Su Qi inserted the car key and slowly started the car, driving onto the road.
Watching the car disappear from sight, Sheng Yuchen took out his phone from his pocket and made a call, "Mom? I'm back in the country, I'm fine, I just came from a party, it was a friend's opening party, don't worry about me, I know what I'm doing..."
He paused, then said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, Mom, what Huo Tingyun has, I will have too. Everything Huo Tingyun possesses, I will find a way to snatch it away. I am also Huo family's son, and I am not willing to hand over everything I deserve so easily!"
Su Qi drove the car onto the elevated highway, her mind in a bit of a turmoil, the words of the man named Sheng Yuchen echoing in her head.
Sheng Yuchen? Sheng Yuchen?
Why had she never heard of this person before?
Sheng? What was his relationship with Sheng Shi?
She heard that Sheng Shi wasn't always called Sheng Shi. After the old man retired and Huo Tingyun's father took over, the company was renamed Sheng Shi Group. Although it sounded a bit plain, after the renaming, the Huo family seemed to prosper, and no one had really thought about the meaning of the name.
As she was thinking, a call came into her phone. Su Qi picked it up and saw it was Huo Tingyun's. She turned on the speakerphone and answered his call.
"Back?"
The man seemed to have just finished work, and even over the phone, Su Qi could sense the fatigue in his words.
"On my way."
Su Qi glanced ahead at the road. "I'll be home in about ten minutes. Aren't you on a business trip?"
"I just landed. I'll be back at Shallow Water Bay later. How is the company doing?"
The man's deep voice was a little captivating.
Su Qi's ears tingled, feeling a slight itch. "It's going very smoothly, no major issues, you don't need to worry."
"Oh really?"
"Of course, who am I? I'm Su Qi..."
A low chuckle came from the other end.
Su Qi's ears began to feel warm. "I'll hang up now, I'm driving back..."
As she spoke, she looked up and suddenly saw a car ahead, driving in the wrong direction, heading towards her. Su Qi was startled and quickly swerved the steering wheel, turning the car in a different direction. However, the car seemed to be coming for her, driving straight at her. No matter which lane Su Qi moved into, the car would drive against her in that lane.
Su Qi's face turned pale, and she was gradually forced back to the last lane. Beyond that was a sheer drop.
But the car kept closing in. Su Qi had to slam on the brakes, trying to turn around. The car then suddenly accelerated and drove towards her.
The man on the other end of the phone seemed to sense something was wrong. "Su Qi?!"
Su Qi's mind went blank. She could only see the oncoming car getting closer and closer. She frantically turned the steering wheel, trying to turn around, but her palms were sweaty, and the steering wheel kept slipping in her hands. She could only watch as the car approached her little by little.
"Su Qi! Say something?! What happened?! Lin Te! Get her location! I need to know where Su Qi is right now!!!"
A furious roar came from the man on the phone.
Su Qi's ears seemed to have gone deaf, and she couldn't hear anything. She desperately gripped the steering wheel and turned it, watching as the car got closer and closer, a hundred meters, fifty meters. Her heart sank. It was over.
She was going to die here today.
Su Qi closed her eyes. The next second, a private car behind her crashed into Su Qi's car, forcing Su Qi's car back onto the main road. Su Qi only heard a loud bang, and everything around her went dark. She was wearing her seatbelt, and the moment she was hit from behind, the airbags deployed. She thought she was going to fall off the elevated highway, but she didn't feel herself falling.
Half a minute after being hit, the car stopped after hitting something.
Within seconds, several intense collisions sounded one after another. The loud noises were particularly clear in the silent night, like the sound of bombs exploding.
She felt a gash on her forehead, and blood flowed profusely. She raised her hand and touched her forehead. Her entire face was buried in the airbag. The car was severely deformed, but fortunately, her limbs were not crushed.
Her first instinct was to touch her stomach. Her limbs felt weak, and her mind was blank, but the moment her palm touched her round belly, she knew she was safe. Trembling, she opened her eyes. The driver's cabin was pitch black, and the vision in her left eye was already completely obscured by blood.
Su Qi trembled and pushed the door open, but she had no strength. After a great effort, she staggered out of the car.
She fell to the ground and looked up at the scene before her, covering her mouth.
The guardrail by the elevated highway had been completely broken. Two cars had fallen into the abyss, leaving only the rear half of a car's wreckage hanging precariously on the edge of the highway. Blood had spilled everywhere, and the smell of gasoline leakage filled the air, mixed with the pungent scent of blood.
Su Qi covered her mouth with one hand and used the other to support herself on the ground. She stumbled towards the main road.
After running only a few steps, a loud explosion sounded from behind her.
It was the gasoline leakage, combined with the sparks from the car crash, that caused a small-scale explosion.
A wave of heat rushed towards her from behind.
After the explosion, the world returned to silence.
Overwhelmed by shock, Su Qi almost forgot to breathe. When she came to her senses, feeling the relief of surviving, she clutched her chest and gasped for air.
She saw everything behind her had turned into a burnt ruin, the smell of scorching filling her nostrils.
At this hour, there were not many vehicles on the elevated highway. A car drove onto the highway, saw the scene, and quickly stopped. Su Qi scrambled up and rushed towards it, "Help..." She only managed to utter one word when she saw the rear door of the car open. A man got out of the car, his brows furrowed deeply. He strode forward and pulled her into his arms.
Su Qi's heart felt a chill. Being held in the man's arms, she felt like a migratory bird reaching the south, landing steadily. In an instant, she felt completely at ease, her tense body suddenly relaxing the moment the man held her.
"Su Qi..."
Huo Tingyun's eyes widened in shock. He scooped Su Qi up, the woman in his arms as fragile as a marionette with a broken string, slumping limply against him.
He looked up and saw an explosion not far away, flames burning a section of the road, the air filled with smoke and the smell of burning and charring.
Half a car was burning in the fire, and the guardrail not far ahead had been broken by the immense impact.
Huo Tingyun placed Su Qi in the back seat of his car. He stepped forward and glanced down over the guardrail.