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

Chapter 43 Youthful Love is Like Autumn in the South
"Can I talk to you about something?"

Lu Mingfei was forced to interrupt his studies, looked up, and glanced at Liu Miaomiao with some wariness.

He vaguely smelled that he was about to be electrocuted, and then his whole body was filled with a burning smell from head to toe, inside and out.

[Electroshock warning countdown, part three]

"right……"

Just as Liu Miaomiao was about to continue, she realized her mistake and wisely stopped talking.

Talking about this in the classroom, no matter how softly you speak, is no different from barging into the school's broadcasting room with a megaphone and shouting into the microphone!
But where else can we talk about this besides the classroom?

Liu Miaomiao suddenly remembered Lu Mingfei's somewhat absurd suggestion from yesterday, and her face flushed red. Feeling a little guilty, she looked around and then covered her mouth with her hands, gesturing for Lu Mingfei to come closer.

【two……】

Lu Mingfei blinked and chose to lean closer, listening intently.

With only two seconds left on the countdown, this action was tantamount to walking a tightrope, with a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire below.

However, Lu Mingfei felt that it shouldn't be a problem.

After three days of "training," he has now become quite adept at timing the warning countdown. He can always time it to the limit, counting down to "one" before returning to his studies and refreshing the warning.

This kind of behavior of testing the edge of danger is actually quite exciting. Don't be fooled by the fact that each time is only three seconds long. Even if a single schedule allows ten times, it will only take half a minute. But is Lu Mingfei enjoying that half minute of freedom?

No, he enjoys the "struggle" with his schedule, which shows that he still has a rebellious spirit!
As for how to time it so precisely, the reason is simple—just like the story of "The Oil Vendor" we learned in seventh grade, there's nothing special about it but familiarity with the "body".

They were so close that Liu Miaomiao's outstretched hands almost touched his.

The girl parted her lips, her slightly warm breath tickling his ear, and she softly uttered five words—

"Do you need to go to the toilet?"

【one……】

Lu Mingfei: "!!!"

What the heck? What did I just hear?
These are the words I could hear from Liu Miaomiao, the beautiful pianist.

In his utter astonishment, Lu Mingfei even forgot about the countdown; he began to wonder if he was dreaming.

If it's a dream, then all of this makes perfect sense! Liu Miaomiao probably wouldn't say something like that, but he's capable of coming up with such absurd scenarios—it's very much in line with his style…

[Electric shock released!]

The familiar, soul-piercing pain surged through him, and Lu Mingfei only had time to slam himself face down onto the desk.

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!”

But at the same time, thoughts that counteract the pain flashed wildly through my mind, like a revolving lantern of life—Don't die! Don't die! Don't die!
The fear of death even surpassed his physical instincts at this moment. The excruciating pain was still unbearable for Lu Mingfei, but he locked his jaw and fixed his joints, so only his muscles spasmed uncontrollably!
This change was well concealed under the thick winter clothing; otherwise, it would certainly look rather strange at first glance.

Liu Miaomiao blinked. Although she knew this sounded strange... Lu Mingfei himself had mentioned it yesterday! Was it really necessary to react so strongly?
What kind of emotional reaction does it take to suddenly lie down? Are you trying to suppress a laugh?

"Are you going or not?"

Since she had already gone all out, Liu Miaomiao nudged Lu Mingfei and continued asking.

"……go."

Lu Mingfei barely recovered, and his voice was weak and feeble, but he still managed to reply.

The reason for going is simple—if we don't go, wouldn't we be wasting our time?

Moreover, he had a "toilet break" once during the morning, which was a good opportunity to ease the aftereffects of the electric shock.

"Then let's go... Wow, why is your face so red all of a sudden?"

Liu Miaomiao looked at Lu Mingfei's raised face with some surprise. He was fine before he fell down, but now his face was so red that it was "covered in blood".

Of course I held it in! Do you know how much effort I put in to avoid getting into trouble? Lu Mingfei thought to himself, then sighed and said, "If you walk by the river long enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet."

Dare you next time!

He stood up and left the classroom with Liu Miaomiao.

As soon as the two left, the classmates who were chatting, catching up on sleep, and doing their own things almost immediately erupted into chaos.

Someone asked, "Did you see that? Liu Miaomiao said something to Lu Mingfei! Lu Mingfei reacted so strongly that he was so happy he was lying on the table! When he got up, his face was still flushed, he must have been shy."

Someone else said they not only saw it but also heard it: Liu Miaomiao and Lu Mingfei were talking about taking him home to meet their parents tonight! The exact words were "Are you coming to my house?" Apparently, they've already progressed to meeting each other's parents—that's incredibly fast! Then, a Liu Miaomiao supporter lamented that he had vowed to marry no one but Liu Miaomiao, but Lu Mingfei beat him to it. However, considering Lu Mingfei helped him play StarCraft, he'd be magnanimous and let him have her…

……

"What is it?"

Lu Mingfei asked curiously, looking at Liu Miaomiao beside him, "Seriously, shouldn't we keep some distance? If we walk together like this, the people in the classroom will definitely gossip..."

"Is that all that's missing?"

Liu Miaomiao pouted. Her "reputation" had been gone for good since yesterday!

"I wanted to talk to you about what happened yesterday, last night..."

Liu Miaomiao recounted the entire incident from last night, almost word for word, except for concealing her answer to Chen Wenwen at the time.

Of course, that answer was impossible to tell Lu Mingfei. Even a piano-playing beauty has her pride, you know?

After speaking, Liu Miaomiao paid close attention to Lu Mingfei's every move and expression. She felt a little guilty at this moment. Although Lu Mingfei had clearly rejected Chen Wenwen... what if, what if he still deeply liked Chen Wenwen?
I'm afraid he'll jump off the building right there!
But Lu Mingfei didn't react at all, or rather, his biggest reaction was to pause for a moment, and then—

"Oh."

"..." Liu Miaomiao paused for a moment, "That's it?"

"That's fine... what else can we do?" Lu Mingfei asked rhetorically.

"Don't scare me, I thought about it all night and I never expected you to react like this!"

Liu Miaomiao stared at Lu Mingfei warily, "You like Chen Wenwen so much, you've had a crush on her for two and a half years... I thought you would suddenly burst into tears and try to salvage everything when you heard this news!"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "What you're saying is something I've actually thought about before, and even when you said it just now, I thought that was how I should react. But actually, I don't seem to feel anything?"

This was certainly not some kind of post-electrocution sage mode taking effect. Lu Mingfei himself was somewhat taken aback. His mood... was really calm, like a gentle breeze rippling across a lake.

"Really?" Liu Miaomiao asked, somewhat doubtful.

"Really... why do you think I would even consider such a scenario? Isn't it because I know my chances of success are almost zero?"

Lu Mingfei shrugged.

"Chen Wenwen is right. I know I'm being shameless, it's a bit like 'a gentleman deceives others with a fair deal', but... at that time I just couldn't bear to do it, it was like that was the only thing in my life worth looking forward to."

"Is it different now?" Liu Miaomiao asked.

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Of course they are different."

Just three days later, his life was filled with so many things to look forward to.

Although I was badly shocked by the electric shock, my schedule was also very stressful.

The gradually increasing proficiency, the acquired vocabulary, the senior brother, the new home, another world, Liu Miaomiao by my side, and the conditions agreed to by Su Xiaoqiang... these are all things worth looking forward to!
In such circumstances, what was originally the only "lifeline" naturally becomes less important.

Let go of what's wrong; why make things difficult for others?
Unexpectedly, I made peace with myself in a simple way.

"You've really changed a lot."

Liu Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief and remarked with emotion, then spoke again. Even she herself didn't know why she subconsciously said such a thing, "But it's easy to say. You still won't forget her, will you?"

Forgetting is not such an easy thing.

Lu Mingfei did not deny it; he reached out and touched the wind rushing past outside the corridor.

"A crush during adolescence is like autumn in the south. It comes and goes quickly, and when you think about it occasionally, you always feel that cool and comfortable feeling. But there are too few places in this world where the autumn wind lingers, so few that people... take it for granted."

The two fell silent for a moment. Liu Miaomiao was stunned by Lu Mingfei's words; she never expected such words to come from Lu Mingfei's mouth.

Lu Mingfei felt a brief sense of melancholy. After all, he had indeed liked Chen Wenwen for a long time, and although he said he had let go, there was a void in his heart that he was still somewhat unaccustomed to.

Speaking of liking Chen Wenwen for so long...

"its not right!"

Lu Mingfei suddenly stopped, his pupils dilating in shock. He finally realized the most incongruous part of it all.

"How...how did you know I've had a crush on Chen Wenwen for two and a half years?"

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