Ghost Fire Girl

"If I have to kneel, I'll kneel!"

"You still dare to talk back!"

"I'm not talking back, I already said I'd kneel!"

The two girls in the front seats were still arguing through gritted teeth!

Fang Qi looked up again at the driver and the passenger who were still making a scene...

The veins on his temples began to throb!

Even though Lin Xiaoyou kept her eyes on the road ahead, her hand was still pinching Xiaoqing's face!

She pinched Xiaoqing's cheek so hard it completely deformed!

Xiaoqing didn't even struggle. She just let herself be pinched, pouting with red rims around her eyes...

But her gaze was incredibly stubborn!

Hey...!

How long are you two going to keep this up!

Do you want to get into another crash!

"Stop it! Both of you, stop!"

He quickly leaned forward from the back seat and patted the back of Lin Xiaoyou's chair!

"Focus on driving! Otherwise we're going to crash again!"

But before Lin Xiaoyou could react, Xiaoqing's pinched, deformed face immediately turned around!

Her slightly red eyes glared at him with extreme disgust!

"Master can pinch me if she wants, what does it have to do with you?"

Her voice was a bit muffled because her face was being squeezed, but her lazy and annoyed tone was crystal clear!

Fang Qi: "..."

He stared at Xiaoqing with wide eyes!

What does it have to do with me?!

I am in the car, okay!

I don't want to die along with you guys!

Even though I'm not afraid of death, and I can rewind time if I die...

But rewinding time over something like this would be way too ridiculous!

He was finally about to uncover Lin Xiaoyou's secret. If he died and had to rewind now...

He would seriously go crazy!

"Bang!!"

A dull, loud thud!

The entire pink microcar jolted violently!

Holy crap!

Fang Qi jumped in fright, his body instinctively shrinking back!

Then he realized it wasn't the microcar crashing into something again, but...

A small, fair fist had smashed straight into the back of the passenger seat!

The force of the punch was terrifying! A chunk of the seat back had completely caved in!

The silver-haired girl maintained her punching posture, the crimson in her red eyes illuminating the entire interior of the small car!

"If you put Master in danger, then Liguang will right now..."

She wore a meek and kind smile on her lips, but there was absolutely no warmth in her tone.

It was ice-cold!

"...put you in danger ahead of time."

Fang Qi blinked, looking at the fist print on the seat back that was slowly rebounding.

Wifey, your way of warning people...

Is so cool!

I love you, wifey!

Xiaoqing's eyes instantly narrowed!

She forcefully broke free from Lin Xiaoyou's grasp, turned around, and glared dead at Liguang!

"You—"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

Lin Xiaoyou's hand suddenly retracted like lightning!

"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"

She gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, staring straight ahead without looking sideways, getting anxious:

"Joke around all you want, but don't hit my car!"

Her tone was filled with genuine heartache!

"If it breaks, it costs money to fix!"

"If you really break it, I'll make you buy me a new one!"

Fang Qi: "..."

He felt...

His entire brain was trembling.

No, sister, are you really...

He slowly raised his hand and covered his face.

Fine.

Now, he was truly certain. Lin Xiaoyou...

This member of the Twilight organization, the mysterious special existence who "did not need bodily modifications"...

This mysterious girl who had been lurking by his side through a miraculous "amnesia," deceiving even Liguang...

Was a genuine, bona fide pauper!

She truly had no money in her pockets!

Through the gaps between his fingers, he looked at the round-faced girl in the front seat who was still secretly glancing at him in the rearview mirror...

He suddenly felt...

That his previous seriousness, racking his brains to deal with her as if facing a formidable enemy...

Was simply a joke!

Xiaoqing had told him before that she got into the best university in the country, did a combined bachelor's and master's program, and graduated early...

He thought that once Lin Xiaoyou regained her memory, she would be a brilliant, scheming genius girl!

The kind who would...

Be a mysterious woman controlling the entire situation with a light chuckle!

As a result...

You're just a comedian!

Xiaoqing and Liguang were still glaring at each other, locked in a standoff.

Fang Qi rubbed the space between his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and sat up straight.

He looked at the round-faced girl in the driver's seat.

"Lin Xiaoyou, now..."

His tone turned serious!

"Can you tell me your real situation?"

He was very serious!

He really wanted to know!

"You've already recovered your memory, right."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoyou's round almond eyes immediately curved into crescents.

"Hehe~"

She let out a laugh, and then...

Slammed her foot on the accelerator!

"Vroom!!"

The pink microcar suddenly accelerated, darting madly down the road!

"—!!!"

Fang Qi's body was ruthlessly pressed into the seat by the inertia!

Holy crap?!

Is this really a microcar?!

"'Senior' really did figure it out~"

Lin Xiaoyou's voice came from the front, giggling.

"I knew I definitely couldn't hide it from 'Senior'~"

The tone of the word "Senior" carried a hint of teasing.

It was obvious that the current Lin Xiaoyou no longer considered Fang Qi to be her senior, however...

She continued to address him in this almost teasing manner.

Fang Qi, meanwhile, gripped his seatbelt tightly.

He didn't want to care about how she addressed him for the time being!

Because this microcar...

Was really speeding up!

The scenery outside the window began to flash backward rapidly!

High-rise buildings, street trees, light poles... all turned into blurred afterimages!

Lin Xiaoyou yanked the steering wheel hard, and the microcar went into a drift!

"I...!"

Fang Qi plunged headfirst back into the silver-haired girl's embrace!

Then he saw that Lin Xiaoyou had driven the car straight onto the elevated highway!

Heading in the direction out of the city!

Fang Qi's pupils shrank, and he propped himself up from Liguang's embrace:

"You're taking me out of the city?!"

"Uh-huh~"

Lin Xiaoyou held the steering wheel with both hands, her small head swaying slightly to the car music.

Then her voice became slightly more solemn:

"There are just too many 'eyes' in the city. It's very unsafe to stay."

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes.

...Eyes?

Is this the reason she had to keep pretending to be a sweet, naive girl just now?

...It seems it wasn't entirely an act.

At least when it came to paying money, her heartache was probably genuine.

"What eyes?"

He immediately asked Lin Xiaoyou!

"About that matter..."

Lin Xiaoyou's tone reverted to that shrewd yet playful feeling.

"We'll talk after we get out of the city!"

She was still as lively as ever, but compared to her previous clear-eyed foolishness, right now she... was obviously much smarter!

"Things are a bit complicated, I can't explain it clearly in just a few words~"

She tilted her head slightly and shot Fang Qi a glance through the rearview mirror.

Those almond eyes were curved, flashing with a kind of... unfathomable light.

"So... Senior~ Sit tight!"

Her voice suddenly rose in pitch, growing excited!

"I'm really going to—"

"Floor it!!"

"Vroom—!!!"

Fang Qi's entire body was pinned firmly to the seat by a violent force!

The pink microcar surged forward, accelerating furiously!

The scenery outside the window instantly turned into flowing blocks of color!

"I...!!"

His exclamation was forced back down his throat by the acceleration!

How is it so fast?!

How much did you modify this thing?!

In the next instant, a soft and warm body threw itself into his arms again!

Slender arms wrapped tightly around his neck, pressing his head back into that softness that smelled of sweet strawberries!

"Don't be afraid, Master, Liguang is holding you!"

Her voice was gentle, but it seemed to carry a hint of... slight excitement?

Fang Qi: "..."

You crazy woman, do you like street racing too?

"Liguang, let go, this is even more dangerous...!"

Fang Qi quickly patted her arm.

"Oh..."

Only then did Liguang obediently let go.

Fang Qi sat back up straight and gripped his seatbelt tightly!

Then, he saw Xiaoqing in the passenger seat, turning her head to look back.

She was glancing at him with a look of utter disdain!

—Coward.

What the hell...

I was just startled by the sudden situation!

Who would have thought this tiny microcar could go so fast!

He was just about to argue his case when Lin Xiaoyou slammed on the accelerator again!

Fang Qi: "...!"

Before the words could even leave his mouth, he was pinned hard against the backseat once more!

"Yee-haw!!!"

Lin Xiaoyou's scream came from the front seat!

She gripped the steering wheel with both hands, practically bouncing with excitement in the driver's seat!

Her ponytail whipped around wildly behind her head!

"Se-nior! Don't let the small size of my car fool you..."

Her tone was full of pride and showing off!

"This is a hot hatch that I spent a fortune modifying!!"

"Zero to a hundred in less than two seconds! Top straight-line speed—it can hit five hundred kilometers per hour!!"

Fang Qi's pupils shrank violently.

...How much?!

Zero to a hundred in under two seconds?

Five hundred kilometers per hour?!

This pastel pink, petite, and completely harmless-looking little microcar?!

"You—don't—believe—me—!"

Lin Xiaoyou saw his expression in the rearview mirror and laughed even louder!

"Watch this!!"

And then...

She stomped on the accelerator again!

"Vroom!!!"

The pink microcar darted through the traffic on the elevated highway like a bolt of pink lightning!

Weaving left and right! Swerving madly!

Car after car was left in the dust!

The numbers on the speedometer were jumping crazily!

One hundred and eighty, two hundred, two hundred and twenty...

Fang Qi felt like his soul was about to be flung out of his body!

"Holy crap, slow down!!"

He roared in terror!

His death-seeking teammate was seeking death again!!

Not being afraid of death was one thing... but he didn't want to get hit by a truck and sent to a two-dimensional world!

"Don't worry, Senior, my driving skills are great, watch me~~~!"

It was still Lin Xiaoyou's playful, crisp, and excited shout!

Followed by another stomp on the gas!

On the elevated highway, the traffic was heavy.

A streak of pink light frantically darted through it!

The wild girl rode her "machine" along the city's main artery, carving out an incredibly arrogant trajectory!

"Aren't you afraid of getting a ticket!!!"

"Don't worry, Senior! My license plate is fake, and my driver's license was suspended a long time ago, so they can't fine me!"

"Motherfucker!!!"