The night wind blew past, and Wan'er was so flustered she didn't dare say a word.
Xia Ruxue turned around without hesitation and ordered, “Go on! You're driving!”
She pretended to take a step forward...
Wan'er’s mind was in a muddle. She hurried after her, trying to stop her.
Qin Feng was lying on the cold asphalt. Hearing the exchange between the master and servant, he was startled!
He sprang to his feet in an instant and cursed, “Good heavens! The world has gone to the dogs, and people’s hearts are no longer what they used to be!”
“You hit me, and instead of getting me medical treatment right away, you’re going to kill me to cover it up!”
“Are you even human?”
The sudden shout nearly made Wan'er jump out of her skin!
Xia Ruxue, however, turned around calmly, not in the least surprised, and sneered. “Oh? You’re up?”
“I thought you couldn’t get up!”
“I...” Realizing he’d been found out, Qin Feng awkwardly brushed the dust off his clothes.
Only then did he take a good look at the two women.
The shorter girl wore black stockings and business attire. She was slender and curvy, looked very young, and had a pleasant air about her.
As for the slightly taller woman, she was mature and full-figured, dressed in a fitted black suit. Her simple earrings glimmered in the moonlight.
Her pretty oval face and cool, beautiful eyes gave her a distinctive air.
Qin Feng shook his head and sighed, “No wonder the ancients said the hearts of beautiful women are the most venomous!”
“Ah, the wisdom of our ancestors never fails!”
Xia Ruxue scoffed. “You men aren’t any better!”
“Lying around here in the middle of the night, playing dead—what’s the point?”
“Who are you trying to scare?”
Qin Feng coughed awkwardly and asked curiously, “How’d you figure it out?”
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
“Who gets hit by a car and doesn’t have a single drop of blood on them?”
“You don’t even have a scratch!”
“Does that make any sense?”
Qin Feng paused, secretly amused. This woman’s pretty sharp!
Most people wouldn’t have thought twice. They’d have called an ambulance, or driven him to the hospital themselves.
But she had stayed calm and collected, without the slightest panic, and had even observed things so closely.
Wan'er finally caught on, too. She put her hands on her hips angrily. “Oh! So you were trying to scam us, huh?”
She rushed forward, ready to pound Qin Feng with her little fists!
Qin Feng quickly waved his hands. “Who’s trying to scam you?”
“I just dodged fast!”
“An ordinary person would’ve been sent flying by your car!”
Wan'er wouldn’t listen. She grabbed hold of him, still furious!
“That’s enough, Wan'er! Stop it!” Xia Ruxue glanced calmly at Qin Feng and beckoned. “Let’s go. There’s no point wasting time.”
Though she said that, she knew in her heart that Qin Feng was right.
Wan'er raised her little fist at Qin Feng in warning, then reluctantly prepared to leave.
But just as the two women got into the car, Qin Feng climbed in, too!
“Hehe! Beautiful ladies, give me a ride! Let’s go together!”
Wan'er snapped, “Who’s going with you? And why should we give you a ride?”
“You almost hit me and sent me flying!”
“It’s not too much to ask you to give me a lift, is it?”
“You—”
Wan'er was about to say something, but Xia Ruxue signaled her. “Drive.”
Wan'er pursed her lips, then reluctantly pressed the accelerator...
Qin Feng immediately relaxed.
He caught the faint scent wafting from the woman beside him and noticed her slightly reddened eyes. He made casual conversation. “You seem to be in a hurry. Where are you going?”
Wan'er replied irritably, “Old Master Xia is critically ill. We’re rushing over to see him one last time.”
“Old Master Xia? Who’s that?”
“The current family head of the Xia Family, Xia Zhenhai! You don’t even know him? Are you from Tianhai?”
Wan'er shot Qin Feng a look as if he were some country bumpkin.
“Who? Xia Zhenhai?!”
Qin Feng was startled.
Wasn’t Xia Zhenhai the man he’d come down the mountain to find?
The old man was critically ill?
“Quick, quick, drive faster!”
“The Old Master can’t die!”
“If he dies, how am I supposed to break off the engagement?!”
Xia Ruxue and Wan'er were both stunned.
“What do you mean?” Xia Ruxue looked at him.
“Hehe, you probably don’t know, do you?” Qin Feng crossed his legs and said smugly, “I’m the Xia Family’s son-in-law!”
“The Xia Family’s Young Miss is my future wife!”
“Of course, I’m here to break off the engagement!”
“I’m a modern young man. I’m not interested in an arranged marriage!”
He wasn’t keen on the seven marriages arranged by the Qin Family.
They were women he’d never even met. What gave them the right to spend the rest of their lives with him?
Besides, why give up an entire forest for seven trees?
Xia Ruxue’s heart jolted!
She seemed to recall something and blurted out, “Are you Qin Feng?”
“How do you know?”
Qin Feng was taken aback, then remembered they were going to see Xia Zhenhai and suddenly understood. “Oh! You’re relatives of the Xia Family, right?”
“Does your Old Master often mention me?”
“Uh? Well...” Xia Ruxue felt a jumble of emotions.
Her grandfather had told her that he’d arranged a childhood betrothal for her when she was little, but she’d never taken it to heart.
She hadn’t expected her nominal fiancé to show up at her door this time!
And... he was a man like this!
Her expression shifted slightly.
If Qin Feng were just an ordinary person, she might have been able to treat him with courtesy.
But she absolutely could not accept a man like him as her fiancé!
His strange clothes were plain and cheap, his manner casual and rude, and on top of that, there was the “fake accident” earlier. She had hardly any good impression of Qin Feng at all!
A man like him was completely unworthy of her!
Wan'er’s eyes widened, and she turned toward Xia Ruxue in the back seat in disbelief. “C-CEO!”
“The Young Miss of the Xia Family he mentioned, isn’t that...”
Xia Ruxue’s heart lurched. She hurriedly cut her off in alarm. “Shut up!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Stop the car right now!”
Wan'er jumped, then immediately pulled the car over.
Before Qin Feng could react, Xia Ruxue said coldly, “Get out!”
“This is as far as we can take you.”
“The rest of the way to the city isn’t far. Just keep going straight!”
“Huh?” Qin Feng was dumbfounded.
But before he could react, he was shoved out of the car!
Then Xia Ruxue slammed the car door shut, and they sped off!
“Seriously? Is this any way to treat someone?”
“We’re going the same way! What’s the harm in one more passenger?”
“Hey! Wait for me! I don’t know the way!”
Qin Feng crouched, then sprang forward in a single bound!
Whoosh!
Like an arrow loosed from a bow, he vanished in an instant!
...
Inside the car.
As she drove, Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief. “CEO, thank goodness you reacted so quickly and got rid of him!”
“If he’d actually made it to your house, it would’ve been a huge problem!”
Xia Ruxue said nothing. Sitting in the back seat, she rubbed her brows in frustration...