312 Old Man and a Riddle (2/2)
The crude explanation instantly made the girl blush. And as the first-class cabin was fairly compact, flight attendant Tan Ningfu also heard it, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks as well.
Having attracted the attention of Tan Ningfu, someone he fancied, Wang Yanzu became bolder and spoke even more loudly. Patting Xiao Luo's shoulder, he said, ”Brother, since you know the answer to 'men with long legs,' then you should also know the answer to 'women with long legs,' right?”
”Chún Gao—that's easy.” Somewhere in the cabin, a male passenger shouted the answer, which meant ”lipstick” in Chinese.
”Chún Gao[3]?”
Oh, my goodness!
Such filthy jokes made the faces of all the female passengers go red.
Wang Yanzu enjoyed being the center of attraction, and once he got going, it was difficult to stop him. The other male passengers were even responding to his obscene humor.
Xiao Luo finally found some peace and quickly plugged his earphones on and closed his eyes. If he could, he would've also put up a sign that said: do not disturb!
It wasn't that he was against such humor, but to share obscene jokes around with someone he had only known for less than 10 minutes was another matter.
An elderly man got up and was heading toward the toilet. Suddenly, after just a few steps, he collapsed on the aisle, and his wife quickly went to him and called out, ”Help! Anyone, please help my husband!”
Tan Ningfu immediately ran over and attended to the emergency. After assessing the old man's condition, she put him in a recovery position and promptly reported it to the purser. ”A passenger has passed out!”
The purser, along with the safety officer, hurried to the first-class cabin.
”What happened?” the purser asked the old man's wife.
”I don't know, I don't know… Please help my husband, I beg you…” the old lady was sobbing, and held the old man's hand tightly as she pleaded for someone to help.
The purser immediately said to Tan Ningfu, ”Get on the PA and ask if they are any doctors on board!”
”Yes, ma'am.”
Tan Ningfu grabbed the handset from her station and spoke into the mouthpiece, ”Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. We have a medical emergency, are there any doctors on board? I repeat, are there any doctors on board? Please identify yourself with any of the crew. Thank you.”
The announcement was repeated several times, but no one came forward.
”Aren't there any doctors on board?”
The purser who was giving the old man first aid, and she sighed when she got the news. She looked at the safety officer and said, ”Get in touch with flight control. Inform them about the medical emergency, and request for landing at a nearby airport. Go, hurry!”
The officer left in a hurry and returned soon after, shaking his head. ”The nearest airport is Xiahai. It will take us another hour and a half to get there. Flight control has already contacted the Xiahai airport, and a medical team will be ready on arrival.”
”Do we have enough time?”
The purser looked at the old man, he had his eyes shut tightly, and he was in apparent agony. Her heart was racing with anxiety.
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[1] Wu Yanzu: Chinese American actor, Daniel Wu.[2] ”Dan Gao”: a pun in Chinese, ”Dan,” meaning ”egg” or ”testicle,”; and ”Gao,” meaning ”tall,” hence ”egg-tall,” a reference to a man with long legs.[3]” Chún Gao”: a similar pun as in [2] above,” chún” meaning ”lips,” resembles the female private part, hence ”lip-high,” a reference to a woman with long legs.
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