（1）
The small town was mountainous.
So, many of the major roads were built winding around the mountains.
In recent years, as economic conditions gradually improved, many villages and towns began building mountain paths for the hills that blocked the way.
After all, sometimes crossing a mountain took only ten minutes, while going around it would take twenty.
Even if the mountain road had to spiral up in circles, it was often much faster than taking the national highway.
However, these roads were basically only used by locals.
Those who didn’t live nearby would choose the wider and safer national highway—after all, on the national highway, even if there were cars flying across the flat ground, one could at least move over to the slow lane.
Many mountain roads, though, had only much narrower two-lane paths.
If an oncoming vehicle was driving fast, it would become very dangerous.
But it was impossible to expect others to drive slowly.
Since locals were familiar with the routes, they would always drive at high speeds.
This group of people seemed to never consider what to do if they couldn’t react in time…
Mount Jiangxing.
The mountain road had just been completed in recent years.
One had to take the village road first to reach the foot of the mountain, and not long after crossing this mountain, one could reach An Jing’s apartment.
The distance wasn’t significantly shorter, but it avoided the congested downtown area—even though it was a small city, Sunday nights were still somewhat lively.
Yu Minghui skillfully shifted into third gear and drove leisurely into the village road.
Both sides of the village were pitch black.
There weren’t even streetlights here, so even if she just saw a suspicious shadow, she had to stay ready on the brakes—who knew if it was a local villager suddenly darting out.
An Jing rolled down the window, letting the night wind brush against her cheeks: “Ugh—it smells like a stench here.”
“Pig manure smell… either they just fertilized, or there’s a pig farm nearby.”
Yu Minghui used her right hand, which wasn’t on the gear shift, to fan the air, “Close it, An Jing, it smells terrible.”
“I wanted to feel the breeze.”
An Jing pouted and rolled the window back up.
The car’s high beams illuminated a blue road sign with the three large characters ‘Mount Jiangxing’ printed on it.
“Mountain road ahead, slow down, speed limit forty… Sister Huihui, how fast are you going now?”
“Sixty.”
“You’re speeding.”
“A little over is fine.”
Yu Minghui stepped on the gas a bit more, “It’s impossible to actually drive at forty, right? That would be too slow.”
The reflective strips on the mountain road guardrails reflected the light, but the darkness ahead was still deep enough to swallow someone whole.
“It feels like we’re going so fast.”
“It’s only fifty now.”
“Really? Maybe it’s because it’s so dark that I can’t see anything…”
As they were talking, the rearview mirror suddenly brightened, followed by a piercing screech of brakes.
A Toyota sedan almost rear-ended Yu Minghui’s white Fukang.
Not only did the other party not feel lingering fear, they actually honked their horn forcefully.
“Drive so slow, drive your damn car!!”
A man’s head poked out from the driver’s seat of the car behind.
He spat as he cursed loudly, interspersed with a few phrases of the local dialect.
“This person is sick.”
An Jing frowned, “Sister Huihui, let him pass first, this psycho.”
“No way!”
Yu Minghui lightly bit her lip, “I want to see if he can actually drive faster than me!”
“Ah?”
Before An Jing could react, the car engine began to roar with a ‘vroom vroom’, and then started accelerating up the mountain.
Yu Minghui’s right hand quickly shifted the car into fifth gear, as if trying to break through the endless darkness.
“Waaaaah—!! Sister Huihui!! Turn ahead, turn, turn!!!”
Yu Minghui grabbed the handbrake and lifted it slightly.
The entire car suddenly went sideways, the tires making a sharp screeching sound.
Although the windows were closed, An Jing seemed to smell the scent of rubber permeating the air.
Immediately afterward, Yu Minghui released the handbrake, stepped on the gas, and charged out.
The speed of that Toyota wasn’t slow either. He followed through the turn without Drifting and even had the leisure to honk twice from behind.
“Keep honking. In a moment, I’ll make sure you can’t even see my taillights!”
“Sister Huihui—!! Slow down, slow down!! Eighty!! A hundred!!”
From time to time, a sharp sound of friction came from Mount Jiangxing, followed by the roar of the gas pedal being floored.
As the speed got faster and faster, the Toyota sedan was gradually left several turns behind, and those piercing high beams had not appeared in the rearview mirror for a long time.
But Yu Minghui had no intention of stopping; she even maintained a sprint of nearly a hundred kilometers per hour, using Drifting to take the turns.
Several times, An Jing felt like they were about to crash into the guardrail next to them.
“There’s a right-angle turn ahead!! It’s over, it’s over!!!”
“Screeech—!!!”
***
(2)
“An Jing, An Jing? Wake up.”
“Ah…? Ah!!”
An Jing suddenly sat up straight, but was pulled back into the seat by her seatbelt.
She looked at the flashing colored lights outside the window and listened to the clamor coming from the small square.
For a moment, her expression was a bit dazed, “I… I’m not dead?”
“What do you mean, dead?”
“Didn’t you hit the guardrail and get into a car accident? We should have rolled down to the foot of the mountain by now, right?”
“How is that possible? I did a Drifting and passed it. How was it? My skills are pretty good, right?”
“I was scared to death.” An Jing tremblingly unbuckled her seatbelt. When she got out of the car, she didn’t stand steadily and fell directly into Yu Minghui’s arms. “Who drives that fast on a mountain road? Even my dad only drives at seventy on this kind of road…”
“I’m quite familiar with that road. I often take the shortcut back.”
“I’m going to tell Sister Fei! Sister Huihui, didn’t you promise to drive safely from now on!”
“I just slipped up…” Yu Minghui awkwardly twisted a strand of hair at her temple with her finger, “I promise there won’t be a next time, An Jing.”
“No way… I definitely have to tell Sister Fei. It’s life-threatening. Sister Jing even said that if I died, it would be a huge loss for humanity. Sister Huihui, you are escorting a National Treasure, how can you drive like that!”
The words National Treasure made Yu Minghui burst into laughter, but she quickly suppressed it. She put her hands together in a posture of sincere repentance: “I’ll buy An Jing a cake today, how about that?” “No, this isn’t something that can be bought off with a single cake, okay?”
“An Jing~” Yu Minghui smiled exceptionally kindly, “Do you really have to tell Feifei no matter what?”
“Eek!? Sister Huihui, your smile is terrifying!!”
“Next time we have a break, I’ll take you to the anime shop and buy you a toy you like, how about that?” “That’s called a Garage Kit…” “Exactly that~”
“Cough… Well… Then, then I’ll consider it.” Seeing Yu Minghui’s sweet smile, An Jing shivered with fright and hurriedly quit while she was ahead, “Then, then let’s leave it at that… I’ll keep the secret this time!”
“An Jing really is the best behaved.” Yu Minghui pinched An Jing’s little face, “Let’s go, let’s go upstairs. I still have to make a big meal for Feifei today.”
However, An Jing’s mind was already wandering. She was already thinking about which favorite character’s Garage Kit she should choose then—there were so many characters she liked, it felt like every single one was something she dreamed of having…
***
(3)
“Oh, you’re back quite fast. I thought there would be a traffic jam.” When they got home, Yu Mingfei had just finished her shower and came out of the bathroom. She wrapped her hair in a towel and rubbed it vigorously, “Wow—Huihui, how did you take such a big shrimp out of the bag?”
“Because of An Jing, we could bring back some fresh ingredients. Let’s call them local specialties. How about it? We’re having a seafood feast tonight.”
“With such big shrimp, a shrimp bowl would definitely be delicious!” “There are many ingredients today. We’ll just eat the dishes directly, no rice.”
“Ha—?” Yu Mingfei walked quickly to the bag on the table and was instantly stunned by the huge King Crab that was tied up.
“How the hell much did this King Crab cost?”
“Anyway, it was free for us.” An Jing poked the tied-up crab claw with her hand, “Sister Fei, let’s eat to our heart’s content today.”
“Sure, seafood with alcohol—just thinking about it is wonderful.” “Watch out for gout.” An Jing glanced at her sideways.
“Tch, I’m still very young! Why fear that? Definitely enjoy it first!” Yu Mingfei moved her gaze back from the seafood in the bag, “By the way, how is An Jing?”
“Nothing unusual with her body. She even had a full-body… was it care or physiotherapy? Anyway, she’s in excellent spirits now. Look at Sister Huihui, she did it too.”
“No wonder Huihui is glowing today, it makes me want to take a bite…”
“Sister Huihui—Sister Fei means your face is usually too pale!”
“Hey, you little brat, I didn’t say that!” Yu Mingfei gave An Jing a harsh flick on the forehead, “You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say whatever you want! My meaning is that Huihui is usually very beautiful, and after this treatment, she’s even more beautiful. Do you understand?”
“By the way, I heard massages can also help with weight loss. Does Sister Fei want to experience it next time?”
“Only one guardian can go. If I go, then Huihui won’t be able to go, right?” Yu Mingfei spread her hands, “I don’t know how to drive anyway, so forget about it.”
“Speaking of driving…”
“Hmm?”
“Oh, nothing!” An Jing swallowed the words that almost slipped out, “I’m going back to my room to play on the computer for a bit. Call me when the meal is ready!”
“Little brat.” Yu Mingfei grumbled behind her, “Playing games as soon as you get back. Did you finish your homework?”
“Finished it on Friday!”
“So fast this time?”
“I did it at Xiao Ying’s house!”
An Jing closed her door with a ‘thud’ and impatiently sat down in front of the computer.
After not being online for two days, she felt as if she was out of touch with the whole world.
The startup time, which usually felt fast, seemed exceptionally long right now. As soon as she entered the desktop, An Jing quickly logged into QQ, followed by a series of message notification sounds.
She clicked on the icon, and seven or eight windows popped up all at once, including a chat group that she didn’t know who had invited her to, where a massive amount of messages had already been exchanged.
An Jing immediately found Zhu Ying’s chat window and clattered away on the keyboard, sending her a message: [Xiao Ying, I’m back! The check-up showed no problems, they just said I’m a bit sub-healthy. By the way, I also ate some particularly delicious seafood! Giant sea shrimp and King Crab!!]
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