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

Chapter 96 "Liu" Lang's Ingenious Plan to Secure the World

Su Xiaoqiang's footsteps gradually faded into the distance, eventually being shut out by the closed door.

The soft "click" of the lock closing was like a referee blowing a whistle, announcing the brief suspension of this "battle at the Forbidden City."

Lu Mingfei finally "woke up".

The aroma of nuts and hot drinks in the air remained rich, but it was even more pronounced now that Su Xiaoqiang's aggressive "perfume" was gone. It lingered around the nose, carrying an almost suffocating tenderness.

But he had no time to pay attention to any of that, because silence filled the surroundings like silt. This silence was not like the tense atmosphere of the previous "Battle of the Supremes," but rather purer and colder... coming from the girl who stood quietly in front of him.

zero.

She remained expressionless, her eyes as still and unchanging as Lake Baikal in February, frozen and mirror-like. The clear waters reflected every movement of Su Xiaoqiang—swiping the card, taking the keys, turning and leaving—yet remained completely still, without a ripple.

There was no surprise, no anger, not even the slightest human emotional fluctuation.

Under such scrutiny, Lu Mingfei felt as if he were about to freeze.

The Great Dao has been obliterated? The duel between "Ye Gucheng" and "Ximen Chuixue" at the Forbidden City just now was at most a test before the sword was drawn. Although there were flashes of swords, it was just a simple clash of momentum!

The decisive battle has now been suspended. Su Xiaoqiang, the Sword God, has withdrawn and left, leaving him alone to face the unparalleled Lord of Baiyun City... It's simply disloyal!
Even though Ling's eyes looked exactly the same as before, without any difference, a certain guilty "Lu Xiaofeng" still felt a little scared.

"that……"

Lu Mingfei spoke weakly.

"Can we surrender and lose half?"

Zero didn't speak. She stepped forward and extended her right hand.

Her hands were slender and fair, almost transparent.

Lu Mingfei subconsciously swallowed – what was Zero going to do? In an instant, all sorts of random thoughts like “slapping,” “head patting,” and “Hell Thrust: One-Shot Hand” floated into his mind.

The hand slowly rose, passing over the card that still seemed to carry Su Xiaoqiang's warmth, which was now burning Lu Mingfei's palms like a red-hot iron, and then rose... landing precisely and with a clear target on the collar of his inner garment, gently twisting it.

The cold back of his fingers made Lu Mingfei shiver.

"My clothes are soaked."

She said casually, "You'll catch a cold, go change quickly."

The tension that had made my blood rush to my head subsided completely, vanishing in an instant.

Lu Mingfei stared blankly at Ling, looking at her expressionless face and feeling her calm and unwavering emotions... He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything good, and finally just replied with a single word.

"Oh".

Silence descended once more, but this time it wasn't as cold and tense as before; instead, it was an indescribable... peace, naturalness?

"Do you need my help?"

Seeing that Lu Mingfei remained motionless for a long time, Ling suddenly asked, "Although this is not within the scope of the tenant's responsibility, given that your health seems to be poor..."

"Please don't do that! Besides, I need to take a shower too, not just change my clothes!"

Lu Mingfei was so frightened that he hugged himself tightly, spouting nonsense, "Although my figure isn't great, I'm still a virgin, I can't let myself be taken advantage of so easily!"

Despite such rubbish, Zero's face remained expressionless. She simply turned and went upstairs, leaving behind a faint remark.

"It's almost time for your usual study session."

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. He quickly glanced at his schedule. There was very little time left for the "Going Home" plan, only a little over two minutes... Aunt Zhang drove particularly fast today, which freed up about five or six minutes, but the brief "battle at the Forbidden City" had used up most of it.

He quickly followed, went into his room, and subconsciously glanced at the window across the hall after turning on the light. Liu Miaomiao's curtains were drawn, but a faint gap allowed warm light to filter through. He wondered if Liu Miaomiao had seen Su Xiaoqiang escort him back earlier… a thought popped into Lu Mingfei's mind.

Urged on by the countdown, he didn't have time to think too much. He quickly grabbed some clothes from the closet and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

For most guys, taking a shower basically means "Can I have the time it takes to listen to a song?" But for a guy who sweats but doesn't smell and showers twice a day... if he wants, that time can be shortened even further.

In just over a minute, Lu Mingfei completed all the steps from taking off his clothes to taking a shower, drying himself off, and changing into clean clothes!
As Lu Mingfei walked out of the bathroom, drying his hair, he froze, hearing the warning message: "[Warning: It's time for [self-study]."

He saw that Zero had somehow appeared on his bed with books—sitting on the edge of the bed, of course, ready to "keep him company while he studies." That was normal, since it had already happened yesterday… But there was a dark shadow peeking through the curtains across the window!
Before Lu Mingfei could see clearly, the dark figure flashed and disappeared, but he knew without a doubt that it must be the beautiful pianist Liu Miaomiao.

"If you want to see, just open the curtains and look openly. It's nothing. We're completely innocent..." Lu Mingfei's expression was strange.

He considered himself to be a fairly upright person. After all, who else could sit in a room with a beautiful girl like Zero and still concentrate on studying? But he could!
But with Liu Miaomiao's watchful gaze, which had a rather "secret" feel to it, he felt that everything seemed different...

[Warning, electric shock countdown...]

Under the threat of electric shock, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to put aside his distracting thoughts, hang the towel aside, and begin to concentrate on his studies.

We're learning math today!
Of all the subjects that can be learned, mathematics is closest to reaching level 2.

Upgrading Tai Chi to LV2 grants a more powerful attribute, Dark Strength Level 1, while Mathematics... who knows what it will give?
The description of the term "[Super Speed ​​Calculation]" is rather lukewarm, but its help to Lu Mingfei is comparable only to "[Stamina Recovery]".

After all, he was a science student, and the supercomputer saved him a lot of calculation steps!
If it's even stronger than supercomputers...

He quickly entered a state of "flow," becoming incredibly focused, and began writing at his desk. Meanwhile, Zero sat on the edge of the bed, quietly reading.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The curtains facing the window were finally moved and slowly pulled open.

Looking at the serene scene in Lu Mingfei's room, Liu Miaomiao felt a pang of sadness welling up in her heart.

But the chaotic notes in my mind became smoother as a result, and the manuscript paper, which was originally a mess, finally had traces worth continuing to draw.

Liu Miaomiao had tried other methods, such as relying on her imagination... but her imagination was clearly not powerful enough to make her feel more deeply than when she actually saw it.

Of course, normally speaking, even if a piece of music is composed entirely from imagination, with her exceptional musical talent that is among the best in the world, it should at least be watchable.

but……

Liu Miaomiao subconsciously looked at the phone she had stuffed into her bag. Although she didn't pick it up and open it, the photo of the key and the four words "I can do it, I will do it" sent by Su Xiaoqiang still appeared in her mind, as if a thousand arrows were piercing her heart!

She felt like she'd been tricked into a classic case of "Zhou Yu's brilliant plan to secure the world, only to lose both his wife and his army"—her initial intention was to stir up trouble, letting Su Xiaoqiang fight Ling, so she could then seize the opportunity to profit from their conflict. But now…

Somehow, Liu Bei, the big-eared scoundrel, managed to steal Emperor Xian's imperial edict from Cao Cao!

Liu Miaomiao was in a state of utter confusion.

Did Su Xiaoqiang just ask for a room at Lu Mingfei's house? She had a way, but Liu Miaomiao couldn't. After all, she lived right across the hall; she couldn't very well tell her parents, "I think that pigsty across the street is nice, and your little cabbage wants to stay there for a while..."

They'll probably get hung up and beaten up, right?

The main problem is that even Liu Miaomiao wouldn't do something like that!

But are we just going to stand by and watch?

With things having come to this point, the young piano prodigy, her mind in turmoil, couldn't think of any other ideas.

She could only pin her hopes on the clever tips and tricks that Aunt Shanshan would teach her.

"Once the four-hand piano piece is composed, ... everything will be alright!"

(End of this chapter)