Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

So Su Xiaoqiang stomped on Lu Mingfei's foot hard and turned to leave.

Seeing Lu Mingfei captivated by her, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction, as if she had finally gotten her revenge.

So she couldn't help but ask, "Who do you think is prettier, me or Chen Wenwen?"

“Chen Wenwen,” Lu Mingfei blurted out.

The next second, he sensed that something was off.

If I had to describe it, it would be like the atmosphere suddenly changed from "warm rain and clear breeze breaking the ice" to "iron horses and icy rivers entering my dreams".

It's just really scary.

Even the dew on the green belt seemed to exude the bleakness of deep winter.

Su Xiaoqiang had a warm smile on her face, as warm as the June sun. She walked up to Lu Mingfei with a smile, and they were almost only twenty centimeters apart.

Even though Lu Mingfei was taller than her, at this moment it looked as if Su Xiaoqiang was looking down on Lu Mingfei.

"Oh? Chen Wenwen is pretty. How exactly is she pretty?"

Su Xiaoqiang's voice was sweet, but Lu Mingfei felt a chill in his heart—he was still counting on Su Xiaoqiang for help.

Lu Mingfei's mind raced as he searched for a way to escape. Finally, a flash of inspiration struck him: "She...she has an elegant charm! Although her face isn't as pretty as yours, her figure isn't as perfect, and her voice isn't as pleasant, some people like her charm! So she has an advantage in terms of charm!"

"Hmph." Su Xiaoqiang gave a light snort, which was taken as an acknowledgment of the answer.

"Little Heavenly Maiden, shall we go home?" Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.

"What do you mean 'go home'? I mean go home!" Su Xiaoqiang glared at him. "You go back first, I still have to go for my morning run."

"Morning jog? How about I go with you? I can get some exercise too," Lu Mingfei said.

He had just angered Su Xiaoqiang; perhaps running with her for a while would calm her down.

"Whatever you want." Su Xiaoqiang was finding it hard to be friendly to Lu Mingfei these days.

The two ran side by side. At first, Lu Mingfei was at about the same speed as Su Xiaoqiang, but as he ran, he felt a little bored, so he simply recalled the knowledge he had learned from his teachers in Tony's world.

As the saying goes, "Reviewing the old helps one understand the new," and as he recalled things, new ideas kept popping up, and he gradually became engrossed in thinking about them.

His running speed also returned to his "normal" speed.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Mingfei suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him: "Stop!"

Lu Mingfei stopped and turned around. He saw Su Xiaoqiang walking forward weakly, her back bent and one hand clutching her side.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then quickly ran over and helped Su Xiaoqiang up.

At this point, Su Xiaoqiang no longer cared about the somewhat intimate contact between the two. Due to lack of oxygen, her vision was turning black intermittently, and there was a faint smell of rust in her breath.

The worst part was that she also got a side stitch, and her side abdomen was in excruciating pain, like being stabbed with a knife.

"You...you were born in the Year of the Horse...?" Su Xiaoqiang was out of breath, her words coming out in broken sentences.

"Sorry, sorry, I was a little distracted," Lu Mingfei quickly apologized. "You should have told me earlier if you couldn't keep up."

Su Xiaoqiang didn't say anything, but glared fiercely at Lu Mingfei.

Given her strong-willed personality, when she realized that Lu Mingfei had left her behind, her first reaction was naturally to chase after him. However, the more she chased, the more tired she became, and in the end, she could no longer keep up and had to call a stop.

"Then you rest for a while, and we'll slowly walk back," Lu Mingfei said.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded.

Just then, a gust of cold wind blew by, and she couldn't help but shiver.

It's March now, and it's not very cold in the south anymore, but Su Xiaoqiang's exercise this time was excessive. She was drenched in sweat, her clothes almost completely soaked. After the cold wind passed, it was naturally much colder than usual.

Lu Mingfei also realized this, and twisted the fabric of Su Xiaoqiang's clothes with his fingertips, even managing to wring sweat out of the fabric.

"No, you'll catch a cold if you stay like this for too long," Lu Mingfei said.

"So what if I'm going to be cold..." Su Xiaoqiang said in despair, "I really can't go on, I've got a stitch in my side, I can't walk."

"Actually, I have a solution," Lu Mingfei suggested tentatively after a moment's thought.

"Ok?"

……

In front of Su Xiaoqiang's villa.

"Alright, we'll be there soon," Lu Mingfei said.

"Shut up, don't say anything!" Su Xiaoqiang scolded, her face flushed.

“OK.” Lu Mingfei immediately complied.

He also adjusted his posture to hold the girl on his back more securely, so as to prevent her from falling off.

P.S.: I recommend a friend's book, "Becoming a Phantom Thief Starting from the World of Comics," the link is in the synopsis.

Thank you to Mirror Man for the 1000 coins, thank you to Awesome Claes for the 100 coins, thank you to the Person Who Specializes in Attacking the Book of Sages for the 100 coins, and thank you to Having a Date with Ningguang for the 100 coins. Thank you!

P.S.: I recommend a friend's book, "Starting as a Phantom Thief in the World of Comics."

Chapter 22 Netizen Lao Tang

In front of Su Xiaoqiang's villa.

"Okay, put me down. If Aunt Mei sees this, she'll definitely misunderstand," Su Xiaoqiang said, clinging to Lu Mingfei's back.

"Are you alright?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"It's just a side stitch, I'm much better now, at least I should be able to walk on my own," Su Xiaoqiang said.

Actually, she lied. Although she was in excruciating pain from a stitch at first, and couldn't even straighten her back, the stitch came on and went quickly. She was fine halfway through being carried by Lu Mingfei.

But if she had told Lu Mingfei that she was fine then, the scene would probably have been very awkward after Lu Mingfei put her down.

So she simply pretended to have a stitch in her side, thus avoiding speaking to Lu Mingfei and directly preventing any awkwardness.

But now that she was at her doorstep, she couldn't keep up the act any longer. Otherwise, if Aunt Mei, the housekeeper who had already gone home to work, saw her and reported it to her father, things would get complicated.

She was carried into the house by a boy...

"My dad's going to give me a really hard time," Su Xiaoqiang thought to herself.

Lu Mingfei put her down. Although the pain had subsided, Su Xiaoqiang still pinched her side with one hand, pretending that she hadn't fully recovered. She pushed open the door and went in, turning to Lu Mingfei and saying, "Come in."

Lu Mingfei followed Su Xiaoqiang into the house.

A woman who looked to be in her thirties or forties was wiping a vase on the table. When she saw Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei come in, she quickly went over to greet them: "Miss, you're back. And who is this?"

“Aunt Mei, this is my classmate, Lu Mingfei,” Su Xiaoqiang said. “I asked him to help me with my studies.”

Aunt Mei suddenly realized, and bowed slightly to Lu Mingfei: "Hello, Mr. Lu."

"Hello, Aunt Mei."

Lu Mingfei remembered that Su Xiaoqiang had mentioned this "Aunt Mei" to him before, saying that she was the housekeeper and a workaholic.

It seems that it's true now; the housekeeper actually cleaned the house himself.

Although she is no longer young, Aunt Mei is still very beautiful, with her neat shoulder-length short hair. Lu Mingfei can see a similar temperament in her to Pepper, that kind of well-organized and strong woman demeanor.

"Mr. Lu, please wait a moment while I prepare drinks for you. Would you prefer tea, cola, or something else?" Aunt Mei asked.

"Cola!" Lu Mingfei said without hesitation. "If possible, it's best if it's iced."

"Aunt Mei, I'd like a Coke too, room temperature is fine," Su Xiaoqiang said. "But I'm not in a hurry, I'm going to take a shower first."

She was covered in sweat and felt terrible.

Thinking of this, she glared fiercely at Lu Mingfei.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Lu Mingfei shrank back.

Aunt Mei went to prepare drinks, and Su Xiaoqiang turned around and went upstairs, saying to Lu Mingfei, "I'm going back to my room to get a change of clothes. My computer is in my room, you can come over too."

Lu Mingfei followed her into the bedroom. Su Xiaoqiang's bedroom was decorated in a very typical girl's style. Everything was either gorgeous or beautiful. Even the bed was the kind of one you see in TV dramas with pillars at the four corners and gauze curtains hanging from it.

"The computer is right there, there's no password. You can use it directly if you want. You can download games, but you're not allowed to download anything weird," Su Xiaoqiang said. "I take a thorough shower, so you'll have to wait a little while."

"Slow is slow, why bother being so detailed..." Lu Mingfei muttered under his breath.

"What did you say?" Su Xiaoqiang tilted her head slightly and stared at him.

"Let me explain in detail, make sure it's washed clean," Lu Mingfei said seriously.

Su Xiaoqiang's legs ached and felt heavy. Too lazy to argue with Lu Mingfei, she took a few casual clothes from her wardrobe and left the bedroom.

Lu Mingfei couldn't wait to sit in front of the computer and turn it on.

The reason he succumbed to Su Xiaoqiang's computer offensive was certainly not because he wanted to play games, but because he had something important to do—he needed to research information on modern technology.

Of course, it's also necessary to relax and have some fun while doing business, since better rest is essential for better work.

So after a moment's hesitation, Lu Mingfei first downloaded StarCraft, and then, while it was downloading, he started looking for what he needed in his browser.

It has to be said, this is truly a wealthy family; both the computer configuration and the broadband speed are far superior to anything an internet cafe could offer.

Moreover, it's not just the configuration and internet speed; even the feel of the keyboard and mouse is far superior to the computers in the internet cafes that Lu Ming frequents. The mice in internet cafes feel flimsy in your hand, while the mouse on Su Xiaoqiang's computer has just the right weight, like the difference between holding a plastic toy sword and a real sword.

StarCraft was downloaded and installed quickly. Lu Mingfei opened the game, logged into his QQ account, and opened his StarCraft game group.

The people in this group are all StarCraft players. They joined this group to facilitate communication and battles. Lu Mingfei's ID is "Mingming". He is very active in the group. He likes to chime in on whatever topics others are talking about, just to join in the fun. This is completely different from his inconspicuous appearance in real life.

Since leaving home, he hasn't touched a computer, and naturally hasn't been active in the group chat. He only posted his first message in the group chat in the past few days now.

Mingming: "I got a really awesome computer. The keyboard and mouse feel amazing. Anyone want to play a game with me?"

Many people replied to this message, but not a single person wanted to play a game with Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei is one of the top experts in the group, and now he says that his keyboard and mouse feel particularly good. Wouldn't that be like adding wings to a tiger?

After a while, a player with the ID "Old Tang" bravely and domineeringly stepped forward: "Big Head Bear, you're finally online! I've been a lonely pro these past few days. DM me, let's play a game!"

Lu Mingfei's profile picture is a big-headed bear, so some people don't call him by his ID "Mingming" but simply call him "Big-Headed Bear," like Lao Tang.

Old Tang lives in New York City. He's of Chinese descent, and his ID is "Old Tang" because his surname is Tang. However, he's actually not very old. Old Tang claims he grew up in the United States, so his Chinese isn't very fluent, but he can type online quite well.

Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang have a good relationship. Apart from sometimes being too self-important, he has no other flaws. His life goal is to become Indiana Jones.

If there's any problem, it's probably that this guy's Chinese proficiency is clearly terrible, but he always likes to use some obscure Chinese internet slang, and sometimes the messages he posts make people feel embarrassed for him.