Huge Sensation

[Let me say this upfront: I forgot to mention that the female lead came much later. She probably would not appear until past the halfway point of Volume Two, and she mainly existed as a plot device.

There probably would not be much description of her either. Probably. (~o￣3￣)~... After all, this was a horse racing novel.]

That evening, the entire Huaxia horse racing world—or at least the circles across East China and the neighboring provinces—was flooded with news of Cloudstream Flying Shadow's shocking return.

"After eight straight losses, Cloudstream Flying Shadow moved to regional racing, then returned to the central circuit six months later and won a G3!"

The news seemed to have sprouted wings, spreading rapidly through horse racing forums, racing papers, and social media.

Early the next morning, Zhou Hu got out of bed, rubbed his stiff neck, and immediately turned on the computer beside his bed without even washing up.

"That idiot boss actually made us work overtime over the weekend. I couldn't even go watch the Jiahe Stakes, damn it..."

As a rookie racing fan who had entered the hobby last October at a colleague's recommendation and then fallen in love with horse racing, Zhou Hu had a grand dream.

He wanted to visit every central racecourse in Huaxia and personally record footage of every Central Grade One Race in Huaxia, as well as all Central Graded Stakes in East China—or at the very least, all of Min Province—since becoming a racing fan.

Unfortunately, his dream had died before it was even halfway realized.

Zhou Hu should have had two days off after getting off work on Friday, but an urgent order had caused his damn supervisor to keep him working overtime for another full day. He had not returned home until one in