Chapter 24 Check the almanac before going out

# Chapter 24: Check the almanac before going out

He said he would be back in the afternoon, but Liang Yu's high-speed train arrived in City B at 6:20, so Qiao Shuyan didn't even need to ask for leave to pick him up.

After get off work, Qiao Shuyan went home to change his clothes before taking the car key and going out. The high-speed rail station is actually not far from where they live. When there is no traffic jam, it only takes ten minutes to get there. But five or six o'clock is the evening rush hour, and Qiao Shuyan has been restless since talking to Liang Yu yesterday, and his mind has been flying uncontrollably to an unknown distance. As a result, he has never made a mistake since he started working, but this afternoon because of a low-level mistake, he was scolded by the section chief for ten minutes... In short, after going home to change his clothes, although it was still early, he still drove towards the station.

At 6:15, Liang Yu received a call from Qiao Shuyan.

"Hey, Shuyan."

"Liang Yu..."

On the other end of the phone, Qiao Shuyan's voice sounded somewhat unusual. He seemed anxious, nervous, and a little timid.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, I was in a car accident..." said Qiao Shuyan.

Liang Yu's heart tightened, and he asked hurriedly, "Are you injured?"

Qiao Shuyan said: "I, I'm fine, I just... I just crashed your car."

Liang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad you're okay. Don't worry. Send me your current location and call the police."

"Okay." Qiao Shuyan agreed readily. He didn't have much driving experience and it was his first time to get into a car accident. He didn't know how to deal with it. Moreover, the other party was a burly man who started swearing after getting out of the car. He kept apologizing, but the other party wouldn't give in. His words became more and more unpleasant and unbearable to hear.

Liang Yu continued, "Don't worry, my car is fully insured. Take photos of the accident scene and the collision of the car body and send them to me, and I will contact the insurance company for compensation." Although he was worried, he did not speed up his speech. Instead, he deliberately slowed it down and tried to make his tone as soft as possible.

However, Qiao Shuyan was not in a good condition at this time. His head was buzzing and he felt a little pain. The other driver stared at him with a pair of scary eyes and spoke foul language, which made him nervous and scared. He didn't realize that Liang Yu was trying every means to comfort him. However, Liang Yu's gentle tone and soft voice did calm his pounding heart. After relaxing a little, he nodded and said, "Yeah."

Liang Yu continued, "Send me your location and photos first, and then we can talk. I'll be there soon and will come to see you in a while."

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Shuyan did as Liang Yu said and sent the location and photos to Liang Yu, and then called 110 to report the case.

Qiao Shuyan sent over a dozen photos. The signal on the high-speed rail was not very good, and it took a long time for one photo to appear. Liang Yu frowned and clicked it, but found that the front left of the Tesla was deformed and dented. It didn't look as simple as Qiao Shuyan said. The photos behind also showed that the right side of the other car, from the co-pilot position to the right rear, had varying degrees of damage, and it looked serious. Moreover, he saw the figure of the owner of the other car in a photo. He was a burly man with a thick gold chain around his neck. It was only early April, but he was only wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, revealing two stripes on his messy tattooed arms, which was very scary.

He didn't have time to call the insurance company, so he called Qiao Shuyan again, but the line was always busy. Liang Yu was so anxious that he was furious, but he had no choice but to call the other party over and over again. After calling for an unknown number of times, the call was connected. As soon as the other party answered, he asked hastily: "Is the collision so serious? Are you really okay?"

Qiao Shuyan was startled by him. After a pause, he timidly told half the truth: "I, I'm fine, I just have a headache..."

Liang Yu's eyes turned red with anxiety when he heard this. The ability to hide his emotions that he had cultivated over the years disappeared without a trace at this moment. Worry about Qiao Shuyan occupied every inch of his brain. He wished he could fly to him immediately to check on his injuries, but he was on the high-speed train now and did not have any superpowers to teleport instantly. He suppressed his uneasiness, frowned, and said, "Call 120 and go to the hospital first. Don't worry about the car. I'll go and take care of it later." His tone was one of forced composure on the verge of exploding.

"I'm fine, and we have to deal with an accident here." Qiao Shuyan said, rubbing his head.

"The car is not as important as you!" Liang Yu could no longer hold on and finally raised his voice and shouted.

Everyone in the carriage looked at Liang Yu. His colleague sitting next to him was shocked as it was the first time he saw him like this. He couldn't help but shrink back and didn't dare to say a word.

Qiao Shuyan was also startled, but before he could say anything, the big brother blocked him and asked with a dark face, "What? You want to run away after hitting a car?"

"..." Qiao Shuyan felt his head hurting even more. He should check the almanac before going out today!

The eldest brother's eyes were as big as copper bells, shooting out a fierce look that made Qiao Shuyan step back and hang up Liang Yu's phone.

In the current scene, a big man who is a head taller than him is standing in front of him. He has no chance of leaving before the police arrive. But the other person who is making him panic is far away on the high-speed train, but he wants to control his consciousness through the phone and tell him to go to the doctor as soon as possible.

Qiao Shuyan silently assessed the situation. Although he had a headache now, he was conscious after all. Although the collision just now did cause some impact on the car and him in the car, there were no external injuries and no blood. At most, it was a mild concussion, so there was no need to call 120.

So he called the police first.

On the other side, Liang Yu rubbed his hair irritably, then checked the time on his phone. Fortunately, he still had five minutes to go before the station arrived. Although he was annoyed that Qiao Shuyan didn't listen and hung up on him without permission, he had to force himself to calm down when he thought about the other party's current situation. Far water can't quench a nearby fire, so he reported the insurance as quickly as possible, and then called Qiao Shuyan.

However, the other party did not answer the phone.

Liang Yu's anxious eyes could kill people.

The colleague next to him looked at him tremblingly and reminded him in a low voice, "Mr. Liang...how about you call 120?"

Liang Yu glanced at him sideways, and his colleague was so frightened that his heart almost stopped. He wanted to explain, but Liang Yu did not give him time to explain, and instead dialed 120.

After telling 120 the general situation and location, he hung up the phone and called Qiao Shuyan again.

This time the call was connected. After Liang Yu heard the tone, he said, "Shuyan, I called 120 for you..."

But he stopped talking halfway because he heard Qiao Shuyan's intermittent and somewhat unclear voice on the other end of the phone: "...Brother, I really didn't mean it. I was in a hurry to pick someone up...No...why would I hit you on purpose...No...I'm not showing off...Really...this car is not mine...Let's go to the hospital...wait for the police first...Yes...I called the police...Wait a minute, let me talk to my friend first..."

"Liang Yu." Qiao Shuyan's voice became clearer.

Liang Yu said: "I'm here, is the other party giving you a hard time?"

Qiao Shuyan's voice weakened again: "Wait a moment."

Then, Liang Yu heard the sound of a car door closing, followed by Qiao Shuyan's voice: "It's ok now, I'm getting in the car."

Liang Yu nodded and asked, "Is the other person a member of society?"

Qiao Shuyan sighed and said, "It looks like that, with a bald head, gold chains, and big flowery arms..."

"Then just stay in the car and wait for 120 or the police to arrive." Liang Yu said.

"Yeah, that's what I thought."

After a moment's silence, Qiao Shuyan rubbed his head and said, "I'm sorry..." It was supposed to be a good day. He had been thinking about it all night yesterday. Today, he had to confess his feelings to Liang Yu no matter what - although he hadn't figured out how to confess yet - otherwise if he delayed it for two more days and he really waited for her to get together with Xiao Chu, no matter how much he liked Liang Yu, he couldn't do anything to ruin other people's feelings.

But now, all his plans have gone to waste, and he even crashed Liang Yu's expensive car. How could he still have the face to talk about relationship with Liang Yu?

He sighed heavily again.

After hearing this, Liang Yu lowered his voice and said, "Don't think about anything now. Just wait for the ambulance to arrive. Money is just a thing outside of your body. I will take care of the rest."

"I..." Qiao Shuyan wanted to explain, but didn't know how to start.

He was indeed responsible for the accident. He was thinking about Liang Yu and was not concentrating on driving. As a result, he did not see the car coming from the left when he turned right. Although he was not driving very fast at the time - after all, he was turning a corner. But when the two cars collided, the car shook violently. Qiao Shuyan braked subconsciously. The car body shook and the brakes were pressed to the bottom, which caused his body to tilt forward violently while shaking violently, and he almost hit the steering wheel. Afterwards, he had symptoms of unconsciousness, dizziness and tinnitus for about ten seconds. At the same time, due to the shock, his heart beat violently.

When he came to his senses, he found that the car had driven dozens of meters away, and the owner got out of the car and was walking quickly towards him.

From a distance, he could see that the other person was a strong man. When he got closer, he was almost blinded by the gold chain on his neck. Qiao Shuyan had a severe headache. Before he could come to his senses, the other person was already standing next to his car, swearing and smashing windows, looking very ferocious.

"Don't think about it. I'll be at the station soon. I see you're not far from the station. I might get there before the police and the ambulance." Liang Yu said, "If the ambulance gets there first, go straight to the hospital. If the police get there first, give them my phone number."

"...The big brother just now said that he also wants to go to the hospital for a check-up." Qiao Shuyan sighed and said.

"Then let him go. The insurance will cover it, so don't worry." Liang Yu said, "But don't let him ride in the same car with you."

"This..." What he said doesn't count, Qiao Shuyan was helpless.

"Be good, listen to me and stop imagining. I'll be there soon."

When Qiao Shuyan heard the word "good", his face turned red. Although it was inappropriate, his heart was pounding uncontrollably. After a long while, he nodded randomly in response.

Although now is not the right time, Liang Yu is still very satisfied with his reaction. Recently, he has observed Qiao Shuyan's various reactions and then quietly changed the communication mode with him. Some words that he never said in the past because they crossed the line have now slowly permeated into the communication between the two. Yesterday's frivolous "I miss you" is like this, and today's "good boy" is also like this. Moreover, it seems that the other party has not raised any objections at all, which is an extremely positive signal. It's a pity that the other party is not in front of him now, and he can't see all his reactions.

When Liang Yu rushed to the scene of the accident, the police and the ambulance had not arrived yet. After all, the evening rush hour in City B was unforgivable. In addition, the accident site was very close to the high-speed rail station. After getting off the high-speed rail, he ran towards the taxi in the station with his suitcase, followed by a colleague.

Qiao Shuyan saw him from a distance while sitting in the car. She couldn't help but relax her frown, got out of the car immediately and ran to Liang Yu.

At this moment, the two of them were so close to each other that all kinds of complicated thoughts flooded into his mind again. Qiao Shuyan didn't know what to say, and just looked at Liang Yu quietly. The timidity, nervousness, anxiety and other emotions he had felt during the call just now disappeared without a trace the moment he saw Liang Yu. However, the topic that he had thought about countless times in his mind before resurfaced, and so on. His eyes were filled with a myriad of worries, as well as a pool of friendship that he himself did not even realize.

Liang Yu, however, could not care about that for the moment. He pulled the man in front of him with worry, looked him up and down for several times, and only after confirming that he had no external injuries did he let out a sigh of relief and temporarily put his mind at ease. Then, he looked deeply at Qiao Shuyan, looked into his eyes, and seemed to see into his heart in an instant. Then, he no longer cared about those things, just hugged the man into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "Fortunately, you are okay."

"...I told you I'm fine, but you didn't believe me." Qiao Shuyan blushed quietly and said in a muffled voice. He felt shy and a little aggrieved. He felt that all the thoughts that had just filled his brain disappeared the moment Liang Yu embraced him. Perhaps it was because those things were too complicated, and his CPU had crashed at this moment and couldn't process such complicated content. On the contrary, the fear of being cursed by the big brother just now turned into grievance. This simplest emotion controlled his brain for a while and made him want to cry. He didn't know where to put his hands. He raised them up and put them down again. He wanted to hug the other person back, but he didn't dare to, so he just let Liang Yu hug him tightly.

Liang Yu transformed all the urgency and helplessness he had just felt on the high-speed train into the strength to hug Qiao Shuyan at this moment. He wanted to hug him like he was rubbing him into his body, pressing his head on his shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "Does your head still hurt?"

"A little bit..."

Before Qiao Shuyan finished speaking, a rude voice rang out: "Fuck! No wonder you look so tender and skinny, you turned out to be a gay! Bah! It's really unlucky today!"

Liang Yu heard this, and his sharp eyes instantly pierced the man, who was the other protagonist of today's car accident. Then, he gently loosened his hand that was holding Qiao Shuyan, and used his hand to hold the man behind him, the meaning of protection was self-evident.

"If I counted correctly," Liang Yu looked at him sternly, his voice cold, "Among the three people present, two are gay, and you are the minority."

A colleague standing two meters behind Liang Yu wiped his sweat silently and thought, Mr. Liang, you have forgotten me!

Qiao Shuyan grabbed Liang Yu's windbreaker nervously. After all, the opponent was a 1.9-meter-tall strong man. Although Liang Yu was not short, he was tall and slender. Compared with the opponent, he seemed "fragile". If they started fighting, he would probably suffer.

"You!" The strong man was so excited that his face flushed. He walked towards Liang Yu with big strides and said, "Fags are disgusting!"

Liang Yu curled his lips and sneered: "Then you may have never looked in the mirror."

The man was so irritated by Liang Yu that veins bulged on his forehead. He cursed "fuck" loudly and at the same time, raised his right hand to grab Liang Yu's collar.

Seeing that he was about to grab Liang Yu, in a flash, Qiao Shuyan took a step sideways and stood in front of Liang Yu. Seeing this, the strong man did not stop, but grabbed Qiao Shuyan and punched him.

Qiao Shuyan had no time to dodge and was hit on the side of the face by the punch. For a moment, his mind went blank and his ears were buzzing.

Liang Yu was stunned for a moment, his heart tightened. Before the strong man's punch came down, he pulled Qiao Shuyan into his arms, but he had no time to dodge the punch and had to turn around and take the hit from behind.

Everything happened so fast that no one had time to react, except for the strong man who kept swinging his fist and wanted to hit again.

"Wang Xinrui! Record!"

Liang Yu said this and pushed Qiao Shuyan to the side of Wang Xinrui.

Wang Xinrui was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to record the incident.

Over there, Liang Yu was hit by the strong man again, and seeing Wang Xinrui had raised his phone, he stopped taking the loss and started dodging. He had practiced Sanda and was quite skilled, so he didn't take such a fat man seriously, so he deliberately spoke to provoke him and let him make the first move.

But he didn't expect Qiao Shuyan to run in front of him and block the punch for him!

He had practiced before, so he knew how to release the force. However, Qiao Shuyan's small body must have been hurt by such a punch. In an instant, all kinds of emotions surged in his mind, and finally anger took the upper hand. He turned his anger into strength and decided to make this fat guy suffer no matter what.

Because they had just started recording, he deliberately left some flaws for his opponent. After a few hits that didn't hurt or itch, he started to fight back, and in a few short hits he knocked his opponent to the ground.

Qiao Shuyan stood beside Wang Xinrui, his head buzzing, his left ear somewhat deaf, and his left face burning with pain. He covered his face and stared at Liang Yu in amazement. The worry in his heart turned into admiration the moment Liang Yu knocked him down.

So handsome!