Chapter 171: What year was this night?
Unlike Tang Wu, who had smiled as she straightened Su Can's torn shirt and tended to the scratches on him after the accident, trying to stay calm and reassure everyone around her, Lin Luoran looked like a child who had done something wrong when she saw him. None of her usual imperiousness remained. She obediently waited for the insurance company to assess the damage and for the recovery truck to tow the car to the city Traffic Police Brigade, then obediently went home with Su Can. She looked just as she had after running away from home for the first time and being caught and brought back by Lin Guozhou, her wide eyes aggrieved and pitiful.
Su Licheng and Zeng Ke were already waiting to welcome them at the entrance to the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government Family Compound. Seeing the four arrive by car, Zeng Ke could barely contain her emotion. Su Licheng also managed to steady himself and nodded approvingly at Su Can. Accounts of what had happened kept circulating, but he knew more of the details. Seeing everyone return unharmed finally eased his anxiety. Had anything happened to Lin Luoran or Tang Wu, Su Licheng would not have known how to answer to Wang Bu or Tang Wu's parents far away in Rongcheng. Even giving his life could not have spared him a lifetime of anguish.
Seeing Zeng Ke fuss over them and try to carry their luggage, Tang Wu and Lin Luoran nearly lost control again. Tears gathered in their eyes, reddening them further.
Su Can and Li Pengyu hung back, driving to the garage behind the house to park. Li Pengyu asked, "Were you thinking of using what happened today to force an opening?"
After understanding the