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

"But Chu Zihang's bloodline is unstable, and Caesar is the heir of the Gattuso family. After thinking about it, you are the most representative. You are very popular in the academy, just like a national idol. Hey, I know the aesthetic taste of you young people. Whenever something is prefixed with the word 'national', it will always be more attractive." Ange pushed his sunglasses with a young man's smile on his face.

"So fashionable, Principal!" Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up and praised.

"This promotion was very successful. Henkel got to know you, and the young heirs of those families were also deeply impressed by you, especially the kid from the Gonzalez family. Soon all the mixed-race families in the world will know that a new outstanding bloodline has appeared. He is from the secret party, and he is the ace of Kassel Academy, Lu Mingfei!" Ange said while patting the steering wheel, his tone as if he was introducing the most beautiful girl in the family to appear on the social stage.

"Principal, although you are over 130 years old, you really don't look old. Don't think of throwing everything to us young people." Lu Mingfei teased.

"Isn't over 130 years old still old? At my age, I should have prepared my coffin long ago, sitting in a rocking chair by the fireplace every day in slippers and cotton pants, listening peacefully to my grandson's son telling bedtime stories, thinking that one day I will close my eyes and never open them again." Ange smiled.

"But you're not like that. Your suits are always impeccably tailored, and the trunk of your car is always filled with champagne and cigars. I told you when I first started school that if a person's heart doesn't age, then they'll never age, even if wrinkles cover their face and their bones become so calcified that their joints can't move."

"The dragon hasn't been slain yet, comrade. You still need to work hard!" Lu Mingfei patted Ange's shoulder presumptuously. "So don't act like the late emperor died before he could complete his mission. The Principal Ange I know is always a youthful, cool old man!"

Ange was stunned for a moment, then fell into a long period of contemplation, his weathered eyes full of confusion, until the cigar butt burned his fingers.

"The professors all call me the greatest educator of the 21st century. I didn't expect to be taught by young people again." Ange flicked the cigar out of the car and kept smiling.

"You're right. I keep saying I'm too old, but I keep doing things that defy age. I wear stylish suits, try ice cream flavors that only young people enjoy, and even learn how to use the internet, browsing all the buzzwords of the day... because I'm afraid of getting old. It feels like if I get old, I'm not far from death, my hands won't be able to hold a knife anymore, and I won't be able to witness the demise of the dragon race..."

"I have no family. The graves of my friends from my youth have been covered with fresh grass for several seasons now. Dragons took everything from me, but my dragon bloodline has made me immune to illness, and I've lived to a tragic age... Honestly, I've never found the video games and dress-up shows you young people enjoy. I've long been behind the times. My interest in this world still lingers on campus football, girls' Oxford high heels, and the poetry on Cambridge Bridge... things you consider outdated."

"I still remember that I would always hold a copy of Rabindranath Tagore's poems by the Bridge of Sighs and recite those beautiful lines, waiting for the girls to pass by me, hoping that the wind would blow up their white silk skirts..." The wrinkles on the old man's face were full of nostalgia, "When the wind blew, their beautiful calves seemed to dance in the wind... Oh my God! It was wonderful! I felt like I was living for that scene!"

"I can imagine... when you were young, you were probably a combination of Caesar and Finkel." Lu Mingfei secretly glanced at the old man's face with rippling emotions.

"But even if I kill all the Dragon Kings, what will happen? Can I go back to Cambridge University a hundred years ago and walk through Cambridge again? Feel the breeze on the river? Will the girl I love still lift her skirt for me? Will my old friend crawl out of his grave and dance a last-century tap dance with me, an old man? Wear a last-century slicked-back hair and a last-century leather jacket?"

"That's impossible! Even if I accomplished something as great as slaying a dragon, I wouldn't be able to fulfill even one of my wishes. Even something as simple as a dance or a gentle hug... But these are all I have left!"

"If the dragons destroyed Cambridge, I wouldn't even be able to find the tombstone of the girl I once admired, leaving me with nowhere to commemorate her! If I died on the way to slaying a dragon, no one in this world would remember my old friends. No one would pour them a glass of wine or light a cigarette on their death anniversary, or chat with them at their tombstones about how much the world has changed since a hundred years ago!"

"My old friends all fell on the way to slaying the dragon, and I'm the only one who's survived until now. I've watched them through the passage of time and the vicissitudes of life. The people and events we once knew seem forever sealed in history and memory. Every time I pass by young people, I feel like a lonely soul traveling through centuries... Does everyone think I live solely to vent hatred? They're all wrong, so wrong!"

"I must step on the corpses of all dragons and carve the names of my friends on the highest peak. If I'm too old to remember them, let history remember them for me!"

"Even if a hundred or a thousand years pass, the whole world must remember... In history, there were a group of madmen who wielded swords against dragons!"

The old man roared and shifted the gear to "super acceleration" again. The Maserati roared at the world like an out-of-control beast, and the rear tires rubbed against the asphalt ground, emitting billowing blue smoke. They passed one car after another, and the speed approached the astonishing 400 kilometers per hour.

Vehicles on the highway honked their horns in panic, but in just a moment, super sports cars like Ferrari and Maybach, along with their horns, were left behind by this crazy beast!

They seemed to have plunged into a tunnel of time. In the dazzling world, the old man relaxed instead and hummed an old song that was not even recorded on a record player.

Lu Mingfei was overwhelmed by the exaggerated speed, his back pressed against the seat. A gust of wind rushed towards him, carrying the past memories. He was stunned.

How could there be such a stubborn old fellow?! How could there be such a lonesome old fellow?!... His so-called revenge wasn't just about stabbing the dragon's throat with his poisonous folding knife and calling it a day... He wanted to use the end of an era to commemorate his deceased friends!

The dragons destroyed his friends, so he will make them pay with blood! The dragons destroyed his life, so he will carve his own epitaph on the dragon's tombstone!

"So this is your life? You've lived for over one hundred and thirty years... but you've always been ready to die bravely..." Lu Mingfei couldn't open his eyes because of the wind blowing in his face, and he murmured softly.

"What did you say? I can't hear you!" Ange shouted over the deafening wind. "Don't mumble what you want to say. Just shout it out loud! Let the whole world hear it!"

That’s what you said... Go ahead and yell, don’t regret it, old man!

"Don't die easily before achieving your ambition...old man!" Lu Mingfei yelled.

"what?"

"Don't die! Hard-of-hearing old man!"

Ange was stunned for a moment. A hard-of-hearing old man? Hey, you brave brat!

But the next moment, the old man suddenly burst into laughter, like an old man who was fed a mouthful of hot porridge by his grandson, and laughed so hard that his tongue was burned. The warmth seeped into his throat and stomach, as if it made his long-dry heart bloom.

Next time I go to my old friends’ graves, I can bring a bottle of wine and tell them… a hundred years later, the world doesn’t seem as bad as he thought.

The old man narrowed his eyes and smiled.

……

Six Flags Roller Coaster Amusement Park.

The main attraction of this theme park is a variety of thrilling roller coasters, which plummet from the sky to the ground and then surge back into the sky from the water. The winding steel tracks crisscross each other, like a huge steel spider web as big as a mountain.

Chu Zihang was sitting in a closed box at high altitude. This was probably the least exciting high-altitude amusement facility in the amusement park - the Ferris wheel. This big thing was slowly raising the double cabin that Chu Zihang was in. Gradually, his sight was enough to see through all the people and look at the mountains in the distance. The earth and the mountains were like girls hidden in an oil painting, with graceful curves.

"Hey, brother, do you like the earth and mountains very much?" The girl's voice drew Chu Zihang's attention back. "You've been gazing at the distant mountains since you got on the Ferris wheel. Sitting across from you is a lively and beautiful girl!"

"What?" Chu Zihang frowned. "Aren't we here for orientation?"

"Enrollment...training?" Xia Mi widened her eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering, and she dragged out a cute and upturned ending to her voice.

"Yes, it's the orientation for Kassel College. Our orientation needs to avoid the crowds, and you said it was too stuffy in the room. I found out there's a Ferris wheel nearby, fifty meters above the ground, hovering for ten minutes. No one can hear the conversations here, so it's a very suitable place for orientation." Chu Zihang said seriously.

"Brother, you brought me here without even knowing the meaning of riding a Ferris wheel with a girl?" Xia Mi looked at Chu Zihang with resentment, as if she was looking at some kind of utter scumbag.

"This is my first time..." the girl said in a faint tone.

Chapter 126 The second stupidest thing Chu Zihang did in his life!

Chu Zihang's stern face, as sharp as a knife, couldn't help but twitch twice. What kind of terrible line was this?

None of the books he had read had told him what taking a girl on a Ferris wheel symbolized... Was this something completely unethical? He felt like he had touched upon a blind spot in his knowledge.

The Ferris wheel swayed with a squeaking sound, carrying them to the highest point.

"Is there any difference between the Ferris wheel and other amusement equipment?" After a long silence, Chu Zihang asked cautiously.

"Please, senior brother, don't tell me you don't know about the three holy places for the date?" Xia Mi held his forehead.

Chu Zihang shook his head honestly. Similar knowledge had never been mentioned in the books he had read before. He had studied the common knowledge of female pathology, the matriarchal clan of the dragon race, and even read about postpartum care for sows... But going to the three holy places for dates with girls... Chu Zihang felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"The so-called three holy places refer to the cinema, the aquarium and the Ferris wheel. The ambiguity of these three is arranged in ascending order." Xia Mi explained seriously.

Every time Xia Mi mentioned a major holy land, Chu Zihang's expression became uglier. He had always had a good memory...

In high school, he once invited the cheerleader to see a movie in order to repay her for coming to support their basketball team against another school. The girl seemed very happy and even asked to see a romance movie. Of course, he never contacted the cheerleader again after the movie. After that, the girl who always wore short skirts and high ponytails looked at him with resentment as if she had borrowed ten million yuan from him and had not returned it. He couldn't understand why at the time.

In addition, he invited the dance troupe leader of Shilan Middle School to visit the aquarium and explained to her that if turtle eggs are incubated below 27.7 degrees Celsius, male turtles will hatch; if they are incubated above 31 degrees Celsius, female turtles will hatch; and turtles hatched at temperatures in between may be either male or female. He suggested naming their thesis topic "Schrödinger's Turtle," which made her giggle all the way, as if she were having a seizure. Chu Zihang didn't know why she was laughing at the time, as it was clearly a very serious scientific topic.

But he couldn't remember the faces of the two girls in his memory. It was as if they were covered by a shadow. Whenever he thought of this, he would feel dizzy.

"Movie theaters are dark, so girls naturally feel attached to boys. When a girl is moved to tears by a romantic movie, she'll likely rest her head on his shoulder! Going to an aquarium together is even more romantic. You can show off your knowledge, and the deep blue tunnel has a mysterious feel, as if you're the only two people in the world."

"There has always been a romantic urban legend about the Ferris wheel. It is said that when the Ferris wheel rises to the highest point, couples who kiss there will stay together forever!" Xia Mi said with longing.

"This has no scientific basis." Chu Zihang blurted out subconsciously.

"Brother, you're really a shrew!" Xia Mi rolled her eyes, and the little bit of ambiguous girlish heart that she had accumulated with great difficulty disappeared in an instant. "Whether there is scientific basis or not, the truth comes from practice."

"What do you mean?" Chu Zihang looked at Xia Mi suspiciously.

"KY is a Japanese abbreviation meaning 'can't read the atmosphere'. Anyway, you have no interest in a pretty girl like me. I think you prefer the Winnie the Pooh in your hand!"

Xia Mi's cheeks were puffy. She pointed at the balloon that had been tied to Chu Zihang's wrist the entire time he was taking her on the Ferris wheel and said unhappily, "When the Ferris wheel reaches its highest point, you can kiss Winnie the Pooh. That way, you can be with your beloved Winnie the Pooh forever!"

Chu Zihang looked at Winnie the Pooh, his face as stiff and yellow as Winnie's fur.

"This is the first time someone has come to an amusement park with me. What girl wouldn't want to leave behind wonderful memories on her first visit?"

Xia Mi turned her head and looked into the distance.

People were walking in groups of two or three. Children's little hands would be tightly held by their fathers' big hands, and they would run towards their favorite rides. Couples would also hold hands affectionately, and the boy's camera screen would be filled with girls' figures.

"I'm sorry." Chu Zihang suddenly felt guilty for no reason and apologized in a very serious tone.

He didn't know what he had done wrong, but looking at the girl's lost expression... there seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that he should apologize now.

"It's not your fault, Brother. You don't realize this is my first time to come to an amusement park with others, and my first time to ride a Ferris wheel." Xia Mi rested her face on the railing and said softly, "I really want to come to the amusement park, but before I could only come alone secretly, which was very boring."

"I see." Chu Zihang actually wanted to say that the girl looked very popular, just like the basketball cheerleader and dance troupe leader in his high school. She should have no shortage of people to accompany her to the amusement park... But the thought just lingered in his mind and he didn't say it out loud.

If I mention other girls at this time, I’ll probably be called KY again... Chu Zihang thought silently.

"I've been asked out by a guy, but this is one of the top three dating destinations. I'd rather go alone than go with a guy I don't like."

"Where are your family members?" Chu Zihang asked casually.

Because he thought of his own home. He was a frequent visitor to the amusement park. After his mother remarried, the new "father" would bring the whole family there once a month. In the new "father's" view, visiting the amusement park as a family is the best way to show warmth and is also conducive to getting closer to the children.

It seems that successful families always follow the same template: they go to amusement parks regularly, take family photos every year, and do everything a family can do together... It seems that as long as everyone in the photos hanging on the wall has a smiling face and wears bright clothes, the family will be perfect without a single flaw.

But that man was never like this. He had never taken even a family photo with his family, as if he had never left any trace in the world...except Chu Zihang, who was half his blood.

"I have a brother with dementia, and people with dementia can't go to amusement parks. My parents are at home with him every weekend, so wherever I want to go, I have to go alone. I learned to play by myself when I was very young... But in a place like an amusement park, it's just not fun to play alone."

The Ferris wheel was swinging upwards. In the cabin in front of them was a family of three: a father, a mother and a daughter. It was now rising above their heads, and its shadow covered them like a black curtain. Xia Mi's face was hidden in the shadow, and no expression could be seen.

Chu Zihang was silent. Since they met, he always thought that Xia Mi's cheerfulness came from her growing environment. The girl must be like a little princess at home and is very pampered. Which parent would not like such a girl? She has excellent grades and a sweet appearance. When she smiles at you with her big eyes blinking, she is as bright as a blooming sunflower.

"My brother and I are twins. He was born six hours earlier than me. I couldn't get my head out of the box, which worried the doctors and nurses to death. No one took care of my brother, and he suffocated for half an hour, lacking oxygen to his brain, and became an idiot. Everyone said that my brother could be very smart, but he gave me the opportunity. So even if I got first place in the exam, I got half of what he got. No matter how hard I tried, it was only natural..."

Xia Mi stuck out her tongue like a little child.

"So do you hate your brother?" Chu Zihang asked softly.

"I don't hate him. We were in my mother's womb together for ten months, and my brother is very attached to me." Xia Mi smiled gently, "If I'm not around, he'll get so anxious that he'll bang his head against the wall, making a mess of the house. If other boys bother me, my brother will rush over and beat them all down. My brother is very strong, so I usually don't allow him to fight. If he fights, I'll ignore him for a month..."

"But how is that possible? I am the only one in my brother's world, just like a confused little puppy. Your world can be big, but his world only has you. If you are unhappy, he will be unhappy too. When I think about this, I can't bear not talking to him for even an hour." Xia Mi said, shaking her head.

"You are so nice to your brother." Chu Zihang said softly.

"But sometimes I wish he had never been born, so he wouldn't have to suffer so much." Xia Mi hung her head. "Or maybe I hadn't been born. In that case... everything would be his, and everyone would be relieved."

Chu Zihang just sat there in silence, like a mute. He couldn't make any comments at all because he was an only child and didn't know what it was like to have brothers and sisters... In fact, he didn't want to listen to the girl talk about these family matters at all. It was obviously the time for school orientation.

But he couldn't make the girl shut up, because this was the first time that this girl as gorgeous as a summer flower had revealed... a little sadness since they met. At least he felt that the girl was much braver than him. These words should obviously be kept in her heart and chewed over by herself, but she could say them out loud very frankly.

Chu Zihang couldn't do it. Whenever it rained, he would suddenly wake up from his dream in the middle of the night. Listening to the sound of the pouring rain outside the window, he would often feel that he was still sitting in the Maybach speeding at high speed. The car stereo was playing an Irish folk song sung by a father to his daughter, and the sound of rain served as background music. He was sitting in the passenger seat, listening to the man chattering like a middle-aged woman.

In fact, he felt that there was no need for Xia Mi to tell him these things. Everyone has things that others cannot understand even if they are said out loud, so it is better to keep them in your heart.

Just like every time memories flooded over him like a tide, he simply swung his sword at the god alone, not even involving his closest friend, Lu Mingfei, even though he knew that Lu Mingfei would unhesitatingly help him if he asked...

"Brother!" Xia Mi exclaimed softly, frantically, "The Ferris wheel is almost at its highest point, aren't you going to do something?"

Chu Zihang was pulled back to reality from his memories. They were at the top of the giant Ferris wheel, a dreamlike wonderland... The weather was beautiful, sunlight streaming down from the transparent ceiling. The girl's charming face was framed by the sunlight, angelic and radiant. The distant mountains were outlined with graceful lines, like a rich landscape painting...

The girl broke out of the painting, and everything in the world lost its color.

Don't you want to do something?

For no reason, Chu Zihang wanted to do something... He suddenly thought of the fable about the Ferris wheel that the girl had told him.

So he took the girl's hand... and used the thin white rope tied to his wrist to pull the Winnie the Pooh balloon down from his head... Winnie's two small round eyes like black beans seemed to be looking at him, and he was pouting and smiling, as if asking for a kiss... So Chu Zihang pursed his lips, and his thin lips touched Winnie's mouth... gently.

This was probably... the second stupidest thing he had ever done in his life! Second only to escaping alone on the elevated road on that rainy night!

"Oh my God!" Xia Mi exclaimed, covering her face with her hands and staring at Chu Zihang, who had put Winnie the Pooh back into the sky and looked as calm as ever.

"Ahhhhhh, senior brother, you are so romantic!" Xia Mi screamed in surprise.

"Romance...shouldn't it be stupid?" Chu Zihang asked with a frown.

The Ferris wheel had already passed its peak and was slowly descending. After the excitement wore off, Chu Zihang wondered if he'd gone crazy! Could it be that Lu Mingfei and Finger had caught his bug? He'd actually kissed a balloon in front of a girl?

"Actually, the story about the three holy places is just that, and the fable about the Ferris wheel is just that. Even a child knows it's fake. I asked you to kiss Winnie the Pooh out of spite... but you actually did it. Isn't that romantic?" Xia Mi

But Chu Zihang's face looked very ugly, not like he had just kissed a balloon, but more like he had just eaten a balloon raw!

"Now it's officially time for the orientation." Chu Zihang abruptly changed the subject. He felt he had to act like a senior brother.

"Dear tourists, the orientation time is long over. Welcome back to the ground. Now is the free time in the amusement park." The pod hovered, and the metal door suddenly opened. The silver-haired old man smiled at them gently.

Lu Mingfei stood behind the old man, also smiling... but it was a mischievous smile.

"Principal?" Chu Zihang was stunned.

"Senior Brother Mingfei?" Xia Mi was also stunned.

"Mingfei and I just came back from the auction house and had a great harvest. Thanks to him, I was able to take a lazy afternoon, so I came to see you." Ange patted Xia Mi's soft hand in his arm. "Speaking of which, it's been a while since I've been to the amusement park. I remember the last time I went there, it was covered with banners. The whole nation was marching to boycott the Moscow Olympics."

"I wasn't born at that time. The scene must have been very lively, Principal. Did you participate in the parade?" Xia Mi asked excitedly, holding Ange's arm.

"No, but I secretly threw two rotten eggs at the speaker's head, which made him so angry that he started cursing in public, hahahaha..." The old guy looked very happy.

Lu Mingfei, hanging far behind, nudged Chu Zihang with his elbow and said in an ambiguous tone, "Brother, how are you doing with your two friends?"

"It's the entrance training." Chu Zihang said stubbornly with a stern face.

Although they never talked about the orientation at all.

Chapter 127: Collapse of the Strings of Fate