Xu Lai first went to Dongli University’s infirmary.
Ever since Liu Nanwei had set a wedding date with Li Mi, her entire demeanor had changed. Gone was her previous icy persona; now, she was brimming with energy. Meanwhile, Zhou Feng, Li Shouzhong, and the others all had their hands full. Only after confirming there was nothing he needed to help with did Xu Lai take a taxi to the driving school, where he was met by a middle-aged man walking out.
The man looked Xu Lai up and down and said cheerfully, "You must be President Ruan’s husband, Mr. Xu Lai?"
"Yes," Xu Lai nodded. "Hello."
"I’m her friend and also the principal of this driving school." The middle-aged man pointed behind him to a beautiful woman around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old and smiled. "Her name is Du Li, my daughter. She’s also the best instructor we have. Not a single one of her students has failed to learn, so I’ll have her teach you."
However, Du Li raised an eyebrow and said, "Dad, can you not dump everyone who pulls strings on me? Especially not a total scumbag."
Obviously, Du Li had already learned from her father about Xu Lai’s identity and that he was the protagonist of the major incident that had rocked East Sea City five years ago.
"Nonsense!" Du Qingguo looked at Xu Lai, embarrassed. "Mr. Xu, please don’t mind her. My daughter tends to speak her mind..."
Xu Lai shook his head. "It’s fine."
Du Qingguo shot Du Li a harsh glare. She just pouted and said, "Fine, fine, I get it. This is so annoying." She turned to Xu Lai and huffed, "Follow me."
With Du Li in the passenger seat and Xu Lai in the driver’s seat, she asked, "Have you driven before?"
"And you dared to drive without a license?" Du Li was shocked. "Driving without a license makes you fully liable in an accident. Do you realize you’re endangering society?!"
Xu Lai was speechless.
"Consider yourself lucky. I haven’t had a student I couldn’t teach." Du Li rested her hand on the edge of the car window, casually pointed out the ignition, brake, and accelerator, and then added, "Start the car and do a lap around the school so I can see what you’re capable of." Updates are released by novelꞁire.net
Xu Lai started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the speedometer immediately hit thirty.
With a screech, Du Li slammed on the passenger-side brake and scolded, "Trying to fly off to the heavens, are you?! Is that what you think the accelerator is for? Use the clutch to control your speed! Start over!"
In silence, Xu Lai restarted the car. This time, he didn’t touch the accelerator and only used the clutch to slowly complete a lap.
Du Li said nonchalantly, "That’s passable. I’ll start by teaching you how to reverse park."
To Du Li’s surprise, what happened next was completely unexpected. She’d thought this special case would be a pain... But Xu Lai’s reverse parking was textbook-perfect every single time. The same went for all the other items for the Subject Two test.
"Are you playing with me?!" Du Li snapped, annoyed. Is this some instructor from another school trying to mess with me?
"I’m sorry, I have a wife. I can’t do that," Xu Lai said, refusing her.
Du Li froze for a second, then became even more furious. That bastard!
She got back into the car and slammed the door. "Let’s go! I’ll teach you Subject Three!"
Du Li had already made up her mind. She’d forget about Subject Two for now. During Subject Three, she’d find some excuse to tear into Xu Lai and show him the consequences of talking back to an instructor.
「Five minutes later.」
"Slow down, slow down! Didn’t you see the pedestrians up ahead?" Du Li kept finding fault. When Xu Lai slowed down, she said, "Speed up! That bicycle is passing you. Where did all that eagerness to fly to the heavens go?"
No matter how good his temper was, Xu Lai was getting annoyed. He slammed on the brakes, pulling over to the side of the road, and looked at Du Li calmly. "You want to fly to the heavens, is that it?"
"Ha!" Du Li scoffed inwardly. She has a brake on her side. Is he really trying to scare me?
"I’d advise you to buckle up," Xu Lai said. He then slammed his foot on the accelerator, and the speed instantly surpassed sixty.
Unflustered, Du Li calmly fastened her seatbelt.
At eighty, Du Li frowned slightly. "Slow down!"
Not only did Xu Lai ignore her, but he continued to accelerate. One hundred, one hundred and ten, one hundred and twenty!
At this point, Du Li was starting to panic. The road for the Subject Three test was Haibin Road. Although there were fewer cars around noon, there was still a speed limit. She kept stomping on her brake, trying to slow the car down, but to her horror, the passenger-side brake had no effect at all!
Moreover, Haibin Plaza was right ahead, and beyond the plaza was the ocean. Is he trying to kill us both?!
"I only yelled at you twice! Is it really worth killing yourself over?!" Du Li’s face had completely changed color. She gripped the handle and screamed in panic, "Xu Lai, slow down! Slow down!"
"Slow down?" Xu Lai asked with a smile that wasn’t a smile.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Gone was Du Li’s previous condescending attitude; she nodded her head frantically like a pecking chicken.
Xu Lai said coolly, "Too late."
He stomped on the accelerator again. The car shot off the plaza and straight toward the ocean. Only one thought remained in Du Li’s mind.
Her face was deathly pale. But after screaming for a full minute, she still felt no pain. She cautiously opened her eyes and saw a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life—the car was actually flying in the sky! It was soaring through the clouds...
Du Li slapped herself hard. It hurt. She was terrified. She stammered, "Y-Y-You... Are you a human or a ghost?!"
Du Li had a terrible fear of heights. She never dared to take a plane, always opting for high-speed rail or driving herself wherever she went. Now, flying so high in the sky, Du Li felt like her heart was about to leap out of her chest, and she burst into tears.
"Mommy, help... Help me! Please stop, stop! Waaah, Daddy, save me!"
"Stop?" Xu Lai cracked a brilliant smile. "Hold on tight. We’re just getting started."
The training car became a streak of light, zipping madly through the air.
On the ground, a little boy blinked and tugged on his mother’s hand. "Mommy," he whispered, "there’s a car flying in the sky."
"Honey, you’re taking the boy to the eye doctor this afternoon to get his vision checked. I told you he’s severely nearsighted!"
「After flying for a full hour.」
When the car finally returned to the ground and arrived back at the driving school, Du Li pushed open the door and, leaning on her father, Du Qingguo, began to vomit violently.
Ruan Tang had arrived at some point and now rushed to Xu Lai’s side, asking anxiously, "What happened?"
"Who knows," Xu Lai shrugged. "Maybe the instructor’s pregnant."
"Pregnant?!" Du Qingguo’s face lit up with joy. "Sweetheart, are you in love? Who’s the young man? Bring him home to meet me!"
Du Li dry-heaved, her face ashen. "I’m not pregnant! It was... It was Xu Lai, he—"
"Instructor," Xu Lai reminded her with a smile, "you know that Heaven is watching."
Du Li shuddered and forced a smile. "I’m not teaching him anymore. Dad, refund his tuition... Hurry, refund the tuition!"
"Nonsense!" Du Qingguo’s face hardened. Not only had he seen with his own eyes that Xu Lai was learning very well, but even if he were a complete idiot, they couldn’t refund the tuition. That would tarnish their "100% Pass Rate" sign!
"I really won’t teach him anymore..." Du Li clung to her father’s leg, sobbing, "Dad, I’m begging you, just make Xu Lai leave. I’ll even refund ten times the tuition fee!"
This whole farce was giving Du Qingguo a massive headache. He quickly apologized, "Mr. Xu, I’m so sorry. My daughter can be a bit willful. I apologize for the trouble."
"It’s fine," Xu Lai nodded. "The instructor and I are getting along great, right?" He flashed a friendly smile.
But in Du Li’s eyes, that was the malevolent grin of a demon!