Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

Veronica was walking ahead with Xavier following her.

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They were walking and chatting when they suddenly heard a scream behind him. Instinctively, they darted their eyes sideways, only to see a black van with its headlights off speeding toward them. Instead of slowing down, the van sped up toward them!

“Watch out!” The danger was so sudden that Xavier had his heart in his mouth. However, just as he was about to pull Veronica aside, she kicked him away instead.

Xavier didn‘t have time to realize what had happened. Even though the kick sent him staggering a few steps to the side, his eyes were constantly fixed on Veronica, only that he no longer had the opportunity to save her, even if he wanted to. His mind went blank in the face of sudden danger; he only felt that Veronica might leave him just like that.

However, just as he was worried sick about Veronica, he saw her bend down sharply to gain momentum. Estimating the time when the van would hit her with absolute precision, she jumped up at the critical moment and landed gracefully on the hood of the van, using it to gain momentum before doing a front somersault. Just as she was about to land on the roof of the van, she placed her hands on it right away and took the opportunity to somersault off the van, landing on the ground steadily.

Astonished by her fluid movement, everyone gasped repeatedly, and they were fascinated by her cool action.

“Oh, my God! What quick reflexes she has!”

“Not only does she have quick reflexes, but she must be skilled in self–defense. Otherwise, if she had been a bit slower, she would‘ve died with the van speeding so fast toward her.“.

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“What a race against death in real life this is…”

“Oh, my gosh! She‘s simply terrific.”

“Is she alright?”

The onlooking crowd couldn‘t help speaking of Veronica in laudatory terms as they

talked about what had happened.

Rushing toward Veronica in big strides, Xavier grabbed her arms and checked on her from head to toe. “How are you? Are you alright? Do you feel unwell? Want me to send you to the hospital?” He was so worried about her safety that there was a slight . quaver in his voice as he spoke.

“Oh, I‘m alright. I‘m perfectly fine.” Veronica shook her head with an understanding smile. “Are you kidding me? It was no big deal. There‘s no way I‘d let the van hit me,” she joked with laughter while turning to stare at the black unlicensed van that was disappearing into the distance. That van seemed to be coming at me. Who wants to kill me again this time? Who else could it be other than the Larsons? In some cases, it‘s easy to figure out the culprit behind the scenes without even thinking about it. But now that Tiffany‘s already about to get married to Matthew, why would she still not let me off?

“What are you looking at? I’m talking to you.” Still in a state of shock, Xavier went limp with fright. God only knows how horrifying the scene just now was.

“Huh? Oh, nope, nothing.” Veronica shook her head with a chuckle. “Why the hell was that van speeding so fast? It was like it was in a f*cking hurry because of an emergency or something,” she chided with a casual air. She only said so deliberately because she didn‘t want Xavier to think that the van was coming at her. Xavier has helped me a lot ever since I came to Bloomstead. I can‘t get him in trouble anymore.

“An emergency, eh?” Xavier placed his hands on Veronica‘s shoulders while turning to look at the disappearing van with his head tilted to one side. For an instant, his eyes narrowed slightly with a murderous gleam. Just an accident? No way. The van was coming at Veronica, but this silly girl didn‘t realize it at all!

“Yeah, of course. Otherwise, it wouldn‘t have been in such a hurry.”

“Well, that makes sense.” Xavier‘s handsome face contorted into an awkward smile. Playing along with Veronica, he continued, “Glad to hear that you‘re alright, but… that was a pretty nice spontaneous response just now. Very cool.” He praised her without reservation.

As soon as she finished her sentence, a sound that resembled that of a whistle sounded from across the river, and several rays of light reached high into the sky like shooting stars. The next instant, these rays of light exploded into spectacular fireworks with a loud Boom!

After bursting in midair, the colorful fireworks scattered in all directions like a meteor shower, and the lights slowly dimmed. Then, there were several whistling sounds again, followed by another loud Boom! as more beautiful fireworks exploded in the sky. With their rich display of lights and colors, the dazzling fireworks illuminated the initially dark sky.