Long Fei pushed the car in, and suddenly, a burst of laughter erupted from the courtyard.
Three women sat there, eating watermelon with big bites.
There was also a little girl, darting around the yard on a small bicycle; upon seeing Long Fei, she immediately called out with excitement, "Uncle Long, you’re back?"
Long Fei was speechless; aside from Lin Shanshan, who else could it be but Li Wenwen and He Yan.
He didn’t know when they had gotten so close.
He parked the car, picked up He Tiantian, and teased her, then turned curiously to the three women, "What’s the occasion today? How come you’re eating this?"
Lin Shanshan held a car key with pride, saying, "We bought a car, it’s a big deal, so of course we have to celebrate."
"So you’re celebrating with watermelon?"
Long Fei walked over and found a small stool to sit on.
He Tiantian, being very well-behaved, immediately got him a piece of watermelon from the table.
"Having watermelon to eat is already good, what else do you want to eat?"
Lin Shanshan glanced at him disdainfully.
He Yan looked at Long Fei and laughed; Lin Shanshan had just recounted Long Fei’s situation to her.
Only then did she realize that Lin Shanshan was living here because of Long Fei.
This also satisfied her curiosity; otherwise, she was still wondering what Lin Shanshan saw in this place.
Long Fei took a bite of the watermelon and asked, "Isn’t it customary to set off firecrackers when you get a new car? Shall we do that?"
Lin Shanshan, Li Wenwen, and He Yan giggled, pointing towards the corner of the wall, "We’ve already prepared everything, just waiting for you to come back."
Long Fei was convinced; the work of men, it seems, was already done by them.
In the corner lay five boxes of fireworks and two rolls of firecrackers.
Quite pricey, they really splurged on them.
Li Wenwen stood up and said, "I’m full, you guys take your time eating, I’m heading back first!" Check latest chapters at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝓷𝓮𝓽
Lin Shanshan grabbed her hand, "We’re still going to set off firecrackers for fun, why are you leaving?"
Li Wenwen smirked, "You’re all paired up; I don’t want to be the third wheel."
Lin Shanshan pinched her, and her embarrassed little face turned red.
Li Wenwen playfully waved and left, while He Yan, sitting to the side, also laughed awkwardly.
Her eyes, looking at Long Fei, held a hint of disappointment.
After finishing the watermelon, Lin Shanshan washed her hands under the tap and called out to Long Fei, "Let’s go!"
Long Fei said to He Yan, "Let’s go together!"
He Tiantian excitedly exclaimed, "Firecrackers, firecrackers!"
He Yan held her little hand and shook her head, "We won’t go, it’s getting late, and Tiantian needs to go to sleep early!"
He Tiantian protested, "Mommy, I want to set off firecrackers; please take me!"
He Yan didn’t allow it and took her back into the house first.
Long Fei frowned; why did it feel like everyone was becoming more distant?
He loaded the firecrackers into the car’s trunk.
Lin Shanshan was already sitting inside, had started the car, and immediately turned on the air conditioning.
It was too hot, and her little face was already sweating.
Sitting in the car, she could cool down a bit.
Long Fei got in and took the passenger seat.
Lin Shanshan asked him, "When is your first subject test?"
Long Fei adjusted the air conditioning vent towards himself, as he was also drenched in sweat.
Lin Shanshan inquired, "Are you confident?"
Long Fei nonchalantly replied, "A hundred percent, I’d say!"
Lin Shanshan giggled, "You’re quite confident."
Long Fei responded, "Of course, I have a photographic memory, theoretical questions aren’t a problem at all."
Shanshan Lin’s eyes widened as she flipped through the car’s manual, found a car handbook, and asked Long Fei to read the second page before demonstrating to her.
If it had been someone else, they probably wouldn’t have bothered,
Only Shanshan Lin would do something .
Long Fei indulged her curiosity and glanced through the handbook.
The words seemed to input into his brain like computer code, one by one.
He handed the handbook back to Shanshan Lin and cleared his throat, "Listen up!"
He recited the first sentence and Shanshan Lin burst into laughter, "Bragging, huh? You got the first sentence wrong."
Long Fei looked at her, "Try reading it from the last word to the front."
Shanshan Lin focused and looked, her eyes suddenly shining brightly.
Long Fei continued reciting and almost made Shanshan Lin’s eyes fall out in amazement.
God damn, he was reciting it backwards.
A page of paper, roughly a thousand characters.
He recited it backwards fluently, without a single mistake.
Once Long Fei finished reciting, he asked her, "How about that? Do you believe me now?"
Shanshan Lin nodded woodenly, amazed, "With this ability, why didn’t you go to Harvard or Cambridge? How did you end up being a security guard here?"
Long Fei laughed, but the main reason was that he didn’t have this supernatural ability when he was in school.
Everything started the day he was mysteriously stabbed and his brain began to get smarter.
Shanshan Lin then asked him, "Now that you have the opportunity, do you still want to go to school?"
Long Fei shook his head, "No need to go back, since I’ve already missed that path, there’s no need to walk it again."
"That’s a real pity, the country has lost a genius!"
Shanshan Lin expressed regret on his behalf.
Long Fei joked, "A pity for the country, but not for you! If it weren’t for this, you wouldn’t have made a genius friend!"
Shanshan Lin chuckled, put the car in reverse, and drove out.
It was already past nine in the evening, and the streets were still very busy.
Shanshan Lin found a quiet alley and drove out onto the road, taking on the role of driving instructor with Long Fei.
She usually drove an automatic, and now switching to manual, she was also a newbie straight out of the nest.
At a red light, she was too hasty to move off, stalling the car several times.
Inside the car, Shanshan Lin pouted and cursed, "People nowadays have no manners, driving as if they’re rushing to be reincarnated. Just because it’s a bit slow, they honk the horn like they’re chasing a ghost."
Long Fei couldn’t help but laugh, "You’re the one with the driving problem, why blame other people?"
Shanshan Lin said, "Don’t joke, when I took my driving test, I scored a hundred on all four subjects."
Long Fei didn’t pay much attention to her, keeping his eyes fixed on the road, fearing an accident.
It was good to be prepared for critical moments.
Without guessing, it was clear that Shanshan Lin’s driving license must have been obtained through her father’s connections or by bribing the right people.
She dared to floor the gas pedal to forty miles per hour even with the car in first gear.
The engine roared as if it was about to explode, causing other vehicles to swerve out of the way in fear.
The two of them risked their lives to drive to an outer ring road and found a secluded spot to stop the car.
Long Fei was unfazed, but Shanshan Lin, on the other hand, opened the door, jumped out, and started vomiting by the roadside.
After getting out of the car, Long Fei patted her back—it was the first time he had seen someone drive until they vomited.
Muttering with pursed lips, Shanshan Lin cursed, "What a crap car, it reeks of diesel, it’s disgusting."
"Come on, stop blaming this and that if you can’t drive well!"
Long Fei was greatly amused by her, to those in the know, she was driving, for those who didn’t, it seemed like she was cooking!
"Who said my driving is bad?"
Shanshan Lin, unable to accept it, got so agitated that she crouched down and began retching again.
As they crouched by the roadside, someone in a car hiding in the distance, holding a walkie-talkie, asked, "All units take note, please check the owner information of this Citroën car, license plate number: Bin 1580."