Bye! My Soul

49

Lisa took a pink electric car to the Sold Out Daily Wholesale Market, planning to buy some building materials for fixing up Qingwei Homes.

Parking the electric car, Lisa walked into the wholesale market familiarly.

On the other side of the street, a few youths giving off gangster vibes were smoking together. One of them raised his head and inadvertently caught a glimpse of  Lisa’s back, a gloomy look appearing in his eyes.

“What are you looking at?” Yellow-Hair followed his gaze and found nothing special.

“A nosy b*tch.” Yeonjun took an angry puff of his cigarette.

“Who? How did she offend you?” Yellow-Hair and the others asked with interest.

Yeonjun was about to answer when he suddenly had an idea. Looking at the thugs around him, he said, “Who would like to do me a favor? I’ll treat you later.”

“What kind of favor?”

Yeonjun pointed at the opposite side, “Do you see that pink electric car? Go tamper with it. Give her a taste of suffering.”

“Ha, that’s nothing, leave it to me.” Yellow-Hair volunteered and tossed his cigarette on the ground. “Afterwards, don’t forget to treat me.”

“Understood.”

Yellow-Hair immediately turned into an alley. When he reappeared, he wore his coat inside-out and a hat on his head that covered most of his face. He strolled across the street and found the electric car. After squatting down and busying himself for a long while, he disappeared into the crowd like a regular passerby.

Ten minutes later, Yellow-Hair returned and said triumphantly, “It’s done, wait for a good show later.”

Totally unaware, Lisa walked out of the wholesale market and put her purchases into the trunk. She stepped into the electric car and drove onto the streets.

Yeonjun and the others immediately started their motorcycles and followed her from not far away.

After driving for only tens of seconds, Lisa wanted to stop at a red light, but found that the brakes had failed. The electric car ran through the red light and continued straight ahead.

What’s going on?

Lisa’s heartbeat sped up instantly. She struggled to control her direction and forced herself to stay calm.

Her electric car wasn’t going very fast, but there was heavy traffic on the road and pedestrians kept appearing on the sidewalk. Lisa drove while observing the surroundings and quickly searched for a solution. Not only did she have to guarantee her own safety, she also had to avoid others. In this situation, it was obviously dangerous to call the police. She had no way to control a car with failed brakes with only one hand.

Lisa usually paid great attention to driving safety. The last time she was involved in a car accident, it was because of others’ actions. This electric car had only been bought for a year, and it was serviced every three months, especially the brakes. It was still fine earlier, why did a problem suddenly appear?

Now was not the time to consider this. She had to find a place with fewer people and cars, and then try to brake with her feet.

The advantage of being familiar with the street layout was seen at this time. Lisa tried to bypass areas with traffic lights and drove out of the city in her electric car.

Lisa’s luck was good; she didn’t encounter traffic jams and there were no dangers along the way. There was an abandoned house which had just been demolished ahead, and she planned to make an emergency stop there. If she handled it properly, at most she would crash the car and receive some minor injuries.