Chapter 167: True friends
Outside the departure hall at Rongcheng Airport, beside a Buick Regal, Tang Wu wore a brown crew-neck T-shirt, soft black cotton trousers that hugged her figure, and pink-striped sneakers. A bulging tan bag hung across her body. Instead of a high ponytail, her smooth hair swept past her ears and flowed around her slender neck as though alive, falling over her chest. Her face held a beauty that seemed to have shed its youthful innocence.
She stood beside a man in his early thirties wearing a suit and straw sandals. Even amid the crowds outside the airport, the two made a particularly striking pair.
The man was Wang Wei, the manager of Tang Zongyuan's local holding company in Rongcheng, whom Tang Zongyuan had arranged to accompany Tang Wu to pick someone up. Only thirty, he had worked as a civil servant, held jobs, and started businesses, experiencing both success and failure along the way. He had made something of a name for himself in Rongcheng's circles and usually drove one of two cars: a Buick Regal for commuting and an Audi soft-top convertible. Fairly wealthy and a high-level professional, he was the sort of man who was young yet rich in experience. Still, he remained single, though whether that was because he enjoyed the privileged bachelor's life too much was anyone's guess.
"Mr. Tang is actually very exacting. He often insists on handling things personally. That probably has a lot to do with how he built everything he has today, one step at a time. Once he gets into work mode, he has a presence all his own. If I told you he was serious and strict to the point of being harsh, you might not believe me..."
"That side of him you see hasn't appeared