It’s My Loss (Long chapter)
The snow fell and heavier, but did not dampen the liveliness of the party in the slightest.
The battle between Ling Jianwei and Xue Ziang was originally just an ordinary challenge in this arena, but because of Ling Jianwei’s status as a “bookworm”, the enthusiasm of the crowd couldn’t be higher.
Whether the outcome was that Ling Jianwei had overestimated himself and got knocked down a peg or that the bookworm who didn’t know how to race overtook the king, it would be an exciting show indeed.
A valet drove over Ling Jianwei’s sports car. Only through Nian Feng’s explanation did Zhao Yu learn it was the famous Aventador; the price alone was almost twice that of Xue Ziang’s own fancy sports car. 1
Xue Ziang of course had cars more expensive than the one on hand, but he didn’t come here specifically to race and randomly drove a car out.
This kind of race was purely for personal entertainment. It did not have many rules like in professional car races. Even if they win was because of a significantly superior car, a win was a win, there is no taking into account fairness.
Zhao Yu didn’t understand the performance of these luxury cars, let alone racing, so she could only ask Nian Feng in a small voice, “You just said that Ziang’s car is not suitable for such rough play, doesn’t that mean he already lost?”
Nian Feng shrugged. “It depends on how the weight of the bookworm. Don’t worry, Xiao Xue is not a rookie.”
The track was covered by a thin layer of snow, but no one ordered for it to be cleaned up. They called this an excitement, and Nian Feng proudly said, “This thing, it’s a trivial matter. We’ve raced in worse circumstances before. Don’t worry. There are protective measures, it won’t be deadly.”
The owner of the manor; Dai Juncheng, was a professional racer and provided professional equipment. After putting on the racing suit and helmet, Xue Ziang raised his head towards Zhao Yu, signaling for her not to be worried.
Looking at the track below in a daze, listening to Nian Feng animatedly talking about the races they had run before, Zhao Yu had only one thought in his mind, these people, don’t they know to value their lives?
When the deafening roar came, the crowd of onlookers also instantly exploded in cheers. Nian Feng considerately acted as a narrator, explaining the ongoing situation to Zhao Yu.
But Zhao Yu really didn’t understand a lot of the technical terms and didn’t listen to what he said much. She only knew that from what she could make out, Xue Ziang was trailing behind since the start.
“Don’t worry, there is a hairpin curve in front. That nerd can’t run turns. Big Brother Xue is best at this.”
In the night light, Zhao Yu couldn’t see what the track was like in the distance. She peeked over the crowd several times and still couldn’t didn’t understand. Instead, her eyes accidentally made contact with Xu Chengyan on the other side.
Seeing her for two seconds, he suddenly raised his lips and smiled, and then walked straight over.
Knowing that he was looking for her, Zhao Yu pretended to want to move to find a better view, and slowly distanced herself from Xue Ziang’s group of friends.
Came to stand Xu Chengyan beside her, still smiling politely. “You can bring down even Master Xue, who doesn’t eat the grass beside his nest. It seems I underestimated Miss Zhao.”
His tone was normal, but in Zhao Yu’s ears, she still felt that these words were similar to “No wonder you haven’t come to me for so long. Turns out you don’t need me anymore now that you’re hooking up with Xue Ziang”.
Smiling at him, she slowly said, “People aim to go high, a good bird chooses for themselves the tree in which to roost. 2 It’s as Mr. Xu heard, Xue Ziang treats me as his girlfriend. Compared to being Mr. Xu’s plaything, the status is much higher. Even a fool would know how to choose.”
Xu Chengyan snorted. “Are you not afraid that I will tell Xue Ziang about you?”
“What about me?” Zhao Yu looked at him innocently, “The part where I took the initiative to seduce you, or… that I slept with you? It doesn’t matter, if you let Xue Ziang know that he has a competitor like Mr. Xu then in his eyes, my attraction may even go up a few steps.”
Xu Chengyan looked at her calmly with a smile and suddenly scoffed lightly.
If she really didn’t care, she wouldn’t deliberately stay away from Xue Ziang’s friends, let alone talk to him in such a soft voice.
Zhao Yu having captured Xue Ziang, would naturally be more afraid of being exposed by him than before.
But Zhao Yu also knew that the more calmly she showed “fear”, the less Xu Chengyan would talk to Xue Ziang.
As conceited as he was, he has always enjoyed the sense of accomplishment from seeing through everything. After discovering her lies and games, he would treat her like prey with no way to escape, watch her panic from above, and from time to time personally go out and play with it shamelessly.
Pretending to be seen by him with a guilty conscience, Zhao Yu said in an “uneasy” manner: “What do you want to do?”
Xu Chengyan looked at her innocently after noting her expression just now, and the corners of his lips raised lightly. “I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Zhao Yu clenched her fist and glared at him angrily, but after taking two deep breaths, she returned to his former calmness. “You do what you want.”
After speaking, she walked forward without looking back and soon reclaimed her position beside Nian Feng.
Not long after, two sports cars that had disappeared far from the sight of everyone gradually rushed to return on the track. Ling Jianwei was still in front, but Xue Ziang had already gained on him, the two cars were back to back, almost colliding.
Nian Feng said excitedly, “Xiao Xue is going to use the tailwind to overtake the car, and he will definitely win this game.”
As soon as the voice fell, Xue Ziang’s blue Vanquish quickly changed lanes, almost scraping against the dark gray Aventador in front of him, and quickly left Ling Jianwei behind.
Nian Feng was full of pride. “Look, no matter how good the car is, how can it mean sh*t if the driver can’t play? Skill is king.”
However, he couldn’t stay proud for long since Ling Jianwei suddenly closed in like magic. Not only was the roar of the engine deafening, but even the smooth track also exploded in a splash of ice and dust behind him.
“F*CK! What the fu*k! Motherf*cker…” Nian Feng was speechless for a while, “Does that bookworm want to f*cking die?”
Another person gasped in surprise, “He is ruining a perfectly good little Lambo, I can’t stand to watch anymore, f*ck can’t you show the car some love?”
In the midst of the surprised exclamations, the blue sports car that was almost overtaken made a sharp turn, accompanied by a loud noise, tilting over to block Ling Jianwei’s car in its track.
However, the speed of both cars was too fast, even after a violent collision, they could not stop.
A wheel flew off the gray sports car, and the glass on the left side of the blue sports car was shattered, but the two wrecked cars were still pushing against each other side by side, speeding up and rushing forward, until they finally crossed the finish line together.
With professional protection, both Xue Ziang and Ling Jianwei were not injured, but the cars were so badly damaged that they were still connected when they stopped. Xue Ziang got off from the passenger side.
Taking off his helmet and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xue Ziang looked at Ling Jianwei beside him, “You really haven’t raced?”
Ling Jianwei looked at him blankly but didn’t answer.
Xue Ziang raised his eyebrows. “If you haven’t raced before, this counts as your win.”
Ling Jianwei still didn’t say a word, but his icy gaze fell on the fast-approaching figure ahead.
Xue Ziang also looked forward and saw that Zhao Yu had already rushed towards him. He smiled and threw the helmet away, opened his arms triumphantly, waiting for her to plunge into his arms.
“Baby, is your boyfriend awesome right?”
But what greeted him first was a loud slap.
The scene was obviously extremely lively, but that “SLAP” was so distinct that everyone was shocked into silence.
After a long while, someone whispered, “Who is that woman? Dared to beat Xue Ziang?”
“Just because Master Xue said she was his girlfriend, she became so crazy?”
Everyone, including Xue Ziang’s friends, knew that Zhao Yu was finished this time.
Not only did she hit Xue Ziang, but she also did it in front of everyone. No one would stomach this kind of thing.
But Xue Ziang didn’t get angry. More precisely, he was so stunned, he hadn’t reacted yet.
He had never expected that one day he would be slapped in the face, nor did he expect the culprit would be Zhao Yu who was usually an obedient and even a little self-deprecating person, in front of him.
But at this moment, the well-behaved Zhao Yu was distressed to the max, her eyes red, face full of tears, and her entire body shaking. Particularly the hand that slapped him.
She asked hoarsely, “Do you know how dangerous that was just now? Is winning or losing so important? It’s so important that you’d risk your life like this? F*cking hell, or is it that you don’t care to live in the first place? Xue Ziang, you dumb*ss! You’re all f*cking dumb*sses!”
Fat tears fell drop after drop, and the end of the cursing took away all her strength. Not caring what kind of occasion it was. She collapsed on the track and wept loudly.
They have never witnessed the passing of a life, never experienced the despair of facing a cold corpse in the morgue, nor had they experienced the fear and regret while hovering between death’s door.
Of course, they wouldn’t understand how fragile and precious life was.
His face was still burning in pain, and the falling snow only caused it to sting even more, but Xue Ziang didn’t care about it. He just stared at the sorry figure of the woman crying in front of him, and the words she had just said echoed in his ears again and again.
After a long while, he suddenly smiled, and to everyone’s surprise, he stretched out to lift Zhao Yu up, and hold her in his arms.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m fine.”
Zhao Yu still cried wordlessly, shrinking in his arms and shook.
At this moment, she wished she was acting, at least that way, all fear and despair would be fake, and at least that way, she would not be trapped in the nightmare that happened three years ago again.
“It’s okay, don’t cry.” Xue Ziang gently patted her back and coaxed her, “I know I was wrong, I promise, I will never take risks anymore, okay?”
Ling Jianwei stood silently and looked at the two people hugging each other. Ages past, then, he uttered, “It’s my loss.”
1 Aventador (Ling Jianwei’s car) is a grey sports car from Lamborghini Xue Xiang’s is a blue Vanquish sports car by Aston Martin.
2 良禽择木而栖 Lit. A good bird chooses a tree and rest. I learned today that it’s from one of the four Chinese classics used to describe a guy who was choosing between two masters.
It’s My Loss (Long chapter)
The snow fell and heavier, but did not dampen the liveliness of the party in the slightest.
The battle between Ling Jianwei and Xue Ziang was originally just an ordinary challenge in this arena, but because of Ling Jianwei’s status as a “bookworm”, the enthusiasm of the crowd couldn’t be higher.
Whether the outcome was that Ling Jianwei had overestimated himself and got knocked down a peg or that the bookworm who didn’t know how to race overtook the king, it would be an exciting show indeed.
A valet drove over Ling Jianwei’s sports car. Only through Nian Feng’s explanation did Zhao Yu learn it was the famous Aventador; the price alone was almost twice that of Xue Ziang’s own fancy sports car. 1
Xue Ziang of course had cars more expensive than the one on hand, but he didn’t come here specifically to race and randomly drove a car out.
This kind of race was purely for personal entertainment. It did not have many rules like in professional car races. Even if they win was because of a significantly superior car, a win was a win, there is no taking into account fairness.
Zhao Yu didn’t understand the performance of these luxury cars, let alone racing, so she could only ask Nian Feng in a small voice, “You just said that Ziang’s car is not suitable for such rough play, doesn’t that mean he already lost?”
Nian Feng shrugged. “It depends on how the weight of the bookworm. Don’t worry, Xiao Xue is not a rookie.”
The track was covered by a thin layer of snow, but no one ordered for it to be cleaned up. They called this an excitement, and Nian Feng proudly said, “This thing, it’s a trivial matter. We’ve raced in worse circumstances before. Don’t worry. There are protective measures, it won’t be deadly.”
The owner of the manor; Dai Juncheng, was a professional racer and provided professional equipment. After putting on the racing suit and helmet, Xue Ziang raised his head towards Zhao Yu, signaling for her not to be worried.
Looking at the track below in a daze, listening to Nian Feng animatedly talking about the races they had run before, Zhao Yu had only one thought in his mind, these people, don’t they know to value their lives?
When the deafening roar came, the crowd of onlookers also instantly exploded in cheers. Nian Feng considerately acted as a narrator, explaining the ongoing situation to Zhao Yu.
But Zhao Yu really didn’t understand a lot of the technical terms and didn’t listen to what he said much. She only knew that from what she could make out, Xue Ziang was trailing behind since the start.
“Don’t worry, there is a hairpin curve in front. That nerd can’t run turns. Big Brother Xue is best at this.”
In the night light, Zhao Yu couldn’t see what the track was like in the distance. She peeked over the crowd several times and still couldn’t didn’t understand. Instead, her eyes accidentally made contact with Xu Chengyan on the other side.
Seeing her for two seconds, he suddenly raised his lips and smiled, and then walked straight over.
Knowing that he was looking for her, Zhao Yu pretended to want to move to find a better view, and slowly distanced herself from Xue Ziang’s group of friends.
Came to stand Xu Chengyan beside her, still smiling politely. “You can bring down even Master Xue, who doesn’t eat the grass beside his nest. It seems I underestimated Miss Zhao.”
His tone was normal, but in Zhao Yu’s ears, she still felt that these words were similar to “No wonder you haven’t come to me for so long. Turns out you don’t need me anymore now that you’re hooking up with Xue Ziang”.
Smiling at him, she slowly said, “People aim to go high, a good bird chooses for themselves the tree in which to roost. 2 It’s as Mr. Xu heard, Xue Ziang treats me as his girlfriend. Compared to being Mr. Xu’s plaything, the status is much higher. Even a fool would know how to choose.”
Xu Chengyan snorted. “Are you not afraid that I will tell Xue Ziang about you?”
“What about me?” Zhao Yu looked at him innocently, “The part where I took the initiative to seduce you, or… that I slept with you? It doesn’t matter, if you let Xue Ziang know that he has a competitor like Mr. Xu then in his eyes, my attraction may even go up a few steps.”
Xu Chengyan looked at her calmly with a smile and suddenly scoffed lightly.
If she really didn’t care, she wouldn’t deliberately stay away from Xue Ziang’s friends, let alone talk to him in such a soft voice.
Zhao Yu having captured Xue Ziang, would naturally be more afraid of being exposed by him than before.
But Zhao Yu also knew that the more calmly she showed “fear”, the less Xu Chengyan would talk to Xue Ziang.
As conceited as he was, he has always enjoyed the sense of accomplishment from seeing through everything. After discovering her lies and games, he would treat her like prey with no way to escape, watch her panic from above, and from time to time personally go out and play with it shamelessly.
Pretending to be seen by him with a guilty conscience, Zhao Yu said in an “uneasy” manner: “What do you want to do?”
Xu Chengyan looked at her innocently after noting her expression just now, and the corners of his lips raised lightly. “I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Zhao Yu clenched her fist and glared at him angrily, but after taking two deep breaths, she returned to his former calmness. “You do what you want.”
After speaking, she walked forward without looking back and soon reclaimed her position beside Nian Feng.
Not long after, two sports cars that had disappeared far from the sight of everyone gradually rushed to return on the track. Ling Jianwei was still in front, but Xue Ziang had already gained on him, the two cars were back to back, almost colliding.
Nian Feng said excitedly, “Xiao Xue is going to use the tailwind to overtake the car, and he will definitely win this game.”
As soon as the voice fell, Xue Ziang’s blue Vanquish quickly changed lanes, almost scraping against the dark gray Aventador in front of him, and quickly left Ling Jianwei behind.
Nian Feng was full of pride. “Look, no matter how good the car is, how can it mean sh*t if the driver can’t play? Skill is king.”
However, he couldn’t stay proud for long since Ling Jianwei suddenly closed in like magic. Not only was the roar of the engine deafening, but even the smooth track also exploded in a splash of ice and dust behind him.
“F*CK! What the fu*k! Motherf*cker…” Nian Feng was speechless for a while, “Does that bookworm want to f*cking die?”
Another person gasped in surprise, “He is ruining a perfectly good little Lambo, I can’t stand to watch anymore, f*ck can’t you show the car some love?”
In the midst of the surprised exclamations, the blue sports car that was almost overtaken made a sharp turn, accompanied by a loud noise, tilting over to block Ling Jianwei’s car in its track.
However, the speed of both cars was too fast, even after a violent collision, they could not stop.
A wheel flew off the gray sports car, and the glass on the left side of the blue sports car was shattered, but the two wrecked cars were still pushing against each other side by side, speeding up and rushing forward, until they finally crossed the finish line together.
With professional protection, both Xue Ziang and Ling Jianwei were not injured, but the cars were so badly damaged that they were still connected when they stopped. Xue Ziang got off from the passenger side.
Taking off his helmet and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xue Ziang looked at Ling Jianwei beside him, “You really haven’t raced?”
Ling Jianwei looked at him blankly but didn’t answer.
Xue Ziang raised his eyebrows. “If you haven’t raced before, this counts as your win.”
Ling Jianwei still didn’t say a word, but his icy gaze fell on the fast-approaching figure ahead.
Xue Ziang also looked forward and saw that Zhao Yu had already rushed towards him. He smiled and threw the helmet away, opened his arms triumphantly, waiting for her to plunge into his arms.
“Baby, is your boyfriend awesome right?”
But what greeted him first was a loud slap.
The scene was obviously extremely lively, but that “SLAP” was so distinct that everyone was shocked into silence.
After a long while, someone whispered, “Who is that woman? Dared to beat Xue Ziang?”
“Just because Master Xue said she was his girlfriend, she became so crazy?”
Everyone, including Xue Ziang’s friends, knew that Zhao Yu was finished this time.
Not only did she hit Xue Ziang, but she also did it in front of everyone. No one would stomach this kind of thing.
But Xue Ziang didn’t get angry. More precisely, he was so stunned, he hadn’t reacted yet.
He had never expected that one day he would be slapped in the face, nor did he expect the culprit would be Zhao Yu who was usually an obedient and even a little self-deprecating person, in front of him.
But at this moment, the well-behaved Zhao Yu was distressed to the max, her eyes red, face full of tears, and her entire body shaking. Particularly the hand that slapped him.
She asked hoarsely, “Do you know how dangerous that was just now? Is winning or losing so important? It’s so important that you’d risk your life like this? F*cking hell, or is it that you don’t care to live in the first place? Xue Ziang, you dumb*ss! You’re all f*cking dumb*sses!”
Fat tears fell drop after drop, and the end of the cursing took away all her strength. Not caring what kind of occasion it was. She collapsed on the track and wept loudly.
They have never witnessed the passing of a life, never experienced the despair of facing a cold corpse in the morgue, nor had they experienced the fear and regret while hovering between death’s door.
Of course, they wouldn’t understand how fragile and precious life was.
His face was still burning in pain, and the falling snow only caused it to sting even more, but Xue Ziang didn’t care about it. He just stared at the sorry figure of the woman crying in front of him, and the words she had just said echoed in his ears again and again.
After a long while, he suddenly smiled, and to everyone’s surprise, he stretched out to lift Zhao Yu up, and hold her in his arms.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m fine.”
Zhao Yu still cried wordlessly, shrinking in his arms and shook.
At this moment, she wished she was acting, at least that way, all fear and despair would be fake, and at least that way, she would not be trapped in the nightmare that happened three years ago again.
“It’s okay, don’t cry.” Xue Ziang gently patted her back and coaxed her, “I know I was wrong, I promise, I will never take risks anymore, okay?”
Ling Jianwei stood silently and looked at the two people hugging each other. Ages past, then, he uttered, “It’s my loss.”
1 Aventador (Ling Jianwei’s car) is a grey sports car from Lamborghini Xue Xiang’s is a blue Vanquish sports car by Aston Martin.
2 良禽择木而栖 Lit. A good bird chooses a tree and rest. I learned today that it’s from one of the four Chinese classics used to describe a guy who was choosing between two masters.
