3:00 p.m.
At Tokyo International Airport, Dong Xuebin boarded J736 Flight with his boarding pass in hand.
Checking his seat number, Dong Xuebin walked toward the back, found his window seat, stowed his luggage overhead, sat down, and fastened his seat belt.
Before long, a middle-aged Japanese man sat beside him.
The cabin was filled with Japanese, and most of the passengers had already boarded.
This was the ticket Liu Chenglong had booked for Dong Xuebin in Tokyo. It was a Japanese airline flying from Tokyo to Beijing, not a return flight on a Chinese carrier. Most of the people on board were Japanese traveling to China on business or for tourism, along with some Black and Western passengers. Dong Xuebin could not understand a word the passengers around him were saying, so, feeling bored, he folded his arms and closed his eyes to rest.
Ring, ring, ring. The phone in his pocket rang.
Right, he had forgotten to turn it off.
Although the plane had not taken off yet, it was not really appropriate to make calls up here. Dong Xuebin had not planned to answer, but when he saw Xie Huilan's number, he hesitated before quietly picking up.
"Hello, Hui Lan." "Where are you?"
"Heh, I just got on the plane. I should be there tonight."
"You always have to make special arrangements. The Investment Bureau people have already gotten off their plane. Why are you still over there?"
"Ah, something delayed me at noon. I wanted to get back early too. I'll definitely be back in the county before eight tonight."
"Mm. Come see me directly when you get back."
"Uh, what is it?" "When were you planning to tell me about Yun Xuan's pregnancy? Hmm?"
*Fuck! What was there left for me to tell her? She