Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 737 Questions and Answers

We met briefly and parted just as quickly.

Although he couldn't even see Nuwa's face through the gauze curtain, he at least managed to have a cup of tea with the Zhou family's leader. Even through the thin gauze curtain, Lu Mingfei could sense that Lu Mingze's words were true; this Nuwa... or rather, Little Milk, was probably indeed a stunningly beautiful woman.

However, what Lu Mingfei cared about even more was that this Miss Nuwa didn't have that strong "old-fashioned" air about her; she exuded a youthful charm in every smile and gesture.

He originally thought that Nuwa would be someone who would reminisce about the past while chatting with you.

After all, that's just how the principal is. Every time you chat with him, he'll inevitably drift into reminiscence halfway through the conversation, telling you about how he was studying at Cambridge University over a hundred years ago, holding a book of poetry and looking at the slender legs of those beautiful girls on the Cambridge Bridge; telling you about his experiences during World War I and World War II; and telling you about the little-known stories of the first Lionheart Society.

Sometimes Lu Mingfei would like to carry a small notebook with him. Whenever the principal started to reminisce about the past, he would pick up the notebook and write it down. After writing down a certain number of words, he would help the principal compile it into a book for publication, just like Confucius' disciples and their disciples recorded Confucius' words and deeds and then compiled them into the Analects.

When the principal passes away one day, this book that records his spirit will be passed down in Kassel College, and perhaps it will become the Analects of Confucius in the world of mixed races.

The rest of the trip was uneventful and nothing particularly noteworthy.

Lu Mingfei and his group followed Zhou Li on a tour of the Zhou family ancestral hall, where many members of the Zhou family were busy preparing for the upcoming Ghost Festival. Because they weren't members of the Zhou family, Lu Mingfei and his group tactfully refrained from going inside, only glancing at it briefly from the outside.

Besides that, there was the main house and the Zhou family's back garden. Just walking around like this, almost two hours had already passed; it seemed the Zhou family's estate was much larger than Lu Mingfei had imagined.

Back in their small courtyard, Su Li stopped at the entrance, crossed her arms in front of her, and gave a slight bow to everyone: "Thank you all for your hard work. Please rest in your rooms for a while. I will have someone bring you dinner."

Lu Mingfei was about to say that there was no need to be so polite when Zhou Li smiled and spoke first: "Don't mind it too much. Usually, when we eat, the kitchen prepares the food and then delivers it to each person's courtyard. After all, there are so many people in the Zhou family, unless it's a festival or something, everyone usually eats in their own courtyard."

Lu Mingfei nodded knowingly. It made sense. Although he didn't know the exact number of people in the Zhou family, he had taken a brief stroll around Zhou Garden today and roughly estimated that the family had at least a hundred rooms. A meal with over a hundred people was practically a small banquet.

He had watched the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber". In Jia Baoyu's family, servants would deliver the food to the rooms of the young masters and young ladies.

Zhou Li left. Su Enxi said, "I'm exhausted, I need to get some sleep before I eat," as she went back to her room.

However, looking at the open door on the other side of the room... Lu Mingfei hesitated to go in.

Ling stood by the bed, took off her slightly sweaty T-shirt, and put on a new white shirt as if no one else was there. She turned to look at Lu Mingfei at the door and said, "Why don't you come into the room? The air conditioner is on, and the cold air will escape if the door is left open."

"...That's why I'm afraid to go into the room!" Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Her curves... seem even fuller than her junior sister's? While not quite as voluptuous as Miao Miao and the other little fairies, she's still quite shapely. For Zero's loli figure, she's quite well-endowed. They say Russian girls develop early, and it seems that's true. Even though Zero is even shorter than her junior sister.

Lu Mingfei still remembered the night in the novel "How the Steel Was Tempered" that Pavel Korchagin and Tonya confirmed their feelings for each other. The two were lying in the same bed, Pavel embracing Tonya, and there was a line of narration in the novel that described it: "Her soft body was so submissive..."

No, no! What do you mean by "perfectly proportioned"? What do you mean by "soft and yielding"? What am I thinking?

Lu Mingfei shook his head abruptly, quickly shaking off the improper thoughts from his mind.

On the other hand, he was actually a little unsure about Zero's attitude towards him, and didn't know how Zero regarded him in his heart.
Best buddy? Or best friend?
still is……

But regardless of whether Zero sees him as a good buddy, a best friend, or something else, he and Zero are still of the opposite sexes—one is a boy and the other is a girl.

The idea that men and women should not touch each other is feudal dross and should be rejected. Normal receiving is acceptable, but it is inappropriate to change clothes in front of someone without regard for others.

Keep in mind this is only the first day... Nobody knows how long they'll be sharing a room with Zero.

If Zero were to act so oblivious to everyone else every day...

Hmm... Lu Mingfei didn't dare to think about it any further.

Lu Mingfei felt that for the sake of the purity of his friendship with Zero, he needed to lay down three rules with the Ice Princess.

The first rule is to avoid suspicion when changing clothes.

"Cough cough."

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, walked into the room, slammed the door shut behind him, cleared his throat, and was about to speak to Zero when—

—Looking up, she saw that Ling's hands were already gripping the sides of the skirt's waist, gently bending over and slowly pulling the skirt down.

"???"

Lu Mingfei was suddenly stunned. By the time he tried to stop it, it was too late. What he shouldn't have seen was already about to be revealed, so he could only turn around immediately.

Zero's voice suddenly came from behind: "Why are you turning your back to me?"

"..."

Lu Mingfei choked for a moment. What else could it be for?
"Because you're changing clothes!"

"Just because of that? I was wearing clothes underneath."

"...Isn't that underwear?"

"You've seen it before, haven't you?"

"Wait a minute! When did I see that?!"

"You've encountered this before."

"???"

Lu Mingfei's mind went blank. If anyone else had said that, he would have thought they were framing him, but Zero was clearly not a liar. But why couldn't he recall anything so steamy happening between him and Zero?

"At the time of 'Kuimen'."

Kuimen? Lu Mingfei remembered.

"...Weren't you wearing a swimsuit at the time?"

"Is there any difference?" Zero's question really stumped him... Swimsuits and underwear really don't seem to be any different; they're both tops and bottoms, with two meager pieces of fabric covering the most sensitive areas.

It turns out that Zero changed her clothes in front of him because he had seen her in a swimsuit before, and she felt that there was no difference between wearing a swimsuit and wearing underwear, so she was unconcerned.

Although Zero didn't mind, Lu Mingfei felt it was necessary to explain the matter to Zero, as he couldn't take advantage of the Ice Princess for no reason.

“Although underwear and swimsuits don’t seem to be that different… we should still try to avoid each other when we need to change clothes in the future,” Lu Mingfei said, still with his back to Zero.

"Why? Is it because my figure isn't good enough?"

"You have a great figure... No, no! It has nothing to do with whether you have a great figure or not! It's because we're of the opposite sex! Men and women are different!"

"When Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and Chen Wenwen are changing clothes, do you also avoid them?"

"No, that's not true... but my relationship with them is different."

"What's the difference?"

"They are my girlfriends."

The moment the words left his mouth, Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something subtle and amiss...

It wasn't because he revealed his harem to Zero. To be honest, he didn't intend to hide it from Zero anyway. Besides, Zero lived downstairs from him, and she watched him go to school with Miao Miao and Junior Sister Wenwen every day. It was impossible to keep this a secret from Zero.

The odd thing is... what if Zero asks himself after saying that, "Can't I just be your girlfriend too?" How should he answer?

Although Zero... shouldn't be that kind of girl?

Zero was indeed not that kind of girl. She simply said "Oh" softly, "Is that so? Then I'll be more careful in the future." Her voice, as always, was devoid of any warmth.

As she spoke, she picked up the clothes she had neatly arranged on the bed and walked past Lu Mingfei toward the door. Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, watching Ling's retreating figure as she pushed open the door, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Zero turned around, her beautiful blue eyes looking quietly at Lu Mingfei, and replied, "I'll put the clothes at Chip Girl's place. I'll go to her room to change clothes in the future."

The toilet and bathroom were separate in the courtyard, and there was indeed no other place to hide in the room. Lu Mingfei said "Oh," and watched Ling cross the courtyard and head towards the room where Su Enxi lived, directly opposite.

Su Enxi was kneeling in front of her suitcase, preparing to find a change of clothes and toiletries.

She got up early to take a plane, then a car, and after arriving at the Zhou family's house, she didn't rest for long before being shown around the house. The long journey had left her, a typical homebody who rarely goes out, exhausted. She planned to take a shower, then a short nap before having dinner.

Out of the corner of her eye, Su Enxi saw the door to the room being pushed open. She turned her head and saw Ling walk into the room, carrying a pile of clothes.

Su Enxi was taken aback: "Sanwu, what brings you here?"

Without answering, he placed the clothes on the sofa beside him and said, "I'll put the clothes here."

Why are you putting the clothes here?

“Lu Mingfei said I’m not his girlfriend and I can’t change clothes in front of him. So I’ve been changing clothes in your room during this time.”

Su Enxi was a little confused. Seeing that the room door was closed, she pulled Ling aside and asked her in detail what had happened.

After understanding what had happened, especially after hearing Ling recount her conversation with Lu Mingfei, Su Enxi immediately slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

"Wait! You mean when you asked Lu Mingfei, 'What's different about your relationship with him?' he answered, 'Because Liu Miaomiao and the others are his girlfriends'? And then you just hummed in agreement and came straight to my room with your clothes? Idiot! You should have asked Lu Mingfei then, 'Can't I become your girlfriend too?' What a great opportunity that would have been!"

Su Enxi sighed and looked at her best friend with a disappointed expression.

Zero tilted her head: "Should I answer like that?"

"Otherwise what?" Su Enxi bit her lip indignantly, feeling that the girl with no emotional intelligence in love was just like her name, which was zero, because she had been on too many missions outside and hadn't watched many Hong Kong and Taiwan idol dramas or Japanese and Korean soap operas.

With such a good opportunity to make a move, based on her daily eavesdropping on Lu Mingfei's room, she knew that he couldn't resist the selfless advances of this clueless girl. And tonight, the two of them could consummate their relationship.

If the cooked rice is left to simmer in the pot for another half month, by the time I return after completing my mission, I might become an aunt... not Lu Mingfei's sister-in-law's aunt, but Lu Siling's aunt's aunt.

Hmm... but it's very difficult for high-ranking hybrids to produce offspring. The offspring of S-rank and A-rank hybrids are also quite dangerous...

Su Enxi sighed, feeling that she needed to educate Sanwu on some basic knowledge of emotional intelligence in relationships.

However, looking at it from another perspective, the first day of their cohabitation had such a wonderful start, almost sparking a romance. They'll be living together for a long time to come, and there will likely be many more opportunities like this.

She looked at Ling seriously and said, "Little Three-No Girl, if this situation happens again and you talk to Lu Mingfei about girlfriends or couples, you must seize the opportunity and ask if you can be his girlfriend too. It's said that pursuing a woman is like climbing a mountain for a man, but pursuing a man is like piercing a thin veil for a woman. If you take the initiative, Lu Mingfei definitely won't be able to resist!"

Zero let out an "Oh," her voice cold and devoid of warmth. Su Enxi sighed again, unsure whether the emotionless girl had understood her meaning.

She is undoubtedly adept at performing other tasks, like a precise machine capable of perfectly executing all your arrangements.

When it comes to relationships, she's like a little girl who hasn't fully grown up yet. Honestly, it's such a waste of that exquisitely beautiful, ice-sculpted face.

It would be great if someone could provide a role model for a girl with no financial resources, no connections, and no emotional intelligence. While she may be completely clueless about relationships, she's quite good at learning by imitation. Having a role model is enough for her to follow.

Su Enxi suddenly regretted not asking the boss sooner to switch the tasks between Sanwu and Changtui.

In that case, when Lu Mingfei and Aki were passionately in love, she could have brought Sanwu to observe and learn from how Aki did it.

Why don't you go and set an example for those with no reputation or business license?
The thought only lingered in Su Enxi's mind for a moment before she was immediately startled by the idea that had suddenly popped into her head.

What was I thinking just now?!

Although she really wanted to help Sanwu and Lu Mingfei get together, it was only out of friendship. Going so far as to set an example for Sanwu herself was going a bit too far.

Besides... never mind, there's no point in saying "besides." This kind of thing is impossible anyway!
Su Enxi's heart suddenly felt a little chaotic. A sound rang in her ears... It was the messy noise she had heard from upstairs in her room during those days and nights!
Ugh! Why do I keep remembering those sounds?! It's so annoying!
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(End of this chapter)