The presentation lap ended, and the drivers returned to warm their tires, preparing for the elimination rounds.
Lin Yan and Su Mojin sat in the stands. Su Mojin had come today as Lin Yan’s dedicated umbrella-holding little sister.
The two held a bucket of popcorn and watched the race.
As Lin Yan popped a piece of popcorn into his mouth, his phone buzzed. It was a message from Modu, informing him that the Wu family had been completely dealt with.
After a brief glance, Lin Yan put his phone back in his pocket. The Wu family had done many wicked deeds over the years, so it was good to make them disappear.
The sun blazed down. Su Mojin, eating popcorn, watched the race.
The popcorn was cantaloupe flavored, Su Mojin’s favorite.
Her eyes were fixed on the track, the young girl’s passion for motorcycles no less than Lin Yan’s.
Seeing Su Mojin so focused, Lin Yan felt like teasing her. He quietly reached out and took the popcorn bucket placed between them. The next second, Su Mojin grabbed at empty air.
After fumbling for a while without finding the popcorn, Su Mojin was startled. She looked down and saw that the popcorn bucket was gone.
“Give it to me!”
Seeing the popcorn bucket in Lin Yan’s hand, Su Mojin stretched out her small hand and said to Lin Yan.
“No!”
Lin Yan certainly wouldn’t give it to her so easily. He deliberately moved the popcorn to his left side, as far away from Su Mojin as possible.
Su Mojin was wearing a light yellow hoodie, a white skirt, a high ponytail, small sunglasses, and a newly bought diamond earring today. She exuded an elegant aura.
Seeing that Lin Yan wouldn’t give it to her, Su Mojin pouted, looking fiercely cute. She lunged forward, ready to snatch it.
However, her hands were no match for Lin Yan’s long reach; she couldn’t get it.
As Su Mojin lunged, Lin Yan carefully covered the hem of her skirt with his other hand to prevent any accidental exposure.
“Hmph, I don’t want it anymore. You always bully me.”
Seeing that Lin Yan was deliberately withholding it, the little girl pouted, stopped trying to snatch it, and slumped back into her seat like a deflated ball.
Hearing Su Mojin say he was bullying her, Lin Yan felt a bit wronged. Had he? He pulled Su Mojin into his arms, a smile playing on his lips, and asked.
“How do you say I bullied you?”
“You were bullying me just now!”
The two were very close, Su Mojin’s small face resting on Lin Yan’s shoulder.
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl continued righteously.
“If you bully me again, I won’t talk to you anymore!”
Despite her words, Su Mojin’s large eyes kept drifting towards the popcorn bucket in Lin Yan’s left hand, clearly still reluctant to part with the cantaloupe-flavored popcorn.
“Little one, you dare not talk to me?”
Lin Yan chuckled. This little girl was getting bolder, even daring to threaten him. He wrapped his strong arm around Su Mojin, holding her in his embrace.
He lowered his head, leaning close to the little girl, and questioned her.
“Say that again.”
However, Su Mojin completely ignored him and lunged forward.
“Yaho, I got it!”
Held within Lin Yan’s arm, Su Mojin had been observing the popcorn’s position. As expected, she finally succeeded and snatched the popcorn bucket back.
Seeing the little girl’s excited expression, Lin Yan, who had been feeling rather pleased with himself, was slightly taken aback.
“I’ll talk to you! I’ll talk to you!”
Su Mojin hugged the popcorn bucket and lightly pecked Lin Yan’s lips twice. Only then did Lin Yan show a more agreeable expression.
Ren Fei and Venarres sat behind them. They also had a bucket of popcorn between them, but their expressions were not very good.
Damn it, we should have sat next to them.
“Brother Lin, should I go down and help them?”
Seeing that the elimination rounds were about to begin, Ren Fei leaned forward and interjected.
Lin Yan, who was still playfully vying for popcorn with Su Mojin, shook his head at Ren Fei’s words. Like Zhang Mingzhi, he didn’t suggest Ren Fei go down.
Helping them once for free was fine, but there was no guarantee of a second time. Ren Fei couldn’t help them every time; they ultimately had to rely on themselves.
In Lin Yan’s opinion, it was better to collect data from above, identify their weaknesses, and help them improve afterward, rather than going down to help them. That was true help.
Moreover, given the current online environment, one wrong move could lead to moral blackmail, and Ren Fei would get himself into trouble. There was no need for that; it was better to be steady.
As the red flag dropped, the qualifying rounds began.
A hundred drivers started in sequence.
Judging solely by lap times, Sun Yuxuan and the others were indeed falling behind. As captain, Sun Yuxuan ranked only eleventh among the drivers, slightly better than the opposing team’s ordinary members.
“Tell that driver number 26 that his braking point at turn eight can be a little later.”
As the race began, Lin Yan became serious and started observing the weaknesses and shortcomings of the Chinese drivers on the track.
“Number 37, his hard braking technique is not good enough. His car is not stable enough when entering turn one.”
“This number 64, the captain, is actually quite good. He’s balanced in all aspects, but too conservative and lacks confidence. With his skill, if he went for it, he wouldn’t be ranked eleventh.”
A team staff member next to him took out a pen and quickly jotted down Lin Yan’s words.
By the end of the elimination rounds, Lin Yan had identified the shortcomings of every Chinese driver and proposed solutions and training plans.
Such efficiency stunned Venarres, who was an expert in this area, sitting behind him.
Before the main race began, Lin Yan’s observations were compiled into documents and sent to the pit room.
The five team members were all taken aback upon seeing the information.
However, upon reading further, they all became delighted.
They were aware of their own problems but lacked effective solutions. They hadn’t expected someone to solve them.
And they had solved them so perfectly.
Not only them, but even the middle-aged coach in sportswear was slightly surprised. In such a short time, during the presentation lap and the elimination rounds—just two laps—he had managed to identify all these flaws.
He had to admit to himself that he couldn’t do it.
He now suspected that Lin Yan might have observed Sun Yuxuan and the others’ races long before.
“Watch carefully and try to get a better ranking in the main race.”
He said to Sun Yuxuan and the others, and the coach in sportswear took the documents to the adjacent room, which was the coaching area.
There were three people in total, all men.
He distributed the documents to the other three. After a brief glance, all three gasped.
“The kid did this? Amazing! Old Zhang respects him.”
After reading it, an older coach said sincerely. They knew the shortcomings of these drivers, but they had never had good training plans. They hadn’t expected this kid to solve them. He was amazing, and they were not.
The coach in sportswear gave a wry smile and said.
“The key is that he did all this in less than ten minutes.”