The threatened man gave the driver a look.
The driver understood instantly, turned back around, started the engine, and the car sped away immediately~
Rong Tangtang held a silver needle in her right hand, pressing it dead against the man’s Adam’s apple, while staring out the rear window at the prison guards who were chasing after them, silently praying, “Can’t catch up, can’t catch up!”
However, after chasing for a few steps, that noisy mob of guards suddenly stopped running, their eyes filled with panic and astonishment.
The car drove through several streets and headed toward the riverbank.
“Stop.”
The driver slammed on the brakes.
Rong Tangtang instantly dropped her fierce expression, put away the silver needle, and the gunshot wound on her arm throbbed faintly, making her voice hoarse, “I’m sorry for offending you just now.”
Only then did she lift her eyes to take a serious look at the man before her.
Just sitting there, the man cut a remarkably tall figure, his extraordinarily striking appearance suffused with a heavy aura of danger. He wore a white shirt with the top two buttons casually undone, revealing the clear lines of his Adam’s apple and collarbones.
His left arm rested on the window frame, with his sleeves rolled up to reveal a sturdy forearm. Veins stood out on his fair skin, seeming to manifest the man’s irresistible strength.
At that moment, his pitch-black eyes were fixed on her. His pupils were indifferent and arrogant, devoid of any emotion, as if he had never been frightened by her threat at all.
Rong Tangtang instantly felt the entire space become cramped and oppressive. “Thank you for saving my life despite the offense just now. If we are fated to meet again in the future, I will definitely repay you. May I ask your esteemed name, sir?”
The sense of oppression this man gave her was far stronger than that of the guards who had chased them earlier, and she wanted to make her escape as quickly as possible.
“Huo Siyu!” the man said.
“I’ve got it memorized. Goodbye, I’ll be leaving now, Hu—” Halfway through her sentence, just as she was about to repeat the name, she suddenly realized something, and the entire person froze as if struck by lightning.
Huo, Huo, Huo Siyu?!
The man let out a very light, mocking chuckle, his noble and precious features tinged with unruliness, “Where are you trying to escape to, Wife?”
Looking at the gradually curving, cruel arc of the man’s lips, Rong Tangtang gasped, “You’re Huo Siyu?”
Previously, Rong Tangtang had never laid eyes on Huo Siyu. He did not allow newspapers to publish his photo, nor did he ever take pictures. Therefore, outsiders rarely ever saw his true face.
The man raised his eyebrows slightly, as if giving her an affirmative answer.
“You came to pick me up! I won the bet,” Rong Tangtang said, both startled and delighted. “Hiss!”
Ouch. Getting excited pulled at her gunshot wound, hurting like hell, but she had to get out what she needed to say right away. “Huo Siyu, I am definitely not a spy planted by your stepmother. Today, when I chopped off her hand in public, I was proving to you that although I am the wife she found for you, she and I are not on the same side—and we never will be. I married you for a completely different purpose.”
Huo Siyu’s expression turned gloomy, his dark eyes staring intently at her face without interrupting her.
Because of the gunshot wound, the young woman’s voice trembled with pain, yet she didn’t show a shred of weakness, earnestly assuring him—she certainly had a lot to say.
Her skin was flawless and as white as frost, with a round little face and large, bright, sparkling eyes. When she spoke, dimples faintly appeared, and her soft, clean facial features gave off a deeply comforting vibe, like a gentle spring breeze.
She wasn’t skinny, but she wasn’t fat either. Her waistline was visibly plump and soft to the touch, with a bit of flesh on her lower belly—she looked like she’d be very pinchable.
“This is a long story, but I’ll make it short. Half a month ago, a murder occurred at the Grand Marshal’s Mansion, and Rong Mingwei was convicted as the murderer and thrown into prison. I am Rong Mingwei’s younger sister, and I am certain my brother was framed. I am going to investigate the truth and clear my brother’s name.”