Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 399 The Love Letter from the Little Cat

The dim light from the phone screen shone on Chen Wenwen's dazed face. Her little head was buzzing, and she had no idea when the call was made.

The number of call duration on the screen continued to jump up, 41...42...43...as if counting the beats of her heartbeat, thump...thump...thump...thump...

Judging from the length of the call, it should have been connected when her father entered the room. But she remembered that she clearly did not dial it.

Chen Wenwen thought about it for a long time and felt that there was only one possibility.

The call should have been connected when my father knocked on the door. My father knocked on the door suddenly, which scared me. My hands were shaking, and I accidentally pressed the call button. At that time, I hurried to open the door and stuffed the phone under the quilt, so I didn't notice that the call was connected.

But in fact, it doesn't seem so important to figure this out. What we need to know most right now is——

How much of what she just said to herself, did Lu Mingfei on the other end of the phone hear?
Chen Wenwen held the phone in her palm for about ten seconds, then took a deep breath and gently put the microphone close to her ear.

"Lu Mingfei?"

She still had some expectations in her heart, for example, although the call was connected, Lu Mingfei was not listening; for example, the phone was under the quilt, maybe the quilt blocked most of the sound, isn't it often played like this in cartoons? Put two balls of cotton in your ears and you can't hear anything, as if you are isolated from the world.

But her expectations were dashed. Almost the next second, she heard Lu Mingfei's voice, clear and crisp: "I'm here."

I don't know what he meant by "I am" either. Does it simply mean that he is listening now, or does it mean that he has been listening to the phone all the time?

Chen Wenwen couldn't figure it out either, she just knew her heart was beating faster and faster, thump thump, so fast that she had to press her hand on her chest, for fear that the sound would be transmitted through the phone.

At this point, there seemed to be no point in beating around the bush. Going around would only confuse herself. Chen Wenwen put her hands on her chest, fiddling with the silk ribbon of the bow on the chest of her white pajamas, and asked softly, "Did you hear what I just said?"

Chen Wenwen imagined several scenarios. If Lu Mingfei answered hesitantly, no matter what he answered, it meant that he heard it, and he was just wondering whether he should reply "heard" or "didn't hear". If Lu Mingfei answered "didn't hear" without hesitation, then he might really not have heard it.

But Lu Mingfei answered without hesitation: "I heard it."

Chen Wenwen's chest tightened, as if a hand was grasping her little heart.

She had always kept this feeling in her heart, although sometimes she thought that she might reveal her feelings to Lu Mingfei one day. For example, she could secretly write down her teenage feelings in Lu Mingfei's yearbook. But that would only happen after graduation. For the three years of high school, she could just accompany Lu Mingfei and his friends as a good friend.

She had never thought that her inner voice would be heard by Lu Mingfei in such a coincidental way.

Lu Mingfei on the other end of the phone was sitting on the sofa scratching his head.

He didn't know if it was correct to answer "I heard it" directly. But he really heard it. He heard the whole process, from the moment Chen Wenwen's father came in, the conversation between the father and daughter, to Chen Wenwen's mumbling after her father left. He heard it all clearly.

It's not that he had a habit of eavesdropping on other people's conversations, but because when Chen Wenwen first called him, there was no sound on the other end of the phone. He thought it was a wrong number and wanted to hang up, but he was afraid that Chen Wenwen might not be able to speak for some reason, so he kept listening.

Isn't there an episode in Conan that goes something like this? Ayumi's house was robbed, but she had a bad cold and couldn't speak, so she used the badge of the Junior Detective League to pass a secret signal to Conan and the others.

Who knew that not only did I hear the conversation between the father and daughter, but I also heard Chen Wenwen's unexpected confession. This was a confession from Chen Wenwen, one of the three most beautiful girls in Shilan Middle School. Didn't you like her the most before? And because she rejected Nuonuo or something... Although she only rejected Nuonuo's invitation to you to go to Kassel College.

But Lu Mingfei really owes too much emotional debt now. On the surface, he has two official girlfriends, Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang, and behind the scenes, he is also making rapid progress with Xiaolongnu.

But he can't reply "I didn't hear it", that's too fake, and others have confessed, even if it's just an unintentional confession, but the person being confessed should still listen carefully. Even if you don't like the other person, you should listen carefully, not to mention that you don't like it either...

"Did you hear everything?" After a long while, Chen Wenwen's voice came from the microphone.

"I heard your father talking to you, and I also heard you talking about the notebook and other things."

There was no mention of Chen Wenwen's later words about liking him, but since the words had already been said, Chen Wenwen knew that Lu Mingfei had probably heard the whole thing without her saying it.

She was in a mess and muttered for a long time. In the end, she could only say: "Eavesdropping cat, actually eavesdropping on the conversation between people and their family members."

Lu Mingfei said innocently: "Didn't you call me?"

"..."

Chen Wenwen suddenly choked up. Although it was just a coincidence, this call was really made by her to Lu Mingfei.

The scene fell into an awkward silence. Obviously, no one mentioned the word "like", but both of them were tacitly stuck because of Chen Wenwen's mumbling that she liked him.

Lu Mingfei felt that he was the boy, and the one being confessed to, even though the confession came a little out of the blue. But he should have taken the initiative and spoken first.

but……

"Damn, this isn't the first time someone's confessed to me, why is it so hard to respond?"

It is not difficult to respond to a confession. If you like someone, accept it; if you don’t like someone, reject it. But Lu Mingfei’s situation is different. His love life is a mess. He hasn’t even brought Xia Mi to the queen to accept the title? And now he’s bringing Chen Wenwen with him?

Besides, Chen Wenwen only said that she likes you, but she didn't say that she accepts your decadent and almost promiscuous emotional life.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that Xia Mi was watching anime in the room with headphones on at the moment, so she probably didn’t hear the conversation here, otherwise she would definitely interfere again.

Lu Mingfei thought about it and felt that no matter how he responded, he had to start. He cleared his throat and prepared to speak: "Chen Wenwen..."

Chen Wenwen suddenly interrupted him: "Well, I was just talking to myself just now, Lu Mingfei, don't take it seriously, and there's no need to be so entangled. I came to you for something else. You forgot to give me the notebook you took away yesterday. You didn't read the contents, did you? If you are free now, can you arrange a place to return the notebook to me? I need it urgently now."

She spoke a long string of words in one breath, saying everything she could think of in her heart, just to stop the impending answer, which she didn't know whether it was good or bad, and put it back into Lu Mingfei's mouth.

Perhaps she had already decided in her heart that this would not be a good answer. Lu Mingfei already had two girlfriends, both of whom were prettier, more outstanding, and had better family backgrounds than her. It was impossible for Lu Mingfei to give up one of them for her.

As long as Lu Mingfei didn't say the bad answer, she would at least have the courage to stay with Lu Mingfei, Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang as a friend. Just like Schrödinger's cat, as long as Lu Mingfei didn't say it, the bad result would not happen.

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything. After more than ten seconds, she heard the other side's answer: "I haven't read the contents of the notebook yet, but I don't remember where I put it. I have to look for it. It's 1:30 in the afternoon now. Let's meet at Open Mind around 2 o'clock?"

Chen Wenwen held the phone and responded lightly: "Yeah."...

Father Chen was sitting on the sofa in the living room talking to Lao Lu, saying that they could discuss the dinner. Today? Not today, things are moving too fast, and I still need to talk to the kid's mother about this. New Year's Day? Yeah, that should be fine, Prens Hotel? No need to book such a nice one.

Lao Lu didn't know why he had to involve the mother of the child when discussing a project? It wasn't like they were meeting in-laws. Could it be that Professor Chen was henpecked like himself? Did he need his wife's permission to go out for dinner?

But no matter what, he at least agreed to the dinner. After finalizing the time and place, Lao Lu hung up the phone happily.

After hanging up the phone, Father Chen suddenly felt that the progress was still too fast. Should we postpone it a little, at least until after the New Year? But the hotel was already booked at the Prens Hotel. Forget it, the appointment was already made.

Father Chen sighed and just picked up the newspaper when he heard a "creak". It turned out that Chen Wenwen came out of the room. He was just about to inform his daughter that Lu Mingfei's uncle had invited our two families to have dinner at the Prens Hotel on New Year's Day...

Suddenly, he frowned and found that something was wrong with his daughter. Not only was she already dressed in her going-out clothes, but her eyelids were swollen and her pretty face was pale, obviously she had just cried.

What happened? Father Chen was stunned. He thought to himself, when he and Wenwen were talking about life just now, wasn't Wenwen fine? When she talked about Lu Mingfei, her eyes and eyebrows fluttered like a magpie. How come she was so tired in the blink of an eye? Even her walking posture was shaky.

He naturally thought of Lu Mingfei. Obviously, Lu Mingfei was the only one who could make his daughter sad. But what happened? Did the two of them just talk on the phone and quarreled on the phone?

Father Chen's expression immediately became serious. He felt that he had agreed to Lao Lu's dinner too hastily. He even wanted to call Lao Lu back immediately to ask his nephew what he had done to Wenwen.

But before that, I still have to care about my daughter's condition.

"Wenwen, what are you doing..."

Chen Wenwen didn't know that she was acting distraught, and said nonchalantly: "Huh? I'm fine. By the way, Dad, I have to tell you that I have to go out now and will be back around three or four o'clock."

Go out?

Father Chen was stunned for a moment, and his hand holding the newspaper almost shook. How could he let his daughter go out in this state?

"Where are you going?" Chen's father asked indirectly, fearing that Chen Wenwen would become too emotional.

"Just meeting up with friends."

"Which friend?" Father Chen asked, "The weather is not very good today. The TV said it is freezing rain today. The ground is frozen everywhere. Citizens are asked to reduce travel as much as possible. It is dangerous. How about we not go out today?"

"Hey, I'm not a kid anymore."

"Then tell me which friend you are meeting first."

“With…” Chen Wenwen was about to say that she was meeting Lu Mingfei, but then she changed her mind and said, “With Liu Miaomiao, a friend of mine in my class. She’s the beautiful girl who plays the piano very well and whom I pointed out to you during the school celebration.”

Father Chen did not believe Chen Wenwen's words. He was certain that Chen Wenwen was going to see Lu Mingfei, and he wanted to forbid her to go out. But seeing his daughter's distraught look, he thought that stopping her from going out might be counterproductive... and maybe the two of them had something to say to each other.

He hesitated for a moment, then nodded as if nothing had happened and said, "Go ahead, be careful on the road, and put on more clothes before going out. It's getting colder today."

Chen Wenwen said "hmm" softly, wrapped a scarf around her neck, put on her little leather boots and went out.

Father Chen opened the door a crack and listened to the footsteps in the corridor slowly fading away. Then he took his coat from the clothes hanger in the entrance and put it on, then followed Chen Wenwen out the door.

Of course he was worried about letting Chen Wenwen go out alone, and who knew if that brat Lu Mingfei would bully his daughter...

He planned to follow Chen Wenwen secretly to see what was going on.

……

After Lu Mingfei hung up the phone, he returned to the room. Xia Mi was wearing headphones, sitting at the computer desk reading a comic, still the same comic "Seto no Hanayome", with Jay Chou's lyrics scrolling on the subtitles of the music software.

He remembered that he had put Chen Wenwen's notebook into the inner pocket of his coat after confiscating it yesterday. He forgot about it because he suddenly met his uncle when he was sending Chen Wenwen home.

But he searched the pocket of the clothes he wore yesterday for a long time, but couldn't find the notebook.

"strangeness."

Lu Mingfei muttered. He clearly remembered that he did not take out the notebook and it should still be in his pocket.

At this time, Xia Mi, who was sitting on the computer chair with legs bent, took off her headphones and turned around to look at Lu Mingfei: "Brother, what are you looking for?"

"Nothing." Lu Mingfei replied. If he told Xia Mi that he was looking for Chen Wenwen's notebook, Xia Mi would definitely open it and read the contents after finding it.

"Oh~" Xia Mi whistled and said, "Tell me, brother, maybe I know where it is."

"How do you know?" Lu Mingfei said, thinking that you didn't follow me yesterday.

"Tsk, Senior Brother, how do you know if I know if you don't ask?"

Lu Mingfei did not continue to reply. As long as Xia Mi is willing to talk, the conversation between you and her can go on forever. But he has to meet Chen Wenwen later, and now he is anxious to find the book.

Did it fall on the road? Or did it fall on my uncle's car?

It would be fine if it fell on the road, but if it fell on my uncle's car... No, falling on the road is not good either.

Lu Mingfei was feeling a bit overwhelmed when he suddenly felt Xia Mi gently leaning against his back and blowing into his ear.

"Are you looking for the love letter your little thieving cat wrote to you, brother?"

……

(End of this chapter)