After retrieving the car, Qiu Se stood by the roadside and asked him, “How are we getting there? Should I give you a ride?”
“No need.” Xia Yuning took out his phone and said, “I will send you the address of the racing track. You go ahead, and I will take a cab myself.”
“Alright.”
Qiu Se lowered his head to glance at the address Xia Yuning sent him. “Nanshan Flat Racing Track, I know this place.”
Xia Yuning responded with a soft “Mn.” “It is best that you know it.”
He put his phone back into his pocket. “I checked online, this racing track is a newly opened one.”
Qiu Se nodded, put on his helmet, and started the motorcycle. “Alright, I will head out first. See you there.”
“Mn.”
Xia Yuning waved at him, watching Qiu Se’s figure quickly disappear from his view.
He hailed a taxi by the roadside and set off for the racing track as well.
At 8:00 AM, a certain racing track was bustling with activity.
Xia Yuning stepped out of the taxi. “Driver, how much is the total?”
“Fifty.”
Xia Yuning opened WeChat to scan the QR code and paid fifty yuan.
“Have a good day.”
“Ah, you too.”
Seeing the taxi make a U-turn, Xia Yuning turned around and walked into the racing track.
Before even stepping all the way in, he heard the overlapping screams and deafening cheers echoing from within the venue.
The blood throughout Xia Yuning’s entire body gradually began to boil, and he let out a slow, heavy breath.
This long-lost sensation made his entire body feel comfortable.
Walking into the racing track, he raised his eyes to scan his surroundings and spotted Qiu Se in a corner.
Xia Yuning frowned, narrowing those alluring peach-blossom eyes.
Why was there such a large crowd gathered around Qiu Se?
Xia Yuning strode forward.
Those were a few people with dyed hair in various colors and permed foil-wrap hairstyles, spitting out a stream of foul language and insults so loudly that they had drawn a crowd of onlookers to watch the spectacle.
Most people who came to places like this were no angels, and he loathed this type of trash the most.
The one thing in no short supply here was people creating a commotion and people watching it.
“Fuck your mother, what are you putting on airs for?”
“Dog bastard, didn’t you hear me talking to you just now? Huh?”
“I will fuck your mother, you fucking…”
They swarmed around Qiu Se, hurling continuous insults. Seeing that things were getting increasingly out of hand, one of them even made a move to get physical.
Xia Yuning hurriedly pushed through the crowd, reached Qiu Se’s side, and directly grabbed the hand that was about to reach out toward Qiu Se.
His expression turned icy cold. “What do you think you are doing?”
The face of the person whose hand was caught twisted in pain. Xia Yuning applied a clever bit of leverage, causing enough pain to incapacitate him without letting him break free.
“Ah, ah, ah, fuck your mother, who the fuck are you? Let go of me!”
Seeing that he could not shake loose, the man began cursing violently.
Disgusted, Xia Yuning casually let go and pulled out a handkerchief to meticulously wipe his hands.
Once released, the man immediately took a step backward.
The surrounding onlookers, thinking the spectacle was about to escalate to a new level, all froze in unison.
The youth who had pushed through the crowd possessed striking, standout features. The outer corners of his eyes tilted upward slightly, and his attractive peach-blossom eyes narrowed slightly. His black bangs had been ruffled into a slight mess when he forced his way through the crowd.
The youth’s pale amber pupils and slightly pouting red lips both carried a sharp, cold edge, signaling that he was thoroughly in a bad mood right now.
The surrounding spectators stopped watching the show altogether and began sizing up the sudden newcomer.
Ignoring the surrounding gazes, Xia Yuning frowned and turned his head to look at Qiu Se.
“What is going on here?”
Qiu Se’s expression was freezing cold. “Just a bunch of morons who want to race me.”
Through this brief explanation, Xia Yuning roughly understood the root cause of the matter.
It was likely that this group of people wanted to challenge Qiu Se to a race, but Qiu Se had no interest in dealing with these morons and turned them down with a cold attitude.
Unwilling to accept this, the group assumed Qiu Se’s cold demeanor meant he was looking down on them, and they started stirring up trouble.
Seeing that these people were acting like they would not leave without a race, Xia Yuning picked up the helmet sitting on Qiu Se’s motorcycle.
“Let me borrow your bike.”
Qiu Se was slightly stunned and asked, “What are you going to do?”
“Race them. Didn’t they want a race? I will make them lose so badly they will not even recognize their own parents.”
Qiu Se tried to stop him. “No need, I will race them.”
Xia Yuning reached out and patted Qiu Se’s shoulder. “Take a break. You just had a fever yesterday, and your stamina has not recovered much yet, so do not push yourself.”
When Xia Yuning brought Qiu Se here today, he never intended to let him race anyone.
Even a single match required both mental and physical energy, and since Qiu Se’s stamina had not recovered, he would not be able to handle it.
Taking on those fellows himself was fine. His original goal from the start was to let Qiu Se witness his skills.
He intended to establish his own racing team and recruit Qiu Se into it.
To make Qiu Se willingly join his team, he had to showcase some real capability.
He had wanted to create his own racing team back in his past life, but the heavy blows of reality had struck him down mercilessly. Burdened by massive debts, he could not even take care of himself, let alone fulfill past dreams.