Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 481 Comrade Lu, is that you?

Accompanied by a dizzy feeling pushing on my back, the white "Boeing 738" passenger plane flew into the sky with the roar of its engines.

The plane broadcast kindly reminded that rain clouds were floating over the foggy city, and it was expected that it would rain after the flight landed in the foggy city. Passengers leaving the station were reminded to bring umbrellas.

However, Lu Mingfei, who was sitting close to the porthole, did not see any signs of rain. Outside the porthole was a blue sky with white clouds, as clean and clear as a painting drawn by a child on white paper.

The seat next to him was occupied by an old man with gray hair, who was sleeping with an eye mask that looked like SpongeBob SquarePants eyes, covering most of his face. Fortunately, he slept quietly and didn't snore. He probably boarded the plane at the previous stop of Lu Mingfei.

Their hometown is not a first-tier city, so there are usually no first-run flights, and most of the routes are stopovers.

But thinking about it, it was nonsense. The plane had just taken off and was still some distance away from the destination, the foggy city. However, the city of my hometown was getting farther and farther away in the field of vision, until it completely disappeared from the field of vision, buried by the clouds and no longer visible.

It’s as if all the connections between you and this city have been severed.

Lu Mingfei sighed and turned his gaze away from the scenery outside the porthole.

In fact, now he understands why the little angel cried last night. It’s not that she is being pretentious, but when you get used to a certain daily routine and suddenly you are told that this lifestyle is going to change, you will suddenly lose your sense of security.

Girls like Xiao Tiannv, who come from single-parent families and lack a sense of security, may be even worse.

You may have prepared yourself mentally for a while, but when the day comes, it is still easy to be overwhelmed. The most classic example is when Lu Mingfei graduated from junior high school, a group of girls in the class hugged each other and cried.

Don’t think that when they were in the car, Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen were like spectators, not caring about anything else and teasing her about Su Xiaoqiang crying on the phone last night.

When it was time to say goodbye to Lu Mingfei in the airport lobby, they both cried with red eyes and buried their faces in Lu Mingfei's chest and sobbed quietly.

Passersby were stunned. Seeing such a handsome man and beautiful woman, one man and four women, they thought it was a domestic crew remaking the Korean drama "The Sixth Sense" and looked around for where the photographer and director were hiding.

Only Xia Mi was a little reserved. She stood behind a few girls and spread her hands helplessly towards Lu Mingfei, with an expression on her face that said "Human girls are trouble."

Lu Mingfei raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his Blancpain watch. The watch was bought by the little goddess for him, a classic series of Villeret. She bought it for him to check the time because she knew that mobile phones were not allowed on airplanes.

The hands on the dial showed that the current time was 10:52 am. It was estimated that the plane would take about two and a half hours to reach the foggy city. With a stopover, Lu Mingfei could also have a first-class meal.

“Why not catch up on some sleep first?” Lu Mingfei muttered.

I got up a little early this morning to catch a flight, and I was still a little sleepy. After calculating the time, it should be lunch time when the plane stopped.

If you are lucky, you may be able to sleep all the way to the Fog City Airport.

——No, you can’t.

Lu Mingfei had just taken out the eye mask given in the first-class cabin and was about to put it on when the old man sitting in the seat next to him suddenly turned over and sat up abruptly as if he had had a nightmare.

Before Lu Mingfei could react, the old man had already shaken his head from side to side, muttering to himself: "What's going on? Why is it so dark? Has the plane reached the foggy city? Did the crew forget me on the plane?"

"?"

Lu Mingfei looked at the old man who sat up and was suddenly stunned...

Damn, this kind of out-of-touch feeling...why does it always feel so familiar?

"..."

No way?
No, no, it must be an illusion! Yes, it is an illusion!

Sleep is important!

Lu Mingfei decided to ignore it and took the eye mask out of the packaging bag. The old man next to him started yelling again: "Is anyone there? Wait a minute, where's your cell phone? I need to use it to make a call first. Where did I put my phone? Why can't I see anything..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and quickly held down the old man’s hand that was groping around on his body… The plane was still flying in the stratosphere, how could he make a phone call?
"You can't see anything?" Lu Mingfei took over the conversation.

"Is there anyone else?" The burly old man with gray hair was stunned for a moment, and then an expression of great joy appeared on his face: "Yes, I can't see anything, can you help me?"

"Why don't you take off the blindfold and try it?" Lu Mingfei said expressionlessly.

The old man was startled, and reached out to find the eye patch on his face. He paused for a second and took it off. Looking at the sunlight shining down on his face, he almost couldn't help but burst into tears, and his expression was pious, as if Andy had finally escaped from Shawshank Prison...

In fact, I had just left a dark field of vision, and was still a little uncomfortable seeing the glaring sunlight, so tears came out reflexively.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but cover his face...

Damn, he knew it was this guy.

“Thank you, comrade!” Professor Guderian enthusiastically grasped Lu Mingfei’s hand and said, “I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I will serve you like a slave in my next life…”

Lu Mingfei looked at his hands being held by Professor Guderian, and wondered in his heart, why did Professor Guderian come back to China? Was he here for vacation? But the problem is that it should be the beginning of the school year at Kassel College now? And why did he take the same flight as him?
Or is it that Professor Guderian is actually...

Wait a minute, isn't Senior Brother Wasteful here here too?
"Comrade?" Lu Mingfei tried hard to suppress his complaints about Guderian.

"Yes, comrade!" Guderian said with a smile, "My Chinese teacher told me that in China, this is the most respectful way to address a person!"

Well, professor, you are right. But I guess your Chinese teacher must have learned Chinese decades ago.

"What's the point of not thanking me for such a great favor..."

"I learned this from watching your Chinese martial arts novels and watching martial arts movies and TV series. There are also other sayings like 'The greatest heroes serve their country and their people' and 'Once you are in the martial arts world, you have no choice.'"

Guderian sighed: "Your Chinese is really profound. A few words contain such rich philosophy and worldview. I can only barely understand the plot of the novel now. There is still a lot to learn."

Lu Mingfei laughed and said, "You need to learn more."

"Is that so?" Guderian nodded seriously, and suddenly seemed to remember something: "By the way, comrade, I still don't know how to address you!"

When Lu Mingfei heard Professor Guderian, who looked like a typical foreigner, calling him comrade, he felt like he had traveled through time and space to a Su Lian movie... He quickly said:
"Don't call me comrade. My last name is Lu, you can just call me classmate Lu."

Although Professor Guderian looked a little confused, he still nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Lu."

Lu Mingfei had originally planned to make up for the long two and a half hours by making up for the lessons, but after what happened with Professor Guderian, he lost all desire to sleep.

Professor Guderian was very enthusiastic, and he felt like an old man meeting a friend of different ages. He generously shared the snacks in his luggage with Lu Mingfei. He talked to Jackie Chan about Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and asked Lu Mingfei which action movie actor he liked.

Lu Mingfei was eating Lays potato chips and replied absentmindedly: "I prefer Teacher Cang."

"Teacher Cang? Is he also a great action movie actor? I haven't heard of this... I'll search it later." Guderian said to himself. Lu Mingfei's body stiffened for a moment, thinking that this was not something that could be searched!

……

The plane landed at the foggy Jiangbei International Airport without any accidents.

Because of the rain, the plane landed a little later than originally scheduled.

Lu Mingfei walked out of the airport from the business class aisle carrying a suitcase and a travel bag.

Outside the airport, a group of passengers gathered under the eaves of the airport waiting for the rain. Rainwater dripped under the eaves of the airport into a rain curtain. Looking around, the whole city seemed to be shrouded in rain and fog, which really gave it a sense of being in a "fog city".

Everyone was crowded in the taxi stand. Yellow taxis came and went at high speed, and the splashing water made the girls waiting on the roadside with their suitcases scream. But the crowd didn't seem to decrease at all.

Lu Mingfei took out his cell phone from his pocket and turned it on. Sure enough, he saw two missed call records and a text message flashing on the screen. They were all from Jiude Aki.

He opened the text message first. The content of the text message was roughly telling Lu Mingfei that they had arrived and the car was parked outside the airport. The license plate number was XXXXX, and if he saw it, he could come directly.

After looking around and confirming that he didn't see the license plate number that Aki mentioned, Lu Mingfei took out his cell phone and called her back.

After two electronic beeps, the call was connected.

"Hello, is this Senior Sister Aki?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Yes, it's me. Junior Brother Lu, have you arrived?" asked Jiude Aki.

"We're here. I've already walked out of the airport. Where is your car, Senior Sister?"

"Oh, wait a minute."

The sound suddenly became farther away, as if it had sunk into the rain curtain in an instant. Lu Mingfei heard Jiude Aki's soft voice asking, "Professor, where are we parked now?"

After waiting for a while, Lu Mingfei heard Jiude Aki's voice close to the microphone again: "Our car is parked... There is a sign on the side of the road. Junior Brother Lu, you can follow the sign and come over."

Lu Mingfei looked around and found the signpost that Jiude Aki had mentioned. He turned a corner following Jiude Aki's instructions on the phone.

"Hey, Junior Brother, I think I saw you."

Not far from the intersection, Aki was holding an umbrella and waving at him with her other hand about ten meters away from him. Aki's voice came from the microphone of the mobile phone.

Yaji asked Lu Mingfei to wait for her there, and she trotted over and held the umbrella over Lu Mingfei's head, not at all worried about the splashes on her little white boots.

"Have you been waiting for a long time, Junior Brother?"

"Not long ago. I just came out..."

"Not bad, that's a very standard answer." Aki nodded with a smile, "The car is over there, let's talk about it in the car. By the way, I'll tell you some relevant matters of this mission in the car."

It has to be said that Kassel College is indeed powerful. The temporary vehicle used by the specialists when they go out to perform tasks is a Range Rover. The black wipers sweep back and forth on the windshield, scraping off waves of water curtains.

Seeing Lu Mingfei approaching, Mans Rundschnett, who was sitting in the driver's seat, reached out to greet Lu Mingfei with a calm expression. Lu Mingfei immediately nodded in greeting, thinking that it was Professor Mans who was driving this car. This tough car is quite consistent with Professor Mans' tough guy image.

After putting the suitcase away, Aki smiled like a hostess and opened the car door for Lu Mingfei while holding an umbrella. Lu Mingfei felt a little uncomfortable with this home-like feeling.

The dull sound of the car door closing was heard. Lu Mingfei sat down near the window, keeping a body length away from Aki. As soon as he looked up, he found that Professor Mans was looking at him through the rearview mirror.

…they looked into each other’s eyes.

"It's been a long time." Professor Mans said, his deep, attractive baritone voice echoing in the small carriage: "Has it been three months?"

"Three and a half months. Professor, you and I parted at the airport two days after the anniversary of the death of Rosella's mother."

"Yes, two days after the anniversary of Gloria's death." Professor Mans nodded and took out a cigar box from the storage box in the front row. Just as he was about to take out a cigar, he seemed to remember something and looked at Lu Mingfei in the rearview mirror: "Would you like one?"

"Professor, please don't pass on your bad habits to my junior classmates." Before Lu Mingfei could say anything, Aki next to him stared at Mans and helped Lu Mingfei refuse.

"Maybe he wants to smoke. I heard that kids nowadays mature early."

Yaji turned around and looked at Lu Mingfei: "Junior brother, do you smoke?"

"Uh... I don't know how to smoke."

After hearing Lu Mingfei's answer, Yaji immediately smiled sweetly. She turned to look at Professor Mans and said confidently, "See, my junior brother said he doesn't smoke, so you are not allowed to smoke in the car, Professor!"

"why?"

"Do you want your students to breathe secondhand smoke with you?"

Mans's action of holding the cigar suddenly froze, and his expression was a little subtle, like an old father who was ordered by his daughter not to smoke. After a while, he sighed and stuffed the cigar box into the storage box of the main driver's seat.

Seeing this scene, Lu Mingfei thought that there really is a saying that goes "everything has its own strengths". He didn't expect that Professor Mans, who has a strict teaching style, would be like this when facing students in private.

"Where are Senior Brother Ye Sheng and Senior Sister Selma?" Lu Mingfei remembered that there seemed to be two people missing from Mans's team, so he turned around and asked Aki, "Didn't they participate in this mission?"

"Yes. Since the car couldn't accommodate you, Selma stayed in the hotel. We came to the airport to pick you up."

"So that's it."

Lu Mingfei nodded, then suddenly froze for a moment.

He noticed a very subtle word...we?
Could it really be...

"As for Ye Sheng, he went to pick up a professor from the college. He should have picked him up by now, right?" Yaji muttered, looking out the window: "Ah, Ye Sheng is back."

Lu Mingfei looked out the window and saw Ye Sheng walking slowly towards him with an umbrella. Ye Sheng was already very tall, but the burly old man with gray hair under the umbrella seemed to be taller than him, and Ye Sheng's umbrella could not cover him.

"Sorry I'm late. I got lost in the airport." The car door opened and Professor Guderian squeezed into the back seat, speaking seriously as if he were in a nonsensical movie. Yaji quickly moved to the inside and sat down next to Lu Mingfei, making room for Guderian.

The next moment, Guderian saw Lu Mingfei sitting in the back seat and was startled: "Comrade Lu, is that you?"

……

(End of this chapter)