22 Revenge.
"What did you say?" Jihai turned to face her, curiously.
Chunlan hung up the call. "Nothing. Just company business."
He refocused his attention on the road. "You have started running the family business?"
"Not really. Just a little surface work." She leaned to admire her boyfriend, letting his voice fade into the background.
His hair is so curly yet soft......
Why didn't I know that his lashes are longer than mine?
From this angle, he looks like a movie star!
"CHULAN, ARE YOU HEARING ME?" His sharp voice pierced the thoughts in her head like an arrow hitting its targets.
She snapped out of it and dazedly asked. "Huh, what is it?"
Menxiang's wavering voice was filled with fear and anxiety. "We just got a phone call from a hospital. Lin-ge and Mengqi have been involved in a fatal accident. We need to go right now."
Chunlan was not really concerned with the victims at first, but after hearing the wailing of her best friend and seeing the speed of the car on the road she felt a nagging feeling of doubt and fear.
Was I really too much?
** In the hospital**
"They are out of danger for now. Unfortunately, Honglin was hit with a piece of glass, grazing the cornea of his right eye which may leave his vision impaired. And Mengqi just has some internal bleeding, a few broken ribs, some bruises and surface cuts. We will keep them in the hospital to monitor their progress but they are indeed lucky to have survived this accident." The doctor concluded.
He was indeed happy to finish this conversation, since the girl in a blue dress whose hair looked like a bird's nest and her smudged makeup made her look like a black witch had been crying severely, interrupting his speech multiple times.
"Which is why we sent men to check the car and accident scene for more information. We also need your statements since you three are the only people that saw them before the accident." Detective Huo explained.
"Are you saying someone-" Menxiang paused, then started sniffing again earning the silent groans and looks of horror from the medical staff in the room.
Detective Hui interrupted. "Don't worry, Miss Su. We will also take a blood alcohol test to make sure they weren't drunk while driving. And post some men to guard them until they are awake."
"Thank you, Detective Huo. Can we go and see them now?" Chunlan turned to the doctor.
"Okay. Please be mindful of their conditions. They are in VIP room 203 and 204."
Chunlan halted in the corridor after spotting the rooms of her friends. She said "Jihai, you should take Menxiang and go see Lin-ge. I will go and see Mengqi and call their parents."
"Is it okay to inform them in Australia?"
"Its best they know about their conditions." She sighed.
She pushed the door open quietly and stepped inside. Mengqi had her eyes closed with her body wrapped randomly in bandages, her leg arm covered in a cast. As Chunlan peered closer, she could see her face covered with small cuts.
Chunlan basked in the silence that interrupted periodically with the machine's beeps.
At that moment, all the faint remorse and fear was gone.
She could only remember her pain...
Her family....
Her sorrows.....
Her babies...
She was good to her when she first entered this world.
Even when I knew you were my enemy in the beginning.
She inhaled sharply, walking around the bed, touching her friend slowly. "You are lucky. You actually survived with minimal damage." Chunlan's eyes darkened with hatred.
"I am actually happy that you are alive. We have scores to settle and you have debts to pay." Her fingers dug into her abdomen, seeing Mengqi's face distort with pain her eyelids fluttering.
Chunlan laughed cynically. She didn't reincarnate with the intention of being a saint. She was the woman who made her enemies bow their knees and her superiors bleed.
She removed her fingers, blood slowly soiling the white bandage and staining her fingertips.
"But don't worry. This is just the beginning of your end. This is my revenge."
