"Your brother is busy too, there’s no need to trouble him to pick us up," Xu Nianhua thought of the words Pei Yicheng had wanted to express his feelings last time and subconsciously wanted to dodge.
"The bus stop is just ahead, let’s go there and wait. It saves bothering your brother," she said.
Seeing the bus stop so close at hand, Xu Nianhua took Pei Yining’s hand and walked towards it.
"Nianhua, you seem to be avoiding my brother. Come on, tell me, is there something I don’t know about that has happened between you and my brother?" Pei Yining, her face full of curiosity, grabbed Xu Nianhua and stood on the sidewalk by the road, with vehicles passing by.
Xu Nianhua’s denial was very swift as she said, "It’s just that it’s too much trouble for your brother. Not only does he have to study for his professional courses, but he also has to look after the factory affairs. It’s too troublesome for him.
"Really?" Pei Yining looked at her skeptically, but Xu Nianhua was very calm, with no guilty expression on her face, nor could any sign of falsehood be seen in her dark eyes.
Pei Yining was half-convinced.
"Of course, it’s true."
Xu Nianhua nodded affirmatively and changed the subject, "Let’s hurry. There’s a bus in ten minutes."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Xu Nianhua noticed a black sedan car moving in an ’S’ pattern as if it were dancing. Before Xu Nianhua could wonder if it was due to drunken driving, the car suddenly sped directly towards them.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Nianhua had no chance to dodge; she instinctively pushed away Pei Yining who was standing next to her.
Pei Yining was thinking about how to delay Xu Nianhua, but she was unexpectedly pushed aside by her. She lost her balance and staggered to the ground.
Pei Yining’s hands scraped against the ground, causing her to grimace in pain. Before she could realize what had happened, the sound of a violent collision and a heavy object hitting the ground echoed by her ears.
Turning back, Pei Yining’s face instantly lost its color.
The spot where she and Xu Nianhua had been standing was now occupied by a black car, which would have continued to surge forward had a utility pole not been in its way.
At this moment, Pei Yining didn’t care about the pain anymore; she struggled to get up and anxiously searched for Xu Nianhua.
The black sedan was stopped by the pole, but on the left front side, Xu Nianhua was lying motionless beneath a freshly painted white wall.
Pei Yining trembled all over, her eyes instantly reddened as she stared at the blood staining the white wall. The piercing red made Pei Yining feel dizzy.
She rushed over and, seeing Xu Nianhua lying in a pool of blood, dared not touch her, only kneeling on the ground, continuously calling out, "Nianhua."
As soon as she spoke, tears began to fall in drops.
"Doctor, we need to go to the hospital right now."
Pei Yining was frantic, pleading with the slowly gathering crowd, "Please, can someone help call an ambulance, save her, save Nianhua."
Her voice was choked with sobs as she begged those around her.
"I’ll make the call."
A kind person in the crowd immediately ran to the nearest place to make an emergency call.
"Nianhua, don’t worry, you’ll be fine once we get to the hospital," Pei Yining dared not touch Xu Nianhua, fearing she might cause further harm; she could only lie halfway on the ground, constantly talking into her ear.
The crowd of onlookers grew more numerous.
"Hey, there’s been a car accident over there." Lou Fan was in Pei Yicheng’s car, intending to deliver a new contract to Xu Nianhua.