C3 (1/2)

”Ring, ring, ring …” There was a sharp ring and I was startled. I was stunned for a moment before I picked up the phone.

”A car accident occurred on the road to the Tang Dynasty. The people were severely injured and their lives were in danger. They needed to be compensated by a compensation officer to arrive … ”Manager Chen, now that the compensation clerks are all lined up, do you think you should personally make a trip?” The company dispatcher's voice came out of the phone.

Why did the emergency call come to me? I muttered discontentedly. I raised my head to look at the big office outside and realised that I didn't know when all the compensation collectors had left. Could it be that today was a gathering day for all of the cars? I muttered to myself in my heart and snappily said, ”Second Division's Li …”

The Taoist immediately clasped his hands and bowed to me. I sighed and changed my words. ”Tell me the exact address …”

”The junction of Shangtang Road and Gouyun Road is less than one point, heading out of the city from the south to the north …”

Fortunately, it was only a few kilometers away from us. I grabbed my handbag and headed outside, saying to the Taoist, ”You owe me this time!”

I crouch down with a napkin over my mouth, the taillights of the car blinking on my face, and in the yellow light of the night and day I see him covered in mud, falling like a broken sack, the wheels pressing down from his legs and stopping between his head and neck, the car's body not heavy, but half a ton of force tearing his neck apart, a huge gash appearing above his collarbone like some kind of big, gaping fish in a seafood gear, some unknown thing sticking out of his windpipe, blood or blood, like a broken cable. Most of the tires, including his own face and chest, were covered in blood, which had now congealed into a disheartening dark red color. His eyes were wide open, his mouth was open, and a bunch of flies were crawling around on his eyeballs, moving in and out of his gray tongue. He was as dead as he could be.

I propped myself up with my knees. The muscles on my thighs started to ache. It was as if my brain had been pulled out by someone and thrown back into the wall. I just needed to shake it lightly to feel the pain. Last night's orgy made my body feel a little weak. The smell of alcohol rose from my stomach all the way to my throat, leaving me with a nasty burning pain. I burped and a strong, sour smell filled the air. Damn it, I won't drink anymore! For the 1811th time, I made up my mind.

”I don't know... He suddenly jumped down from the railing. I couldn't see him at all … ” A middle-aged woman in her forties kept wiping her face as she spoke to the traffic police in front of her.

”How fast were you?” the traffic policeman asked as he wrote on the accident certificate.

”I... I don't know... Probably... 40 … 50 yards … ” The middle-aged woman sobbed as she replied. Her thick makeup had been messed up by her tears and her hands and feet were trembling uncontrollably.

I looked at the two ends of the road. Due to the accident, the one-way four-lane road was completely blocked, and all the cars slowly circled around us. Some drivers rolled down their windows to look in this direction curiously.

The accident happened during the early peak hours, and this road was the main north-south road of Qianchao City. Although the road was wide and the speed was limited to eighty yards, there was still a lot of traffic, so even if Schumacher came, it might not be able to drive for more than sixty years at the peak hours of the morning or evening. Basically, everyone would be walking and stopping at a speed of twenty to thirty yards.