Hate The Bright Moon Chapter 23
byChapter 26
When Qin Pingchuan’s fist came towards him, Chi Huang turned his head to avoid it and intercepted the opponent’s violent punch.
“Didn’t you fight me last time? It’s over. I haven’t messed with you recently.”
Qin Pingchuan’s eyes were red and he struggled to beat him.
Chi Huang squeezed his wrist and lowered his voice: “Do you want to be suspended or something?”
This sentence slightly brought Qin Pingchuan back to his senses, and at this time nearby staff members also came over.
Chi Huang immediately let go and explained: “We misunderstood, we were just joking. We used to be in a team, so we are used to saying hello like this, right, Brother Chuan?”
Qin Pingchuan said nothing.
Chi Huang turned around and exited the track, giving up qualifying.
In his opinion, the small gap between the starting position is not enough to determine the outcome of the game. He is more worried about being in this very limited space with the emotionally unstable Qin Pingchuan. If the other party rides his bike and hits him on impulse, it will be in trouble.
Jiang Chao agreed with his understanding.
“It’s been so long, what happened to Qin Pingchuan? It was an accident, and he will remember it for the rest of his life?”
Jiang Chao was silent for a long time and only said four words: “He is divorced.”
“Divorced?”
Chi Huang doesn’t understand.Why did they still get married after what happened?And now that they were married, they were divorced in just three months.He couldn’t understand the struggle, he just felt that these people were more casual than him.
Jiang Chao ignored him.
He asked again: “Qin Pingchuan participated in the competition after his divorce. Can he do it in that state?”
“Shut up, you.”
“Why are you angry with me?”
Jiang Chao grabbed Chi Huang’s collar: “Can you be more mature? Everything seems casual to you, but that is someone’s life. Be a little responsible and at least don’t hurt others.”
“The one who really hurt him was his fiancée. I was just a doormat for him to vent his anger on.”
“I’m fucking telling you not to be so casual.” Jiang Chao pushed Chi Huang away and walked aside. There was no need for him to talk nonsense to this bastard.
The starting order was determined through qualifying, and the official race began the next day.
The result of the rally is to add up the time of each stage, and then deduct all time penalties for violations. The winner is the one with the shortest total time.
The timed stage on the first day is only 180km, with a section of urban road and a section of Gobi desert.It’s just that the stage lasts only two or three hours, but with the connecting sections and the return road at the end of the race, you have to run at least 500km in one day. You are basically on the motorcycle from morning to night, which is very physically demanding.
Before the game started, Jiang Chao gave everyone individual instructions.
He told Ah Chao and Jian Zai that the focus of their competition was not to compete for speed. First, they ensured the safety of people and vehicles. Second, they carefully compared the road books while driving to ensure they were driving on the correct road.Getting lost in the wrong direction not only wastes time, but also incurs additional time penalties.
The purpose of letting them participate in the competition is very simple. First, to accumulate experience in this kind of competition and adapt physically and mentally. Secondly, to cooperate with Chi Huang and see if they can be lucky enough to win a team trophy.So as long as you do these three things well and reach the finish line steadily in each stage, that will be the best result.
Chi Huang has participated in this competition several times. Whether it is his familiarity with the road conditions or his control of the vehicle, there is nothing worth mentioning.
Jiang Chao still warned him: “I only have one request for you. Follow the traffic rules when driving outside the competition section, and don’t speed. Do you hear me?”
“Hey, I heard it.”
Hearing his careless tone, Jiang Chao couldn’t help but get angry: “Remember how you missed the top three two years ago? Just because you didn’t abide by the rules on the driving section, you were fined for speeding, and you were directly fined out of the top ten, and the 200,000 bonus was lost.”
Two years later, Jiang Chao gritted his teeth when he mentioned this incident.
Chi Huang didn’t take it seriously: “It’s only two hundred thousand, it’s not much. I had been in the car for almost ten hours that day, and I was exhausted. Is it wrong for me to finish things early?”
“That’s right? You’re right!” Jiang Chao slapped his helmet twice. “That’s just a direct bonus. Do you know how many sponsorship opportunities were missed in the future? Qin Pingchuan was still there to support you. Now if you don’t do it well for me, let’s see how I deal with you.”
Seeing that his slap was about to come down again, Chi Huang swung the rear of the car and simply threw the motorcycle into the starting position, away from Jiang Chao’s “devil’s claws”.
The race began for the drivers. Jiang Chao asked the mechanic to stand by while he and Dalin drove trucks to transport supplies to the camp. The next few days of competition would be in the wild and they were about to start camping.
It was a bright and sunny day. The sun was shining brightly at eight o’clock in the morning. There was no cloud in the blue sky. You could already imagine how hot the afternoon sun was.
The motorcycle was like an arrow off its string, launched out with a “whoosh” sound. The engine roared in the ears, and a long dust storm was dragged behind the car, and the smell of mud was everywhere.
This is not a game that Ike likes.
It’s not that he minded the harsh environment, but the rally test was about endurance and environmental confrontation. Explosive power and precise cornering skills were not that important. There was no need to race against the time difference in an instant.
What he needs to do is to reasonably allocate physical energy consumption, pay attention to the wear and tear of the vehicle at all times and remain highly focused throughout the process.It’s not that he can’t do this, it’s just that he feels uncomfortable.Not being able to experience the instant extreme operation and the excitement of narrowly missing death went against his original intention of riding a bicycle.
Trekking through the wasteland under the scorching sun was hard, but mostly boring.He had to participate, there was no other way, and he didn’t know why he had no choice but to take advantage of this uncle Lao Jiang.
The only thing he hopes for now is to see Chen Shilu at the end of the car.
He was the only one who looked at plum blossoms to quench his thirst in this long and hard boredom, in the torment of drying up under the scorching sun.
He is his only salvation!
At the end of the day’s race, we finally reached the end of the stage.Chi Huang was among the first to arrive, and there were already people waiting for him, but they were not the people he wanted to see.
Jiang Chao gave him water and wiped his sweat. He asked him to get in the car and rest. When the other two people arrived, they went back to the camp together.
Chi Huang was not surprised by Jiang Chao’s 180-turn attentiveness, but it only shocked Ah Chao and Jian Zai.
Chi Huang said expressionlessly: “You two need to get used to it first, and then you will have to accept all-round care from this old man.”
Jiang Chao didn’t care about the sarcasm in his tone: “No, motorcycle racing doesn’t have a pilot like a car. You have to rely on yourselves throughout the whole process, which is extra hard. I have to do the logistics well, right?”
When everyone arrived, Jiang Chao drove back to the camp.
Chi Huang regained some hope. Maybe Chen Shilu had arrived at the camp.
The campground was full of people and cars, and the highlights of today’s game were replayed on large screens in the east and west, noisily.
Chi Huang looked around and found that Chen Shilu was not here.
This is normal, who can rush over the next day after finishing the conversation.
After dinner, there was an internal meeting. In addition to studying the road book, Jiang Chao also mentioned some key points for tomorrow’s desert stage.
Chi Huang has been distracted. He knows that once the game starts, Jiang Chao will not be angry with them until it ends, so he goes in and out of the game unscrupulously.
He counted the time. Tomorrow was Friday, and Chen Shilu would be off for the following weekend.If he comes, it should be in the next two days.
But the desert is over, the sand dunes are over, the riverbed and Populus euphratica forest are over, and Chen Shilu has not yet appeared.
They didn’t move after arriving at the camp. The last location sent to Chen Shilu was also the location of the camp. He wanted to send another message to ask when he would arrive.
But once he asked, he became the one who disappointed him, and the surprise that Chen Shilu had prepared for him was gone.
He didn’t want to ruin the surprise, but he couldn’t help but wonder if the surprise really existed.Most of the game had passed, and Chi Huang became a little impatient. He vaguely felt that Chen Shilu was just trying to frustrate him by saying he was coming.When he comes back after the competition, you can give him some excuse about being busy and can’t spare the time, and just dismiss him casually.
After all, Chen Shilu is this kind of person. In his eyes, only himself is the most important, and everything else about others is unimportant.
The harsh desert wind hit Chi Huang, and yellow sand got into his nose through the gaps in the helmet. He thought irritably that if Chen Shilu really deceived him, he would have to catch him and beat him up after the game, and then throw him into a nearby barren mountain and make him cry and beg him to relieve his anger.
Another game day.
The sun was rising and the camp was extremely busy and lively. The mechanic was inspecting the motorcycle for the last time. Jiang Chao helped Chi Huang tie up his knee pads. He couldn’t bear it anymore and reminded him: “Don’t be impatient in the competition. Let me tell you first, your results in the first few stages are very good. If you are stable until the end, you will definitely get the top three. There are only three games left, so don’t be impatient and hold on steady.”
Jiang Chao spoke reservedly, but his eyes were full of worry.Chi Huang knew the importance of this competition to Jiang Chao and the team, so he nodded to him.
The resentment towards Chen Shilu did interfere with his state of play. Chi Huang gave up the expectation of surprises and gave up looking at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst.
Sure enough, the resentment was gone, and the game suddenly became boring, as boring as sitting in a room chewing gum all day.
He was gripped by this sense of emptiness, and weeds seemed to grow in his heart. The emptiness and loneliness forced him to keep accelerating, desperately overtaking the riders in front of him, regardless of any race strategy, and completely ignoring Jiang Chao’s instructions.
He just wanted to move forward, and further forward, until there was no one left in sight.
There were only endless sand dunes and himself in the world, and the loneliness of being the only one between heaven and earth made him so unbearable that he almost cried.
Fortunately, this feeling did not last long. The end of today’s journey was ahead, and a large group of people were waiting there.
Chi Huang kicked the accelerator to the bottom and rushed over.
The moment he crossed the finish line, he suddenly stalled, the motorcycle tilted, and he fell into the sand with his whole body.
Seeing this, the medical team rushed forward and lifted him away from the buffer zone of the road.When I got to the side, I took off his helmet mask and put an oxygen mask on him.
Only then did Chi Huang reach out to stop him: “I’m not injured, I’m just tired. Let me lie down.”
The doctors and nurses saw that he was indeed fine, but they didn’t know what was wrong with him. They looked at him strangely, cursed and walked away.
After everyone else left, only one person came forward, bent down to cover the sunset from his sight, and said with half sarcasm and half smile: “Is it like a child to roll around on the ground?”
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