Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 249 Mission: 03-2 Confession
"Nonsense, I still have self-awareness."

Chen Wenwen's grades were indeed excellent, and she would have no problem getting into most prestigious universities in China, but getting into the top schools depended on luck. She seemed to have relaxed a little at Lu Mingfei's words, and she smiled slightly. "How are you? Have you prepared well?"

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat at the sudden concern. He didn't dare meet Chen Wenwen's gaze, but turned his head and said, "Hey, I'm just going through the motions. Maybe they made a mistake when filling out the notice."

He couldn't help but wonder. Lu Mingfei even suspected that Chen Wenwen had come today specifically to test his sincerity in enrolling. How could she already be trying to undermine his faith after only two minutes of meeting her?
So Lu Mingfei silently recited the Heart Sutra in his mind: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practices profound Prajnaparamita...

Then he couldn't recite it anymore. Beyond that first line, Lu Mingfei only remembered "Color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color." Unable to maintain his composure, Lu Mingfei subconsciously touched his mouth, trying to see if he really had that infatuated look on his face when he saw Chen Wenwen, as Nero had said.

"Your spoken English is good, but you still have to take it seriously. What if you pass it?"

The demon's voice still echoed in Lu Mingfei's ears. He hadn't imagined what "lewd music" meant in class before, but now he felt he knew. Unable to imitate Tang Sanzang, Lu Mingfei sighed silently, turned around, and finally met Chen Wenwen's eyes.

The door of the conference room was opened again, and Su Xiaoqiang walked out with a rather exasperated look on his face, glaring fiercely at the interviewer Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng was not angry either. He politely sent Su Xiaoqiang away and called out the next name: "Zhao Menghua."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic towards Su Xiaoqiang, even though he had no idea what was really going on. It was obvious that the Dragon Slaying Academy interviews were designed to identify dangerous individuals lurking within the crowd, and the questions they'd ask would undoubtedly be quite off-the-beaten-path. Su Xiaoqiang probably felt like he'd been tricked.

Zhao Menghua, thoroughly prepared for the interview, looked as solemn as if he were attending a wedding. Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen watched him walk into the room, then the door blocked their view.

Chen Wenwen's gaze fell on Lu Mingfei again. The frustrated Liu Miaomiao and the angry Su Xiaoqiang were both gone, and now they were the only two people he still recognized. Under her gaze, Lu Mingfei felt an itch in his back, and he couldn't sit still.

"If that happens, it will be hard for us to meet in the future."

This was his response to Chen Wenwen's words. But as soon as he finished speaking, Lu Mingfei wanted to slap himself. He felt like he had lost his mind. The atmosphere was already a bit strange, so why did he say such a thing?
"That's what graduation is like. We'll still be classmates in the future," said Chen Wenwen.

Lu Mingfei raised his head and met Chen Wenwen's eyes again.

He suddenly understood why Chen Wenwen seemed to be so concerned about him today. Ultimately, it was because Lu Mingfei was acting so abnormally that he had to pay attention. Normally, he kept his head down and rarely met Chen Wenwen's gaze, but today he was being a little too deliberate.

Because he has a guilty conscience.

Knowing that Chen Wenwen cared so much about him, Lu Mingfei should have been overjoyed, but at this moment he suddenly felt a sense of peace. Even the Heart Sutra could not bring him a sense of peace.

That's right, it's come to this now, what's the point in hiding it? Chen Wenwen herself said that at worst, we can still be classmates in the future.

"I like you."

It was a very inappropriate confession. The time was wrong, the place was wrong, the occasion was wrong, the atmosphere was wrong, even the person confessing and the words were wrong. But it was this brief moment of courage that compelled Lu Mingfei to utter the words he had thought he would keep hidden forever.

Chen Wenwen was stunned. She blinked in confusion, looking at Lu Mingfei in disbelief. Her instantaneous courage receded. Lu Mingfei smiled awkwardly, scratching his head and turning his face away: "Does it make you feel uncomfortable? Being liked by someone like me."

"No, no." Chen Wenwen quickly shook her head, a faint blush on her cheeks: "Instead, I should apologize... I'm sorry, I actually knew it all along."

The awkward atmosphere suddenly became even more awkward, but at least it wasn't too unbearable anymore. Lu Mingfei relaxed a little and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay. I know I'm hopeless."

In the corner of his vision, Chen Wenwen lowered her head and whispered, "Am I really bad? I clearly know that you like me, but I pretend not to know and ask you to help me with this and that..."

"No, no, no, I did this voluntarily." Lu Mingfei shook his head repeatedly: "After all, liking someone is a one-way thing. I really don't blame you. Compared to unrequited love, I think it's worse to not even have someone you like. Don't some people say that love can give people strength? You have given me a lot of strength. I also want to thank you for letting me like you."

After spewing out such a long string of words, Lu Mingfei, feeling a little short of breath, took a breath and sighed inwardly that he really had been praising Chen Wenwen like a white lotus. Could this be the case of beauty in the eyes of the beholder?

It’s a pity that he and Chen Wenwen can’t be considered lovers, they can only be considered friends at most.

"Thank you."

Chen Wenwen finally spoke again: "But, I'm sorry."

This was a clear rejection of Lu Mingfei's "I like you." Hearing this, Lu Mingfei finally let go of the weight of his frustration: "It's okay, we're still classmates after all. I'll still help with the literature club."

"Yeah. Thank you."

After the window paper was broken, there wasn't much left to talk about. But Lu Mingfei didn't feel sentimental. It was like a game of StarCraft. Your population and economy were crushed by the opponent, and they had several more mines than you. You would definitely go all in for the final wave. If you win, you can continue playing. If you lose, it's game over. The sooner you go all in, the better.

Fortunately, someone reminded him in time.

"Chen Wenwen."

Finally, Chen Wenwen was called. Before she turned and left, Lu Mingfei gave her a thumbs-up. Chen Wenwen smiled faintly and nodded.

Zhao Menghua came out with a bewildered look on his face, not even noticing the others, and staggered away. A moment later, Chen Wenwen came out, looked at Lu Mingfei, whose name was called, hesitated for a moment, and then quietly gave him a thumbs-up as they passed by.

"Thank you."

Walking into the conference room, there was an interviewer sitting at the empty long table. Like Ye Sheng, she was wearing a dark green uniform and stood up to salute Lu Mingfei.

That was Ye Sheng’s partner, Shude Aki.

(End of this chapter)