Chapter 165 When the Heavy Rain Comes
Jiang Ranxing went to the police station with the police officers, signed a lot of documents and recorded information before the police released Jiang Huanchen.
Jiang Huanchen burst into tears the moment he saw Jiang Ranxing, crying like an innocent child.
"Sister! I was wrong, sister! Please help me, sister! Please save me, please save me!"
Jiang Huanchen cried his heart out, and Jiang Ranxing's eyebrows twitched, but she didn't try to comfort him.
The fact that she came was already an extraordinary favor. She still remembered how Jiang Huanchen had treated her before, and dared not forget it for a moment.
The kinship between them had long been completely destroyed by Jiang Huanchen, leaving nothing behind.
Jiang Ranxing simply said, "The police will help you. You have to pay the price for what you did. I can't help you."
Jiang Ranxing's heartless appearance was reflected in Jiang Huanchen's despairing eyes.
Only now did he realize what he had done wrong. If he had always listened to his sister, he wouldn't be suffering from debt collectors today.
He desperately wanted to rush forward, hug Jiang Ranxing, and cry his heart out, but Jiang Ranxing had already retreated to a safe distance.
The police handcuffed him, but he couldn't get very far and couldn't touch Jiang Ranxing.
Jiang Huanchen just kept wiping away tears and crying, calling out Jiang Ranxing's name in repentance.
Jiang Ranxing's heart stirred slightly upon seeing this, but she didn't want to do anything.
There is a legal basis to judge Jiang Huanchen's actions. The fruits of his labor today are simply the seeds he sowed in the past.
It was too late for Jiang Huanchen to regret it.
He could have relied on his sister to enjoy a life of luxury that others didn't have, living a life he couldn't have on his own.
He put himself in prison by his own hand, and he has no one to blame but himself.
Jiang Ranxing simply said to the police officer beside him, "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
The police officer nodded: "Okay, we'll contact you again if needed."
"good."
Just as Jiang Ranxing was about to leave, he was stopped by a policeman.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ranxing asked.
The young policeman slapped his forehead in annoyance: "I forgot to bring your phone. We've finished using it here, so we can return it to you. I left it in the city bureau office. I was going to give it to you directly."
"Oh," Jiang Ranxing smiled, "It's okay, I'll go get it myself on the way back."
Jiang Ranxing didn't seem to care much about that. The young policeman thanked him repeatedly, and then Jiang said goodbye and left.
Jiang Ranxing walked out the gate. On the other side of the road was a wide expanse of land and crops. Looking at this familiar scene, Jiang Ranxing couldn't help but think of his childhood.
Back then, Jiang Huanchen wasn't like he is now. He was just a little kid who would follow her around. The two siblings would often run to the fields to fly kites, and when they got tired, they would go to the nearby shop to buy popsicles.
But now everything has changed, and people and things are no longer the same.
Jiang Ranxing let out a long sigh.
Jiang Ranxing took out his car keys from his bag, pressed a button, and walked to the car.
However, she did not notice an inconspicuous figure in a black hooded hat next to her.
Jiang Ranxing got into the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, started the car, and drove on the familiar road home.
She thought that everything that needed to be dealt with had been taken care of, and now all that was left was to wait for the surgery, get the divorce certificate, and start a new chapter in her life.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ranxing revealed a gentle and lingering smile.
Crack—
Suddenly, a thunderbolt flashed across the sky, bringing with it a tremendous and awe-inspiring sound.
Jiang Ranxing looked up and saw that the sky, which had been clear with a hazy sunset just moments before, was now turning increasingly dark, with layers of dark clouds covering the sky.
The car's intelligent voice assistant was also broadcasting at this moment:
"Hello Master, this is a real-time weather report. A severe convective thunderstorm with heavy rainfall is expected to occur shortly on the mountain road in the suburbs of City A where you are located. Please pay attention to safety while driving, and if necessary, please stop and rest in a safe area. I will stay with you."
The intelligent voice assistant automatically shuts down and goes into standby mode after you finish speaking.
Jiang Ranxing looked at the sky outside, and it did indeed look rather bad.
She is currently driving on a winding mountain road where the city and suburbs meet. It's not exactly difficult to drive, but there is still a certain degree of danger at the bends in the mountain road if there is a sudden weather event.
In the blink of an eye, a torrential downpour began, giving no time to hesitate. In just about ten seconds, the road in front of Jiang Ranxing was almost completely obscured by the rain and mist.
Jiang Ranxing had originally planned to park and wait in a slightly flatter spot ahead, but now it seemed he had no choice but to find a place to stop immediately.
Jiang Ranxing slowed down, lightening the pressure on the accelerator. She saw a flat slope after a bend in front of her where she could park, and gently pressed the accelerator, however—
She intended to slowly pull over in the heavy rain, but a black minivan appeared in the opposite lane. The vehicle wasn't in her lane; instead, it was speeding down her lane and heading straight for her.
The owner of the car seemed to be shouting:
"Make way, car in front! My brakes aren't working properly on the downhill slope! Please move aside!"
Jiang Ranxing disregarded everything else and quickly turned the steering wheel, swerving onto the slope like flowing water before the two vehicles collided. Although she didn't come to a complete stop and the rear half of the car was somewhat suspended in the air, the front of the car was already in the air. She only needed to wait for the van to pass before stepping on the gas to get up.
Jiang Ranxing breathed a sigh of relief, but he could still hear the truck driver's anxious shouts.
"No! No! The rain is too heavy, I can't control the car!"
Then came a dull, heavy, and enormous bang—
The in-car rescue system activated immediately, and the airbags deployed instantly. However, no matter how sturdy the car body was, the enormous impact still severely affected Jiang Ranxing. For a moment, everything went black before her eyes, and she felt dizzy.
All the sounds around me seemed to be suddenly muted, and the torrential rain seemed to stop falling in an instant. All the scenes froze in that moment.
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A City International Airport was bustling with people.
VIP waiting room.
Lin Xuesha touched her long, black, and smooth hair, and smiled slightly at the handsome man beside her, saying, "Shen Yuan, I'm going to the restroom. Wait for me."
Fu Shenyuan raised his eyes and nodded, saying, "Okay."
Lin Xuesha smiled gently, picked up her bag, and left the lounge.
As soon as she closed the door to the lounge, Lin Xuesha's smile vanished. She took out her private phone from her bag, went into the restroom, and after confirming that no one was around, dialed a number.
"Hello? How is it?" Lin Xuesha asked.
The man's voice on the other end was noticeably less arrogant and cocky. He said somewhat meekly, "I'm sorry, Miss Lin, it didn't work out. That woman doesn't care about her brother's life or death. She called the police, and now that the police are involved, there's nothing I can do."
Lin Xuesha was clearly furious: "What kind of work did you do after taking the money! Didn't I ask you to find a way to get Jiang Ranxing?! You can't even do this small thing, and you still dare to take so much money from me!"
"I really can't do anything about this. The police came and took her into custody immediately. I even sneaked a peek at the police station just now. The woman has already driven away. Her brother is probably going to jail. I really have no other choice, Ms. Lin. How about I give you some money back? Is that alright?"
Lin Xuesha's eyes flashed with hatred: "We'll talk about it later! You can't even handle this simple matter, I think you don't want to live!"
"Oh, Miss Lin, I didn't mean to—"
Lin Xuesha slammed down the phone.
If even this couldn't get to Jiang Ranxing, it seems she really is lucky. Lin Xuesha looked at her impatient eyes in the bathroom mirror, reached out and wiped the water droplets that had splashed on her face, and was surprised to see the sparkling diamond ring on her middle finger. Suddenly, she smiled again.
So what if we can't get rid of Jiang Ranxing?
She's going to have her wedding with Fu Shenyuan abroad. Tomorrow, they'll hold their grandest wedding in the eyes of the world.
Fu Shenyuan is hers now.
Jiang Ranxing has no chance anymore. Even if she can give birth to the child, her child will not be recognized by anyone.
Lin Xuesha chuckled wickedly twice before walking into the lounge with her hands on her hips.
Back in the lounge, Lin Xuesha saw Fu Shenyuan talking to Fu Xingyi beside him.
Fu Xingyi looked a little uncomfortable.
Lin Xuesha asked in a feignedly gentle tone, "Yiyi, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Fu Xingyi rubbed his stomach and said, "It seems like I ate too much ice cream earlier, my stomach hurts a little."
Upon hearing that the young master of the Fu family was unwell, the customer manager at the airport immediately stepped forward and said, "Mr. Fu, we have a medical room here. Would you like to take the young master to see a doctor? There is still plenty of time before check-in."
Seeing that Fu Xingyi was indeed uncomfortable, Fu Shenyuan nodded, picked him up, and let him lean on his shoulder.
"Let's go."
Fu Shenyuan turned around and glanced at Lin Xuesha, saying, "You rest here first, I'll bring Yiyi back in a while."
Lin Xuesha gave a sweet smile: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Fu Shenyuan led Fu Xingyi out, and Lin Xuesha's smile faded.
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The continuous thunderstorms and heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.
The car's intelligent voice assistant sounded again: "Dear Master, hello. Continuing with the weather report for the suburbs of City A, according to the meteorological observatory, the short-term heavy rainfall has turned into a prolonged period of extreme rainfall. Please leave this area as soon as possible—"
boom--
The vehicle body, overwhelmed by the large amount of rainwater that had seeped into the ground, plunged completely into the ground at the rear, becoming stuck in a gap, with the entire carriage wedged into a deep pit.
The van in front also slammed into the hood of the white sports car again due to gravity.
The impact woke Jiang Ranxing up.
She struggled to lift her eyelids and finally opened one eye, but the other eye was blocked by warm liquid and she couldn't see anything.
The dull pain throughout my body instantly awakened, and then turned into a dense, sharp, dull, and excruciating pain, like thousands of needles piercing my body.
It hurt so much that Jiang Ranxing wanted to close her eyes again, but her survival instinct made her grit her teeth and stay conscious.
She tried to move, but found that she couldn't move anywhere on her body except for her right hand, which still had a little feeling and could move a little.
Jiang Ranxing struggled to raise his right hand, trying to find his phone on his body.
However, she didn't touch anything, but instead touched a hand full of warm liquid. When she looked up, her hand was covered in blood.
She could no longer tell where the blood was coming from, and her consciousness was gradually fading. A voice in her heart kept reminding her not to fall asleep.
Her instinct for help made her reopen the car's smart system, which had been turned off, and she pressed the emergency button.
The smart assistant was triggered with a critical command: "You are about to make a call to the emergency contact for the owner."
On the other side, Lin Xuesha was looking at her newly done nails with boredom when she saw the phone on the table light up. It was the one Fu Shenyuan hadn't taken with him.
Lin Xuesha took the phone and was surprised to see the name on it: Jiang Ranxing.
Lin Xuesha glanced around a few times, preparing to teach Jiang Ranxing a lesson, and then answered the phone.
"Hello--"
The voice on the other end of the phone was mechanical, not human.
"Hello emergency contact, this is the intelligent assistant. The owner is in an emergency. The vehicle's intelligent system indicates that the vehicle is damaged. Please contact assistance as soon as possible. Our location is a mountain road in the suburbs of City A."
After the mechanical noise stopped, a faint human voice could be heard: "Help, help me, car accident..."
Jiang Ranxing couldn't utter a complete sentence; she could only speak intermittently. She didn't even know if she was talking to anyone; she was completely dazed.
Lin Xuesha heard this, understood what was going on, glanced at the phone, and chuckled twice.
"Jiang Ranxing, you've finally met your match. Looks like even God is on my side."
Jiang Ranxing frowned. What was going on? Was this a hallucination?
Lin Xuesha continued, "You wanted to call Shen Yuan to save you, but Shen Yuan didn't even want to answer your call after seeing it. We were discussing tomorrow's wedding, and he just handed the phone to me and told me to hang up. I only answered because I was worried about you."
"We'll be boarding the plane soon. Shen Yuan, Yi Yi, and I are going abroad. Tomorrow is our wedding day, so we can't miss it. How about this, I'll call an ambulance for you when our plane lands. You should be able to wait, right?"
Lin Xuesha saw Fu Shenyuan walking back through the blinds, so she said nothing more.
"That's all for now, bye. Take care, Jiang Ranxing."
Lin Xuesha smiled smugly, hung up the phone, and then completely deleted the call from her contact list.
The last glimmer of hope was extinguished in an instant, like a fire in a cold night.
Lin Xuesha's words entered Jiang Ranxing's mind intermittently.
Jiang Ranxing gave a forced smile. It was something she had expected. She hadn't held out any hope for Fu Shenyuan anyway, and reality was just a reminder of that.
Jiang Ranxing had long forgotten that when she was still at the Fu family's house, the emergency contact person she left in this car was Fu Shenyuan. If it had been anyone else, she would be in a much better situation than she is now.
The only hope of calling for help was cruelly extinguished by Fu Shenyuan.
Jiang Ranxing seemed to find a surge of strength from nowhere, and used her body to smash open the car door. Her body swayed, and she tumbled out of the car onto the cold, flat ground.
The dense, large raindrops pelted her mercilessly. Jiang Ranxing had no strength left to move. She collapsed in the rain, letting the icy rain wash over her body. The rainwater mixed with the blood on her body, staining everything around her red.
It felt like being pushed into a cold, endless hell.
The last thing Jiang Ranxing thought before he closed his eyes was:
She had lived a life of unbearable pain. If she could open her eyes again, she would never want to have any contact with these people again, never, especially Fu Shenyuan, the man who always brought her pain. She would rather never see him again.
Even if they met again, she would not show him any mercy.
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At the international airport, Fu Shenyuan was holding Fu Xingyi's hand as they walked across the jet bridge toward the boarding exit.
Suddenly, he felt an indescribable heartache, so intense that he could not even stand up straight, and his tall figure knelt on the ground.
Fu Xingyi and Lin Xuesha were both startled when they saw it.
Fu Xingyi quickly came over and asked, "Dad, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
However, he noticed two streaks of water on Fu Shenyuan's face.
"Dad, why are you crying?" Fu Xingyi touched Fu Shenyuan's eyes with her little hand and wiped away his tears.
Lin Xuesha also came over and asked, "Shen Yuan, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
Fu Shenyuan suddenly came to his senses. He had no idea what was wrong with him. Suddenly, a huge sadness descended upon him, as if some kind of telepathic connection, a kind of soul-shaking tremor, filled his blood in countless ways.
Faced with Fu Xingyi and Lin Xuesha's urgent concern, Fu Shenyuan shook his head, forcefully suppressing the unbearable feeling in his heart.
He stood up, looked ahead, and although he was in a daze, he still had to keep walking: "It's okay, let's go."
But he always had a feeling that he had missed something very important.
But he had absolutely no clue what it was about.
At the boarding gate, professional flight attendants helped them board the plane, and shortly after, the plane took off on time.
Under a clear blue sky, the plane headed towards an international route.
Fu Shenyuan heard the weather forecast over the flight attendant's voice:
"The weather in the city is sunny and clear, and the flight has not been affected by the heavy rain in the suburbs. We wish you a pleasant journey."
Looking out the window, Fu Shenyuan could see what appeared to be the suburbs, where dark clouds were indeed gathering.
Even though I thought nothing would happen, the unease and strange feeling in my heart didn't disappear at all.
He summoned Tan Shen and asked him to investigate whether something had happened.
The plane arced across the sky, heading towards that distant foreign land, as if the grand wedding of the century was opening its arms to everyone.
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One month later, at the Green Mountain Villa.
Lin Xuesha glared at the housekeeper: "What did you say! Why isn't the master home yet? Where is he? Didn't you tell me I wasn't feeling well!"
The butler pointed to the private doctor beside him.
"Ms. Lin, this is the home doctor that your husband has invited. If you feel unwell, you can ask the doctor anytime, and we will arrange for you to go to the hospital for treatment immediately."
As he spoke, the private doctor was about to come up and examine Lin Xuesha.
Lin Xuesha walked away in disgust: "No need! Keep contacting Mr. [Name], and once you get in touch, tell him to come back quickly. Just say I'm waiting for him!"
After saying that, Lin Xuesha went upstairs angrily, each step she took heavier than the last.
Only after seeing her go upstairs did the nanny dare to speak: "This Miss Lin's temper is getting worse and worse. I think she just can't save face, so she always takes it out on us."
The butler said calmly, "There's nothing we can do. The wedding we promised didn't happen, and now the master has disappeared. Miss Lin is bound to be unhappy."
The nanny asked, "What exactly happened? What happened to them abroad? How could they just cancel their wedding like that?"
The butler shook his head: "I don't know the specifics, but the master hasn't been back to the villa much. Apart from Assistant Tan, I don't think anyone else knows what's going on."
The nanny said, "Why don't you call Assistant Tan and ask? This situation at the villa is really not right. The young master has already been sent to the Fu family's old residence. If Miss Lin continues like this, how are we supposed to survive?"
After thinking for a moment, the housekeeper took out his phone and called Tan Shen.
"Assistant Tan, may I ask where the gentleman is now? Miss Lin has been looking for you. If it's convenient, could you please take this call?"
Tan Shen sighed and looked at the lifeless, drunk man sitting motionless on a single sofa in the dimly lit room.
Tan Shen said, "President Fu is not available to answer the phone right now."
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