"Wake up, wake up..."
Chu Lingtian slid into the passenger seat of the sports car. He pressed the acupoint on the beautiful woman's philtrum with his left thumb and patted her pretty face with his right hand, calling out to her.
Chu Lingtian had only intended to scare the beautiful woman, to teach her a lesson about how dangerous speeding on city streets was, and to ensure she never did it again.
He never expected to frighten her into passing out.
"Ah, a ghost, a ghost!"
The beautiful woman was revived by Chu Lingtian and immediately screamed again.
Chu Lingtian rolled his eyes at her and said, "If I were a ghost, would you still be alive and yelling like this? I just wanted to teach you a lesson so you wouldn't speed like this anymore, but I didn't expect you to be so easily scared and pass out, forcing me to wake you up."
"You bastard..."
The beautiful woman froze for a few seconds. Her beautiful eyes scanned Chu Lingtian, seemingly to confirm he wasn't a ghost but a human. Then, she suddenly grabbed his right arm and bit down hard.
"Hey, are you a dog!"
Chu Lingtian pushed the beautiful woman away and looked at the neat row of teeth marks on his right arm, frowning.
The beautiful woman seemed satisfied after biting Chu Lingtian's arm, smiling as she said, "I was just confirming if you were a human or a ghost. Now that I can confirm you're human, I'm not scared anymore."
"He who does nothing wrong fears not the knocking at his door. It seems you've done too many wrong things to be so afraid," Chu Lingtian retorted.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I'm glad you're okay." The beautiful woman smiled sweetly.
"This time, both your and my luck were good, and nothing happened. If you drive recklessly like this again, you don't know how many people you might kill. Please remember this lesson!" Chu Lingtian's expression was cold, and his tone was serious.
If he hadn't been agile and quick-reacting, leaping onto the car roof just moments ago, he would have been killed.
For an ordinary person, there would likely have been no chance of survival.
The beautiful woman looked at Chu Lingtian with guilt and said, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. But I wasn't actually speeding just now. I was lost in thought. When I encountered the red light, I intended to brake but accidentally stepped on the accelerator, which is why I almost hit you."
"Enough nonsense. Pay me ten thousand yuan for emotional damages." As a soldier with a righteous spirit to protect the country and its people, Chu Lingtian believed that someone who drove recklessly and endangered others' lives needed a small punishment to make them remember.
The beautiful woman furrowed her brows and replied, "I didn't actually hit you, so why should I pay you money?"
"Who said you didn't hit me? You didn't hit my body, but you hit my soul and stimulated my nerves, hence the compensation for emotional damages," Chu Lingtian said angrily.
"Heh heh, you're quite an interesting person." The beautiful woman smiled like a blooming flower. She suddenly looked at Chu Lingtian again, deliberately raising her beautiful face, and asked, "Do you really not know who I am?"
"I don't care who you are, pay up!" Chu Lingtian said impatiently.
Seeing Chu Lingtian say this, the beautiful woman looked at him as if he were a caveman. While looking at him, she took out her phone and said, "Let's add each other on WeChat. I'll transfer ten thousand yuan directly."
Chu Lingtian took out his phone. After scanning the QR code, the beautiful woman added him as a friend.
"Do you really not know me?" The beautiful woman asked again, unable to help herself, as she entered the transfer amount on her phone.
Chu Lingtian frowned. "I already said, I don't know you!"
"Are you sure you haven't seen my face somewhere? Or heard my voice?" The beautiful woman's expression became a little depressed, and she unwillingly pressed further.
"I am sure, absolutely, and certainly. I don't know you, I've never seen you before!" Chu Lingtian felt that this beautiful woman was trying to avoid paying. The more she acted this way, the more he insisted on her paying, to make her remember and not drive recklessly again, endangering others' lives.
"Transferred to you!" The beautiful woman said with a hint of anger on her charming face. She wasn't angry about transferring ten thousand yuan to Chu Lingtian; for her, ten thousand yuan was insignificant. She was angry that Chu Lingtian actually didn't know her. In this country, were there still young people her age who didn't know her?
"Remember what I said. Don't drive recklessly anymore. Otherwise, if I see you again, it won't just be about compensation; I'll have you arrested." Chu Lingtian got out of the car after speaking.
The beautiful woman was stunned for a moment. Chu Lingtian was the first person to treat her this way – not giving her face, not recognizing her, and unmoved by her beauty. She couldn't help but smile. She rolled down the car window and looked at Chu Lingtian walking away, asking:
"What's your name?"
"Chu Lingtian." Chu Lingtian replied and then disappeared into the night.
The beautiful woman furrowed her brows. She changed Chu Lingtian's WeChat nickname on her phone to "Weirdo" and then made a phone call. "Help me investigate a man named Chu Lingtian. I want all his personal information within three days."
"Yes!" A man's voice replied respectfully.
At this moment, an anxious voice from a middle-aged woman came from the other end of the phone: "Sophie, where are you?"
"Mom, I just went for a drive. I was feeling a bit stifled." Sophie replied with a smile.
"You can still smile? Do you know how dangerous it is for you to run out alone? You don't answer calls or messages. What if those paparazzi photographers snap you, or your crazed fans find out? You're the hottest actress in Dragon Country right now, a goddess known to everyone. And you're about to collaborate with Hollywood on a global blockbuster. What if something goes wrong at this time?" The middle-aged woman was Sophie's mother, Cai Hong, who was scolding her angrily.
Sophie asked, "Mom, am I really a national goddess?"
"Of course! Your TV shows, movies, and songs have all been explosive hits over the years. Any news about you is always headline number one. You have fans all over the country, from children to the elderly. Everyone knows your name, has watched your dramas or movies, and has definitely heard your songs played on the streets. There's probably no one in the entire Dragon Country who doesn't know you. What's wrong?" Cai Hong replied affirmatively, then asked confusedly.
"Then why didn't that guy named Chu Lingtian recognize me just now?" Sophie couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Cai Hong didn't hear Sophie's muttering clearly and asked, "Fei Fei, what are you mumbling about?"
"Nothing, nothing. I'm coming back now." Sophie paused and then hung up the call.
At this time, Chu Lingtian, who was unaware that he had just lectured the national goddess, returned to his rented room. As soon as he walked in, Chen Yuan, holding a large cleaver, rushed towards him, shouting angrily:
"Chu Lingtian, you scoundrel, you'd better be sensible and surrender to the police immediately. Tell them everything about how you got that pure young beauty drunk and how you assaulted her in the bedroom. Otherwise, I'll put this knife to your neck tonight and force you to go. Tell me, are you going or not?"