The moment the elevator opened,Xin Yu rushed into the garage.
Se Cai’s attention was instantlydrawn to the multiple gleaming sport cars parked there.
“Goodness, you have so manytreasures here, why did you choose to take the Lexus to get to work?”
Se Cai asked with a jealousglint in his eyes. The impressive arrays of cars had drawn out his inner boy.
“Then which model do you think Ishould drive to work? The Aston Martin One77 or the Maserati?”
Xin Yu replied sarcastically.
County S was after all a smalltownship. Driving an overly flashy car to work was practically asking for thetownspeople to gossip about her. She knew she had to keep a low profile.
“In any case, we’re on the runhere. Pick any car you like and I’ll give it to you after we’ve successfullyescape!”
Xin Yu halted before the white AstonMartin. She changed her mind because the car was maintained by Sister Xu. Sheturned to head towards the yellow sports car beside it.
“All these cars are maintainedby Sister Xu, I’m not sure whether they have been tampered but to be safe, let’stake this one. It just arrived several days ago!”
“Tesla P85D? This beauty shouldn’teven have reached the country yet!”
An impressed Se Cai said. The Teslawas a newly marketed fully electronic car. That coupled with the Lexus that XinYu took every day to work showed her preference for the moreenvironmentally-friendly means of transport.
The Tesla was much lower thanthe price range of the Aston Martin or even the Maserati, it was basically thecheapest car in that garage but it was fashionable and contemporary, which madeit a hit among the younger demographic.
The fact it had all theproperties of a sports car while being an electronic car only added to itsallure.
Electronic cars usually had asmaller local market so there weren’t much of them going around in the firstplace. Se Cai guessed this Tesla was the only one of its model to be in thecountry.
“I’ll drive!”
Xin Yu announced as she jumpedinto the driver seat. She put on her seatbelt as she waited for the garage doorto open and Se Cai to get in.
“Fine, I’m used to driving myold Santana anyway…”
Se Cai groused under his breath.
The moment he put on theseatbelt, the car came to life and he was pulled back against the seat.
As an electronic sports car, theTesla greatest strength was its silence. There was no loud groaning of enginethat normally accompanied ignition. The sudden lurch to life tended to take itspa.s.sengers by surprise.
Se Cai felt he was on a lowflying plane as the car shot out of the garage.
“Sit tight!”
Xin Yu said excitedly as the carmerged into the residential area’s main road. Then, she gunned the throttle!
The Tesla ran on electricity soit had a better acceleration.
“This woman is one h.e.l.l of acrazy driver!”
A blanched Se Cai thoughtinwardly as he held onto the seat for his dear life.
Thankfully, it was late night sothere were no other cars on the road to pose any danger.
If he had known he would be treatedto such a roller-coaster ride, he would have taken the keys from Xin Yu!
Luckily, Xin Yu was a gooddriver. She handled the famously difficult to drive Tesla quite well, Se Caiunwillingly admitted.
Finally, the car skidded around acorner with the sound of grinding tires and the residential area’s iron gateappeared before them.
“Careful!”
Se Cai yelled as a warning.
“Don’t be scared. The gate issensor-activated.”
Xin Yu said calmly as she slowedthe car down for a bit.
“No, stop the car, something’snot right!”
Se Cai roared as he leaned overto grab at the steering wheel.
With his enhanced vision, he sawthe trap that was lying in wait for them. It was not the gate that had raisedhis alarm but the thing that lied beyond it.
The gate swung open and a chorusof car honks sounded in front of them.
Suddenly, a spotlight lit up thenight, shining down on the Tesla.
“My eyes… I can’t see!”
Xin Yu screamed as she instinctuallypulled up her hands to shield her eyes.
“Hit the brakes!”
Se Cai commanded as he took overthe steering wheel.
Xin Yu hit the brakes with allthe might in her body and the car screeched to a halt.
Thankfully, it didn’t slam intoanything. Se Cai unlatched his seatbelt and pulled out a dagger that he tookfrom Jin Feng. He held it tightly in his hands.
His sight wasn’t affected by theglare and he saw a series of headlights arranged in a neat row blocking thegate.
“Are these people your father’smen or not?”
Se Cai asked cautiously after adeep breath.
As he got a clearer view, herealized these cars weren’t normal civilian cars but military vehicles.
A rudimentary headcounts putthem at about 10 in total and among them were armored cars.
He heard a whistle then anotherray of light shot down from the sky. It was a military helicopter!
Se Cai’s heart sunk. They werescrewed if this army platoon meant them harm.
“They should be friendly. Dadhas some military connections and he did mention pulling some strings overthere to get help for us.”
Xin Yu said as she tried to peerout from between her fingers.
She quickly took off her seatbelt.She nodded affirmatively at Se Cai, adding, “That should be right. There’s anarmy garrison near County S and I doubt as powerful as Sister Xu is, she coulddeploy a military platoon to kidnap me.”
The garrison was nearby becauseXY Residence was home to some of the most rich and famous in the county. Theyvalue their safety as much as their privacy. A small army garrison could helpdeter parties that might want to mean them harm.
Se Cai was dumbfounded becausehe didn’t expect Zhang Chang Seng to be influential enough to mobilize an armyunit. It showed how deeply ingrained Chang Seng was in the political world.
“I’m here, and I’m safe!”
Xin Yu pulled down her side ofthe window and waved.
After spotting Xin Yu, theplatoon relaxed in their stance and a jeep with military plates disengaged fromthe platoon to enter the residential area.
After all, XY Residence was hometo many influential people, they didn’t want to create such a big commotion inthe middle of the night.
With a deft movement, Xin Yupulled out a make-up kit from her Dior bag and started fixing her face usingthe rearview mirror.
After a long night of running,she was looking rather disheveled.
However, with a quick brush hereand there, she recovered some of her usual elegance and confidence.
“What are you looking at?”
Xin Yu felt Se Cai’s stare soshe asked offhandedly.
“No, I’m just impressed at howfast you can do your make-up.”
“Well, the faster I can finishmy make-up, the quicker I can start and finish taping for the Tv Station. I toowish to leave work as earliest as possible, you know. So, in a way, I’ve been practicingdaily.”
Xin Yu said with a smile, herprevious addled state falling away.
Her good family upbringing startedto shine through.
She descended the car gracefully,and said, “Come, let us go meet the person that come to save our lives. Eventhough their timing is not perfect but it’s still common courtesy for us to saythanks.”
“I’m sure you can represent theboth of us. I’m ashamed meeting your father’s contact looking like this…”
Se Cai fidgeted in his seat,feeling once more like how he did when he stood in Xin Yu’s living room, likehe didn’t belong there.
“What do you have to be ashamedfor?”
Xin Yu walked over to his sideand forcefully pulled him out, adding, “You’re my life savior! You should be holdingyour head high, so why are you feeling ashamed?”
Then, the door of the jeepopened. A man in military fatigue jumped down hurriedly.
Xin Yu gasped when the lightrevealed the soldier’s profile.
“Xin Yu, are you okay?”
The man was tall and heavilybuilt. His muscular physique filling up the uniform he was sporting nicely. Heexuded an imposing presence.
Concern was written all over hisface.
“What are you doing here?”
Xin Yu frowned, adding, “Wu Bin,you’re the commander-in-chief’s son. What are you doing in a small garrison atCounty S?”
From Xin Yu tone, it could beperceived that the two of them had had a history.
“I just got promoted to deputybattalion commander. It’s only been half a month since I was a.s.signed to thispost so I didn’t have time to inform you… By the way, who is this?”
The officer by the name of WuBin straightened his cap. He was going to continue the conversation with Xin Yuwhen he noticed Se Cai standing beside her and his face dropped.