Cutting In and Crashing – Is This Your Driving School Instructor? 54

Chapter 54: Don’t Underestimate Driving School Instructors!

“You… don’t scare me.”

Listening to the roar of the instructor car’s engine, Xia Xiangsi felt a little scared. She reached out to grab her seatbelt, then glanced down at her feet—the passenger-side brake of the instructor car…

“Don’t drive too fast. Let me remind you, I have the passenger-side brake here. I’ll step on it if I’m too scared.”

“Heh~”

Gu Yin scoffed, his eyes gleaming. He didn’t even look at Xia Xiangsi, only saying, “You’d better not step on the passenger-side brake while I’m driving, because that will disrupt the car’s balance in extreme conditions.”

“You… you…” Xia Xiangsi suddenly regretted letting Gu Yin help her get rid of the paparazzi following them.

“Today, I’ll give you a real lesson. This kind of lesson, at a proper racing school, costs tens of thousands of yuan per session, one-on-one.” Gu Yin, now fully embracing his inner “edgy youth,” slowed the car as he said, “Starting a civilian front-wheel-drive car requires controlling the pressure on the left foot at the clutch’s critical point, so you can have better traction.”

“Ah…” Xia Xiangsi was so scared she grabbed the handle.

“Behold!”

Gu Yin, looking excited, slammed his right foot on the gas pedal. With a “hum,” the engine roared, and the car’s speed and engine speed increased simultaneously. Professional manual transmission drivers never shift gears one by one; Gu Yin was currently in second gear. After increasing the speed and engine revolutions, he shifted directly into fourth gear without any problem!

That’s how he did it!

“Kakaka!”

He shifted the gear lever from second to fourth gear with a flamboyant “Tai Chi” gesture, smoothly releasing the clutch pedal with his left foot…

“Ah!” Xia Xiangsi was bracing herself for the sudden acceleration.

However…

With a “poof poof” sound from the engine, the car jerked violently a few times, then…

It stalled.

“…”

At that moment, an awkward silence filled the air.

At that moment, Xia Xiangsi’s delicate features, previously squeezed together in fear, didn’t even have time to relax.

Moreover, because of the sudden stall, the paparazzi in the white sedan following them seemed stunned. They slammed on the brakes behind them, their faces a series of question marks. One of them, wearing a blue hat, even said:

“They didn’t see us, are they going to get out and confront us?”

“No, no…” Another, a large, round man, observed carefully, shaking his head. “That car just completely stalled. It’s obvious it died.”

That being said, they were both still very nervous.

Inside Gu Yin’s car.

“…Why weren’t you wearing that damn lens just now?” The actress, breaking the silence, her forehead beaded with sweat, thought to herself why her embarrassing moments were always broadcast on “Reconciling with Life” live stream, but Gu Yin wasn’t being filmed?

This was just as bad for him as it was for her!

She was a hidden dragon, he had to be a young phoenix! (Meaning, both are extremely talented individuals who haven’t shown their true potential.)

“Cough…”

He disengaged the gear, pressed the clutch, restarted the engine. Gu Yin’s face was red, thankfully the dim streetlights obscured it, otherwise it would have been really embarrassing…

“This car isn’t very good,” Gu Yin made an excuse. “Instructor cars are usually designed for teaching students, so the clutch is very sensitive, making it easy to stall.”

Xia Xiangsi didn’t let him off the hook, her arms crossed in front of her chest, she said directly: “You haven’t blamed the bumpy road yet.”

Xia Xiangsi was thinking about the conversation they had earlier when she had questioned his past as a “racer,” asking if his lack of skill was why he retired. Did she inadvertently hit the nail on the head?

This guy really does seem technically unskilled…

But, just as Xia Xiangsi was thinking this…

Gu Yin smiled faintly, started the car, pulled up the handbrake, pressed the clutch, engaged first gear, and then began to press the gas pedal…

“Hum!”

As the engine roared, the engine speed began to rapidly increase. When it reached 3000 RPM, the front of the car lifted up. At that moment, releasing the handbrake, lifting the clutch, and stepping on the gas pedal, Gu Yin completed these three actions in one smooth motion!

“Sssshhh…”

The sound of the car tires rubbing against the asphalt road was incessant. Before the road could even react, Gu Yin accelerated aggressively, launching the car forward instantly!

Repeating the previous operation, he shifted from first to third, then from third to fifth gear, within a few seconds, the car’s speed was instantly boosted to fifth gear!

Because the speed was so fast, the acceleration was so rapid, Xia Xiangsi, still quite suspicious of Gu Yin because of his previous mis-demonstration, hadn’t even reacted when she felt a strong push back…

“Aaaaaah!”

The actress’s expression management completely failed at this moment. Her previously contorted features now seemed flattened like noodles, spread wide open.

It was pure terror!

The scenery outside the windshield was rapidly receding. At this moment, Xia Xiangsi even felt like she was riding the Blue Fire roller coaster at Europele Park again, that surge of adrenaline, her heartbeat accelerating violently, her brain struggling to keep up!

Not just Xia Xiangsi…

Behind them.

The two paparazzi in the white sedan were also stunned!

What the hell?!

That white Jetta instructor car had just stalled, how did it suddenly accelerate so fast?!

In the blink of an eye, the car had already sped nearly a kilometer, passing two traffic lights!

How could he speed up so fast?!

“Chase… chase!”

The fat man patted the man in the blue hat, shouting:

“That guy just did that on purpose! He did it on purpose!”

It was obvious…

Just now, Gu Yin hadn’t stalled accidentally. He had deliberately stalled to let them relax their guard, then suddenly sped off, catching them off guard.

“Damn, red light!” The man in the hat accelerated, twitching his mouth: “Did he just accelerate while watching the traffic lights?!”

There’s no such coincidence in the world; there is no reason for Gu Yin to suddenly accelerate and pass through the intersection just as the light turned yellow…

By the time they reacted, it was a red light; how could they possibly chase him now?!

“No cars, no cameras, go! Go quickly!” The fat man hugged his camera: “I’ve been a paparazzo for so many years, and I can’t be shaken off by a driving school instructor?!”

Do you think you’re Takumi Fujiwara (Initial D reference), driving an AE86 up the mountain?

“Oh oh.” The man in the hat immediately accelerated in pursuit.

Inside Gu Yin’s car.

“The world in the rearview mirror, a farewell getting farther…”

“You turned north, your side profile is still beautiful…”

While speeding, humming a song, and looking at the rearview mirror, Gu Yin shook his head helplessly and muttered to himself: “They’re not so easily shaken off.”

Money is hard to earn and life is hard; this 30,000 yuan was not so easily earned.

“You still have the energy to sing?!” Xia Xiangsi dared not open her eyes, her hands firmly gripping the handle above the car door, shouting loudly: “Stop the car, I want to get out!”

“Too late.” Gu Yin laughed, “Didn’t you say my skills were bad? Today, I’ll let you experience what true skill is.”

Those two guys were like stubborn stickers, addicted to the chase. Tonight, Coach Gu would give them a lesson!

Don’t underestimate driving school instructors!

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(End of Chapter)

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