At the end of her line of sight, the road, which had been fine when she arrived, was now blocked by a construction sign.
Lin Mei was so engrossed in her conversation with Lü Feng that she didn't notice the sign.
Seeing the car heading straight for the sign, Lü Feng quickly shouted at Lin Mei, "Watch out ahead!"
Hearing this, Lin Mei snapped back to attention. Upon seeing the scene before her, her face instantly turned pale.
Fortunately, her reaction was swift.
She jerked the steering wheel hard and then slammed on the brakes.
With a series of extreme maneuvers, the car, which had been moving in a straight line, skidded sideways.
Screech!
A piercing sound of friction erupted from under the tires.
As plumes of smoke billowed, the car finally stopped less than an arm's length from the sign.
That was close!
Lin Mei released the brake and breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the relief on her face soon turned to confusion, then bewilderment, and finally distress.
Lin Mei got out of the car and scanned her surroundings. The road ahead was completely blocked.
"What do we do now? How do we get back?"
While this road wasn't the only way to Southeast City, it was the most direct and easiest route.
Encountering such a situation, they could only count themselves unlucky.
Lü Feng didn't overthink it and immediately spoke up.
"No choice, we have to take another road!"
The sky was gradually darkening, and waiting here any longer was clearly not a long-term solution.
Lin Mei's mind raced, and she immediately sided with Lü Feng.
The vehicle reversed, then turned at another fork in the road, and soon they were on a different route.
This road also led to Southeast City, but it passed through mostly desolate fields.
However, this was one of the few roads near here that Lin Mei knew.
Although she wasn't particularly keen on taking it, did Lin Mei have any other options?
Lü Feng, on the other hand, didn't feel anything amiss.
But as soon as they entered this road, he felt an inexplicable discomfort all over.
He didn't know why, but looking at the deserted fields on either side, he felt a persistent unease.
His instincts, honed over many years, told Lü Feng that something was about to happen.
"What's wrong?" Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Mei noticed Lü Feng's gloomy expression and asked curiously.
With double happiness approaching, Lü Feng didn't want to dampen Lin Mei's spirits.
Lü Feng forced an awkward smile and then said, "What? Nothing."
However, he didn't finish his sentence. Just then, Lü Feng's gaze swept across the corner of the rearview mirror.
On the road where there had been no cars before, a shadow suddenly appeared.
Lü Feng couldn't help but feel curious. He then focused his gaze, and at that moment, the shadow grew larger and larger.
The shadow transformed from a blurry mass into an extremely clear partial view.
At that moment, Lü Feng finally saw it clearly: behind them, a fully loaded truck was rapidly approaching.
Recalling the incident with Chen Qingyue last time, Lü Feng's heart suddenly trembled.
As the distance between the vehicles closed, Lü Feng instinctively warned Lin Mei.
"There's a car behind us."
"I know."
Lin Mei replied softly, nodding slightly. She intended to let the truck behind them pass.
Normally, there would be nothing wrong with this.
It was perfectly normal to encounter a large vehicle on the road.
But the next moment, Lin Mei's heart leaped into her throat.
For some reason, the truck approaching at full speed seemed like a persistent, lingering ghost.
It felt as if it were staring intently at Lü Feng and her.
Even when she veered to the left, the truck followed to the left.
When she turned the steering wheel to the right, the truck also moved to the right.
This was so obvious that it couldn't be a coincidence.
They were specifically targeting her.
Thinking this, Lin Mei's forehead veins began to bulge.
"Lü Feng, this car seems strange."
Even if Lin Mei hadn't said it, he had already seen it.
This wasn't just strange; it was far more than that.
This was an attempt to make them repeat Chen Qingyue's fate.
The attack on Chen Qingyue was to prevent her from obtaining evidence against Song Fei.
Although that person had never shown their face, Lü Feng could guess that it was Ge Jun.
And this time, could it be Tang Sheng Tang?
The questions swirling in his mind were not yet resolved when an extremely violent jolt pulled Lü Feng back to reality.
At that moment, he finally understood why the road had suddenly been interrupted.
Before them, on the winding road, one side was wild terrain.
The other side was a steep downhill slope.
This configuration alone was enough to instill despair.
What made Lü Feng even more desperate was that there wasn't a single surveillance camera on the entire road.
It was clearly a deliberate arrangement.
Damn it!
At this moment, the violent tremor from behind was caused by the truck colliding with Lin Mei's car.
The point and force of the collision were clearly meticulously planned by the people in the truck.
Lin Mei was driving a sports car, after all.
Once it accelerated, the truck wouldn't be able to catch up.
But with that initial collision before Lin Mei could accelerate, the car's performance rapidly declined.
For some reason, the sports car's speed just wouldn't increase.
"Lü Feng, it looks like we're in real trouble this time."
Sensing the lack of power, Lin Mei's hands, gripping the steering wheel tightly, were covered in cold sweat. The car behind them had no intention of merely forcing Lü Feng and Lin Mei to stop.
The relentless, violent impacts were like a hailstorm.
It was clear they intended to kill them.
Continuing straight ahead on the current road was clearly not an option.
If they continued, even if the car didn't catch fire, they would be rammed to death.
Watching the truck behind them accelerate again.
The situation was grim.
They needed to find a way to escape this predicament.
Lü Feng's mind raced. He suddenly had a strategy.
Lü Feng's voice was as steady as he could manage.
Then, he pointed towards the side closer to the slope.
"Lin Mei, let's go that way!"
Hearing Lü Feng's voice, Lin Mei initially thought he had come up with a way to escape.
But after hearing Lü Feng's intention clearly, Lin Mei felt as if her mind had been struck by lightning.
"Isn't that suicidal?"
Lin Mei's face no longer showed simple fear; it was now layered with an almost uncontrollable terror.
Wouldn't that be cutting off their own retreat?
Seeing Lin Mei's thoughts.
Lü Feng continued.
"This is probably our only option. Otherwise, if we continue like this, or if we drive into the fields, it will truly be a dead end."
When Lü Feng looked back, he vaguely saw more than one person in the truck's cabin.
With so many people prepared, these individuals had no intention of letting them return to Southeast City alive.
Catching sight of the calmness on Lü Feng's face.
Noticing the truck in the rearview mirror making its third impact.
According to her estimation, the car would be completely wrecked after at most four more impacts.
Lin Mei hesitated no longer.
"Since that's the case, we can only try."
Besides, Lin Mei didn't care about anything else. As long as she could be with Lü Feng, what did it matter?
With that thought, Lin Mei steeled herself.
The truck behind them grew closer, and just as it was about to ram them again, Lin Mei suddenly yanked the steering wheel hard to the left.
The car immediately lost its balance and plunged headlong down the slope.
Behind them, the truck noticed that it had missed and slowly reduced its speed.
After the truck stopped, five people, armed with various iron implements, approached the spot where the car had gone down the slope.
One person peered intently down the slope.
He then grinned.
Below was a deep ravine, a very complex situation.
The area below the slope was at least three li of wild land.
Even if these two survived, they would be crippled. Moreover, the probability of surviving a night in such a place was extremely slim.
As a result, the person took out his phone. As soon as the call connected, he said coldly into the phone.
"Boss, the job is done!"