Chapter 30：Why Did You Knock Me Down?

The night sky slowly spread, and there weren't so many street lights on this part of the road either. If the car's lights weren't on, Lin Wu would have bumped into the guard rails.

Lin Wu drove further along the road before Pei Jianing pointed to a place that wasn't far away.

"Is this the place?"

After stopping the car, Lin Wu switched on the car lights before opening the door and getting off. Pei Jianing followed him out of the car.

It seemed that although she couldn't get away from this car, she could still move around near it.

Amidst the dark night, both the human and ghost walked up to a place that was a few meters away, accompanied by the lights of the car. Pei Jianing suddenly stopped moving and squatted down, her back facing the car.

She had no shadows, making a patch of dark traces on the cement ground in front of her very obvious. Lin Wu took a careful look, and they seemed to be blood traces that had seeped into the cement ground.

"Did you get into the car accident here?" Lin Wu asked.

Pei Jianing didn't say anything but suddenly reached out to grab onto Lin Wu's hand, her hands gripping tightly. All the blood on her body started to flow slowly. The blood trickled down to the spot where their palms were at, slowly flowing toward there. They gradually covered Lin Wu's palm, arm, shoulder...

Lin Wu felt that the blood was extremely cold. A bone-chilling coldness gradually encompassed him.

At the next instant, he felt that everything in front of him had turned dark, and it was as if even his thoughts had been frozen up.

When he opened his eyes once again, the scene in front of him had changed.

He was still standing on the same spot, on the secluded road in the suburbs. However, it was no longer a dark night, but was the day time.

The sky was a little gloomy, with dark clouds in the sky. It seemed as if it was going to rain soon.

He was struggling to prop himself up, crawling forward incessantly. However, he wasn't moving out of his own will!

Lin Wu tried to stand up but had no control over his body. He was unable to move and could only sense his body's actions that weren't within his control. He looked at the endless road in the distance while breathed in and out intensely.

There was also...

Pain.

Extreme pain.

An almost numbing intense pain came from his legs. The pain from the friction his elbows and kneecaps had with the ground also came surging, causing his vision to keep blacking out.

However, despite the great pain, he continued to crawl on, unable to stop.

As Lin Wu grabbed onto the ground and crawled forward, he saw his hands.

They were slender and fair, clearly belonging to a girl.

This was...

Pei Jianing's memories?

Amidst the blurring intense pain, Lin Wu's heart was struck with a hint of comprehension. It seemed that this was Pei Jianing letting him experience what she had been through.

Her legs had been in such great pain. Could it be that Pei Jianing had been knocked down by the car at this point?

That wasn't right... Although her leg was broken, her injuries weren't fatal now. She shouldn't have been knocked down by the car yet. Could it be that someone had broken her legs?

Pei Jianing must have gone through something before she was knocked down by the car.

Suddenly——

The sound of a fast car rang out from a distance. Not long later, a red Mazda came dashing over.

It was a red Mazda Atenza...

It was coming!

Lin Wu was shocked. He could feel that Pei Jianing's body had stopped crawling. She used all of her strength to prop up her body, raised one of her hands, and then waved it frantically. She was like a drowning person trying to grab onto her last hope of survival. Her throat that was hoarse from panting in pain shouted out loudly, "Save me! I beg you, please save me!"

However, this impressive red car had no intention to stop. It was like a ferocious beast that had lost control, charging out crazily toward her.

The sound of the car was like the stifled laughter of a death god.

Stop!

Stop!

Why wasn't it stopping? 

Lin Wu was bellowing out crazily in his heart, and Pei Jianing also seemed to be stunned for a moment. By the time she realized what was going on, she tried to move back frantically. However, with her legs already broken, how could she possibly dodge it?

Although Lin Wu was unable to feel what she was feeling in her heart, he knew that she should be in despair.

Finally——

"Screech!"

The intense friction of the wheels against the ground rang out, and the red Mazda eventually started to brake. The powerful momentum caused the car to continue charging out toward Lin Wu, and the car became increasingly bigger in front of his eyes.

The strong wind brought by the car blew up the hair on his forehead, causing him to squint and subconsciously closed his eyes.

One second, two seconds...

He didn't die.

He slowly opened his eyes. The car's front bumper was less than half a meter from him, and the car plate number was T28-491.

He was so close from experiencing dying under this car.

A question suddenly flashed in Lin Wu's mind.

Since she wasn't knocked down, she'd be safe if she was brought to the hospital. Why did Pei Jianing die then?

At this moment, he felt that his entire body had turned limp, and he fell to the ground. The posture brought about a heart-wrenching intense pain from his leg, and his vision turned dark. He almost lay down flat on the road from the giddiness.

His consciousness started to become groggy.

However, he heard the lisp voice of a rough-sounding man. "Damn, is this a fraud?"

This voice... Was this the car's previous owner?

He seemed to be drunk?

"Ka."

The sound of the car door opening rang out, and someone got off. The guy started cursing out, "Why don't you look at where you're going? How dare you f*cking block my way? Damn, I shouldn't have stepped on the brakes. Women like you are all so arrogant, with your eyes growing at the top of your head. It'd be one less of you with one more dead!"

The intense pain came seething like a tsunami, and Lin Wu felt his consciousness increasingly slipping away.

He gradually heard the sound of footsteps. That guy seemed to be walking over.

Lin Wu wanted to look up to check the guy's appearance, but he was unable to budge. His consciousness was also groggy.

"En? I have actually knocked her down?"

The man's voice rang out, "Hey, get up. Stop feigning death! Moreover, you have suddenly appeared in front of me. I'm not to blame! I can't afford any compensation!"

Lin Wu wanted to say, 'Save me, I don't need your compensation', but he was merely in Pei Jianing's memories, so his body wasn't in his control at all. He was in a semi-unconscious state. 

"F*ck, there aren't any surveillance cameras anyway. No one will know..."

Mumbling sounds rang out, and the guy returned to the car, slamming the car door shut.

Lin Wu was slightly stunned. It seemed that the guy thought that he was the one who had caused Pei Jianing's injuries. Was he planning to wash his hands off this upon seeing that there were no surveillance cameras here?

The engine rang out once again, and the car backed off slowly.

It was as if Pei Jianing's strong wish to survive had caused her consciousness to clear up. Lin Wu felt that his body was putting up a struggle.

"It's not your fault..."

Pei Jianing opened her mouth. She should be wanting to tell that guy that her injuries weren't caused by him and that she wanted him to save her.

However, she had just propped herself up when she saw the scarlet car that was like the color of blood going in reverse for a distance, then suddenly accelerated and rushed toward her!

Bang!

The world was spinning, and blood splattered everywhere. The world instantly sank into endless darkness.

(Why?

Why did you knock me down?

It was fine if you didn't save me, but why did you do this to me? 

I can't accept this!

I can't accept this!!!

Damn it!

All of you deserve to die!)

Amidst her despair, Lin Wu seemed to have heard Pei Jianing's agonizing voice.

At the next instant, the world in front of him suddenly turned into the color of blood!