Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

For a joyous and lively occasion like a school anniversary celebration, wouldn't "The Maiden's Prayer" be a perfect fit? Replacing it with "Exodus" would be so depressing...

The reason Liu Miaomiao chose "A Girl's Prayer" as her performance piece was not, as her mother thought, an attempt to openly express her love. She simply felt the piece suited the school atmosphere.

She had already decided on the pieces she would play at this year's gala during last year's event.

Let's practice it one more time.

Liu Miaomiao sighed and turned the sheet music on the piano stand back to the first page. The sheet music for "A Girl's Prayer," which she had filled with notes on, had already been put away in a drawer.

The grand and majestic prelude had just flowed from Liu Miaomiao's fingertips when two beams of white light from xenon lamps suddenly shone in from outside the window. Immediately afterward, the familiar sound of a horn rang out, and the villa's iron gate rattled open. Liu Miaomiao knew her mother had returned.

Pretend you didn't hear that.

Liu Miaomiao gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and continued playing the piano. Before she could finish a piece, the housekeeper knocked on the door.

"Miss, Madam and Master want you to come over."

What is coming will always come.

"Ok."

Liu Miaomiao stepped off the piano bench, straightened her skirt, and then went to the door of her parents' room. Normally, she could wander around the house carefree and without any rules, but not today. When her mother was angry, she had to behave herself.

Liu Miaomiao gently knocked on the door, counting her breaths: once, twice...

The response came on the third breath; it was the mother's voice: "Come in."

Liu Miaomiao obediently walked into her parents' room and closed the door behind her.

The master bedroom was a suite, and right inside the entrance was a small living room that also served as a study. Liu Miaomiao sat down opposite her parents, across a mahogany coffee table, and looked at them.

"Tell me, what's going on between you and that boy?" Ji Ruyan, wearing black-rimmed glasses, looked at Liu Miaomiao with her arms crossed.

"Nothing much," Liu Miaomiao mumbled, looking down. "Just a regular classmate."

"You two are so close, like ordinary classmates? He personally fed you food, and in public?"

Ji Ruyan's voice suddenly rose. Liu Yue, Liu Miaomiao's father, who was standing beside her meekly, quickly said with a forced smile, "Be gentle, don't scare the child..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ji Ruyan's glance silenced Liu Yue.

I don't know why, but while my mother is quite open-minded about most things, she's incredibly old-fashioned when it comes to dating. It's the 21st century, and in France, 15-year-olds can get married, but I'm 16 and she won't even let me hold hands with a boy.

Despite her thoughts, Liu Miaomiao still didn't have the courage to say these words to her mother.

"It's because you spoil your child too much that she's gone astray. We've been emphasizing to her since elementary school that she's not allowed to date in middle school, but she still ignores us. If I hadn't accidentally caught her this morning, I don't know how long your good daughter would have kept it from us."

Seeing that the criticism was directed at him, he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he chuckled and continued:

"Don't be so angry. We know our daughter's character. Maybe the other guy is exceptional? Have you heard anything about him?"

"I understand." Ji Ruyan shrugged and said to Liu Yue, "It's Lu Mingfei, Miaomiao's junior high school classmate."

"Lu Mingfei?"

Upon hearing the name, Liu Miaomiao's father was stunned.

He also had a deep impression of this name, not only because Lu Mingfei's grades were always at the bottom of the class, but also because Lu Mingfei's parents were always late or simply didn't show up at parent-teacher meetings, making them an "alternative role model" among parents.

But this kind of negative student should have absolutely nothing to do with his daughter. How did he end up dating his daughter?

"Miaomiao, let me tell you, this guy is no good. He's not a good match for our family..."

Liu Yue hurriedly said.

It wasn't that Liu Yue looked down on Lu Mingfei; he was simply considering a very practical issue.

The innocent love of youth may make people forget the constraints of class and social status.

But as we get older, can love still conquer all?

The ancients had a point when they said "marrying someone of equal social standing."

Liu Yue could accept that his son-in-law's conditions were slightly worse than his own, but he couldn't accept a huge gap.

Liu Miaomiao, with her hands behind her back, finally couldn't help but speak:

"You're just prejudiced! You haven't even met him, how do you know what kind of guy he is?"

Sitting directly opposite her daughter, Ji Ruyan frowned and said coldly, "See? You're finally willing to admit it."

"Lu Mingfei and I were just ordinary classmates to begin with, why should I admit it?"

Liu Miaomiao bit her lip, looking at her toes, thinking to herself, what kind of relationship do I still want with him? If she and Lu Mingfei were really boyfriend and girlfriend, she would definitely admit it openly.

“Since you two are just ordinary classmates,” Ji Ruyan pushed up her glasses and said, “then you shouldn’t have too much contact with him at school anymore.”

Liu Miaomiao was stunned: "W-how come this is..."

“If you’re just ordinary classmates, then your contact should be limited to that of ordinary classmates. I will report this to the school. If we find that you and that boy cross the line again like you did this morning, then we will have to talk to his parents.”

Looking at her mother's serious expression, Liu Miaomiao knew that she meant everything she said. When she was serious about something, no one could persuade her otherwise.

Seeing her daughter gradually fall silent, Ji Ruyan pursed her lips, abandoning her previous tone and adopting a gentler voice:

"Miaomiao, I hope you understand that Mom is doing all this for your own good..."

Adults are always like this; their starting point is always "for your own good," and of course, it's very likely that it really is "for your own good."

But what's good for you isn't necessarily what you want.

Liu Miaomiao didn't want to respond, or perhaps she didn't have the courage to, and simply nodded silently.

"Go back to your room. You're tired today, so don't practice the piano for now."

"it is good."

Liu Miaomiao walked out of her parents' room, closed the door behind her, and walked through the long corridor back to her own room.

Without the lights on, the moon, without the owner's permission, rudely barged into the house, scattering its soft moonlight across the ground.

The crescent moon is the waning crescent.

She usually likes the image of the waning crescent moon, which is curved and hooked, much like a lotus flower.

But tonight, she could only see a large, incomplete patch of the moon.

Liu Miaomiao felt terrible and wanted to talk to someone, but after opening her phone and looking through her contacts, she suddenly felt even worse.

I have so many phone numbers, but I can only really confide in a few of them.

Mingfei? No. This is a sensitive time for her and Lu Mingfei. She's afraid that if she calls him tonight, she won't have the courage to keep her distance from him tomorrow.

What about Qiangqiang? That doesn't seem quite right either. She's not clear about her family's situation and probably can't understand her predicament.

Liu Miaomiao took a deep breath and suddenly pressed the down button repeatedly, scrolling all the way to the bottom of her contacts.

dial.

After a few rings, the microphone emitted a sound:

"Good evening, Miaomiao! What made you decide to call me?"

Hearing that lively and energetic voice, Liu Miaomiao almost burst into tears.

"Yi, Yi Ran..."

……

Chapter 122, shall we introduce the younger brother and sister-in-law?

"Miaomiao, what's wrong?"

Hearing her best friend's slightly tearful voice, Qiao Yiran immediately tensed up.

"I……"

After calming down a bit, Liu Miaomiao recounted everything that had happened that day.

After listening to Liu Miaomiao's account, Qiao Yiran roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.

However, the key information she grasped first was:

"Miaomiao, you and Lu Mingfei haven't officially started dating yet?"

"Well…!"

Liu Miaomiao on the other end of the microphone immediately became a little hesitant.

Qiao Yiran sighed. They say it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, and her best friend is so outstanding, with good looks, talent, and family background. Why is it so difficult for her to find love, compared to that loser Lu Mingfei?

However, the main problem right now is the issue of her best friend Liu Miaomiao's parents. If she can't get past her parents, forget about dating; she'll probably have trouble even exchanging a few words with them.

We can't really wait until Miaomiao and Lu Mingfei are both in college before we start talking, can we? By then, it'll probably be too late.

Qiao Yiran had always been wary of Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei's friend.

Although after several encounters, I felt she was a pretty nice person, who could guarantee that Lu Mingfei wouldn't have any ulterior motives with such a beautiful woman by his side?

She had visited Liu Miaomiao's home quite a few times, met her parents, and knew that her family was generally a dynamic where the woman was stronger than the man, with the power of speech mainly held by Liu Miaomiao's famous pianist mother.

Although Liu Miaomiao's father is also a well-known local entrepreneur with a net worth of over 100 million yuan and a very successful career, he is a little afraid of his wife.

However, fathers who are afraid of their wives are generally also very loving towards their daughters. Compared to Liu Miaomiao's mother, Liu's father was not as old-fashioned.

After analyzing the situation briefly, Qiao Yiran devised a plan for Liu Miaomiao.

……

Lu Mingfei was unaware of what was going on in Liu Miaomiao's family.

But when he saw that Liu Miaomiao still hadn't come to talk to him the next day, Lu Mingfei knew that he would probably have to avoid Liu Miaomiao for a few more days.

Even Chen Wenwen couldn't help but turn around and whisper to Lu Mingfei during the break between classes, "Did you and Liu Miaomiao have a fight?"

Chen Wenwen wasn't a gossipy girl, but lately she had gotten used to changing seats for Liu Miaomiao, who came to chat with Lu Mingfei. Suddenly not seeing Liu Miaomiao for two days in a row made Chen Wenwen feel a little uneasy.

Although he and Liu Miaomiao hadn't argued, Lu Mingfei couldn't very well tell others that he'd been caught flirting with Liu Miaomiao by her own mother, could he?

Therefore, when faced with gossip from others, Lu Mingfei's consistent response to the public is always: "It's nothing, just a small problem."

Of course, the official response was that "there was a minor problem," but after word spread among the 6000 students at Shilan College, the response became—

"Breaking news! Big news! Liu Miaomiao has broken off the engagement!"

Near Shilan Middle School, at the Xinyu Internet Cafe, Lao Lei had just taken over when he saw this post on the official forum of Shilan Middle School.