Chapter 73 - I Can Be Your Navigator (1/2)
Chapter 73: I Can Be Your Navigator
“Xiaoyan, I’m going to check on your grandfather.” He Muyun spoke up, her eyes turning red. She stood up and strode in the direction of the study.
Soon, her second uncle also left with a sigh. In the end, only Lin Yan and He Lefeng were left.
Lin Yan beckoned He Lefeng to a corner. “Xiaofeng, I have something to tell you…”
He Lefeng quickly consoled her. “Sister, don’t mind what they said about you earlier…”
“Don’t worry, I’m fine. I want to talk to you about something else. I heard you saying that your navigator left?” Lin Yan interjected.
In a rally race, every team was composed by a driver and a navigator.
The navigator was also the ‘driver’s eyes’. They had to sit in the passenger seat and report on the situation.
Many people misunderstood the role of a navigator and thought that they only read the news to the driver. They assumed that the role of a navigator was insignificant.
In fact, an experienced navigator could analyze accurately the track, the corners, the length of a route and its dangers, the speed of the wind, and the moisture level of the road’s surface. Thus, the role of the navigator was to inform the racer about the most suitable speed and gear position. That way, the racer could save time analyzing the track and increase their speed.
Hence, a good navigator was the most powerful ‘brain’ in a rally race.
He Lefeng looked embarrassed as he scratched his head. “Yeah, he ran away…”
When a racer’s navigator was gone, they felt as embarrassed as a man whose wife had run away.
He Lefeng replied helplessly, “I was too useless…”