Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 491 Extra: S-Class Dragonborn and Iceberg Princess (Part )

I'm a bit stuck on the main storyline, and I happened to be writing the chapter where Zero appears. I saw a scene in the original novel of "Long Yi" where the whole school thought Lu Mingfei was chasing Zero, and I thought it was something I could write about, so I'll just give you a little Lu and Zero sweet post.

The timeline of the original novel "Long Yi". The word count was calculated, but the preface was not counted.

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There seems to be some groundless sex scandals circulating in Kassel College recently.

As the first semester was coming to an end, Lu Mingfei, who had been on the last line of surfing, finally noticed this.

The cause was the invasion of Kassel College some time ago.

An unknown hybrid organization suddenly invaded the academy without any warning, the vice-president, Night Watchman, cancelled the "Word Spirit and Commandments" that had been shrouding the academy, and Constantine, one of the Bronze and Fire Kings, suddenly woke up in the ice cellar.

Several things happened almost coincidentally, turning the classical and quiet campus of Kassel College into an exciting battlefield of verbal battles and machine gun fire overnight.

The church that used to ring the bells on time every morning has been reduced to ruins after the battle between Chu Zihang, the president of the Lionheart Society, and the mysterious invader.
Norton Hall was also on the verge of collapse. It was said that student union president Caesar led the student union in a gun battle with the invaders in the hall that night.

Even many teaching buildings were not spared, with the exterior walls riddled with visible holes and bullet marks, the extent of the damage comparable to the annual Freedom Day.

It is said that after the repair costs of the entire incident were calculated, Professor Manstein, who was in charge of finance at Kassel College, was almost sent away.

Fortunately, the college’s medical team is strong enough, otherwise Kassel College might have lost another senior professor after the “Kuimen Plan”.

Thanks to the fact that the school still has many vacant buildings, students still have a place to attend classes and did not have to go on holiday early.

The school's teaching work, "post-war reconstruction work", and the "Bronze Plan" project aimed at killing Norton, the Lord of Bronze and Fire, are all progressing in an orderly manner.

Lu Mingfei, who had been playing slack for most of the semester, finally had to get busy, living a three-day-a-day life between the teaching building, library and dormitory every day. He was worried about the upcoming final exams and the ongoing "Bronze Plan" training.

I don't even have time to play StarCraft anymore. I feel dizzy all day long, let alone surfing the "Night Watcher Forum". I have long left the front line of the forum gossip area.

So, after today's breath-holding training course was over, when Lu Mingfei's "Bronze Plan" training partner and Lu Mingfei's secret (open) crush Nuonuo mentioned this to Lu Mingfei by the swimming pool -

"I heard that you used the priority right of choosing a mate in 'Free Day' on Ling? I didn't realize you actually had the guts to use it." Nuo Nuo took off her swimming cap, sat by the swimming pool, combed her long red hair, and said to Lu Mingfei.

——Lu Mingfei looked at Nuonuo with an expression that said “I don’t know what you are talking about, senior sister”.

"Ah?" Lu Mingfei floated up from the water and lay on the edge of the swimming pool next to Nuo Nuo, with a question mark on his face.

Nono shrugged:

"This is the prize you won after you shot down Caesar and Chu Zihang with one shot on the 'Freedom Day'. Don't you know that? If you confess to any girl in the academy, she cannot reject you and must maintain a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with you for more than three months."

"I know what 'right of first choice of mate' means... I mean, who told Senior Sister that I used 'right of first choice of mate' on Ling?"

Nuo Nuo kicked the water beside Lu Mingfei. "Everyone in the Night Watch forum is saying that you have abused your rights against Ling Ling, and that you two are already boyfriend and girlfriend. The boys' forum is full of wailing. Is this just a rumor?"

"Of course it's a rumor!" Lu Mingfei immediately denied: "Who spread this gossip? Have you asked the person involved?"

"It is said that the person involved was interviewed and he did not deny it."

Lu Mingfei was confused: "? Why don't I remember anyone interviewing me?"

"Because I wasn't interviewing you in the first place."

Nuo Nuo twisted her slender waist and took out an iPhone 4 from the waterproof bag beside her: "Wait a minute, Junior Brother. I'll find the interview transcript for you..."

After a while, Nuo Nuo went into the water again, floated beside Lu Mingfei, and handed the phone in her hand to Lu Mingfei: "Here, this is the interview manuscript, it has been pinned on the Night Watchman Forum."

Lu Mingfei leaned over to take a look. The first thing that caught his eye on the fluorescent phone screen was a striking headline:

“Shocking! The golden boy and girl of Kassel College secretly met late at night, adding fuel to the love rumors, and the truth is shocking!!!”

Recently, a group of photos of Kassel Academy's S-class dragon Lu Mingfei and the iceberg princess Ling having a secret meeting late at night were leaked by unknown people, which instantly caused a storm in the forum!

Did the two really have a spark of love? Or was it just a normal gathering between friends? With these questions in mind, we specially invited the Minister of the News Department of Kassel College, Finkel, to conduct an in-depth analysis, and exclusively interviewed one of the parties involved, Zero! "

There are two pictures accompanying the interview.

The background of the first photo is the cafeteria. Lu Mingfei and Ling are standing close to each other. Lu Mingfei tilts his head to look at Ling, as if he is whispering some sweet words in Ling's ear. However, Ling, who is known as the Ice Princess in the academy, has a slightly blushing face and looks shy and coy.

The background of the second photo is at the entrance of the cafeteria. Finger is standing on the left side of the photo, holding a microphone and smiling. Zero on the right side of the photo is looking at the camera expressionlessly, holding a packed meal in his hand. It is obvious that he was caught just after coming out of the cafeteria.

"What kind of gossip is this? Senior sister, do you believe this?!"

"I didn't think you would dare to use the 'right of first choice' on Zero." Nono shrugged, "But you and Zero were indeed quite ambiguous in the first expression."

"What the hell is this about being ambiguous? That day, Ling and I went to the cafeteria to have a midnight snack. Ling ordered a bowl of Hunan rice noodles, and her face turned red from the spiciness. I asked Ling if she wanted water or milk, and I went to buy it for her. How did that become ambiguous?! And it wasn't just me and Ling, Finkel was there that day too!"

The moment this name was mentioned, Lu Mingfei's expression suddenly froze, then he looked at the shooting angle of the first photo in the interview transcript, and instantly realized it.

……

I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but after knowing that gossip had spread between him and Ling, when Lu Mingfei returned to the boys’ dormitory, he felt that everyone passing by would turn their heads and look at him.

But no matter whether it was a psychological effect or not, Lu Mingfei had to quicken his pace and return to the dormitory because it was almost time for the last class in school to end.

Finger is the only student in the school who has no classes. According to the life pattern of this useless senior, he will rush to the cafeteria in the last few minutes before the end of the last class, because there is no need to queue up for meals at that time.

But when Lu Mingfei returned to the dormitory, he still failed to catch Fenger in the dormitory. There were still ten minutes before the end of the get out of class. Nuo Nuo would definitely not inform Fenger, and Fenger probably didn't know that he was chasing him.

Lu Mingfei weighed the pros and cons and thought that Finger should have gone to the cafeteria to eat. Now was a good opportunity to catch him and blackmail him for dinner! This bastard!
After putting down his things, Lu Mingfei rushed to the cafeteria, but unfortunately he was two steps late. As soon as he walked out of the dormitory, the school bell rang inappropriately.

When Lu Mingfei ran to the cafeteria panting, it was already crowded with people, and there were long queues at every window. It was difficult to find Finkel in this situation, and he couldn't even find a seat for dinner.

Lu Mingfei put his hands in his pockets, wondering whether he should queue up to take the food home or go back to the dormitory and come out half an hour later. Suddenly, a light and indifferent voice called his name.

"Lu Mingfei?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Ling standing behind him with a dinner tray in hand. The indifferent and distant expression on her face, as delicate as a Barbie doll, remained the same.

S-class Dragonborn...a meeting with the Iceberg Princess?
Thinking of the gossip he heard from Nuo Nuo an hour ago, Lu Mingfei felt a little uncomfortable facing Ling Shi again.

Just like in high school, high school students who are immersed in the boring life of a sea of ​​exams and a mountain of study always like to spread gossip about boys and girls in the class. Sometimes there is nothing wrong between the two of them, but when they think of the ambiguous rumors between them, they can't help but feel shy and avoid suspicion.

Lu Mingfei responded: "Ling...are you coming to the cafeteria for dinner?"

This seemingly nonsense sentence received zero "hmm" in affirmation.

"Aren't you here for dinner too?" Ling asked, glancing at the cafeteria line, "But there are quite a lot of people right now, so you should have to wait in line for a long time."

Lu Mingfei agreed: "So I'm going back to the dormitory and will come back later when there are fewer people."

Feeling the gazes of the people around him slowly focusing on him, Lu Mingfei gradually began to feel a little uncomfortable, but the expression of the little ice princess remained the same as always. It seemed as if there was always an invisible layer of cold air separating her from the surroundings, and anyone looking at her would be automatically filtered out by this layer of cold air.

Maybe even if she fed the pigeons with bread crumbs in Braque Square, the pigeons would be afraid of the cold and would not land on her... Lu Mingfei thought secretly in his heart.

For a girl like this, even if he really exercised his "right to choose a spouse first", Zero would probably ignore it! Who on earth would believe the rumor that they were in a relationship?
Lu Mingfei was just about to say goodbye to Ling and hastily end this encounter, but Ling spoke first and once again took the lead in this conversation.

"Would you like to have dinner with me?"

It took Lu Mingfei a few seconds to realize that Ling's words were an invitation to him. The Iceberg Princess's gaze seemed to be frozen, staring at his face for ten thousand years without moving. The Husband-Waiting Stone was probably no more than this.

But before he could reply, Zero continued speaking.

"I ordered too much dinner today, and I can't finish it by myself. You treated me to a midnight snack last time, so I'll treat you back this time." Ling said, "I've reserved a seat over there."

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It didn't seem like Ling's dinner was just a simple overdose.

Lu Mingfei and Ling had actually eaten together a few times. Her appetite was as small as her body, a typical pigeon stomach, she would only eat a small portion of rice, and could only eat half a bowl of fried rice noodles.

Lu Mingfei seriously suspected that the reason why Ling didn't grow was that he ate too little during puberty and didn't get enough nutrition. However, even if Ling was stunted, he already had everything he should have. It was hard to imagine what a fully grown Ling would be like.

However, the dinner Ling ordered today was much larger than her usual appetite, including stir-fried pork with peppers, sweet and sour pork ribs, three-cup chicken, and a large bowl of tomato egg drop soup, all of which were Lu Mingfei's favorite dishes. Even the rice was served in a large bowl.

The combination of three dishes and one soup is enough for me.

Noticing Lu Mingfei's gaze on him, Ling used a spoon to scoop a small bowl of rice from the large bowl and put it into the white porcelain bowl. He answered without even looking up:
"Last time during the midnight snack, you told me that I was still growing and should eat more to avoid malnutrition. That's all I took."

After Kuai finished his meal, he handed the big bowl to Lu Mingfei.

“I see…” Lu Mingfei reached out to take the bowl from Ling, but what he was thinking in his heart was that after today, there would be even stranger rumors surrounding him and Ling.

The moment their fingers touched, Zero felt the unexpected coldness on his fingertips. The Ice Princess' body temperature was as cold as he had imagined.

Ling sat down meticulously, picked up the chopsticks in a very standard posture, picked up a small mouthful of rice and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly. His movements were so gentle as if he was playing a game of "one, two, three, statue".

Lu Mingfei glanced at Ling's face secretly, remembering the content of the interview he saw on Nuonuo's phone today, and gave up the idea of ​​asking Ling if he knew about the rumors spreading between them.

The interview transcript said things like "The Iceberg Princess did not deny the love affair between her and Lu Mingfei", "When asked about her opinion on Lu Mingfei, Zero praised Lu Mingfei as a very reliable boyfriend", etc. I guess these were all fabricated interview contents by Finkel.

It is estimated that Finkel just stopped Ling at the cafeteria door and took a photo, and then put the photo on the front page of the Kassel campus edition.

So you can’t trust a single word that men who work in the news industry say.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei became more determined to settle accounts with Feng Geer. It would be best if he could take this opportunity to blackmail Feng Geer and write off the debt between the two of them.

But...Zero is really pretty, with big eyes and a nice nose. If Zero grows up a little bit, he should be the best candidate to play Rei Ayanami in the live-action version of "EVA"...

No wonder the Kassel College boys' section has been flooded with curses against him. If Ishihara Satomi got married, all the major forums would probably be filled with grief.

At this moment, Ling suddenly raised her head and met his gaze.

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat.

"…Are there any rice grains on my face?" Zero asked slowly after half a second.

“…rice grains?” Lu Mingfei realized it later but didn’t realize it.

"I've been watching Detective Conan recently to learn Japanese, and there's an episode that says if a girl stares at a boy's face, she either likes him or there's something on his face."

Zero said in a flat voice: "So... there are rice grains on my face?"

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(End of this chapter)