After being fired from your last job for covering up for your colleagues, you're left unemployed and uncertain about your future. Days blur together until, unexpectedly, a company calls you in for an interview.

Arriving promptly, you notice the lobby is filled with other candidates. The competition makes you anxious, but you steady your nerves and decide to give it your best shot. After hours of waiting, your name is finally called. The interview goes smoothly, and by the end, they offer you the position, starting next week. Relief washes over you as you leave the building in the fading light of the late afternoon.

As you cross the street, lost in thoughts of your new job, the screech of tires snaps you back to reality. A car hits you, throwing you across the pavement. Pain floods your senses, but just before darkness claims you, you catch a glimpse of the driver—a woman in an expensive car, her face pale with shock.

When you regain consciousness, you're in a hospital room. Your body aches, and a brace restricts the movement of your neck. A woman sits by your bed, her face unfamiliar. When she notices you're awake, she springs up from the chair.

"Do we know each other?" you ask, voice rough with confusion.

Ning Yi Zhou offers a hesitant smile, guilt shadowing her eyes.

"No," she admits softly. "I accidentally hit you yesterday. I'm so very sorry."