He had no time to think at every fork in the road, having to decide whether to go straight or turn within seconds.
Susu clutched the cushion tightly. Outside, the wind and rain raged, and the car was on the verge of losing control. It was impossible for her to calm down; fear made her tremble uncontrollably.
She tried to call Tianyi's mobile again, but it still showed "out of service area."
"Turn right, turn right," the bodyguard sitting next to Xiaolin suddenly shouted. "I remember there's a brick factory on this road leading to the suburbs. That road has a lot of broken bricks, which should help us slow down the car."
"Okay, are you sure you remember correctly?" Xiaolin asked, turning right immediately.
"I won't forget."
Indeed, after driving for a short while, there were more and more broken bricks on the road, and the car bounced along, gradually slowing down.
Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw that the road ahead had disappeared, replaced by a brick wall.
"Oh my god, we're going to crash into it," the bodyguard next to Xiaolin yelled.
Susu closed her eyes helplessly and bent over, with only one thought in her mind: the child in her womb must be safe!
At the last moment, Xiaolin decisively yanked the steering wheel. In his common sense, crashing into a wall was worse than crashing into a tree, so he swerved the car towards the tree beside them.
With a crack, the tree was snapped in half, and the car finally came to a halt.
The airbags in the front of the car all deployed. However, before the airbags could fully deploy, Xiaolin had already hit the steering wheel and lost consciousness.
The bodyguard next to Xiaolin was also dazed by the impact. The bodyguard in the back seat shielded Susu tightly.
Susu felt the least impact during the crash. When the car stopped, she was the first to react. She pulled on the bodyguard who had protected her with his back and asked, "Are you okay? The car has stopped, let's get out quickly."
The bodyguard felt a slight pain in his back and a minor abrasion on his forehead. He managed to sit back in the rear seat and said, "I'm fine, nothing serious. Quickly check what's happening in the front!"
Susu tried to push open the car door, feeling a bit dizzy. Suppressing the urge to vomit, she opened the front door and immediately screamed, "Blood... Xiaolin is bleeding!"
The bodyguard following her supported her, telling her not to get too close, and immediately called the police and an ambulance.
Trembling all over, she asked, "Will Xiaolin and your colleagues be okay? They... they are just injured, right?"
The bodyguard helped her to the side and said, "Mrs. Qin, don't be afraid. I'll go check on them and provide some first aid."
Susu nodded quickly, "Hurry!"
The bodyguard checked on them. They were all still breathing. Xiaolin was more seriously injured, while the other bodyguard had only been knocked unconscious and woke up after a few nudges.
The two bodyguards tried to lift Xiaolin out of the car. His upper body clothes were completely stained with blood.
Susu found it terrifying and turned away, vomiting uncontrollably.
Soon, the police and ambulance arrived. As the paramedics lifted Xiaolin onto the ambulance, he had regained consciousness, and his awareness was not blurred.
The paramedics conducted a preliminary examination of his injuries. His chin had hit the steering wheel, and the entire area was torn open, causing a lot of bleeding. Now that the bleeding had stopped, he should be out of danger.
One bodyguard escorted Susu back, while the other got into the ambulance to accompany Xiaolin.
When Susu returned to the villa, Chen Ma and Xiao Mei only saw her and one bodyguard, not Xiaolin and the other bodyguard.
Moreover, the bodyguard who returned with Susu had a scratch on his forehead, and Susu's complexion was also not good. Chen Ma quickly asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
The bodyguard glanced at Xiao Mei and remained silent. Xiao Mei felt that something was not quite right and asked nervously, "Where is Xiaolin? Why didn't he come back with us? Young Madam, did you send him to do something else?"
Susu, afraid of worrying her, tried to say it more gently, "We had a small accident on the way back. Xiaolin was slightly injured and went to the hospital. His life is not in danger."
The bodyguard accompanying Susu quickly nodded in agreement.
"Oh," Xiao Mei still asked worriedly, "Which hospital is he in?"
Susu told her the hospital Xiaolin had been taken to. "Go and see him. Ask him to have a full body check-up, and if he needs to be hospitalized, let him be."
"Okay, thank you, Young Madam," Xiao Mei said, about to leave.
Susu stopped her and said, "Take your apron off and bring an umbrella. Be careful on the way."
Xiao Mei took off her apron, and the bodyguard who had returned with Susu quickly said, "I'll drive her there."
Susu nodded and said, "When you get to the hospital, get your forehead injury checked too."
Xiao Mei took an umbrella and rushed to the hospital with the other bodyguard.
Only Susu and Chen Ma were left in the villa. Chen Ma helped Susu back to her room and asked, "How did the car accident happen?"
"The weather wasn't very good. It's okay, the car just hit a tree," Susu said thoughtfully.
Chen Ma asked, "Young Madam, are you really alright? Is the baby in your womb okay?"
"I feel fine, just a little dizzy. They all did their best to protect me at the time, so it should be alright." Susu recalled what the bodyguard had told her on the way back: this was not an accident.
Normally, before going out, they would conduct thorough checks on the cars being driven, with brake performance being a key area of inspection. This was basic knowledge for bodyguards.
So, according to the bodyguard, their car had been tampered with while parked at the hospital.
Because they feared a repeat of the previous situation, no one stayed in the car; they all followed Susu into the inpatient department.
Susu felt very uneasy. Someone was still targeting her, trying to kill her.
Chen Ma said worriedly, "Young Madam, why don't you go for a prenatal check-up tomorrow to see the condition of the baby in your womb? That will put your mind at ease."
"Okay, I know. Pregnancy is not something to be careless about," Susu agreed readily.
Back in the bedroom, Chen Ma helped her to lie down on the bed and said, "I'll go and warm some milk for you. Is there anything else you'd like to eat? I'll make it right away."
"I don't have much appetite, just milk with some small pastries. We can talk about other things later." Susu felt extremely tired as soon as she relaxed.
Chen Ma quietly withdrew, sighing inwardly, feeling that the Young Madam had too many misfortunes. She wondered when she and the Young Master would have some peaceful and comfortable days.
Susu thought that the people who would want to harm her the most now were probably Shu Zhongze and his wife. The last time she went to find Shu Zhongze to talk about Xiao Xiao, she could sense the hatred in his eyes towards her and Tianyi.
They were still resentful about Shu Yan's death, believing that she and Tianyi had caused it.
She couldn't change their minds, so she could only be more careful herself. Thinking of this, she picked up her phone, wanting to contact Tianyi again, but she was afraid he would worry about her and be unable to focus on his business trip, so she put down the phone.
Even if she didn't tell him, the bodyguards would likely report to Tianyi. For now, she didn't want him to worry every time something happened.
She closed her eyes, placed her hand on her stomach, and hoped to give birth to these two children smoothly. If she couldn't keep the children again, she would be letting Tianyi down too much.