Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth

Chapter 208 - THE END OF YOUTH

Translator: Sae

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The car made a sudden sharp turn and charged onto the road. Bai Luo Yin's deep, heavy breaths faintly echoed with the spine chilling feeling that raced down his back. He could feel his heartbeats pounding chaotically in his chest, beckoning to rush out. The beating got louder and louder to the point that he could clearly hear the cacophonous thrumming rhythm. The sound was intolerable as his breaths get deeper and deeper by the second. He swung his head to the side to look at Gu Hai.

"What's wrong with you today?"

Gu Hai turned stiffly like an old rusty machine and smiled cunningly, "I'm not completely awake yet."

Noticing that the street ahead was a straight line with less vehicle presence, Gu Hai heaved a sigh of relieve for a moment. It does not matter that the brakes were not working properly, he could forcibly decelerate by shifting the gears from one to the other. Calming himself, he shot Bai Luo Yin a glance from the corner of his eyes only to discover that Bai Luo Yin was looking straight at him with a bit of restlessness and impatience drawn in his eyes.

"Gu Hai, I don't know why but I feel really nervous."

At those words, every single tightened muscle on Gu Hai's face suddenly loosened up as he deliberately slowed down his speech and adjust it to a warmer tone just to console him. "Everything's okay. You were just scared a moment ago. You'll feel better after I tell you a joke."

"Okay, tell me." Bai Luo Yin faintly said, somehow unenthusiastic.

Like the incoming spring days after a harsh winter, a warm, gentle and relaxed smile drew silently on Gu Hai's lips, "Close your eyes first."

"Why do I need to close my eyes?"

"You have to close your eyes to listen to this joke."

Bai Luo Yin did not know what farcical scheme Gu Hai was trying to conjure but welling with curiosity, he complied and closed his eyes. He thought to himself, if he was going to fall into a trap then he might as well fall properly since at best it would just be a surprise attack and nothing else.

"It is said that there's a village with a constantly high fertility rate......"

Gu Hai said calmly while shifting to the second gear and lifting the clutch to loosen the throttle which immediately decreased the speed of the car.

Sensing the gradual change of speed, Bai Luo Yin was about to open his eyes but Gu Hai started to speak again, "One day, an official from Tianzhen county went to this village with the intention of spreading knowledge about contraception. He brought a box of condoms with him and taught the villagers how to use......"

Hearing that Gu Hai was still talking, Bai Luo Yin let his eyes remained closed to the darkness that was stretching out in front of him. Although he felt that something was strange, he reasoned that Gu Hai had urgently pulled the brakes because there was another car ahead.

Gu Hai silently took in a deep breath and waited for an opportunity to shift into the first gear before he slowly pulled the handbrake up. Then he carefully tightened and loosen it intermittently as to avoid any making any sudden noise......

"Then two years later, some officials went to the village again for an inspection and discovered that the village still had a high fertility rate."

Just as the car was about to come to a complete stop, a massive logistic trunk suddenly emerged at the speed of light from an intersection. In just seconds, it directly swept by the front of their car.