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Chapter 111: Give it a try and don’t worry too much

Sun Shengjie's roar attracted more people's attention.

One is the fastest driver in the small circle, and the other is a really rich guy who switched from the frog king to the Mavericks. There is also a pursuit relationship between the two, so going to that station will naturally attract a lot of attention.

Realizing his own loss of composure, Sun Shengjie glanced at the others a few times, not taking it to heart. He calmed himself down a bit and lowered his voice to state the facts and reason: "Shuyan, let's stop making trouble, okay? How long are you going to keep acting like a child?
I've been playing with you for almost a year, buying cars, going to the track, practicing skills, and doing whatever you say. The old man is already very dissatisfied with me.

You can continue to play with cars if you want, but you can't torture me like this. Doesn't my doing this prove my love for you?"

"Am I the one making trouble? It's you who's been making trouble all the time, okay?"

Sun Shengjie's so-called reasoning seemed like pure sophistry to Chen Shuyan, and her already cold expression became even colder as she said, "Did I ask you to chase me?
When you first started pursuing me, I made it very clear that I had no feelings for you, I didn't like you, and I advised you not to pursue me, but it was you who insisted on pursuing me.

In my opinion, what you have done is not enough to prove how much you like me. The goals I set for you are not unattainable, and you know it very well.

But you just don't want to allocate more energy to love between work and love. You don't like me that much at all. All you think about is the family business.

You have always wanted to marry a beautiful woman without affecting your life rhythm as much as possible, and have the best of both worlds: career and love. Of course you have the right to think so, your family is so rich.

But the problem is that I don't like you.

You can't expect a girl who doesn't like you to agree to your pursuit without giving anything in return. Your so-called efforts and sacrifices are totally inadequate in my opinion.

You don’t even want to practice driving for a while longer.”

Chen Shuyan said a lot in one breath, hoping to make Sun Shengjie give up. Maybe other girls like the feeling of being pursued by such a rich young man, but Chen Shuyan doesn't like it.

Sun Shengjie held his forehead with one hand, his lips trembling slightly, and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself. As an adult in his thirties with a successful career and normal IQ, he knew that what Chen Shuyan said was right.

"As long as I can achieve the lap time you mentioned and prove that I like you enough, will you be willing to be my girlfriend?" After pondering for a long time, Sun Shengjie made up his mind and asked slowly.

Chen Shuyan's heart skipped a beat. No way, could it be that Sun Shengjie has really made up his mind to practice driving?
When the time came, Chen Shuyan couldn't help but hesitate again. This was normal. Few people could stick to one idea. Repeated weighing and struggling was the norm.

Although she had said long ago that she would agree to his pursuit as long as Sun Shengjie could prove his love for her, Chen Shuyan began to regret it at this moment. She really didn't like Sun Shengjie.

What if Sun Shengjie really works hard to practice driving and achieve the lap time she requires? Can she really agree to Sun Shengjie's pursuit?
"Let me think about it carefully..." Chen Shuyan lowered his head, thinking in a tangled manner.

While the two were talking, the cars on the track had finished their cooling laps one after another and returned to the open space in front of the maintenance area.

The moment he parked the car, Bai Chou couldn't wait to push open the door, take off his helmet and gloves, shake his hair that was completely wet with sweat, and breathe in big gulps of fresh air.

Cool!
The temperature today is close to 30 degrees. In order not to lose power, he did not turn on the air conditioner the whole time while driving. The amount of sweat he produced was comparable to that of a sauna.

"Here's some water for you."

The other drivers who were resting in the maintenance area came over in droves, chatting, asking about lap times, and how the race was going.

Li Xue rushed to Bai Chou ahead of everyone else and handed him a bottle of electrolyte water with a smile.

"Thank you."

Bai Chou wiped the sweat off his forehead, unscrewed the bottle cap, rinsed his mouth first, spit out the mucus in his mouth, then gulped down most of the bottle, and finally asked for a bottle of mineral water to pour on his body for water cooling.

Li Zhongjiu, who got off the car with Bai Chou, took out his mobile phone and found the lap timer in the mini program, just like Jin Shijie in "Silver Empire", and proudly showed off to other people in the small circle.

"Fuck, guys, do you know how awesome this little bro of mine is? His warm-up lap was even more aggressive than my flying lap, and he clocked 13 seconds on his first official lap, which is pretty much the same as Saint-Jack's Frog King's lap time.

Then each lap was faster than the last, with the fastest lap even reaching 1 minute 12 seconds, which was inhumanly fast. The car was driving so fast that it felt like it would lose control and fly off the track at any moment..."

Li Zhongjiu boasted with great enthusiasm about how awesome his cousin's friend was, describing him as a reincarnated Senna, a Jinling Schumacher, and a triple Alonso. Han Han was only fit to kneel down and sing "Conquer," and even Ma Qinghua had to look up to him...

All kinds of exaggerated adjectives were thrown at Bai Chou's head.

Everyone gasped as they watched Li Zhongjiu's outrageous lap times, saying it was impossible and making an outstanding contribution to global warming.

But lap times don't lie. Being able to use a purely original M4 to achieve a lap time faster than the Frog King only proves that Bai Chou is really awesome.

"What on earth do you do, little brother? Are you some talented young athlete for a professional racing team?"

This lap time is really outrageous, even a professional driver may not be able to achieve it.

Li Zhongjiu put his arm around Bai Chou's neck and introduced him enthusiastically: "My brother used to drive karting and open-wheel formula for a long time. You know formula, right?

It’s no exaggeration to call him a professional driver.”

Everyone suddenly understood. No wonder. It turned out that he had driven a Formula One car before. Conservatively speaking, his driving skills would not be much worse than the top professional drivers in the country.

"Brother, from now on you will be the real power in our circle."

Li Zhongjiu asked excitedly, "Jinling Racing God, Reincarnation of Senna, or Wanchi Schumacher, which nickname do you think sounds better?"

"I think Jinling Leclerc is better." Bai Chou also joked with a smile, buddy is really Leclerc, both in driving skills and appearance.

They are all car enthusiasts, and everyone has heard of Leclerc. They know that Leclerc is a talented young driver of Ferrari who just entered F1 this year. The most important thing is that Leclerc has the most handsome appearance in the paddock.

Li Zhongjiu glanced at Bai Chou for a few times and nodded slightly: "Jinling Leclerc is indeed worthy of the name."

Li Xue also enthusiastically offered a suggestion: "I think Jinling Lin Zhiying is more suitable."

What is Leclerc? I've never heard of him. How can he compare to Jimmy Lin? He's a Ferrari driver, super awesome, handsome, and a great singer!

The moment Li Xue mentioned the name Jimmy Lin, everyone's expressions, including Bai Chou and Li Zhongjiu, froze instantly. Their faces looked uglier than if they had eaten shit. The bustling parking lot suddenly fell silent.

Li Xue was completely confused. What happened? Why are you all silent?
"Cough cough..."

Instead of correcting Li Xue directly, Li Zhongjiu, who had a good emotional intelligence, coughed twice and forcibly changed the subject: "Brother, you are such a good driver, you must know how to modify a car. How can I modify my car better?"

A good driver must know how to modify a car. Even if he doesn't know any modification parts, he can still detect the car's defects and shortcomings while driving, and then make more effective suggestions.

The other two young men who were also driving BMW M4s looked at Bai Chou together. This was a modification suggestion from a professional driver and was very valuable for reference.

“What’s the best way to change it?”

Bai Chou thought for a moment and came up with the best modification plan for the BMW M4: "Don't modify anything. Sell the car and use the modification budget to buy a 911."

Modifying the brakes, shock absorbers, and engine head are all empty talk. The best modification plan for an M4 is always to spend more money and get a 911.

“A very perfect modification plan.”

"Yes, this is the most reasonable M4 modification plan I have ever heard of."

Several Bimmers gave thumbs up sincerely. As a professional driver, the modification suggestions they put forward were insightful and insightful.

After discussing the modification plan, everyone gathered around Li Zhongjiu's car, examining the brakes and tires. These tires were Li Zhongjiu's new PS4S, and they should have lasted several track days. However, Bai Chou reduced them to 30% in just one session, practically rendering them useless.

In addition, the brake pads were also worn off a lot.

Just counting the wear and tear of tires and brake discs, Li Zhongjiu lost at least more than 10,000 yuan in that section.

Bai Chou, who had gotten a session of track time for free, wanted to pay Li Zhongjiu for the wear and tear of the brake discs and tires, but Li Zhongjiu refused. "Are you kidding me? How can I accept this money from you in front of my cousin? Do I care about my reputation?"
Li Zhongjiu refused to accept him, so Bai Chou had to give up and said, "I have booked the racetrack for the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Brothers, whoever is free can come." They also agreed that Li Zhongjiu would drive the GT3RS for a race the day after tomorrow.

Halfway through the conversation, Li Xue, who couldn't fit in the topic at all, simply squatted in front of the wheel hub out of boredom. For some reason, she wanted to reach out and touch the wheel hub.

Fortunately, Bai Chou was quick-witted and grabbed Li Xue by the back of the collar and pulled her down to squat. Even so, everyone was still frightened.

"You guys chat about your own things, why are you pulling me?" Li Xue widened her eyes, rubbed her butt and glared at Bai Chou, "Do you have a grudge against my butt?"

Bai Chou said nothing and poured the little mineral water left in his hand on the wheel hub. Steam instantly rose from the wheel hub, and the water was completely evaporated by the wheel hub which was over 100 degrees hot.

Li Xue swallowed her saliva and immediately changed her expression. She hugged Bai Chou's arm and acted coquettishly, saying, "I knew you were the best to me..."

Li Zhongjiu looked at his cousin who was acting coquettishly towards Baichou, and was hesitant to speak. Wasn't he said to be his roommate's boyfriend... Alas, who can tell clearly about matters of the heart? It's better not to get involved.

Everyone was talking and laughing. On the other side, Chen Shuyan's attention was also completely attracted by Bai Chou. Looking at Bai Chou, who was soaked with sweat and mineral water in the crowd and talking and laughing with everyone, she was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Damn it!
Sun Shengjie just took a look at Bai Chou and observed Chen Shuyan's expression a few times, and he knew that something was wrong: this time the wolf was really coming.

He actually always knew what type of boys Chen Shuyan liked.

First of all, he has to be handsome, or at least have regular features and a handsome appearance. Everyone has a normal aesthetic taste, and no one would really like to date an ugly person.

Not to mention Jack Ma, between Jack Ma and Chen Ou, most women would choose Chen Ou.

Sun Shengjie's appearance can only be considered ordinary, and he is completely overshadowed by Bai Chou.

Then there is the fact that they are of similar age. In this respect, the two are equally matched. Sun Shengjie is four or five years older than Chen Shuyan, and Chen Shuyan is slightly older than Bai Chou.

Finally, you need to have qualities that can impress Chen Shuyan, such as having similar interests and a common language with her.

Bai Chou triumphed in this regard, able to drive a stock M4 faster than Frog King. This driving skill must be at least as high as a three or four-story building. Achieving this kind of driving skill requires considerable effort and sweat.

You have money and a family, but you still work hard to practice driving. What else can this be but passion?
As for family and wealth, that’s not important: Chen Shuyan’s hobby is playing with cars. A person who likes to play with cars on the racetrack and has become famous for it cannot be poor.

Taking all factors into consideration, Bai Chou perfectly meets Chen Shuyan's standards for choosing a partner, while Sun Shengjie does not meet any of the requirements.

Will Chen Shuyan fall in love with Bai Chou at first sight?

Sun Shengjie didn't know, he only knew that he fell in love with Chen Shuyan at first sight.

Anyone can become vicious once they've experienced jealousy. Sun Shengjie gritted his teeth and stared viciously at Bai Chou in the crowd.

He is not the kind of villain in novels who would jump out for no reason and be slapped in the face by the protagonist's pretense. He will not be jealous of others just because others have stolen his limelight.

He is not such a superficial person.

In fact, when Bai Chou drove the GT3RS into the parking lot, Sun Shengjie's attitude was completely indifferent, and he even thought about contacting Bai Chou.

Being able to drive a GT3RS, his family must be quite wealthy. Developing this requires connections, and he knows the importance of connections very well.

But now Sun Shengjie no longer wants to be friends with Bai Chou. He has experienced what jealousy is. He is jealous of Bai Chou, who meets Chen Shuyan's standards for a partner in every aspect.

A wealthy family, strong financial resources, good looks, tall stature, young, and good driving skills...

He didn't think he was worse than Bai Chou, he was just jealous that Bai Chou was more in line with Chen Shuyan's view on choosing a partner than he was.

Theoretically, Bai Chou, who perfectly meets Chen Shuyan's mate selection criteria, appears at this time, which will cause great trouble to Sun Shengjie's pursuit plan. For some people, just the existence is a mistake.

Sure enough, the situation that Sun Shengjie least expected to see happened.

Chen Shuyan stared at Bai Chou for a long time, then finally retracted his gaze, shook his head, and apologized to Sun Shengjie: "I've thought about it carefully, and we are really not suitable. I will compensate you for the money you spent on driving practice..."

This is a clear rejection, there is no possibility.

"Are you trying to chase that guy?!"

Sun Shengjie's eyes were red and his lips were trembling slightly. He lowered his voice and roared, "He has a girlfriend. Look at him and Zhong Jiu's cousin. And you are at least four or five years older than him..."

"Aren't you four or five years older than me?"

Chen Shuyan subconsciously retorted, then noticed Sun Shengjie's distorted expression and shook his head, saying, "It has nothing to do with him. I just don't want to drag this on any longer..."

Sun Shengjie's eyes were bloodshot.

Although Chen Shuyan said that it had nothing to do with Bai Chou, both of them knew that Bai Chou's role in Chen Shuyan's sudden and clear rejection of Sun Shengjie was immeasurable.

It is highly likely that Chen Shuyan did not fall in love with Bai Chou at first sight, but she was definitely influenced by Bai Chou. This is another question of how to choose between the person I love and the person who loves me.

Before actually meeting someone who at least seems to be extremely compatible with their views on choosing a partner and whom they truly like, many people don't care about either of them, at least that's the case with Chen Shuyan.

It's not easy to meet someone you absolutely like in every aspect. That's too difficult. Such people and things may only exist in novels.

Instead of pursuing someone hard, it is better to settle for the second best and choose someone who you think is okay but definitely likes you. This is also the mentality of many people when they go on blind dates.

This is what Chen Shuyan had thought before, and she gave Sun Shengjie a chance to prove that he liked her enough.

But today, a person who perfectly matches Chen Shuyan's view on choosing a partner suddenly appeared in front of her. The "one hundred percent" that theoretically only existed in novels came true.

Although he is younger, although he seems to have a girlfriend, and although there are many obstacles between him and Chen Shuyan, he does meet Chen Shuyan's standards for choosing a partner.

Chen Shuyan may not choose Bai Chou, but Sun Shengjie will definitely be eliminated: If a Bai Chou appears today, will there be a Bai Xiao or Heichou tomorrow?
Let’s wait a little longer.

It is difficult for people who have seen hope to choose to settle.

How to do?
Sun Shengjie's brain was working rapidly. He had to do something to save his love which was about to die completely.

Just give it a try and don't worry too much. This is what a man should have.

Soon, Sun Shengjie made a decision. He gritted his teeth, stared at Bai Chou in the crowd, and asked in a low voice: "What if I am faster than him? Will you agree to my pursuit?"

[ps: Chen Shuyan’s mate selection template is Zhou Guanyu]

(End of this chapter)