The mere thought of what Jian Suilin had done to Jian Suying made the air around him feel scorching hot, as if it could erupt at any moment.
explode at any moment.
No face in the world was more hideous than that of an enemy. This was the shared thought of Li Yu and Jian Suilin at that moment.
The three stood numbly at the entrance of the residential complex. Once they could laugh together over meals and drinks, but now they were filled with nothing but loathing for each other.
Jian Suiying was the greatest victim in this nightmare, yet the pain each bore was impossible to measure. In just two short years, everything had been destroyed.
No one answered Jian Suilin's question. Especially not Jian Suying, who stared at him with eyes wide with horror. He didn't even
desire to confront Jian Suilin. He only wanted to retreat as far away as possible.
With Jian Suilin present, the air itself seemed thick with the foul stench of sin and incest, suffocating him. He forced himself forward, step by step, toward the underground parking garage.
He could not bear for Jian Suiying to drift further from him.
Just as he neared the entrance, the sudden roar of a car starting and then flooring the accelerator pierced his ears.
A chill crept up his spine as dread gripped his heart.
He whipped his head around. The car driven by Jian Suilin had already sped past Li Yu at a frenzied pace. Everything seemed to play out in slow motion.
"Li Yu—"
In the blink of an eye, he reached the car before him. The vehicle, poised to crush Li Yu in an instant, suddenly swerved its front end at the last possible moment.
What followed was the screech of brakes and a nightmare-like crash.
The towering tree at the community entrance was struck, sending a shower of leaves cascading down like a rain, obscuring the sky.
The sleek body was now completely mangled, thick smoke billowing from the wreckage. The chaos and horror of the crash scene
was laid bare.
Jian Suiying felt her legs go weak.
He mustered every ounce of strength to reach the vehicle, staring at the twisted metal and the slowly deflating airbags.
airbags deflating, and Jian Suilin covered in blood, his condition unknown. He nearly collapsed to his knees. All grudges and disputes seemed utterly insignificant in the face of real life and death.
Someone frantically shouted for an ambulance, snapping him back to reality.
The front of the car was already engulfed in flames. Every second counted.
Jian Suiying reached for the door handle, but the searing metal made him instinctively pull his hand back.
Gritting his teeth, he reached for the handle again. But before his hand could touch the door, another hand seized the scorching metal first.
The acrid smell of burning flesh was unmistakable even through the thick smoke.
Jian Suiying shouted, "Break the glass!"
Li Yu stripped off his shirt, wrapped it around his fist, and struck the window with all his might.
The window shattered like a spiderweb. The two of them kicked and pounded until the entire pane was broken.
Li Yu reached inside the car and, with Jian Suiying's help, slowly pulled out the blood-soaked Jian Suilin. Fortunately, he wasn't trapped.
After pulling Jian Suilin free, both their arms were cut by the glass, bleeding steadily. Yet these injuries were insignificant compared to Jian Suilin's.
The ambulance arrived swiftly. After Jian Suilin was loaded onto the stretcher, Jian Suying was assisted into the vehicle by Li Yu and a medical attendant.
Jian Suiying would never forget this moment. The overwhelming terror of facing death head-on left him barely able to walk.
He stared at the blood on his own body, at the blood on Li Yu's clothes, at the unconscious Jian Suilin. He forced himself to remain calm, yet he had no idea how to face the seconds that followed.