The red sports car traced a wavy line along the coastal road, barely missing the guardrail by just a few centimeters.
Once the car finally steadied.
Su Xin released his hands, which were hovering over his chest, and let out a sigh of relief.
If it had really hit the guardrail, his only option would have been Instant Teleportation to save his life. Fortunately, that didn't happen.
"Big sister, don't get too excited while driving!"
"It's not my fault, you scared me on purpose!"
Fang Mengzhu shouted in a voice tinged with lingering fear.
After their recent conversation and shared 'attempted suicide' experiences, and with both having played the role of detective figuring each other out, the previous unfamiliarity and distance between them had diminished significantly.
Su Xin, visibly tense, said:
"Big sister, let's not talk about life or death anymore. Just focus on driving. But it's almost dark now; isn't it about time you take off your sunglasses? Otherwise, you can't see the road clearly, and that's really dangerous."
Fang Mengzhu complied and took off her sunglasses, shaking her hair lightly, revealing a pair of bright and enchanting eyes and a fresh, charming oval face.
Su Xin looked her directly in the eye and praised her sincerely:
"Really pretty!"
Fang Mengzhu maintained a calm expression, evidently accustomed to such compliments.
But at this moment, Su Xin changed his tone.
"However..."
"Hmm?"
Fang Mengzhu raised her eyebrows, instinctively perking up her ears, waiting for Su Xin's next words.
"You look about the same age as me. I shouldn't call you sis, maybe I should call you Mengzhu little sister instead. Calling you sis so many times before was surely to your advantage."
Su Xin said with a dissatisfied expression.
"Hmph! Slick talker! I'm already twenty-two years old, definitely a few years older than you."
Fang Mengzhu snorted lightly, but the smile on her lips betrayed her true feelings.
Seeing this, Su Xin mused to himself:
"She really is a simple, spoiled rich girl."
This girl had been contemplating suicide before, but after a brief chat, she abandoned the thought entirely. Now, a casual compliment had her smiling like a simple-minded, proud child.
So easily swayed, with emotions oscillating between life and death, chatty one moment, laughing the next. Saying her emotional maturity is thirteen or fourteen would be a compliment.
What aloof, cold beauty?
Clearly just a simple young girl.
While they indulged in idle chatter, the car cruised steadily at over fifty kilometers per hour, getting closer to the city.
Su Xin couldn't resist fidgeting.
His underwear was completely soaked, wearing it for so long was uncomfortable, not to mention sitting half-naked in the car wasn't ideal.
He reached to touch the clothes draped over the air conditioning vent, but the car AC was weak and had only blown for a few minutes, nowhere near enough to dry anything.
"Ugh, this is really annoying..."
Su Xin sighed lightly.
A moment ago, he looked at Fang Mengzhu, not really to appreciate her beauty, but to observe her situation.
There was a strange flush on Fang Mengzhu's cheeks, coupled with the smell of alcohol he noticed as they got into the car, indicating that she had drunk a lot.
Should they really crash into anything later, he couldn't just teleport away stark naked, could he?
The near miss with the guardrail still made Su Xin's heart race.
Seeing more and more cars on the road, he finally couldn't help but suggest:
"Mengzhu, we should be able to find a cab here. Let's stop here."
"Why call me Mengzhu? Call me sis."
"Alright Mengzhu, please stop the car."
"Go all the way when helping others. I have nothing urgent, I'll drop you off. Where do you live?"
"No, no, no!"
Su Xin hastily replied: "You've been drinking. I really don't dare to continue riding in your car..."
Hearing this, Fang Mengzhu's face changed, and she slammed on the brakes.
"Screech!"
The car came to an abrupt halt.
Unprepared, Su Xin lurched forward, but before he could voice his complaints, Fang Mengzhu coldly said:
"If you don't want to ride, then get out."
Su Xin unbuckled his seatbelt without a word, then seeing Fang Mengzhu not moving, added:
"You should get out too!"
"Why should I get out?"
Fang Mengzhu glared at him, sounding unfriendly.
Su Xin insisted seriously: "You really should get out too. It's dangerous to drive after drinking. I'll hail a cab to take you home, then head to my place."
Upon hearing this, Fang Mengzhu paused.
Seeing no reaction from her, Su Xin moved over and directly pressed the start button to turn off the car, then reached toward her leg.
"Hey, hey! What are you doing?!"
"You little rascal..."
Fang Mengzhu exclaimed repeatedly, flailing her arms to fend him off.
Yet Su Xin straightforwardly pushed aside her hands, and forcibly unbuckled her seatbelt.
Of course, in the process, he inevitably bumped into Fang Mengzhu's hand and thigh.
Fang Mengzhu was wearing a short skirt and flesh-colored stockings.
Her legs were slim and round.
Cool to the touch.
Soft and smooth.
The texture... really quite nice.
After finishing this, Su Xin nonchalantly leaned back in the passenger seat, looking at her playfully:
"What did you think I was going to do?"
"I... you..."
Fang Mengzhu's face flushed red, stammering a bit before she finally reacted, seemingly to fortify her stance, sat up straight, and loudly declared:
"You little rascal! You were deliberately touching my legs! I kindly gave you a lift, and this is how you repay me? Jerk!"
"Why are you so nosy anyway? I didn't drink that much, I'm perfectly sober and won't have any problems. What makes you think you can intervene?"
"Precisely because you helped me once, I need to consider your safety. If I just left, and you had an accident driving, I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life."
"But... what about my car?"
"Just leave it here."
"But this is the road..."
"Enough, don't worry so much. There aren't many vehicles here, and the road is spacious, parking here just fine. You don't lack the money for towing. Just call someone to tow it back, or have your family come drive it home."
"But this is illegal parking!"
Su Xin looked at her, exasperated: "Big sister, you're already driving under the influence, and you're concerned about illegal parking? Which is more serious?"
"But..."
Fang Mengzhu blinked her watery big eyes, then re-buckled her seatbelt and restarted the car, explaining:
"There's a mall not far ahead. I'll park there, and you can buy a clean set of clothes. Otherwise, who knows when a cab will come by here. You're not in a condition to wait outside in the wind."
"Really? How far is it?"
Su Xin looked skeptical.
Saying this, he took out his phone, opened the map app to check, searched for nearby malls, and found that about eight kilometers ahead, there really was a large comprehensive shopping mall.
"Just a few kilometers."
Fang Mengzhu pressed the gas, and the car smoothly accelerated, leaving Su Xin to buckle his seatbelt again.
"Big sister, drive steadily!"
"Our lives are both in your hands."
"You wouldn't want to ruin your face in a car accident and become a hideous monster, right?"
Fang Mengzhu's face darkened, reprimanding:
"Stop it, you jinx! I'll be careful!"