Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

"It's very beautiful here, better than any scenery I've ever seen before." Eiry excitedly wrote in a small notebook for Lu Mingfei to see.

"Yes, I've wanted to bring Eri here for a long time." Lu Mingfei nodded and looked at the scenery outside the cable car.

"But Sakura is not Japanese, how did you know such a beautiful place?" Eri asked curiously.

"I first learned about it from a TV series," Lu Mingfei said. "That Japanese TV series was all the rage in Asia at the time, and this town was a famous filming location in the show, so it became a popular tourist attraction in Shikoku."

"What TV series?" Eri asked.

"Tokyo Love Story, a very old film, but very touching and classic. After the popularity of the TV series faded, fewer and fewer people came to Umezuji-cho. Even today, no one deliberately comes to this place in the southwestern tip of Shikoku." Lu Mingfei smiled, "Maybe I'm just nostalgic. I watch Tokyo Love Story every year and cry every time. It's a bit embarrassing to say."

"It's not shameful. It must be a very touching TV series." Eiry wrote seriously in the small notebook.

"It's really touching, so bringing Eri to Umezuderamachi has become something I'm determined to do." Lu Mingfei looked at Eri, "Come to think of it, I haven't had time to watch Tokyo Love Story this year. When we have time, Eri, will you watch it again with me?"

"Okay." Eiry nodded solemnly, as if she was making a serious agreement with Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei really liked that Japanese drama, and he never denied that he was actually a sentimental person.

After watching "Tokyo Love Story" for the first time, he cried uncontrollably while searching the internet for information and travel videos about Ehime Prefecture and Umezuji Town. So Lu Mingfei knew that Umezuji Town was a town based on copper mining and tourism. He also knew what the town looked like, where on the mountain the town's shrine was located, when the last mountain train stopped running, and what breathtaking scenery one would see once they boarded the train...

"It's indeed beautiful here, but the scenery ahead will be even better." The mountain train stopped a short distance from the top of the mountain. Lu Mingfei took Eri's hand and led her off the train.

There are no signs or notices. The train ends at a Ksitigarbha Temple. The stone shrine is only as high as an adult man's thigh. There is a rough little Buddha statue in front of the temple. Bricks and tiles one foot square are placed on the top of the mini Buddha statue to protect it from wind and rain. Even though this stone Ksitigarbha Temple looks extremely simple, it can be considered a complete Ksitigarbha Temple as long as the roof is sealed.

It is said that there is a god living in every Jizo Temple. They will live in this small temple in the form of souls. As long as someone brings food and sincerity to visit them, they will use their divine power to fulfill the wishes of the worshippers. Those stone Jizo Temples that have not been visited for a long time will gradually be abandoned, and the gods living in them will disappear from this world forever.

Lu Mingfei took out a rice ball and a sweet cake given by the sweet shop owner from his handbag and placed them in front of the small Buddha statue, then walked towards the top of the mountain with Eiry.

There was a forest in front of them, and a road paved with bluestone slabs was winding between the trees. It looked like no one had walked on this road for many years. The slabs were bumpy and full of potholes. The grass and trees on both sides of the road were growing wildly. Wind grass and square fern savagely occupied the pedestrian path, as if this primitive jungle did not want to be disturbed by humans anymore. However, among these beautiful plants, there were also poisonous mugworts that could cut the skin. Lu Mingfei stepped on the stems and roots of those mugworts to clear the way for Eri.

The road ahead was a little wider, and there were fewer weeds in the way, but there were quite a few fallen leaves on the bluestone slabs, and the moss was unexpectedly slippery. It looked like it had rained in the mountains yesterday. Because Eri was wearing wooden clogs that matched her shrine maiden costume, Lu Mingfei was afraid that she would slip and fall, so he came to her side, put his arm around her waist, and walked side by side with her.

The sunlight penetrates the dense web of tree shade and falls straight down like glowing lines. There is a thin fog in the woods. Due to the Tyndall effect, the light is divided into beams in the fog, and it looks like warm spots on the skin. Perhaps this is the romance of nature. The sunlight that cannot be touched or grasped here not only has temperature but also shape.

At the end of the road is a large mine. The mine has long been blocked with stones and fences. A warning sign next to it reads "Exhausted, No Entering". In the open space in front of the mine stands a row of vermilion wooden pillars and square platforms.

Colorful carp flags are hung on the pillars. This is a custom called "Boys' Day" in Japan, which began in the Edo period. Whenever a boy is born in a family, a carp flag is hung in front of the door to wish the boys to grow up healthily, be vigorous and bravely jump over the "Dragon Gate" like carp. There are porcelain vases on the square table with peach blossom branches inserted in them. Peach Blossom Festival is a festival for girls in Japan. If a girl is born in someone's family in the town, a gorgeous peach blossom is inserted in the porcelain vase.

But the red paint on the pillars has become mottled, the carp flags are a little worn, the peach branches have long since withered, and the tracks of the mine cars are rusty, just like the bluestone road we came here on. After the mineral resources in the mountains were mined, it seems that no one has cared about this place for many years.

Seeing the once bustling tourist attraction become so deserted now, Lu Mingfei felt a little sad.

Lu Mingfei stood in front of the mine. He squatted down and motioned Huili to get on his back. Huili hooked her arms around Lu Mingfei's neck, and Lu Mingfei jumped up from the stone wall beside the mine with Huili on his back. The girl's skirt fluttered in the air.

Lu Mingfei carried Hui Liyi on his back and came to a huge rock beside the cliff. Standing on the top of the rock, Lu Mingfei bent down and slowly put Hui Liyi down.

Chapter 492 The Dream That Changed Lu Mingfei's Life

Eri stood on a steep cliff, the mountain breeze lifted her crimson skirt. Eri stretched out her hand toward the outside of the cliff, looking like a red bird about to soar into the wind.

The girl's pupils widened involuntarily, as if she wanted to take in everything she saw and then deeply engrave it in her mind.

The sound of the tide echoed between heaven and earth, filling the ears. The setting sun dyed the sea surface into a glassy golden color. The end of the sea and the distant skyline seemed to be connected together. The huge sun selflessly spread its last glow to the world, and then slowly sank below the sea surface, like a tired giant returning home. The surging golden waves pushed in from afar, slammed hard against the cliff under the feet, and shattered into golden waves.

The sea breeze blew from a distant place, brushed through the mountains and forests, and turned into a strong mountain breeze. The wind blew across the vast ocean, blew tens of thousands of hectares of forests, and finally blew across the girl's face. Eri's long hair danced in the wind.

The crimson and emerald green sea of ​​trees in the distant mountains sway in the wind. There are probably hundreds of thousands of trees here, and each tree has tens of thousands of leaves. At this time, the leaves on all the treetops are swaying rhythmically and neatly, making a pleasant "rustling" sound. The wind is like an invisible but highly skilled conductor, and every leaf is a performer. There are countless performers here, playing the most natural and moving symphony in the world.

There were almost no people on the streets of the town, and the primary school they had passed by not long ago was also deserted. The cherry trees swayed wildly in the evening breeze, and the white petals fell like winter snow.

It is dinner time now. The houses in the town are all lit up with warm yellow lights. From a high vantage point, they look like stars scattered on the ground. Figures are bustling in the grid-like windows. Some are the backs of women busy cooking in the kitchen, and some are the shadows of families sitting together warmly and chatting... Eri looks at the happy little squares, her eyes reflecting the light of longing and yearning.

There is a lookout tower in a corner of the town. It used to be used to observe the running of mountain trains and minerals. Now it has been transformed into an observation tower. This is probably the tallest building in the entire town of Meizuji-machi. Compared with the Tokyo Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower, this lookout tower can only be regarded as a miniature tower, but under the setting sun, its shadow is infinitely magnified, covering the entire town, like a silent giant guarding a corner of the town.

Several towns stood by the sea. Lu Mingfei's fingers flicked over them one by one, introducing the names of each town to Eri. Beneath their feet was Umezuji Town, adjacent to the other side of the cliff was Yamazen Town, further away was Tsukishigajo Town, and close to the coast was Matsutaka Town...

The train tracks run through these small towns and extend along the coastline. The coastline is winding, but the tracks are a straight line. Some parts are built on the sea. When the loud whistle sounds, an old-fashioned iron train slowly approaches from a distance. The train passes through the crystal waves, and the sunlight shines into the transparent windows. There are colorful figures in the car in groups of three or two. The train slowly stops at the platform of Umezuji-machi. The platform is written with "Umezuji Station" and "Tokyo Radio Station".

No one got off the train, no one was waiting, and the platform of the small station was empty.

It is rare to see nostalgic people like Lu Mingfei in Meizuji Town nowadays, let alone running to such a remote town for a TV series from twenty years ago. Such stubborn lunatics are really rare nowadays.

As Lu Mingfei said, even if "Tokyo Love Story" was once incredibly popular and captivating, that was a long time ago. Such a long time could have worn away even Rika's unwavering and stubborn love for Kenji, let alone a tourist attraction made popular by a TV series. With society developing so rapidly and everyone so busy, many people still find high-tech gadgets more enjoyable and less stressful, and beautiful scenery can only exist in the mind. As a result, Umezuji Town has returned to the obscure, quiet town it once was.

Lu Mingfei came behind Eriyi, his hands gently resting on her shoulders. His pupils reflected the same scenery as Eriyi's. He suddenly sang softly in Eriyi's ear:

“I don’t know where to begin

Time passes silently

The words that surged into my heart disappeared without a trace

Your beauty is so moving

I can't fall in love with you directly

……

I like you more and more every day

Love you more than now

Everything I have has come to you across the barriers of time and space

I want to turn into wings and protect you tightly

I want to become the wind and hug you gently

......"

"Sudden Love", the theme song of the Japanese drama "Tokyo Love Story", is Lu Mingfei's favorite song.

During those days when he missed Eri alone, Lu Mingfei would always imagine the scenery in front of him and listen to this old song over and over again. So he had memorized the lyrics and tune of this song by heart, and his Japanese pronunciation was quite standard. His singing was like the wind, and the melody was filled with the most real emotions in his heart... This emotion had been suppressed in his heart for so long that Lu Mingfei's voice trembled slightly.

Some people say that when you forget someone, it starts from his face. You will first forget his appearance, then forget his smell, and gradually forget the things you did together. Finally, this person disappears from your memory silently... But when one day you hear a familiar voice ringing in your ears, the vague shadow buried deep in your memory once again emerges in your mind. You turn around hurriedly, only to see the crowd rushing past you like a tide. You can't find that familiar figure, and you suddenly remember that so many years have passed, you only remember the voice that has always remained in your memory, but even if the other person is standing in front of you now, you may not recognize him.

The sunset sank with Lu Mingfei's singing. Eili remained silent. She listened quietly and watched quietly. The coastline became darker and darker. The waves beat tirelessly against the black cliffs. The shadow of the watchtower was stretched longer and longer. Time passed quietly... Lu Mingfei's gaze slowly moved from the scenery to Eili's face. He looked into Eili's eyes.

He hoped that Eri would also think the scenery here was beautiful, because this was the most beautiful place in Japan in Lu Mingfei's mind. For a while, he frantically searched for scenery photos of Ehime Prefecture. A post titled "No one has ever stood here to see the world" attracted his attention. When Lu Mingfei opened the post, he saw the scenery in front of him. The photo was taken by a professional photographer standing on the huge rock under their feet.

That picture is still saved in Lu Mingfei's mobile phone. He didn't use it as the screen saver or cover of his phone because he was afraid that he would get tired of the beautiful scenery after seeing it too much. But he couldn't help looking at it because he couldn't help thinking of Eiry. When he thought of Eiry, he couldn't help but take out the photo and imagine himself and Eiry standing in this scenery.

Now his fantasy has come true. The beautiful scenery is far more shocking than in the photo. The beloved girl is standing within his reach. Everything is so beautiful that it seems like a dream, yet it is extremely real.

"So this is the kind of world Sakura has always wanted me to see." Eri wrote silently in the small notebook and showed it to Lu Mingfei.

"Is it different from what Eri imagined?" Lu Mingfei also wrote in the small notebook.

"It's different." Eri wrote seriously, "I didn't expect the world to be so quiet."

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He didn't expect Eiry to use "quiet" to describe the world. It was a unique adjective. But Lu Mingfei soon figured it out. Eiry has been living in Tokyo, a metropolis that never sleeps. That brightly lit city always seems to be full of feasting and revelry. Time flies by like a whistling express train with a huge rumbling sound. For Eiry, who has extraordinary hearing, that noisy world should make her... very uneasy.

But in a small town like Umezuderamachi, everything slows down. There are no office workers rushing on the road, and no taxis running day and night for a living. Time flowing through this quiet town seems to have slowed down a bit, just like an old slow train running along the coastline, and the faint sound of the tide washes away the impatience in people's hearts.

"Yes, so I told Eri that the world is big. It has a noisy side and a quiet side, a dangerous side and a beautiful side." Lu Mingfei said softly, "How the world looks to you depends on the angle from which you look at it."

Eri nodded, and then she wrote in her notebook for Lu Mingfei to see: "Sakura sings very well too."

Eiry was talking about the song "Sudden Love" sung by Lu Mingfei, which was very nice. She had not heard many of these songs, but she could fully feel the tranquility from Lu Mingfei's singing that matched the scenery in front of her.

"If you listen to it over and over again, even the unfamiliar songs will become familiar to you." Lu Mingfei said a little embarrassedly, "In fact, I don't know many Japanese songs. Most of them are theme songs from some chuuni anime. This is the only theme song for Japanese dramas like this one."

"Has Sakura been watching this TV series for a long time?" Eri asked a question she had been curious about in her notebook. "I remember Sakura said that she knew what I looked like before she first met me?"

"Yes, a long time ago." Lu Mingfei nodded, "Five years ago, when Eri didn't even know 'Sakura', I already knew Eri."

"Five years ago?" Eri continued writing in the notebook.

"Yes, five years ago." Lu Mingfei did not avoid the topic this time. Instead, he stared into Eiry's eyes with an expression more serious than ever before.

This time, Eiry did not continue writing in the notebook. She also looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes, waiting seriously for Lu Mingfei to say the next words.

"Eri probably wouldn't have guessed it, but I was a completely different person five years ago. If I had to describe myself in one word, it would be a complete loser..." Lu Mingfei chuckled self-deprecatingly. "At least in the eyes of my classmates, I was a guy with little presence. My grades were average, and I wasn't outstanding in either academics or sports. I'd never done anything earth-shattering. And compared to my classmates, there was one thing I couldn't match, no matter how hard I tried."

"What is it?" Eiry couldn't help but ask in the little notebook.

"It's family." Lu Mingfei said calmly, "The high school I attended was called Shilan Middle School, an aristocratic high school in the city. Students who could get into this school were either outstanding in grades, or had wealthy families, or their families held official positions. My senior brother Chu Zihang also graduated from Shilan Middle School. He was the best role model in Shilan Middle School. He was handsome, had excellent grades, and his family ran a big business. Of course, compared to the Eight Sheqi Families, it was definitely nothing, but in that small coastal city outside, he was considered very rich. All the girls in Shilan Middle School liked him... and I was just boarding at my aunt's house at that time, squeezing into a room with my cousin."

"Is that the aunt who had dinner with me?" Eiry thought of the middle-aged woman at the Kita Aoyama dinner party.

"Yes, they are my uncle, aunt, and cousin. They are all the relatives I know in this world besides my parents." Lu Mingfei whispered, "My parents are archaeologists and often travel all over the world. As far as I can remember, I haven't been reunited with them for a long time. After I started junior high school, I started living with my aunt. My parents would regularly remit fees to my aunt's family, but my relationship with my aunt was not good at that time... It's not bad, it's terrible. My aunt is a very typical Chinese housewife, but what housewife would like a child who is not outstanding in anything, speaks poorly, and has an unpleasant personality?"

"So this is what Sakura used to be like." Eri nodded, and then wrote in the notebook, "But Sakura now is completely different from back then."

"Yeah...it was a girl who completely changed my appearance." Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at the setting sun. The huge sun had already sunk halfway into the sea level. The last rays of light shone on his face, stretching his shadow very long.

Eiry looked at Lu Mingfei's face bathed in the sunlight, and she keenly noticed that there had been some changes in Lu Mingfei's temperament, as if a young child had grown mature and experienced at a rapid speed. Although his appearance and features had not changed at all, there was an indescribable sadness in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, as if some huge regret had suddenly fallen on his shoulders... Eiry realized that Lu Mingfei was about to talk about something very important.

After a long silence, which seemed like a long life, Lu Mingfei finally spoke slowly.

"One night five years ago, I suddenly had a dream."

Chapter 493 "Dragon Clan"

"This dream completely changed my life." Lu Mingfei said in a hoarse voice.

Eiry pricked up her ears and listened quietly. She was really a good listener. When Lu Mingfei was narrating, she never interrupted him out of curiosity. She looked at Lu Mingfei seriously, making Lu Mingfei feel that she had heard every word he said to heart.

"In that dream, I foresaw my future life." Lu Mingfei said softly as he looked at the setting sun. The breath of sadness slowly rose from Lu Mingfei's body like a mighty tide.

"Did Sakura also dream about today's scene?" Eri asked in her notebook. She cooperated with Lu Mingfei very well. Even though the precognitive dream that Lu Mingfei described was so unbelievable, she never thought that Lu Mingfei was lying or making up lies to fool her.

"No." Lu Mingfei shook his head. "In my dream, I was standing here too, with Eri, and seeing this scenery. But that me and the me now are two completely different people. The me in my dream passed by all the beauty in the world, drifting further and further away in a life filled with regret and remorse... It's a sad story."

Eiry's eyelashes trembled. She didn't know what kind of tragic life could make Lu Mingfei say such words.

"When I was in high school, there was a girl in my class named Chen Wenwen. She was the president of our school's literature club. She was quiet and pretty, and the dream girl of many boys in the class." Lu Mingfei narrated the story from the very beginning. "There's no doubt that Chen Wenwen was also the secret crush of the once-loser me."

"Back then, I stayed up until the wee hours just to wait for Chen Wenwen to reply to my messages. I joined the literature club and helped out with the hard labor, hoping she'd glance at me more. I did things to attract attention in class just to make her laugh... Now it sounds stupid, but at the time, I didn't feel stupid, because liking someone is your own business. Adolescent secret crushes are inherently naive and immature, and that's why they're beautiful..." Lu Mingfei paused, "If that innocent fantasy hadn't been shattered."

"After graduation, my classmates organized a party in a movie theater. I wore the best clothes I'd ever worn, stuffed my bag with Chen Wenwen's favorite dandelions, and combed my hair meticulously. If I had a horse under my crotch, I would have felt like a general about to charge into battle... because I was about to confess my love to the girl I had a crush on," Lu Mingfei said. "As soon as the movie ended, I jumped onto the stage, ready to loudly confess my love to Chen Wenwen. For a loser like me, this was the most manly thing I could do. I gambled everything I had on it!"

"And then?" Eiry couldn't help but ask. She wasn't like an ordinary little girl who would get jealous or act like a little girl when she heard Lu Mingfei mention other girls he had a crush on in his dreams.

"Then the students next to me reminded me that I was standing in the wrong position. Just when I was confused, they told me that we were all extras. Then I saw a string of English letters on the big screen, 'I love you', which means 'I love you'. I was standing at the very front, and I was playing the lowercase 'i'."

"At that moment, I felt my body getting colder and colder. I watched Zhao Menghua, the most charming boy in our class, walk towards Chen Wenwen with a rose in his hand," Lu Mingfei said. "Zhao Menghua was a well-known rich second-generation boy in our class. His reputation at Shilan Middle School rivaled that of my senior Chu Zihang. All the boys in the class were his followers, and he was also very popular with the girls."

"Chen Wenwen agreed to Zhao Menghua's proposal, unsurprisingly. Actually, everyone in my class, including Chen Wenwen herself, knew all about this elaborate confession. They also knew I had a crush on Chen Wenwen, so they kept it a secret from me," Lu Mingfei said. "Unknowingly, I became cannon fodder and a backdrop for a rival who was superior in every way. In the end, Zhao Menghua made a provocative face at me, told me to return to the small 'i' position, and said that extras would receive red envelopes."

"Didn't Sakura beat him?" Eri wrote seriously in the little notebook.

"I did want to, but I didn't dare. If it were according to the plot of the hot-blooded comics, I should have turned around and started a fight with Zhao Menghua. The winner would have Chen Wenwen. But I'm a loser. My sports performance is not as good as Zhao Menghua's. He has a lot of brothers. I would definitely be at a disadvantage in a fight. I've been a coward for so many years, I'm used to it." Lu Mingfei shook his head. "So I said "oh" and rolled back to play the lowercase 'i' in shame, watching the girl I like happily in the arms of another man... So, how about it, isn't it a loser?"

"That sounds pathetic," Eri wrote in her notebook. "Why doesn't Sakura leave?"

"Yes, the atmosphere was so awkward that I couldn't stand it even for a moment. I was about to leave when the door to the theater suddenly opened," Lu Mingfei said. "Someone walked in from outside, suddenly interrupting this joyful occasion."

"Who is it?" Eiry asked cooperatively.

"She's my senior sister, Nuonuo." Lu Mingfei said.

"Senior sister and we were like people from two different worlds. Her brilliance overshadowed everyone else in the room. Even Zhao Menghua, the most popular among us, paled in comparison. She was like a ray of light, illuminating my darkest moments. Senior sister wore bright and beautiful clothes and changed me into bright and beautiful clothes too. She held my arm and told me to stand taller. Being held by such a charming girl, that unattractive guy, no matter how plain-looking he was, suddenly became the center of attention." Lu Mingfei described it vividly. "We walked towards the door of the screening room, and Senior sister took me to a flaming red Ferrari. We sped away towards the elevated highway in the distance. I didn't look back, but I know that the classmates who looked down on me must have been standing at the door of the screening room, staring at our backs in amazement."

"Senior Sister is awesome." Eri praised sincerely.

"Yes, Senior Sister is absolutely amazing. Such a wonderful girl, it was natural for me, a once-loser, to fall in love with her." Lu Mingfei said frankly, "The door to Cassel opened for me, and Senior Sister brought me to a brand new world. I learned that in this world there are immortals who can live to be over 130 years old and still be alive and kicking, there are dragons, and there are even half-bloods."

"The academy defines me as an 'S'-level student, a once-in-forty-year prospect. In short, I'm someone with incredibly high potential, but I have no idea what my strengths are. I'm the most elite student in the world's most elite academy. Right after I enrolled, I destroyed the leaders of both the Student Union and the Lionheart Club on Free Day. The academy's two largest clubs offered me olive branches, and I joined the Student Union, where its president, Caesar Gattuso, took a liking to me." Lu Mingfei whispered, "But only I know that, at heart, I'm still that loser. I rejected my senior brother and joined the Student Union simply because my senior sister was there. I had a crush on her just like I had on Chen Wenwen... No, it was even more humble and shameless than my crush on Chen Wenwen, because I completely overlooked the fact that my senior sister was Caesar's girlfriend."

"Is that the golden foreigner?" Eiry asked.

"Yes, the old man was very loyal. He knew I was in love with my senior sister, but he didn't expose me or try to trip me up in secret. Instead, he treated me very well. At that time, I both admired and envied him." Lu Mingfei said, "A person faces countless choices in life, and any decision you make has the potential to change your life. Kassel College was the biggest watershed in my life. I completely bid farewell to my previous ordinary life and lost myself in a life paved with tragedy."

"The first tragedy befell a friend of mine. His name is Lao Tang, a Chinese-American whom I met while playing games," Lu Mingfei said. "You've met Eri before. He's the one who came to see me when I was unconscious, the one with droopy eyebrows and a lot of chatter."

Eiry thought about it, she remembered the happy-looking old Tang, and nodded.

"Old Tang's main job is a bounty hunter, a shady profession that involves traveling far and wide to help their employers complete missions. They'll do anything as long as they're paid enough," Lu Mingfei said. "At the time, I didn't know Old Tang was a hunter, and Old Tang didn't know I was a student at Kassel Academy. Because of a mission, Old Tang infiltrated Kassel Academy, and fate pitted us two unsuspecting friends against each other, and tragedy ensued."

"Old Tang is a god-like being who has never awakened. However, during a mission to infiltrate Kassel Academy, he witnessed certain scenes that triggered his alter ego, awakening his other personality." Lu Mingfei said, "The awakened Old Tang wreaked havoc at Kassel Academy before returning to his home beneath the Three Gorges Reservoir. Old Tang has become an enemy we must eliminate. As an S-rank student, I feel obligated to join the team to defeat Old Tang. Coincidentally, this operation is commanded by Boss Caesar, and my teammate is my senior."

"The awakened Old Tang has lost his memory. His destructive power is immense, even more powerful than Eri's. Senior Sister was seriously injured and gave me her oxygen mask, giving up her only chance of survival." Lu Mingfei said with regret, "To save Senior Sister, I made a deal with the devil. I sold my soul and killed my own friend with my own hands."

Lu Mingfei described the deal between him and Lu Mingze in a very obscure way. Most people would probably understand this as Lu Mingfei betraying his principles and killing his friend against his will. However, only Lu Mingfei and a certain little devil knew that this sentence implied the darkest exchange of power and authority in the world.

The moment Lu Mingfei said this, a cold cough came from a dark corner, as if there was a cold devil hiding there, using this sound to remind Lu Mingfei that he was not allowed to mention the world's most secret deal to a third person except them.

Lu Mingfei turned his head and glared coldly. In the corner of the mountain wall, only the shadows of fallen leaves mixed with fluttering cherry blossoms remained. The devil sighed and disappeared without a trace, as if he had never appeared.

"Sakura will be very sad then." Eri wrote in the small notebook with concern on her face.

"It's very sad. Although it wasn't my personal experience, just thinking about my good friend dying because of me makes me feel deeply suffocated." Lu Mingfei whispered, "Old Tang was one of the few friends I had. He was able to play with me when I was still a poor kid. Old Tang was such a good person. So I'm very sad, but more than sadness, I feel powerless, and there is a certain sadness that already exists in this world."