Free Web NovelChapter 677: Chapter 676: You Knocked Out My Front Teeth
The heartfelt praise from a soprano made Mu Qiu feel elated.
She even closed her eyes and tilted her head back with a blissful expression.
"That expression makes it look like you’re about to take off," Zhao Yu said helplessly from the side.
"You don’t understand. This feeling is truly wonderful."
"I don’t get it, but I can tell your eyelids are twitching like they’re being electrocuted."
Mu Qiu: "......"
She rolled her eyes at Zhao Yu and lowered her head to pull back the control stick of the [Zombie Surround] mode.
Over by the off-road vehicle, the zombies began to retreat in an orderly fashion. A few mischievous ones smeared some of the red dye from their faces onto the car before withdrawing.
The people in the car breathed a sigh of relief, and Guan Yu took the opportunity to step on the gas and surge forward.
Li Yang: "Look, Sister Shu Ran, Mu Qiu is just waiting for you to praise her."
Han Xizheng: "You don’t look like someone who’s at a loss for words; you just come right out with it, and it works so well."
Shu Ran accepted the praise with a wooden expression, a feeling of nausea sticking in her throat.
She, the elegant and aloof Shu Ran, felt sullied.
With the zombies no longer blocking them, they quickly returned to their original starting position.
The clawing green inflatable vines were still there, but they seemed deflated — their movements were smaller and closer to the ground, wiggling like a mass of multi-headed worms struggling.
The car had been in vibration mode, shaking everyone nearly to numbness. Guan Yu hit the brakes and also pulled out the ignition key.
Finally, the shaking stopped.
Mu Qiu greeted them cheerfully.
"Hello everyone, it’s been just a few minutes, but it feels like ages. I really liked the praise just now. There aren’t many people these days willing to dish out sincere compliments."
A carload of people looked at her with a mix of exasperation and the feeling that "this person definitely has a screw loose."
But she didn’t mind at all.
"There are still three modes on the remote control that we haven’t tried, and eight of you haven’t been punished yet. This is too slow. I sniffed around earlier — I can almost smell the food losing its flavor. So, can we wrap this up quickly?"
Guan Yu: "Get it straight; it’s because of you that we can’t wrap this up quickly, okay?"
"Come on now. The main reason is your driving skills aren’t up to par, right? Hurry up, let’s start. I’ll just press the button with my eyes closed. Each mode doesn’t last long. I’ll turn it off halfway through. How’s that?"
Shi Yuhuai leaned against the backseat window and squinted at her skeptically: "Are you really that kind-hearted?"
"Although I am indeed a kind person, if the director agrees to let me eat first, I’ll keep the zombie mode on for you."
Let her finish eating first, they thought.
Shi Yuhuai furrowed his brow and turned to consult with the others.
"Better sooner than later; her suggestion isn’t bad. What do you all think?"
"It isn’t too bad," Shu Ran crossed her arms and pointed out the problem, "but it’s hard to guarantee she’s not tricking us."
By then, not only would she not turn it off, but she might activate all the modes, leaving them to endure this inhumane treatment in the car.
Li Yang nodded, "Makes sense. When she lies, her expression is calm, and you can’t tell anything’s up. Who knows if she was bluffing just now."
At this point, Cheng Zhirang calmly added, "But do we have any better options?"
"......"
There were no better options.
The whole car full of people let out a heavy sigh, and Guan Yu said to Shu Ran, "Come on, you’re next. Let’s rotate through the three of us, then let the others take a turn."
Shu Ran wanted to resist a bit more: "The ones earlier on, she surely has lots of ways to torment us that she hasn’t used yet..."
Guan Yu interrupted her: "There is no single best way, only the need to keep trying. Are you joining or not?"
A minute later, Shu Ran was in the driver’s seat.
She’s been driving for years, although an assistant usually does the driving for her, except when that’s not possible, or when she returns home, she drives herself.
So her driving skills were better than Guan Yu and Li Yang’s.
Once accustomed to the car’s vibrations, she turned the steering wheel quickly, pressed down on the gas pedal, and sped toward the end of the street.
Mu Qiu called from behind, "Slow down! Safety first!"
Then picking out the penultimate mode on the remote, she pressed the button for [Survivor’s Guilt] mode.
The convertible off-roader, instead of vibrating constantly, suddenly switched to big bounces like it was hitting speed bumps.
With each bounce, the people inside bounced as well; the lighter ones even lifted from their seats.
Guo Yin, though pretty light, was wedged between Cheng Zhirang and Shi Yuhuai, unable to bounce up.
Shu Ran’s heart skipped at the situation, and she panicked, gripping the steering wheel and instinctively hitting the brakes.
Two cries of pain came from behind.
Shi Yuhuai and Chen Yi, being too tall, had their heads hit the car roof on the bounce.
Luckily, this car was very safe; the roof was padded, as if anticipating this situation.
Chu Qiu: "What’s going on? Speed bumps?"
There were clearly no speed bumps on this road.
Li Yang poked his head out to look, "There aren’t any speed bumps. What the heck, can Mu Qiu’s remote control even manage the car itself?"
"Probably," Cheng Zhirang leaned back in his seat, "Shu Ran, keep driving."
Shu Ran gritted her teeth, released the brakes, and pressed the gas pedal to rush forward again.
It turned out, that remote control could indeed not only handle the inflatable vines outside but also manage this car.
Under the steering wheel’s control panel, there was a row of five tiny lights, with the fourth one glowing green at the moment.
Driving less than a hundred meters further, the whole car suddenly swayed. Not the up-and-down kind, but side to side.
Like driving on a country road, hitting rocks, or like in those superhero movies where a vehicle, tossed by a monster, lands wobbly.
The ten adult passengers inside swayed side to side in rhythm.
Because of the amplitude, they instinctively held onto the people beside them, sliding together to the right, then to the left, until everyone in each row got squished together.
After a deep intake of breath, Guan Yu, sitting in the front passenger seat, spoke through gritted teeth:
"Li Yang, is your head made of iron? You nearly cracked my front teeth!" free𝑤ebnovel.com
Li Yang scrambled to sit back properly, against the window.
"Are your teeth okay?"
"Of course, they’re not! I’ll tell you, after the show, I’m getting them checked, and if the doctor says they’re beyond saving..."
Li Yang quickly interjected, "I’ll cover the cost of porcelain veneers, two front teeth!"
"......" Guan Yu hit him, "You wicked kid! Troublemaker! Who needs porcelain veneers?"
More gasping sounds came from the back.
Chu Qiu: "Chen Yi, your stethoscope snagged my chef’s jacket and ripped it threadbare!"
Chen Yi: "Wasn’t your chef’s jacket already torn?"
Guo Yin: "Brother Cheng, Brother Huai, your clothes wiped off all my makeup..."
In the chaos, only Shu Ran, holding onto the steering wheel, escaped unscathed. Seeing a brief moment when the car neither bounced nor swayed, she seized the chance to step on the accelerator.
