Chapter 200
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Chapter 200 Unable to Find Peace
Gu Wan’er certainly wouldn’t ask Su Rui to compensate for her center console. This woman finally believed that if Su Rui used this knife to slash her car body, the entire vehicle could probably be completely dismembered into a pile of parts!
How could something be so sharp! What material was this made of?
Gu Wan’er pulled the knife out from the center console, carefully wrapped it up, and said: “This double knife is extremely special. I need to consult with several executives at Guohua, and also need some elders in my family to appraise it. If Mr. Su is concerned, you can come along with me.”
“No need, just take the knife yourself, I have no concerns,” Su Rui said.
“Also, I have a small suggestion,” Gu Wan’er suddenly said.
“Oh? Feel free to speak.”
“Mr. Su, although I cannot determine the final value of this knife, I do have a rough estimate. In my opinion, to obtain maximum value, it would be best to hold a public auction. This way, the impact would be greater, it would receive more attention, and more interested buyers would come, which would be extremely beneficial for increasing its value.”
“Public auction?” Su Rui raised his eyebrows with interest: “That’s a good idea. It would be even better if there could be a television broadcast.”
“That’s not a problem either. Ninghai TV’s appraisal program has great influence nationwide. When the auction takes place, we can certainly invite them to broadcast live, treating it as a special episode.”
“Good, then I’ll trouble Miss Gu,” Su Rui said.
He wasn’t short of money, and money wasn’t his ultimate goal. This double knife was obtained from Nightingale’s hands, and in Su Rui’s eyes, her master wasn’t a good person either.
Being able to make that old fellow suffer a bit, for Su Rui, shouldn’t be too bad a thing.
By now, they weren’t far from Bikang Group.
Watching Gu Wan’er skillfully maneuver the Audi TT through traffic without any scratches, demonstrating excellent driving skills, Su Rui shook his head slightly.
A true race car driver would never speed or force overtaking on public roads.
“You really like racing?”
Su Rui could tell that this Audi TT’s engine had been modified. The huge roaring sound was clearly from an illegally installed racing engine.
“It’s alright. Since coming to Ninghai, I haven’t played much,” Gu Wan’er smiled charmingly. Loving car racing was one of her distinctive traits compared to other girls. From childhood to adulthood, she had spent nearly as much time on racetracks as she had on antique appreciation.
Mentioning racing, Su Rui suddenly remembered someone.
On the night he first arrived in Ninghai, Lin Aoxue’s car was intercepted by that ghost-like race car, which with one drift killed two witnesses and forced Su Rui and Xia Qing to jump off a bridge to escape!
After subduing Li Yang, Su Rui had questioned him, but this so-called boss of Ninghai’s underworld actually didn’t know who that person was!
In his words, he hadn’t arranged for any race car driver to silence anyone that night!
If Li Yang wasn’t lying, then this racer was acting on someone else’s orders.
“I know there’s an underground racing track at the border between Ninghai and Qingzhou,” Su Rui recalled information Xue Ruyun had provided. The race track was located in a hilly area with long, dangerous mountain roads. The track was very chaotic at night, with stabbing incidents due to betting occurring frequently. The daily betting amount could reach an astonishing tens of millions. Such betting volumes would be considered substantial even in the Western underworld.
For such a chaotic racing venue to exist for so long, Su Rui firmly believed some major forces must be involved!
“I know,” Gu Wan’er’s lips curled into a smile: “I’ve been there a few times.”
Su Rui said irritably: “Then why did you say you haven’t played much since coming to Ninghai?”
“It’s true, just a few times, almost negligible.”
It seemed that beneath Gu Wan’er’s delicate appearance lay a restless heart.
Those men and women who love racing, aren’t they all just looking for ways to release their excess energy?
“Are you free tonight? We could go check it out,” Su Rui glanced at Gu Wan’er.
“Tonight at nine o’clock, I’ll pick you up on time.”
Su Rui nodded, while giving her another deep look.
Delicate on the outside, wild at heart, wearing a qipao while driving a race car – she was indeed an interesting person.
…
Sure enough, at nine o’clock that night, Gu Wan’er punctually parked her car at the entrance of the Oriental Pearl Hotel.
By now, Gu Wan’er had changed into tight-fitting sportswear – a white sleeveless tight top (they say white makes things look bigger, and indeed, this girl was quite well-endowed in the chest area, enough to attract attention), and short tight athletic shorts that perfectly outlined her perky buttocks. Around her waist was a narrow belt – typical gym girl attire.
Su Rui figured this woman probably wasn’t deliberately trying to be seductive, but rather was accustomed to wearing this outfit for regular exercise. He wondered if she realized how other men would look at her.
Of course, it was also possible that she enjoyed those looks.
Su Rui stopped his speculation, after all, making such assumptions about a woman he didn’t know well wasn’t appropriate.
Su Rui wore simple athletic clothes and got directly into the passenger seat.
“You look beautiful,” Su Rui said with a smile after scanning Gu Wan’er’s figure.
“Thank you for the compliment,” Gu Wan’er replied politely. Her brows flickered with undisguised excitement – she was clearly a racing enthusiast.
The racing venue was forty kilometers away, and at Gu Wan’er’s speed, they arrived there in just half an hour.
The winding mountain roads should have been quiet at night, but Su Rui could see a long dragon of lights from far away.
The dragon coiled through the mountains, its end not visible.
This stunning effect was created by streetlights placed every fifty meters!
Logically, this road cutting through the hills at the border between two regions shouldn’t have such an extensive lighting system at night. The electricity consumption for so many streetlights would reach a terrifying figure. Therefore, there must be large interest groups supporting this racing venue.
Of course, whether in the West or in China, this wasn’t surprising. The boundaries between legal and illegal weren’t always strict, just relatively so.
Before they even reached the parking lot, Su Rui’s ears were filled with frenzied heavy metal rock music. This music, which would sound chaotic to normal people, undoubtedly served as a catalyst here.
From a distance, Su Rui could see many young people dancing wildly to the heavy metal music. Some men were shamelessly putting their hands inside their female companions’ clothes. Everyone’s emotions were frighteningly high – this was a place filled with frenzy.
The parking lot and roadsides were packed with various sports cars. Luxury supercars rarely seen elsewhere were everywhere here!
Gu Wan’er’s Audi TT, worth only about 500,000 yuan, was practically the cheapest model here!
“What a money-burning place,” Su Rui squinted his eyes thoughtfully.
Gu Wan’er was obviously excited and asked, “Mr. Su, do you want to place a bet?”
“Bet? On racing?” Su Rui certainly wasn’t interested, so he sat in the passenger seat watching Gu Wan’er take out 100,000 yuan in cash from her bag.
“Can’t you use cards here?”
Su Rui looked at the stack of red bills with some confusion.
“It’s not that you can’t use cards, but for bets under 5 million, it must be cash transactions. Even if you bet 4.99 million, you can’t use bank card transfers,” Gu Wan’er explained. “My 100,000 yuan thrown in here won’t even make a splash, it’s far too little compared to those rich kids who bring cash in armored vehicles.”
Su Rui’s gaze turned toward the simple betting shed. The shed was only about a hundred square meters, but there were many guards vigilantly watching around it, both obvious and hidden, which Su Rui could easily spot with his keen eyesight.
Clearly, this betting place wasn’t organized by racing enthusiasts themselves, but was part of a complete chain.
A long line had formed in front of the cashier, at least forty or fifty people, each carrying boxes of various sizes. Needless to say, they were all filled with tempting cash.
Su Rui said softly, “What a great place for money laundering.”
“What did you say? Money laundering?” Gu Wan’er didn’t hear clearly. She naturally couldn’t understand what cash betting had to do with money laundering.
Su Rui didn’t want to explain further and smiled, “Go place your bet.”
Gu Wan’er took her bag and went to line up. In fact, the betting process was very fast. After counting the cash, each person would receive a card representing their bet amount, and bettors could also participate in the race themselves. Like Gu Wan’er, who had registered and bet all 100,000 yuan on herself.
It seemed this girl wasn’t short of money.
“Beautiful, interested in coming to my car for some action?” At this moment, a tall man spoke up. He had a mohawk hairstyle and was holding two scantily clad beauties, whistling at Gu Wan’er in her tight sportswear.
“Sorry, sister’s not interested,” Gu Wan’er smiled awkwardly and tried to open the car door.
Obviously, she knew that the biggest rule here was that there were no rules, and it was dangerous for a woman to come here alone. If she firmly rejected this man, the consequences might not be good. Therefore, even though she felt somewhat uncomfortable and nervous, Gu Wan’er still kept her face full of smiles.
Su Rui looked at her tight, full curves and thought, wearing this outfit to a racing venue – isn’t she clearly asking for trouble?
