Dragon Raja: The Divine Man Lu Mingfei

The Nokia N96's ringtone pulled Lu Mingfei back from the world of StarCraft. Without even glancing at the caller ID, he answered and was about to launch into a tirade when the person on the other end preemptively said:

"Hello, Lu Mingfei, this is Professor Guderian from Kassel College. I'm sorry to call you so late; I hope I've disturbed your rest?"

Lu Mingfei, who was initially annoyed by the interruption, calmed down considerably upon hearing the other party's polite attitude. After all, one doesn't hit a smiling face. He leaned back lazily in his chair and replied casually, "Hello, Professor, what can I do for you?"

"It's like this, Mingfei," Professor Guderian's voice was urgent yet full of sincerity, "Let's meet tomorrow morning. If you're willing to enroll at Kassel College, whatever your requests, just tell me, and I'll do my best to fulfill them!"

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow." Lu Mingfei yawned and was about to hang up, but just as his finger touched the screen, he suddenly remembered something and added, "By the way, I'm bringing a friend with me tomorrow, so she can broaden her horizons. You guys won't mind, will you?"

"This..." Professor Guderian hesitated, looking somewhat troubled, before speaking, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? After all, this is a matter of enrollment between us..."

"Isn't that good?" Lu Mingfei's tone instantly turned cold. "Then forget about the enrollment. You should find someone else." With that, he made a move to hang up the phone.

"Hey, wait a minute! Mingfei!" Professor Guderian panicked when he heard Lu Mingfei was about to back out, and quickly changed his tune, "This is negotiable! Negotiable! Bringing friends is no problem at all! You absolutely can't refuse to join Kassel College!"

"That's good. Let's leave it at that. We can talk about business tomorrow. I have other things to do, so I'll hang up now." After Lu Mingfei finished speaking, he didn't give Professor Guderian a chance to reply and directly pressed the hang-up button. His actions were swift and decisive, without any hesitation.

......

Lu Mingfei spent another sleepless night battling it out in the online world.

The sky outside the window was already bright. He rubbed his eyes, picked up his phone, and found Su Xiaoqiang's number—he had just gotten it yesterday. The old Lu Mingfei didn't even have a cell phone; knowing his contact information wouldn't have mattered. He typed a message and sent it, asking Su Xiaoqiang to come to the Regent Hotel.

Not long after receiving the message, Su Xiaoqiang called back:

"Hey, Lu Mingfei, what are you up to? Calling me to the Regent Hotel so early in the morning, are you trying to trick me into going to a hotel with you?"

"Tsk, little fairy, I advise you not to bite the hand that feeds you. You don't appreciate kindness." Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes. "Didn't I say yesterday that I'd show you the world?"

"Huh? Are you sure? So what you said yesterday was true? You really got accepted into Kassel College? You're not kidding me, are you?" Su Xiaoqiang asked incredulously.

"You'll know when you come," Lu Mingfei replied casually, his tone revealing a sense of confidence.

"Fine, I'll go!" Su Xiaoqiang gritted her teeth, then couldn't help but ask again, "But I'm warning you, if I find out you're playing me, you're dead! You're really not lying to me?"

"Wrapped."

After ending his call with Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei slowly got up to wash up. Once he was done, he slumped back onto the sofa and casually opened a few online forums, browsing posts to kill time.

When he realized it was almost time and guessed that Su Xiaoqiang should have arrived, he stretched lazily, stood up, straightened his clothes, and slowly left the presidential suite to prepare to meet Su Xiaoqiang and Professor Guderian.

Ten minutes later.

"bite."

The elevator doors opened, and Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang stepped out of the express elevator. The elderly man with gray hair immediately walked quickly towards them, grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand, and said, "Mingfei, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for so long."

"Ahem, Professor, I think this idiom shouldn't be used like that," Ye Sheng on the left whispered a reminder.

Professor Guderian gave an awkward smile, then turned his gaze to Su Xiaoqiang beside Lu Mingfei. "Mingfei, is this the friend you mentioned yesterday? Just as handsome as you are! Birds of a feather flock together, indeed!"

"Ahem, Professor, I don't think this proverb is used like that," Akito Shotoku on the right whispered in a similar tone.

Lu Mingfei's lips curled up as he listened, almost unable to suppress his laughter. Su Xiaoqiang, standing to the side, was completely speechless, wondering if this foreign professor's Chinese was taught by a PE teacher. He was clearly praising someone, but why did it sound like he was insulting them?

While Professor Guderian led the way, she nudged Lu Mingfei in the waist and whispered, "Is this the professor you were talking about from Kassel College? He doesn't seem quite right. And wasn't he being a little too enthusiastic towards you?"

"I don't know, maybe that's just his personality. To be honest, we've only been in contact by phone before, and this is the first time I've met him in person." Lu Mingfei shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

Professor Guderian smiled and gestured for Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang to sit down at the table, then raised his hand to signal the waiter to bring breakfast. Coincidentally, the waiter who came was the same one who had been delivering meals to Lu Mingfei for the past few days. Upon seeing this, Lu Mingfei casually said, "The usual." The other four people present were initially somewhat puzzled.

The waitress nodded and turned to leave. A moment later, she returned pushing a food cart. The cart was laden with all sorts of exquisite breakfast dishes. The waitress skillfully placed large and small plates of food in front of Lu Mingfei, piling them up like a small mountain, making the four people beside her stare in disbelief.

After that, she placed a plate of salmon rolls and a glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice in front of Professor Guderian, Ye Sheng, Jiu Deyaji, and Su Xiaoqiang, and then quietly left the room.

Only then did everyone understand what Lu Mingfei meant by what he had just said.

"Mingfei, you have a good appetite! As the saying goes, a good appetite means good health. You truly deserve to be an outstanding freshman about to enroll in Kassel!" Professor Guderian praised.

The others looked speechless, thinking that this professor was really exaggerated, he simply didn't miss any opportunity to praise Lu Mingfei!

"I'm growing a lot lately, so my appetite is bigger. Let's eat and chat," Lu Mingfei said, swallowing a small steamed bun.

"Mingfei, we admire you. If you are willing to join Kassel College, we will provide you with a scholarship of $36000 per year, which will be enough for you to complete four years of university without any worries about food and clothing! And if you have any other requests, please feel free to make them, and we will try our best to meet them."

"Oh, really? I can ask for anything?"

"Really, as long as you don't go too far, the academy guarantees to meet all your needs," Professor Guderian assured him.

Su Xiaoqiang, listening to Lu Mingfei's conversation with Professor Guderian, was completely bewildered. Her mind was filled with questions: When did top universities start requiring such humility in recruitment? Could Lu Mingfei be some kind of hidden super-powerful figure among ordinary people? But recalling Lu Mingfei's pathetic state over the past three years—sleeping in class, failing exams, even blushing when talking to girls—it just didn't seem like him. Su Xiaoqiang rubbed her eyes, unable to help but wonder: Has the world gone mad, or has she, Su Xiaoqiang, gone mad?

"Then I'll make a small request," Lu Mingfei said with a mischievous smile, "My friend here has long admired your school. Could you perhaps let her join us?"