Over here, Qi Qiulin looked at the moving red dot of Wen Zaosi on her phone and slowly curled her lips into a smile. She looked up to observe the location outside the car window. As long as she drove past Qiushan, there was a coastline, and the people she had arranged were already waiting there...

"What are you doing! I told you to go up the mountain, where are you driving to!" Wen Qing said angrily as she looked at the residential area that appeared ahead.

This detour essentially brings us back to the vicinity of Guanyi.

Ignoring the blade pressing deeper and deeper into her leg, Mu Yiran said calmly:

"How am I supposed to know which road to take? I put you in the passenger seat so I could give you directions."

"Then stop the car and reverse!"

Before Mu Yiran could even apply the brakes, Qi Qiulin called out to her, "No, keep driving forward!"

Wen Qingyu asked, puzzled, "Why? Aren't we supposed to meet up with my dad on the mountain road?"

Only that section of mountain road lacks surveillance cameras.

Qi Qiulin ignored her, saying, "There's no time to pour it out. Let's go up through the other entrance up ahead."

She met Mu Yiran's gaze in the rearview mirror. For some reason, looking into the girl's clear eyes, Qi Qiulin felt a strange unease. She pressed the gun hard against the glass and shouted, "Fire! Speed ​​up! If you dare to stop, you're dead."

"accelerate!"

Mu Yiran stepped on the gas. This area was a small commercial district off the city center; there wasn't much traffic at 9 or 10 pm, but there were still quite a few people. Mu Yiran swerved to avoid the inner lane and lightly applied the brakes...

...No response.

"....."

The goosebumps that rose up made her tense all over. Mu Yiran's pupils contracted, and after a few seconds, realizing what was happening, she slowly raised her eyes and met Qi Qiulin's sinister gaze.

The headlights of the car ahead flickered and shone on Qi Qiulin's lower face. Qi Qiulin, who could tell what Mu Yiran was thinking, laughed instead.

Just as she was about to speak, her phone rang.

Qi Qiulin answered, "I'll be right there—"

"You're being followed!" the person on the other end of the phone shouted.

"What?!" Wen Qingyu turned around in horror.

"Qiushan is full of police! And people from the Time Gate too! If you drive over here, you'll die!"

"How did they know our location?!"

Qi Qiulin's gaze suddenly swept across Mu Yiran's face. The flashing lights of the surveillance camera outside the car passed by in an instant, and a smooth object below her line of sight emitted a faint light.

Qi Qiulin immediately picked up the jade bracelet she had snatched from Mu Yiran, and exclaimed, "What is this?!"

"Crack!" The jade bracelet was smashed onto the roof of the car, breaking in two.

"Fake?! A locator! You dare to play me!" Qi Qiulin slapped Mu Yiran hard across the face with the butt of her gun.

"ah!!"

"Ranran?!"

The Bluetooth signal disappeared, and Lee Byung-sung stood up in a panic; he couldn't see anything now.

Damn it!

"Get the snipers on board! Find an opportunity to force them to stop!"

Qi Qiulin's slap caused Mu Yiran to instinctively throw off the steering wheel, and the car skidded violently. Qi Qiulin only had time to catch Mu Yiran, and the phone in her other hand was thrown to Mu Yiran's feet.

Mu Yiran caught a glimpse of the panicked crowd and immediately steadied the steering wheel with trembling hands.

"What do we do now!" Wen Qingyu gripped the handlebars. "Where do we go?!"

Before Wen Qingyu could figure it out, she saw a black car coming from the opposite direction, the one leading the way being the Brabus that Shi Youxi had driven with Mu Yiran to hit her earlier.

"Shi Youxi! Stop! Turn around!"

Wen Qingyu tried to grab the steering wheel from Mu Yiran, but was pulled back by Qi Qiulin from behind.

At the same time, Qi Qiulin pressed Mu Yiran down and slammed a switch on the control panel.

Mu Yiran was startled!

It was too late to stop it.

The car accelerated instantly when I turned on the sport driving mode, rushing out of the congested traffic ahead!

Mu Yiran had no choice but to swerve the steering wheel repeatedly, scraping past the front of the Brabus.

Ai Ni in the car paused, then immediately turned the steering wheel, made a U-turn, and caught up.

Shi Jie leaned out of the car window, exclaiming, "Why so fast! What are they trying to do?!"

"This car is designed to prevent peeping; Qi Qiulin can't snipe from behind!"

"Shooting indiscriminately will only enrage her!"

Mo Mumu sat in the back seat, feeling anxious and regretful, her eyes red:

"What do we do! She's in that spot, if she bumps into something—"

Ai Ni's eyes were fierce:

"We have to chase after her! Have all the cars go around to the front! Block her head-on! You aim at her! The only chance is from directly in front—"

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, for a dark gun barrel protruded from the rear window of a speeding van ahead.

The police car following behind suddenly veered away!

"Scatter! Get the crowd out! She's firing!"

Inside the van, the deafening gunshot made Wen Qingyu's ears ring. Trembling, she turned her head to look at the chaotic crowd on the roadside, staring at Qi Qiulin as if she were a ghost—

"Are you crazy?!"

Qi Qiulin watched as the cars scattered in all directions and burst into laughter. "Drive! Drive towards Binbei Road!"

Meanwhile, Wen Zaosi, who was being chased by the police, finally realized something was wrong. He slammed on the brakes but watched helplessly as the accelerator accelerated faster and faster!

"This car...this car has a problem!"

Seeing the police blocking the mountain road not far ahead, Wen Zaosi didn't have time to think and abruptly turned the steering wheel, crashing through the barrier and rushing onto the overpass next to him!

Given the choice between killing someone in a car accident and being arrested, he naturally chose to flee!

Wen Qingyu watched as Qi Qiulin instructed Mu Yiran to keep driving towards the elevated road. This location was far from the airport and even further from the shore where ferries could be taken. She couldn't understand her actions at all.

"What exactly do you want?!"

She had initially thought Qi Qiulin would use Mu Yiran as leverage to force her to flee to international waters, but what was she doing now?!

This crazy move makes it seem like he's about to take Mu Yiran down with him at any moment!

Wasn't the plan to make Mu Yiran and Wen Zaosi die together?!

She wanted to die, but Wen Qingyu didn't!

Mu Yiran watched the speedometer climb higher and higher, her heart growing colder. She scoffed at Wen Qingyu, who was still in shock.

"Can't you tell?"

"The brakes on this car are broken."

"She never intended to take you with her!"

Wen Qingyu was stunned, looking at Mu Yiran and then at Qi Qiulin in disbelief. Suddenly, everything went black, and she raised the knife and swung it at Qi Qiulin.

"Are you crazy?! Ah—"

With her face repeatedly struck by the butt of a gun, Wen Qingyu tilted her head back, her vision blurred, and leaned against the car window.

"Help...help me!"

She futilely clung to the car door handle, her will to survive even contemplating jumping out of the car.

But she didn't know that with both driver's and passenger's doors broken, the car was essentially a living coffin.

Qi Qiulin pointed the gun at Wen Qingyu's forehead and said to Mu Yiran, "You're right, I didn't intend to take them with me."

“…”

"I was planning to spare your life and make you a scapegoat if I could get the evidence, but now you dare to lie to me!"

"Then you and that Wen fellow should both die!"

“…”

Qi Qiulin has completely gone mad.

Mu Yiran gripped the steering wheel so tightly that even breathing hurt.

Ai Ni tried to run over the car, but because the car in front of her braked suddenly to avoid it, she couldn't avoid it in time, and cars on the road rear-ended one after another.

Police were unsure how many bullets Qi Qiulin had left, and Shi Men, fearing he might collide with Mu Yiran, had to keep his distance.

Mu Yiran tried to turn around to find something to block her way, but Qi Qiulin had gone mad and was hiding behind Mu Yiran, firing wildly out of the car window.

Mu Yiran could even hear screams coming from all around her, from adults and children...

Left with no other choice, Mu Yiran rushed onto the one-way street to separate the police and Shimen's car.

The van was accelerating, and Mu Yiran futilely slammed on the brakes. Through her blurred vision, she caught a glimpse of the red dot on her phone beside her feet, marking Wen Zaosi's car as it drew ever closer...

"…………"

As the wind howled in her ears, Mu Yiran saw a car veering and crashing down the overpass less than a hundred meters away.

Because they were driving against traffic, they crashed into oncoming vehicles, causing chaos.

In that instant, Mu Yiran's vision suddenly lowered, the out-of-control car rose higher, and the scenery on both sides slowly blurred...

The painful memories that had been sealed away are now reflected in a mirror, clearly displayed before our eyes.

Those sounds of impact, those cries for help, those flames strong enough to burn through the soul…

Each scene was so clear.

Mu Yiran's heart clenched with pain. Her eyes widened, and a crazy, uncontrollable thought popped into her head...

Qi Qiulin, who had already put on her safety gear and was preparing to jump out of the car into the sea, suddenly heard the woman in front of her ask softly:

"You know when they crashed..."

How painful is it?

Qi Qiulin frowned, slamming her thumb and forefinger on the trigger, "What are you saying, 'useless'..."

Her voice faded away with the sudden acceleration and violent shaking of the car.

Qi Qiulin frantically grabbed the handlebars, and looked up:

The increasingly bright headlights illuminated the oncoming car's front end in her pupils—

The car lurched to the left, its tail swerving violently, the sharp screech of tires filling the air.

"ah---"

It only lasted a few seconds.

In the brief moment when the pain spread throughout her body, Mu Yiran's blank mind clearly heard that familiar, coquettish voice.

"elder sister."

"..."

Seriously…

I shouldn't have woken him up and fed him...

I'm so sorry, I haven't kept my promise to you again...

"squeak--"

"---Bang!"

A dull, loud bang!

A white Aston Martin that came out from the side overtook Wen Zaosi's black car and squeezed between him and the van, slamming into the van's left rear wheel as it swung out!

The white sports car blocked the minivan, directly bearing the full impact of the black sedan!

The inertia slammed Mu Yiran forward violently!

The airbags deployed, and she lay on top of them, dizzy and disoriented, until the car stopped rolling, at which point Mu Yiran finally looked up.

What you can see is that white supercar that was severely damaged in the crash.

"…………"

How could this be…

Who was driving the car...?

As if sensing something, Mu Yiran suddenly realized who was sitting in that car.

With her ears ringing, she staggered out of the shattered car window.

"Ugh!" He fell to the ground, scrambled to his feet, and stammered, "Time..."

Sparks flew up, and with a loud "boom," flames filled the sky.

Mu Yiran was thrown backward by the heat wave.

"It's going to explode! Run!"

"Stop her!"

"Ranran! Ranran! Don't go any further!"

"Mu Yiran, stop!"

"Stop that girl!"

"Don't let her go! It's going to explode!"

--"don't want…"

"Dad! Mom!"

"don't want…"

"Shi Youxi..."

Don't treat her like that.

She absolutely refused to watch her loved ones perish before her eyes any longer.

Stop treating her like that.

Mu Yiran groaned pitifully, struggled, and frantically rushed towards the raging fire.

"...Shi Youxi..."

She cried out, "Shi Youxi!"

His body, which was falling into the flames, was pulled forcefully!

Mu Yiran was turned around—

"Hmm!"

Her eyes were blurry with tears, and her vision was limited to what she could see.

Shi Youxi's head was covered in blood, and his phoenix eyes, illuminated by the firelight, shone with an obsidian glow. His pupils were filled with Mu Yiran's face.

“…”

"Sister..." Shi Youxi hugged her shoulders, her eyes unfocused, "...Is it you, sister?"

He was very uncertain.

On the way here, he saw many, even all kinds of older sisters.

Over the car phone, Guan Shiyan and Shi Si both told him that his sister hadn't left and was waiting for him at the hospital.

Everyone is telling him that she didn't leave, that she's still here.

For a moment, Shi Youxi wanted to go back, but when she saw the woman's clear face in the car coming from the opposite direction, her body reacted first.

Now he cupped her face in his hands and whispered something to her.

She is the one I'm afraid of.

I'm afraid it's not her.

Seeing that Mu Yiran did not answer, he became a little anxious. His gaze fell on the sea of ​​fire behind her, and his hands, which were cupping her face, slowly slid down.

"......"

Mu Yiran didn't even need to look at him; as soon as she grabbed his hand, Shi Youxi would look back.

Let's look back at her.

She held Shi Youxi's bleeding left hand, and the man immediately stopped moving.

She collapsed, completely exhausted. Shi Youxi instinctively caught her and cushioned her fall, and the two of them fell to the ground.

The two people, who looked like corpses, could only cling to the hope of survival before them.

Mu Yiran looked at the face so close to hers, trembling and sobbing, her hands weakly reaching towards his face.

Shi Youxi's eyes were shining, and he stared at her without blinking, completely unresponsive.

Until I heard it amidst the explosions, those repeated calls, calling his name over and over again.

“The time is low-lying.”

“The time is low-lying.”

"..."

The man grabbed that icy hand and pressed it against his face; it was warm and comforting.

He smiled and replied, "It's my older sister."

“It’s you.”

"You scared me to death." He hugged her back, nuzzled her hair, and breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought you didn't want me anymore.

"..."

Shi Youxi looked again at the burning and exploding black car, then turned to look at her, repeatedly confirming.

"That scared me to death..."

Blood from his forehead covered his entire face—a fatal amount.

Shi Youxi smiled and wiped it away, looking at her bright eyes.

"You scared me to death. Thank goodness you didn't abandon me."

"..."

Mu Yiran burst into tears, which also sounded like she was laughing.

Even at a time like this, she still remembered Mo Mumu asking her in the hospital if she was sick.

Maybe so.

Saying no is no longer an option.

Because among the choices Mo Mumu gave her—leaving Shi Youxi and living, and choosing to leave Shi Youxi and potentially be killed by him—she had only thought of:

If Shi Youxi is really in the car, then she will die with him.

What's terrifying is that she now sees the same thought in Shi Youxi's eyes.

Death is not scary; what's scary is not having you on the other side of the road.

She was also sick, just like Shi Youxi, and quite seriously ill.

That's absolutely insane.

Yeah, it's absolutely insane.

“…”

Mu Yiran's eyes were bloodshot, and she was convulsing all over, feeling terrible. She didn't know what was hurting, but she knew how to relieve the pain.

Her hands ran through the man's hair, pressing his head down. Her abdomen and chest spasmed, yet she laughed through her tears, clinging tightly to the driftwood, staring into his eyes and asking him:

"...It's me."

“I said it was me, Shi Youxi.”

"Now I want you to come home with me, do you want to...?"

"Would you like to come with me?"

As always, without hesitation, whatever she says goes.

Shi Youxi slowly bent down, hugged her, and nodded repeatedly:

"good."

"I'll only go with you."

“…”

They embraced just outside of hell, kissing their beloved tightly.

There's nothing wrong with falling in love while sick; immense compassion can make love purer and more intense.

So what if I'm sick? Mu Yiran thought.

She just wasn't wearing the same hospital gown as Shi Youxi...

They're such a perfect match.

[End of article]

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(I finished editing this chapter half a month ago, but I just couldn't type the last three words. I felt like something was missing. I deleted and revised it again and again, and finally typed it out just before it was time to publish.)

That's enough. It's enough that they both clearly realized how much they loved each other.