Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

"That's how the internet is: it's easy to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them." Lu Mingfei is someone who came back from the 4G era, and he knows that the online atmosphere in the future will be even more abstract than it is now.

“But those rumors have affected you…” Liu Miaomiao pouted.

“No matter what those rumors say, as long as you, Miaomiao, are not affected by them, isn’t that enough?” Lu Mingfei said.

Upon hearing Lu Mingfei's words, Liu Miaomiao was taken aback, and a pink bubble of excitement welled up in her girlish heart once again.

Even with all the rumors circulating outside, does Mingfei only care about my opinion...?

Liu Miaomiao smiled shyly and gently shook Lu Mingfei's arm. It must be said that girls in love are often blind; a casual remark or action from their crush can be magnified countless times in their minds.

Su Xiaoqiang, standing next to him, unconsciously crossed his arms, looking as if he was about to get goosebumps all over.

"You two are done already," Su Xiaoqiang said. "Please show your affection in private. And please be mindful, there's someone else here!"

"Hehe." Liu Miaomiao walked away from Lu Mingfei, went around to Su Xiaoqiang's side, took her hand, and said with a smile, "How could I forget you? You're my good friend!"

As she spoke, Liu Miaomiao took Su Xiaoqiang's arm and pressed herself against him, saying, "By the way, how about we show off our love from now on? Let that jerk Lu Mingfei be the third wheel."

Su Xiaoqiang naturally took Liu Miaomiao's arm, "Okay." Then, she glanced at Lu Mingfei with feigned concern, "But if I take you away, won't Lu Mingfei be angry?"

"He dares?" Liu Miaomiao said, giving Lu Mingfei a cute glare.

Seeing the two women so intimately close, Lu Mingfei became frightened, wondering if the little girl might have the potential to become a tigress like her mother.

However, seeing Xiaotiannv and Miaomiao laughing and joking around, and even teasing her and Liu Miaomiao from time to time, it seemed that she had really let go.

If Xiaotiannv and Liu Miaomiao could return to the close relationship they had at the beginning of the semester, Lu Mingfei would certainly be very happy.

However, he had some lingering worries in his heart.

Hopefully, the little fairy isn't just putting on a brave face...

……

Chen Wenwen sat down at her desk and opened her laptop.

That novel hasn't been updated for a while, and the comments section is full of people urging for more updates.

The reason she hadn't updated was because she'd been too busy lately, and the person who commissioned her work hadn't sent a new outline. She couldn't very well have her fanfiction published, could she? Her name was on all of those pages…

She sighed inwardly, opened QQ, and suddenly noticed that the QQ Mail icon was flashing today.

Chen Wenwen was taken aback. She immediately opened her email and found that it was indeed an email from the person with the ID "Prince". The email contained a Word file.

This is the latest outline! The file size is several times larger than before.

She immediately downloaded the outline file, opened it, and after only a few glances at the screen, she froze.

"What, what are all these things...?"

In the previous outline, Su Xiaoqiang was added to the love triangle between Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, which Chen Wenwen felt was already outrageous enough.

As a result, in this outline, I actually joined in...?

"Chen Wenwen and Lu Mingfei were slandered by a boy in their class. Lu Mingfei stepped in and resolved the crisis, but Chen Wenwen used this incident to confront her own feelings for the first time and confirm that she really liked... What the heck!"

Chen Wenwen blushed and subconsciously swore, then immediately covered her mouth with her small hand as if she knew she was wrong.

I accidentally swore...

But how could I possibly like Lu Mingfei? This outline is way too absurd!

Chen Wenwen bit her lip, feeling a moment of embarrassment and indignation followed by a wave of fear.

When she accepted the commission, she used her own online account and never revealed her name.

Is it a coincidence that my name appears in this new outline, or did the person who commissioned the article know who I am all along and do it on purpose?

Feeling a mix of shame, anger, and fear, Chen Wenwen closed the Word document and decided to temporarily ignore the outline.

"Let's check out everyone's comments on the forum first."

I wonder how many more messages urging me to update will be waiting for me.

Upon logging onto the forum and entering the homepage, just as Chen Wenwen was about to click on the pinned post, a post with an eye-catching title suddenly caught her attention.

……

Chapter 191 Openly Establishing a Harem?

Against the white forum background, the dark black font and the little "hot" tag behind it stood out, but what attracted Chen Wenwen's attention even more was the title itself.

"Lu Mingfei, a freshman in high school, is actually a scumbag? He's two-timing Liu Miaomiao after they got together?"

Chen Wenwen read the title softly, hovered her mouse over the top of the post, and double-clicked to open it. She was startled by the highly-rated replies at the very top.

It turned out to be a photo of her and Lu Mingfei.

Although the resolution is low, you can still see that the two people in the photo are standing close together, with the library lobby in the background and the light of the setting sun streaming in through the windows.

I guess it was taken a while ago when I was working on the club journal with Lu Mingfei in the library after school, and someone secretly took a picture of us. The angle was also quite subtle, just blocking the stack of documents in front of us, so all you could see was our faces almost touching.

Even Chen Wenwen blushed slightly after seeing this, secretly wondering if she and Lu Mingfei had ever been that close before.

However, now is clearly not the time to care about how close she and Lu Mingfei were sitting, because the post says that Lu Mingfei's cheating partner is actually her. It's unclear whether this post is aimed at her and Lu Mingfei or just a misunderstanding by passersby.

Chen Wenwen's eyes twitched slightly as she suddenly remembered the outline document of the novel she had just received.

The outline states that she and Lu Mingfei were caught working together on the club magazine for the school anniversary, leading to rumors spread by male classmates. Lu Mingfei stepped in to resolve the incident, but through this experience, she confirmed her feelings for Lu Mingfei.

Now that the rumors have surfaced and the strange outline has come true, if Lu Mingfei really does resolve this matter, then wouldn't I be...

"No, no!"

Chen Wenwen shook her head frantically, trying to shake off the strange thoughts in her mind.

"What are you thinking? Lu Mingfei already has a girlfriend. And I don't like him."

Chen Wenwen looked up at the screen, a hint of worry on her pretty face.

She felt she had to clarify the matter first, no matter what. However, like Liu Miaomiao, her reply was quickly drowned out by a flood of fragmented comments. And her separate clarification post sank to the farthest corner of the forum.

It's unclear whether no one noticed or simply no one believed what she posted.

Chen Wenwen tugged at a small tuft of hair at the end of her head, and a lot of inexplicable emotions suddenly flashed through her mind.

He felt indignant towards the poster, astonished at how accurately the outline could predict the event, annoyed by the hecklers, and troubled about how to get along with Lu Mingfei and the others.

Of course, she had a clear conscience, but rumors can spread like wildfire, and you can't stop other people's gossip.

"Wouldn't it be better to avoid Lu Mingfei and his group for a while?"

She looked up from her laptop, her gaze passing over the white gauze curtains fluttering in the evening breeze, and at the closing night outside the window. Tilting her head, she thought to herself with a touch of annoyance.

The only response she received was from a bird that happened to fly by outside the window, chirping softly.

……

After a night of being troubled by various thoughts, Chen Wenwen overslept the next day, a rare occurrence for her, and didn't even have time for breakfast. Fortunately, her father hadn't left yet. Chen Wenwen got out of their family's Passat at the intersection near the school.

The Passat roared off.

Chen Wenwen turned her head and walked to the breakfast shop at the corner of the intersection, ready to buy breakfast. Just as she looked up, she saw a familiar figure walking towards her on the sidewalk ahead.

The long sidewalk is bathed in the morning sunlight, casting patches of shadow. Some of these shadows are elongated and distorted, while others are cast by hurried pedestrians.

Chen Wenwen slowly looked up and saw a boy wearing the autumn uniform of Shilan Middle School walking casually towards her, yawning.

It was both a coincidence and an incongruity... People were passing by on the street, but Chen Wenwen felt as if nothing could block her from seeing the boy's face clearly.

"Ah... Good morning, Chen Wenwen." Lu Mingfei covered his mouth, yawned lazily, and greeted Chen Wenwen.

"Ah? Oh... Lu, Lu Mingfei, good morning too." Chen Wenwen said hurriedly.

Lu Mingfei has now learned to judge whether he's early or late at school based on the people he meets in the morning. He ran into Chen Wenwen today, so it's probably neither too early nor too late. Miao Miao should already be in the classroom, but Xiao Tiannv hasn't arrived yet.

"Are you buying breakfast too?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Chen Wenwen glanced away, took a small step to the side, ignored Lu Mingfei's words, and just stared blankly as the breakfast shop owner pulled and dropped the cut dough pieces into the oil. The puffed-up dough sticks crackled and popped in the yellow oil.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, not understanding what was wrong with Chen Wenwen for a moment. He shouldn't have done anything to upset her, right?

However, in a flash, he remembered the rumor that had suddenly spread on the forum yesterday, and suddenly everything became clear to him.

Chen Wenwen is ignoring me, probably because of that post from yesterday.

Lu Mingfei himself was a veteran of countless battles. Since his previous life, he had been the subject of numerous rumors. Even after returning to this life, just two months later, rumors began circulating that he and Liu Miaomiao were having an affair.

Of course, in hindsight, he and Liu Miaomiao did indeed become involved.

However, while Lu Mingfei had become accustomed to the gossip, Chen Wenwen clearly hadn't. Since junior high school, many people had liked Chen Wenwen, and many had mustered the courage to approach her, but none of them had ever been involved in any scandals with her.

Unexpectedly, just half a semester into Shilan Middle School, Chen Wenwen was already embroiled in a scandal, with the other party being the open boyfriend of Liu Miaomiao, another popular school beauty at Shilan Middle School.

Out of a desire to avoid suspicion, Chen Wenwen ignored Lu Mingfei, but she was also afraid he would misunderstand. After all, he had just done her a huge favor, and if she suddenly ignored him, wouldn't Lu Mingfei think she was heartless...?

"Is it because of that post on the forum that you're ignoring me?" Lu Mingfei asked as he approached.

Chen Wenwen felt the gaze on her side, but instead of looking at Lu Mingfei, she simply pursed her lips and nodded, her long hair, which was divided into two strands and draped over her shoulders, swaying back and forth.

With the boy's gaze fixed on her profile, Chen Wenwen couldn't help but ask softly, "Aren't you worried?"

"worry about what?"

"Is it possible that the rumors will affect you...?"

It affects me, but how does it affect me?

Are you worried that this rumor will affect your reputation? Or are you worried that this rumor will affect your relationship with Liu Miaomiao?

He had been down on his luck for several years; after entering university, he shot the bosses of the student council and the Lionheart Society twice, which was considered an unfair victory and he was criticized for a long time... Moreover, many people knew that he coveted his sister-in-law's beauty.

Therefore, he has long since become someone who doesn't care much about public opinion. If he cared about public opinion, he would have jumped off a building long ago.

As for Xiao Mao, she expressed her complete trust in me yesterday, so there's no need to worry about rumors ruining our relationship.

However, the artsy girl Chen Wenwen clearly didn't have Lu Mingfei's rough and straightforward mind, and she seemed somewhat at a loss when faced with these rumors.

“I’m not worried,” Lu Mingfei shook his head and said truthfully, “because I know there’s nothing between us.”

Although he had indeed liked Chen Wenwen for many years... that was a long time ago. Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Upon hearing Lu Mingfei's words, Chen Wenwen suddenly felt as if she had some other thoughts on her mind, and quickly whispered, "I know there's nothing between us, but seeing them keep saying things like that, I just..."

"Trying to avoid suspicion?"