Chapter 150 The Perpetrator
Five years ago.
University of San Francisco, Swimming Club.
"Then it's a date, we'll meet here again the next day."
"Okay, see you tomorrow." The cool voice sounded very pleasant.
Luo Tingwei's face was flushed, and water droplets were still dripping from the ends of her hair. She hummed a little tune as she walked out, and after a few steps, she looked back reluctantly.
A satisfied smile curled at the corners of his lips.
She took out her phone, dialed a number, and said excitedly, "An'an, guess what?"
The voice on the other end of the conversation sounded like someone who hadn't woken up yet, "What's wrong?"
"I finally succeeded."
"Oh? You struck up a conversation with him."
Cen An'an perked up upon hearing this, her voice tinged with excitement. "Tell me, what happened?"
...
"You're really fearless. You can't even swim. This is too risky. What if he doesn't pass by there?"
Cen An'an frowned, "How much do you like him..."
"I love it so much, I absolutely love it, hahaha."
"What do you like about him? Is it his good looks or his muscles?"
Luo Tingwei thought for a moment, then suddenly blurted out four words, "A glance that lasts a lifetime?"
She put down the phone and walked out of the club. As she crossed the road, a sports car suddenly rushed straight towards her. She didn't have time to react. The car kept getting bigger and bigger in front of her. The next second, everything went black and she lost consciousness.
The driver fled the scene.
The sports car sped away after hitting her.
Luo Tingwei suffered a head injury and was covered in blood. A kind passerby promptly called the police and took her to the hospital.
When I woke up, it was three days later.
The phone was also knocked away and its whereabouts are unknown.
Despite his busy schedule, Luo Shengtian actually rushed to the United States to stay by her bedside.
"dad?"
Luo Shengtian looked preoccupied. Seeing that she had woken up, he quickly came over and asked, "How are you, Weiwei? Are you alright?"
Luo Tingwei's eyes slowly rolled around as she looked at the unfamiliar surroundings.
"How...did I get here?"
Luo Shengtian was stunned for a moment, then told her, "You were in a car accident."
She was taken aback and couldn't remember what had happened before.
"So... has the person who hit me been caught?"
Luo Shengtian's eyes darted around, and he said awkwardly, "I caught him."
"He is a sixteen-year-old high school student."
“Weiwei, a high school student, just got her driver's license. She was driving recklessly and that's why she hit you. Her family is willing to settle with us and has posted bail. What do you think about this…”
Luo Tingwei was dizzy and didn't think much of it. "Dad, I don't know, my body hurts so much..."
Luo Shengtian looked at her seriously, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, then Dad will help you handle the rest. Just focus on recovering."
...
Luo Shengtian walked out of the hospital and got into a car that was already waiting outside.
The car headed north towards a luxury apartment building.
The man went upstairs, opened the door, and found the boy curled up on the sofa playing video games, cheering.
Luo Shengtian took a few quick steps and slapped the man across the face, almost shouting it from his throat.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
"Dad...I was wrong."
The boy, upon seeing him, immediately put down the controller, looked at him with fear, and said in a trembling voice,
"Please forgive me this time. It was my fault. I was bewitched."
Luo Shengtian, still furious, slapped her again. "Why didn't you stay in New York? What are you doing here? You even dared to try and kill your sister! You're really not afraid of death! Remember this, this is America, not Black City, not a place where you can act recklessly! If you really cause bigger trouble, even your old man can't protect you!"
"Dad, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."
"Why are you in such a hurry? You are my only son. I have already planned out the division of property. You will not get a single penny less. You are my only son. Why don't you understand? Do you know how many years you will go to jail if she pursues this matter?"
The boy sat there blankly, head down, looking completely lost.
"I'm sorry, Dad, I didn't know you... I was confused. I thought you were biased towards my sister, that's why I thought..."
"Once this is over, you need to leave the United States immediately. I need to send you somewhere else; it's for your own good..."
The boy cried and said, "Okay, Dad, I'll do whatever you say."
...
Luo Tingwei has been frequently dreaming about the scattered fragments from the car accident she had years ago.
I often dream about the face of the perpetrator.
Actually, she saw what the person looked like back then.
Many things I couldn't remember before suddenly flooded into my mind after that explosion.
She felt like she'd seen the driver's face somewhere before; it looked familiar.
Where is it?
Back then, Luo Shengtian explicitly and implicitly told her not to pursue the other party's responsibility too much, and she complied, not interfering in the matter any further.
In the end, the other party paid a large sum of money in compensation.
As for the perpetrator's face, Luo Tingwei had a vague impression of it; she seemed to have seen it again in a photograph later.
There wasn't much of a commotion at the time, but looking back now, there's no doubt it was the person who hit her.
She would never forget those indifferent, disdainful, and contemptuous glares.
Moreover, she remembered that Li Yanzhou seemed to be present when she saw the photo.
The scoundrel seemed to have said something to scare her.
This caused her to be puzzled for a moment when she saw the photo, but the next second she was plunged into the fear that Li Yanzhou had instilled in her.
After hearing this, Li Yanzhou said, "Wife, I was wrong."
"I'll kneel on durians."
"..."
Luo Tingwei rolled her eyes. "I'm hungry. Go cook. I want to eat meat tonight."
"Yes, ma'am."
Li Yanzhou happily went out to buy groceries.
Luo Tingwei thought about it at home for a long time, but couldn't come to a conclusion, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
*
Summer is almost here.
Li Yanzhou suggested taking her to Coconut Grove Island for a few days, and also to inspect the island. Luo Tingwei agreed.
The plane soon arrived at Coconut Grove Island.
It was summer, a perfect time for a sea voyage, so Li Yanzhou chartered a cruise ship and took her to see the sunset.
The water surface shimmered.
Luo Tingwei recalled that he had brought her to this sea area a year ago.
However, at that time, she was still immersed in the shadow of a previous shipwreck and was so frightened that she hid in the cabin and dared not go out.
Li Yanzhou had no choice but to coax and deceive her until he finally managed to get her onto the deck and hold her in his arms to watch the sunset.
Luo Tingwei gradually pulled herself out of her memories, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
This was probably one of the few heartwarming moments she and Li Yanzhou had shared in the past; it was like finding sweetness amidst shards of glass.
But something is better than nothing.
As the cruise ship passed an island in the sea, she looked at that area in the distance, and for a moment, her nerves were suddenly pierced.
This is……
Memories are being awakened little by little.
Funeral music? A funeral? A crowd dressed in black...
And also—
That enlarged portrait of him after his death.
Luo Tingwei gasped instantly, her brain jolting as if electrocuted, and she suddenly came to her senses.
It's him!
It was him!
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