Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 401 I Actually Had a Crush on You

Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen sat opposite each other in a booth in the corner of the Open Mind Café. The waiter brought a tray and placed a cappuccino in front of Lu Mingfei. The mist in the cup rose up, as if there was a layer of swaying gauze between the two of them.

Chen Wenwen's fingers paused on the notebook on the table, her clear eyes looked a little dazed... She was still wondering what Lu Mingfei meant by what he had just said.

What does it mean to read the contents? Is that what she thought it meant? But she clearly told Lu Mingfei that he couldn't read the contents of the book, right? No, it seems that she didn't say that... But that doesn't mean Lu Mingfei can read it.

Didn't she specifically ask Lu Mingfei if he had read the contents of the notebook when she called? Wasn't the subtext that she didn't want him to read it?

Chen Wenwen's innocent eyes were completely dull, just like the blank look in the eyes of the beautiful female robot Eva in "Wall-E" when her power ran out.

When Lu Mingfei heard that she liked him, he didn't react so much. But the things in the notebook... were a little different. The notebook was full of her secrets.

She was also shy to let Lu Mingfei hear that she liked her, but not that shy. It was normal to like someone during adolescence, just like it rained, blew, and thundered. With her overflowing throbbing, uncontrollable emotions, and the way she couldn't help but peeked at him, it was only a matter of time before others could see that she liked Lu Mingfei, right?

But the notebook was different. What was written on it were all the wild girlish thoughts that filled her heart when she accidentally caught a glimpse of Lu Mingfei's profile.

Maybe it was because she was afraid that others would think she was stupid if they knew, or maybe it was because the feeling of liking someone was too soft and she was afraid it would be broken if others saw it. In short, it was something she wanted to hide secretly.

"Xia Mi also saw it." Lu Mingfei added.

Chen Wenwen had just taken a breath in the dizziness, but before she could recover, she was knocked unconscious by this heavy blow again.

Lu Mingfei looked at Chen Wenwen's blushing face like a ripe apple, and took the initiative to speak up and take over the topic:

"Xia Mi didn't look at it on purpose... Well, she might have done something intentional, but she didn't know what was written in the notebook. She thought it was mine, so she opened it."

Actually, telling Chen Wenwen that Xia Mi had read the notebook might not be a good idea. But Lu Mingfei thought about it and decided to tell Chen Wenwen the truth. If he wanted to confess the following, this was necessary.

Chen Wenwen also felt a little dizzy, and lowered her head, letting her bangs fall to cover her face. She felt like a little girl who was stripped naked and thrown in front of the person she liked... Of course, this was just a metaphor, referring to all her mental emotions, which were clearly unfolded in front of Lu Mingfei.

She didn't know what expression she should put on when facing Lu Mingfei. Shy? Nervous? Sad? Or should she just grab the notebook on the table and run away? But where could she run to? They were from the same school, classmates, and even sat at the desks in front and behind each other. They would see each other every time they looked up.

No one noticed that the wind chime hanging at the door rang again. A man wearing a huge stand-up collar windbreaker, sunglasses and a hat, dressed like a criminal suspect in Conan, walked into the cafe.

This criminal suspect... no, it was Chen Wenwen's father. He sat down in a seat diagonally opposite Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen, across two aisles from them. He unfolded a newspaper in front of him, but in fact he was secretly looking at Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen, observing their every move.

And he is always ready to step in and take down Lu Mingfei when Chen Wenwen is made to cry by Lu Mingfei!

As expected, his daughter went out to see Lu Mingfei. Father Chen thought about it and was certain that Chen Wenwen was suddenly sad because the couple had a quarrel.

I guess they had a pretty serious argument, otherwise they wouldn't have to meet in person to resolve it.

Lu Mingfei didn't know that there was a third person present at the conversation between him and Chen Wenwen, and he didn't know that his next words and actions might very well determine whether his uncle would be promoted or demoted.

Chen Wenwen adjusted her bangs as if nothing had happened, turned her eyes away and looked at a place behind Lu Mingfei, and said as if nothing had happened:
"Just see it, there's nothing wrong with seeing it. Anyway, you know I like you. Isn't it funny? Sometimes when I look at those words, I also feel they are childish..."

"Why is it funny?"

"Ok?"

Chen Wenwen stared with eyes wide open for a moment, then she saw Lu Mingfei shook his head and met her gaze. She subconsciously wanted to look away, but she felt as if there was something in Lu Mingfei's eyes, attracting her tightly, his expression was serious and sincere, and she couldn't resist this force and couldn't avoid it.

"Having a crush on someone shouldn't be a joke. On the contrary, I think having a crush on someone requires quite a bit of courage... or at least quite a bit of perseverance."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head. At that moment, he seemed to have become the ignorant child many years ago again: "So I don't agree with what you said. I don't think this matter is funny. On the contrary, I think Chen Wenwen, you are quite amazing..."

Chen Wenwen listened to Lu Mingfei's words in a daze, her chest pounding, and she was a little surprised by what Lu Mingfei said. She felt that Lu Mingfei's expression was very sincere, as if he was really praising her. But in the end, she still lowered her eyes, forced a smile and said:

"Lu Mingfei, you don't have to comfort me. It's not like you've ever had a crush on anyone..."

"You're wrong. I actually had a crush on someone else." Lu Mingfei shook his head and interrupted her.

"how come……"

"You may not believe it, but I think I know better than you, Chen Wenwen, what it feels like to secretly like someone."

Lu Mingfei sighed softly and dug out the story that had been hidden in his heart for a long time. It was a memory from when he was still an ignorant child.

"Just seeing her makes you happy. When she appears in your sight, you can't help but follow her figure. When she is not in front of you, you will miss her. If she is sad, you can't help but want to ask her why she is unhappy. Just staring at someone's back every day is a very tiring thing, right? But you will still persist in doing it without getting tired. So I think Chen Wenwen, not only is there nothing funny about you, but you are actually quite amazing."

If the little devil was around, he would probably laugh at him and say that when it comes to secret love, who can be more secretive than him? He has devoted three years of high school and three years of college to this career. If secret love has credits, then he has completed four years of credits in his freshman year, which is enough for graduation. He is even more powerful than Lei Jun...

But he doesn't think there's anything wrong with having a crush on someone. Everyone has someone they have a crush on. Liking someone is something you can't control. Even the Dragon King can fall in love with humans. Narcissus in Greek mythology loved his own reflection in the water so much that he drowned in the water.

Who knows whether this little devil has ever liked any little vampire loli? It's just that Lu Mingfei doesn't know.

Chen Wenwen bit her lips lightly and found that what Lu Mingfei said really sounded like someone who had some experience of secret love, as if he had personally had a secret crush on a girl for several years.

But, how to say it? For a guy like Lu Mingfei who is so high and mighty, Chen Wenwen felt that he shouldn't have the experience of having a secret crush on someone. Even a girl as proud as Su Xiaoqiang was willing to be his girlfriend.

"You..." Chen Wenwen spoke softly, and asked with some doubt: "Did you have a crush on Liu Miaomiao in junior high school?"

She reviewed Lu Mingfei's emotional history and found that the only person Lu Mingfei might have had a crush on was Liu Miaomiao.

“No.” Lu Mingfei waved his hands, looking a little embarrassed, as if he didn’t want to talk about the past. “It’s all in the past. What’s there to say?”

"If you don't say it, then you have never had a crush on anyone. Everything you just said was made up."

Perhaps it was the experience Lu Mingfei shared that made Chen Wenwen feel that the distance between her and Lu Mingfei had suddenly shortened.

She suddenly became curious. What kind of shameful experience would make Lu Mingfei unwilling to talk about it, and even show an embarrassing look of "don't mention the past". So she unconsciously got angry and deliberately provoked Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "There's no need to talk about it."

"You even opened up other people's secrets." Chen Wenwen pouted and said, "Or are you worried that I'll tell Miaomiao that you had a crush on someone before? Don't worry, I won't tell Miaomiao."

Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment: "Do you really want to know?"

Chen Wenwen nodded.

"Do you really want to listen?"

"Do you really want to listen?"

"You won't regret it after hearing this."

"I won't regret it." Chen Wenwen said. She was also very curious about which outstanding girl Lu Mingfei couldn't get.

"I actually had a crush on you before." Lu Mingfei sat upright and immediately added, "It was a long time ago."

"?"

Chen Wenwen blinked, but the smile on her face froze. For a moment, she wondered if she had heard it wrong. How could it be possible that Lu Mingfei had a crush on her?

But she looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes, and saw his serious and sincere gaze flowing across her face like water, which made her realize that she had not misheard.

Lu Mingfei really said that.

But she and Lu Mingfei had only known each other for a short time, right? Only half a year at most. But Lu Mingfei said that she had been secretly in love with him for a long time.

Could it be that she and Lu Mingfei had actually met before, but she didn't know about it? But when did that happen? Junior high school? Elementary school? Or at a friend's social gathering?

Chen Wenwen tried hard to recall, but she could not find Lu Mingfei in her memory. Her earliest memory of Lu Mingfei was in this coffee shop, where they met because of a strawberry Swiss roll.

But she felt as if some things suddenly connected, and those intricate threads buried in her secret love memories were connected together at this moment.

Why did Lu Mingfei seem to be staring at her when they first met? Why did Lu Mingfei take the initiative to talk to her in the computer city? Why did Lu Mingfei help her with the company magazine...

And why Lu Mingfei knew that her birthday was October 10th.

All the doubts seemed to become reasonable because Lu Mingfei had a crush on her.

Chen Wenwen stared at Lu Mingfei's face in a daze, and suddenly realized that she seemed to have missed something when she was not paying attention. She seemed to have the opportunity to stand next to someone, hold hands and hug, instead of standing behind him and secretly watching his back.

She didn't know that the long time ago that Lu Mingfei talked about was really a long time ago, so long ago that it was in her last life. What happened in her last life would not be changed by her will.

Father Chen, who was sitting in a booth across two aisles, was suddenly stunned when he saw his daughter's expression. Then a look of tears appeared on his face. He was stunned and wondered what this little wild boar said to make Wenwen cry?
Just when Chen's father was about to arrest Lu Mingfei, he saw Lu Mingfei stand up and sit next to Chen Wenwen, and say something to his daughter with his back to him.

He hesitated for a moment, then sat down again after leaving the chair, determined to continue observing.

"I told you there's no need to say it." Lu Mingfei sighed and took out a napkin from the table to wipe Chen Wenwen's face. "You said you won't regret it."

The ambiguity of this action seemed to be a little beyond the scope of friendship. If it were normal, Chen Wenwen would definitely avoid it with a red face. But now she felt very wronged, and when people feel wronged, they want to be willful, so she just silently endured Lu Mingfei's behavior of wiping her face.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Chen Wenwen sniffed and tried to stop herself from crying, but she couldn't suppress the grievance in her heart. She could only lower her head and shed tears, pouting her cherry lips: "But I can't help it."

This look of trying not to cry was so funny and cute that Lu Mingfei could not help wanting to laugh, but he thought that making another girl cry while he was laughing beside her was really unkind behavior, so he could only try hard to hold it back.

To be honest, it's a bit unbearable. The feeling of wanting to laugh but not being able to laugh is really painful.

He only knew that Chen Wenwen looked very clear when she smiled, and was most beautiful when she was reading silently with no expression on her face. Her expression would be terrible when she was sad and crying. He really never thought that Chen Wenwen could be so cute when she was trying to hold back her tears.

Chen Wenwen also saw Lu Mingfei's distorted expression and felt even more aggrieved. He was clearly the culprit who made her cry.

"dare you laugh!"

Chen Wenwen punched Lu Mingfei's leg, but her fist was a little soft. It didn't feel like she was venting her grievances, but more like a couple flirting with each other.

Lu Mingfei covered the place where Chen Wenwen hit him, and said innocently: "It was you who insisted on asking."

"I……"

Chen Wenwen was also choked, thinking that even if it was what I wanted to ask, she was really sad.

When she read books, she would easily be bothered by the regret of missed opportunities in the books. She cried bitterly when she saw the hero and heroine missed each other in "The Lover". Now, this regret has fallen on her.

What's even more hateful is that the person she was upset with didn't even try to comfort her. Where's the gentleman she was supposed to be?
"Okay, don't be sad." Lu Mingfei said, "It won't look good if you cry any more."

"If I don't look good, then I don't look good. No one likes me anyway, and I don't need anyone to see me."

Chen Wenwen thought that women dress up to please themselves, but now that the person who pleases her is gone, what is there to dress up for?

"Who said that?" Lu Mingfei blinked: "I just like you."

"?"

Chen Wenwen paused, and was suddenly stunned by Lu Mingfei's words. She turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei in a daze, even forgetting her grievance.

……

(End of this chapter)