Ruan Sixian left the yacht with teary eyes.

Although she wasn’t born into a prestigious family and wasn’t exactly favored by heaven, she had been the school beauty since childhood. She never lacked suitors, and while there had been occasional rumors, no one had ever humiliated her like this.

What did he mean by “I’ll give you a chance” and “quite a coincidence”?

What kind of person did he take her for?

If Fu Mingyu hadn’t immediately turned and walked away, if she hadn’t been concerned about this being Bian Xuan’s boss’s party, if they hadn’t been surrounded by foreigners, Ruan Sixian would have thrown her entire drink in Fu Mingyu’s face.

Unfortunately, everything was just wishful thinking now. The best moment had passed, and Ruan Sixian knew that no explanation would work with an idiot like Fu Mingyu.

Leave!

Leave immediately!

Ruan Sixian couldn’t bear this humiliation. She decided to leave World Airlines and escape Fu Mingyu’s sphere of influence, no longer staying at his company and living like an idiot.

The hotel room was equipped with a computer. Ruan Sixian opened Word and began writing her resignation letter.

During this time, Si Xiaozhen called, and Ruan Sixian immediately unleashed a torrent of criticism.

“You’re asking me? Because of this, I’ve completely lost face. I quit! I’m resigning right now!”

Si Xiaozhen was dazed by Ruan Sixian’s fury, not knowing what she had done wrong. Her voice suddenly became choked.

“W-what’s wrong? I just wanted to tell you that you don’t need to deliver the letter anymore. I’ve found a new path.”

Ruan Sixian held her forehead, her hair disheveled from pulling at it. She looked up at the words “Letter of Resignation” on the computer screen and finally calmed down.

She shouldn’t take her anger out on Si Xiaozhen.

On the phone, Ruan Sixian didn’t pay attention to what new path Si Xiaozhen was talking about. Her mind was full of Fu Mingyu. She patted her chest, trying to calmly tell Si Xiaozhen what had happened in the past two days, and then passionately cursed Fu Mingyu for ten minutes, using every derogatory term she could think of.

After listening, Si Xiaozhen was speechless for a long time.

“H-how could he be like that?”

“How would I know? He must be sick in the head!”

Si Xiaozhen was silent for a moment, then said, “He might have encountered too many women like that and misunderstood you…”

“Does that mean I should suffer? I don’t care, I’m quitting. Just thinking about him makes it hard for me to breathe!”

The atmosphere on the other end of the line was very depressing. After a long while, Si Xiaozhen said, “I’ll resign with you. Today my uncle called me, Commercial Aircraft Corporation…”

Suddenly, an unfamiliar phone ringtone sounded behind her. Ruan Sixian immediately turned around to see Jiang Ziyue standing there, who had been staring at her in a daze. When the ringtone suddenly sounded, she looked tense and flustered, quickly lowering her head to check her phone.

But it was just a moment of panic. When she looked up again, Jiang Ziyue’s expression had returned to normal.

“Umm…” Jiang Ziyue said, “I just opened the door, but you didn’t hear.”

Meaning she had heard everything Ruan Sixian had said to Si Xiaozhen.

“I’ll talk to you later.”

Ruan Sixian hung up the phone and turned to look at Jiang Ziyue, not knowing what to say.

Jiang Ziyue also seemed a bit embarrassed. She went into the bathroom to wash her hands, came out, and organized her things without saying a word.

Ruan Sixian thought that since things had come to this point, her resignation couldn’t be kept secret anyway, so she didn’t bother addressing it.

But Jiang Ziyue finally couldn’t hold back. While folding clothes on the bed, she said, “Are you going to resign? Don’t be impulsive, think about it more.”

Her words sounded sincere, but Ruan Sixian didn’t hear much emotion in them. It was like a formulaic attempt to dissuade her, just for the sake of saying something.

So Ruan Sixian just shook her head and said she had already made up her mind.

Sure enough, Jiang Ziyue didn’t ask further.

Ruan Sixian continued writing her resignation letter, with the desk lamp burning until two in the morning.

The return flight took off two days later. When they reached Jiang City, the weather wasn’t good. Dense fog layered the sky, and many planes were circling, unable to land.

It was early morning. The nearby farmland was beginning to wake up, with small groups of farmers carrying tools, strolling along the field ridges.

The surrounding highways were bustling with traffic, and the traffic police at the airport entrance were sweating from directing vehicles.

Long lines formed at the departure level entrance, and people who had been stuck in traffic were running to the check-in counters with their luggage.

As the thick fog dispersed, planes finally began to land slowly one after another. The hurried ground staff guided the aircraft to the park precisely.

Jiang City International Airport remained as usual, and the Heng World Airlines headquarters located next to the airport was still as busy as ever.

Glamorous flight attendants pulled their travel cases between World Airlines and the airport, laughing constantly. It was the same every day, but they kept talking about the same old stories.

Until a week later, people heard that Ruan Sixian from Cabin Service Department Four had resigned.

It was said that she left decisively, not even waiting for the one-month handover period. She paid a hefty breach of contract fee, gave up her year-end bonus, and moved out of the employee dormitory the same day.

Her good friend Si Xiaozhen left with her.

But everyone’s focus was on Ruan Sixian.

Young and beautiful, she had been on the cover of World Airlines’ magazine just a few months ago, becoming the face of the airline and enjoying a moment of glory. Privately, she was called the “Flower of World Airlines,” and many pilots, both single and not, frequently showed interest in her.

Her career was also on the rise. Her flight assignments were excellent, and Wang Lekang had always admired her. When she submitted her resignation, he even offered to promote her to the chief flight attendant as a special case to keep her, but she still left.

The personnel procedures were quickly processed.

Fu Mingyu’s secretary mentioned, “That Ruan Sixian has resigned.”

Fu Mingyu was flipping through documents on his desk. “Who is Ruan Sixian?”

“The one who…” The secretary coughed. “The flight attendant who brought you coffee three times on the plane.”

Fu Mingyu’s movements didn’t pause at all. The half-inch thick documents left him no time to bother with these matters.

But a moment later, he smiled.

“Because she went to the hotel and found it empty, she couldn’t handle the rejection?”

The secretary shrugged. Probably.

Who knows?

In any case, Fu Mingyu had seen many women like this before, and he didn’t even know this flight attendant’s name.

Besides, Fu Mingyu had been drinking that day. If not for that, Ruan Sixian would likely have been fired directly by Wang Lekang.

Fu Mingyu didn’t say anything more and signaled for the secretary to leave.

At this moment, Special Assistant Hu knocked and entered with a stack of documents.

“The final version of the ACJ31 procurement contract is ready. I’ve already reviewed it three times; please take a look.”

The documents were placed on Fu Mingyu’s desk, twice as thick as the previous stack.

After all, this was an aircraft procurement, not a trivial transaction. It would affect Heng World Airlines’ future development.

It was precisely because of the large-scale procurement plan for the ACJ31, a self-developed new passenger aircraft that would gradually dominate Heng World Airlines’ fleet, that Fu Mingyu had decided to cancel the internal pilot recruitment program called “Flying Plan,” as the demand for pilots for other aircraft types would significantly decrease.

With the fleet reform approaching, the upper management of Heng World Airlines was extremely busy, and the name “Ruan Sixian,” like her face, only existed briefly in Fu Mingyu’s mind.

Fleeting, leaving no trace like wild geese passing by.

But that didn’t mean others weren’t interested in Ruan Sixian’s departure.

Some said she had switched companies, and that North Airlines had offered better conditions.

But that didn’t make sense; she was just a flight attendant, not worth being poached.

Some said she had received a marriage proposal and resigned to become a full-time housewife.

Others said she had changed careers.

Opinions varied, and no one was certain. Some asked her the reason on WeChat. She said she wanted a change of environment, but no one believed it.

Who would leave so hastily just for a change of environment?

Until a few days later, when someone saw Ruan Sixian dining with Captain Yue at a famous glass restaurant in London.

Everyone thought she must have gotten together with Captain Yue and had eagerly gone to England.

But this seemingly reasonable explanation was immediately shattered when the real reason finally spread.

It turned out that Ruan Sixian had tried to seduce President Fu on the plane, and after failing, she had desperately pursued him in London, to Fu’s annoyance.

This happened just when the Cabin Service Department was cracking down on “misconduct.” Ruan Sixian was stubborn, relying on her beauty to be pampered, but unfortunately, he wasn’t interested.

So she resigned before being fired to save face.

Everyone believed this version because it came from her flight crew that day, with all the details, making it highly credible.

Some sighed, saying if Ruan Sixian had set her sights a bit lower and found a young captain with an annual salary of one million, who could fly with her boyfriend’s flights, it would still be much better than most people could hope for. So many would envy that. Why did she fixate on becoming a wealthy man’s wife?

But gossip is just gossip. With such busy work schedules, everyone was focused on making a living. After a few weeks, only people from Cabin Service Department Four occasionally mentioned this matter.

A few more weeks passed, and only those who were close to Ruan Sixian would bring it up.

Later… the name “Ruan Sixian” only existed in Heng World Airlines’ archives where expired periodicals were stored.

Year after year, the rice fields next to the airport ripened three times, and a large plot of land was developed and extended into a runway.

Personnel at Heng World Airlines kept changing. Occasionally, when chief flight attendants chatted with captains, they would mention the name “Ruan Sixian,” and the junior flight attendants would look confused—who were they talking about?

Later, by the third year, even the chief flight attendants rarely mentioned Ruan Sixian.

Ruan Sixian had left at the peak of her glory, but her reputation, like bubbles, quickly dissipated in the waves.

During these three years, many changes occurred within Heng World Airlines.

The chairman gradually delegated his power and now only controlled Heng Financial Aviation Leasing Company. Of the chairman’s two sons, the elder one managed the business department and handled overseas business. The younger son, Fu Mingyu, had grown in influence. Initially, the chairman had specifically assigned Special Assistant Hu, who had the treatment of a vice president, to assist Fu Mingyu, but that was no longer necessary. Special Assistant Hu returned to his original position, while Fu Mingyu alone controlled various business support departments and currently serves as the Operations Director.

There was smaller gossip too, such as the broken engagement between the chairman’s eldest son and his fiancée.

Fu Mingyu’s secretary had been promoted to General Manager of the North Africa Business Department, and a new handsome secretary had come to replace him.

And that Jiang Ziyue from the Cabin Service Department got together with Captain Yue, who had been transferred back to the Jiang City base. The two were inseparable.

New flight attendants kept joining the Cabin Service Department, each one beautiful. There was a new “Flower of World Airlines” who, with exceptional beauty, was featured on the internal magazine. Passengers remembered her after flipping through it, and male employees within the company were stirred.

It seemed no one remembered Ruan Sixian.

A year later, Ruan Sixian was mentioned again because someone saw the new “Flower of World Airlines” and suddenly said, “I think this Ni Tong somewhat resembles Ruan Sixian.”

Others disagreed, “What resemblance? At most, she’s a lower-grade version of Ruan Sixian.”

When Ni Tong heard about this, she was very unhappy and went to ask Jiang Ziyue.

“Master, who is Ruan Sixian?”

“Her…” Jiang Ziyue raised her eyebrows and gave a light snort without continuing.

Ni Tong kept asking, “A former colleague?”

Jiang Ziyue said yes, and Ni Tong said, “They say I look a bit like her. Do you have a photo? I want to see.”

She just wanted to see why she was considered a “lower-grade version.”

Jiang Ziyue said, “How are you alike? You’re prettier than her.”

Ni Tong was still unhappy after hearing this because the person who called her a “lower-grade Ruan Sixian” was a captain.

In this regard, she cared more about men’s evaluations.

“Let me see a photo, just a look.”

Jiang Ziyue had to check Ruan Sixian’s WeChat, and just like whenever she had checked before, there was a line saying “Friends can only view the last three days of Moments,” with no content visible.

So she said, “What’s there to compare between you and her? Do you also want to resign in disgrace like her?”

Ni Tong blinked, “What do you mean?”

Jiang Ziyue shook her head and, with an extremely emotional tone, told the story from three years ago.

After listening, Ni Tong almost doubled over with laughter.

“Really? How presumptuous!”

Jiang Ziyue raised her eyebrows, “Exactly.”

But this didn’t particularly comfort Ni Tong. She was still very bothered by the phrase “lower-grade Ruan Sixian,” thinking that if she had come three years earlier, she would have competed with her.

Unfortunately, Ni Tong now felt powerless, like a new love forever unable to compete with a deceased former love. She couldn’t compare herself with someone who was no longer at this company.

Fortunately, this saying was quickly forgotten. Ni Tong was promoted to chief flight attendant as a special case, gaining her superior’s favor, and no one mentioned the “lower-grade” comment anymore.

Now, everyone’s focus was on the upcoming delivery of the ACJ31 new passenger aircraft.

The first batch of self-developed passenger aircraft from Commercial Aircraft Corporation had emerged, with orders covering all major airlines across the country.

This meant that leading aircraft manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing faced a huge challenge.

It also meant that the dominance in the skies might change hands in the future.

Heng World Airlines was fully prepared, with a fresh new outlook. A brand new dedicated runway was completed, and the Sixth Flight Team was established, ready to welcome the arrival of the new ACJ31 aircraft.

—And also ready to welcome the arrival of the ACJ31 pilots.