Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's War Journey

Chapter 115 I Bought the Entire School for You (7000)

After leaving the hospital, Lu Mingfei threw the medicine in his hand into the trash can. After learning that the intern named Mai was acting strangely, how could he possibly continue to take the medicine she gave him?

Who knows what kind of medicine that is? We can't come to this hospital anymore. Dr. Xu may be a good person, but he has obviously been caught up in some vortex that he doesn't understand and doesn't want to get involved in.

When did this small coastal town where he had lived for eighteen years become so dangerous? There were strange people everywhere. He didn't know how he had survived to the age of eighteen in this dangerous city.

He decided to give Caesar two more days. If, after two days, the proud blond guy hadn't found him with the Gattuso family's pomp and circumstance he'd boasted about, then he would go to Chicago himself.

Now that he knew the specific target, although it was difficult to find, he believed he would eventually find a way.

So, where should we go and what should we do for the next two days?

Standing on the street, watching people come and go and cars come and go, Lu Mingfei felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness and alienation.

This city, the place where he was born and raised, seems to have truly left him with no place to belong.

Before he knew it, he had arrived at the school gate again. After hesitating for a moment, Lu Mingfei finally went in.

Perhaps it's time to put an end to my student life.

When he walked into the classroom, the once lively classroom instantly fell silent, and all eyes were focused on him, those eyes filled with fear and disgust.

Lu Mingfei's face was expressionless as he walked straight to his seat. Next to him was Su Xiaoqiang's seat, with textbooks spread out on the table, but Su Xiaoqiang was not there.

Yesterday, after he reflexively twisted her arm and broke it, he took her to the hospital immediately. The treatment was timely, and she should not have any serious aftereffects.

Fortunately, although Su Xiaoqiang was in so much pain that tears were streaming down her face, she did not call the police. She just looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at a monster before being picked up by her family who had rushed over after hearing the news.

After Lu Mingfei sat down, the classroom remained quiet for about five seconds before being broken by whispers that were deliberately lowered but couldn't be stopped from spreading.

"Does he dare to come again?"

"Su Xiaoqiang took the day off today; I heard she broke her arm—"

"Really? Did he really do it?"

Shh—keep your voice down! He might break your hand too.

"This is terrifying—what happened to him? He seems like a completely different person—"

"Stay away from him, and whatever you do, don't mess with him—"

Lu Mingfei ignored the surrounding chatter. He didn't take out his textbook, pretend to read, or lie down to sleep. He just sat there quietly, tilting his head slightly to look out the window.

This should be the last time he sits in this classroom.

He silently thought to himself that in the afternoon, he would buy two fruit baskets, visit Su Xiaoqiang at the hospital, apologize properly, and pay her some money. Su Xiaoqiang was one of the few people in the school who would take the initiative to talk to him, although she was a bit spoiled and arrogant, she was not a bad person at heart.

He was probably the only person in the school he could barely call a friend, even though he had recently personally taken this friend to the hospital.

He could feel a gaze, unlike anyone else's, fixed on him. That gaze came from the seat diagonally in front of him; he knew it was Chen Wenwen's gaze.

But he didn't turn back or make any statement; his past crush seemed as distant as a previous life.

Chen Wenwen pursed her lips, cautiously glancing out of the corner of her eye at the lonely and melancholy figure by the window. The boy's profile appeared somewhat pale in the morning light, and he exuded a cold aura that kept strangers at bay.

She didn't know what Lu Mingfei had gone through, why he had changed so much, or why he was so melancholy, as if he were hiding many secrets.

A sense of inquiry, like a kitten, kept scratching at her heart, making her very uncomfortable.

She wanted to speak several times, even just to ask if she was alright, but the words stuck in her throat.

She was afraid—afraid of Lu Mingfei's terrifyingly calm eyes, and also afraid of the stares from her classmates.

Just as she was trying to figure out how to start the conversation, her homeroom teacher appeared at the door and said...

The homeroom teacher's expression was very unpleasant. His gaze swept around the classroom before finally settling on Lu Mingfei. His brows furrowed tightly, and a hint of undisguised annoyance flashed in his eyes.

"Everyone, immediately! Gather on the playground! The principal has something important to announce! Lu Mingfei, you must go down too. This speech is specifically for you."

That last sentence was like a depth charge, igniting the atmosphere in the classroom once again.

Everyone froze, their eyes once again fixed on Lu Mingfei.

A speech specifically for Lu Mingfei? This sentence contains a lot of information. Is it a commendation? Or a punishment? Or something else entirely?

Lu Mingfei turned his gaze away from the window and calmly looked at the homeroom teacher at the door. He saw a flash of disgust in the teacher's eyes and immediately knew that nothing good was coming.

But so what?

He still stood up and walked outside. In the corridor, many students from other classes were already rushing towards the playground under the urging of their teachers. The noise was loud and filled with the unique hustle and bustle and vitality of teenagers.

Lu Mingfei walked among the crowd, yet he was like a silent shadow, completely out of place amidst the surrounding noise.

Simple sound equipment had been set up on the stage in the playground. The principal and several school leaders were standing on the stage, looking serious and constantly scanning the student formations that were gradually gathering below.

All the students lined up according to their class and height, and the homeroom teachers stood in front of their respective classes to maintain order.

But Lu Mingfei stood alone at the very front of the class. Behind him, a vacuum zone of about two meters long spontaneously opened up, and no classmate was willing to approach him.

Lu Mingfei didn't care. He just stood there with his head held high, as if he had been abandoned by everyone, or as if he was fighting against everyone all by himself.

After everyone had arrived, the principal, who was standing on the podium, coughed twice and then began to speak.

"Ahem—I've gathered everyone here today to criticize a student named Lu Mingfei."

The principal's face showed a pained and furious expression as he vehemently accused the principal.

"That Lu Mingfei! A few days ago, he openly fought with unidentified people from outside the school! He severely damaged the reputation of our Shilan Middle School and tarnished the school's image! And that's not all!"

"Just yesterday! He went even further! Over a trivial matter, he committed an extremely cruel act of violence against his classmate, Su Xiaoqiang, after school! This resulted in Su Xiaoqiang fracturing her arm! She is currently receiving treatment in the hospital!"

The playground erupted in an uproar. Although there had been rumors beforehand, the principal's confirmation still caused a huge shock. The fear and disgust in people's eyes were even stronger when they looked at Lu Mingfei. Su Xiaoqiang was quite popular in the school and had many followers.

"Such a violent act, which seriously violates school rules and regulations and even crosses the legal line, is unprecedented in the decades-long history of Shilan Middle School! It is an absolutely intolerable cancer! It is a black sheep that must be completely eradicated!"

The principal's voice was hoarse with excitement, and he waved his arms as if he were delivering a verdict.

"Following an emergency meeting of the school administration, the following serious disciplinary actions have been taken against Lu Mingfei: First, a major demerit will be recorded and permanently added to his personal file! Second, he will be suspended from classes for one month, returning home to deeply reflect on his actions and write a letter of repentance of no less than 5,000 words! Third, he must sincerely apologize to the injured Su Xiaoqiang and all the teachers and students who were frightened and affected in front of the entire school!"

"If Lu Mingfei continues to show no remorse during this period, or if any similar incidents occur again, the school will not hesitate to initiate expulsion proceedings! We will show absolutely no leniency! We hope that other students will take this as a warning, abide by the law, and work together to maintain the excellent school spirit and discipline of Shilan Middle School!"

The school leaders on the podium nodded in support. They were shocked to hear that Su Xiaoqiang's hand had been broken when they got home last night.

Although Su Xiaoqiang's father, Su Daqiang, didn't say anything, he is a major financial backer and a member of the school's board of directors, so he couldn't just stand by and do nothing, which is why this scene unfolded today.

The students below the stage were silent, looking at Lu Mingfei as if he were a prisoner about to be taken to the execution ground. Some were gloating, some were indifferent, and a very few showed pity, but no one dared to utter a sound.

Chen Wenwen stood in the class line, her face slightly pale, her fingers unconsciously clenching the hem of her clothes. She looked at the figure in front of her who still stood straight, seemingly unaffected by the verdict. She felt a mix of emotions. She didn't know why, after Lu Mingfei stopped being her lapdog, she started to care about him instead.

Lu Mingfei still stood at the front, his posture straight and his face expressionless. The wind blew through the wisps of hair on his forehead, revealing his eyes, which were frighteningly calm.

"Now, please invite Lu Mingfei to come up to the stage and apologize to all the teachers and students!" the principal continued.

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei's expression finally changed. His brows furrowed slightly. The punishments meant nothing to him, after all, this was his last day at the school. But why should these people be forced to apologize on the podium?

Just as Lu Mingfei was about to turn around and leave, a lot of engine noise came from the direction of the school gate.

All the teachers and students turned to look, and saw a luxurious Maybach leading the way, followed by a line of black Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans. The security guards at the school gate wanted to stop the convoy, but the Maybach at the front simply smashed through the barrier and drove directly into the school.

The lead Maybach made a clean and sharp drift and came to a steady stop at the edge of the playground. Before anyone could react, a furious male voice came from inside the Maybach.

"Who gave you the right to make him apologize!"

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"Even the emperor doesn't have that qualification!!!"

The door of the Maybach slowly opened, and a young man with dazzling blond hair and a face as handsome as a Greek sculpture stepped out, wearing an expensive custom-made suit.

It was Caesar Gattuso.

Behind him, the doors of several Mercedes-Benz cars opened simultaneously, and more than a dozen well-trained, cold-faced entourage members and bodyguards in black suits stepped out, quickly forming a perimeter around Caesar and the convoy.

This spectacle was completely beyond the comprehension of the teachers, students, and even leaders of Shilan Middle School. The playground was deathly silent, and everyone was stunned by this sudden, movie-like scene.

Ignoring the astonished looks of anyone, Caesar strode through the automatically parting crowd and headed toward the podium.

The principal and several leaders turned pale. They didn't recognize this imposing foreign youth at all, but they instinctively sensed that he was someone of great importance and had ill intentions.

"You—who are you? This is a school! How dare you trespass on campus and damage the school gate! You—" the principal said, barely maintaining his authority.

"You're the principal of this school? You just said you wanted my friend Lu Mingfei to apologize in public? What right do you have to do that?" Caesar said, looking at the principal of Shilan Middle School with icy eyes.

Caesar was now doing his best to suppress his anger. After the plane landed, he thought he would tidy himself up and give Lu Mingfei a new impression before attending the welcome party organized by the locals. However, when he came to find Lu Mingfei full of enthusiasm, he heard those words.

A group of people judged his comrade from above, forcing the man who had never bowed his head in the hells of Verdun and the Somme to apologize in public!

Who is Lu Mingfei? He is a war hero whom even Crown Prince William personally awarded and treated with great respect! He is a warrior who could remain neither humble nor arrogant, and calmly deal with the situation even in front of the Prussian Emperor!

A mere school principal? What makes him so special?!

The principal's throat went dry. He glanced at the clearly troublesome entourage behind Caesar and forced a smile, saying, "Sir, Lu Mingfei did indeed violate school rules and injured a classmate. As the principal, I certainly have the right to punish him."

"Principal? Fine, from today onwards you are no longer the principal of this school," Caesar said with a sneer.

"Because I'm going to acquire this school."

"Wh-what?!" The principal wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. All the color drained from his face, replaced by a flush of absurdity and anger.

"Are you kidding me?! Buying a school? Do you think this is like buying cabbage?!"

"A joke? Do you think I'm the kind of person who likes to joke?" There was no hint of a smile in Caesar's icy blue eyes. He tilted his head slightly, and his personal secretary, Percy, immediately stepped forward, took a document from his briefcase, and handed it to the principal.

"This is the Gattuso family's letter of intent to acquire Shilan Middle School in its entirety, as well as the relevant equity transfer agreement. Currently, six of the seven members of Shilan Middle School's board of directors have signed the transfer agreement, and the remaining one is Mr. Su Daqiang. However, Mr. Su clearly expressed his agreement to the acquisition by phone two minutes ago and authorized us to handle the relevant signing matters on his behalf. The acquisition funds have been deposited into the escrow account."

The principal's hands began to tremble as he took the document. It was written in black and white, with the signature and official seal clearly visible. At the bottom, there was even the preliminary approval opinion from the Binhai Municipal Education Bureau. All of this was real, and it had been completed without his knowledge.

"Impossible—how could Chairman Su—" the principal murmured in disbelief. He was standing up for his daughter.

"Mr. Su is a businessman, and businessmen know how to weigh the pros and cons. When the Gattuso family offered him a price he couldn't refuse, it wasn't a difficult decision," Percy said calmly.

Caesar stepped forward, looking down at the pale-faced principal: "Now, I have actual control of this school. According to the agreement, as the largest shareholder, I have the right to adjust the school's management, so—"

"You're fired. Now, immediately, pack your things and leave."

The playground was deathly silent.

Thousands of teachers and students stared in disbelief at the scene, almost thinking they were dreaming. The principal was fired on the spot? The school was acquired? This was simply unbelievable!

The principal staggered back a step, his lips trembling as he tried to say something but couldn't utter a sound. The leaders behind him were even more ashen-faced, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"As for the so-called punishments you just announced, they are all null and void. From now on, all rules and regulations of Shilan Middle School will be reviewed by the new management team. Any unjust decisions made based on old prejudices and personal desires will be completely overturned."

He turned away, no longer looking at the pale-faced school leaders.

When he looked at Lu Mingfei below the stage, his originally icy face revealed a genuine smile.

"Sorry I'm late."

"If you had come two days later, I would have gone to Chicago to find you." Lu Mingfei also showed his first smile since returning to his original world.

Caesar's smile deepened. He walked over to Lu Mingfei, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go, there's nothing interesting here."

Lu Mingfei nodded, and Caesar put his arm around Lu Mingfei's shoulder, leading him to turn around and walk towards the Maybach parked by the playground.

The black-clad attendants quickly followed, surrounding the two like a tide, creating an invisible barrier between them and the surrounding crowd who stood frozen in place.

No one dared to speak, and no one dared to stop them.

Thousands of gazes, like frozen rays, watched as the once silent, unassuming boy, considered a loser, was taken away by a dazzling figure like a prince, with a silent torrent of power and influence behind him.

Chen Wenwen stared blankly at Lu Mingfei's departing figure, her heart feeling as if it were being clenched by a hand, a mix of bitterness, loss, and an indescribable sense of regret welling up inside her.

She realized that the boy who used to come over at her mere glance had entered a world she could never reach, and she had even lost the courage to call out to him.

Lu Mingfei did not turn around.

He followed Caesar to the Maybach, where Passy had already opened the back door. The two bent down and got in, the door closing to shut out all the noise, astonishment, and curiosity from the outside world.

The interior of the vehicle is spacious and filled with the faint scent of leather and cedar wood, a stark contrast to the smoke of battle or the smell of disinfectant in a hospital.

Lu Mingfei leaned back in the soft leather seat and let out a long breath, as if he had unloaded some invisible burden.

"Drive," Caesar said to the driver.

The convoy started slowly and drove smoothly out of the gate of Shilan Middle School. This time, the security guards raised the broken railings early and respectfully watched them leave.

"How do you feel?" Caesar turned his head to look at Lu Mingfei, a hint of teasing in his icy blue eyes.

"A departure ceremony that was the focus of the entire school."

"Pretty flamboyant, but that's your style." Lu Mingfei smirked.

"Hey, that's already quite low-key," Caesar said, raising an eyebrow.

"If time weren't so tight, I should have booked the entire City Hall Square and hired a symphony orchestra. The fastest and most effective way to deal with those self-important idiots is to just throw money at what they're most proud of."

Lu Mingfei didn't reply, but just looked out the window at the rapidly receding street scene. The streets of Binhai City, the sunlight, the pedestrians, everything was so familiar, yet so strange.

Mai Shude, sitting in a black sedan in the distance, was stunned. Her beautiful almond-shaped eyes were wide open as she stared intently at the convoy of cars leaving the entrance of Shilan Middle School, especially the Maybach in the middle.

She quickly spoke into the Bluetooth headset: "Potato chips! Potato chips! Our Cinderella has been taken away by the prince with the glass slipper!"

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Su Enxi, on the other side, was also stunned, forgetting to chew her potato chips: "Damn it—are we in a female-oriented novel now? And a BL novel at that—"

She felt all the female-oriented novels she used to read starting to resurface in her mind.

"Potato chips! What's next?" Mai Shude continued to ask.

"Of course we'll follow! We can't let our Cinderella really get taken away!"

Su Enxi swallowed a potato chip in one gulp, her fingers flying across the keyboard: "Hurry! Long legs, keep up! Keep your distance, don't get spotted! I'll get their possible routes and destinations right away!"

Mai rolled her eyes, but still started the engine smoothly. The inconspicuous black sedan glided into the traffic like a fish, trailing far behind Caesar's ostentatious motorcade.

After Caesar and the others left, the students were led back to their classrooms by their teachers. Although the school had a new principal, they still had to attend classes.

However, no students were listening to what the teacher was saying, and the teacher himself wasn't really focused on lecturing either; they were all still immersed in the scene from earlier.

About half an hour later, the sound of an engine came from the school playground again, and all the students jumped up to look out, including Chen Wenwen.

A flashy red Ferrari performed a perfect drift on the lawn of the playground.

Two stunningly beautiful women quickly got out of the car. One of them had the same red hair as the Ferrari, and without even turning off the engine, the red-haired beauty started running towards the teaching building.

Not long after, the red-haired beauty appeared at the classroom door of Chen Wenwen and the others, panting heavily as she shouted, "Lu Mingfei!!!"

The classroom fell silent once again. All the students, including the teacher on the podium, stared in disbelief at the beautiful girl who had suddenly appeared at the door, with fiery red hair and a striking, flamboyant demeanor.

"Where is Lu Mingfei?" Nono asked, her voice growing more urgent as she didn't see the familiar figure.

No one dared to answer. Everyone was stunned by her astonishing entrance and her imposing presence.

Chen Wenwen's heart skipped a beat. Another one coming to see Lu Mingfei? And like the blond man from before, he was definitely not an ordinary person.

Lu Mingfei — who exactly did he know?

The teacher, barely regaining her composure, stammered, "Excuse me—student, who are you looking for? It's class time now—"

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"I'm looking for Lu Mingfei!" Nuonuo interrupted him impatiently, her gaze finally settling on the empty seat by the window, the same seat Lu Mingfei had been sitting in in the photo, but now it was empty.

"He—he just left," a slightly bolder student whispered.

"They're gone?!" Nono's voice suddenly rose.

"Who did they go with? Where did they go?!"

"He went off with—he went off with—a foreigner who drives a Maybach—" another student added, his tone filled with shock and envy.

Nono's expression changed instantly. A Maybach? A foreigner? Who was it that managed to take the person away before she could?

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, but the fire in her eyes remained undiminished. She turned to the student who had spoken: "How long have they been walking? Which direction are they going?"

"About half an hour? The direction seems to be towards the city center from the school gate," the student said uncertainly.

Nono didn't ask any more questions and turned to leave. Just then, a soft female voice, tinged with hesitation and a slight tremor, rang out from the back of the classroom.

"Excuse me—please tell me—"

Nuonuo paused, turned around, and saw a pretty, quiet girl with a ponytail looking at her timidly with a complicated expression.

Summoning the greatest courage of her life, Chen Wenwen, under Nuonuo's intensely imposing gaze, softly asked:

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"You—are you called Nono?"

She remembered that afternoon, in the dandelion field behind the school, when Lu Mingfei had told her that he had fallen in love with a girl, a red-haired girl named Nuonuo.

Nono was stunned. She hadn't expected anyone to call her by name in this unfamiliar place. But she didn't have time to waste. She nodded and answered concisely.

"Yes, I am Nono."

After saying that, she didn't linger and turned around, rushing out of the classroom like a whirlwind.

Chen Wenwen froze, watching Nuonuo's departing figure. It turned out that what Lu Mingfei said was true; there really was a red-haired girl named Nuonuo.

Susie parked her car and ran upstairs, panting, just as she met Nono rushing down the stairs.

"Nono! How did it go? Did you find Lu Mingfei?" Susie asked.

"Some damn guy beat me to it!" Nono said through gritted teeth.

"Come on, get in the car! They shouldn't have gone far; they're probably still in the city!"

The two quickly ran back to the red Ferrari. Nono opened the car door and got into the driver's seat, and Susie quickly got into the passenger seat as well.

The engine roared like a beast, and the red Ferrari shot out of Shilan Middle School like an arrow, leaving behind a pile of grass debris and dumbfounded teachers and students.