Chapter 2188 — Stealing a Parking Space
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Before long, Zhao Shengji, Chai Xiaoling, and He Meiyue arrived. Li Biaohan's Audi Q7 was the fully loaded seven-seat version, more than enough for six people. The movie theater had been booked by Bai Weituo, so naturally Bai Weituo drove and led the way.
"Driving this thing is just great. Way better than the cars at the driving school!" Bai Weituo said from the bottom of his heart. "The boss really is something—not only did he get us a car, now we've even got a parking space and a lackey to watch it!"
"All right, enough gloating—just drive," He Meiyue said. She had heard about the noon business too. She found it a little eerie that Bai Weituo and the others had come by a car out of nowhere—Wei Zhao was actually that formidable? Talk about keeping it hidden. No wonder a girl as pretty as Wang Xinyan had been won over.
"All right, all right!" Bai Weituo said quickly.
"Meiyue, looks like Bai Weituo's scared of you—he does whatever you say!" Chai Xiaoling laughed.
"I'm just thinking about everyone's safety," He Meiyue said with a smile, but she didn't take the bait.
Wei Zhao could tell that He Meiyue probably didn't dislike Bai Weituo, but she certainly wasn't all that fond of him either. This outing was less a date than a dorm-to-dorm group hangout. No wonder He Meiyue had insisted on dragging along Chai Xiaoling, Wang Xinyan, himself, and Zhao Shengji—that way it was a proper dormitory alliance, with nothing to do with dating at all.
It made Wei Zhao think that this girl He Meiyue was clever and calculating.
But that was Bai Weituo's problem. Wei Zhao couldn't help him there, and he wouldn't try to talk him out of it either—after all, there was nothing seriously wrong with He Meiyue's character. For a girl, when it came to a matter of lifelong commitment, doing a little extra scouting was only reasonable.
When they reached the parking lot outside the movie theater, Bai Weituo began carefully backing into a space. His driving was passable enough while moving forward, but the moment he had to reverse, it was obvious at once that he was a beginner!
It's a common failing among novice drivers: fine on the road, but once it comes to parking, things get difficult.
Bai Weituo was already nervous, inching along so as not to scrape the cars beside him—but just as he was reversing, a Porsche Cayenne came zipping in and darted straight into the space Bai Weituo had picked! Clearly the Porsche's driver was a veteran, thoroughly skilled at snatching parking spots.
But the situation gave Bai Weituo a real fright. He was in the middle of reversing when someone stole his space; instinctively he went for the brake, but instead of the brake he stomped down hard on the accelerator. There was a tremendous crash—the rear of the Audi Q7 slammed into the rear of the Cayenne!
"We're done for!" Bai Weituo was on the verge of tears. His first day driving, and he'd gotten into a crash! The car was insured, sure, but today was supposed to be a date—if he called the insurance company and then took the car to a 4S dealership for repairs, heaven knew how long that would drag on!
The other driver's space-grabbing had Bai Weituo furious, but in the end he was the one who'd hit them, so Bai Weituo got out of the car with a fairly decent attitude and waited for the other driver to come out so they could discuss filing an insurance claim.
Except the other driver was utterly arrogant! (To be continued) RQ