Chapter 1899: Rollover

“That’s perfect, then I don’t have to drive tonight. I’ll hitch a ride with you.”

It was really out of the way from Bo’s to E.Y, she had to take a big detour. He, on the other hand, had it easy, and Nan Jiaojiao felt bad about bothering Han Chuan to run back and forth.

She tried tentatively, “How about I come pick you up?”

Bo Yanching let out a low laugh. “I ordered a whole roast lamb at Aunt Zhan’s tonight, called Old Mo and Loo Jinyang to get together. It’s a quick drive from my place.”

Nan Jiaojiao’s brows lifted. She’d casually mentioned yesterday that she was craving roast lamb leg, and he’d already arranged it today.

“Okay then, I’ll go over by myself.” She adjusted the Bluetooth earbud at her ear. “I’ll try to get off work early.”

“Okay.”

Bo Yanching’s voice was still soft and gentle. Even over the phone you could hear the sexual tension hidden in that deep tone. Just a few lines seemed to plant a hook in her heart, making her wish she could grow wings and fly straight to him.

Nan Jiaojiao planned to drop the stuff back at the company, hand it to Pei Dongshi, and then slip away.

After hanging up, Nan Jiaojiao picked up her phone from the center console, intending to set it on the passenger seat. With a casual glance, she noticed there had been missed calls.

She didn’t check who it was, thinking she’d look when the car stopped, but before she could put the phone down, it started ringing again.

“Hello?”

“Nan Jiaojiao, I got hit by a prop, twisted my ankle. Can you come back and pick me up?”

It was Ye Linlin.

When Nan Jiaojiao left, she’d been sprawled on a recliner playing with her phone. People called to her and she lazily responded twice, saying she’d driven herself and would leave on her own later.

“No one left in the crew? Ask someone to help you drive.”

“I locked my keys in the car!” Ye Linlin hissed. “Come back and get me, please, okay? For the sake of that tiny sliver of kinship we have…”

Nan Jiaojiao couldn’t help rolling her eyes. “You’re such a pain!”

“Thank you, sis, from now on you’re my real sister—no, you were my real sister to begin with…”

Ye Linlin kept climbing up the pole, and Nan Jiaojiao didn’t bother listening anymore. She glanced at the time; she had enough for a round trip.

After getting off the cross-sea bridge, Nan Jiaojiao made a U-turn at the intersection ahead and drove back onto the bridge.

There was a truck loaded with river sand in front of her. Naturally, she didn’t want to stay stuck behind it with her view blocked, so she signaled and changed into another lane, creating a long distance between herself and the truck ahead. Nan Jiaojiao sped up to pass the truck, but just as she stepped on the gas, the truck suddenly tipped over toward her lane. She quickly flicked on the turn signal and moved one lane further left, trying to accelerate out of the way, when suddenly a car came up from the opposite lane, scraping past her front bumper. The shriek of its emergency brakes pierced the air. With the sudden turn of events, all the cars across several lanes were thrown into chaos.

Nan Jiaojiao gripped the steering wheel and slammed on the brakes. Her body swung forward with the inertia, then crashed back hard into the seat. The rear of her car was rammed by the vehicle behind. Her head smacked into the steering wheel, her vision went blurry, and her mind went blank for a moment.

When she came to again, all kinds of noisy sounds around her made her head pound.

She slowly pushed herself upright. A policeman was knocking on her window, and she pressed the button to roll it down.