Chapter 80: Airport Reunion (The Male Lead

Suburban Capital Airport.

Qin Muyang bought a ticket on the fastest flight back to Haishi while in Pei Xiao's car.

From Sijiucheng to Haishi, the flight takes just two or three hours, with several flights a day.

What Qin Muyang didn't expect was that, upon entering the VIP lounge, he saw two familiar faces.

One was Shen Ye, the other was Lu Chen.

Having just witnessed Lu Yanshen's car accident, and now seeing Lu Chen, who bears an identical face to Lu Yanshen, Qin Muyang felt a pang of sorrow.

Lu Chen has always been a buzz‑cut in my memory—sunny, resolute, and when he smiles, he's bursting with energy, highly infectious.

Unlike that Lu Yanshen, who is stern and aloof, he doesn't know whether life's pressures are too great, as if he never knows what a smile is.

Just looking at him makes one uncomfortable.

Without comparison it would be fine, but now, compared to Lu Chen, Qin Muyang finds Lu Yanshen even more displeasing to the eye.

Qin Muyang walked over and, without waiting for their invitation, sat down in another empty chair.

He stared intently at Lu Chen.

Just by the face, it's really hard to tell Lu Chen and Lu Yanshen apart.

But the head shape makes them easy to distinguish.

"What are you staring at me for, Lawyer Qin?" Lu Chen chuckled lightly, put down his phone, and picked up the coffee in front of him.

At that moment, the waiter brought Qin Muyang a cup of coffee, and he thanked them.

"You're welcome, Mr. Qin."

After the waiter left, Qin Muyang also picked up his iced coffee and took a sip, saying, "People, people—it's truly the same face, different fate. You two probably never imagined that, just now right before my eyes, the man who shared your face was hit by a car."

Shen Ye lowered his head to get coffee, saying nothing.

Lu Chen smiled: "Is that the guy Shen Ye just told me about—same surname Lu, named Lu Yanshen, the tyrant CEO?"

"Exactly." Qin Muyang nodded.

"How is he?" Lu Chen continued asking, for if he showed no curiosity at all it would seem odd.

"He's in the hospital."

"Shen Ye said that this Mr. Lu is Lawyer Qin's former brother‑in‑law?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." The marriage is already over, and Qin Muyang doesn't want to bring it up.

"You two are both going to Haishi?" Qin Muyang glanced at their tickets on the table—they're on the same flight, all in first class.

"Yeah, there's a case in Haishi I need to look into." Shen Ye said.

"There's a tech summit over there, and they invited me; since I've got nothing else coming up, I might as well tag along." Lu Chen said.

"Is your research finished?" Qin Muyang asked.

Last time, it was precisely because I saw Lu Yanshen's face that I specially had someone help me find Lu Chen.

Back then, I heard Lu Chen was secluded in his lab for a long time; later, when he found time to call me, I realized he was very busy.

In every major city, Lu Chen has laboratories and research bases.

Sijiucheng has them, Haishi has them, and other big cities do too.

"Pretty much done; all that's left is waiting for the data to come out." Lu Chen nodded.

"How long will you two be staying in Haishi?"

"Depending on how the case goes, if there are no doubts I'll probably still stake out in Sijiucheng." Shen Ye said.

"The company is preparing to launch a course, Lawyer Qin. I recall you once mentioned your sister's interest in voice studies, right?" Lu Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, that girl is just fascinated by some oddball fields." Qin Muyang nodded.

He knows this because he happened to run into his family's Tang Bao searching everywhere for a book on voice studies.

Only then did he realize that voice studies is actually an academic discipline.

But he never expected Lu Chen to still remember this so clearly.

"What, is your LC Technology Company about to launch this course?" Qin Muyang wasn't stupid; Lu Chen could say that only because his company was surely preparing to roll out a new training program.

"Well, Professor Wu has nothing better to do; he previously contacted me, wanting to settle in Haishi and retire here, so he might teach this course—but Professor Wu is old, and even if he does, it would be just two sessions a week."

"Professor Wu? The old professor who once taught King?" Shen Ye asked.

"Yeah, you still know King?" Lu Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Can you stop looking down on me?" Shen Ye was speechless.

Of course, he knows King because of Xie Wantang.

King is Xie Wantang's idol, and Xie Wantang admires them.

But whether King is male or female, Xie Wantang herself doesn't know.

Xie Wantang gave herself the name Queen, drawing inspiration from the English name King.

In private, she indulged in a bit of fantasy.

"Fine, fine, I was wrong."

As the three chatted, boarding time arrived.

With Lu Chen right in front of him, Qin Muyang completely stopped paying attention to Lu Yanshen's affairs.

……

Haishi.

Xie Wantang had just landed and powered on her phone when she learned that Lu Yanshen and Xia Meng had been in a car accident.

These two have recently been trending on Sijiucheng's hot searches; before that, there was her—she had left Sijiucheng, and soon the public would forget her.

This time, Xia Meng and Lu Yanshen both met with accidents, right at the intersection not far from where she had just taken off on her flight.

Some blunt‑mouthed netizens commented under the video: "This is the fate that awaits a man who discards his loyal wife, the scumbag who destroys a family and his mistress."

Upstairs, say less; my Xia Meng goddess is not a mistress.

Exactly, if the upstairs doesn't know the love history between Xia Meng and that Lu Yanshen, it's best to shut your mouth to avoid making a joke.

My Xia Meng goddess has clarified: Lu Yanshen and that lady surnamed Xie had an amicable divorce, and Lu Yanshen gave a ten‑billion divorce settlement; may I ask which scumbag is that generous.

……

There are many comments, but they're all without much substance.

Xie Wantang doesn't want to read; she just wants to ask her older brother for verification—by the time of the car crash, it was shortly after their plane took off.

However, when Xie Wantang called Qin Muyang, Qin Muyang had his phone turned off.

Xie Wantang opened WeChat and saw Qin Muyang's Moments post: a group photo of him with Shen Ye and Lu Chen, captioned: "Three of us together~~~".

The background picture looks like an airport lounge.

Xie Wantang's elegant eyebrows furrowed even deeper.

Xu Yanqiu opened his phone and also saw a push notification about the car crash; after opening it, he found the protagonists were Lu Yanshen and Xia Meng, so Xu Yanqiu hurried to Xie Wantang's side, pushing the handle of her wheelchair.

Did you see that trending‑search push over there?

"Hmm, you saw it too?" Xie Wantang nodded.

"You saw it; would you say this is the fastest retribution in history for a scumbag and a mistress?"

……

Xie Wantang didn't know what to say; her mood was a bit complicated, and her mind even more muddled.

It's not that she's a saint, but she just feels that whether it's Lu Yanshen or Xia Meng, actually, they aren't as excessive as other scumbags and mistresses.

At least they didn't get intimate while she and Lu Yanshen were still not divorced.

Xia Meng has Lu Yanshen's love, yet she doesn't rely on that love, coming pregnant to force her to step aside.

What's up, dear? Feeling sorry?

Xie Wantang shook her head to deny: "No."

She didn't know what to say; she just felt the whole thing was a bit odd, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what was odd.