Mike was enthusiastically explaining their brand philosophy to Song Ning, trying to persuade her to visit their headquarters.
Professor Qi walked on Mike's other side, while the interpreter hurried along behind them, translating.
The group walked out through the entrance, planning to have lunch at the Dongfeng Restaurant a little over a hundred meters away.
Staff members led the way, with Song Ning, Mike, and Professor Qi in the middle of the group.
But just as they stepped onto the crosswalk, a van parked by the roadside suddenly started up and hurtled toward them-
The sudden roar of the engine and the out-of-control van stunned the pedestrians!
Faced with the massive vehicle bearing down on them, most froze where they stood, unable to react in time.
Song Ning happened to be on the side nearest the oncoming van. She immediately turned and shouted:
"Get-out-of-the-way!"
Instinctively, she shoved Mike and Professor Qi back with all her strength, but she herself was a fraction too slow. As though in slow motion, she was knocked into the air, flipped over once, and slammed into the ground.
Gasps and screams erupted from the crowd.
At the same time, several people rushed in from every direction and immediately secured the van and its occupants.
Mike and Professor Qi scrambled to their feet and ran straight to Song Ning.
Song Ning lay in the roadside planting strip, grimacing in pain.
She did not rush to move, first testing her hands and feet.
They seemed all right.
Only then did much of her anxiety ease.
She had swerved in time, but she had been a fraction too slow and the van had clipped her.
She had already relaxed her body to absorb the impact as she was knocked away.
It was mainly the landing that hurt.
Fortunately,