If you cut in, you will get hit. Do you call this a driving school instructor?

heat.

It's fucking hot.

At the airport, after just getting off the plane, Gu Yin felt sticky all over after only a few steps. Gu Yue, standing next to her, was holding a small fan and blowing it on herself, but even that couldn't stop the sweat from pouring down her forehead. She couldn't help but complain:

“Mom, I told you to stay a few more days, but it’s so hot here. Even Gou shook his head when he came. What’s the point of coming back…”

Once I got back, I couldn't even leave the house, because if I left the air-conditioned room, I'd be sticky and uncomfortable within three steps.

Don't doubt the temperature in Jinan during the height of summer. A travel blogger who has traveled all over the world once said that Jinan is hotter than Africa during its hottest summer days!

I really don't know how the people in this city survive...

"So staying outside doesn't cost money?" Gu's mother flicked her daughter's forehead and said, "There's no place like home. I think you've gone crazy playing around, Gu Yue. You're going to university soon, so you're going to..."

"Oh, I know..." Gu Yue said with a headache, scratching her head, "You can't slack off in college. You still have to study hard, get scholarships, take the postgraduate entrance exam, take the civil service exam... I've told you eight hundred times..."

"It's good that you care about this!" Gu's mother glared at her daughter.

Gu Yin laughed heartily, saying that the Shandong region truly lived up to its reputation as a province with a high demand for civil service exams. Regardless of whether a family was rich or poor, everyone wanted their children to serve the people in the future.

Gu Yin had already told his mother before that, you said that the family's conditions were average before, and as a mother, she wanted her child to have a stable job and a secure livelihood in the future, which is understandable; but now that their family's conditions are not bad because of Gu Yin, and the family has no worries about food and drink, serving the people is certainly good, but isn't the competition fierce and extremely intense? We also feel sorry for our own child.
But Gu's mother said that in the past, when you didn't have money, you needed a stable job and a secure job. Now that you have money, you can't just have money; you also need some official connections.

Here, no matter how rich you are, you still have to listen obediently to what the higher-ups say.

He was speechless when he spoke to Gu Yin...

After collecting their luggage, Gu Yin hailed a taxi and drove home. It's worth mentioning that something particularly interesting happened on their way home: as they exited the national highway and approached their home in the Lishan Xinyuan residential area, the whole family had a peculiar feeling…

Is this still my home?

"Ber, is this our home, Mom?" Gu Yue tugged at her mother's sleeve, pointed to a row of buildings outside, and said, "Why does it look so strange?"

Even though the row of buildings outside looks exactly the same as I remember, nothing has changed, why does it feel so strange, with a kind of inexplicable... unfamiliarity?

It felt like a dream.

That's my home!
The home I've lived in for twenty or thirty years!
"What you're saying..." Gu's mother was also stunned for a moment, and said, "I almost don't recognize you either."

Gu's mother patted her youngest son's shoulder in the front seat and asked, "Gu Yin, do you feel this way?"

"What do you mean, what do you mean..." Gu Yin scratched his head. He definitely didn't have that feeling, after all, he wasn't someone who had never been out of the house before.

But think back...

That year, I had just started university and was away for half a year. It was also the first time I had traveled far from home. Actually, when I came back, I also had this "familiar yet strange" feeling towards home.

This phenomenon is inexplicable; it's probably because I haven't been out much.

At that time, Gu Yin thought that she must work as hard as possible in the future and take her family out to travel as much as possible, so that they would never experience this feeling of "never having been out of the house" again.

To be honest, flying really takes up a lot of time. I took a flight in the morning, arrived at the airport at noon, had lunch at the airport, and when I looked at the clock on my way home, it was already past 4 pm.

The whole day just passed by like that.

Nothing was done; it was all for nothing.

"It's so hot...it's unbearably hot!"

As soon as she got home, Gu Yue grabbed the remote and turned on the air conditioner. Only when the cool breeze blew out of the air conditioner vents and enveloped her, gradually bringing a refreshing feeling, did Gu Yue finally lie down on the sofa, satisfied.

"Oh my..."

Sitting on the sofa, Gu's mother couldn't help but sigh again, "There's no place like home!"
After resting for a while, Gu Yin boiled some water, then found a teapot and made some tea. Gu's mother and Gu Yue went to pack their things. The family had been so busy since arriving home that they hadn't even had a full hour of rest. When they finished and looked up, good heavens, it was already dark...

Seeing this, Gu Yin suggested, "How about we order takeout?"

I'm so tired after a long day, I really can't cook anymore.

"No! I won't eat! I won't eat!"

Upon hearing this, Gu's mother had a strong objection, waving her hand and saying:

"I've been eating takeout every single day for the past month. You two can eat whatever you want, but I've had enough!"

As she spoke, Gu's mother stood up and walked towards the kitchen, asking the brother and sister:
"I'll eat some noodles, do you two want some?"

People from the mountains and winters, when in doubt, always use noodles!
Of course, this refers to elders...

Noodles may be a common staple food in the south, but in the north, they are something that everyone hates.

In the hearts of northerners, hand-pulled noodles are better than machine-made noodles, which are better than instant noodles, which are better than being hungry, which are better than dried noodles. Northerners have a phobia of dried noodles since childhood, especially the clear soup dried noodles...

I'd rather go hungry than eat noodles, I'm not kidding!
If a young person from northern China is eating noodles, it means they really have nothing else to eat. After all, many netizens have fainted from low blood sugar but still refuse to touch a single noodle...

Previously, Gu Yin and Gu Yue were not interested in this kind of thing. As everyone knows, whoever cooks at home represents the taste of the whole family. In Gu Yin's family, Gu's mother cooks. Gu's mother loves to eat noodles, and she often makes all kinds of noodles, dumplings, steamed buns, scallion pancakes, five-spice pancakes, etc.

This middle-aged woman's favorite breakfast is noodles, especially stir-fried noodles; when she's unsure what to do, she eats noodles.

So strictly speaking, it's not that Gu Yin and Gu Yue don't like to eat; it's just that they were given enough food from a young age...

But I don’t know why…

Today, Gu's mother suggested having some noodles. Gu Yinfei didn't refuse; after thinking about it, she nodded in agreement.

Then Gu Yue didn't refuse, pouting and saying, "I'll just have a small bowl!"

"Aha..."

Seeing that both siblings wanted to eat noodles, Gu's mother was delighted:

"You two, now you know that your mom's cooking is the most delicious, right?"

Do you understand the true value of "There's no one better than your mother in the world"?!

"Just you wait and eat!"

Gu Ma was quite happy that her children ate the food, and even though she was tired after a long day, she was still very happy to make it.

Although each person only had a bowl of stir-fried noodles for dinner, the whole family still enjoyed the meal very much.

……

The next day.

10 o'clock in the morning.

Gu Yin slept soundly until she naturally woke up. Honestly, for the past month, aside from a few nights when she was utterly exhausted, she hadn't had a single truly good night's sleep. It wasn't that she was being dramatic, nor was it that she couldn't sleep because of the new bed; it was mainly the pillow…

Having driven for many years, Gu Yin has developed some "occupational hazards." Despite his young age, he already has problems with three vertebrae of his cervical spine. He can't use a high pillow; he can only use a low one, preferably one with filling.

As for the pillows in the hotels outside, they are either very tall pillows or memory foam pillows. Some well-known hotels boast about how good they are, but to be honest, they are not friendly to people like Gu Yin who have cervical spondylosis at all. There were a few nights when he didn't use a pillow at all, but instead used his own clothes folded up as a pillow.

It’s so painful!
Once I got home, everything was familiar and comfortable, so I naturally slept soundly.

Stretching and rubbing her sleepy eyes as she went out, Gu Yin found only her mother washing vegetables at home, seemingly planning to make dumplings for lunch. As Gu Yin ran to the bathroom, she casually asked:
"Mom, where's Gu Yue?"

"She said she made plans with classmates to go out and have fun..." Gu's mother replied.

"You've been partying ever since you got back..." Gu Yin pouted.

"Sigh, go have some fun. People only get one carefree summer vacation in their lives, can't they even have some fun?" said Gu's mother.

“Hey…” Gu Yin grinned: “I remember you didn’t say that during the summer after I graduated from high school. I don’t know who made me work a summer job to earn tuition.”

"...That's because our family wasn't well-off back then..." Gu's mother rolled her eyes: "Alright, what do you want to eat for breakfast? I'll make it for you. Stop complaining so much."

"Who's complaining..." Gu Yin laughed heartily: "Oh, let's just make a simple hand-pulled pancake."

After finishing breakfast and saying goodbye to her mother, Gu Yin also went out.

He's going to the driving school today to check on things. When the online controversy was so big, the driving school was also affected. Although things turned around later because his reputation improved, it's still been over a month since he last saw them, so he needs to see how things are progressing.

"Drive carefully!" Gu's mother called out to Gu Yin on the road.

Because of the accident she had been involved in, her mother didn't even want Gu Yin to continue driving if possible.

"Ah, I know..." Gu Yin pouted helplessly.

After going downstairs and arriving at the car, Gu Yin didn't get in immediately. Instead, she opened the car door, turned on all the windows, started the engine, and then turned on the air conditioning. She waited in the shade for a while before coming back to get in the car and drive off.

Strictly speaking, what he's doing is a waste of electricity, and a gasoline car is a waste of fuel, but sometimes it's not that he wants to do it, mainly because...

Damn it, that open-air parking lot is like this. In the middle of summer, the outdoor temperature is 37 or 38 degrees Celsius, and the ground temperature is almost 45 or 46 degrees Celsius. If you don't do this and just get in the car, the steering wheel will be burning hot!

"Whoosh..."

A cold wind blew directly onto Gu Yin, who finally breathed a sigh of relief and drove to the driving school's training grounds.

The driving school's training ground is located in the northwest of the small county town. It used to be an industrial park, but it was later converted into a car dealership. There are 4S stores everywhere, and the vehicle management office is also nearby. It's a gathering place for cars, like a car world. Gu Yin bought the BYD Qin he drives now from there.

In their spare time, students would occasionally go out to look at cars. If they liked a particular car, the instructor would even take them for a test drive to give them a professional feel for it, which is one of their unique features.

Even without this unique feature and without any promotion, Gu Yin and his team would definitely not have trouble attracting students.

The driving school is progressing smoothly, and everything is taking shape. Looking at the brand-new training grounds, the newly paved asphalt roads, and the newly painted training lines, Gu Yin suddenly felt a sense of unreality...

Less than a year ago, he was just a lowly driving school instructor, struggling to make ends meet and rarely going home after get off work, spending most of his time driving for ride-hailing services...

Now, his driving school has already taken shape.

Think about...

That's really exciting!

After a quick look around, Gu Yin drove away. He couldn't really help much there; most of the time he just checked on the progress.

Passing by the vehicle management office, Gu Yin was so thirsty that she simply stopped the car and bought a large bottle of iced tea from a nearby store.

This thing's gone up in price, it used to be 4 yuan, now it's 4.5 yuan. What kind of crap is this, backstabbing us like this? Seriously...

"Ding-dong..."

Back in the car, just as Gu Yin was about to drive away, her phone suddenly rang.

Upon picking it up, Gu Yin was somewhat surprised...

Because the caller ID showed: Su Nuan.

It had been at least half a year since Gu Yin last saw the policewoman. Back in Yunnan, after the incident with the frightened woman, when Gu Yin encountered that female traffic policewoman, he thought of Su Nuan and felt that the female traffic policewoman looked a lot like her.

I never expected her to call me like this...

"Whoosh..."

With the air conditioning blowing cold air in the car, Gu Yin looked around and saw that his car was parked in a convenient spot. He decided to open an iced tea bottle and drink it while answering Su Nuan's call.

"Hey, sis." Gu Yin greeted him very politely.

"Hey, little brother," Su Nuan's voice on the other end of the phone was as gentle and pleasant as ever. She said with a smile, "Oh my, it's been so long! I didn't call you, and you didn't even bother to let your sister know you were safe?"

"Ha..." Gu Yin scratched his head and said, "Well, you're so busy every day, I was just afraid of disturbing your work, wasn't I?"

"Stop talking nonsense," Su Nuan said, "If you can't make a phone call, can't you at least send a text message?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's my problem..." Gu Yin laughed and said, not caring at all, "Then I'll bother you whenever I have nothing to do in the future."

"Come on!" Su Nuan shook her head, no longer joking, and said seriously, "I heard your driving school is almost finished, is that right?"

"Yes, thanks to you." Gu Yin nodded.

When Gu Yin went through the driving school procedures, she actually asked Yu Jie downstairs for help. Yu Jie usually asked Su Nuan for help, since she had only been working for less than half a year and her relationship with Su Nuan was much closer.

"Have you set a time?" Su Nuan asked.

"Not yet..." Gu Yin said, "How about you order one for me, sis?"

"I'm just asking, there's a set opening date, I can't just set it casually..." Su Nuan smiled and said, "I heard that your driving school will be offering some racing lessons, is that true?"

"Yes," Gu Yin nodded and said, "I reckon quite a few people have signed up."

Their driving school advertised online for a while, and damn, more people signed up for racing lessons than for regular driving lessons.

"I see..." Su Nuan nodded and said, "Are you home lately? When would you be free to meet up?"

Gu Yin stroked his chin, thinking to himself that Su Nuan must have something on her mind...

Judging from this, is it related to racing instruction?

Could it be that they violated some rule and are therefore not allowed to teach?

...(End of chapter)