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

Chapter 63 What do you mean you want to move into my house? (3.1K)

Lu Mingfei is still studying hard.

Starting from the morning self-study session, his Chinese proficiency level reached 88/100, and he still had 12 points left to advance to the next level.

But even at 12 o'clock, Lu Mingfei couldn't get his hands on it all morning... because there was no Chinese class today!
When writing his schedule, Lu Mingfei not only indulged himself but also slacked off. He simply wrote "attending class" for class time, which meant he had to dutifully attend whatever class he was in.

Therefore, the only time he can use to study Chinese today is during breaks between classes.

Intermittent sessions are not a problem; Lu Mingfei can enter a state of "flow" at any time. This means that for him, there is no time loss associated with "entering a learning state."

No matter how efficient you are, the effective duration is limited.

But Lu Mingfei didn't slack off because of this. One reason was that he couldn't slack off even if he wanted to; the other was the old story—upgrading was imminent, who could refuse?

Anyway, Lu Mingfei couldn't refuse!
He was so focused on it that he didn't even take advantage of his regular morning bathroom break.

Throughout this entire process, Zero remained by his side. She too remained silent, simply rummaging through the pile of books, exam papers, and materials that Lu Mingfei had left on his desk.

She read very quickly, almost too quickly, to the point of "reading ten lines at a glance." But her expressionless face and focused attention made it hard to tell whether she was truly absorbed or just putting on an act.

The two continued doing their own thing, without any interaction or verbal communication, yet they inexplicably gave others a sense of "harmony".

It was an unspoken understanding, as if no one else could break in.

This continued until all morning classes ended and lunch break began.

"call……"

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief. Amidst the soft, soothing music playing on the school's public address system, he glanced at his Chinese language proficiency score.

[Chinese Language LV0 - Proficiency 96/100]

"The lunch break is almost two hours long, but you still have to factor in the time for eating. If I eat quickly... I might be able to level up before the lunch break ends!"

Lu Mingfei stood up and walked out of the classroom.

Zero, who was standing to the side, also stood up and followed naturally.

The others turned their attention to Liu Miaomiao.

But Liu Miaomiao remained seated perfectly fine, showing no intention of getting up to follow. Was she...giving up?

I thought there was going to be a good show!
Liu Miaomiao remained calm. Of course, she hadn't given up; she had just figured things out.

At first, she was indeed a little discouraged.

But when Su Xiaoqiang sent those messages, she couldn't help but get angry.

Fortunately, she understood the principle of "not arguing when angry." After calming down, Su Xiaoqiang's "provocation" became very clear. Realizing this, Liu Miaomiao began to calmly analyze the current situation.

She definitely couldn't do anything at school. First, there were too many people watching, and she wasn't that bold; second, she hadn't figured out Ling's background yet.

This transfer student is so aggressive; he must have something to rely on!

Why is someone else suddenly eyeing her imperial green jade? Liu Miaomiao doesn't understand. She just doesn't intend to let go. Does everyone who comes along thinks I'm easy to bully?
After some thought, Liu Miaomiao concluded that she should do nothing for now and just watch everything unfold. Then, when it was time for piano practice that evening, she and Lu Mingfei would find a way to distract Aunt Shanshan before making their move.

Liu Miaomiao believed that Lu Mingfei wouldn't be won over by Ling so quickly. After all, she sat at the desk in front of Lu Mingfei, and she heard clearly that Lu Mingfei and Ling hadn't spoken to each other all morning.

"And I still have an advantage, after all, we live close by, just across the street, so after he goes home at night I can still..."

Thinking of this, Liu Miaomiao's face involuntarily turned slightly red.

Looking back now, she felt that her behavior last night was too bold. Fortunately, Lu Mingfei had only been learning piano for a short time... so he probably didn't understand.
……

"What do you mean you want to move into my house?"

Lu Mingfei nearly spat out the food in his mouth, staring dumbfounded at Zero in front of him.

"literal meaning."

Ling remained expressionless and spoke in a flat tone.

"No, wait a minute..."

Amidst the warning, Lu Mingfei stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, looked around guiltily as if he had done something wrong, and subconsciously lowered his voice, "You say that as naturally as if you were saying 'I'm a girl'!"

"I'm a girl." Zero nodded.

"But how can you, a girl, move into my house?" Lu Mingfei asked, bewildered.

“I will pay the rent,” Zero said.

"This isn't about rent..."

"I am proficient in Chinese, math, English, physics, chemistry, and biology, and I can get a perfect score after excluding subjective questions."

Zero interrupted him, "If you let me stay here, I will provide you with tutoring."

Lu Mingfei's words of refusal caught in his throat.

As his studies progressed, he realized that relying solely on self-study with the "53" textbook would likely make it increasingly difficult to gain proficiency later on.

Proficiency isn't something you can gain by constantly learning from a bunch of already learned and mastered knowledge; it's a quantitative statistic of Lu Mingfei's learning and mastery of knowledge based on a schedule.

If a top student were to teach him, Lu Mingfei felt he would definitely gain more proficiency!
"No, no, you almost got me sidetracked. What I should be asking is, why are you moving into my house?"

Lu Mingfei asked, "You're so rich, you certainly won't lack a place to stay..."

"It's all gone," Zero said.

"All spent?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He remembered seeing Ling arrive in a Bentley worth over four million yuan that morning. With that kind of wealth, he must have been worth over a hundred million yuan. Even if he spent it all... he wouldn't have been able to turn it all into cash and spend it all so quickly!
"I have a limited amount of money at my disposal, and most of it was used to bet that you'll score over 600 on the mock exam in five days." "Bet on me? Six hundred on the mock exam?"

Lu Mingfei was completely confused.
Ling took out his phone, an expensive Vertu phone, which costs at least tens of thousands of RMB, and some can even cost millions.

Such an expensive phone is not only valuable in itself; it also comes with a dedicated concierge service that allows users to call for various services with a single click, including travel arrangements, event planning, emergency assistance, and luxury goods purchases.

Lu Mingfei carefully took the letter and quickly read through the entire post while eating. He was slightly moved. Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and even Senior Brother Chu had actually stood up for him.
So many people have come to believe me without me even realizing it?
If these were things that Lu Mingfei could barely predict, then the content of Zero was completely beyond his control.

Some of them are even incomprehensible.

One hundred thousand US dollars, that's almost a million yuan!

“That’s not right. This means you still have at least $100,000 on hand.” Lu Mingfei suddenly realized the problem.

“I have it, but out of respect for the contract, I must keep this money and not touch it. The remaining money is only enough to barely cover my daily living expenses, so I need to find a place to live.”

Zero's tone remained calm, yet his words were forceful.

"In addition, I don't want to lose this $100,000, so I will provide you with tutoring courses, killing two birds with one stone."

"..."

Lu Mingfei was a little confused. Although the logic seemed to make sense, he felt that something was not quite right.

But [emotion perception] was already at work. Zero's emotions were always calm and undisturbed in Lu Mingfei's perception. He shouldn't be lying.
“I will also pay 10,000 yuan in rent every month.”

Ling seemed to sense Lu Mingfei's hesitation, so she gently tossed a weight onto one side of the scale.

"Dollars."

These weights are made of pure gold!
The scales tipped to one side at an incredible speed.

"it is good……"

Lu Mingfei was about to agree almost without thinking, but at the last moment he realized, "Wait, I'm not staying in my own house, I have to ask the owner."

"Please."

Zero continued to eat his meal in small bites.

Lu Mingfei took out the N96 his senior had given him and somewhat clumsily navigated to the contact list. He'd had the phone for several days now, but hadn't used it to make any calls except to check the time.

The call was quickly answered.

"Senior, someone wants to rent my place, uh... to live with me. She wants to pay ten thousand US dollars a month!" Lu Mingfei whispered.

"..."

Chu Zihang was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone, then, relying on his automatically activated gossipy radar, he asked.

"girl?"

"Hey, how did you guess that, senior brother? It is true, actually I also think it's not a good idea, maybe we should..."

"I have no objection. The house is yours, you can handle the rent yourself."

Chu Zihang said, "Are you coming to the basketball court at three o'clock this afternoon? People from the college are here."

"Okay, I'll be there on time!"

Lu Mingfei felt a chill run down his spine, wondering if the people testing whether he was a wolf or a hamster were about to arrive. He had to disguise himself well and not give himself away!
Distracted by this, he didn't realize until he hung up the phone that Chu Zihang had said "the house is yours."

I can never repay Senior Brother Chu's kindness!
Lu Mingfei shook his head. What was there to consider? Brotherhood was in his heart! He would go through fire and water for his brothers whenever the opportunity arose!

Despite the warning, he began to eat heartily, wolfing down his food until the bowl was empty.

Ling had finished eating and was just sitting there, quietly waiting for Lu Mingfei. It was a mystery how she managed to eat so quickly with her small, elegant bites…etc.

wrong!

Lu Mingfei looked up abruptly, finally realizing what was happening: "Didn't you say you were out of money? Where did the ten thousand yuan for rent come from?"

"You approved my application for accommodation and course tutoring."

Under his gaze, Zero tilted her head, as if wondering why Lu Mingfei would ask a question with such an obvious answer.

"So, I have another $100,000."

"……zero."

Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, then asked seriously.

"Do you have some illustrious background, like a runaway princess whose name actually contains something like Romanova?"

So domineering, yet so calm, as if all of this was just how it should be!

Zero watched him quietly.

Lu Mingfei suddenly began to doubt whether the girl in front of him had any emotions at all. Even someone as aloof as Senior Brother Chu should have reacted to his nonsense, but Ling... she was just like that, unchanging even in [Emotional Perception].

[Warning, electric shock countdown...]

Lu Mingfei gave up on finding the answer and buried himself in his food.

Why think so much? You'll find out eventually.

Instead of wasting time, hurry up and finish your meal to study, and raise your Chinese level to LV1 as soon as possible!

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