Seeing Cen Yao's words, Xie Yixiu seemed to see the little girl with big eyes, fluttering eyelashes, and a look full of anticipation.

It's hard to refuse.

If he told Cen Yao a minute ago that he was driving, and there was still a wisp of hesitation that he wanted her to recognize, then after she said that he drove a taxi, he didn't want to explain anymore.

How do you explain it, saying that she is Xie Yixiu, the idol she has been worshipping all these years, and then, what to tell her, is it that he can't even finish the five-kilometer lap track now, or is it a lie for the studio to say that he went abroad, and he can't go to the race?

There were already many people who were disappointed in him, and he didn't want Cen Yao to become like that.

After a long time, Xie Yixiu agreed to her: "Okay." ”

From replying to her private messages, to accompanying her to watch movies, leaving her contact information, and now pretending to be a taxi driver and promising to send her home, he doesn't understand that he is too out of line, too absurd, and too reckless.

But he really doesn't want to continue to be that big star racing driver Xie Yixiu.

Cen Yao on the other end of the screen didn't know what he was thinking, but happily told him: "Then you come to Wanning Road Primary School to pick me up at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon." ”

Xie Yixiu said that he knew, and saw Cen Yao send a satisfied cat emoji.

The phone rang again, and it was teammate Zhao Zheng who sent him a message.

Zhao Zheng: "Brother Yi, tomorrow's training Xiaoyao will take leave, there may be something at home." ”

Zhao Zheng was originally signed by him to Mask, and the two met when he was studying in Oxford and joining the local drivers' academy, and later they competed side by side from F3 to F2 championship until they became real F1 drivers.

The season he won the championship was partnered with Zhao Zheng, and it was also in that year that Mask signed Yao Siyuan, a rookie who won the runner-up in F2 Barcelona, who is the Xiaoyao in Zhao Zheng's mouth.

It was one of the best years in Mask's history, and it's hard to repeat it since.

Xie Yixiu replied with an "um", thought about it, and asked, "Is there any channel to pick up a second-hand car immediately?" ”

Zhao Zheng: "Used cars? What used car? ”

Zhao Zheng: "Vintage car, right, you started playing with this?" Supercar, GT or muscle? ”

"No," Xie Yixiu paused and thought for a moment, "If you want the driver to take orders, the most ordinary kind is fine." ”

There are basically tens of millions of cars in his garage, many of which are limited editions, and there are few in the entire Shanghai market, and there are even unique modified cars.

Zhao Zheng was probably shocked by his request, and the chat box showed "The other party is typing" for a long time.

Xie Yixiu waited patiently, until Zhao Zheng digested the facts and said okay, this is simple, and asked him when he wanted it.

"Tomorrow, you help me drive to the headquarters, and I will use it in the afternoon." Xie Yixiu said.

Seeing this, Zhao Zheng said: "I'll drive your house directly, and you won't have to make trouble when the time comes." ”

Early the next morning, Xie Yixiu saw the car that Zhao Zheng got him at the door of his house.

White, not large, clean body, with obvious traces of use.

"Well, meet your requirements, my aunt used to pick up my cousin from school, and now my cousin is in college, and she is planning to sell it." Zhao Zheng said.

Xie Yixiu asked him how much.

Zhao Zheng waved his hand indifferently: "I don't have a lot of money, Brother Yi, you don't have to be polite to me, just play ...... open"

He paused suddenly, and his demeanor became cautious: "Are you playing on the road, isn't it because you think that our results in the past two years have not been good, so you want to abandon the team and become a driver?" ”

Xie Yixiu said, "That's not true", and commented objectively: "But your current results are really not good." ”

Zhao Zheng: "......"

He gave up the idea of discussing with the other party, and raised his chin in the direction of the little white car: "You drive?" ”

"I'll drive." Xie Yi cultivated.

Zhao Zheng threw the car keys to him and got into the co-pilot.

Xie Yixiu closed the door and fastened his seat belt, and after starting, Zhao Zheng noticed that he frowned when he drove out, obviously used to driving a sports car, and felt that the family car had insufficient horsepower and accelerated too slowly.

But even so, Xie Yixiu almost immediately adapted to this kind of scooter with weak handling, and Zhao Zheng sat and basically couldn't feel the switch between accelerator and brake.

You don't need to run in to drive very steadily, and you have a natural ability to control the car.

There was regret in Zhao Zheng's eyes, and it flashed.

The car drove to the Mask headquarters, which did not have a magnetic card on the door, and was stopped by the security guards.

Zhao Zheng lowered the window and pointed to Xie Yixiu, who was driving: "This is Brother Yi's new car, you can recognize it." ”

The second monk of the security guard was puzzled and didn't understand why Xie Yixiu started to drive this kind of car, but when he saw the real Xie Yixiu himself sitting inside, he hurriedly let them in.

On the wall of the team's lounge, each player's winter training schedule is pasted, and the big screen on the TV is playing back a video of Mask's season, which Xie Yixiu just took them to analyze a few days ago.

This time, Mask still returned with a feather, and there was no more trophy in the showcase.

Seeing Xie Yixiu come in, several teammates and staff greeted him one after another.

Xie Yixiu nodded and asked, "What are you practicing today, the simulation cabin is still training." ”

Zhao Zheng said: "I originally wanted you to keep an eye on Xiaoyao, but he asked for leave, why don't you take a look at Hanzhu to open the simulation cabin." ”

Xie Yixiu said okay, and a short-haired girl stood up and went to the cab with him and Zhao Zheng.

When Xu Hanzhu sat in the cockpit, Zhao Zheng said softly: "Hanzhu has been competing with Xiao Yao for the past two days, and her lap speed is about to catch up with Xiao Yao, thinking that she can play next season." ”

The big circular screen in front of the cockpit appeared on the scene of a simulated track, Xie Yixiu stared at the steering of the wheels on the screen expressionlessly, and after a while, suddenly said: "The entry point is wrong." ”

When Xu Hanzhu heard this, he was distracted, and his speed suddenly slowed down.

Xie Yixiu lifted his eyelids and said, "Stop." ”

When Xu Hanzhu took off his helmet and got down from the cockpit, Zhao Zheng saw that there was a little frustration between her cold eyebrows.

Xie Yixiu never comforted people, he walked to the side of the cockpit, clicked his knuckles and clicked on the steering wheel: "When you enter the corner, the steering wheel is not fast enough, the cornering distance is too long, it wastes time and consumes tires." ”

"Thank you, Brother Yi." Xu Hanzhu whispered.

Xie Yixiu said again: "The simulation cabin will train muscle memory and then run on the track to see if you can adapt." ”

Xu Hanzhu agreed to come down.

When Zhao Zheng and Xie Yixiu walked out of the cab, they suddenly said: "This time I went to the race, the Milo of the McLaren team mentioned you and asked why you didn't come, I don't know how to explain it to him." ”

"Then let him pay attention to the studio's Weibo, and you don't need to explain." Xie Yi cultivated.

Zhao Zheng pretended not to understand what Xie Yixiu meant, and stubbornly continued: "The fastest lap this time is him, and the lap speed of your first time winning the championship is very close, so he is about to catch up with you." ”

The subtext of every word is to persuade Xie Yixiu to return to the arena.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Mask's repeated declines in performance and its start to lose money, it would have affected the Hongjun car company behind him, that is, Xie Yixiu's father's industry, he wouldn't even have asked Xie Yixiu to come back to help the team train.

No matter from which point of view, ability, technology or commercial value, Xie Yixiu is the soul of the entire Mask, without him, this team is an empty shell, a walking corpse, a meteor that flashes after the brilliant and returns to dead silence, and the long night is dim.

But Xie Yixiu didn't answer, but said lightly: "The meaning of the existence of the fastest circle is to be surpassed." ”

After staying in the convoy for a whole day, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Yixiu drove to Wanning Road Primary School in the city.

The gray streamlined building of the Mask headquarters gradually shrank away in the rearview mirror, as if leaving behind all the heavy responsibilities he needed to bear, Xie Yixiu found that going to Cen Yao would be the easiest thing for him to do this day.

Cen Yao was about five o'clock with him, he arrived ten minutes early, found a vacant parking space, sent her the license plate number, and sat in the car and waited.

At 5:20 a.m., the window pane on the passenger side was gently tapped.

Xie Yixiu turned his face and saw Cen Yao spread his two small hands and pressed them against his windowpane, looking in curiously.

Her fingers were thin and white, and the tips were pink like cherry blossoms.

After making eye contact with him, she was a little flustered as if she was unprepared, her eyes flashed, and then she remembered to greet him and smiled at him, which reminded Xie Yixiu of the emoji kitten she sent him last night.

He quietly pressed the switch on the lifting window, and the glass fell without warning.

Cen Yao was caught off guard and startled, and while stepping back, his eyes widened slightly.

The corners of Xie Yixiu's lips were more imperceptible, he let go of his hand and said to her through the gap in the window, "Get in the car." ”

The voice is cool, a moment in the late autumn air.

It sounds like rain falling far away from the sky.

Cen Yao began to hesitate whether to sit in the front row or the back row, wanting to sit in the front, but he felt that he should be reserved.

When she was undecided, someone behind her called her, it was the team leader, Mr. Zhang, and another colleague who taught the upper grades.

Cen Yao turned his head and waved at them.

"Xiao Cen, did you call a car? Can you drop by and let us go to the nearby art supply store and buy painting materials for the students? Teacher Zhang said.

She had seen Cen Yao's boyfriend come to pick her up and knew that it was not his car.

Cen Yao said okay, then leaned over and asked Xie Yixiu, "Is it okay to bring my colleague?" ”

Xie Yixiu nodded.

So Cen Yao sat in the front row naturally.

When she sat down, she once again smelled the scent of laundry detergent on his body, and the light breath was like the memory of the rainy day when she first saw him, floating faintly.

Thinking of something, Cen Yao said: "It turns out that you are not driving a taxi, so it is a platform express, right?" ”

Xie Yixiu said yes unnaturally.

The art supply store was only a five-minute drive from Wanning Road Primary School, and Ms. Zhang and her colleagues quickly got out of the car.

Saying goodbye to them through the glass, Cen Yao turned back and said to Xie Yixiu: "I'm sorry, I came out late today, because the parents of a child in our class haven't come to pick her up, so I helped her call her mother, and I saw that she was scared alone, so I waited with her for a long time." ”

Then he said, "I'll pay you for lost work." ”

"No, you don't." Xie Yixiu adjusted the steering wheel as he spoke, opening up the wrong distance from the oncoming car.

He looked very good at holding the steering wheel, the back of his hand was broad, his fingers were very long, and there were pale blue veins under his cold white skin, and the pitch-black rosary hung on his wrist, which was held against the slightly protruding wrist bone, and swayed gently as the car moved.

Cen Yao thought for a while: "Then shall I invite you to dinner?" Celebrate. ”

Xie Yixiu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "What are you celebrating?" ”

Cen Yao realized that he had leaked his mouth and accidentally said what was in his heart.

I want to celebrate her successful appointment with him, and I have a reason to meet every day.

She quickly changed her words: "Don't you want to miss work, so I invite you to dinner, the celebration is by the way, and someone will send me home after the celebration." ”

For some reason, looking at the way Cen Yao spoke, Xie Yixiu felt that this was not the idea she originally had in her heart.

He has been living in the media spotlight since graduating from high school, has never eaten alone with girls of the same age, and even if he is really a driver, it seems that he should not agree to the passengers' requests other than pick-up.

But Cen Yao's face seemed to have four big words "don't refuse" written clearly.

He couldn't say no.

"Okay." Xie Yixiu said.

Cen Yao's mood visibly rose to the naked eye, and she happily took out her mobile phone: "Then I want to see what restaurants I have swiped recently." ”

When browsing her favorites, she seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly raised her eyes to look at the center console, and then pointed to the empty mobile phone holder on it: "By the way, aren't you driving a platform express, why don't you put your phone here, don't you have to look at the software's order-taking interface?" ”