Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

A flicker of surprise flashed across the woman's beautiful face, but it quickly turned into a sweet, coquettish smile.

She tapped the counter with her black-nailed fingers, looking at Old Lei:

"Aren't minors prohibited from going online?"

"I...I went to the wrong door."

Lu Mingfei keenly sensed that something was wrong, and combined with what Lao Lei had said that morning about "the crackdown being strict lately," he was suddenly shocked and wondered if the beautiful woman in front of him was the one investigating.

Although he was already an adult in reality, he wasn't officially an adult yet, so he quickly bowed to the two of them and slipped away without leaving a trace.

"See, he's gone. I told you this is a legitimate internet cafe; you can't get online without an ID card," Lao Lei said.

"Okay." The woman shrugged, tucked the card inside her clothes, and pulled out a new card, handing it to Old Lei. "Then see if this one works."

The contents of this card are even simpler; nothing is written on it except for a picture outlined in silver lines on one side, depicting a lush World Tree.

Old Lei suddenly felt a tightness in his throat, as if someone had suddenly grabbed his neck.

"Who are you?" Old Lei's voice was hoarse.

"It seems you recognize this card."

"I know him about halfway."

"Knowing half of it is enough."

The woman put the card away.

"Don't be too nervous. I'm here today just to ask you to help me investigate someone. Of course, I'll definitely pay you. You can pay me in person, or if you're not comfortable with that, we can go through the Hunter platform to settle the payment. It's up to you."

"If I told you I don't need the money, would you leave?"

The woman smiled and said, "Of course not."

"This is practically forcing me to buy something," Old Lei said helplessly, spreading his hands. "Then hurry up and tell me, preferably in just a few words. I still need to take my lovely female apprentice into a dungeon."

"Alright, then I'll explain it briefly." The woman leaned lightly against the counter. "Do you know about the Black Prince Group, a large local corporation?"

"Of course I know. It's a leading enterprise in the city and a major taxpayer every year."

"The boss of the Black Prince Group has a driver with this name."

The woman borrowed paper and pen from Lao Lei, quickly wrote a few words on the paper, and handed it to Lao Lei.

Old Lei frowned as he looked at the name on the paper: "Chu Tianjiao?"

"Yes."

"I've never heard of this person."

“This is the first strange thing.” The woman crossed her legs and leaned against the counter in a different position. “I’ve never heard of this person before. I even checked the social security records of the Black Prince Group, but I couldn’t find him.”

Is it possible that you don't exist at all?

“According to an extremely reliable source, this person definitely exists, or rather, definitely existed in the past, and like you, graduated from Kassel College.” The woman paused for a moment, “and even has a bloodline of A grade or higher.”

"Impossible!" Old Lei immediately and decisively denied it. "The resident executive officers in each city all know each other. I have never heard of such a person. Besides, he has such a high lineage. You must have made a mistake."

“That’s the second strange thing,” the woman said. “I’ve mobilized all the resources I can to investigate this man.”

Although no information about his identity was found, information about his son was found.

Isn't it strange? A man who may not even exist has left behind a son in this world.

"..."

You should know his son; he's your schoolmate.

"what is it call?"

"Chu Zihang."

Old Lei took a deep breath; he had indeed heard this name before.

As the founder of the "List of Those Who Deserve to Be Killed" at Shilan Middle School, Chu Zihang's name has firmly occupied the top position since the list was created.

Furthermore, Chu Zihang is also one of the people in this city who may possess a high-risk bloodline, as recorded by the academy.

From a genetic perspective, Chu Zihang's high lineage means that at least one of his parents was a high-level dragon descendant.

The woman continued softly, "We have already checked Chu Zihang's information. According to the returned information, Chu Zihang's biological mother is just an ordinary, pretty woman."

His current nominal father, Lu Tianming, is merely his stepfather. Therefore, his dragon bloodline can only be inherited from his biological father.

"But how can you be so sure that Chu Zihang's biological father is this man named Chu Tianjiao?"

Old Lei discovered the contradiction.

"Logically speaking, if you can't find any information about Chu Tianjiao, how did you determine that he has a son? You can't just randomly identify someone as a father because they both have the surname Chu, can you?"

"Because our sources of information are quite reliable... even if the whole world is wrong, he won't be wrong."

The woman moved her body away from the counter.

"If you don't believe me, you can verify it and see if you can find any clues about Chu Zihang's biological father. A man who disappeared without a trace, a father for whom no information can be found—putting the two together, I believe it should corroborate some of the issues,"

“I’ll look into it if I have time,” Lao Lei said. “But I have one last question.”

"explain."

Why did you come to me to help you investigate this matter?

"Of course, because you are the most suitable person to investigate this matter."

The woman tilted her head, her slender eyes behind her sunglasses subtly observing Old Lei.

“Raymond, Commissioner B007 of Kassel College, you have been in this city for many years, and no one knows every detail of this city better than you.”

And when you were studying at Kassel College, you were one of the members involved in the “EVA” design project.

There aren't many hackers in the world capable of breaking into the Norma database, and we believe you are one of them.

"..."

Old Lei remained silent for a long time before nodding, a smile playing on his lips: "This is indeed interesting. I'll take this side job. How can I contact you after I've achieved some results?"

"This is my phone."

The woman wrote a string of numbers on the piece of paper with the name "Chu Tianjiao" on it, handed it to Lao Lei, and gave him a sly smile:

"You'd better keep this safe, there are so many men who want my number."

"I admit you're pretty, but unfortunately you're not my type." Old Lei pursed his lips. "I like the cute type, a little shorter, a little flat-chested, with a sweet, coquettish voice, and who loves to eat snacks."

"What a coincidence, I have a friend who is the kind of girl you described."

"Holy crap, push me, sis, push, quick!" Old Lei's small eyes, which resembled Li Ronghao's, widened instantly, and he became excited.

The woman shrugged: "Make sure you remember my phone number and name first, then I'll consider whether or not to introduce her to you."

"Okay, it's a deal. What's your name, little sister?"

The woman's lips moved slightly, and she uttered a few words with a smile: "Wine Virtue, Hemp Robe."

……

While Jiu Demai and Lao Lei were having their discussion, Lu Mingfei was walking down the street, lost in thought.

For some reason, Lu Mingfei felt that the beautiful woman wearing sunglasses looked familiar, and the perfume she was wearing seemed familiar to him as well.

This is not the first time.

Ever since that day when he saw Xia Mi on the overpass in the pouring rain, Lu Mingfei has had a particularly strong sense of déjà vu lately, and everything he sees seems familiar.

Even when looking at Lao Lei, I felt a sense of familiarity, like "I've seen this brother before".

But Lu Mingfei quickly came to terms with it; it was only natural that he knew Lao Lei.

In his past life, when he was in junior high school, Lao Lei also worked as a manager in this internet cafe. His favorite thing to do was to have online romances with girls from MapleStory and Audition Online.

However, because of Lao Lei's small eyes, which resemble Li Ronghao's, his online romances always failed once they met in person.

So Lu Mingfei often saw Lao Lei sitting on the threshold of the internet cafe, crying and sobbing like Jia Baoyu.

Not long after Lu Mingfei started high school, Lao Lei left that internet cafe, supposedly because he had met his true love online and they had met in real life.

"If I can run into Su Xiaoqiang at an internet cafe, then it wouldn't be surprising if I ran into anyone else."

Maybe if I go to Xinhua Bookstore right now, I'll run into Chen Wenwen.

However, Lu Mingfei only thought about it for a moment; he decided against actually going to Xinhua Bookstore to try his luck.

From the moment he watched Zhao Menghua hold Chen Wenwen's hand in the choir and put an engagement ring on his finger, Lu Mingfei had already let go of everything about Chen Wenwen.

The dwarfs took Snow White in and protected her when she was at her lowest point, but she will only remember the prince who kissed her awake and made her spit out the poisoned apple.

Chen Wenwen is destined to have her Prince Charming, so what can a little dwarf like me do? Of course, all I can do is offer my congratulations.

Fairy tales are the most innocent stories, but also the cruelest.

No matter how good the dwarves were to Snow White, there was an insurmountable gap between them;

The ugly duckling was able to become a swan because it was originally a swan;

No matter how much effort the Little Mermaid put in or how heavy the price she paid, she could never enter the prince's world...

Damn it, I don't want to think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more I feel like my life is a tragedy. I've been in high school for almost ten years, and I've never even kissed a girl.

"Well, if we have nowhere to go, let's go back first."

Recently, Lu Mingfei has been quite short of money.

A while ago, Lu Mingfei mentioned his graduation trip to his aunt.

I thought my aunt might refuse, or fly into a rage, or simply use her loud voice to lecture me at length about how hard it was for her to raise me, and ask me to understand her as her aunt, thus rejecting my request for a graduation trip.

Unexpectedly, this time her aunt readily agreed, but the money would be gradually deducted from Lu Mingfei's allowance.

"Since it's a graduation trip for the whole class, let's go."

The aunt said without turning her head as she picked vegetables:

"It's not easy for classmates to study together for three years. This kind of reunion with everyone here may only happen once in a lifetime."

But you have to be careful with the money I spend, don't be extravagant. Remember to bring back some local specialties for your uncle to give as gifts..."

This was the first time in Lu Mingfei's memory that his aunt had agreed to his request so readily.