Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 684 What holiday is it today?
After a weekend, time quietly transitioned from May to June.

Lu Mingfei got out of the taxi and waited in line at the breakfast shop at the school gate to buy breakfast while waiting for Xiaotiannv Xia Mi Erii and the others who were coming in another taxi.

Aki and Professor Guderian had already left, so Lu Mingfei inevitably felt a little empty inside. As a result, Su Xiaoqiang and the others were able to get a rare night's rest last night.

Since no other girls were staying at the house, Lu Mingfei and Xiao Tiannv should have been able to fit in the same car.

However, Lu Mingfei is now Chen Wenwen's boyfriend at school, and sitting on the same train as his ex-girlfriend is bound to cause some big news. With the semester almost over, Lu Mingfei doesn't want to cause any more trouble. Being in the center of public attention is exhausting.

"Soy milk, fried dough sticks, and tea eggs?" The breakfast shop owner asked immediately upon seeing Lu Mingfei's face.

Lu Mingfei nodded: "Yes."

How many portions?

Four portions.

Lu Mingfei took out his wallet from his pocket to pay, and the shop owner packed his breakfast for him. The two of them moved with practiced ease, like actors performing on stage. After all, on mornings when Xia Mi didn't make breakfast, he would almost always buy breakfast from this shop, and he had become quite familiar with the owner by now.

Besides his girlfriends, the breakfast shop owner is another person who regularly appears in Lu Mingfei's life. Even school teachers sometimes need to take leave.

As long as it doesn't involve romantic relationships, Lu Mingfei is usually quite devoted. If he happens to eat at a breakfast shop one day and finds the food delicious, he'll eat there every day, rain or shine, as long as the shop doesn't go out of business. Most guys possess this virtue of devotion.

While they were buying breakfast, the girls arrived. The taxi stopped at the intersection next to them, and Lu Mingfei, carrying a bag of fried dough sticks, watched as Xia Mi jumped out of the taxi first.

"Here's your breakfast." Lu Mingfei handed the other three breakfasts he had bought to Xia Mi.

"I like my senior brother the most."

Xia Mi smiled and handed a bag that looked like it would be used to hold Halloween candy to Lu Mingfei: "Oh right, senior brother, take this. You left in such a hurry this morning that I forgot to give it to you."

Lu Mingfei took the bag: "What's this?"

Xia Mi replied naturally, "You'll know when you open it, Senior Brother."

Lu Mingfei opened the pocket with curiosity, but hesitated for a moment after seeing what was inside. His mind raced, trying to figure out what day it was.

It wasn't Valentine's Day, nor was it Qixi Festival, and it was far from Xia Mi's birthday, let alone their anniversary. It wasn't anything special; just an ordinary morning in June 2007.

But why... would my junior sister give me chocolates? And so many? A whole big bag full of them.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei recognized that the chocolates in her pocket seemed to be the handmade chocolates she had made a few days ago… although Xia Mi's job was simply unpacking and repackaging bulk chocolates bought from the supermarket. Given his junior sister's lazy nature, she shouldn't have given him "handmade chocolates" unless it was an important occasion. Could it be that he had really forgotten something?
Lu Mingfei turned his head and whispered to Su Xiaoqiang beside him, "Is today some kind of holiday that I don't know about?"

The young star is always at the forefront of fashion. If today were some important holiday, Lu Mingfei felt she would definitely know.

Su Xiaoqiang was also taken aback. What holiday?
"Is World Bicycle Day a holiday?" Su Xiaoqiang asked hesitantly. She remembered that today or yesterday should have been World Bicycle Day. She only knew about this obscure holiday because of her uncle who loved riding bicycles.

Lu Mingfei didn't know if World Bicycle Day counted as a holiday, but his junior sister certainly wouldn't give him chocolates just because it was World Bicycle Day.

At this moment, Xia Mi also spoke up: "Senior brother, don't worry about eating. Today is not a holiday."

"Then why did you suddenly give it to me..."

"I've been practicing making desserts lately, and I accidentally made too much chocolate. I can't give it to anyone else, so I can only ask you, my senior, to take care of it," Xia Mi explained.

Lu Mingfei was stunned when he heard this. He thought to himself, "Junior sister, so you call taking apart ready-made chocolates and repackaging them chocolates... And how long will it take him to eat so many chocolates?"

Practicing making desserts was, of course, just a random excuse Xia Mi made up. The things she originally intended to give to her fans were in Lu Mingfei's pocket, but as she was wrapping them, her laziness kicked in, and she realized something…

Since the chocolates she's giving away aren't actually handmade, why doesn't she just buy ready-made chocolates from a dessert shop? Unpacking and repacking each chocolate individually is such a hassle!

Once Xia Mi understood this, she got the idea and ordered a batch of handmade chocolates from "No Name," the dessert shop she and Lu Mingfei frequented. Because her fans had done a great job spreading gossip about Zhao Menghua, she was in a good mood and specifically chose the best ingredients, spending a considerable amount of her savings. This was probably a form of compensation.

But the chocolates that had already been wrapped couldn't be wasted, so after thinking it over, I decided to hand them over to my senior.

So, Lu Mingfei inexplicably entered the classroom carrying a large bag of chocolates.

Lin Huihui came to visit the classroom again, still in her semi-school beauty form. Seeing Lu Mingfei walk in carrying a bag of candy, she assumed he was finally remembering to hand out wedding candy after dating his third girlfriend.

As soon as she heard Lu Mingfei say that he ate it himself, a slightly disappointed expression immediately appeared on her face.

"Class monitor, you have no self-awareness at all. You've already won over the prettiest girls in the school, Miaomiao, Qiangqiang, and Wenwen, and we haven't even seen a glimpse of their wedding candy. This semester is almost over, class monitor, you're really not planning on giving out wedding candy, are you?" Lin Huihui pouted her cute little lips and said.

"Did our school have this custom before?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Not really."

Lin Huihui said with a smile, "But we can start with you, class monitor! You're the number one man on the 'Deserving of Punishment' list! Shilan High School even created a special Hall of Fame for you! You were also the first high school student to be directly admitted to a prestigious foreign university! You can bring more new customs to this school. The custom of giving wedding candy to classmates after dating can start with you, class monitor!"

"Giving out wedding candy isn't a problem..." Lu Mingfei said quietly, "But Lin Huihui, it seems you've forgotten something?"

Lin Huihui blinked: "What is it?" "You don't seem to be a student in our class? I don't think we need to give you wedding candy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Huihui was suddenly stunned, as if she had truly forgotten that she was not actually a student in Class 2, but rather a student in Class 1.

However, she quickly replied, "Don't be so formal... Besides, Class 1 and Class 2 are actually joint classes! Last year, our two classes even collaborated on the school festival! I'm sure you, class monitor, will give out plenty of wedding candy to our class."

To be honest, Lu Mingfei sometimes marveled at Lin Huihui's natural extroversion. Any class with a girl like that would probably be full of energy. It was just strange that he didn't know about this girl in the next class in his past life. Was it because he wasn't the class monitor in his previous life, so Lin Huihui rarely visited the second class?
It's just wedding candy...

Lu Mingfei thought about it and felt that it was indeed a pretty good suggestion.

It wasn't that he really wanted to introduce a new custom to Shilan Middle School where couples had to give out wedding candy; it was just that he remembered that after he started dating Miaomiao, Xiaotiannv, and Wenwen, it seemed that they were just dating and there hadn't been any other expressions of affection.

Girls seem to really enjoy showing their happiness to those around them. Like how they like to post pictures of their relationships on social media, or how they love beautiful, grand, and elaborate weddings. It's not really about liking the wedding ceremony itself; they just want to use it to share their happiness and joy with those around them.

After this semester ends, he and Wenwen will be transferring to the preparatory class. Leaving something behind at Shilan High School before transferring seems like a good idea, doesn't it?
"By the way, class monitor, you should still be taking the final exams, right?" Lin Huihui brought up another topic.

"...Should?" Lu Mingfei replied uncertainly, "What's wrong?"

"I heard that the final exams will assign seats based on student ID numbers, so..." Lin Huihui drawled out her words, giving Lu Mingfei a knowing look.

Her and Lu Mingfei's entrance exam scores were very close, so when assigning student numbers, one was listed before the other.

Lu Mingfei chimed in: "Let me copy it?"

Lin Huihui waved her hand in front of her: "Hey, how can you call it copying when it comes to things for scholars? I just wanted to ask you, class monitor, to help me with any questions I don't know how to answer."

So isn't it still just copying?
However, remembering the good suggestion Lin Huihui had just given him, Lu Mingfei agreed in a good mood: "It's not impossible."

Lin Huihui's face immediately lit up with a smile, revealing a knowing look. However, she didn't smile for long before her face fell sadly: "But class monitor, you're transferring schools next semester, so there won't be anyone for me to copy from in the exams next semester."

...So you'd better study hard!

……

Of course, Lu Mingfei's suggestion that Lin Huihui should study hard was just empty talk.

After all, he hadn't touched a textbook in a long time, spending his days busy dating and indulging in romance. Fortunately, the subjects in the first year of high school weren't too difficult, and relying on the knowledge he had accumulated in the world of Japanese light novels, Lu Mingfei was still able to barely maintain a ranking in the top 100 at Shilan High School.

Anyway, exam scores are no longer important to him. His only purpose is to appease his uncle and aunt so that they will continue to agree to him living alone (or cohabiting) outside.

The girls' grades were not affected much. Xiaotiannv was still in the top three of the grade in the last monthly exam, and Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen were also able to maintain their positions in the top fifty of the grade.

Lu Mingfei was also quite curious about why their grades were so good. Everyone said that early relationships would affect grades, but he wasn't the only one dating; weren't Miaomiao, Wenwen, and the little angels dating too?
Especially the little fairies, I don't see them studying very hard at home. They spend most of their nights every month catching up on magic. How can they still consistently be in the top three of their grade?

Is she really a genius?
During lunch break, when everyone was in the literary society activity room, Lu Mingfei asked Xiaotiannv his question.

"I don't know either."

Su Xiaoqiang replied, "I'm actually quite surprised. I've been sleeping much less these past two months than before. Before, I would sleep eight or nine hours a day and still feel like I wasn't getting enough, but recently I've only been sleeping five or six hours a day on average, yet I feel much more energetic than before. My memory seems to have improved as well. I can memorize classical Chinese texts that the teacher has explained once in get out of class."

"Hey, Qiangqiang, do you feel the same way?" Chen Wenwen, who was next to me, turned her head and asked, "I've been feeling the same way lately. When I'm memorizing words, I don't need to do much memorization. I just glance at the word list a few times and I feel like I can remember them."

Liu Miaomiao chimed in, "Me too. Before, it might take me at least a week to get familiar with a new piano score. Now, I only need to practice for two or three days to play it fluently."

One person having this feeling might be an illusion, two people having this feeling might be a coincidence, but if three people all have this feeling...

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, thinking of the "favorability system" he had neglected for so long. He had been keeping an eye on it every day because he wanted to help Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen strengthen their bloodlines to meet the admission requirements of Kassel College.

However, after the academy began directly recruiting them, the progress of bloodline enhancement was no longer in a hurry. Therefore, Lu Mingfei gradually forgot about this favorability system.

Silently chanting "tab" in my mind, the affection system panel reappeared before my eyes after a long absence.

After not opening it for so long, the information on the panel has changed somewhat.

For example, Aki, whose character was previously ranked relatively low, has suddenly risen to sixth place. The only ones ahead of her are Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang, who were Lu Mingfei's girlfriends who confirmed their relationship before her.

Aki's affection level towards him also increased to 95 points. This is the highest affection level that can be raised before sex. Erii's affection level is also this number.

Liu Miaomiao and the others' favorability towards him also changed, with all three girls now having a favorability rating of 98. This is an increase of 2 points compared to before. Although it's only 2 points, the maximum favorability rating is 100, so 98 is practically off the charts. This is likely due to Lu Mingfei's recent diligent mana replenishment.

Of course, the biggest change is in lineage.

Lu Mingfei looked at Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen's current bloodlines. As he had guessed, both Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen's bloodlines had been upgraded to level C or above. Liu Miaomiao's bloodline progress bar was currently at 5% of level C, while Chen Wenwen's progress was slightly faster, reaching 12% of level C, because she had sex with Lu Mingfei earlier.

Sure enough, Miaomiao and Wenwen felt their memories had improved because of the enhanced bloodline. It seems the little devil wasn't lying to him after all.

At this rate, he probably won't even need to wait until senior year of high school. Maybe by the end of this year, he can upgrade Miaomiao and the others' bloodlines to B-grade... and there might even be hope for further improvement before they enter Kassel College?
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(End of this chapter)