Dragon Raja: Back from Tiling, My Mother Lu Mingfei

Huai Xu squatted down next to Nuonuo and checked her injuries.

The blood packs from Friga's bullets had exploded, and the red liquid slowly spread across the tiled floor, looking quite plausible.

He took out his phone and dialed Guderian's number.

"professor."

"Huai Xu? What's wrong? Is there a problem with the dorm?"

"No." Huai Xu glanced at Nuonuo lying on the ground. "I just wanted to tell you that a senior student seemed to be having some suicidal thoughts and shot herself several times. Could you have the school medical team take a look and see if she can still be treated?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"What...what senior? Shooted at herself?"

"Yes, it's over there, the little bridge behind the library."

"Professor, are all the students here like this? I'm starting to wonder if your school puts too much pressure on its students."

"Wait, you mean...?"

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Huai Xu hung up the phone.

Lu Mingfei watched him from the side, his lips twitching.

"You hung up on the professor?"

"Um."

"Is this really okay for you?"

"She did shoot herself several times. I just didn't say who pulled the trigger."

"Let's go."

Huai Xu dusted off his hands and stood up.

Lu Mingfei didn't move.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking..."

Lu Mingfei lowered his head and asked, "Why did you do those things today?"

"What things?"

"About...those things in the square. What you said, what you did."

Lu Mingfei looked up at him. "You're not the kind of person who likes to show off."

"?"

Isn't he?

After a while, Huai Xu sighed.

"Because I'm afraid."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid you'll be looked down upon by others."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

"You're S-class, Mom."

Huai Xu looked up at the night sky, "But do you know how people in this school view S-class students? They'll look at you with a magnifying glass, with a microscope. You can do a hundred things right and no one will remember, but you can make one mistake and it will be remembered for a lifetime."

"So on the first day, in front of everyone, you need to let them know that Lu Mingfei is not someone to be trifled with."

Huai Xu turned to look at him, "At least... they're not people they can mess with."

Lu Mingfei seemed to understand but not quite.

"Alright, stop making that face." Huai Xu patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go back to sleep. We have important business to attend to tomorrow."

The two of them started walking back towards the dormitory.

"Oh, right."

Huai Xu suddenly remembered something, "Mom, have you figured out how to use that 'Academy Star' award?"

Lu Mingfei looked completely bewildered: "Academy Star? What's that?"

"Didn't you read the specific rules for a day of freedom?"

Lu Mingfei shook his head. "All I know is that it's a live-action CS game... I know nothing else."

Huai Xu immediately understood.

"Simply put, the winner of the Freedom Day enjoys a privilege—the first person you pursue in this academy cannot refuse you and must maintain a relationship with you for at least three months."

"Another one is the right to use a super large venue for free for one year."

After listening, Lu Mingfei nodded thoughtfully.

"I don't know... They say you can't refuse, but what if they really don't like you? Wouldn't that be like torturing yourself for three months? Besides..."

He paused for a moment, then added, "There's no one I really like."

As he spoke, his voice suddenly lowered.

He remembered the beautiful blonde girl from that day.

She had said she would wait for him at Kassel College.

But so far, we haven't even seen a trace of it.

Lu Mingfei sometimes wondered if it was a dream. After all, his mind wasn't quite clear that day, and it felt like he was dreaming.

"Mother."

Huai Xu's voice pulled him back from his reverie.

"Um?"

"Your idea is superficial."

Lu Mingfei blinked: "Huh?"

"This privilege isn't for you to date," Huai Xu said, holding up one finger with an unusually serious expression. "It's for demonstrating your authority."

"authority?"

"Yes. Think about it, if it's just about finding a pretty girl to date, isn't that too simple and boring?" Huai Xu paused. "Is it worth fighting to the death for that?"

Lu Mingfei thought about it and realized... it wasn't really worth it.

"So what do you mean?"

"I told you, this is to demonstrate your authority."

Huai Xu explained to him patiently, as if he were lecturing a primary school student, "As an S-level person, you should have the authority you deserve. As long as you make a request, those people must obey."

Lu Mingfei became more and more confused as he listened.

"No... can you just speak like a normal person?"

Huai Xu sighed, as if he was disappointed in his son.

"Let me put it this way. You're new here, and even with me protecting you, there will inevitably be people who won't respect you. They'll just think I can't beat Huai Xu, but surely I can beat Lu Mingfei? We haven't even fought, so how do we know if you're a fraud?"

Lu Mingfei thought about it seriously and realized that there really were a few such people.

Today in the square, the way people were getting up from the ground looked at him was strange.

Some were curious, some scrutinized, and some were disdainful.

Especially some people wearing red uniforms looked at him as if he were someone who was clinging to someone's leg.

"Putting everything else aside," Huai Xu added, "among those two groups from the student council and the Lionheart Society today, quite a few people looked resentful. Look at that bad woman with red hair, and that guy with the sniper rifle."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

He admitted this.

"But you can't directly demonstrate your strength," Huai Xu shrugged. "Because you're still a healing dragon, right?"

Lu Mingfei nodded.

He admitted this even more.

"In that case, we'll have to find another way to demonstrate your authority!"

Lu Mingfei was influenced by his tone and also became serious.

"As for Yi Huai's opinion, where should I stand?"

"Your Majesty, I have a plan." Huai Xu narrowed his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips. "It will not harm Wenhe, nor Tianhe, but only the people."

Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up: "Please tell me quickly!"

"First, we need to make one thing clear!"

Huai Xu stretched out his index finger and drew a circle in the air.

"The rules of this privilege do not stipulate that you can only pursue girls."

"Holy crap!!!"

Lu Mingfei cursed and took several steps back, as if he had seen something terrifying.

"What do you mean?! You don't mean you want me to be gay, do you???"

"Hey... don't swear, be civilized."

Huai Xu waved his hands repeatedly, "What I mean is, we can start from the source."

"source?"

"That's right."

Huai Xu nodded. "I've observed them. Most of those who disagree with you are from the student council. As everyone knows, people in the student council usually have a bit of an arrogant attitude. So..."

"so?"

"Once you take down their leader, who would dare to disobey you?"

Lu Mingfei: "??????"

Looking at Huai Xu's serious face, Lu Mingfei wondered if he had misheard.

"You you you you you—"

Think about it.

Huai Xu showed no sign of stopping. "Instead of spending three months with someone who doesn't like you and then breaking up at lightning speed, I'd rather use this opportunity to make a name for myself."

"Just go after Caesar and make him your girlfriend!"