Qiao Zhen sat up abruptly, her vision blurred as scenes from her nightmare flashed before her eyes, causing her excruciating pain as if her heart were being stabbed. She gasped for breath, the fresh air rushing into her chest, but it was not enough to calm her mind.

In her nightmare, she saw Lu Zheng driving at high speed on the main road. As he crossed an intersection, a heavy truck suddenly darted out from the side. Lu Zheng braked hard, but he couldn't stop the two vehicles from colliding.

Compared to a heavy truck weighing up to 100 tons, the luxury car was like paper, compressed into an unrecognizable pile of scrap metal under the violent impact.

Lu Zheng... failed to jump out of the car and escape.

Amidst the billowing smoke and raging flames, she seemed to see someone struggling desperately amidst the piles of luxury car wreckage, and heart-wrenching screams echoed in her ears. The visual and auditory impact felt like it was tearing her apart.

"Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng..."

She wanted to rush into the fire to rescue the person, but it felt like her feet were rooted to the spot. No matter how hard she gritted her teeth or how much strength she used, she couldn't move forward even a single step.

They could only watch helplessly as the person in the sea of ​​fire gradually went still and turned into ashes and fragments.

A torrent of tears welled up in her eyes instantly; she was so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe.

Reaching out, I tried desperately to grasp that tiny bit of ash.

"..." Her hand grasped something, firm yet with a soft, slightly warm touch, like a human body.

Qiao Zhen suddenly raised her head, and the tears washed away the blurriness in her vision, revealing a familiar face.

She was still gripped by the terror of the nightmare, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

Her trembling lips softly uttered a name.

The voice was so soft that she could hardly hear it herself.

"Zhenzhen, I'm here."

A magnetic voice truly resonates in your ears.

Qiao Zhen blinked her reddened eyes. The person in front of her hadn't disappeared; he was real and within reach.

The next second, she threw herself into Lu Zheng's arms and hugged him tightly.

Without any thought or hesitation, she hugged him tightly.

More warmth flowed into her body, not a cold and empty presence, but a real and tangible person.

At this moment, Qiao Zhen finally felt at ease.

In fact, she knew Lu Zheng was not dead as soon as her personal assistant asked her to answer the phone.

However, the shock of the video of the car accident was too strong, and the emotions that welled up from the bottom of her heart at that moment could not be calmed for a long time, leaving her in a state of fear.

At this moment, Lu Zheng returned safely.

Qiao Zhen raised her head and studied Lu Zheng's face, his handsome and deep-set eyes, his high nose, and his thin lips...

Instinctively, she leaned in and gently kissed him.

In the past, she was always the one being led, clumsy and awkward as she moved her lips around his without any skill.

Lu Zheng chuckled softly, pressed down on the back of Qiao Zhen's head, and gently bit her lip.

Qiao Zhen cried out in pain, her red lips slightly parted, and Lu Zheng seized the opportunity to conquer her territory.

After experiencing such a real separation of life and death, the emotions that had been suppressed for so long broke through the shackles, and Qiao Zhen no longer resisted, responding to his passionate kiss with abandon.

Their hot breaths mingled, as if their souls were merging.

After a long while, Lu Zheng finally stepped back.

Qiao Zhen unconsciously licked her slightly sore lips with the tip of her tongue. The faint blush at the corners of her almond-shaped eyes, still misty with tears, had not yet faded. She was unaware of how alluring she looked.

In an instant, a raging fire of desire ignited in Lu Zheng's deep, night-sky-like eyes.

He pressed down on Qiao Zhen's shoulders and fell onto the soft bed.

Instead of rushing to do anything, he gently asked Qiao Zhen's reddened ear, "Zhenzhen, why are you being so proactive?"

Qiao Zhen's ears turned so red they looked like they were about to bleed, and she hurriedly tried to cover it up, saying, "I...I was still half asleep!"

Although it wasn't what she wanted to hear, Lu Zheng didn't complain. He lightly brushed his tongue against her earlobe and asked, "How could you be so accurate when you were half asleep?"

Qiao Zhen wished she could crawl into bed, but Lu Zheng's arm clung to her tightly, refusing to let her go.

That's incredibly domineering.

All she could do was pull the blanket up a little to cover her mouth and nose, and the lips that still held traces of sweet affection.

"Lu Zheng, how did you manage to escape death from the car accident?"

She seemed to be deliberately changing the subject, but the way Yingying gazed at Lu Zheng betrayed her true feelings.

She cares about him.

Lu Zheng smiled and placed his hand on Qiao Zhen's forehead, gently stroking her soft hair. "I've known for a long time that someone in the Lu family is always looking for an opportunity to kill me. I'm usually surrounded by bodyguards who are retired special forces soldiers, so they can't do anything to me."

Qiao Zhen was surprised.

Is the internal strife within the Lu family really this terrifying?

Lu Zheng continued, "This time, I had to get to the hospital as soon as possible. For them, this was a golden opportunity. I knew they would set up traps on the roads around the hospital, so I changed cars halfway there to get to the hospital."

"Then the person driving your car..." Qiao Zhen was shocked.

Lu Zheng laughed and said, "He's fine. A man who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, he was quick enough to jump out of the vehicle before the crash. The accident happened suddenly, and thick smoke immediately billowed out. No one noticed that he quietly crept to the driver's side of the heavy vehicle and recorded a wonderful video."

Qiao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Zheng frowned, a shadow falling over his eyes.

Qiao Zhen quickly explained, "If someone really dies, you'll feel really bad, won't you?"

This guy wouldn't allow her to "care" about other men at all.

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