Idiot Idiot

Screech—

An ear-piercing sound of braking!

The pink microcar jerked violently, its chassis pitching forward!

Fang Qi's chest tightened as the seatbelt dug into him, his body thrown forward before being yanked back into the seat!

"Aaaaargh—!!!"

An incredibly tragic wail exploded from the backseat!

Long, blaring honks of "Beep— Beep—" came from behind!

The car behind them pulled up on the left. The driver rolled down the window, pointing and shouting at him!

Fang Qi ignored it all.

He gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands!

Xiaoqing was...

The experimental prototype used to create those nine cores?

Didn't that mean...

Xiaoqing was the initial prototype of Liguang's original core?!

The starting point for his parents' research and development of those nine super AI cores back then?!

"Fang Qi!! Are you done yet!!!"

Another howl from the backseat directly snapped him out of his shock.

"Are you trying to kill me!!!"

He subconsciously glanced into the rearview mirror...

Huh?

Where was she?

The backseat was already empty.

He turned around and looked down...

A messy tangle of long black hair was slumped awkwardly down there.

Lin Xiaoyou had rolled completely off the backseat, landing solidly on her butt on the floor!

The very spot that had just endured three rounds of spanking had now, directly and without any cushion...

Smashed against the floorboards!

Her almond eyes were wide and round, staring blankly!

All the color had drained from her small, round face, and her lips were trembling...

Teardrops fell patter-patter!

Then she howled again:

"My butt—! My butt, aaaaaah—! Why did you suddenly brake! There's nothing on the road, what are you braking for—!"

She wailed!

On his right, the silver-haired girl's reaction was relatively much calmer.

Liguang was still sitting properly in the passenger seat.

She wasn't shocked into losing her composure like Fang Qi, but her small hand resting on his leg...

In that split second just now, her nails had gently pinched his thigh through his pants!

The slight pain actually cleared Fang Qi's mind a bit.

His wife didn't seem all that surprised?

Was she...

Had she already vaguely guessed it?

"Ugh...! It hurts, it really hurts...!!"

On the backseat floor, Lin Xiaoyou was still wailing.

Fang Qi took a deep breath and stepped on the accelerator again.

The pink microcar began moving down the road once more.

He glanced in the rearview mirror at the round-faced girl still curled up on the floor and said in a deep voice:

"Lin Xiaoyou, explain this clearly!"

"Explain clearly?!"

Lin Xiaoyou finally propped up her upper body from the floor!

Still clutching her butt with both hands, she glared at Fang Qi in the rearview mirror with reddened almond eyes, tears still swirling in them!

"Fang Qi, you, you, you...!"

"Are you an idiot! Why are you so shocked by this!!"

She actually started cursing him out directly, her voice thick with a crying tone!

"The experiment Xiaoqing participated in back then was the very one to create those nine cores like Liguang's!"

"Can't you use your pig brain for a second!"

Her voice was sharp and trembling!

"Didn't I tell you already!"

"While Xiaoqing was still cooperating with the experiments, your parents and my father died in a car crash!"

"At that point in time, what other experiment could it have been!"

"Is your head full of mush!"

"You, you, you...!!"

She was so angry she was speaking incoherently!

"Stupid pig! Stupid pig!!"

Fang Qi was taken aback by the scolding.

Uh...

What she said actually seemed to make a lot of sense?

Lin Xiaoyou was still cursing:

"Stupid...!"

A scarlet light suddenly flashed from the passenger seat!

Liguang had turned her head.

Her body was still sitting properly in the passenger seat, her left hand even resting gently on Fang Qi's leg...

But her upper body had twisted around, her pretty face pointed right at the backseat!

Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, her crimson pupils flashing faintly, that docile smile hanging on her lips...

Then she raised her right hand, fingers kept close together, and at Lin Xiaoyou in the back...

She gave a gentle wave.

She didn't say a single word.

But Lin Xiaoyou's voice stopped abruptly!

The angry expression on her small, round face froze on the spot, her mouth still holding the shape of the curse she had just been shouting...

Then she subconsciously shrank back, forgetting she was still sitting on the floor. Her lower back slammed directly into the edge of the backseat, drawing another muffled groan of pain!

But she didn't dare to cry out again. She simply grabbed a nearby cushion in a flash, hugging it tightly to her chest, curling up into a ball, and lying pitifully at the edge of the seat.

"I... I'll shut up... I'll shut up..."

She muttered softly, burying her face in the cushion.

Revealing only a pair of red almond eyes that stared warily at Liguang's hand.

Fang Qi glanced in the rearview mirror at the instantly cowed Lin Xiaoyou, his mouth twitching involuntarily.

Alright, his wife was the intimidating one after all.

But...

Xiaoqing was the prototype?!

...That made sense then!

The nine cores his parents developed and Xiaoqing's core shared the same origin at their roots?

So that was why Xiaoqing could be upgraded so easily?

But...!

"Master."

The silver-haired girl beside him suddenly spoke softly.

Liguang had already withdrawn the hand that threatened Lin Xiaoyou and was sitting properly in the passenger seat again.

"Master, there is a car behind us."

"It has been following us at a distance of about five hundred meters."

...?!

...Huh?

Fang Qi snapped out of his thoughts in an instant!

Another new situation?!

His heart skipping a beat, he subconsciously tightened his grip on the steering wheel, his gaze sweeping quickly to the rearview mirror!

In the mirror, on this not-too-wide road, the traffic wasn't heavy, but he could still see several cars at a glance.

With his naked eye, he couldn't tell which car was following them.

...Great!

He had just received such shocking news, and now a new situation popped up!

Tailing them?

"Are you sure we're being followed?"

Fang Qi asked in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the cars in the mirror.

"Or do they just happen to be going the same way? We haven't been driving for that long after all..."

"It is not a coincidence."

Liguang shook her head gently, her small hand resting on Fang Qi's leg lightly scratching him.

"Because the route Liguang just guided Master on was not a direct one."

Fang Qi paused slightly.

"Liguang had Master drive in a circle, taking many unnecessary detours."

The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly to look at him.

"If they were just going the same way, it would be impossible for them to keep following behind us in circles."

Fang Qi blinked.

Detours?

He had actually been directed by Liguang to drive in circles just now?

The route just now... turning left, turning right, entering the side road, exiting the side road...

He had thought Liguang was helping him avoid traffic or picking a faster route.

He hadn't noticed at all that he was going in circles...

"Idiot Fang Qi, so stupid..."

A very quiet mutter came from the backseat.

Lin Xiaoyou was still lying against the edge of the seat, her face buried in the cushion, showing only half of her face.

Those almond eyes were glancing at Fang Qi with utter disgust as she whispered:

"Driving yourself and not even realizing you're going in circles... honestly..."

"Miss Lin."

Liguang's voice suddenly became soft and sweet.

Lin Xiaoyou's voice vanished instantly.

She pressed the cushion further against her face.

Liguang tilted her head slightly, the scarlet in her crimson eyes flashing steadily.

The smile on her lips maintained its standard, docile curve, but her voice carried a hint of briskness:

If you dare speak ill of Master again...

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

Liguang will climb into the back seat right now and teach you another lesson. Does Miss Lin want to try?

How could we do that!

Lin Xiaoyou's entire face instantly popped out from behind the cushion, her small round face suddenly covered in a flattering smile:

It's very dangerous! It will affect Senior's driving! Right, Senior? Right, Senior!

Calling me Senior again.

Just a moment ago she was cursing that my head was full of mush.

Fang Qi couldn't be bothered to bicker with her.

He gripped the steering wheel tightly, his gaze shifting back and forth between the rearview mirror and the road ahead, and asked in a deep voice:

Liguang, can you detect who is following us?

The silver-haired girl shook her head gently. In her amber left eye, a faint blue light surged for a moment before returning to calm.

I cannot detect them. The interior of that car also has a shielding system.

...A shielding system?!

Lin Xiaoyou suddenly propped herself up in the back seat.

She even forgot the pain in her butt, grabbing the back of the front seats with both hands and leaning her head forward:

Liguang, are you sure? Could it be that your Crimson Eye is just too garbage to detect them, so...

The small space of the pink mini EV was dyed red for a split second!

...I'm joking! Just joking!

Lin Xiaoyou immediately shrank back into the back seat, wearing a flattering smile on her small round face, waving her hands frantically!

Liguang didn't pursue the matter, just quietly watched her with that flashing Crimson Eye.

Stared at like that, Lin Xiaoyou shrank her neck.

But soon, the playful expression on her face faded.

She propped herself up again, a serious light flashing in her almond eyes:

Fang Qi, the people from Eyes wouldn't install a shielding system in their cars.

Her tone became uncharacteristically serious:

The people from Eyes are all Ghosts. They are transparent enough on their own and don't need to rely on shielding systems to evade detection.

The only ones who would specifically install a shielding system in their car and tail us are...

She hugged the cushion tightly, the expression on her small round face turning grave.

People from Dawn, or people from Dusk!

We can't let them catch up!

Fang Qi narrowed his eyes, staring at the road ahead.

People from Dawn or Dusk?

Oh.

It really has been a long time.

But why would they be tailing us?

This definitely never happened in the previous loops...

...Could it be because of the massive commotion caused in the research institute during the last loop?

Then, among Dawn and Dusk, who could bring information from the last loop into this loop and change the actions of this loop...

...An Lian?

His nominal sister?!

His pupils suddenly shrank!

Master.

Liguang's voice sounded softly, interrupting his thoughts.

We first need to shake off the people behind us.

Fang Qi took a deep breath and nodded.

Right!

Whoever it is, let's shake them off first!

He gripped the steering wheel tightly, his mind rapidly formulating a plan.

We're not taking the elevated highway, we'll take the surface streets. Let's try to use the traffic lights to lose them first!

He glanced at the traffic in the rearview mirror.

Let's first see if the people behind will run a red light for us!

If it's someone from Dawn or Dusk...

They shouldn't be that arrogant, right?

He turned his head and looked at the silver-haired girl beside him.

Liguang, guide the way!

A stream of scarlet data flashed through the silver-haired girl's Crimson Eye.

The corners of her mouth curled up into a shallow arc. Yes, Master.

Turn right at the first intersection ahead, then accelerate.

The guidance she gave was docile and precise:

Then you will be able to rush right through the first traffic light.

Fang Qi suddenly jerked the steering wheel with both hands!

No, wait you guys—ow!!

Another wail from Lin Xiaoyou came from the back seat!

But Fang Qi ignored her completely.

Lin Xiaoyou, just deal with it!

Last time you took me street racing, I threw up!

This time it's my turn to take you for a ride!

The pink mini EV let out a low roar from its electric motor!

The car smoothly cut into the right-turn lane!

...Awesome!

The chassis of Lin Xiaoyou's little pink car had been heavily modified!

Even during such an aggressive lane change, the car remained as stable as if it were suctioned to the ground!

The tires didn't slip even the slightest bit!

...Driving this is so thrilling!

He slammed his foot down on the accelerator!

Vroom—!!!

On the street, the pink mini EV shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, accelerating madly down the not-so-wide road!

The car turned into a pink flash of lightning, weaving left and right through the sparse traffic!

The green light had already started flashing and was about to turn yellow!

But the pink car squeezed through in the very last second of the yellow light...

Roaring as it crossed the intersection!

The cars trailing behind, however, all slowly came to a stop at the red light.

Ha!