Wang Miao's voice was so loud that Shu Yue in the kitchen heard it too.She didn't take off her apron, still holding a kitchen knife in her hand, and walked to the bedroom door.

After seeing the scene inside, Shu Yue's pupils shrank slightly, and she subconsciously clenched the kitchen knife in her hand with a cold light.

"Mom, Wang Miao, why are you here?"

Xu Xizhou was still a little foggy. He scratched his hair and suddenly realized that his body was a little cold.Looking down, he realized that his upper body was naked.

Zhuang Jingchun next to him also sat up at this moment. He was wearing a nightgown with a disheveled skirt, and his lips bitten by Xu Xizhou last night were still a little red and swollen.

Anyone who saw this scene would think that the two of them did something ulterior last night.

"Aunt Shu, don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive!" Wang Miao watched Shu Yue walk in with a kitchen knife in her hand, with a flustered expression, and hurriedly grabbed her arm.

"They're a couple after all. They're young and hot-blooded. That's normal, isn't it?"

Shu Yue gave him a sideways glance, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes were cold.

Wang Miao's heart shrank, she let go of her hand quickly, and laughed dryly.

"Please."

"Mom, you misunderstood, we are really fine."

Xu Xizhou didn't know why he had to explain. Seeing his mother rushing in with a kitchen knife, he didn't have any other thoughts in his mind for a while, anyway, the explanation was right.

"I drank too much wine last night and fell asleep without paying attention. It's really not what you think. Our relationship is very pure. We just sleep together, the kind of pure sleep."

Xu Xizhou crackled and said, suddenly, his shoulders were heavy, and something covered him.It was Zhuang Jingchun beside him who wrapped him in a blanket.

"You rest well, let me explain."

Zhuang Jingchun put on his glasses, put on his coat and got out of bed. He glanced at the kitchen knife in Shuyue's hand, and his eyes fell on Shuyue's face.

"Auntie, I can assure you that I never did anything I shouldn't to Xiao Zhou."

Shu Yue gritted her teeth, tightly clenched the kitchen knife in her hand, "Come with me to the study."

Turn around and go.

Seeing the two of them entered the study together and the door was closed, Wang Miao patted her chest lightly and exhaled a long breath.

He leaned over to the bedside, looked at Xu Xizhou, and sighed for a while, his expression was like that of an old father whose cabbages were raised by pigs.

"No wonder, I just said why you don't sleep in the hotel, it turns out that you are in a hurry to go back to the apartment to do this kind of thing. Xu Xizhou, can you tell me anyway? You are hiding it from us, what are you talking about?!"

Xu Xizhou frowned, got out of bed wrapped in a blanket, found long sleeves and a coat in the closet, and put them on.

After zipping his jacket, he turned to look at Wang Miao.

"Don't talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with Zhuang Jingchun."

"You're lying to me. Look at your mouth. It's so red that it looks like it's been trampled."

Wang Miao stood up with some displeasure, folded her hands on her chest, and looked Xu Xizhou up and down.

"However, why do you look like a normal person? After doing that kind of thing, don't you even struggle to walk the next day?"

Xu Xizhou looked at him in bewilderment, obviously not understanding what he was talking about.

Wang Miao watched him bend down to pick up the watch on the table, and there was no unnaturalness in his actions. Suddenly, a guess came to his mind, and he let out an ah in disbelief.

"Damn it, could it be that... Zhuang Jingchun is the one at the bottom? Xu Xizhou, you can do it!"

Xu Xizhou had blue veins on his forehead, "Can you think of something colorless in your mind, what's up and down, nothing happened at all, okay?!"

Xu Xizhou lifted the quilt directly and showed him the quilt without any abnormalities except for being slightly messy.

"Do you think if we did something last night, the bed would be so clean?"

Wang Miao stared at him suspiciously, then looked at the trash can in the room, and suddenly let out a bewildered cry.

"It's true, the two of you really just slept under the quilt last night... This is too unreasonable."

Wang Miao shook her head, frowned, stroked her chin, her face full of thought.

"Could it be that...it's Zhuang Jingchun?"

At this time, in the study room separated by a wall.

Shu Yue put the kitchen knife on the table, sat down with a cold face, and stared at the dark-eyed mixed-race youth.

"Xiao Zhuang, don't forget what you promised me."

Zhuang Jingchun looked guilty. He lowered his head and spoke sincerely, "Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised. Last night was because of Xiaozhou's birthday. The situation is quite special."

"No matter how special the situation is, he is still just a 19-year-old child, just an adult. Xiao Zhou is a child at heart, unlike you, you are almost 30 years old, don't you even have this bit of self-control?! "

"I'm sorry, this will never happen again."

Shu Yue snorted coldly, her expression still a little displeased.She is not a fool either, the moment she pushed open the bedroom door, she could tell if anything happened to the two of them.Recalling the way Xiaozhou sat up at that time, he and Zhuang Jingchun should have simply slept last night.

Shu Yue frowned, and looked out the window, "During this time, apart from watching his game, please keep a distance from Xiao Zhou, so as not to affect him."

"I see."

"Also, don't forget the most important thing, wait for your agreement to expire." Shu Yue paused, looking at Zhuang Jingchun sharply, "I hope you will do what you say, and give Xiaozhou the right to choose again, without using emotion kidnap him."

Zhuang Jingchun's eyelashes drooped slightly, and unknown emotions flashed across her green eyes.He was silent for a few seconds before softly saying, "Okay."

"What are these two talking about?"

Xu Xizhou leaned on the door with his ear pressed to the outside, trying to hear what the people inside said clearly.

Wang Miao stood aside, thinking of Shu Yue's murderous eyes just now, she always felt that this was not good, so she couldn't help tugging at Xu Xizhou's sleeve.

"It's not good for you to eavesdrop on other people's speech like this."

"Aren't I afraid that my mother will teach Zhuang Jingchun a lesson? She went in with a kitchen knife."

Xu Xizhou frowned, struggling to hold the door frame, and heard a faint sound. His face was happy, and the next second, the door was opened from the inside. He was unstable and bumped into Zhuang Jingchun's arms who just came out.

"Xiao Zhou, what are you doing?" Shu Yue looked at him dumbfounded.

"I'll take something." Xu Xizhou smiled awkwardly, and patted Zhuang Jingchun's neckline.

"You keep talking, don't worry about me."

Zhuang Jingchun twitched her forehead, helped him stabilize, lowered her head slightly, and whispered in his ear, "Your reason is too lame, next time you don't want to eavesdrop and get caught, at least find someone decent."

"I didn't eavesdrop—" Realizing that Shu Yue was staring at him, Xu Xizhou quickly swallowed back the words in his mouth, laughed dryly twice, and changed the subject.

"Mom, don't you want to cook porridge? Let me cut the side dishes for you."

In the next few days, apart from attending classes, Xu Xizhou took the entire Ren family to play around London.Every time he returns to London, he is in a hurry, and in fact he seldom goes out shopping.Accompanying Shu Yue and Ren Huamin this time, they almost walked all the streets and alleys of London, and tasted all the delicious Michelin restaurants.

The day after his birthday, Zhuang Jingchun returned to France.

The airport he took him to.In the car, Xu Xizhou remembered what happened last night, and his expression was a little uncomfortable. At that time, most of the courage and enthusiasm in his chest seemed to have dissipated, so he could only speak tentatively, "What happened last night, I..."

"You drink too much, I can understand." Zhuang Jingchun didn't look at him, but stared ahead.

"Don't drink so much next time, especially in front of unfamiliar people."

Xu Xizhou nodded.When he was approaching the airport, he held the steering wheel and couldn't help but glance at the man beside him.

"Will you watch the game in Saudi Arabia?"

Zhuang Jingchun gave a light grace.

Hearing that Zhuang Jingchun would come, all the gloom and frustration in Xu Xizhou's heart disappeared immediately, and his heart was full of anticipation for the next competition.

"That's good, see you in Saudi Arabia."

After spending a week in London with Ren's family, Xu Xizhou quickly returned to training.Although he has already signed a contract with McLaren, this does not mean that he can lower his requirements. In the last two races, he must close the distance with Edward, and cannot be left too far by him.

It would be even better if he could surpass Edward and win the F2 championship.Of course, he knew in his heart that this hope was very slim.

Edward has been very stable throughout the season, unlike him who experienced the Monza accident and was forced to retire, and saw that the championship he was about to win was gone.

After all, on the track, it is never only the strength of the racer that determines the final result, but also luck.No one could have predicted the final result until the last stop.

At the end of November, Xu Xizhou flew to Jeddah Circuit in Saudi Arabia with the team.

Unlike London's wet and cold, Saudi Arabia's winters are very mild.Xu Xizhou took off his thick down jacket as soon as he got off the plane, and put on a light jacket.

Jeddah Circuit is a modern circuit newly built in Saudi Arabia last year.The track is located on the coast of the beautiful coast, adjacent to the Red Sea, and there is a beautiful and exquisite artificial lake in the middle.

The Jeddah circuit is known as the fastest street circuit on the F2 calendar. The average speed is faster than the Monza circuit in Italy, and it is the circuit with the most corners throughout the year. The driver's control ability is also raised accordingly. higher requirements.

In the morning free practice on Friday, Xu Xizhou was in good condition.

Compared with the bad start in Sochi, Xu Xizhou gradually regained his original feeling on the track, created the fastest lap in the practice race, and once surpassed Edward in the ranking.

Because there is only a 1-point gap between him and Edward, and the two signed with the F2 team successively, many media began to jokingly refer to the two as the F[-] twin stars.Every time a racing magazine commented on one of them, it was always inevitable to mention the other.

In the interview before the qualifying race, some media present could not help but gossip and asked about the personal relationship between Xu Xizhou and Edward. After all, the two will enter F1 next year, and they will still be rivals in the future.

Xu Xizhou stared at the camera impatiently, and when he was thinking about how to answer, someone grabbed his shoulders suddenly, and a clear voice sounded behind him.

"We have a good relationship, and I just invited Xu to my birthday party."

Unexpectedly, Edward would appear suddenly, Xu Xizhou was a little surprised.In fact, he and Edward have no personal relationship, that is, they will nod to each other when they meet on the track.

Speaking of which, Edward was also the object of his admiration in the past. He also chased that bright yellow figure on the track countless times, and once felt that he would never be able to catch up.But now that he is also standing on a high place, he no longer feels that Edward is so unattainable.

It was rare for the two to be in the same frame, the reporter's eyes lit up immediately, and the photographer kept taking pictures.

Xu Xizhou forced a smile and finished dealing with the reporter casually.Once the interview is over, pull Edward aside.

He looked at the young man with blond hair and blue eyes, with a helpless tone.

"When did you invite me to your birthday party? You can't make up a lie if you want to."

"Invite now, can't you?" Edward looked at him with a slight smile, his tone sincere, "After all, among all the F2 drivers, only the two of us will enter F1 next year. It's always right to curry favor with my future opponents in F1."

Xu Xizhou looked helpless, "When is your birthday party? I don't have any gifts."

"Just tonight, after the qualifying round. You just need to come, you don't need to bring gifts."

Xu Xizhou snorted, and stared at Edward suspiciously.

"Wouldn't this be your team's strategy?"

"What strategy?" Edward was a little puzzled.

"I am No.2 in the standings. Although there is a gap with you, it is not insurmountable. You don't want to win over me so that I can relax my vigilance and secretly inquire about our team's tactics?

Edward chuckled, "Why do you think so? I just think that your performance this year surprised me, it was completely different from last year's you. Especially in the last game, in Sochi, you surpassed Andrew at the last minute That part of the movie is so good, I’ve watched it many times.”

Unexpectedly, Edward would watch his game replays, Xu Xizhou felt a little embarrassed.He scratched his ears, "Actually, there is also a little bit of luck. It was raining that day, and it's not easy for Andrew to overtake my car."

"Don't you Hua people have a saying? Luck is also a manifestation of strength."

Xu Xizhou smiled, and he looked at Edward, "Since you have watched my game replays, I am embarrassed not to buy gifts tonight. However, even if you are my fan, I will not Will be soft."

Edward also smiled, with confidence and determination in his smile, his light blond hair was extremely dazzling in the sun.

"Then try to see if you can grab the pole position from me."

In the afternoon, qualifying officially started.

With the idea of ​​surpassing Edward, Xu Xizhou rushed forward almost as soon as he got on the track.Watching the speed on the dashboard keep rising, and thinking of Edward's provocative words, the blood in his whole body boiled, the adrenaline was soaring, he kept pumping, and pushed forward.

The scenery on both sides of the track retreated rapidly, the cool wind brushed across the cheeks, the engine seemed to be burning, and made a low roar, with a destructive momentum that would conquer everything.

Push forward, keep pushing forward.

On the radio, Xu Xizhou didn't listen to the data reported by the engineer. There are only two races left in this season, and he has won pole position once, which is somewhat regrettable.

Thinking that Zhuang Jingchun would watch his game tomorrow, Xu Xizhou couldn't help but pray silently in his heart: God, please show him one more time.

He successfully entered Q[-], and the competition in the last lap was extremely fierce. Everyone's lap time was higher than that of the previous races, and the competition between him and Edward entered a fierce stage.

In Lightning's P room, the engineers were staring at the lap data displayed on the screen, so nervous that they didn't dare to take a breath.Finally, Q[-] ended, and the qualifying results showed that Xu Xizhou got the fastest lap time, only [-] seconds ahead of Edward.

The engineers all cheered, getting pole position is basically a sure thing for Saturday's race.

Xu Xizhou was also a little overjoyed when he heard his results, so he parked the car back to the maintenance area.As soon as he took off his head, Edward in the helmet came over and stuffed an invitation into his hand.

"Birthday party tonight, don't forget."

"By the way, congratulations on getting pole position."

"Thanks, I'll be there."

Xu Xizhou was in a great mood, and returned to the lounge with the invitation.

The hotel booked by the Unique team is next door to their team, not far away, just a few minutes' walk away.Xu Xizhou thought about it, and decided to change into formal clothes and go to the party.

When the lights come on, in the resplendent hotel lobby, the crystal chandeliers reflect the bright light.

Holding the invitation card, Xu Xizhou stood at the side of the revolving door and straightened his tie facing the glass door.To be honest, without Zhuang Jingchun on this occasion, he really didn't know how to deal with it.

As soon as he walked through the revolving door, Edward not far away saw him. He was holding champagne in his hand, striding over and holding his arm.

"Xu, it's time to wait for you. A member of the Saudi royal family is also here. He likes racing cars very much and wants to chat with you."

Xu Xizhou followed his gaze and saw a bearded young man in a white robe and turban raised his glass to him. He was probably the member of the royal family that Edward mentioned.

Xu Xizhou glanced at several huge pigeon egg rings on the fingers of the white-robed young man from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help sighing that the Saudi royal family is a local tyrant.

"Even the members of the royal family are your fans." Xu Xizhou felt a little emotional.

"It's mainly my father's contacts, which is okay." Edward said with a humble face.

It was said to be a birthday party, but it was actually more like a sociable reception. Xu Xizhou felt envious from the bottom of his heart when he saw Edward walking freely among the crowd and chatting happily with every guest.

"Edward, are you French?" Xu Xizhou couldn't help being a little surprised when a guest spoke French to Edward.

"Did you just know I'm French today?" Edward turned to look at him with a helpless tone.

"I haven't heard you speak French in the paddock, and your English is too standard, with no accent at all."

After learning that Edward was also French like Zhuang Jingchun, Xu Xizhou subconsciously felt that he was closer.

"Are you complimenting me or hurting me?" Edward frowned slightly, and took a sip of champagne.

Xu Xizhou was about to speak when his phone vibrated suddenly. It was a text message from Zhuang Jingchun.

—Is it at the hotel?

Did Zhuang Jingchun come to Jeddah today?

Xu Xizhou was a little excited, and quickly replied, "I'm in the hotel next door. Edward is hosting a birthday party here and invited me."

"Xu, stop texting, come and cut the cake with me." A voice came from beside him.

A waiter in a tuxedo pushed a small trolley, and five layers of exquisite cakes were placed on it, filled with candles.

Before Xu Xizhou could wait for Zhuang Jingchun's reply, he was pulled over by Edward.

The lights in the hall were extinguished, leaving only the flickering light of candles.Edward closed his eyes and made his wish. Amid the applause and booing of a crowd, he grabbed Xu Xizhou's hand, and the two cut the first slice of the cake together.

"Happy birthday!"

Xu Xizhou quickly took out the gift he bought from his pocket and gave it to Edward.It was a key fob in the shape of a racing car, which he bought at a nearby store.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

Edward put the keychain in his pocket, opened his arms, and hugged him with a smile.

No matter how many times, Xu Xizhou still couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the Europeans.He sighed in his heart, patted Edward on the back, and was about to let go when he suddenly noticed a gaze that fell on his back as if with weight.

He turned his head and saw a tall and slender figure at the revolving door, carrying a suitcase in his hand, wearing a dark green windbreaker and black trousers.

It was Zhuang Jingchun.

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