Dragon Raja: Reboot

Chapter 95 Chen Motong and Xia Mi

Lu Mingfei and Finger's dormitory building is located in Room 303, Zone 1.

And on the top floor of the library, which is no more than 500 meters away from dormitory 303 in Zone 1, is the Longwen Research Area.

A pretty figure was walking among the bookshelves.

The bookshelves here are all over 3 meters tall, made of Burmese hardwood, and have an iron-like luster and color under the snow-white lights.

The bookshelf displays 10-centimeter-thick hardcover books, each containing a transparent, airtight sealed folder. Inside are ancient bronze scrolls, the inscriptions on which have been buried under the icy sea for thousands of years, awaiting decipherment.

Not everyone is qualified to reach the top level. Most of those who enter here are professors or students with A-level privileges.

For example, Chu Zihang and Chen Motong both visited the site multiple times to review materials for their papers.

As for Caesar and Lu Mingfei, who are not top-tier students, let alone reaching the top floor of the library, it is questionable whether they have even stepped into the library since entering the university.

This fully demonstrates that even among those of dragon bloodline, there are still "academic underachievers".

Of course, there are still differences between academic underachievers.

Caesar was enthusiastic about club activities and campus politics. Being late for class was just a basic skill for him. He would rather get away with anything than waste a second on exams and experiments.

And Lu Mingfei in the past...

He really did his best!

When he was choosing courses in his freshman year, he thought that the introductory mechanical drawing course was just about drawing a cylinder with a square hole and that he could pass. But who would have thought that the exam required him to draw the layered structure of a watch movement without the aid of computer equipment, using a ruler, pen and compass.

Professor Manstein's "Introduction to the Genealogy of the Dragon Clan" did not disappoint him either.

The so-called "introductory course" covers more than 4,000 historical figures in its exam scope.

Most of these historical figures also had two names: one was their dragon name, and the other was their human name.

The knowledge Lu Mingfei gained from history classes in high school had a largely negative effect in Kassel.

For example, high school history textbooks say that Qin Shi Huang was the greatest emperor of all time, but they never say that Qin Shi Huang was actually a dragon...

Late at night, the girl hummed a folk song softly, her hands behind her back, her steps light as she moved through the aisles between the bookshelves.

She casually picked up an ancient book from the bookshelf that started with the letter A, flipped through a few pages, and then put it back without any interest.

In her view, these so-called "true histories" are full of errors and contain too many speculations about the truth from later generations.

She sighed softly, realizing it was rather pointless.

It should have been an extremely interesting, even romantic, experience for someone to wander through the top floor of a library late at night, browsing through lost history. But she only found it boring.

Hmm... I guess I still have to drag that idiot along.

Even if you lose interest in flipping through the book, you can still secretly watch his profile as he looks down at the book in the sunlight.

Xia Mi suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the gate.

A tall, bright girl walked in, wearing simple jeans and a tank top. The sterling silver four-leaf clover pendant on her earlobe swayed, and the small diamonds embedded in it shone brightly.

Her wine-red hair gave her away.

Chen Motong.

Or rather, Nono.

Xia Mi stared into Chen Motong's eyes, then suddenly smiled brightly and said, "Good evening, Senior Sister!"

Chen Motong was stunned when he saw Xia Mi.

I never expected to find another girl like her who couldn't sleep and came to browse the library in the middle of the night, and such a pretty girl at that.

Wait... she seems to have seen this perfect, flawless face before.

It's the Night Watchers forum!

"You are...Xia Mi?" Chen Motong asked warily.

If the information on the Night Watchers forum is correct.

This girl named Xia Mi should have an extremely complicated relationship with Chu Zihang, the president of the Lionheart Society.

She and Susie were good friends, so naturally she would support Susie, even though Susie had recently made it clear that she had given up on Chu Zihang...

"Oh my! How did you know my name, Senior Sister?" Xia Miluo generously extended her hand, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Chen Motong hesitated for a second before shaking the girl's outstretched hand.

"Alright, we've shaken hands, and my senior sister and I are now friends!" Xia Mi said earnestly.

Chen Motong was taken aback, then smiled wryly, her wariness towards this junior sister lessening somewhat.

Such a quirky and outgoing junior sister, it seems like no one could dislike her, right?

"Is Senior Sister the legendary Nuonuo?" Xia Mi blinked, then added, "I heard it from Senior Brother Lu."

She directly shifted the blame to Lu Mingfei; in fact, she had seen it while browsing forums.

Xia Mi was always puzzled. Lu Mingfei on the forum was not exactly a loser, but he was definitely just an ordinary guy. The coolest thing he did in his freshman year was to record a ringtone based on the GG lyrics of the LG Chocolate phone... (Note 1)

Moreover, it seems that the whole school knows that Lu Mingfei has a crush on his boss Caesar's girlfriend.

Is this really the Lu Mingfei she knows?

She secretly asked Chu Zihang about this, and Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and saying that his junior brother no longer liked Chen Motong.

But isn't the subconscious implication of this statement that Lu Mingfei really did have feelings for Chen Motong?

"Lu Mingfei," Nono nodded. "Are you from the same place?"

We went to the same school in junior high.

"Your school is truly a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery," Chen Motong remarked sincerely.

Being able to get in here proves that Xia Mi is also an A-level.

In a small local city, a school has produced an S-level student, a Super A student, and an A-level student. To say that the place is full of outstanding people and resources would be an understatement.

Undergraduate students are usually below grade B. After graduation, they join the executive department and can gradually be promoted to grade A after demonstrating outstanding abilities.

People like them who get an A-level rating purely based on their bloodline are already outliers, not to mention the extraordinary individuals like Lu Mingfei who are directly promoted to S-level based on their bloodline.

"You're looking up information so late?" Nono asked casually.

"I can't sleep, so I come to the library to browse around when I have nothing to do. I quite like history," Xia Mi said with a bright smile.

Nono's heart skipped a beat; she was actually a girl who liked history.

"You really like history?"

"Hmm, it feels like even the most absurd things can have historical prototypes. Senior sister, are you having trouble sleeping too?"

"Almost there." Nono put her hands on her hips and sighed. "I don't know which lunatic in the dorm had a fit in the middle of the night, yelling and shouting, waking me up. I couldn't sleep, so I came here to gather some information to prepare for my thesis."

"Is it an attack?" Xia Mi asked, her face full of curiosity.

"That's right, the guy shouting 'long-distance relationship' and stuff over there is probably some lovestruck guy again." Nono shrugged.

"Huh? Could it be Senior Brother Lu?"

Nono was stunned.

"Senior sister, didn't you know? Senior brother Lu found a girlfriend in Tokyo!" Xia Mi said with a smile.

"No, that's not it. I can still recognize his voice, and that guy lives right across from me... Did he find a girlfriend in Tokyo?" Nono couldn't help but ask.

"Ugh!" Xia Mi clenched her fists, her 3F Soul burning fiercely. "He actually ran away behind everyone's back! How despicable! Let's all send him to the stake!"

Nono seemed a little lost in thought.

Has that loser found a girl he truly likes?

It's great...

Before returning to school, she and Susie went to a hot spring resort in Hailuogou to soak in the hot springs, where they had a conversation between best friends.

Susie asked her if she knew that Lu Mingfei liked her. She said of course she knew, but she didn't care because in her opinion, the junior's affection was the same as the uncle's praise when she was in kindergarten.

When the older man meets the next pretty little girl, he will say, "Little girl, you're so pretty!"

The younger student will also meet another beautiful girl and fall in love with her.

In fact, she always seemed hesitant when it came to dealing with Lu Mingfei.

This is strange. She's not the kind of person who procrastinates; she does whatever comes to mind. But this unexpected situation only happened with Lu Mingfei.

She knew she could never like Lu Mingfei; at most, she felt a little sorry for him. When they first met, he was a complete loser, and the feeling of him squatting alone in a corner, panting, seemed familiar. She hated seeing others helpless.

As for Lu Mingfei liking her, it will pass, right? Can't the junior brother learn how girls think from the senior sister and then apply that knowledge to the junior sister?

Just as the uncle who praised her for being handsome in kindergarten belongs to the aunt, the junior brothers will eventually belong to the junior sisters.

She suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Chen Motong suddenly realized.

When did Lu Mingfei's matter become a burden on her heart? This is completely out of character for her. She should be a little witch who is clear about her likes and dislikes, acts decisively and cleanly, and leaves no trace in her interactions!

She knew perfectly well that she could never like Lu Mingfei, yet she hesitated, which was unusual for her.

"Senior, if you had known from the beginning that this relationship wouldn't end well, would you still have accepted it?"

Chen Motong's thoughts were interrupted as Xia Mi smiled at her.

An inexplicable atmosphere spread.

Despite it being a summer night, Chen Motong felt a chill run down his spine, an indescribable sense of unease.

this problem……

Chen Motong was startled.

If you know from the beginning that this relationship won't have a future, then why persist? What's the reason for persisting?

She should have drawn a clear line between herself and Lu Mingfei immediately, because she couldn't give him what he wanted. However, for some reason, she comforted herself that her junior brother would eventually fall in love with another junior sister, which led her to not give a straightforward answer. But what if her junior brother didn't meet another lovely junior sister?

If hesitation stems from fear of hurting him, then continuing to drag things out and giving him false hope is the real, more lasting harm, isn't it?

"Senior sister, you're hesitating."

Xia Mi tilted her head slightly, her clear eyes revealing a deep and unfathomable depth.

"It seems you also believe that even a love destined to have no future... should still be fought for?"

A soft sigh echoed through the library.

Chen Motong took a deep breath.

What's wrong with this girl?

At first, she thought Xia Mi was asking from Lu Mingfei's perspective, or rather, from the perspective of Lu Mingfei's friend, and that it was a accusation of "justice." But at this moment, she realized that she was wrong.

She wasn't asking for Lu Mingfei.

She's doing it for herself!

This girl named Xia Mi gave her a... very strange and dangerous feeling!

She doesn't possess the power of words, but she has the ability called profiling, or more precisely, super profiling.

This is a kind of insight that remains inexplicable to this day; she can analyze the essence of things through some minute features.

For example, just by being in an old house, she can deduce and imagine the appearance and personality of the homeowner.

And the girl in front of him...

Nono took a careful, deep breath to relax.

Very good... Xia Mi was in a daze. Ever since she finished speaking, she had been staring blankly out the window.

Nuonuo held her breath, her pupils as deep as ancient wells, staring intently at Xia Mi, who was in a daze.

This is the expression that appears when her profiling skills are at their peak; it really does resemble a witch possessed by evil.

This girl gave her a very peculiar feeling, a kind of...déjà vu feeling!

They seem familiar!

Chen Motong's eyes seemed to hold whirlpools. Taking advantage of Xia Mi's momentary lapse in concentration, she focused her attention on the girl, trying to find the source of this feeling.

Her profiling skills were brought to their fullest potential, as if a ghost or god had descended upon her!

She seemed to have transformed into... the girl before me!

The dark, gloomy tunnel... seems endless... I feel so lonely... Suddenly, my vision brightens...

It's a crowd... I think I can hear the thumping of basketballs...

But she couldn't see clearly; she could only make out a blurry crowd...

And then... there was a floor-to-ceiling window...

She seemed to be squatting on the ground, the dim sunlight casting shadows from the windowpanes on the floor...

A huge floor-to-ceiling window, the setting sun is sinking... It's so close... It feels like the sunset is right in front of me...

An evening breeze drifted through the room...

Noisy sounds of playing drifted in from outside the window; it sounded like children chattering away…

How could this girl be so lonely?!

She tried to portray this girl, but she felt a loneliness that transcended time and space, as vast as the ocean tide!

She tried to piece together as clear a picture as possible, but it was too chaotic. It seemed as if some strange force was preventing her from peeking in. The calm lake surface gradually boiled, stirring up deep eddies and confusing everything!

"Senior sister?"

Chen Motong suddenly woke up and took a step back before she could barely stand.

"Sorry, I was lost in thought..." Chen Motong's face was pale.

Xia Mi tilted her head, her delicate hand brushing aside her cascading hair, and blinked as she said:

"Oh, I was just daydreaming. I thought you were spying on my little secret, Senior Sister. Your abilities are quite special! But I heard you don't have any incantations?"

"Hmm... I haven't awakened the Word of Power like Lu Mingfei." Chen Motong's voice was a little hoarse.

"I see... That's rather rare. Logically speaking, the power of words is a manifestation of bloodline. With such an excellent bloodline, Senior Sister shouldn't be without the power of words."

"Yeah, I also feel something's wrong. Maybe it's fate," Chen Motong replied perfunctorily. She felt like she had a thorn in her side and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Fate?" Xia Mi's smile vanished. "Does Senior Sister believe in fate?"

"Believe it or not, I was just saying it casually." Chen Motong forced a smile.

"Is that so? Well, it's better not to believe it then. Fate is such a fickle thing, always playing tricks on people," Xia Mi said with a smile. "I won't bother you any longer, Senior Sister. I'll go back and rest now; I need to pick up a package tomorrow!"

"What delivery?" Chen Motong asked instinctively.

"White fungus! It's so hard to buy white fungus here, I have to order it from eBay!" Xia Mi said, skipping and hopping towards the door with her hands behind her back.

"Should I cook some white fungus soup for my boyfriend?" Chen Motong paused for a moment.

"He's not my boyfriend yet!"

Xia Mi brushed past her, her eyes holding two slits of clear water.

"But I will try my best!"

The girl clenched her fist, serious and focused; she truly was a good girl who fought for love.

Chen Motong watched Xia Mi skip away, a sense of powerlessness welling up inside him.

How could that silly girl Susie possibly compete with a girl like that?

Note 1: This is an old joke from ten years ago... mentioned in the original work.

Note 2: The description of Nono in this chapter is based on the relatively normal Nono character design of Long Er. I can't continue writing about the later parts that are too cheesy.

To be honest, I skipped the scene where Chen Motong and Su Xi soaked in the hot springs, and it's not a big deal...

Let me also say a couple of things about Nono.

This is how it was described when Long Yi rescued Lu Mingfei at the Nono Cinema—

"Just as Lu Mingfei was about to dodge, Nuonuo took out a comb from her small bag and began to comb his hair. Her gentleness was somewhere between that of his mother and her sister."

That's right, that's more like it, it should be the boss lady role somewhere between a mother and an older sister.

I've always felt that Nono's image as a "righteous big sister" was acceptable in the early stages. If it weren't for Lu Mingfei's feelings for Nono, things would have completely changed after that. Nono should have been the "red-haired" who led the unlucky kid into the gates of Kassel, not a super invincible version of Chen Wenwen.

(End of this chapter)