The world map and the only you

Five years ago, a Boeing 777-300ER was waiting quietly on the runway of Beijing Capital International Airport. At that time, Yan Xuan was a boy who was studying in the United States and had not graduated from university. , while Tong Yixin had a slight cold and was having a headache because of the super long flight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome and thank you for taking China Airlines flight ZH618 to San Francisco. The flight time is 11 hours and 55 minutes. The captain of this flight, Mr. Li, the director, Ms. Sun, and all the crew members send you their best wishes. Best regards. The cabin crew is about to confirm the safety before takeoff. Please put away the tray table and straighten the back of the seat..."

Yan Xuan was sitting by the window, with a cartoon giraffe airplane pillow on his neck, tilting his head in boredom, looking out the window at a row of planes waiting to take off.This time, he had a bad back and didn't buy a business class ticket. His long legs were huddled in the narrow seat of the economy class, which was extremely uncomfortable, which made him feel a little irritable.

"Ma'am, you can't put this bag here, may I put it on the luggage rack for you?" A young male voice came from the aisle.

"Okay, okay, thank you," an aunt said cheerfully, "you are so handsome, young man."

This is the case with flying, because it is too boring, and a little movement can attract people's attention.Yan Xuan followed the voice and turned his head slightly, feeling a little curious about this "handsome" young man.

Tong Yixin took the handbag from the aunt, and smiled, "Thank you." While speaking, he looked up at the luggage rack above the seat, leaned slightly, and put the bag in with his arms raised.This movement made his figure very stretched, and the white shirt and suit vest outlined the slender waistline.Yan Xuan turned his head to see such a scene, and was slightly stunned.

Tong Yixin put his luggage away, and smiled politely at the aunt: "Don't forget when you get off the plane."

Aunty said, "Okay, young man, can we take a picture together?"

Tong Yixin's eyes were slightly bent, and he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm a little busy before takeoff, let's take a while!"

All the aunts in Beijing waved their hands with that kind of neatness in their tone, and said, "Xingle, it's okay, you can go about your business."

Yan Xuan looked at Tong Yixin, who was walking in a hurry, and thought to himself, he can't blame the aunt for asking this flight attendant to take pictures, he is really good-looking, and he is qualified enough to debut directly.Yan Xuan's parents run a large-scale private hospital, and have seen a few celebrities since they were young. Frankly speaking, there is a natural barrier between the good-looking of celebrities and the good-looking of ordinary people, but this vacancy should be attributed to Tianzhu the other end.There is still some comfortable temperament about him, which is not sharp in appearance.

Inexplicably, Yan Xuan had some good feelings in his heart.

The plane began to taxi and roared "rumbling" on the runway. After a slight sense of weightlessness, it rose into the sky.

Yan Xuan's mind was empty, his eyes were on the dry woods on the ground divided by roads, and he fell asleep unconsciously.Recently, he needs a letter of recommendation, prepares for an exam, and writes a personal statement. He is a little nervous every day, and his dreams are all messed up. For a while, he dreams of taking the LSAT test with a score of 160[Note], and for a while, the professor rejected his recommendation letter. , he was very angry for making a dream.

He was arguing with the professor in his dream, and in a daze, he seemed to hear a noisy sound coming from around him.

"Are you unconscious?"

"Quick! Get the oxygen bottle!!"

"What's the matter, you fainted all of a sudden?"

The anxious conversation of a group of people awakened Yan Lian from his sleep. He opened his eyes in a little confusion. The passengers in the front row didn't know what happened.The passengers on the plane all stretched their necks, like well-developed geese, talking among each other.

"Here comes the oxygen bottle, and you're still unconscious?" Tong Yixin ran over with the oxygen bottle in his arms, pushed aside the people around him, and handed the oxygen bottle to the purser.

The flight attendant nodded and said, "Go to the radio, ask if there is a doctor on board, and contact the captain."

Tong Yixin ran away in a hurry.

Surrounded by everyone, a woman fell to the ground, her face was pale, her eyes were dark blue and black, she looked very sick, she was motionless and unconscious.

Beside the unconscious woman, a man was half kneeling, clutching the purser's hand tightly, his voice trembling violently: "Save my wife! We must save her!"

The purser skillfully opened the oxygen cylinder. Although he was nervous, he tried his best to calm his mind: "Don't worry, your heartbeat and breathing are still there. Take some oxygen first. We will find a doctor right away. Don't worry."

The purser put on an oxygen mask for the man, and the man panicked and squeezed the purser's hand even harder: "What should I do if I can't find it, can this plane stop?!"

"The captain has been contacted."

Just at this time, the announcement sounded on the plane, speaking quickly but calmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is a seriously ill passenger on the plane, and we urgently need the assistance of medical personnel. If you are a doctor or nurse, please contact our flight attendant immediately." Contact, we are very grateful for your help! Ladies and gentlemen, may I have you attention please. A passenger requires surgical medical assistance...”

"Come on, Xiao Wu, give me a hand. It's more spacious here. You can hold the oxygen cylinder." The purser spread a blanket on the open space in front of the emergency exit and signaled his colleagues to move her over.

"Sideways, sideways!"

"Yes, yes, sir, don't touch her! Don't worry!"

The man stuck his neck: "How can I not be in a hurry! How can I not be in a hurry?!"

Yan Xuan probably understood what happened, and frowned slightly, thinking that this matter would be difficult.Passengers around were also discussing: "Are you going to make a forced landing?"

"Will this person..."

"Bah, bah, what nonsense!"

The plane was still moving forward steadily in the air, the roaring noise of the engine was suppressed by the panicked voices, and the atmosphere was anxious.

The curtain between the business class and the economy class was lifted with a "swish -" and Tong Yixin brought a middle-aged woman over.

"This is the passenger."

The middle-aged woman first identified herself as a doctor, measured the breath and pulse of the fainted passenger, and then said calmly, "It shouldn't be an emergency. Did she not have a good rest recently? Did she faint before?"

"Recently, I can't fall asleep all the time. I haven't been able to sleep before." The man's voice was still trembling, but he calmed down a little when he saw the doctor.

Doctor: "Inhale oxygen for a while, and raise her legs a little bit."

"Does your wife have hypotension and hypoglycemia?" The purser continued to calm the man's emotions.

"A little low blood pressure. It was fine before. Recently... hey... I must have been stimulated recently." He sighed, with a dejected look on his face.

"Hypotension is easy to faint. You may faint when you stand up suddenly. You don't have enough rest recently. Look at your face. Long-distance flight is also tiring." The doctor added a few words.

The man looked as if he was mourning his concubine, and said nothing more.

"Hey, she seems to have opened her eyes." The purser suddenly said, and everyone's eyes were focused on the woman.

She slowly opened her eyes, with a confused look on her face, struggling to sit up.

"Don't move," the doctor gently pressed her shoulder, "lie down for a while."

"Woooo..." The lady was wearing an oxygen mask, and it buzzed as soon as she spoke.

Men can be considered relieved.

Although there is no serious problem at all, everyone was afraid for a while.The flight attendant hurriedly contacted the captain to explain the situation, but the plane did not need to make an emergency landing.The chief purser was afraid that there would be another mistake, so he moved the two guests to the seats next to the emergency exit, and broadcast the situation in time to dissipate the panic in the cabin.On the other hand, Tong Yixin went to check on their situation every once in a while, and asked the lady to walk more during the long-distance flight, and took her to the spacious kitchen in the back cabin for a stroll, chatting with her, and comforting her.

Before Yan Xuan, a classmate also had hypoglycemia, and would occasionally faint when he skipped breakfast, but he didn't take it seriously, and fell asleep again after a while.When I woke up again, I felt a little thirsty, and I was too embarrassed to ring the bell to bother the flight attendant, so I planned to go to the kitchen to ask for something to drink.

The plane flew through an unknown time zone, and it was pitch black outside. His night vision was not particularly good, so he walked carefully in the aisle, towards the warm yellow light coming from the kitchen.

"Excuse me, can I have a glass of water?" Yan wandered into the kitchen.

Tong Yixin was the only one in the kitchen, he was lowering his head to write something on the paper, when he heard this, he raised his head and smiled: "Of course."

Yan Xuan saw that his eyes were slightly red, tears were rolling in his eyes, and his eyelashes were still stained with water, as if he had just cried.

"Thank you," Yan Xuan took the water from Tong Yixin's hand, and said casually, "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" Tong Yixin was slightly taken aback.

Yan Xuan politely tilted his head and smiled, pointing to his eyes.

"I'm sorry." Tong Yixin came to his senses, and hurriedly tore a piece of paper to wipe it off, but for some reason, he shed tears again.

Tong Yixin's tears were like those of Peng Ci'er, and Yan Xuan was at a loss: "Are you all right?"

Tong Yixin waved his hands and covered his eyes: "It's okay, thank you, just let me stay by myself for a while."

Yan Xuan was afraid that if he said another word, Tong Yixin would cry even harder, so he hurried away.Xindao's sadness when he bumped into a stranger is indeed the most embarrassing, unable to give a hug, and his language is the most pale and hypocritical.

Twelve hours is slow and fast, but it is only two or three meals.When the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport, it was a sunny day outside.The golden sunshine of California passed through the window, reflecting a neat row of light beams.

Passengers got up to take their luggage one after another. Yan Xuan was not in a hurry and sat still.He saw Tong Yixin help the couple who had trouble with their luggage, and then stood at the place where the passengers got off the plane, said goodbye with a smile, and handed the lady a card.Seems like something he just wrote while crying.Yan Xuan raised his eyebrows silently, feeling a little curious in his heart.

After leaving the covered bridge, Yan Xuan stood aside and sent a WeChat message to the friend who helped to pick up the plane, saying that he had arrived.Just as I was about to drift with the crowd to the customs, I looked up and saw the couple again.The wife is reading the letter.

"What did you write while crying?" Yan Xuan felt as if a cat was scratching him.

The phone rang: "Ah... I overslept, just wait a little longer." The unreliable friend sent.

Yan Xuan was speechless for a while, stopped looking at the couple, and walked towards the customs.

Yan Xuan didn't take this matter to heart, and began to embrace his last semester of university.As graduation approached, he still had some anxiety, waiting for the admission of graduate students in a little apprehension.

After another week, he caught a cold because of the ups and downs of the temperature, and was made drowsy by the professor's deep voice. He couldn't cheer up even if he was beaten to death, so he simply gave up and started to open Weibo to fish.After scrolling through the homepage, I didn’t see anything interesting, so I clicked on the hot topic, and scrolled down blankly. Some celebrities cheated on me, and some fresh meat posted selfies. He quickly passed them all, but suddenly saw an @了China Airlines' official Weibo became popular. He sat in the back row of the classroom and watched it bored.

【@一个回来的云：My daughter died a few days ago due to an accident while skiing.She is studying in the United States and is only 21 years old this year. She happily sent us a message before skiing.

I have never been able to accept this fact, hated myself for not stopping her, hated myself for letting her go so far away from home, hated myself for not being able to stop the scythe of death, and not being able to see her for the last time.We have never had a decent farewell, and there is no fate to see you again in this life. I only hope that when we meet again in the next life, I can hear her call me mom again, hear her and me complain about school homework, and her unfinished crushes.

Since then, I haven't had a good night's sleep. I even passed out suddenly on the flight from Beijing to the United States on January 6181, ZH15, to deal with my daughter's death.

My heartfelt thanks to the flight attendants and a doctor for their professionalism, which stabilized my condition quickly.

I especially want to thank a flight attendant named Tong Yixin for taking good care of me and writing me such a letter.I also want to tell him that maybe life is full of unexpected sadness, but just like what you wrote, we cheer for each other. 】

After Yan Xuan finished reading, he realized that such a thing happened to the couple that day.With some sighs and sighs, he clicked on the attached picture, and there was a handwritten letter inside, with beautiful and neat handwriting:

【Ma'am, I know that no matter what kind of words you say, you won't be able to get out of your grief immediately, but I still want to delay you for 2 minutes and say a few words of my heart to you.

I lost my father when I was seven years old, but frankly, I was too young to understand the world and sadness, except that my father was never coming home and my mother was gone Go, go and find me a new father, and leave me to grandma to take care of.

My grandma brought me up. When I was a child, when it was windy and rainy, she would put a raincoat on me. As if it was not enough to open an umbrella by myself, she tipped the umbrella towards me.It was also a rainy day later, and she also left, just two years ago.At that time, I grew up and understood what sadness is, but maybe it is not deep enough compared with what you have endured.

We walked on the road, saying goodbye to one person after another.And sadness means love, which may be caught off guard, may or may not be cut into pieces and smoothed by time.

So what?Since it cannot be changed, just let it go. Why do people try to avoid love?Go and be with your husband, live seriously, do what you want to do.Your daughter has the most complete maternal love from you, which is something that many people cannot have in their lifetime.

She loves you too and doesn't want to see you sad.

I know that what I said may be a little abrupt and unreasonable.

When you talk about your daughter, it reminds me of my grandma—I still dream about her occasionally, and I am happy and sad because of my dreams.

Why don't we cheer for each other, maybe we will meet again, when you tell me interesting things around me, I will also share my travel stories.

good luck!

Tong Yixin]

After Yan Xuan finished watching, he didn't recover for a long time, until the classmate next to him poked him.

Leaving the classroom and walking in the evening sunshine of California, he suddenly thought of the tears in Tong Yixin's eyes, like starlight shining in the desert wind, and like the moon lightly touching his heart, leaving gentle ripples.

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Note: LSAT is the American Law School Admissions Test