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

Lu Mingze was the first to burst out laughing, and his uncle and aunt followed suit. Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki couldn't help shaking their heads. Only Nuonuo, standing in the corner, saw everyone laughing at the old Western professor's unauthentic Chinese. The boy continued to stare blankly at Professor Guderian through the laughter.

His body trembled slightly and there was light in his eyes.

"I love you too." Lu Mingfei said softly.

Everyone's laughter seemed to be strangled in their throats and stopped abruptly.

It is indeed a hilarious scene to see an old Western professor imitating the parents' confession to the boy in broken Chinese, and the boy's silly response seems to be an even more laughable scene, but they did not laugh.

Because everyone realized at that moment that this was not something that should be laughed at.

The boy's voice was soft but sincere, as if the person standing in front of him was not a strange old professor he met for the first time but his biological parents whom he had not seen for many years.

Even though everyone laughed out loud, Lu Mingfei did not look embarrassed or depressed at all. It was as if even if the whole world was laughing at him, when he heard the words "I love you", it was as if he had a backer and could block out all the laughter.

Originally, Lu Mingfei thought he had prepared himself mentally. He had simulated and imagined today's scene countless times in his mind. He might just nod his head, or laugh it off with everyone else. But when he actually saw the photo and the letter, and heard what Professor Guderian said, he suddenly realized that "Mom and Dad love you" and "I love Mom and Dad too" are clichéd conversations that have been around for thousands of years and must be spoken out loud in order to understand their meaning!

"Well, let's talk about enrollment!" Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become tense, the uncle jumped out and burned himself to try to warm up the atmosphere again.

"If it weren't for the complicated procedures and visas to be processed, I really want to take Lu Mingfei with me right now!" Professor Guderian said in frustration.

"When is the earliest time to start school?" Lu Mingfei asked softly.

"The college's procedures are quite complicated, and the earliest we can expect to complete them is around October."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Professor."

Seeing that Lu Mingfei had no objection, Professor Guderian was ecstatic. Now his title of lifetime honorary professor was secured!

Then Professor Guderian inexplicably thought of a certain useless dog under his command, and he felt extremely upset! Although he was only his temporary assigned mentor, he had not yet successfully been awarded the title of Lifetime Honorary Professor. That guy must bear at least half the responsibility!

No, at least two-thirds!

"Lu Mingfei, if you calculate it this way, the school will be holding a 'small event' called Free Day shortly after you enroll. Well... it's similar to your school's sports festival, right? Do you dare to participate?" Nuonuo asked provocatively.

"I don't care." Lu Mingfei shrugged.

"Aren't you curious about what it's like to be free for a day?" Nono wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows.

"Didn't you say it was the Sports Festival? Then I can probably guess." Lu Mingfei nodded.

He could indeed guess that it would be just a bunch of lunatics armed with heavy sniper rifles and miniature tactical nuclear bombs, killing each other? Like a real-life Counter-Strike?

However, in Lu Mingfei's opinion, the situation was no different from a more lively sports festival.

"Then go ahead and guess, but don't be scared when the time comes!" Nuonuo said viciously.

"If someone really has that ability." Lu Mingfei said expressionlessly.

Chapter 11 Dinner Party

"Mingfei, we're out of soy sauce at home. Remember to bring a bottle when you come back."

The aunt who was picking vegetables in the kitchen saw Lu Mingfei getting ready to go out and shouted at him.

"My dear aunt, I swear I really want to do it for you, but I don't even know what time it is when I get back from the party." Lu Mingfei stopped turning the doorknob and squinted at Lu Mingze who had been waiting at the dining table. "And I think my cousin Lu Mingze is too fat and needs exercise, so I decided to give him this precious opportunity to play soy sauce."

"Hey, I made an appointment with my classmates this afternoon..." Lu Mingze was interrupted by Lu Mingfei before he could finish his words.

"Shut up, Lu Mingze! Will helping your aunt with a small favor tire you to death? Huh? Other people's children can do soy sauce at the age of three, but you are already sixteen years old. Is doing soy sauce a problem for you?" Lu Mingfei scolded his fat cousin in the manner of an older brother.

"Mingfei, actually..." Aunt wanted to say something.

"Aunt, stop speaking for this kid! Uncle is diligent in his work, and you are busy running around in charge of the household affairs, but what about this kid Lu Mingze? He looks pampered and often orders people around. He just lies on the bed when he has nothing to do. He is more paralyzed than a second-level disabled person. I really can't stand it!" Lu Mingfei said with great sorrow.

Then he stuffed the empty bottle of soy sauce in the kitchen into Lu Mingze's hand in a flash, turned around, opened the door and left without looking back.

Auntie looked at the doorway where Lu Mingfei had disappeared and murmured, "This kid, how come he seems like a different person since he started high school?"

"Mom, you also think he's becoming more and more excessive, right?" Lu Mingze said angrily, holding the empty soy sauce bottle.

"Too much? Ming Fei's words hit the nail on the head. How is it too much? This child has really grown up. No wonder the neighbors say that children whose parents are not around mature quickly." The aunt sighed, then looked at her son with a dim look, wondering whether she should send Lu Mingze to study abroad independently as soon as possible, otherwise it will take a long time for this child to catch up with his brother?

If all parents in the world want their children to be successful, then in his mother's eyes, Lu Mingze was undoubtedly a dragon no less powerful than the four great kings. Seeing his mother's extremely eager eyes, which seemed to want him to get into Harvard tomorrow and stand on the Nobel Prize nomination podium the day after tomorrow, Lu Mingze's scalp tingled and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

"Mingze, I hope you can be half as sensible as your brother." The woman sighed sadly, and the jealousy in her tone was more than enough to stir-fry a table of Manchu Han banquet.

The woman's words were like a tactical nuclear bomb. Lu Mingze was blown to pieces and collapsed on the back of the chair, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes.

Ever since Lu Mingfei changed his personality after entering high school, this sentence has become his mother's catchphrase. Lu Mingze would rather his mother roar at him like a dragon than hear her sighing like a complaining woman.

What's the saddest thing in the world? It's when the "other people's child" your parents talk about is actually your older brother, who lives under the same roof!

……

Early in the morning, Lu Mingfei was informed that the class group had temporarily decided to have a dinner in the afternoon. Su Xiaoqiang personally called his home to tell him this, and his tone was unyielding.

As for why the news of the dinner party was decided so quickly and hastily, it was probably because the right to speak and the power to make decisions in this world are always in the hands of a few people, even in a class of only more than 30 people.

So, led by the little goddess, after unanimous discussion by the three leaders in the class, and then a very "democratic" vote, the dinner at the Japanese restaurant was quickly and happily finalized.

In fact, Lu Mingfei seldom participated in class dinners in the past. He has never been interested in activities such as gatherings and spring outings. Rather than such ineffective social activities involving bragging and gossip, he would rather run errands for his aunt to buy soy sauce, because in the end, at least he could get a thank you and a table full of food from his aunt.

But this time the dinner was held at a Japanese restaurant, which made Lu Mingfei unusually excited.

Moreover, the aunt also said that Lu Mingfei was good in every way except that he was too unsociable, and she took advantage of this last dinner before leaving to establish a perfect image of a brother for Lu Mingze.

Uncle also used his more than 40 years of life experience to persuade classmates that every meal together is to accumulate friendship. Lu Mingfei, you and your classmates are missing so much friendship, you must make up for it today. Human relations are like a net, you must spread and open the road to get wider and wider. It is easier to get things done with friends. Who knows one day you just need the friendship of a meal like this?

So Lu Mingfei stepped into the Japanese restaurant called "Tokyo Izakaya".

The izakaya is located on a development line some distance away from the CBD area. The store is not big but the decoration is exquisite. The entire izakaya is basically made of wood. The curtains and exterior walls of the main hall are painted with a wide variety of Ukiyo-e, which are gorgeous and colorful.

It is said that the owner of the izakaya is indeed a genuine Japanese, born in Saitama Prefecture. After dropping out of junior high school, he worked hard in Tokyo for more than 30 years. He married a Chinese wife, so he came to China to settle down in pursuit of her. He opened this izakaya because he missed his days in Tokyo.

However, no one has verified the truth of these rumors yet. It may be a marketing method commonly used by businesses to attract customers, or there may really be such a romantic man hidden in a corner of the big city.

The consumption in the izakaya was not very expensive but not cheap either. Since the classmates were likely to go their separate ways but the class funds had not been used up yet, the classmates were discussing whether to send the extra class funds to each of them or to spend it all on a lavish occasion. Then the little angel stepped forward and said, "Let's go eat Japanese food. The extra cost will be on my head, Su Xiaoqiang!"

This heroic and charitable speech naturally received unanimous approval from the classmates.

Lu Mingfei lifted the curtain with a picture of a geisha in kimono, and what came into view was a beautiful face with a slight blush. She looked up at Lu Mingfei, and her slightly blurred eyes instantly widened.

"Lu Mingfei?! I thought you weren't coming!"

"Good afternoon, Su Xiaoqiang." Lu Mingfei scratched the back of his head, then said apologetically, "Sorry for being late."

"It's not too late! I'm glad you're here!" Su Xiaoqiang immediately put on a bright smile, and very naturally took Lu Mingfei's arm and led him into the room. Her slightly tipsy and blushing face reminded Lu Mingfei of the geisha painted on the curtain when he entered the room.

"Have you drunk too much?" Lu Mingfei asked with concern, then calmly pulled back the arm that Su Xiaoqiang was holding.

"How can you get drunk with just two taels of liquor? If you don't believe me, ask me if I know how many times this is?" Su Xiaoqiang pointed with two fingers and they flashed away.

There was also a fleeting glint of disappointment in her eyes that she hadn't hidden when Lu Mingfei pulled his hand away.

Chapter 12: Something Haunted

Lu Mingfei lifted the thin curtain of the box, which was like pushing open a heavy door, separating the inside and outside of the door into two worlds.

In the box, all the tables, chairs and benches were removed, and the boys and girls squeezed into the small room, sitting around the vermilion wooden floor filled with exquisite food and soju.

In the center of the floor sat delicate little plates of orange salmon sashimi, pink sakura maki rolls, and brown takoyaki. The boys, arms around each other's shoulders, held their heads high, their necks red as they guzzled shochu, desperately trying to demonstrate their masculinity in front of the girls. The girls, with their hands covering their mouths, giggled as they watched the boys' embarrassment.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been in such a lively and noisy environment. A year? Or two years?

It seemed like the last time was in a small internet cafe that he didn't know if it had gone bankrupt. Lu Mingfei had no recollection of what game he played. He only remembered that the internet cafe was really noisy at the time. All kinds of noises could easily penetrate the cheap headphones and buzz around in his head. The smell of secondhand smoke from the table next to him seemed to be clogging his lungs and making him suffocate.

"The little angel is back?" Xu Miaomiao rolled into an O shape and rolled out a seat for Su Xiaoqiang in a very smooth and agile manner.

"It's not easy. You even invited our great Lu to come along. Su Xiaoqiang, you're really something!" A girl said jokingly, and it was hard to tell whether she was being sarcastic or sincere.

"I have spoken personally, so Lu Mingfei has to give me some face, right?" Su Xiaoqiang pulled Lu Mingfei's sleeve from behind.

The latter nodded very loyally.

Although Lu Mingfei was not familiar with the class affairs, he was not blind or mentally retarded. He was well aware of the conflicts between Su Xiaoqiang and some girls in the class. The small circle of high school girls was so exclusive. Any girl with a good family background and close to boys would be secretly called "tomboy" or "tea girl" by the girls.

There was once a girl from the next class who had a falling out with Su Xiaoqiang because the boy she liked had a crush on her. She said things like, "Aren't you ashamed of hanging out with men all day?" and "It's just a few extra pieces of coal at home. Why call her the little angel? Wouldn't it be better to just call her the little 'coal' girl?" She kept hurling such heart-wrenching words at Su Xiaoqiang.

Lu Mingfei actually didn’t want to meddle in other people’s business, because she was a little angel. The little angel was only allowed to bully others, so how could anyone bully her?

But that time, Su Xiaoqiang rarely argued with the girl. After the girl finished her breathless scolding and poured out all the bitterness in her heart on Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei saw Su Xiaoqiang walking away without saying a word, dripping with bitterness all over his body.

He looked like a thoroughly soaked rat, just like his former self.

Afterwards, Lu Mingfei found Su Xiaoqiang hiding on the rooftop of the teaching building in a daze. "I thought the little goddess would never give in."

Su Xiaoqiang turned around upon hearing the voice and saw Lu Mingfei, the boy known for his eccentricity in the class. After a moment's pause, she raised her pretty face and said, "Who said I lost?! I just... just..."

Lu Mingfei remained silent and patient, waiting for what was to come.

"Are you here to laugh at me too?" The little angel couldn't find a suitable excuse. She was dejected, and her pretty little face wrinkled like a deflated ball.

"A joke? Are you referring to that crazy woman who curses for no reason, not knowing whether it's because her period is irregular or she's unhappy with her life? She is indeed quite funny." Lu Mingfei said.

Su Xiaoqiang raised her head and met Lu Mingfei's serious expression. She burst out laughing, "I can't believe someone like you would say such nonsense."

"What kind of guy am I? Talking nonsense is my passive skill. Unlike swordsmanship and playing musical instruments, I don't need to learn how to talk nonsense. I can do it naturally." Lu Mingfei also smiled.

"They all privately say that you are deliberately imitating Senior Brother Chu Zihang, but I find that you are actually quite different from him."

"Being like my senior brother is not a good thing. If I become a weird guy like him, I will go crazy!"

"If the other girls heard what you said, they would block the door and beat you up. In our eyes, Senior Brother Chu Zihang is the most perfect person!"

"Come on, there's no such thing as a perfect person in this world."

"Isn't Chen Wenwen perfect in the eyes of you boys?"

"Come on, you're much better than her!"

……

In the private room, Zhao Menghua winked at Xu Yanyan, who immediately understood and shouted, "Drink a penalty! Lu Shenren, you came so late, you must drink a penalty!"

"Lu Mingfei, is it okay for you to drink? You didn't drive here, did you?" Zhao Menghua asked with concern following Xu Yanyan's tone.

"No." Lu Mingfei replied calmly.

"Hahaha, I said that the eye-catching red Ferrari outside definitely couldn't belong to Road God, but you still didn't believe it!" Zhao Menghua put his arm around Xu Yanyan's neck and said loudly with a laugh.

Perhaps the joke wasn't actually funny, or perhaps many people noticed the invisible tension between Zhao Menghua and Lu Mingfei, and the atmosphere in the box instantly cooled down.

"Is that yours?" Lu Mingfei looked back at Zhao Menghua with a smile.

"So what if it's not mine?" Zhao Menghua's face changed, and then he said arrogantly, "I'm destined to have no shortage of Ferraris in the future!"

"Well, it's good, as long as it's not a Bugatti Veyron." Lu Mingfei picked up a piece of sashimi and put it into his mouth.

"What the hell? Lu Mingfei, you don't think you can avoid drinking a penalty just by talking nonsense, right?" Zhao Menghua said with a frown.

"So you've been talking to me for so long just to punish me with a glass of wine. You're driving a car and driving a Ferrari, but what are you talking about as a grown man?" Lu Mingfei filled a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Who are you talking about?" Zhao Menghua looked at him unkindly.

"Okay, okay, what's there to argue about at a class reunion? I'll raise a glass and we'll end this topic here." Su Xiaoqiang stood up and picked up the glass of liquor in front of him and drank it down.

Cheers and applause rang out in the box, and the little goddess's heroism finally heated up the atmosphere again.

"Actually, there's no need to bother with that guy." Lu Mingfei said softly.

"It's okay. I just wanted to drink. How can I come to a pub and not drink soju?" Su Xiaoqiang refilled his glass. "After you finish Zhao Menghua's penalty drink, I'll toast you another one. Let's go?"

"Don't drink anymore after finishing this one." Lu Mingfei picked up the liquor cup helplessly and gently touched it with Su Xiaoqiang's cup.

Fortunately, the soju cups in this izakaya are not big, otherwise Lu Mingfei estimated that the little angel would have become a rolling dragon today - the kind that would have to lie down and leave.

"The interview at Kassel College must have been a complete failure, right?" Zhao Menghua suddenly changed the subject, but in fact he was secretly glancing at Chen Wenwen.

"I didn't pass anyway." Su Xiaoqiang shrugged, "But it doesn't matter to me. My dad said he would send me to Stanford University."

"I didn't pass either." Chen Wenwen said softly, then she secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei not far away, "I wonder if Lu Mingfei passed."

"If he can pass it, there must be something wrong. It's that weird question that Cassel gave..." said Zhao Menghua.

"I'm sorry, that's really weird."

For a moment, countless pairs of eyes in the box looked at one person.

Chapter 13 Gate of Kassel

The box was eerily quiet. The atmosphere that Su Xiaoqiang had finally ignited dropped to freezing point again, even colder than the thick layer of smoothie under the sashimi.