Chapter 271
The Mountain Road
The driver glanced back at her.
“Where are we heading?”
Aurora checked her phone. The replies confirmed everyone was in place. Of course she wanted to watch the show herself.
“I remember the view from Weishan in the suburbs isn’t bad. Let’s go there.”
The driver didn’t question her and drove off.
When they reached the mountaintop, Aurora looked down at the winding road below. She pulled out a pair of binoculars, adjusted her angle, and told the driver to leave her there.
Soon, several luxury cars appeared in her field of view.
Through the binoculars, she clearly saw the plates–they belonged to Lane Group.
At first, everything seemed normal. The cars drove steadily, nothing unusual.
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Then, as they entered a bend, seven or eight sports cars suddenly roared behind them.
Engines screamed, horns blared.
Before Scarlett’s convoy could react, the racers swerved up alongside them, metal slamming against metal, sparks flying as doors scraped together.
The cars‘ noses veered dangerously.
Scarlett’s guards tried to respond, preparing to stop and fight back.
But as one security car braked, the sports cars rushed forward at terrifying speed, tires screeching, smoke rising from the asphalt.
They rammed the stopped vehicle.
The car was sent tumbling over the cliffside.
Fuel must have leaked, because halfway down the slope, the vehicle exploded in a fireball, flames shooting skyward.
The other cars didn’t dare stop. They sped on, faster and faster.
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But Scarlett’s business–class vehicle could never outpace racing cars.
It was caught, rammed hard again and again, slammed against the guardrails.
One sports car lined up its angle and hit with full force.
In the next instant-
Scarlett’s car went over the edge.
Aurora yanked the binoculars down, clutching her chest with one hand, her heart hammering wildly.
Too exhilarating.
She could barely breathe.
The acrid scent of gasoline lingered in the air as the fire spread below, flames obscuring the crash site.
The thugs climbed out of their cars, glanced down over the cliff, muttered among themselves, then drove off quickly.
Only then did Aurora calm herself.
She lifted the binoculars again.
Still no sign of life. Just fire, thick and furious.
She waited a long while.
No one emerged.
At last she sank to the ground and exhaled in relief.
It was done.
Meanwhile, Scarlett sat in a suburban government office, watching a live feed from the robot
cat.
On the screen, cars swerved wildly, dummies inside bouncing out of control. The camera shook, the scenery outside turning into a blur.
Then came the sound–bang, bang, bang.
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The view outside turned into jagged rocks.
The car was rolling down the cliff.
Scarlett’s pulse spiked. She sprang to her feet.
It was more thrilling than any extreme sport.
When she finally caught her breath, she turned her head.
“Mr. Fletcher, those cars…”
They were all luxury vehicles, worth tens of millions combined.
Now reduced to scrap metal. What a waste.
Even if no one had been inside–still!
It felt suffocating.
Jasper closed the video feed.
“The higher the property damage, the longer the prison sentence.”
She blinked. There was such a rule?
This whole thing looked like Aurora’s scheme, an intentional attack.
Scarlett had thought about handling it quietly.
But then she remembered–she was the victim here.
“I see.” She smiled. “The Lane family is in for a good show today.”
“Mr. Fletcher, will you stay and watch?”
He inclined his head. “Thank you.”
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Scarlett chuckled. “But before that, I’ll trouble you to give me a ride back to the Lane estate.”
She had come out with those cars. Now that they were destroyed, she couldn’t exactly walk home.
Not in the middle of the mountains with no taxis around.
“Convenient enough,” Jasper said, striding toward the door.
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Scarlett hurried after him.
He really was something.
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Always helping, always saving, yet never explaining himself. To most people, he’d seem cold, dismissive.
But she knew better. Their bond, born of that contract, had shown her he wasn’t hard to get along with.
She fastened her seatbelt as the robot cat scampered back into view.
“Mission accomplished!” it announced proudly.