Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 470 Happy New Year (Part 5000) ( words)
On New Year's Eve in 2007, every household in the city lit up its lights.

For the city, this is probably the quietest time of the year.

Whether it is the CBD center that is usually bustling with people or the old city center, at this moment, there are few people. At the intersection that is usually the most congested, only a few cars pass after a round of traffic lights. Only the loudspeaker in front of the shopping mall is playing Andy Lau's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" vigorously.

"I congratulate you on your wealth and I congratulate you on your brilliance.

Please come to the best, and please go away if you are not good.

Oh, the more gifts you give, the less blame you will get.

......"

After one song was finished, the next one automatically switched to Sam Hui's "Here Comes the God of Wealth". The celebratory and lively Cantonese singing fell on the moonlit ground where no one had walked.

Traffic police in reflective clothing are standing guard at the intersection on their last shift of the year, waving their hands as if directing the old year to go that road and the new year to come from this road.

At Lu Mingfei's uncle and aunt's house, the TV was playing footage from the 2007 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Since the first Spring Festival Gala, watching the Gala on New Year's Eve has become a custom for Chinese people. The first and last day of the year are spent watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Even if many people don’t watch the Spring Festival Gala, they will turn on the TV and play cards or chat while listening to the lively programs on TV.

The previous program had just finished, and hosts Dong Qing and Li Yong were announcing the next program.

Uncle, Aunt Lu Mingze and others were crowded in front of a 27-inch Skyworth TV. Uncle praised the CCTV hostess for her elegance and beauty, not noticing the rolling eyes from Aunt Lu.

Lu Mingze showed off the tangerines and Xu Fuji peanut candies in front of him.

Lu Mingfei was sitting on the sofa next to him, and during the break between announcements, he lowered his head and looked through the group chat on his "good friends group".

Good friends group. You clap, I clap, we are all good friends.

The sound of clapping - snap, snap.

Chen Wenwen just sent a message, exclaiming that the song "Marry Me Today" sung by Jolin Tsai and David Tao was really beautiful, and she didn't expect that they would be invited to this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Then Xia Mi immediately @ed Lu Mingfei's hand as if to prevent chaos in the world, and said, "Senior brother, did you see that? Senior sister Wenwen is already hinting at you."

Chen Wenwen: What's the hint? Xiao Mi, stop making trouble!

Su Xiaoqiang: (Smiling) Wenwen, do you mean that you don’t want to marry Mingfei?
Chen Wenwen responded with an embarrassed expression with cold sweat, and then remained silent. It was obvious that she was killed by the little goddess' words.

It seems that after Xia Mi moved into the little celestial girl's house, the relationship between the two has indeed become much better. They have secretly teamed up in the group to bully Chen Wenwen.

Lu Mingfei even unconsciously thought of Chen Wenwen’s pretty face as she held her phone, looked at the QQ message, and was speechless and blushing.

However, at this time Liu Miaomiao also jumped out in time to help the weak Chen Wenwen.

Liu Miaomiao: I think it’s Qiangqiang, you think about it yourself?

Su Xiaoqiang: Hey, hey! No way!
Su Xiaoqiang: Miaomiao, don’t talk nonsense!

Su Xiaoqiang: How could I ever think of marrying that guy!

Liu Miaomiao: Don’t you want to?
Su Xiaoqiang:......

Lu Mingfei thought, OK, OK, Miaomiao can trick all of your skills out with just one basic attack, little angel, right?

However, in their previous life, the little angel and Miaomiao disliked each other and often quarreled, but the little angel always had the upper hand.

How come in this life, Miaomiao can control the little goddess so easily?

Let’s not even talk about the last life, it was after Lu Mingfei was reborn. When Liu Miaomiao and the little goddess first met at the Ocean Classic Mall. Liu Miaomiao misunderstood Su Xiaoqiang because of the incident of Lu Mingfei hand-feeding tiramisu.

At that time, in the Shura field constructed by Liu Miaomiao, Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang, Su Xiaoqiang was able to firmly suppress Liu Miaomiao.

If Lu Mingfei hadn't stepped in at the end, Liu Miaomiao would probably have been made to cry by Su Xiaoqiang.

Why is the offensive and defensive situation different now, and it turns out that Liu Miaomiao is teasing the little angel?
Lu Mingfei couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the queen really had an invisible pressure on the other concubines?

No, no, what we should be concerned about now is why the topic is getting more and more off-topic.

For some unknown reason, the topic jumped from the Spring Festival Gala to the question of who wants to marry him.

But after all, it seems that only the little angel can marry him now... because according to Portuguese law, people can get married at the age of sixteen. And the others have not met the requirements yet.

Liu Miaomiao: I heard that there is a concept called "love compensation" in psychology. It means that the more some people like someone, the more they will push the person they like to someone else. I feel a bit like someone...

Chen Wenwen: That’s right.

Xia Mi: So, Senior Sister Miaomiao, you pushed senior brother towards Sister Qiangqiang, but it is actually you who want to marry senior brother?
Su Xiaoqiang: That’s right!

At this time, Lu Mingfei, the protagonist of the incident, finally showed up in the group.

Lu Mingfei: No need to argue.

Lu Mingfei: The four of you are my wings, wouldn’t it be nice if you get married together?

Then the four good friends turned their guns together in tacit understanding, and faced the four-winged archangel Lu Mingfei with a common hatred.

Su Xiaoqiang: Climb.

Xia Mi: Senior brother seems to be a bit too bad!
Chen Wenwen: Mingfei, you...

Liu Miaomiao: Or... Qiangqiang, why don’t you kick him out?

Xia Mi: I think it’s okay.

Chen Wenwen: Well, I remain neutral.

Su Xiaoqiang: I just set you as the administrator, Miaomiao, come and get started.

The best non-stick pan in the harem group.

……

The festive atmosphere is getting stronger.

……

After several language programs were broadcast, the topic in the group finally jumped back from the topic of marriage to the Spring Festival Gala programs.

The 2007 Spring Festival Gala was actually a classic one. In the early years, the program groups of the Spring Festival Gala were quite creative and the programs they selected were also eclectic.

In addition to inviting Jolin Tsai and David Tao to sing the popular song "Marry Me Today" at the time, language programs like this year also produced many enduring classics.

For example, Uncle Benshan and Aunt Dandan, the two classic partners of Baiyun Heitu, launched the sketch "Planning" this year.

Many people may not have any impression of the title of this sketch, but if you say a famous line from the sketch, people will immediately know which sketch it is.

"Egg-laying rooster, a fighter among roosters, yeah."

In addition, whether it is the southern crosstalk "Free Call" by Da Bing, Li Jindou and Zhao Weiguo, or the low-end "Gift" by Guo Da, Cai Ming and Ju Hao, and the sketch "Test" by Huang Hong and Niu Li, they are also classic programs.

Lu Mingfei knew the term "brain collapse" from Huang Hong's skit.

Some people say that the Spring Festival Gala was better in the past because information was not well developed and there were fewer entertainment options. After the popularity of smart phones, people are exposed to more jokes, so watching the Spring Festival Gala skits is not as good.

Lu Mingfei felt that this was indeed possible.

However, the overall decline in quality is also an undeniable fact. Many of the sketches from the past are still not outdated today.

For example, Uncle Benshan’s Selling Crutch Trilogy is a masterpiece no matter what era it is in.

However, Lu Mingfei's impression of the Spring Festival Gala only stayed in 2009, because after 2009 he went to Kassel College.

Although Kassel College highly respects Chinese festivals, the principal, Ange, is said to be a fan of China. Every year around the Spring Festival, he will specially change into a red Tang suit to represent the festive atmosphere.

But like most foreign universities, Kassel College also implements a three-semester system. The winter vacation starts a few days before Christmas, and the second semester starts in early February.

This resulted in Lu Mingfei often reporting to Kassel College during the Spring Festival.

For example, the New Year's Eve in 2010 was on February 2, the day before Valentine's Day. But at that time, Lu Mingfei was following the college's executive department to implement the "Bronze Plan" in the Three Gorges.

Even when he was not on a mission, because of the time difference and classes, Lu Mingfei naturally couldn't watch the Spring Festival Gala live on TV across the ocean.

Those habits that you used to take for granted and would continue forever may completely disappear from your life at some point without you noticing.

Later, homesickness was a small boat ticket...

As the hour and minute hands of the wall clock gradually move towards 12 o'clock, the Spring Festival Gala is approaching its New Year's Eve stage.

Without his girlfriend to chat with him, Lu Mingze had already gone back to his room to sleep. His heavy snoring could be heard through the door, like thunder. This year's Spring Festival Gala also had a small incident that was later talked about with great relish. That was the "three black minutes".

The specific reason was that the previous program was several seconds faster than the usual rehearsal, which caused the final announcement time to be much longer than the scheduled time, and the prepared announcement words were not enough.

Several goalkeepers from the central TV stations tried their best to extend the time for the announcement, but they failed to coordinate well and ended up competing with each other for words.

However, it was only later on the Internet that people discovered the incident after looking through it with a magnifying glass. The vast majority of viewers who watched the live broadcast did not notice the accident at all.

Just like in "Good Friends' Little Teahouse", a few girls were still discussing several skits on tonight and didn't notice at all that the host on TV was interrupting or missing words.

However, the speed of sending messages in the group is visibly much slower than before.

Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen don't usually stay up late. Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen usually go to bed around 9:30 p.m. Su Xiaoqiang usually goes to bed a little later, but at most he goes to bed a little after 10 p.m.

Only Xia Mi is still energetic now, because she usually goes to bed very late.

As for the reason, everyone knows it.

However, even though Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen and the others had their eyelids drooping, they were still waiting for the final countdown.

After all, this was his first New Year with them.

I hope that he and they will have many more New Years like this one in the future.

……

On TV, the host's loud voice suddenly woke up Liu Miaomiao who was almost dozing off.

Liu Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, then she understood in an instant that 2007 had finally entered the final countdown.

"In the land of our motherland, the bells of the New Year are about to ring."

"Dear friends..."

"Twenty-two seconds left."

"(Wait)... Let's do it together. Get ready. Ten, nine, eight..."

Why are these hosts still interrupting others...

Liu Miaomiao listened to the countdown on TV, took out her cell phone, opened the text message editing page, and quietly counted down in her heart.

"...Five, four, three, two..."

The moment the count to "one!" came, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the community, accompanied by the sound of fireworks rising into the sky, welcoming the arrival of the New Year in a deafening manner and making Liu Miaomiao's eardrums buzz.

At the same moment, Liu Miaomiao pressed the button to confirm sending.

The carefully edited and different "Happy New Year" blessing text messages that had been kept in the draft box were sent to Lu Mingfei, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen and Xia Mi at the same time at 2007:0:0 of the lunar calendar year 1.

Oh yes, the legendary assist Wang Qiao Yiran, of course Liu Miaomiao did not forget to send her a text message.

She is not the type to forget her bestie once she has a boyfriend!

But almost at the same time as she sent the text message, her phone started to ring, and several text messages were also put into her inbox.

They are from Lu Mingfei, Qiao Yiran, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen and Xia Mi respectively.

"You have a conscience..."

Liu Miaomiao looked at Lu Mingfei's text message, the corners of her mouth curved slightly like the moon, and she tapped her fingers lightly.

Just when I was about to open Lu Mingfei's text message, another text message from Qiao Yiran came.

Liu Miaomiao paused, skipped Lu Mingfei's text message, and opened the one from her best friend Qiao Yiran first.

The first message: "Happy New Year, Miaomiao! This is our fourth year of knowing each other! This year, I hope you are as healthy, successful in studies, and happy every day as in previous years! Oh, yes, I almost forgot, I have to wish you another love this year! I hope you and Lu Mingfei will get married soon!"

"What marriage? How old are we..."

Liu Miaomiao muttered as she looked at the text message, unconsciously recalling the topic she had just discussed in the "good friends group". Her pretty face had already been tinged with a charming peach blossom mist.

She tapped her phone and opened the second text message.

"Wow, Miaomiao, you still remembered to send me New Year's greetings. I almost thought that you didn't want me anymore after you found a partner, Miaomiao."

After seeing the content of the text message, Liu Miaomiao couldn't help laughing.

……

In the friend group, messages of “Happy New Year” started rolling out again.

After the countdown to the New Year, everyone seemed to suddenly become energetic again and started discussing where to go together in the days after the New Year.

Lu Mingfei also received several text messages at the same time.

Lu Mingfei had originally thought that several of his girlfriends would send him “Happy New Year” text messages at midnight.

Because he had edited all the text messages in advance and then sent them to them at midnight.

What surprised Lu Mingfei was that...

In addition to the text messages from Liu Miaomiao, Xiao Tiannv, Chen Wenwen and Xia Mi, there were three other text messages.

One was from Chu Zihang: "Happy New Year, Junior Brother."

He didn't reply immediately, because Lu Mingfei naturally couldn't miss Chu Zihang. In the group message, he also wrote a special New Year's greeting message to Chu Zihang.

The second letter was from Jiude Mai, and it only contained four simple words and a mathematical formula.

"Happy New Year*3."

The content was cold, simple and direct, which was in line with the female ninja's usual style of decisive, clean and neat killing. However, Lu Mingfei was a little confused about the "*3" and had no idea what it meant.

In addition, there was another unsigned text message with only a phone number. Like the above, the content was also very simple.

"Happy New Year."

What is certain is that he has no impression of this strange number. He even suspected that someone sent him a wrong text message.

He didn't know why, but a mysterious feeling told him.

This text message was indeed sent to him.

……

"I didn't expect you, Long Legs, to care so much that you even sent a blessing text message to Lu Mingfei at the right time."

In a humble residential neighborhood, Su Enxi curled up on the sofa with a blanket across a coffee table shipped from Italy, drinking red wine and watching the song and dance program that followed the Spring Festival Gala's midnight announcement.

Sitting next to her with her legs crossed was Jude Mai, who closed her flip phone and shrugged, her high ponytail swinging with her movements.

"It has nothing to do with the time. I'm sleepy. I can go to bed earlier if I send the text message to him earlier. And I'm just helping Sanwu."

"I understand, I understand. To use your Neon words, this is tsundere."

Su Enxi was beaming with joy, "But there is already a tsundere character, Mai, you've hit the wrong track. But don't worry! Just based on our deep sisterly love, if you and Su Xiaoqiang compete head-on, I will always stand by your side, Mai!"

Jiude Mai rolled her eyes and stood up from the sofa: "Forget it if you don't believe me, I'm going to bed first."

"Hey, Mai, don't be angry. I didn't say I don't believe it." Su Enxi said quickly, "But what does *3 mean? You and Sanwu are fine, but why do you have to include me?"

Jiude Mai suddenly bent down, and before Su Enxi could react, her hands had already accurately pinched both sides of Su Enxi's slightly chubby cheeks:

"Because you were originally the maid that the boss was going to put into that guy's harem."

Damn it! You said you weren’t a tsundere! You rubbed someone’s face just for a joke…!
Su Enxi said as her face was being rubbed: "Why have I never heard the boss say that? And you also said that I'm a nanny... Lu Mingfei must look down on me."

"You're not much older than Lu Mingfei, and maybe Lu Mingfei likes someone older than you. Doesn't your Su family already have someone older than you? One more person like you wouldn't be too much."

Jiude Mai released her hand contentedly. Su Enxi pouted and rubbed her swollen cheeks.

"and……"

Jude Mai suddenly spoke again, her brows lowered, and her voice, softly falling to the ground, was as sad as a geisha singing a dirge.

"...According to the boss's plan, this is probably the last New Year he can spend peacefully, right?"

……

(End of this chapter)