I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 408 [Car Accident]

Since taking a break, Lu Zhengyi has not been abroad for a long time.

This time at the Cannes Film Festival, I briefly left the Tang Kingdom after a long absence.

Before leaving, Lu Zhengyi made a special call to Yu Wenxiu, but nothing happened until he returned to China.

“It’s a pity that I didn’t win the award.”

Although she was very busy at work, Zhang Xueming still took a special leave to pick him up at the airport.

"After all, films of this type are very special nowadays."

Lu Zhengyi sat in the co-pilot seat and replied helplessly, "From sales to attention, Dead Silence is more valuable than other films in the same period."

"But now because of the troubles encountered by the Kingdom of He and the Southern Dynasty..., they are a little wary of this type of film."

“Although we haven’t gone as far as to ban it completely like them, their attitude towards this kind of public recognition through awards is still quite subtle.”

"That being said, I'm actually still somewhat looking forward to it." Zhang Xueming took a deep breath, "According to the current situation, I probably won't be able to get it in the future."

"I originally thought that after getting it, the position of the entire crew in the Western market would immediately be consolidated and officially recognized."

"The impression brought by the award will overshadow the impact of differences in appearance and culture, and the crew's performance will get better and better..."

She was feeling a little down.

Although I know in my heart that it is impossible, I still can't help fantasizing about it and have expectations.

Lu Zhengyi was sitting next to her, and from his perspective, her profile was outside the window, and it seemed to be glowing in the afternoon sunset.

But also because of the light source, under the thick concealer, the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and the spots on the skin began to become clear, and of course, there were also... those few gray hairs.

This is a change in appearance due to time.

The span of time does not carry a particularly heavy weight for Lu Zhengyi.

It felt like just a blink of an eye, and a few months passed in a flash, then half a year passed.

Lu Zhengyi didn't care about these things, but Zhang Xueming herself seemed to care a lot. She started applying facial masks and putting on heavy makeup to cover up these blemishes and old looks.

It is normal for people to age.

If people do not age, they might be considered monsters.

It's very contradictory. People hate aging, so they use some special ways, such as makeup and plastic surgery, to keep themselves young.

But if people really don’t age…

Lu Zhengyi shifted his gaze from his wife and looked at the road ahead. Compared to these natural external changes, he cared more about the internal changes.

Age really has a huge impact on a person.

Zhang Xueming has become more and more emotional, and is no longer able to remain calm as before.

If it were in the past, she probably would not have had any expectations, but would have known from the beginning that it was impossible and focused on other work.

Using practical awards to win recognition from Western audiences and thus cover up some negative impressions is a shortcut.

But if you know that something cannot be done, then accumulating time and conquering them with one film after another is also a viable way.

In the past, she would have chosen the latter.

And when it comes to some educational matters, she also gave answers that Lu Zhengyi was completely unexpected.

The idea of ​​wanting her son to be successful seemed to appear unconsciously and had an impact on her.

"Baba ba ba ba ba—"

As he was thinking about this, Lu Zhengyi suddenly heard a continuous and shrill horn sound in his ears, and in front of him, a speeding truck was approaching at a very fast speed.

For some unknown reason, it left its original lane, crashed through the partition between the lanes, and headed towards their car in the opposite direction.

He could even see through the car window that the driver inside had his eyes wide open, his face full of fear and panic.

Blood was flowing from his forehead, probably because the impact of the previous round that broke through the lane divider caused his head to hit somewhere on the car.

There was a slight dent in the front of the car and the license plate was broken off, but that was all.

After all, it is a heavy truck, and no matter how heavy the truck is, it cannot be destroyed or intercepted by the partition.

Lu Zhengyi looked at him with calm eyes. The emotions in the other's eyes at this moment could be described in words.

'It's over', 'What should I do', 'Home...'

This is probably what he was thinking in his mind, but just by looking into the other person's eyes, the absolutely real emotions revealed in that critical moment, these were the thoughts he showed to Lu Zhengyi.

Honestly, all this happened very abruptly, just like those TV dramas where after twelve episodes, the hero and heroine finally get what they want, but suddenly a car accident causes one of them to lose their memory.

Drama comes from reality, and reality is only more illogical than drama.

Misfortune or good luck comes inexplicably, and there is no trace of it at all.

But now doesn't seem to be the time to think about these things.

Lu Zhengyi turned his head and saw that the expression on his wife's face was almost the same as that of the truck driver opposite, panic and fear.

Because everything happened so suddenly, she instinctively stepped on the brakes.

The other hand, however, reached towards him.

Lu Zhengyi lowered his head and looked at the fingers that had touched the back of his hand. It was instinctive to brake and it was also instinctive to move closer to him.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a loud roar, in front of Zhang Xueming's eyes, a hand pressed on her chest, and the other hand easily pressed the inflated airbag. At the same time, the impact force that was supposed to crush her seemed to be blocked.

The front window of the car was completely shattered by the heavy truck, and the sunlight was also blocked.

Compared with heavy trucks, the height of ordinary cars does not even reach the level of the windows.

A car accident took a total of four seconds from start to finish as captured by the surveillance camera.

The heavy truck was driving normally on the inner line of another lane, but it was not known whether its tire had burst or some protruding hard object on the lane forcibly changed its driving direction, causing it to directly crash through the partition.

Then, it came face to face with a car that was also driving in the inner lane in another lane.

Neither side had the chance to react or turn the steering wheel, so they collided head-on.

"120, 120!"

"Don't move the people inside. We don't know what's going on right now. If you move, the injuries will get worse."

"Let's surround it first and get the fire extinguisher and other things. If there's a fire..."

Cars stopped one after another, and people gathered here from all directions.

The truck driver was completely unconscious at this time.

People could see his condition through the shattered car windows.

In contrast, the valuable car opposite the heavy truck was completely motionless.

The windows on both sides were intact, but the front window was completely blocked by the heavy truck, and it looked... as if it had been crushed.

Inside the car, the thumping sound of the heartbeat was particularly obvious at this moment.

Zhang Xueming was panting violently. At that moment, she even forgot to breathe, and her head felt a little dizzy.

When I came to my senses, everything was over.

As for this memory, it was a little fuzzy in her mind. She only vaguely remembered that there was a hand blocking her body, but she had forgotten more details.

All in all, she seemed fine.

Not to mention the impact, even the tiny pieces of glass didn't get close to her.

This is very common. When there is a sudden danger or emotional excitement, some people's brains deliberately ignore some details to avoid causing greater mental impact. It's like two people fighting. After the fight, only the result is known, while the process of the fight, and even the reason, inexplicably become blurred in memory.

"Hey, Taoist Priest, I had a car accident here."

Her husband's voice disrupted Zhang Xueming's fear. She turned around and saw him calling someone on his cell phone. "Yes, there are a lot of people here. We may need to deal with them."

Noticing her turned gaze, the husband reached out his free hand and touched his hair.

Zhang Xueming watched his movements, feeling the warmth of the hand on her head, feeling fear, panic, and joy in her heart...

Suddenly it became insignificant.

Although it was a very sudden and dangerous thing.

But it seems... that's it.

There is nothing to be afraid of danger, and there is nothing to be happy about after surviving a disaster. It is just this one thing, and she had such a thought in her heart.

……

"This road is an outer ring road, and many transport trucks pass by at night. It may be due to long-term rolling, so cracks have appeared on the road surface for some time. Because it is a main road, applications from all aspects will be slower."

"Then, there happened to be a bent steel bar stuck inside. It's the one in the surveillance video. It's hard to see clearly. We also found it during a subsequent search on the roadside. When a large truck passed by, it just got stuck in the chassis, so the driving direction was forcibly changed."

"In this case, the road safety department will re-maintain the road surface to ensure public safety..."

Midnight,

doorstep,
A man dressed as a delivery boy was explaining something to Lu Zhengyi.

Zhang Xueming stood in the courtyard, waiting silently without moving forward.

After the incident, it was doctors and firefighters who arrived at the scene to deal with the situation, but the person who drove a van to pick them up was actually this delivery guy.

"These are things you have to deal with. There's no point in telling me."

Lu Zhengyi waved his hand, "Um...how is the driver?"

"He's not doing very well."

The delivery boy replied with regret, "The impact was so great that I should have been thrown out of the car. Fortunately, I was fastened by the seat belt, but my internal organs were severely affected."

Lu Zhengyi nodded, "As for the cost of treatment..."

"Road safety and transport companies and insurance companies will all be responsible."

The delivery boy continued, "After all, although this incident seems to be a big deal, fortunately, he is the only victim, so they are willing to provide compensation and humanitarian support."

The main thing is that everyone in the car is fine.

If something happens, it will be quite troublesome to deal with it.

"It's troublesome."

Lu Zhengyi said politely.

"This is our job."

The delivery guy was also very polite, "Then I'll take my leave first."

As he spoke, he nodded towards Zhang Xueming in the distance, then got into the van behind him.

"There are talents in every industry." After seeing the people leave, Zhang Xueming walked over and said, "Is this called... hiding troops among the people?"

"Who knows? It's the job of the Taoist priests."

Lu Zhengyi held her in his arms and walked towards the house. "It's time to eat. I'm so hungry."

……

But the moment the sunlight shone into the room, Zhang Xueming woke up from her sleep as if in a trance.

She gets up very early.

The older you get, the less sleep you get.

Next to me, my husband woke up almost at the same time. Compared to me, he woke up early because of physical reasons, sleep less, and have always had this lifestyle habit.

"Today is Saturday, An An doesn't have to go to school." The husband asked softly, "Why don't you take a day off and go out for a walk as a family of three?"

"……forget it."

Zhang Xueming shook her head and got out of bed. "I still have some things to deal with."

As she said that, she went into the bathroom.

Wash, brush teeth, breakfast...

Simple daily routine, this is what I do every day.

"That lonely girl cursed again the day before yesterday."

Probably because her husband left a few days ago to attend a film festival, when we met today, my son talked a lot while eating breakfast.

"To be honest, even though she's pretty mean to boys, she looks pretty."

"The more she doesn't follow the boys, some boys seem to like her more and always go looking for her, but every time they make her angry and scold her."

"No, I didn't! I don't like those childish behaviors!"

Zhang Xueming had no idea who the 'lonely girl' her son was talking about was.

But the husband seemed to understand the child very well. He even teased the child, asking him if he liked her since he kept mentioning her.

"By the way, didn't you have a girlfriend before?"

Zhang Xueming frowned, "Don't be the type who plays with multiple women at the same time. Although our family is rich, we don't do such immoral things."

"Mom, we've been apart for a long time!"

The son counted on his fingers, "It's been almost a week, and we've only been together for two days. No, strictly speaking, it was a day and a half, because we broke up the next morning!"

"..."

As a mother, Zhang Xueming really doesn't know what to say about this relationship that came together so easily and then broke up so suddenly.

"So you really like that girl now? If she doesn't like guys, then don't mess with her."

"But what you said just now was that you looked down on those childish behaviors, which means that you have similar thoughts. I mean, to attract her attention."

"I remember there are a lot of female students in your class. Do you have to like her? This kind of emotion may not lead to any result."

The husband was saying strange things beside me.

What does it mean, 'I don't like men?'

Wait, girls like girls?
Zhang Xueming widened her eyes. What did she miss during her working hours?
Why didn’t my son tell me anything?

My husband went abroad to attend a film festival these days, and I was the one who picked him up and dropped him off. Why didn't he share this with me?

It was not until she finished her meal, changed her clothes, put on makeup and prepared to go to work, and Zhang Xueming was standing in front of the garage that she suddenly remembered.

Oh, my car was damaged yesterday.

There was a car accident yesterday. I would have died in that accident, right? If it weren't for my husband.

When Zhang Xueming woke up early in the morning, she felt a sense of disharmony in her heart. The harmony and peace at the dinner table just now, and the car accident yesterday evening, the broken glass, the dented front of the car, the crowd of onlookers, the unconscious driver...

"Let's go, I'll take you to work."

Lu Zhengyi drove out of the garage. He also had a car.

(End of this chapter)