The Mind-Read Heiress: From Impostor to Family Favorite-Chapter 625 - 357

Wenyan looked up at the vast starry sky and suddenly felt dizzy, as if the world were spinning around her.

She couldn’t handle it and immediately sat down right where she was.

Shen Jingcheng hurried over, handing her a bag of bread and a bottle of mineral water as he asked with concern,

"What’s wrong, not feeling well? Did you have a bad sleep?"

"I might have slept too much, and now I have a bit of a headache. Thank you."

"This is all we have, so make do."

"I’m fine with it, I actually like eating bread. Speaking of which, how much longer until we arrive?"

Shen Jingcheng squinted into the distance,"About two more hours of driving, I guess."

"Two more hours," Wenyan raised her hand to check the time on her watch, "it’s two in the morning. You’ve been awake since we got off the plane, let me drive in a bit. There’s a GPS in the car, right?"

Shen Jingcheng shook his head,"No. We are still in the exploratory research phase, it’s not shown on the map."

"I see," Wenyan laughed, "I’m such a blockhead. So this road, which hardly looks like one, isn’t on the map either then?"

"No."

"So, are we just supposed to follow this road straight to junction 46?"

"You guessed it."

"Then it’s settled! I’ll drive in a bit, and you can take a nap. It’s deserted around here, and although I’ve never seen junction 46, I’m sure I’ll recognize it once we get there."

Shen Jingcheng tilted his head and thought for a moment,"You make a good point."

"Alright, let’s eat quickly. Aren’t you eating?"

"I ate in the car while you were sleeping, I’m not hungry. But there’s no rush, take your time."

"How can I? I’m in a hurry!"

Shen Jingcheng chuckled,"You’re honestly straightforward."

Wenyan also laughed, straightforwardly,"I’ve come all this way to this godforsaken place with you, there’s nothing for me to hide."

Wenyan was indeed in a hurry, she stuffed a palm-sized piece of bread into her mouth with speedy efficiency.

After tidying up the trash, she stood up impatiently,"Let’s go, Professor Shen, time waits for no one!"

Shen Jingcheng watched her hurried silhouette and couldn’t help but chuckle.

As rushed as she was, she didn’t forget to pick up a tiny piece of plastic wrapper that had fallen to the ground.

The world couldn’t be without such adorable girls.

Shen Jingcheng even began to question his decision; was telling her everything about Junction 46 the right thing to do?

He couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

It wasn’t until Wenyan’s voice brought him back to reality.

"Professor Shen, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and get in the car."

Shen Jingcheng snapped back to reality,"Coming."

Wenyan started the car, although she spoke of urgency, she drove steadily.

Shen Jingcheng glanced at her, wanted to say something but couldn’t find the topic.

Wenyan, realizing his hesitation, kindly broke the silence in the car.

"Take a nap, it’s just this one road, I won’t get lost. I’ll call you when we arrive."

Shen Jingcheng nodded,"Alright, I’ll take a rest."

He thought he couldn’t possibly fall asleep, but he began to feel drowsy as soon as he closed his eyes.

Wenyan didn’t disturb him further and continued driving on the road ahead.

Originally, there was only the continuous retreat of mountain shadows, not a single speck of light.

But now, Wenyan saw brightness ahead, and it was getting closer.

She felt it was the right time to wake Shen Jingcheng to ask if they had reached the destination, but before she could even open her mouth, a wave of dizziness hit her, and she felt like she was about to pass out.

But she was still driving, and this condition was too dangerous.

The last bit of her rationality told Wenyan she was unfit to drive any longer, she had to stop the car immediately.

Yet, no matter how hard she pressed, she couldn’t exert any strength on the brake pedal.

"What’s going on! How can this be?! Shen Jingcheng, the brakes are broken!"

Wenyan panicked, frantically pressing the brakes while she fleetingly glanced at Shen Jingcheng in the passenger seat.

That glance made Wenyan freeze on the spot.

The person in the passenger seat was shouting at her,"Press the brakes, Wenyan, press the brakes!"

Wenyan was dumbstruck!

She was pressing.

She was pressing the brakes hard!

But she couldn’t press them down; it just wouldn’t move.

Moreover, the person in the passenger seat was not Shen Jingcheng.

The face was not! And the voice was not!!!

It was the fat man who had been appearing in Wenyan’s dreams recently.

"Who are you?"

"Press the brakes, press them fast!!!!"

"Who exactly are you!!!!!"

The fat man screamed vehemently, and Wenyan also burst out.

These days, this dream and the person in this dream had been troubling her, and today they appeared while she was driving, which was utterly infuriating.

"Brake, you need to brake now, Wenyan, it’s almost too late. Xiao Meng is pregnant, it’s not just an ordinary stomach ache, she’s pregnant! If something happens to her, it will be a matter of two lives!"

Xiao Meng?

Who is Xiao Meng?

Wenyan instinctively turned her head to look at the back seat of the car.

Indeed, there sat a young girl clutching her stomach in pain— the same young girl who had appeared countless times in her dreams.

She was now sweating profusely, evidently in severe pain.

Wenyan could no longer care whether this was a dream or something else.

She helplessly pounded the steering wheel, her voice almost breaking into a sob.

"The brakes aren’t working, Fat Brother! The ground collapsed, and we’re falling down."

As soon as she uttered these words, Wenyan immediately felt a sensation of weightlessness.

Fat Brother was screaming; Xiao Meng was groaning in pain.

The whole world seemed to have turned upside down.

Wenyan felt herself, along with the car, rapidly descending.

All the images flooded into her mind like reflections outside the car window.

She was Wenyan, a newcomer who had just entered the entertainment industry.

After nearly a year of playing minor roles, she finally achieved some fame with a brainless, enjoyable web series.

Not only had the company assigned her an individual agent, but she had also gotten an assistant.

The team got along well, and she received several scripts of the same genre.

But she was too eager to advance; she didn’t want to keep acting in these illogical, poorly produced web dramas. She wanted to join a more professional team to try different roles.

Finally, she got a chance to audition, an emergency call for the third female lead in a big-budget production.

Due to the urgency, she and her team had to travel overnight to the filming location to audition.

The filming location was in the mountains; they drove there in the morning and had to return in the afternoon.

The drive there was handled by her agent, Fat Brother. On the return trip, Fat Brother had been drinking at lunch with the casting director, and Xiao Meng was feeling unwell, so Wenyan had to drive.

On the way, she got into an argument with Fat Brother.

Fat Brother said that the casting director had revealed during drinks that although the previous third female lead had dropped out, the role had been secretly pre-decided and this last-minute audition was merely a formality; she shouldn’t have come at all.

But she felt that since she was already there, discussing it now was pointless, as the producers had not openly declared the role filled from the start.

Fat Brother, a bit drunk and rambling, scolded her a few more times, telling her not to bite off more than she could chew and that she should comfortably stay in her comfort zone.

Comfort zone indeed, but such roles depended on youth. If she didn’t secure a firm foothold in the industry during her most youthful and beautiful years, opportunities would be even scarcer later on.

She argued with Fat Brother for a few sentences, and eventually, both of them stopped talking to each other.

She focused on driving, while Fat Brother concentrated on dozing off.

But suddenly, the car violently shook, and a loud noise erupted from outside.

Then the car uncontrollably lost control, and no matter how Wenyan tried, she couldn’t manage to steer.

The ground had collapsed, and they were in an accident.

Eventually, the car ended up overturned in a pitch-black area, illuminated only by two weak headlights.

Wenyan found herself hanging upside down in the driver’s seat, the first thing she felt being the blood sticking to her eyelids.

Then she saw Fat Brother’s blurry face.

All she could hear was a buzzing roar; she could see Fat Brother’s mouth moving but couldn’t hear anything.

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"Fat Brother, Fat Brother! Xiao Meng!"

Wenyan suddenly opened her eyes, the ceiling above her stark white and blinding.

She thought she had been taken to the hospital, but when she turned her head, what she saw was Shen Jingcheng’s face.

"You,"

"You’ve finally woken up, Wenyan," said Shen Jingcheng, his brows furrowed with worry, "You’ve been unconscious for almost two hours."

"Unconscious?" Wenyan struggled to sit up, "Where is this, why am I here, what just happened?"

"Can’t you remember? As we were approaching Route 46, you suddenly braked and told me you felt unwell, asking me to take over the driving. Then you passed out."

"Did I?" Wenyan’s face was full of confusion, "I can’t remember anything. I only remember calling your name, and the brakes failing, but you,"

"What about me?"

Wenyan’s words abruptly stopped, she looked at Shen Jingcheng, suddenly feeling very exhausted.

Shen Jingcheng continued to inquire, "Who are Fat Brother and Xiao Meng?"

Wenyan sighed deeply, "Did I call out these names while I was unconscious?"

"Yes, many times. You kept calling."

"Hmm. So this is Route 46, are we inside it yet?"

"Still on the outskirts."

"Take me to the center, let’s go now."

"But can your body handle it now?"

Wenyan laughed softly, "It couldn’t be more ready. Isn’t this the very reason we were staying up late to get here?"

As Wenyan spoke, she got out of bed.

Shen Jingcheng nodded and handed her a pair of special glasses.

"We can’t expose too much light in the pit, we use special lighting, wearing these glasses will help you see more clearly."

"Okay."

Wenyan followed Shen Jingcheng.

When they reached the entrance to the inner pit, she suddenly stopped.

"Professor Shen."

Shen Jingcheng turned back, "What’s wrong? Nervous?"

Wenyan hummed, "A bit, but what I want to tell you is, I remember now. The closer I get to the pit, the more I can remember."

Wenyan said, then suddenly choked up, "It’s not a beautiful memory, rather than saying I’m nervous, it’s more like I’m scared. I’m suddenly a bit scared. Like those dreams, they’re not just dreams but reality."