Ruаn Siхiаn lеft thе уacht with rеd-rimmеd еуеs.
Though she wаsn’t bоrn into a wеalthy оr influеntiаl fаmilу, nоr was she sоme prodigy, she had bееn the sсhoоl bеllе sinсe сhildhооd, nеvеr laсking suitors. Therе hаd beеn occаsional gоssip, but no оnе hаd еvеr humiliаtеd her like this.
Whаt “giving уou а сhаncе,” what “whаt а coinсidеncе.”
What did he takе her for?
If Fu Mingуu hаdn’t turnеd and wаlked awaу immеdiаtelу, if shе hаdn’t соnsidеred thаt this wаs Biаn Xuаn’s boss’s pаrty, if thеrе hаdn’t beеn fоrеignеrs all around, Ruаn Sixian would have thrоwn the wine in her hаnd right in Fu Mingyu’s fаcе.
Вut now it wаs all wishful thinking. Having missed the best moment, Ruan Sixian knew that explaining anything to a jerk like Fu Mingyu was pointless.
Leave!
Leave right now!
Unable to bear this humiliation, Ruan Sixian decided to leave World Airlines, to escape Fu Mingyu’s sphere of influence, and no longer stay under his company like a fool, struggling to make a living.
The hotel room was equipped with a computer. Ruan Sixian opened Word and began drafting her resignation letter.
In the middle of it, Si Xiaozhen called, and Ruan Sixian lashed out at her without hesitation.
“You still ask! Because of this, I’ve lost all face. I’m done, I’m resigning right now!”
Si Xiaozhen was thrown into confusion by Ruan Sixian’s anger, unsure what she had done wrong, and her voice choked up instantly.
“Wh-what’s wrong with you? I wanted to tell you not to deliver the letter anymore. I have a new opportunity.”
Ruan Sixian rubbed her forehead, her hair a mess. Lifting her eyes to the words “Resignation Letter” on the computer screen, she finally calmed down.
She shouldn’t have taken it out on Si Xiaozhen.
On the phone, Ruan Sixian didn’t pay attention to what Si Xiaozhen meant by “new opportunity.” Her mind was filled with thoughts of Fu Mingyu. Patting her chest, she tried to calmly recount what had happened over the past two days to Si Xiaozhen, 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 should I know? He must be sick!”
Si Xiaozhen fell silent for a moment, then said, “Maybe he’s encountered too many women like that, so he misunderstood you…”
“So I should just take it? I don’t care, I’m resigning. Just thinking about him now makes me unable to breathe!”
The atmosphere on the other end of the call was heavy. After a long pause, Si Xiaozhen said, “I’ll resign with you. My uncle called me today. Commercial Aircraft Corporation…”
Suddenly, an unfamiliar phone ringtone sounded behind her. Ruan Sixian immediately turned around and saw Jiang Ziyue standing behind her. Jiang Ziyue had been staring at her in a daze, but when the ringtone suddenly went off, she looked flustered and immediately lowered her head to silence her phone.
But it was only a moment of panic. When she looked up again, Jiang Ziyue’s expression had returned to normal.
“Um…” Jiang Ziyue said, “I just opened the door. You didn’t hear me.”
Meaning she had heard everything Ruan Sixian said to Si Xiaozhen.
“I’ll talk to you later.”
Ruan Sixian hung up the phone and turned to look at Jiang Ziyue, unsure what to say.
Jiang Ziyue seemed a bit awkward too. She ducked into the bathroom to wash her hands, then came out to organize her things without saying a word.
Ruan Sixian thought, since things had come to this, there was no hiding her intention to resign, so she didn’t dwell on it further.But Jiang Ziyue ultimately couldn’t hold back. While folding clothes on the bed, she said, “Are you really resigning? Don’t be impulsive, think it over again.”
Her words were sincere, but Ruan Sixian didn’t detect much emotion in them. It felt like a formulaic attempt to persuade, just something said for the sake of it.
So Ruan Sixian simply shook her head and said she had already made up her mind.
Sure enough, Jiang Ziyue didn’t ask any more questions.
Ruan Sixian continued writing her resignation letter, the lamp by her desk staying on until two in the morning.
The return flight took off two days later. When they arrived in Jiangcheng, the weather wasn’t great—thick layers of fog shrouded the city, and many planes circled overhead, unable to land.
It was already early morning. The nearby farmland was beginning to stir, with farmers carrying tools walking leisurely along the ridges in twos and threes.
The highways around were bustling with traffic, and the police officers at the airport entrance were sweating as they directed the flow.
Long queues formed at the departure level entrance, while people stuck in traffic dragged their suitcases and sprinted toward the check-in counters.
As the thick fog gradually dissipated, planes finally began to descend slowly. Busy ground crew members guided the aircraft to precise stops.
Jiangcheng International Airport remained as it always was, and the Hengshi Airlines headquarters next to the airport was as busy as ever.
Glamorous flight attendants pulled their flight cases back and forth between World Airlines and the airport, chatting and laughing constantly. Every day was the same, and their conversations revolved around the same old topics.
It wasn’t until a week later that everyone heard Ruan Sixian from the fourth cabin crew department had resigned.
It was said she left decisively, not even waiting out the one-month handover period. She paid a penalty fee, forfeited her year-end bonus, and moved out of the cabin crew dormitory that very day.
Her close friend Si Xiaozhen left with her.
But everyone’s attention was focused on Ruan Sixian.
Young and beautiful, she had graced the cover of World Airlines’ magazine just a few months earlier, becoming a featured flight attendant and gaining considerable attention. Privately, she was jokingly called the “Flower of World Airlines,” and many single and even non-single captains frequently showed her favor.
Career-wise, she was on the rise, excelling in her flight duties. Wang Lekang had always admired her and even offered to exceptionally promote her to chief flight attendant to persuade her to stay when she submitted her resignation, but she still left.
The HR process was completed quickly.
Fu Mingyu’s secretary mentioned in passing, “That Ruan Sixian has resigned.”
Fu Mingyu flipped through the documents on his desk. “Who is Ruan Sixian?”
“She’s the one…” The secretary coughed lightly. “The flight attendant who served you coffee three times on the plane.”
Fu Mingyu’s movements didn’t pause. The half-inch-thick stack of documents left him no time to dwell on such matters.
But after a moment, he chuckled.
“Couldn’t handle the disappointment after that failed trip to the hotel?”
The secretary shrugged. Probably.
Who knew?
In any case, Fu Mingyu had seen plenty of 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 outright by Wang Lekang.
Fu Mingyu said nothing more and gestured for the secretary to leave.
Just then, Assistant Hu knocked and entered with a stack of documents.
“The final version of the ACJ31 procurement contract is ready. I’ve reviewed it three times. Please take a look as well.”
The documents were placed on Fu Mingyu’s desk, twice as thick as the previous stack.
After all, aircraft procurement wasn’t a trivial transaction—it would shape the future development of Hengshi Airlines.It was precisely due to the large-scale procurement plan for the ACJ31 that this domestically developed new aircraft would gradually dominate Hengshi Airlines' fleet in the future, leading to a significant reduction in demand for pilots of other aircraft types. This was why Fu Mingyu decided to cancel the internal recruitment program, the Soaring Plan.
With fleet reforms imminent, the upper management of Hengshi Airlines was swamped with work, and the name "Ruan Sixian," much like her face, lingered only briefly in Fu Mingyu's mind.
Fleeting, like a goose passing without leaving a trace.
But that didn’t mean others weren’t interested in Ruan Sixian’s departure.
Some said she had jumped ship, lured away by better offers from North Airlines.
But that didn’t make sense—she was just a flight attendant, hardly worth poaching.
Others claimed she had been proposed to and resigned to become a full-time housewife.
There were even rumors she had switched careers.
Opinions varied, and no one was certain. Some messaged her on WeChat asking for the reason, and she replied that she wanted a change of environment, but no one believed it.
Who changes environments so abruptly?
Until a few days later, someone spotted Ruan Sixian dining with Captain Yue at a famous glass restaurant in London.
Everyone assumed she must have gotten together with Captain Yue and rushed off to the UK in a hurry.
But this seemingly plausible explanation was quickly debunked, and the truth finally began to circulate.
It turned out that Ruan Sixian had tried to seduce President Fu on a flight, and after failing, she relentlessly pursued him in London, becoming such a nuisance that he couldn’t bear it.
This incident occurred during a time when the flight service department was cracking down on "misconduct." Ruan Sixian, bold and confident in her beauty, had overestimated her charm, only to be rejected.
So, before she could be fired, she resigned to save face.
Everyone believed this version of events because it came from her flight crew that day, complete with details, making it highly credible.
Some sighed, thinking that if Ruan Sixian had been less ambitious and settled for a young captain with an annual salary of a million, occasionally flying on her boyfriend’s flights, she would have been far better off than most people—a life many could only envy. Why did she have to aim for the position of a wealthy man’s wife?
But gossip was just gossip. With everyone busy with work and making a living, after a few weeks, only those in the fourth flight service department occasionally brought up the matter.
A few more weeks passed, and only those who were close to Ruan Sixian still talked about it.
Later… the name "Ruan Sixian" existed only in the archives of Hengshi Airlines, stored among outdated journals.
Year after year, the rice fields near the airport ripened three times, and vast stretches of land were developed, extending into runways.
Hengshi Airlines saw changes in personnel, with old faces replaced by new ones. Occasionally, a flight service manager or captain would mention the name "Ruan Sixian," leaving the junior flight attendants puzzled—who were they talking about?
Later, after the third year, even the flight service managers rarely mentioned Ruan Sixian.
Ruan Sixian left at the peak of her career, never expecting her reputation to vanish like foam, quickly dissipating in the tide of time.
During these three years, many changes took place within Hengshi Airlines.The chairman has gradually delegated authority and now only oversees matters at Hengshi Financial Aviation Leasing Company. His two sons—the elder manages the business department while also handling overseas operations. Young Master Fu, Fu Mingyu, has grown increasingly capable. Initially, the chairman specifically assigned Assistant Hu, who held vice president-level treatment, to assist Fu Mingyu. Now, that is no longer necessary. Assistant Hu has returned to his original position, and Fu Mingyu alone oversees various business support departments, currently serving as the operations director.
There are also minor pieces of gossip, such as the chairman’s eldest son, the elder Master Fu, having his engagement with his fiancée called off.
Fu Mingyu’s secretary was promoted to general manager of the North Africa business department, while a new handsome secretary has arrived here.
Additionally, Jiang Ziyue from the flight attendant department is now together with Captain Yue, who was transferred back to the Jiangcheng base. The two are inseparable, sweet as honey.
New flight attendants are also joining the department in waves, each as beautiful as flowers. There is a new "flower" of World Airlines, who graced the cover of the internal magazine with her exceptional beauty. Passengers who flip through it remember her at a glance, and male employees within the company are growing restless.
It seems no one remembers Ruan Sixian.
A year later, Ruan Sixian was mentioned again because someone saw this new "flower" of World Airlines and suddenly remarked, "I think this Ni Tong somewhat resembles Ruan Sixian."
Others disagreed, saying, "Resemble what? At most, she’s a budget version of Ruan Sixian."
Upon hearing this, Ni Tong was displeased and went to ask Jiang Ziyue.
"Master, who is Ruan Sixian?"
"Her..." Jiang Ziyue raised an eyebrow, snorted lightly, and didn’t continue.
Ni Tong pressed her, "Was she a former colleague?"
Jiang Ziyue said yes, and Ni Tong replied, "They all say I look a bit like her. Are there any photos? I want to see."
She just wanted to see why she was considered the "budget version."
Jiang Ziyue said, "Where’s the resemblance? You’re prettier than her."
Ni Tong still wasn’t satisfied after hearing this because the person who called her the "budget version of Ruan Sixian" was a captain.
In this regard, she cared more about men’s opinions.
"Let me see a photo, just one look."
Jiang Ziyue had no choice but to check Ruan Sixian’s WeChat. As usual when she clicked in, there was a line saying, "Friends can only view the last three days of moments," with no content at all.
So she said, "Why compare yourself to her? Do you also want to resign in disgrace like her?"
Ni Tong blinked, "What do you mean?"
Jiang Ziyue shook her head and recounted the events from three years ago in an extremely emotional tone.
After hearing it, Ni Tong nearly doubled over with laughter.
"Really? How utterly presumptuous!"
Jiang Ziyue raised an eyebrow, "Who says otherwise?"
But this didn’t particularly comfort Ni Tong. She was still deeply bothered by the phrase "budget version of Ruan Sixian," thinking that if she had joined three years earlier, she would have definitely competed with her.
Unfortunately, Ni Tong now felt utterly powerless, much like how a new lover can never compete with a deceased former love. She couldn’t compare herself to someone no longer at the company.
Fortunately, this talk soon faded from attention. Ni Tong was exceptionally promoted to chief flight attendant, gaining the favor of her superiors, and no one brought up the "budget version" again.
Now, everyone’s focus is on the upcoming delivery of the new ACJ31 passenger aircraft.
The first batch of independently developed passenger aircraft by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China has emerged, with orders covering major airlines across the country.
This means leading aircraft manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing are facing significant challenges.This also signifies that the future dominance of the high-altitude domain may undergo a shift.
Hengshi Airlines stands ready, revitalized with a renewed spirit. A new dedicated runway has been completed, and the Sixth Flight Squadron has been established, all in preparation for the arrival of the new aircraft model, the ACJ31.
—And simultaneously, in preparation for the arrival of the ACJ31 pilots.
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