Chapter 21: The Curtain Rises, the Show Begins

"Beep, beep, beep!!!"

Outside the school gates, the evening rush hour was in full swing. As night fell, the cacophony of blaring horns threatened to drown out the entire street. The road near the Experimental Middle School consisted of three lanes. The first two were completely choked by cars waiting to pick up students, leaving only the third lane passable. Yet, a Cadillac had been recklessly parked right in that lane, acting like a chokehold on the fate of every driver behind it.

"Beep, beep!!!"

Gu Yin and the other drivers behind him were honking incessantly, but the owner of the Cadillac was nowhere to be seen, likely off to collect their child. To get around, Gu Yin would have to cross the yellow line and drive into oncoming traffic. But with it being rush hour, both sides of the road were gridlocked. Getting through was easier said than done.

Watching the scene unfold, even the usually quiet Xia Qianyi in the backseat couldn't help but complain, "How inconsiderate."

"Exactly!" Mengmeng chimed in.

It was the kind of situation that would infuriate any passenger, let alone Gu Yin, who was behind the wheel. But honestly, most people could only vent their frustration in silence. You couldn't just ram into her car, could you? Society was governed by order, and the law didn't permit vigilante justice.

"Call the police!"

Several drivers behind them had already pulled out their phones, but as one viewer in the livestream pointed out with cynical accuracy: "You think you're stuck, but do you think the traffic police don't know? They can't get through either! And they can't do anything about it!"

In these small towns, the authorities were often notoriously indifferent. Other than popping up to fine you for illegal parking, they were of little help when you were actually in a bind. Knowing this, Gu Yin didn't even bother calling.

It was incredibly stifling. All the trapped drivers could do was wait for the woman to return or pray for some "roadside judge" to appear and deliver justice.

In Gu Yin's car, while Xia Qianyi remained relatively composed, Mengmeng, the plump girl, had been grumbling non-stop: "When are we ever going to get through?" "How much longer do we have to wait?" "Seriously, is there no one to handle this?" "Where are your traffic police? What a backwater place..."

Perhaps growing impatient with the constant whining, Gu Yin suddenly turned and asked Mengmeng, "You have a driver's license, right?" He remembered her bossily instructing Xia Qianyi during driving practice.

"Uh... what?" Mengmeng blinked, caught off guard. "I do, yeah." She nodded blankly.

"Have you driven in the last two years?" Gu Yin asked again.

"Of course I have," she replied, still looking bewildered. Whenever she went out with Xia Qianyi, she was usually the one behind the wheel.

"That makes it easy," Gu Yin said with a nod. He unbuckled his seatbelt with a click, pushed the door open, and said, "You take the wheel." His car was an automatic, so anyone with a standard license could drive it.

"Huh???" Mengmeng was stunned, a look of pure confusion on her face. What on earth was happening? Why was she suddenly driving his car?

"Where are you going?" Xia Qianyi frowned, sensing something was off.

Gu Yin didn't answer. He simply stepped out and walked straight toward the Cadillac.

"Hey!" Xia Qianyi and Mengmeng called out, but he ignored them. He walked toward that Cadillac with the air of a man who had made a firm decision.

[Whoa! What is the streamer doing?!]
[I remember this guy taught a lane-cutter a lesson last night; he's not someone to mess with!]
[Brothers, we're in for a show!]

The viewers who had watched his stream the previous night remembered how he had handled a Tesla driver who tried to cut him off. Now that he was faced with another infuriating situation, they sensed trouble—the good kind.

"Beep, beep!!!"

Behind them, the honking continued, and even the security guard at the residential gate was shouting curses: "That stupid b*tch..."

Just then, people noticed a young man walking toward the Cadillac. "Hey, look at that!" "What's that guy doing?" "Is he the owner?" "No, I just saw him get out of the car behind it."

Before anyone could make sense of it, Gu Yin reached the driver's side of the Cadillac, opened the door, and sat down without a moment's hesitation.

"Thud." He closed the door.

Under the bewildered gazes of everyone nearby, he stepped on the gas.

"Vroom!"

He drove the Cadillac away!

At that moment, everyone—from the security guard to the other drivers—was left absolutely speechless. *Wait, buddy, is that even your car?!*

In Gu Yin's car, Xia Qianyi and Mengmeng were frozen in shock. Who would have thought he'd be so bold?

[Pfft...]
[Hahahaha...]

The audience erupted. The comment section was flooded:
[Extremely satisfying content!]
[Is he always this brave?]
[Hahaha, hilarious! So satisfying!]
[Gu Yin: Watch closely, Xia Qianyi, this is the first lesson your instructor is teaching you!]
[Instructor Gu: Doesn't matter, I'll take action.]

"Hahaha..."
"Nice move, brother!"
"Legend!"

Once the realization hit, the other drivers started cheering for Gu Yin. The Cadillac had been blocking the entire road, causing misery for everyone, so how could they not applaud his "heroic" intervention?

The funniest part was that just as Gu Yin drove the car away, the woman in slippers came scurrying out, shouting at him as she ran. But the white Cadillac, now driven by Gu Yin, didn't even flicker its taillights. It vanished around the corner before she could even catch a whiff of its exhaust.

[Hahahaha...]

The viewers in the "Reconciling with Life" stream were absolutely thrilled. As the chat filled with laughter, some remarked:
[Serves her right!]
[Let's see if she dares to park in the middle of the road again!]
[Woman: I was just picking up my kid, why did he drive my car away?]
[I bet she actually thinks she's the innocent one, too.]
[Pfft... spot on!]