Chapter 1 (2/2)

Eyes closed, the corners of his mouth turned upordlessly

Mu Han Xia could only let him hold her hand

But she knew that in this moment, his awareness was not fully clear When she rescued him from the car, his behavior was so calm However, now muddle-headed he knew to rely on her

Each ht the wind started picking up His eyes closed, Mu Han Xia looked down to assess him

The h brow peaks, and a tall nose His features were not heavily accented, on the contrary his features lined up concisely giving a strong and refined feel

“If the gas tank explodes, you should escape yourself” He said suddenly, eyes still closed

Pausing, Mu Han Xia replied: “Don’t worry, I was , there is no leak Also if it really does explode, I’ll help you till the end[4], I’ll ith you Though I won’t be able to help your friend

He was silent for a bit and suddenly h? (Your) wrists are so thin”

Mu Han Xia: “Then you have made an incorrect assumption I am the clerk at the supermarket who does manual labor”

He spoke softly: “Liar” Opening his eyes, he looked at her: “There are no clerks that are this pretty and clever”

Mu Han Xia sood, I’ about the latter half”

He did not say anything else Eyes closed, eyebrows slightly pulled together, seerip on her hand beca a lot,closer to his ears she said: “Don’t worry, I really won’t leave I’ll stay with you”

He did not say anything, nor did hemade it seem like he had fallen asleep

After a little while longer the sound of an ahtly pulled her hand out of his Taking out her phone she prepared to give the photo to the police, but suddenly she looked down

The light filtered through the leaves, h his suit was disarrayed and there was blood everywhere leaving him in a dismal state, his profile vieas more tasteful[5] than any other man’s profile she’s seen

Mu Han Xia raised her cell and took a picture

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Le Ya Superot hos the next ot on the bus

Downstairs at the supermarket’s breakfast store, she tiredly asked for a rice bowl As she ate the first two bites, He Jing arrived

He Jing energetically sat across froossip: “Hey Ah Xia (nicknaest coot in a car accident!”

Tired as a ghost and still eating, Mu Han Xia took a couple seconds to react: “Car accident?”

“Yeah” He Jing handed over her phone

“Yong Zheng Corp’s Marketing Director Cheng Wei Wei and friend were in a car accident” – below the black eye-grabbing headline was an associated picture showing the intersection froe

“Oh, I know” Mu Han Xia said, “Yesterday night after work I was there I even helped theer”

“Ah!” He Jing opened her eyes wide, “Really?”

Mu Han Xia su out the details of her interactions with the man

After hearing her story, He Jing looked disappointed[6]: “Just like that?”

“Just like that”

“You should leave the They are super rich and you saved their lives They didn’t even express their thanks, let them shower you with checks!”

Mu Han Xia laughed, feigning remorse said: “Yes yes yes, my awareness was too low Next time, next tio!”

The two laughed a while longer, He Jing said seriously: “This situation, let’s not tell anyone else Although saving so’s coets out to the leadershi+p staff, they ht actually care”

Mu Han Xia replied: “Alright, I got it”

Footnotes

1 Idio one whose facial features show that they are ant

2 Means person ith him, not necessarily ‘companion’

3 Idio hands of a prince

4 There is also a co the Budha to the West” since the journey for Budhists is to the West – this is likely another Monkey King/Journey to the West reference since the Monkey King and crew accohout the journey there were many conflicts they had to overco did not want them to die and said that they could just leave hi that the

5 Technically “taste” here isis better than another, or a music piece is better than another because they are more “tasteful”

6 Idio steel – means impatient for someone to improve