Pursuit
"Where is the suspect?" The police officer who was blocking Tao Chu outside the door turned around and asked his colleague who was the last to come out.
He jumped out of the window and ran away.
Tao Chu, who was about to go to the hospital with Cen Le, stopped in her tracks—Li Yue had run away?!
Back then, even when things were going badly, Li Pengcheng was able to protect his gang of thugs who had committed murder, shifting the blame onto the victim, Cen Le's father.
Over the past decade, Li Pengcheng has relied on Zhou Bingcheng to whitewash his identity and become a high-ranking official. He only has one son, Li Yue, so why would he obediently hand him over?
Sending him abroad, finding a scapegoat, forcibly reaching a settlement with his family... there are many ways to help Li Yue escape legal punishment.
By not seizing the opportunity in the moment, we have already lost the initiative. If we let Li Yue get away like this, Cen Le will have to swallow her anger and suffer in silence!
Tao Chu recalled that when she ran here, she passed a black minivan parked on the side of the community, and Shen Yingchang deliberately stopped her on the sidewalk—that must have been Li Yue's car.
She turned to look at Wen Yunsheng: "Where's your car?"
"roadside."
"Walk!"
She sped off with Wen Yunsheng, snatched the keys from his sports car, and said, "I'll drive, you keep an eye on Li Yue's car."
Wen Yunsheng knew her temperament, so he didn't try to persuade her, but only gave her two instructions:
"Try the accelerator first; it feels different from a family car."
"Fasten your seatbelts."
Tao Chu didn't say anything. After the car lights came on, she opened the car door.
A roar suddenly broke through the quiet streets in the dark night. Her face was tense as she stared intently ahead.
Li Yuegang, limping and covered in blood, had just reached the roadside when his men helped him up to get into the car.
He saw a sports car speeding towards him in the distance, and it looked familiar. Suddenly, he shouted, "Drive! Drive!"
Before the car door was even closed, the driver obeyed and sped off.
Wen Yunsheng saw Li Yue's disheveled appearance as he scrambled onto the car with his feet on the ground: "The last four digits of the license plate are 988. Li Yue is in the car."
Tao Chu floored the gas pedal and caught up with the black car's tail.
This is a residential area, and although it's already past ten o'clock, you can still see pedestrians from time to time.
Hitting them from behind won't stop them; it might even injure others.
Tao Chuzhui followed them for several blocks and headed straight for the overpass. Wen Yunsheng glanced at the sign and said, "They're leaving the city."
"Call the police and 120." Tao Chu glanced at the rearview mirror, saw no cars nearby, and slightly changed lanes.
Wen Yunsheng guessed her intention: "If you're going to crash, protect yourself and hit in the opposite direction."
Tao Chu didn't say anything, but stepped on the gas to overtake, only to find that the car in front of him was also accelerating.
She gripped the steering wheel tightly, her suppressed anger and hatred surging up. Without hesitation, she slammed on the gas pedal, speeding forward with a roar.
After Wen Yunsheng steadied himself, he glanced at the dashboard—the speed was rapidly approaching 140 km/h from over 90.
As Li Yue was pulling off his blood-stained clothes in the car, he turned to look out the window and saw that Tao Chu was driving and was about to catch up.
He yelled, "Do you even know how to drive? You're not even as good as a woman! Speed up, speed up!"
The driver pursed his lips and glanced at the rearview mirror, remaining silent: Can a six-seater minivan outrun a Ferrari?
Tao Chu realized that there were still 1.2 kilometers to the next exit, and at the current speed, it wouldn't be long before they arrived. He had to stop them.
The driver watched as the blue sports car sped past his side, then swerved to the right and braked to a stop in front of his car, the screeching sound of the tires sending chills down his spine.
The black car is right next to the overpass railing. If it hits the sports car at full speed, it might be thrown off the overpass.
The driver could only slam on the brakes, and everyone in the car was thrown forward, but the sports car was already right in front of them, and with a "bang," it still crashed into them.
The sports car was thrown two or three lanes by the impact, lying askew against the fence, with shards of glass and some external parts scattered between the two cars.
The enormous impact left people dizzy and their ears ringing. The car door behind Wen Yunsheng was crushed and deformed, completely dented.
He pulled the seatbelt to its limit, bent down to shield Tao Chu, and pressed her head down to protect her in his arms.
Tao Chu's driver's seat was furthest from the point of impact. She was briefly dizzy for more than ten seconds before she felt a dull pain in her left elbow, which was pressed against the door.
Tao Chu pressed her face against Wen Yunsheng's chest, struggling to pull her head back to check on him, murmuring, "Yunsheng, Wen Yunsheng..."
Wen Yunsheng felt dizzy and had a sharp pain in his back.
He sensed her panic, took two deep breaths, and then spoke:
"Don't be afraid, I'm fine, I'm just stuck... You should get out first, it's not safe in the car."
Tao Chu could hear the weakness in his voice: "Tell me honestly, where are you injured?!"
"My back hurts, and my leg is trapped, but... it's not a big problem. You can go out now, but be careful."
He gently kissed her hair, and in the darkness, a few tufts of newly grown hair peeked out from the edge of her slightly slipping wig.
Tao Chu was also afraid that Li Yue would take the opportunity to escape, thus ruining everything, but he couldn't bear to leave Wen Yunsheng alone in the car, especially since the hood was already smoking.
"The ambulance will be here soon," Wen Yunsheng said softly. "Go."
Tao Chu hummed in agreement. Fortunately, the left car door was not deformed. After getting out of the car, she glanced at Wen Yunsheng through the broken window.
He was pale-faced and forced a smile as he nodded at her.
"Hold on, wait for me." Tao Chu called out, and he seemed to have heard her, nodding slightly.
Tao Chu's feet were still a little numb when they landed, but when she saw someone sticking their head out of the crooked window of the black car, she immediately disregarded everything and ran over quickly.
The side of the electric door of the van was pinned to the ground, and the people inside could only climb out one by one through the window on the other side.
Tao Chu casually picked up the half-bumper frame that was scattered on the ground; it should be the front bumper of the black car.
A car slowly drove by to watch the commotion, and someone exclaimed, "Holy crap, a Ferrari crashed like that?!"
Several other cars were parked far behind, and the drivers took out their phones, seemingly either calling the police or recording videos.
Tao Chu approached the black car, slapped a head back into the car with a piece of bumper debris, and said: "Behave yourself!"
"Sister, I'm injured—I'm all crooked and sprawled out inside like a human pyramid, I can't take it anymore! Please, sister, spare my life!"
Tao Chu slammed the bumper against the window frame: "You're the only one who has a chance of survival if you're inside. If you crawl out, I'll beat you to death!"
In her mind were images of a white sedan that had been crushed and burst into flames on the highway, Cen Le with blood streaming down her face and her life hanging in the balance, and Wen Yunsheng trapped inside the car, unable to move.
She will avenge every single blood debt!
She patrolled the smoking black car, ignoring the constant shouting and cursing inside, and banged on and intimidated everyone who tried to climb over the side windows and windshield.
Li Yue didn't utter a sound. Through the broken car window, she saw his face huddled in the corner, his head down, texting and making a phone call.
Calling for reinforcements, huh? Let's see if the police car gets here faster, or if Li Pengcheng gets here faster.
During the rescue, some kind-hearted people offered to help, but Tao Chu pointed to the car in front and said, "Go and rescue the people in the sports car—there's a murderer inside, so it's best to stay far away."
She carried half a bumper piece, like a hunter with a gun, staring intently at the car until she heard the sound of sirens approaching.
Tao Chu's face was illuminated by the blue and red lights. She told the tall policeman who was questioning her, "The one with the limp is called Li Yue. He broke into my friend's house, attacked her, and seriously injured her before jumping out of the window to escape. We chased after them in our car and stopped them here."
The police officer in charge of recording nodded slowly. The commotion caused by the live-streamed assault case was quite significant, and he was worried about not being able to catch the suspect. Unexpectedly, this girl intercepted him, and his attitude softened slightly.
"Sign here, then come back to the police station with us."
Tao Chu looked at the sports car that was being dismantled: "My friend is still inside."
“My colleague will take him to the ambulance.” The police noticed blood on her hands. “Are you injured too? Do you want to get it bandaged first?”
"It's alright." Tao Chu looked up at him after signing the papers. "I'll go with you now. You won't release those suspects in the black car within 24 hours of criminal detention and interrogation, right?"
She had to make sure of this, otherwise the car crash and injuries of that night wouldn't have been in vain.
The young policeman was taken aback, not expecting the girl to know these things. He was about to nod when he remembered his seniors' advice to keep his mouth shut and not to say things he shouldn't.
"We will act in accordance with the relevant regulations." He blinked a few times quickly; this was the first time he had ever spoken in such roundabout official language, and he was a little unaccustomed to it.
"Oh." Tao Chu was used to hearing this kind of talk, but suddenly remembered Tao Guohua. "I want to let my dad know I'm safe. I don't know where I lost my phone. Can I borrow your phone? I can talk on speakerphone in front of you."
When the police heard what she said, they figured she probably wanted to stay at the station overnight, and that her request wasn't unreasonable, so they took out their phones and asked her, "What's your number?"
Fortunately, Tao Guohua hasn't changed his phone number all these years, and Tao Chu remembered it from when he was a child.
After the police entered the number, they turned on speakerphone and held the phone up for Tao Chu to speak.
"Dad, Li Yue injured my friend Cen Le. She's in the hospital right now, could you go see her for me? Wen Yunsheng and I got into an accident while trying to stop Li Yue's car. Now I need to go back with the police... Comrade, which branch are you from? Oh, Hengwan District Public Security Bureau. Don't worry, I'm not badly injured. I'll talk to you later."
After getting into the police car, Tao Chu saw Wen Yunsheng being lifted into the ambulance in the rearview mirror. She breathed a slight sigh of relief and rubbed her sore and swollen eyes.
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