Free Web NovelChapter 749: Chapter 598: Car Crash
When Ning Youguang got home, she found the lights on, but it was very quiet.
She knew Shi Wangyue had arrived home this afternoon and had driven straight back from school after finishing work. However, due to the rain, the traffic jam delayed her for a long time, which is why she was only getting home now.
During the traffic jam, she messaged him on WeChat under the premise of ensuring safety, yet she couldn’t help but feel guilty.
It was his first day back from a business trip, and she hadn’t even gone to the airport to pick him up and was delayed getting home until so late.
They had arranged to go out for dinner in the evening.
But the usual dinner hours had already passed.
After realizing how quiet the house was, Ning Youguang slowed down her pace and soon saw Shi Wangyue lying on the sofa.
He was covered with a blanket, his arm resting on his forehead.
It looked like he was asleep.
Otherwise, according to his nature, he would have come out to greet her after hearing her enter.
Ning Youguang slowed her pace, quietly walked to the sofa, and looked at Shi Wangyue with his eyes tightly shut. This glance revealed something wrong with him.
A sleeping face, thinner than before the business trip, with an unusual flush on the face.
She quickly warmed her hand in the inner layer of her clothes and placed it on his forehead, instantly feeling the heat in her palm.
Then, she lightly placed her fingers on his wrist to take his pulse.
After checking the pulse, her brow furrowed deeply.
Spleen deficiency, insufficiency of energy and blood; liver Qi stagnation, affecting the mind.
After nearly a month on a business trip, he accumulated so many issues.
One can only imagine how taxing this trip was.
Sighing lightly, she got up to find medicine in the home medicine box but discovered that all the fever medicine had expired, and there weren’t any suitable single-flavor Chinese herbs.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she returned to her room, changed into a more lightweight and warm down jacket, grabbed a thicker cashmere blanket to gently cover Shi Wangyue, and then went out the door again.
Before leaving, she took a turn around the kitchen and dimmed the home’s lights a bit.
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The flashing yellow and red lights ahead were dazzling after Ning Youguang visited several pharmacies to buy the medicine.
Driving visibility was already poor during rainy days.
While driving at low speed, she had to keep her eyes sharp, observing each approaching vehicle and discerning whether there were any pedestrians hurrying along the road.
To get home sooner, she took a road she rarely uses. While passing through an underground tunnel, she suddenly had a bad feeling.
At the same time, through the rearview mirror, she spotted a car approaching fast from her left rear, moving faster than most cars typically travel in the rain.
She immediately slowed down and stayed to the far right of the road.
Intending to let the other car pass quickly.
Unexpectedly, that car turned right, blocking her path by moving in front of her car.
The instant the other vehicle turned on the indicator, Ning Youguang’s brake reflex was too strong, and she couldn’t stop, crashing directly into it.
The moment of impact gave Ning Youguang a feeling of being toyed with by force.
The problem was that the other driver got out and immediately blamed her, "Why did you suddenly slow down?"
No, I was wearing glasses that were blown away by the airbag! The lenses were resin, and when the airbag deployed, my glasses were smacked away, and the lenses fell out, but they didn’t harm my eyes!
Ning Youguang’s glasses were knocked off by the airbag, and she was dizzy, seeing stars, unable to clearly see the face outside, but she could vaguely make out the aggressive pounding on her car window and the malevolent tone in the person’s voice.
The person was a large middle-aged man.
In such cold weather, he wore only a T-shirt and a jacket but was seething with anger.
At a glance, it was clear his intentions were bad.
"Are you okay? If you’re fine, get out."
"Did you hear? You idiot."
"Let’s talk, get out!"
Although Ning Youguang was dazed due to the severe impact, sensing danger, she immediately locked all her car doors.
Upon realizing she refused to communicate, the other person’s emotions became even more volatile—
"Open the window, have the guts to open the window, and don’t lock it"
"Did you hear? I’m talking to you!"
"You idiot, open the window quickly."
"..."
Ning Youguang completely blocked out the irate, annoying noise from outside. With trembling hands, she reached for her phone on the adjacent seat.
Instinctively called Shi Wangyue, but after several rings with no answer on the other end.
She remembered she was here to buy medicine for Shi Wangyue, who was already in a deep sleep, so she quickly hung up and urgently dialed 122 and 110, then proceeded to call Ming Chao.
Dialing 122 and 110 took quite a bit of energy from Ning Youguang, and by the time she was talking to Ming Chao, she was noticeably weak and feeble.
In Meiluo City, the general manager’s office of Fenghua Daily Chemical Group.
"Are you seriously hurt?" Upon receiving Ning Youguang’s call, Ming Chao had been checking the time, contemplating whether to leave work.
As soon as he heard she had been in a car accident, there was no need to consider that question any longer.
He calmly communicated with her while shutting down his computer.
But his hurried movements revealed how worried he was.
Ming Chao had every reason to be anxious; he had never heard his sister speak so unclearly and weakly.
In a state of extreme anxiety, he nonetheless pushed down any panic, fearing that Ning Youguang would expend energy worrying about him.
"Hit my head, but the rest is fine." Ning Youguang strained to talk with Ming Chao while struggling with her foggy consciousness.
"Can you send me your location?" Ming Chao picked up his car keys while rushing out of the office, leaving behind even his coat, "If not, at least tell me where you are."
It was raining today, and traffic was congested.
Many employees at Fenghua Daily Chemical Group who drove to work were still stuck at the company, working overtime. When they saw their general manager rush out with an anxious look, moving as if in a sprint, the entire office was alerted.
"Mr. Ming, is there anything we can do?" An agile employee quickly ran up to him and asked.
"Just turn off the office lights for me, please."
"Sure, Mr. Ming."
Concerned subordinates remarked, "It’s raining outside, please drive carefully."
Some worried about Ming Chao’s state of mind and the poor weather conditions outside, fearing it might lead to another accident, quickly volunteered, "Mr. Ming, where are you going? Let me drive you, it’s safer."
But Ming Chao, clutching his phone, didn’t have the headspace to listen to what his subordinates were saying.
He sprinted towards the elevators of the company building without looking back.
Wishing he could sprout wings and fly to Ning Youguang right away—
