CHAPTER 52: CHAPTER 49: THE CONFIDENT YOUNG MAN

Situ Yang and Luo Yun came back together, and Luo Yun agreed to what Situ Yang said, but he asked doubtfully, "Xiao Yang, why do you want someone to race against Ye Qiu? According to you, your two apprentices are both A-level drivers, and having trained together since childhood, their talent and ability are extremely high. After joining the Celestial Dragon Racing Team, within a few years, they could both reach Car King level.

And most importantly, although their individual skills aren’t top-notch, their coordination when working together is terrifying. What are you really planning?"

Upon hearing Luo Yun’s doubts, Situ Yang chuckled, "Uncle, you’re overthinking it. I don’t have any ulterior motives. I just feel that Ye Qiu resembles someone and want my outstanding apprentices to give Ye Qiu a go."

"Oh? Do you think Ye Qiu might conceal his skills during the assessment? And who do you think he is?" Luo Yun asked.

A sharp gleam flashed in Situ Yang’s eyes as he replied, "I suspect he might be the former genius driver, Ye Qiu..."

"What?" Luo Yun’s steps halted as he was about to say something, but Situ Yang interrupted, "Uncle, we’re here."

Luo Yun nodded, and then he and Situ Yang walked into the waiting area accompanied by compliments from the staff, where Luo Yun immediately spotted Ye Qiu, who was resting with his eyes closed.

Thinking about the attitude he had towards Ye Qiu earlier, regret flashed across Luo Yun’s face as he thought to himself, "I really didn’t expect you to be his son... but you don’t really show it in appearance..."

Luo Yun shook his head and called over the assessment team manager, who had witnessed Ye Qiu parking his pickup truck at the entrance earlier. The manager was Huang Feng.

After being summoned by Luo Yun, Huang Feng came over, and after hearing Luo Yun’s words, he glanced in surprise at Ye Qiu, who was resting with his eyes closed, and then at Situ Xin and others, saying, "President, if all four of them are assessed together, what will the final assessment result be?"

Luo Yun frowned and looked at Situ Yang, who replied, "Situ Xin is already an SS-level driver and doesn’t need to take the A-level license test. My two apprentices will be assessed according to the standard and schedule; as for Ye Qiu..."

Situ Yang and the others glanced at Ye Qiu, and at this moment, Ye Qiu was tugged by the sleeve by Wang Xinrui, and he opened his eyes to see Situ Yang and the others.

Upon seeing Ye Qiu open his eyes, Situ Yang asked, "Ye Qiu, the president has agreed to my proposal. You will be assessed along with my two apprentices and Situ Xin. However, since all four of you will participate at the same time, your assessment scores might not qualify. You..."

"No need, calculate according to the original schedule and standard," Ye Qiu said.

Situ Yang nodded without surprise upon hearing this, while Luo Yun and Huang Feng gave Ye Qiu a surprised look.

"Hmph, pretending to be strong," Situ Xin sneered upon hearing Ye Qiu’s words, thinking to himself, "Once the race starts, I’ll target you to ensure you can’t even meet the assessment standards. Hehe, let’s see if you cry afterward..."

"What? That kid is really going to be assessed and race with Situ Xin and Situ Yang’s two apprentices, and all four of them at the same time using the original schedule?"

"Is Ye Qiu out of his mind, or is he crazy? Not to mention racing in the form of an assessment with four people, passing this A-level license test individually is already tough, let alone following the original schedule with four people... Is Ye Qiu getting too arrogant?"

"Even though Situ Xin is without an arm, he’s still the best driver in H City, SS-level no less. Despite lacking an arm, purely based on experience, he’s incomparable to a newcomer like Ye Qiu. It’s rumored that if Ye Qiu loses, he’ll have to kneel and apologize to Situ Xin. I wonder how much humiliation Situ Xin will inflict on him later."

"Hmph, this kid’s definitely eating dirt later..."

Listening to those who heard that Ye Qiu would race against Situ Xin and the others during the assessment, earlier on Ye Qiu’s bet, Xiao Wei was stuffing food into his mouth vigorously, eager to feed Ye Qiu dirt if he loses.

Initially, he believed Ye Qiu was bound to lose the bet, and now with this situation, he felt it was a stroke of luck.

But then Xiao Wei got up and came to Ye Qiu’s side, saying, "Ye Qiu, don’t forget our bet. If you feel that racing against others has increased the difficulty factor of our bet, we can discuss reducing the challenge for you..."

"No need." Ye Qiu waved his hand at Xiao Wei, who wanted to show generosity in front of Wang Xinrui, "Everything remains the same."

"Won’t you reconsider?"

"No need."

"Hmph, overestimating yourself. Today, you’re definitely eating dirt." Xiao Wei looked at Ye Qiu’s confident expression with contempt, then seeing Ye Qiu ignoring him, he stopped talking.

Instead, he glanced at Wang Xinrui, wanting to say something, but seeing she wasn’t paying him any attention either, he left disappointedly, continuing to stuff his mouth, hoping to feed Ye Qiu dirt later.

"Ye Qiu, are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?"

Wang Xinrui looked at the approaching race, feeling worried for Ye Qiu next to her.

The A-level license assessment is already difficult, and now with three people along, all under the original schedule, the difficulty is no less than an SSS-level assessment.

Moreover, Situ Xin harbors resentment towards Ye Qiu, and who knows what he might do during the race, since Situ Xin doesn’t need to care about the assessment.

"Don’t worry." Ye Qiu smiled.

Not to mention the three competitors who aren’t yet Bronze Car Kings, even if a Bronze Car King came, he wouldn’t fear them either. With his current skills, Ye Qiu could confidently say that except for Situ Yang, the three-star Bronze Car King, whom he hasn’t beaten yet and feels uncertain about, everyone else in H City would be easily defeated in a race against him.

The feeling is just like a high school student bullying elementary school kids, easily winning.

As for the difficulty of the assessment track, Ye Qiu had already assessed a track in the United States which is several times harder than here. To Ye Qiu, the Huaxia assessment track seemed way too easy, so much so that he originally thought these standards were too low. Huaxia professional racing drivers, if assessed like this, will fall further behind the United States.

But now that three more people have joined, the evaluation will be conducted through racing, greatly increasing the difficulty level, but for Ye Qiu, it’s just right at the moment.

...

As time slowly passed, after the B-level driver license evaluation was completed, it was time for the A-level driver license evaluation.

Reaching the level of an A-level driver, there weren’t many in the entire H City, and in previous years, there were few, if any, who reached A-level or higher evaluations.

But this year, there appeared three at once: Ye Qiu, Ye Yu, and Ye Lei, and they were joined by the long-famous and prestigious in H City’s racing scene, the captain of the Fiery Sun Team, SS-level driver Situ Xin.

The evaluation was conducted in the form of a race, and the three evaluation participants all agreed to be judged according to the original evaluation criteria and time standards.

This instantly shook the entire Automobile Guild, and this news quickly spread at lightning speed within the circle of professional racing drivers in H City.

For a time, people were surprised, astonished, then excited, and then flocked to the Automobile Guild, buying snacks and drinks, waiting to watch this bizarre evaluation.

"Ye Qiu, Ye Yu, Ye Lei, and Situ Xin, all of you go drive your cars to the first evaluation location, the starting point of the ladder spiral track."

The evaluation team manager Huang Feng, seeing the track was cleared, said to Ye Qiu and the others.

Ye Qiu stood up along with the others, and Situ Xin also slowly got up but looked at Ye Qiu at that moment. Ye Qiu, however, kept his gaze straight ahead, ignoring him, which made Situ Xin sneer repeatedly, thinking to himself: "Let you show off for now, after you lose, I’ll humiliate you twice as much to return today’s shame."

"To clarify, since this race is primarily an evaluation, Ye Qiu, Ye Yu, and Ye Lei, you must remember the standards for your A-level license evaluation. The first ladder spiral track requires you to drift up to the 5th floor within 40 minutes to pass.

If your two cars enter the track simultaneously, everything that happens is agreed upon by yourselves, so don’t expect the evaluation team to make allowances for four people evaluating at once. Understand?"

Huang Feng said.

Ye Qiu and the others nodded.

Huang Feng glanced around at Ye Qiu and the others, his gaze lingering the longest on Ye Qiu. Earlier, he had seen Ye Qiu driving that pickup truck, and he couldn’t quite see through this seemingly ordinary boy with an equally ordinary vehicle.

You might say Ye Qiu is arrogant, but looking into his confident eyes, it doesn’t seem so.

You might say Ye Qiu is foolish? That’s even less likely; being acquainted with Wang Xinrui and seeming to have a unique relationship with her, this doesn’t seem right either.

"Could it be that this boy truly has so much confidence that he can complete the evaluation even with the addition of the other three people?" Huang Feng wondered.

But he quickly put his doubts aside and said: "After passing the first evaluation, if anyone fails to meet the standards within the stipulated time, they will be eliminated.

The remaining will advance to the second evaluation of the Ninth Rank City Jump Track. Like the first rule, anyone failing to complete within the stipulated time will be eliminated.

The final remaining candidates will undergo the third stage, a 1900-meter assessment circuit evaluation, and those who meet the final standards will pass the evaluation.

As for the ranking among you, it will be determined by your completion times, but these rankings will not be recorded in your driver profiles since this is a race you decided on your own. Do any of you have objections?"

Ye Qiu and the others shook their heads.

"Good, since you have no objections, then drive your cars to the starting point of the first ladder spiral track to prepare, remember it’s your own cars, though if someone is willing to lend you a car, that’s fine too..."

While saying this, Huang Feng glanced at Ye Qiu, but seeing no reaction from him, he shook his head and went to prepare for supervising the evaluation.

After Huang Feng left, Ye Qiu headed for his pickup truck, as did Ye Yu, Ye Lei, and Situ Xin, but as Ye Qiu reached his pickup and was about to get in, he suddenly smelled a fragrance behind him.

Thinking it was Wang Xinrui, Ye Qiu turned around, only to be a bit stunned to see Luo Bing standing behind him with a smile: "Why are you here? Need something?"

"I heard you’re racing, so I came to check on you," Luo Bing said.

"Oh." Ye Qiu nodded and then prepared to get in his car.

Looking at Ye Qiu’s back as he was about to get in, then at his worn-out pickup, Luo Bing opened her mouth in surprise: "Where’s the Porsche, Ye Qiu? Don’t tell me you’re using this old... this pickup to race?"

Starting the pickup, Ye Qiu looked at Luo Bing and nodded: "That’s right, I’m using this pickup to race."

Seeing Luo Bing about to say something, Ye Qiu laughed and said: "A race car driver must have confidence in their car, that’s how the car will cooperate well with you. I’m very confident in my car, so don’t worry."

Vroom.

The pickup set off toward the starting point, and Luo Bing watched the tail lights fading into the distance, her beautiful eyes shimmering with an unusual light, fists clenched, murmuring: "A confident young man is quite captivating..."