Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 711 "A Family" All Together

The preparatory course was actually easier than Lu Mingfei had imagined.

Not only are there classes only from Monday to Friday, but there are no days with a full schedule. The most classes there are are three large classes on Wednesdays. On Tuesdays, there is only one large class in the morning.

For the remaining days, only two long classes were scheduled each day.

Furthermore, after looking at the course schedule, Lu Mingfei discovered that the preparatory class did not have many proper professional courses for them. Most of them were language courses such as "Old Norse" and "Latin", and even "Classical Chinese".

Specialized courses such as "Dragon Genealogy" and "Introduction to Magic Mechanics" are only offered as one large class per week, offering only a superficial understanding.

The reason for this arrangement is actually quite easy to understand.

After all, the original purpose of the academy's preparatory class was to select students with outstanding bloodlines in advance, allowing them to come into contact with and become familiar with dragon script. In existing ancient texts, the dragon script is often annotated using "Old Norse" or "Latin".

Although Lu Mingfei didn't know if mastering "Ancient Norse" would help improve the resonance between the hybrid and the dragon runes; because in his previous life he barely passed "Ancient Norse" with the help of a cheat sheet given to him by Zero, he would definitely have failed if he had taken the exam on his own.

However, Kassel College must have its own reasons for arranging the courses this way.

As for why they needed to study "Classical Chinese," Lu Mingfei guessed it was because China, as the legendary land of dragons, was where many dragon kings were said to have awakened, and many related historical records were written in Classical Chinese. That's why the academy arranged this course for them.

Su Xiaoqiang was clearly very satisfied with the course. Her mother was Portuguese, so Portuguese was already one of her native languages, and Portuguese itself is a branch of the Iberian Romance language family. Learning Latin was a piece of cake for her.

However, Lu Mingfei was not entirely satisfied with this.

Languages ​​were never his strong suit; he struggled with Old Norse in his previous life. Now he has to learn Latin as well.

...Okay, it seems he didn't do well in any of his major courses. His GPA was only boosted by his perfect scores in his internship courses.

Lu Mingfei didn't know if the preparatory class would have similar practical courses. If there were, it might help raise his GPA. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for others to see that his "S-level" grades were actually at the bottom of the preparatory class.

Sigh, it's not easy to be a good "S-class" (or "S-class").

Lu Mingfei sighed inwardly.

……

After finishing the "Introduction to Advanced Mathematics" class taught by Gao Mi, it was noon.

Today is Monday, and there are only two classes scheduled. Apart from the class meeting that was taken up by the first period, after math class, it will be time for Lu Mingfei and his classmates to go home.

The early dismissal was a bit of a shock for Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen. After all, until last month, they were still exhausted high school students. Although Shilan Middle School's curriculum wasn't very intensive, unlike other middle schools in the area that had evening self-study sessions, there were still at least eight classes a day.

Besides Su Xiaoqiang, Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen's parents also hired tutors for them on weekends, and the tutors usually taught them for a whole day. Unexpectedly, after transferring to the preparatory class, they only had to attend classes for half a day and then be dismissed.

The bell rang, and the people in the classroom gradually dispersed.

As Liu Miaomiao packed her textbooks into her bag, she suggested, "We don't have classes this afternoon, so how about we go for a walk somewhere?"

Su Xiaoqiang nodded: "Want to go for a walk? But we only have half a day, so we probably won't be able to visit many scenic spots."

"It's okay, we can just walk around here first and get familiar with the surroundings. After all, we'll be staying here for a while," Chen Wenwen said.

"Is Erii going home later?" Liu Miaomiao asked Erii.

Erii held up a small notebook in front of her: "I also want to go shopping with you guys."

"Do you live far away now?"

“It’s far. But Miss Sakura can drive, so it’s okay.”

None of the four girls asked Lu Mingfei's opinion, as if they had already tacitly agreed that Lu Mingfei would definitely go with them... although Lu Mingfei did indeed go with them. By now, Lu Mingfei had developed the good habit of carrying his girlfriends' bags when they went shopping.

In exchange, Lu Mingfei would enjoy being fed whatever delicious food the girls bought on the way, without having to lift a finger himself.

Surprisingly, it felt pretty good. Being fed by his beautiful girlfriends in turn, while being stared at by passersby in awe—it was like being treated like an emperor. Even Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who enjoyed Yang Guifei peeling lychees for him, couldn't have felt this good! And Emperor Xuanzong only had one beautiful concubine! He, on the other hand, had six!

"Where's Zero?"

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly turned her head, blinked, and asked Ling out of the blue, "Ling, do you want to go shopping with us? Or are you going straight home later?"

Lu Mingfei glanced at Ling, who was sitting next to him, out of the corner of his eye. The Ice Princess paused halfway through packing her bag, and a rare look of surprise appeared on her delicate, sculpted face. She clearly hadn't expected Su Xiaoqiang to ask her anything.

In her view, Su Xiaoqiang and the others' discussion about where to go after school was limited to a small circle of "girls who are close to Lu Mingfei," and she obviously did not belong to this small circle.

So she consciously refrained from joining their discussion, simply packing her bag, preparing to head straight home and report to Chip Girl on her surveillance of Lu Mingfei that day. If time allowed, she could even write a detailed report.

This was originally Mai's job, but after she and Mai switched positions, it became her job. She has always been meticulous and thorough in her work.

However, Su Xiaoqiang's sudden initiative to talk to her still disrupted her plans to some extent.

Seeing the gazes of Liu Miaomiao, Chen Wenwen and the others coming over one after another, Ling surprisingly felt a little flustered, and his eyes subconsciously looked at Lu Mingfei sitting next to him.

The next moment their eyes met, and she realized that Lu Mingfei was also looking at her. Her heart skipped a beat.

“Me?” Ling asked in a soft voice. “Yes,” Su Xiaoqiang said, “Do you have any other plans this afternoon? If not, why don’t you come and walk around the area with us? You must be quite bored living alone at home, and we’ll be classmates soon…”

It seems that Little Fairy's habit of acting on her own hasn't changed. She just made the decision for Zero without even giving him a chance to respond.

In short, the group's afternoon plans were decided. The group, with more women than men, left the classroom, met up at the classroom where Xia Mi had her previous class, and took the elevator out of the building together.

In the corridor, Nuonuo stood in the sunlight streaming through the window, looking at the group of people standing by the bus stop downstairs. Her gaze fell on the only boy in the crowd, and after pursing her lips, she turned and left.

……

"Eri, where do you live now?" Chen Wenwen asked Erii.

“I live in a villa with Sakura. I’m not familiar with the capital, so I don’t know the exact address. It’s quite far, though; it takes an hour to get to school,” Erii replied, writing in her notebook.

"That long? Isn't that farther than the distance from my home to Shilan Middle School? Even during rush hour, it only takes about forty minutes to get from my home to the school by bus," Su Xiaoqiang said in surprise.

“After all, it’s the capital city, and the urban area of ​​the capital is much larger than my hometown. Even Bai Juyi, when he came to the capital, said, ‘The capital is big, but it’s not easy to live here,’” Liu Miaomiao said.

"That's what they say, but it's still a bit too far." Su Xiaoqiang said, then suddenly took Erii's hand: "Why don't you just move back and live with us, Erii?"

“But we don’t have enough rooms left…” Chen Wenwen said.

"It's okay, I can share a room with Erii. I don't mind. Erii probably won't mind either, right?" Su Xiaoqiang said with a smile.

Erii was somewhat overwhelmed by the little fairy's enthusiasm, and could only shake her head blankly to indicate that she didn't mind.

“I could sleep in the same room as Wenwen... but that would still be one room short, right? Erii is living with her guardian now, isn’t she?”

Su Xiaoqiang's eyes darted around, and she looked at Ling beside her: "By the way, Ling, don't you live downstairs from us? Ling, the apartment you're renting now should have the same layout as ours, right? Let Mingfei live with Ling, then we'll have just enough rooms!"

...So, Little Fairy, please don't make decisions for others so easily! Even if I know you're joking, Zero will still feel awkward!
As Lu Mingfei was thinking this, he heard the cold-looking girl beside him nod and say, "Okay. I have two empty rooms in my house."

...So Zero, you shouldn't take Little Fairy's words seriously!

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "So it was me who got kicked out of the house?" Come to think of it, how did the topic shift from "Where does Erii live?" to "They want to kick me out of the house?"
However, Lu Mingfei still noticed what Ling had just said... She said that she had two empty rooms in her house.

He and Zero live on the same floor, one upstairs and the other downstairs. The layout of their houses is probably the same, both with four bedrooms and two living rooms. Apart from Zero having his own room, there are other people living with Zero now.

...Wine Virtue in Robes?
For some reason, Lu Mingfei naturally thought of that beautiful ninja girl.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei heard Chen Wenwen whisper, "Speaking of which, aren't all the people around us looking this way?"

Su Xiaoqiang answered quite consciously, "Maybe it's because we're too conspicuous."

It's true that they are too conspicuous.

It was summer vacation, and the streets along Gulou East Street were filled with tourists wearing sun hats. The road was so congested that it was almost impossible to move. Only old men's tricycles and antique-style rickshaws that preyed on tourists could barely make their way through the traffic, their large wheels rumbling and clattering on the uneven cobblestones.

Even among the crowds of tourists, this group of young men and women was exceptionally eye-catching.

It is said that the capital city has never lacked beauty, nor has it lacked eyes to appreciate it.

In this city, you can see the gentle charm of the Jiangnan water towns, the vibrant beauty of the northern landscape, the liveliness of the Land of Abundance, and even a dazzling array of exotic customs...

However, it's quite rare to see a combination of Jiangnan water towns, northern scenery, and exotic charm all together like today. Even rarer is the fact that there's a boy surrounded by this breathtaking landscape.

Even the old man who had been riding a tricycle in the area for decades had never seen such a scene. He marveled that each generation was better than the last, and he had never been so popular with rural girls when he was sent to the countryside.

The reason they suddenly came to visit Gulou East Street was because it was the closest attraction to their home and school that they had found in a travel guide they bought at a newsstand on the street.

After all, shopping can't just be about shopping, right? While the shopping malls in Beijing are certainly bustling, they get boring after a while. Even Ginza gets the same old thing after a while.

Since we're already in Beijing, we definitely have to visit some of the local cultural and historical sites.

Actually, as one of the popular tourist attractions, Gulou East Street was a place that Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao had visited together once before, back when they were on their junior high school graduation trip.

This wasn't Chen Wenwen and Su Xiaoqiang's first time in Beijing. When they visited the capital before, they naturally visited various popular attractions, including Gulou East Street.

Not to mention Xia Mi, the capital city can even be considered her hometown. Her household registration is in the capital city, and she even owns a house there... although it's just a server room.

Among them, the only ones who are truly visiting Gulou East Street for the first time are probably Zero and Erii.

Although many people are not visiting for the first time.

However, this is indeed the first time that the whole family has gone on a trip together like this.

The chirping of orioles and swallows on the stone-paved streets of Gulou East Street made even the scorching summer sun seem less intense.

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(End of this chapter)