Chapter 189: Too Late for Regret

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Too Late for Regret

"I’m a woman, and you said it yourself that women get priority. So my luggage and I should have been the first ones to cross to that small platform. You’re the one who forced me to be last." Seeing Zhang Wei Qiang lean against the cliff wall, close his eyes, and completely ignore her, Yao Hui Zhen started to panic. With no one else around, she didn’t have to worry about being overheard, so she let loose and started shouting:

"Don’t think I don’t know you have ulterior motives for saving us. You’re just a glory hound, trying to use this rescue as a way to show off and get credit. You’re a despicable person. Now that there’s no one else here, you’re showing your true colors, aren’t you? This unwilling, resentful attitude is your true face, right?"

Zhang Wei Qiang lazily opened his eyes and looked at her, a chill in his gaze. ’Insisting on saving someone like this is really...’

His expression turned stern. He had no desire to waste any more time trying to reason with this clueless woman. He raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said coldly, "I’ve said all I need to say. You have three more minutes to decide whether you’re going or staying."

"How dare you? You sent everyone else across. What right do you have not to send me and my luggage now that it’s my turn? If you do this, my husband will never let you get away with it. Do you have any idea who my husband is? Don’t think something will definitely happen to me if I’m left on this bus. If you really dare to leave, I’ll tell everyone you threatened me. That’s right. It’s just the two of us here, so I’ll just tell them you’re a vile person who tried to take advantage of me in this crisis, that you deliberately left me for last. They’ll believe it..."

After these words tumbled out in a fit of panic, Yao Hui Zhen suddenly felt a twinge of regret. Her heart began to pound. ’After all, I’m the one who needs his help right now. If he really gets angry because I blurted out my true feelings and leaves me here, being alone in this bus would be terrifying.’

A shiver ran down her spine. It was too late for regrets; the words were already out. ’What do I do now?’ She looked anxiously at her luggage. There was no time to pull out the more important items now, but she couldn’t bear to abandon it all. Finally, overwhelmed with anxiety and anger, she couldn’t stop herself from cursing at Zhang Wei Qiang again.

Zhang Wei Qiang glanced at her, his face devoid of expression, then raised his wrist and focused on his watch. "You have thirty seconds."

Yao Hui Zhen: "..."

She finally stopped cursing and stared hard at Zhang Wei Qiang, trying to see if he was serious.

"Time’s up. What’s your decision? Leave the luggage and go, or stay here with your luggage?"

"I want to go with my luggage," Yao Hui Zhen said through clenched teeth, holding her ground.

"If you leave the luggage, it doesn’t mean you won’t get it back. Even if it falls off the cliff, it’s not like a person—it won’t lose its life." Zhang Wei Qiang, unable to completely harden his heart, made one last attempt to persuade her.

"Don’t think I’ll fall for that. What if the bags break when they fall and people steal my things in the chaos?" Yao Hui Zhen shook her head resolutely.

"Since that’s your decision, I can only respect it." Zhang Wei Qiang finally sighed. This time, when he turned to leave, there was no hesitation. He felt he had done his best. Now, even if she really lost her life because of this, he wouldn’t have to feel any guilt.

"Hey! Hey, you can’t go! What will I do if you leave? Come back! Just you try leaving! Believe it or not, when other people rescue me, I’ll have my husband kill your entire family..." Seeing Zhang Wei Qiang actually walk away, Yao Hui Zhen was truly stunned. The words that came out of her mouth were even more thoughtless. She shrieked like a madwoman, "You bastard, I hope you die a horrible death! I’ll never let you off! I’ll tell everyone you’re a pervert, that you tried to have your way with me and left me here alone when you failed..."

Yao Hui Zhen’s words made Zhang Wei Qiang, who had already walked a short distance and was considering turning back one last time to give her a final chance, freeze in his tracks. Then, he quickened his pace and left without a backward glance.

...

’What the hell? He saved her life, and she’s treating him like an enemy?’

Listening to their conversation from the road, Gu Nuan Nuan nearly exploded with rage. She glanced over at Manager Shao’s group. A convoy of several vehicles was drawing closer. She thought that with the woman’s luck, she might actually be able to wait for this new rescue team to save her, luggage and all.

Instantly, Gu Nuan Nuan was filled with a suffocating anger that she couldn’t vent.

How could people like that exist in this world? Was it easy for her uncle? Was it easy for her? One of them risked his life, while the other secretly had Cao Cao expend a huge amount of energy to save people. It wasn’t like she was demanding gratitude from them. But repaying kindness with such malice was just wrong! He’d performed a good deed, only to have his name dragged through the mud. They didn’t seem to consider that if it weren’t for her and her uncle, they all would have been dead for sure.

She didn’t regret saving the others, because her conscience would ache if she encountered people she could save but didn’t. That was the fundamental reason she didn’t stop her uncle in the end.

But she was furious that they had also saved *that* woman. Saving such a piece of trash made her lose her appetite and want to bang her head against a wall in regret. She believed that if the woman really survived, she would do exactly as she said. She was shameless enough to spout those insane threats about her uncle to everyone. In an era where recording wasn’t so easy, with no witnesses or evidence, her uncle might be completely unable to defend himself. He would inevitably be questioned by people with suspicious minds...

’I can’t accept this! I just can’t!’ Her face was grim as she asked Cao Cao, "Cao Cao, didn’t you say the Plant Essence energy supporting those two trees was almost used up? How are they still holding on?"

"Master, it really is almost gone. There’s just a tiny bit left. Really, just a tiny bit."

Seeing its master so unhappy, Cao Cao felt upset too. It glared resentfully at the two large trees still supporting the bus. It reached out with its Divine Sense and viciously sucked. Not only did it pull back the remaining energy of the Plant Essence, but it also didn’t spare the last dregs of the trees’ own life force. In an instant, without any warning, the roots of the two trees finally snapped completely.

Inside the bus, Yao Hui Zhen was still clinging desperately to her bags, refusing to let go, cursing Zhang Wei Qiang and plotting her revenge. Caught completely off guard, she suddenly felt the support beneath her vanish as the bus plummeted into the deep ravine.

In that instant, she regretted it. She truly regretted it, but it was too late. All she could do was let out a final, terrified scream: "AHH—HELP—ME—"