My Ex-Wife Disappeared for Years and Had My Babies-Chapter 196 - 146: A Slap of Misunderstanding

Inside the Volkswagen, a handsome man with fine facial features yawned lazily and discontentedly said, "I’m a Criminal Investigation Squad Captain, and they have me doing a stakeout!"

The middle-aged man at the driver’s seat holding a camera apologized with a smile: "Yang, this is a big case. How could you not personally take charge? Once this case is closed, our entire police station will be renowned!"

"Fame, fame! Is fame more important than sleep?" After saying that, he yawned again, his eyes bloodshot, obviously having not slept for a long time.

The cameraman said with a laugh, "The safety of the common folk is important, social harmony is important!"

"Cut the crap! Did you get the shot?"

"Got it, clear as day!"

In the viewfinder, the camera was focused on the front of the red BMW, not too far away...

Gradually, dawn broke, and Xue Qi woke up in the car, finished a ladies’ cigarette, and checked the time; it was seven in the morning.

She relaxed in her seat for a moment before starting the car and driving away.

The Volkswagen didn’t follow. The man holding the camera smiled contentedly: "Now we just wait to catch the big fish..."

The man in the passenger seat could no longer fight off his exhaustion and fell asleep.

In the suburban mansion, Shen Hanxiu was neatly dressed, while Su Zhen had only just gotten out of bed.

"Do you want Uncle Shen to help you with your clothes?"

"No, boys are not supposed to watch girls change."

Saying this, she took her chosen pretty dress and went to the bathroom to change.

She took more than ten minutes inside, but when she came out, she had managed to dress herself quite neatly.

"Uncle Shen, I want to braid my hair."

Shen Hanxiu was taken aback. "Can you braid it yourself?"

Su Zhen shook her head, handed him the hair tie, and said, "Mom always braids it for me."

Shen Hanxiu had never braided a woman’s hair before, not even for Su Nian.

Remembering how simple and neat Su Nian looked when she tied her ponytail, he proceeded to lift Su Zhen onto the dressing table to sit and picked up the comb...

It looked simple but was hard to do. As he grasped hair from one area, another bunch slipped away, and even twisting the hair tie was troublesome, almost causing him to cramp.

"Uncle Shen..."

"Yes?" Though Shen Hanxiu was inexperienced, he maintained the composure of a hair styling master.

Su Zhen hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "My head is starting to hurt..."

"...It’s almost done." He realized he had been fiddling with her delicate scalp for quite a while.

In the end, he did a sloppy job with the ponytail; it was loose and even crooked.

Fortunately, Su Zhen was cute enough that the messy hair didn’t spoil her look.

"Okay, let’s go down for breakfast."

Shen Hanxiu exhaled a sigh of relief, just this one morning had taught him how hard and worrisome it was to take care of a child.

And yet, that woman had managed to endure all these hardships alone in the four years without him...

Aunt Bao had been re-hired a few days ago; there was no driver assigned to the house yet, so when she went out to buy groceries, she took Shen Hanxiu’s car.

To the lovable Su Zhen, Aunt Bao was full of nothing but praise and fondness.

"Sir, now that you have such well-behaved children, it’s like making amends for the first child you and the lady lost..."

"Aunt Bao." Before Aunt Bao could finish her sentence, Shen Hanxiu interrupted her: "Don’t mention that child in front of Su Nian in the future."

Aunt Bao was momentarily startled. Having been with the Shen Family for decades, she naturally understood the rules. Although she didn’t know exactly what had happened between Sir and the lady, she complied with his wishes: "Alright, I’ll remember not to bring it up."

"Uncle Shen! I want to eat chestnuts!" Sitting in the back seat, Su Zhen suddenly spoke out, pointing at a street vendor selling roasted chestnuts.

Shen Hanxiu naturally agreed to his future daughter’s little request, stopping the car by the side of the road. "Aunt Bao, please take her to buy some."

The atmosphere on the street had the tranquility of the early morning, with no one expecting such peace to be shattered...

After Shen Hanxiu’s car stopped, a red BMW also pulled over behind, its gaze following Su Zhen...

Isn’t that Su Nian’s daughter?

A hatred flared up in Xue Qi’s eyes. It was all because of Su Nian that she had fallen into such a state!

Because of Su Nian, Li Zisheng had ignored her and their son; because of Su Nian, she’d lost her job; to get revenge on Su Nian, she’d gotten involved with Wang Jinhui... And now, she was addicted to that damned drug, living a life no better than an animal!

Her entire catastrophe had originated from Su Nian!

She wanted revenge! She wanted Su Nian to suffer as much as she did...

After Aunt Bao bought the chestnuts with Su Zhen, they were on a rather quiet street with not many people or cars around. Su Zhen, holding the paper bag of chestnuts, happily ran toward Uncle Shen’s car across the street.

"Zhenzhen, slow down, watch out for cars!" Aunt Bao followed behind her.

Through the window on the passenger side, Shen Hanxiu watched the lively Su Zhen from afar, his expression softening.

Suddenly, something caught his eye, and the gentleness on his face instantly froze over as he made the correct judgment in a flash...

The loud roar of the engine shattered the stillness of the early morning.

The red BMW’s abnormal acceleration and erratic driving alerted Shen Hanxiu to danger. He immediately turned the steering wheel, causing the car to rotate 360 degrees. Tires screeched against the pavement, kicking up a cloud of black smoke.

After swerving the car around, without hesitation, he sped up and collided with the accelerating BMW, halting its advance...

But Shen Hanxiu’s gaze fell upon the scene outside... He knew it was still too late...

He heard the screams of several bystanders and then faces filled with terror, all staring at a particular spot on the ground.

Aunt Bao rushed forward, crying out, "Zhenzhen! Child, wake up!"

Shen Hanxiu urgently opened the car door, wiped away the blood trickling down a face, and immediately picked up Su Zhen from the ground.

However, she was no longer lively. Her carefully chosen dress was stained with blood, and her ponytail was soaked. Freshly roasted chestnuts spilled from the paper bag, scattering across the ground...

The BMW first hit Su Zhen, and then Shen Hanxiu’s car came to the forefront, preventing it from causing further harm.

Had he not managed to swerve and collide in time, the BMW’s wheels might have rolled right over Su Zhen...

The consequences were unimaginable...

Both cars were wrecked beyond recognition. Ambulances and police cars soon arrived, and amidst the crowd, someone was overheard, "She ran away, it was a woman, hit her and ran without even taking the car, ah... What a shame, such a young child."

Inside a white Audi driving towards the accident scene, Su Bao leaned against the window and said, "Mom, something seems to have happened up ahead."

Su Nian, focused on driving, didn’t dare to divert her gaze and didn’t take a close look, simply replying, "A car accident, I guess."

After driving for a long time and witnessing numerous accidents, Su Nian always maintained a slow speed, prioritizing safety above all.

Just like Shen Hanxiu said, if she really did crash, it would at most just scratch the paint.

As the car approached the accident scene, this road was not a major highway; even three lanes did not suffice.

Drawing closer, Su Nian couldn’t resist glancing over and felt a pang of pity in her heart, thinking another mishap so early in the morning, life is so unpredictable.

"Mom!"

"Sister Xiao Nian!"

Both Su Bao and Su Yan exclaimed at the same time, and Su Nian too saw something, her pupils suddenly constricted as she hastily pulled the car over and frantically unbuckled her seatbelt...

How she wished she had seen it wrong...

Murmurs of pity could still be faintly heard amongst the crowd, "Alas, such a cute child, just bought chestnuts from me. It all happened so suddenly when crossing the street, why do such things happen?"

Shen Hanxiu’s expression was grave as he was about to carry Su Zhen to the ambulance when suddenly he heard an anxious voice behind him, "Zhenzhen!"

He turned around to face the person he least dared to confront at the moment.

Su Nian, seeing Su Zhen motionless and covered in blood, could not stop her tears from flowing like a burst dam.

Shen Hanxiu quietly called out, "Nian..."

"Smack—" Su Nian’s slap landed on Shen Hanxiu’s face, cutting off the words at his lips. She glared at him furiously and, without saying anything, took Su Zhen from his hands and boarded the ambulance.

Su Bao and Su Yan followed, and the ambulance screamed away, leaving behind police officers to investigate the scene.

Aunt Bao, seeing the blood on Shen Hanxiu’s forehead and tears streaming down her face, said, "Sir... let’s go to the hospital first... Your wife must have misunderstood you, explain it properly to her..."

But Shen Hanxiu appeared deaf to her words, his face taut as he turned and walked back to the site of the incident.

The owner of the BMW had fled, but he didn’t believe one could escape forever. Anyone who dared to harm his people would only meet one end!

"Third Young Master... Is this your car?" a police officer approached cautiously to ask.

Shen Hanxiu offered no confirmation or denial.

The officer wiped the sweat from his brow and asked, "Could the Third Young Master briefly explain what happened in the accident?"

Shen Hanxiu was in no mood to talk, only feeling the fiery pain on the side of his face that had been slapped by that woman, and only aware that the adorable Su Zhen’s fate was uncertain.

"Third Young Master, is this just a simple traffic accident?"

"Are you the police or am I? Are surveillance cameras just for show?!" Shen Hanxiu snapped back in irritation, finally losing his cool.

The officer departed discontentedly, going off to question witnesses.

Not too long after, a black Volkswagen arrived on the scene. Yang Zijing shrugged off his fatigue and rushed over to Shen Hanxiu’s side, "Big brother! What happened?"

An officer holding a video camera took several photos and then said, "Yang, isn’t this the car we were tracking?"

Yang Zijing glanced at the red BMW. Although the front was severely damaged, the license plate was still intact.

"Damn! If only we had caught her this morning!"

Shen Hanxiu picked up on something, enduring the pain on his forehead and the dizziness in his head, he asked, "Who owns the car?"

Yang Zijing replied seriously, "It’s a woman, a drug dealer. It looks like she was driving under the influence... She even hit you, big brother... Maybe you should go to the hospital first? We will catch her."

The officer with the camera, knowing Shen Hanxiu’s influence, took the initiative to open the door, "Third Young Master, let’s go, I’ll take you."

Shen Hanxiu turned to look at the bloodstain on the ground, now slowly coagulating, scattered with chestnuts. He remembered the sweet smile of Su Zhen as she ran towards him...

His face still burned with pain, reflecting upon the heartbreak in Su Nian’s departure, his own expression grew grave. He opened the car door, got in, and spoke softly, "To Central Hospital."