Chapter 2: Inciden (1/2)

Eeek…

There was a sudden screech on the road. We saw a woman lying on the ground, her lower body bleeding profusely. She must have been in an accident!

“Eh?”

He Yi frowned and slowed down immediately.

“Please, I beg you, please save my wife. She was ran down by a car. Please…” A middle-aged man about 50 years old ran over while crying. “Please, take her to a hospital.”

“Oh?”

He Yi stopped her car without hesitation. “Lu Chen, let’s help them!”

“Mn.”

I was about to get out of the car when I caught something at the edge of my vision. It was a black car speeding straight at us from an alley! The driver even ran over the road fence!

Not good, this smell… a conspiracy!

The car was too fast, and there was nothing I could do besides shielding He Yi with my body. Shock appeared on He Yi’s beautiful face. “No…”

BANG!

There was a loud noise, and He Yi’s black sports car was knocked straight off the road. The impact was terrible. My mind was blank, and He Yi had collapsed in her seat. A trail of blood slid down her pale forehead.

I shook my head with all my might to clear my head. Then, two broad-faced men rushed through the smoke toward us while swearing, “Check if that woman is dead!”

It really was an attempted murder!

I hastily took action. My limbs were unhurt, and my back was only slightly painful. I carried the unconscious He Yi out of the car.

“Fuck, she has a guy with her! Get them!”

The men were holding an iron rod each. They attacked us without any hesitation at all.

Thunk!

One of the rods hit me squarely on the shoulder. Terrible pain shot straight into my brain.

There was very little time to ponder. This place was next to empty in terms of crowds, and very few cars passed by this area. He Yi and I had clearly fallen into an elaborate death trap.

I kicked one of the men in the underbelly and made him crouch in pain. Holding He Yi protectively in front of me, I ran toward the road. I could only hope that someone would show up.

Pain erupted from my shoulder again. Fresh blood was slowly but surely drenching my white shirt. He Yi was unconscious, and her eyes were tightly shut. Her long eyebrows made her look sad and beautiful.

“I will protect her this time. I won’t let her get hurt even if I were to lose my life!” I told myself again and again in my head.

When I finally stumbled and crawled my way onto the road, I discovered that the heavens hadn’t forsaken us. A private car was just moving toward our direction.

I quickly moved to the center of the road to get it to stop. At the same time, the two killers swung their iron rods and rushed at us again.

“Open the fucking door!” I punched the car window and caused it to crack. The situation escalating, the driver had no choice but to give in.

I seized the opportunity to push He Yi into the car before shouting, “Quickly, take her to a hospital!”

The middle-aged man had no choice but to nod again. Suddenly, his eyes widened with fear. It was because the two burly men had caught up with us.

There was no way I was escaping this predicament, so I stood in their way, allowing the car to leave safely.

“Fuck! He screwed up our plans! Kill him!”

The man with knife scars all over his face jumped me with a savage grin on his face.

I didn’t put much of a resistance. I had taken too much damage earlier, and was already out of steam. My knees slowly hit the ground.

Bang!

I felt a burning hot sensation behind the back of my head, and the world spun from beneath my feet. I collapsed heavily on the road after that.

Everything was dark. I couldn’t see anything.

……

Am I dead?

I asked myself that again and again, but there's was no one to answer my question.

Despair and sorrow suddenly overwhelmed me while I was kneeling in the darkness. I felt like I could almost hear my mother’s final words: “Take care of yourself, Lu Chen…”

“I’m sorry, mom, I broke our promise.”

“Mom, I’m scared…”

I cried and cried, but I couldn’t open my mouth or make any sound at all. My entire being was engulfed in fear and despair.

Suddenly a voice rang beside my ears—

“We don’t even know who this kid is. What should we do?”

“What else? We bury him. Fuck this busybody, he brought this upon himself!”