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There are ten thousand Lu Mingfeis in ten thousand worlds, but in Lu Mingfei's view, each of them should always retain certain characteristics.
That trait is "if he has the opportunity to develop relationships with many girls, can he maintain the ability to like someone seriously and carefully, will he still feel sad for the pain of others, and will he risk his life for someone he really cares about."
Lu Mingfei was very scared today. He felt that he had really become the kind of person that even he himself hated.
He was always an indecisive person. The Nibelung Plan strengthened his body but failed to strengthen his soul.
If he had decisively pushed Xia Mi away on the Free Day, perhaps everything would have been different, and fate would have returned to its proper trajectory. If he had firmly rejected his senior sister's love on the Moniah in Kuimen, Sanxia, perhaps her personality would not have allowed her to accompany him so silently until today. That would have been great, and then only Eri would have been left.
Now that cowardly soul has finally made him pay the price, and the price is that he has lost himself.
This Toyota, which really wasn't a luxury car, seemed to be driving too fast. The lights outside the window became silhouettes reflected in his eyes. Lu Mingfei let out a deep breath. He really wanted to talk to Xia Mi, but he didn't know where to start or what to say.
"Brother, you like me and said you want to be with me." Xia Mi suddenly said, straight to the point. Lu Mingfei's hands holding the steering wheel trembled.
This sentence brought him a huge shock, no less than what Zhou Zhiruo said to Zhang Wuji in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, "We had an engagement in the past, but my husband is dying now. Besides, I didn't hurt your life today, so people will certainly say that I still have feelings for you. If I ask for your help again, all the heroes in the world will call me shameless and fickle." Zhang Wuji said anxiously, "As long as we have a clear conscience, why should we care about what others say?" But when Zhou Zhiruo said, "What if I have a guilty conscience?" Zhang Wuji suffered a shock.
Zhang Wuji was speechless when Zhou Zhiruo said "I feel guilty". When Lu Mingfei saw this, he already knew who was the one who felt guilty.
Now, Junior Sister's body leaned forward slightly, the fragrance stirred her heartstrings, but what she expressed was not the doubt and reluctance of a reserved girl, but a statement that said "actually we all know the answer".
She said, "Senior brother, you like me," and that is a promise that is set in stone and cannot be taken back.
Lu Mingfei drove quietly. The sounds of the air conditioner and the bearings turning under the car merged into a buzzing sound, making the space in the car seem a little hot and a little cramped.
Nuo Nuo poured herself another cup of Coke. Bubbles floated up from the surface of the ice and slowly rose in the Coke until the surface of the cup exploded with a bang. To Lu Mingfei's ears, the sound was like the roar of thunder.
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei replied softly.
"Then we are a couple now."
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei nodded without looking at the girl's expression in the rearview mirror. He was afraid that he would accidentally see Nuo Nuo's frustrated eyes. Everyone had already talked it out, but Lu Mingfei had never been a person who could not bear to see others frustrated.
"So, brother, are you still thinking about that Japanese gangster Miss Uesugi, that Uesugi Eryi?"
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei nodded and admitted it. There was nothing to deny. Some power gave him the opportunity to change everything, so it didn't matter if he sacrificed his life. He overcame a lot of things to admit that he liked Xia Mi, but men like him always have to fight to the death.
Lu Mingfei felt that the next time he would have to fight hard would be in Tokyo.
Xia Mi was probably really annoyed. She hummed angrily like a pig. She suddenly reached forward and twisted Lu Mingfei's waist muscles with one hand, then twisted them fiercely. "Well, Lu Mingfei, you're thinking about other girls in front of your girlfriend, right? How come I didn't realize you were such a lecher?"
Lu Mingfei grimaced in pain but remained silent.
He felt that he owed Eri a lot, and if she hadn't had to start over again like him, this guilt might have been reduced, but she was someone who, like him and Nono, had gone against the current from a sad fate and returned.
He felt that he had to go to Tokyo no matter what, to find her and tell her that she was actually a very good child. The last time that loser named Sakurua didn't want to leave with her was not because he didn't like her, but because he was a loser with nothing. He was afraid that he couldn't protect Eri, and it was all his fault.
Xia Mi's hand loosened, but Lu Mingfei realized that something illuminated the interior of the car. It was the king named Jörmungandr who awakened in the girl's body. The angry and proud princess was staring at the back of his head through her golden eyes.
But the brilliant gold disappeared immediately. "If I told you not to contact Uesugi Eri in the future, would you break up with me, you scumbag?" Xia Mi's voice sounded a little angry and cute, but Lu Mingfei was really thinking about it seriously. After a long time, he said, "No, but I owe her something and I have to pay it back. I can risk my life for this."
After a pause, he continued, "In fact, I haven't seen her for a long time. Psychologically, time and distance will make people have some kind of illusion similar to liking or loving someone they often miss. Maybe I don't like her, maybe I just feel guilty, but when I really see Hui again...she will know."
Xia Mi took off her deerskin high heels and stretched out her slender and warm feet to kick the back of Lu Mingfei's chair.
"You bastard, Senior Brother!" Xia Mi grinned, "But this is good. If you weren't such a person, how could we like you?"
Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised by Xia Mi's reaction. He finally looked at her in the rearview mirror and stared at her blankly for a few seconds. "Junior sister, you... are so generous?"
"Have you forgotten who I am? I am Jörmungandr." Xia Mi seemed to be a little complacent when talking about this. She hummed and said, "Humans and dragons have different values. It doesn't matter who you like. In the end, you will like me anyway."
Lu Mingfei was stunned, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Nuonuo from the corner of his eye.
Senior sister's expression was very strange. She didn't look depressed or distracted. Instead, it seemed like she was trying not to laugh.
Maybe it was really because of what happened in Nibelung, Xia Mi and her senior sister are now really like sisters. Anyway, they have a very good relationship and probably hide a lot of secrets between girls.
"So, senior brother, do you like senior sister?" Xia Mi suddenly asked out of the blue.
Lu Mingfei widened his eyes.
The reserved and cold attitude that Nuonuo had maintained in the rearview mirror suddenly broke through. A faint blush appeared on her cheeks. She pounced on Xia Mi and tickled her armpits. Xia Mi giggled and begged for mercy while laughing.
Lu Mingfei was a little confused.
"I think I still like her." He said truthfully. Anyway, they had already talked about it today, and Lu Mingfei didn't care how many shameful secrets would be revealed.
"I don't care anyway, and you're going to look for your ex anyway, so why don't we just get together first?" Xia Mi said with a smile.
"Well, this is not good... It's against human ethics, it's against human ethics..."
The back seat suddenly became quiet. Lu Mingfei was about to take a look curiously, but the next second an arm had already strangled his neck from behind.
Lu Mingfei's face was full of horror.
"I never realized you were so extravagant before, and you still want to enjoy the happiness of having two wives!" Nuo Nuo pretended to strangle him, and said viciously, "What do you mean by against human ethics? If it's not against human ethics, Lu Mingfei, do you really want the three of you to be together?"
“No, no, senior sister, please spare my life!” Lu Mingfei screamed.
It seemed like good luck was on their side tonight. They had a smooth journey along the way and all the traffic lights turned green in front of this broken Toyota.
Xia Mi and Nuonuo sent messages to Chu Zihang and Su Qian respectively and agreed on a meeting place. Lu Mingfei stepped on the accelerator and the evening breeze blew in from the skylight. The girls' hair was lifted up, like seaweed swaying with the waves.
Although Lu Mingfei still doesn't know what the future will be like.
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They wandered around the city, and finally walked out of the Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road, heading towards the suburbs. The buildings on both sides that seemed to never go out finally became sparse. Sometimes you could see closed stadiums, where boys in jerseys were sweating. Every time they scored a goal, the girls in white skirts and ponytails sitting on the edge of the stadium would cheer cutely. Youth was flourishing in BJ in May, and everything seemed still beautiful.
The wind started to blow, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse. A long silver river hung above the horizon. The world seemed really round and square. People lived crowded together in a cage-like city, and the sky was just the pot cover.
The road that seemed to lead them to Xia Mi's home seemed to have no end. As they walked, they met Susie and Ling who were waiting for them at the intersection following the navigation. The girls had obviously had a good day and had changed their clothes. Then they saw Finger driving a BYD. He was eating grilled chicken wings while driving and gave Xia Mi and Nuonuo a bag each.
Then they met Chu Zihang and Caesar, who were also dressed casually. Xia Mi said that the brothers had just gone to the Workers' Stadium, but came up empty-handed. Chu Zihang was still carrying the tennis bag, and Caesar actually had a folding fan that looked a bit like an ancient style.
The restaurant that Nuonuo took them to was actually a farmhouse with a pond. The favorite food of the gourmets was the grilled sea bass caught from the pond. The store owner said that they had to fish for themselves and gave each of them a fishing rod. Maybe there really is such a thing as a novice protection period. The girls had good catches on every rod, but the boys had no catch at all.
This was probably the best day of the year, or for a long time to come. Everyone gathered together and put up their fishing rods beside the campfire. The girls huddled together to whisper, while the boys surrounded Lu Mingfei and made eyes at him.
May of 2010. Lu Mingfei silently recited this time. He had a vague guess that perhaps after today, his peaceful life would be far away from him.
"Junior sister." Lu Mingfei squatted on the cement fishing platform and raised a can of beer towards Xia Mi who was grilling chicken wings with Chu Zihang by the campfire.
Xia Mi wiped the sweat from her forehead. Her nose, forehead and cheeks were all covered with black carbon ash. She raised her head and looked at Lu Mingfei.
"Let's go visit your brother tomorrow. Get up early in the morning so we can buy some presents."
Xia Mi lowered her eyelids, her eyelashes trembling in the light of the campfire, and then she suddenly raised her head and showed a very beautiful smile.
"Okay."
Lu Mingfei's heart moved, and time seemed to stand still at this moment. She was indeed a fairy-like girl.
Chapter 149: The Wanderer Chasing the Phantom
When he woke up, it was already around eight o'clock the next morning. Chu Zihang suddenly called out "Wake up" from the corner of the room. Lu Mingfei grabbed a handful of messy hair and fumbled around on the bedside table. It took him a long time to find his cell phone. He checked the time and then struggled to sit up.
Chu Zihang was practicing his standing posture against the wall near the window, with a copy of "One Hundred Chinese Life Etiquette" on his head and a piece of toast in his mouth. He was standing as straight as a pine tree.
Lu Mingfei rubbed his eyes, stretched and said, "Senior Brother, you got up so early."
Chu Zihang said that he had just fried bacon, boiled eggs and heated milk for his mother. Since it was still early, he did not wake up Lu Mingfei and practiced his standing posture at the same time.
Lu Mingfei gave him a thumbs up and ignored him. To be honest, he had been familiar with Chu Zihang's style for many years. Self-discipline, precision, and strict allocation of daily time according to the schedule set the day before. Noble work like standing posture training is not suitable for Boss Lu. Boss Lu is more suitable to be a slacker.
Lu Mingfei crawled out from under the quilt in his pajamas, tidied himself up briefly in the private bathroom, then opened the sky blue velvet curtains and looked outside.
The sparkling lake surface looked like a huge gem embedded in the ground. Several large white geese that flew from nowhere were paddling on the lake with their webbed feet in search of food, mainly small fish and shrimps. Fragments of sunlight passed through the pointed leaves of a few bamboos outside the window and fell on the window in stars, which was very soothing.
This is Chu Zihang's home. Yesterday, Ling was picked up by a very pretty girl who said that she had something to deal with at home. Lu Mingfei thought to himself that he seemed to have heard Ling say that she was born out of a stone without parents, so where did her family come from? Moreover, the girl was obviously Chinese and had a Jiangnan accent. Although she looked like a professional strong woman in a suit, she spoke softly, a bit like a girl under Lu Mingze.
This guy Fingel actually got on the principal's good side. Later that evening, Angers appeared at the door of the farmhouse in a Rolls-Royce, greeted him twice, and then drove away with Fingel.
Lancelot and Caesar were both noblemen with some status. They were invited by a mixed-race family in the country to attend a night dance party. They intended to bring Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang along. Chu Zihang naturally didn't care because he couldn't dance anyway and he could just eat melon seeds if he went. Lu Mingfei was eager to try and see the world, but was pulled out of the car by Xia Mi by the ear.
Since his junior brother didn't go, Chu Zihang didn't go either. Xia Minuo, Su Si and others came to the Shabei family's mansion together. The three girls stayed in a guest room, and Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang shared a room.
In fact, it’s not that there are no extra rooms, but people are used to it, and Lu Mingfei doesn’t want to cause trouble for Aunt Tong and Aunt Su.
Besides, when Lu Mingfei was studying at Shilan Middle School, he stayed at his senior brother's house, and they slept in the same room. There were even two sets of Lu Mingfei's pajamas in Chu Zihang's closet.
Watching Lu Mingfei draw aside the curtains and open the window, Chu Zihang didn't say anything or move, but just looked firmly at the wall in front of him, like a revolutionary martyr.
“Brother, why do we work so hard?” Lu Mingfei leaned against the window, his drooping eyebrows reflecting the fragmented golden sunlight.
He is much taller than Chu Zihang, and his facial features are no worse than anyone else's. When he said this, he actually had the aura of a melancholy male god.
"I'm not tired." Chu Zihang said.
Lu Mingfei was choked and waved his hands to indicate that he didn't want to chat with such a stupid brain.
"Work hard for what you have decided to do. Don't be tired even if you die on the way to doing it," said Chu Zihang.
"Do you regret any of the decisions you made?"
"Why should I regret it?" Chu Zihang finished his standing training, took off the book on his head with his left hand, stuffed the toast into his mouth with his right hand, poured it into his stomach with milk, and then stood next to Lu Mingfei and looked at the lake together.
"Regret is bullying your past self. Why would people bully themselves?" the brother said expressionlessly.
Lu Mingfei looked at his senior brother in surprise, shocked that such philosophical words could come out of his mouth.
"It's almost time. You and Junior Sister have a schedule today. I have to do a temporary task assigned by Professor Schneider. Get ready to go." Chu Zihang reached out and took the clothes off the hanger and patted Lu Mingfei on the chest. "Pack up. I'll take you to the nearest subway station, and then come back to pick up Susie and Chen Motong. They said they want to visit the Forbidden City today."
Lu Mingfei's heart moved. He remembered Fenrir, who was like a big cat. When he died, he held the girl's white body in his mouth and staggered to find a corner to hide himself.
No matter how you look at it, a naughty kid who likes to eat potato chips will never destroy the world.
When he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a low laugh. The laughter seemed to come from his head and also seemed to surround him from all directions.
Lu Mingfei looked up but did not see Lu Mingze.
He felt that he might be suffering from a nervous breakdown. Why would the little devil appear at this time?
Lu Mingfei is the person in the world who has the most contact with Dragon Kings, including Norton, Constantine, Jörmungandr, and Fenrir, but none of them really made him feel their hatred towards humans and the world.
So, dragons can be divided into different types. Some dragons with antisocial personalities should be killed, while those honest dragons that guard their own little piece of land should not be disturbed.
"Okay, Xia Mi and I will go buy some gifts. After all, we are meeting her family." Lu Mingfei put his head into his clothes.
Chu Zihang seemed to be hesitant to speak.
“Brother, I’ve told you many times, you can’t pretend to be hesitant to speak. It’s obvious that you have something to ask but don’t know how to ask first, so you want me to speak first.” Lu Mingfei complained.
"You and your junior sister are together, right?" Chu Zihang also got straight to the point. Lu Mingfei glared at him, "How did you know?"
"Xia Mi told me last night when we were grilling chicken wings. She asked me not to tell anyone else." Chu Zihang said, but he hesitated. "But Finger seemed to be eavesdropping nearby. But I think he should be a man of professional ethics and would not spread this matter everywhere."