I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 108 Small Circle

Bai Chou slept until he woke up naturally.

The next morning, feeling as if he were being held tightly by an octopus, Bai Chou opened his eyes and dazedly saw the woman in his arms with most of her body pressed against him, her head resting on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe...

The sleeping posture is terrible.

Bai Chou didn't take it seriously. Kim Hyo Joo's sleeping posture was indeed bad sometimes. She was just lying next to him normally before falling asleep, but when she woke up, she was wrapped around him.

Pulling open the beautiful leg that was pressing against his waist, Bai Chou grabbed the buttocks that were being held and said, "Hyojoo, it's time..."

Ok?
Bai Chou was suddenly stunned when he was halfway through his words. Something was wrong. The feel was not right. The dimensions were obviously more than one size smaller than Hyo Joo's, and didn't Hyo Joo go home?

"uh-huh……"

The girl in his arms probably made a few muffled sounds like a cat purring in her throat because the high ground was occupied.

After remembering it, Bai Chou suddenly came to his senses after a brief moment of shock. After thinking for a moment, he pulled his hand out of Li Xue's T-shirt, grabbed Li Xue's thin shoulders with both hands and shook Li Xue hard to wake her up.

It didn't take much effort to shake Li Xue awake from her half-asleep state. As soon as she opened her dazed eyes, she saw Bai Chou staring at her with a serious expression, their cheeks close to each other.

"Why are you in my bed?" Bai Chou was the first to attack, as if he had been taken advantage of and suffered a great injustice.

"Ah I……"

"Ah, what? What about me? I just want to ask you, why are you in my bed?" Without giving Li Xue a chance to think about other questions, Bai Chou chased Li Xue and questioned her.

Yeah, why am I lying on Baichou’s bed?
Li Xue, who had just woken up and had this question in her head, looked up blankly and found that her hands were around Bai Chou's thighs and on Bai Chou's waist. She looked around and confirmed that this was indeed Bai Chou's bed.

Why am I here? Shouldn't I sleep in my own bed? Li Xue thought subconsciously and quickly came up with a possibility.

She had stumbled over to Bai Chou's bed in the middle of the night after using the restroom. Logically, she shouldn't have mistaken her bed even if she was half asleep, but before falling asleep, she spent a long time lying on Bai Chou's bed watching TV...

"Isn't it just that we slept in the same bed? I'm an innocent girl and I haven't even screamed yet, but you're already questioning me..."

Li Xue's cheeks flushed slightly as she pretended to be calm and climbed out of bed, mumbling to express her dissatisfaction and to cover up her embarrassment.

"You climbed into my bed in the middle of the night. I shouldn't have asked you what was wrong. It's a good thing we were both wearing clothes..."

"Hey, you already said we were both wearing clothes, why are you moaning more loudly than reacting?"

Li Xue raised her eyebrows and muttered nonchalantly, then subconsciously lowered her head to glance at her clothes. Apart from being a little messy, everything was normal, except that the bean on the left side was slightly sore.

Of course, even though Li Xue said this, the atmosphere between the two was still very awkward. They didn't know whether to continue pursuing this issue or how to bring up this topic in a reasonable way.

At this moment, the cell phone on the other bed suddenly rang, and both of them felt relieved.

"Answer the phone first." Bai Chou waved his hand. No matter whether it was an alarm or an incoming call, he would take a look first.

"It's my cousin calling."

Li Xue stepped to the bedside, grabbed her cell phone and glanced at the incoming call notification. She thought her cousin was a timely help. She answered the call without hesitation and pretended to be calm while talking to the person on the other end.

Bai Chou got up, went into the bathroom and started washing up. When he came out of the bathroom, Li Xue had already finished the call.

"What did your cousin say?"

Li Xue sat on the bed, holding her phone and dangling her feet. Her eyes were blank, and she didn't know what she was thinking about. When she heard Bai Chou's question, she subconsciously answered, "My cousin said they were already going to the racetrack. He asked me if I was going today and what time I was leaving."

"Then go wash up quickly, I'll pack my things." Bai Chou said seriously.

"Ah."

Li Xue, with a heavy heart, walked into the bathroom with her head down. Just when Bai Chou thought that the initial problem could be perfectly solved, Li Xue suddenly poked half of her head out of the bathroom.

"Hey, did you pinch me too hard this morning?" Li Xue frowned and pursed her lips. She still felt that this matter could not be let go.

Bai Chou had no expression on his face: "Pinched it."

"Hmph, I was wondering why... I felt a little sore there. I knew it was you who was being dishonest... But I won't pursue this matter this time. I won't pursue this matter, you know?

But next time, next time, next time, I will interrupt you..."

Li Xue clenched her fists and waved them around in a timid manner, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she muttered something like "this won't happen again."

Since Li Xue chose to end the topic in this way, Bai Chou simply accompanied her to the end, with a disdainful arc on his lips, "If you hadn't gotten into my arms for no apparent reason and made me mistake you for Hyo Joo, would you think I was interested in touching you?

You have no breasts and no butt, not even two ounces of flesh in total. You don't really think I want to touch your padded chest, do you? "

"I'll bite you to death!"

Li Xue was so angry that she rushed out of the bathroom and pounced on Bai Chou. She threw Bai Chou onto the bed and pounded his chest with her little fist.

"What's wrong with me being small? What's wrong with me being small next to you? You keep saying it every day!"

"You're always picking on other people's physical defects and making fun of them!" You really did just now, in the physical sense.

"Also, I have an average supermodel body. Those awesome models are all about my size!"

Li Xue was defending herself anxiously and waving her fists, which reminded Bai Chou of a ragdoll cat at his friend's house.

The ragdoll cat has a bad temper but in just the right way. When it's angry, it doesn't bare its teeth or wave its claws, but instead retracts its claws and waves its fists with murderous eyes.

The cat punched so vigorously that it left afterimages. Bai Chou especially liked playing with the ragdoll cat.

At this moment, Li Xue had the feeling that no matter how hard she swung her punches, it was more like playing around, and the killing power was far less than biting or scratching directly with her mouth or claws.

Li Xue, who had thrown more than ten punches with his arms leaving afterimages, was still not satisfied. Just as he was about to open his mouth to bite, Bai Chou, who had reacted, pinched his cheek and suppressed him in an instant. He then kicked Li Xue on the buttocks and kicked her down. Li Xue, who was unwilling to admit defeat, stood up again and "wrestled" with Bai Chou.

The two fought for a long time before they separated. Li Xue, who had been kicked several times, walked into the bathroom, holding her butt and cursing: "You wait, this matter is not over yet. I will remember how many times you kicked me..."

Perhaps this was the most appropriate way to handle the awkward atmosphere between them. In short, their relationship returned to normal. After a quick wash and breakfast, they loaded their belongings and got into the car together. Li Xue sat in the passenger seat, constantly complaining about how Bai Chou had touched her violently that morning.

This is a very ambiguous topic, but Li Xue has the ability to make a very ambiguous and charming topic look like a joke.

It was not until they reached the gate of the racetrack that Li Xue shut up.

After handing the admission ticket to the racetrack staff to confirm their identity, Bai Chou drove the car into the open space outside the maintenance area, taking Li Xue with him.

At a glance, there were about ten cars parked in the open space outside the maintenance area, of which seven or eight were Porsches and BMWs, and the rest were other models.

Bai Chou was not surprised by this. For those who have a relatively wealthy family and like to play with cars, the upgrade route always goes through three stages: the first stage is BMW M power, the second stage is Porsche, and the third stage is supercars. Among supercar players, Ferrari owners account for about half.

At a glance, Bai Chou didn't see a Ferrari, but only a black Lamborghini.

A dozen young people were standing by the car, chatting in groups of three or four. When they saw Bai Chou enter the venue, they all cast their eyes on the GT3RS. For those who like to play with cars and like to go to the track, this track machine built by Porsche with great effort has a fatal attraction.

“Here it comes, the GT3RS is here!”

"Is it the one I signed up for before or the one Xiaoxue's friend owns?"

"It should be Xiaoxue's friend's car. The person sitting in the passenger seat seems to be Zhongjiu's sister."

There was a commotion outside the maintenance area, and even a few track staff came out of the P room, looking at the slowly approaching GT3RS with great interest.

There was no dazzling drift parking like in novels and movies. Bai Chou, whose driving skills were inherited from F1 drivers, was vaguely resistant to drifting.

Without waiting for Bai Chou to park the car, Li Xue couldn't wait to unbuckle her seatbelt and jumped out. Standing next to the fender of the GT3RS, she waved happily to everyone, "Brother Zhongjiu..."

A young man who looked to be in his twenties or thirties, with eyes and eyebrows somewhat similar to Li Xue, walked out of the crowd first. He should be Li Xue's cousin Li Zhongjiu.

Li Xue walked over to say hello, but Li Zhongjiu completely ignored his cousin and walked straight past the GT3RS. He circled the car with a fiery gaze, and finally even lay on the side of the car like a toad, observing the chassis, suspension, and shock absorbers of the GT3RS. His throat moved and he kept muttering, "Beautiful, beautiful..."

"Is this your cousin?" After getting off the car, Bai Chou was not in a hurry to greet everyone. He walked to Li Xue and asked Li Xue with his head tilted, glancing at Li Zhongjiu who was like a pervert.

Bai Chou was not surprised by Li Zhongjiu's reaction.

If what was in front of him was a Ferrari or an F1 car, Bai Chou's performance might not be much better than Li Zhongjiu's.

After all, a car is just a tool, an object.

When a car lover sees a car he likes, he does not need to worry about his "demeanor" and restrain his eyes and posture like a lustful person does when he sees a beautiful woman.

"Li Zhongjiu!" Li Xue hid and shouted her cousin's name in embarrassment. It would have been fine if you didn't respond when I greeted you, but you even lay beside the car and kept looking at it.

Li Zhongjiu? Bai Chou was slightly startled.

Hey, hey, hey..."

Hearing his cousin's call, Li Zhongjiu, who was lying on the ground, responded three times in a row. He reluctantly stood up, patted the dirt off his hands, and walked to Bai Chou enthusiastically and extended his hand: "Hello, brother, you must be Xiaoxue's classmate, I am his cousin Li Zhongjiu."

Bai Chou shook Li Zhongjiu's hand and asked with a smile, "Hello, my name is Bai Chou, Qiu Xinchou, and, Brother Zhongjiu, do you know someone named Li Zicheng?"

"'New World', right? Haha, after that Korean movie became popular, many people asked me similar questions." Li Zhongjiu laughed and his impression of Bai Chou improved a lot.

A person who likes to make jokes and tell small things, no matter what his true personality is, will not be too difficult to get along with at least when dealing with others for the first time.

"Brother, what's going on between you and my sister...?" Li Zhongjiu didn't finish his words, his eyes kept shifting between Li Xue and Bai Chou.

"What are you thinking?"

Li Xue snorted coldly and said, "Bai Chou is my buddy and my roommate's boyfriend."

Speaking of this, Li Xue felt a little sad. Her legs had been touched, her body pinched, and they even slept on the same bed for a night. In the end, they were just buddies, just her roommate's boyfriend...

"Okay, if she's Xiaoxue's friend, then she's my friend." Li Zhongjiu smiled. He obviously didn't think their relationship would be that simple. He knew his cousin's character too well.

Good buddy, male best friend?
Other girls might do this to keep a spare tire, but Li Xue would never do that.

Li Xue's carefree and boundless attitude is due to her egocentrism and low emotional intelligence, which may inadvertently offend others, rather than her lack of sense of boundaries in the relationship between men and women.

However, Li Zhongjiu didn't say much. He just held Bai Chou's upper arm and squeezed it, then asked with a smile, "Brother, is this your first time at the Wanchi Circuit? Xiaoxue said you don't seem to be from here?"

"No, I've been here a few times with friends before, but they were all on public open days. This is my first time participating in such a small-scale track day event." As he said this, Bai Chou looked up at another group of people standing not far away.

Although they were curious about Bai Chou's identity, most people did not come closer. Instead, they stood aside, ready to let Li Zhongjiu, who had some connection with the other party and could talk to him, act as a middleman to introduce them.

"That's perfect. You and Xiaoxue are classmates, so you're my brother. I'll introduce you to some people, okay?"

Li Zhongjiu's emotional intelligence is obviously much higher than Li Xue's.

"Of course." Bai Chou naturally would not refuse.

This track day event was originally a private activity organized by a small circle of people. It would not be appropriate for an outsider to not recognize the servants.

Besides, I will probably be in this circle in the future.

"Come on, let me introduce you all. This is my sister's classmate Bai Chou. You've all seen what car he drives, a GT3RS..."

Li Zhongjiu enthusiastically took Bai Chou's hand and acted as a middleman to introduce Bai Chou to everyone in the small circle. Everyone basically gave Li Zhongjiu face and could roughly understand Bai Chou's financial strength from GT3RS. They were quite enthusiastic towards Bai Chou, the newcomer.

Although it is cruel, this is the reality. Most of the time, a good car can serve as a business card, letting others know your approximate strength and saving a lot of unnecessary arguments.

Of course, there will definitely be people who say that real big shots don’t need to drive luxury cars or wear famous watches, etc. But then again, how many of them can be so big shots that “everyone in the world knows you”?

Most people need such a business card.

(End of this chapter)