Chapter Five: The Woman in the Floral Cheongsam

  The prince looked down at his phone and was suddenly filled with a chill, feeling a numbness on the back of his head.

  Just after he sent that message, a woman replied to him. The content of the reply was just a photo. From the appearance of the photo, it seemed to be taken many years ago, like in the Republic of China era. Although the photo was old, the people inside were clear and recognizable. The woman wore a red cheongsam, with a beautiful face, phoenix eyes and cherry lips.

  The woman's appearance reminded Wang Zhu of the woman who suddenly appeared next to Tian Mi in the ambulance, at that time he was not fully conscious and only felt that this woman seemed very familiar but couldn't say where he had seen her before.

  Wang Chu looked at the woman's screen name again, his hand trembled, and with a loud crash, his phone smashed to the floor, shattered into three pieces. He couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air, because that screen name was "Are you ready?"

  The air around him seemed to have solidified, making Wang Cang's breathing almost stop. At this moment, millions of thoughts were filtering through his mind like a fast-forwarded movie. He always felt that last night's events had an indelible connection with this woman. These six simple words were absolutely not just a coincidence! But what was the purpose of this woman, or what was she trying to hint at him?

  What made Wang Chu most apprehensive was that all this seemed far from over.

  He picked up the phone that had been smashed into three pieces and reassembled it.

  He then dialed the village chief's phone number, he had to tell the village chief about what happened last night, at least let the villagers prepare for the terrifying things that might happen tonight, not to mention absolute safety, at least be prepared.

  On the other end of the phone was always that annoying busy tone. At first, he suspected it was a signal problem.

  He used the hospital's public phone to call the village chief's home phone, but what came out of the receiver was still a busy tone.

  Even calling other households in the village is the same.

  The completely unexpected situation made the words that Wang Zhuo had just brought to his lips suddenly sink down, and the sudden acceleration of his heartbeat almost caused him to faint.

  The Crown Prince's anxious mood at this moment can no longer be described in words, and the only thought now is to leave the hospital immediately and return to the village, trying to prevent a possible tragedy from happening again.

  He needs to arrive at the station before 6:00 pm, otherwise he will miss the last bus. In fact, Wang Cang didn't have many things in the hospital, a plastic bag was enough.

  Just then, a girl with a delicate face and a faint scent of jasmine walked into the ward and approached Wang Cun.

  "Are you going to be discharged?" The girl asked softly with a smile like a peach blossom.

  The prince did not respond, he just nodded his head.

  At this time, the girl bent her slender waist, covered her mouth with her hand, and asked softly with a pretty face, "Pack up and go home?"

  Wang Chu finally looked up and glanced at the girl in front of him, revealing a look of surprise: "Dr. Tian, what's with your outfit? You're dressed like a noble lady?"

  Tian Mi carefully looked at her own outfit, a white T-shirt with floral patterns, paired with tight light blue jeans, and a pair of high-heeled white sneakers. She smiled and said, "Can't I?"

  "Fine, at least I think you should be more suitable, mini skirt black stockings high heels, looks good" Wang Chu said.

  "Is it nourishing your eyes or mine?" Tian Mi shot a glance at Wang Chu.

  To avoid Tian Mi continuing to borrow the topic, Wang Chu preemptively changed the subject and said: "Speak up, why are you dressed like this coming to my place? It's definitely not official business, nor can it be private matters, because we don't have a relationship!"

  Although Wang Cang's words were a bit harsh, they were all true. In the few days at the hospital, Dr. Tian and he had nothing but a doctor-patient relationship, with no substantial development.

  "It's a private matter, it's my personal business asking for your help, haha!!" Tian Mi gritted her teeth, if she could, she really wanted to go up and give him a bite, let him remember what is called friendship, but still endured. As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge ten years later."

  Wang Chu saw the beautiful woman in front of him gnashing her teeth and felt a sense of satisfaction, thinking to himself "The words I said earlier must have struck a nerve, who let you call me sick and eat medicine randomly!"

  Wang Chu continued to pretend to be nonchalant and said "What's the private matter? Tell me, I'll definitely help if I can!"

  "This is Shi Mi getting a bit excited: 'You can, you must be able to help me, just take me home with you!'"

  If Wang Cang is drinking water now, it's estimated that a mouthful of water can kill her. If there was such a beautiful girl following him home in peacetime, it would also be a good thing, satisfying his vanity and allowing him to secretly take advantage of her carelessness. But at this critical moment, when she goes to the village, it's equivalent to taking her life.

  The prince's astonished face suddenly turned dull and he slowly spat out two words: "Cannot".

  Tian Mi, who had been waiting for half a day, didn't lose heart. She raised her slender index finger and gently pushed Wang Cang's forehead, saying: "Hey! Your attitude is quite resolute! I'll give you medicine for free at noon!"

  She paused and continued: "To be honest with you, there is already a group of people on their way to your village, including someone you've met named Wang Ke, as well as several reporters. I'm just a bit late and didn't catch up with them. I'm not here to ask for your opinion, but to find you to go together. It's safer to have a companion on the road, don't you think it's dangerous for a young girl like me to be walking alone on this rural path?"

  At this time, Wang Chu leaned over to speak, but was waved back by Tian Mi. Tian Mi continued: "Alright, no more nonsense. Based on my years of medical experience, your condition has worsened and is highly aggressive, requiring further recuperation!"

  Tian Mi turned around and walked out of the door, secretly smiling to herself with a face as lovely as a peach blossom, silently counting in her heart: one, two...

  "Doctor Tian, you're right. It's not safe for a girl to walk alone. I won't bother you much, just lend a hand." Wang Chu rushed up with big strides and a smiling face.

  Tian Mi turned her head back with a smile, almost making Wang Chu spit blood. The heartbeat of this moment and the fearful heartbeat were two completely different concepts.

  "What's wrong with you, standing there like that? Let's go! It's already 5:30. Do you want to take the No. 11 bus back home?" Tian Mi said with a smile.

  There's a saying that a good man doesn't fight with a woman, but it can't be helped that Wang Cai has an attitude that is too soft. This woman is just too troublesome, she knows the mountain has tigers but still insists on going to the tiger mountain, if she doesn't go to hell who will?

  。。。

  Because they arrived at the station relatively late, the two of them could only take the last seats on the bus. From time to time, they would receive admiring, jealous, and disdainful glances from those in front of them, with the disdainful glances naturally directed at Wang Chu.

  All the way, Wang Chu had beautiful women following him, which extremely satisfied his vanity. Tian Mi was also very aware of this and now leaned in even closer to Wang Chu, possibly intentionally cooperating with him, provoking some single men on the bus to mutter to themselves: "Damn it, how can this country bumpkin be better than me? How did he manage to get such a beautiful woman to fall for him? Heaven!"

  The car was moving with a slight swaying motion, like a cradle, and all the passengers had fallen asleep, with Tian Mi already leaning on Wang Cun's shoulder, dreaming of Zhou Gong.

  At this time, the outside of the car had become dark, and the driver took out his mobile phone from his pocket, perhaps to check the time. Just as he put down the phone, a woman appeared about 20 meters in front of the car. She was a middle-aged woman wearing a floral cheongsam. The driver immediately slammed on the brakes, and the screeching sound of the tires against the ground pierced through the night air. Suddenly, everyone inside the car was thrown forward, and as they regained their senses, they were about to scold the driver for not being careful while driving.

  "Sister, are you trying to get yourself killed! You suddenly popped out like a ghost and scared me to death, I'm driving with a car full of people!" The driver exclaimed, turning his head towards the direction of the car door.

  Everyone cast their eyes towards the car door, but not even a fly was there, and the car door had always been tightly closed. The crowd felt a chill run down their spines, thinking that something was wrong with the driver's mind.

  At this time a female passenger said timidly: "Hey, driver, the car door is not open, how can someone get in? Are you hallucinating?"

  The driver was reminded, carefully recalling the process just now, from stepping on the brakes to now, never opened the car door from start to finish. Suddenly, his hand holding the steering wheel trembled: "Then what I saw just now is...?"

  "What...what did you see?" the woman asked in a trembling voice.

  It seemed that everyone in the car had almost heard the chaotic thumping of their hearts, each person's tightly strung nerves waiting for the driver's response.

  "I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a floral cheongsam get on the bus, she was just standing there," the driver suddenly pointed to the direction of the car door with a terrified expression, and continued after a pause: "I braked just now because of her, almost hitting her."

  The prince, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, seemed to be the most awake person in the car at the moment. He took out his mobile phone and walked towards the driver: "Is the woman you saw this one?" The prince showed the driver a photo he had received at noon.

  The driver looked and his face showed an expression of incredulity: "Right, right, it's her, exactly the same, do you know her?"

  "I don't know," Wang Chu replied with a gloomy face.

  "This is too weird, even if I'm seeing things, the person I saw can't be her, is this some kind of coincidence?!" The driver took a deep breath and said "Right, and there's also this photo, it's been a long time since it was taken, and it wasn't Photoshopped or anything!"

  The prince looked at the photo and sneered at the driver: "This is not PS, it was taken during the Republic of China period"

  "What's going on? What's with this woman?" The driver looked terrified.

  "Everything you know what to do next?" Wang Chu said

  The driver nodded to show that he understood, and in fact, what Wang Chu thought was also right. As long as the driver drove safely now, then these people in the car would also be safe. However, this was equivalent to entrusting one's own safety to the driver. Generally speaking, it was still not absolutely safe. If they got off here, not to mention the desolate wilderness, just walking would take more than an hour to reach the village. Now they could only hope to arrive at their destination as soon as possible.

  Just as Wang Chu turned around and left, a gloomy face in the rearview mirror of the car stared at Wang Chu with a sly smile, and this face was exactly that of the driver.