Tycoon: From Rags to Riches

Chapter 105: Chapter 103: Grade 18 Flight Attendant Class 2

Night fell over the mountaintop villa.

After her bath, Jiang Ruan changed into a set of pale yellow silk pajamas. She finished her skincare routine in front of the vanity mirror and then stepped out of the bathroom.

The door to her suite was open. As Jiang Ruan emerged from the bathroom, her gaze drifted involuntarily toward the hallway outside.

When she saw that the door to the south-facing master suite was still tightly closed, and the entire second floor remained as quiet as ever, she couldn’t help but press her lips together.

She walked back to her bed and picked up her phone.

She glanced at the time: 9:10 PM.

"It’s better if he doesn’t come back!"

"I can finally get some peace and quiet!"

An inexplicable frustration bubbled up inside Jiang Ruan.

She unlocked her phone screen and opened WhatsApp.

A WhatsApp group named "Class of ’18, Flight Attendants 2" was showing [99+] unread messages.

A flash of surprise crossed Jiang Ruan’s eyes when she saw it.

This was her old university class group. It had been quite active right after they graduated last year, but as everyone got busy with their own lives and jobs, the group had fallen silent. It had been a long time since anyone had posted.

’What’s going on today?’

Puzzled, Jiang Ruan tapped into the group and scrolled up to see the chat history.

She quickly found out why the group was so lively.

Han Yijia had been promoted directly to a two-cabin flight attendant right after finishing her internship.

Two-cabin flight attendants are what most people would call first-class flight attendants. They primarily serve passengers in first and business class.

Compared to regular cabin crew, their salaries are much higher, they cater to a more high-end clientele, and their workload is relatively lighter.

Normally, a regular cabin crew member needs to work in economy class for about two years before they are even eligible to compete for a promotion to a two-cabin position.

A case like Han Yijia’s, getting promoted directly to a two-cabin position right after her internship, was exceptionally rare—so rare that many of them had never even heard of it happening.

Looking at the flood of congratulatory messages in the group, Jiang Ruan felt a pang of bitterness.

Back in university, Han Yijia had also been a famous beauty whose name was known all over Yanhang.

Unfortunately for her, she ran into Jiang Ruan.

Han Yijia was indeed beautiful, but Jiang Ruan was even more so.

When two campus belle-level beauties appeared in the same class, it was only natural that people would compare them.

Neither Jiang Ruan nor Han Yijia paid much mind to the gossip at first. In fact, for the first two years, their relationship was quite good.

That was until their junior year, when that incident happened, and their relationship dropped to a freezing point.

To put it simply, Han Yijia developed a crush on a Brother Fu from a neighboring university and actively pursued him.

But just as their relationship was growing more intimate, that Brother Fu happened to meet Jiang Ruan by chance. He was instantly captivated, stopped paying Han Yijia any attention, and instead began to pursue Jiang Ruan relentlessly.

The more Jiang Ruan rejected him, the more persistent he became.

In the end, the whole affair caused a huge stir, and Han Yijia was utterly humiliated.

From then on, Han Yijia and Jiang Ruan were at odds.

After graduation, Han Yijia successfully joined Eastern Airlines, while Jiang Ruan was tricked, causing her to miss the major airlines’ recruitment seasons. The gap between the two of them became obvious right then and there.

During that time, Han Yijia was finally able to hold her head high. She made more than a few passive-aggressive digs at Jiang Ruan in the class group, often leaving Jiang Ruan too angry to sleep.

Now, messages were still flooding the group chat.

Zhou Yi: "Jiajia, you’re just too amazing! A direct promotion to a two-cabin crew right after your internship... I’ve never heard of that happening, not in our class of ’18, not even in the two classes above us."

Dong Wei: "Jiajia is already a two-cabin attendant at 23! If you work hard for another couple of years, couldn’t you become a purser before you’re 27?"

Xiao Lin: "I haven’t even gotten on a plane yet, and Jiajia’s already on a two-cabin crew. Comparisons are just brutal!"

Zhou Yi: "And it’s not just Jiajia who’s amazing—her boyfriend is incredible too! A 28-year-old Captain at Eastern Airlines, and he’s tall, handsome, and rich!"

Dong Wei: "I’m drooling with envy. A Captain at Eastern Airlines must make at least a million a year, right? Jiajia, you’re a role model for our generation!"

Han Yijia: "You’re all exaggerating. I just got a little lucky, that’s all. You’ll all become two-cabin attendants sooner or later. I’ll just scout out the path for you first."

...

Jiang Ruan read through the messages, her irritation growing.

She was about to ignore the chat—out of sight, out of mind—but before she could, someone brought her up.

Zhou Yi: "Jiajia, when we had dinner a couple of weeks ago, you said you were planning to buy a car. Have you decided on a model you like?"

Han Yijia: "Right now, I’m leaning toward a Mercedes C-Class. I’m planning to find some time to go for a test drive soon."

Zhou Yi: "A Mercedes C-Class? Jiajia, you’re getting a Mercedes? I remember Jiang Ruan from our class works as a sales consultant at a Mercedes dealership, right? She’d definitely know the most. You should ask her for the rock-bottom price beforehand so you don’t get ripped off."

Dong Wei: "I don’t think Jiang Ruan has said anything in the group since graduation. The major airlines were recruiting recently. I wonder if she got hired."

Du Shiyin: "It’s such a shame about Jiang Ruan."

Zhai Yu: "Ruan Ruan, did you get in this year? @Jiang Ruan"

Han Yijia: "We’re all classmates. If you’re having trouble, you can just say so. We can all put our heads together and help out however we can."

Zhou Yi: "Exactly! With her boyfriend’s position at Eastern Airlines, getting you a ground crew job would be a piece of cake for him, at the very least."

...

As soon as Jiang Ruan was mentioned, the number of people typing in the group noticeably increased.

Everyone was very curious about the current situation of this former, widely-acknowledged campus belle of Yanhang.

Of course, many of them were just waiting for a good show.

Seeing the former star of the campus now doing worse than they were filled them with a strange sense of satisfaction.

Jiang Ruan stared at the scrolling messages, took a deep breath, and felt a tightness in her chest from the stifled frustration.

"BZZZ—"

Just then, her phone vibrated lightly.

She picked it up and saw a message from Gu Heng: You asleep?

In response to Gu Heng’s late-night question, Jiang Ruan first replied with a single word: No.

Then, she bit her lower lip, hesitated for a moment, and asked Gu Heng: Are you coming back tonight?

A few minutes later, Gu Heng replied: Not coming back.

Jiang Ruan looked at Gu Heng’s somewhat cold reply, feeling an inexplicable pang of disappointment. She typed: So you messaged me this late just to ask if I was asleep?

Gu Heng: No.

Gu Heng: I’m messaging to tell you to bring some of my underwear from the house to the Beichun Junlan Hotel tomorrow afternoon.

Reading Gu Heng’s message, Jiang Ruan’s right hand, which had been holding the phone, suddenly clenched into a tight fist. Then, she threw the phone hard onto the bed.

"AHH!"

"Jerk!"

"He must be doing this on purpose!"

Jiang Ruan stood there with her hands on her hips, looking furious, but in reality, her heart had long since turned into a sour lemon...

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