Chapter 656 Dawn (62)
Chapter 656 Dawn (62)
Chu Huian was completely baffled by Yan Zhen's words: "What do you mean?"
"Don't drive," Yan Zhen said. "Leave the 4S store, my brother and I will come pick you up now."
After saying that, Yan Zhen hung up the phone.
Jing Chen, who was driving, turned his head to look at her: "What's wrong?"
"Yan Yi may have made a move against Chu Huian."
At the 4S store, Chu Huian frowned as she looked at the disconnected call screen.
Her relationship with Yan Zhen wasn't one where they could joke around or play pranks. If Yan Zhen suddenly warned her so seriously, then this matter was definitely not simple.
Chu Huian felt a pang of unease as she recalled the unfamiliar repairman who had greeted her.
Just to be on the safe side, she grabbed her bag, got up, and left the 4S store.
The repair area is right next to the 4S store showroom. When passing by the repair area, Chu Huian subconsciously glanced in that direction.
Upon looking up, she met a pair of gloomy eyes—the strange mechanic who had taken her car keys twenty minutes earlier was staring at her.
Chu Huian's heart skipped a beat.
Even though the mechanic immediately looked away and pretended to be diligently maintaining the car, Chu Huian still felt an indescribable fear. She gripped her bag tightly and quickly walked out of the 4S store.
Once outside the 4S store, standing at a busy intersection, Chu Huian kept recalling the mechanic's sinister eyes and the way he stared at her... The more she thought about it, the more terrified she became.
Who is he?
Why is he staring at me?
Maybe we should just call the police.
Chu Huian took out her phone, but then hesitated.
Even though this place is bustling with people, and it's not the dead of night, Chu Huian was still a little scared standing here alone.
She didn't even dare to turn around, for fear of meeting those terrifying eyes again.
If that person really has ulterior motives towards me, will calling the police now provoke him?
If you anger him, he might do something to harm you, and the consequences could be unbearable.
Chu Huian had to admit that she had become much more timid since being kidnapped by Xiang Yong last time.
Chu Huian waited anxiously while hesitating, sending Yan Zhen two messages urging her to come over quickly.
More than ten minutes later, Yan Zhen and Jing Chen arrived.
Chu Huian breathed a sigh of relief the moment she saw Yan Zhen get out of the car.
She took two quick steps forward and took Yan Zhen's arm, her face full of lingering fear. She spoke very fast as she recounted how she came to get her car serviced, how the mechanic she was greeted by was a complete stranger, and how she noticed the mechanic staring at her as she left the 4S shop.
After listening, Yan Zhen exchanged a glance with Jing Chen, comforted Chu Huian for a few words, and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
The three entered the 4S store. The red sports car was still in the repair area, but the mechanic was nowhere to be seen.
If Chu Huian had previously only suspected the repairman of having ulterior motives, she was now almost certain that the repairman was the problem.
She immediately called the manager of the 4S store, and after asking carefully, she learned that the 4S store did not have such a "repairman" at all.
The person in charge also realized that something was wrong and began to check the surveillance footage.
Soon, the person in charge sorted out the cause and effect from the surveillance footage—the repairman who received Chu Huian had sneaked in on his own, somehow getting a repairman's uniform and blending into the repair area.
Today is the 4S store's members' day, and many members came in for maintenance. The mechanics were all busy with their own tasks, and no one noticed anything amiss for a while.
The sports car handled by the "mechanic" was inspected by the 4S shop's mechanics, who found signs of damage on the brakes.
If Chu Huian hadn't noticed anything amiss and had driven the sports car away immediately after the maintenance, it would probably have been involved in an accident due to brake failure as soon as it hit the road.
Upon hearing this, Chu Huian broke out in a cold sweat and immediately decided, "Call the police!"
After giving my statement to the police, it was already 8 p.m.
Back at the Yan family home, Chu Huian was still in a state of shock from the near-car accident and couldn't come to her senses for a long time.
Seeing that Chu Huian looked pale, and having learned the whole story from Yan Zhen, Aunt Zhang took the initiative to stay with Chu Huian in the bedroom.
Chu Huian's mind was in turmoil.
When giving her statement today, she submitted the phone number of the person who called her to remind her to go for a maintenance appointment, but the police found that the number was not in service.
The "repairman" was after her; his goal and purpose were obvious: he wanted her dead and wanted to make her death look like an accident.
But she clearly didn't know that person.
Chu Huian didn't consider herself a difficult person to get along with, and she rarely made enemies in her daily interactions. So who could harbor such deep hatred towards her and want to kill her?
Amidst her jumbled thoughts, Chu Huian suddenly recalled a detail—Yan Zhen was the first to notice something amiss about today's events.
How could Yan Zhen be so perceptive as to suspect someone was trying to kill her simply because she was at the 4S shop and the car she was maintaining had been serviced the previous month? Or did she know something in advance that made her so cautious?
The more Chu Huian thought about it, the more likely it was that Yan Zhen knew the inside story.
She immediately said to Aunt Zhang, "Go and call Zhenzhen down."
After she finished speaking, she added, "It's best not to disturb Jingchen."
Yan Zhen was doing her test paper in her room, looking depressed.
Jingchen gave her a new pair of gloves a couple of days ago. She was going horseback riding at the club today, so she brought the gloves with her when she left home this morning.
Because of Chu Huian's matter, she couldn't go to the club. Now she's lying on the table, feeling like she has a lot of untapped energy.
When she was halfway through completing a test paper, Aunt Zhang came up and knocked on the door, saying cautiously, "Miss, Madam wants you to go to her room."
Yan Zhen responded, "Coming."
Yan Zhen was not surprised that Chu Huian would contact her.
She walked downstairs with a languid gait, only straightening up slightly when she reached Chu Huian's bedroom door before knocking.
"Are you looking for me?"
Chu Huian frowned as she looked at Yan Zhen, who was leaning against the door and clearly had no intention of coming in, but she had to swallow the words of reprimand that were on the tip of her tongue.
"Come here, I have something to ask you."
Yan Zhen then went inside: "What is it?"
Chu Huian cut to the chase: "Why did you immediately suspect someone was trying to harm me as soon as you heard I was at the 4S store today?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhen's nonchalant expression stiffened slightly.
Chu Huian noticed the subtle change in Yan Zhen's expression, which made her even more certain that Yan Zhen knew some inside information that she did not.
"Zhenzhen, you know who wants to harm me, right?"
Yan Zhen adjusted his expression and shook his head: "I don't know."
"Then how do you explain knowing that someone wanted to harm me?"
Yan Zhen remained silent, a hint of resistance in his expression, clearly unwilling to speak.
Chu Huian knew her temper; she couldn't force Yan Zhen to talk about things she didn't want to say. If she pushed Yan Zhen too far, Yan Zhen might even hit her.
So she changed her strategy and sighed deeply: "Your father and I are getting a divorce. You are my only family now. If even you don't stand by my side, what's the point of me living?"
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