Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 285 Mission: 07-5 Chu Zihang

"Congratulations, Lu Mingfei."

Professor Schneider dismissed the group in the control room, and everyone started to come out. At the door, someone called out to Lu Mingfei from behind. He turned around and was met with a pair of golden eyes.

Those eyes seemed to have some kind of magic, hiding an amazing beauty that made Lu Mingfei unable to look away.

After a second, the man asked doubtfully, "You're not afraid of my eyes either?"

Lu Mingfei then realized that he had been staring into the eyes of a man for nearly three seconds. After shifting his attention away from those eyes, he suddenly recognized the person in front of him.

"Chu Zihang?"

Chu Zihang was a legend at Shilan Middle School. He was a "Zhao Menghua plus," a man whose family background, appearance, and academic ability surpassed everyone else in every possible way they competed during their school days. Lu Mingfei first learned of his presence at Kassel College while browsing the news, and also learned that he was the president of the Lionheart Club. He silently sighed that legends are legends no matter where they are.

And the other party actually took the initiative to talk to him.

"Hello, Senior Brother." Lu Mingfei, who had just realized that he had called him by his first name, quickly changed his tone and said, "What can I do for you, Senior Brother?"

"Just congratulations," Chu Zihang said, "The results of the 3E exam are out, and you're a true 'S' grade."

His tone was calm, as if the class representative had casually said, "The teacher asked me to tell you something." Lu Mingfei was startled and asked, "He came out? How come I didn't know?"

"The principal posted it on the forum's homepage. He also praised you and Nero for your excellent performance and said he was undecided about who would be awarded the Principal's Scholarship this year."

"No, no, it was Nero who deciphered it in the final analysis. If she hadn't noticed the error in the map, someone would have died." Lu Mingfei scratched his head.

Chu Zihang looked Lu Mingfei straight in the eye calmly. "Don't be so modest. Your interpretation of the operating rules is incredibly accurate. No one could have predicted that there would be omissions in the exploration of the Bronze City."

But even though he boasted in front of everyone, Lu Mingfei couldn't be happy. As he'd said, if no one had pointed out the error, two lives would have been lost. It seemed the cheat code the mysterious boy had given wasn't that useful after all. Even after unlocking the entire map with cheats, there was still a small area that required manual exploration.

But... could it be that Nero pointing out mistakes is part of the cheating? It seems plausible, after all, even with the "black sheep wall" cheat, you can't see invisible units, so you really need to send anti-stealth units to scout.

Lu Mingfei fell into doubt and suspicion. At the same time, he kept saying "Thank you, senior brother" and so on.

"Is your brother still studying at Shilan?" Suddenly, Chu Zihang changed the subject and started chatting with Lu Mingfei about family matters.

When Lu Mingfei heard Chu Zihang ask about his brother, his first reaction was to the strange man claiming to be his brother. A chill ran down his spine. But when he heard "studying at Shilan," he realized it was just a case of his time in Kassel causing him to see everything as paranormal. Chu Zihang, having gone to the same middle school as him, was certainly a possibility that he knew about Lu Mingfei and his cousin.

"Still still, you are his idol."

While Lu Mingze was quite famous in his class, Lu Mingfei was completely unknown. Even those who knew Lu Mingze had a brother might not have realized that brother was Lu Mingfei. So Lu Mingfei was very touched that Chu Zihang could recognize him.

Chu Zihang smiled. It wasn't a big smile, just a slight curl of his lips. He changed the subject again: "I remember you liked Chen Wenwen, so how did you end up with Su Xiaoqiang?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. This wasn't because Chu Zihang suddenly asked about his relationship status, nor because Chu Zihang knew about his relationship with Su Xiaoqiang, but because -

"Why do you know about Chen Wenwen's affairs, senior brother?" he asked with difficulty.

"Probably the whole school knows. You're a lot more famous than you think."

Damn it! He was wondering why Zhao Menghua had to drag him out to apologize. It turns out he had done something as ridiculous as this!
If he hadn't asked Nero for help, the consequences would have been unimaginable. The more famous he became, the greater the embarrassment he would suffer!

"...Anyway, there are some complicated situations." Lu Mingfei finally did not directly answer Chu Zihang's question, avoiding this somewhat sharp questioning: "Brother, do you have anything else to say?"

Lu Mingfei looked to the other side. Nero, who had been walking in front of him, was now nowhere to be seen. The banquet hosted by Caesar (in Lu Mingfei's eyes) was not over yet, so he should go there as soon as possible.

"Thinking about Caesar?" Chu Zihang keenly caught his gaze and finally turned to the main topic: "He should be using this opportunity to invite the new students to join the student union. You and Nero are both 'representatives' among the new students, so you both got invited. And the purpose of my talking to you is actually the same."

Chu Zihang said, "Are you willing to join the Lionheart Club? You will be the next president after me."

A formal invitation, a formal agreement, was a step faster than Caesar, who was more particular about formality. Lu Mingfei immediately shook his head repeatedly, but this did not mean to refuse: "No, no. Brother, you are too flattering me. The election of the president is a big deal, and nepotism is not an option!"

It didn’t really matter to Lu Mingfei whether he joined the Student Union or the Lionheart Club, but the position of president sounded unworthy to him.

Chu Zihang didn't take Lu Mingfei's words as a joke and explained seriously, "The candidate for the Lionheart Club's president is nominated by the previous president. Others only have a veto power. And you are S-rank, so they won't oppose you."

"But why me? I actually..."

Lu Mingfei's remaining words got stuck in his throat. He wanted to say that he didn't have much ability, but he had already successfully passed the bloodline test and even demonstrated his "cheating method" in front of everyone. He felt that he was not good enough... but others would not believe him.

Just like the famous quote from Spider-Man: With great power comes great responsibility. This responsibility is the expectations of others, so heavy that it makes Lu Mingfei breathless.

So he didn't say anything. He just changed the subject, avoiding Chu Zihang's gaze: "Why not Nero? She's the one who defeated you and Caesar head-on. She's stronger than me, right?"

"She's not going to join either side."

Chu Zihang’s gaze followed Lu Mingfei and drifted towards the Student Union’s headquarters, Amber Hall: “Caesar said something to me the other day. I didn’t like it very much, but it made a lot of sense.

"He said: An emperor will not submit to another emperor. Caesar has already been defeated by Nero, so unless he abdicates, Nero will not be willing to join the student union.

"And the same goes for the Lionheart Society."

(End of this chapter)