Chapter 98 Accident

Gu Zhenying blinked away the tears in her eyes, didn't continue with the previous question, and asked with a smile, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

Lu Fengqing said, "I've already eaten."

She and Gu Suixing had breakfast before coming over, along with a car full of gifts.

While other people bring large bags and small packages when visiting relatives, this scoundrel brought a whole truckload of stuff...

The Xie family's servants were still unloading things outside when she and Gu Suixing came in first.

Xie Chaokun asked Gu Suixing, "Want to play a couple of games of chess with me?"

Gu Suixing followed Xie Chaokun to the study, while Lu Fengqing and Gu Zhenying stayed in the living room to chat.

After the maid brought the tea, she left, leaving only Lu Fengqing and Gu Zhenying in the living room.

The maid brought over some flower tea. Lu Fengqing picked up the teacup and took a sip. The fragrant tea, with its sweet taste, eased some of the heaviness in her heart.

Gu Zhenying looked Lu Fengqing up and down, and said with some emotion, "So many years have passed, and after all the twists and turns, Sui Xing finally brought you here."

If she remembered correctly, the first time she brought this up was when Sui Xing was still in high school. It seemed to be during the summer vacation after his junior year of high school. Sui Xing came to the Xie family to visit, and while they were chatting, she noticed that Sui Xing was always looking at his phone. On a whim, she casually asked Sui Xing if he had a girl he liked. Unexpectedly, the boy nodded with a big smile and said yes.

The boy said he had a girl he really liked, but he had promised his dad he wouldn't date too early, so he hadn't pursued her yet. He said he'd definitely bring her over to meet them once they were together… His serious expression amused the elders.

Later, Sui Xing finally passed the exam and returned to City A. He originally said he would bring people over when he had time, but who would have thought...

Lu Fengqing also recalled what happened back then.

Everything was fine until that car accident.

Lu Fengqing's eyes reddened again, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, Father Gu..."

Some things and some people, even if kept in your heart and not mentioned, do not mean you have forgotten them, nor do they mean you don't care about them.

From as far back as she could remember, besides her maternal grandparents, the person who treated her the best was Gu Zhenjun, the elder who always called her "Nian Nian, my darling" with a smile. But this kind person became a half-dead, vegetative state while saving her, and she couldn't even see him after the accident.

The matter concerning her father was the only thing she could never convince herself of growing up.

A pair of hands with calloused skin gently grasped her hand.

Lu Fengqing raised her head and met Gu Zhenying's gentle eyes.

“He’s done plenty of things that have gotten him into a mess while trying to be a hero. Zhenjun has always been a very kind person. Even if it wasn’t you, he would have done the same to anyone else in that situation,” Gu Zhenying said gently. “Zhenjun treats you like a daughter, and you should call him Father Gu. He was just saving his own child.”

Lu Fengqing was surprised that Gu Zhenying not only didn't complain about her, but also comforted her instead, and her nose tingled with emotion.

Gu Zhenying sighed softly, "God will not let kind people down. He will wake up eventually."

That was her younger brother, so of course she felt sorry for him. But what's done is done, and the person they should blame most is the driver who caused the accident, not the other victim.

In the study, Xie Chaokun was also reminiscing about what happened back then.

"Life is unpredictable. Before the accident, Zhenjun called me and said that after he finished his work in a couple of days, he would bring Ayao and you to visit me and Zhenying and have a meal together." I never expected that we would meet again in the hospital.

Gu Suixing listened quietly and placed a piece on the chessboard.

This study is in a great location. To the east is a floor-to-ceiling glass door, outside which is a small courtyard surrounded by green bamboo and artificial hills. When the wind blows, the sound of flowing water and rustling bamboo leaves intertwine. Clear water flows from the artificial hills and falls into a small fishpond on the ground.

Xie Chaokun turned his head and glanced into the small courtyard. His gaze lingered on the fish swimming nimbly in the small pond for a few seconds before he turned back to look at the opposite side, a knowing glint in his eyes. "You still think that what happened to your little girlfriend wasn't an accident?"

Gu Suixing said calmly, "I don't believe in coincidences."

That afternoon, Lu Fengqing asked him to go shopping, saying she wanted to buy a birthday present for her father. He was more than half an hour late because of traffic. When he arrived at his destination, he was surprised to find his girlfriend kneeling on the ground, pale-faced and dazed, along with his father's car, which was totaled in the crash.

According to witnesses, Lu Fengqing had just come out of the bank when the car suddenly appeared and veered out of control, heading straight for her. If it weren't for another car that later cut in from the side, Lu Fengqing would have been the one killed at the scene. Later, the police reviewed the bank's security footage from the entrance, which confirmed the witness's account.

The driver who caused the accident died on the spot. At the time, he had just started college and had money but no power. It was only with the help of Xie's third uncle that it was discovered that the driver had incurred a high-interest loan to pay for his mother's medical treatment. Because he couldn't repay the loan, his son, who was still in kindergarten, was kidnapped by the creditors.

After hearing the news of the driver's death, the creditor was preparing to cause trouble for his family when he suddenly found a large suitcase at his doorstep the next morning. Upon opening it, he found neatly arranged bundles of cash inside. A note was attached to the cash, stating the amount and instructing him to take the money and return the child.

They thought the man was dead and all their money was gone, but unexpectedly, things took such a turn for the better. The creditor readily released the man's child. After taking her son back, the man's wife immediately left City A with him, ignoring her mother-in-law who was still in the hospital and hadn't even been discharged, nor did she bother to collect her husband's remains.

At that time, Lu Fengqing was only eighteen years old and had only been back in City A for a few days. Whenever she went out, she was basically with him, so she had no chance to offend anyone. The only people she was close to were his family and the Lu family.

If it's because of the Lu family, to put it bluntly, hitting Lu Yuhan or Lu Fengxu and Lu Fengyao would be more effective than hitting Lu Fengqing, his newly returned granddaughter. If it's because of him, he can't think of anyone he's offended that could implicate his girlfriend. If it's because of his father or mother…wouldn't hitting him be even better?

You can't just randomly pick someone to hit you because you're unhappy with your life and want to take revenge on society. That reason doesn't explain the debt that was suddenly paid off.

The old man had sent someone to inquire shortly after the incident, and he later sent someone there as well. Unfortunately, the creditor and the driver's wife, who only cared about money and their son respectively, were unaware of what had happened, and the trail went cold.

Gu Suixing is more inclined to believe that the incident was actually aimed at Lu Fengqing.