Dragon Clan: I am Lu Mingfei, the Intelligence Strategist, the God of Concepts!

Chapter 11 [You can always trust your senior brother]

"Chu Zihang arrived so early? Is something the matter?"

The presentation is scheduled for 2 p.m., which is more than an hour away.

Lu Mingfei was a little surprised.

In my memory, Chu Zihang was a person who was almost rigidly disciplined, including having an exceptionally strong sense of time.

Never late, never leave early.

Back when Chu Zihang was still in school, a female fan spent a lot of money to find out his shower time from other members of the basketball team.

It is said that Chu Zihang even strictly controls his shower time, strictly adhering to three minutes regardless of the season: one minute of hot water, one minute of cold water, and one minute of warm water.

The first minute of hot water squeezes out the remaining sweat from the body, the second minute of cold water helps the muscles and skin tighten, and the third minute of warm water rinses off and leaves.

The news spread,
The girls all said he was so handsome, even when he was taking a shower, he had a kind of beauty that resembled that of a precision machine.

However, some people tried to imitate it and almost caught a cold, while the girls laughed and said it looked just like a robot.

I later learned that the core item build was actually based on appearance.

One of the troublemakers was Lu Mingze, not the little devil, but his chubby cousin from his uncle and aunt's house.

He always regarded Chu Zihang as his idol, and often told this senior's story to a female netizen named "Sunset Marks" online. He also said very inspiringly that one day he would proudly prove to the whole middle school that he was no less than Chu Zihang.

The girl in the room next to him, 'Sunset Marks,' said she was really good, but what she was really thinking was, "Lu Mingze, the only thing you're better at than Chu Zihang is cultivating pimples on your face..."

Lu Mingfei's thoughts drifted further and further away.

But he wasn't actually that envious of Chu Zihang.

Because the gap between the two people is so large that it is comparable to that between an Earthling and a Trisolaran, it's like the old man downstairs reading the newsstand doesn't need to compare his life with that of the US president, otherwise he's just complaining that life is too comfortable.
So he didn't join the other onlookers in the hallway.

She rested quietly on the table.

however,
The noise was getting closer.

It's like a parade float coming from afar, carrying cheering crowds, and finally stopping in front of your house.

Then, in an instant, silence fell.

This strange change in the environment made Lu Mingfei feel inexplicably uneasy.

He quietly raised his head and saw a clean-cut, tall young man standing at the door of his classroom.

He wore faded jeans, a dark green jacket, and a white top underneath. He was wearing huge sunglasses, and the half of his face that was exposed was expressionless.

“Chu…Chu Zihang?” Lu Mingfei recognized the face.

The guy at the door, dressed in a preppy style and who could only be considered a big boy at best, took off his sunglasses, waved them at him, and then put them back on.

“It’s me. Sorry to disturb your rest. I’m Lu Mingfei. Can we talk?” Chu Zihang said.

It was even quieter outside the door, and the people in the corridor seemed to freeze in place.

Chu Zihang...is he really here to see Lu Mingfei?

Lu Mingfei also stood up from his seat, as if he had been called on by the teacher during class.

Don't be fooled by Lu Mingfei's occasional wishful thinking that Chu Zihang isn't as glamorous as he seems, and that he might even be washing dishes in a restaurant in America. But when this legendary figure actually stands in front of you, no one can remain completely calm.

Especially since he actually came for me.

Why? We had absolutely no connection whatsoever...

Lu Mingfei subconsciously glanced behind Chu Zihang. At this moment, the people around him... had unreadable expressions on their faces.

Then my gaze settled on that face, which remained as unchanging as ice for eternity.

To be honest, Lu Mingfei found it very difficult to see even the slightest hint of 'apology' on Chu Zihang's face.
But given the circumstances, it seemed he had no choice but to accept.

He suddenly felt a little reluctant to refuse.

“Okay,” Lu Mingfei said.

……

Name: Chu Zihang

【Age: 19/14】

【Combat strength: 129】

【Favourability: 4】

Wealth Index: 7.5

[Bloodline: A+]

[Word of Power: Lord's Flame]

[Special Status: Nibelungen Mark, Gungnir's Lock, Bloodlust (Passive)]

[Tags: Ahhh, Senior Chu Zihang!! …! (omitting a hundred exclamation marks), someone else's child, Shilan honorary graduate, Hang baby, he's mine… Lionheart Society president, the golden eyes that never fade, 2008 student of the Alchemy and Mechanical Engineering Department of Kassel College, pre-A-level executive officer, cold-blooded killer, destructive maniac…]

[Comment: Although, you can always trust your senior brother.]

……

Campus coffee shop,
The two sat at an empty table in the corner, with no one else around.

"Is there something on my head?" Chu Zihang suddenly asked.

"No, haha... I just had a stiff neck."

Lu Mingfei gave an awkward laugh.

Damn it, why isn't any of the data normal...?

I pretended to pick up my cappuccino to take a sip, but my fingers started trembling involuntarily, and I almost spilled most of the brown coffee in the cup.

Oh no, oh no, the paper...

Chu Zihang silently handed over a stack of napkins.

"Th...thank you," Lu Mingfei quickly thanked him and accepted the gift.

"You're welcome."

Chu Zihang spoke calmly, his gaze fixed on Lu Mingfei, who was frantically trying to do something.

He pondered silently in his heart.

To be honest, he was quite surprised when he received the urgent task yesterday.

Especially when I saw that listless, dejected face on the information form.

He naturally knew Lu Mingfei, and had a very deep impression of him.

Five years ago, on a stormy night during a typhoon that has been almost forgotten by everyone, he and Lu Mingfei were both trapped in the teaching building. However, Lu Mingfei chose to rush into the rain alone, while he made a phone call to someone important and then lost him forever.

That day, Chu Zihang regretted not asking Lu Mingfei to wait—otherwise, he might have been able to give him a ride. But later, he felt fortunate that he hadn't asked Lu Mingfei.

Otherwise, this boy might also be forgotten by the world forever, just like that man.

And this time.

His mission was actually to confirm whether Lu Mingfei had awakened his bloodline...

Is that boy, who covered his head with his coat and darted into the rain like a stray dog, mixed race...? It's unbelievable.

However, Chu Zihang was expressionless, and no matter how surprised he was, his expression wouldn't reveal the slightest bit, especially since he was wearing sunglasses.

And this moment.

Lu Mingfei finally wiped up the spilled coffee and once again showed his signature awkward smile.

Damn, I've lost face.

It has been almost ten minutes since Chu Zihang took him to the campus coffee shop.

Aside from asking him what he wanted to drink when he was ordering, Chu Zihang didn't say another word, just silently watching him.
Lu Mingfei felt that Chu Zihang's gaze was like a cold scalpel, dissecting him layer by layer from the inside out through those sunglasses.

This made him feel a little flustered. "Senior Brother Chu, why are you always wearing sunglasses?" Lu Mingfei mustered up his courage and took the initiative to probe.

At this point, it seems the only thing to believe is that the control panel isn't playing a joke on him.

Although Chu Zihang is secretly a cold-blooded killer and a destructive maniac, can you trust him...?

"My eyesight is bad," Chu Zihang said succinctly.

Oh, the golden eyes that never go out, right? That sounds pretty cool.

"Hehe... Senior Brother Chu, your grades are so good, you must have been working too hard on your eyes while studying. You should take care of your eyes... Oh, right, I remember you went to university abroad, right? What was it called... Russell College?"

Lu Mingfei pretended to rack his brains for a long time, and then deliberately gave a wrong name.

“Kassel College,” Chu Zihang corrected.

“Oh! Kassel College, right, Kassel College!” Lu Mingfei exclaimed with a sudden realization. “It sounds like a very niche but prestigious school, hehe.”

"It's alright, it's a private school." Chu Zihang nodded.

"What's Senior Brother Chu's major again?" Lu Mingfei asked again.

"Mechanical Engineering Department." Chu Zihang gave a name without hesitation.

Wow, the Alchemy Mechanics Department, or Mechanics for short!

Is your private school a legitimate school? What exactly do they teach there?
Lu Mingfei was internally ranting and raving.

He suddenly remembered why the combination of 'Kassel College' and 'Magic Disciplines' seemed so familiar.

The repairman from yesterday also seemed to be... Kassel College, Magic Mechanical Design.

Moreover, he was a B-level executive officer.

Oh, so it turns out that person was after him too!
In fact, he should have thought of this earlier. If it were someone like Lu Mingze, a die-hard fan of Chu Zihang, seeing the words "Kassel College" would immediately remind him of Chu Zihang, rather than suspecting a certain special agent academy.

However, Lu Mingfei is not as nervous as he was at the beginning.

Chu Zihang was a man who answered every question, and every word he spoke was the truth.

His face was indeed cold, but those who knew him knew that his attitude was actually quite good.

Furthermore, Lu Mingfei genuinely did not perceive even the slightest bit of hostility from this young man.

"I really envy Senior Brother Chu. I also want to study abroad, but unfortunately my grades don't give me much of a chance."

Lu Mingfei sighed softly.
That statement did have a touch of sincerity to it.

In fact, he filled out a lot of application forms last year.

It was originally my aunt's idea that led to this. She forced Lu Mingfei to fill out the application forms and generously paid several tens of dollars in application fees for each school.

On the surface, it was to give an explanation for the money sent by Lu Mingfei's parents.

But there's another underlying reason. Although her son Lu Mingze's grades are better than Lu Mingfei's, he's unlikely to get into top universities like Tsinghua or Peking University. If he could study abroad, it would be a great source of pride.

However, going to university is a lifelong matter, and his aunt couldn't bear to see Lu Mingze take such a risk. So she decided to test the waters with Lu Mingfei. It wouldn't matter if he failed; at worst, he could take the college entrance exam a year later with his cousin.

Although Lu Mingfei's English level was among the top in all subjects, he also had a stroke of luck when he took the TOEFL with the English fanatic in his class and got a good score.

However, so far, all the replies I've received still begin with 'Thank you for your interest in our college, but unfortunately...blah blah blah'.

Lu Mingfei didn't dare to say at school that he, like Zhao Menghua, was also applying to schools abroad.

Otherwise, it will most likely be another joke.

But now that I think about it, going abroad was actually pretty good. In a foreign land, you don't know anyone, and it's a completely new life.

How great.

“You could consider Kassel College,” Chu Zihang suddenly said.

"Me, consider Kassel College? Are you sure it's not Kassel College considering me? And what school would even consider me? I'd probably have to donate a lab to any diploma mill." Lu Mingfei chuckled dryly.

"The application will be approved." Chu Zihang's tone became confident.

Lu Mingfei's heart sank.

"...Why?" he asked in a low voice.

"Because you have excellent qualifications."

"Me, excellent? Really? ...Are you trying to trick me into getting a student loan?" Lu Mingfei's voice dropped even lower, and he started spouting nonsense.

"Tuition is waived, and there's a high chance there will be additional scholarships," Chu Zihang said, shaking his head.

"Is it an unpopular major? Will it be easy to find a job after graduation?"

"Assignment guaranteed".

"It sounds like a pie."

“It’s not a pie in the sky.” Chu Zihang remained meticulous.

Lu Mingfei remained silent, only gripping the coffee spoon in his hand piece by piece.

The aroma of coffee and milk blending together fills the air.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, an indescribable discomfort.

He had a strange feeling that he had been living in a cage since he was a child... His uncle and aunt's house was certainly a cage, but there seemed to be an even bigger cage outside of it.

It encompasses his entire life over the past decade or so, and it also intends to encompass his future decades.

The repairman that day was one, and so is Chu Zihang today; countless others have been in the past as well.

Who are these people...?

How many years have you been watching me?

If I hadn't gained the ability to view your intelligence panel, how many more years would you have been watching me?

How exactly does it end?

And most importantly, am I really living my own life right now?
He vaguely heard something roaring and howling in his heart, and an inexplicable emotion flowed slowly through the crevices of his cerebral cortex like magma.

Suddenly, a faint, imperceptible, yet extremely eerie golden light flickered in those deep, dark pupils.

It was as if a sneering demon was about to crawl out of the bottomless abyss of hell.

Like the eccentricity and violence hidden beneath his cowardly exterior.

Like a king.

"call--"

An unprecedented sense of restlessness surged into his heart, as if he were exhaling a mouthful of lava.

But at some point, no one knew.
Chu Zihang had already taken off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of dark and pure eyes. Then he slowly reached into his eyes and pulled out a pair of thin lenses.

The golden eyes that never go out have finally revealed their true nature.

Those were a pair of dazzling golden eyes, cold, majestic, and exuding a cruel aura, as if they belonged to some cold-blooded animal at the top of the food chain.

Looking into those eyes that were clearly not human, Lu Mingfei felt the demon within him laugh even more wildly.
He stared coldly at Chu Zihang.

“You’ve awakened.” Chu Zihang finally spoke up.

"Yes," Lu Mingfei admitted without hesitation.

"That's what I'm here to investigate."

"what about now?"

“Those who awaken their bloodline must be placed under the supervision of the academy, or join the academy. Do you want to go to Kassel College?” Chu Zihang’s voice was calm, as if he were stating a fact.

For no apparent reason, Lu Mingfei felt a surge of rebellious emotion and gritted his teeth, saying, "What if I say I don't want to go?"

"Then I'll help you keep it a secret."

Lu Mingfei: "Huh... Huh?"

(End of this chapter)