novelraw Chapter 0168 The Best Farewell
Chapter 0168 The Best Farewell
The early summer sun is always bright and clear.
VIP waiting lounge at City A International Airport.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, rows of silver-white passenger planes take off and land on the runway.
A gentle female voice came over the loudspeaker, announcing an upcoming flight to Europe.
Wen Ning sat on the leather sofa in the waiting room.
She was dressed simply today, wearing a white silk shirt with light blue wide-leg pants, and her hair was casually tied back with a shark clip.
But she exudes a soft and bright radiance from within.
That confidence comes from being nurtured by both love and career.
Zhou Xu sat opposite her.
He was dressed in a casual dark gray trench coat, lacking some of the sharpness and tension of the former young master of the Zhou family, but with more composure and ease after experiencing many things.
Although the Zhou family survived the bankruptcy crisis, they only managed to retain a semblance of dignity.
The business landscape of City A has long been reshaped, and the Zhou Group no longer has any room to wield its influence here.
Zhou Xu cleaned up the mess in China and prepared to go to the European branch to start over.
"Remember to send me a message when you get there."
Wen Ning gently pushed a cup of hot coffee toward Zhou Xu.
Zhou Xu picked up his coffee and took a sip.
He didn't look out the window, but quietly studied Wen Ning in front of him.
Three years ago, she was like a frightened little bird, and he arranged for her to board a flight to Paris.
At that time, she was pale, fragile, and her eyes were filled with death.
When she returned to China, she was still hiding in her shell, carrying unpaid debts and a deep sense of guilt.
But now.
Looking at her rosy cheeks and her clear, bright, and even slightly charming eyes.
Zhou Xu finally felt a huge weight lifted from his heart.
You are doing well now.
Zhou Xu suddenly spoke, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible emotion and relief.
Wen Ning paused for a moment, then smiled, her eyes crinkling.
"Yes, it's great."
"The art exhibition was a great success, and my work was very fulfilling."
I wasn't talking about work.
Zhou Xu put down his coffee cup and placed his fingers interlaced on his knees.
I'm talking about your people.
He looked at her, his gaze becoming incredibly serious, as if he were making a long-overdue summary.
"Ningning."
"In the past, I always thought Jiang Ci was too young and too arrogant."
Zhou Xu chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"Now it seems I was wrong. Terribly wrong."
"He not only blew up the sky, but he also became the sky himself."
"And he took very good care of you."
"Better than me, better than the Zhou family."
Zhou Xu spoke frankly and with a sense of relief.
He acknowledged Jiang Ci's strength and his love for Wen Ning.
Wen Ning felt a slight soreness in her nose as she listened to these words.
She knew that Zhou Xu's past ruthlessness and obstruction were all for the purpose of protecting her and sparing her from the suffering of displacement.
He just didn't understand that what she wanted was never that gilded cage.
"Big brother."
Wen Ning reached out and gently placed her hand on the back of Zhou Xu's hand.
"Thank you."
"Thank you for taking care of me back then, thank you for taking me in when I was at my most desperate."
"Thank you too... for cooperating with me in that scene."
Without Zhou Xu, she wouldn't have been able to leave smoothly three years ago, and Jiang Ci might not have been able to give up so quickly and launch a counterattack.
Zhou Xu patted the back of her hand with his other hand.
"We're all family, so let's not speak like strangers."
"I just hope that you can always smile as happily as you do now."
"Ningning, you made the right choice."
This sentence is the brother's most sincere affirmation of his sister.
……
In the corridor outside the waiting room.
Jiang Ci stood in the shadow of a Roman column.
He was wearing a black suit, one hand in his pocket, his posture upright like a pine tree.
He didn't go in.
He knew that Zhou Xu was leaving today and Wen Ning would come to see him off.
He personally drove Wen Ning to the airport, but stopped at the entrance of the waiting room.
"Go inside."
He touched Wen Ning's hair, his voice gentle.
"I'll be waiting for you here."
He gave her and Zhou Xu some space to say goodbye alone.
If it were the Jiang Ci of the past, who was insecure and possessive, he would have stared at Zhou Xu like a thief, and might even have deliberately asserted his dominance in front of Zhou Xu.
But Jiang Ci no longer needs that.
He stood at the pinnacle of power in this city.
He also knew that Wen Ning's heart belonged to him completely.
This composure and confidence of a victor gave him the magnanimity to forgive those who had passed through her life.
Through the glass doors of the waiting area.
Jiang Ci looked at the two people talking inside.
He saw the smile on Wen Ning's face.
I also saw Zhou Xu's relieved expression.
Just then.
Zhou Xu seemed to sense something, raised his head, and looked past the glass into the shadows of the corridor.
Eyes facing each other.
There was no smell of gunpowder in the air.
There was no longer the tense atmosphere of the past.
Zhou Xu looked at Jiang Ci, nodded slightly, and said yes.
It was a handover from one man to another.
It is also a form of reconciliation.
He completely entrusted Wen Ning to him.
Jiang Ci stood in the shadows.
He did not dodge.
Similarly, he nodded slightly to Zhou Xu.
This can be considered a response.
This can also be considered a promise.
He promised he would protect the girl inside with his life.
"Attention passengers, boarding for the flight to Paris is about to begin..."
The broadcast started.
Zhou Xu stood up and picked up his coat from the side.
"I have to go now."
Wen Ning stood up as well.
"Brother, have a safe journey. Remember to let me know when you arrive safely."
"it is good."
Zhou Xu gave her a deep look.
He turned around and strode towards the boarding gate.
There was no turning back.
Wen Ning stood there, watching Zhou Xu's figure disappear around the corner.
As the silver-white plane soared into the sky and disappeared into the blue sky.
In Wen Ning's life, there was once the most complex and repressive thread of "family affection" and "gratitude".
It has finally come to a perfect end.
She is free.
Her past, her present, her future.
They all belong only to her and the people she loves.
Wen Ning turned around and walked out of the waiting room.
As soon as I stepped outside, I was embraced by a broad and warm embrace.
Jiang Ci caught her.
"Gone?" he asked in a low voice.
"Okay, I'm leaving."
Jiang Ci took her hand and they intertwined their fingers.
"Then let's go too."
"Where to?"
"go home."