Chapter 118
Liu Woxing was stunned at the sight, then couldn’t hold back her smile from spilling out. She instinctively wanted to retreat into the fitting room to hide her unseemly laughter—
But suddenly met Xie Mi’s gaze.
With just one look, Xie Mi’s little mouth started chattering away.
“Liu Woxing, do you agree to a draw or not? Hurry up and say it, don’t wait for that old geezer Xiao Jingxi to speak first. Let’s settle it right now. Both sides admit defeat, and it counts as a tie. How about it, reasonable or not?”
It took Liu Woxing two seconds to process Xie Mi’s rapid-fire words, rattled off like a machine gun.
Moments later, she lifted her head with a radiant, dazzling smile.
This time, no attempt to cover it up.
“Mm, okay!”
#LiuWoxingStunningSmile #SuddenlyRealizedLiuWoxing’sBeauty #IsHerPersonaCollapsing?
Just one smile, and she shot straight onto the hot search. For Liu Woxing, a complete amateur, that was absolutely explosive.
Netizens tirelessly dug up photos of her usual elegant smiles on variety shows: the 45-degree lip-tilt smile, the hand-covered smile, the standard eight-tooth smile, and so on.
Then they compared them with this latest bright, unrestrained grin.
Normally on shows, Liu Woxing appeared poised and low-key, leaving people with nothing more than the impression of “that elegant lady.”
But this time, her uninhibited burst of laughter on camera was so radiant it suddenly made everyone notice her.
[This sister’s smile is so sunny and pretty! Please smile more!]
[Seriously, she looks way more beautiful when she smiles like this.]
[But doesn’t it feel like her persona is cracking?]
[Can a proper lady laugh so exaggeratedly?]
[Come on, it’s just laughing. How is that a persona collapse? Old Xie really is funny, getting laughed at is only natural.]
[I used to think Sister Liu’s personality was kind of dull, but now I’m starting to like her, haha…]
The online chatter about Liu Woxing’s smile was deafening, though mostly praise. Only a few said her image seemed “broken,” but those comments were quickly drowned out.
Even so—
Within ten minutes, all the trending searches were suddenly pulled down, and even the screenshot of Liu Woxing’s smile was deliberately suppressed in circulation.
At the same time, Entertainment Star Media released a few juicy gossip items, diverting the public’s attention, and the matter fizzled out.
Sitting in the car, Liu Woxing stared at the suddenly removed hot searches on Weibo.
Her phone buzzed with two messages.
[A]: Don’t you feel ashamed?
[A]: You make me feel disgraced.
“…”
Liu Woxing turned off the screen, leaned her head back against the seat.
Xiao Jingxi, in the driver’s seat, drove with a blank face, silent. The atmosphere in the car was suffocatingly heavy.
Liu Woxing thought of rolling the window down for air but remembered the wind would mess up her hairstyle.
Her lifted hand slowly fell. She closed her eyes to rest.
But what came to mind was the scene in the clothing store just now—Xie Mi flailing her uncoordinated limbs in that ridiculous dance that sent the fans into laughter.
Xie Mi’s loud laughter seemed to still echo in her ears.
The air…
Finally didn’t feel so suffocating anymore.
At the racing shop.
Xie Mi and Shen Yanqing stood dumbfounded at the trackside, watching a car crash through the guardrail and fly off the track.
“Quick question—are the rules of this stage supposed to be life-threatening?”
“Here, here! Teacher Xie, Mr. Shen!”
The PD rushed over, panting as he braced his knees. “This round’s theme is racing. You PK the shop’s coach on the same track. If you beat the coach, you pass.”
“Of course, since you’re amateurs, the coach will give you a ten-second head start.”
Xie Mi’s gaze fell on the figure being pulled out of the crashed car by staff.
The PD explained, “That’s Mr. Qiu. This was already his third try.”
“Useless.”
Lai Bingxuan cursed as she came down from the stands. “Couldn’t beat the coach in basketball, can’t outrun him here in racing, and still insisted on choosing it. Don’t know where that confidence came from.”
Xie Mi suddenly understood, nodding thoughtfully.
“Choosing ‘grabbing hold’ between ‘seizing the day’ and ‘seizing the moment’—isn’t he also a kind of genius?”
“Genius, my a—”
Lai Bingxuan almost snapped back, but then saw it was Xie Mi. She swallowed her words and instead asked, “You two here to challenge too?”
Xie Mi immediately put on a front. “That’s right. Sorry to tell you, but this round’s mine.”
Lai Bingxuan was surprised. “You know how to race?”
Xie Mi: “Played QQ Speed.”
Lai Bingxuan: “…”
By the time Qiu Chengye recovered, Xie Mi and Shen Yanqing were already suited up in the racing uniforms provided by the venue.
The production crew thoughtfully gave them a camera shot.
In the noisy hall lit against the light, the two cool figures in biker suits strode forward with helmets in hand.
Shen Yanqing’s posture was lazy, his steps unhurried, lips curved with effortless ease.
Xie Mi’s gaze was sharp, chin tilted. Suddenly, she dropped into a forward roll, sprang up, and held the helmet high as if shooting a basketball.
Cameraman: “?”
[OldShenSoHandsome, OldXieCanBreatheToo]
[SisterXieILove—never mind, go play somewhere else]
[You’re all joking, but I swear Old Xie really thinks this is cool]
[Don’t push it, if Teacher Xie suffers even the slightest grievance, I won’t mind destroying human civilization myself]
[Huh? Me too?]
“You’re going to challenge this too?”
Qiu Chengye’s eyes skimmed past Shen Yanqing and landed disdainfully on Xie Mi. “Give up. This round isn’t as easy as you think.”
“Horse or mule, just take it out for a walk and we’ll see.”
Xie Mi didn’t flinch, throwing Shen Yanqing a reassuring glance before striding onto the track, helmet on, buckled in, and then gave a stylish gesture toward the onlookers.
Qiu Chengye suddenly felt nervous.
This woman always acted mysterious. Could it be that she actually—
Bang—!
The starter pistol fired, and Xie Mi’s car shot forward—straight into the guardrail, smashing through and flying off into the distance.
Qiu Chengye burst out laughing, “Beautiful.”
For a second he’d really thought she was a racing prodigy!
In the car, Xie Mi dazedly pulled off her helmet, hearing the faint, panicked cries of staff from what felt like a thousand miles away, looking utterly shocked.
“Damn it, Racing God, where the hell did you send me?!”
“Is this still even in China?!”
