Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 449 - Chapter 449 Chapter 447 Realizing she was in trouble his mind

Chapter 449: Chapter 447: Realizing she was in trouble, his mind went blank Chapter 449: Chapter 447: Realizing she was in trouble, his mind went blank Xia Yiwan forcefully pressed down on the brake, but the car still showed no sign of slowing down.

Her entire body tensed up.

Her car would regularly be sent to a 4S store for maintenance, and the brakes were not supposed to have any problems.

Then there was only one possibility–after she had driven the car to the Yan Family, someone had tampered with her vehicle.

Was it Yanxi or someone arranged by Shi Ying?

But no matter which one it was, their purpose was to kill her!

Xia Yiwan gripped the steering wheel tightly, her pupils constricting violently.

She was not willing to die like this–Father Xia was still in jail, Mother Xia was hospitalized, and she had a little baby in her womb…

However, the car with the failed brakes was speeding up, and there was a tanker truck ahead. If she collided with it, the consequences would be unimaginable, as many innocent people and families would be affected!

Xia Yiwan’s eyes reddened as she made a decision.

Just as her car was about to crash into the tanker truck, Xia Yiwan closed her eyes and turned the steering wheel hard. The car immediately broke through the guardrail and plunged into the roaring river beneath the fly-over at lightning speed.

With a loud bang, the car plunged into the river, creating a huge splash.

The car quickly sank, disappearing in the turbulent waters.

Drivers who witnessed the scene were shocked to the core, unable to regain their composure for a long time.

They watched as that car was about to hit the tanker in front, but the driver, for the safety of others, decisively sacrificed themselves.

Such a spirit was truly admirable!

After the incident with Xia Yiwan, Shi Ying received a phone call.

“She and her car fell into the river; it’s the high water season, so it will be difficult to recover them immediately.”

In other words, Xia Yiwan had only one path left–death.

Shi Ying’s lips curled into a cold arc.

After ending the call, Shi Ying returned to the villa to find Yanxi standing in the living room with a drastically changed complexion. She approached and tugged at his sleeve gently, “Yanxi, what’s wrong? What happened?”

Yanxi had also just received a call from the rescue team.

Asking if he was a relative of Xia Yiwan, they informed him that Xia Yiwan and her car had fallen into the river and asked him to quickly come to the scene.

Yanxi’s mind went blank.

He had just seen Xia Yiwan an hour ago; how could she suddenly have–

Yanxi shook off Shi Ying’s hand from his sleeve, grabbed his car keys, and hurried to the fly-over.

……

Ming Yao learned of Xia Yiwan’s accident several hours later.

She quickly drove to the fly-over.

Several professional search and rescue teams were searching on the river.

By then, six whole hours had passed since Xia Yiwan’s accident.

Even if she was pulled up, it was very likely she was already gone.

Ming Yao’s face was pale, her hands gripping the rail tightly, her knuckles turning white.

Yanxi, along with a rescue team, personally conducted the search and recovery.

It wasn’t until the next morning that he came down from the rescue boat.

His usually clean jaw was now shadowed with faint stubble, his peach blossom eyes bloodshot, looking haggard and disheveled.

Seeing him, Ming Yao raised her hand and fervently slapped his handsome face.

The crisp slap startled Shi Ying, who had rushed over.

“Miss Ming, why did you hit Yanxi…”

Before Shi Ying could finish speaking, Ming Yao raised her hand again to slap Shi Ying’s face, but before she could touch her, Yanxi caught Ming Yao’s wrist.

“Ming Yao, you can hit me, but don’t touch Sister Shi Ying!”

Ming Yao trembled with rage as she forcefully pulled her hand back and then viciously kicked Yanxi.

“Yanxi, you’re truly a fucking nothing, Wanwan is your wife, yet you protect another woman at every turn, and now you even let her…”

Ming Yao’s eyes swelled with a stinging soreness, and tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

Facing Ming Yao’s punches and kicks, Yanxi didn’t fight back from start to finish, his handsome face taut and unusually silent.

After nearly three days and nights, the rescue team finally salvaged the car, but they didn’t find Xia Yiwan’s body inside.

Upon hearing this news, Shi Ying immediately made a phone call.

“Why isn’t Xia Yiwan’s body in the car?”

“According to police judgment, it’s very likely that Xia Yiwan attempted to get out of the car after it fell into the water, and the door had been opened by her.”

Shi Ying’s pupils constricted, “Does this mean she could still be alive?”

“It’s unlikely that she’s still alive. Even if she escaped from the car, she could have been sucked into a whirlpool!”

Shi Ying bit her teeth, “Dead or alive, we must find the person; continue the search in secret!”

The absence of Xia Yiwan’s body in the car was, for Ming Yao, a piece of good news.

Without seeing Wanwan’s body, Ming Yao felt she was still alive.

In the wee hours of the morning, Ming Yao and Jing Hang sneaked into the evidence room.

The two stood in front of the salvaged car.

After a series of inspections, Ming Yao discovered that the car’s brakes seemed to have been tampered with.

However, because the car had been soaked in river water, many parts were damaged, and it was impossible to tell whether the brake damage was due to human interference or a malfunction of the car itself!

Ming Yao was clear in her heart, it had to be human intervention!

Back at the apartments, Ming Yao was exceptionally silent.

She went straight into her room, her body radiating a chilling murderous intent.

Jing Hang hadn’t seen Ming Yao like this for a long time.

He quickly made a call to Gu Siting.

Ever since the incident with Xia Yiwan, Ming Yao had driven Gu Siting out of the apartment.

Having lost her best friend, she was heartbroken, pained, and angry.

A fire was burning in her heart, and she vented this fire on Gu Siting.

Upon receiving Jing Hang’s call, Gu Siting rushed to Ming Yao’s apartment at top speed.

“What’s wrong?”

Jing Hang frowned, “I think Sister isn’t quite right, she looks like she’s about to kill someone, you better go have a look.”

Gu Siting walked quickly to the door of Ming Yao’s bedroom, pushed it, and found it was locked from the inside.

Gu Siting took out a thin wire, and soon, the door was opened by him.

Ming Yao stood in the room dressed in black, holding a ladies’ pistol in her hand, her back to him, exuding an intense chill.

Gu Siting’s brows furrowed instantly, “Ming Yao, what are you doing?”

Ming Yao turned around, the cold, dark muzzle pointed at the man’s temple.

Ming Yao’s cold and beautiful face was expressionless, icy enough to scrape off a layer of frost, “Gu Siting, I’m going to kill that pair of dogs!”

Gu Siting’s face changed drastically, knowing Ming Yao as he did, she was not joking.

“Yaoyao, calm down, if you kill them, what will you do?”

Ming Yao pursed her lips tightly, “As long as I can avenge Wanwan, I don’t care.”

“You might not care, but have you thought about your family, and about me?”

Ming Yao’s beautiful eyes were filled with icy hostility, “Wanwan’s car brakes were tampered with, it must be Shi Ying’s doing, she not only stole Yanxi away but also caused the deaths of Wanwan and her father!”

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