Chapter 12 (2/2)

Even if the speed of the cars in the city area was rather slow, generally, there would still be an exception in any situation. When she realised that a car was swerving its way towards her direction rapidly, she screamed in fright as she could not react in any other way.

Luckily, Tang Xiu stepped in during the critical moment and saved Han Qingwu, but Tang Xiu was hit and sent flying by the car.

After being rescued, Han Qingwu was afraid that the evidence in her hand would be snatched back, thus she quickly concealed herself in the crowd and fled without even taking a look at Tang Xiu.

With this key evidence, Han Qingwu’s father, Han Fu, was cleared of all his grievances while the head of Star City’s Ministry of Education, who was initially sitting at the side watching the storm, was thrown in jail; even a few of Han Fu’s strong competitors met misfortune as well. Thus, Han Fu sat on the throne of being the head of the ministry of education without many obstacles.

When Han Qingwu’s mind had calmed down from her father’s incident, two months had already passed. It was also at this time that she recalled back on her saviour during those critical moments, making her search frantically for him after that.

Han Qingwu knew that if this person did not step in to save her in that critical moment, then not only would she have lost her life, but her father would also be locked in jail for many years, and her initially happy and blissful family would be shattered.

Although the incident happened two months ago, Han Qingwu still managed to pick out the case of the car accident from the traffic police easily.

The taxi driver that swerved and drove the car towards her was drunk that night. He mistook the speed pedal for the break and steered the steering wheel in the wrong direction out of panic, thus causing the accident.

The person who saved her was a student from Star City First High School and was even ranked first among the whole cohort when he entered Star City First High School.

Han Qingwu pestered her father and managed to fight for Tang Xiu the award of being a good student in Shuangqing province, and at the same time, made the traffic police give out a certificate and a medal for being courageous through her connections.

Just when Han Qingwu wanted to thank Tang Xiu in person, she heard some news that almost made her collapse from the doctors—Tang Xiu’s brain got severely impacted during the car accident, leaving behind a repercussion that was almost impossible to recover from. In the next few years, not only would Tang Xiu’s IQ seriously fall, his memory would gradually disappear. In the end, he would gradually be reduced to a vegetative state.

Han Qingwu could not accept this cruel reality, and she did not even dare to meet Tang Xiu.

However, the gratitude and guilt in her heart could not let her walk away just like that. After agonising for a month, the haggard Han Qingwu gave up on her high paying job and chose to enter Star City First High School to accompany Tang Xiu.

After a year of observation, Han Qingwu found out that not only did Tang Xiu’s IQ dropped severely, but his memory also became atrocious. His understanding and thinking capabilities were only barely passable. However, the difference, compared to the time when he just entered the school, was like heaven and earth.

The worse Tang Xiu’s condition became, the guiltier Han Qingwu felt. She didn’t dare to get close to Tang Xiu nor dared to disclose the truth of the car accident to Tang Xiu or Su Lingyun.

Han Qingwu didn’t know how she should repay or compensate Tang Xiu, the only thing she could do was to pay attention to Tang Xiu secretly, and if she heard anybody badmouthing Tang Xiu, she would lightly berate them.

Han Qingwu even almost fell out with the principal regarding the discussion on the issue of expelling Tang Xiu by the school and cohort team. The original mastermind, Hu Qiusheng, had even been blacklisted by Han Qingwu.

“Tang Xiu, I’m sorry, I was the one being too selfish. I should have apologised to you long ago, but I was afraid that my reputation would be tarnished, so I hesitated for a very long time and did not dare to say the truth. It was really hard for me to bear deep inside my heart…” Han Qingwu felt relaxed immediately after saying the truth.

Ever since the accident happened, Han Qingwu would be woken up from a nightmare almost every day.

Over the past one year plus, Han Qingwu had always carried a heavy moral chain.

The guilt in her heart had tortured her, making her toss and turn, unable to fall asleep. She even despised and loathed herself.

“Tang Xiu, I can finally stop experiencing the inner criticism towards myself in my heart from today onwards. I will always be by your side protecting you, and if you really become a person in a vegetative state then, I will take care of you for the rest of your life!” As if saying an oath, Han Qingwu stared at Tang Xiu’s face as she said those words, one word at a time.

By this time, Tang Xiu was completely dumbstruck.

*[advantage]: by having their erection in contact with her

*[ cent bills]: China has cents in bills called jiao

*[Guoshu]: Guo here means country and shu means technique

*[ 190 centimeters]: Over 6ft tall

*[Lake Cui]: Cui Hu, also means Green Lake

*[hundred dyuan bills]: 100yuan is their biggest bill

*[Daoist Fierce Tiger]: The author of this novel

*[Noodles]: made of wheat

*[Rice Noodles]: made of rice

*[Zhang Tian Tian]: Tian means sweet

*[Bajiquan]: Also known as Eight Extremities Fist, but Bajiquan sounds nicer to me

*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes

*[12.47 to 13.07]: don’t ask me about the tree sap