"Boss, it seems there has been an accident ahead. We will be stuck here for some time."
Huo Ziyan, who was reading a file, looked up. He looked outside, where a crowd was starting to gather. Some were even filming the scene. There were other cars behind them, so they were really stuck and could not move in either direction.
He did not say anything and was about to look away when the back door of the taxi opened, and a girl stepped out. He slightly frowned when he noticed how pale she looked.
Shen Yelan, who had started to get a headache due to the noise, had decided to walk away and find some quite place. But before she could even take a few steps, her arm was grabbed by someone.
Under normal circumstances, she would have already thrown this person over her shoulder, but because of her sudden episode, she had become slow and quite weak.
She looked at Shen Qian, who was holding her.
"Let go," she slightly narrowed her eyes.
"So you were the one inside this taxi. That's good too. You can explain to Dad and compensate me for the damage to my car too." Shen Qian said arrogantly, looking rather happy that he had found a scapegoat to put all the blame on.
Shen Yelan stared at him, wondering if he had lost his mind. A second later, she dismissed this thought. He wasn't born with a brain in the first place.
She pulled her hand away from his grip successfully. Not in the mood to waste time on him, she turned around to leave without saying a word.
"Hey! You can't leave. You hit my car and need to compensate for the damage." He tried to grab her shoulder but this time, she was able to avoid his hand.
She turned around and stared at him as if she were staring at an idiot.
Zhao Zhan, who had been arguing with the other person, had noticed them and immeditly appeared before Shen Qian, blocking her view of Shen Yelan.
"What do you mean by compensate. It was you who was driving past the speed limit and appeared before us. You were the one who broke the law. But even if it was a fault from my end, she is just a passenger. Why would she pay the compensation?"
"How dare you talk to me like that? I am the young master of the Shen family! Do you know what would happen messing with me? Are you even aware of how much my car costs? Ten's of your taxi could not even buy just a single tyre for my car."
Zhao Zhan, who knew this taxi was in reality a custom-made car before which this sports car was nothing but dust, felt like slapping some sense into this brat. But remembering he was his boss's younger brother, he had no choice but to suppress himself.
Shen Yelan, who did not want to spend any further time wasting her, turned to leave but was immeditly noticed by Shen Qian.
"Shen Yelan! Stop right there! Did I let you leave?" He yelled after her.
"Do you know her?" Shen Qian's friend asked him.
"She is the country bumpkin I told you about before." Shen Qian said with disgust.
"Ah, no wonder she is trying to escape. She must be trying to run away from taking responsibility," his friend said as he looked at Shen Yelan, his eyes running over her frame before settling on her face.
He tried to stop Shen Yelan, but was stopped by Zhao Zhan.
Shen Yelan kept on hearing Shen Qian and his friend yelling at her to stop, but she did not pay any attention to them. But that did not mean the crowd was wise enough to let her pass through. They knew who the Shen family was and had also heard Shen Qian call her a country bumpkin. They all wanted to gain Shen Qian's favour, so they blocked her way.
"How can you run away without compensation?"
"She looks rather decent, but who could tell she was rotten inside."