I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 48

“Liang Wei plans to lure Chen Shu into the forest behind the mountain. Such a secluded place, not even drones can capture footage there. Liang Wei intends to erase all evidence.”

“Once they reach the forest, Liang Wei will stop the car, hold Su Xiaoxiao hostage, and force Chen Shu to reveal the body’s location. Then, using his own methods, he’ll kill the siblings.”

“At this point, it seems impossible for Chen Shu to stop Liang Wei and take Su Xiaoxiao back.”

“Yeah, once they enter the forest from the mountain road, it’s all downhill, steep and winding. One wrong move on the gas pedal, and it’s easy to flip the car.”

As netizens debated, drone footage showed the two cars speeding downhill, one after the other. From a bird’s-eye view, the winding road looked like a giant snake coiling around the mountainside.

Liang Wei, driving a luxury car, skillfully drifted through the curves with ease, leaving the audience in awe.

“As expected from a professional racer! Having him participate in a crime reality show and perform high-speed chases? That’s just overkill!”

Meanwhile, Chen Shu’s battered Volkswagen looked like it was falling apart.

The intense speed had already pushed the car to its limit. Overtaking Liang Wei on a downhill road to intercept him? Impossible.

If he didn’t stop soon, not only would his car be totaled, but he would also be risking his life.

“Chen Shu, stop already! You can’t do it!”

“Yeah, just let Su Xiaoxiao get taken. The show isn’t even giving you a chance, why be so stubborn?”

“It’s not worth it!”

The audience spammed the chat, but Chen Shu couldn’t see any of it.

At this moment, his entire body was tense, hands gripping the steering wheel tightly. His body trembled along with the shaking car. He knew the car was at its limit. On such a winding downhill road, speed alone wouldn’t help him overtake Liang Wei. And with so many turns, pushing any harder would definitely lead to a crash.

But he didn’t ease off the gas, instead, he floored it even harder!

“He’s insane! Does he have a death wish?” 

Up ahead, Liang Wei, who had just completed a drift, saw Chen Shu charging forward in his rearview mirror and was startled. “Not braking before a turn, but accelerating instead? This guy is reckless!”

Meanwhile, in the Harbor district, professional racer Lin Ziying, watching the scene unfold, felt a chill run down his spine. As a racer, he knew this move was pure suicide. If a car maintains a straight-line speed while turning, it will lose balance.

A 99% chance of flipping!

“Holy crap, Chen Shu is really risking his life!”

“I slow down on my bike when I turn, let alone on a downhill road!”

“Liang Wei: ‘I just came here to simulate crime, but this kid wants to make me a murderer?!’”

No one could see the determination in Chen Shu’s eyes. After making several consecutive turns, sweat drenched his forehead and back. He could already smell the burning engine.

“This is my last chance at the final turn.”

Chen Shu made his judgment. If he couldn’t stop Liang Wei at the next turn, then it was over. He took a deep breath. Pedal to the metal!

Like a wounded tiger mustering its final strength, he launched one last attack!

“Only 100 meters left.” The final turn approached rapidly. Chen Shu braced himself. Suddenly, his car lunged forward, sticking right behind Liang Wei’s luxury car.

“A desperate struggle?” Liang Wei noticed Chen Shu’s move. He knew this was Chen Shu’s last chance. The smoke rising from the Volkswagen’s rear confirmed that it was about to break down.

“Alright, then let me show you what a real long-tail drift looks like!” Liang Wei planned to execute a perfect drift on this turn, humiliating Chen Shu while making him abandon his chase.

“Now!” Liang Wei braked sharply and twisted the steering wheel. Su Xiaoxiao screamed from the passenger seat, feeling as if the entire car was about to lift off the ground. But Liang Wei had no time to care.

His hands expertly maneuvered the wheel, guiding his car into a beautiful drift.

The turn was long and wide, and as long as he maintained control, he could keep going until Chen Shu’s car broke down.

At that moment, Chen Shu also entered the turn, holding his breath, brows furrowed, hands drenched in sweat. He locked onto Liang Wei’s car up ahead. He knew that turns were when cars reached their slowest speeds, and this was his only chance to compensate for the performance gap.

So, just like before, he didn’t slow down.

A flash of a high-speed racing technique entered his mind. In a sudden, unexpected move, he yanked the wheel and aimed straight for the drainage channel at the side of the road.

One side of his car dipped into the channel, violently shaking as the tires screeched against the concrete, creating a deafening metal-on-metal scream.

Gritting his teeth, Chen Shu wrestled with the steering wheel. The sheer centrifugal force threatened to throw him out, but his iron grip held firm.

In those breathless few seconds, the Volkswagen, scraping against the mountainside, slid through the turn at an impossible angle.

Chen Shu was now on the inner road, while Liang Wei was on the outer road. Through the windows, they locked eyes!

“This is…” Liang Wei’s heart pounded as he stared at Chen Shu’s determined face. Using the brakes to maintain a long-tail drift, Liang Wei had kept control. But Chen Shu, hugging the inner road, had managed to creep ahead at a terrifyingly stable speed.

“Rise!” Gritting his teeth, Chen Shu yanked the wheel in the opposite direction. His tires gripped the road, pulling him out of the drainage channel and back onto the track!

His engine roared one last time and in a flash, he was the first to exit the turn.

The burning smell grew stronger with only a sliver of control left, Chen Shu made one final turn of the wheel. At the exact moment the engine gave out.

Screeeech!

The car skidded sideways, coming to a dead stop in the middle of the road.