Zhong Jia'nian’s Visit

“Ding dong, ding dong—”

The doorbell suddenly rang, and Xia Zhihuai looked puzzled towards the door. “I just placed an order, the delivery shouldn’t be this fast, right?”

Wanwan climbed down from the sofa, put on her cartoon slippers, and ran to the door with a small stool in her arms. She stood on the stool and twisted the doorknob to open the door.

The door opened a crack, and Wanwan stuck her round head out, only to be startled by the person standing at the door.

“Wanwan, who is it?”

Xia Zhihuai lazily got up from the sofa as Wanwan had already opened the door, allowing the person outside to come in.

“It’s Brother Jia'nian and an unfamiliar auntie,” Wanwan turned her head and answered loudly.

Wanwan held onto the door, her eyes spinning as she looked at Zhong Jia'nian. He looked completely different from this morning, with thick plaster on his arm and numerous small scars on his face.

His appearance was marred.

“Wanwan.” Zhong Jia'nian looked at the little figure at the door and smiled bitterly, then turned to Xia Zhihuai who had walked to the door.

Xia Zhihuai was taken aback by Zhong Jia'nian’s appearance, mirroring the expressions of the siblings.

“What happened to you?” Xia Zhihuai let Zhong Jia'nian in and glanced at the woman beside him, presumably his assistant or manager, but couldn’t recall her name.

“Please come in first.”

Xia Zhihuai moved Wanwan’s small stool aside, held her under his arm, and led her back to the living room.

Wanwan was like a doll, a bit uncomfortable but didn’t resist.

Zhong Jia'nian and his manager, Xue Yang, exchanged a glance and entered the living room one after the other.

“Please have a seat.” Xia Zhihuai maintained his courtesy, pressed Wanwan onto the sofa, and looked at the two seated individuals. “What happened to you?”

Zhong Jia'nian sighed deeply. “This… is a long story.”

“This is my manager, Xue Yang. We came here today to thank Wanwan,” Zhong Jia'nian said, turning his head to look at Wanwan, who was wearing a dinosaur onesie and sitting on a cushion with her short legs swinging.

“Thanks for my sister?”

Zhong Jia'nian looked earnestly at Wanwan. “Thank her for reminding me today, otherwise I might already be lying in the morgue.”

Wanwan shook her head and swayed. “No need to thank me. Wanwan was sick this morning, and Brother Jia'nian boiled a pot of hot water for me. I felt much better after drinking it.”

Suddenly, Xia Zhihuai remembered what Xu Wei had mentioned in the car. At that time, he had argued with Wanwan because of her disrespectful words towards Zhong Jia'nian.

“Brother Jia'nian still went out today,” Wanwan sighed like an old soul trapped in a child’s body.

She reached into her pocket and took out a piece of milk candy, handing it to Zhong Jia'nian, then glanced at the auntie who had been staring at her.

Slowly, she took out another piece of fruit candy and offered it to her. “Auntie, do you want one too?”

“Thank you, Wanwan, but I’m fine,” Xue Yang looked at the three-year-old girl, resembling a little hamster, and couldn’t snap out of his daze for a moment.

To be honest, if Zhong Jia'nian hadn’t repeatedly emphasized that they were here today because of Wanwan’s reminder, he wouldn’t have let the driver stop in front of the pedestrian bridge and avoid a disaster.

She wouldn’t believe that there were actually people in this world who could foresee the future.

Especially a three-and-a-half-year-old girl. …

…

Xia Zhihuai was completely puzzled, “What exactly happened?”

Zhong Jia'nian explained, “In the morning, when I went downstairs to throw the trash, I happened to run into Mr. Xu and Wanwan. Before parting ways, Wanwan reminded me not to go out today. But if I had to, I should avoid any bridges.”

“I didn’t have any plans to go out today.”

Zhong Jia'nian helplessly said, “But plans can’t keep up with changes. At noon, I received a call from the company. Someone contacted them claiming that my new song was plagiarized. They demanded that I go to the company, or else they would take legal action. Regardless of whether I actually plagiarized or not, it would definitely affect my career.”

“I had no choice but to go out.” Zhong Jia'nian recalled the scene at noon, and his heart still shivered.

“My driver picked me up and on my way to the company, we passed by the Gaojia Bridge on Huahong Road. When I saw the bridge, I suddenly remembered Wanwan’s words. So, I asked the driver to stop and to take a detour.”

“However, before the car could turn around, the bridge suddenly collapsed. The cars on the overpass directly crashed down onto ours…”

…

Zhong Jia'nian initially thought they were at a safe distance and wouldn’t be in any danger, but he didn’t expect his luck to be so terrible.

After the cars on the overpass came crashing down, they directly landed on top of their car.

Fortunately, he was sitting in the back seat, so his life wasn’t in danger.

However, their car’s roof was completely flattened.

He suffered cuts from the shattered glass on his face, and his arm was fractured, but the injuries weren’t too severe.

The driver’s condition was more critical. He had just come out of surgery two hours ago, with severe injuries to his neck and various parts of his body.

As for the car that crashed onto their roof, it eventually flipped over and was hit by another car that couldn’t brake in time, resulting in two deaths and one injury on the spot.

Zhong Jia'nian had never encountered such a dangerous situation before. As he stood outside the operating room, inexplicably, Wanwan’s words came to his mind.

If only he hadn’t gone out today…

Now, it was too late for regrets. …

Wanwan looked at Zhong Jia'nian, and the worry on her forehead deepened.

they narrowly escaped this danger, her older brother still had unresolved issues.

Xia Zhihuai listened in astonishment, picked up her phone, and checked the trending topics. Sure enough, the collapse of the overpass at noon was still trending in real time.

The surveillance video from the scene was complete, especially the moment when the speeding car on the bridge crashed onto the vehicles below, it was captured perfectly…

“You’re really lucky,” Xia Zhihuai said after watching, her emotions complicated. “But as long as you’re safe, that’s what matters. They say, ‘Surviving a great disaster brings great fortune.’”

Wanwan bit her candy and kicked Xia Zhihuai’s thigh with her little foot, saying, “That’s not it. This is just the beginning.”

“Brother Jia'nian won’t die, but from now on, he will encounter various dangers every day.” Wanwan stared at Zhong Jia'nian, expressing her deep sympathy.

Xia Zhihuai: “???”

“Is this a real-life Final Destination?” Xia Zhihuai was shocked. “How could this happen?”

Zhong Jia'nian seemed unsurprised as he looked at Wanwan. “After we left the hospital, Xue Yang drove me back. On the way, we were rear-ended by another car. Luckily, no one was injured.”

Wanwan jumped off the sofa and walked to Xue Yang, staring at the beautiful woman with her round eyes.

She pointed at the pendant hanging from Xue Yang’s neck and asked, “Auntie, can I see your necklace?”

Xue Yang was momentarily stunned, then took off the protective pendant and handed it to Wanwan. Wanwan touched the carved patterns on the peach wood pendant, as well as the delicate figurines and tiny characters on it.

“The pendant has a crack,” Wanwan gently brushed her pale fingers over the center of the peach wood pendant.

“Auntie’s peach talisman has been blessed and can ward off disasters. It can probably be used two more times before it completely shatters.”

“Brother Jia'nian just happened to pick up a life, you know.”

Wanwan returned the peach wood pendant to Xue Yang and climbed back onto the sofa, settling down.