Novel Lived
Chapter 480: 480: Nearly Hit by a Car on the Way to the Hospital
Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Nearly Hit by a Car on the Way to the Hospital
Half an hour later, Huo Yi arrived.
Chi Enen made the excuse of going to have tea with friends and took her bag as she left the house.
The City Hospital in Rainy City was on Hengnan Road, and as soon as Chi Enen stepped out, she hailed a taxi, which quickly stopped at the street corner in front of the hospital.
Chi Enen paid the fare and had just gotten out of the taxi and closed the car door.
“Mommy, come catch me!” A child darted out onto the sidewalk, bumping into her right waist. Chi Enen, utterly unprepared, staggered from the impact and tumbled down the steps from the sidewalk to the side of the road.
In the blink of an eye, a screeching brake sounded— a car was skidding towards her—
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She hadn’t even had the chance to cry out when the middle-aged woman on the sidewalk, who had grabbed the child that had caused the trouble, exclaimed in shock.
Chi Enen suddenly turned her head and saw the car coming at her. Her face turned pale, and she instinctively stepped back twice. Retreating so hastily, her ankle twisted under the consecutive shocks; her left foot faltered, and she fell seated onto the ground.
The car was almost upon her when, at the last critical moment, the front of the car swerved sharply—a loud bang echoed as it crashed into a utility pole less than half a meter away from Chi Enen.
The front of the car was crumpled on impact.
But it seemed the driver had deployed the airbags in advance and was unharmed. He quickly opened the car door and stepped out.
“Miss, are you alright?”
Chi Enen shook her head, “I’m fine.” The car hadn’t touched her; she was just startled.
As she spoke, she braced herself to stand up.
The man who had just gotten out of the car was stunned upon seeing her face. It was as if he had seen something unbelievable, and he instinctively grabbed her wrist, his brows furrowing, “You…”
How could there be two people so similar in this world?!
Chi Enen’s left wrist was suddenly seized by a strange man, and she struggled in displeasure, “Sir, please let go!”
Perhaps sensing the anger on her face, the man recovered from his initial shock, released her hand and apologized like a gentleman, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to frighten you.”
Chi Enen rubbed her wrist and picked up her bag from the ground, her expression slightly clearing as she said perfunctorily, “It’s fine.”
“Let me take you to the hospital for a medical checkup.”
“I wasn’t hit by your car; there’s no need,” Chi Enen said, refusing without a second thought, and walked towards the hospital with her bag in tow.
She had just walked away when several cars arrived on site.
A few black-clothed bodyguards swiftly got out and surrounded the roadside, protecting the inside. One of the luxury cars with a Rainy City license plate pulled up, and a man with majestic looks stepped out— if not Huo Leiting, then who?
Huo Leiting got out of the car and calmly surveyed the scene of the car accident before striding over to the man who had grabbed Chi Enen’s wrist, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, “Master Gong, are you alright?”
The fact that the ruling member of the Habsburg family had come to Rainy City was a secret. If this man, who wielded immense wealth, had been harmed, it would have been his responsibility!
The man called Master Gong seemed to be in his thirties, with deep facial features and a serene charm that only time could bestow, his deep brown eyes enough to drown any woman. He was still staring intently in the direction where Chi Enen had walked away, seemingly deep in thought.
“Master Gong?” Huo Leiting called out to him again.
He turned his head, as if pulled from his reverie and flashed a slight smile, “I’m fine; Mayor Huo doesn’t need to worry.”
“It’s just a pity about your luxury car. I will have someone send you another one some day.”
The ten-million luxury car was wrecked, and Huo Leiting, not bothered in the slightest, said courteously, “It’s a relief that Master Gong is fine.”
“I’m alright. It’s just that I’ve discovered a very curious person.”
“Curious person?” Huo Leiting was a bit curious.
However, he said meaningfully, “I can’t tell Mayor Huo right now. I need to have someone investigate thoroughly. If it’s as I suspect, Mayor Huo will have the opportunity to meet her.”
Huo Leiting grew even more curious. Who could it be that would make the ruler of the Habsburg family say curious?