bodyguard against fate

Chapter 8 Picking Up a Corpse

Suddenly, the car in front beeped and the lock was opened. Oh no, someone's coming! Wu Renxing was so scared that he quickly shrank back. Fortunately, the person who got in the car didn't see them. After getting in, the car sped away. Wu Renxing had never felt so excited. His heart was pounding. Is killing someone really that hard?

Wu Renxing had clearly overestimated his mental fortitude. After a psychological struggle lasting several minutes, just as he raised the knife again, he heard a commotion in the distance. A chaotic crowd surged out of the seafood congee shop, and someone shouted, "Someone's been killed! Call 120!"

Oh no, something's happened!

Seeing several people talking as they walked toward the parking lot, Wu Renxing didn't have time to think. He grabbed Jiang Xue and ran. At this moment, he didn't care about He Xiuli or his millions of assets. If he was discovered, he would be in jail right now!

Fortunately, no one noticed when the first few cars drove away, until the last one.

Liu Yan helped the swaying top-ranking man into the car.

"You think you can compete with me with this level of skill? I'm being lenient by not making you eat shit on live stream—"

"Alright, stop bragging. You've lost two front teeth too, so you're both pretty much in the same boat."

The top-ranking guy's face was flushed, and he was seeing double. He handed the car keys to Liu Yan, "You drive!"

"My driver's license hasn't been issued yet—"

Liu Yan had only just learned the second stage of her driving test and had never actually driven on the road.

"What are you afraid of? I'm here!" the top leader said, patting his chest.

Seeing the situation, Liu Yan realized she had no choice but to take the plunge.

"Fasten your seatbelt, shift gears, engage the handbrake, and accelerate—"

Liu Yan stepped on the gas, and with a loud "bang," the car lurched backward and crashed into the wall.

The top-ranked guy's face turned green: "Who told you to put it in reverse?"

"What did I bump into..." Liu Yan was still in shock.

"What are you crashing into? You've hit a wall! Put it in first gear, accelerate—stop!"

Liu Yan drove the car forward one step, and the top-ranking man quickly got out to check the extent of the damage. He discovered that there seemed to be a person lying at the back of the car, but it was too dark to see clearly.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Yan noticed that the guy on the leaderboard was standing still and didn't move, which seemed strange.

"You look like you bumped into someone—"

"Huh?" Liu Yan was startled and quickly got out of the car.

Using the light from her phone, Liu Yan recognized He Xiuli: "Isn't that the one in Feng Weida's car? His boss—"

"Sis, are you alright?" The top dog tried to wake He Xiuli, but to no avail. "Could she be dead?"

"No," Liu Yan recalled, "she hasn't woken up since we saw her, so I definitely didn't hit her!"

"You haven't gotten your driver's license yet, have you?"

"I've just finished learning the second part of my driving test—"

"Driving without a license and hitting someone—if anything happens to her, you'll never get out of here!"

Liu Yan then realized she was scared: "What should we do?"

"Never mind anything else, get him into the car, and make sure no one sees us!"

The two men quickly lifted He Xiuli onto the back seat, and the leader reached out to check He Xiuli's breathing.

"It seems like she's still breathing!"

"Then get him to the hospital immediately."

"I can't deliver it! What will you say if I do? You don't have a driver's license, and I was driving drunk. We'll both end up in jail!"

"Then tell me, what should we do?" Liu Yan was completely at a loss.

After examination, Feng Weida was found not to have a concussion. He was still drunk, and the two blows to the head made him feel dizzy. He was rushed to the hospital by a kind Didi driver. If Wu Renxing hadn't come, he wouldn't have known how to pay the bill.

Wu Renxing deliberately slipped the seafood porridge shop's business card into Feng Weida's pocket, waiting for him to accidentally find it. After escaping last night, He Xiuli hadn't returned all night, and Wu Renxing, unaware of what had happened, went back to the porridge shop to check. There, he saw Feng Weida being slapped unconscious on camera, and Feng Weida finally remembered that he had left He Xiuli in the Didi ride!

"Quickly find a Didi driver!"

He Xiuli booked the car through an online platform, and her booking record was quickly found. However, when she met the driver, he said that when he returned to the car, he didn't see He Xiuli and assumed she had left on her own, so he didn't think much of it. Now, He Xiuli has completely disappeared!

When He Xiuli's father, He Yong, heard that his daughter was missing, he went to confront Wu Renxing early in the morning. He said that the He family only had this one precious daughter, and if something really happened to her, even ten Wu Renxings couldn't afford to compensate for it!

"Dad, I was wrong. I shouldn't have let Xiao Feng drink—" Wu Renxing tried to shift the blame.

"Who is Xiao Feng?"

"I hired Xiuli as her driver and bodyguard."

"I don't care about any of that. In short, if you don't find Xiuli, don't come back!" He Yong said harshly.

Wu Renxing decided to call the police.

Feng Weida felt extremely guilty. If he hadn't drunk alcohol last night, if he hadn't had a chili-eating contest with the top dog, if he hadn't called Chen Ergou to pick him up... none of this would have happened. Wu Renxing paid him such a high salary, originally intending for him to protect He Xiuli, but he had lost her. If she had fallen into the hands of bad guys, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Now, just waiting around was worse than death for him. He had to do something, even if it was just driving around looking for her!

Feng Weida drove along the route Didi had taken the previous night, searching again and again, hoping for a miracle. As luck would have it, he ran into Brother Da and Liu Yan again.

After discussing it, Brother Bang and Liu Yan decided to leave He Xiuli at the hospital without anyone noticing. They would save He Xiuli without taking any responsibility. However, they suddenly saw Feng Weida driving around the streets. Feng Weida had obviously seen them too!

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with hatred, but at this moment, neither side has the energy to cause trouble. Feng Weida is concerned about He Xiuli's safety, and the top gangster is afraid that Feng Weida will find He Xiuli in his car. In the end, Feng Weida still blocked the top gangster with his car.

"What are you doing? Haven't you been slapped enough yet?" The top-ranking man gestured to Liu Yan, who was sitting in the back row, to block He Xiuli. Liu Yan then took a blanket and covered He Xiuli with it.

"Did you see my boss last night?" Feng Weida asked, glancing into the car as he did so. Liu Yan gave him an awkward smile.

"Where did I see that? Get out of the way!" The top-ranking man was both guilty and self-righteous.

"Where are you going?" Feng Weida had clearly spotted the blanket.

"Haha is sick, take it to the vet." Liu Yan forced a smile.

"Who is Haha?"

"Husky, also known as Erha," Liu Yan explained to him, giving him a basic introduction to canines.

"You really didn't see it?" Feng Weida asked again before leaving.

"etc--"

The top-ranked guy suddenly realized something: Feng Weida picked up the "corpse," so why should he clean up his mess? He might as well take this opportunity to get rid of this big trouble!

Thinking of this, the top-ranked guy called out to Feng Weida, "Is your boss wearing a blue shirt?"

"Yes, you saw it?"

"I think I just saw someone chasing her with a knife, running in that direction—" The top-ranking guy casually pointed in a direction.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"I'd be a fool to lie to you!"

Feng Weida didn't have time to think. Whether what the top donor said was true or false, this was the only lifeline he could grasp. All he could do was hold on tight and hope that a miracle would happen!

Feng Weida took off running and chased after it in that direction.