Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 620 The Renowned Lu Mingfei
仕兰中学运动会将会连续举办六天，从5月8日星期二开始，5月13日星期日结束。因为5月1日到5月7日的七天是假期的缘故，周六周日原本就是调休补课的时间，所以并没有挤压到正常的周末休假。

Although it's past the start of summer, the weather hasn't officially turned hot yet. The temperature is around 20 degrees Celsius, neither too hot nor too cold, which is quite suitable for holding sports meets.

The opening ceremony was scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM. Liu Miaomiao was to perform a piano solo at the ceremony, and Xia Mi, who was a cheerleader and a member of the dance troupe, was to participate in two consecutive performances. Therefore, the two of them had already gone backstage to put on makeup and prepare.

However, although the opening ceremony was held on the school's open-air playground, because there was no dressing room backstage at the playground's main stage, Liu Miaomiao and Xia Mi had to get their makeup done backstage at the studio where they performed at the previous school anniversary celebration before going to the opening ceremony to perform.

The other girls went to join in the fun... oh wait, I mean, to help out.

Lu Mingfei was left alone. After collecting all the homework for all subjects and putting it in the grade office, he had nothing else to do.

When he returned to the classroom, it was almost deserted. Lu Mingfei thought for a moment, then sent a text message to Erii, who had gone to join the fun.

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I'm playing," the little girl answered honestly.

Lu Mingfei typed: "Are you busy? Want to take a stroll around the school?"

"Not busy. Okay."

Erii replied, "But I'll have to wait a bit. Saukra will pick me up in fifteen minutes."

The journey from the teaching building to the studio takes about ten minutes, so Lu Mingfei figured that walking there slowly would be about right.

As I walked out of the classroom, I passed by the classroom of the next-door Grade 1 (1) class. It was even more deserted than Lu Mingfei's class. I heard that all the boys in their class who hadn't signed up for sports had been conscripted by Lin Huihui.

Thinking about this, Lu Mingfei felt a little sorry for Lin Huihui. After all, Shilan Middle School adopted a highly autonomous student council model similar to that used abroad, so whenever there were large-scale events such as sports meets or school anniversaries, the student council members were always the busiest.

When Lu Mingfei ran into Lin Huihui in the corridor a couple of days ago, he almost didn't recognize her. The once pretty girl had become so thin that she looked unrecognizable, and her eyes had lost their sparkle.

Stepping out of the teaching building, Lu Mingfei put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the broadcasting studio.

It was early summer, the sun was shining brightly, and fallen leaves were fluttering in the air. Lu Mingfei brushed past countless people his age and realized for the first time that there were so many people on this tree-lined path leading to the studio.

"So handsome!" a voice whispered timidly from behind.

Lu Mingfei glanced discreetly at the two girls whispering beside him. Judging from their school uniforms, they were students at Xunli Middle School, the same school that Liu Miaomiao's best friend, Qiao Yiran, attended. It was a prestigious high school on par with Shilan Middle School.

To be honest, the two schools are quite far apart, one in the south of the city and the other in the north. I didn't expect them to make a special trip to Shilan Middle School to visit the sports meet.

Perhaps feeling safe enough from the distance, the two girls continued their discussion while secretly glancing at Lu Mingfei.

"I saw Chu Zihang at the city basketball game, but it wasn't him... I think it was Lu Mingfei, the one who's a year younger than Chu Zihang..." a girl whispered.

"Ahhh! Is that the Japanese heart-shaped handsome guy they were talking about on the forum?..." Another girl was so excited she could barely contain herself.

"Shh! Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear us talking about him..."

"Oh no, my bad, I was just not paying attention..."

"..."

...It felt pretty good.

There was a time when Lu Mingfei only heard the girls in his class discussing Chu Zihang, but now he was the subject of their discussions. Lu Mingfei couldn't help but feel a little smug, thinking how nice it felt to be admired. "It's okay, it's okay, praise me more, I won't blame you," Lu Mingfei thought to himself, when he heard a girl's voice continue.

"I heard he's a jerk, that he's already had several girlfriends before the end of his first year of high school, but he doesn't seem like it."

"You can know a person's face but not their heart... but she does look quite gentle."

Lu Mingfei: "..."

Damn, bad news travels fast! His reputation has already reached Xunli Middle School in the north of the city? Those two schools are dozens of kilometers apart! And the claim that he's a scumbag is absolutely outrageous! How is he a scumbag? His girlfriends were all there, okay? He just wanted to give each of them a home!

Lu Mingfei spoke up for himself in his heart!

Lu Mingfei's face tightened. As he turned the next corner, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the two girls who were gossiping about him. To his surprise, the two girls were both flustered and stunned.

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment. He had only intended to warn them that he had heard everything they said... Had he scared them? Was his expression too serious or his gaze too fierce?

Then, the next moment, he heard a voice chasing after him from behind.

"...He's really, really handsome."

"I suddenly feel like being dumped is actually quite worth it..."

"..."

What else is there to say? Why didn't you just say that earlier?
Forgive me for calling me a jerk!

……

Lu Mingfei was in a great mood after being praised, and went to the backstage entrance of the studio to wait for Erii.

The reason he didn't go straight backstage was because it was crowded and stuffy, and he couldn't go into the women's dressing room where Liu Miaomiao and Xia Mi were changing and putting on makeup. It was better to wait for Erii to come out through the back door of the studio. It was cooler today anyway.

However, he didn't have to wait long at the back door. Lu Mingfei's phone started beeping, and a chibi Kikyo avatar appeared on the screen. It was Erii's QQ avatar.

Erii: "Sakura, I'm done here. Where are you?"

Lu Mingfei: "I'm at the back door of the studio."

Erii: "Okay, wait for me, I'll be right there."

Lu Mingfei had just finished reading Erii's QQ message and hadn't had a chance to reply when he heard footsteps coming from the back door.

Erii changed into a white A-line skirt with a black bow at the neckline. The cinched skirt perfectly accentuated her slender waist and figure, making her look youthful and radiant, with exceptionally bright and lively eyes. Upon closer inspection, it was clear she was wearing eyeshadow and lipstick. Her large, watery eyes sparkled.

"Sakura, do you think I look any different today?" Erii twirled lightly in place, her skirt swaying in the wind. Then she sent a QQ message to Lu Mingfei, seemingly having left her notebook in the backstage dressing room.

"Was it Erii who wanted to ask this?" Lu Mingfei asked, feeling that the spinning motion and the question were somewhat unlike Erii's style.

"It was Mimi who asked me to ask you." Erii honestly betrayed her teammate.

……

(End of this chapter)