Intimidation

Lu Yan’s vacation had just ended, and the filming of “Uncontrollable” was also completed. At the wrap party, as the protagonist, he was forced to drink, but Lu Yan happened to be a little unwell in the past two days, so he used this as an excuse not to drink a drop of alcohol. Fortunately, the crew was quite understanding and did not force him.

It was nearly eleven o’clock when the trip ended. Song Hui was still driving in the front. Lu Yan was sitting in the back seat this time, with his eyes closed and his head still a little dizzy.

Suddenly the car shook and Lu Yan’s body rushed forward due to inertia. The car had already stopped with emergency brakes.

Lu Yan opened his eyes and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Without waiting for Song Hui to answer, Lu Yan himself saw what happened.

Seven or eight top-of-the-line sports cars suddenly appeared on the empty road ahead and stopped just in front of the car.

The lights of so many cars were turned on at the same time, almost lighting up half of the night sky. The two sides were facing each other, and neither of them got out of the car first. It looked a bit like the scene before a gang fight in a movie.

But Lu Yan was not too worried because he had already seen a familiar face in the opposite convoy. He was a little confused. Su Jue? What was he going to do? He wouldn’t really come to trouble him because of his elder brother’s affair. Now thinking of the surprised and sad expression on Su Jue’s face, the look of glaring at him as if he wanted to duel with him, Lu Yan still found it a little funny.

After thinking about it, Lu Yan got out of the car first. If his brother-in-law was really dissatisfied with him, he should solve it. After all, family harmony was the most important thing. He knew how much Su Mo valued his only brother, and Su Jue had also protected him in front of outsiders. It was nothing for family members to have a little disagreement.

Sure enough, when Lu Yan got off the car, people from the other car also got off one after another. In addition to Su Jue, there were a few familiar faces, but not quite familiar, after all, they had only met once. Su Xi, Su Lang, and Ke Yuzhuo.

Lu Yan’s expression relaxed. It seemed that things were not as he thought. He looked at Su Jue and asked in a deep voice, “What’s going on?”

Su Jue said nonchalantly, “These guys behind are all my brother’s fans. I don’t know which one of them is the big mouth. I told them that my brother has a lover, and he’s a man. They wanted to come and see it.” As he said that, he glanced at Su Xi. There was no need to say which one was the big mouth.

Lu Yan sneered, fearing that the knowledge was fake but the lesson was real, and most likely someone instigated him. He fixed his eyes on Ke Yuzhuo.

In fact, Lu Yan’s guess was not wrong. The dozen or so people in front of him were all second-generation rich people in the city. Family affairs were either handled by their fathers or brothers, and it was basically not their turn to intervene. They usually got together when they were bored, and they had similar interests. 

However, not everyone was born a playboy. In fact, most of them still wanted to do something in their hearts. Unfortunately, either because of their status or their abilities, there was no room for them to display their talents. So it was not surprising that they admired Su Mo, who could shoulder the entire family at a young age and make things happen in the business world with a wave of his hands.

They were a little surprised when Su Xi said that Su Mo had a male lover, but they didn’t think much about it. However, it was different when Ke Yuzhuo heard that the man was called Lu Yan. While everyone was a little drunk in the bar, Ke Yuzhuo instigated everyone to find trouble with Lu Yan.

Su Jue didn’t know about this at first, but Su Lang was more rational. He didn’t dare to tell Su Mo directly, so he informed Su Jue. If it was usual, Su Jue would have directly taken care of this matter. Touching his eldest brother’s people? Don’t even think about it! But after the stimulation in the office last time, Su Jue made a different decision.

Su Jue looked at Lu Yan and thought to himself, I used to think you were my sister-in-law, so as your younger brother, of course I had to do more to protect you. Now that I know you are my brother-in-law, I have to see if you are qualified.

Lu Yan seemed to see through Su Jue’s thoughts and smiled at him.

Su Jue saw his smile, but before he could say anything, Ke Yuzhuo started to provoke him.

Ke Yuzhuo sneered and said disdainfully, “I thought you were capable, but it turns out you were just a star because you slept with Boss Su, you’re a mainland star!”

Lu Yan looked at him coldly, and suddenly smiled. Ke Yuzhuo’s heart skipped a beat, and he instantly had a bad feeling. Last time, he wanted to frame Lu Yan, but he didn’t expect that he would be beaten up by him. After that, he lay in the hospital for three months, and was lectured by his father because of this. 

Ke Yuzhuo was unwilling but helpless. Unexpectedly, he heard Su Xi talking about this matter after drinking. He was shocked that Lu Yan could hook up with Su Mo, and finally understood why Lu Yan dared to attack him in the Golden Palace last time. The relationship between the eldest brother of the Su family and Young Master He was known to everyone in the circle.

While thinking that this was an opportunity to teach Lu Yan a lesson, these brainless guys were hooked in a few words. Even if Lu Yan was good at fighting, so what? There were more than a dozen of them, and they were in the majority. He didn’t believe that Lu Yan would dare to take action. Even if he couldn’t beat him up now because Su Jue was there, humiliating him would still vent his anger.

It was a pity that this pampered young man only did things for pleasure and never anticipated people or things. When he was distracted, a powerful fist was already coming towards him.

This time, Lu Yan didn’t even use more moves. With one punch, one knee, and another elbow, Ke Yuzhuo fell to his knees, holding his stomach.

Lu Yan casually waved his hand, still smiling, but his eyes were cold, “There are three kinds of people in the world that I hate the most: those who can’t spit out ivory from a dog’s mouth¹; those who overestimate their own abilities; and those with the surname Ke. You’d better not let me see you again, otherwise, I will beat you every time I see you, and I mean what I say!”

Before the others could see what was happening, Ke Yuzhuo had already fallen down, not even daring to groan too loudly.

Everyone was shocked, including Su Jue.

Everyone present knew how strong Ke Yuzhuo was. But Lu Yan defeated him in just a moment, and it was so clean, neat, and easy. Ke Yuzhuo hadn’t even had time to react, let alone fight back, let alone the others. Even if they didn’t understand, they knew that Lu Yan was not easy to mess with.

As for the fact that Ke Yuzhuo had been taught a lesson by Lu Yan, he naturally would not tell others about it. Others only knew that he had been beaten up in the Golden Palace, but they did not know that the person was Lu Yan, otherwise, more than half of the people present would not have followed.

It was also the first time that Su Jue saw Lu Yan take action. He didn’t expect him to be so powerful. His expression instantly changed from shock to surprise, and there was also a hint of pride, because this person was a member of their Su family.

Su Xi’s face had already turned pale. Seeing Ke Yuzhuo’s miserable state, his body reflexively felt pain as if he was the one being beaten. He had not forgotten how he had spoken rudely to Lu Yan in the Su family’s old house. What he feared the most was that Lu Yan would beat him up like he did to Ke Yuzhuo. He didn’t have Ke Yuzhuo’s good physique, and he would probably have to stay in bed for a few days after being beaten up. He couldn’t help but shrink his body and quietly hid behind Su Lang.

But Lu Yan didn’t even look at him, and smiled and spread his hands, “How about it, can I leave?”

No one dared to say no.

Lu Yan’s move shocked everyone.

Lu Yan smiled indifferently and prepared to leave.

“Wait a minute!” Someone called out before he could turn around.

Lu Yan turned his head and saw a strange face he didn’t recognize. He looked at Su Jue questioningly.

Su Jue called out, “Chen Yue, what else do you want?”

Seeing that it was Chen Yue who spoke, Su Jue also had a headache. This Chen Yue was a brain-dead fan of Su Mo, and his brain-deadness was comparable to that of Li Ran, or even worse. It was said that he would desperately try to find an opportunity to go to any cocktail party or banquet that Su Mo would attend, even if he couldn’t talk or just see him; the final buyer of all the items donated by Su Mo to various charity auctions must be him, and his brutal price increase was unbearable to watch. If he didn’t have a girlfriend with whom he was in a good relationship, Su Jue would have suspected that he was secretly in love with his eldest brother. If others were just there for the fun, Su Jue believed that Chen Yue must really want to cause trouble for Lu Yan.

As expected, Chen Yue ignored Su Jue and said directly to Lu Yan, “You are a good fighter, we all saw it. But it doesn’t matter. Do you have the courage to compete with me?”

“Compete in what?” Lu Yan now only knew that his name was Chen Yue.

Everyone else knew what Chen Yue wanted to compete in.

“Racing, do you dare?” Besides following Su Mo’s news, Chen Yue’s favorite thing was racing. He had a passion for racing, and it was hard for anyone who liked racing not to pursue the ultimate speed, so he often looked for people to race with. His driving skills were very good, almost comparable to those of a professional racing driver.

“Okay!” Su Jue was obviously well aware of Chen Yue’s abilities, and was about to help Lu Yan refuse, but Lu Yan had already agreed without hesitation, so Su Jue didn’t know what to say.

Chen Yue smiled. He was very confident in himself. “Since we are going to compete, there must be some stakes. If you win, this car is yours.” Chen Yue said, pointing to the car he drove. “This is the latest limited edition of Aston Martin this year. There is only one white one in the world. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it. So, what if you lose?”

Before Lu Yan could say anything, Su Jue spoke first, “If he loses, this car is yours.” Su Jue pointed at his own car, which was a limited edition Lamborghini from the year before last. Chen Yue had wanted it for a long time, but Su Jue was always unwilling to give it up. But this time, he took it as a bet without hesitation. Although he didn’t think Lu Yan could win at all, he couldn’t lose face for his brother-in-law.

Su Jue had already spoken, so Lu Yan just smiled and said nothing.

“Okay!” Chen Yue agreed readily, “It won’t work here, let’s go somewhere else.”

Lu Yan had no objection.

Everyone got back on the bus, except Ke Yuzhuo who was still squatting on the ground. Of course, no one cared about him at this time, as everyone wanted to go and see the excitement.

Lu Yan got into Su Jue’s car and let Song Hui go back first. Song Hui was a little hesitant at first, but his old car was not good enough in front of these top-class sports cars. No matter how good his driving skills were, they could not make up for the lack of hardware. He was afraid that he would be left behind after just a few steps. In addition, Lu Yan emphasized that it didn’t matter to him, so he had to go back first.

Sitting in the car, Lu Yan looked at Su Jue who was driving and smiled, “Aren’t you afraid that I will lose?” Lu Yan was not stupid. Since the guy named Chen Yue dared to take the initiative to ask for a competition, he must have some skills. Su Jue would know, of course, but he had no idea about Lu Yan’s ability in racing, but he placed the bet directly.

Su Jue didn’t move his head. “What’s there to be afraid of? It’s just a sports car. I, Su Jue, can afford to lose.”

As expected, he didn’t think highly of him at all. Lu Yan smiled in his heart.

The convoy soon arrived at a highway in the suburbs. Usually there were not many vehicles here, which was just right for those dark night races. Chen Yue often raced with others here and was very familiar with the terrain.

The two cars were parked side by side. Chen Yue said with some pride, “How about I give you one of mine?”

“No need.” Lu Yan smiled and got in the car. He was naturally driving Su Jue’s Lamborghini. The performance of the two cars was not much different, so it was basically fair.

At the referee’s command, two top-of-the-line sports cars rushed out at a speed so fast that they almost seemed to be flying.

Everyone else slowly walked to the finish line and waited.

Except for Ke Yuzhuo, everyone else came.

Su Xi asked Su Lang quietly, “Ah Lang, do you think Lu Yan can win?”

“What do you think? You and I are both very clear about Chen Yue’s level. Didn’t you hire a professional once and still fail to defeat him?”

Su Xi argued, “But we never thought that Lu Yan’s fists were so powerful. Maybe he is also…”

Su Xi didn’t finish his words, but Su Lang had already started laughing. “Don’t you hate him? Why are you suddenly speaking for him?”

Su Xi was speechless for a moment, and then said gloomily, “After all, he is also a member of our Su family.”

The two people’s voices were not loud, but Su Jue, who was standing nearby, still heard them and smiled in his heart. The Su family’s tendency to protect their own shortcomings was almost innate.

A dozen people were chatting in groups of three or four, some simply took out their mobile phones to play games, and only Su Jue kept staring at the direction where the car would eventually come.

Yes, just like Su Xi said, Lu Yan had given him too many surprises. Even if he really beat Chen Yue this time, he probably won’t be too surprised.

More than half an hour later, the roar of a car was heard in the distance. It was particularly clear in the silent night. Everyone perked up and stared in the designated direction.

The roar came from far away and then got closer. When they could see the car clearly, almost everyone was stunned, because it was not Aston Martin as they thought, but Lamborghini.

When everyone was shocked again, the car whizzed past them, drove for a distance, and then stopped abruptly without any pause.

About two minutes later, another car caught up at a very fast speed.

Chen Yue got out of the car with his head down and touched the car body reluctantly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and threw the key in his hand to Lu Yan, saying through gritted teeth, “Yours!”

Lu Yan was not polite either. He took the key and said with a smile, “Thank you!”

Chen Yue looked unhappy. Actually, even if he refused to give the car to Lu Yan, Lu Yan would not say anything. But he was not the kind of person who did not keep his word. Moreover, he often raced with others and would not break the rules of racing.

Chen Yue gritted his teeth for a while, then suddenly snatched the key from one of the men’s hands. Without saying a word, he drove away, leaving the car owner so angry that he cursed at him several times.

The others left one after another, and finally only Lu Yan and Su Jue were left, along with two top-of-the-line sports cars.

Su Jue was still laughing. He patted Lu Yan on the shoulder and said, “Lu Yan, you are amazing. How did you do it? You can box and race cars at the same time. It’s amazing! Didn’t you see the expressions on their faces just now? It was so funny!”

Lu Yan was much more calm and only said, “It’s a secret.”

It was indeed a secret, no one knew what Lu Yan had experienced.

After his mother died in high school, he had been living alone. Although he received scholarships, they were not enough to cover all his study and living expenses, so he started working part-time at an early age. At one point, he worked six part-time jobs at the same time.

However, after graduating from high school, he went to a performing arts university. The tuition and living expenses required for attending an ordinary university were no longer something that could be covered by ordinary part-time jobs, not to mention that all expenses of a performing arts university were several times higher than those of an ordinary university. Even if he received a full scholarship, it would still be a drop in the bucket.

In order to make enough money for his studies, Lu Yan did many things, the most dangerous but also the most profitable ones were boxing and racing. When he was a kid, he learned a few fancy moves from the iron-fighting master downstairs, but now these simple and effective moves were all learned from boxing in underground clubs, and racing. He hid his identity when doing these things, whether boxing or racing, he wore a mask, and his name was naturally fake.

Maybe it was because there were too many excitements back then, Lu Yan rarely drives himself now.

He managed to get through such difficult times, and there was no need to let anyone know these secrets now.

Su Jue did not ask further questions, but nodded and said seriously, “Now I admit that you are qualified to be my brother-in-law.”

Lu Yan smiled and said, “Thank you for your recognition. However, whether I am qualified or not is never up to you!”

“…”Su Jue choked again when facing Lu Yan.

Notes

1. A dog cannot spit out ivory. It is a Chinese idiom that means a bad person cannot say anything good ↩︎