Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 673: The Game Is Set Up

"Hey, are you in a bad mood?" Xu Yan asked cautiously, his bottom resting on the stone edge under the shade of a tree, still bowing and scraping.

Zhao Menghua answered absentmindedly, "How do you know?"

It's the afternoon physical education class for Grade 11 (2) class. Although it's called an afternoon class, it's usually just two periods of free time. After a symbolic line-up of at ease and attention, everyone is dismissed.

The rest of the students either went back to the classroom to enjoy the air conditioning or went to the convenience store. Some girls even went to the outdoor basketball court next door to watch the second-year high school students play basketball, because Chu Zihang was there too, and his class happened to be having a PE class.

However, the most eye-catching group on the field was probably the group of girls playing badminton on the outdoor badminton court in front... To be precise, it wasn't actually a group of girls, because Lu Mingfei was also mixed in with them. The small group of one boy and a bunch of girls resembled Jia Baoyu entering the Grand View Garden, surrounded by Sister Chen, Sister Liu, Sister Su, and even Sister Sakura.

What's even more infuriating is that Lu Mingfei originally seemed unwilling to participate in their badminton game, but Su Xiaoqiang forcibly pulled him over by the arm.

Seeing Su Xiaoqiang clinging to Lu Mingfei's arm, the two of them so intimately connected, are you telling me they've already broken up? Break up? Where? Please tell me.
Zhao Menghua had reason to suspect that he had been set up by someone.

The original plan was to watch Lu Mingfei get into a mess and embarrass himself today, but who knew that the girl in the photo would be mistakenly identified as Chen Wenwen, and Chen Wenwen even admitted that she was the girl in the photo.

She secretly wanted to report this to Su Xiaoqiang, but Su Xiaoqiang rolled her eyes and called her crazy, saying that she had already broken up with Lu Mingfei and that Lu Mingfei's current girlfriend was Chen Wenwen.

Nobody knows why Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei were all lovey-dovey at school last Friday, but after just one weekend, the new person became the old one, and Lu Mingfei suddenly broke up with Su Xiaoqiang and got together with Chen Wenwen.

Even setting aside the messy timeline between Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei, and Chen Wenwen, Chen Wenwen is now Lu Mingfei's girlfriend.

...But that's no reason why Chen Wenwen would help Lu Mingfei cover up his affair, is it?

When a girlfriend discovers her boyfriend is cheating, shouldn't her first reaction be anger and fury?

Everyone at school knew that Chen Wenwen was a traditional girl. Not only was she reserved and shy, possessing the gentle and demure nature typical of southern girls, but she also had a good upbringing and had been a Christian with her parents since childhood. It was said that she hardly spoke to boys during junior high school.

But isn't this tradition going a bit too far? Is this directly pushing tradition back to the feudal era? Is it turning it into a system where the husband is the head of the household and the wife is the sole authority?

The thought that Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen had all been Lu Mingfei's girlfriends before the school year was even over, and that the three most beautiful girls in the high school had fallen for him one after another, gave Zhao Menghua a sense of crisis for no reason. He wondered if Lu Mingfei had taken chasing after the school beauties as an achievement.
Fortunately, Lu Mingfei will be transferring schools next semester, so he won't have another target...

No! We can't let our guard down. There's still over a month left in the semester. Lu Mingfei also dated Su Xiaoqiang for a month before quickly getting together with Chen Wenwen. Who knows what other unexpected trouble Lu Mingfei might cause in this last month?

Zhao Menghua suddenly felt a sense of urgency, realizing he needed to speed things up. Just then, Xu Yanyan said, "Because you didn't go to Class One to find Lin Huihui, Lao Da."

Because Shilan Middle School uses a small class system, Class 1 and Class 2 are usually scheduled to have physical education classes together. Whenever physical education class ends, Zhao Menghua would pretend to go find the class monitor of Class 1, but actually go to find Lin Huihui. However, Lin Huihui always preferred to mingle with the Class 2 students, playing with Liu Miaomiao and the others.

"Lin Huihui hurt her foot while cleaning windows last week, so she didn't come to PE class," Zhao Menghua replied, sounding a little annoyed.

He remembered the class monitor. It was all that guy's fault; why did he have to assign Lin Huihui to clean the windows during the big cleaning? If Lin Huihui hadn't fallen and sprained her ankle while cleaning the windows, he could have gone on a date with her to see a movie last Sunday! He couldn't be bothered with Lu Mingfei and his senior's affair anymore.

As if on cue, Zhao Menghua had just thought of the class monitor when he saw the class monitor walking towards him from afar.

Sitting in the shade of a tree, Zhao Menghua turned his head and gestured towards the Xu brothers with his lip. The two brothers immediately understood that Lao Da had something important to discuss with the class monitor, and stood up to give the two of them some private time to talk.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Menghua asked the class monitor after the Xu brothers left.

The class monitor sat down on the edge of the stone wall under the shade of a tree, rubbing his hands together and chuckling, "About my two movie tickets..."

Zhao Menghua immediately guessed that the class monitor from Class One had come to him because of this matter, and said, "Don't worry, I asked my dad for it when I got home last night, and he said he would help me get it today. I should be able to give it to you tomorrow."

In matters like this, Zhao Menghua has always been quite generous, and he always keeps his promises regarding payment. This stems from his upbringing.

As the son of a capitalist, Young Master Zhao was taught from a young age that if you want to achieve great things, you must not be stingy with your employees. What do these small favors mean to them? But if you give them enough of these small favors, you can gain a group of employees who are completely loyal to you. These employees are your initial capital.

This is why he always had so many followers willing to serve him. When it comes to being generous, Zhao Menghua was second to none at Shilan Middle School, only Su Xiaoqiang dared to claim first. While Zhao Menghua's generosity towards his followers was for a reason, Su Xiaoqiang would casually treat the entire class to Pizza Hut whenever he was in a good mood.

Separated from the high school section by a lawn, on the synthetic track, junior high school students are preparing for the upcoming physical education exam for the high school entrance examination.

The boys were standing crookedly by the edge of the track. They had just finished training for the 1000m race and were now taking a break.

Several boys gathered in small groups under the flagpole, looking at the high school boys sitting in the shade of a tree not far away. One of them asked, "Is that Zhao Menghua?"

Another boy answered, holding a phone with a photo of the high school midterm exam "honor roll": "It looks like it in the photo."

They were all "Princess's" personal guards. After seeing Xia Mi's order in the QQ group, they immediately began to investigate the guy named Zhao Menghua.

In fact, Zhao Menghua was quite well-known at Shilan Middle School.

Although he was far less famous than Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei, he was still an outstanding student, consistently ranking first in his grade at Shilan Middle School; in addition, he came from a prominent family and was handsome and well-mannered.

Although her family background is still somewhat different from that of the celestial beauty Su Xiaoqiang, she is considered a rather formidable figure in Shilan High School, a place teeming with hidden talents.

Therefore, Zhao Menghua is quite famous in the high school section.

He wasn't well-known in the junior high school section. The junior high students had only heard of Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang. As for Zhao Menghua, they didn't know him.

However, Zhao Menghua's information was relatively easy to find, as he frequently appeared on the high school's honor roll. A quick stroll around the high school building would quickly reveal Zhao Menghua's photo on the honor roll. They then discovered that Zhao Menghua and "Princess's" older brother, Lu Mingfei, were actually in the same class.

Once the appearance and class are determined, things become much easier. All you need to do is keep an eye on things and take photos. As long as you take enough pictures, you'll eventually be able to pick out a few really good ones.

Without hesitation, the group immediately pulled out their phones and started snapping photos of Zhao Menghua.

"Damn it, I forgot to turn off the shutter sound," someone said.

Another immediately cursed, "Idiot, why aren't you turning it off? Don't let that rotten-hearted Hua hear us!"

"Ah! Ahh!"

Zhao Menghua was asking the class monitor about Lin Huihui, inquiring when she would be able to return to school and whether she had been in close contact with other boys, especially Lu Mingfei, recently. Suddenly, he sneezed violently.

"Who's cursing me?" Zhao Menghua touched his nose. He thought to himself, "If someone's cursing me, then they're cursing me!" He'd just sneezed twice; someone was probably secretly cursing him behind his back!

He turned to look at the class monitor next to him, who immediately waved his hand in front of him: "I didn't scold you."

Zhao Menghua narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, looking suspicious: "What's the big deal? I didn't say anything about you, why are you so nervous?"

However, he knew it probably wasn't the class monitor from Class One who scolded him; the class monitor had no reason to scold him. He turned to look at the Grand View Garden ahead... oops, I mean the badminton court. Lu Mingfei was having a great time playing with the girls, and Deng Zhuoyi and her group had somehow joined the badminton game.

"It's probably Lu Mingfei who's cursing me!" Zhao Menghua thought to himself. Because he also secretly cursed Lu Mingfei behind his back.

However, Zhao Menghua wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he always felt like someone was watching him.

But when he turned around, there was no one suspicious nearby. The Xu brothers had gone to the convenience store to buy popsicles; on the playground not far away, junior high students were practicing shot put and the 1000-meter run; he had been keeping an eye on Lu Mingfei's side the whole time, and they were playing badminton with great enthusiasm, with no one paying attention to his side.

It must be my own illusion.

Zhao Menghua withdrew his gaze from his surroundings and scratched his head. He guessed it was because the events of the day were so bizarre that he was constantly suspicious, wondering if someone had set him up, and thus feeling as if someone was watching him.

Who would be setting a trap for themselves? Reality isn't "The Truman Show."

……

The person who set up Zhao Menghua was playing badminton on the badminton court.

Actually, it couldn't be said that Lu Mingfei set a trap for Zhao Menghua; to be precise, it was Xia Mi who set a trap for Zhao Menghua. Lu Mingfei only knew that Xia Mi wanted to get rid of Zhao Menghua. He was completely unaware of Xia Mi's cunning plan.

With Deng Zhuoyi and the others joining, Lu Mingfei was naturally assigned to be a referee.

In fact, Lu Mingfei himself also wanted to be a referee.

After all, he had been continuously strengthening the bloodlines of Liu Miaomiao, Chen Wenwen, and the Little Fairy for some time now. However, apart from the Little Fairy's brief display of spiritual vision, the bloodlines of Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen had not yet awakened.

Even if Lu Mingfei held back, he was afraid of accidentally hurting Miaomiao and Wenwen. After all, with his current physical abilities, even a casual hit of a badminton shuttlecock would probably have the destructive power of a shot put thrown with full force by an adult male... Of course, it was also possible that he would simply smash the shuttlecock to pieces.

To Lu Mingfei's surprise, Erii seemed to be thoroughly enjoying playing badminton. The underworld princess's control over her power appeared to be extremely refined. It's said that Erii's bloodline is too high, making her a "demon," and she's prone to losing control if she's not careful.

However, Lu Mingfei felt that Erii's control over her own power was even more refined than that of Chu Zihang, who was a junior at the time, and Caesar, who was a senior.

He felt that Caesar certainly couldn't perfectly control his power to make each shot have the same force. Erii, on the other hand, could do it effortlessly without any pressure.

"Lost again."

On the badminton court, the girls exclaimed in amazement, while Yan Yan looked somewhat dejected.

Since Erii took the stage to defend her title, only a few minutes have passed and the girls have already lost a round to her.

This is why Lu Mingfei said that Caesar's control over power was not as good as Erii's. Every time Erii served, she would hit the ball with a force that all the girls could just not reach, but which would not hurt them because it was too strong.

Almost every girl was defeated by her serve, and Erii would smash the ball back with the same force.

Only Su Xiaoqiang, who had previously shown signs of awakening her bloodline, could barely catch Erii's ball and exchange a few rounds with her, but in the end, he would still be defeated.

Even the junior high school badminton students who were practicing on the sidelines were eager to try their luck and volunteered to play against Erii. However, they were defeated in less than three rounds in every single point, and their record was not as good as that of the little fairy.

"No, no, it seems like we can't beat Erii," Liu Miaomiao said.

Erii even brought a small notebook with her when she played badminton. She took it out and wrote down a famous line from "The Prince of Tennis": "It's not that you guys are too weak, it's that I'm too strong."

"Damn it, they're too arrogant!"

As Su Xiaoqiang spoke, she turned to look at Lu Mingfei, who was sitting to the side.

Lu Mingfei was also looking at the girl when Su Xiaoqiang turned around, and Lu Mingfei naturally met the gaze of the little fairy.

Before Lu Mingfei could react when the little fairy winked at him, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly sneaked behind Chen Wenwen, put her hands on Chen Wenwen's shoulders, and pushed her away.

"Go, go, Wenwen, go and call your husband over and let him punish Erii."

"what?"

Chen Wenwen, who was pushed out of the crowd, was still a little dazed. When she heard the girls behind her cheering, "Yes, Wenwen, quickly call your husband over," she belatedly realized what was happening, blushed, and slowly walked up to Lu Mingfei.

"Old... no, Mingfei, they want me to come and call you."

……

(End of this chapter)