Gu Qichen stood by the window, his gaze fixed on the dark night outside.
Professor Harlan was Qin He!
No wonder Qin He had agreed so readily to Liu Xing’an’s request when they were in country L!
He had been kept in the dark by Qin He again!
How many more secrets did Qin He have?
A sudden emptiness washed over Gu Qichen. He felt as though he was about to lose Qin He!
“Qichen.”
Mrs. Gu called him from the side. Gu Qichen snapped back to attention, his expression darkening slightly. “I need to go out for a bit. You should get some rest!”
He hurried into the courtyard and got into his car.
The night wind howled, and Gu Qichen’s heart was in turmoil!
He was going to find Qin He! He wanted to ask Qin He how many more secrets she had that he didn’t know!
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In Qin He’s car, she leisurely glanced at the time.
It was past nine o’clock. Qin He slightly lowered the car window, letting the evening breeze waft in.
Di Shishi was now in full swing, driving and humming a tune.
Qin He chuckled, “Your driving is quite spirited.”
Di Shishi let out a loud whistle. “What else? Do you want the demure little assistant from before? That comes with a price!”
“No! I prefer you like this!” Qin He said immediately.
“So stingy!”
They chatted as the car stopped on the road by Annan Lake.
It was past nine, and there were many people strolling along the road by Annan Lake. There were also many cars, and traffic had become congested.
Qin He idly rested her chin on the car window, squinting at the trinkets at the roadside stalls.
Di Shishi grew agitated. “It’s past nine, and it’s still so jammed!”
After a few minutes of conversation, the car had only moved a few dozen meters.
However, motorcycles moved unimpeded through the cars. After another motorcycle sped past, the car let out a loud bang!
With a ‘bang’!
The two women exchanged glances, and the car body tilted with the loud noise!
Qin He frowned. “The tire’s blown.”
Di Shishi’s face turned grim. “Don’t get out of the car!”
After that motorcycle zipped past, the tire blew. It was too coincidental!
Both women’s expressions grew serious.
“It must have been the people on that motorcycle who punctured it. What do we do now?” Qin He asked.
Di Shishi’s face was cold. “Just drive back like this, let’s get to a safe place first!” m..oΓg
They drove off Annan Lake, and the road conditions improved.
“There are two main routes back to the Qin family,” Qin He pondered.
“One is a main road with plenty of traffic police. If someone wanted to make a move on us, they wouldn’t do it there. That leaves only the other route, the one next to Fengyue Park. Because the park wall is along the road, there aren’t many shops, and it’s even more deserted at night.”
Qin He took out her phone. “I’ll have someone pick us up!”
Di Shishi drove with a grim expression. With one tire blown, the whole car body was bumpy as she drove.
Qin He had just finished editing her message when the car body lurched violently!
She instinctively reached out to brace herself against the front seat, protecting her abdomen.
Di Shishi reacted extremely quickly. The two women turned to look at the back of the car.
A bus accelerated and rammed into the back of their car, pushing Qin He’s car forward!
Di Shishi gritted her teeth and saw the terrified faces of the people on the bus in the rearview mirror.
“Damn it, this person is crazy!” Di Shishi cursed under her breath, then accelerated!
With the tire already blown, increasing speed would only be more dangerous, but if she didn’t, the car behind them would push their car forward!
A moment slower, and their car might be crushed!
Qin He and Di Shishi’s faces grew solemn!
After the car was pushed forward for a while, Di Shishi looked ahead.
Ahead lay the Linyue Bridge, over a large river in Qingcheng.
The car body was already askew, and the bus driver seemed to be deliberately pushing their car towards the river guardrail.
Below the guardrail, more than ten meters down, was the surging river water!
“Damn it!” Di Shishi swore fiercely. “Qin He, get ready to jump!”
Qin He clutched her stomach. “Jump—”
At such a high speed, she couldn’t guarantee the safety of the child in her belly if she jumped!
Di Shishi also noticed Qin He’s action. “Damn it, it looks like puncturing the tire and then using a bus to ram us is a trap. What do we do now?”
Qin He pursed her lips and climbed from the back seat to the front. “Shishi, you jump. I’ll handle the rest myself!”
Di Shishi cursed and pushed Qin He away. “You, sit still!”
The people on the bus behind them screamed, but the bus driver showed no signs of stopping.
The car body was already approaching the riverbank. With about ten meters to go, Di Shishi suddenly thought of something.
“Qin He, open the car door first. It’s highly likely the car door won’t open once it’s in the water! Once our car is pushed off the guardrail, you jump into the water immediately!”
Jumping into water was less dangerous than jumping out of a moving car. At least she could try to protect her belly from a massive impact!
Qin He’s face turned cold. “Okay!”
She opened the car door.
Within seconds, Qin He’s car was pushed by the bus and violently crashed into the guardrail!
A sports car and a bus drew an arc through the air!
Qin He and Di Shishi sprang out of the car almost simultaneously, plunging into the water!
Qin He fell into the river, clutching her abdomen. The river water was swift.
The bus followed closely behind, also plunging into the river. Qin He was hit in the face by the immense force, nearly losing consciousness!
She held her breath and, calm amidst the turbulence, swam out of the water, gasping for air.
“Shishi! Where are you?!”
After calling out several times, she heard Di Shishi’s weak voice from not far away. “I’m here, let’s get to shore first.”
Qin He frowned. As she was about to swim to shore, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
It was eerily silent around them. The waves were strong, but there were many people on that bus, and none of them had surfaced yet!
Qin He’s heart sank. The bus doors must be jammed!
She glanced at Di Shishi, who was swimming towards the shore. “Shishi, do we have a window breaker in the car?”
Di Shishi turned back. “Yes.”
The two women had an unspoken understanding. They didn’t need to say much to know what the other was thinking.
She cursed and turned back to swim over.
Qin He had to dive into her own car first, retrieve the window breaker, and then go to rescue the people on the bus.
She exerted all her strength, retrieved the hammer, and swam towards the bus in the water.
Fortunately, the moonlight was good tonight, and she could vaguely see that the bus body hadn’t been completely submerged yet.
Qin He swam to the car window, and Di Shishi had already swum over.
It was inconvenient to exert force in the water. Qin He tried several times, but her breath ran out.
She handed the window breaker to Di Shishi, surfaced for air, and immediately dived back down!