Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 728 A Note That Seems Like a Lifetime Ago

The two best friends were of one mind. They thought of how Lu Mingfei had mentioned that elementary school senior sister vaguely last time, and Liu Miaomiao especially remembered how Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo had pretended not to know each other when she introduced them.

Liu Miaomiao's "cat radar" suddenly went off, and she felt that Nuonuo and Lu Mingfei probably really had some past relationship.

However, besides that, there's another point that Liu Miaomiao is also a little concerned about...

At this moment, Erii entered the classroom through the front door. Liu Miaomiao whispered to Su Xiaoqiang, "Qiangqiang, don't you think that Senior Sister Nuonuo and Erii actually look a bit alike?"

Su Xiaoqiang nodded in agreement: "Right... I thought I was the only one who thought that way?"

"At first glance, it's not so bad. Nono and Erii have completely different temperaments and clothing styles. Nono's style is more mature and sophisticated, while Erii's style is more like a Japanese girl next door. But if you look closely, their facial features are actually quite similar."

"Yeah, and they all have red hair..."

If Erii weren't Japanese and Nono weren't Chinese, Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang would actually think that the two might be related in some way... no, they still think so now. Perhaps they're related by marriage, maybe even by their maternal grandmothers? It's hard to say.

However, it's not polite to talk about someone's family behind their back. Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang were both very polite, and they only touched on the topic of Nuonuo and Erii's conversation.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei finished distributing the test papers and returned to his seat. Just as the class bell rang, Aki walked into the classroom. Nono nodded to Aki and then left the classroom.

Aki stood on the podium, glanced at her Longines watch, and said, "You should all have received your quiz papers by now, right? There are ten definition questions in total. They're very simple; they're all from the knowledge points we covered in the last class. You have twenty minutes. We'll collect the papers promptly after twenty minutes."

"I can't even understand it, what's so difficult about it..." Lu Mingfei heard the girl in the next seat complaining softly.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing this.

The reason why "Magic Mechanics" has been ranked number one in "This major course is really annoying" at Kassel College for ten consecutive years is not only because Professor Mans, who taught the course—after Lu Mingfei enrolled, Professor Manstein became the main professor—was too strict, but more importantly, it is because the course is simply too difficult.

Alchemy is inherently complex and abstract, with a plethora of technical terms and incomprehensible symbols, making it akin to an organic chemistry plus version. It also involves complex mathematical calculations, requiring precise mathematical descriptions of the geometric structures of many alchemical elements and mathematical models for quantitative descriptions of reaction rates. Furthermore, it incorporates a great deal of engineering knowledge.

Even he, who had studied "Magic Mechanics" before, found it difficult to take the course again, let alone these preparatory students who were only encountering "Magic Mechanics" for the first time.

However, Lu Mingfei still remembered the definitions of these professional terms... After all, it was his girlfriend's class, so of course he had to listen carefully.

Just as he picked up his pen to write the definition of the first noun, a crumpled piece of paper was suddenly thrown at him from the side.

Lu Mingfei looked at the crumpled paper on the table, then glanced at the zero on the seat next to him, who was writing the test paper expressionlessly.

The girl's light golden hair slid down from one side of her forehead and was tucked behind her ear by her slender fingers holding a Pilot pen. The pen tip made a soft scratching sound as it wrote on the paper, revealing only her perfectly curved profile.

Lu Mingfei had a sudden thought and felt as if he had been transported to another world. He reached out, picked up the crumpled paper, and unfolded it in his palm.

Zero blinked, silently lowering her gaze, her eyelashes thick and long.

The crumpled paper slowly unfolded into a strip in his palm, just as Lu Mingfei had thought... The strip contained the answers to the first five questions on the test paper's definition section.

Lu Mingfei glanced at Ling's test paper; Ling was only working on the second question. She had actually written the answer on a slip of paper first, tossed it to Lu Mingfei, and then started working on her own test paper.

Actually, these definition questions weren't too difficult for Lu Mingfei. He listened attentively to Aki's lecture and then borrowed Zero's notes to copy them down, so he remembered most of the definitions...

However, Lu Mingfei still unfolded the note in front of him and wrote down the neat handwriting on his test paper, word by word.

Just like many years ago, when I was scratching my head in front of a blank exam paper, that slender and petite figure walked to the podium with the exam paper, and threw a crumpled piece of paper as she passed by my seat, copying it earnestly and happily.

Just then, a shadow suddenly fell on Lu Mingfei's exam paper. Lu Mingfei looked up and met Aki's gaze.

Aki stood to the side and slightly in front of Lu Mingfei, one hand on her hip, her gaze lowered and her expression complicated.

Lu Mingfei: "..."

Aki: "..."

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that he was a bit unlucky. He knew how to answer all the questions, but he thought that "Zero had seriously written down the answers for him, and he might be happier if he copied the answers from the slip of paper."

As a result, he was caught by Aki after copying just one question.

Lu Mingfei blinked, wanting to explain that he actually knew how to answer these questions... but Aki didn't say anything more and just walked past Lu Mingfei's seat.

As Lu Mingfei watched Aki leave to inspect the other students, he knew that Aki had let him off the hook... It was definitely an advantage that his girlfriend was the teacher; even if he was caught cheating, his girlfriend could protect him.

It means that my image as a good student in Aki's eyes might be gone...

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but sigh. This was probably what they called an equivalent exchange.

Increasing your own favorability towards someone else will also decrease other girls' favorability in other areas.

……

Of course, saying that he was deducting Aki's favorability was just a joke. After all, Lu Mingfei had also seen the favorability system that Lu Mingze had given him, and Aki's favorability was basically maxed out by him. If he wanted to increase it further, he could only rely on deeper communication.

As for when to have in-depth exchanges... Lu Mingfei believes that such things cannot be rushed; things should be done naturally.

After class, Lu Mingfei helped Aki carry the stack of test papers to the office.

The office wasn't large, about half the size of a classroom. However, since there was only one class in the entire second year of the preparatory program, and not many teachers—only five student teachers in total, including Aya, Wan Boqian, and Gao Mi—the office still felt quite empty.

Aki's desk was at the very back of the office. It was right after class, and there weren't many people in the office yet. As soon as Lu Mingfei placed the test papers on Aki's desk, Aki was already sitting upright in her office chair, adjusting her non-prescription glasses, and pointing to the stool next to her.

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, realizing that Aki was telling him to sit down on the stool.

"Lu Mingfei wasn't taking the exam very seriously," Aki said quietly as soon as Lu Mingfei sat down.

Lu Mingfei understood perfectly well that this was Aki talking about how she caught him cheating on the exam.

"If I said I could answer all those questions, would you believe me, Aki?"

"letter."

"Huh? You actually believe that?"

“Of course I believe you. Because I was watching you the whole time during class, and I know you were paying attention and taking notes where you were supposed to. And I believe everything you say.” Aki said earnestly, “Therefore, I thought those questions shouldn’t have been difficult for you, Akira. That’s why I was surprised when I saw you copying Zero’s answers…”

These intimate, almost ambiguous words, which sound like an innocent and adorable girlfriend unconditionally trusting her boyfriend, would probably cause quite a stir if others heard them.

Fortunately, there are only Lu Mingfei and Yaji in the office right now. They just finished class, and the other student teachers probably haven't returned to the office yet.

"It's just that you're putting me in a bit of a dilemma, Mingfei."

Aki sighed softly: "Logically speaking, being caught cheating should give you a zero. But I also know you actually know how to answer those questions, plus..."

Plus... he was her boyfriend.

If it were Little Fairy or even Liu Miaomiao, faced with such a choice, they would probably all wave their hands and choose to protect him. If Lu Mingfei had submitted a blank paper, Little Fairy would probably have even gone out of her way to fill in the answers for him.

But perhaps it's because Aki has a rather serious personality.

After all, she was the kind of girl who was serious and hardworking, with a personality so perfect that she was just like the kind of hardworking childhood friend character that often appears in anime.

Since she applied to be a student teacher in the preparatory class, she must be very serious about being a responsible and good teacher.

That's why we often find ourselves in a difficult situation when it seems like a minor issue.

Lu Mingfei scratched the back of his head, wondering if he had unintentionally made things difficult for Aki...

Aki suddenly pushed the stack of test papers in front of Lu Mingfei and said in a serious tone, "So I thought about it and decided to have you help me correct the test papers as punishment."

"..."

Okay, he took back what he just said. Aki didn't seem to be taking it that seriously either.

He had reason to suspect that Aki simply didn't want to grade the exam herself, so she went around in circles asking him to grade it for her... or perhaps she wanted to create an opportunity to be alone with him?
Just as Lu Mingfei was grading the test papers, Gao Mi, Wan Boqian, and the others returned to the office one after another.

Seeing Lu Mingfei sitting next to Aki, everyone was curious about what Lu Mingfei was doing.

Aki blinked and smiled as she replied, "Junior Brother Lu wanted to solidify his basic knowledge, so he offered to help me correct the quizzes to reinforce his understanding of the concepts."

Gao Mi was deeply impressed upon hearing this: "I didn't expect that Junior Brother Lu is not only so talented, but also so hardworking."

Wan Boqian chimed in from the side, "After all, Junior Brother Lu is an S-level student. Do you think he's the same as your 'half-step A-level'?"

In the world of mixed-race individuals, the phenomenon of bloodline supremacy is severe, and comparison of bloodlines is extremely common. Grade A individuals look down on Grade B individuals, and Grade B individuals look down on Grade C individuals. Even among bloodlines of the same grade, there are differences in bloodline ratios.

Therefore, a hierarchy of contempt gradually evolved among bloodlines of the same rank in the Kassel College Night Watchers forum. Some students with B+ bloodlines looked down on ordinary B-rank students, and thus claimed to be "half-step A-rank," just a little bit higher and they would be on the verge of A-rank.

Of course, this view was not widely accepted after it was proposed.

After all, people with A-grade bloodlines never consider B+ grade to be A grade, and ordinary people with B-grade bloodlines will only think you are pretending to be an elephant. So, "half-step A grade" eventually became a sarcastic joke.

Gao Mi wasn't the kind of student who was solely driven by bloodline. After all, he had indeed seen many senior students who, despite not having high bloodlines, had risen to high positions in the executive department after graduation through hard work. However, he did sometimes mention his "B+" bloodline.

He scratched his head, not at all angry about Wan Boqian's joke.

She secretly made up her mind... she had to recruit such a hardworking and talented junior brother Lu into the student council.

Lu Mingfei couldn't hear Gao Mi's inner thoughts, but when he heard Aki say that she had volunteered to help her grade the papers, he couldn't help but think to himself, "I was clearly tricked into coming here by Aki..."

Oh well. After all, she's my girlfriend, so I can only spoil her.

Moreover, grading exam papers isn't actually that tiring, because there are basically only three types of exam papers: those that are right at a glance, those that are wrong at a glance, and those that are blank at a glance. You can tell how many points to give just by looking at them.

With Aki by his side, it wasn't too boring.

Just smelling the faint scent of shower gel wafting from Aki made Lu Mingfei feel itchy and he couldn't help but become a little distracted, even losing focus on grading the test papers.

Just then, Aki, who was preparing lessons on her computer, pushed up her glasses and suddenly changed her sitting posture. Her legs, clad in black stockings, were gently crossed, her black high heels swaying back and forth, revealing the beautiful, long curves of her calves.

"..."

Which dragon slayer can withstand such a test?

Aki was staring intently at the computer screen, unaware that Lu Mingfei's spirits were gradually rising.

Lu Mingfei looked at Aki's serious profile, then turned his head to look at Wan Boqian, who was also looking at her computer at the desk opposite Aki, and hadn't noticed him.

So, Lu Mingfei's left hand, which was supporting the exam paper, silently withdrew and tucked below the table.

The next moment, Wan Boqian heard Aki on the other side suddenly let out a strange muffled groan.

"Eee~!"

Wan Boqian looked away from the computer screen and at Aki sitting opposite her. For some reason, Aki's face was a little red.

"Senior Sister Aki, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Aki shook her head abruptly and replied with a smile, "An ad suddenly popped up on my computer just now..."

"Ads?" Wan Boqian said, "Oh, you mean those 18+ ads? I also get those pop-up ads all the time when I browse the web, they're so annoying, like a stubborn skin disease..."

"Yes, that's right..."

While agreeing with Wan Boqian, Aki bit her lip and blinked frantically at Lu Mingfei, signaling him to stop immediately...

Lu Mingfei pretended not to understand Aki's hints, and continued to draw circles lightly on Aki's thigh, which was covered in black stockings, with his fingers.

……

(End of this chapter)