"What's wrong? What happened?"
Lin Yan asked when he saw the unusual expressions on Jiang Qiyan and Yan Xiaoqiang's faces.
These people were usually energetic, but now they seemed dejected.
"Brother Lin, we've... gotten into trouble."
After a moment of silence, Yan Xiaoqiang was the first to speak. Usually taciturn except during training, his face was now etched with worry, his brows furrowed.
"Gotten into trouble? What kind of trouble?"
Lin Yan glanced at the worried faces of everyone. These guys were usually quite playful, and judging by their current state, the trouble they were in must be significant. However, he wasn't worried. As long as everyone was safe, everything else was minor.
"Yan Xiaoqiang, tell me what happened."
Lin Yan focused his gaze on Yan Xiaoqiang, who had spoken first. Among these people, Yan Xiaoqiang was the most steady and trained the hardest, leaving the deepest impression on Lin Yan, so he instinctively asked him.
"Let me say it."
Yan Xiaoqiang hesitated and didn't explain clearly. Jiang Qiyan finally spoke.
"Brother Lin, that's what happened."
After listening to Jiang Qiyan, Lin Yan showed a rare hint of anger. These guys dared to bully his people. How audacious!
"When is the race scheduled?"
"This afternoon."
At this moment, Jiang Qimo, who had been sitting silently, spoke up. He had caused this trouble and felt guilty, feeling he had let down Brother Lin's cultivation, but he didn't regret it. He would never let anyone bully his sister!
"Alright, then this afternoon I'll call Ren Fei and the others to accompany you. I'd like to see how they plan to bully the younger ones with their seniority."
Lin Yan snorted coldly. He had always been the one to bully others; no one had ever bullied him.
"These are minor matters. You all focus on your training. I'll handle it. But next time you make a bet, remember to think it through," Lin Yan said, looking around at the students sitting on the ground and reprimanding them.
Hearing this, Yan Xiaoqiang's face lit up. He hadn't expected Brother Lin to be willing to help them.
After telling the youngsters to get back to training, Lin Yan went to the P room alone.
It was one thing for these people to tease Jiang Qiyan, but they even dared to challenge them to a race. Didn't they know his identity?
The name Nian'an Racing Circuit was useless. Lin Yan was genuinely curious about these guys who didn't know their place.
The ones who had teased Jiang Qiyan and the others were not Chinese but foreign assistant coaches from a club. Few people in all the racing clubs in China dared to offend Lin Yan.
In the afternoon, Lin Yan took Jiang Qiyan and the others to the agreed-upon racing circuit. Besides the bodyguards for transportation, he also brought a few drivers from his team, including Ren Fei. Lin Yan originally didn't want to bring Ren Fei; why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken? But Ren Fei had been training relentlessly since his return and was about to be worn out. Such one-sided training wouldn't do, so Lin Yan decided to bring him along for a break, a form of relaxation after the endurance race.
They wanted to bully the younger ones with their seniority, so Lin Yan would teach them a good lesson. A bunch of men in their late twenties bullying teenage girls in their late teens, Lin Yan felt ashamed for them.
The cars stopped in front of a small racing circuit in Kyoto, the same one Jiang Qiyan and the others had visited yesterday.
Lin Yan led the group out of the car. The racing circuit wasn't large, not even half the size of Nian'an Racing Circuit. It was located in an old district in the northern part of the city and looked quite old. Like the adjacent old buildings, the walls were yellowed and cracked. Outside the entrance, street vendors were bustling. At sunset, it was the time when the adjacent primary school let out, making it particularly lively.
However, Lin Yan wasn't here just to join the fun and lament life; he was here to settle a score for his students. He strode forward, leading the group behind him into the racing circuit.
The racing circuit was still quite run-down. Located in an old district, it didn't attract many visitors, but the facilities were reasonably complete.
Jiang Qiyan and the others had come yesterday to change their venue, as they couldn't always race on the same track.
As soon as they entered, Yan Xiaoqiang spotted the group who had teased Jiang Qiyan yesterday.
"Brother Lin, it's these dark-skinned guys."
Lin Yan's gaze followed the direction Yan Xiaoqiang pointed, and suddenly a group of people appeared in his sight, the most prominent being two black men.
Lin Yan had never imagined that the ones who had teased Jiang Qiyan and bullied Yan Xiaoqiang would be two black men. Lin Yan had lived abroad, and to be honest, the number of black people playing racing, in some ways, was even less than that of Chinese people. He hadn't expected to encounter one in China.
Those two black men were likely coaches here, currently training several trainees. Besides them, there was also the group from the club beside the two black men, tuning their racing cars. Although the track was sparsely populated, there were still some visitors.
Seeing these people, Jiang Qimo, standing beside them, clenched his fists again. He still remembered how they had bullied his sister yesterday.
Jiang Qiyan, on the other hand, appeared calm. Her only concern was the bet. As for the teasing, she had already knocked out the front teeth of the person who had teased her yesterday.
"Yo, why is this little girl here again?"
As Lin Yan and his group approached, a bald black man keenly noticed Jiang Qiyan in the crowd. The racing circuit was so large that it was hard not to notice such a large group entering.
"Heh heh, maybe she thought it over and came to offer herself today. These Chinese girls are really tender, much more so than the one we played with yesterday."
Hearing this, another black man beside him turned his head. A wicked smile played on his dark face. His hand was still on the thigh of a female trainee beside him, appearing extremely arrogant. Strangely, the female trainee didn't seem to mind, showing no resistance.
"Probably not. With so many people, they're likely here about yesterday's incident."
Compared to the black man beside him, the bald black man who spoke first was clearly much smarter. Seeing Lin Yan and his group, he knew they were not to be trifled with.
"Teacher, do you think they're here to accept the challenge?"
Several trainees nearby gathered around. Some of them cast lecherous glances at Jiang Qiyan, but they weren't as bold as the black man, clearly still wary of Jiang Qiyan's actions yesterday.
"You are the ones who bullied my students yesterday, right? Tell me, how do you want to compete?"
Lin Yan led his group closer. Seeing their gazes, Lin Yan frowned. He disliked the way these people looked at them.
"Oh, excuse me, sir, are you here to stand up for him?"
Seeing the group behind Lin Yan and the bodyguards, the bald black man was clearly unfazed. He took a step forward, met Lin Yan's gaze, and spoke a very broken Chinese.
"If you think so, you can. I am here to stand up for them. A bunch of dark-skinned fellows who don't stay in their own territory but come to our China to bully the younger ones, I'm ashamed for you."
Lin Yan spoke very quickly. To his surprise, the two black men present understood. The black man behind him, who had been touching the female trainee's thigh, immediately stepped forward, glared at Lin Yan, and said fiercely.
"What did you say, you brat!"