Chapter 8: Crazy Drift, Life on the Line

  He shouted and fell to the ground, and many passersby who didn't know the truth also joined in. For a moment, our BMW Z4 became a negative example of a rich second-generation drunk driving and escaping, and everyone's target. When we drove onto the main road of the community, I saw that the security guard at the gate had already lowered the boom. I turned my head to look at Mingying, only to see her biting her lip, not knowing what to do either, and could only step on the brake, slowly bringing the car to a stop.

  I carefully watched the movement of that rod and said to Mingying: "That frame is placed on the ground, idling, pushing it to turn!"

  Mingying nodded and stopped the car very close to the barrier. When she stopped, the car suddenly shook a little.

  The security guard was talking to the patrolling personnel inside the compound through a walkie-talkie while walking towards us. When he reached the edge of the car window, the car suddenly moved forward again, pushing the boom gate to turn around, and the boom gate's frame indeed rotated with it as I had expected, not fixed on the ground. The security guard shouted loudly but didn't dare to step forward to stop it.

  The car finally left the neighborhood, I turned my head to look back, those two didn't chase out, a small hole was broken on the rear window glass, hurriedly stuck my head out to search, and indeed found a bullet fell under the seat headrest. Looking at the shape of this bullet, the opponent's estimated use is a very traditional 64-style handgun. If that guy who broke into the house used the Desert Eagle close combat pistol, or didn't add a silencer, the steel table would definitely not be able to withstand it.

  I hastily asked Mingying: "Is there anything wrong with the car?"

  Nothing.

  I let out a breath and asked Li Yubo below me: "Professor Li, how did you just get here?"

  "Huh? I...I was just riding a bike..." Li Yubo stammered.

  I asked Mingying: "What do you think?"

  "They tracked him down to get here. Otherwise, they would have ruined this car."

  I nodded: "So they still don't know your identity. Where are we going now?"

  Mingying stared ahead as she drove, silent for a moment before saying, "To Lingkong's place."

  "Why don't we go to Old Lady Yin's place?" In my opinion, since Old Lady Yin is a person with such great influence and connections, her residence would be the safest.

  Li Yubo, who had been silent beside him, suddenly turned pale and said: "What? Are you crazy? Going to Yong's old house at this time? Do you want to die?"

  Looking at this guy who just had a sudden change of heart, hearing him say that, my temper flared up. I coldly snorted and ignored him. Mingying continued, "Professor Li is right, going to find Old Yin now would be even more painful than being beaten to death earlier."

  I'm so annoyed: Is Old Lady Wang at home counting her money now? And they won't let me go find her?

  Suddenly, Mingying exclaimed in surprise: "Ah!"

  "What's wrong?" I asked hurriedly.

  "You think those people don't know who I am? They actually do!"

  I had a premonition of something going terribly wrong and hastily asked: "What's wrong? Has the brake failed?"

  Mingying nodded with difficulty.

  As expected, they recognized this car and sabotaged the brake system in advance!

  Just now when I left the community gate, it was probably the last time the damaged brake system worked! No wonder when the car stopped, it shook strangely! From now on... from now on, we'll have to rely on our luck!

  I hastily looked back and found that on the usually deserted Kele North Road, there was actually a Toyota Prado SUV following us.

  Mingying also seemed to have discovered the vehicle behind, and coldly snorted: "As expected, it's not just those two people, the car arranged at the door to stake out has also come after us!"

  I held onto a glimmer of hope and said, "Let's take a few more turns and see!"

  Suddenly, a three-wheeled vehicle appeared on the right side and swayed forward. Mingying quickly turned the steering wheel to avoid it, causing our car to shake violently from side to side. I hurriedly used my hands to support the roof of the car, but Li Yubo's head had already hit the window, hurting him so much that he groaned in pain.

  She took two sharp turns, and Mingying was also startled into a cold sweat, with her forehead shining brightly. Fortunately, this was a BMW Z4 sports car, with excellent handling performance and extra grip. Otherwise, at this speed, if it were an ordinary car, it would have flipped into the roadside flowerbed long ago.

  But that Toyota Prado was still chasing after us. Judging from its speed, it must be the vehicle that's been tailing us.

  My heart is racing: there are pursuers behind, we must drive forward with all our might; but the brakes are damaged, if the speed is too fast, once an emergency occurs, it will be a car crash and death. Moreover, in this situation, we cannot drive to Lao Lao or Old Lady Yin's place to seek protection, otherwise we would expose their residence to the enemy.

  This situation is truly having wolves in front and tigers behind, isolated and helpless!

  It's good that I'm familiar with this area. Hurriedly, I drew a map of the surrounding area in my mind and told Mingying: "Turn left ahead, go straight to Songhong Road!"

  Mingying was already in a state of confusion, involuntarily following my orders. Just as we arrived at the intersection, she suddenly turned the steering wheel to the left, and the car's rear end swung out, creating such a huge centrifugal force that the tires on this side of the vehicle slightly lifted off the ground.

  She suddenly turned onto the road on her right after fifty meters.

  "You've taken a wrong turn!" I exclaimed as I saw Mingying take a wrong turn. "There's construction ahead!"

  Mingying gritted her teeth and said: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

  I was shocked: had she actually misread the sign above her head? Had she finally cracked under the pressure?

  It's too late to think about it anymore, in front of us is a sign that says "Construction, please detour". She subconsciously wanted to turn left, but the steering wheel was tightly held by me.

  "Mingying shouted urgently: 'Let go!'"

  I didn't care at all. The car rushed straight to the right side of the warning sign, and in an instant, sparks flew everywhere, and the sign was knocked flying several meters away. Then, the whole car fell into the groove, and shook violently once.

  Mingying only then saw clearly, on the left side of the sign, a pile of replaced drain pipes was placed.

  If it crashes head-on into those heavy concrete pipes, the front of the car will definitely be smashed to pieces in an instant.

  It was just that when this extremely sensitive sports car sped over the uneven road surface, it really didn't feel good. With one jolt, Li Yubo was pressed by my body and let out a loud cry, almost bursting my eardrums.

  "Don't panic!" I said to Mingying, "Don't think of anything else, listen to me!"

  The off-road vehicle behind is passing through that depression completely effortlessly and is slowly approaching.

  "I shouted: 'Song You Men, turn left!'"

  Mingying turned too quickly, and the rearview mirror on the left side of the car clattered against the railing, finally breaking off and falling down.

  "Turn right!"

  She turned the steering wheel sharply, and the tires let out a loud screeching sound that was ear-piercingly maddening.

  Finally arrived on the main road. But encountered the first red light.

  Charge!

  Another red light.

  Charge again!

  Mingying, who couldn't stop driving, ran through 7 or 8 red lights. I directed her to take this road, which had little traffic. However, at an intersection ahead, several cars waiting for the red light were parked there, leisurely eating fruit.

  Mingying made a sharp turn, crossed the double yellow line, drove in reverse for over ten meters, and then ran the red light.

  When I reached the middle of the intersection, a large truck suddenly came across and was about to hit the rear of the car.

  Mingying had no choice, one foot on the accelerator, the car roared and shot out like a bullet, scaring the truck driver who cursed loudly.

  That Prado has been chasing us from behind all the way, also completely ignoring red lights. It seems like they won't stop until they've driven us to extinction.

  Fortunately, it was blocked by this big truck, giving us precious tens of seconds to slow down.

  In front of us was a bridge spanning the Suzhou River. Once we were halfway across the bridge, I told her to take her foot off the gas.

  "Want to die?" She had no idea what I meant.

  "Less nonsense, just do it!" I shouted, and she obediently took her foot off the accelerator.

  When she got to the bottom of the bridge, she realized that the other side of the bridge was steep and frightening. If she hadn't slowed down when approaching the bridge, she would have lost control by now. I ordered her to turn right at the foot of the bridge and drive onto Yunling West Road.

  But at this moment, several pedestrians appeared in front of me, swaying slowly on the zebra crossing!

  Let you run a red light! Do you know our situation? Run your damn red light!

  Complaints aside, after all, lives are at stake. At this critical moment, Mingying suddenly floored it and turned the steering wheel sharply. This powerful rear-wheel drive sports car drew a perfect drifting trajectory, with its entire body rotating around the front wheels as the axis, making a 120-degree turn right in front of a pedestrian, sliding sideways for several meters before coming to a stop. Due to inertia, the three of us were all tilted to the left, and by then, the car's head was already facing Yunling West Road.

  A screeching sound in the drift, I estimate that it has already left a lifelong psychological shadow on the person who led the way to run the red light.

  I looked out and that Prado actually rushed towards a pedestrian. If the person hadn't jumped out of the way, they would have been knocked flying.

  "Run!" I yelled at Mingying who was still stunned after drifting to a stop. If we didn't hurry, we would be cut off by the Prado!

  Rushing into Yunling West Road, both sides are low-rise residential houses, and the road suddenly becomes narrow and bumpy. Our precious sports car is now bumping like a sieve. The two cars in front and behind us, speeding by so fast, scared the non-motorized vehicles and pedestrians on the side, leaving them stunned and retreating.

  The Prado behind was still chasing after us like a maggot on a bone. Mingying's heart was anxious, and she subconsciously stepped on the accelerator. I quickly spoke out to stop her, otherwise we would have crashed into several people on this road. As it was, our car head still smashed into a watermelon stand by the roadside, and the blood-red pulp splattered everywhere.

  Two cars drove onto Zhongjiang Road, one in front of the other. I gave Mingying an order-like command: "Now you just drive along the middle of the double yellow line, go straight, and don't pay attention to anything else!"

  Mingying slightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car accelerated again, rushing out like a flying bird. From behind came the SUV's distinctive engine roar, apparently the other party had discovered our acceleration and also floored it, wanting to crash our small car in this darkness and fake a traffic accident with three lives lost.

  Less than 300 meters ahead, the road lamps on this small road had completely disappeared, and the surroundings were pitch black. The car's headlights shone brightly, but couldn't penetrate far into the darkness. I pulled over the seatbelt, not bothering to buckle it in, and gripped it tightly with both hands, my eyes fixed intently on the road ahead without blinking for a moment.

  Suddenly, the rearview mirror on the right side went "bang" and seemed to be knocked askew, sticking to the window. Mingying was already very nervous and was startled, her hand shaking. I hastily shouted: "Hold steady!"

  I am very clear in my mind that in this place, if you deviate slightly from the direction, there is only one outcome:

  Death!