Chapter 17.1 - The Fragrance of that Tea (Part 6)
They sat for several more minutes, but the other party still hadn't moved their car, seemingly determined to remain immobile. In this awkward situation, every second felt like a year, and they could even hear each other's breathing.
Rather than silently observing the aftermath, Zeng Li decided to do something, so she somewhat helplessly turned on the radio.
She wasn’t sure which station it was, but as soon as it turned on, she heard a middle-aged man's voice with a strong accent saying, "The spongy tissue is composed of cellular fibrous tissue, and its growth is caused by tissue proliferation..." Because there were too many technical terms, she didn’t understand what the man on the radio was saying until he uttered the words "to welcome the second development of the male reproductive organ." Then, she suddenly realized.
Zeng Li felt her brain "explode" with a "boom" and quickly reached out to change the station, but as she listened more closely, it was still some kind of health program. Feeling a little annoyed, she turned off the radio and honked the horn.
Ai Jingchu glanced at her and said, "Let's not wait any longer, let's turn around."
She didn’t follow his suggestion, but honked the horn again.
Just as they were about to turn back, the rear passenger door of the car ahead opened, and a man and a woman got out. The man was a short, chubby middle-aged man, wearing a shirt and stumbling as if he was drunk. He quickly climbed into the passenger seat. The woman, however, was young, walking slowly toward the driver’s seat. She turned around in a disheveled manner and gave Zeng Li the finger. When she saw Zeng Li’s headlights still on her, she became furious and started yelling loudly.
The woman spoke quickly, her voice clear and loud, echoing in the dim street, and she was spitting out the most vulgar street language.
As before, Zeng Li’s blood rushed to her head, her face turned red with anger, but she didn’t know how to respond. She could only grip the steering wheel tightly with her hands, unable to utter a word in reply.
Seeing that Zeng Li didn’t respond and instead stayed silent, the woman didn’t back off but became even more arrogant.
Ai Jingchu suddenly spoke to her, "Did you get bullied often when you were young?"
"Huh?" she was confused.
He glanced at her and unbuckled his seatbelt.
Zeng Li hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?" and reached out to stop him.
"I'm not doing anything. Just grabbing two CDs." He said, and sure enough, he pulled two discs from the CD case and got out of the car.
Zeng Li didn’t understand what he was doing.
Seeing Ai Jingchu get out of the car, the woman thought he was going to act out in defense of his female companion, so she immediately stopped talking and even took a step back.
However, Ai Jingchu didn’t approach her but instead walked to the front of his car, bent down, and placed a CD on the frame around the license plate. Then he circled around to the back of the car and did the same with the other CD.
He didn’t look at the woman even once and completed this series of actions fluidly before silently returning to the car.
"Sometimes, you don’t need to rely on eloquence to fight back." He glanced at her and buckled his seatbelt.
Zeng Li was still confused, not understanding what he was trying to do.
"You’re good. Can you turn around and leave with one steering move?" Ai Jingchu made a turning gesture.
Zeng Li quickly surveyed the surroundings. "It should be possible."
"Then step on the gas and crash into her." He said nonchalantly.
"But... but..." Zeng Li’s mind was in a muddle, "We’ll get caught. We’ll have to pay for damages, what if the car gets wrecked?"
The woman seemed to have been startled by Ai Jingchu’s sudden movement and shrank back into the driver’s seat.
At this moment, Zeng Li realized that Ai Jingchu had gone to block the license plate number to prepare for a hit-and-run.
"Why worry so much? Hurry up." Ai Jingchu urged.
As Zeng Li hesitated with her hand on the gear stick, Ai Jingchu reached over with his left hand, holding her right hand from above and shifting the gear into drive.
Zeng Li took a deep breath, gripped the steering wheel, and pressed the gas. There was a "bang!" as their car slammed into the rear of the car in front, pushing it about half a meter forward, and the rear bumper was dented.
Zeng Li was startled by the impact she caused, frozen for a moment.
