My baby is two and a half years old. Daddy, hurry up and make some milk!

As the evening sun sank behind the distant, rolling mountains, the golden sunset painted the entire sky, and the gentle orange-red afterglow spilled onto the smooth asphalt road, easing the daytime heat.

The mountain road was sparsely trafficked, and the evening breeze drifted in slowly through the half-open car window, carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees unique to the mountains.

After a day of playing and having fun at the farm, the four little ones were completely exhausted.

Three private cars drove neatly and at a steady speed on the road back to the city, maintaining a safe following distance.

The car at the very front was Lu Chenyue's.

The carriage was quiet. Le Bao and Lu Zi Guan sat side by side in the back seat. The two little ones were refreshed after their bath, their soft little bodies wrapped in soft child safety belts, their eyelids drooping heavily.

The fatigue of a day's running over them, and the siblings leaned back in their seats, drowsy, their little faces still retaining a soft innocence, peaceful and well-behaved.

Lu Chenyue's fingers, long and clean, gripped the steering wheel with steady and composed force.

His features were gentle and calm, his gaze was focused on the road ahead, his speed was controlled very steadily, and he was meticulous and cautious, not daring to relax for a moment throughout the entire journey.

As a father who frequently travels with his child, he has long since developed an extreme level of meticulousness and composure, always prioritizing his child's safety above all else.

Shen Shilan's car followed closely behind, and Xiao Nanfeng's car brought up the rear.

The three cars lined up neatly and moved slowly along the empty mountain road, creating a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere.

No one expected that a sudden disaster would strike in the next second.

"Beep beep beep—beep beep beep—"

A sudden, urgent, and aggressive car horn blared from the bend ahead, its sharp and piercing sound instantly shattering the evening's tranquility.

Before Lu Chenyue could react, an extremely blinding beam of light suddenly pierced through the twilight and shone directly at the front of his car!

Those are the high beams of a heavy truck.

The beam of light was terrifyingly bright, like the blazing sun suddenly crashing down in broad daylight, precisely piercing the windshield and instantly engulfing Lu Chenyue's entire field of vision.

In an instant, everything went white before his eyes, and he went completely blind. He couldn't see the road, guardrails, or edges clearly. All he could see was the extremely blinding light, and his head started buzzing.

Following the blinding lights came the increasingly heavy and rapid screeching sound of tires rubbing against the ground.

"Squeak—creak—"

The heavy screech of the truck brakes was rough and terrifying, accompanied by the uncontrollable jolts and vibrations of the vehicle. As it approached from afar, every sound seemed to frantically close in, creating a suffocating sense of oppression that could make one's heart stop.

Lu Chenyue's heart suddenly clenched, and all the nerves in his body were instantly stretched to the limit!

The two vehicles were only a few meters apart, and in the blink of an eye, a devastating head-on collision would be inevitable.

He was the only adult in the front row, while his two children sat in the back.

In the critical moment when life and death hung in the balance, he had no time to hesitate or think.

In the face of danger, a person's instinct is always to protect themselves, but a father's instinct is to protect his child.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Chenyue had no thought of his own safety; all that remained in his mind were the two soft, small figures in the back seat.

Don't crash! Absolutely no injury to the child!

"Hold on tight!"

His throat tightened, he gave a low shout, and with all his might, he turned the steering wheel sharply to full speed!

The car instantly went out of control, shaking violently as it veered off the main road and hurtled toward the open space on the side of the road!

"Bang--!!!"

A tremendous crash resounded, echoing through the valley.

The car crashed violently into a thick roadside tree. The immense impact caused the entire vehicle to shudder violently, instantly denting and deforming the front. The hard tree trunk held the front of the car in place, and the cracking sound of shattering glass echoed incessantly, piercing and terrifying.

In that split second before the car went out of control and was about to crash, no one saw how Lu Chenyue did it.

No one knows what kind of amazing explosive power he unleashed, or how he broke through the limits of human speed.

The man who was originally sitting in the driver's seat suddenly broke free from the seat and pounced from the front seat to the back seat like an arrow!

He abandoned all opportunities to protect himself, and with the most resolute posture, he spanned the entire distance between the front and back seats, his broad and upright body pressing down hard, tightly encircling the stunned Le Bao and Lu Ziguan in his arms.

He was like the strongest and gentlest human shield, taking all the damage from the impact and all the risk of shattering upon himself.

The violent impact swept through the entire vehicle, causing seats to shift and the body to twist and deform.

The next second, excruciating pain swept over his entire body.

His right leg couldn't be fully retracted in time and was firmly stuck by the misaligned and deformed front seat. His bones were squeezed and twisted, causing excruciating pain. The bizarre angle of the twist was terrifying to behold.

At the same time, the shattered side window, with its extremely sharp edges, slashed through his left arm!

Several sharp shards of glass embedded themselves deeply into the flesh, instantly tearing open a hideous and deep wound.

Warm, scalding blood gushed wildly from his arm, instantly soaking through the white shirt fabric and staining a large area of ​​the collar red.

One drop, two drops, then a large amount of warm blood trickled down his clothes and dripped onto the little face of Le Bao, whom he was tightly protecting in his arms.

The warm, sticky texture, with a faint smell of rust and blood, suddenly enveloped the bewildered little girl.

Another deafening roar came from the main road behind us!

The heavy truck that had just gone out of control overturned completely due to its excessive speed and inability to avoid it. It rolled heavily onto the middle of the road, sliding several meters and kicking up clouds of dust and gravel.

A moment later, a disheveled man climbed out of the driver's seat through the shattered window, slumped onto the road, panting heavily, still shaken.

At that moment, the dramatic incident involving the two cars behind them had just ended.

Shen Shilan and Xiao Nanfeng, who were following closely behind, witnessed the entire breathtaking and almost tragic event in front of them!

The blinding lights, the out-of-control car, the violent impact, and the flying shards of glass—each scene crashed into their eyes, causing their hearts to stop and their bodies to go cold.

Almost instinctively, the two slammed on the brakes!

The tires screeched as they rubbed against the ground, and the vehicle came to a steady stop, narrowly avoiding a fatal accident.

The danger was averted by the slightest margin.

But they felt no relief or fear; all their eyes and minds were fixed on the black sedan in front of them, which was severely deformed and had all its windows shattered.

"Lu Chenyue!"

"Le Bao! Zi Guan!"

Two heart-wrenching screams rang out almost simultaneously, filled with panic and fear.

They had no time to comfort their child in the back seat who was crying loudly from the sudden braking. All their composure and calmness crumbled the moment they saw the deformed vehicle.

When faced with life and death, one can't care about appearances at all.

The two pushed open the car door and scrambled out of the car, stumbling and unsteady on their feet, almost falling as they ran towards the wrecked vehicle. Their steps were frantic and hurried, and their eyes were filled with a bloodshot panic.

"Lu Chenyue! How are you?!"

"Where are the children? Are both children alright?"

Shen Shilan and Xiao Nanfeng rushed to the front of the car, pressing their hands hard against the deformed body. Their voices were hoarse and trembling, and their usual carefree and nonchalant attitude had completely disappeared, leaving only extreme panic.

The car door was severely deformed and jammed, making it impossible to open.

Shen Shilan quickly walked around to the car window and leaned over to look inside through the broken window.

At a glance, it was clear that in the cramped and deformed back seat, Lu Chenyue was half-lying on his stomach, desperately protecting the two children beneath him.

His face was deathly pale, devoid of any color. His thin lips had completely lost their color, and his left arm was a bloody mess with shards of glass embedded between his skin and flesh, a horrifying sight. Large amounts of blood were still seeping out.

Even though he was seriously injured and in extreme pain, his arms protecting the child remained taut and tight, without loosening even for a moment.

A single glance was enough to cause Shen Shilan's heart to clench painfully, and a chill spread through his body.

Just as the two were anxiously trying to figure out how to open the door, Lu Chenyue's weak, hoarse, yet incredibly firm voice came from inside the carriage.

He trembled all over in pain, his forehead covered in a thick layer of cold sweat, each breath accompanied by excruciating pain, and his consciousness began to waver.

But he still gritted his teeth and used his last bit of strength to steady his breathing, so that his voice would not be too weak and flustered, just so that the child would not be afraid.

"...It's alright, the child is alright."

Those five short words exhausted all his strength.

The moment the words left her lips, a little girl burst into tears in the back seat.

The massive impact, the ear-piercing roar, and the violent jolts completely terrified Le Bao, who had been drowsy.

She was still dazed and confused, not knowing what had happened, as her father had just held her tightly in his arms.

Until a warm, sticky sensation came to my face, carrying a strange and terrifying smell of blood.

She blankly raised her little hand and wiped her cheek haphazardly, her soft little palm instantly covered with a glaring scarlet blood.

His tiny pupils suddenly contracted.

She slowly raised her tear-filled eyes, and through her blurred vision, she clearly saw her father's bloodied and mangled arm, the sharp shards of glass deeply embedded in his flesh, and his pale, lifeless face.

That was her all-powerful, always upright, and always able to shelter her from the wind and rain, her father!

From childhood to adulthood, my father has always been gentle, strong, and composed, never showing a trace of weakness.

Even though she often went against her father and teased him, he never had the heart to scold her.

But at this moment, he was covered in injuries and frighteningly weak.

A tremendous fear instantly overwhelmed the five-year-old girl.

"Waaaaaahh ...

Le Bao instantly broke down in tears, her cries heart-wrenching, desperate yet innocent, piercing through the shattered car window and echoing throughout the entire highway.

"Uncle! Uncle Xiao!!"

"Daddy's bleeding! Lots of blood! Waaaaah!"

"Save my dad! Please, please save my dad!! Waaaaah..."

The little girl trembled with fear, her small body huddled in her father's arms, crying uncontrollably as she desperately reached out to the two people outside the window for help, her eyes filled with tears and her face etched with terror.

Lu Ziguan, standing to the side, was also trembling with fear. He clutched his sister's clothes tightly, his eyes red as he tried to hold back his sobs. His small body trembled uncontrollably, his eyes filled with terror.

Shen Shilan, standing outside the window, felt as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart tightly, causing her excruciating pain.

He suppressed the panic and heartache surging in his eyes, softened his voice, and tried his best to keep his tone steady as he gently comforted the frightened little girl through the car window:

"Le Bao, don't be afraid, be good, don't be scared, your uncle is here, he'll get you out right away. Don't cry, it's okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and met the gaze of Xiao Nanfeng, who had a serious expression, beside him.

No words were needed; both of them shared the same resolute determination.

The car doors were jammed and the car body was deformed, making it impossible to open normally.

Saving lives was of utmost urgency; there was simply no time to wait for rescue equipment.

"Smash it!"

Xiao Nanfeng gritted his teeth and let out a low shout. He quickly took off his coat and wrapped it tightly around his hand to protect it from the sharpness of the glass.

Shen Shilan did the same, deftly removing her coat and tightly wrapping her hands.

The next second, without the slightest hesitation, the two of them smashed the jammed car window frame with all their might!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dull, heavy thuds continued one after another. Ignoring the numbness and pain in their fingertips from the impact, the two men, almost recklessly, slammed their fists against the deformed car window frame again and again.

Broken glass fell in a rustling sound, sharp shards cutting skin and drawing blood from their palms, but they were oblivious, their eyes fixed only on the seriously injured Lu Chenyue and the frightened child inside the car.

This pain is nothing compared to saving lives.

After several heavy blows, the deformed car window frame finally loosened!

The two of them worked together and pried hard, managing to open a gap large enough for a person to pass through in the deformed car door.

The moment the car door popped open, a strong, pungent smell of blood filled the car.

Lu Chenyue, clinging to his last shred of clarity and enduring the excruciating pain of dislocated bones and torn flesh, managed to squeeze out a single, heavy sentence in an almost feeble voice:

"First... take the child out."

Even when he was seriously injured and on the verge of exhaustion, his first priority was always his two children.

Xiao Nanfeng immediately bent down and crawled into the carriage, her movements gentle and swift, afraid of disturbing or frightening the frightened child.

He carefully took Le Bao, who was trembling and crying uncontrollably, out of Lu Chenyue's stiff embrace, and then steadily picked up Lu Ziguan, who was stunned with fear.

He passed it on to Shen Shilan outside.

"I'll take the child a little further away."

Shen Shilan spoke in a deep voice, carrying the two still-shaken children, and quickly retreated away from the wrecked vehicle.

He quickly turned back and picked up Shen Zijin and Xiao Ziyi, who were also crying in fear in the two cars behind him. He then placed all four children in a safe and stable open space by the roadside, away from the accident site, and gently comforted them, telling them to stand still and not move.

After settling the child in, the two immediately turned back to rescue Lu Chenyue, who was trapped.

At this moment, Lu Chenyue's right leg was firmly stuck in the seat, his bones were dislocated and twisted, and every slight movement was accompanied by excruciating pain.

The glass embedded in his arm kept pulling at the wound, and blood continued to flow out.

The massive blood loss and extreme pain caused his consciousness to become increasingly blurred. His vision blurred, his head felt dizzy, and his eyelids were so heavy that he could barely lift them. He was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion.

"Push harder! Slow down! Watch out for his legs!"

"Stay calm! Don't strain yourself again!"

Xiao Nanfeng crouched inside the car, carefully adjusting the seat angle, while Shen Shilan outside used the leverage to stabilize the deformed vehicle.

The two held their breath and worked in perfect harmony, carefully moving the stuck leg little by little, inch by inch.

Every movement was done with utmost care, both to break free from the restraints and to avoid further damage to the dislocated bones.

The rescue, which lasted only a few minutes, felt like an eternity of centuries.

After exhausting all their strength, the twisted and stuck leg finally managed to break free.

The two carefully worked together to slowly lift Lu Chenyue, who was covered in injuries and weak, out of the deformed back seat.

The last rays of the setting sun fell on his pale, lifeless face. His lips were dry and cracked, and the wound on his left arm was gruesome. He was covered in dust and blood, looking so disheveled and vulnerable that it was heartbreaking.

Almost the instant Lu Chenyue was placed firmly on the ground, Le Bao, who was not far away, could no longer hold back. She broke free from all restraints and stumbled and scrambled towards him.

Her short legs stumbled as she ran, her skirt billowing, her face streaked with tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Daddy!! Waaaaah—Daddy!!"

She knelt down beside Lu Chenyue with a "plop," her small body pressed against him. Seeing her father's weak, powerless, and listless appearance, the fear in her heart finally erupted.

From childhood to adulthood, her father has been her everything, her support, and a tree that will never fall.

She had never seen her father so weak, so disheveled, so utterly powerless.

Fear and panic made the little girl cry her heart out; her innocent cries were filled with despair and pleading.

"Daddy, please don't die! Waaaaah..."

"Le Bao will be good from now on! He won't be naughty anymore!"

"I'll do whatever you say! Don't leave Le Bao! Don't die, okay! Waaaaah, Daddy..."

The little child, with the most innocent language, made the most sincere promise, pleading again and again, tears falling in large drops onto the back of Lu Chenyue's hand, hot and warm.

On the verge of falling into a coma, Lu Chenyue, amidst his daughter's heart-wrenching cries, forced himself to stay awake until he managed to pry open his heavy eyelids.

His vision was blurred, and he couldn't see his child's tear-streaked face, but he could clearly hear his daughter's desperate cries.

The deep, overwhelming heartache in my heart outweighed all the excruciating pain in my body.

With the last ounce of strength he had left, he gently raised his trembling, blood-stained hand and stroked Le Bao's wet head with utmost tenderness and slowness.

His fingertips gently caressed her soft hair, the touch incredibly tender.

Even though his breath was so weak it seemed he might die at any moment, he still managed a faint, gentle smile. His voice was hoarse and broken, yet every word was soothing:

"Baby...don't be afraid...Daddy's okay...be good...don't cry..."

I'm fine. My dad is still here and can protect my baby.

These words were his last bit of support for his daughter, and his only obsession in refusing to fall into a coma.

The moment the words left his mouth, the urgent, sharp siren of an ambulance, growing ever closer, echoed from the far end of the road.

"Waaah—waaah—"

The rescue team has finally arrived.

Hearing the familiar sounds of rescue, my tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

Lu Chenyue, suffering from excessive blood loss, excruciating pain, and having exhausted all his willpower, could no longer hold on.

The hand that had been resting on Le Bao's head fell heavily down, and with his eyes closed, he fell into a deep coma.

"dad!!!"

The little girl's heart-wrenching cries echoed along the mountain road at dusk, filled with helplessness and fear.

(To be honest, I cried my eyes out while writing this chapter, how pathetic. Don't worry, Lu Chenyue won't do that.)