The Rise of the Peninsula

221 Chapter 0184 – Drag Racing
At this time, Qiu Xiumin put all her attention on observing the track, and nodded perfunctorily.

Seeing Qiu Xiumin's concentration, Park Shangyuan didn't disturb her, but walked up to a young man with yellow hair, politely handed him a cigarette and said, "Dude, what's the show tonight?"

The man glanced at the Zhonghua cigarette case in his hand, grinned, took it and put it on his ear, and said cheerfully, "Are you here with friends?"

"Yes, I'm not from the circle, I'm here to watch the excitement." After speaking, Pu Shangyuan took out a lighter from his pocket and pressed the flame, and brought it to the young man.The young man hastily removed the cigarette from his ear, pointed the cigarette holder at the flame, took a deep puff, and then patted the back of my hand lightly with his hand, indicating that the fire was already on.

I put away the lighter and waited for his reply.

The youth exhaled the smoke from his mouth and said to me: "Tonight all contestants will challenge the newly built 'Double S Death Curve' at this circuit. The circuit is named for two large S-shaped curves. When the car enters such a corner quickly, it will generate a very strong centrifugal force, so this corner requires the driver to have a high sense of control, otherwise he will definitely be thrown off the track. All the participants tonight are masters, Beginners like me, like you, just have to watch."

Pu Shangyuan raised his head and looked at the racing field that could not be seen at a glance, and finally his eyes fell on the expensive motorcycle beside him. He suddenly remembered what the young man said just now, and asked in surprise: " Just your outfit, or a beginner?"

The young man smiled slightly and said: "You can't judge the quality of the car when you play with it. You must know how to modify it. When every motorcycle leaves the factory, all parts are set within the safety factor, and it can't run at all. You can't expect such a car What a rush. So don't look at my car as a bluff, but it hasn't been modified yet."

"Who is the best modified car here?" I asked curiously.

"Of course it is Brother Liu. He is the leader of our drag racing party. He rented this racing venue, and he and his buddies run so many modified car shops in Liu's residence. Not only are there Our province is also very famous in the whole country. You don’t know, there are hundreds of QQ groups in our Liu Fu drag racing club, and there are tens of thousands of people.” The young man looked adoringly at Brother Liu who was preparing for the race in the distance. Said.

Park Shangyuan and the young man were chatting, seven motorcycles lined up in a straight line, and all the racers put on tight protective equipment, waiting for the sound of the starting gun in Brother Liu's hand.

Pu Shangyuan looked back at Qiu Xiumin who was standing beside him, and asked the young man curiously: "There are so many people here, why are there only a few people on the starting line?"

The man threw away the cigarette butt, stomped on it vigorously and said to me: "There are several groups at night. Four groups for men, 28 cars; three groups for women, [-] cars. The best score will be the champion."

"Oh, so that's the case." Pu Shangyuan suddenly realized and nodded.

"The road is just that wide, and if there are too many, you won't be able to run away." The young man said cheerfully.

Boom.With the sound of a starting gun, the seven motorcycles drove side by side and disappeared from my sight in an instant. Some troublemakers hurriedly rode their own motorcycles to follow along the periphery of the track.

An hour later, it was finally Qiu Xiumin's turn to play. At this time, she was carefully checking the safety device on the track. Seeing this, I trotted forward to help her check.

"Knee pads, wrist pads, elbow pads, safety harness." After making sure everything was safe, Qiu Xiumin gave me an "OK" gesture.After all this was done, I imitated Christians and drew the sign of the cross on my chest in front of her.

Qiu Xiumin stretched out her index finger, put it where the mouth of the helmet made a "shh" movement.I consciously stepped aside.

Boom.With the sound of the starting gun, Qiu Xiumin quickly blasted the accelerator and drove towards the distance.

"Come on." Park Shangyuan yelled at the tail lights that Qiu Xiumin had long lost sight of.

"Your girlfriend?" The young man standing beside me said with a smirk.

Pu Shangyuan shook his head and did not speak.

In the end, Qiu Xiumin won the runner-up with the No.2 result in the women's group. This result really shocked me, after all, all the experts here are from the whole province.But I thought about it again, it's probably rare to find a woman like her in the whole province, and I immediately felt relieved when I thought of this.

Just when Pu Shangyuan thought the game was about to end, Brother Liu, the "cockscomb head", stood in the center of the field and shouted to the crowd: "Today, Xiaoqian brought a friend from outside the circle. If Xiaoqian's friend can come to us, It shows that he has a certain recognition of our road racing. Since he is Xiaoqian's friend, he is also my Daliu's friend. The friend came from afar, so we must entertain him. It is still early, and I have a proposal, and today I will Go out in person and bring Xiaoqian's friends to experience the charm of racing. I think he will definitely not refuse."

After Brother Liu finished speaking, he cast his eyes on Pu Shangyuan.A few seconds later, all the people present looked at me, and the whole arena was full of booing and shouting.No matter how thick-skinned I am, I can't withstand such pressure.

"X, play dirty!" Park Shangyuan secretly cursed at this "cockscomb head" in his heart.

"I *, Brother Liu will take you personally, he will take you personally!" The young man standing beside me said excitedly, shaking my arm.

Pu Shangyuan smiled wryly, shook off the young man's hands, and walked towards Brother Liu's black Harley.

"Cockscomb Head" grinningly straddled his legs on the Harley motorcycle. He didn't wear a hard hat, but stuck the earphones around his neck on his head.

"Do you want to wear safety clothing for you?" He tilted his head and said to Park Shangyuan.

At this moment, Qiu Xiumin ran up to me and said eagerly, "Get out of the car and put on your safety suit."

Pu Shangyuan ignored Qiu Xiumin, but looked up and down at the "cockscomb head" who didn't have any safety equipment, and said stubbornly: "No need."

"Park Shangyuan, now is not the time for you to show off, you put it on for me!" Qiu Xiumin's tone was commanding.

I turned my head and yelled to "Cockscomb Head", "Hurry up, I'm still in a hurry to go home."

"Then you have to catch it!"

After speaking, "Cockscomb Head" turned the car key and twisted the handle of a motorcycle vigorously. After a second, I could no longer hear any sound in my ears.I was sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle, like a marionette, swinging back and forth as the motorcycle changed direction.

After an unknown amount of time, he slammed on the brakes, and my head hit him hard on the back.

"Wow!" I sat on the motorcycle and spit out a mouthful of dirt on the ground.

He may feel that today is a bit too much, and he didn't care how dirty the things I vomited out, he hugged me off the motorcycle and helped me to the side of the road.

"Man, I'm sorry, I'm a little bit over today." He sincerely apologized to me.

Hearing what he said, I, who was still full of resentment, turned around and forgave him.A man who dares to act is a real man.

Looking at the filth I spit on him, I waved my hands weakly, and said to him: "I'm fine, but Brother Liu, you have to think about it yourself."

Brother Liu stared at me curiously, as if he didn't understand what I meant, and asked, "Why do you think I want to get rid of it?"

"I'm talking about your knot! A woman." Park Shangyuan put his hands on the ground, feeling a little better, and said to him.

"How did you know about me? The two of us don't seem to know each other." Brother Liu said with some vigilance.

Park Shangyuan smiled and said to him: "I can tell fortunes, do you want to listen?"

Brother Liu took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed me one, lit it for me, and said, "Okay, then I'll be all ears."

I took a deep breath to relieve the discomfort in my stomach, and then said: "You have a ring around your neck, and an English name is engraved on the ring. If I guess correctly, it should be the name of the girl you like .”

Brother Liu heard this, looked down at his neck, and then slowly took off the ring hanging around his neck. With the headlight of the motorcycle, I found him touching the string of English on the ring back and forth, bowing his head. Silent.

Seeing his lonely expression, Park Sang-won confirmed my thoughts even more, and then said: "I just observed from the starting position with the light, this should be a platinum ring, and generally this kind of ring is most suitable for marriage proposals. Obviously you It was not sent out. If what the ring told me was the beginning, then what your earphones told me is the content."

"Earphones?" Brother Liu curiously took off the earphones around his neck and put them in his hands, "I bought these earphones myself, not from her!"

"I didn't talk about the headset itself, but the content of the headset." I got up and took the headset from his hand, pointing to the Chinese characters scrolling back and forth on the LED screen and said:
"Black Panther's "No Place to Face", the most classic track in the 90s. I noticed from the first time I saw you that you have been playing this song in an infinite loop, and your expression is very fascinated when listening to this song, which shows that you are here There is a deep feeling in the song, this kind of feeling can only be love, otherwise it won't make you so obsessed."

Under the quiet night, bursts of music came from the earphones:
"Among the crowds, there are you and me. We meet and get acquainted and ponder each other. In the crowds, it's you and me, pretending to be decent and smiling..."

Brother Liu didn't speak, just sighed and looked into the distance.

I turned off the earphone, returned it to Brother Liu, and said:
""A Place of Shame" is a song written by the author for a girl back then. Some people regard it as a rock and roll song, while others regard it as a love song. The lead singer of the Black Panther band sang a variety of charms with a vicissitudes of life. This charm The feelings aroused in everyone's heart are different, but I can feel from you that you regard this song as a love song.

"You and this girl met in a sea of ​​people and walked happily together. When you worked up the courage to propose to her, she left you in the sea of ​​people. You didn't throw away the ring, but It hangs close to your body, which shows that you are eager to meet her in the crowd one day."

Brother Liu trembled involuntarily when he heard what I said.He exhaled a puff of smoke and said to the distance: "We met and knew each other in a bar. From the first time I saw her, I was attracted by her. Our time together was very short. When I mustered up the courage When I proposed to her, she failed to accept me because she only regarded me as an older brother. After that meeting, she left me, and there is no news from me until now. I have used many methods I went to find her whereabouts, but unfortunately all I got was news that disappointed me. You are right, I hope to meet her one day, even if I stand at a distance and look at her quietly."

Brother Liu looked at the bright moon in the sky obsessively, and fell into fond memories.

Standing beside him, Park Sang-won held up a cigarette that exudes green smoke and said: "Many people are obsessed with this spicy nicotine taste, not because it can make people addicted, but because it can relieve the loneliness in people's hearts. Many people don't want to quit smoking, not because they don't have perseverance, but because they don't want to forget the feeling when they lighted a cigarette for the first time. Brother Liu, I really don't think you need to do this. Sometimes letting go is also the performance of a real man. "

After finishing speaking, Park Shangyuan snuffed out the cigarette and patted him on the shoulder.

Maybe some people can't help asking, why does Park Sang-won, who is a bachelor, realize so many truths in life?In fact, this is all thanks to my mother’s students. If they didn’t like to peek at novels like chicken soup for the soul in class, I wouldn’t have developed the habit of picking at my mother’s bookcase as soon as I arrived at her school since I was a child.

Being tormented by Qiu Xiumin, Pu Shangyuan didn't rush home until 12 o'clock in the evening.When I tiptoed open the door, I "attributed" all of this to Qiu Xiumin.Early the next morning, I sat in my office with dark circles under my eyes.

"Where did Brother Liu take you by bike yesterday?" Qiu Xiumin sat opposite Pu Shangyuan and asked curiously.

"It's time to get involved!" Park Sang-won squinted his dark circles and threw his backpack on the bench, replying angrily.

"Forget it, it's boring!" Qiu Xiumin pursed her lips, and sat back on her seat.I rubbed my eyes, then opened Taobao.I look at the clothes I bought yesterday on the computer screen, and I am still very satisfied with my vision.Looking at these beautiful clothes, I felt a burst of joy in my heart.

When I was immersed in my shopping fantasy, Qiu Xiumin started gossip beside me again. "How did you strike up a conversation with him?"

"What is strike up? Don't you know the word strike up?"

"That can't be done in this way!" Qiu Xiumin said, took out a box of chocolates from under my table, handed it to me, and said:

"I saw that you didn't eat anything this morning, and I remembered that you have lost a lot of weight recently, so I specially brought you a piece of chocolate, you have a taste."

"Thank you!" I picked up the chocolate, unwrapped it, and put it in my mouth. The sweet taste filled the whole mouth.

(End of this chapter)