Cutting In and Crashing – Is This Your Driving School Instructor? 137

Chapter 137: Why Don’t You Just Open Your Own Driving School?

Let’s be honest, on the highway at night, it’s really hard to get angry with those big trucks…

There are no streetlights on the highway at night, and many vehicles drive with their high beams on, especially those big trucks. They drive like their dads just died, their high beams are blindingly bright!

And they’re slow, and you have to overtake them…

After you overtake them, your eyes are going to be blasted for a long stretch of road.

It’s incredibly annoying!

What’s even more annoying is that you can’t retaliate!

Because they are really too slow!

You can’t just wait for them to overtake you, right?

You can only endure it…

Gu Yin could only be thankful that there were trees blocking the view between the two lanes of the highway, shielding most of the oncoming headlights. Otherwise, if he were constantly being blinded by oncoming vehicles, it would have been truly unbearable.

He wouldn’t have been able to drive.

【Tsk… These truck drivers aren’t having it easy either.】

Many viewers in the live stream saw this scene and felt the same way, cursing and complaining while also feeling a pang of sympathy for some truck drivers.

Do these truck drivers really want to use their high beams?

No!

They have no choice but to use their high beams!

Those large trucks already have many blind spots in their field of vision. Even during the day, they often have trouble avoiding cars that sneak into their blind spots. At night, there are even more things to watch out for.

Wasn’t there a news report a while ago about a family whose elderly member passed away? Their custom was to hold a funeral procession in the middle of the night, and they had to go to the national highway…

In the dead of night, the national highway had no streetlights, and there weren’t many cars around, so visibility was already limited. They were burning a lot of paper money for the funeral, causing smoke to fill the entire stretch of road.

Then a large truck came along, couldn’t see anything, and ended up running over dozens of people.

Even with high beams, it might not have been possible to see clearly. So, tell me, could they *not* use high beams?!

This point…

The viewers in the live stream understood this, and Gu Yin understood it too.

Luckily, Gu Yin only drove on the highway for less than twenty minutes. If he had been driving long-distance for several hours, his eyes would have been completely blinded!

The highway at night…

It’s like a war zone.

“It’s all that SB’s fault…”

Recalling the evil mouse-car driver who had bypassed the ETC, Gu Yin felt a surge of anger.

Of course, compared to that guy, Gu Yin was even more puzzled tonight: had he really become popular on the show?

Otherwise, why were so many people asking for photos with him?

With these brooding thoughts in mind, after about twenty minutes, Gu Yin drove off the highway and onto the elevated road.

It was almost eight o’clock in the evening. The evening rush hour had already passed. Although there was still heavy traffic on the elevated road, it wasn’t congested. The navigation showed green routes, not even yellow, let alone red.

It was New Year’s Eve, but every year, the most congested areas in every city during New Year’s Eve are usually one or two of the most popular shopping malls or squares in the city center. Xia Xiangsi lived in the urban area, but not in the city center, so the traffic flow nearby was naturally not heavy.

After getting off the highway, in about ten minutes, Gu Yin sent Xia Xiangsi and Julie to their destination.

Julie didn’t seem to live with Xia Xiangsi. After getting out of the car, she quickly grabbed her luggage, greeted Xia Xiangsi, and then braved the cold wind to hail a taxi to the hotel she had booked.

It’s worth mentioning that before leaving, she specifically apologized to Gu Yin, which made him speechless…

“Aren’t you getting out?”

Seeing that the car had stopped at the doorstep and Julie was already gone, Xia Xiangsi still hadn’t gotten out, so Gu Yin couldn’t help but ask.

The female celebrity pouted, thinking that this man was so insensitive…

“You’ve almost finished your show’s tasks for today, right?” She glanced at the “Reconciling with Life” camera on Gu Yin’s chest and said helplessly, “Can you take off this stupid camera?”

When she said this, many viewers in the live stream were unhappy…

【No way, what’s wrong with letting the brothers watch?!】

【Good for you, Xia Xiangsi! You always say you treat fans like family, but now you’re hiding the good stuff from us?!】

【Xia Xiangsi: ? Since when were all the people in this live stream my fans?!】

…

“It’s almost done,” Gu Yin said, looking down at the camera. After a moment’s hesitation, he removed the camera, turned it off, and threw it into the car.

He completely ignored the angry emotions of the hundreds of thousands of viewers online at that moment.

Sometimes, ignorance truly is bliss. If Gu Yin had known that everyone was watching and had ended the broadcast quickly, the audience would have been furious.

“That’s better…” The female celebrity mumbled softly, then took off the face-slimming mask from her face, folded it neatly, and placed it on her slender legs, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful face.

“Have you eaten?” Xia Xiangsi asked.

“I picked you up at two or three in the afternoon, and I’ve been with you all afternoon. Don’t you think this question is a bit…stupid?” Gu Yin was amused.

Sure enough, Xia Xiangsi was still Xia Xiangsi, her brain wasn’t working very well.

“I…” Xia Xiangsi was speechless for a moment. The female celebrity’s pretty face turned slightly red. She was glad she had told Gu Yin to end the live stream earlier, otherwise she would have been completely embarrassed.

Silently rubbing her forehead, the female celebrity decided to stop beating around the bush and went straight to the point: “Do you want to have dinner together?”

“?” Gu Yin was once again full of question marks. “You didn’t say this on the way here, and now that we’re at your place, you say you want to eat?”

Although he was driving an electric car, charging didn’t cost much, but this was a bit much!

Besides…

It was New Year’s Eve!

On this day, no matter where you go, it’s going to be crowded, especially in the city center. If you drive there for an hour, you’d be lucky to travel two or three kilometers.

Gu Yin wasn’t the kind of person who liked to join the crowds. In the past two years, to avoid crowds causing traffic accidents, there hadn’t been any countdown events near large squares and shopping malls…

A bunch of people getting together, no official countdown for the New Year, just the crowd spontaneously counting down 3, 2, 1, and then nothing, no lights, no fireworks, just silence and awkwardness.

Gu Yin definitely didn’t want to experience that.

Xia Xiangsi didn’t drive, so she was speaking without considering the difficulties for Gu Yin, who did. He absolutely didn’t want to join the festivities.

“…I didn’t say we’d go anywhere else, did I?” Xia Xiangsi’s forehead was covered in black lines. She couldn’t help but complain, “Whoever dates you is really unlucky.”

On New Year’s Eve, everyone knows it’s going to be crowded, everyone knows it’s pointless, but don’t young ladies want some atmosphere and ritual?

“Then where are we eating?” Gu Yin glanced around and asked.

Xia Xiangsi lived near a lake, in a high-end lake-view apartment. Whether it’s rented or owned, it’s a high-end residential area, the entrance gate is incredibly grand, like the South Heavenly Gate. Sometimes, Gu Yin felt a little self-conscious driving his less-than-100,000 yuan BYD Qin there.

He understood this type of residential area to be the kind of place wealthy people buy for retirement. Therefore, there weren’t many restaurants nearby, at most a supermarket or two, basic supporting facilities.

The nearest restaurant would be a twenty-thirty minute drive?

It was unlucky tonight, it was so late, and it was already too late to go home anyway. Gu Yin had called his family earlier and asked them to eat without waiting for him, so he wasn’t in a hurry to go home.

Looking over, the female celebrity in the passenger seat gently tugged at her short hair, then pointed a slender finger towards the entrance of the residential area:

“Drive in.”

“Huh?” Gu Yin was stunned. “You don’t mean to eat at your place, do you?”

“? Is there a problem?” Xia Xiangsi said naturally.

The female celebrity thought Gu Yin was overthinking things. At most, she had a lot of things to bring back, and with Julie gone, no one could help her, so she wanted to ask him to drive to the underground parking garage to help her carry things.

But before Xia Xiangsi could explain, Gu Yin countered with, “…Are you cooking?”

Xia Xiangsi froze…

Facing Gu Yin’s dubious and disbelieving expression, the female celebrity was a little angry.

“…You only think about food all day, don’t you?!” she couldn’t help but scold angrily.

Well, she was afraid that Gu Yin would think the wrong thing, but this guy didn’t think wrong at all, his brain seemed to be filled with food all day long!

A female celebrity inviting a man to her home alone, anyone who wasn’t stupid would think about other things, but this guy only thought about food!

This man was an idiot!

If I told you my cat can do a backflip, would you really come in to watch the cat?!

Such an insensitive person!

Hetui! Stinky straight man!

“…Then you said you were treating me to dinner.” Gu Yin mumbled softly, but didn’t make a fuss, driving into the residential area.

When entering the gate, Xia Xiangsi lowered the passenger window and directly used “facial recognition,” and the security guard opened the underground parking garage door.

Under Xia Xiangsi’s guidance, Gu Yin parked the car in the parking space in front of her building…

Let’s be honest, this is a high-end residential area, and there were many cars parked in the garage, most of them valuable.

BBAs were entry-level here, you could see a Porsche almost every few steps, and Land Rovers, Bentleys, and G-Wagons were also common sights.

It’s worth mentioning that Xia Xiangsi had thought Gu Yin would be amazed by all these cars…

But Gu Yin’s reaction was rather calm. At most, he would pay more attention to a few cars with unique car wraps, but he wouldn’t linger on the others.

“I really underestimated him?” Xia Xiangsi initially thought so.

But after getting out of the car, Gu Yin suddenly took out his phone and started snapping pictures of the surroundings…

Xia Xiangsi: “…”

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Well, he was still the Gu Yin she knew.

“Stop taking pictures, help me carry things!”

Calling out to Gu Yin, Xia Xiangsi went to the back seat to get her things…

She brought back a lot of things, two large boxes that felt heavier than Gu Yin’s life. If it weren’t for the fact that Xia Xiangsi was treating him to dinner tonight, Gu Yin wouldn’t have put in this much effort.

“Hey, don’t you have a car?” On the elevator, perhaps seeing so many luxury cars outside, Gu Yin suddenly asked, “I saw a Maserati parked in that parking space, is it yours?”

This residential area had dedicated parking spaces for owners. Xia Xiangsi’s parking space seemed to have three spaces, two of which were empty. Gu Yin parked in one of the empty spaces. The other space had a cloud-white Maserati Quattroporte parked in it, which looked very beautiful.

Although he had never owned such a car, as a man, who doesn’t have a natural interest in cars?

That Maserati, Gu Yin remembered, was at least 150,000 yuan for the lowest configuration, it was definitely a luxury car!

“Of course it’s…” Xia Xiangsi instinctively wanted to say it was hers, but she was afraid Gu Yin would make fun of her for not driving well and wasting such a car, so she said:

“It’s none of your business?”

After saying that, the female celebrity tossed her hair and went upstairs…

“…Crazy person?” Gu Yin twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking, “I didn’t ask the wrong question, did I?”

In our situation, shouldn’t I be the one who’s angry?

You disappeared for a whole week, without any message, and you didn’t even explain, did you?

While he was silently complaining, the elevator reached the 9th floor. In an 18-floor building, the 9th floor was definitely a prime spot.

Opening the door and entering the house, what came into view wasn’t the gold-plated extravagance Gu Yin had imagined, even the floor was marble, instead it was arranged quite warmly…

The house was decorated in warm colors, the lighting wasn’t harsh, but rather soft. There were flowers and plants everywhere, making the house feel vibrant.

“Meow~”

As they entered, a yellow and white cat came running, jumping into Xia Xiangsi’s arms.

It was a very cute calico cat. When Gu Yin saw the cat, his eyes lit up, and he ended up playing with the cat, making Xia Xiangsi so angry that she almost rolled her eyes.

She thought, I didn’t tell you my cat can do a backflip, why are you playing with the cat?!

After asking, she found out that Gu Yin had always liked cats, but his mother didn’t allow him to keep one at home, and his financial situation wasn’t that good either. Keeping a cat would cost money for litter, food, etc., so he hadn’t gotten one.

Hearing this, Xia Xiangsi actually felt a little sympathy for Gu Yin…

Dinner wasn’t made by Xia Xiangsi, but by the housekeeper. It was rare that Xia Xiangsi had brought a guest home, so the housekeeper made several signature dishes: oil-braised prawns, braised pork ribs, fish and meat. Although they were home-cooked dishes, they were delicious and visually appealing.

It was New Year’s Eve, Xia Xiangsi opened a bottle of red wine, but she was the only one who could drink it. Gu Yin had to drive, and he understood the principle of “don’t drink if you drive, don’t drive if you drink.”

“Now this is more like it.” Looking at the table full of food, Gu Yin nodded and said to Xia Xiangsi, “This is more in line with my imagination of you.”

“Pfft…”

Xia Xiangsi was drinking water at that moment. When she heard the words “imagination,” she sprayed it all out, coughing and asking:

“You wouldn’t be fantasizing about me doing some dirty things, would you?”

Gu Yin: “???”

“…What nonsense are you talking about!” Gu Yin was so angry he almost hit her.

The two of them went back and forth, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Although he was a guest in someone else’s home, Gu Yin wasn’t restrained. For some reason, eating with Xia Xiangsi always felt natural.

He ate voraciously, anyone who didn’t know better would think Xia Xiangsi was the guest…

“Hey.”

Seeing Gu Yin only focused on eating, Xia Xiangsi couldn’t help but roll her eyes and ask:

“Why were you acting that way when you first saw me today?”

She had been very curious. It had only been a week, why was Gu Yin acting so grumpy?

It was as if she had done something wrong to him…

“What attitude?” Gu Yin was gnawing on a pork rib, without looking up, he denied it.

But in his tone, there was a hint of resentment.

“You know what attitude I’m talking about.” Xia Xiangsi didn’t give in at all. Perhaps it was because she had drunk some wine, the female celebrity’s pretty face was flushed, and she complained: “I’ve been busy like crazy this week, I don’t even have time to sleep, but you, not only didn’t you check on me, but when we met, you gave me the cold shoulder, you’re amazing!”

Gu Yin: “???”

Who didn’t check on who?!

Gu Yin didn’t receive a single message from Xia Xiangsi during the week off. After the initial greeting, she replied plainly, and Gu Yin didn’t send any more messages. But in her mouth, it became him not checking in on her?

Was he some kind of simp?!

“You’re no better than that guy who bypassed the ETC,” Gu Yin couldn’t help but comment. “You’re both good at shifting blame.”

The female celebrity didn’t get angry. She brought the purplish-red wine close to her pink lips, took a sip, silently shook her head, and asked Gu Yin:

“What are you going to do next?”

“What do you mean?” The latter suddenly changed the subject, catching Gu Yin off guard.

“I mean, what are you planning to do?” Xia Xiangsi asked, “You can’t keep driving ride-hailing cars, can you?”

With Gu Yin’s popularity from “Reconciling with Life,” driving a ride-hailing car was indeed a waste…

It’s not that driving a ride-hailing car is bad, it’s just that you meet too many people, these days there are all kinds of illnesses, and the flu is so bad recently, the more people come and go in the car, the more bacteria there are, so it’s not necessarily safe to drive a ride-hailing car.

Moreover, it’s a bit of a waste of Gu Yin’s talents to drive a ride-hailing car, right?

“I can only keep doing it for now…” Mentioning this, Gu Yin sighed helplessly, “I can’t be a driving instructor anymore.”

The local driving schools seemed to have been contacted by Coach Ma, anyway, no one dared to hire him. His mother wasn’t in good health, and he didn’t want to be too far from home, so he was always restricted and couldn’t make his own choices.

“Then who will teach me to drive?” Xia Xiangsi pouted, trying to hint at Gu Yin.

“The driving school should arrange a new instructor for you. If you’re not satisfied, just say so and they’ll change instructors until you’re satisfied,” Gu Yin said directly. “If you don’t want to study there, you can quit, but without a legitimate reason, you have to pay a penalty fee, and the refund might not be much.”

“Then you won’t teach me?” Xia Xiangsi frowned.

“I have a driving instructor license, but I’m not a driving instructor now.” Gu Yin said with a wry smile. “It’s illegal!”

He wanted to teach, but he didn’t have a formal position…

Besides, with Xia Xiangsi…

To be honest, not teaching her would save him trouble.

But unexpectedly, Xia Xiangsi suddenly said to him:

“Why don’t you just open your own driving school?”

…

(End of Chapter)

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