"Lu Jia! Watch out for the car!" Shen Zhi Qiu screamed in terror, pointing tremblingly behind Lu Jia, trying to warn him.
Lu Jia sensed something was wrong and turned his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a white car speeding towards him.
At the critical moment, a bodyguard whom Wei Qiao had arranged to secretly protect Shen Zhi Qiu under the tree rushed forward. He leaped forward, forcefully shoved Lu Jia aside to avoid the impact of the vehicle, and then rolled on the spot.
With a loud bang, the white car's front end slammed into Rong Mo's car body, producing a huge impact sound.
After being violently shoved aside by the bodyguard, Lu Jia's body became somewhat out of control, and she stumbled and crashed into a fruit vendor's cart on the roadside, scattering apples all over the ground.
"Are you alright?!" The apple vendor, a young man wearing a baseball cap, rushed towards Lu Jia in a panic.
It was lunchtime, and only a few people were passing by. Seeing the car accident, some concerned citizens pulled out their phones. The driver, noticing several people on their phones, realized that if the police arrived, he wouldn't be able to escape and decided to flee first. He glanced panicked in Lu Jia's direction, then unexpectedly raised an eyebrow, immediately backing up and turning the car around to run away.
At this moment, the bodyguard on the ground flipped up and rushed to Rong Mo's car. He grabbed the car keys from the terrified driver, quickly opened the car door, got in, and immediately started the car and chased after them.
The man, frantically searching for a way out and running around, was no match for a well-trained bodyguard.
The bodyguard slammed on the gas and drove straight into the man's car.
The man panicked and swerved, turning the steering wheel wildly. The car went out of control and crashed into a large tree on the side of the road, whereupon he lost consciousness instantly.
"Sir, are you alright? Are you hurt?" The stall owner adjusted his baseball cap and bent down slightly to ask anxiously.
"It's alright, I'm really sorry." Ignoring the pain in his body, Lu Jia quickly tried to get up by pushing himself up with his hands, managing to squeeze out an apology. He reached for his phone, saying, "I'll compensate you for the cost of this truckload of apples. I'm so sorry to have dragged you into this."
As Lu Jia swayed to his feet, the stall owner suddenly smirked, revealing a fierce look in his eyes. He lowered his voice and said menacingly, "Why didn't I kill you!"
Lu Jia was startled and cursed inwardly.
The stall owner quickly pulled a stick from under the cart and smashed it hard against Lu Jia's head.
Shen Zhi Qiu, supported by Wei Qiao, was walking out when she saw the stall owner go to look after Lu Jia. Her initial anxiety subsided slightly. But the next second, she saw the stall owner raise a stick, and she screamed in terror, "Hurry and help!!! Hurry!!!"
Shen Zhi Qiu screamed desperately for her bodyguards to rescue Lu Jia.
The bodyguards glanced at Wei Qiao, who nodded, and they immediately rushed down.
Shen Zhi Qiu also started running outside, completely disregarding the fact that she was pregnant. She had only one thought in her mind: Lu Jia absolutely cannot die! Wei Qiao quickly followed behind to protect Shen Zhi Qiu.
Gu Qingyan frowned and followed.
Feeling a sharp pain in the back of his head, Lu Jia's vision went black, and he staggered forward two steps. He could faintly hear Shen Zhi Qiu's cries in the distance, but he couldn't turn around to comfort her.
Lu Jia felt a sharp pain in his heart, but this was not the time to be distracted. He endured the intense pain, quickly moved to the side, and with all his might grabbed the remaining apples on the cart and smashed them hard against the man.
But after a few moments, Lu Jia couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to her knees.
Seizing the opportunity, the stall owner quickly stepped forward and raised the stick high towards Lu Jia's head again.
Lu Jia squinted, feeling the strength in her body being drained away little by little, waiting for death to come.
The stick did not fall.
Shen Zhi Qiu's bodyguards had already rushed to Lu Jia's side.
Seeing the situation was turning against him, the stall owner dropped his stick and ran. A bodyguard noticed his intention and swept him to the ground with a powerful kick. The stall owner fell heavily to the ground, letting out a painful groan.
Shen Zhi Qiu walked shakily toward Lu Jia, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't muster any strength. Her face was pale and cold sweat kept pouring down her forehead.
Wei Qiao quickly reached out to support Shen Zhi Qiu, "Miss Shen, are you alright?"
Seeing this, Gu Qingyan quickly reached behind her and put his arm around Shen Zhiqiu's waist, trying to support her and prevent her from falling if she lost her footing.
When Wei Qiao saw Gu Qingyan's actions, she couldn't help but frown and give him a displeased look.
"Are you sure you want to argue with me about this now?" Gu Qingyan said coldly and sternly, "No matter what, the child in her belly is mine. Would I ever harm her?"
Shen Zhi Qiu felt as if the whole world had gone silent. She stumbled and ran to Lu Jia's side. Seeing that the bodyguard had already helped him sit on the ground, Shen Zhi Qiu lowered herself with difficulty, reached out and stroked Lu Jia's face, softly calling his name, afraid that he would faint and never wake up again.
"The ambulance will be here soon," the bodyguard said to Wei Qiao after hanging up the phone. Then, pointing to the apple vendor, he asked, "Brother Wei, what should we do with this person?"
Wei Qiao glanced coldly at the man on the ground, walked over, and kicked him hard in the stomach. The man grimaced in pain and let out a wail.
"Who sent you?"
"Nobody asked me to come! He knocked over my fruit stand, and I was just so angry that I wanted to teach him a lesson!"
Wei Qiao sneered, then kicked him hard again, narrowing her eyes. "Stubborn people usually die quickly, don't you know that?"
After saying that, he stood up and looked around. The crowd of onlookers on the roadside was slowly growing. He knew that now was not the time, so he said to his bodyguard, "The police are probably arriving soon. Let's hand them over to the police. It's not appropriate for us to take them away with so many people around. We'll talk about it later."
The bodyguard nodded, grabbed the stall owner by the collar and dragged him to the cart, then grabbed the rope securing the cart and tied him up tightly.
On the other side, the bodyguard driving the car quickly jumped out and walked towards the big tree.
He carefully walked around to the driver's seat, tilted his head, and glanced inside warily.
The man in the car was covered in blood, sitting there motionless with his head drooping.
After a careful observation, the bodyguard confirmed that the man was not faking unconsciousness. He then reached out to check his breath and found that the man was already dead.
The bodyguard ran back to Wei Qiao with a gloomy expression and whispered a few words in his ear while panting heavily.
Wei Qiao paused for a moment, then calmly instructed, "When the police arrive, cooperate fully. I'll take Miss Chen away first."
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