Chapter 19: Entwined in Love and Hatred
Thinking this, Jiang Jin drove into the park and asked a staff member for some information. Fortunately, the track wasn’t reserved at this time. After paying 10,000 yuan, Jiang Jin took the Lamborghini Aventador onto the circuit to have some fun.
Half an hour later...
“I’m telling you, this is what you call racing?” Wu Qingya couldn’t help but scoff. It was a professional racetrack, and Jiang Jin’s top speed was only 150 km/h, barely over 40 km/h when cornering! A 770-horsepower Lamborghini Aventador driven like an ordinary family sedan with a price tag of 100,000 yuan!
Wu Qingya raised an eyebrow. “Is that it?”
Jiang Jin smiled faintly. “Isn’t living well enough?”
He was now a billionaire with a limitless future. Why risk his life for momentary thrills? There were countless roads, but safety was the first rule. Driving recklessly only brings tears to your loved ones.
Meanwhile, a group of fashionable young men and women in supercars rolled into the Shanghai Auto Park. After playing around with some stationary drifting by the track, they got out and walked up to the stands.
“Hey, look at that Aventador.”
“Damn, that’s an old clunker, driving slower than a snail!”
“Whoa, that driver’s such a coward, turning a Lamborghini Aventador into that!”
“Look, the car just stopped. Hey, there’s a beauty getting out of the passenger seat... No way, isn’t that Miss Wu?!”
Because Wu Qingya thought Jiang Jin was driving too slowly, she wanted to show off her racing skills herself. While they swapped seats, the group of trendy youths recognized her.
And, to be fair, Wu Qingya was fierce behind the wheel, accelerating straight to 220 km/h and taking corners at 80 km/h!
“See? This is what racing looks like!” she said after parking the Aventador with a stylish drift.
Jiang Jin muttered inwardly, the damage wasn’t great, but the humiliation was severe.
As a man, he had to reclaim his dignity.
If he remembered correctly, there were driving skill books in the system store, and he still hadn’t spent the 10,000 system points he had just received.
At that moment, a supercar convoy led by a Bugatti Chiron approached from afar, quickly surrounding the Lamborghini Aventador.
Nine stylishly dressed handsome men and beautiful women stepped out, led by a woman in denim shorts who stood confidently in front of the Aventador.
Wu Qingya’s heart tightened. “Oh no, why are they here?”
“Wow, what long legs!” Jiang Jin’s eyes lit up when he saw the woman in leather shorts.
She was at least 178 cm tall, wearing a black beret, under which cascaded a mane of chestnut, voluminous curls.
Her features were as delicate as a porcelain doll, rivaling Wu Qingya in beauty.
She wore a simple white short-sleeve shirt knotted at the waist, turning it into a cropped top, paired with denim shorts that showcased her model-like long legs and stunning curves.
On her feet were white Balenciaga dad sneakers—pure and alluring.
After approaching the front of the car, the woman’s gaze locked onto Wu Qingya with electric intensity.
The two women exchanged looks, sparks flickering invisibly between them.
Jiang Jin tilted his head slightly, curiosity in his voice: “Do you know them?”
Wu Qingya replied, “They’re all second-generation wealthy heirs of Shanghai. The leader is Yu Shishi, whose family runs a real estate empire worth 50 billion yuan.”
“And the one next to her is Feng Chao...” she continued.
Thanks to Wu Qingya’s introduction, Jiang Jin learned that five of the nine were heirs with family assets no less than 10 billion yuan, and Yu Shishi’s family was the most formidable.
No wonder she was driving a Bugatti Chiron!
Now the question was, since Wu Qingya knew these super-rich heirs, her own family must be quite well-off as well.
Yu Shishi smiled slyly. “Hey, Miss Wu, since you’re back in Shanghai, why not come down and catch up with me?”
Wu Qingya’s eyes flickered as she stepped out of the car, her expression complicated.
“Shishi, it’s been a long time.”
Yu Shishi pouted. “Tsk tsk, I thought you’d forgotten me.”
Jiang Jin, just stepping out of the Aventador, was utterly confused.
It seemed these two beauties had a history.
“Oh, is this your new boyfriend? Quite handsome!” Yu Shishi looked at Jiang Jin with a teasing expression.
Jiang Jin wondered why he felt like he was being toyed with.
Yu Shishi pressed on, “So, tell me, how far along are you and Miss Wu?”
Jiang Jin frowned. “That’s a personal matter; I don’t think I need to answer.”
“Come on, I’m Wu’s best friend. Even if you tell me, she won’t get mad. Tell me, tell me!” Yu Shishi came over and hooked her arm around Jiang Jin, shaking it playfully.
Jiang Jin was stunned. Yu Shishi was a top-tier beauty, yet she acted coquettishly with a man she had just met—was this normal?
Wait... she said she was best friends with Wu Qingya?
Yeah, right!
Wu Qingya snapped, her tone laced with helplessness, “Shishi! Stop it!”
Yu Shishi’s lips curled into a smile. “Oh? Are you mad? Looks like you really care about this handsome guy.”
“If I took him away from you, you’d be heartbroken, wouldn’t you?”
Her eyes gleamed with playful challenge.
Jiang Jin trembled with anger, sweat cold on his skin despite the summer heat.
Wu Qingya spoke earnestly, “Shishi, everything I said before was true.”
Yu Shishi scoffed dismissively. “Wu Qingya, you’re still so hypocritical!”
Jiang Jin looked puzzled. “Wait, what exactly is your conflict? Can you let me in on it first?”
Yu Shishi blinked wide-eyed, as if discovering something incredible.
“Didn’t she even tell you this?” she asked.
Jiang Jin asked, “Should I have known?”
Yu Shishi answered firmly, “You should—absolutely! Listen, Wu Qingya is a scheming villain...”
As Yu Shishi recounted, Jiang Jin finally understood the bitter rivalry between the two.
They were high school classmates and best friends, both admitted to Fudan University’s Finance Department, where they met Li Muran, the campus heartthrob from the Biology Department in their senior year.
Yu Shishi was quickly attracted to Li Muran, and their feelings were mutual. Just as they were about to get together, Wu Qingya suddenly badmouthed Li Muran in front of Yu Shishi.
Within days, Li Muran left for Harvard’s Biology graduate program, cutting off contact with Yu Shishi.
Yu Shishi later found out that Wu Qingya had helped secure Li Muran’s spot at Harvard!
“Got it? Your girlfriend liked Li Muran too. She was jealous of me. What she couldn’t have, she didn’t want me to have either!”
Yu Shishi’s face filled with resentment.
Jiang Jin was stunned.
Damn, this was like real-life palace intrigue. Could Wu Qingya really be so scheming?
No way, no way, no way.
Wu Qingya’s eyes flickered with helplessness and grievance. Biting her lip, she tried to explain, “Shishi, I told you before, Li Muran is calculating and has designs on me. I was afraid he’d hurt you, so I...”
Yu Shishi cut her off, “Enough! Do you have any proof?”
“I...” Wu Qingya’s red lips parted but only a sigh escaped.
Yu Shishi grew more resolute. “See? No proof. So you’re just jealous. You liked Li Muran and wanted to break us up!”
“Well, now you have a boyfriend. I’ll make you suffer the pain you caused me!”
She blinked her sparkling eyes playfully at Jiang Jin. “Hey, handsome, I’m even more charming than Wu Qingya. Want to be my boyfriend?”
Jiang Jin thought to himself, “More charming than Wu Qingya? Does anyone really describe themselves like that?”
Seeing his smirk, Yu Shishi grew impatient and pouted, “Hey, I’m talking to you! You think Wu Qingya’s family is rich, so you don’t want to leave her, right?”
She paused, pride and seriousness coloring her tone. “Honestly, our family is a bit less wealthy than hers, but my grandfather has only one son—my dad—and my parents have only me as their daughter.”
“If you come with me, I guarantee you a lifetime of wealth and glory!”
Yu Shishi pounded her chest confidently.
Wait, hold on.
Earlier, Wu Qingya said Yu Shishi’s family fortune was 50 billion yuan, but Yu Shishi said hers was a bit less.
That must mean Wu Qingya’s family was even wealthier!
No wonder Wu Qingya had that diamond VIP Patek Philippe watch!