Official Career Storm
Chapter 600

Chapter 600: Chapter 600

Wang Changwei’s heart felt as if it had dropped into an ice pit.

Li Zhuang was too crazy!

"But, but... if the city finds out, they will definitely suspect you and me."

"So what if they suspect us? Do they have any evidence?"

Li Zhuang scoffed, "We are the victims here; it’s all Song Guanchao’s doing. Relax, I left all the evidence in the car. Come morning, when the police go to collect the body, everything will come to light."

"Even if we are impacted, the most we’ll face is getting fired."

Li Zhuang had already accounted for all the possible consequences that could arise.

Even if Secretary Wu found out it was his doing, so what?

The evidence in the car would point to Song Guanchao.

He was the one embezzling national subsidies from Panlong Town.

Wang Changwei was still worried because his crimes, compared to Li Zhuang’s, were trivial.

Even if the Disciplinary Committee got involved, he would only be stripped of his police uniform and probably wouldn’t even be prosecuted.

But his involvement in today’s matter, if later discovered, would make him criminally liable.

Wang Changwei felt uneasy inside.

"I’m going to the restroom."

He turned to leave the private room and entered the bathroom. Taking out his phone, he was about to contact Director Liu.

Fear had taken hold of him; he didn’t dare to keep up with Li Zhuang’s craziness.

If he called now, he could still save himself.

Once Song Guanchao got hit by a car, it would be truly too late.

He found Director Liu’s number and was just about to dial.

"Bang!"

The bathroom door was violently kicked open.

Two villagers from Huangni Village barged in with fierce looks on their faces, followed by Li Zhuang.

Wang Changwei looked up, a flash of fear crossing his face, and with trembling lips, he attempted a smile, "Old, Old Li, I..."

Li Zhuang walked over, took his phone, looked at Director Liu’s number on the dialing screen, and chuckled, "Old Wang, we’re grasshoppers on the same rope. Eliminating him benefits me, and it benefits you. But you’re trying to hold me back, isn’t that a bit unreasonable?"

"I didn’t, I just..."

"Old Wang, this is Panlong Town, my turf. Play nice, and you won’t have a problem. Don’t, and I’ll have to take you down with me."

Wang Changwei was startled, "I’ll play nice, I promise!"

...

The main road of Panlong Town was paved with asphalt, a four-lane road in both directions.

The residents usually retired early for the night; it wasn’t even nine o’clock yet, and only a few houses along the road had lights on.

Song Guanchao had wanted to floor the accelerator, but discovered that the car seemed to have been tampered with—the speed above 120 became abnormally slow.

Otherwise, with his driving skills and the two-million-plus Land Rover, shaking off a few lorries would have been a piece of cake.

Li Zhuang, it seemed, had been very thorough, even meddling with the car in advance.

Zhou Qian and Wu Yun pursed their lips, maintaining their composure, not speaking so as to not disturb Song Guanchao.

However, the lorry that was closely pursuing them, seeming like it could catch up at any moment, kept their hearts from settling.

Song Guanchao was pondering a countermeasure in his mind.

But all feasible plans he could think of had been blocked by Li Zhuang.

Call the police? No cell phones!

Even the emergency call device inside the car had been removed.

In other words, they were trapped inside this vehicle.

And as for where this road led, Song Guanchao had no clue.

The only certainty was that Li Zhuang had not let the lorry hit them yet, which meant the road ahead would only get more desolate and further from human habitation.

Once the car reached the section of road where Li Zhuang decided to make his move, the lorry behind would hesitate no more and crash into them!

By then, there would only be one outcome—total destruction, with no survivors!

Song Guanchao did not curse his fate or lament his underestimation of Li Zhuang.

What had happened was already done, and reflecting on it was pointless.

There was only one thing to do now, and that was to survive!

The car sped at high speeds; even street lights were gone from the sides of the road now, leaving only the headlights to illuminate the path ahead.

Time crawled by excruciatingly slow in the tense and oppressive atmosphere. For the two women, every second was torture.

"Scared?" Song Guanchao suddenly turned his head, glancing at the two women.

Wu Yun pursed her lips tightly. Seeing Song Guanchao’s determined eyes, she shook her head, "Not scared!"

Zhou Qian asked, "You will protect us, right?"

"Yes!" Song Guanchao said, "Although I can’t think of any good solutions for the moment, and it indeed seems like a dead end. But as long as I’m alive, no one can hurt you!"

He took out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, lit up, and maintained a steady frequency in checking the rearview mirror.

With the smell of smoke lingering, Song Guanchao’s brain became slightly clearer.

They were approaching a mountain road up ahead.

Looking at the two-to-three-meter-high slope beside the road, an idea flashed in his mind.

But as soon as the thought emerged, he dismissed it.

He thought of stopping the car and climbing up the mountain.

If it had been just him, this plan would have been perfectly viable.

He was agile, and a two-to-three-meter-tall slope perpendicular to the road was nothing to him.

He could easily slip into the mountains, leading the truck driver behind him on a wild goose chase.

But Zhou Qian and Wu Yun were still in the car.

The height of the slope would be difficult for them to climb in a very short time.

Before they could make it up, the heavy truck behind them would likely have already crashed into them.

Moreover, even if they climbed up, Song Guanchao had another worry.

That was, guns!

He was afraid that the pursuers had guns.

Unless he could quickly widen the distance between them.

Otherwise, once out of the car, it would be even more dangerous.

Clearly, this tampered car was not capable of doing that.

Just then, Song Guanchao noticed that the heavy truck behind was suddenly accelerating.

His heart tightened, knowing that the attackers were about to make their move.

At this moment, the car was on the Mountain Road section, with the mountain on the right and a steep slope to the left.

He roughly knew what Li Zhuang intended to do.

The guy wanted to disguise it as a car accident, make it look like an accident.

As the heavy truck drew closer, Song Guanchao had already floored the gas pedal, but the engine just roared without picking up speed, and the car’s velocity stubbornly hovered around 120-130 kilometers per hour.

As the car passed a bend, illuminated by the headlights, Song Guanchao caught a fleeting glimpse of the slope below and a somewhat crazy idea flashed through his mind.

"In a moment, I’m going to drive the car off the slope below. Hold on tight," Song Guanchao said quickly and calmly.

Their pursuer’s goal was to kill him, to end the lives of all three in a car accident.

The only way of escape Song Guanchao could think of right now was to charge down!

He took another look, the slope’s angle wasn’t too steep.

The car would break through the guardrail and crash into the slope below, which might result in rolling over, but as long as he controlled the speed, the chance of death wasn’t high.

When the women heard his words, their faces turned ashen, and fear peaked.

"Xiao Wu, go sit in the back, fasten your seatbelt! Quick!"

"Oh, okay."

Wu Yun quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and crawled to the back.

In such a car crash scenario, the survival rate in the back seat was higher than in the front passenger seat.

As for the driver’s seat... it had the highest rate of fatality.

"Is it buckled?"

"Buckled!"

"In a moment, the truck behind us will catch up, and then I’m going to drive off the slope. Remember, as soon as the car stabilizes, immediately unbuckle your seatbelts. I will get you out."

"Okay, okay," the two women nodded repeatedly.

It was at this moment, that the heavy truck from behind rapidly approached.

Song Guanchao gripped the steering wheel tightly, let off the gas pedal, and placed his foot on the brake.

As the heavy truck pulled up alongside Song Guanchao’s vehicle, he said, "Hold tight!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the heavy truck on the right violently swerved to the left, striking the car door!

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