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

Chapter 945 Life

It's like walking into a carnival, where everyone has a mask on their face, with smiling and flattering faces on the masks. However, this hypocritical mask is only worn when facing people of the same status or higher class than them. Otherwise, all you can see are real and extremely sarcastic faces, and they may not even be taken seriously by others.

“Actually, sometimes I really hated this world.” Lu Mingfei, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

There was no response and Lu Mingfei even thought that Eiry had not caught up with him. He turned around and found that Eiry had been standing behind him, looking at him quietly.

Lu Mingfei winked at Eri.

Eiry also winked at Lu Mingfei.

"Is Eri waiting for me to continue?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Yeah." Eri nodded slightly.

"Don't you find it weird, Eri?" Lu Mingfei asked. "I hate this kind of talk in this world. It's like a child who hasn't grown up yet."

To be precise, it is more like the words that a middle school boy like Noda Shou who used to hang out on the streets would say. Coming from Lu Mingfei's mouth now... it is actually quite childish.

"It's not strange." Eri shook her head, "Sakur hates this world, it's this world that's strange.

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He completely understood what Eri meant. He also didn't expect Eri to say such a thing, so he was so surprised.

If you hate something, it’s definitely not your problem, but something wrong with the thing… even if it’s as big as the world.

You hate this world, not because you are weird, but because this world is weird, so you hate it.

Lu Mingfei looked at Eri's serious expression, and suddenly he felt an unprecedented feeling, this feeling might be called... a sense of identity.

It is an unconditional sense of recognition. Even if you are naive, even if you are a middle school student, even if what you say sounds unreasonable, the other party will recognize you no matter what.

If you are on the rooftop and yell in a childish and crazy way, "Exile, destroy this world", the other person will shout with you, "Yeah, die, this terrible world"; if you kick over a nest of ants on the road for no reason, and say something clumsy like "God is in a bad mood today, so he sent down divine punishment", the other person will pour a pot of boiling water into the ant nest, and laugh with you, saying "The flood is coming to destroy the world"... If you are stupid, she will be stupid with you, and if you are stupid to the extreme, she will be stupid with you to the extreme. There actually are such people in this world.

Actually, Chu Zihang was also such a person, but his way of being stupid was different, because Chu Zihang himself was actually quite stupid. Lu Mingfei had his own way of being stupid, and Chu Zihang had his own way of being stupid. He might not agree with you, but would just support you silently... So if you look for Chu Zihang, you can often only get recognition in terms of behavior, not in terms of thoughts or even soul.

Can be painted pear clothing will.

This sense of identification is like... one day you go crazy and suddenly say you want to destroy the world, and she will find two sets of combat uniforms and two guns and ask you, is it enough to take these to the Pentagon to steal the nuclear bomb launch button?

Some things and some words are stupid to do or say alone, but if there is someone with you, you will be very happy to be stupid.

“Yeah, this world is really weird sometimes.” Lu Mingfei nodded. “I didn’t like this world before because I felt that there were too few people like Eri and Senior Brother in this world.”

This time, Eri had a confused expression on her face; she didn't understand Lu Mingfei's last sentence.

"Have you ever heard of the 'Spring Outing Theory'?" Lu Mingfei asked softly.

"'Spring outing theory'?" Eri tilted her head. She had never even had the experience of a "spring outing".

"Spring outing means not having to go to class, and a group of people go to different places to play together. For some people, spring outing will be a colorful day, and most people are happy and look forward to it. But for some people, spring outing is just not having to go to class and going to different places." Lu Mingfei said softly, "Some people say that whether the spring outing is fun or not does not depend on where you go or whether you have enough pocket money. Whether the spring outing is fun or not depends on who goes with you."

"The people we're with..." Eri said, vaguely understanding.

"Yes, so I think whether a person likes this world or hates this world depends entirely on whether there are people he likes in this world." Lu Mingfei nodded and said, "If in his eyes, the world is full of sarcastic people and ugly faces, then this world is of course disgusting. But if everyone a person meets is full of kindness towards him, and he has people he truly likes and loves, then this world is beautiful."

"I think this world is great." Eri took a step forward and looked at Lu Mingfei, "Because Sakura is here."

"Like Eri, I now feel the same way. This world is pretty good." Lu Mingfei nodded, looked into Eri's eyes and said, "In fact, over the years, I have figured out one thing. Whether a person feels that the world is good or bad is not entirely the problem of the world, but that they cannot reach a reconciliation with each other."

"The loser doesn't like this world, and the world won't favor a loser." Lu Mingfei suddenly said this.

It sounded like the tone of a little devil, but the content was Lu Mingfei's version. For some reason, Lu Mingfei felt that after the events in Japan were over, he and Lu Mingze became more and more alike in some ways... This change was not subtle, but it was as if someone had suddenly put that little devil's worldview and outlook on life into Lu Mingfei's brain. After "something for nothing" merged with Lu Mingze, Lu Mingfei always felt that Lu Mingze had left something in his body and forgot to take it away.

"Sakura..." Eri wanted to say something, but Lu Mingfei shook his head, signaling her not to say it.

"I'm not being sentimental or anything, so Eriyi, don't comfort me," Lu Mingfei said to Eriyi. "It's just that I've suddenly returned here and seen a lot of people I haven't seen before, and I'm feeling a little emotional. I originally thought I had completely said goodbye to the past, but now I realize that it's actually a part of my life that I can't get rid of, and I don't need to deliberately avoid it. The process of growing up is really long and difficult, but fortunately, I've made it ashore."

"I'm very happy to meet Eri, and I'm also very happy to see my former classmates doing well... This world is really good, there are so many things to be happy about." Lu Mingfei walked in front of Eri, lowered his head, and said softly, "Eri, close your eyes."

Without asking why, Eri did as she was told. She slowly closed her eyes and trusted everything Lu Mingfei said unconditionally.

"You can't open your eyes secretly before I say you should open them." Lu Mingfei held Eiry's hand and walked for a distance on the rooftop, as if they were bypassing something. After a few dozen seconds, Eiry felt a gust of wind.

This was probably the edge of the rooftop. Eri could hear the car horns and the voices of passers-by below her feet. These sounds seemed to be right next to her ears. Eri still had her eyes closed. This should have been a very insecure behavior. A normal person would not be able to help but open their eyes to confirm their safety, but Eri's eyes were closed the whole time. Lu Mingfei's hands were on her waist, and she felt a full sense of security. This sense of security came from love and trust. This girl never considered whether Lu Mingfei would suddenly push her off the roof.

"Let me see... Well, it's almost there... Well, this angle should be about right..." Lu Mingfei kept mumbling something, guiding Eri to move left and right on the edge of the rooftop.

"Open your eyes, Eri." Lu Mingfei's words came to my ears.

Feeling a pair of hands gently resting on her shoulders, Eri slowly opened her eyes.

Light, Eri saw the light.

The swaying light, the magnificent light, the whole city is lit up at night. On the road, the lights of cars and street lamps extend into straight, glowing rivers, extending to far, far away, where there is a sea of ​​light. The bustling lights of skyscrapers and commercial districts illuminate the sky and the entire city. The large advertising screens reflect colorful colors. The rain at night is not as strange as that in the daytime. Fine raindrops fall from the sky and neon lights dance in the rain.

There is a wide lake in the distance. The reflection of the city is reflected in the water. The rain falls on it, splashing ripples and circles of light. The whole city is clearly divided by the lake.

On the right are brightly lit high-rise buildings with huge glass curtain walls. On the rooftops hundreds of meters high stand solid and straight antennas. Cars are running on the wide road. That should be the most prosperous CBD area of ​​the city mentioned by Lu Mingfei.

On the left are lower houses, with not so colorful and transparent light. Occasionally, dots of light shine through the square-like windows. Busy figures can be seen in every lighted window. Although they are not too far away, they are like two worlds separated by the pigeon-cage-like houses. The outside world is huge and cold, while the inside world is small but warm. That is the destination, the place called "home". It is where the people living in this city have taken root in this land.

Further away are the city's elevated roads and ring roads. You can see clusters of lights moving on the circular roads. Cars are like a group of running fireflies, heading nowhere. Further away is the vast darkness. A few scattered dim lights are hidden in the mountains and forests, as if it is the end of the world.

It turns out that this is the city where Sakura lived. This was once his entire world... The light of the entire city was reflected in Eri's eyes.

"It's nothing like the prosperity of Tokyo." Lu Mingfei leaned his head against Eri.

"But it's so beautiful... so beautiful." Eri murmured. She didn't repeat it on purpose, but she couldn't help it.

"Yes, it's really beautiful. I felt so when I was a child, even though it was far from being as prosperous as it is now." Lu Mingfei said softly, "But in my opinion, such a beautiful scenery is actually a symbol of loneliness. I couldn't find anyone to share it with, so I could only come here by myself. As I looked at it, I felt as if these tall buildings, mountains and lakes all belonged to me. It was also quite cold to sit on the rooftop for a long time. Sometimes I would look at it for hours and even catch a cold because of this."

Huili subconsciously held Lu Mingfei's hand and covered his hands in her own palms.

But today Lu Mingfei's hands were very hot.

"I don't know how to describe it. This city is like a maze or a cage to me. If I hadn't gone to Kassel College and met Eri, I would probably stay here all my life. I would go to school and graduate here, then work here, start a family here, save money to buy a house here, live here, grow old and die here." Lu Mingfei said calmly, "Sometimes I feel that being ordinary is like a disease that traps people in one place. Sometimes I feel that being ordinary is pretty good. I don't have to worry about too many things. It's none of my business what the world becomes."

"Sakura will think a lot." Eri said.

Lu Mingfei smiled. Eiry’s compliment finally stopped being “so awesome”.

"I saw a passage online, saying that this world has many sides, and there are so many prosperous cities." Lu Mingfei, "It said that when you are at the bottom, it is a cage that traps you, a life of going to work from 6 am to 9 pm, takeout and rice with toppings that are not very delicious and can only barely fill your stomach, and an unattainable dream; when you become an elite, this city is full of lights and wine, luxury goods and luxury cars, endless bars and girls, and only then can you experience what life is, not just living; when you reach the top of society, this city is your utopia, you can do almost anything you want here, even if it is on the edge of the law, you are the best of the best, living in a brightly lit bonded area, you don't need to worry about food, clothing, and shelter, cars, houses, beautiful women, these things in life are at your fingertips."

Eri looked at the prosperous CBD area and the dark old town. When she saw the city, she seemed to understand what Lu Mingfei said... There are many people in this world, and their life trajectories are different, just like a car will be diverted at every intersection. Some people are living, and some people are just surviving.

"Sakura, what kind of life do you think is better?" Eri suddenly asked softly.

Asking such questions proves that this girl is no longer a blank slate...Eri is also using what she sees, hears, and feels to paint new colors on her outlook on life and the world.

"Eri, this question is a bit difficult. I have been thinking about it for so many years, but I still haven't come up with a satisfactory answer." Lu Mingfei shook his head, then nodded and said, "But I can at least answer part of it. I think it would be great if people don't live in a dream in their lives."

"Living in a dream?" Eri asked. She didn't understand the word.

Chapter 946 Lu Mingfei's World

“It’s not something profound, it just means that people should be down-to-earth.” Lu Mingfei smiled and said, “Eri doesn’t have to think that I’m great at everything, otherwise I’d feel a lot of pressure too, hahahaha.”

"But everything Sakura said to me came true." Eri looked at the night view of the city divided by light and darkness. "Sakura said she would take me back to where she lived, and she brought me back right away. Sakura said it was beautiful here. It was really beautiful here."

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He didn't expect that Eri would remember those small promises so clearly, as if it was a great thing for Lu Mingfei to bring her back to the city where she lived and show her what it was like... But Lu Mingfei thought about it again. From the beginning, it seemed that everything he promised to Eri had been fulfilled. Occasionally, the few promises that had not been fulfilled were also in the process of being fulfilled.

It turned out that Lu Mingfei had unknowingly turned into a man who could turn his words into reality... After the dream five years ago ended, Lu Mingfei no longer dreamed. Everything he has now was achieved by him working hard step by step with his feet on the ground, including the sound of "Sakura" so amazing, and including this moment.

Lu Mingfei is now qualified to accept a girl's unreserved love.

Lu Mingfei looked into Eri's eyes. The lights of the city were reflected in Eri's dark red eyes, as if they were filled with bright stars. This city was far from being as prosperous as Tokyo, but it was obvious that Eri really liked it here, because she went to her uncle and aunt's house here, went to the high school where Lu Mingfei had attended, and met Lu Mingfei's former classmates here... She truly walked into Lu Mingfei's life.

Lu Mingfei seemed to see a shadow in Eiry's eyes, it was the figure of a boy. He stood on the edge of the rooftop, looking at every corner of the city. His back looked serious and absorbed. As the seasons changed, the boy's originally thin back became broader little by little. He was growing up, and he had always been alone.

Suddenly, Lu Mingfei saw the boy turn around and smile at him. It was his face, saying goodbye to him... Lu Mingfei was stunned. The smile he saw did not seem to be lonely.

Yes, he is no longer alone. Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that over the years, when he looked at this city, he no longer thought about falling in love with Chen Wenwen and getting married, having a naughty boy or a quiet girl, or whether he could hook up with Su Xiaoqiang and turn from a sparrow into a phoenix, go in and out of the bustling high-rise buildings in the CBD area, or go on a blind date with some unknown girl and live an ordinary life from nine to five... He has stopped dreaming a long time ago. When he looked at this city, he only looked at its outline and its changes, but Lu Mingfei knew that this maze could no longer trap him and he would leave one day.

He was thinking about something far away but something he could touch. He could see the academy that looked like an ancient castle hidden in the mountains, gangsters in windbreakers walking through the bustling streets of Tokyo, the cold Bering Strait and the dangerous Greenland Sea, and the giants sleeping in history slowly opening their golden eyes, the blood-stained flags fluttering and the horns of war blowing...

The things that were out of reach at a young age could not trap the boy after all. This city of 12,000 square meters may seem very large, but it is actually very small and cannot contain the heaven and earth in the boy's heart.

"Eri is right." Lu Mingfei suddenly smiled.

Eiry blinked, not knowing what Lu Mingfei was talking about.

"Sakura is really amazing." Lu Mingfei suddenly approached Eri and kissed her lightly on the lips.

Eiry also kissed Lu Mingfei. When she first saw the city lights swaying, it was actually her eyes moving... Why were the city lights swaying? It was the girl's heart that was moving.

“Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing standing there!” An angry voice floated up from below, “Are you a couple arguing… or are you doing something else? That place is very dangerous, don’t you know? What if you fall down? Didn’t you see the fence? The door to the rooftop is locked, how did you sneak up there?!”

Looking down, he saw a man who looked like a chef standing on the terrace on the fifth floor with a lit cigarette in his hand... Perhaps the chef of this hotel took a break from his busy schedule to smoke on the terrace. He occasionally glanced at Lu Mingfei and Eiry above his head and saw them standing next to the fence. He thought they were a couple quarreling or doing something else, so he started yelling at them.

Lu Mingfei saw the guy put out his cigarette and looked like he was going to catch them.

“Run!” Lu Mingfei took Eri’s hand and pulled her to run wildly on the rooftop. They stepped over puddles of water and bypassed the old solar energy and whirring duct fans.

Their shadows passed through the city lights and circled to the other side of the rooftop. They fled up the stairs one after the other, like a pair of campus lovers who were skipping classes and were afraid of being caught by the dean.

They ran all the way to the banquet hall on the first floor. At the door of the banquet hall, Lu Mingfei looked at Huili and smiled, and Huili also looked at Lu Mingfei and smiled. They were obviously big shots who could call the wind and rain in the city, but now they were like two children who were complacent about not being caught by adults for doing bad things.

Back to the original position, I found some changes from the previous layout. It was obvious that everyone had drunk a little too much. The brothers Xu Yanyan and Xu Miaomiao hugged each other and drank the wedding wine, and almost kissed. Zhao Menghua was completely drunk, with his head buried on the table, still mumbling the names of Chen Wenwen, Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei, and no one knew what he was saying. And Chu Zihang.

Chu Zihang cast a resentful look at Lu Mingfei. On his left sat Liu Miaomiao, and on his right sat Chen Wenwen.

Liu Miaomiao kept toasting him, even though her face was already red from drinking. Lu Mingfei never thought that Liu Miaomiao, who usually didn't show off her talent, could be so strong at the dinner table. He didn't expect that this little beauty from the piano department might be the best drinker among the three beauties of Shilan. At this moment, she looked like she wanted to get Chu Zihang drunk or get herself drunk... I don't know if she felt that something might happen if she was drunk, or if she wanted to use alcohol to numb the embarrassment at the dinner table and some unsatisfactory realities.

Chen Wenwen kept helping Chu Zihang put food into his bowl, and whispered to him, "Brother, don't drink too much. Don't forget to eat food while drinking, otherwise your stomach will easily get damaged... She looked like a virtuous wife who is responsible for her husband's well-being."

Zhao Menghua, the person she was supposed to take care of, was now drunk and unconscious. His expensive suit jacket was crooked and wrinkled, but it was not Chen Wenwen's fault. Her face and neck were red, and her hands were shaking slightly as she picked up the food. It was probably not all because she was shy, she also looked very drunk.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself that these girls were really going all out. He'd heard uncles, aunts, and adults say that class reunions were the most indecent occasions, some even more chaotic than bathhouses. Many of those old classmates from junior high and high school who had almost fallen in love with each other would take advantage of this opportunity to get each other drunk, and if they weren't careful, they could easily end up in bed together...

Lu Mingfei didn’t believe it before, but he does now. Although he feels that the current situation is not that exaggerated... it is almost the same. If Chu Zihang is willing, he can even take Chen Wenwen and Liu Miaomiao away. I think neither girl will refuse, not even Chen Wenwen who is already married.

Lu Mingfei sighed and gave Chu Zihang a helpless look... He wasn't just watching the fun of the non-stick pan, and Huili was still there, so he couldn't sacrifice himself to share the firepower for Chu Zihang.

But Lu Mingfei could keep it a secret and not tell Junior Sister Xia Mi... This was the greatest thing he could do for his senior brother.

"Chen Wenwen... Senior Brother Chu is great... Lu Mingfei is also amazing... but I am inferior..." Zhao Menghua muttered drunkenly, "I don't think I am any worse than others... I don't mind that you liked someone else before... but I really can't stand you always thinking about that person..."

Brother, how can you still be so innocent? Don’t say you are just thinking about her. If you don’t wake up, if your senior brother is a beastly bastard, your wife will follow him and be raped... Lu Mingfei sighed in his heart, but he didn’t plan to wake up Zhao Menghua, otherwise the scene would only become more chaotic.

"Where have you been?"

A familiar voice came from behind. Lu Mingfei turned around and saw Su Xiaoqiang walking towards him in high heels with a twisted waist.

"I went to your uncle and aunt's place but couldn't find you. I toasted everyone but didn't see you. I thought you ran away first... Woo..." Su Xiaoqiang suddenly tilted and almost fell to the ground.

Lu Mingfei quickly helped her up and handed her to Huili.

He could see that Su Xiaoqiang was not trying to take advantage of him on purpose. She was really drunk and wanted to vomit but was holding it back. When Su Xiaoqiang walked over to him just now, she was not swaying her waist to show off her charm. It was simply because she was drunk and wearing high heels that she couldn't walk steadily, so she was swaying like a water snake.

Fortunately, there were not many beasts among the boys in her former class, otherwise these former goddesses would be in danger. After all, it was just a class reunion, was it necessary to drink like this? It wasn't like anyone died... In fact, if Su Xiaoqiang was still sober, she would probably have yelled at Lu Mingfei and said, of course someone died. All the students in Class 2, Grade 3 of Shilan Middle School died, because our youth was dead and our love was dead too.

But the arrogant little angel was leaning on Eri's shoulder, still muttering, "Growing up is so tiring, growing up is so tiring. Everyone says that I have become mature and become a strong woman who can stand on my own. But which beautiful girl is willing to become a strong woman? If it weren't for my father's illness, my mother would cry every day... It is really too busy to manage several companies by myself. The academic workload at Fudan University is heavy, and I can't be too busy. I have to deal with people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Tax Bureau. The relatives at home are all thinking about their own mines. They either come to ask for money or to divide the shares. I can't wait to eat up the family property that my father has won before he dies... Sometimes I think it's better to go on a blind date and marry a random man, but then my life will be over. I don't like this kind of life, I hate this kind of life. Why do I have to live so hard when I grow up? If I can choose, I would rather stay in Shilan Middle School for the rest of my life. I don't want to grow up at all. It's really tiring..."

As she spoke, Su Xiaoqiang leaned on Eri's shoulder and sobbed softly. It was obvious that this girl had accumulated a lot of grievances in her heart. Eri was not very good at comforting people, but she patted Su Xiaoqiang's shoulder gently with empathy, and there was a hint of heartache in her eyes.

She has never experienced a life like Su Xiaoqiang, but she can feel Su Xiaoqiang's sadness. In fact, Eri actually quite likes this carefree girl. Eri's intuition is very accurate. The first time she saw her, she felt that Su Xiaoqiang was someone she could be friends with.

Lu Mingfei also sighed softly, this world is so uneven, some people are wealthy and look prosperous, have luxury cars and drivers, but they are not happy at all, some people are ordinary and heartless, but can be happy for a whole day just because someone treats them to a bottle of Nutri-Express or a few hours of internet fees.

There are many children in this world who can't wait to grow up, but many people find that growing up is actually just like that, and there is nothing else to it except living a more tiring life. Everyone can threaten you with "You have grown up, you need to learn to be sensible", as if you must become a more powerful person than your parents as soon as you grow up, and you must naturally fulfill everyone's expectations as soon as you grow up... This feeling really makes people wish they could live in childhood all their lives.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but pat Su Xiaoqiang's shoulder to comfort him. He really felt sorry for his friend. Eiry seemed to be fine. After all, everything between him and Su Xiaoqiang was clear and innocent.

"Lu Mingfei, I always think of you when I feel tired... Why didn't you reply to my message? And you changed your phone number... Why did you get married, you bastard..."

Lu Mingfei's hand shrank back as if he had been electrocuted. He looked at the drunk Su Xiaoqiang, then at Eiry, and his facial expressions froze... Damn it, did Su Xiaoqiang know who he was hugging? He didn't think she was crying on his shoulder, did he?

"I'm sorry, Eri... I liked Lu Mingfei in high school, and I haven't forgotten him yet..."

"But I will definitely not like him in the future. How could I, Su Xiaoqiang, be thinking about someone else's boyfriend..."

"When I saw you, I knew I couldn't compare to you. I was a little unwilling, but a loss is a loss. I can see that you like Lu Mingfei more than me, and Lu Mingfei loves you too... I, the little angel, always admit defeat. It's not like I can't afford to lose..."

"Asshole Lu Mingfei, you should be nice to Eri..."

Fortunately, Su Xiaoqiang still had some consciousness, or she was indeed drunk, but what she said was all from her heart... The little angel is just like that, she can't hide things in her heart, and her actions may not be the most decent, but they are not annoying at all.

Lu Mingfei looked at Eiry, but there was no trace of concern or displeasure on her face.

Chapter 947 Ending

Huili just held Su Xiaoqiang in her arms and gently stroked her back with her hands to help her dispel the pain brought by drunkenness and the grievance in her heart. She didn't think it was a bad thing at all that Su Xiaoqiang revealed his feelings for Lu Mingfei in front of her.

Maybe some girls are born with the ability to empathize with each other, but there is no doubt that Eri has an extremely great personality.