Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

“Um… um…” Su Xiaoqiang’s gaze darted around, unusually hesitant.

"What's wrong with you, Little Fairy? Why do you look like a woman?" Lu Mingfei exclaimed in shock.

"Go to hell!" Su Xiaoqiang kicked him with a dark face.

After playing around for a while, Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei stopped and sat on the edge of the bed. Su Xiaoqiang hesitated and said, "The air conditioner in my room is broken. Can I sleep on the floor here tonight?"

"Air conditioning? We don't need air conditioning in this weather, do we?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

"I'm happy to do it! What's it to you?" Su Xiaoqiang grinned.

“It’s alright, there are plenty of bedrooms in this villa. We can just replace the air conditioner that’s still working,” Lu Mingfei said with an air of wealth and arrogance. He stood up and said, “Come on, I’ll help you move the bedding.”

Su Xiaoqiang remained seated, silent.

"What's wrong? Shall we go?" Lu Mingfei looked down at her, puzzled.

Su Xiaoqiang remained silent for a while, then burst out: "Fine, fine! I admit I'm afraid of horror movies, okay?! I was scared several times just now, and now I'm too scared to sleep alone. I was in the middle of taking a shower and then I got scared! That's why I came to sleep with you! Are you satisfied now?!"

Lu Mingfei blinked.

……

Both Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang's bedrooms have double beds, so...

"How about I go downstairs and sleep on the floor?" Lu Mingfei suggested, lying on the far left side of the bed.

Su Xiaoqiang lay on the far right of the bed, her gaze passing over the sofa cushions placed in the middle as an obstacle: "It's okay, sleeping on the floor is too uncomfortable. Anyway, this bed is quite big, just don't cross the line."

“Okay, then… goodnight?” Lu Mingfei said with his back to Su Xiaoqiang.

"Okay, goodnight." Su Xiaoqiang also turned her back to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei turned off the lights, plunging the bedroom into darkness, with only two clear breathing sounds, sometimes rapid, sometimes steady, and sometimes seemingly blending together.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly spoke up: "Lu Mingfei?"

"Hmm?" Lu Mingfei replied instantly.

"What's that on the bedside table?" Su Xiaoqiang asked through gritted teeth.

"Uh... it was a gift Aunt Su gave me when she left," Lu Mingfei said somewhat awkwardly.

"Why are you keeping that thing? You really want to use it, don't you!" Su Xiaoqiang's tone was fierce, as if she were saying, "If I wasn't afraid of getting my teeth dirty, I would have bitten you already."

"I was just thinking that since the packaging hasn't been opened yet, I can still take it to the convenience store to exchange for cash tomorrow," Lu Mingfei said sincerely. "You can't go against money, no matter what."

"Throw it away immediately!" Su Xiaoqiang gritted her teeth.

P.S.: Chapter 2 is still being written, sob sob~

Chapter 120. Chapter 119 The Academy's Rewards: Alchemical Treasures

Lu Mingfei's bedroom.

To be honest, Lu Mingfei had already prepared himself when he fell asleep last night—now that he was awake, although he hadn't opened his eyes yet, he could clearly feel himself being held by a pair of slender and soft arms, and he was also holding a soft but curvaceous body.

A ticklish sensation came from my face, and unsurprisingly, it was from the hair of the girl in my arms.

He opened his eyes, and the girl's peaceful sleeping face almost filled his vision. Her lips were close to his nose, exhaling warm, moist breath, her lips slightly parted, as if she might press her lips against his nose at any moment.

Surprisingly, Lu Mingfei remained relatively calm. The reason for this was probably because he had already hugged her on the ship in Portugal, so this was a second time.

Right now, he didn't have many romantic thoughts in his mind. He was mainly puzzled—why did the little fairy have no taste in her mouth even though she hadn't brushed her teeth?

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Lu Mingfei subtly moved his body, quietly releasing Su Xiaoqiang and pulling his arm away from her body's pressure. Then, he gently freed himself from Su Xiaoqiang's embrace.

Leaving with the lightest of movements, Lu Mingfei got out of bed and breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around, grabbed a clean set of pajamas, and went into the bathroom to wash up—the bathroom was well soundproofed and shouldn't wake Su Xiaoqiang.

But what he didn't know was that the girl lying on the bed had already opened her eyes after he closed the door.

In fact, she woke up a little earlier than Lu Mingfei, but unlike Lu Mingfei, she was not confident in her skills and was afraid that if she acted rashly, she would wake Lu Mingfei and the situation would be very awkward, so she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Although his physical abilities far surpassed those of most hybrids and his fighting skills could barely be called "masterful," Lu Mingfei had not received professional spy training. Although he could detect some signs of Su Xiaoqiang pretending to be asleep, he did not know that these signs meant that a person was faking sleep, and simply took it as the normal behavior of a sleeping person.

……

After washing up, Lu Mingfei came out of the bathroom, and Su Xiaoqiang was already sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her phone.

But for some reason, she looked sullen.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei asked, leaning closer.

Su Xiaoqiang quickly covered her face with her hair.

"What?" Lu Mingfei asked, puzzled. "It's already high in the sky, you can't scare me even if you dress up as Sadako."

"Who's dressed up as Sadako? I don't have that kind of perverse sense of humor!" Su Xiaoqiang said. "I haven't washed my face or done my makeup yet, so you're not allowed to look at me!"

"I just saw it! It's beautiful!" Lu Mingfei almost blurted out.

Fortunately, he stopped himself and instead complimented her, saying, "It's alright, little fairy, you are naturally beautiful, you look good even without makeup."

It would have been fine if he hadn't used the phrase "naturally beautiful," but the moment he did, Su Xiaoqiang remembered that Chu's mother had also praised her in the same way last night. This brought back other embarrassing memories from that time, and her ears started to burn again—especially when her gaze fell on the pink packaging box in the trash can.

So, to Lu Mingfei's startled surprise, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly stood up and strode quickly toward the bathroom without looking back, looking almost as if she had been possessed by Sadako.

As she reached the bathroom door, Su Xiaoqiang tripped over the raised threshold and stumbled, but managed to regain her balance in time.

"Little Fairy, are you alright?" Lu Mingfei asked hurriedly.

Su Xiaoqiang stretched one arm out of the door, gave Lu Mingfei a thumbs-up, and then slammed the door shut.

Lu Mingfei stood there scratching his head, looking completely bewildered.

……

Lu Mingfei sat in front of his laptop, chatting with his senior brother Chu.

He originally wanted to buy parts and assemble a desktop computer himself, but he doesn't really need a computer with high performance right now. For practicing programming and computers, the performance of an Alienware laptop is enough for him. Besides, he will be going to Kassel College in about three months, where there will definitely be high-performance computers, so a desktop computer is even more unnecessary.

Why not just find a way to get the school's resources for free? As an S-class student, you should at least have some privileges, right?

While plotting to seize the school's property, Lu Mingfei also sent messages to his senior brother, Chu.

Lu Mingfei: Senior, did you mention me to your family? Your mother came to my house, and she seemed very interested in your social life. I'm so envious. My parents don't even care whether I live or die.

However, to Lu Mingfei's surprise, Chu Zihang sent three question marks directly, and a moment later sent another text message.

Chu Zihang: I regularly email my family to explain my current situation, making up stories about my school studies and club activities to avoid worrying them. I did mention you in an email two weeks ago. But my mom never cares about my affairs; she only cares about having fun. I thought she never reads the contents of those emails, at most just the title.

Lu Mingfei: What kind of parents are so unreliable? Senior, haven't you heard the saying, "A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles, but a son doesn't worry when his mother travels a thousand miles"? Although I believe you definitely don't fit the second half of the saying, your aunt definitely fits the first half, right? She can't be like my mom, "When her son travels a thousand miles, his mother is on her honeymoon with his father."

Chu Zihang, on the other side of the ocean, remained silent for a moment before dialing his mother's overseas phone number.

A moment later, Lu Mingfei saw a message from Chu Zihang.

Brother Chu: I just asked my mom, and she said she visited you last night because the fuse at home blew, and there was a scheduling problem with the repairmen, so they were a little late. She was bored at home, so she looked through the emails I sent her and found you, so she came to relieve her boredom.

Lu Mingfei: ...

Lu Mingfei: Senior brother, I feel like we can form a duo, how about we call it "Unreliable Mother"?

Chu Zihang: Can we add Susie? She said her mother isn't very reliable either.

Lu Mingfei: Oh right! I almost forgot, senior brother, what's the progress between you and senior sister Su?

Chu Zihang: Progress? Are you asking about the mission? Or the club's development? I can't disclose the mission according to regulations. The club's development is basically going smoothly. The biggest problem right now is the start of the next semester and the student council's "Free Day" competition.

Lu Mingfei: I'm not asking about those developments! I'm asking if there's been any progress in your personal relationship with Senior Sister Su!

Chu Zihang: Personal relationship? I helped Susie complete part of her final paper, which was about the design of magical mechanics. Does that count?

Lu Mingfei: ...

Lu Mingfei: I'm sorry, senior, my question was too difficult for you.

On the other side of the ocean, due to the time difference, it was getting late. Chu Zihang was chatting with Lu Mingfei in his dormitory. Because no one dared to resist the pressure to share a dormitory with him, his dormitory was a single room.

Upon seeing the message from Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang's gaze shifted slightly—in fact, he understood what Lu Mingfei meant. He was simply not very sociable and not very good at socializing, but it wasn't to the point of being completely out of touch with common sense about social interaction.

At least that's how Chu Zihang himself felt.

He understood what Lu Mingfei meant, and he could vaguely sense that Susie's attitude towards him seemed somewhat special, but he was a man without a future, and he had never thought of making a lifelong promise to anyone, so he had never considered such things.

Moreover, he didn't actually have any romantic feelings for Susie. Although he had never experienced liking someone before, nor had he ever truly understood what liking someone meant, his feelings for Susie were definitely not liking, because his feelings for Susie were similar to his feelings for Lancelot—teammate, assistant, and friend, a mixture of all three.

Therefore, his feelings for Susie are definitely not romantic love, otherwise it would mean that he also likes Lancelot.

Chu Zihang did not intend to continue this topic with Lu Mingfei, because he had something important to tell Lu Mingfei—it was a coincidence that Lu Mingfei contacted him, because even if Lu Mingfei had not taken the initiative to send him a message, he was already planning to go to Lu Mingfei.

With fingers as smooth as a pianist's, Chu Zihang tapped on the keyboard and sent a message.

Senior Brother Chu: Do you have time this week?

Lu Mingfei: What's wrong, senior brother? Are you going back to China?

Senior Brother Chu: No, it's because you participated in resolving the issue of the branch temple of the Solomon Temple and prevented Viana Castle from being submerged by slaying the dragon. After verification and discussion, the academy's higher-ups decided to award you a commendation. The principal asked me to inform you that it would be best to come and collect it in person.

Lu Mingfei: Huh? It's good to have a reward, but why did you, Senior Brother Chu, notify me? Shouldn't Norma be the one to do this?

Senior Brother Chu: Since I was also involved in the dragon-slaying operation, we will both be rewarded, so I also received the notification. Norma will officially notify you tomorrow according to procedure, but I leaked the information to you in advance.

Lu Mingfei: Holy crap! You're making such a casual remark about leaking information beforehand? Isn't that against school rules?

Senior Brother Chu: It's against the rules, but it's okay. When I went to the principal's office for afternoon tea today, the principal told me about it. He even said he could leak the secret to you in advance.

Lu Mingfei: ...The principal agreed, then it's fine.

If the principal agreed, then what kind of violation of school rules is that?

Senior Brother Chu: So are you free this week?

Lu Mingfei: Do I have to take an ocean flight? And I have to go to school. The information Norma gave me says that I also have to take a train to school. It's so troublesome... Is the reward any good? If not, can I save it until I enroll, or can the school directly convert it into cash and deposit it into my account?

Senior Brother Chu: The principal revealed that it was supposedly the corpse of a dragon, along with an alchemical artifact. #Norma, please encrypt this message#

Alchemical treasures? If it's called a "treasure," it must be incredibly valuable! Lu Mingfei immediately thought of the old captain's pirate scimitar, which possessed its own "blade aura." Although his Silver Oak Sword was certainly stronger, who would complain about having too many of these good things?

Lu Mingfei: I can get there anytime!

Senior Brother Chu: Okay, then you can just wait for the notification. Norma will arrange your flight tickets, passport, and other necessary travel items.

Lu Mingfei: No problem!