Chapter 151: Being Followed

"Hehe, Xiao Yue, seeing you like this reminds me of the lines from *White-Haired Ballad*: 'I wish to win one heart, and never part until our hair turns white,'" Yang Zhilin said with a soft smile, genuinely happy for her close friend.

She truly believed that Lin Yu was a wonderful catch, which was why she had previously proposed becoming his confidante.

Hearing Yang Zhilin mention *White-Haired Ballad*, Xiao Qiangwei grew animated as well and smiled, saying, "Zhilin's words remind me of *The Phoenix Seeks His Mate*. Why don't we adapt this piece into a pop song when we have some free time, and retell the timeless romance of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun through modern performance?"

"Little Yu, why have you been so quiet?"

The girls were chatting happily, but Lin Yu had been entirely focused on driving without saying a word. Qi Yue could not help asking out of curiosity.

"It's nothing. This car has been modified, and I'm not quite used to driving it yet. I've never driven a modified car before. Plus, this thing drinks gas like water—we need to find a gas station first," Lin Yu explained, continuing to familiarize himself with the performance and characteristics of the modified BMW.

Pedestrians on the street could clearly hear the engine's roar as the BMW passed by, its volume two or three times louder than ordinary sedans.

Many people thought the sound was powerful and appealing, much like professional racing cars in rallies. The only difference was that the exterior of this car looked identical to a standard BMW, whereas professional racing cars were usually covered in colorful decals.

Before long, Lin Yu spotted a PetroChina gas station by the side of the road. He slowly pulled the car to a halt and got out to speak with the two female attendants.

Since this was his first time driving a modified car, he was unsure whether it used the same grade of 93# gasoline as regular sedans.

The designations 90#, 93#, and 97# for unleaded gasoline refer to the percentage of "isooctane" they contain, which provides strong anti-knock capabilities, meaning they respectively contain 10%, 7%, and 3% of normal heptane, which has poor anti-knock properties. Thus, the octane rating serves as an indicator of a gasoline engine's resistance to knocking. Using 90# gasoline in an engine designed for 97# would naturally cause engine knocking.

Therefore, Lin Yu did not dare to be careless. Making a mistake in such matters was essentially playing with his own life.

After consulting the gas station attendants, he discovered that neither of them understood these technical details. He pulled out his phone and called Jiang Lele to ask.

Through this inquiry, Lin Yu not only learned that the modified BMW required 97# gasoline, but Jiang Lele also informed him that they were being tailed by a black Nissan.

According to Jiang Lele, just as they had departed from Western Cafe, a black Nissan with the license plate Bin A1650 had followed right behind them.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yu cast a casual glance around, hoping to spot the suspicious vehicle. However, after checking several directions, the black Nissan was nowhere to be seen.

"Could Jiang Lele have been mistaken?" he wondered with a frown.

Despite this doubt, Lin Yu decided it was better to be safe than sorry. After paying, he didn't even wait for the attendant to return with the receipt, getting back into the car with a calm expression.

Inside the vehicle, Lin Yu said with a mischievous smile, "Girls, fasten your seatbelts. It's very likely we're being followed!"

From his words, the three girls immediately realized the situation was serious and quickly buckled up.

Qi Yue, who was never one to shy away from excitement, chimed in with a grin, "Are you sure someone is following us? If so, why don't we turn it into a city chase? That sounds like a lot of fun!"

"Fun my foot. I don't know any professional drifting techniques, and I'm still not used to driving this piece of junk," Lin Yu retorted dismissively before starting the engine and carefully pulling out of the gas station.

At that moment, the innocent-minded Xiao Qiangwei suddenly asked, "I remember the last time we were chased by that black Mercedes, you managed to drive the Ferrari at over two hundred kilometers per hour! Can't this modified car reach a similar speed? If we can hit that kind of speed, how could a cheap Japanese car like a Nissan possibly keep up?"

Hearing this, Qi Yue, sitting in the passenger seat, grew excited and eagerly urged, "Drive faster then! I want to experience that too."

"You think this BMW is some kind of legendary steed? Although I haven't driven many modified cars, I've seen a few. The sound and performance are definitely not like that. If this car is pushed over 200, it will definitely start shaking and become uncontrollable," Lin Yu explained, steadily keeping the speed at around sixty kilometers per hour.

"Useless! What good are you?" Qi Yue muttered in disappointment before turning back to chat animatedly with Yang Zhilin and Xiao Qiangwei.

Through spending a lot of time together, Qi Yue had come to realize that Xiao Qiangwei, despite being a major celebrity, was no different from a girl-next-door, to the point where she no longer felt other stars were out of reach.

Just as the three girls were chatting away as if nothing was wrong, Lin Yu suddenly spotted a suspicious Jeep in his rearview mirror.

The vehicle had been tailing him for about ten minutes, maintaining a constant distance of roughly two hundred meters.

"Looks like they came prepared, using a relay-style tailing method."

Connecting this to the black Nissan Jiang Lele had mentioned, Lin Yu pondered silently. Now that he had seen through their tactics, he could use his familiarity with Bincheng's geography to employ some evasive maneuvers tailored to the terrain.

Knowing they were being followed while at the gas station, Lin Yu had intentionally avoided the wide coastal highway and headed in the opposite direction instead. Ten minutes later, they had reached the East District.

Because Bincheng's leadership focused heavily on the development of Longgang District and Bincheng New Area, the road conditions and urban infrastructure in the East District noticeably lagged behind the other two areas.

The once-smooth asphalt roads began to turn bumpy, and the car bounced more and more, vibrating at a frequency that rivaled the car-shaking scenes Lin Yu had seen in his previous life.

As the terrain worsened, Lin Yu began plotting a way to shake off their tail.

Just then, he noticed a lavish-looking bathhouse by the road named "Tycoon," and an idea sparked in his mind.

"Whether you're paparazzi or Liang Tian's bodyguards, since you love following me so much, come on then."

With a sudden thought, he pulled the car to a stop right in front of the Tycoon bathhouse, and said to the puzzled trio, "Stay put in the car. I'm going inside to take care of something, and I might leave shortly."