When Xia Zhiyi reappeared on the street, her gentle expression had returned.
He wasn't surprised when he received Gu Miaomiao's call, and asked with a smile, "I thought you wouldn't call me for a while. Have you finally gotten away?"
Gu Miaomiao sounded somewhat helpless on the other end of the phone, "Since you guessed we might be surrounded, why didn't you warn me?"
"Well, maybe reminding them wouldn't have helped? Besides, someone has to stay at the scene; they must have called the police."
As she said this, Xia Zhiyi's gaze fell on a milk tea shop that seemed to have just opened not far away, and she thought, "Why don't I get Gu Miaomiao a milk tea later, as an apology for leaving her there alone?"
As I was thinking this, I heard Gu Miaomiao say on the other end of the phone, "They called the police. They arrived very quickly, and after learning what happened... well, if the security camera at the store entrance hadn't captured the whole thing clearly, the police wouldn't have believed that anyone could do something like this."
Xia Zhiyi chuckled, "What do you mean by 'did something like that'? Miss Gu, you're making it sound like I've done something wrong."
Gu Miaomiao smiled and said, "Really?"
"However, you shouldn't have gone far, right? Although there are surveillance cameras, you still need to come back and cooperate, and give a statement or something."
"Besides, I think they're quite eager to meet this extraordinary person of yours. Are you coming? Or should you send a lawyer?"
Xia Zhiyi: "There's no need for that trouble. Are you going back to the police station with them now? Send me your location, I'll be there in a bit."
"By the way, do you prefer milk tea or fruit tea?"
The topic jumped a bit too quickly. Gu Miaomiao took two seconds to process before saying, "Fruit tea, if I had to choose one."
"Good."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Miaomiao turned around and was startled to find everyone in the room staring at her.
"Um, Miss Gu, has Mr. Xia agreed to come?" someone asked proactively.
Gu Miaomiao pursed her lips. As a law-abiding citizen, she felt rather reserved sitting here. She forced a smile and nodded, "He said he'd be here in a bit."
A policewoman then handed her a glass of warm water, saying, "Drink some hot water. You must have been quite frightened just now. If that young man hadn't reacted quickly, the situation could have been very different."
Gu Miaomiao reached out and took it, thanking her.
The others could also see her current state, so they didn't try to keep her talking. Instead, they let her sit quietly by herself for a while to calm down.
After all, even if Ordinary Person doesn't suffer physical harm from that accident, the psychological shock is unavoidable.
Gu Miaomiao also breathed a sigh of relief.
She held the water and sipped it slowly, not actually blaming Xia Zhiyi at all.
Although Xia Zhiyi quickly abandoned her after the incident and left alone, Xia Zhiyi didn't abandon her when danger was imminent.
Compared to the danger of the accident, leaving first afterward to avoid trouble seems normal to Gu Miaomiao.
Although she was somewhat annoyed when she was surrounded and questioned, Gu Miaomiao was also somewhat amused and exasperated when she heard passersby asking if they were filming some TV series.
At this point, Gu Miaomiao's emotions had actually stabilized. Although she was still a little shaken, she was no longer seriously injured.
Perhaps it was the trials and tribulations of the past few days that had tempered her, because Gu Miaomiao found herself surprisingly calm in the face of today's unexpected turn of events.
but...
"That's amazing." Gu Miaomiao recalled what happened back then, and the inexplicable lightness she felt when Xia Zhiyi easily lifted her up and leaped her to safety. After the initial shock, she now felt a mix of envy and excitement.
Don't get me wrong, this attraction isn't for Xia Zhiyi.
Even though Xia Zhiyi Gu Miaomiao knew Xia Zhiyi had a boyfriend, and even though he had saved her once, she wasn't going to fall for him.
What attracted her was Xia Zhiyi's abilities.
However, it was just a fleeting attraction.
Gu Miaomiao didn't think that at her age, she could become as powerful as Xia Zhiyi, able to easily take off from the spot and kick a car away.
That level of skill is obviously not something that can be learned in a short period of time.
However, if she also had that ability, she would feel several times more confident in living in this world than others.
While Gu Miaomiao was admiring Xia Zhiyi's martial arts skills, Xia Zhiyi's journey to her destination was not going smoothly.
The previous accident seemed to have activated something, and Xia Zhiyi encountered several more accidents along the way. Not only did a car on the side of the road malfunction and rush towards her, but she also happened to encounter an armed robbery. By a twist of fate, someone grabbed a knife and stabbed at Xia Zhiyi.
There are also things like billboards suddenly falling down, stray dogs suddenly going berserk and biting people, and icicles falling from eaves that should have been cleaned up...
According to Xia Zhiyi's pace, the journey should have only taken ten minutes or so, but these unexpected events delayed her by a full hour before she reached her destination.
Xia Zhiyi didn't come alone.
"Are you... going to do some chivalrous deeds?" Gu Miaomiao asked in surprise, looking at the robber whose hands were cuffed.
Xia Zhiyi helplessly, "Just lucky."
Gu Miaomiao was speechless. The police officer who came over to take Xia Zhiyi's statement was also somewhat speechless. After a few seconds, he said, "You can't say this is just good luck."
Most people wouldn't want to encounter something like this.
Xia Zhiyi smiled upon hearing this, "That's why I said I was lucky. After all, I was able to handle it. If he had pointed the knife at someone else, wouldn't someone have gotten hurt?"
"... If you put it that way, you're right. But you can't say you were lucky; you can only say that Schrödinger's victim was lucky."
Hearing this, Xia Zhiyi chuckled, "Yes, you're right."
Before the statement was finished, Fu Chi's Assistant Li, and Xia Zhiyi's assistant Ming Taotao, arrived one after the other.
Xia Zhiyi also somewhat helpless. "You guys are really well-informed, finding out so quickly. I was thinking of keeping these small matters from Fu Chi and Sister Chen."
Assistant Li adjusted his glasses, greeted Gu Miaomiao, and then answered Xia Zhiyi's question, " President Fu has an important meeting and can't get away for the time being. After hearing about your situation, he was really worried, so he sent me over to check on things and help you with the follow-up."
Ming Taotao sighed helplessly, "You can't hide it from Sister Chen now. The video of you confronting that robber is trending. Sister Chen can't help but know."
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
Xia Zhiyi silent for a moment. Just then, his phone rang. He looked down and saw it was the person he had asked for help not long ago.