopang even imagines that if Ying calls him that in bed, he will be very happy.
But unfortunately, although Zhao Ying doesnât repel him now, they donât have intimate affairs anymore. Even when he is sleeping, he will be driven out of his bedroom and sleep on the sofa outside.
âAir crash doesnât happen every day. In terms of big data, the accident rate of airplanes is now second only to that of trains.â Zhao Ying pats him on the shoulder, âIâve booked tickets. Weâll go back home tomorrow.â
Chen Xiaopangâs protest is invalid. Zhao Ying says that if he doesnât take the plane, he will walk back on his own.
Wang Cailian has been cooking for them for a long time. She asked Chen Xiaopang how he was with Zhao Ying several times. Chen Xiaopang always sent a tricky expression.
âThey may be together.â Chen Qing also comes back from the company early to witness his sonâs historic moment.
Wang Cailian also thinks so. She sighs, âWell⦠I have no face to see Cong Fei.â
âWhatâs the matter? She should be happy if Ying can marry Xiaopang.â Chen Qing says, âIf Ying marries someone else, we wonât know his background. In case Ying is bullied by her mother-in-law, no one will help her.â
âYesâ¦â Wang Cailian will definitely be better to Zhao Ying than her own son!
After thinking about it like this, she has the confidence again, âIf itâs settled this time, Iâll call Cong Fei later. Weâre going to set a date for their wedding.â
âDonât think about it first. What if your son hasnât succeeded?â