Several panicked voices rose, calling out Lin Tian’s name, especially Xiao Manxuan, whose cries were laced with tears. They watched as Lin Tian slammed into the door, sending fragments flying everywhere. Such a strong impact made them all worry about Lin Tian possibly getting hurt.
"Shh, don’t talk, be careful not to choke." Lin Tian blew the door away and swiftly turned a corner before doubling back, stretching out his arm to quickly envelop the waists of the Xiao sisters, then lifted them and quickly retreated to a safe area.
"Are you all okay?" Mrs. Xiao approached with concern.
"I’m fine... fine, but ask Lin Tian if he’s okay." Xiao Manxue, thinking about the potential harm her sister could have suffered, still spoke with a sense of lingering fear.
Lin Tian set the sisters down on the ground and said, "I’m okay, just that my clothes are torn again."
But no sooner had Lin Tian finished speaking than Xiao Manxuan suddenly embraced him tightly, bursting into tears. She cried and shouted, "Scoundrel, I thought you were going to die, wuuu... I would rather die myself than have you save me, wuuu..."
This... the little girl’s words seemed too childish, but why did they move me so much, I wonder? Her words always seemed to tug at the heartstrings. However, Mrs. Xiao was giving him a strange look; as a seasoned woman, she could tell there was something off about her daughter’s words—could it be that she’d fallen for Lin Tian?
Even the Miss looked on with a mix of astonishment and suspicion, including Ou Mengmeng, who, despite her brashness, also picked up on the undercurrent of feeling in the words. The atmosphere suddenly grew odd, with no one paying attention to the fire anymore.
"Uh, Second Miss, it’s nothing. We still need to put out the fire. If it really starts to spread, then we could indeed end up dead," Lin Tian said, feeling somewhat embarrassed. After all, as their daughter’s bodyguard, things seemed to have taken a different turn, almost as if he were taking liberties, which is why he hastened to remind them of the fire.
"Oh..." Xiao Manxuan let go and wiped her tears. Though normally rather spoilt, her mood had calmed down, and now she felt embarrassed by her impulsive behavior; she lowered her head and ran to her mother, not daring to look at her.
"Zhou Botong, what are you dallying for? Hurry and get moving, we’re two grown men, can we really let the women take the lead?" Lin Tian shouted to the dazed Zhou Botong, then turned back and charged towards the storage bin with portable fire extinguishers, opened it and took two at a time and ran.
He couldn’t care less at the moment, tilting his head to bite and pull out the safety pin of the extinguisher, and aimed at the base of the flames in the kitchen pressing down on the lever. With a ’whoosh,’ the dry powder from the extinguisher sprayed out fiercely, and with the force of two extinguishers, a big portion of the flame was put out instantly.
"I’m coming!" Zhou Botong, following Lin Tian’s example, embraced two fire extinguishers and charged towards the kitchen, spraying.
Fires on planes usually involved electrical issues, so the extinguishers were mostly the dry powder type. With four extinguishers targeting the kitchen simultaneously, a thick wave of dry powder surged forth, extinguishing another large portion of the flames.
"Don’t think that only you men can charge into battle. We women can too!" Ou Mengmeng, not to be outdone, shouted before running to grab an extinguisher and boldly joined the fray.
Now, the other women wanted to help extinguish the fire. Lin Tian was speechless with them—in case there was another explosion, he only had two hands, whom to save? Without looking back, Lin Tian shouted, "Mrs. Xiao, Miss, you guys go check the fire prevention system, better if you could fix it. In case there is a bigger fire, it could come in handy."
Mrs. Xiao had also wanted to join in extinguishing the fire, but hadn’t thought things through at the moment. When Lin Tian shouted, her face reddened, realizing she, the host of the plane, was not as calm as Lin Tian.
After all, the kitchen wasn’t that big, and more people wouldn’t be of much help, so Mrs. Xiao, her three daughters, and the two flight attendants went to deal with the fire suppression system.
Lin Tian, Secretary Xu, and the two from Zhou Botong’s home worked in pairs, taking turns to fight the fire. They had just opened the second fire extinguisher when suddenly, a "hiss" of gas sprayed out from above the kitchen, and the fire inside quickly died down.
Not bad at all, they had fixed the fire system in less than two minutes. Lin Tian put down the extinguisher and breathed a sigh of relief. He patted the dry powder off his broken clothes and turned to look at the others, who also had plenty of it on their faces. Especially Secretary Xu, whose pretty face was dusted with white powder, seemed even more charming.
"Not bad," Lin Tian said to everyone, giving a thumbs-up, then waved his hand to lead the way to find Mrs. Xiao and the others.
The plane wasn’t too big when it came to sprinting; Lin Tian saw them after just a few steps and was curious about how Mrs. Xiao had managed to handle the situation so quickly.
"Mrs. Xiao, how did you manage to do this so quickly?" Lin Tian asked, intrigued. The situation shouldn’t have been easy to handle, considering the flight attendants were professionally trained. If it was simple, they would have fixed it earlier.
"See for yourself, it was Manxue who fixed it!" Mrs. Xiao answered, with a hint of admiration in her voice.
Is that so? Following Mrs. Xiao’s gaze, Lin Tian saw a red steel pipe that had been bent but was now straight again. Could it really have been the Miss who did this? He looked at the Miss in amazement, marveling inwardly at how mighty she was to have straightened a steel pipe thicker than an arm!
"Humph, Lin Tian, what’s with that look? It’s just a steel pipe. I saw it got bent and blocked the outlet, so I simply straightened it back. What’s so surprising about that!" The Miss snorted dissatisfiedly with her chin up.
Just that? Lin Tian was impressed, knowing she was a genuine Ancient Martial Artist, yet a delicate girl who had managed to straighten a steel pipe thicker than an arm was at odds with her delicate, beautiful image.
"Well done, Xiao’s big, strong daughter, I am impressed!" Lin Tian gave a thumbs-up, jokingly said.
But being called a big, strong daughter by Lin Tian didn’t please the Miss, who glared at him fiercely and "humphed" unwilling to pay him any heed.
Zhou Botong was also sweating profusely at the sight. Such immense strength, if it were applied to his own arm, there would be no need to twist it into a pretzel—his arm would simply be twisted off. He involuntarily shifted half a step behind Lin Tian, as it seemed only Lin Tian could handle such a formidable woman, and standing behind him felt safer.
"Er, let’s go check the wiring, see if there’s any short-circuit that could have caused a fire," Lin Tian suggested, not wanting to compete in arm strength and preferring to divert attention elsewhere.
Everyone agreed and split up to check. Lin Tian went to change into a new set of clothes and headed towards the cockpit alone. After they all left, his gaze flickered, and he used his super vision to scan from the tail of the plane. The internal structure of the plane, wire placement, and pipe installation—all of it was clearly visible to him.
No issues at the tail, the fuselage was normal. Lin Tian finally looked towards the cockpit, where the two beautiful pilots were still operating methodically. He didn’t have time to admire the cool poise of the beauties, as a cluster of sparks bursting into flames caught his eye!
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