Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 157: The Mechanic


Lu Yao has been quite spirited lately.

It's rare to see a security guard wearing mink, maybe the only one in Haizhou City.

In the third generation of the Lu Family, although there aren't any big-time criminals, there are indeed many idle ones.

In Lu Jianguo's eyes, apart from the eldest son and grandson Lu Qiang who takes over the family business and the top contributor Lu Chuan who brings glory to the family, the rest are all idle.

So, if you're idle, you should look the part.

Lu Yao works as a security guard during the day, but most nights he's hardly at home.

Street racing is Lu Yao's favorite, and also a favorite for many third-generation Lu family members.

Of course, these wealthy third generations wouldn't race just anywhere on the streets.

When it comes to valuing life, the wealthy study it far more than the poor.

Lu Yao's racing gang plays with cars on professional racetracks.

Recently, Lu Yao has been making quite a name for himself in the circle.

It's not that Lu Yao's driving skills have greatly improved, but because he gained a top-contributor family cousin.

This kind of fame, in the eyes of wealthy kids, is far more impressive than any beauty pageant champion or car model technician.

Everyone has a hero dream, even rich people are human.

"Third Brother," Lu Chuan rolled down the window to greet Lu Yao, "Tomorrow's New Year's Day, today the squad gets off early."

Lu Chuan generally wouldn't arrive late or leave early, even today, if not for sending Forensic Doctor Shen home, he wouldn't have come back so soon.

Lu Yao pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Lu Chuan: "Chuan, what are we doing tonight?"

Lu Chuan shook his head; the family's New Year preparations were not something Lu Chuan had to worry about.

The group had it arranged long ago, even as early as New Year's Day, a special procurement team was busy with the neighborhood's New Year affairs.

It's not like small families celebrating at home watching the Spring Festival Gala and setting off firecrackers.

The Lu family members gather together to celebrate New Year's.

They have the reunion dinner together and have to pay respects to their ancestors together.

Except for married daughters, all the males celebrate the New Year with the family.

Of course, even married daughters usually stay in the neighborhood; after all, the New Year's envelopes outside aren't as generous as the ones from the Lu family.

Tonight, Forensic Doctor Shen has a family affair, so their date is set for the first day of the New Year.

Therefore, nothing's going on tonight.

"Nothing much, why Third Brother?"

Nothing much?

Hearing that, Lu Yao's eyes lit up: "Let's go to Circuit Three, there's a race tonight."

Circuit Three is the racetrack where Lu Yao often races.

Lu Chuan used to visit quite a bit back in school.

The garage there even has his car.

"Some of the guys heard you got a top award and have been wanting to meet you, see the hero's return!"

Lu Chuan chuckled: "What hero, Third Brother, you make the arrangements, we'll play tonight."

"Alright!"

5:30 in the evening.

It was completely dark, but the racetrack was brightly lit.

Circuit Three doesn't mean there were Circuit One and Two before it.

It's just that this racetrack was invested and built by Lu Yao, and he's the third sibling in the family, so he named it Circuit Three.

"Fifty thousand per person, pay first, then you can race!"

"Old Lu, you're squeezing us, fifty thousand for one race!"

"True, over the years, you've made back your investment many times over, haven't you?"

At Circuit Three, there's a rule that no matter who comes to race, even if it's Lu Yao himself, it's fifty thousand per race.

Everyone scanned their payment codes, and just as Lu Chuan was about to pay, Lu Yao jumped in: "Today, Third Brother's covering you."

After scanning a hundred thousand payment, Lu Yao pointed at the brightly lit racetrack: "I'm the only one in the province with a heated track."

"Winter racing, if the track's icy, you wouldn't even know how you'd die."

"Plus, you guys maintain your cars here; that's not free, right?"

"Five thousand, I'm just about breaking even!"

The crowd scoffed.

Everyone knows the racetrack is Lu Yao's money tree.

Of course, what they pay is small; the big earnings come from external business profits.

Just like Lu Yao said, Circuit Three is indeed the most functional venue in the province.

Many races, test drives, etc., could be held here.

There used to be another track near the provincial capital, but it was almost driven out of business by Lu Yao's racetrack.

"Alright, alright, it's just fifty thousand, we're here for the top achiever today."

"Brother Chuan, let's take a group photo…"

Men are sometimes very peculiar creatures.

They sometimes want to be the fastest, faster than anyone else.

But other times, they want to slow down, to last as long as they can.

After two laps, Lu Chuan had quite the fun.

As for results, there's no need to ask.

Lu Chuan thought next time he should choose a driving skill, so he wouldn't come in last.

"Let's go, Chuan, have a cup of tea, rest a bit, then head back."

The racetrack has a dedicated tearoom, with a few tall tea artisans working hard.

"Chuan, how was today, had a good time?"

With more than a dozen people and coming in last, Lu Chuan couldn't help but enjoy himself.

"Brother Chuan, tell us about your top award, we've never seen it."

"Yeah, yeah, Brother Chuan, we always hear Lu Yao bragging about you solving several murder cases, tell us more."

"Are there any photos? Can we see them?"

Lu Chuan was suddenly tempted to show them some of the Folk Street dismemberment case photos.

But considering possible repercussions, he thought better of it.

Lu Chuan didn't know many of Lu Yao's friends well, after chatting for a while, he planned to leave.

"Come on, Chuan, let's take a photo together, I'll hang it in the honor room."

The photographer was also a young lady, with a loli appearance.

This is also a feature of Circuit Three.

A shortage of beautiful women is not an issue.

Especially of various kinds and styles.

"Chuan, put it on the honor wall yourself!"

The quick-print photo was soon handed to Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan knew of Circuit Three's honor wall.

Whenever a celebrity visits, Lu Yao would invite them to take a photo and personally hang it up.

Lu Chuan liked cars, but his skills were average, this was his first time having his photo there.

He had the fingerprint battle to thank for it.

Hmm?

Just as he hung the photo, Lu Chuan caught a glimpse of a photo to his right.

The photo had a middle-aged man and three racers posing.

A half-body shot, two racers in suits making funny faces, the middle-aged man and the third racer showing V-signs.

"Third Brother, this person... who is he?"

Lu Chuan took the photo down, took a closer look, and pointed at the sole middle-aged man to ask.

"He's a mechanic from Sanyo Repair Company, known for his turbocharging skills."

Before Lu Yao could speak, one of the friends playing along explained to Lu Chuan.

"Do you know his name?"

"I think his name is Wang Qi... or something like that."

"Last month, I had him modify my turbo, and he's really good at it."

Wang Qi...

Mechanic...

"Third Brother, where is this Sanyo Repair Company?"

"North Suburb, it's quite a well-known shop in the modification circle, why, do you want to modify your car too?"

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