Five years old Lu Mingfei

Chapter 151, 148. What a pair of star-crossed lovers.

If you were to ask which of the girls currently associated with Lu Mingfei is least able to accept him having a harem, the answer would be obvious.

That's why he only agreed to let Xia Mi come now.

Lu Mingfei didn't want to be a scumbag; he would rather be deceived emotionally than deceive others' feelings.

Although generally no one would lie to him, he generally couldn't lie to anyone either.

However, there's nothing we can do about it; things have already progressed to this point, and it's too late to turn back now.

Of course, no matter how grand the excuse, it is not a reason for him to openly have a harem.

Therefore, Lu Mingfei decided to tell Xia Mi the truth.

However, the details should be glossed over, since Lu Mingfei wants to live a few more years.

"You'll come with me later, but wait on the side first," Lu Mingfei instructed Kazama Ruri.

Kazama Ruri was a little confused: "Why? Didn't you say you didn't want to make her angry? Then I should have avoided her."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "How should I put it? You don't understand her. Although Xia Mi is rather arrogant and likes to be stubborn, she will give me some face if there are unfamiliar people around. No matter how angry she is, she won't just turn around and leave."

Kazama Ruri couldn't help but glance at him, and said strangely, "You seem very afraid of making her angry... So Chu Zihan was the third party?"

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment: "...If we look at it chronologically, Xia Mi is the mistress..."

Ruri Kazama: "..."

Lu Mingfei: "..."

Kazama Ruri sighed softly and said quietly, "It seems that the squeaky wheel gets the grease."

Lu Mingfei slammed the stone in his right hand onto the cloth in his left, feigning sudden realization: "So that's how it is! I'll cry next time too."

"...You really are only thinking about yourself." Kazama Ruri said speechlessly.

"Stop talking nonsense and drive your car." Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes.

Soon, we arrived at the airport.

The timing was perfect. Logically, it would have been a while before Xia Mi came out. Lu Mingfei had originally planned to set up a sign to welcome her, but after seeing the girl swaying on her suitcase by the roadside, he knew it was no longer necessary.

The wind rustled through the cherry blossoms, and the petals fell impatiently, landing on the girl's hair, shoulders, and outstretched palms.

She collected many flower petals and piled them in her hands.

When Lu Mingfei walked up to her, she pointed her fingertips at him and gently blew on the pile of petals.

An unusual breeze stirred up the petals, scattering them like snowflakes across the sky.

In the end, it all came down to Lu Mingfei.

It made him look somewhat comical.

Lu Mingfei didn't try to remove them; he just stood there, smiling as he watched her.

The girl puffed out her fair cheeks and tried to put on a serious expression, but in the end she couldn't help but smile brightly as well. She nimbly stepped onto the suitcase, opened her arms and lightly leaped up, then fell into his arms like a shower of cherry blossom petals.

Lu Mingfei leaned back and caught her, but was overwhelmed by her weight and, supported by the wind, slowly lay down on the ground covered with flower petals.

The girl lay on his chest, listening to his heartbeat, and grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand that was on her waist, pressing it against her chest.

“Xia Mi…” Lu Mingfei suddenly spoke.

"Hmm?" Xia Mi answered with a lazy and cute nasal tone.

"What would you do if I died one day?" Lu Mingfei asked softly.

Xia Mi didn't spend much time thinking: "I'll keep you a widow until I die."

Lu Mingfei smiled, looking very satisfied: "I'm really happy to be dead."

Xia Mi scoffed, "No matter how happy you are, I won't allow you to die."

She countered, "What if I die?"

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then teased, "Do you want me to be your widower for the rest of my life?"

Xia Mi grinned and said, "Just tell me if you're willing or not!"

Lu Mingfei shook his head and answered coldly, "No."

He felt Xia Mi's heartbeat skip a beat.

Then, a voice, filled with disappointment but not resentment, and instead with a hint of relief, came from her chest: "With that woman Chu Zihan around, even if I die and am not by your side, you can still live a good life. I don't expect you to remember me forever. If you think of me occasionally and it makes you sad, I'll be satisfied..."

"Hakimi!" Lu Mingfei couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted her loudly, "Why are you being so tolerant and magnanimous!"

"I command you to remain jealous, greedy, and selfish, and to breathe on me every now and then. I know it's difficult, but it's an order!"

Xia Mi was furious. She took a deep breath and spat out, "You bastard Lu Mingfei! You scumbag Lu Mingfei! You talk a good game, but what are you really like?! You leave me all alone in the academy while you're flirting with other girls. What else can I do but be tolerant and forgiving? The only thing I can look forward to every day is news from you. No matter what I do, I'm all alone. Have you ever thought about how I feel?!"

She said, slowly and deliberately, "...Many times, I wished I were dead, so that at least you would never forget me..."

Her heart was pounding, as if it were experiencing sharp, throbbing pains.

The feeling was contagious; Lu Mingfei's heart also started to ache.

But he smiled with satisfaction.

"Then I'll just have to make you wish you were dead," Lu Mingfei said with a grin.

Xia Mi's cute little tiger teeth gleamed coldly as she said fiercely, "You're not even by my side, how dare you tell me what to do?!"

Lu Mingfei just smiled: "If you die, I can go with you and stay with you forever. Being a widower would mean waiting a very, very long time before I can see you again..."

Xia Mi's golden eyes lit up silently. She lowered her gaze, giving off a cold and icy feeling, and her voice was indifferent and emotionless: "I will not allow you to die!"

"Anyone in this world can die, but you can't."

"Why?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Xia Mi's bright golden eyes gradually dimmed, and her voice lowered: "...I will be very sad."

Lu Mingfei said calmly, "If you die, I will be sad too..."

"I don't want to be sad, I only want you to be sad!" Xia Mi said angrily. "Your death is something I can never accept!"

“That’s quite a coincidence. I’m the opposite,” Lu Mingfei laughed. “Only if I die too can I accept your death.”

"Damn it!" Xia Mi couldn't take it anymore. Like a little girl throwing a tantrum after losing an argument, she said fiercely, "I said no, and that's final!"

Lu Mingfei reminded him at the right moment, "You won't be able to take care of me after you die."

These words silenced Xia Mi.

She seemed to have said something similar earlier.

“...I want to watch you,” she said stiffly.

Lu Mingfei said with a serious expression, "I have no objection."

Xia Mi pulled his face: "If you have no objections, then stay obediently by my side and don't get involved with other girls. And please don't bite people who pass by, okay?"

Lu Mingfei was a little tense: "No matter what, even I wouldn't do the last one..."

Xia Mi made a deliberate teeth-grinding sound: "I wouldn't be surprised if a puppy in heat did something!"

Lu Mingfei tightened his arm around her waist with his free hand, leaned close to her ear, and chuckled, "I'm a dog, and so are you, a little bitch who likes to bite..."

"Whoa! What are you saying!" Xia Mi blushed, her beautiful eyes glaring at him angrily.

“Hey, hey,” Lu Mingfei said deliberately, “Isn’t that right? Miss Xia Mi, it’s not a good habit to take advantage of someone and then deny everything…”

Xia Mi sealed his mouth with her soft lips and entwined her tongue with his to shut him up.

As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and Xia Mi thoroughly enjoyed the long-awaited intimate contact after their reunion.

However, that familiar taste was mixed with a flavor that belonged neither to her, nor to him, nor even to Chu Zihan.

In an instant, she snapped out of the sweet and shy kissing state and stared at him like a cobra that had spotted its prey.

Lu Mingfei remained unfazed: "If I said it was all an accident, would I still be able to leave with a whole corpse?"

Xia Mi straightened her slender, supple waist, slightly parted her snow-white legs beneath her skirt, where the pure white stockings dug into her thighs, and straddled Lu Mingfei's waist, sneering, "Then I know whether it was an accident or not..."

She clenched her small, delicate fist, making a sickening cracking sound as her knuckles cracked: "Knowing you were supposed to see me today, you still slept with another woman beforehand, Lu Mingfei! What do you take me for, you bastard?!"

Lu Mingfei was sweating and said weakly, "Wait a minute, I really didn't go that far..."

Just before Xia Mi's anger was about to reach an uncontrollable level, a calm voice timely interrupted their conversation:
"Although I really don't want to disturb you two, my Word of Power can't be used indefinitely. I expect that in another two minutes, people around here will notice that there are two people lying here flirting."

Xia Mi turned her head and saw a girl whose beautiful face and delicate features could not be hidden even though she used a silver half-mask to cover her face.

She narrowed her eyes, her nostrils twitched like a puppy's, and her expression worsened.

Before Xia Mi could utter any more aggressive words, Lu Mingfei introduced her: "She is Kazama Ruri, kind of my subordinate. She helped me a lot during my time in Japan..."

Kazama Ruri shook her head slightly, her tone respectful: "I wouldn't dare, those were things I should do..."

"This must be Miss Xia Mi. I've heard His Majesty mention you many times before. Seeing is believing, no wonder he can't forget you. You are indeed a beauty that is one in a million, and you are a perfect match for His Majesty."

Xia Mi stood up lightly, subconsciously scratching her cheek with her fingernail, and snorted, "It's good enough that he doesn't talk badly about me behind my back, I—"

“Wait a minute,” she suddenly realized something, her eyes sharpening as she looked at Kazama Ruri: “Do you know his identity?”

“I understand.” Kazama Ruri nodded.

Xia Mi said angrily, "Lu Mingfei! You—"

Lu Mingfei sprang to his feet and said helplessly, "Let her finish..."

Immediately afterwards, Kazama Ruri coughed lightly and said as if it were true, "Since the real Emperor is traveling incognito, I should naturally do my best to serve him."

Xia Mi glanced at her: "Your Majesty the Emperor?"

He glanced at Lu Mingfei again: "You?"

Then she let out a series of silvery laughs: "Hahaha, Lu Mingfei, you've finally met your match! A dignified... you've actually been given such a disgraceful title. Don't they know that in China, the title 'Emperor' is used as an insult?"

Lu Mingfei clicked his tongue: "Is it really necessary to laugh so happily? Can't you just enjoy playing a little role-playing?" He turned to look at Kazama Ruri and said seriously: "Kazama-san, dedicate yourself to your Emperor!"

Kazama Ruri thought for a moment, then helplessly raised one hand, her face expressionless and her voice flat: "Tenka Black Card, Banzai!"

Xia Mi was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, her body shaking uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.

She wiped her eyes, a little out of breath: "You were just saying how much they helped you... and this is how you repay them?"

Lu Mingfei scoffed at her sarcasm and chuckled, "Do you even know what humor is?"

Xia Mi rolled her eyes at him, saying, "Now I see, you are indeed quite humorous."

She suddenly leaned close to Lu Mingfei's ear and whispered, "I'll let you off the hook for now, and then I'll listen to your excuses."

Lu Mingfei's ears were tickled by the hot breath she blew, and as if in revenge, he turned around and pressed his ear against Xia Mi's ear, subconsciously biting her fair and delicate earlobe.

Xia Mi shuddered violently as if she'd been electrocuted, covering her ears and scrambling to the side, exclaiming in embarrassment and anger, "What are you doing?!"

Lu Mingfei shrugged: "Enjoy the perks of being a boyfriend."

Xia Mi blushed, gritted her teeth, and spat out, "What kind of perk is this! It's all your saliva, so disgusting..."

Lu Mingfei didn't refute, and laughed, "I just ate a lot of your saliva, it's all mixed together, you'll feel disgusted too..."

Xia Mi glared at him with her almond-shaped eyes: "Nonsense, I'm not disgusting!"

She put her hands on her hips, raised her chin, and snorted, "Even the saliva of a beautiful girl smells sweet."

That's true, Lu Mingfei had to admit.

He grinned mischievously and said, "Then isn't that one too—"

Xia Mi took out chewing gum from her pocket and ruthlessly stuffed it into his mouth to stop him from eating.

She smugly hummed, "Trying to tell dirty jokes again? Didn't expect that, did you? I've already found a way to punish you."

Lu Mingfei chewed a couple of times, then said indignantly, "What dirty joke? Don't slander me. I'm just stating basic knowledge about anime and manga..."

Seeing the wink Kazama Ruri gave him, Lu Mingfei cut off the conversation and casually said, "Let's get in the car. This isn't really a good place to talk."

Xia Mi asked curiously, "Where are we going?"

Lu Mingfei pondered for a moment, then said in a heavy tone, "...a male escort shop."

Xia Mi was shocked: "Huh?! This isn't right, Hagiru, when did you start liking men? How come I didn't know?!"

She grabbed Lu Mingfei's shoulders and shook him violently: "Even if you went to a brothel, I could understand the literal meaning, but why a male escort club?! I can't accept this!"

"You're overthinking it," Lu Mingfei said irritably, chewing gum. "I'm not going there as a guest."

"Oh, oh," Xia Mi breathed a sigh of relief, "Not a guest, that's good, that's good..."

The next second, her pupils dilated in shock: "Wait a minute! Not to be a guest, which means you're going there... to work?!"

Xia Mi's pupils instantly lost their luster, and she laughed nervously twice: "Haha, my boyfriend, Xia Mi's boyfriend, actually works at a host club, trying to please a bunch of human women..."

Seeing that her imagination was spiraling out of control, Lu Mingfei quickly clarified, "Nothing like that happened. Just like the Emperor earlier, it was essentially role-playing. I wouldn't do something like that after having a girlfriend..."

Kazama Ruri drove silently, secretly watching the two of them playfully bickering through the rearview mirror.

Xia Mi lunged at her fiercely.

Lu Mingfei reached out to block her, but she grabbed his hand and bit his finger.

She mumbled angrily, her words slurred: "That Li said, 'Like Lageren's performance as Ke Ren...'"

She bit him as she spoke, staring at him with a displeased expression, like an angry cat with its fur standing on end.

It means that if Lu Mingfei's answer does not satisfy her, she will bite him.

In the next three endless seconds, Lu Mingfei used all his wisdom to think about what to say. At that time, the two rows of sharp teeth belonging to pure-blooded dragons were only 0.01 centimeters away from his flesh, but three seconds later, he only used one word to make their mistress let go.

“You,” Lu Mingfei said.

"Huh?" Xia Mi's eyes widened, and she reluctantly agreed: "I don't understand what you're saying?"

Lu Mingfei placed his hands on her slender, snow-white shoulders, deciding to abandon his last shred of dignity: "What I mean is, if the customer is Xia Mi, I'd be willing to be a gigolo even if it meant..."

He had originally given up on becoming a gigolo, as it was indeed not a good thing. However, there was one principle that Lu Mingfei understood very well: when it comes to distribution, people are always more concerned about inequality than scarcity. People can endure poverty, but they cannot accept being the only one who is poor.

and so……

Xia Mi paused for a moment, then turned her face away, muttering, "...Hmph, it's the same old trick again. She'll just say things I don't want to hear, right? I'm the only one who's stupid enough to fall for it every time..."

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then suddenly buried his face in her fair, fragrant neck: "Junior Xia Mi, you're so cute! Please go out with me!"

Xia Mi's body went limp, and she pushed him away in embarrassment and anger: "Pah! Scumbag! Pervert! Sex maniac! I don't have a despicable senior like you who covets his own junior!"

Although she said this, her movements became increasingly gentle, and her hazy eyes seemed to shimmer with shimmering water.

Lu Mingfei greedily sucked on her smooth, delicate, and flawless skin, leaving a string of ambiguous crimson marks on it.

Xia Mi's eyes were misty as she complained to him in a kitten-like whimper, "...You big bad guy, if you keep doing this, I won't be able to face anyone later..."

"I like it when no one else can see you, only I can see you." Lu Mingfei licked her alluring pink skin inch by inch like a puppy.

Kazama Ruri stared straight ahead, pretending to be deaf.

"These two are really a perfect match," she thought to herself.

Of course, they didn't have much time to linger together.

Soon, the car stopped in front of a host club called "Takamagahara".

A blushing young girl, blushing and embarrassed, turned up her collar to try and cover the marks, and a young man with a slightly satiated expression emerged from the back seat.

Kazama Ruri didn't get out of the car; she simply nodded to Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi before leaving.

She has important things to do.

"Judging by the time, a dog should be arriving around now." Lu Mingfei stroked his chin.

Xia Mi immediately realized who he was talking about: "Oh right, Senior Brother Fingel has been sent to Japan by the principal."

She took Lu Mingfei's arm and walked in with him, asking curiously, "Speaking of which, are President Keisha and the others here too?"

"No, my senior sisters aren't here." Lu Mingfei shook his head.

Xia Mi breathed a small sigh of relief.

It's still early, and there aren't many guests in Takamagahara, only a few scattered waiters.

Lu Mingfei walked in with practiced ease.

At the corner of the corridor, he bumped into a tall man who was talking incessantly to the head waiter, Fujiwara Kansuke: "Don't you think I'm a uniquely handsome man?"

They stared at each other, both momentarily stunned.

Lu Mingfei slapped his thigh hard, but still couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahaha! Handsome man? Indeed, in the animal kingdom, female gorillas would probably fight tooth and nail for you!"

Fingel von Frings—Kassel College’s unprecedented “G” class student—was dressed in a wild outfit, his curves exceptionally sexy, even more so than Fujiwara Kansuke beside him.

With his thick skin, he naturally wouldn't care about Lu Mingfei's few sarcastic remarks.

However, standing next to Lu Mingfei was Xia Mi, an incredibly beautiful and youthful junior. Even with Finger's shamelessness, he couldn't help but subconsciously cross his legs and protect his chest like an innocent girl.

On the other side, Lu Mingfei had already taken out his phone and pointed the camera at him. He smiled and showed a set of white teeth: "Come on, German heartthrob Fingel, give me a smile."

Fingel flew into a rage: "You, Lu Mingfei! You actually kicked me when I was down! I was right about you! You really are just as despicable, shameless, and vile as I thought, with absolutely no bottom line. You actually went to a male escort club with Xia Mi in broad daylight! I'm going to report you to your Senior Sister Chu!"

Fujiwara Kansuke, who was standing nearby, was taken aback and frowned, asking, "Sakura-san, do you two know each other?"

In just a moment, Fingel understood everything.

He burst into even more exaggerated laughter: "Sakura-chan?! Little Sakura?! Hahaha! Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei, how could you choose such a charming flower name!"

Lu Mingfei's face darkened: "Do you think I wanted this?!"

Fingel sighed with feigned melancholy, "Alas, we two are truly brothers in misfortune, having both fallen to this state. Oh, by the way, aren't you some special commissioner? How come you're receiving the same treatment as me?"

He had a sly grin on his face and kept glancing at Xia Mi, clearly trying to stir things up.

Lu Mingfei declared imposingly: "I have no obligation to inform you!"

Fingel laughed as if he had expected this: "You think I wouldn't guess if you didn't tell me? Dream on! Judging from your appearance, you're clearly not like me, homeless and desperate, which led you astray. It wasn't your own choice either. So, there's only one truth—"

He pushed up his non-existent glasses on his nose, a shrewd glint in his eyes: "It must be that some woman wanted to play some kind of sex game, and for some reason you couldn't refuse, so you were forced to comply, right?"

He said smugly, "I bet that woman was the student council president, Keisha. I knew she was after you all along. You're a newbie here, and you're such a timid little lamb, so she's finally gotten her way..."

In a sense, he was absolutely right.

Lu Mingfei's face stiffened, and his rebuttal was a second too late, as Miss Xia Mi, with her forced smile, cut him off.

"Then do I have the right to know?" Xia Mi smiled radiantly, her voice sickeningly sweet: "My dear Senior Lu Mingfei—"

Lu Mingfei steeled himself, closed his eyes, and said, "Although a lot has happened, I really don't want to make any excuses. Xia Mi, I've done something I'm sorry for..."

Fingel looked completely relieved, as if he had finally relieved himself after three years of constipation: "That's right, this is exactly what I wanted to see!"

Lu Mingfei was furious: "Fingal! I have treated you well! How could you betray me? Don't you really remember everything that happened in the past?!"

Fingel was stunned: "All those days, all those days..."

"Are you referring to the past..."

Fingel gave him a look that said, "What nonsense are you talking about? What 'past days'? Junior brother, now is not the time for you to threaten me with bringing food from the cafeteria..."

He chuckled sinisterly and said, "You'd better just wait to die!"

After saying that, he shouted, "Junior sister, kill him! Kill this cheating scumbag!"

Xia Mi gazed at him and said softly, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Lu Mingfei tilted his head and said resolutely, "There's nothing more to say. Let's get started!"

(End of this chapter)