People are selfish.
Especially in a dangerous situation like this, they subconsciously look out for themselves first, and only after securing their own escape route do they consider the people around them.
In that split second, Wang Chen also had such a thought.
If Wang Chen had been somewhat cunning at that moment and abandoned Lei, with his abilities and agility, he could have avoided the dangers.
But after giving it some thought, he abandoned that idea.
By doing so, he indeed could have escaped.
However, it would have left Lei in a perilous situation. Lei was just a weak woman, without the strength to truss a chicken. Once left alone, her death would be certain.
Wang Chen never considered himself a good person, nor did he ever feel he possessed any noble righteousness.
But, faced with a matter of such importance, he did not want to do something excessively selfish.
