I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Salary is one part, but reputation is another. In Yangcheng, every driving school owner and instructor knows that they have trained a student who is a nightmare.

The instructor let out a long sigh, seemingly with a mix of emotion and relief. He reached out to pat her shoulder, but then withdrew his hand halfway through. Instead, he touched his forehead. He had been teaching her to drive for the past two years, and the constant frowning had caused many fine lines to appear on his forehead.

"I won't say more. Now that you've got your driver's license, it's a good thing that I've gotten these forehead wrinkles over the past two years."

Looking at the fine lines on the coach's forehead, Bai Xiaoqi felt both touched and guilty. "Then... Coach, do you have time tonight? I'd like to treat you to dinner as a small way of thanking you for your hard work over the past two years."

"Pshaw, what's the point of repaying me? Just don't say I'm your coach if you cause trouble in the future."

"???"

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"I heard a lot of noise inside just now, all sorts of squeaking and shouting. What were you doing? Throwing a farewell party for you, celebrating your departure?"

"It's to celebrate my graduation."

Bai Xiaoqi had to admit that this guy guessed right, but what he said was not pleasant to hear at all.

What do you mean by celebrating your departure? It's clearly celebrating your graduation.

Although the meaning is similar, celebrating their departure makes it seem like they couldn't wait for them to leave—which is indeed the case.

"Hey, it's all the same. Did your coach agree to treat you to dinner?"

When this was mentioned, Bai Xiaoqi's expression became a little sullen. "...No."

Chen Shuo leaned over to look at her, then asked, "What's wrong? You seem a bit down. Did the coach discourage you?"

"..."

She had to admit that the guy had guessed right again, but she denied it outright. "No, the instructor was quite happy. He even said... well, that although I've been learning to drive for a long time, it's also good that I'm very skilled. I'll definitely be a good driver in the future."

"is it?"

To be honest, Chen Shuo didn't quite believe it. If he were the coach, he would definitely be like Bodhi Patriarch, Sun Wukong's master: "If anything happens to you in the future, don't say that I taught you."

"Yes." Bai Xiaoqi said earnestly.

“…”

Chen Shuo stared at her for a moment, then said, "Okay, I believe you."

After saying that, he turned to look at the driving school again, thinking to himself, "This instructor is really a nice guy."

He was thinking that when his son grew up and wanted to learn to drive, he might send him to learn from the other person.

The son in the family isn't very bright, just like his mother. Will he be just as smart as Ah Miao when he learns to drive?

It's better to be prepared; there aren't many coaches this good anymore.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Chen Shuo turned the key. "Hold on tight, let's go home."

"Wait a moment."

"what happened?"

"Let's switch places."

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoqi unbuckled her seatbelt, preparing to switch seats with him.

Chen Shuo paused for two seconds, then asked with a look of surprise and uncertainty, "You're not going to drive, are you?"

"Hurry up and unbuckle your seatbelt to switch places with me. I have a driver's license," Bai Xiaoqi urged. She now had a driver's license.

Chapter 331 Not Worth It

Muttering to herself, Bai Xiaoqi followed her own words, taking each step calmly. First, she fastened her seatbelt, then looked at the dashboard, adjusted the rearview mirror, and then looked around to observe oncoming vehicles and pedestrians, preparing to drive.

"Are you chanting scriptures?"

"Don't talk, don't interfere with my driving."

"..."

Chen Shuo pursed his lips and remained silent. He didn't hesitate to say, "Do you really need anyone to influence your driving?"

All that's missing is a wooden fish drum to be played there.

To be honest, entrusting my safety to her is a very unsafe thing.

Chen Shuo gripped the handrail above the passenger seat tightly, watching Bai Xiaoqi operate the controls, especially as she muttered to herself, which made him even more flustered.

Is this thing really going to work?

His gaze instinctively drifted downwards; he should have known better than to install a brake on the passenger side.

Unfortunately, no.

After Bai Xiaoqi finished her inspection, she was about to proceed to the second step. She gently pressed the clutch and slowly applied the accelerator. When she stretched her foot out, she could barely reach the accelerator. She adjusted the seat and stretched her foot out again, but it was still a bit difficult.

Adjust the seat backrest again.

Now I can press the accelerator, but sitting here is very uncomfortable; I feel uncomfortable all over.

Not only was she uncomfortable sitting, but Chen Shuo was also quite uncomfortable sitting. The seatbelt was uncomfortable, and sitting was uncomfortable as well.

Seeing her constantly adjusting the seat, he spoke in a consultative tone: "Qiqi, it's like this, it's not that I don't want you to drive, it's just that this car is a bit big, and it's hard for you to drive. How about this, you let me drive first, and then we'll go to the car dealership and buy you a smaller car."

Bai Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, "...Buying a car costs a lot of money."

"It won't cost much to buy a car for commuting. Let's go take a look."

Chen Shuo finalized the matter in a few words, and then began to unbuckle his seatbelt. "Come on, let's switch seats, I'll take you over to take a look."

"Oh..."

"..."

After the two of them busied themselves getting on and off the bus for a while, Chen Shuo adjusted his seat back to a comfortable height and then let out a long sigh of relief, realizing that it was still more comfortable to sit here.

He then took out his phone and said into it, "Navigate to the nearest Mini car dealership."

What is a Mini car?

"It's a smaller car, suitable for women to drive."

[The nearest Mini car dealership has been found. Navigation will begin...]

As the two talked, the phone's navigation was already set up. Chen Shuo started the car, saying, "You'll find out when we get there."

The nearest Mini car dealership is about five kilometers away. Following the navigation on my phone, I arrived at my destination in about ten minutes.

Needless to say, the salesperson gave a long and detailed introduction, and in no time at all, the two of them chose one.

Since most Mini cars are driven by women, the car body colors are mostly red or pink, colors that are more in line with women's preferences.

The car that Bai Xiaoqi had her eye on was a lovely pink, with a Beetle-like design, but Chen Shuo thought it looked like a pink turtle.

It's still a new energy electric pink turtle.

However, there are no gasoline-powered cars these days. All cars in China are electric, and the gasoline-powered cars of the past have all been discontinued and become history.

With rapid development in recent years, rural areas have followed suit. Now, burning wheat straw is no longer common, so the blame for global warming falls on gasoline-powered vehicles...

Oh, you can't really blame them. Gasoline-powered cars emit a lot of pollutants, and now almost every household in the city owns a car, so they deserve to be blamed.

Bai Xiaoqi test drove the car and liked it quite a bit. More importantly, the car wasn't very expensive, costing just over 70,000 yuan in full. It was just a car for picking up and dropping off the kids, so there was no need to buy something too fancy.

And it's small and pink, which makes it inexplicably cute.

Actually, this car isn't the smallest; the classic mini version only has two seats, a driver's seat and a passenger seat. But since it's bought to pick up and drop off the kids at school...

With two kids at home, I can't very well let one of them ride on top of the car.

So this car has a total of four seats, front and back, which is slightly larger than those two-seater mini cars, but only slightly larger because there is no trunk.

Buy the car, complete the paperwork, register it, and take it for a leisurely drive every day to break it in and get used to its operation.

Next Monday, Chen Shuo finally relented and handed over the task of picking up the children in the afternoon to Bai Xiaoqi.

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"When reversing into a parking space, pay close attention to the width of the space. If the space is narrow, move the car in stages, leaving room on both sides..."

Driving her brand-new pink tortoise, Bai Xiaoqi picked up her two children at the kindergarten gate and, as usual, began her incessant chatter. Now, driving is like catching ghosts for Bai Xiaoqi; she has to recite incantations every time, and it has become a habit.

If you don't recite it, it won't open.

Hearing her muttering softly, Chen Qinghan, who was sitting next to her, asked curiously, "Mom, are you chanting scriptures?"

“…”

Not answering immediately, Bai Xiaoqi seemed a little dazed, clearly still immersed in reciting the mnemonic. After pausing for two seconds, she said, "No, these are driving mnemonics taught at driving school, they're very useful."

After a pause, she asked with some confusion, "Hey, how do you know about chanting scriptures?"

Sitting in the back seat, Chen Qi'an spoke first: "It was Dad who said it. Dad said that you're chanting scriptures when you're driving."

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi gave an "oh," deciding not to bother arguing with that foolish guy who knew nothing.

They have no idea how important driving tips are for beginners.

The formula is so important! You don't understand anything, you just know nothing but absurdities all day long.

"Lightly depress the clutch and slowly apply the accelerator; coordinate your hands and feet closely; shift into gear, look ahead, and start smoothly without panicking..."

She stopped talking to the two children and started muttering to herself again, then slowly drove the car out of the parking space in front of the kindergarten.

The car was small and easy to turn around. With the help of the mantra, it only took a little effort to drive the car out from between the two cars, and then it started to move slowly on the road.

Chen Qi'an peered out the car window, watching as one vehicle after another passed him, including but not limited to motorcycles, electric bikes, and bicycles.

"Mom, why are you driving so slowly?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Because it's safe this way."

"But we're not as fast as bicycles, Mom. Look, another bicycle has overtaken us."

"..." Bai Xiaoqi didn't have time to turn her head to look at that damn bicycle; she kept her attention and drove carefully.

"Another one."

"Mom, look, another one."