Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 692 The Taste of Candy (5000 words)
But this candy is quite delicious.

The morning assembly after the second period had ended. In the classroom of Class 2, Grade 1, Xu Miaomiao and Xu Yanyan were chewing on Lu Mingfei's "wedding candy".

Xu Miaomiao thought to herself that Lu Mingfei was quite generous; the gift box he sent was even ordered from No Name Dessert Shop in the CBD. She saw the No Name Dessert Shop's logo on the bottom of the gift box. That dessert shop was famous, but its desserts weren't cheap.

He himself doesn't usually dine at that store.

But Lu Mingfei actually gave one to everyone in the whole school. How much money did that cost?
"Brother Lao, are you really not going to take your share?" Xu Miaomiao turned to ask Zhao Menghua.

Zhao Menghua waved his hand impatiently: "No, no, whoever wants it can take it."

Regardless of whether it was "wedding candy" from Lu Mingfei or not, even if it was from someone else, he wouldn't be in the mood to accept it.

When people are down on their luck, they are always unhappy to see others have good fortune, especially when the person who has good fortune is Lu Mingfei.
Ever since last week, when a photo of him and the class monitor was secretly taken and posted on the Shilan Middle School forum, a strange atmosphere has inexplicably spread throughout the grade. Wherever he goes, girls stare at him and giggle.

Zhao Menghua knew perfectly well what the girls were chuckling about… Because of those photos, his reputation in the grade seemed to have spread like wildfire. Even when he ran into Lin Huihui, she would greet him with a smiling, concerned question: “Are things going well between you and the class monitor?”

She even emphasized that she was the class monitor of Class 1, as if she wasn't from Class 1 but from Class 2.

This is utterly absurd! How could Zhao Menghua possibly be from Nantong?!

In order to salvage his reputation... especially his reputation in front of Lin Huihui and his right to choose a partner from the opposite sex for the next two years at Shilan Middle School, Zhao Menghua vowed to find the person who secretly took those photos and posted them on the forum.

To this end, he even went directly to the person in charge of the cybersecurity department of his own father's company, asking him to help him find out the other party's identity using hacking techniques.

A week has passed and there's still no news about this matter, but Lu Mingfei has another bombshell.

Not only is she transferring schools, but she's also taking Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen with her.

However, at least Lin Huihui's name wasn't on the list of accepted students, which relieved Zhao Menghua. For him, this was probably the only good news among all the bad news.

Zhao Menghua looked at the empty seat in the corner of the classroom. Lu Mingfei and the others hadn't returned to the classroom yet. After the morning assembly, they went straight to the admissions office to pick up their admission letters from Kassel College.

Zhao Menghua then recalled what Chu Zihang had said in front of the entire school during the morning assembly… He actually said that Lu Mingfei was his role model? What exactly makes this guy a role model?

That guy really stole the spotlight.

Xu Miaomiao and Xu Yanyan exchanged a glance, knowing that Zhao Menghua was in a bad mood. So, they wisely avoided provoking him and carefully opened the gift box that Zhao Menghua had placed on their table. The two brothers then divided the contents equally.

Compared to the collective lamentation of the boys at Shilan Middle School, the Xu brothers, Yan Yan and Miao Miao, seemed unaffected, eating and drinking as usual.

What impact could it have? Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen are beautiful, but that's for Lu Mingfei's benefit. Xu Miaomiao is self-aware. Although Liu Miaomiao and he share the same name, Miaomiao, the gap between them is greater than the gap between Lao Da and Lu Mingfei.

Instead of worrying about a girl who has nothing to do with you transferring schools, it's more worthwhile to eat a couple more candies.

That said, this candy is really quite delicious. I wonder if Lu Mingfei has any more... maybe I can ask him for a few more.

Just as Xu Miaomiao was thinking this to herself, the classroom door opened.

Lu Mingfei, Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen walked into the classroom together.

Deng Zhuoyi was eating wedding candy when she saw the group enter the classroom. She immediately stood up from her seat and waved to Liu Miaomiao.

"Miaomiao, you're back! Come quick, let me see what an acceptance letter from a top American university looks like," Deng Zhuoyi said eagerly.

Liu Miaomiao smiled and returned to her seat, placing the envelope and express package on the table: "Look how anxious you are, I haven't even had a chance to open them yet."

"Isn't that perfect? ​​Let's witness this historic moment together."

While shouting as she pushed the tables together, Deng Zhuoyi pulled Lu Mingfei, who was about to return to his seat, and said enthusiastically, "Wenwen is already sitting with Yan Yan, so class monitor, you can sit here. I'll go get a chair for Erii."

"Me?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback, thinking to himself, "You girls can just join in the fun, right? So I'm involved too?"
However, seeing the somewhat expectant look in Liu Miaomiao's eyes, Lu Mingfei had a change of heart and readily accepted Deng Zhuoyi's suggestion.

After all, this was a memorable moment for Miaomiao, Xiaotiannv, Wenwen, and herself. The only slight drawback was that her junior sister wasn't in the same class as her, so they couldn't open the admission notices together.

Several tables were pushed together. Lu Mingfei sat next to Chen Wenwen, opposite Liu Miaomiao and Xiaotiannv, while Erii sat on one side of the aisle. The girls who had come to join the fun gathered around, all curious about what the Kassel College acceptance letter looked like.

However, from an outsider's perspective, this combination seems somewhat odd. After all, Chen Wenwen is Lu Mingfei's current girlfriend, while Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang are both Lu Mingfei's exes. This kind of pairing usually only appears in dramatic situations.

The scene before them, however, not only lacked any sense of carnage, but even had a touch of... ambiguity and sweetness?

Even the Xu brothers couldn't help but wonder to themselves: Did Lu Mingfei, Liu Miaomiao, and Su Xiaoqiang really break up?

Liu Miaomiao turned the envelope over. The upper right corner of the envelope had an Illinois postmark, and the closure of the envelope was sealed with wax, with a stamp of the half-decayed World Tree on the wax.

The emblem of Kassel College.

"What a beautiful design!" Deng Zhuoyi exclaimed.

"Do you have scissors?" Liu Miaomiao asked.

"I have a paper cutter, Miaomiao, wait a moment, I'll go get it for you."

Deng Zhuoyi brought over a paper cutter, which Liu Miaomiao took. She carefully sliced ​​open the envelope along its edge. Inside the thin envelope were no forms or introductory materials, only a sheet of paper. The elegant paper also faintly reflected the half-decayed World Tree, and the letter was surprisingly written in Chinese.

Dear Ms. Liu Miaomiao:
Thank you for your interest in Kassel College. Congratulations, you have been accepted.

First, let me introduce myself. Kassel College is a private university located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is an affiliated school of the University of Chicago and has extensive academic exchanges.

We are honored to have received your application materials. After careful evaluation, we believe you meet the admission standards of Kassel College and hereby extend an invitation to you.

If you are also willing to accept our invitation, please contact me via email as soon as you receive this email to confirm. My email address is [email address missing][email protected] will arrange your admission.

If you have any questions, please contact me via email. I am Norma Lauens, the college secretary at Kassel College, and it is a pleasure to meet you. I will be happy to assist you.

Your sincerity

Norma

Lu Mingfei stroked his chin. It seemed that the admission letter from Kassel College hadn't changed at all over the years. The content had always been so simple and straightforward.

Xiao Tiannv, Chen Wenwen, and Lu Mingfei also opened their envelopes one after another. The contents were basically the same, with the only difference being the salutations.

"There's another package, hurry up and open it," Deng Zhuoyi reminded them.

Upon hearing this, Liu Miaomiao also picked up the package and cut it open with a utility knife. Sure enough, just as Lu Mingfei had expected, a mobile phone box poured out.

The Nokia N95 mobile phone, a new model from 2007, champagne color.

The packages that Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen received also contained the new 2007 Nokia N95 mobile phones, all in champagne color.

Only Lu Mingfei's package was different; it contained a pure black Nokia N95 mobile phone.

"Are the benefits at Kassel College really that good? They even give out high-end cell phones upon enrollment? I'm a little jealous!" Deng Zhuoyi said curiously. "But why is the class monitor's cell phone a different model from yours?"

Chen Wenwen replied, "Hmm...maybe because we're both girls? And Mingfei is a boy?"

"Is that so?" Deng Zhuoyi nodded and said with a smile, "But if someone who didn't know better saw it, they would think that you and the class monitor were using matching phones."

"..."

The four of them suddenly exchanged glances, feeling a bit guilty, and unanimously thought to themselves that they really were...

However, Erii remained detached from the situation. After all, she didn't have an acceptance letter from Kassel College; her path to admission was different from Lu Mingfei's. She entered directly through the Snake Clan and the principal's connections. Yan Yan looked at the group and asked, "So, after the final exams, are you all preparing to go to the capital?"

"Well, almost."

Su Xiaoqiang nodded, "I heard from the senior student who came to the school to conduct the interviews that the preparatory class will start in the summer. Plus, we'll need to rent a place there, so we'll probably have to go a while earlier."

"So you guys probably won't be back until winter break?" Yan Yan asked.

"Hmm... probably around that, but not necessarily. I might come back to visit during a long holiday like National Day," Su Xiaoqiang replied.

Yan Yan's heart skipped a beat. She still remembered the scene she witnessed at the party after the sports meet. Lu Mingfei, who had already broken up with Miaomiao and was with Qiangqiang, was embracing and kissing Miaomiao outside the private room.

She originally thought that the matter would be over after Lu Mingfei transferred schools... Without Lu Mingfei in the middle, Miaomiao and Qiangqiang could still be good friends, and she could pretend not to have discovered the beautiful mistake Miaomiao made and keep the secret in her heart.

I never expected that Miaomiao would also transfer schools with Lu Mingfei.

Qiangqiang and Wenwen are also included.

They were all Mingfei's ex-girlfriends and current girlfriends... She didn't even dare to imagine what would happen after they arrived in the capital!

Yan Yan's expression shifted between blushing and paling, suddenly becoming unpredictable. It was unclear what kind of dramatic scene she was conjuring up in her mind.

At this moment, Deng Zhuoyi suddenly opened her arms and pounced on Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen and Erii from behind at the same time.

"Waaaaah, Miaomiao, Qiangqiang, Wenwen, Erii, I'll miss you all..."

Liu Miaomiao laughed and said, "Alright, alright, it's not like we're not coming back after transferring schools. We'll come back to see you when we have time. Our home is still here! Besides, we haven't left yet. Final exams aren't until the beginning of next month, and we'll be staying at school for more than half a month. Or are you already thinking of kicking us out, Zhuo Yi?"

"How could I possibly want to kick you out! Forget it... On such a happy day, let's not talk about these sad and upsetting things."

Deng Zhuoyi sniffed and looked at Lu Mingfei: "After we go to the capital, class monitor, you must take good care of Miaomiao, Qiangqiang, Wenwen, and Erii. If you let them suffer any injustice, the whole school will never forgive you!"

...So don't speak for the whole school without permission!
While inwardly complaining, Lu Mingfei replied, "You don't need to tell me, Xiao Deng. I will definitely take good care of them."

"Also, you must pay attention to safety."

"I will be careful."

"Hmm... Good, we'll be careful. After all, we're all still students. And since you're a boy, it's your responsibility if any safety issues arise."

"...?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. Why did he suddenly feel that Deng Zhuoyi's words seemed to have a deeper meaning?
It must just be a misperception, right? After all, Deng Zhuoyi doesn't even know her relationship with them...

However, the sad topic of parting ended there. Deng Zhuoyi then pulled Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen aside to examine the new mobile phone.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself that Norma was quite savvy, as she would specially prepare champagne-colored Nokia N95s for Miao Miao and the others. Girls generally like this kind of sweet and elegant color scheme.

Turning his head, Lu Mingfei saw Su Xiaoqiang just opening the wedding candy gift box and taking out a pink candy from it.

Su Xiaoqiang blinked.

Lu Mingfei also blinked.

“…What, what are you doing?”

After the two stared at each other for a moment, Su Xiaoqiang couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a sweet voice.

Lu Mingfei stroked his chin: "I was wondering... Little Fairy, is that candy in your hand tasty?"

"?"

Su Xiaoqiang paused for a moment, then immediately understood the meaning behind her boyfriend's words, her long eyelashes fluttering in a flustered manner.

"What...aren't there still plenty of candy in the box? If you want to know if it's good, why don't you just take one and try it yourself?"

"But what I want to know is, little fairy, is that candy in your hand delicious?"

"..."

Su Xiaoqiang's eyes subconsciously swept around her. The people around her were crowded together, and there was no doubt that they were still the focus of attention in the classroom.

In this situation, openly feeding Lu Mingfei candy would definitely be seen by everyone!

"Wenwen..."

Su Xiaoqiang had no other choice but to turn to Chen Wenwen, blinking frantically to signal her to control her boyfriend.

Chen Wenwen had obviously overheard their conversation and said with a smile, "Mingfei wants to know how it tastes, Qiangqiang, why don't you let him try it?"

Su Xiaoqiang: "..."

Wenwen, listen to this! Is this how a legitimate girlfriend should talk?!

At this point, Liu Miaomiao joined the conversation: "Yeah, it's no big deal for good friends to feed each other a piece of candy."

"...You feed Miaomiao!"

"Sure. Come on, Mingfei—"

As Liu Miaomiao spoke, her slender fingers picked up a blue candy from the candy box. She stood up from her seat, stretched out her arm, and lightly touched Lu Mingfei's lips with her fingertips, putting the candy into Lu Mingfei's mouth. Then she tilted her head and winked at Lu Mingfei from top to bottom: "Is it sweet?"

"It's quite sweet; this one should be blueberry flavored," Lu Mingfei nodded, a candy still in his mouth.

Chen Wenwen, on the other hand, was even more uninhibited. As Lu Mingfei's official girlfriend, she sat sideways on his lap, picked up a white candy from the candy box, and fed it to him, asking, "What flavor is this?"

"Hmm...it should be lychee flavored?" Lu Mingfei said after tasting it for a while.

"Should we feed Erii one too?" Liu Miaomiao urged.

Erii nodded and, mimicking Liu Miaomiao's actions, picked up a dark red candy and fed it to Lu Mingfei's lips.

"Hmm, this one is grape flavored."

Su Xiaoqiang: "..." x2
Okay, okay, now that you know you're transferring schools soon, you're all dropping the pretense, aren't you?

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that everyone's eyes were on me, and there was no point in hiding it anymore.

Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip, took a gamble, stood up, and fed the pink candy in her hand to Lu Mingfei's mouth: "Here, eat it quickly, and give me a good evaluation of the taste of this candy after you finish eating it."

Lu Mingfei took the food, and whether intentionally or accidentally, his lips brushed against Su Xiaoqiang's fingers.

"What does it taste like?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, her face flushed and her tone slightly annoyed.

Lu Mingfei puffed out his cheeks and commented with a grin, "Hmm... strawberry flavor, as sweet as a person."

……

(The Shilan Middle School episode is complete.)
(End of this chapter)