Legendary Captain

Xu Xian certainly knew the restaurant Fang Ying mentioned. No, wait! It should be said that every employee of Star Travel Airlines knew about this restaurant.

It's not that it's in a prominent location or has a great reputation, it's just that it's expensive! Exorbitantly expensive! However, it is indeed delicious, but with that consistently high price, the value for money is really not that great.

Xu Xian had been to that restaurant once, but after only glancing at the price list, he immediately said, "Excuse me."

This restaurant has a relatively limited target audience, primarily catering to high-income individuals such as captains, instructors, and leaders. First officers, flight attendants, and ordinary staff only patronize it occasionally.

Although Xu Xian was indeed reluctant to spend his money, he wouldn't mind buying something once in a while if the captain asked him to. However, in Xu Xian's opinion, Fang Ying was doing it on purpose, which was the most disgusting thing about him.

It's quite normal for the captain to ask the co-pilot to buy things, but it's usually only when it's inconvenient for the captain to do so. For example, right now, there's still plenty of time, and Fang Ying could easily go by herself.

If time is tight, it's indeed difficult for the captain to leave. If there's a pre-flight inspection by the flight department or safety supervision department and the captain isn't there, the inspectors might think the crew's pre-flight preparation was inadequate, which could lead to unnecessary trouble.

At this point, it was only natural for the captain to ask the second first officer to buy the items. After all, although the second first officer mainly played the role of a helper, such as doing odd jobs, the inspectors weren't overly concerned about whether the second first officer was present or not.

In that case, Xu Xian wouldn't have thought anything of it. However, the current situation is that it's still early, and Fang Ying isn't going herself, but deliberately sending Xu Xian instead, clearly wanting to get something for nothing.

A captain taking advantage of a trainee-level co-pilot is utterly shameless.

If a captain is diligent, earning 100,000 a month is not difficult. Even some captains who are not good at making money can easily earn 70,000 or 80,000 a month even if they fly very little.

Compared to trainees who earn only six or seven thousand a month, captains earn more than ten times that amount. With such a huge income gap, it's really unreasonable that they still have to bleed money off the trainees.

"Brother Ying, why don't I go? He probably doesn't know where he is." Zhu Jia couldn't stand it anymore and volunteered to take on the task.

"It's alright, didn't he just say he knew? Let him go." Fang Ying turned around and saw that Xu Xian hadn't moved yet, and asked curiously, "Is there any other problem?"

Faced with Fang Ying's question, which he clearly knew the answer to, Xu Xian truly admired the captain from the bottom of his heart.

"Forget it, just consider it a fly I swallowed." Xu Xian calmed his somewhat agitated mood and said, "It's okay, I'll go right now."

After saying that, he didn't think any further and went straight out of the flight preparation room through another exit.

As he passed Wu Feng's desk, Wu Feng asked in a low voice, "Xu Xian, what's up?"

Xu Xian lowered his voice and replied, "Buy breakfast."

Xu Xian leaped past Wu Feng's table, and his words were overheard by the captain next to Wu Feng.

"So he's having another episode, huh?" the captain sneered. "That's all you're capable of, bullying a trainee."

After Xu Xian left, Fang Ying smiled at Zhu Jia and said, "Look, isn't he quite diligent?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jia almost vomited. Such shamelessness was practically a unique trait. However, since the other party was a captain, Zhu Jia couldn't show it directly. He could only suppress his nausea and force a couple of dry laughs: "You are quite diligent."

After leaving the flight preparation room, Xu Xian headed straight for the restaurant. The breakfast set with shrimp that Fang Ying had mentioned was easy to find, but the price was also outrageous.

It was just a breakfast, but it cost Xu Xian a full 120 yuan, which completely shocked his spending habits. Of course, what shocked him even more was his wallet. It had probably been a long time since his wallet had paid such an expensive breakfast.

Actually, very few people order set meals like this at this restaurant. Although there's a variety of dishes, it's just too expensive. Most people ordering here choose one or two things they like, which reduces the cost significantly and keeps it within their budget. However, Fang Ying actually ordered a set meal right away—she really dared to say that!

Being ripped off by Fang Ying was a huge blow to Xu Xian, who was already in dire straits.

When Xu Xian returned to the preparation room with the rather substantial breakfast, he found that the flight attendants had already arrived and were surrounding Fang Ying, seemingly coordinating the flight crew.

Xu Xian quickened his pace, but just as he reached Fang Ying's side, he heard Fang Ying say, "Is there anything else to add?"

Xu Xian was taken aback. That was it? The captain had already done the crew coordination while he was away, without waiting for him at all? Wasn't he part of the crew?

"Captain, what is the order of authority succession for this flight?" the chief flight attendant asked.

Normally she wouldn't ask this question because there are regulations to follow. However, this captain is a bit special, so it's better to ask for clarification.

"Oh, this one! Well... me, Zhu Jia, and then... are you the chief flight attendant?" Fang Ying asked, pointing to the chief flight attendant who had asked the question.

Just now, she had already announced her identity as the chief flight attendant, but Fang Ying forgot about it in the blink of an eye. Important people have such bad memories!

However, the chief flight attendant still maintained a smile: "Yes, I am the chief flight attendant for this flight!"

"That's you! Me, Zhu Jia, and then you. After that, it's the first-class flight attendants, and so on down the line!" Fang Ying said casually.

The flight attendant noticed Xu Xian behind Fang Ying and pointed to Xu Xian's position: "Captain, where is this gentleman?"

"Who?" Fang Ying turned around and saw Xu Xian. Looking down, she noticed the bag Xu Xian was carrying and immediately cheered, "Thank you, thank you!"

As he spoke, he chuckled and took the breakfast bag from Xu Xian's hand.

The flight attendant recognized Xu Xian as the second officer on this flight. According to regulations, the order should be captain, first officer, second officer, and then her. Of course, the captain has the authority to change the order, but it's not very common.

The flight attendant wanted to ask more questions, but then noticed Xu Xian giving her a look. After Fang Ying turned around and couldn't see Xu Xian's actions anymore, Xu Xian directly gave the flight attendant a hand gesture.

The flight attendant quickly figured it out!

Xu Xian meant, "Stop talking!"