Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Who are you asking?

Ask both.

"That kid wasn't seriously injured. You know what kind of quality our internet cafe keyboards are. He just got some minor injuries. Besides, he seemed to lose face by being beaten up by a woman, so he slunk away."

"That little fairy... is she the girl I played games with?"

"That girl is fine, she just cried for a while after she smashed the person. I gave her some tissues and helped her move the camera where all the kids who were watching the commotion were standing around," Lao Lei said. "Remember to pay me for the tissues later."

How many packs of tissues?

"Three guarantees".

Lu Mingfei took out a one-yuan coin and a fifty-cent coin from his pocket, laid them out on the counter, and before Lao Lei could speak, he threw down a "Thanks" and then hurriedly ran up the stairs, with Lao Lei's cursing following behind him.

"Damn! You're really only giving me one dollar and fifty cents? Two dollars would have been fine too! I've never seen such a stingy person!"

Lu Mingfei ignored her and walked up to the second floor. He glanced around and saw Su Xiaoqiang sitting in the corner, in the same spot as when he first met her.

Lu Mingfei walked straight to the seat next to Su Xiaoqiang and sat down. Su Xiaoqiang subconsciously turned her head to the side, her eyes puffy. When she saw that it was Lu Mingfei, a look of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes, and her furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

"Why are you here?" Su Xiaoqiang turned her face away and looked at the screen.

"Can't I come to an internet cafe?" Lu Mingfei smiled, touched the power button to turn on the computer, and after a moment the monitor lit up. Lu Mingfei then started typing away on the keyboard.

"You didn't get a temporary card?"

"Yes, I used a membership card."

"But you need to be an adult to get a membership card, right?"

"I'm using my cousin's account. My cousin secretly took my uncle's ID card and opened a membership at this internet cafe."

After boarding the plane, Lu Mingfei grabbed his headset and put it on, turning to look at Su Xiaoqiang. "Want me to play a game of StarCraft with you?"

Su Xiaoqiang sniffed. "Okay."

Lu Mingfei opened StarCraft and created a room on the LAN. Unlike last time, he didn't invite people to play PVP. Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang opened a room together, and their opponents were all bots.

When they first entered the game, the two sat side by side, each playing their own game in silence, not like friends playing together, but more like two strangers who happened to sit together. However, when Su Xiaoqiang encountered a part she couldn't do, Lu Mingfei took the initiative to go over and teach her, and the two broke the silence and started chatting casually.

"Don't you have something to do this afternoon?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, looking at the computer screen in front of her, the cold blue light of the monitor casting a dim glow on her face.

"Is something wrong?"

"Didn't we say we were going to Miaomiao's house tonight?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, wondering how Xiaotiannv knew about this. But then he thought about it again. When Liu Miaomiao's parents told him backstage that they were going to his house for dinner on the weekend, there were quite a few other people backstage. Given how gossipy the students at Shilan Middle School were, it wasn't surprising that the news got out.

"Hmm, it's okay, no rush, let's play a couple of games first."

Su Xiaoqiang glanced at Lu Mingfei, "Did my dad send you?"

Lu Mingfei touched his nose, but the little fairy still noticed. "Yes."

"Oh."

The chat abruptly ended there. For a moment, neither of them spoke, only the sounds of keyboards clicking and mouse clicking echoed between them. After a while, Su Xiaoqiang couldn't help but ask:

Aren't you curious why I had a conflict with my dad?

"If I asked you, would you answer?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Su Xiaoqiang was speechless for a moment, then pouted after thinking for a short while, "You didn't ask me, how do you know if I would tell you?"

"Okay, I'll ask you now. Little Fairy, why did you have a conflict with your father?"

"Tch, no sincerity at all, I don't want to talk about it anymore."

"Tsk, why are you like this?"

"What's wrong with me? I never promised you I would tell you, did I?" Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip and gave a smug smile.

However, seeing Lu Mingfei's face full of resentment as he looked at her, Su Xiaoqiang couldn't hold back her pride for long and finally burst out laughing.

"Fine, fine, since you're so eager to know, I'll reluctantly tell you."

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, thinking to himself, "You're the one who wanted to tell me, okay? You clearly have a look on your face that says you want to confide in me. I wonder how long you've been holding this in."

It seems that the scoundrel who tried to pick her up was just unlucky. Although the little fairy is not easy to mess with, she usually doesn't resort to verbal or physical violence because of her good upbringing... Of course, Lu Mingfei is an exception.

However, the little fairy must have been in a bad mood today, and that clueless guy came over to chat with her. As a result, the weak little fairy, who couldn't even kill a chicken, taught him a lesson.

However, Lu Mingfei knew that although Xiaotian had a growing desire to confide in her, if you asked her directly, given her restless personality, she might not answer you directly. Therefore, Lu Mingfei deliberately did not ask her directly, but instead took a roundabout approach to stimulate her desire to express herself.

"My dad won't let me see my mom."

As the little fairy spoke, she rubbed her black stockinged feet together to take off her shoes, stepped onto the chair, curled up in the seat, took her hands off the keyboard, and wrapped them around her slender legs.

Lu Mingfei remembered that Xiaotiannv had told him that her mother's death anniversary was in November, and that she had buried her mother's ashes alone in the place where her mother had grown up.

"Why? Don't your dad and mom get along?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“No.” Su Xiaoqiang buried her chin in her knees and shook her head. “Actually, in my memory, my parents had a very loving relationship; you could even say they were a model couple.”

"Then why..."

“I don’t know either. Ever since my mother passed away, my father has become a different person. He doesn’t allow me to have any contact with anything related to my mother, and he even wants me to have as little contact with my maternal grandmother as possible. It’s as if the two families have some kind of feud.”

Lu Mingfei was a little surprised. He hadn't had much contact with Xiaotiannv's father, but judging from his appearance, he didn't think he was the kind of unreasonable person. But forbidding Xiaotiannv from contacting her mother's family... that seemed a bit illogical.

Su Xiaoqiang continued, "However, in private, I still correspond with my father, my uncles and aunts, and my cousins ​​via email. But the only time we meet in person is around the anniversary of my mother's death each year. When I go to pay my respects to my mother, my aunts and uncles will come with me."

"Oh oh..."

"But you know what? My dad is really awful!"

Su Xiaoqiang instantly gritted her teeth, turned her head, and said fiercely with two swollen eyes from crying:

“I only get to see them and my mother for a short period each year, but my dad won’t even give me that little bit of time anymore. He keeps saying that Portugal has been politically unstable lately. Portugal is in Northern Europe, you know? How could there be political instability there? People there live like they’re retired…”

Lu Mingfei suddenly interrupted Su Xiaoqiang: "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Su Xiaoqiang blinked her beautiful eyes, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

“So…” Lu Mingfei said, “you’re going to Portugal to pay respects to your mother?”

"Ah."

"When?"

“Just recently, in November,” Su Xiaoqiang said to herself. “I’ve already booked my plane ticket for tomorrow. I’ve made up my mind; if my dad won’t let me go, I’ll go alone…”

Lu Mingfei was stunned, thinking to himself, "Little Fairy, your father might not be lying to you. Portugal really isn't safe lately."

……

Chapter 197 Rain, a reflection of emotions

Lu Mingfei still remembered the pinned post he saw when he was browsing the Hunter Market yesterday, which said that there might be some big moves by mixed-race people in Portugal recently.

Although Lu Mingfei didn't know whether the mixed-race man's actions were related to the political turmoil Su Xiaoqiang's father had mentioned, it was certain that Portugal was currently unsafe.

Lu Mingfei really wanted to advise Su Xiaoqiang not to go back to Portugal this year, suggesting she go next year instead, but he didn't have the right to do so. Besides, even her father's words carried no weight, let alone his own.

Besides, what if she asks me why I said Portugal is unsafe lately? How am I supposed to answer? Am I supposed to tell her everything about being mixed-race?

Although the little fairy has dragon blood, she was not admitted to Kassel College in her previous life. Even if he was thinking of her, he could not tell her about things related to mixed-race people.

However, he still tried to probe indirectly, "Maybe your dad is right? Portugal might really be unsafe lately, and your dad is genuinely worried about you."

"I'm still going. I've even packed my suitcase and brought it with me, along with my ID and everything. If all else fails, I'll just have my uncle pick me up after I get off the plane."

The little girl patted the small suitcase next to her seat, estimating that it was probably enough to carry two or three sets of autumn clothes.

Lu Mingfei was surprised that the little girl was so determined to go to Portugal, and that she had prepared everything.

"Has your passport been processed yet?" Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.

Su Xiaoqiang turned her head and stared at him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am Portuguese, why would I need a passport?"

"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"What 'huh'? Didn't I tell you? I was born in Portugal, so I have Portuguese citizenship. But I can choose again after I turn eighteen." Su Xiaoqiang waved his hand. "Let's not talk about this anymore, it's annoying. Are you still playing StarCraft? If not, get off the plane."

"Aren't you going to play anymore?"

"That's enough playing, we've played long enough, it's about time we left. Aren't you going to Miaomiao's for dinner tonight? It takes some time just to get there from here," Su Xiaoqiang said. "Have you bought everything? Like the gifts for the visit?"

"I've already bought all the gifts for Miao Miao's parents." Lu Mingfei picked up the gift bag from beside his leg.

"Didn't you buy Miaomiao's?"

"..."

"Don't tell me you don't know what gift to give Miaomiao?" Su Xiaoqiang scoffed at him.

"Don't make fun of me. I had already decided what gift to give Miaomiao, and then your dad called, so I came to find you. That's why I didn't buy Miaomiao a gift," Lu Mingfei said guiltily.

"Heh, so it was my fault after all?" Su Xiaoqiang wasn't angry at all. Perhaps it was because she felt relieved after saying what she had been holding in her heart to someone. "Alright, then I'll take you somewhere to buy Miaomiao a gift as an apology. I happen to know a Sanrio store that opened near the school."

What is Sanrio?

“SANRIOCO, a Japanese company, Hello Kitty is their IP. Doesn’t Miaomiao often wear Hello Kitty hair clips?”

Upon hearing Su Xiaoqiang's words, Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a thing. When he was taking graduation photos with Liu Miaomiao, the Hello Kitty hair clip that Liu Miaomiao wore was swaying in front of him, stirring up the boy's heart.

However, Lu Mingfei did not expect that the little fairy was so observant, even noticing what kind of hair clip Liu Miaomiao was wearing.

The two turned off their phones and went downstairs. As they passed the counter, Lu Mingfei greeted Lao Lei. Lao Lei, with a cigarette in his mouth, gestured to him and said, "That umbrella by the counter is mine. You can take it. It looks like it's going to rain later."

"Rain? No way?" Lu Mingfei remembered that the sky was clear when he came.

"That's what the weather forecast says anyway," Old Lei shrugged.

However, once outside, Lu Mingfei saw that the sky was indeed heavily covered by leaden gray clouds. It wasn't raining yet, but the wind was strong and chilly, making the little fairy, who was wearing a skirt and black stockings, stomp her feet.

Lu Mingfei moved from Su Xiaoqiang's right side to her left side to shield her from the wind.

Su Xiaoqiang glanced at Lu Mingfei without making a sound.

It only takes about ten minutes to walk from Xinyu Internet Cafe to Shilan Middle School. However, Lu Mingfei noticed that Su Xiaoqiang was dressed so lightly and seemed to be walking against the wind, so he suggested, "Shall we take a taxi?"

"Alright then." Su Xiaoqiang nodded.