Chapter 0173


    Chapter 0173


    Watching Madison’s pursed-lip smile, Charlie exhaled a long sigh.


    “Hey, she…” Yu Lulei leaned in toward Charlie, “Is she really in a rtionship with your boss?”


    Charlie, one to stay out of other people’s business, replied, “I’m not sure myself.”


    “Humph,” Yu Lulei pouted. “We’re friends, aren’t we? Do you have to be so insincere?”


    “I truly don’t know.”


    “What don’t you know?” Madison put down her phone.


    Kou Mei ryed, “Yu Lulei was asking Captain Charlie whether you’re really dating the Chairman of


    Mukino International, and Captain


    Charlie said she wasn’t sure.”


    Madison took a sip of her pearl soup and slowly nodded, “Yes.”


    Yu Lulei’s eyes gradually widened, her breath momentarily seizing, ” Really?! It’s not just for


    show?!”


    She had always believed that the reports were just a publicity stunt to spread Mukino International’s


    fame.


    “But aren’t you under pressure, dating your own boss? Doesn’t he push you to work hard?” Yu Lulei


    was genuinely puzzled.


    Madison thought for a second, “Not at all. He never rushes me, sometimes he doesn’t even want


    me to go to work.”


    Charlie couldn’t resist gossiping, “So he supports you financially?”


    Madison recalled Ethan saying something simr, “Seems like it.”


    Kou Mei mmed the table, “You didn’t agree?!”


    “No, I didn’t…”


    Feeling the grievous stares of the three women, Madison was utterly confused.


    Yu Lulei, the outspoken one, eximed, “You… You… You really don’t know how to treasure a gem!


    He’s willing to support you financially, why don’t you hold on to him? Do you actually enjoy the


    hardship?”


    Madison replied, “I don’t want to stay at home all day, and besides, flying is my passion.”


    Having once given up her dreams for family and suffered the consequences, she was not about to


    make that mistake again.


    “You want to fly, you could ask him to get you a ne. Apply for a route, and fly around the world for


    fun. Why go through the trouble of working so hard?” suggested Yu Lulei.


    Madison was perplexed and turned to Charlie, “Do you feel the same, way?”


    Charlie, upon being questioned, pondered for a while and answered seriously, “As long as you’re


    happy. But I support you having your career. No person, man or woman, should lose their individual


    worth; otherwise, they’ll eventually be the one abandoned.”


    Yu Lulei mumbled, “I’d rather freeload if not for my parents bein pilots and wanting to make them


    proud. Otherwise, I would’ve rotting at home.”


    Kou Meiughed at her, “Your mom would kill you.”


    “Eat your food, no talking!” Yu Lulei huffed.


    “Right.”


    +25 BONUS


    Charlie remembered the next day’s assessment, “The three of us are in the same group as Shihua.


    Considering the vile thing she did today, do you think she’ll cause trouble tomorrow?”


    Even Kou Mei, from the national airline, felt sick thinking about it, “I didn’t expect her to y so


    dirty.”


    Madison put down her spoon, her eyes glinting coldly, “If she’s still participating in the ranking at this


    critical moment, it’s either because. she wants to continue in the industry or… she has ulterior


    motives.”


    Given their past conflicts, Madison couldn’t help but suspect Shihua was plotting something. I


    Elsewhere, Shihua, upon learning that the assessment had been dyed, clenched her teeth in


    secret


    “What are you thinking about, Captain Shihua?”


    “Hm?” Shihua snapped back, gripping her phone, “Just the assessment.”


    “You’re so capable, there won’t be any problems with the assessment. You’re sure to be the first S-


    tier pilot in domestic aviation,” ttered some of her international airline colleagues.


    Hua Mei was the only female pilot at Envoy Air, while the other fen pilots who made snide


    comments that day were from other m


    airlines.


    Those minor airlines, overshadowed by the growing Mukino International, had started to unofficially


    band together for mutual support against the potential oppression ofrgerpanies.


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    Little did they know, Mukino International and the national airline didn’t consider them at all.


    +25 BONUS


    Shihuaughed it off, “Do you know why the assessment was postponed out of the blue?”


    The other pilots quickly gathered around her, whispering while. ncing around, “I overheard some


    gossip, not sure if it’s true or not. They say a Mukino Air pilot had some trouble, and then somehow


    managed to get the international assessmentmittee to agree to dy the ranking.”


    Shihua’s hand under the table clenched her thigh in a vice grip.


    Jealousy and hatred burned within her.


    All because of Madison, the assessment had been dyed?


    What made her so special!


    Soon, pilots from variouspanies gathered around to chat and


    gossip.


    “Captain Shihua, why did you leave Mukino Air for Envoy?”


    Some people from otherpanies knew of Shihua and were simply


    curious.


    But to the sensitive Shihua, it felt like tant schadenfreude.


    Struggling to maintain herposure, Shihua replied, “I have


    connections with the Chairman of Mukino International. As soon as


    returned to the country, I flew international routes and even l flight squadron. But people had their


    grievances. So I left. matter where I am, I’m a pilot.”


    Her words made it seem as though she was forced out due to from other Mukino International


    pilots.


    “Really? I have a friend who used to work at Mukino Air, and they said. the pilots there were quite


    amiable.”


    +25 BONUS


    Shihua nced at the speaker, “Men and women are different, aren’t they?”


    Understanding dawned on everyone.


    So it was the female pilots who were jealous of Shihua and conspired


    to drive her away?


    In their profession, personal merit mattered most, and they despised


    those without genuine talent.


    “You’re friends with President Grant, who would dare bully you?”


    “Why not talk to President Grant?”


    Shihua sighed, feigning dejection, “Friends are friends, but they can’tpare to a girlfriend. Let’s


    not talk about this anymore.”


    Everyone exchanged knowing looks, grasping some of the unsaid.


    truths.


    The next morning.


    The four women stepped out together for breakfast. All the domestic. pilots were staying in this


    grand hotel, albeit on different floors, but the dining room was the same.


    As they reached the restaurant, Charlie constantly checked on Madison’s condition, relieved to see


    her seemingly well.


    “Without any ability, what right does one have to drive others a


    “In this day and age, aren’t there plenty of people who abuse their power? It’s normal among


    women.”


    “We’re also wornen, and we’ve earned our ce in this industry. How is it right for her to bully


    others?”


    +25 BONUS


    “I had my suspicions when I heard she became a captain at such a young age, and even won an


    internationalpetition. Someone must really be willing to spend on her. Money talks, and we just


    can’tpete.”


    The disdainful words clearly targeted Madison, and the barbs were


    not lost on anyone.


    Charlie’s face tightened immediately, and Kou Mei frowned as well.


    Only Madison remained unfazed.


    Yu Lulei was the first to act.


    With a cheerful smile, she sauntered over, leaned down, and asked, ” Colleagues, if I may inquire,


    what kind of nonsense are you spewing this fine morning?”