A Strange Person

"Did you have fun at the race today?" Qi Wang was driving Qi Si's car.

He had left his own car at the company, planning to have the driver pick him up there the next morning.

"It was pretty fun." Thinking of Augus, Qi Si unconsciously revealed a slightly sweet smile.

Qi Wang saw Qi Si's expression through the rearview mirror, and his gaze darkened. "Did you meet someone?"

The last time he had seen that sort of smile on Qi Si's face was whenever Qi Si mentioned Lin Weiwei.

It can't be that woman Lin Weiwei again, can it?

His people had reported that Lin Weiwei had gone to West Mountain today as well.

He had wondered whether Lin Weiwei had gone there specifically to find Qi Si, but he was also afraid of wrongly accusing Qi Si.

Besides, Qi Si had said he would come home for dinner that night. Qi Wang did not want to ruin the meal.

He had planned to ask after dinner.

Qi Si had been far too well-behaved lately. Ever since Qi Si came of age, how long had it been since he had seen such an obedient younger brother? He did not want Lin Weiwei to shatter this warmth between them.

But seeing Qi Si's expression now, Qi Wang's heart sank uncontrollably.

"Huh? I did meet someone." The smile on Qi Si's face deepened unconsciously at the thought of Augus.

Qi Wang tightened his grip on the steering wheel. "Who was it? Do I know them?"

Qi Si frowned and thought for a moment. Did his brother know West Mountain Club's star racer?

He was not sure whether his brother knew him, but he had probably heard of him.

Augus was so famous. Since his brother had even found someone to race on behalf of Qi Corporation, he must have looked into the racers' backgrounds.

"It was Augus. Brother, do you know him?"

Qi Wang froze.

"Augus?"

"The top racer from West Mountain Club. Brother, do you know him?"

"I do. What, did you meet him?" Hearing that it was not Lin Weiwei, Qi Si quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it was not Lin Weiwei.

"Yeah. I ran into him in the hospital parking lot last time too. When I saw him today, I went up and chatted with him for a bit, then even got his contact information. Hehe." Qi Si snickered after saying that.

If an ordinary person smiled like that, they would probably seem a little sleazy. But when Qi Si did it, he did not seem sleazy at all. He was even a little cute.

Of course, that might have been the filter of an older brother.

Qi Wang was somewhat surprised. "Really? Then he's quite easygoing."

He remembered that Augus was from the U.S. and had always been very arrogant.

Other than the club owner, everyone else who had tried to approach him had been turned away.

Before Augus signed with West Mountain Club, he had declared that no one could beat him on the track.

Naturally, those words had provoked plenty of racers. During that time, racers challenging Augus had been as numerous as carp crossing a river.

Of course, Augus did not accept every challenge. He only accepted challenges from the top-ranked racers.

Without exception, every one of them lost to Augus.

As a result, local racers had been mocked mercilessly for a while.

Later, a mysterious racer appeared and raced Augus once. Augus lost by a narrow margin.

It was said that racer was the owner behind West Mountain Club, which was why Augus had sold himself to the club.

But those were only rumors. No one knew what the truth was.

As for the owner of West Mountain Club, no one knew their identity even now.

All anyone knew was that the club owner had an extraordinary background and was an untouchable tyrannosaurus.

"By the way, Brother, who was the racer you hired?"

Qi Wang shot Qi Si a surprised glance. "You don't know?"

Qi Si looked awkwardly at his brother, shrinking his neck a little in guilt.

Qi Wang merely gave him a helpless look. "Even if I don't let you help out at the company, you should at least care about your own household's affairs, shouldn't you?"

Qi Si gave another "hehe," deliberately playing dumb.

Qi Wang could do nothing about him and ultimately said nothing more.

"An obscure racer."

Qi Si asked in surprise, "Why not hire a better racer?"

Qi Wang explained, "Qi Corporation never intended to compete for that ten percent development rights. We're just participating. Word of this race got out early, and every household came well prepared. It's not that Qi Corporation can't compete, but there's no need to."

"Why isn't there a need?" Qi Si asked in confusion.

"Qi Corporation has business dealings with Wangjiang, and the negotiations are nearly complete. That ten percent development rights aren't very important to Qi Corporation."

The land rights and development rights in Wangjiang were all in the hands of the Bo Household. Which companies got a share of the pie depended entirely on Bo Yanqi's word.

Bo Yanqi had put up ten percent of the development rights, yet Qi Si could not figure out what Bo Yanqi was trying to do.

"Brother, when did you start working with Bo Yanqi?" Qi Si asked in surprise.

Qi Wang happened to pull over. Hearing Qi Si's question, he looked over in confusion. "How did you know it was Bo Yanqi?"

"Uh..." A cold bead of sweat slid down Qi Si's face. He had nearly forgotten that his persona was that of a rich second-generation heir who only knew how to eat, drink, play, and cause trouble.

"Well... when I was watching the race just now, I heard Augus mention it. He said Bo Yanqi was the one who hired him for this race."

Surprise surfaced in Qi Wang's eyes as he asked, "Who took first place today?"

Since Qi Corporation had no intention of fighting for the development rights, Qi Wang had not paid attention to who came first.

"It was Augus."

Qi Wang frowned. "You mean Bo Yanqi hired Augus to race, and he still took first place?"

"Yeah."

"What is Bo Yanqi trying to do? He put up the development rights as the prize, then had his own man win the prize back?"

Had he never intended to give up the development rights from the start?

Then why put on such a show?

Qi Wang could not understand a person like Bo Yanqi.

"Who knows what Bo Yanqi is thinking? Wasn't he always a strange person?" Qi Si said indifferently.

On second thought, Qi Wang agreed.

"Forget about him. Hurry up and buy the groceries so we can get home and cook. Aren't you hungry?"

"Hungry, hungry! Big brother! Food, food!"

"Stop messing around. Watch the road."

"Oh."

The two brothers wasted quite a bit of time on the road. Once they reached the supermarket, they knew exactly what they wanted and made quick work of it, finishing their shopping in half an hour.

Even so, it was already past seven in the evening when they got home.

Qi Wang carried the ingredients into the kitchen to cook.

"Do you need my help?" Qi Si asked.

"Don't come make trouble for me. Go play by yourself. I'll call you when it's ready."

"...All right." He had been rejected thoroughly.

Qi Si took it well. After confirming that Qi Wang truly did not need his help, he returned to his room.

He grabbed some clothes and took a shower first. When he came out, he saw that he had unread messages on his phone.

Qi Si paused. Thinking of something, he hurriedly unlocked his phone.

He saw a message from Augus on WeChat, sent five minutes earlier.