Chapter 060: Heiress Chu Yiren's Plane Crash
Watching Xiao Na angrily leave to catch the cheating boyfriend at Ru Jia Hotel, Lin Lang took a sip of weishi ji (whisky), a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
Zhou Mengyao looked at the handsome Lin Lang as if he were a monster, exclaiming in surprise, "Old classmate, why didn't I know before that you had the ability to predict things?"
Lin Lang replied, "As the saying goes, after three days, one should look at someone with new eyes."
"We haven't seen each other for four years of college since we graduated high school. It's not strange that I've gained some knowledge of divination and metaphysics, is it?"
Zhou Mengyao replied with difficulty, "Of course it's strange!"
"Divination and metaphysics, Qi Men Dun Jia, those are ancient arts. How could an ordinary person possibly learn them?"
"Sometimes, I also feel like I'm a prodigy with extraordinary talent," Lin Lang boasted proudly.
Zhou Mengyao exclaimed, "Old classmate, you really are a genius! Among the five arts of metaphysics – Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Physiognomy, and Divination – you first mastered the unique skill of Chinese medicine diagnosis, discerning from my father's face that he had insufficient heart blood and blood stasis in his heart vessels."
"Now you also have some knowledge of divination and metaphysics, calculating that Xiao Na's boyfriend cheated on her with her best friend. You've already mastered two of the five arts of metaphysics. You're simply amazing!"
Lin Lang replied, feigning modesty, "The Mountain art of metaphysics, also known as Immortal art, is a Taoist method of alchemy and cultivation. I genuinely don't know this one yet."
"Destiny art is fortune-telling and reading birth charts, which Lin Lang also has a slight understanding of."
"Physiognomy is about reading people, land, and residences."
"Reading people means reading palms and faces, which is easy to understand."
"Reading residences refers to what is now called Yang House Feng Shui, and reading land refers to Yin House Feng Shui, which examines the impact of dragon, sand, acupoint, water, and direction on the fate of the descendants of the buried person."
Zhou Mengyao wiped away a bead of cold sweat after hearing this, and weakly said, "No way, Old classmate?"
"You mean that among the five arts of metaphysics, you have some knowledge of all four except for Immortal art?"
Lin Lang took a small sip of weishi ji (whisky) and replied, "I am not talented, I just have a slight understanding of everything."
Old Ma, the team coach, exclaimed, "I knew that to become an appraisal expert, one needs a very broad knowledge base and must know a lot, but I never expected one to also need to understand metaphysics?!"
Lin Lang replied, "Physiognomy in Destiny art is not only for reading Yin House Feng Shui, but also for tomb excavation and archaeology. More skills never hurt."
Zhou Mengyao asked, "Lin Lang, what did you mean just now when you said you only temporarily don't understand Immortal art?"
"Of course, it's the literal meaning."
"Temporarily not understanding Immortal art doesn't mean I won't understand it in the future. What if I comprehend Immortal art later? I'll take you with me to ascend to immortality, and we can continue to be deskmates in the Immortal Realm," Lin Lang joked.
Zhou Mengyao covered her mouth and chuckled, "After three years of being deskmates in high school, you're not tired of me yet? You still want to be my deskmate after ascending to immortality?"
Lin Lang replied with a smile, "Every day spent as deskmates with the beautiful school flower is full of energy. How could I ever get tired?!"
Old Ma, the team coach, played matchmaker, deliberately teasing, "BOSS, you and Mr. Lin look like a perfect match, truly a match made in heaven!"
A blush spread across Zhou Mengyao's exquisite face as she tactically took a sip of weishi ji (whisky).
Immediately after, Zhou Mengyao changed the subject and said, "Lin Lang, you said you have some knowledge of Destiny art and can read residences and Yang House Feng Shui. Then, what do you think of the Feng Shui of my motorcycle bar?"
Lin Lang countered, "For free?"
"You want to charge me even if it's not for free?" Zhou Mengyao laughed.
Lin Lang replied half-jokingly, "To have this master read the Feng Shui of your residence, the fee is quite high~"
Zhou Mengyao sweetly smiled, "With our relationship, do you still need to charge?"
"What kind of relationship do we have?"
"Even close siblings settle their accounts clearly!"
"We're not a couple, so of course, I have to charge for this master to read the Feng Shui of your residence," Lin Lang joked.
Zhou Mengyao, with eyes full of affection, continued to joke, "What do you mean? Do you actually want us to be a couple?!"
"Uh... BOSS, I suddenly have a stomachache. I'm going to the restroom."
Old Ma, the team coach, knew he was a third wheel, so he found an excuse to create an opportunity for the two to be alone.
After Old Ma left.
"Mengyao, when you look at me with those big blinking eyes, I easily get disoriented. Congratulations again on winning the championship and becoming Asia's number one female racer," Lin Lang said with a smile, raising his glass.
"Thank you!" Zhou Mengyao clinked glasses with Lin Lang.
The two looked at each other, both draining the wine in their glasses.
Zhou Mengyao proactively poured wine for Lin Lang and tentatively asked, "Old classmate, I've never heard you talk about what type of girl you like?"
"My criteria for a partner are similar to those of all traditional Chinese men; there's nothing special about them."
"Then what are the traditional Chinese men's criteria for choosing a partner?"
Lin Lang replied, "For a wife, of course, she must be gentle and virtuous, understanding, well-educated, well-mannered, fair-skinned and beautiful, well-proportioned, emotionally devoted, and filial to her parents. That's probably about it!"
"Haha..."
"You men think it's quite beautiful, but in daily life, how many girls meet so many requirements?"
Lin Lang replied, "There are! Mengyao, you fit perfectly."
Zhou Mengyao smiled faintly after hearing this, understanding that Lin Lang was implying that his ideal partner was her.
So, Zhou Mengyao asked, "Then why don't you ask me what type of boy I like?"
Lin Lang replied half-jokingly, "Isn't the boy you like me?"
Zhou Mengyao's face flushed crimson upon hearing this, and she replied shyly, "Who likes you?"
"Stop being so narcissistic and conceited~"
Before the two could continue chatting, Zhou Mengyao's phone rang urgently.
The caller ID showed Xiao Lei, the team's technician.
Lin Lang smirked, "Answer it! Xiao Na must have successfully caught them."
"Hello~ Xiao Lei!" Zhou Mengyao answered the phone.
Xiao Lei said during the call, "BOSS, Lang Ge is truly a god!"
"Hei Zai and I accompanied Xiao Na to Room 2403 of Ru Jia Hotel, and we caught Xiao Na's boyfriend, who she was about to get formally engaged to, and Xiao Na's best friend inside the room. They really were having an affair."
Zhou Mengyao was shocked upon hearing this and asked, "Xiao Na didn't do anything drastic, did she?"
Xiao Lei replied during the call, "The heartbroken Xiao Na broke up with her boyfriend on the spot and cut ties with the best friend who seduced her boyfriend."
"Now, Xiao Na has run out of Ru Jia Hotel in distress. With Hei Zai protecting and comforting her, nothing should happen, right?"
Zhou Mengyao said, "Then you can just come back by yourself."
"Yes, BOSS."
After hanging up the call.
Zhou Mengyao looked at the slightly tipsy Lin Lang, who smelled of alcohol, as if he were an alien, exclaiming, "Old classmate, you really can predict things!"
"Xiao Na followed the information you provided and actually succeeded in catching them cheating at Ru Jia Hotel!"
"You're too amazing!"
"Not only can you predict that it would suddenly rain during my race today, but you can also predict that Xiao Na's boyfriend would cheat on her with her best friend. This is simply unbelievable!"
"A mere trifle, not worth mentioning," Lin Lang said, drinking half a glass of weishi ji (whisky).
"Lin Lang, you've kept it well-hidden. You possess such wondrous arts, yet you're so low-key. If it weren't to help me win the race, I'm afraid you wouldn't have told me that you could predict things and had some knowledge of divination and metaphysics, would you?"
Lin Lang lied, "Such ancient arts, if used in today's society, would make people think of me as a charlatan. Of course, I wouldn't use them casually."
Zhou Mengyao, with an admiring expression, raised her glass and said, "It seems the Lin Lang I knew before was just the tip of the iceberg. My amazing Old classmate, this toast is for you!"
Lin Lang smiled with drunken eyes, and after clinking glasses with the beautiful Zhou Mengyao, he drained the wine in his glass in one gulp, showing his heroic spirit.
Zhou Mengyao's gaze towards Lin Lang couldn't help but become even more gentle and adoring.
Ding! Omnipotent Entry System notification: 【In 30 minutes, the heiress Chu Yiren will depart from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport on WU343 International Flight for a business trip to Sakura Country.】
【WU343 International Flight will crash and explode five minutes after takeoff due to engine failure and control system malfunction, with all personnel perishing and no survivors.】
"Holy crap!" Lin Lang's heart jolted.
The thought of Chu Yiren's imminent plane crash instantly sobered Lin Lang by half.
AI generated beautiful image of Chu Yiren rushing to the airport for her flight.
After a moment of stunned, Lin Lang grabbed the Audi A6 car keys from the table and stood up in a panic, saying, "I'm so sorry, Mengyao!"
"I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I'll have to excuse myself. Goodbye!" Lin Lang rushed out of the motorcycle bar, racing against time.
Zhou Mengyao didn't know what had happened, but she watched Lin Lang's retreating figure and shouted, "Lin Lang, you've been drinking! Don't drink and drive!"
Lin Lang didn't look back and ran out of the motorcycle bar like a madman.
Because Lin Lang had drunk a lot, he couldn't drive himself to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and could only choose to take a taxi.
Outside the Dream Yao Motorcycle Theme Bar Club, there were many taxis waiting for fares.
Lin Lang randomly got into a taxi, and before the driver could ask where to go, Lin Lang anxiously said, "Hongqiao Airport, quickly, quickly!"
The middle-aged male driver drove the taxi away from the Dream Yao Motorcycle Theme Bar Club.
Lin Lang hurriedly pulled out his phone and dialed Chu Yiren's number, but no one answered, making Lin Lang break out in a sweat from anxiety.
"Holy crap!"
"Yiren sister isn't answering the phone, isn't this bad?" Lin Lang was secretly alarmed.
Ding! Omnipotent Entry System notification: "Chu Yiren's phone has already been set to airplane mode."
Lin Lang thought to himself, "Doesn't the Chu family have a private jet?"
The system replied, "The Chu family does have a private jet, but Chu Yiren just happened not to be taking the Chu family's private jet today."
Lin Lang, reeking of alcohol, anxiously asked, "Master, how long does it take to get from Dream Yao Motorcycle Theme Bar to Hongqiao Airport?"
The middle-aged male taxi driver, while driving the taxi unhurriedly, replied, "About half an hour or a little more!"
Lin Lang anxiously said, "Driver, I'm going to the airport to save someone. Half an hour to Hongqiao Airport won't be enough. I must get to Hongqiao Airport within 20 minutes."
However, the middle-aged male taxi driver replied with difficulty, "From here to Hongqiao Airport, it's impossible to get there in 20 minutes without speeding or running red lights."
Lin Lang was almost at his wit's end and immediately said, "I'll pay extra!"
"As long as you, driver, can get me to Hongqiao Airport within 20 minutes, I'll pay you whatever you ask."
The middle-aged male taxi driver waited for the red light unhurriedly, and replied with difficulty, "It's not about the money. Speeding and running red lights are very dangerous, and they both incur fines from the traffic police."