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

Chapter 183 The Older Generation Slams Down on the Beach

music?

This was the third time Lu Mingfei had grasped this point since receiving the schedule—

The reward for the schedule... it's definitely not a reward!
"The first time was when they dragged me into a dream and beat me up by my senior brother all night; the second time was when they simply created a hellish death challenge; and this third time..."

Lu Mingfei stared blankly out the window, then subconsciously reached out and wiped the blurred glass, which was covered with water droplets.

The surface felt damp and cold to the touch, and after being wiped, my vision finally became clear. The influence of the strong cold air mass moving south continued, and silvery frost covered the ground. The mist, tinged with a bright yellow by the streetlights, appeared and disappeared in the pitch-black night.

Just like his current mood... it's hard to know whether to be sad or happy.

"In other words, they simply expanded the scope of the scroll!"

Lu Mingfei had long realized that the piano course was becoming "lacking in follow-up potential," not because it was too difficult for him to learn, but because there was only so much he could learn.

I learned too fast, so much so that there wasn't much left to learn.

The problem is that the standard for measuring proficiency in the schedule is based on the learning and mastery of new knowledge, which means that Lu Mingfei cannot continue to upgrade his piano skills!

This is clearly unacceptable.

But upgrading from "playing the piano" to "learning music" expands the scope far beyond a small area, encompassing all kinds of musical instruments.

"Why didn't you just upgrade me to [Art] directly..."

Lu Mingfei silently complained to himself.

The schedule remained silent, utterly silent.

"Wait, cousin, cousin, I was wrong. Can you pretend I didn't say anything?"

Realizing what was happening, Lu Mingfei immediately felt a sense of utter dismay. This old fox, the schedule planner, had a history of this! It would always silently record things, waiting for the crucial moment to deliver a fatal blow…

"Hum~"

The sudden humming interrupted Lu Mingfei's inner monologue, and he turned to look in that direction.

"Senior Brother Ye Sheng... why do you look so happy?"

He leaned forward suspiciously, as if only by doing so could he confirm that the smile on Ye Sheng's face, which had some dark circles under his eyes, was not fake, and then his expression changed.

"Oh no, senior brother! Senior Brother Ye Sheng has ruined his brain from working overtime! Stop the car! I've already been in one car accident, and I don't want to go through another one so soon!"

"You're the one who's out of your mind."

Ye Sheng had no choice but to stop humming and retorted, "I was just thinking about something happy, okay?"

"What's the happy thing?"

"Uh..." Ye Sheng hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

“He has to go back to work later,” Chu Zihang said calmly, “He doesn’t have time to rest.”

"What? You're happy about something like this? I told you, you've really lost your mind."

Lu Mingfei glanced at Ye Sheng with sympathy, then waved his hand with great magnanimity.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Ye Sheng, I will definitely help you get justice and get your workers' compensation."

"And then split it 30/70?" Ye Sheng chuckled coldly.

"I'm so sorry, after all, this is your compensation money, senior brother. Isn't it a bit too little to only leave you three-tenths?"

After considering it seriously, Lu Mingfei said quite generously, "Let's split it 50/50, half and half."

"Then thank you so much!"

While driving, Ye Sheng couldn't roll his eyes. He was the sunny and gentle type, the kind of boy next door who was polite and caring to everyone. Naturally, his skills in witty banter were far inferior to Lu Mingfei's effortless level.

"So what exactly is it?"

After the joke was over, Lu Mingfei resumed his role as a curious bystander. However, he knew very well that he couldn't get the answer to this directly from Ye Sheng, so he looked at Chu Zihang.

Given Senior Brother Chu's gossipy nature beneath his cold exterior, he must know all about this kind of thing!

"The special operations team dispatched by Kassel College is arriving soon. Senior Brother Ye Sheng will be in charge of receiving them."

Chu Zihang answered his question with just one sentence.

"Oh……"

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that his "Oh" was quite meaningful. He recalled the gossip his senior brother had mentioned earlier: "Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya are a couple."

"Hey, you guys, that's enough."

Ye Sheng was a little nervous, and even lowered his voice, "The Execution Department doesn't allow action partners to date..."

Clearly, he didn't want his regular mission partnership with Shudeya to be broken up.

"There's such a rule?"

Lu Mingfei asked casually out of curiosity.

"What about clerical work? There aren't any requirements for being an action partner, right? As for superior-subordinate relationships and stuff... Senior, you've done a great job with paperwork. If you want to switch to clerical work, you can just ask Teacher Zhang to transfer Senior Aki here, right?"

He thought about it and even added a rather compelling reason for it.

"We'll arrange for them to be colleagues in the same department, so they can have an open and aboveboard office romance... It could even be a superior-subordinate relationship, a 'hidden rule' that's both legal and ethical!"

"Right...right?"

Ye Sheng was taken aback and murmured, "Why didn't I think of that?"

In the past, he considered himself the ace of the executive department, burdened with heavy responsibilities, and his sense of duty naturally drove him to not even consider this matter. But now…

First there was Chu Zihang, and now Lu Mingfei.

Chu Zihang had already made Ye Sheng sigh, "The younger generation surpasses the older generation," but Lu Mingfei... this guy is simply too fierce for humans! He's going to crush the older generation on the beach!

Which hybrid race could gain the upper hand in a one-on-one battle against a "suspected first-generation race"?
If it weren't for the "destined super hybrid" setting that Yu Ji mentioned earlier, which perfectly matched all the historical records and left no room for doubt, Ye Sheng estimated that he would definitely have questioned Lu Mingfei's identity... for example, whether he was some kind of unawakened pure-blooded dragon.

"Ahem, let's talk about this later. Let me ask Aki first..."

Ye Sheng came to his senses. Fortunately, there were hardly any cars on the road at four in the morning, so as the driver, he did not make the already reduced number of buses in the External Cooperation Branch worse off.

Through the rearview mirror, he saw the mischievous smile on Lu Mingfei's face. "Don't just laugh, you have your own business to discuss here!"

"Ok?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. "What do you mean I'm also involved?"

“There’s another girl in the special operations team, her full name is Chen Motong, nickname is Nuonuo… She already knows you said she’s not good-looking.” Ye Sheng grinned, looking like he was looking forward to a good show.

"how come?!"

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.
"Didn't I say it at school? This matter will at most spread on the Shilan Middle School's school forum, it's unlikely to get out of the public eye, right? Besides, our school forum is only accessible to students of our school!"

“Originally, it shouldn’t have gotten out, but our school, Kassel College, has a legendary figure…you can think of him as an extremely rare professional paparazzi,” Ye Sheng explained.

"Oh, that's not that rare. There's one in our class."

Lu Mingfei recalled that "frontline reporter from this station".

"In short, his most well-known ability is collecting all sorts of gossip, from the dean of students' first love to a student's crush. His business includes, but is not limited to, being a paparazzi, whitewashing, creating scandals, and gathering intelligence..."

Ye Sheng added at the end, "They're all chargeable."

"How could such a remarkable person not have been sacked and beaten black and blue one night, and then reformed himself?"

Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up, "The students at Kassel College are incredibly tolerant!"

"Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing that some people had similar ideas, but either they were dissuaded by the news before they could even make a move, or they seemed to have taken action but failed."

Ye Sheng thought for a moment and then said.

"In short, now that I've said all that, you should have already guessed what he did, right?"

"I guessed it, the freshman with S-class bloodline was already looking down on the upperclassmen before even enrolling..."

Lu Mingfei's expression was solemn and grave. "I feel that my personal image has been severely damaged! I am clearly a person who respects my senior brothers and sisters quite a bit."

"No, you only respect your senior brother, and there is only one senior brother!"

Ye Sheng muttered to himself, then cleared his throat before speaking, "That's not the point. The point is Nuonuo's identity! Do you even know whose girlfriend she is?"

"Is the Jade Emperor or the Prince of the Unlucky?" Lu Mingfei asked rhetorically.

Ye Sheng was taken aback by the question, wondering how these two words could appear together.

"What he meant was that it had nothing to do with who her girlfriend was, and it had absolutely nothing to do with him."

Chu Zihang, whose skill in using slang and nonsense had reached level 4, explained things to Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng thought to himself, "When did you guys learn a new language behind my back? You can even read and understand it!"
"...She was Cesare Gattuso's girlfriend."

In the end, Ye Sheng said what he originally wanted to say, which he thought Lu Mingfei might find interesting.

"I know you might ask me who Caesar Gattuso is. Let me put it this way, he's your senior brother Chu's mortal enemy!"

As if a "ding" sounded, Ye Sheng could almost see with his own eyes that Lu Mingfei's attitude had changed from "not caring at all, he could just apologize and make amends, and at most treat people to a meal" to "full of fighting spirit".

"A mortal enemy?"

Lu Mingfei spoke each word with emphasis.

“They’re just competitors,” Chu Zihang explained, “not mortal enemies.”

"Competition for what?"

"Caesar Gattuso is the student council president, while Chu Zihang is the Lionheart Society president. These are the two largest student organizations in Kassel College, so they often compete with each other on various issues."

Ye Sheng added fuel to the fire, "Your senior brother is actually being subtly suppressed!"

Lu Mingfei's gaze then shifted to Chu Zihang, watching him nod: "Without using Word of Power, Caesar is indeed stronger than me."

"So that's it..."

Lu Mingfei nodded thoughtfully. In his view, "not using the power of words" meant "not a life-or-death duel," so what was the point of pushing his luck in this situation?
But it's inappropriate to say that at this time. It's even worse to pat your chest and say something like, "It's okay, I'll back you up."

Because Lu Mingfei knew that Chu Zihang was a rather proud person, and probably thought that as long as he was better than him in some normal aspects, that would be enough.

"Speaking of which, there's a rumor that after Caesar learned about the S-class freshmen, he specifically said that he must obtain an S-class and absolutely cannot let it go to the Lionheart Society."

Outside of work, Ye Sheng is also a fun-loving person. "It seems that this plan will fall apart before it even begins."

"It might indeed fall apart, but I won't join the student council or the Lionheart Society. What if the Lionheart Society surpasses the student council after I join, and others say it's because of me?"

Lu Mingfei waved his hand, "I believe that you can do it on your own, Senior Brother!"

There was another reason he didn't mention—it goes without saying that once he actually gets to Kassel College, he'll have to spend most of his time on various studies and training, so he won't have time to waste on student organizations.
The car slowed down slowly, and the California sunshine was right in front of us.

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. Only now did he remember something, something of utmost importance!
I didn't go home last night... I don't think I had a chance to tell Zero?

(End of this chapter)