Captain, Hear Me Out

[Female Air Traffic Controller x Male Captain + Marriage Before Love + Extra Sweet + Both Chaste, Heroine Has an Ex + Fictional Setting]

After suddenly developing weather sensitivity, Ji He finds herself frustrated at every turn. While abroad, she gets drunk and flirts with a man, then hurries back home once she sobers up.

Back at work, she never expects to hear a familiar, amused voice over the radio.

Their fates become entwined. When their elders ask how they feel about getting married, the captain says nothing, so she takes a step back. “We could get married under a contract.”

Captain Shi, an only son from a wealthy family who has never lacked admirers, has no objections.

*

Shi Qian'an had assumed life would remain as calm and uneventful as ever. He never imagined that the wife who practically landed in his lap would be so irresistible.

At six thousand meters, Shi Qian'an, who once had to think twice even about holding hands, asks softly:

“Approach controller, may I request a higher altitude?”

The always sweet and easygoing area controller answers with a smile, “You can't climb. You're already the shortest one in my airspace.”

The first officer bursts out laughing. “Your wife won't let you climb, and she says you're the shortest in her airspace.”

After returning from his flight, Shi Qian'an goes home and holds Ji He tenderly but firmly in the night. “I want to appeal. I never agreed to a marriage of convenience.”

*

Shi Qian'an is warm and considerate to everyone. Even though he's good to her, Ji He never dares assume that she's the only one he truly loves.

Not until Shi Qian'an calls “Mayday” on her frequency.

At last, Ji He understands that she is special to him.

“Lingyun 874, radar at Xialan Control confirms the airspace is clear. Contact Approach. Goodbye.”

“Thank you for your guidance, Control. Until we meet again.”

Not goodbye, but until we meet again.