The driver was shot in the chest by one of the thugs riding motorcycles outside.
The accident happened so suddenly. The driver's blood splattered onto Tang Wu.
Had it been any other woman, she probably would have screamed and fainted from fright.
Even her two male colleagues in the back seat were pale and trembling all over.
"Damn it, what the hell is this place? If I knew it was this dangerous, I wouldn't have come even if it meant quitting my job."
"Is it too late for us to go back now?"
Seeing the driver shot in the chest and his hands gradually losing control of the steering wheel, the thugs outside were laughing and celebrating.
The phoenix eyes behind Si Yanli's glasses suddenly turned sharp. He made a prompt decision, "Zhixu, deal with the thugs. I'll drive!"
Just as Si Yanli was about to step forward, Tang Wu shook her head at him. She grabbed the steering wheel with one hand, "I'll drive, you help move the driver!"
The driver could no longer control the wheel. Seeing that the car was about to veer into a ditch by the side of the road, Tang Wu quickly took over.
Si Yanli didn't question her. He swiftly moved the driver out of the driver's seat.
Tang Wu successfully slipped into the driver's seat. Before the thugs could catch up, she slammed on the gas pedal and jerked the steering wheel to the left. The rear of the car knocked one of the thugs to the ground, and then the vehicle sped away.
Her series of maneuvers was smooth and clean.
When the car fishtailed, it pulled a perfect 180-degree drift, the tires screeching sharply against the ground.
The two male colleagues in the back were thrown from side to side. By the time they realized what had happened, Tang Wu had already driven them far away, leaving the thugs eating their dust.
"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!"
The three consecutive curses came from Tang Wu's two male colleagues and Huo Zhixu.
Who else but a professional racer could drive an off-road SUV like a race car?
Huo Zhixu looked at the woman behind the wheel in disbelief, a predatory, appreciative gleam appearing in his peach-blossom eyes.
He lowered his voice and said to Si Yanli, "She is an absolute treasure. I wonder if she's taken?"
If not, he was going to give it his all to pursue her!
It had been a long time since a woman suited his tastes so perfectly!
She was so badass! He was completely hooked!
Si Yanli glanced at the woman driving.
She had her hair tied in a high ponytail and wore a black leather jacket and pants. Fair-skinned and beautiful, she looked cool and fierce, completely different from the Tang Wu he had known before.
The old man had always told him that Tang Wu was proud and radiant, the number one socialite in Ye City. She was gentle, virtuous, well-educated, and a rare, perfect lady from a respectable family.
Si Yanli's impression of Tang Wu had been exactly that.
Beautiful enough.
Polite enough.
Tactful enough.
Married to him for two years, even when he left her alone in an empty room, she never caused a fuss.
She got along well with his family, and aside from complaining to her friends about his supposed impotence, she never said a bad word about him.
He thought she was just a standard, well-behaved vase.
She didn't give him any sense of novelty, nor did she spark any interest in getting to know her.
If she was willing to live her life with him, he could fulfill his duties as a husband.
If she wasn't, he would respect her wishes.
But he never expected her to have another side...
Si Yanli didn't realize he had been staring at Tang Wu for quite a while, but Tang Wu noticed.
Through the rearview mirror, Tang Wu glanced at the noble, aloof man in the back seat.
The phoenix eyes behind his glasses were deep and unfathomable, as if evaluating and scrutinizing her.
Had it been in the past, Tang Wu definitely would have felt nervous and flustered.
Because she knew the type of girl Si Yanli liked: gentle, elegant, pure, skilled in the arts, and smiling without showing her teeth.
Over the years, she had tried her best to make herself look like a perfect lady.
She had always ignored the fact that a person can only truly be happy when they are being themselves.
And her true self loved all kinds of adventure and thrills. She loved to laugh heartily and freely, to catch fish barefoot in a stream, and to climb trees as nimbly as a wild monkey.
Her true self didn't fit a single one of Si Yanli's preferences.
But it didn't matter. She had already decided to stop harboring a secret crush on him.
She was going to return to her true self.
Tang Wu was the first to withdraw her gaze.
The car arrived at the nearest hospital, and they rushed the driver in for emergency treatment.
After the driver was out of danger, Tang Wu drove to the office location arranged for them by the television station.
However, the office had already been overrun by thugs.
"Fuck! The director did this on purpose, right? Does he want us to die out here?" The terrifying journey had caused the cameraman to completely lose control of his emotions.
Seeing the situation at the office, Si Yanli and Huo Zhixu suggested that Tang Wu and her team stay with them for the night.
Without much hesitation, Tang Wu and the others nodded in agreement.
Si Yanli and Huo Zhixu were staying at a camp guarded by heavily armed mercenaries, so the thugs wouldn't dare barge in easily.
After struggling for nearly a whole day, Tang Wu and her team were exhausted.
By the time they reached the camp, it was already evening.
After dinner, Tang Wu and her colleagues returned to their rooms.
Since Tang Wu was a woman, she was given a single room.
Conditions here were harsh; there were no private bathrooms, only shared public shower facilities.
Carrying a bucket, Tang Wu did some simple washing up before grabbing her binoculars and walking out to the balcony.
Many buildings in Seville had been reduced to ruins.
Explosions could be heard in the distance, and mushroom clouds of smoke billowed into the air.
Tang Wu shifted the direction of her binoculars.
As a result, she saw a scene she shouldn't have seen.
Over by the men's showers, a tall, slender figure walked out holding a washbasin.
The man was wearing black sweatpants, holding his t-shirt in his other hand, not yet having had the time to pull it on.
He looked lean, but with his shirt off, his chest and abdominal muscles were defined and powerful. They weren't bulky like a fitness coach's, but rather matched his persona—elegant, unworldly, lean, and tough, making for a very pleasing sight.
His abs tapered down into a sexy V-line that disappeared into the waistband of his pants.
For a moment, Tang Wu forgot to look away.
Although the two of them had consummated their marriage, both times had been in the dark.
In the pitch black, she hadn't been able to see anything.
This was the first time she had ever seen him bare-chested.
As if sensing something, the man's phoenix eyes, currently without glasses, looked toward her direction.
Even though there was quite a distance between them, his gaze felt almost tangible. Incredibly sharp!
Startled, Tang Wu's hand trembled, and the binoculars dropped to the ground.
She bent down to pick them up, and at the same time, the man walked over toward her.
"What were you just looking at?" Just as she turned to go back inside, the man's clear, smooth voice rang out from behind her.
Tang Wu looked back at him, her gaze falling onto his still-bare chest. Seeing it up close seemed to carry an even greater visual impact than viewing it through the binoculars.
Uncontrollably, her nasal cavity grew hot.
Two streams of red liquid trickled out of her nose.
This was crazy!
Truly fatal!
