Maverick Chef - Chapter 22：Black Santana

The big guy was called Hei Zi. After he collected the money, he threw it over to his subordinates to count. Then he walked over to the Black Santana by himself, bent over and greeted. “Young Master Gao.”

Gao Yuan rolled down the windows and nodded, without saying a single word. Hei Zi said, “My phone number is the same. Just call me if you need help.”

Gao Yuan answered with a yes. Hei Zi went back. “Those who are betting, hurry up. The race starts in three minutes. Drivers form the tracks.”

Hei Zi was a pretty elaborate gangster. He knew many young masters, and his relationship with Gao Yuan was pretty solid. The last time when Bai Lu had trouble with the little gangster who was collecting protection fees, Gao Yuan thought about calling Hei Zi for help.

After hearing what Hei Zi said, the bunch of sports cars drove up to the 2nd Ring. Like a scene from the movies, they started barricading the roads at the back.

He San Qing and Yu Shan Yang slowly drive up to the 2nd Ring, then they lined up their vehicles and stopped. Both of them did not wear any helmets. They just stared at each other with grim vengeful expressions.

Gao Yuan drove up in his car, and he casually asked Bai Lu, “You are not betting?”

Bai Lu shook his head. “I have never placed any expectations on others. If I wanted to wager, I would do it personally.”

Gao Yuan stared at him, and he kept silent.

After a while, a tall, gorgeous woman wearing a short skirt walked out onto the streets. She was carrying two small red flags. Like receiving a military command, He San Qing and Yu Shan Yang started their vehicles at the same time. The thunderous roar of the engines ignited the silent night.

The time now was 10 minutes past midnight; The streets were almost empty.

The tall, gorgeous woman walked over to the middle of the two cars that were parked side by side. She separated both her hands and raised them to her shoulder level, with each hand holding a small red flag.

Hei Zi stood at the side of the road. With a serious expression, he announced. “Let the race begin.”

The tall, gorgeous woman dropped her hands down strongly. With the descent of the red flags, almost at the same time, the two cars rushed out with a whooshing sound.

In the blink of an eye, the two cars were gone.

“Sports cars are awesome.” Bai Lu scratched his head, and he asked Gao Yuan, “Tell me, what do you think if I also have the same hairstyle as Si Ma Zhi?”

Gao Yuan ignored him. He took out his phone to keep track of the time.

After the sports cars were gone, the spectators had nothing much to do, so it was the best time to start a conversation.

Si Ma Zhi joined in their conversation. “You called me?” He sported a Mohican hairstyle, which David Beckham, Mario Balotelli, and many other celebrities also had.

Bai Lu looked at his hairstyle. “Not that good looking.” He thought that his bald hairstyle was more pleasing than his.

The entire circumference of the 2nd Ring extended more than 30km. According to the speed of a top class racer, he would complete the race in a few minutes.

Bai Lu was bored to death, he asked, “How’s the skill level of He San Qing?”

Duckie responded. “Definitely not better than me, but since Yu Shan Yang is his opponent, perhaps he stands a chance?”

Hei Zi was speaking to someone on his phone. After he heard the news, he walked over to report. “Young Master Gao, with a distance of three cars length, Yu Shan Yang is taking the lead.”

Gao Yuan nodded expressionlessly. Bai Lu heard it and said, “He is losing. Does this mean the $1 million is gone?”

Si Ma Zhi said, “No shit. This guy is driving a Lamborghini. What do you think was going to happen?”

If Hei Zi was able to obtain the live updates, then the Race King Club could also get access to it. Each one of them in the club started exclaiming in joy. All the men and women in this club were not ashamed of their openness; One of them blasted his sound systems in the car, while two hot chicks started twerking and shaking their heads under the bright spotlights. Behind this car, two couples were kissing and hugging intimately. One of them hugged tightly while the other kissed intensely. It quickly attracted Bai Lu’s attention. He stared and observed. He thought, “This kind of situation is not found in the desert. Therefore I should learn it meticulously.”

After this two couples, he looked for the next pair… He thought, “What the hell, there were two dudes engaged in the same act? How exciting!” Bai Lu fumbled for his phone, and he asked Gao Yuan, “How do I snap a photo with this?”

After more than nine minutes, Yu Shan Yang’s Lamborghini arrived back first. He parked the car to the side, got off the vehicle and stared provocatively towards Gao Yuan’s crew.

After 10 more seconds or so, He San Qing’s big red sports car reappeared. After he got off the vehicle, his expression was a little pale.

Gao Yuan did not get out of his vehicle; he just sighed lightly. Duckie was very displeased. “Screw you, why were you so slow? It was already 10 minutes. Did you even reach 200kmph?”

Yu Shan Yang smiled and walked over. “Thanks, for another ticket. Is there anyone who would like to join with me again?”

Two cars joined side by side. The first person who crossed the finish line would be the winner. Many of the guys shouted like this.

Bai Lu did not understand, he asked Gao Yuan, “What is he joining together?”

With yet another loss, even though he did not race personally, it still made him feel uncomfortable. Gao Yuan looked at Yu Shan Yang coldly.

Seeing Gao Yuan looking at himself, Yu Shan Yang came over. “Young Master Yuan, shall we compete for one round? Rumor has it that you once clocked under six minutes, not sure if it was true or not?”

Six minutes? Bai Lu estimated the speed in his mind. He then considered the road condition in the 2nd Ring. Pointing his thumb towards Gao Yuan, he said, “You are courting death.”

Gao Yuan did not say anything. He did not want to interact with Yu Shan Yang. Even though he was bottling up frustrations and enduring all this while, he had no choice but to continue this way! It was because of a promise to a certain someone, that he would not get himself into any more trouble, and that he would be a good child, to go to work properly, do his job well, get a lovely wife, have kids, and live his remaining life with responsibility.

He did not say anything, which made Yu Shan Yang even more conceited.

During this whole time, He San Qing managed to recover his composure a little. He shouted towards Yu Shan Yang. “Kid, let’s do it again. This time lets up the ante to two tickets.”

“Yay, how could I say no to free money?” Yu Shan Yang agreed decisively.

He San Qing lost with such a big gap that he couldn’t even see the rear end of his opponent’s vehicle. He did not also have the chance to smell the exhaust. Seeing how he performed in the last round, Bai Lu urged him. “Forget it. Stop competing. Just wait for Lin Zi to come back.”

“What’s wrong? No one dares to compete? The great Yuan’s Association with eight renowned young masters, I can’t believe that not even a single one of you dares to compete?” Yu Shan Yang burst out into laughter.

“This ignorant kid.” The usual Si Ma Zhi who was always in a good mood was finally enraged. Gao Yuan gripped his fist tightly, he endured and said softly, “Let’s go back.”

Yu Shan Yang’s dominance was unrelenting. “Really not competing? Let’s go. We will change our venue to the Drum Tower to bully the kids there.”

Naturally, there were also different categories in amateur car racing. Under normal circumstances, there were much more people at the Drum Tower, who mostly raced there as well. Crudely speaking, there was a bigger audience, so the accompanying feeling of accomplishment was also amplified. Unlike this place, where any win or loss would only be known amongst the two racing teams. Of course, the Race King Club was of a higher reputation than the rest; they did not want to be classified with the punks and poor folks.

Looking at the skinny features on Yu Shan Yang’s face, Bai Lu sighed. “Not sure why, but for some reason, my fingers have a strong desire to ‘kiss’ him on the face.”

Gao Yuan paused. “Could you be any more disgusting?”

He San Qing understood what he meant, so he tried to coerce him. “Hurry up and ‘kiss’ him. You have my full support.”

Bai Lu opened the car door. “Hey, that guy over there. I will represent Xiao San for the race. Do you dare to compete?”

As soon as he said this, He San Qing hurriedly said, “I wanted you to ‘kiss’ him on the face, not race him. If you compete against him, wouldn’t that be giving away money for free?”

Yu Shan Yang did not hear the front part of the conversation, he turned around and asked, “What? Who is kissing who?”

In the Race King Club, there was a brother who was gay. The moment he heard this, he looked at Bai Lu. With a sexy muscular and tanned body, he exclaimed urgently. “Come on. I am here.”

Could this situation be any more tempestuous? Bai Lu coughed and commented with a serious expression. “That’s you”—he looked at Gao Yuan’s Black Santana—”I will use this car to race against you. One round for four tickets, are you interested?”

Yu Shan Yang put on a fake smile and walked back towards them. He carefully examined the mysterious Black Santana and said, “You are competing with this car? Could you open up the hood?”

“Cut the crap, do you dare to race?” Gao Yuan got out of his vehicle. Even though he did not want to cause any trouble, it does not imply that he did not want to vent out his frustrations, especially when he understood the performance capabilities of his car.

Yu Shan Yang walked two rounds around the Santana. Since they all raced with modified cars, even if they were not technical experts, they would still understand at least the basics. He looked at the tires, ground clearance of the vehicle, and then the chassis of the Santana which gave him enough confidence. He looked towards Bai Lu and smiled faintly. “If you have a death wish, I will grant it to you. Where’s the money?”

$4 million, who would carry around so much cash for no reason?

Si Ma Zhi opened the door of his vehicle. “In here, Hei Zi can come over to count it. What about yours?” The last part of that sentence was directed to Yu Shan Yang.

Yu Shan Yang had $2 million on him. Even with the $1 million that he won just now, he would still need another ticket. After thinking about it, he said, “Duckie’s car will count as one ticket.”

“Deal.” Bai Lu agreed.

Everyone gathered the stuff and handed it over to Hei Zi. After he checked, he confirmed that there were no mistakes. Thus the race was resumed.

He San Qing was even more nervous than Bai Lu, he kept reminding him. “Drive carefully. Be steady, especially near the flyovers. See the right path, and please do not drive the wrong way. If you get on the expressway by accident, you will be in big trouble. I have made a mistake once in that forsaken location. It wasn’t until the 4th Ring that I realized I was going the wrong way.”

“Are you in a comedy sketch or are you trying to encourage him?” Duckie asked.

Gao Yuan opened the car boot. Bai Lu asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Clearing up the vehicle.” There were quite a few unnecessary items in his vehicle.

“No need, it will stabilize the vehicle.”

“Stabilize the vehicle?” The rest of them had a shocked expression. They wondered how fast was this guy trying to go?

Hei Zi stood in front and shouted. “Join the tracks.”

Yu Shan Yang drove his Lambo over first while Bai Lu slowly paced his Santana over to the starting line.

If this race were held anywhere else, as soon as the audience saw the Santana racing against the Lamborghini, they would burst out into laughter for sure. Perhaps, they would also take a photo to commemorate this occasion, whereby an idiot was stupid enough to compete with the Santana and mocked him as a whole crowd.

But it wouldn’t happen here. Even though the young masters were not experts, but after racing for a long time, they would be able to tell that this was not a general situation. However, they still believed that the Lambo would win.

Approximately two minutes later, the tall, gorgeous woman stood in between the two cars. Out of curiosity, her gaze was fixed onto the Santana, and also Bai Lu in the vehicle.

Hei Zi formally announced. “Let the race begin.”

The gorgeous woman swung her arms downwards forcefully, and the two vehicles sped off like a jet plane.

How does it feel like to drive a car at a speed of 300kmph? To exaggerate, it would lift off the ground if it had wings.

Many small-sized aircrafts had a take-off speed at only around 200kmph.

Many sports cars could reach a maximum speed of over 300kmph. The best race car in the world could exceed 360-370kmph.

He San Qing’s Aston Martin could theoretically reach a top speed of 300kmph. However, he did not even drive more than 200kmph in the last race. Of course, this was not the problem with the vehicle, but rather the person driving the car.

Yu Shan Yang’s Lamborghini could reach a top speed of 320kmph and maybe even higher. However, he only drove slightly more than 200kmph in the previous race as well. It was also because of the poor skill of the driver.

In the typical racing competitions within the country, due to the constraints of various racing conditions and environments, the average speed would also be around 200kmph. From this, it could be seen that the speed of 300kmph was indeed very terrifying to imagine. Using a reference from Martial Arts novels: It would look like a beam of light flashing across your eyes; If you would like to search for its traces again, you would not be able to see anything except for the buzzing sounds lingering around your ears.

Right now, Bai Lu’s Santana was driving at 300kmph.

Three minutes after the cars started their engines, Hei Zi’s phone rang again. After he connected to the call, someone was shouting hysterically on the other side. “What the hell! This crazy guy went over 300kmph. With a whoosh and it was gone.”

“300kmph? The Santana went over 300kmph?” Hei Zi gazed towards Gao Yuan with suspicion.

Gao Yuan returned a look. Hei Zi frantically said, “Young Master Gao, the guy on the other side declared that your car went over 300kmph.”