Chapter 097: A Fortuitous Mistake

A woman was riding an electric bike when she got hit and was thrown into the air. She rolled several times and struggled to sit up as she lay on the ground.

Lian Yingying was terrified, sitting in the car in a daze, unsure of what to do.

Chen Wei sighed inwardly and activated his skill.

Time rewound by thirty seconds.

Chen Wei's skill had a one-minute rewind capability, but thirty seconds was enough. There was no need to rewind a full minute. Besides, Chen Wei was starting to doubt Lian Yingying's driving skills. It was better to save the extra thirty seconds in case of another unexpected incident on the road.

At this moment, the Ferrari was still several hundred meters away from the intersection.

Chen Wei said to Lian Yingying, "Slow down a bit, there's an intersection ahead. Be careful."

"Okay," Lian Yingying replied absentmindedly, but she did slightly reduce her speed.

When they were a few dozen meters from the intersection, the same electric bike dashed out again.

This time, there was enough distance for Lian Yingying to brake easily.

Seeing the woman ride past, Lian Yingying commented, "Really, riding an electric bike and not slowing down at the intersection. Luckily, I reacted quickly, or it would have been trouble if I had hit her."

Chen Wei was speechless, thinking to himself, "Quick reaction? You already hit her once, remember?"

But just then, another car came speeding from the opposite direction and hit the same woman, throwing her into the air again!

Both Chen Wei and Lian Yingying were shocked!

Lian Yingying quickly pulled over and she and Chen Wei ran over to the scene.

This time, it was an SUV, going just as fast as Lian Yingying's Ferrari had been. The collision was much more severe!

The electric bike was smashed to pieces!

The woman was thrown far and landed heavily on the ground, unconscious.

Lian Yingying hurriedly called for an ambulance.

The SUV driver, pale-faced, also rushed over.

A crowd quickly gathered, including Zhou Yi and his friends, who had followed in another car. Seeing Chen Wei and Lian Yingying getting out, they also came over.

Chen Wei felt a mix of emotions.

The woman seemed badly hurt, possibly worse than when Lian Yingying had hit her in the previous timeline.

If he hadn't used his skill, the woman might not have been this severely injured. However, it would have been Lian Yingying who hit her.

Chen Wei felt a sense of guilt. Although there was no way he could have predicted the woman would get hit again, he still felt responsible for her more serious injuries.

It had already been over thirty seconds, and even if he used the remaining thirty seconds of his skill, it wouldn't be enough.

Chen Wei silently approached the woman and knelt down to check on her.

She was in her thirties, lying unconscious on the ground with blood at the corner of her mouth.

Chen Wei felt sorrowful but didn't dare to move her. He saw her scattered phone and wallet, and quietly picked them up.

The phone screen was cracked, but it still turned on and wasn't locked with a password.

Chen Wei quickly looked through her contacts and found a number labeled "husband." He called it.

"Hello, what's up? When are you coming home?" A man's voice answered, with a child's voice faintly heard in the background.

"Hello, your wife just had an accident. I found your number on her phone. Are you her husband?" Chen Wei said solemnly.

"Wha... what? An accident? Where? Is it serious? What happened..." The man's voice was filled with shock and anxiety, nearly in tears.

Chen Wei felt even more pressured. He told the man the location and gave him his own number before hanging up.

He noted down the man's number.

By this time, the ambulance and the traffic police had arrived.

Chen Wei handed over the woman's phone and wallet to the police officer, explaining that he had already contacted her family and that they should be arriving soon.

The officer didn't say much in response.

Chen Wei helped a few paramedics lift the woman onto the ambulance, then said to Lian Yingying, "Yingying, you should go back first. I'll follow the ambulance to the hospital and check on her."

"I'll go with you," Lian Yingying replied without a second thought. She then ran to the roadside and got into the car.

Chen Wei then turned to Zheng Junpeng and the others, saying, "You guys should head back first. We probably won't be able to see the house today. Let's reschedule for next week. We've pretty much decided on Blue Sea Tianrun anyway."

"Do you want us to go with you?" Zheng Junpeng asked.

"No need, I'm just going to help out. You don't have to come," Chen Wei replied.

Zheng Junpeng and the others didn't think much of it, nodded, and didn't follow to the hospital.

Chen Wei sat in the ambulance while Lian Yingying followed behind in her Ferrari. The driver who had hit the woman was also following in a police car.

On the way, Chen Wei asked one of the paramedics, "Doctor, is the woman's condition serious?"

Several doctors were busy administering an IV and performing emergency treatment. One replied, "It's hard to say. We'll do our best to save her. Are you a relative of the patient?"

"No, just a passerby," Chen Wei replied, feeling a bit downcast.

"Oh, a good Samaritan," a nurse glanced at Chen Wei, smiled slightly, and said.

Chen Wei shook his head and didn't say anything. He just felt guilty; calling him a good Samaritan seemed a bit much. But there was no way to explain this to others.

Upon arriving at the hospital, several paramedics hurriedly got out of the ambulance, pushing the woman towards the emergency room.

Chen Wei quickly followed and said, "I'll go and handle the payment first! Where should I go?"

The nurse looked at Chen Wei with some surprise, then pointed to the payment window in the lobby and said, "Over there, just say it's for an emergency registration. Pay five thousand upfront. Later, when the driver comes, let him reimburse you. Oh, Xiao Liu, perfect timing, please take this kind gentleman to the payment window."

A young nurse happened to be passing by, so the nurse called her over and asked her to take Chen Wei to the payment window.

Just as Chen Wei finished paying, the driver who had hit the woman came running over, accompanied by a police officer.

"Hey brother, how much did you pay? I'll reimburse you," the driver said considerately.

Chen Wei shook his head and said, "It's alright, it wasn't much."

"That won't do. I can't let you pay out of your own pocket!" the driver insisted.

"The injured woman might need more money later on. If you really care, just don't shirk your responsibilities when the time comes," Chen Wei said, then turned away from the driver and walked towards Lian Yingying, who had just arrived.