Translated by: Queen Dei Mos
Update Schedule: Sporadic
Characters:
Ji Bai – MC
Ji Feifei – MC’s older sister
Ji Mingzhi – MC’s father
Tao Jiazhi – MC’s mother
Old lady Ji – paternal grandmother – Ji Mingzhi’s mother
Xie Sui – ML
Cong Yuzhou – ML friend
Jiang Zhongning – ML friend
Ai Xiaoxiao – MC’s close friend
Xu Huan – MC’s close friend
Yin Xiaxia – MC’s close friend
Madam Cheng – ML’s birth mother
Although Yao Wu was the one who made the bet, he wasn’t going to play himself. Instead, he hired someone to play for him.
The meeting place was at the edge of a cliff halfway up Tiger Mountain Road. The chilly mountain wind howled, echoing through the canyon like the wails of a hundred ghosts.
Xie Sui stepped out of the car and saw Yao Wu and his group impatiently leaning against their cars, having been waiting for quite some time.
“Xie Sui, you’re late.”
Xie Sui casually remarked, “It’s not like it’s a goddamn class. Who cares about being late or not?”
Yao Wu experienced a blow to his pride and embarrassingly said, “Since I set up this game, let me set the rules. Any objections?”
“Whatever.”
Yao Wu exchanged glances with a few guys around him and said, “You’re a pro at speed. Today, we’ll play something different.”
“What game?”
“A game of life.”
Yao Wu turned around and waved. From beside the car, a man in a white racing suit with a tattoo on his neck walked out.
“See that cliff up ahead? Head there. The speed can’t drop below 80 miles per hour. Whoever stops first is the fucking loser, on the contrary, whoever ends up farther ahead at the end is the winner.”
Once this statement came out, Cong Yuzhou’s expression changed slightly, but he didn’t show any signs of fear. He retorted to Yao Wu, “Alright, we’ll play your game. If you’re serious, you better fucking compete yourself instead of hiring someone else to play, what kind of sincerity is that?”
Yao Wu said, “We agreed beforehand that since I set up this game, I get to set the rules too. If you can play, play; if you can’t, then you damn well better apologize to Laozi obediently.”
“You can’t just randomly set the rules…” Cong Yuzhou was about to say more but stopped as Xie Sui turned around and gazed at him.
“Alright, we’ll play by your rules.”
Yao Wu’s eyes gleamed with cunning satisfaction. He felt that this time he could finally fucking suppress Xie Sui’s arrogance. He had spent a large sum of money to bring someone in for this game and believed that when there was a generous reward, there would be a brave man. He was very confident that he could win against Xie Sui.
Without a word, Xie Sui got into his car.
Yao Wu took out his phone, preparing to record the video. At the same time, he didn’t forget to instruct the tattooed man he hired, “Drive like hell for me. The farther back they are, the more money you’ll get. Drag him to death.”
The tattooed man nodded, seemingly determined and ready to risk his own life over money.
Cong Yuzhou, feeling uneasy, tried to open the passenger door and sit in the passenger seat.
However, Xie Sui had locked the doors in advance.
“Brother Sui, I’m going with you.”
“No need.”
“Brother Sui!”
Xie Sui turned his head to look at him, and a dark current surged in his eyes. “Just stand on the side and watch. I’ll take you next time, behave.”
“……”
The more serious Xie Sui became, the more he liked to speak in a frivolous tone.
Xie Sui was moved that Cong Yuzhou was willing to go with him. However, this was his game and fate, an inescapable part of his life. He couldn’t avoid it, he could only face it, but there was no need to drag others into it.
Yao Wu walked to the middle of the road, holding his phone towards the two race cars, getting close-up shots. He shouted, “Ready, Set, Go!”
After Xie Sui started the engine, he turned the steering wheel, and he headed straight towards Yao Wu. He was frightened out of his wits, shouting in panic, “What are you doing?!”
However, Xie Sui was just playing a prank on him. He swerved around Yao Wu and drove off, leaving Yao Wu nearly wetting his pants.
Jiang Zhongning, Cong Yuzhou, and the others burst into laughter. “With this kind of guts, you still fucking want to play a game of life with our Brother Sui?”
Yao Wu exploded with a few curse words, a hint of hostility in his eyes, thinking, you’ll see what’s coming later.
The road ended with a sharp 90-degree turn, and this stretch of road had a damaged guardrail. Many cars would slow down here to ensure they wouldn’t fall off the cliff due to the immense inertia. Even the most skilled racers wouldn’t dare drive recklessly on this road.
Yet today, they were playing with their lives on the line.1(Original Text): 玩的就是心跳 – wán de jiùshì xīntiào. (English): literal translation would be playing with heartbeats or from what I understand is playing with their lives on the line
Xie Sui maintained his speed at around 80 miles per hour, and the tattooed man kept his car parallel to him, even slowing down a few notches.
Xie Sui glanced at him through the window, and the tattooed man grinned at him, seemingly intent on dragging him down.
Xie Sui lightly stepped on the gas, increasing the distance between them, while the tattooed man was about to fall behind. The rule stated that whoever was further ahead in the end would win, so simply slowing down wasn’t an option. Yao Wu, growing anxious, shouted into the walkie-talkie, “Keep up! Catch up to him!”
The tattooed man had no choice but to step on the gas, catching up to Xie Sui.
Xie Sui’s speed was already at 90 miles per hour, racing at top speed on the straight and treacherous road.
The tattooed man’s smile gradually faded, his brows furrowing. He could only put in all his effort to catch up, yet he didn’t dare surpass Xie Sui’s speed.
Yao Wu held binoculars and watched from a distance as the two racing cars sped side by side. He saw the cliff looming dangerously close, yet Xie Sui showed no intention of slowing down.
Last hundred meters, fifty meters, twenty meters……
The tattooed man was already starting to panic. He instinctively placed his foot on the brakes, but Yao Wu’s ear-piercing voice came through the walkie-talkie, “If you lose today, don’t even think about getting a dime. Until he stops, you don’t stop!”
The tattooed man, thinking about the high price Yao Wu had promised him, gritted his teeth and finally stepped on the gas again to catch up with Xie Sui.
As the cliff at the bend of the road drew dangerously close, Xie Sui’s gaze remained fixed dead ahead, his eyes calm. He still showed no signs of slowing down.
From time to time, the tattooed man glanced at him, then at the abyss that was inches away. His heart raced, and his entire body felt the surge of his blood boiling.
Twenty meters, ten meters, five meters……
Unable to bear the exhilarating challenge any longer, the tattooed man shouted out loud and slammed on the brakes!
The tires and the road produced a sharp “screech” sound. In the next second, as he came to a stop, Xie Sui also hit his brakes.
The road in front of him had already vanished, replaced by a bottomless abyss shrouded in white mist. One-third of his car was already hanging off the cliff!
Cong Yuzhou and Jiang Zhongning’s pounding hearts suddenly relaxed. They cursed Xie Sui for his recklessness and rushed over. They pulled him out of the car, shoving and pushing him, then embraced him. Their tense and excited emotions were difficult to calm down.
The tattooed man’s car was about two meters away from the back of Xie Sui’s car. He climbed out of his car, feeling like all the strength in his body had been drained. Leaning against the car, he almost fucking threw up!
Yao Wu ran over, looking at Xie Sui’s car with one-third of it hanging over the cliff, unable to believe what he was seeing. There were no words to describe the situation.
In front of him, Xie Sui, beneath his stern eyebrows, had eyes filled with the profound aura of death.
A daredevil.2 (Original Text): 亡命之徒 – wáng mìng zhī tú. (English): Daredevil – A person who takes risks and breaks the law and ignores his life
He turned around, cursed at the tattooed man a few times, and then had his people drive away.
Many people knew about his bet with Xie Sui. He ended up getting his forehead injured for nothing. Not only that, but he had to apply for a class transfer, and from now on, he had to avoid crossing paths with Xie Sui at school.
After this incident, Yao Wu was fully aware that he couldn’t afford to offend Xie Sui, a guy who had no regard for his own life.
On the way back from the Tiger Mountain Road, Jiang Zhongning was driving, Cong Yuzhou sat in the passenger seat, and Xie Sui sat in the back, silent, not uttering a single word.
Cong Yuzhou glanced at him through the rearview mirror.
His hand supported his broad forehead, his face calm, and the rapidly passing streetlights casted shadows on his face.
Who could truly not care about their life? After going through that life-and-death moment just now, he probably wasn’t entirely calm either.
Cong Yuzhou didn’t disturb him.
Xie Sui finally took out his phone and dialed a number.
When Ji Bai’s phone rang, she was in the middle of having her meal.
“Hello.”
“May I ask who’s calling?”
There was no response on the other end of the line, only the sound of wind whistling.
“Hello?”
“I can’t hear you.”
“Huh?”
……
The girl’s voice was as soft as marshmallows, sticky, passing through his eardrums and resonating with his lonely soul.
He didn’t even know why, at this moment, he desperately wanted to hear her voice so much.
Having just walked on the edge of life and death, looking at the boundless darkness of the cliff abyss, he felt a wave of unnamed fear surging in his heart.
Separated by life and death, never to meet again in this lifetime.
This sharp pain seemed to come from the depths of his soul, scraping at his heart like a knife, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
“Baibai, who was it?”
“I don’t know, Mom. Maybe it was the wrong number.”
An ice-cold busy tone echoed from the phone, Xie Sui put down the phone, rubbed his eyes, and tried to calm the surging emotions in his heart.
And the next morning, that video spread throughout the school.
When Ji Bai saw the video of the death-defying car race in the class group, watching the moment the car almost went over the cliff before coming to a sudden stop, and the scene of Xie Sui getting out of the car. she felt as if her heart was gripped by a pair of huge hands, making it hard to breathe…
That’s right, in the previous life, a car accident happened, Xie Sui’s car plunged off the cliff. When search and rescuers found him, he was covered in blood. Although he ultimately survived, he was left disabled.
Had he cheated fate this time, managing to avoid a calamity, or was it just a coincidence?!
Countless questions swirled in Ji Bai’s mind, leaving her heart in turmoil. She also gradually realized that everything Xie Sui went through, no one else was to blame for it; it was all a result of his own choices!
She thought about the unknown call she received yesterday, hearing the chilling sound of the wind on the other end. Her heart suddenly tightened.
She put down her phone and rushed out of the classroom.
Yin Xiaxia, not understanding what was happening, saw that she wasn’t in good condition and quickly followed her. “Baibai, it’s almost time for class, where are you going?”
Ji Bai didn’t look back. She went straight upstairs and arrived at the door of Class 19. She came face to face with Xie Sui as he was walking out of the classroom with a water bottle in hand.
The two met head-on in the narrow corridor, looking at each other in dismay. Ji Bai’s small face turned red with anger.
Xie Sui’s lips suddenly curled into a faint smile. Before he could even utter the words “come to find me”, Ji Bai quickened her pace, walking up to his side, and raised her hand to slap him…
Now, all her actions were beyond the control of reason. She only wanted to vent the frustration in her heart. However, just as the slap was about to land on Xie Sui’s cheek, she stopped.
She had never hit anyone before, and she couldn’t bring herself to be that ruthless.
Even with someone as hateful as Ji Feifei and the like, she had never thought about harming them physically. Of course, that was more out of disdain.
Many passing students widened their eyes, staring in shock at Ji Bai. She actually…actually dared to hit Xie Sui!
God knows where she got the courage3(Original Text): 吃熊心豹子胆 – chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn. (English): literal meaning to eat bear’s heart and leopard’s gall, summon up one’s courage.
Xie Sui’s expression grew cold. He glanced at her hand, the fair and soft palm with its delicate lines.
Everyone thought Ji Bai was done for. Even if she didn’t continue that slap, given what kind of person Xie Sui was, would he easily let her off?
Unexpectedly, the next second, Xie Sui grasped the back of her hand, gently pressed it, and allowed the halted slap to land firmly on his own face.
“Want to hit? Then hit.”
The young man lowered his gaze, his eyes looking at her softly, his voice yielding——
“Don’t be afraid. You’re someone I will never retaliate against.”
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