How Did the Top-Tier Male Lead Fall in Love With Me? 70

Chapter 70

After pouring wine for Meng Huaizhi, which almost led to a mishap, Shen Wu didn’t dare to mention him drinking again. He quietly sipped and savored it by himself, only finishing the last mouthful before leaving.

At this moment, after the meal, the fruity aftertaste of the red wine still lingered in his mouth.

Meng Huaizhi embraced him by the car, patiently and meticulously savoring it multiple times, intoxicated by the night, the beauty, and the delicious taste. Finally, with a lingering desire, he wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his fingertips, his low and hoarse voice filled with satisfaction, “The red wine tastes good.”

Shen Wu: “…”

He really hadn’t expected red wine to be so intoxicating.

Shen Wu sat in the passenger seat and opened the window, the night wind blowing on him all the way. This disappointing face actually got hotter and hotter the more it was blown on.

“Where do you want to go now?” Meng Huaizhi asked.

“I don’t want to go anywhere,” Shen Wu said. “I feel a little drunk. Let’s go back and rest.”

“Mm, let’s go back and rest,” Meng Huaizhi’s lips curled, his meaning profound.

…

This year’s F1 season was already coming to an end, with only a few races left.

The points of the top three were in a league of their own, and Shen Wu had no hope of catching up. If he could still perform exceptionally in the next few races, he might have a chance to get fourth place and take a photo with the three former world champions under the podium.

In any case, with his current achievements, he had already written the history of Chinese racing and had changed his fate of decline in the novel.

“Safety must be the top priority in the last six races,” this was Meng Huaizhi’s reminder to him.

According to Shen Wu’s personality, even if he knew that his ranking would not change much, he would definitely hope to do his best to get the highest points. Even if he was destined not to get any points due to a collision during the race, he would definitely finish the race even with a half-crippled engine.

In the fourth to last race, the front wing of Shen Wu’s car was severely damaged and completely scrapped. He had to pull over and was forced to retire early.

This was the situation he feared most when he was racing.

When encountering a similar damage that could not be repaired in a short time, the race car driver could only watch as the cars behind him overtook him one by one, and watch as the race he had carefully prepared for two weeks came to nothing.

Shen Wu returned to the hotel with Meng Huaizhi in a dejected mood.

They still had separate rooms, in order to avoid affecting Shen Wu’s state for the competition.

After the race ended today, they could finally have a moment of tenderness. Unfortunately, Shen Wu was not in the mood at all. He took a casual shower and lay on the sofa listlessly, not wanting to do anything.

Meng Huaizhi sat down next to him and said slowly, “If you beat all your idols in every remaining race and get first place every time, you might be able to get into the top three in the end.”

“That’s impossible,” Shen Wu covered his face with a pillow. He was naturally not unhappy because he had not gotten first place. He was not so conceited as to be so ignorant.

“If you can still get more than ten points in the next three races, your final result will be fourth, and at worst, fifth or sixth. You’re already very good,” Meng Huaizhi reached out to pull away the pillow that was covering his face. “In the previous few races, you didn’t enter the top ten and didn’t get any points. Isn’t that about the same as today?”

Shen Wu only showed a pair of eyes and said in a muffled voice, “I at least finished those races. It’s different from today’s bad luck and early retirement.”

Meng Huaizhi thought for a moment and said, “If you don’t get any points in the last three races and are not injured… I can compensate you.”

He then made an “OK” gesture, with his thumb and index finger forming a round “O,” and the other three fingers standing up.

Shen Wu deliberately made a wild guess, “Give me three million?”

Meng Huaizhi was at a loss for words for a moment.

“Anyway, we got married a long time ago. What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is yours,” Shen Wu sat up with a pillow, his face already cleared up. He held Meng Huaizhi’s hand and chattered, “I’m fine. It’s normal for me to retire early. I’ve retired before. Even world champions have bad luck and retire. It’s all because you comforted me. I feel like I’ve become childish…”

Meng Huaizhi made an “OK” gesture with his other hand and repeated, “I’ll compensate you.”

Shen Wu was taken aback for a moment and slowly looked up.

He saw Meng Huaizhi hold the “OK” sign next to his cold and stern face, move it slowly, and finally circle his mouth with the “O.”

His thin lips parted slightly, and a little bit of his red tongue poked out.

Shen Wu was silent.

Meng Huaizhi liked to stare at his face, liked to kiss his lips, forehead, and cheeks face to face. Sometimes, his possessiveness would act up, and he might have fiercely sucked and bitten his neck and collarbones, leaving one dark red mark after another.

As for other places, it was mainly caressing.

Although Meng Huaizhi’s high-and-mighty flower persona was almost completely shattered, Shen Wu still found it hard to believe that such a gesture would be made on that indifferent face. He couldn’t help but murmur, “What…?”

Meng Huaizhi asked in return, “Do you want it?”

Shen Wu was silent for a moment. Every time he was at a loss, he would change his address, “Gege, isn’t this a bit much… your persona is completely shattered.”

Meng Huaizhi was unconcerned, “You can get to know my persona well, and then personally write a documentary novel for me in the future.”

Shen Wu was hesitant and at the same time complained in his heart that Meng Huaizhi’s joke was not funny at all.

Meng Huaizhi, on the other hand, was quite serious and asked again, “In the novel, would you call me ‘gege’?”

“Of course not,” Shen Wu shook his head. “We got engaged and then broke it off. We’re not that close, and it’s a bit awkward. I always call you by your full name.”

“Then that’s it,” Meng Huaizhi said.

Shen Wu quietly lifted his eyes, his little thoughts obvious, “Then… does today count? I didn’t get any points today, gege.”

When it came to something beneficial, Shen Wu’s refusal never exceeded three times. This time, he had even only shyly refused once.

And then he had called him gege, afraid that the opportunity would be gone if he missed it.

“I have to check if you’re injured first,” Meng Huaizhi smiled and lifted the hem of his clothes, and whispered in his ear, “Baby.”

A month later, in the command room of the last race, half an hour before the race began.

The team manager, Tan Wenxuan, had always taken good care of Shen Wu. After more than a dozen races, Shen Wu’s outstanding performance had completely won him over. He was like a spring breeze every day, with a smile on his face.

Their first F1 season together was about to end. He patted Shen Wu’s shoulder and said something similar to Meng Huaizhi, basically telling him to relax. The final result was almost set. No matter what the result was, he had created the history of Chinese and Hua’an racing.

Then Tan Wenxuan started to chat about family matters, “Xiao Shen, to be honest, I never dreamed that I would become the manager of an F1 team so quickly, and that I would achieve such good results in my first competition. It’s all thanks to you. In the new season next year, your salary can be raised to this number.”

Tan Wenxuan raised his hand and made an eight.

A teammate next to him joked, “If you don’t give Shen-ge a raise quickly, he’ll be poached by another team. Those big teams can easily give this number, and they’ll have to compete for him.”

Shen Wu smiled and took over the conversation, “A foreign team definitely won’t give me the starting position. If it weren’t for the development of the domestic team, I wouldn’t have come back last year… By the way, Manager Tan, does this count as realizing your dream?”

“Of course,” Tan Wenxuan said. “What about you? You’re still young. If you drive for another ten years, you’ll at least be able to win a few world championships.”

Shen Wu was noncommittal, his smile unchanged, “I think… my dream has also been realized.”

A teammate came over, “By the way, Shen-ge, for this last race, with the home advantage, shouldn’t you get a first place?”

Another teammate did not agree, “Don’t. Safety first. Whether you get first or fourth in this race, the final result is still fourth. Ahem, Shen-ge, you can at least get a third at home, right? Let us brothers see the scenery of the podium.”

…

After dealing with the teammates on this side, Shen Wu went to find Meng Huaizhi, and they could still chat for ten minutes.

“Huaizhi-ge… I have an idea,” Shen Wu held his helmet and sat down next to him. “Don’t they all say that go-karting is the cradle of racing? I want to open a children’s go-karting training class. I don’t have to charge much tuition. After all, I’m a public figure now, and there will definitely be many sponsors willing to invest…”

Meng Huaizhi listened quietly, “Mm?”

“And then, I can also hold go-karting or racing competitions, divided by age groups. The income from tickets and sponsorships, I can take out a little more to give out as prize money, and save a part as their car repair insurance…”

As Meng Huaizhi listened, from Shen Wu’s long speech, he gradually dug out the meaning he had been longing for most.

Shen Wu seemed to have the intention of temporarily retiring.

He lowered his eyelashes to hide his surging emotions, and held Shen Wu’s hand with a slight tremble, only asking, “You hope that racing can become a more popular sport, and also… hope to help children from ordinary families realize their dreams?”

Shen Wu nodded, his peach blossom eyes as bright as stars, and the corners of his lips curled up in a dazzling arc, “Mm, what do you think?”

Meng Huaizhi also smiled, his expression rarely light, “Very good. I can help you.”

“Then I’m going on stage.”

“Okay, be safe.”

Shen Wu put on his helmet and walked into the bright sunlight.

The weather was very good today, and the stands were in an uproar, like a mountain and a tsunami.

Shen Wu got into the narrow race car.

The hard helmet, the cut-resistant racing suit, the cockpit and the seatbelt were all the safety guarantees for a driver who was competing with death.

It turned out that besides these, there was also the embrace his lover had given him before he went on stage, and a “be safe.”

He started the engine, and the four tires rubbed against the ground violently and quickly, bringing him a feeling of flying and freedom.

He liked the applause, the cheers, the feeling of adrenaline rushing, the feeling of speeding and forging ahead, but what he liked most was, of course, the championship.

He had gone from the city-level track to the national and world levels, from F3 to F2 and then to F1. Every championship would push him to a higher stage.

Now that he thought about it, it turned out that what fascinated him most was not the championship, but the future with infinite possibilities.

It was the future he would go to hand in hand with his lover.

“It’s Shen Wu again! A clean and beautiful inside overtake again!”

“No one should be questioning Shen Wu’s ability now, right? He’s not a lucky driver. Even with his innate talent, he still needs to work hard. And his extremely stable mentality at this age must have been cultivated through accumulated training…”

The last race was back in the country. Although it was not in Shen Wu’s hometown, the capital city, but in the coastal city where the track was, the audience and commentators, when they saw him, were all like old friends seeing each other, giving him extraordinary attention.

With his current record, he also deserved extraordinary attention.

The top three were all former world champions, and their high scores were unshakable. On the contrary, the fourth to sixth places had sparked a fierce competition, and Shen Wu was in the latter range.

The F1 track was ever-changing. The winner of the last race might stumble and retire early in the next. Therefore, Shen Wu had never stood on the podium of the top three in a race, but he could still squeeze into the front with his steady points.

Although whether he stood on the podium or not did not have much impact on his results, all the Chinese audience, both present and not, hoped that he could create a miracle at home and end the season with a perfect ending on the podium.

“Shen Wu is about to enter the right-angle corners of 8 and 9…”

The commentator reported the race situation in real time to the audience in every corner.

In front of Shen Wu, two race cars were fighting for the 8th corner, one trying to overtake and the other trying to block.

Shen Wu followed behind unhurriedly, silently looking for an opportunity to overtake. However, the two cars suddenly collided while competing, and the debris flew.

Without any warning, the high-speed red race car ran over the fallen debris, and Shen Wu only felt the right rear of the race car sink.

The commentator immediately said, “Shen Wu accidentally ran over the debris from the car in front and had a flat tire. His luck at home doesn’t seem to be very good. Luckily, the pit stop is right in front…”

The teammates in the pit stop immediately started to move, ready to change Shen Wu’s tire.

High-speed operation was very damaging to the tires. For a race of dozens of laps, each car needed to change tires twice. But the race had just started, and Shen Wu had already used up one tire change opportunity, which was quite disadvantageous for the rest of the race.

A smooth tire change would be completed in five seconds. No matter how worried Meng Huaizhi was, he could only get out of the way so as not to delay their tire change time.

When he returned to the command room, Tan Wenxuan communicated with Shen Wu through the earpiece, “Shen Wu, safety first. Just finish the race.”

“I know,” Shen Wu’s voice came from the speaker. “Tell Huaizhi-ge not to worry.”

Hearing this, Meng Huaizhi’s handsome brow did not relax.

He had accompanied Shen Wu for more than half a year of competitions. Even someone like Tan Wenxuan, who did not like to pay attention to the entertainment industry, had long since seen the relationship between the two of them.

So Tan Wenxuan explained for the busy Shen Wu, “A flat tire is very normal. It’s nothing. Don’t we get a flat tire every now and then when we drive out? The safety performance of F1 cars is very good now, let alone our Hua’an’s race car. As long as it’s not completely crashed or on fire…”

“Bos’s race car is on fire!” The commentator’s voice happened to cut him off. “The fifth place on the current points list, Bos, who has achieved the best result in his racing career, is he going to retire with regret?”

“Yes, Bos has driven his race car onto the lawn. It seems that he can’t continue the race…”

Shen Wu’s opportunity had fallen from the sky again.

The last race had sparked the most intense competition, with frequent accidents. The sunny weather, like the gloomy and humid rainy day, had become Shen Wu’s help.

“Shen Wu,” Tan Wenxuan felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He forced himself to calm down and transmitted the backstage monitoring information to Shen Wu, “The distance between you and the car in front is shortening by 0.4 seconds per lap.”

Shen Wu’s tone was a little cheerful, “Hua’an’s engine is still too weak, but it’s stable. That little bit of time was all saved by me when I was cornering, right?”

Tan Wenxuan smiled, “That’s right. You’re amazing. Focus on driving.”

Shen Wu’s ranking was constantly moving forward.

“Shen Wu is chasing after the fourth place, Oklaino, and is trying to overtake from the outside. Unfortunately, he failed…”

“On the Haicheng track, it’s not easy to overtake on the outside with Hua’an’s engine,” the other commentator echoed. “I have to say that Shen Wu is young and has good physical strength and a good mentality. Even though he knows it’s unlikely, he still tries repeatedly.”

“Although Shen Wu didn’t succeed in overtaking, Oklaino’s mentality was still affected…”

A few minutes later.

Even though he had seen the same scene several times, the commentator still stood up excitedly and exclaimed, “Shen Wu! A beautiful overtake!”

“So thrilling. Shen Wu rushed out from the slipstream of the car in front and rose to fourth.”

With the last two laps left, Shen Wu once again became the protagonist of the commentary.

“Shen Wu is trying to overtake from the outside again…”

Shen Wu’s attempt this time also ended in failure, but he had closed the distance with the third place. The two streamlined race cars were neck and neck, like silver snakes and lightning entangled and dancing.

The hearts of all the spectators were also in their throats.

A stalemate of dozens of seconds.

It was only when they were cornering that Shen Wu, with a reaction speed that was a few hundredths of a second faster, barely overtook him.

On the last straight, he could feel the engine sound from behind getting closer and closer. With a slight advantage, he crossed the finish line first.

If the track had been a few meters longer, this third place might not have been his.

“Shen Wu crosses the line! Third place! Congratulations to our pride. Go and stand on the podium that belongs to you!”

“Shen Wu! Shen Wu! Shen Wu!”

…

Shen Wu got out of the race car, took off his helmet, and turned around under the cheering crowd.

The audience was calling for him to go to the podium. His teammates had already rushed to the podium in a swarm, but he turned his back to the podium and took a step towards the pit stop.

He paused after taking a step.

In his direct line of sight, Meng Huaizhi’s figure was getting closer and closer.

He heard the even more enthusiastic cheers from the audience, mixed with something like “Huainan Huaibei” and “the voice of an angel.” He didn’t expect that Meng Huaizhi’s fans had also come and were shouting support slogans at a car race.

Shen Wu smiled brightly and stopped moving, his bright black eyes fixed on the person who was walking towards him.

Meng Huaizhi walked up to Shen Wu, and suddenly, a hoarse shout tore through the noise.

The incoherent “ahhhhhh” was wrapped in four clear words, which were “Wuye Shuhuai.”

The car fans also whistled in cooperation.

Without any warning, Meng Huaizhi suddenly wrapped his arm around Shen Wu’s lower back and pressed half of his body onto the race car.

Shen Wu was completely unprepared and was surprised to find that his lower back was quite flexible, and he had almost bent back ninety degrees.

Then he heard a voice: “The kiss of racing.”

A cool and moist object covered his lips.

The noisy racetrack was as if it had been put on pause. In an instant, the whole world was left with only the pounding of his heart.