Lu Mingfei: What? They're all real!

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang would be proud of his humble origins after becoming emperor, and Liu Bang would reminisce about his days as a wandering knight while sitting in Weiyang Palace, people, after overcoming a tragic past, will always, in a perverse way, start to think about the hard days before they made a name for themselves, euphemistically calling it "remembering youth."

However, this is only the surface reason. For Lu Mingfei, the reason is not just that. He also hopes that he can be bound by the past. Perhaps the word "bound" is a bit strange, but it is the most appropriate.

Now he often wakes up in the middle of the night and forgets his own name. Compared to his long memories, which are as vast as a river, Lu Mingfei's life is too short and means nothing. He looks out at the darkness and feels that he is about to be swallowed up by the darkness from both inside and outside, and become another person.

"Lu Mingfei" is about to disappear.

At this moment, those sarcastic words would ring in his ears, but Lu Mingfei felt at ease. Then he leaned against the bedpost, listening to the deafening snores coming from Finger on the upper bunk, and quietly looked out the window. All he could hear were these bad words. Just like before, he never talked back, because no one would ever listen to what he was saying.

But there are exceptions.

Su Xiaoqiang was the only one who would listen to him. In fact, to be honest, she probably said more sarcastic things than everyone else combined, but she was the only one who would listen to Lu Mingfei. Although she would always deal tons of critical damage for actually listening to what Lu Mingfei said, she would always listen to Lu Mingfei spouting nonsense...

She was the only one who would listen to him.

Although all her resentment towards Lu Mingfei stemmed from the same thing—she listened to him too much, ever since they met, to the point that she remembered for three whole years Lu Mingfei's sarcastic comment that other girls were prettier.

But because of her presence, Lu Mingfei didn't become a fool who could only talk to himself.

So each time, Lu Mingfei would quietly gaze out the window, and his memories would always flow like converging rivers towards this one and only special girl. He would recall her fiery temper, her disdainful sneers, her disgusted pouts, or her outbursts of curses, and a smile would unconsciously creep onto his face. Finally, his heart would find peace.

This was one of his important anchors for the unlucky kid named "Lu Mingfei," and it was a very important memory for him as a "human." But now this anchor is about to disappear... In pursuit of love, the proud girl becomes humble, and she even has to give up her own appearance.

Lu Mingfei frowned.

"what happened?"

The girl, secretly pleased with her method, leaned closer, a smug smile playing on her lips. But she met Lu Mingfei's pained gaze; he looked terribly uncomfortable, barely able to sit still, as if he were about to run away.

She suddenly froze, her heart sinking.

"Can you...can you be normal for once..." Lu Mingfei's voice was weak, and he seemed to have instantly returned to his previous dejected state. He pitifully clasped his hands together and pleaded, "Really, please stop bullying me. I'm starting to worry that you've been possessed by a monster."

However, emotional intelligence is a lifelong process, and Lu Mingfei still took good care of the girl's feelings, attributing everything to "she just had bad intentions and wanted to tease Lu Mingfei," thus avoiding making her too embarrassed.

The girl suddenly realized that she had taken too big a step, which was counterproductive.

She recalled the awkward "idiot" she had uttered, and as she came to her senses, her face flushed slightly. Not to mention that the two pairs of eyes were now on her, making her face feel even hotter.

"Ha, haha..." She laughed awkwardly, waving her hands and retreating to her seat. "How boring. You're so easily amused. I thought you'd improve a bit in this new place."

“I’ve long accepted the possibility that I won’t make any progress in this life.” Lu Mingfei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued, “But how are you suited to play a gentle older sister? You don’t have that kind of depth, and your appearance isn’t good enough either.”

"nonsense!"

The girl blushed even more, but the embarrassment gradually faded from her face. Driven by shame, she tried to find something to say in response, shouting that someone who could be scared by a little trick had no right to comment on such things. Then she began to expose Lu Mingfei's past.

She said that when the literary society was rehearsing a play, someone insisted that he could play a knight. As a result, he was exhausted from using a plaster prop sword and was panting like a dog. He then eagerly wanted to try out for the role of a prince. As soon as he put on the costume, everyone started laughing. In the end, after trying out a round, he couldn't even play a servant and was kicked out of the main cast. How dare he say that someone else had physical defects?

Lu Mingfei sneered and retorted, "Weren't you kicked out that time too? You acted as a maid, acting more like a princess than a princess. When you informed Chen Wenwen, who played the princess, that guests had arrived, it was like the princess's stepmother was lecturing her, making Chen Wenwen look like a black slave from Africa. How dare you bring up such a thing?"

The tension gradually escalated as the two bickered.

Su Xiaoqiang gritted her teeth and thought for a while, turning over and over several times, then smiled darkly and launched an attack.

She said that when her Chinese teacher asked her what style she liked, she stood up and said she liked mature women. The teacher was almost sixty years old; how would she know such a term? After thinking for a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask whether mature women belonged to the graceful or bold school of poetry. People brainwashed by Japanese anime have no right to comment on reality!

Lu Mingfei was speechless, unable to retaliate for a moment.

Su Xiaoqiang, having gained the upper hand, pressed her advantage, saying, "And there was last time! You spread those nonsense stories to the boys in the class that gentle girls are like kittens, and then you went to the school gate at noon to tease the cats, and ended up with three cuts on your hand. Do you really know what gentleness is?"

Lu Mingfei had no way to refute this. He gradually became subdued, timidly crossing his arms and vehemently denying that such a thing had ever happened.

The girl smiled smugly, "Stop pretending, I was watching you from behind the whole time."

Lu Mingfei shut up completely; she had won a complete victory.

Arguing with Lu Mingfei is Su Xiaoqiang's comfort zone; she can talk about it all day long without repeating herself.

Chapter 128 You're Perfectly Fit to Be a Fool

Although being exposed like this should have been quite embarrassing, Lu Mingfei actually felt rather happy.

He never expected that such a trivial matter would be remembered so clearly by the girl in front of him. Moreover, she didn't just remember; she remembered the scene that Lu Mingfei thought only he knew—

She had even secretly observed his embarrassing moments from afar, such as when he tried to show tenderness to a kitten as if it were a girl, only to be attacked instead. He once thought that no one else in the world would know this... He put on gloves before returning to the classroom, and no one knew that he had cuts on his hands from cat claws.

She had secretly cast so many glances my way...

Lu Mingfei smiled without getting angry, clasped his hands together, and begged the sharp-tongued girl to let him go.

"Then let's say it again properly. Is gentleness a quality that suits me?" Su Xiaoqiang asked condescendingly.

"Perfect, perfect, absolutely perfect." Lu Mingfei nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice. "You are a gentle goddess."

The girl pouted, finally letting go of the boy she had completely dominated mentally. She grumbled, "You don't like it when I treat you nicely. You have to suffer a bit before you'll know how good gentleness is. You're so cheap."

"Hehe, that's how you're born."

Lu Mingfei finally managed to breathe smoothly. He sat up straighter and stopped hiding in the corner like he was trying to avoid someone.

He even thought it was great, really great! He finally felt like he was Lu Mingfei, talking to a girl he knew.

However, people do change. Despite the girl's loud and aggressive remarks, her feelings were still evident. A shy blush still lingered on her face, and her eyes still quietly brimmed with affection.

"Speaking of which...did you bring your application form? Let me see it." Her voice softened again. She wasn't being so deliberate now, so as not to give Lu Mingfei goosebumps, but her concern was stronger.

Lu Mingfei nodded quickly and took out a piece of paper that had been folded several times from his pocket.

"Idiot! Don't fold the application form!" the girl said, rubbing her forehead.

She is now in a state that is both familiar to Lu Mingfei and slightly different.

……

"How long is your planned stay?"

Su Xiaoqiang and the boy next to her leaned against each other, their heads resting together. The reprinted paper was laid flat on her lap. The table in front of them was full of things, but there was nowhere else to put them. Su Xiaoqiang patted her lap generously. Lu Mingfei was half-forced by her to pick up his pen and write on her lap.

She was not only generous, but also provided extremely detailed guidance.

"About twenty days," Lu Mingfei calculated the time.

"That long? That's the entire winter break." The girl was surprised, her thighs trembling, almost causing Lu Mingfei to make a mistake and ruin his work. "Aren't you going back?"

"I'm not going back. There's nothing to do there anyway, and I really don't want to share a room with Lu Mingze!" Lu Mingfei shook his head vigorously.

"I've heard you mention this before..." the girl hesitated, "So you're not going back for summer break either?"

"We'll see." Lu Mingfei hadn't considered this question.

"Okay, if you don't have anywhere to stay, just come find me. I can't guarantee anything else, but I'll definitely have enough empty rooms." Su Xiaoqiang patted Lu Mingfei on the back generously.

"Isn't this inappropriate? What kind of behavior is this, a lone man and a lone woman!"

Xia Mi, who was already unable to bear it any longer, couldn't stand it any longer. She had been huddled in the corner, and seeing Lu Mingfei's change made her grit her teeth in hatred. She had never seen him like this before. If she could use an animal as a metaphor, he was like a little dog with droopy ears, cowardly yet cute... If he didn't show this kind of behavior to other girls, it would be truly delightful.

Su Xiaoqiang didn't look up, and even deliberately moved to the side next to her.

She now felt that she had been a bit foolish a few tens of minutes ago, having chosen a very inefficient strategy in her panic, which almost backfired and scared Lu Mingfei.

The long-awaited banter with Lu Mingfei brought her to her senses. She realized that she shouldn't have been so timid, and even less should she have pretended to be someone she wasn't good at. That would have been too stupid. Lu Mingfei was right; she really wasn't the type to act cute and delicate. She was just a complete imitator.

She felt she should focus on more effective points and leverage her strengths—

"Because we've been friends for a long time, throughout our youth," Su Xiaoqiang said. "People who spend their youth together naturally have deeper friendships, so of course I couldn't stand idly by for such a small favor."

She didn't look up the whole time, and before Xia Mi could say anything more, she went back to giving instructions.

She felt that what she was doing now was truly effective, and Lu Mingfei gradually became as soft as a puppy that had rolled over and was showing its belly.

“If you plan to stay that long, you’ll need a three- or five-year multiple-entry visa.” She exhaled a clear breath.

The girl started talking about her professional knowledge, which gradually made Lu Mingfei dizzy. He listened obediently to what she was saying, sitting quietly beside her, just nodding repeatedly, as if she was going to take care of everything for him.

At that moment, Lu Mingfei suddenly recalled Lu Mingze's words, and he roughly understood what the so-called "definitely going to be acquired" meant...

However, she also didn't forget to call him an idiot every three sentences, angrily rebuking him for being too infuriating!

“No wonder they rejected your visa. If I were the visa officer, I would have stamped a permanent rejection on your visa. You’re infuriating,” Su Xiaoqiang said. “You didn’t know anything when asked, and you didn’t even know where you were going to stay. Of course, they would suspect that you were planning to overstay your visa.”

Lu Mingfei was speechless. He could not get any help from the academy on this trip, including Norma. Based on his own knowledge, he knew nothing about this information that he had not looked up. He held the pen and dared not move, as if he had found the state of mind when he was being watched by his English teacher to dictate words in high school.

"There's nothing I can do, I'm an idiot..." he said, dazed.

"You're an idiot, a complete idiot." Su Xiaoqiang laughed briefly, like her usual sneer, but with a touch of other affection. She said, "But you're lucky, you have me. Okay, keep writing, don't make any more mistakes, or I'll have to charge you for paper."

"Yes……"

……

As Lu Mingfei lay on the girl's lap writing, he felt calm and joyful. Of course, his happiness wasn't from the constant rubbing of his fingers against her legs; he simply felt much more relaxed. He was no longer the rising star whom the principal had earnestly instructed to shoulder the great task of slaying dragons, nor was he the evil dragon who was always afraid of being exposed as a double agent.

Being with old classmates and friends helped him forget a lot of his stress.

To be honest, this kind of useless character who can't even write properly suits me... He shouted in his heart, Lu Mingfei should be this kind of useless guy!

"Thank you, Xiaoqiang, thank you so much." He grinned at the girl who was so close to him and blurted out his true feelings.

The girl lowered her head, pursed her lips, and hummed. She wanted to respond to these words with special meaning in a reserved manner, but she also felt that not speaking would be a bit of a waste. She racked her brains and finally put her not-so-stupid brain to good use.

At times like these, you have to tell the truth.

"Idiot." She said the word again, but this time it was completely different from the tone that had given Lu Mingfei goosebumps before. The girl's strong sense of disgust almost overwhelmed Lu Mingfei.

But then, following her truest feelings, she said sincerely, "But you can just stay a fool. Anyway, I never expected you to become smarter from the day I met you. I'm used to it. You're quite suited to being a fool."

Lu Mingfei's heartstrings were deeply touched.

Chapter 129 Why are you acting like a control freak?

As the plane took off, the engines roared and the boosters screeched. Lu Mingfei looked out the window and sighed.

The journey has finally begun.

"If you really can't bear to leave, then don't go." Xia Mi nudged him with her head, saying sourly, "Anyway, going over there is just about finding women. I think the ones here are not bad either. It would be good to spend the night with Miss Su. Since she's already willing to let you lie on her lap, it's no problem for her to lie on top of you."

"Why are you still bringing this up? It's been more than ten days... and Miss Su has already returned to China..." Lu Mingfei looked away; the woman's jealousy was almost suffocating him.

"If you dare to do it, what can't I mention?" Xia Mi was petty and couldn't let it go for a long time. "Miss Su's thighs must be very soft, right? I think they must be. She's a young lady, pampered and privileged. They must feel delicate and soft to the touch, unlike some pitiful wretch who have to endure wind and rain, who only have hard muscles that are hard to write on."

"Actually, it's the soft ones that hurt your hands; you always end up poking holes when you're writing."

"Click..." The girl hissed like a feline warning its prey, complaining angrily, "I think you're just like that guy, you'll fall for a woman sooner or later. When you stumble and fall, I absolutely won't save you, absolutely!"

“Actually, I used to be really unlucky,” Lu Mingfei suddenly said.

Xia Mi was completely baffled; this guy's words were utterly unpredictable...

"It's really unlucky; everyone's making fun of me," Lu Mingfei added.

"Is she the only one who treats you like a person? Has she become your ideal woman? That's such a cliché story." Xia Mi made wild guesses about the plot and then offered her unfounded critique.

“No, she treated me like a snarling stray dog ​​on the street, wishing she could smash me to death with a brick,” Lu Mingfei said, making a startling statement.

"So this is a story of two bickering lovers who fall in love because of hatred?" Xia Mi sneered dismissively, saying it was all subjective emotion and not objective at all. "It's still a very old-fashioned and trashy story. Romance novels from ten years ago didn't even use this kind of plot anymore!"

Zero, who was silently reading a book next to Xia Mi, suddenly stopped, then quickly flipped through the book she was reading, turning to the title page to check the publication date.

"There were still these kinds of plots in books published last year..." Zero silently commented, shook her head, and did not intend to refute. She continued to immerse herself in her reading. She felt that she had learned too little knowledge, far from enough.

“The focus isn’t on romance, okay?” Lu Mingfei said in a deep voice. “The focus is on me. I’m so different from before, so different that sometimes I feel like there are two people inside me, like the old me has been killed.”

Xia Mi suddenly stopped talking and turned her gaze to look into his eyes.

She certainly has a deep understanding of this kind of thing.

"So what?" She was no longer so indignant or so sour.

“I can remember a lot of things clearly now, but things about myself, about that loser named Lu Mingfei, are always deliberately ignored,” Lu Mingfei said. “Can you understand? I can still clearly remember what happened, I know who I am, but I… sometimes I can’t tell myself.”

"I understand." Xia Mi patted his head gently in a comforting manner and snuggled closer. "It's normal."

"So there's someone who remembers my story so clearly, I'm actually quite touched." Lu Mingfei sighed. "Who would have known that I was scratched by a stray cat at the school gate? I never imagined that anyone would know such a thing. If Lu Mingfei were to die one day, my aunt and uncle might forget me in two days. Only she would remember that bastard boy who makes her grit her teeth in hatred."

"Alright, alright, if you keep going you'll be so moved you'll offer yourself to her. It sounds like you're planning to stay just Lu Mingfei forever and live happily ever after with that girl."

"This can't happen." Lu Mingfei straightened up from his airplane seat and sat up properly.

He suddenly became serious, and his tone became firm, "I am not just Lu Mingfei, I cannot just be Lu Mingfei. If a meteorite suddenly falls from the sky, Lu Mingfei will not be able to stop it."

"Where did the meteorite come from?!" Xia Mi shook his arm vigorously.

She was initially moved, feeling a shared sense of melancholy with her compatriots, but as the emotions resonated, she suddenly heard a meteorite falling from the sky.