Know Yourself in the Dragon World

After waking up, have a cup of black coffee and go to watch the flag-raising ceremony.

It was the second day of my trip to Beijing. I arrived yesterday evening and have slept till now.

"Hurry up, Han Qiu." Lu Mingfei urged.

"I know, don't worry." Han Qiu wiped his face twice and said, "Actually, there's nothing to see."

"Now that I'm here, how can I not take a look?" Lu Mingfei looked out the window expectantly.

It's not yet dawn.

Traveling means going from where you live to where others live and taking a peek.

A brief glance.

"Let's go." Han Qiu took his wallet and said, "What do you want to do after watching the flag-raising ceremony?"

Lu Mingfei thought for a long time and said, "Let's find an Internet cafe to play games."

Han Qiu gave a thumbs up, "Great minds think alike. But why don't we go visit those attractions?"

"Then we'll go to the Internet cafe to play games after shopping." Lu Mingfei said in a very unpromising way: "Do you know how I felt when I celebrated my birthday last week?"

"I know." Han Qiu said, "Finally, I don't have to go to illegal Internet cafes anymore."

"Yes." Lu Mingfei smiled, "My eighteenth birthday is really a bit boring."

Lu Mingfei knew that there were some people in this world whose eighteenth birthday was a rite of passage, with a lavish banquet, cakes taller than people, and brilliant lights.

All the guests attending the banquet were handsome men and beautiful women. Their suits were disposable and the skirts of their evening gowns were three meters long.

Lu Mingfei racked his brains but couldn't guess how much money they spent that night.

This is how the world is. Lu Mingfei will not complain about unfairness, he is just a little bit envious.

The protagonist of the party should be very happy... A birthday that was earth-shattering, as if to let the whole world know: I have become an adult.

Why be so pretentious?

"Ming Fei." Han Qiu asked, "Do you like cake?"

On July 7, it was Lu Mingfei's birthday, and Han Qiu gave him two sets of comic books.

"Actually, I wanted to buy you a cake that day." Han Qiu continued, "But I don't like cakes."

"Why?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"One reason is that I don't like to eat it, and the other reason is... the smallest ones are all so big. Cakes are a lively celebration, you know, I've always been alone. Besides, carrying a cake is too conspicuous. I don't like the idea of ​​a friend who is not really a friend seeing the cake and asking: Is it your birthday?"

“Actually, I don’t like it either.” Lu Mingfei rarely received birthday wishes, so he really regarded Han Qiu as a close friend. “I read this sentence in a book: Birthday cake is the tombstone of youth.”

"So you don't think that youth will last forever if you don't eat cake, right?" Han Qiu said with a smile.

The two have arrived at the square, which is packed with people, all waiting for the flag-raising moment.

They found a place that was neither too close nor too far away, stood side by side, and continued chatting.

"No, what this sentence means is... some people's youth has no tombstone. Just like some people's death, no one mourns and no one remembers it." Lu Mingfei said.

Han Qiu didn't expect Lu Mingfei to say such a classic sentence.

Lu Mingfei seems to have some potential to be the protagonist.

"Why do you think we should come to watch the flag-raising ceremony?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked.

"I don't know." Han Qiu took out the milk and started drinking it.

"When did you get the milk?"

"I took it when I came out."

“You can’t drink milk on an empty stomach.”

"who cares."

Lu Mingfei swallowed and said, "Give me a sip."

"Here you go." Han Qiu handed the milk to Lu Mingfei and looked at the flagpole. "Actually, I'm more curious. Why do you think they want to come and watch the flag-raising ceremony?"

Han Qiu didn't dare speak too loudly, for fear of being heard.

"I don't know." Lu Mingfei gave the same answer.

"Since we don't know, why are we running over here and wasting time?"

"It's better to waste it than to sleep in the hotel bed."

Perhaps many years later, when the two teenagers recall that morning before the sun rose, they will feel that they were a little sick.

I didn't know why I came, nor did I know why others came. I watched the entire flag-raising ceremony in a daze listening to the music, and finally found a place to have an expensive breakfast.

Afterwards, they did not go to see the attractions or go to the Internet cafe. Instead, they returned to the hotel, turned on the air conditioner unscrupulously in the double room, slept soundly with the cold air blowing.

What a waste of time, it's meaningless. As the saying goes "time is money", they spend money like water.

……

It would be really easy to make mistakes if Lu Mingfei was brought along. Han Qi almost forgot the purpose of this trip.

As it’s time to go back tomorrow, Han Qiu just remembered that he had to meet the girl named "Xia Mi".

Mr. Han gave instructions and told them not to meet deliberately, but to meet by chance.

Want to meet someone? Then wait at the gate of the Affiliated High School.

Mr. Han said that the preparatory class provides food and accommodation, and Xia Mi has nowhere else to go in Beijing, so she can only stay in school.

I really don’t know what relationship a girl who is thousands of miles away has with Lu Mingfei.

"Boss, two more glasses of watermelon juice, please." Han Qiu waved.

"I've already had three cups." Lu Mingfei burped, "Still drinking? How about taking a walk?"

"Have another drink." said Han Qiu.

The boss brought two glasses of watermelon juice and smiled from ear to ear.

Han Qiu picked up the watermelon juice and drank it in small sips, his eyes fixed on the school gate.

"She's back." Mr. Han's voice sounded in my mind.

where?

Han Qiu looked around and his eyes were attracted by the beautiful woman in a short skirt across the street.

It is truly flawless and bubblingly beautiful.

Compared with this girl, Su Xiaoqiang is like an ant trying to shake a tree.

"That's her." said Mr. Han.

"Oh my god, a monster..." Lu Mingfei also noticed the girl. "If it's in Journey to the West, she must be a monster."

Sure enough, the boys had the same thoughts. When a beautiful girl walked across the street, Han Qiu and Lu Mingfei focused their attention on her at the same time.

She was carrying a bag, with her hair tied up in a high ponytail and her bangs like clouds. She had a slender figure and fair skin.

Under the short skirt, a pair of well-proportioned long legs took sporadic steps.

"It's worth the trip," said Han Qiu.

He asked Mr. Han again in his mind: "Is it okay for me to fall in love in this world?"

"It's okay." Mr. Han knew what he was thinking, "But this won't work."

“No, I really like this one.”

"That's really not possible. She's not a human. She's a dragon."

"I recognize the dragon too."

"It doesn't work anyway."

"..."

Xia Mi noticed the gazes of the two boys. She was already used to being stared at.

It is impossible for such beauty not to be noticed.

"Go say hello." Han Qiu stood up, and the watermelon juice in his hand instantly lost its fragrance.

“Hey, hey, hey, you’re not going to chat up someone, are you?” Lu Mingfei asked.

"No, just say hello, maybe we can make friends."

"You really like making friends."

Han Qiu quickly paid the bill, and he and Lu Mingfei walked at the same speed as Xia Mi across the street, waiting for the opportunity to cross the road.

However, Xia Mi took the initiative to walk over from the sidewalk, looking around and paying attention to the passing vehicles.

"Pose, pose." Han Qiu leaned against the telephone pole and posed.

Lu Mingfei looked left and right, and finally locked his eyes on the railing of the affiliated high school.

Just like that, one held the electric pole and the other held the railing.

Xia Mi cursed in her heart: Two idiots.

The girl crossed the street and Han Qiu's heart beat faster.

"I told you, this won't work. This is a first-generation king, a dragon, a real dragon." Mr. Han was still trying to dissuade her: "She already has someone in her heart. If you mess around, you will really die."

What made Han Qiu give up the idea was not the king or the dragon, but the phrase "I have someone in my heart".

Han Qiu still has a sense of morality.

Han Qiu is even more afraid of death.

"I see."

"Hello." Han Qiu waved and asked politely, "Can I meet you?"

Xia Mi looked him up and down and shook her head.

Seeing this, Han Qiu decided to use his ultimate move and shouted to Lu Mingfei: "Mingfei, do you have the address of Chu Zihang's house?"

Han Qiu didn't know what Chu Zihang meant to Xia Mi, nor did he know that the person Mr. Han was talking about was Chu Zihang.

He only knew that he would be rewarded if he did what Mr. Han told him to do.

Chu Zihang? Xia Mi's steps suddenly paused.

Memories that had been discarded began to come flooding back.

How many identities can a person have?

How much of a mark can a dragon leave in the world?

Some things, some memories, can be erased from other people, but not from oneself.

But she kept walking.

"Mission completed, bloodline upgraded, Word Spirit obtained. Word Spirit: Burning Body, serial number 20. Bloodline will enter the advanced stage. When the next Word Spirit is obtained, bloodline will be upgraded to B-level."

Han Qiu felt that this was the easiest task ever.

But he didn't know what this mission meant.