CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 96: PULSATING BLOOD_2

When Zeng Xuerou brought up Zhou Ziang, she also showed a bit of interest.

"Come on, even you, Xuerou, following Yiyi’s craziness, give me a break," Xiao Xian confessed everything about how she got to know Zhou Ziang and ended up going to the hospital with him under their relentless questioning. This proved yet again a certain truth: women really are frightening creatures.

"I’m not just randomly excited. It’s because that Zhou Ziang has quite some background, you know? He’s one of the initiators of this physical fitness test, representing a multinational company from the United States to collaborate with the Chinese government on research and development. The project is about the physical quality of middle school students. He’s only twenty-one but he’s already got a master’s degree from Cornell University. I heard he turned down many invitations from research institutions here." Zeng Xuerou is a genius, and geniuses often admire other geniuses.

When Zeng Xuerou isn’t gossiping, it’s fine, but once she starts, she’s even more outrageous than Zhang Yiyi, proving it with real examples.

"All of this seems to have nothing to do with me," Xiao Xian had some good feelings towards Zhou Ziang, but after learning that he was partners with Aisha, she immediately categorized him as a potential bad guy, cunning and malicious.

"How can it not be related? Using my dad’s words, for a woman, it’s better to marry well than to study well. That Dr. Zhou is definitely a top-notch stock. Smart, good-looking, and promising at such a young age, he’s bound to be successful in the future." Zhang Yiyi’s words made both Xiao Xian and Zeng Xuerou roll their eyes, wondering what kind of parenting that was from Mr. Zhang.

"Okay, let’s end this topic here. The school doesn’t promote puppy love," Zeng Xuerou saw the discussion going off-track and quickly changed the subject. In fact, she had come looking for Xiao Xian today for another matter.

"Xuerou is about to preach again, I better go join Lin Xiang and the others to continue our discussion," Zhang Yiyi saw Zeng Xuerou’s serious face, preferred not to embarrass herself, and took off.

Zeng Xuerou hesitated for a moment, which reminded Xiao Xian of the night they met at the airport, "I want you to sneak out with me after evening self-study."

Xiao Xian thought she had heard wrong, President Zeng was actually encouraging her to stay out all night. The curfew at Sacred Heart Middle School was at 9:30 PM when the dormitory lights were switched off.

Although Xiao Xian was puzzled, she chose to remain silent, waiting for Zeng Xuerou to continue. After all, if Zeng Xuerou brought it up, it was surely no small matter.

"My father used to be a race driver; you must have heard about it from my grandma," Xiao Xian and Zhang Yiyi frequented the Zeng’s house almost as much as Zeng Xuerou herself did. Zeng Xuerou knew her grandma probably told them everything.

"Yeah, she briefly mentioned it," Xiao Xian knew that flowing in Zeng Xuerou’s veins was ultimately the blood of a race driver father. Her demeanor at school was, in fact, just a disguise.

"There’s a race tonight," Zeng Xuerou said while watching Xiao Xian’s expressions closely, "it’s about racing, and I’ve always been paying attention to extreme racing."

Xiao Xian just listened, making sure not to show any surprise, which was precisely what Zeng Xuerou admired most about her. Xiao Xian might be young, but the composure she sometimes displayed was even admired by Zeng Xuerou herself.

The fact that Zeng Xuerou had racing skills had already leaked at this point. If she were just an average driver on the roads, where would she have gotten such impressive driving skills? But Xiao Xian didn’t expect Xuerou to invite her to participate.

Zeng Xuerou would usually just watch races, and never actually participated in one. One of her father’s good friends, who adored Zeng Xuerou since she was young, taught her a lot about driving.

Previously, her father’s old partner accompanied Zeng Xuerou in races, but a few days ago, due to an accident, that uncle got injured and hospitalized. However, he had already registered for tonight’s underground illegal street race, and if he didn’t participate, he would have to pay a hefty compensation fee to the event organizers.

"You don’t have to do anything, just come with me for moral support," Zeng Xuerou nervously held Xiao Xian’s right hand, her fingers slightly cold. She was very anxious.

"Do you really have to participate?" Racing is quite a dangerous sport, Xiao Xian wasn’t very willing to agree. After all, Zeng Xuerou was still a novice, it wasn’t quite appropriate for her to join such a race.

Zeng Xuerou managed to squeeze out a sentence: "That uncle is an illegal street racer; he bet a sizable wager on tonight’s race."

"Then just drop the bet, if anything happens, it wouldn’t be worth it," Zeng Xuerou had some savings to begin with. Even if she invested money in a pharmaceutical plant, just the plant’s profits alone would cover her daily expenses.

"He’s got permanent lower body paralysis, his wife doesn’t work, and they have two children in elementary school at home." Zeng Xuerou lost her smile, sadness in her eyes.

Xiao Xian went silent, understanding Zeng Xuerou’s meaning.

After the evening self-study, Xiao Xian excused herself to Zhang Yiyi claiming she had been "borrowed" by the student council to tally today’s medical reports and told her to go back first.

After 9:30 PM, Xiao Xian left school with Zeng Xuerou and sat in a McDonald’s that operated 24 hours in the downtown area.

"We have to wait until after 11 PM before we can go back and sneak the car out. My mom has no engagements tonight and will go to bed after watching the 10 PM TV series with grandma. After 11, we can go in and sneak out," Zeng Xuerou seemed a bit nervous. Actually, this was her first real race, and what awaited her was still unclear, even to herself.

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Somebody made suggestions in the comments today,

I admit I’ve been pretty scatterbrained recently,

Both my body and thoughts are a mess,

I’ll sort out my thoughts and take some rest.

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