The 'Involution King' Second Female Lead Quits [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Encountering an Old Acquaintance

◎Encountering an Old Acquaintance◎

Li Jianwei kept her foot on the brake, so the car only shook slightly and didn’t have much of an impact on the two people inside.

“How are you driving this motorcycle? Don’t you know it’s a red light now?” The owner of the car that was hit opened his door, cursing, and looked at his dented rear door with a heavy heart.

The motorcycle driver was hit hard, but because he was wearing a helmet, his head was not injured. He staggered to his feet.

When he heard the other party accusing him, his temper flared up. He ignored the dull ache in his chest and retorted loudly.

“Bullshit! I drove out before it turned red! You’re the one who ran the light! Didn’t you see that the other cars hadn’t started moving yet?! You ran a red light! You’re fully responsible!”

“You’re the one who’s talking bullshit! This intersection has surveillance! You ran a red light! You’re fully responsible! You have to pay for my car and my emotional distress!” The car owner got even angrier when he heard that. He strode over to the motorcycle driver, ready to grab his collar and have a good discussion with him.

The motorcycle driver saw this and immediately lay on the ground, wailing. “Help! This person is hitting me! They hit me with their car and now they’re hitting me! Is there any justice?!”

The two’s argument was extremely loud. Even with the car windows closed, their voices still reached Li Jianwei and Shu Heng’s ears.

“Sister, should we get out and check?” Shu Heng’s hands were tightly clasped, and her rapid heartbeat hadn’t yet calmed down.

“No rush,” Li Jianwei turned on the hazard lights, slowly drove around the two arguing people, and parked the car on the side of the road. Then she took out her phone and called the traffic police and her insurance company.

After telling both parties the location shown on the navigation, Li Jianwei was in no hurry to get out of the car. She turned to comfort Shu Heng. “We’re just the victims. I’ll make a statement after the traffic police arrive. You just wait for me in the car. The subsequent compensation will be handled by the insurance company.”

Seeing that Shu Heng was still tense, Li Jianwei put her hand on her clenched fist, changing the subject to distract her. “Did you tell your aunt what time we would arrive?”

Shu Heng first nodded, then shook her head. “I only said we would arrive at night. I didn’t tell my mom the specific time.”

Li Jianwei: “Okay. Then tell her that we’ll come back after dinner and not to worry about us.”

After feeling the hand under her palm slowly relax, Li Jianwei used her fingertips to push Shu Heng’s fingers apart, forcefully intertwining their fingers so that their palms were touching and their fingers were interlocked.

The close skin passed on their body temperature to each other. Shu Heng couldn’t help but curl her fingers, using the excuse of being scared to hold Li Jianwei’s hand tightly.

“Mm, I’ll call my mom in a bit,” Shu Heng said in a low voice.

Sister’s palm is so warm. I wish I could hold it forever.

…

The traffic police arrived quickly, reaching the scene in less than ten minutes. They directed traffic while taking statements from the people involved.

The motorcycle driver, who was originally lying on the ground, got up and insisted that he had gone through a yellow light. When the police asked if he had run a red light, he was adamant that the light was not red when his motorcycle left the lane.

“Impossible! I only stepped on the gas when it was a green light!” The car owner interrupted loudly.

“Nonsense! You pulled out your car before the red light turned green, that’s why I hit you!” The motorcycle driver’s face flushed, and his breathing became rapid.

“Don’t argue. Just answer my questions, one at a time…”

Pfft—

Before the traffic police could finish their sentence, the motorcycle driver spat out a mouthful of bl00d, and then his body fell straight backward.

This scared the police officer. He held the man up while asking if anyone had called an ambulance.

After finding out that neither of them had called 120, the police officer’s eyes went black. He didn’t care about anything else and directly helped the motorcycle driver into the back seat, stepping on the gas and speeding toward the nearest hospital.

“Don’t leave yet. Come back to the station with me to give a statement,” the remaining police officer shouted to the car owner, who looked flustered. He also called out to Li Jianwei, who had just signed her statement.

Li Jianwei, as the innocent victim, frowned slightly. Originally, she only had to cooperate and give a statement, but since one of the parties had vomited bl00d and fainted, the seriousness of the accident had changed.

“Officer, the intersection surveillance should have very clearly filmed the incident. At the time of the accident, my car did not collide with any vehicle. It was only damaged after the accident occurred.”

“As for who ran the red light, my view was limited, and I cannot provide a definitive testimony. I am not a key witness but a pure victim, so my request is to go home as soon as possible, so my family doesn’t worry about me.”

After her reasonable and well-argued statement, the police officer also looked hesitant. “Since you didn’t see it, you can leave your contact information and…”

“Didn’t you see it? Didn’t the person in the passenger seat see it either?! I only went after the light turned green! You should be testifying for me!” As soon as the car owner heard that Li Jianwei could leave, he panicked a little and was desperate to drag someone with him.

“We can’t claim compensation until the motorcycle is confirmed to be fully responsible! You don’t want to pay for the car repairs yourself, do you?” The car owner wanted to grab Li Jianwei’s hand, but she dodged him.

“If I say I didn’t see it, I didn’t see it? At least let the person come down and ask them a question, right?” The car owner was chattering incessantly, instinctively resisting going to the police station alone.

The police officer couldn’t stand the commotion and had no choice but to tap on the car window with his notebook and ask Shu Heng, “Did you see anything when the accident happened?”

Shu Heng, who received a look from Li Jianwei, shook her head. “I didn’t notice any of that. I was looking at the scenery at the time.”

“Okay. Then please leave your name and phone number.” The police officer quickly finished his statement and had Shu Heng write her name and contact information in the designated spot.

“You’re Shu Heng?” The car owner squeezed the police officer to the side and stood outside the car window, waving at Shu Heng. “Don’t you remember me? I’m Hu Xuan, the one who sat in the back row in high school.”

When Shu Heng heard the name Hu Xuan, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face changed. She immediately rolled up the car window, showing her refusal to communicate.

“Hey, Shu Heng, what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you recognize an old classmate? Are you guilty about something?” Hu Xuan frowned and instinctively tried to pull the car door open.

Li Jianwei was one step ahead of him. She grabbed Hu Xuan’s wrist and twisted it without changing her expression.

“Ow, ow, ow! Let go! Let go of me!” Hu Xuan’s facial features were scrunched up. To lessen the pain, his body also curled up, looking extremely ridiculous.

“It’s very impolite to open a car door without permission,” Li Jianwei said expressionlessly, holding his wrist and leading him five or six meters away before letting go.

“Officer, this is my lawyer’s business card. The subsequent repair costs will be claimed from the responsible party by my lawyer and insurance company together. If there are no other questions, I’ll be going now.”

The police officer subconsciously glanced at the business card. He didn’t quite understand the credibility of the lawyer on the card, but he was familiar with the name of the law firm, which seemed to have appeared many times in authoritative media.

A person who could hire this kind of lawyer was definitely not an ordinary person, and a person who could get this kind of lawyer’s business card was also not an ordinary person.

“Okay, thank you for your cooperation,” the police officer’s words suddenly became polite, and he even overlooked the fact that Shu Heng had not signed her statement.

Li Jianwei gave a meaningful glance at Hu Xuan, who was rubbing his wrist. Then she opened the passenger door and protected Shu Heng as she got out.

The new car’s damage assessment and repairs were handed over to the insurance company’s specialist who had arrived at the scene. The two’s luggage was also moved to the car the specialist had driven.

“CEO Li, we will contact your lawyer later. After the car is repaired, it will be delivered to your temporary residence,” the insurance specialist said, handing over the car keys with both hands.

“Thank you, you’ve worked hard,” Li Jianwei took the keys. After Shu Heng was seated in the passenger seat, she walked around to open her own door.

It wasn’t until she could no longer see the police car in the rearview mirror that Shu Heng finally mustered the courage to speak. “Sister Li, that person was indeed my high school classmate.”

“I…” Shu Heng pursed her lips, not knowing how to explain her behavior of avoiding communication with him.

Shu Heng didn’t want to deliberately hide anything from Li Jianwei, but she wasn’t ready to dig up old scars.

“I’m a little hungry. Is there a good restaurant nearby?” Li Jianwei saw Shu Heng’s reluctance and changed the subject with a kind understanding.

“Yes. Do you want to eat home-style stir-fries or noodle soup?” Shu Heng went along with the conversation, and her tense nerves were able to relax.

Shu Heng: “Around here, I remember there’s a really good maocai place. Do you want to try it, Sister?”

Li Jianwei agreed right away. “Sure. You can tell me how to drive there later.”