Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 107 Lu Mingfei: I think I'm actually pretty awesome (3.1K)

Come visit me at home...

Obviously, it's impossible to agree to that!
"Isn't this a blatant trap? If I actually go, won't the next thing they say be, 'Xiao Lu, there's an ancestral sword in my study. Can you check its sharpness?' Then my neck will be the testing stone!"

Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Even if you're tough enough, you can't go. There's a schedule to keep track of!

The farewell to humans before returning home is considered an unspoken part of the "returning home" plan, and the electric shock warning did not sound... but time was passing by second by second, and the total time allocated for the "returning home" plan was limited.

Now, time is running out. If Uncle Chen drives faster when there's less traffic, they might make it. But if they're heading to Su Xiaoqiang's house, Lu Mingfei should start thinking about what style he wants for his burial plot.

"No need, Uncle."

Lu Mingfei waved his hand, forcing a "well-behaved" smile on his face, trying to appear harmless and not a wild boar that posed a great threat to Xiaobaicai.

"I have to go to school tomorrow, so I need to go home early."

"That's fine, we'll talk again another time."

Mr. Su readily agreed, secretly relieved.

He was genuinely worried that Lu Mingfei would agree to the polite request—this kid dared to "touch" his own daughter right in front of him! What else wouldn't he dare to do?

Logically speaking, as a ruthless person who started from scratch and built his business to its current size, what kind of situation hasn't Su's father seen?

There shouldn't have been such polite formalities; at the very least, it shouldn't have been let off so easily.

But he had previously asked someone to check Lu Mingfei's information—not just simple school records, but something deeper, involving his family background and detailed past...

The person on the other end initially agreed readily, but soon called back to find out the purpose of the investigation. Only then did they lower their voice in relief and say, "Old Su, you almost got me killed! Don't investigate anymore, and don't ask anyone else to help. It's impossible to investigate!"

Su's father was well aware of the weight of those words.

He almost immediately thought of the truck incident that day... and then of that group of "special beings".

Therefore, it's never a bad thing to be polite.

"Then...goodbye?"

Lu Mingfei turned to Su Xiaoqiang.

"goodbye……"

Su Xiaoqiang was still dazed. She looked at Lu Mingfei and even felt that he was a stranger.

Based on my impression of him over the past two and a half years, shouldn't this kid be timid and cowardly? Even when the teacher on the podium calls on him to answer a question, he shrinks his neck and droops his head, and even when his head turns red, he can only stammer out a few words!
How could she say such things to herself so boldly, and not show the slightest fear when facing her own father?
She stared blankly at Lu Mingfei's back as he turned and left with Uncle Chen... Suddenly she noticed that, under the cover of night, this hunchbacked boy she remembered was now walking with his back straight and his head held high.

He was no longer the nobody who would shrink into a corner. In this southern city, he was so tall that he stood out from the crowd, with a new and sharp handsomeness.

Only seven days.

"A scholar who has been away for three days should be treated with new respect..."

She murmured to herself, a slight smile unconsciously curving her lips.

The words in the book had never been so vividly confirmed before my eyes... Indeed, in just seven days, he was able to become confident and bold, study hard, and give up on Chen Wenwen. Why couldn't he become confident and bold?
"A woman separated from her husband for three days should be careful not to give herself away for nothing..."

Her father's voice came from the side, tinged with a hint of teasing, "Still watching? Why don't you just move in with him?"

"dad!"

Su Xiaoqiang snapped back to reality, her cheeks instantly burning, and she guiltily looked away.

She booked a room at Lu Mingfei's house... Could her father have found out about it too?

"Alright, everyone's on the bus. It's so late, it's time to go home... to our own homes!"

Mr. Su waved his hand dismissively, feeling utterly exhausted.

As a father, he understands his daughter best. He felt that Su Xiaoqiang was different this time. It seemed that her liking for him wasn't just superficial, but... she was really falling for him.

……

"Young Master Lu."

The car door closed, shutting out the noise outside. Uncle Chen didn't rush to start the car; his gaze fell on Lu Mingfei through the rearview mirror. His voice wasn't loud, but it was heavy and carried a clear sense of solemnity.

"Brilliant."

"What's so great about me? I'm just..."

Lu Mingfei let out a long breath, his previous fearless demeanor vanished, his tense shoulders and back relaxed, and he slumped into the leather seat.

"It's just... I suddenly got a little carried away, and I was just bluffing."

"It's not a bluff."

Uncle Chen shook his head, started the engine, and gripped the steering wheel. The Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG smoothly merged into the sparse traffic, accelerating steadily, with the city lights outside the window flashing past.

That's confidence.

"confidence?"

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment; the word was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

"Yes. Bluffing is just pretending when you're not strong enough. It's like an empty shell with nothing inside, it'll burst at the slightest touch."

Uncle Chen's voice was calm, with an undeniable certainty, "But you? What do you have to do with 'out of stock'?"

"Is...it okay?"

Lu Mingfei was a little confused.

"of course not!"

Uncle Chen looked at Lu Mingfei again, as if wondering why he thought that way, and then listed them one by one.

"First, you're the only one the young master treats as a friend and cares for so much. Second, you can actually complete three hours of strength training in a single session, all to exhaustion, and still be perfectly fine the next day!"

Third, Lu Shao, you're also incredibly hardworking when it comes to studying. You even managed to solve physics problems while working out.

Now, my studies have been greatly improved, and my physical fitness and network of contacts have been maximized.

Finally, even in terms of appearance…

He paused, his gaze sweeping once more over the transformed face in the mirror, and offered his assessment with a sincere and earnest tone.

"If I hadn't received advance notice and prepared, I almost wouldn't have recognized you... To give an inappropriate example, Mr. Lu, do you know that Japan has a profession called 'host host'? If you went there, you would definitely be a world-class top host! You could make a living just by your looks!"

"It's not that exaggerated..."

Lu Mingfei instinctively retorted.

"To be honest, Mr. Lu."

Uncle Chen's lips twitched, a sense of helplessness washing over him as he watched someone unconsciously showing off and had to explain it to them.

"In seven days, you were so focused on moving forward that you didn't even have time to look back and didn't even know how far you had gone... You're blinded by your own involvement, but how could I, as an observer, not know?"

The car drove smoothly through the night, and Uncle Chen's voice was slightly deep, carrying the familiarity of someone who had been through it all.

"Confidence is something you don't need to look for. As you gradually become stronger on your own, and gain confidence and strength, it will come to you on its own."

Once it arrives, people change. It's as if they finally have a strong backbone, and then they dare to speak, act, spend money, and do things they used to only dare to think about.

Because you know what you're doing, you know you... can handle it.

Lu Mingfei remained frozen in his seat, motionless.

A strong tingling sensation suddenly shot up my spine to my scalp, as if countless hot needles were pricking me.

In his mind, years of accumulated cowardice, self-doubt, and habitual retreat surged and roared like a black tide, trying to drag him back into that familiar and safe shell.

"It's fake! It's all fake! You haven't changed! You're still that coward! Hide away! You're destined to be a coward and a loser, always running away from everything and spouting useless nonsense!"

The voice was sharp and familiar.

However, Uncle Chen's calm and resolute words, and the undeniable facts he had created, crashed into my mind like heavy foundation stones.

Over the past seven days, every drop of sweat that hit the floor, every muscle-tearing ache, every moment of focused concentration while solving a problem, and every moment of exhaustion after finishing... all converge at this moment.

They piled up together, quickly forming a towering wall that firmly kept out the clamorous black tide that was trying to engulf him.

Compared to the clamor of the tide, the city walls stand silently.

No matter how the tide crashes and beats, it remains unmoved, as solid as iron!
Behind this cold barrier, something indescribable, something that had been swallowed up by the tide and disappeared without a trace, finally resurfaced and quietly grew.

"I seem……"

Lu Mingfei's lips moved slightly, his voice was very soft, and there was a hint of disbelief and dazedness in it.

"That's pretty impressive."

……

After saying goodbye to Uncle Chen, I walked across the front yard and grasped the doorknob.

Lu Mingfei suddenly stopped moving.

The living room's huge floor-to-ceiling windows were covered by thick curtains, but a few rays of light still peeked through the gaps. Zero, as usual, was probably quietly waiting for him to return on the living room sofa.

I wonder what her reaction would be if she saw me now?
Will you be startled? Will you not recognize me at all?
Or at least, like this morning, a little emotional fluctuation?

[Warning, electric shock countdown...]

Lu Mingfei snapped back to reality, turned the handle, and pushed the door open.

The room was warm, calm, and quiet, just like last night.

"I'm back."

As if infected by the atmosphere, Lu Mingfei took off his coat and subconsciously took the initiative to speak.

Ling Weiwei turned her head slightly on the sofa in the living room.

"came back?"

Girl, does your program have a setting that "it will still execute even if it receives an answer in advance"?
Lu Mingfei mentally scoffed, suddenly feeling somewhat deflated. The ice-cold girl remained completely unmoved, as if she hadn't noticed his dramatic change at all.

"The new look is great."

Ling suddenly stood up, went to Lu Mingfei's side, took the coat from his arm, and gently hung it on the hanger for him.

"If you like, you can continue."

"If 'I' like it?"

Lu Mingfei took off his shoes and put them away, slightly confused by Zero's somewhat ambiguous question, "You... don't like them?"

Ling stopped moving and quietly looked back at him, her gaze as calm as a lake frozen for millions of years, without the slightest ripple.

I love you no matter what you are like.

The voice remained calm, a statement of facts.

Lu Mingfei stood there, stunned.

Inside his chest, his little heart began to pound wildly, as if it were shouting angrily.

"Referee! Referee, look! She's committing a foul!"

(End of this chapter)