Chapter 12: An unfortunate accident (2)

Zhang Wei arrived at the Qingyun northern highway and soon the windshield of his car started to be covered by fog, signaling that he had entered the infamous ghostly pass.

He stopped at the intersection road, with one road leading towards Xianghui city and the other towards the death cliff.

Instead of stopping there, he kept driving until he reached the outskirts of Xianghui city.

Once there, he went to the transportation company he had contacted earlier that morning and entered their premises.

After showing his identification and verification process, he rented one of their large container trucks for the day.

The transportation company had a branch in both Xianghui and Qingyun city, so he could pick up the truck from the former and deliver it to the latter.

As for his car, there was no issue. The transportation company would deliver it to his place at night for an additional fee.

It was now noon when he arrived at the intersection of the deathly cliff again.

This time, he stopped and got out of the truck. In the corner, a Honda Civic was parked, and a worried-looking woman was anxiously waiting inside.

She was surprised to see Zhang Wei coming out of a delivery truck, but at the same time relieved that he had shown up.

However, she wondered why he was coming with a delivery truck.

Had he started a job?

Unaware of his intentions, she unlocked the car door and rolled down the windows.

The ominous vibe of the deathly pass surrounded her, but with Zhang Wei’s presence, she felt much safer.

She couldn’t help but look down at her belly, knowing that she was pregnant with his child.

Her conflicted feelings were visible on her face. ‘What if he asks me to abort the child?’ she thought, her legs beginning to shake with anxiety.

At first, she had been willing to consider abortion, but as time passed, her mind had changed.

She was no longer willing to terminate the pregnancy and was even prepared to raise the child alone.

She wasn’t here to borrow money; instead, she wanted to resolve her relationship with Zhang Wei.

“I should never have accepted his offer,” she thought to herself as regret filled her eyes, reflecting on the moment when she agreed to the deal with Zhang Wei.

He knew about her financial struggles and offered her money if she agreed to serve him.

At first, she disliked the idea and felt guilty about hiding it from Yu Lei.

However, the offer was too tempting to ignore, especially since she needed the money to pay for her mother’s medical bills.

She was pushed to the corner and had no other choice but to accept the deal. Little did she know, it would all end up like this…

Hao Yue’s days were happily passing. She even started liking Zhang Wei and secretly thought of becoming his lover.

However, everything changed due to a single incident.

Zhang Wei never wore condoms during sex with his wife, Yu Lei, but insisted on using contraception pills.

The contraception pills in their world had no side effects on women, so Yu Lei agreed. She even felt secretly happy since Zhang Wei said, “The pill has a one percent chance of failure, so if you end up getting pregnant by chance, think of it as heaven’s wish.”

It was yet another manipulation by him. He simply did not want a child and used contraception pills to prevent it.

But he used the opportunity to make Yu Lei feel grateful to him.

Now, if she didn’t have a child, it simply meant that heaven wasn’t willing for it.

Yu Lei happily accepted the pill, believing that if the heaven was blessing them with a child, she would definitely fall within that one percent range.

However, Zhang Wei’s habit of using contraception pills backfired, and instead of his wife, Hao Yue turned out to be carrying his child.

He opened the car door and got in the back seat. “Hmm?” Hao Yue turned around, looking at him in confusion.

“Why are you sitting in the back?”

Her hair was neatly done, falling in a straight line to her back, while her face had a hint of youth remaining, overwritten by anxiety in her voice.

Although her beauty was slightly lower than Yu Lei’s, she was still a woman desired by many.

There was no aura of confidence or authority around her like Yu Lei, but she was still a confident and strong-willed woman.

Zhang Wei shrugged, “I like it here.”

Hao Yue shook her head and sighed deeply. Afterwards, she pressed her lips together in silence, and the car was enveloped in eerie silence with neither of them saying a single word.

Hao Yue started feeling uncomfortable and occasionally snuck glances at him through the side view mirror. ‘Why is he so silent?’ she wondered.

She bit her lip and stared into his eyes in the reflection of the mirror.

“Zhang Wei, I am pregnant with your child,” she said, her voice quivering slightly.

“I know,” he replied calmly, not breaking eye contact.

She relaxed slightly at his response, but her hands remained clenched into fists and her legs tightly crossed.

She wasn’t sure what she was hoping to hear from him – perhaps his approval to keep the child, or maybe even his acceptance of her as more than just a casual fling.

Or maybe it was something else entirely…

After a few seconds, Zhang Wei simply smiled, without replying, which made Hao Yue feel suddenly nervous.

“Z-Zhang Wei?” she looked back, only to find him gazing at her.

“This is good!” Zhang Wei nodded with a gentle smile.

“Good?”

“Yes, it’s good. Don’t you think the child is blessed by heaven?”

He spoke and nodded, causing her eyes to open wider than usual in surprise.

‘He accepted it!’

It was easier than she thought.

Her greatest fear was her child growing up without a father’s name.

No mother wants their child to be called “son of a whore” or “son of a slut.”

Thus, she wanted to put his name as the father’s name, even if he didn’t want to deal with it financially.

She didn’t know how she would deal with Yu Lei, but his acceptance meant a lot to her.

With grateful eyes, she gazed at him, and tears of happiness started to well up in her eyes. “Am I crying?” she wondered, surprised at her own outburst.

Zhang Wei gently touched her eyes, removing the tears with affection.

She couldn’t help but cry looking at his affectionate eyes gazing at her. 𝚘𝔳𝓵xt.𝗇𝓔t

The moment her father died, her whole luxurious life turned upside down.

The people who once looked at her with affection turned to contempt and ignorance, in fear that she would beg for money from them.

Faced with the harsh reality of society, the woman had forgotten about love and acceptance.

Her only remaining connection was her mother, who was now severely ill.

Looking at his loving eyes, she couldn’t hold back the tears of happiness any longer. She quickly removed her seatbelt and leaped towards him, hugging his shoulders tightly.

After crying for a minute, she finally calmed down. Faced with so many hardships, her mind had been strengthened, and she was no longer the same arrogant woman she used to be.

Now she was much more humble and gentle in nature.

She rested her head on his shoulder and whispered weakly, yet audibly, “Why are you so nice to me?”

Zhang Wei smiled in response.

“I’m nice to you because I care about you,” Zhang Wei said, his hand gently rubbing her back.

She leaned back and looked at him with gratitude in her eyes. “Thank you,” she said softly.

Zhang Wei smiled again “Let’s go get something to eat,” he suggested.

She nodded, still feeling emotional from their previous conversation.

There were a lot of things that needed to be taken care of, but she could decide on them slowly; her prime concern was now dealt with.

She turned around and stared at the car, but right when she was about to put on her seatbelt, she found it missing.

“Where could it have suddenly disappeared to?” she thought, finding it funny that a seatbelt in her car could disappear all of a sudden.

“Don’t tell me it’s ghost work,” she chuckled to herself.

But right then, a chilly voice devoid of any emotions entered her ears, making her freeze.

“Since the child is blessed by heaven, it should go back to where it belongs…”

Suddenly, the same seat belt that was earlier missing constrained her neck.

“Wh-Aaa..!”

Zhang Wei wrapped the seat belt around her neck and pulled it towards him, suffocating her.

“What… what are you doing?!” she managed to gasp out.

Her voice soon began to dim, much like the light in her eyes.

Various thoughts flooded her mind:

“Why is he doing this?”

“Is it because of the child or me?”

“Wasn’t he so nice to me a moment ago?”

“What changed?”

“Will I die like this?”

“Does he hate me?”

“What about my mother?”

“What about the child in my womb?”

“Why does Zhang Wei want to kill me?”

The last thing she saw before her eyes closed for the final time was him smiling at her.

Unconsciously, a tear rolled down her left eye.

Zhang Wei glanced at the rearview mirror and saw her eyes had finally closed, and she had stopped struggling.

He sighed and released his grip on the seatbelt, his tired body slumping back into the seat.

He wiped the imaginary sweat from his forehead.

The mirror reflected the face of a once-beautiful woman who had been smiling only moments before, now contorted with agony and fear in her last moments before death. The tears on her cheeks glistened in the dim light of the car, highlighting the stark contrast between her previous joy and her current misery. Her hair was a mess, strewn about her face as she gasped for air, struggling to hold on to life.

Zhang Wei looked away from the mirror, unable to bear the sight of the woman he had just killed.

He had never intended to harm her, but his obsession with the child growing inside her had consumed him.

He could have left her alive but that would do him more harm than good.

Unconsciously the childhood memories started to play within his head.

He remembered the abuse he has gone through…

He remembered this wasn’t the first time he killed someone…

Thought this might be the first time he did it consciously…

After a bit of reflection, his face turned to emotionless again, as he accepted whatever he has done…

From here on something inside Zhang Wei was further changed…

Making him closer and closer to his real self…

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Mission!!

Progress: 80℅

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A/N: She might have a comeback, whether as an FL or Enemy, I would leave that for mystery now!