Su Mojin also felt the wind at her back, a little flustered.
"Don't worry about it, just drive the line as you should."
Lin Yan placed his hand on the steering wheel to prevent any special situations. In this case, it was obvious someone behind them was trying to overtake. He could already hear the tire noise from the car behind.
Hearing this, Su Mojin quickly calmed herself.
Lin Yan had initially thought Su Mojin's panic would lead to mistakes, but he had underestimated his little girl. Perhaps it was the sense of security Lin Yan provided beside her. Although Su Mojin was a bit flustered, her movements were not significantly off.
Soon, the car entered the corner. Lin Yan's senses were correct; someone was indeed planning to overtake. In the corner, another go-kart overtook them from the right. This corner was a right turn, and the opponent had perfectly taken the inside line.
At this moment, the opponent was flooring the accelerator in the corner, and their speed was visibly increasing rapidly, soon surpassing Lin Yan's car by a full car's length. However, at this moment, an unexpected event occurred.
Lin Yan's senses were correct, but he had misjudged the opponent's skill.
"Bang!"
Although Su Mojin's racing line had many flaws, the rear of the opponent's car still brushed against Lin Yan's car as they tried to overtake.
The collision was very slight, and the car only wobbled a little. Due to the angle of view, even Lin Yan didn't see how the collision happened, or rather, he hadn't expected the opponent to fail the overtake.
After all, no matter how talented Su Mojin was, it was her first time driving on a track, and she had only learned for less than an hour. Her cornering methods were full of flaws, yet she still managed to get hit. Lin Yan was speechless at this poor skill; he should have let Su Mojin ease up earlier.
Go-karts have bumpers on both sides, so a bump wouldn't cause much damage, but it did put Lin Yan in a bad mood. To think that a generation's racing god would repeatedly have accidents while driving! It was truly exasperating.
"Oh, sh*t!"
As the two cars collided in the corner, Lin Yan heard the opponent exclaim a curse, but it was unclear who they were cursing.
Lin Yan felt that with the opponent's skill level, they were probably mocking themselves. With such skill, it was best not to attempt overtakes casually, as it affected everyone's safety.
The car regained stability and continued to speed along the track. The wobble was fine, but being overtaken made Su Mojin a bit unhappy. She lightly pressed the accelerator and chased after the go-kart ahead.
Vroom, vroom, the car accelerated fiercely, chasing the go-kart in front.
The car that had just overtaken them was also a two-seater, with a light yellow livery. The driver also appeared to be a couple, with a long-haired woman in the passenger seat.
But the opponent's driving skill was really not great. Usually, overtakes involve anticipating the opponent's line. Lin Yan had been worried about Su Mojin changing her line abruptly in the corner and causing a collision, but unexpectedly, the opponent still crashed while following the original route.
Seeing Su Mojin's unwillingness to give up, Lin Yan found it quite interesting. He didn't realize his own girlfriend had such a strong competitive spirit. He didn't stop her, letting her have her fun. After all, with him there, nothing would happen. Driving this kind of car was like playing house for Lin Yan, and the earlier collision was purely an accident.
First, getting caught speeding, and now getting hit while playing go-karts. Lin Yan felt these were the two most embarrassing things since his rebirth.
Su Mojin drove the go-kart at high speed, the engine occasionally emitting a "dada dada" sound, which was somewhat similar to the sound of a tractor engine.
However, Lin Yan knew it definitely wasn't a tractor engine; this was likely how the engine sounded.
Su Mojin lightly pressed the accelerator. The couple who had overtaken them earlier had mediocre skills and hadn't pulled away by much. The two cars chased each other, one in front of the other.
As the car accelerated, gusts of wind brushed against them, feeling cool and comfortable. Driving with his wife, Lin Yan felt a sense of contentment. Yes, this kind of life was quite good.
Before every corner, Lin Yan would specifically tell Su Mojin the braking point and acceleration point. Su Mojin only needed to follow Lin Yan's instructions to brake and accelerate. Moreover, it was an automatic transmission, making the operation very simple.
And Lin Yan's braking points were very precise, neither too early nor too late, just right.
Su Mojin found this kind of chase more interesting than driving alone. Soon, her interest piqued, and she picked up the skill very quickly. By the second lap, she didn't even need Lin Yan to call out the points.
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In a conference room at the A Country International Race Circuit, a large group of reporters was holding a press conference. The purpose of the press conference was to interview drivers and teams for their thoughts on tomorrow's main race.
This press conference had also been held in Modu before, but Lin Yan had never been interested in such things. His fame was built on his strength, not on media hype.
Moreover, in Lin Yan's opinion, these press conferences were battlegrounds for capital, promoting their own drivers while suppressing others. After all, the greater the influence of drivers and teams, the higher their profits.
The way drivers earned money was through their influence. Otherwise, why would it be said that Lin Yan alone drove the economic development of the entire Lin family?
Last time, at the Haoyunlai Mall, a glove and a cushion were enough to make a store sell out instantly. It was hard to imagine the terrifying extent of this influence. Now, in China, Lin Yan's popularity was soaring, and anything associated with him would sell well.
Lin Guoxiong had even considered expanding Lin Yan's influence abroad, but the Lin family's roots abroad were too shallow, and there were no suitable investors, so the idea was abandoned.
Today's press conference was held in a separate conference hall at the race circuit. Many media outlets from around the world were present, including Chinese media. However, the majority were local media from Country A, who, of course, had their own agendas.
The speaking time for the major teams had ended, and it was now time for the media to ask questions. This was what Lin Yan referred to as the "battle time."
"Excuse me, Mr. Zhang from Dukdi, could you tell us how our 'Lin Shen' usually trains? Being able to win two consecutive pole positions in his debut at the age of twenty, it must be that Lin Shen trains very diligently. Could you please tell us in detail?"
The first question came from a Chinese media reporter. When competing in another country, these media outlets had a common characteristic: they tried to expand the influence of their country's drivers among the foreign public.
This was evident from the Chinese reporter's question. While seemingly asking a question, the words were all biased towards Lin Yan. While inquiring about Lin Yan's training process, they deliberately emphasized Lin Yan's peak achievement of winning two consecutive pole positions in his debut at twenty.
Seeing a reporter from his own country ask a question, Zhang Mingzhi, on stage, cleared his throat and said in a deep voice.
"The training of drivers is always very rigorous, and so is that of our team's ace driver, Lin Yan."
The first half of his statement was naturally to praise all the drivers present, with the emphasis on the latter half.