novelraw Chapter 158 - 157: A Sudden Accident in the Rain
Chapter 158 - 157: A Sudden Accident in the Rain
The bald man took his phone from his pocket and dialed a special number.
"Have you found Wang Jixiong?" A deep, middle-aged man’s voice came from the other end of the line after the call went through.
"I found him, but he’s already fallen into the hands of the Investigators from the Superpower Administration Bureau..." the bald man answered.
WHOOSH...
RUSTLE... RUSTLE...
SPLASH... SPLASH...
RUMBLE... RUMBLE...
The sounds of wind, rain, and thunder wove together, making the already silent wilderness feel desolate and unnerving.
"Tie Qiu Heng, you’re telling me Wang Jixiong fell into the hands of the Investigators? What the hell were you doing?
I gave you such precise intel, yet you still let the Investigators get to him first. We’re finished.
Once Wang Jixiong tells the Superpower Administration Bureau what he knows, it won’t just be our business in Yun City. Our organization’s operations in Rongcheng will be wiped out by them as well," the deep-voiced man said angrily.
Rainwater dripped from the leaves above, splashing against the bald man’s head.
He raised a hand to wipe the rain from his face and spoke calmly to the man on the other end of the phone.
"Calm down and let me finish. Wang Jixiong was taken out before he fell into the Investigators’ hands. You don’t have to worry about him leaking any information about our organization."
"Dead?!!!" The man had been frantic and furious to hear Wang Jixiong was in the Investigators’ hands. Now, learning he was dead, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Yes. I was hiding in the shadows and personally overheard the conversation between the two Investigators.
After that, I observed Wang Jixiong’s condition myself. He was definitely dead," the bald man answered, recalling what he had seen and heard just a few minutes earlier.
"Good riddance. How did he die? Who killed him?"
"The fatal wound was to his heart. It’s unclear who killed him... Now that Wang Jixiong is dead, is my mission considered complete?"
"This mission is complete, but stay in Rongcheng for the time being. In a little while, a shipment will be arriving in Rongcheng, and I need you to help with the pickup."
"Alright."
After ending the call, the bald man put his phone away, stepped out from under the tree, and dashed into the curtain of rain, running in the direction of the safe zone.
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SPLASH... SPLASH...
Because of the rain, anyone concerned about safety, whether driving a car or riding an electric scooter, would instinctively slow down.
Through the hazy curtain of rain, Su Yue, wearing a dark raincoat and a helmet, rode a small white scooter, making her way slowly home.
Red light, stop. Green light, go.
Riding her electric scooter, Su Yue came to an intersection and stopped to wait for the traffic light.
’Wow, it’s really pouring today! Way heavier than the forecast said. If I’d known it would rain this hard, I wouldn’t have ridden my scooter to work.’
Su Yue thought to herself as she sat on her scooter, watching the traffic light.
After a moment, the light turned green.
Su Yue started her scooter and rode forward. Just as she reached the middle of the intersection, a black car suddenly sped toward her from the right.
SCREECH...
The driver of the black sedan, who had run the red light, saw the small white scooter ahead and immediately slammed on the brakes.
Su Yue, who was in the middle of crossing, sensed the movement to her right and instinctively turned her head to look.
Upon seeing the black car barreling toward her, Su Yue’s pretty face instantly turned white with fear. Both she and her scooter lost their balance...
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「Ping’an Garden District.」
Soaked to the bone, Lin Li went straight to the bathroom for a hot shower the moment he got home.
He had just gotten out of the shower when, a few moments later, the fried chicken takeout he had ordered online arrived.
CRUNCH, CRUNCH...
In the living room, with a news broadcast playing on TV, Lin Li was dressed in a white tank top and board shorts, eating a crispy, delicious fried chicken leg.
He had just devoured the chicken leg and was about to pick up a burger when his phone, which was next to him, suddenly rang.
’It’s Su Yue. What’s she calling me for? Don’t tell me she’s asking me out to eat again? No, probably not. We just ate yesterday. It’s too soon.’
"Hello? What is it?" Lin Li asked after answering the call.
"Lin Li, I got into a car accident," Su Yue’s panicked voice came through the phone.
"What?" When Lin Li heard Su Yue say she’d been in a car accident, he thought he had misheard.
"I said I got into a car accident."
"Are... are you okay?"
"I have a few minor injuries, nothing serious, but it’s a little difficult to move around right now. Are you free? Can you come to the hospital and help me out?"
"Alright, I’ll head over right now. Which hospital are you at?"
Hearing Su Yue say it wasn’t serious, Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief.
As he asked Su Yue for the hospital’s address, he got up from the sofa and walked toward his bedroom.
"I’m at City First Hospital right now..."
"Okay, got it. See you in a bit."
After hanging up, Lin Li changed his clothes, rushed out of the bedroom, grabbed an umbrella from a cabinet, and hurried out of his home.
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SPLASH... SPLASH...
The rain was pouring down. A silver minivan sped through the curtain of rain.
After a drive of over twenty minutes, Lin Li arrived at City First Hospital in his minivan.
TAP, TAP, TAP...
Walking into the bustling emergency room lobby with a dripping umbrella in hand, Lin Li scanned his surroundings and immediately found Su Yue in the overcrowded hall.
It was no surprise. The naturally beautiful Su Yue was always the most eye-catching person in the room, no matter where she was.
It was as if she had been born under a spotlight, constantly attracting the gazes of those around her, which was why Lin Li had been able to find her so quickly in the crowd.
"Hey." Lin Li walked up to Su Yue, who was looking down at her phone. His gaze traveled down her long, slender legs, finally resting on her injured left ankle.
"You’re here... Hiss..." Hearing Lin Li’s voice, Su Yue, who had been absorbed in her phone, looked up.
She seemed to have forgotten about her injury and instinctively tried to stand, only to suck in a sharp breath as pain shot through her ankle.
"Your ankle’s pretty swollen, you shouldn’t be moving around... Tell me exactly what happened."
Lin Li sat down in the seat beside Su Yue, placed his umbrella on the floor, and asked her about the accident.
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