Clang clang clang.

Cheng Jie, with his plump body, was lying under the pickup, making modifications bit by bit, while Ye Qiu was assisting him on the side.

When it comes to car modification, Ye Qiu knows a little. He can handle some simple replacements, but when it comes to changing all the parts like now, he gets bewildered.

Because there're too many professional things involved here.

Even though Cheng Jie is much better than Ye Qiu, he twisted his plump body, crawled out from under the car, and shook his head helplessly at Ye Qiu: "Ye Qiu, it's not that your buddy won't help you, but this pickup of yours is really quite old. The structure and circuits inside are completely different from the current cars, I can't modify it."

"Ah?" Ye Qiu was stunned, looking at the disassembled pickup and then at the parts he had exchanged scattered on the ground, he anxiously said: "Fatty, don't joke around, if you can't modify it, what should I do?"

Cheng Jie said: "Although I'm proficient in modification, my level is still limited, plus what I learned and dealt with are modern cars, your pickup is really too old."

Seeing Ye Qiu's disappointed look, Cheng Jie said: "Although my abilities are limited and I can't modify it, if there's a 5-star or above modification master, maybe they could fix your car."

"5-star modification master?" Ye Qiu was shocked.

There are specialized technicians for vehicle modification. The Automobile Guild sets up annual evaluations to motivate these technicians and establish levels for car modification experts.

They range from 1 to 9 stars, and the 5-star modification master Cheng Jie mentioned was so shocking to Ye Qiu because modification masters are scarce, making it a profession even harder than being a racer.

Just talking about Huaxia alone, at present, the most skilled modification master publicly recognized in Huaxia is only a 6-star, and already holds a very high status in the racing community in the entire Huaxia.

Because no matter how skilled a racer is, if they want to modify their car, they need to find a modification master. Of course, they could do it themselves if they're also a master, but being a racer already exhausts so much energy and ability. If you were also a modification master, there'd be no extra time to practice driving.

So usually, racers are just racers, and modification masters are just modification masters, specializing in one field.

Hence, an outstanding modification master often draws many racers who spend fortunes to request their service, yet they might not always get it.

Even a 1-star modification master wouldn't number more than 5,000 in Huaxia, and in the H City, the best modification master is only 2-star, and that person is already over 60 years old.

So when Cheng Jie said that a 5-star modification master is needed to modify his pickup successfully, Ye Qiu was dumbfounded.

"Fatty, are you kidding me?" Ye Qiu said to Cheng Jie with a wry smile.

Cheng Jie shook his head: "I'm not kidding you, your car indeed requires a 5-star modification master to be successfully modified."

Ye Qiu sighed, seeing Cheng Jie didn't seem to be joking, and sighed again.

A 5-star modification master, where can I find one indeed?

Just then, Ye Qiu saw his father, Ye Xiong, and Cheng Jie's father, who was also the owner of this repair center, Cheng Kong, walking out together.

Seeing Cheng Jie's father following beside his own father with such respect, Ye Qiu felt a bit surprised and thought to himself, "Who exactly is my dad? Why is Cheng Jie's dad so respectful to him?"

He then thought of the Automobile Guild President Luo Yun, who also showed great respect to Ye Xiong through a letter and mentioned wanting to visit in person, causing Ye Qiu to become deeply curious about his father's identity who approached him.

Ye Xiong came over to Ye Qiu and Cheng Jie, glanced at the dismantled pickup, and then noticed the pile of brand-new components next to it and was a bit confused: "What's going on here?"

Ye Qiu was startled, scratched his head, and relayed the fib he told Cheng Jie to Ye Xiong.

After listening, Ye Xiong gave Ye Qiu a deep look, then said to Cheng Jie's father: "Looks like you don't need to prepare the components for me, my son has already prepared them."

After finishing, Ye Xiong headed towards the repair station of the pickup, and before reaching the door, he called out to Ye Qiu: "Ye Qiu, go home and prepare the tofu to be delivered tomorrow morning, then come here to meet me in the morning."

After Ye Xiong spoke, he closed the door, leaving Ye Qiu somewhat bewildered.

"What is Dad up to? Is he planning to modify the car?" Ye Qiu was surprised, while Cheng Jie, beside him, rolled his eyes, nodded thoughtfully, and said: "So your father is not only great at racing but his car modifying skills are also this formidable?"

Hearing this, Ye Qiu looked at Cheng Jie directly until Cheng Jie was slightly unnerved, and Ye Qiu asked: "Fatty, do you know something?"

Cheng Jie, seeing Ye Qiu's gaze, just as he was about to say something, suddenly remembered his father's warnings and shook his head: "Nothing, nothing..."

Ye Qiu narrowed his eyes, and then grabbed Cheng Jie, catching him by surprise, and his hands went under Cheng Jie's armpits, making Cheng Jie squirm and try to escape desperately due to the tickling.

But with Cheng Jie's plump body, how could he withstand Ye Qiu, who had been physically enhanced by the system? Therefore, Ye Qiu pinned Cheng Jie to the ground, tickling him, making Cheng Jie both want to cry and laugh, until finally Cheng Jie couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "I'll tell, I'll tell…"

Ye Qiu let go of Cheng Jie, who glared at Ye Qiu and sighed, "Actually, I wanted to tell you, but my dad wouldn't let me."

Seeing Ye Qiu ready to tickle him again, Cheng Jie was startled and quickly said, "But considering we're buddies, I'll tell you."

Ye Qiu nodded.

Cheng Jie's little eyes darted around, then he said, "That day, I couldn't resist my curiosity and asked my dad. Coincidentally, my dad had drunk a bit, and after my persistent questioning, he told me."

"Ye Qiu, do you know why your driving skills are so good?" Cheng Jie asked, looking at Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu said, "I worked hard myself."

Cheng Jie laughed, "Hard work is part of it, but more of it comes from your talent. And you have such strong talent entirely because of your dad, Ye Xiong."

"Because of my dad?" Ye Qiu was puzzled.

Cheng Jie nodded, "Because your dad was also a racer once, and he was the best racer Huaxia ever had. And he led Huaxia to win the intercontinental race championship, which was Huaxia's only time winning the intercontinental race championship.

During that race, your dad defeated many powerful opponents, such as the former Car God of Qiuming Mountain from RB, and the Busan Car God from HG, and so on…"

"Dad was actually that awesome?"

Ye Qiu was stunned when Cheng Jie said Ye Xiong was a racer. He really couldn't imagine that such a slovenly, alcoholic, slightly lecherous old man was once a racer, and such a remarkable racer at that?

And to have achieved such impressive honors?

Ye Qiu knew exactly who the former Car God of Qiuming Mountain was; he was actually the father of the current Qiuming Mountain Car God Fujimura Takumi, RB's number one racer, and that Busan Car God is currently HG's top driver as well.

But he never expected that these famous figures were actually defeated by his alcoholic father?

"Fatty, are you joking with me?" Ye Qiu felt it was a bit unbelievable.

Cheng Jie shook his head, "At first, I also found it too unimaginable to be true, but since these words came from my father, who was once an outstanding racer that shook the Huaxia racing scene, it can't be false."

Ye Qiu swallowed, his heart shaken, and couldn't come down from it for a long time. Then he heard the clanging sounds coming from the modification factory again and was somewhat surprised, saying, "Dad was so great at racing, but I didn't expect him to be equally skilled at modifying cars? "

Thinking of Cheng Jie's mention that his pickup truck modification needed the skill of a 5-star modification Master, and listening to the sounds coming from the repair center, it was evident modifications were happening. That proved Ye Xiong's modification skill was at least that of a 5-star modification Master.

Within Huaxia, apart from the 6-star modification Master, that was the most formidable level.

And what Ye Qiu didn't expect was, Ye Xiong was modifying the pickup truck with entirely new parts, which required even greater skills, and had Ye Qiu come early in the morning using the pickup truck for deliveries, what did that prove?

It proved Ye Xiong's modification skill not only surpassed 5-star, even if the 6-star modification Master came to modify the pickup truck, it wouldn't be possible in such a short time.

"Who exactly is dad?" Ye Qiu seemed to mutter to himself, and asked Cheng Jie.

Cheng Jie shook his head, "That night I asked my dad, but when I finally asked who your dad was, he just fell asleep directly."

Ye Qiu felt somewhat disappointed, filled with doubt.

"Dad, who exactly are you? Why were you so formidable in the past, but now fallen so far, what exactly happened to change you like this, what exactly happened for mom to take me away from you…"

The doubts inside Ye Qiu grew deeper, itching to rush in right now to ask Ye Xiong.

But he didn't dare to do that, instead, he sat there with Cheng Jie listening to the clanging sounds inside the repair center, in a daze.

The two sat until the setting sun lowered, Ye Qiu came to the repair center door to ask whether Ye Xiong wanted to eat, but the response was only the clanging sounds.

Ye Qiu, feeling helpless, saw it was getting dark and then told Ye Xiong he'd be eating soon, and naturally returned home.

Back home, Ye Qiu looked at his mother's photo frame, muttering to himself: "Mom, who is dad really, what did you experience back then?"

Done speaking, he placed the photo frame on the cabinet, then returned to his room, lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, drifting off into sleep filled with deep doubts.

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