Dragon Raja: Back from Tiling, My Mother Lu Mingfei

Chapter 16 is simple: I'll just be Lu Mingfei's mother!

The next day.

"Come on, I'll treat you to a big meal."

Lu Mingfei looked wary: "Didn't we just invite them yesterday?"

"Yesterday is yesterday, today is today. You ate yesterday, so you won't eat today?"

"..."

It seems to make sense, but something also seems off.

"Besides, today's invitation isn't for you to have dinner."

"Why is that?"

"To celebrate becoming rich."

"Haven't you always been quite wealthy?"

"I used to be rich, now I'm very rich."

Looking at Huai Xu's serious face, Lu Mingfei felt that this person was talking nonsense, but he couldn't find any evidence.

"Where should we eat?"

"Go wherever you want."

"Then I want to eat at the same Japanese restaurant as yesterday."

"Change to another one."

Why?

"Because I want to eat Chinese food today."

"Then why are you asking me where I want to go and what I want to do?"

"Out of politeness."

Lu Mingfei told himself not to stoop to the level of a mental patient.

Finally, the two went to a Chinese restaurant in the city center that looked very expensive.

Lu Mingfei opened the menu, and his hands started trembling again.

"This braised pork costs a hundred?"

"point."

"This stir-fried vegetable dish costs fifty?"

"point."

"This plate of peanuts costs forty-eight?"

"point."

"this……"

"Can you please stop reading?"

Huai Xu snatched the menu from Lu Mingfei's hand, casually ordered a few dishes, and then looked at Lu Mingfei, "What would you like to drink?"

"Cola."

"There's no Coke here."

"So what?"

"We have Sprite from 1982."

"..."

"Just kidding, there's orange juice."

After the dishes were served, Lu Mingfei ate very quickly, as if afraid someone would snatch them from him. Huai Xu, on the other hand, was in no hurry, leisurely picking up food while looking at his phone.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Mingfei asked, his mouth full of braised pork, his words muffled.

"It depends on how you want to spend the money."

"?"

"I have 50,000 yuan that I must spend this week; if I don't spend it all, it will be wiped out."

Lu Mingfei's chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

"Take away the young master?"

"fifty thousand."

"..."

"week."

"..."

"weekly."

"..."

Lu Mingfei remained silent for a moment, then put down his chopsticks, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and muttered something under his breath.

What are you doing?

"I'm praying that I'll be reborn into a better family in my next life."

"You can still submit your application now."

"How do I throw it?"

"Turn left after you go out, there's a crossroads. Don't cross when the light is green; wait until the light turns red before running across."

"..."

Lu Mingfei picked up his chopsticks again. "Where did you get this money?"

"My mom gave it to me."

"Didn't you say your mom ran away?"

"Newly recognized."

Lu Mingfei stopped eating with his chopsticks again.

"You...really accepted a new mother?"

"yes."

Who is it?

"Su Xiaoqiang".

"Su Xiaoqiang??? Little Fairy Su Xiaoqiang???"

"right."

"She...she agreed???"

I guess so.

Lu Mingfei felt that his outlook on life had been impacted.

He'd known Su Xiaoqiang for three years, and he knew her temperament inside and out. There were hardly any people in the entire school who dared to talk back to her, and Huai Xu actually wanted her to be his mother? And even gave her money?

"How...how did you do that?"

"Well..." Huai Xu thought for a moment and decided not to reveal the real process. "It's all about sincerity. Sincerity is the only surefire way to win."

Looking at his handsome face, Lu Mingfei felt that the word "sincerity" sounded a bit off coming from his mouth.

"So you invited me to dinner today just to spend this 50,000 yuan?"

"Yes, but you don't eat much." Huai Xu looked at the table full of food. "You've only eaten less than 500 yuan in half a day. At this rate, I'll have to treat you to a hundred meals to spend it all."

"Are you planning to treat me to a hundred meals?"

"Do you have a problem with that?"

"No, no, no," Lu Mingfei shook his head frantically, "I just think... shouldn't you consider investing?"

"Invest in what?"

"For example... buying some financial products?"

"I can't even spend 50,000 yuan in a week, and you want me to buy investment products?"

"You can save them up."

"I can't save it up."

Lu Mingfei looked down at the braised pork in his bowl.

Break the defense.

"I've made up my mind." Lu Mingfei put down his chopsticks, his expression more serious than ever before.

"Decid what?"

"I want to recognize a mother too."

"?"

"No," Lu Mingfei quickly waved his hand, "I mean, I also want to find a rich mother... no, I mean, I also want to..."

Huai Xu looked at him and sighed.

"Lu Mingfei, your biggest problem is that you overthink things."

"What do you mean?"

"Do what you want to do, don't care what others think. You think acknowledging someone as your mother is shameful? Then don't. You don't think it's shameful? Then acknowledge her. If you can't even make up your own mind, how can others help you?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"I……"

"And what, do you think acknowledging someone as your mother is for money?"

"Isn't that right?"

"Of course not. Recognizing someone as a mother is out of love. Money is just a side effect."

"..."

[Lu Mingfei's approval rating rises to 10%]

[Successfully recognized as Mom]

[Achievement unlocked: "Three Yangs Bring Prosperity": "Goodbye to her, she kisses him, he kisses her, he kisses her, he kisses her..."]

[Note: Triangles are stable, so... please apply more pressure.]

"?"

What about his yin and yang?

Although there was still no reward for this achievement, Huai Xu felt somewhat regretful.

However, Lu Mingfei's entry has finally been released.

"Please don't add any combat power stats to my account, I don't want them at all."

Hmm, I'm just jinxing myself.

[Entry being generated...]

【"Like a cat" (N): "Like a cat~ Meow meow meow~"】

[Action Effect: Saying "It sounds like meow~ meow meow meow~" consumes your own life force to reduce the recovery speed of the designated target (including yourself), and may even cause them to slowly lose life force. The more life force consumed, the stronger the effect.]

[Consuming one year of life force can cause the target to lose 3-7 days of their natural lifespan within a month, while also significantly reducing their regenerative abilities.]

[Note: Because Lu Mingfei's abilities have the characteristic of "paying a price to gain power," this entry also follows this rule.]

This entry cannot kill the target; it can only weaken it.

Using this entry will result in a period of weakness lasting 12-72 hours (depending on the amount of life force consumed).

Isn't this the opposite of Lu Mingfei's "don't die" mentality?

Lu Mingfei's "Don't die" means consuming his own or others' life force to accelerate recovery.

Is his "not wanting to live" a way of consuming his own life force and making others recover more slowly?

What kind of garbage skill is this?

To sacrifice a year's worth of life force in exchange for the other party losing three to seven days of their lifespan?

This is such a poor value for money!

I live a year less, but you only live 3 days less?

This deal is a huge loss!

But on second thought, this skill might be useful in certain specific situations.

For example, if the other party is seriously injured, and you consume a year's worth of your life force to slow down their recovery speed, then they might actually die.

Or perhaps... it's used to finish off an opponent?

Huai Xu shook his head and temporarily tossed the entry into a corner.

Anyway, I don't expect N-level terms to be that powerful.

You can use it.

After finishing their meal, the two parted ways at the crossroads.

Huai Xu opened the system panel and glanced at it.

[Lu Mingfei: 10%]

This level of acceptance is increasing too slowly.

He invited Lu Mingfei to dinner, played games with him, and chatted with him, but these were all just superficial gestures.

On the surface, Lu Mingfei is a loser, but in reality, he is extremely sensitive.

What he needs is not material satisfaction, but spiritual recognition.

He needs someone to truly understand him.