Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 631 What is your answer?
The idea that a single act of greeting could cost you a lifetime of commitment sounds like a rather high price to pay.

But Liu Miaomiao wasn't really unwilling, because the happiness she felt with Lu Mingfei was genuine. He not only knew how to make her happy, but he was also truly devoted to her. He would protect her immediately in times of danger, and he would be extremely anxious when he saw her injured…

Just like before, she accidentally fell and got injured on the track, and the first person to rush to her side and pick her up would definitely be Lu Mingfei.

If I had to point out a flaw, it would be that he's far too fond of flirting. Having three or four beautiful girlfriends isn't enough for him; he's also constantly attracting attention outside the marriage.

However, Liu Miaomiao has now accepted this seemingly most intolerable flaw. Mainly, Lu Mingfei is just too opportunistic, always targeting girls she's close to…

However, even if she accepted it calmly, it was inevitable that Liu Miaomiao would feel disappointed when she saw Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang interacting intimately at school, while she could only watch from the sidelines. Despite her disappointment, she could only silently endure it.

Because both Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen had faced this situation for a longer period of time than she had.

But how long will they have to endure this? They still have two and a half years to go before graduating from Shilan High School.

Even if Qiangqiang and Mingfei officially break up by then, Wenwen still has to be Mingfei's official girlfriend at least once, right? And then there's Xiaomi... and maybe Erii too. If Lu Mingfei finds another girl as his girlfriend, one for each of them for a semester, then she'll never have a chance again.

She lowered her eyes, a strange sense of unease creeping into her heart, even giving rise to some absurd and chaotic thoughts. Why couldn't they openly date Lu Mingfei at school? How annoying!
Lu Mingfei had no idea what Liu Miaomiao was thinking at that moment, but he could glean two pieces of good news from her words.

The first piece of good news is that Liu Miaomiao wasn't ignoring him because he accidentally touched her in an intimate area. The reason she was ignoring him was simply because she saw him and Xiaotiannv together every day and wanted to be close to him too, but she was mindful of the fact that they were at school. To suppress this feeling, she wanted to keep her distance from Lu Mingfei.

The second piece of good news was that Liu Miaomiao seemed more accepting of his accidental touching of her private parts than he had expected. This meant he could potentially take even bolder actions...

Cough cough cough... It's not because it felt good that I can't forget it.

Lu Mingfei simply felt that since Miao Miao was more accepting of him accidentally touching her breasts than he had expected, it would be easier to strengthen Miao Miao's bloodline in the future.

“Mingfei…” Liu Miaomiao’s light voice came from above.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei asked instinctively.

"My foot doesn't hurt anymore. So let's rest for a bit, don't touch it..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then looked up and found that his hand had unknowingly moved from Liu Miaomiao's ankle to her sole. The touch was smooth and delicate, and the sole of her foot was slightly sunken with a beautiful curve. Her five toes, which were still pink and moist even without nail polish, were slightly curled.

Liu Miaomiao was pursing her lips, suppressing the slight smile that was rising at the corners of her mouth due to the itching, and looking at her with gentle eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Mingfei blinked in disbelief.

Is it...

Am I really a foot fetishist?

Liu Miaomiao was now certain in her heart that, just as Wenwen and Qiangqiang had said, Mingfei did have some rather unusual fetishes, and liked…

Lu Mingfei coughed, then quickly withdrew his hand, gently put Liu Miaomiao's foot down, and said seriously, "I was massaging you, Miaomiao. If you sprain your ankle, you need to improve blood circulation and remove bruising in time to effectively prevent the injury from worsening."

Liu Miaomiao thought to herself, "I don't believe you for a second. Who would get a foot massage for a sprained ankle?"

However, she didn't expose Lu Mingfei's lie. Instead, she said, "Mingfei, didn't you just say you were going to the convenience store to ask if they sold ice? Go now. I'll wait for you in the infirmary."

Lu Mingfei asked, "Don't you need me to stay with you a little longer?"

"Hmph... I'm afraid if you stay with me any longer, my sprained ankle, which wasn't that serious to begin with, will get worse from all the rubbing."

...Why does Miaomiao sound like she's already diagnosed me as a foot fetishist?

However, Lu Mingfei still sat down next to Liu Miaomiao and said with a shrug, "Forget it, the competition is over anyway, and I don't have anything to do this afternoon. I'll stay here and keep you company, Miaomiao. Otherwise, you'll always feel sour and jealous."

Liu Miaomiao blushed and lightly spat, "You're the one who's jealous!"

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything, but grinned and put his arm around Liu Miaomiao's waist, though of course he wasn't using the hand that had been touching her foot. Liu Miaomiao huffed indignantly, then obediently rested her head on Lu Mingfei's shoulder.

"Mingfei," Liu Miaomiao said softly.

Lu Mingfei turned his head to the side: "Hmm?"

Liu Miaomiao lowered her beautiful eyes slightly: "I like you so much."

Lu Mingfei patted Liu Miaomiao's head and said with a smile, "I like you too."

Liu Miaomiao looked up: "So how much do you like it?"

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment: "Hmm...like liking a little bear in spring?"

"Not sincere..." Liu Miaomiao grumbled, "Who would confess their love by stealing lines from Haruki Murakami?"

Lu Mingfei coughed awkwardly, "Miaomiao, you've seen this before too?"

"Of course I've seen it, it's 'Norwegian Wood,' Wenwen recommended it to me."

Liu Miaomiao said in a soft voice, "In the spring fields, you are walking alone when a cute little bear comes towards you, its fur as white as velvet. Its eyes are round and big. It says to you, 'Hello, miss, would you like to roll around and play with me?' Then you hug the little bear and roll down the clover-covered hillside, playing like that all day long. Isn't that right?"

"Yes, yes." Lu Mingfei nodded: "That's how much I like you."

"...Even more perfunctory!"

Liu Miaomiao pouted. It was one thing to steal someone else's confession lines, but now she wasn't even saying anything herself and was just quoting what the other person had said.

Liu Miaomiao rested her head on Lu Mingfei's shoulder again. But she really liked Lu Mingfei's carefree attitude... so what could she do?
"I'm starting to regret it, what should I do?"

"Do you regret giving up your 'official girlfriend' position to Qiangqiang?"

Liu Miaomiao hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently.

After a moment, she continued, "Mingfei, do you think I'm being selfish? But every time I see you and Qiangqiang together, I want to stand openly by your side, just like her..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei's mind stirred, and the thought that had been buried in his heart was about to be revealed: "Or... could we just announce to the public that we're dating?" However, Liu Miaomiao's reaction was just as strong as Lu Mingfei had expected. She immediately sat up straight and said, "How can we do that!"

She lowered her head: "That won't do... If my parents find out, they'll definitely beat you to death."

Lu Mingfei: "..."

Okay, okay, so you're telling me you want to kill me again.

“If it were just at school, I wouldn’t care what my classmates would think of us. But I also have to consider whether my parents can accept it… They only have one daughter. If they find out that you, Mingfei, are dating several girls at the same time, they will definitely force me to break up with you, and they might even transfer me to another school. To be honest, I don’t know what to do in the future. We definitely can’t hide the fact that we’re dating each other from them forever.”

This was also what Lu Mingfei was worried about. Officially announcing his relationships with all the girls? He didn't care about other people's gossip, but he also had to consider that Liu Miaomiao, Xiao Tiannv, and Chen Wenwen were different from him; they weren't all alone with their parents away.

No matter how much you try to avoid it, you'll eventually have to face this issue.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Then let's go to a place where your parents... and Xiaotiannv's father, Wenwen's parents, can't interfere with us."

Liu Miaomiao looked up blankly, her face full of confusion: "Mingfei, you're not thinking of eloping with us, are you? But I can't just abandon my parents..."

Yes, they are similar in nature.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath: "Actually, there's something I haven't had a chance to tell Miaomiao... Miaomiao, you should still remember the Kassel College I told you about before, right?"

Liu Miaomiao frowned her pretty eyebrows: "Is it that weird academy you mentioned before that's related to dragons?"

Lu Mingfei nodded: "Yes. In fact, Kassel College also offers a preparatory program in the capital..."

Lu Mingfei explained to Liu Miaomiao that he, Xia Mi, and Su Xiaoqiang would be going to the preparatory class at Kassel College after the end of this semester.

Liu Miaomiao had only heard Lu Mingfei mention that they planned to apply to Kassel College together after graduating from high school.

Unexpectedly, Lu Mingfei said today that they will transfer to the preparatory class of Kassel College after this semester.

"So... you're transferring schools after this semester? With Qiangqiang and the others?"

Seeing Liu Miaomiao biting her lip, tears welling up in her red eyes, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but chuckle.

The young girl had even foolishly planned which universities the two of them would apply to. She wanted to apply to Fudan University, simply because there was a Shanghai University of Technology not far from Fudan, whose admission score was only slightly higher than the first-tier university cutoff, and Lu Mingfei should be able to get in with some effort, given his entrance exam scores at the time.

He picked up Liu Miaomiao's neatly combed bangs, lowered his head and kissed her forehead: "What are you thinking about? How could I bear to leave you and Wenwen behind? What I mean is, I want to take you and Wenwen with me, and we can all transfer to the preparatory class in the capital."

"Transfer schools together?"

Liu Miaomiao was stunned. Before today, she had never thought about transferring schools.

How could she possibly transfer schools? Shilan Middle School is already one of the best schools for college entrance exams in the city. It's not only her alma mater, which she has attended since junior high, but also the place where she met Lu Mingfei. She also met many lifelong friends there... It can be said that this school holds too many of her youthful memories.

She even thought that if she and Lu Mingfei had children in the future, they could occasionally bring the children to visit the school and tell them that this was where their parents used to study.

Lu Mingfei suddenly told her today that he would be transferring schools after this semester, and that he would be taking her with him. This caught Liu Miaomiao completely off guard…

However, she immediately remembered what Lu Mingfei had told her: admission to Kassel College required a rigorous review process. The most important part was the bloodline test. He said that if the dragon bloodline in one's body was below a certain threshold, they wouldn't be admitted.

It seems that her and Wenwen's bloodlines haven't yet reached the minimum passing score for bloodline selection. And the only way to improve their bloodlines is...

"..."

Liu Miaomiao's face turned even redder instantly. She remembered what Lu Mingfei had told her about the way to improve one's bloodline, and she wondered how she should respond if Lu Mingfei brought it up again.

Just as I was thinking this, Lu Mingfei's voice rang in my ears.

"There's just one more thing I need to tell you in advance, Miaomiao."

Liu Miaomiao was startled by the sudden voice and immediately sat up straight: "Wh-what is it?"

Could it be...

She swallowed nervously. At that moment, Lu Mingfei released his grip on her slender waist, lowered his gaze, and his expression became serious and earnest. His expression was one of a solemnity that Liu Miaomiao rarely saw on his face.

Feeling her boyfriend's eager gaze, Liu Miaomiao unconsciously became nervous, pursing her lips and pounding her heart like a hundred little frogs.

And yet, at this very moment, this scoundrel deliberately dragged out the last syllable, as if to whet people's appetites: "That is—"

Just

"—The world of dragons is actually quite dangerous, far more dangerous than you imagine, Miaomiao."

Lu Mingfei said, word by word:

"We might be going to explore those dragon ruins that have been cursed for thousands of years. You should remember the Deadpool we encountered in the capital's subway, right? But in there, Deadpool was just the most basic guard."

"We may also encounter real dragons. They possess unimaginable power, and humans are as insignificant as dust in their presence."

"Our enemies may also include other hybrids. Humans with dragon blood power are not all on the same side. Some will stop at nothing for power, while others will not hesitate to turn their blades against their own kind for ancient grudges or crazy ideologies. Betrayal, conspiracy, hunting... in the world of hybrids, these are all commonplace. Trust is an extremely luxurious thing."

"We might even have to face the Dragon Kings directly. Each Dragon King possesses world-destroying power; they are natural disasters that roam the human world and the source of world destruction in myths and legends."

"That's the reality I might face in the future, Miaomiao. It's no longer the petty squabbles on campus, no longer the troubles of adolescence, but truly walking on the edge of life and death, fighting against beings that transcend the limits of human understanding. Every day could be our last."

"This is my destiny, and I am destined to face a dangerous situation, but you, Miaomiao, do not have to confront these unnecessary dangers. You are just an ordinary girl who can have an ordinary life and happiness. I like you, so I don't want to hide it from you. Miaomiao, you still have the option to choose a happier and more stable life."

Lu Mingfei paused, looked into Liu Miaomiao's eyes, and continued, "I've said what I wanted to say, so..."

……

(End of this chapter)