Chapter 147 – Overtaken
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki llikia
Song Miaomiao frowned slightly when she saw Wei Xingyue’s Alfa Romeo almost dash off the road and then turn around in the last second.
“She’s really trying hard!”
The snake face gasped and patted her chest. She spoke with worry. “Master Shui, we haven’t overtaken them yet. Are we going to lose?”
Song Miaomiao turned around and glanced at snake face in discontent. “It hasn’t ended yet. Don’t talk about losing!”
But Song Miaomiao also knew that if Wei Xingyue took the lead in the return, it would be difficult to overtake her. If her opponent continued to try that hard, Song Miaomiao was afraid that she would rather crash her car then let the Mustang pass.
She had to think of something else if she wanted to get past Wei Xingyue.
In this moment, Song Miaomiao’s Mustang had also made the turn. Except the Alfa Romeo was already quite far ahead and she finally floored the accelerator, going all out. The monstrous power of the American muscle car was fully displayed. Although she couldn’t tilt the front of the car up like in movies, the Mustang still resembled a bolt of lightning, shooting forward.
Wei Xingyue’s plan remained the same. It was impossible for her to unleash the maximum speed of her Alfa Romeo with the car’s weight and the road’s condition. That would be no different than seeking her own death.
She knew clearly that it didn’t matter when the car behind her caught up, as long as she guarded all openings and didn’t give Song Miaomiao the chance to pass, then she would definitely win. Luckily, the road wasn’t too wide and Wei Xingyue was confident in her own driving skills. The Alfa Romeo was agile and could change directions easily, so she still held the advantage against Song Miaomiao, unless that woman was crazy enough and dared to hit Wei Xingyue with her Mustang. Otherwise, as long as she didn’t, Wei Xingyue had a high chance of grasping victory.
But Shi Lei, who sat next to her, took off his helmet and yelled, “Are you really crazy? Do you know how dangerous that was? Your car’s frame is so low that it may be thrown over by any bump! Plus, we’ve already hit the frame once and almost died from that. If you want to die, don’t drag me down with you!”
Wei Xingyue glanced at him coldly and didn’t say a single extraneous word in her reply. “Since we didn’t, sit properly. Otherwise, I can’t promise I won’t go crazy again.”
When Shi Lei heard that, he put his helmet on back on without another word and stared at the Mustang behind them from the rearview mirror with a look of concentration.
It was rather scary to see the Mustang’s monstrous power fully released and Song Miaomiao had almost caught up to them. Although the Mustang was big and heavy so that its front would usually drift, reaching maximum performance was also extremely dangerous.
Shi Lei saw that Wei Xingyue’s advantage from the drifting return was about to be swallowed by the Mustang again. He thought that it was so close that it could kiss the butt of their Alfa Romeo. The reality was indeed so as the Mustang’s speed dropped, returning to its safety range. It wasn’t that Song Miaomiao didn’t want to overtake Wei Xingyue in one go, but because Wei Xingyue obviously guarded the routes she could use to overtake. If she forcefully tried to pass her, she would definitely send Wei Xingyue’s car flying and roll around a few times herself. The worst scenario would be both of them losing their lives.
Song Miaomiao was famous for her malevolence with the nickname of “perverted woman,” expressed through her liking of hunting women. But no matter how malevolent she was, she definitely didn’t dare to joke and put her life on the line, and neither did she dare to play with Wei Xingyue’s life. Not to mention Wei Xingyue dying, if she was injured in anyway, Wei Xingyue’s father would never let the Song family go.
She could only slow down and tail the Alfa Romeo closely. If she found any chance to pas, she would do so without regret.
Shi Lei didn’t really understand about things like drag racing. His driving skills were limited to normal driving and he didn’t dare to drive as fiercely as Wei Xingyue. But he did have some knowledge on aerodynamics. He saw the Mustang sticking closely behind them, almost hiding itself behind the Alfa Romeo.
Shi Lei couldn’t remain silent anymore and he took off helmet again. This time, it wasn’t to scold Wei Xingyue but to warn her.
“Hey, crazy woman! Be careful! She’s driving so close to you and your car’s powerful speed is creating an area of low pressure. That fake man is driving without too much effort now, but once she brings out the head of her car, she would experience an extra force forward due the higher pressured air pushing from behind. She would gain extra speed when passing.”
Wei Xingyue rolled her eyes at Shi Lei again and said, “Shut up. Do you think I wouldn’t know about this? It’s just using air as extra power to push forward! I learned about it after watching F1 when I was five. Stop mumbling next to me. It’s distracting.”
Shi Lei didn’t say anything, putting his helmet back on again.
Wei Xingyue clenched her teeth and firmly blocked all possible openings. She kept driving in the center of the one way double lane, along the line. Theoretically, there was space for passing on both sides, but as soon as Wei Xingyue saw any movements from behind, it was easier for her to defend.
Of course, Song Miaomiao knew exactly what Wei Xingyue was thinking. Still, she tried to bring out the front of her car a few times to overtake the Alfa Romeo, but was forced back by Wei Xingyue’s sudden change in lane. It wasn’t that she didn’t dare to risk, but that she knew there couldn’t be any form of injury or death. It was almost impossible to overtake Wei Xingyue using conventional methods.
Seeing that they’d already driven half of the distance, she would never make it if she didn’t try to pass now. Song Miaomiao observed the situation at the front and tightly clenched her teeth…
It was fine for her to lose one round of drag racing. It was also fine that she couldn’t get Wei Xingyue. But she couldn’t stand having to avoid Wei Xingyue at the slightest mention of her name. Face was more important than anything else to these fuerdai.
“Sit tight. It might get a bit bumpy later!” Song Miaomiao told the snake face next to her. Then, she titled the steering wheel slightly and shifted the car toward the left.
Wei Xingyue also changed to the left lane abruptly and successfully blocked Song Miaomiao’s route for overtaking. She narrowed her eyes and muttered, “You want to pass? No way!”
When Wei Xingyue thought that she had defended against it, she didn’t expect Song Miaomiao to ignore the width of the road and continue to move left. The Mustang drove off the road and a dust cloud was kicked up behind it. Song Miaomiao didn’t care that the sides of the road were filled with crushed or sharp stones of different sizes and dashed forward with increasing horsepower.
“No!” Wei Xingyue shouted, and her stubbornness was revealed in an instant. Without thinking, she subconsciously stepped down on the accelerator and the Alfa Romeo’s engine was used to its full potential. It let out a freakish scream as it darted forward.
Seeing that the speed had exceeded two hundred sixty kilometers per hour, Shi Lei lost his mind. He felt like he would lose his life tonight. But the good days had just started!
Holy shit, the head of the car was already drifting and he could feel the front wheels leaving the ground from time to time. Even though they were driving on a flat road, it was extremely bumpy. Shi Lei shut his eyes tightly as he knew that anything could happen to this car in this situation.
The Mustang finally returned to the road, its engine roaring. Wei Xingyue could only step on the brake due to the sudden instantaneous change in direction. Otherwise, she would crash into the other car.