Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 575 Wedding Ring?

Lu Mingfei just followed Jiude Mai's words to give her a way out, and of course he didn't really think about the next time. However, this sentence planted a seed invisibly. It is foreseeable that this probably won't be the last time.

As for when will the next time be?
That is an unknown. Maybe it will come a long time later, or maybe it will come tomorrow.

The two of them came down from the edge of the rooftop and walked towards the rooftop door. The two people who had just hugged and kissed each other intimately, now seemed to be deliberately keeping a certain distance and walking side by side.

The bright moonlight shone through the clouds and fell on the space between the two of them, illuminating Jiude Mai's profile whose blush had not yet faded, and also illuminating Lu Mingfei's eyes as he couldn't help but look to the side.

Lips...can they be so pink?

This was probably the first time he stared at a girl's lips.

Lu Mingfei's mind moved. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but it seemed that this kind of tacit sense of distance added a vague and ambiguous atmosphere to the current situation.

It makes me reluctant to leave so early, I just want to stay a little longer at this moment...

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The next morning, Lu Mingfei sent his girlfriends to Narita Airport. Today, the school trip of Shilan Middle School was finally officially over. On the train to the airport, every student's suitcase and backpack were stuffed to the brim.

The most eye-catching people in the group were naturally Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen who were sitting in the last row. If any of the three girls walked on the street, they would definitely be approached by scouts from the agency, not to mention that the three of them were sitting together at the same time.

Any traveler passing by can't help but take a few more glances.

Then you will notice that they all have sparkling ornaments on their right ring fingers.

"Wow, Miaomiao, your ring is so beautiful. I don't think I saw you wearing it when you came here. Did you buy it here?"

Deng Zhuoyin, who was sitting on the right side of Liu Miaomiao across the aisle on the tram, said, "Because their parents were business partners, she and Liu Miaomiao had always had a good relationship. Apart from Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen, she and Liu Miaomiao probably had the best relationship in the class."

Hearing this, Liu Miaomiao subconsciously stretched out her finger and looked at it: "Well, I bought it in Ginza yesterday."

To be precise, it was actually Lu Mingfei who forced them to buy it at a luxury goods counter in Ginza yesterday.

"Oh……"

Deng Zhuoyin nodded and was about to ask why she suddenly wanted to buy a ring, but then he was suddenly stunned for a moment and recognized the style of the ring that Liu Miaomiao was wearing with his sharp eyes.

Wait, is that a Cartier Ballerine diamond ring?

Well, that looks like an engagement ring, right?
And there is the finger on which Miaomiao wears the ring—the ring finger of her right hand!
After all, she is a girl, so of course she knows what it means to wear a ring on the ring finger of her right hand...it means engagement!
Deng Zhuoyin's heart skipped a beat, and her nerves were as tense as if a paparazzi captain had smelled gossip about a popular female star. She glanced at Liu Miaomiao again to make sure she was not mistaken, whether Liu Miaomiao really wore the ring on her right ring finger.

It would not matter if she did not look at it, but once she looked at it, she saw a scene that shocked her even more...

Wait a minute, why do Wenwen and Qiangqiang also wear rings on their right ring fingers!

It seems to be from Cater’s Ballerine series too? Only the color and cutting process are different… Wenwen’s is platinum, Qiangqiang’s is rose gold, and Miaomiao’s is paved with diamonds.

Deng Zhuoyin felt his head suddenly buzzing and became messy in the wind.

She suddenly remembered a lot of things. She remembered the rumor about Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao's engagement that she had heard when she first entered Shilan Middle School; she remembered the novels serialized on the Shilan Middle School forum; and she remembered the three little ones from Shilan Middle School who would eat with Lu Mingfei every day, go home together, and even go out to play together during holidays.

Suddenly I felt like I had discovered something extraordinary.

……

Of course Lu Mingfei didn't know that someone was already at the forefront of the melon-eating camp.

The reason why he bought the ring was, of course, because of the promise Lu Mingfei made to Chen Wenwen that day. He promised her that he would hold a group wedding or something like that.

This ring is equivalent to a less formal engagement ring.

The price was not cheap, and Chen Wenwen shook her head when she saw the price tag. But Lu Mingfei grabbed the girlfriends' hands without saying anything and put the rings on their right ring fingers one by one.

At that time, Lu Mingfei was still smiling: "Once you put on the ring, you are a member of the Lu family."

Chen Wenwen pursed her lips and lowered her head without refutation. After all, after the heart-to-heart talk in the ward, she had actually completely entrusted herself to Lu Mingfei in her heart.

However, Liu Miaomiao couldn't help but spit when she heard this: "What kind of people are from the Lao Lu family? There's nothing to be done about it..."

Su Xiaoqiang smiled and said, "Mingfei, did you hear that? Miaomiao said that the eight characters are not even a stroke yet, which means that the ring alone is not enough. She wants you to make up for the stroke and hold an engagement ceremony, and then I will agree to it."

Liu Miaomiao blushed and said anxiously, "What...! Qiangqiang, why do you always help that guy bully me! Classmate Lu Mingfei, please take the ring away, I don't want it anymore."

Having said that, she had no intention of taking the ring off.

Sitting at the very end of the carriage, Lu Mingfei, wearing a baseball cap to cover his face, looked at the people sitting not far in front of him.

After all, Lu Mingfei was still an exchange student in name, so it was not convenient for him to show his face in front of his classmates. So he bought a ticket that was a little farther away and waited for Liu Miaomiao and the others silently.

The train sped through the fields of the Japanese countryside, with cherry blossoms all over the mountains on both sides of the railway. It was already the last cherry blossom season, and the cherry blossoms falling outside the window seemed to be the last rain to bid farewell to spring.

Lu Mingfei withdrew his gaze and looked at Xia Mi who was sitting next to him. Xia Mi also had a ring of the same style on her right ring finger.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" Xia Mi raised her eyes and asked, as if she had noticed Lu Mingfei's gaze.

"Why, can't I see my wife?" Lu Mingfei lowered his head and suddenly kissed Xia Mi on the lips, then said with a smile. Even Xia Mi blushed a little at Lu Mingfei's sudden attack, and pursed her lips shyly.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that her senior brother seemed to like kissing especially today. Before leaving this morning, she hugged Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen and kissed them for a long time in turn... and now he was kissing her again.

Lu Mingfei put his hands behind his head, thinking about other things.

The right hand symbolizes engagement... The next time I buy a ring, it should be on the ring finger of my left hand, then it's time to get married.

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As the flight takes off, the school trip for the students of Shilan Middle School comes to an end.

But for Lu Mingfei, he still has some final finishing work to do in Tokyo.

Like Lu Mingfei, Yuan Zhisheng also felt that there was a sense of impending storm in Tokyo recently.

The elevator to the internal "Shinto" stopped at the corresponding floor. When he walked out of the elevator, he saw the other five family heads who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time.

The two looked at each other, bowed and nodded to each other.

The six family heads have all arrived. The head of the Inuyama family took the lead and walked up to the Japanese-style wooden door, knocking gently with his calloused knuckles.

"Come in." said the voice from inside the door, sounding old and tired.

Everyone pushed the door open and walked in. The walls were decorated very plainly, with only a few paintings and calligraphy from China hanging here and there, in the running script of Yan Zhenqing. Facing the entrance was an ancient Buddhist shrine with smoke curling out of it. After the head of the family, Tachibana Masamune worshipped in front of the shrine, he turned around on the cushion and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Yuan Zhisheng and the other five family heads looked at each other.

"I already know everything you are going to say."

Tachibana Masamune smiled and said, "Don't look so sad. Sit down first."

Yuan Zhisheng paused for a moment, and suddenly felt a little fortunate that Tachibana Masamune knew the news in advance. If he really had to pass on this news to Tachibana Masamune, he would have been at a loss for words for a moment.

So many things happened in the past few days, including people from Kassel Academy parachuting into Japan, the Snake Eight Clan being attacked, Eri running away from home, and the incident of several Deadpools attacking people on the streets of Shinjuku a few days ago... Since he took over the Japanese branch executive bureau, he has never encountered such a complicated situation as Nitsugu.

Several people sat down on their respective cushions. As everyone thought, no one spoke first, mainly because they didn't know what to say. Finally, it was Tachibana Masamune who broke the silence first, looking up at Minamoto Chisei who was sitting closest to him:
"Do you know who the person sent by Kassel College to negotiate is?"

Yuan Zhisheng paused and lowered his head. "The email didn't say anything. It only said that the person sent by the academy to negotiate will arrive on time at twelve o'clock tonight."

"Is it on time?" Tachibana Masamune sighed lightly, "The weather in Tokyo has not been very good recently, so the plane may not arrive on time. It is normal for flights to be delayed in rainy weather."

Yuan Zhisheng still lowered his head, silently reading what Tachibana Masamune said in his heart, not knowing what his father meant by this sentence. Could it be that he wanted to kill the people sent by Kassel Academy to negotiate by causing a plane accident?
As if he could see what was in Minamoto Chisei's mind, Tachibana Masamune said, "Don't think too much. I have no other intentions. The negotiation should be resolved at the negotiation table. Have all the important information been destroyed? We must not let the people at Kassel Academy know about our work."

"Everything has been destroyed, including the files in Kaguya's mainframe. There is only one paper backup of all the files left, and the backup file has been hidden."

Tachibana Masamune nodded: "Chisheng is becoming more and more reliable now. It seems that I can safely hand over the Snake Eight Clan to you."

Gen Chisei was stunned, not quite understanding what Tachibana Masamune meant.

"I will be old one day." Tachibana Masamune sighed: "My only wish now is to see you and Eri grow up and become independent people."

Gen Chisheng was stunned for a moment. Now he understood what Tachibana Masamune meant from his words... Although Gen Chisheng knew that the day when Tachibana Masamune resigned from the position of patriarch would come sooner or later, why would it come so soon?
Tachibana Masamune said calmly, "Such a big accident happened in Japan. As the head of the Snake Eight Families, I am afraid that I have no choice but to resign. This is the only way to calm the anger of Kassel Academy."

"Have you made a decision?" Inuyama He asked in a trembling voice.

"Yes." Tachibana Masamune nodded: "After this negotiation... I plan to pass the position of head of the family to Chisheng."

The room suddenly became quiet.

There is a reason for silence. In the history of the Sheqi Eight Families, it is rare for the head of the family to "resign". The head of the Sheqi Eight Families is equivalent to the emperor of the Japanese underworld. Those who sit in this position are unwilling to give up power, so this position is generally lifelong or even hereditary. When an emperor quits, it cannot be called "resignation". It is more appropriate to use "abdication" or "step down". Usually, abdication is due to being forced to abdicate by powerful officials.

Now, Tachibana Masamune took the initiative to give up the position of the head of the family because he was forced to abdicate. However, he was not forced out from within the Snake Eight Families, but from external pressure. Just because of a letter sent by Kassel Academy, the head of the Snake Eight Families was forced to give up his position.

The silence does not just come from the handover between the old and new powers...it comes more from the threats felt from the outside.

Tachibana Masamune smiled and said, "Don't show that expression, this day will come eventually, it's just a little earlier than expected. The current situation is not too bad. The fact that Kassel Academy is willing to send people to negotiate shows that there is room for maneuver in everything. I took the initiative to ask for forgiveness and give up the position of head of the family in order to have more bargaining chips at the negotiation table."

Yuan Zhisheng suddenly said, "I don't think I'm qualified. All the family heads present here have served the organization for many years and have far more experience and leadership than me. I think they are all more suitable than me to take over the position of family head."

"No, Zhisheng, all the family heads know that you are different."

Tachibana Masamune shook his head: "You have royal blood in your body. You are destiny's gift to the family. Only you can revive the family. I was the head of the family before, not because I was more suitable than you, but because you were still young and needed someone to help you manage the organization. Now I am old, and you have grown up. The family is at a critical moment, and we need you to stand up."

"But I still think this matter needs to be considered in the long term."

Gen Chisei stared at Tachibana Masamune and said, "The headquarters was attacked, Eri ran away from home, and there are frequent incidents involving Deadpool. If I take over the position of head of the family at this time, the people in the family might think that something went wrong within the upper echelons, which would shake the family's original intention."

"This is why I chose to step down from the position of head of the family at this point in time."

Tachibana Masamune whispered, "Chisheng, you should be very familiar with the history of the Warring States Period. Rather than having the ambition to rebel, the superiors are often more worried about the people below having the ability to rebel... Although we have both. But if Kassel Academy sees the eight families of Snake Qi as a united front, it will arouse their vigilance. At this time, the more chaotic the family's state is, the more reassured the academy will be about us - this is a way of retreating to advance."

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(End of this chapter)