Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 2 Welcome to Night City

Click.

The sound of the door at home opening was much more pleasant than the sound of the door opening in the literature club's activity room, but Lu Mingfei felt more nervous. He smiled and looked at the woman who opened the door.

"!!!"

Sure enough, the moment the door opened, a familiar burly middle-aged woman came into view.

When the aunt saw Lu Mingfei soaked, she immediately sucked in the air around her into her chest. Her posture really looked like Sleipnir in Norse mythology, and thunder and lightning were about to spit out of her nostrils in the next moment.

But when Sleipnir saw Lu Mingfei's miserable and humble appearance, she took several deep breaths and swallowed the divine thunder back into her lungs.

After a while, he said in a muffled voice.

"Come in! Don't stand outside like a telephone pole!" As she spoke, my aunt's usually harsh expression relaxed for a second, really just a second, and then quickly tightened again.

She turned sideways, revealing the orange light of the living room chandelier behind her and a fairly rich dinner on the dining table.

"Mingfei is back! Ouch, why are you so wet? Go take a shower or you'll catch a cold!"

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Mingfei was stuffed with clothes by his uncle who came running over, and then pushed into the bathroom to take a shower.

【19: 00】

Lu Mingfei washed quickly because he was looking forward to the fish soup on the table. When he walked out of the bathroom, he first glanced at the clock at home, and then quickly turned his attention to the dining table.

To be fair, my aunt’s cooking is just average, but lately, including tonight, Lu Mingfei always devours everything on the table like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.

Perhaps because of this, my aunt's attitude towards Lu Mingfei has improved recently.

In the past, she always felt that Lu Mingfei looked unlucky and actually looked down on her family just like her mother. But now, she felt that Lu Mingfei was pitiful to the core, and even she couldn't bear to step on him again.

"Eat some of this."

Thinking of this, the aunt picked up some food for Lu Mingfei, regardless of the resentful expression of her own son next to her.

She knew that Lu Mingfei had been in a bad state recently and was always muttering some strange names.

What about prosthetics, madmen, tiger claws, and what about .ye coconut orange? I don't know, anyway, it must have been a nightmare, so I took him to see a psychiatrist, but there was no result. I could only make up for this poor kid with some details.

"Thank you, Auntie."

As expected, Lu Mingfei did not say nonsense or smile as before, but said thank you seriously and timidly.

My aunt felt more satisfied and the meal was very harmonious.

At the end of dinner, Auntie and Lu Mingze agreed to let Lu Mingfei use the computer at home to play his favorite game "StarCraft" as a way to relax. They would take him to see a psychologist again at the weekend.

This was perhaps the most gentle night that his aunt and her family had ever been to Lu Mingfei. Even the chubby Lu Mingze didn't say much and silently gave the computer to his cousin.

Lu Mingfei accepted the gift with gratitude because he still had one last thing to do.

Something that must be done before the day is over.

Ming: @Lao Tang?

【Old Tang: Come.】

The person on the other end of the chat channel was called "Old Tang." Was he one of Lu Mingfei's few friends? Probably. Lu Mingfei wasn't sure if he was, but he hoped so.

(After all, Old Tang is the last one.)
Lu Mingfei started the game with a slightly empty look in his eyes.

Game enthusiasts always have a good understanding with each other. The two quickly started the game and entered the familiar interface. The boy's expression gradually relaxed. He silently connected the mouse to the computer and played the game seriously, which was rare.

His skills are very good - this is just modesty. It should be said that Lu Mingfei has not yet encountered an opponent that he thinks he cannot defeat even if he gives his all, so when he fights against Lao Tang without letting him go as he did in the past, the battle is basically one-sided.

[Holy crap! Mingming! Are you fucking cheating?!?]

When the game ended, Old Tang kept muttering about these things, but the friendship between the two of them so far made him choose to believe Lu Mingfei. He just cursed and beat him while cursing.

After cutting three pieces, Lu Mingfei looked at the clock in the lower right corner again.

【23: 28】

He looked to the upper right corner of his vision again.

【0:31:37】

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Lu Mingfei raised his hand to type.

Ming: That’s all for today.

Old Tang: Is it time? Students are such a bummer.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief and was about to close the page when he found that accompanied by a ding-dong sound, Old Tang sent him another message.

[Um. Ahem, bro, have you gotten into any trouble lately?]

For a moment, Lu Mingfei felt his heart tightened, not out of panic, but out of surprise. He was expecting Old Tang to tell him about the 'nightmares' that he had never told him before, expecting this miracle to happen.

But the reality is often not so satisfactory.

[Mingming, don't be angry if I'm wrong. I just feel like you haven't been that active in the chat channel lately.]

[Well, although I'm not a genius, I can still chat with you. Look, those masters of psychology all end up reading tarot cards and birth charts under overpasses. I can do that too!]

So if you ever run into anything, just tell me I'm in the US and can ship yourself over to me. I'll take you to eat Tex-Mex street hot dogs!

The American Mexican style is okay.

Lu Mingfei was actually very touched. To be honest, he even felt the tip of his nose twitching uncontrollably, but his raised hand still froze in mid-air.

After a moment's hesitation, he typed.

【It’s okay, I’ve directed too many times. 】

Old Tang: Hey you! Damn! You're wasting time! Go to sleep!

In QQ, Lao Tang’s highly recognizable panda avatar has gone dark.

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Lu Mingfei leaned back slightly, his back against the chair, took a few deep breaths, and then pulled out a black notebook from the drawer.

Lu Mingfei opened the book. Most of it was blank, with only the first ten pages containing twisted words. The ink depth varied, and there was a trembling aftertaste. It was as if the person being interrogated was forced to write it down after being tortured. The person's inner panic and fear could be seen through the paper.

It wasn't a diary—at least not until last week.

Lu Mingfei quickly flipped through the first few pages and came to a new one.

He picked up a pen and wrote a few words.

This is the last day.

【At twelve o'clock midnight, I think I will go to that world again. 】

I don’t know what to leave behind or what to do. I’ve tried exercising in the past few weeks, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

The boy continued writing, writing whatever came to his mind. [I should have made some preparations, but I have no idea what to do. I've consulted psychologists, but it's no use; they can't understand that world.]

I thought about it for a long time, but on the last day, I decided I shouldn't leave any regrets.

Afterwards, Lu Mingfei wrote a few names below the text.

【Chen Wenwen】

Aunt

【uncle】

【Lu Mingze】

【Old Tang】

This was the person Lu Mingfei had met that day, and also one of the very few people who seemed to need to say goodbye to during the tragic youth of the boy named Lu Mingfei.

Chen Wenwen, his secret crush, only spoke to him because she started talking to him. Lu Mingfei knew very well that it was actually just her excessive kindness, and he knew very well that he was actually being kept in suspense by her, but even so, Lu Mingfei also wanted to say goodbye in the end.

Aunt and Uncle. Lu Mingfei's feelings towards the former are more subtle. He knows that this woman embezzled the child support given to him by his parents, and he should hate her, but now Lu Mingfei doesn't even have the energy to do such a thing.

He used a little more force when writing Old Tang's name, because the netizen on the other side of the ocean, whom he had never met before, gave him the biggest surprise and touched him today - although Lu Mingfei felt that it might just be a casual action of the good old man Old Tang.

(Even that is enough.)
How could he not know that none of these people truly cared about him? How could he not know that he was far from being "special" to these people?

but.
This is almost all of Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei paused and the tip of his pen poked out black ink on the white paper. After a while, he continued writing.

【dad】

【mom】

"In the end, I couldn't even say a word."

Lu Mingfei muttered to himself as he looked at the two words on the notebook. He was silent at first, but soon a bigger and heavier emotion began to spread in the boy's heart.

Lu Mingfei had tried to stay up all night countless times, and the next day his heart would often beat faster, more frequently, and more chaotically, as if an invisible beast was chasing him from behind.

Fear, resentment, panic, and reluctance.
Although he is a member of the literature club, he doesn't even know how to summarize it.

Kala.
Lu Mingfei crumpled the paper with his palm and looked at the lower right corner of the computer through his bangs that had not been cut for a long time.

【23: 59】

【00:00:28】

Lu Mingfei's heartbeat quickened again.

A catalyst more powerful than the grievance of not being able to see his parents poured into his chest, making his heart pound like thunder.

【00:00:22】

I kept blinking, my vision switching back and forth between darkness and the white glow of the computer. The sharp tinnitus and the roar of my heart mixed together, spreading continuously.

【00:00:14】

Time stretched out, so long that Lu Mingfei felt at ease, because he felt that more than a year had passed, but he still had not fallen into that "nightmare".

【00:00:09】

In that dream, there were residents who killed people without blinking an eye and an absurd and chaotic city.

【00:00:05】

There are magnificent corporate skyscrapers and there are untouchables living in the gutters.

【00:00:04】

Blood, blood everywhere.

Killing, chaos, numbness.

And
lonely.

【00:00:03】

In the nightmare, Lu Mingfei was alone.

He hated the loneliness.

So, it was really just a dream.

right?

【00:00:00】

【Click】

A blink of an eye.

There was a barely perceptible sound of a switch.

It was like the sound of Lu Mingfei's heart stopping.

——When Lu Mingfei opened his eyes again, everything in front of him had changed.

The dazzling white light pierced Lu Mingfei's eyes like a knife, and the night that should have been quiet was replaced by a rock song that was distorted due to the high-power external speaker.

【I couldn't wait for you to come clear the cupboards】

When the vision system started to function normally again, the simple interface of the Windows system was torn apart, and replaced by a huge transparent glass and neon lights outside the glass.

It was not yet morning and it was still a little dark outside the window.

Beneath the dim light, there are countless towering skyscrapers, and flowing lights ignite the color vision signals, just like a huge Milky Way pouring down from the dome through the deep and vast sky, splashing dense water with sparkling light.

Beautiful, yet terrifying.

Lu Mingfei had left the computer chair at some point and was sitting on the bed. Everything around him had changed: the small room he and Lu Mingze shared, the worn-out IBM laptop, or the bookshelf that had never been moved.

Lu Mingfei was left alone, with an empty room with almost no decoration, and the strange yet magnificent city in front of him.

The city is called.
The music's drum beats rose and fell, and a male voice emerged from somewhere on the radio's external speaker channel, saying loudly with unbridled passion—

Good morning, everyone!

【Welcome to————Night City! 】

That day, Lu Mingfei traveled through time.

And how he wished that this story started with "Lu Mingfei returned alive from another world".
At this moment, the numbers on the window signal in the lower left corner of the field of vision jumped slightly.

Distance Lu Mingfei returns.
Three months

(End of this chapter)