You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 57 Part 3

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 57 Part 3

Ruan Yu stood in front of the store shelf and tittered: “Hehe. Well, um……”

Looking at Ruan Yu’s expression, the woman understood and pointed at the shelf with all sorts of colorful boxes: “Oh……need any help?”

Ruan Yu swallowed and the look in her eyes already told the woman she had the “need.”

“Look.” The woman picked up a box from the shelf: “This is good for the first time. Easy to use.”

“Why is this easy to use?”

The woman said straightforwardly with a serious look: “Because it’s larger.”

“......”

“Oh, don’t need the larger one? Then use this.” She picked up another box: “Not easy to cause pain.”

Ruan Yu humbly asked for advice again: “Why is this not easy to cause pain?”

“Because it’s lubricated.”

Ruan Yu had the two boxes in hand and frowned. She hesitantly asked in a careful manner with a smile: “Hehe, then is there something which is both larger and lubricated?”

When Ruan Yu arrived at home, she saw Xu Huaisong was eating instant noodles.

Ruan Yu paused, then said: “I bought boxed dinners. Why are you eating noodles now?”

He looked up at the big shopping bag in her hand and said: “I’m hungry.”

Ruan Yu: “Hum. Then, if you’re still hungry, you can eat some boxed dinner.” She moved her own boxed dinner next to him and sat down to eat with him. While she was eating, she would glance over at his pants.

Xu Huaisong noticed it and stopped eating his noodles. But when he looked over at her, she was concentrating on eating the braised meatballs. 

He then turned back to eat his noodles.

Ruan Yu, on the other hand, lost her appetite from nervousness. She closed the box lid after only eating a few bites.

Xu Huaisong took a glance at the full box of food but didn’t say anything.

Ruan Yu threw away the box and cleaned up. She said after a while: “I’ll go take a shower.”

Xu Huaisong replied “en.”

Ruan Yu walked into the bathroom. As she was taking a shower, she kept breathing deeply. When she came out, she saw Xu Huaisong sitting on the couch looking blankly into the air with both of his hands clenched together. It looked like he was pondering something and a little down.

Ruan Yu confusedly walked over: “What are you thinking of? Still bothered by what happened this afternoon?”

Xu Huaisong shook his head and said: “I’ll go to the US by myself tomorrow.”

Ruan Yu was surprised. It was understandable that he needed to go to the US since he still had work there. But why go without her?

Xu Huaisong continued to say: “It was because of Wei Jin that I decided to take you with me. Now he’s in custody and you don’t have to go through the trouble with me anymore.”

“But I didn’t decide to go with you because of Wei Jin.” Ruan Yu frowned and sat down next to him: “I just don’t want to be separated from you.”

Xu Huaisong looked over and there was a look of struggle in his eyes: “You don’t have to feel like you owe me, if you have a better choice originally.”

Ruan Yu was confused and noticed there was something wrong with him.

Indeed, Xu Huaisong seemed to be bothered by something long before this morning. But because Ruan Yu was occupied by her own thoughts, she didn’t have much of a reaction towards his attitude.

Now she was in a good mood but discovered that he was still down. Additionally, his mood didn’t seem to have anything to do with what happened in the afternoon.

She went to touch the back of his hand: “What’s wrong with you? Has anything happened lately?”

Xu Huaisong took a breath in: “It’s you who has something on your mind.”

Ruan Yu was taken aback and nodded: “Hum, yeah……”

Xu Huaisong gently moved her hand away from his: “That day you were going to say something to me but was interrupted by me. Now you can tell me.”

Xu Huaisong was talking about the night she came back from the meeting at Global Filming.

Before Ruan Yu started talking, she had already faintly sensed something from his move of distancing himself from her.

Then, she figured that he purposely interrupted her that night.

She asked: “You purposely said that night that you were going to go sleep early and had to go to Su City the next day, you just didn’t want to hear what I was trying to say to you?”

“Hrm.” Xu Huaisong casted down his eyes: “I didn’t have any business in Su City that day. After I went out that morning, I went for a walk along the Qiantang River.”

“......”

“Why?” Ruan Yu was dumbfounded. After the question, she tried to make sense of this whole thing in her mind.

Xu Huaisong deliberately avoided having the talk with her because he mistakenly thought she was going to tell him some bad news. Therefore, after he came back from Qiantang River that day, he hastily asked her whether she wanted to go to the US with him.

In reality, Wei Jin was just his excuse. He was afraid that she was going to leave him, therefore in a hurry to take her away.

But why would he mistakenly think she was going to leave him?

Before Ruan Yu got the answer from Xu Huaisong, she had already realized everything.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 57 Part 2

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 57 Part 2

Then Ruan Yu told him: “Hrm, actually I’ve been thinking of asking why you have the time to blame yourself but don’t have the time to kiss me?”

The emotion Xu Huaisong had tried to suppress for the whole afternoon finally burst out from her question. He lowered his head to kiss her.

Ruan Yu was unprepared for his sudden move and stepped back a step. She pointed at the window behind them and said with a muffled voice: “Have, haven’t pulled the curtain……”

Xu Huaisong didn’t turn to close the troublesome blinds. He picked her up and took her into her room.

The room was dark. Ruan Yu reached over to turn on the lights but Xu Huaisong stopped her. Instead, he cupped her face and continued with the kiss.

Ruan Yu responded to his kiss and her hands around his waist moved all the way upwards until they circled around his neck.

Encouraged, Xu Huaisong deepened the kiss.

It seemed that Xu Huaisong was used to releasing his emotion in the darkness. But the darkness made Ruan Yu recall the frightening episode in the afternoon and the comment from that male voice “it was pure luck that he managed to avoid it.”

She also realized her wish to find a sense of security in intimacy.

It seemed that no matter how tightly they were close to each other, it still wasn’t enough for her to hold on to him, the man she almost lost this afternoon.

She became unsatisfied with a simple kiss and came closer and closer to his body.

Xu Huaisong in the meantime backed away a step.

Ruan Yu didn’t understand why and continued to move closer.

He backed away again.

She moved closer again.

Then there was a thud.

They fell onto the bed, with Ruan Yu’s body on top of Xu Huaisong’s.

It was the soft bed underneath Xu Huaisong.

What Ruan Yu felt was something as hard as metal.

“......” She’d discovered a secret.

“......” A secret was discovered.

The two of them looked at each other in the darkness while panting, but didn’t say anything to each other.

Yet some of the “changes” became larger and larger with the two of them pasted together. It stunned Ruan Yu and she was too nervous to gasp for breath.

She felt like there was a bumping heart on her tummy……

In the dead silence, Xu Huaisong held her shoulder and moved her away from him. While Ruan Yu was being moved, she accidentally grazed him because of her posture and Xu Huaisong hissed in a low voice.

He lightly coughed: “You go eat noodles. I’ll go take a shower.”

Ruan Yu grabbed his hand: “Err. Taking……taking a shower really works?”

“It works……” He had his back to her. “......”

Xu Huaisong turned to go into the bathroom, as if he was fleeing. Twenty minutes later, he came out of the bathroom but Ruan Yu wasn’t there.

She wasn’t in the living room nor the bedroom. Her cell phone was gone as well.

Xu Huaisong called her: “Where are you?”

Ruan Yu’s laughter came from the other end: “Instant noodles aren’t that appetizing. I’ve come out to buy something better to eat……”

“Just tell me if you want to eat something else. Why did you go out by yourself this late at night?” He went to the door while talking, getting ready to put on shoes: “Where are you? I’m going over.”

“There’s no need!” Ruan Yu interrupted him hastily: “I’ll be back soon. Just wait for me at home!”

Ruan Yu wasn’t good at lying. He could usually see through her whenever there was something on her mind.

Just like a few days ago, he could tell there was something wrong with Ruan Yu after her meeting at Global Filming.

Xu Huaisong stopped putting his shoes on. He cast his eyes down and the tone of his voice became a little indifferent: “En. Then, be careful.”

Ruan Yu patted her chest after hanging up the phone and breathed out a long breath. Then a voice came from behind and caught her off guard: “Young lady, why are you acting like a thief while buying the condoms?”

Ruan Yu jittered and turned to see a woman with heavy makeup look at her dubiously.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 57 Part 1

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 57 Part 1

All of Xu Huaisong’s talk about careful calculations was a lie and “having the room to spare and hit Wei Jin to make him stop” was also a lie.

The instant the accident happened, his abrupt turn or his collision with Wei Jin’s rear bumper had absolutely nothing to do with Xu Huaisong’s original intention of going after Wei Jin.

In a life and death moment, his instinct was to protect Ruan Yu.

Anything else, he didn’t have the time to think about.

Ruan Yu used the back of her hand to wipe her tears, but found that more and more tears flowed out of her eyes, growing hotter and hotter.

But the man who caused her to cry like this was still pouring the seasoning packets into the instant noodles as if nothing had happened.

Ruan Yu put down her cell phone and walked into the kitchen.

Amidst the hissing of the boiling water, Xu Huaisong noticed the footsteps behind him. He was about to turn and ask what was wrong but he was tightly embraced from behind.

He paused in the middle of his pouring motion and noticed some of the seasoning had spilled out of the bowl. He looked down at her hands circling around his waist.

Ruan Yu didn’t say anything while sobbing lightly. He could feel wetness on his shirt and it was spreading.

Without Ruan Yu saying anything, he could already know why she was crying.

Xu Huaisong cast down his eyes and gently moved her hands away. Then he turned to face her.

His expression didn’t relax at all with all her tears. On the contrary, he looked quite tense.

He closed his eyes, as if was unwilling to face her tears. He spoke with a tone that made it sound like he was pleading:  “Could you stop crying, alright?”

Ruan Yu was taken aback a little and sniffled.

Xu Huaisong sighed.

He didn’t want to see her cry.

He hadn’t gotten over the feeling of terror since the moment the airbags deployed. He looked like he was taking care of the aftermath of the collision quite unperturbed and making the instant noodles quite leisurely. In reality, there were billowing waves churning inside of him.

It was him who had brought her into danger in the first place. It should be him who owed her an apology. But now, she was the one who was looking at him as if to say “she could depend on him on everything from now on.”

The looks in her eyes made him speechless.

Xu Huaisong closed his eyes while tightly gathering his eyebrows.

Ruan Yu looked up and gradually she began to understand how he was feeling through the emotions he was showing on his face – – –guilty, remorseful, and ashamed.

She was suddenly enlightened.

When he finally gathered himself and opened his eyes to say something, Ruan Yu spoke first while smiling: “Wow, Xu Huaisong, you’re really asking too much.”

Xu Huaisong was a little surprised.

Ruan Yu looked up into his eyes: “The bridge is more than 40 meters above the water. If Wei Jin jumped down from the bridge, he might not have survived. Plus, he had the hostage with him and the police might have shot him dead while rescuing the hostage. You couldn’t let him die, therefore, when the police cars couldn’t catch up to get closer to his car, you rushed to chase after him without giving it much thought. I understand you……”

Ruan Yu suddenly shifted the direction of the conversation and humphed in a low voice: “-- –At a moment like this, you’ll still have me say such words to comfort you?”

Xu Huaisong was surprised again. He was usually a person with a quick response. But now he was slow to grasp the twists and turns of Ruan Yu’s words. He kept silent for a moment before saying: “It’s no use to comfort me.”

Ruan Yu wiped away her tears and raised her chin to say: “Right, there’s no use comforting you. Let’s switch to a different scenario, if you didn’t chase after Wei Jin and he died, then the one who would feel guilty would be me. No matter how you comfort me, I would still be thinking – –If it weren’t for me, how could you miss the perfect moment to stop his car?”

She laughed as she was talking: “In our life, there are bound to be moments we are caught off guard. At those moments, a best choice is non-existent. Since no matter how you chose, there would be disadvantages. But now the reality is that Wei Jin has been arrested, you’re fine, and I’m fine. I can comfort you and don’t have to feel guilty. With a result like this, I’m the biggest winner!”

Something flashed in Xu Huaisong’s eyes. He reached over to touch her face.

He felt blessed to be understood by this brave lady.

He caressed her face gently. The reason why he only touched her lightly was because he had tons of love for her but didn’t know how to show it.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 56 Part 3

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 56 Part 3

Ruan Yu sobbed for a while longer, until her tears gradually dried up. She watched policemen spread out into two groups, one group to check on Wei Jin and the other came to check in on their condition.

The BMW seemed to have some problem and the airbags had only deployed halfway. Wei Jin was carried out of the car. It looked like he had passed out.

On their side, they were doing fine except for Ruan Yu’s legs feeling like jelly. Xu Huaisong held her in his arms as he answered the police’s questions.

The area around them was a mess.

Ruan Yu leaned against Xu Huaisong and colors gradually returned to her face under beams of the three o’clock sun. But she was still a little dazed. She looked blankly at the arrival of two ambulances. One went to fetch Wei Jin who was strapped to the gurney and carried onto the ambulance and the other one drove a little further to pick up the hostage and the truck driver.

After a while, the traffic police and the insurance agent also arrived to take care of the collision scene and to assess the damage.

Xu Huaisong was busy responding to all of them but he didn’t let go of Ruan Yu even for a moment. After the tow truck came to take his car away, he could finally look down and asked Ruan Yu: “Are you doing better now?”

Before Ruan Yu could answer, a policeman they didn’t know came up and shook hands with Xu Huaisong: “Comrade, thank you very much for what you did to contribute to the arrest of the suspect. We just found a yacht under the bridge and we suspect that it’s manned by an accomplice of the suspect. If you didn’t hit his bumper in time to cut off the possibility of him escaping to the sea, it would have been a much more complicated pursuit.”

Xu Huaisong shook his hand and said flatly: “You’re welcome.”

The policeman took a look at Ruan Yu who was obviously shaken up and apologetically said: “Please ride in our police car back. Let’s go to the hospital first to have a check up.”

The two of them went to the hospital to do a complete check up. They waited for the reports to come out to make sure they were both fine. They also heard that Wei Jin had woken up. Since he had a minor concussion, the police couldn’t interrogate him at the moment but he was being closely guarded.

The flight to the US had already taken off a few hours ago. They couldn’t go to the US for now.

Xu Huaisong got a taxi to take Ruan Yu home. When they were back home and closed the door, he finally felt like breathing a sigh of relief but his cell phone started ringing.

It was a call from Tao Rong. Once the call connected, she hurriedly asked: “Huaisong, Mom saw the news about what happened on that bridge! Was that you? Are you two alright?”

Xu Huaisong kept answering her questions. Tao Rong on the other end seemed terrified and kept repeating “then that’s good, that’s good.”

Before Xu Huaisong finished talking with his mother, Ruan Yu’s cell phone also started ringing. It was also a call from her family.

They each tried to comfort their families. After ending their respective calls, Ruan Yu dubiously asked: “What’s going on, it’s even on the news now?”

“Don’t know.” Xu Huaisong glanced at the kitchen: “What can we eat?”

“Let’s do instant noodles. I’ll go do it.”

She was about to walk away to the kitchen when Xu Huaisong stopped her: “Let me do it. You get some rest.”

Ruan Yu sat down on the couch and took out her cell phone to check the news on Weibo.

The first thing she saw was a hot topic video– –Real Hollywood scenes on the bay bridge, 20 km long hot pursuit, thumbs up for the hero!

TV news channels would obviously lean more towards the police side and that’s what Weibo would promote.

Ruan Yu first gave a thumbs up for the hero, then began to play the video.

The video was from surveillance footage, showing the section where Xu Huaisong had chased after the BMW this afternoon. In the background, there was a male voice commenting about every move Xu Huaisong made until the last moment when they collided.

The voice said: “As the safety hammer’s about to hit them, the driver of the Cayenne turned abruptly to protect the person on the passenger side. That’s a pretty risky move. It was pure luck that he managed to avoid it……”

The hand she was using to hold the cell phone suddenly froze.

The male voice continued: “Nevertheless, the driver quickly reacted after the sudden turn and bumped into the rear bumper of the car in front to prevent his own car from turning over……”

Ruan Yu sat on the couch dumbfounded and no longer heard what the commentator was saying.

She looked up with teary eyes at the man who was opening the packages of instant noodles in the kitchen.

This man, who had made up a lot of lies before, had once again fooled her.

Ruan Yu realized now that under the circumstances at the time, how could he have known with certainty that he would avoid being hit by the hammer?

He didn’t know it.

He didn’t know it at all.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 56 Part 2

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 56 Part 2

Since the police car was closing up from behind, Xu Huaisong didn’t risk bumping into Wei Jin’s rear bumper but instead followed closely behind.

One minute later, the police caught up with them and turned on the turn signal.

Ruan Yu took a look in the rear view mirror: “Is it preparing to hit the car from both sides?”

Xu Huaisong was about to nod but something flashed right in front of his eyes. He saw a safety hammer being thrown out of the skyroof of the BMW.

The direction of the flying safety hammer was right at the windshield in front of Ruan Yu.

Ruan Yu was so frightened that she even forgot to scream. Her eyes widened while her brain went blank.

The next moment, the safety hammer changed direction, missing the windshield.

Their car suddenly bolted out in a skew angle and bumped into Wei Jin’s rear bumper with a loud bang.

The airbags deployed. Both cars stopped moving after the collision.

Ruan Yu looked up amidst the white smoke. For a short moment, the world was still and she couldn’t hear anything.

Soon, the stillness was broken by the sirens of the police cars and the question from Xu Huaisong.

He quickly released his seat belt and leaned over to look at her: “Are you hurt?”

Ruan Yu was in a daze: “No……” After a short while, she began to sense what had happened and hurriedly touched his shoulder: “You, anything wrong with you?”

Xu Huaisong shook his head and opened the door to get out of the car. He walked over to Ruan Yu’s side and opened the door to help her get out.

Ruan Yu’s legs felt like jelly and she could only stand with help from Xu Huaisong. Then, she belatedly remembered what had just happened and asked: “Where’s that safety hammer? It just……”

She stopped halfway through her sentence and stood dumbfounded.

Earlier, Wei Jin probably went crazy from the pressure of being tailed so closely and threw a safety hammer from the sunroof trying to force Xu Huaisong to stop his car.

Both cars were driving at high speeds and the safety hammer very likely would have gone through the windshield, harming her.

Facing imminent peril, Xu Huaisong abruptly turned the steering wheel, changing the car’s direction.

Then, where did the safety hammer eventually hit?

Seeing that Xu Huaisong was alright, Ruan Yu then took a look at his Cayenne.

There was a notable dent on the A pillar of the car. The dent had been obviously caused by the safety hammer when it hit the car.

The location of the dent was very close to the part of the windshield right in front of Xu Huaisong. If the car wasn’t going fast enough or the direction of the car was slightly different, the safety hammer might have gone through the windshield and hit him.

The safety hammer was originally flying towards her.

Ruan Yu had difficulty breathing the moment she figured out the sequence of the events.

Compared to the nervousness she experienced earlier, she was more frightened now after thinking about what might have happened.

With any small miss, she might have lost him.

It became difficult to support herself and the bottom of her throat felt like it was on fire.

Xu Huaisong held her up securely: “What’s wrong, where does it hurt?”

Cold sweat dripped down Ruan Yu’s back. She held tightly to Xu Huaisong’s waist and looked up with tears on her face: “Xu Huaisong, you tried to kill yourself……”

Xu Huaisong glanced at the dent on the Cayenne and looked back, using his thumb to wipe tears away from Ruan Yu’s face. He said with a laugh: “Who said so? I calculated the correct angle to turn the wheel.”

Ruan Yu wiped her tears while still sobbing. She cried out: “Where do you have the magic power to calculate the correct angle!”

Xu Huaisong smiled frustratedly: “I really did calculate it. If it wasn’t for the fact that I knew the hammer wouldn’t hit me, how could I have the room to spare and hit Wei Jin to make him stop?”

Stunned, Ruan Yu thought what he said seemed to make some sense.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 56 Part 1

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 56 Part 1

The red needle of the speedometer shot past the 140 mark.

Ruan Yu felt like her heart had jumped to her throat and her chest tightened.

The police car on the other side of the median had caught up with them and was now parallel with Xu Huaisong’s car. The police rolled down the window to shout at them.

Ruan Yu opened the window on her side and saw Officer Fang Zhen at the back seat of the police car with a gun in hand.

Through the noise of the blustering wind, she could hear Officer Fang’s voice: “Lawyer Xu, the police have already set up a checkpoint up ahead to stop him. The suspect is very likely driving under the influence right now. We recommend that you don’t drive near him!”

Xu Huaisong kept accelerating and didn’t have time to answer Officer Fang.

Ruan Yu glanced at Xu Huaisong and hung on to the window to reply to Office Fang: “Officer Fang, the checkpoint in front may not catch him in time! We just found out that there seems to be a female hostage in the suspect’s car. He may use the hostage together with a life jacket and rope to jump into the sea to get away!”

Fang Zhen immediately went to his walkie-talkie: “Move the checkpoint forward! There may be a boat under the bridge ready to pick him up. Make preparations to continue the pursuit over the sea!”

The BMW in front grew smaller and smaller. Xu Huaisong slammed on the accelerator. The speedometer quicked went up to the 180 mark, closing in to the 200 mark.

The police car couldn’t accelerate as fast and fell behind Xu Huaisong’s car. Officer Fang called out from behind: “Be careful, do only what you can.”

The car engine began to roar. The sound made Ruan Yu’s scalp tingling.

Xu Huaisong kept his eyes fixed on the road ahead. As their car grew closer to Wei Jin’s, he saw an orange colored truck appear right in front of Wei Jin’s car.

The truck must have driven onto the bridge right before they closed the bridge.

The truck and Wei Jin’s car were about to collide. Wei Jin made a violent move to switch lanes. One of the wheels on his car almost left the pavement for a second.

The truck wasn’t as agile as the BMW. The truck driver panicked and stepped on the brake while turning the steering wheel. The truck lost control and twisted sideways.

Ruan Yu suppressed her scream at the bottom of her throat.

Xu Huaisong still looked straight ahead and slowly turned the steering wheel without making a sound. He drove onto the emergency lane to avoid colliding with the truck.

The truck broke through the median and continued to skid forward. It finally stopped in the middle of the road, blocking all lanes of the opposite direction.

Fang Zhen’s police car made an emergency brake.

Ruan Yu looked behind their car and was relieved to see that the truck’s front had stuck into the guardrail and didn’t plunge into the sea.

When she looked back to the front, their car was quite near Wei Jin’s BMW.

Xu Huaisong adjusted the direction of their car and aimed at the rear bumper of Wei Jin’s car. As he was just about to bump into it, they saw the sunroof of the BMW suddenly open and the female hostage was pushed halfway out of it.

If Xu Huaisong bumped into the BMW now, the hostage might fly out of the sunroof and die from the fall.

Xu Huaisong had no choice but to give up on the idea and continued to tail Wei Jin’s car.

Thirty seconds later, two police cars rushed towards them.

Wei Jin suddenly braked and the hostage was thrown out of the sunroof and flew directly at one of the coming police cars.

Ruan Yu subconsciously closed her eyes and heard the shriek of a car braking.

It was one of the police cars which had stopped to save the hostage.

The other police car quickly moved sideways to stop Wei Jin’s car.

Xu Huaisong gradually slowed down, intending to block Wei Jin from backing away.

However, Wei Jin drove like a mad man. He didn’t stop, but swung the car into the emergency lane and sideswiped the guardrail to get away once again.

Xu Huaisong accelerated again with tightly knitted eyebrows. The police car also made an U-turn on the spot to continue the pursuit.

Ruan Yu noticed how dry her throat felt and nervously looked to the left side.

Noticing Ruan Yu’s gaze, Xu Huaisong said while keeping his eyes fixed to the front: “His car sideswiped the guardrail. It won’t last long.”

Ruan Yu nodded. When she looked back at the BMW again, the car indeed seemed to be having some trouble now. The car had slowed down quite a bit and the driver seemed to have lost control of the car as it was swinging from side to side.

It looked like the situation was under control now.

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You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 55 Part 4

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You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 55 Part 4

Xu Huaisong asked Ruan Yu: “How many cars have been behind us after we got on the bridge?”

Ruan Yu had been wondering about the traffic conditions behind them all along and said: “Just two or three cars?” Her own answer baffled her: “Thinking about it now, there hasn’t been any cars from the opposite side either?”

Xu Huaisong’s eyebrows tightened even more.

Ruan Yu blinked her eyes in bewilderment, then realized: “Could it be possible that after we got on the bridge, the bridge was closed on both ends?”

Traffic conditions on the bridge were so out of ordinary that there was no other explanation than road closures.

But why was the bridge closed for no reason?

Judging from the serious look on Xu Huaisong’s and the bizarre behavior of the BMW behind them, Ruan Yu suddenly seemed to realize something. She tightly gripped her seat belt.

She kept checking the car behind them. After a while, Wei Jin’s car abruptly sped up, catching up to their car.

“What is he trying to do?” Ruan Yu could hardly control her trembling lips.

Xu Huaisong rolled up the window and pulled down Ruan Yu’s hand which was clutching the seat belt and held it in his hand. He said: “I’m here. Don’t worry, nothing’s going to happen.”

Ruan Yu replied in a small voice: “En.” Ruan Yu watched the BMW drive up parallel to their car and fixed her eyes to the front, afraid to look sideways.

Xu Huaisong kept the steering wheel steady and turned to take a look to the right side. His eyes met with Wei Jin’s.

After the exchange of looks, the BMW began to slow down and fell behind them again.

It seemed that Wei Jin had sped up to check who was in the car.

Xu Huaisong kept driving at a steady speed and said: “There’s a woman on the passenger side in his car and her facial expression doesn’t look right.”

Ruan Yu nervously asked: “Could it be a hostage?”

“It’s possible.”

They probably had run into a real police drug busting operation.

Ruan Yu’s heartbeat fastened. She took a look at the choppy sea under the bridge.

The bridge was sealed from both ends. There were only a few cars remaining on the six lanes on the bridge, making the bridge like an isolated island.

Ruan Yu swallowed. The next moment, she saw a police car with sirens on rush from the opposite side at a high speed. At the same time, she watched in the rear view mirror the BMW quickly switch to reverse and began backing up rapidly.

With one hand on the steering wheel, Wei Jin was using his other hand to put on a piece of  orange colored clothes.

Ruan Yu understood what he was doing in a flash.

The bridge had been closed at both ends and Wei Jin was putting on a life jacket to get ready to jump into the sea!

The police car on the other side was getting near. The BMW made a one hundred eighty degrees turn and started to drive against the traffic.

Xu Huaisong took a look at the mirror and suddenly said: “Sit tight.” Then he also made a U-turn to drive against traffic and sped to catch up to the BMW.

Ruan Yu clutched to the handle at the side.

She understood why he would do such a thing.

Wei Jin was willing to take the risk of jumping into the sea in order to avoid being caught. Perhaps he would get away successfully or perhaps he would drown in the sea.

But Xu Huaisong couldn’t let him take the risk.

This operation would be the only breakthrough for the ten year old case.

The Xu family, Jiang family, and Wang family were all waiting for this day, they had been waiting for ten years.

Wei Jin couldn’t die.

He had to be punished by the law and tell the truth to everyone.

Xu Huaisong took a glance at the police car at the other side of the median. Being closer to Wei Jin’s car, he stepped on the accelerator and sped towards Wei Jin.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 55 Part 3

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 55 Part 3

Xu Huaisong was quiet for a moment before saying: “I have to go to the US in a few days. I worry about you staying here since Wei Jin’s still around. Do you want to go with me? You can apply for an expedited passport and I have ways to get the visa quickly.”

It was the same matter that Ruan Yu intended to talk to him about yesterday. Since Xu Huaisong brought it up on his own, Ruan Yu replied without any hesitation: “Sure!” After a short pause, she turned around to say: “I have my passport already. You just make sure I get the visa.”

Xu Huaisong truly knew some good connections in the US as Ruan Yu got her visa not by going through the back door but at the speed of an airplane.

Everything happened too quickly for Ruan Yu. When she was on her way to the airport with her luggage a few days later, she still hadn’t gotten over the thought that she was on her way to the US. But she was in a much better mood by now.

What was there to be hesitant about? It wasn’t too late to give serious consideration about her future starting now, Ruan Yu thought to herself. It would be better, than mulling over the unknown, to walk through the path he had gone before and experience the life he had. Then, maybe everything would be clear to her.

It was still quite warm in September in Hang City. Ruan Yu was sitting on the passenger side in Xu Huaisong’s car with the air conditioning on. While they were waiting for the traffic light, Ruan Yu opened the car window and reached out to feel the wind outside: “Is the temperature in San Francisco very different from here?”

Xu Huaisong had told her to pack several sweaters and windbreaker jackets in her luggage.

“It will be a bit chilly in the morning and at night.” Xu Huaisong gave her a glance: “Car’s moving now. Pull your hand back in.”

Ruan Yu: “Oh.” She looked forward and found a long line of cars packed in front of them. The car was moving slowly. She looked down at her cell phone to check the time.

“We’ll make it. The traffic will be better after we get over this section.” Noticing that Ruan Yu seemed to be enjoying the natural wind more, Xu Huaisong turned off the air conditioning and followed the traffic. Half an hour later, the traffic began to lessen around them. Especially when they drove onto the bay bridge, there were only a few cars in front of them but hardly any cars behind.

Ruan Yu took a look at the back and asked: “Why is the bridge so empty on a weekend?” Before Xu Huaisong could answer, she thought about something: “Wait, how long have you had your license? Can you drive on the freeway yet?”

Xu Huaisong looked at her: “Haven’t you had your license for seven years?”

Hrm, new drivers during the probation period could drive on the freeway only when accompanied by experienced drivers.

Ruan Yu glanced at him: “This is probably the real reason you brought me along!”

Xu Huaisong smiled and didn’t say anything.

After driving for a dozen kilometers, the wind from the sea became uncomfortable on the face since the car was driving much faster now. Ruan Yu brought the window up so that it was almost closed.

There was no car behind them. But there was a slow moving black BMW in front of them.

The BMW was moving at the lowest speed limit. It was quite annoying following the car in front.

Xu Huaisong checked the time and switched on the turn signal to go past it. When both cars were in parallel, Ruan Yu subconsciously turned her head to look at the driver of the BMW.

She shivered.

Xu Huaisong had moved ahead of the car and noticed Ruan Yu’s unusual reaction. He asked: “What’s wrong?”

“The person in that car looks like Wei Jin……”

She couldn’t be sure since they passed each other within the span of a few seconds. Yet, the person’s look did alarm her.

Xu Huaisong didn’t have much reaction to it: “Didn’t Li Shican say a few days ago that he’s going out of the country? Maybe he’s heading towards the airport as well.”

Ruan Yu nodded and took a look at the car in the rear view mirror.

However, she found the BMW was driving erratically, sometimes fast, sometimes slow and swaying from side to side. From time to time, the car would drive onto the next lane then barely correct it back as if the driver was drunk.

Ruan Yu was about to ask what was going on when she saw Xu Huaisong’s frown as he took a look at the car in the rear view mirror.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 55 Part 2

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 55 Part 2 

Shen Mingying mistakenly thought Ruan Yu had already made the decision to go to the US with Xu Huaisong and she went ballistic: [When you’re passionately in love, even sacrifice can feel sweet. But can you guarantee it will be the same in the future? Let’s put aside everything else, just think about the kind of life you’ll have. Do you plan to be a bird in a cage for the rest of your life staying in a big house in a foreign country?]

[He comes back to China just to restart his career, but you will have nothing except him in that strange place. There is bound to be friction in your daily life. What would you do if you two had a fight or even your feelings towards each other changed?]

[No offense. You’ll be all by yourself in a foreign country, he may be able to protect you when others bully you, but what if he is the one who bullies you? You can’t bind yourself around one man regardless of reality!]

Shen Mingying was her best friend and certainly would be considered from her angle.

Shen Mingying’s harsh yet well-intended words came abrupt and intense. Ruan Yu hadn’t figured out how to reply to her while Shen Mingying’s messages kept rolling in. Without Ruan Yu noticing it, Xu Huaisong had already come out of the bathroom, drying his wet hair with a towel. He looked at Ruan Yu but didn’t say a word.

Ruan Yu was disturbed by Shen Mingying’s words. When she noticed Xu Huaisong, she was still in a daze and tried to strike a conversation with him: “You’ve done showering?”

Xu Huaisong only answered: “Hm.”

Ruan Yu put down her cell phone and got up to get the blow dryer: “Sit down, I’ll blow your hair dry today.”

Xu Huaisong took a look at her cell phone which kept vibrating on the couch and popping up with new messages. He sat down on a chair.

The noise from the blow dryer masked the sound of the incoming messages.

After drying his hair, Ruan Yu sat down next to him and said: “Huaisong, I have something I want to talk to you……”

“Go shower and rest first.” Xu Huaisong interrupted her: “I have to go to Su City early tomorrow morning for business.”

Ruan Yu didn’t go to the law office with him today and didn’t know how the case was moving along. She was a little taken aback but nodded: “Then we’ll talk after you come back.”

Xu Huaisong seemed really tired and went straight to bed.

Ruan Yu was planning to ask him whether she could go with him the next morning. But when she woke up, he had already left.

A note was left on the nightstand next to the bed: “Breakfast is in the fridge.”

Ruan Yu felt that there was something awkward between them. She didn’t know whether it was because she had a load on her mind or Xu Huaisong had his own problems.

Unable to figure it out, she sent a message to ask him when he would be back. She got an answer from him: [Evening.] She went to the market to buy food for dinner. On her way back, she got a call from Xu Huaisong.

Xu Huaisong: “You aren’t at home?”

“Hrm?” Ruan Yu was surprised: “I’m on my way back from the market. I’m about to go in the elevator now. What’s wrong?”

There was no need for an answer. Ruan Yu soon knew the answer. Xu Huaisong, who should be in Su City, was already back at home. It looked like that he had just arrived.

Ruan Yu was stunned: “Why are you suddenly back?”

“I decided not to go just now.”

Ruan Yu smiled and shook the shopping bags in her hand: “That’s good then. I’ll cook lunch instead.”

Ruan Yu was about to turn to go into the kitchen. Xu Huaisong suddenly came up near her and took the bags and put them on the floor. Then, he embraced her from behind.

It took Ruan Yu by surprise and her heart somehow trembled a little.

Xu Huaisong tightened his arms and buried his chin on her shoulder without making a sound.

Confused, Ruan Yu tilted her head to ask: “What’s going on?”

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.