By the time he finished speaking, Shinjo Isao had stopped beside Maki Juri.
Under the woman's frowning gaze, he dropped to one knee, took Maki Juri's hand, and kissed it. "I'm late, my Queen."
Noticing the commotion, Jiang Xia turned secretly in his blanket and watched the cringeworthy scene with great interest.
Several crew members on the plane who disliked Maki Juri snorted. They knew she was keeping a lover, but Shinjo Isao and Maki Juri happened to play a lover and a queen in their stage play—even if someone had filmed that scene, it could be explained away as behind-the-scenes promotional footage of them getting too immersed in their roles. It was hardly leverage.
Out of the corner of her eye, Maki Juri caught Jiang Xia's movement. Her eyelid twitched as she turned and quietly questioned her old lover, "Why did you get on the plane? Why didn't you do as I told you?"
Shinjo Isao chuckled softly. "Don't worry. I've already made arrangements. Even if I'm on the same plane as you, I'll still have plenty of time to prepare after we land."
With that, he rose, gave Maki Juri a slight bow, and turned to leave.
After leaving, Shinjo Isao found an empty seat and sat down.
From afar, he looked toward Maki Juri and Jiang Xia, clicked his tongue, and muttered inwardly, Who would've thought this Detective would be so popular... I actually lived to see the day a woman found me disagreeable. What a novel experience.
On the other side, Haibara Ai had also noticed the movement between the three of them.
Ever since boarding the plane, she had been feeling restless and had inevitably let her mind wander for a while.
When she came back to herself and looked closely, she saw that