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Chapter 139 Assessment Standards, My Passenger Seat is for You

Shen Qingci finished speaking the last word.

The courtyard remained quiet for a long time.

Sparks from the bottom of the charcoal stove rolled into the ash.

The grape leaves rustled in the night breeze.

The trickle of water in the sink was still washing over the porcelain plate, and the water overflowed along the edge of the plate, dripping onto the blue bricks one after another.

Chen Lang lowered his head.

He suddenly chuckled.

Su Niannian was still clutching her wet apron.

Upon hearing this noise, his eyebrows immediately shot up.

"You're still laughing?"

Chen Lang ignored her.

He walked around the square table and stepped up to Shen Qingci.

Shen Qingci stood still.

The phone was held in my palm, and the message "Co-pilot application locked" was still lit up on the screen.

His chest heaved violently.

His fingertips gripped the edge of the phone tightly, without taking a single step back.

Chen Lang stopped in front of her.

He raised his hand and flicked her forehead.

Snapped.

Shen Qingci covered her forehead.

She looked up at Chen Lang, her lips pressed together until they were white.

Chen Lang looked at her for two seconds.

"The passenger seat is for you."

Shen Qingci's hand froze on her forehead.

Su Niannian abruptly loosened her apron.

Bai Weiwei leaned against the kitchen door frame, her tense shoulders relaxing as she did so.

Gu Qingshang's hand, which was holding the zipper of the waterproof bag, also moved, and he closed the last half of the zipper completely.

Ye Xingyu lowered her head, her tears falling into the tea in her cup.

Shen Qingci looked at Chen Lang.

"You agreed?"

"I promise you I'll fight for this position."

Chen Lang raised his hand and tapped her phone screen with his knuckles.

Don't be too happy yet.

"You can't just sit in the passenger seat anywhere."

"I know."

"You'd better know."

Chen Lang turned around and leaned against the edge of the table.

Arms crossed over the chest.

"Let me ask you something first."

"Um."

"Who do you think you are?"

Chen Lang gestured with his chin toward the computer on the table.

"Who provided the platform and lawyers with the account chains, posting times, and reposting paths for Xingyao's paid online trolls to stir up controversy?"

"Who was it that sent people to gather information about Xiao Yunlong's tactics, and who separately backed up the chat logs, web archives, and original video recordings, and even added a checksum to each file?"

"The settlement zone at Bend 6, the blind spot in the monitoring at Bend 9, the changes in drainage after the rainstorm—who painstakingly sifted through hundreds of documents page by page to uncover these details?"

Shen Qingci opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

"On the day of the high-speed test, after I finished my fourth lap, Paul and Zhou Mingyuan were both around the telemetry screen. Who was the first to notice that the passenger seat had shifted by seventeen millimeters?"

Chen Lang looked at her.

"You really think you're just sitting at the table waiting to be protected?"

The courtyard lamplight fell on Shen Qingci's face.

She slowly loosened her grip on the phone.

Two red marks were left on my palm from the pressure of the phone case.

Chen Lang raised his hand and pointed to the winding map spread out on the table.

"Gu Qingshang is in charge of the contracts and rules, Niannian is in charge of keeping an eye on the people and the food, Weiwei is in charge of guarding the yard, and Xingyu is digging up Xingyao's dirty debts that have been hidden for several years."

"You've gathered all the loose threads together."

"Without you, we wouldn't even know which bend to watch out for."

He paused for a moment.

"Shen Qingci, you never hid under the table."

"You've been on the table the whole time."

Su Niannian rubbed her eyes hard with the back of her hand.

He turned his head and glared at the porcelain plate in the sink.

"Did you hear me?"

She sniffed, but her voice remained loud.

"Those spreadsheets on your computer, I get sleepy after looking at just three lines."

"Red indicates risk, blue indicates evidence, and yellow indicates materials to be supplemented. Now I have to follow your method when looking for contracts."

Bai Weiwei draped the rag she was holding back over the doorknob.

"The legal team is already using your evidence library."

Gu Qingshang took over the conversation.

"To be precise, they don't just use it."

"Xu Heng informed me this afternoon that your filing rules will be used as the unified standard for the entire case team."

She looked at Shen Qingci.

"This is a professional skill, not a compliment given to you because someone is taking care of you."

Ye Xingyu walked over and took Shen Qingci's cold hand.

"The reason I dared to hang up on Ah Biao tonight is because you highlighted the important points for me beforehand."

"You wrote down everything on paper: which words you must say, which words you should leave to the lawyer, and which words you should say that they could use against you."

Ye Xingyu's hand tightened little by little.

"They used to cramm me into the passenger seat, and I didn't even dare to ask when I could get out of the car."

"You are different."

"You chose to sit down now."

Shen Qingci lowered her head.

A tear fell onto the back of their clasped hands.

She didn't wipe it.

She looked up at Chen Lang again.

"So, you're not going to kick me off the bus?"

"I won't make the decision for you."

Chen Lang reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her forward half a step.

The two were now less than a fist's width apart.

Shen Qingci could smell the residual engine oil on his clothes, as well as the smoky aroma of the stewed chicken in the iron pot.

Chen Lang bent down.

"But I will eliminate unqualified co-pilots."

"Tomorrow morning, we will conduct equipment fitting, impact testing, seat scanning, five-point seat belt locking, HANS wearing, vehicle communication, code reporting procedures, fire extinguishing, and emergency evacuation. We cannot skip any of these steps."

"The dynamic load test on the rain-fed land must also be passed."

If you fail any of these requirements, you are out of the game.

Shen Qingci did not hesitate.

"Can."

"besides."

"you say."

"Once you're on the track, you only receive one instruction."

Chen Lang stared into her eyes.

"If I say bow your head, you bow your head."

"If I say close your eyes, then you close your eyes."

"I said unlock and evacuate, you can't ask me what to do, and you definitely can't come back to me."

Shen Qingci's fingers tightened slightly.

"What if you were still in the car?"

"This is the assessment content."

Chen Lang did not avoid this question.

"The primary responsibility of the co-pilot is to accurately communicate road conditions and protect himself."

"Only if you leave the wrecked vehicle alive can the rescue team proceed with the driver's case according to procedure."

"If you stay inside with me, it's not called being side by side; it's called adding a second wounded person to the rescue effort."

Shen Qingci remained silent for a few seconds.

"I obey safety instructions."

"very good."

"But the training standards must be made public."

Chen Lang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Shen Qingci withdrew her hand and opened the memo app on her phone.

"List out every pass/fail standard, test method, and responsible personnel tonight."

"You can eliminate me because my data doesn't meet the standards."

"You can't just add a standard that only I can't pass because you're worried, and you certainly can't withdraw my application."

The people in the courtyard all looked at Chen Lang at the same time.

Su Niannian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded emphatically.

"Yes, that's what we're guarding against—people like you who change their minds at the last minute."

Chen Lang glanced at Shen Qingci for two seconds.

A smile slowly crept onto his lips.

"Are they going to block my back door now?"

"I learned it from you."

"OK."

Chen Lang reached out his hand to her.

"Standards are made public, third parties are responsible for execution, and raw data is archived on-site."

"If you meet the requirements, get on the bus."

Shen Qingci took his hand.

"make a deal."

Chen Lang didn't immediately let go.

His palms were very warm.

He pressed his fingertips against the back of Shen Qingci's hand and gently rubbed it.

"But the passenger seat is very exciting."

He leaned down close to her ear.

"Don't come crying to me begging me to slow down later."

The heat swept across my ear.

Shen Qingci's ears turned red, but she did not flinch.

She raised her chin.

"It's not certain who will beg for mercy."

Chen Lang raised an eyebrow.

"Good, that's got guts."

"I can't eat this!"

Su Niannian hugged her arms and shouted at the top of her lungs.

"We were just talking about life and death, and now we're talking about love in the passenger seat."

"Can't you two consider the occasion?"

Bai Weiwei turned her face away, but still couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Gu Qingshang picked up his phone, his lips relaxing slightly.

Ye Xingyu's eyes were still red, but a smile had already appeared on her face.

Chen Lang turned to look at Su Niannian.

"You ate three chicken drumsticks, how could you not finish this little bit of dog food?"

"Chen Lang!"

Su Niannian grabbed the soup spoon on the table, ready to smash it.

Chen Lang dodged to the side.

"Don't get angry, we need to take ID photos for equipment inspection tomorrow."

"I'll take your funeral photo!"

"This is a high-level game, don't feed your teammates right from the start."

"You still dare to talk back!"

Su Niannian took two steps after him, holding a soup spoon.

Bai Weiwei hugged him from behind around the waist.

"Save your energy."

Bai Weiwei suppressed a laugh.

"I still need to prepare training meals for them tomorrow."

Su Niannian then put down her soup spoon and gave Chen Lang a cold smile.

"Okay, double the chili."

"Using public office to settle personal scores."

"Kitchen rules."

The laughter dispelled the cold wind that was blowing in from outside the courtyard.

Chen Lang did not continue to cause trouble.

He turned to Gu Qingshang, his expression turning serious again.

"Tonight, we'll get her a set of professional gear that fits her size."

Gu Qingshang had already opened the memo.

"Racing suits, helmets, HANS neck protectors, racing shoes, flame-retardant gloves—all up to the highest racing standards?"

"The helmet must be a high-level impact-resistant model, and it must be tested on-site."

Chen Lang speaks very quickly.

"The passenger seat needs to be re-scanned with 3D scanning."

"The five-point harness was recalibrated based on her shoulder width and seat height."

"She doesn't wear other people's old clothes."

Gu Qingshang finished writing down the last line.

"Qin Feng's team left an unopened spare set of equipment at the high-speed test site, and I had Zhou Mingyuan deliver it overnight."

"The missing parts will be shipped from Kunming and should arrive before 6 a.m. tomorrow."

"Bring Paul over here."

"Is he in charge of dynamic load?"

"He has a sharp tongue, and his standards are also very high."

Chen Lang looked at Shen Qingci.

He won't go easy on you just because you're one of my people.

Shen Qingci nodded calmly.

"I don't need him to bail me out."

Bai Weiwei turned and went into the kitchen.

"I'll go make some ginger soup. One bowl for each of us before training tomorrow morning."

Su Niannian followed her inside.

"I'll make a logistics checklist."

"Waterproof bags, changes of clothes, energy bars, thermal blankets, anti-nausea medication, and the candy that Qingci usually eats."

Ye Xingyu picked up her phone.

"I contacted several girls who had participated in the Jiuquwan Night Race before to confirm whether Xiao Yunlong had a habit of changing the odds reporting rules at the last minute."

Gu Qingshang dialed a phone and walked towards the courtyard gate.

"I'll double-check the event permits, road closure procedures, insurance, and medical assistance lists."

"If any item does not comply with the registration, the match will be suspended immediately."

The courtyard became busy again.

Shen Qingci walked to the table and spread out the map of the Nine-Bend Road.

The no-pressure zone on the outside of the sixth bend is circled in red.

A new camera spot is marked next to the blind spot at the ninth bend.

The heavy rain forecast map is placed on top.

She picked up her pen and began adding details to the co-pilot assessment items one by one.

"I'll pass."

Chen Lang stood beside her.

"I know."