Nội dung text Tailhook 16-20
Tailhook When a frivolous man 1 meets a righteous one 2 ; when one who has nothing meets another who lacks nothing Written by larivegauche Tags: Original Novel, BL, Long Novel, Completed, Plot, Modern, HE (Happy Ending), Power Couple, Switch Couple Other Tags: (Continuing with the) Love in the Air, Career-focused Novel, Atypical FWBs-to-Lovers A story where they: went on three dates before having sex, had sex for three times before breaking up, and were together for three years before getting married Also: a slow-burn romance between two siscon Airbus pilots Pilot x Pilot. Ex-carrier-based aircraft pilot, current civil aviation model worker piloting A320 planes x The youngest captain in KLM who is piloting A330 planes. Contestant who faces life with a smile x Contestant who is rational and direct Zhou Qichen (周其琛) x Lang Feng (郎峰) —The tailhook, also known as the arresting hook, is one of the most important components of a carrier-based aircraft. When landing, the tailhook increases resistance through snagging onto the arresting wire suspended across the deck of the carrier. This is so that the carrier will be able to land on the runway within a short time. Globally, organizations whose members are naval carrier-based aircraft pilots are also called Tailhook Associations. This novel will mainly tell a story from Zhou Qichen’s POV. Derived from the side relationship in another novel The Approach (从万米高空降临). T/N: This is a fan translation done with permission by the author. It is strictly not for profit. Any copy of this translation outside of this Google doc is not the original. Thank you. 2 君子:a gentleman; a man with virtue and noble character 1 浪子:a man who flits from one partner to another, never able to settle
Table of Contents Glossary Chapters 1-5 Chapters 6-10 Chapters 11-15 Chapters 16-20 Chapters 21-25 Chapters 26-30 Chapters 31-35 Chapters 36-40 Chapters 41-47 + Extras
16 Six bottles of beer are enough for me to drink when listening to your story but far from enough to get me drunk when I'm wallowing in sorrow. The next time Zhou Qichen got a call from Lang Feng, it was not yet seven in the morning. He was woken up by the ringing of his phone. It was still pitch dark in the ward. He took a second to react to everything, then tried to remind himself that he’d just gotten an operation two days ago, so he shouldn’t move too much before reaching for the phone on the bedside table with minimal motion. “Hello?” He had not glanced at the screen before taking the call. The effect of the anesthetics had just worn off the previous night, and as a result, he had slept fitfully. As he spoke, he sounded tired and hoarse, like how one would sound after waking up in the morning. “I’m downstairs at your apartment building,” Lang Feng said on the other end of the phone. The first second after the call went through, he instantly figured out that Zhou Qichen had been woken up by his call. Zhou Qichen was awake instantly. He said Lang Feng’s name, “Evan... I didn’t look at who called. You’re back so fast?” He’d expressed his intentions clearly on the phone call the previous day. Although Lang Feng did not say “Yes”, all the signals were positive. He’d even said, “If you ever want to tell me anything, I’ll want to listen. Tell me everything.” That was the first time he heard in Lang Feng’s voice the anxious hurriedness characteristic of a young man. He’d heard Lang Feng on the phone many times; the other man sounded calm and polite during work calls, affectionate and relaxed when talking to his family, and straightforward and to the point when talking to him. Save for that time. Even with half the Earth between them, Zhou Qichen read the emotions in his tone: anxiousness, uncertainty, seemingly also a hint of worry. Lang Feng had been the one to end the call first, and he’d done so very hurriedly, so Zhou Qichen hadn’t managed to guess at his next step. A direct flight from Amsterdam to Beijing would take 9 hours and 30 minutes, while a transit flight with one stop would take about 11 hours. From the moment Lang Feng had ended that call to the moment the other man appeared in front of him, only 12 hours and 15 minutes had passed. Zhou Qichen felt that Lang Feng and KLM should be awarded a Guinness World Record. It was too early in the morning, so Zhou Qichen took a while to react. Only when Lang Feng had him come out to take him in did Zhou Qichen realize that the other man had driven to his house. He had a place next to Daxing that he’d rented. He’d mentioned where he lived to Lang Feng a long time ago, but he’d never taken the other man home as he’d head to Yueguo Hotel to meet
Lang Feng every time. This was because the house, to Zhou Qichen, was just a place to sleep in, and he wasn’t assured enough to invite Lang Feng over. “I’m not at home,” Zhou Qichen explained, “You ended the call too quickly, so I didn’t get the chance to tell you. Come over to No. 201 hospital to meet me. I’m staying on the 4th floor of Inpatient Ward Block 3. I’ll text you the address, and I’ll tell the nurses you're coming over. They’re making the rounds at seven in the morning, so you’ll have to wait for a while.” Lang Feng made a sound of affirmation. And then Zhou Qichen heard the sound of the engine being revved up, as well as the GPS that spoke in a foreign language. Lang Feng did not end the call. Only after he’d keyed in his destination did he ask, “What happened to you?” Zhou Qichen said, “Nothing big. I came here to take out the steel plates in my body.” “You’ve gotten the surgery done already?” “Yeah, two days ago. I’ll be discharged in a few days.” Lang Feng said to him as he drove, “...I didn’t know anything about that.” Zhou Qichen chuckled. He did not respond to this. If he hadn’t said that he regretted his past words, he wouldn’t have told Lang Feng that he was hospitalized, and he would never use this to gain attention or pity. He was not one to do something as affected as that. “Because I didn’t tell you. Few people know.” “It’s not because of our first time...” Lang Feng was quick. He remembered the time they’d had sex in the bathtub. If this had happened because of that, he would probably feel guilty for a long time. “No. I should’ve had them taken out a long time ago.” There were some things Lang Feng could have said after seeing Zhou Qichen in the flesh, but when he heard that the other man was in the hospital he could not bear to end the call, and he stayed with Zhou Qichen and talked to him throughout his drive there. When a doctor came in to check up on Zhou Qichen, Lang Feng entered the parking lot in the basement, and only then did he end the call. - At seven in the morning, the doctor came in on time to check up on him, followed by a nurse who came in to inspect the wounds and redress them. Right during that time, Zhou Qichen gave the