Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Su Xiaoqiang hailed a car by the roadside, carrying her suitcase, and naturally sat in the back seat, giving the driver an address. Lu Mingfei sat on the outside.

On the way, Lu Mingfei didn't forget about Xiaotiannv's trip to Portugal and tried to subtly persuade her, but Su Xiaoqiang rolled her eyes at him and shut him down.

“If you’re worried that something might happen to me in Portugal, you don’t need to worry at all,” Su Xiaoqiang said. “My mother’s family is quite well-known in Portugal. The estate is equipped with surveillance cameras and the security team patrols 24 hours a day.”

manor?

Lu Mingfei blinked, stunned, as if he'd just heard something incredible. Wasn't a manor something only the medieval landowning class possessed? Landowners would acquire land, build manors, and peasants would cultivate it for them. Didn't the bourgeois revolutions after the Industrial Revolution completely overthrow the rule of the landowning class? How could manors still exist in the 21st century?

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that he had underestimated Su Xiaoqiang. Not only did her father's family own a mine, but her mother's family also owned an estate. She had the blood of both capitalists and landlords flowing through her veins.

However, even so, Lu Mingfei didn't think Xiaotiannv would be safe in Portugal. He had witnessed the skills of top-tier mixed-race individuals like Chu Zihang and Caesar; either of them could easily take on a whole company of American soldiers. If they really encountered mixed-race individuals, even the security team wouldn't be able to stop them.

Lu Mingfei wanted to say something more, but Su Xiaoqiang waved his hand to signal him to shut up. "Alright, alright, stop talking. Let me think about whether or not to go to Portugal. It's more important to get off the bus now and buy Miaomiao a gift, or we'll be late. Instead of worrying about me, you should focus on dealing with her parents."

After paying, Lu Mingfei opened the car door and got out first, waiting until Su Xiaoqiang got out with her suitcase before closing the door. The Sanrio store was located on a pedestrian street near Shilan Middle School. Lu Mingfei followed Su Xiaoqiang into the store, his eyes scanning the shelves. Everything from hair clips to keychains to water bottles was available.

Listening to Su Xiaoqiang's explanation, Lu Mingfei realized that Hello Kitty wasn't just one cat; she had a whole family, including a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, sister, and boyfriend. In fact, her family was even larger than Lu Mingfei's own.

Su Xiaoqiang picked up a blue hair clip from the shelf next to him and handed it to Lu Mingfei. "Here, this is Hello Kitty's boyfriend, Daniel. Miaomiao always wears a Hello Kitty hair clip. If you give her a Daniel one, it will make a perfect pair."

Lu Mingfei took it, glanced at it, and couldn't see any difference between it and Hello Kitty, except that it had an extra tuft of bangs and its clothes had changed from pink to blue.

However, since it was Xiaotiannv who strongly recommended it, Lu Mingfei simply paid the bill. After all, girls should understand girls better, and Xiaotiannv's taste is definitely not bad.

As I stepped out the door carrying shopping bags, thunder rumbled overhead, creating an atmosphere of impending doom.

"It looks like it's about to rain?" Su Xiaoqiang said, glancing at the sky.

"Seems to be."

"Alright, then get lost!" Su Xiaoqiang patted Lu Mingfei on the back. "It's almost five o'clock. Go back and tidy up your messy hair, then you can go to Miaomiao's house. Remember to dress presentably."

“Okay.” Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then asked, “How about I take you to the main road first, and you can get a taxi before you leave? Just in case it rains…”

"Why are you so slow, like a woman?" Su Xiaoqiang frowned, her eyes conveying the message, "You're so annoying."

If time allowed, Lu Mingfei actually wanted to take Su Xiaoqiang home first and then go to Liu Miaomiao's house himself. However, it would already take quite a while just to get from here to Liu Miaomiao's house, and he definitely wouldn't have enough time to make it back and forth.

"Then you have to promise me that you'll go straight home later, and don't go to Portugal or anything like that by yourself."

"Alright, alright, I promise you. If you don't leave now, you'll really be late."

Since things had already come to this point, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to part ways with Su Xiaoqiang in front of the shop, with one going left and the other going right.

Su Xiaoqiang, carrying her suitcase, had only taken a few steps when she quietly turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei's back. She only sighed inwardly after seeing Lu Mingfei's figure disappear around a corner.

How could I not go to Portugal?

That was her beloved mother, who loved her the most.

What many people don't know is that she was a very crybaby when she was little, even more so than Liu Miaomiao or Chen Wenwen.

Father's love is like a mountain, mother's love is like water. When I was little, if I felt wronged, I would run to my mother's arms and cry. My mother would stroke the back of my head and soothe me with a gentle voice. When I was tired from crying, I would fall asleep.

As she grew older, she cried less easily, but she still preferred to fall asleep in her mother's arms.

She became as strong as she is now after her mother passed away, because she knew there would never be another embrace to cry in. So after her mother's death, she never cried again.

But ever since that day, she has been feeling so bad... She couldn't help but want to pour out all her grievances in front of her mother, just like when she was a child.

My face was wet, then my arms and legs. It turned out that it had started raining sometime earlier.

The rain came at just the right time, perfectly covering the watermarks on her face.

Su Xiaoqiang carried his suitcase and walked slowly in the rain, the rain seeming to perfectly reflect his mood at that moment.

Damn it, who would want to bring you to buy gifts?!

What's it to you? Why are you looking for me?

If someone says they don't want you to send them anything, does that mean you really won't?

Why... can't you like me?

Su Xiaoqiang lowered her head, her wet bangs clinging tightly to her face, raindrops dripping down her bangs and running down her pretty face.

Suddenly, Su Xiaoqiang felt that most of the white noise in her ears disappeared, and at the same time, the cold touch on her head also disappeared. Su Xiaoqiang looked up blankly and saw a black umbrella covering her head.

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned. The moment she turned her head, she saw a face that was all too familiar to her.

……

Chapter 198 Lu Mingfei, I Regret It

Lu Mingfei stood under an umbrella in the pouring rain, looking at Su Xiaoqiang who was staring blankly at him. His clothes were already soaked through and clung tightly to the girl's body.

Lu Mingfei held the umbrella as high as possible over Su Xiaoqiang's head, leaving half of his own body exposed: "Why don't you find somewhere to hide first, little fairy?"

"Why did you come back?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, stunned.

“It suddenly started raining, and I remembered you didn’t have an umbrella, so I ran back. I figured I should get you into a taxi first,” Lu Mingfei said.

"You're all soaked..."

"I'll just change when I get back. My home isn't that far from here anyway."

"But you still have to go to Liu Miaomiao's house later, and you'll be late if you go back to change your clothes."

"So what if you're late? Just apologize to Miaomiao and the others later," Lu Mingfei said with a smile. "Who knows how long this rain will last? If you catch a cold after getting soaked, I'll feel really guilty."

Su Xiaoqiang looked up at Lu Mingfei in front of her, her beautiful eyes sparkling, rain streaming down her face.

Suddenly, a cold autumn wind blew by, and Lu Mingfei immediately took off his coat.

"You're not wearing enough clothes, put this on to block the wind."

As Lu Mingfei spoke, he tried to drape his clothes over Su Xiaoqiang's shoulders, but Su Xiaoqiang blocked him with her arm.

"I don't want to wear your clothes!"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, "Little Heavenly Maiden, what are you doing..."

"I hate you so much. You're always like this, coming over out of nowhere, doing strange things, saying strange things, taking other people's jokes seriously for no reason, and even offering help to others for no reason."

Su Xiaoqiang's voice grew louder and louder, so loud that it drowned out the sound of the rain hitting the ground.

"Who do you think you are? Does the world stop turning without you? Does everyone else have to live without you? Who gets sick from a rain shower? Even if someone else gets a cold, what does it have to do with you? Since you're someone's boyfriend now, you should have some self-awareness as someone's boyfriend."

Lu Mingfei stared blankly as Su Xiaoqiang lowered her head, wiping the rain off her face with her wrist, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably, whether from anger or grievance.

Lu Mingfei wanted to reach out to comfort her, but his hand hesitated, as if bound by heavy shackles. He could only watch helplessly as the little fairy sobbed, her voice trembling with tears as she whispered:

"You...how come you have absolutely no sense of boundaries?"

Many things didn't need to be explicitly stated; Lu Mingfei already knew. The Little Fairy had never truly let go, just like him. Her usual composure when facing him and Liu Miaomiao was merely an act.

She acted so well that Lu Mingfei was actually fooled.

What was she thinking when she jokingly pushed Miaomiao towards herself? What were her feelings when she made those ambiguous jokes about Miaomiao and herself?

It must have been very painful, just like when he stood in front of the movie screen a long time ago, playing the role of that lonely "i".

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly looked up. Lu Mingfei had never seen Xiaotiannu cry before. Just as he had thought, the moment he looked up, he saw tears on Xiaotiannu's face. Her shoulders were still trembling, and her eyes were swollen and bulging. She no longer had any of her imposing manner.

But this makes her seem like a girl who evokes pity...

"Lu Mingfei, I regret it, please really..." Little Fairy said pitifully.

really?

Before Lu Mingfei could even grasp the meaning of those two words, he saw a belated look of surprise on Xiaotiannv's face. She then casually wiped her face with her arm, picked up her suitcase, and ran into the rain without looking back.

Lu Mingfei was left standing there alone, holding his umbrella, watching helplessly as the girl who had just abandoned all her pride and dignity ran far, far away, until she was out of Lu Mingfei's sight.

The rain poured down, and the air was thick with mist. Suddenly, a small, rose-red lace-trimmed parasol appeared beside Lu Mingfei, like a giant mushroom that had suddenly grown in the rain.

“Brother, she still likes you,” Lu Mingze said.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head: "...I know."

"Aren't you going to chase after her, brother? Are you just going to let your beloved girl walk away in the pouring rain?" Lu Mingze put one hand behind his back, peeked out from under Lu Mingfei's umbrella, and wanted to see Lu Mingfei's expression.

"What are you chasing?" Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly became a little irritable. "Didn't you hear her say that I have no sense of boundaries? Besides, the girl I love is Liu Miaomiao, okay?"

"Then, brother, do you dare admit that you don't like Su Xiaoqiang?"

Lu Mingfei fell silent.

"Chen Wenwen? Nuonuo? Ling? Erii? Xia Mi?"

"Hey, hey, hey, how come you're getting more and more outrageous! My senior sister, Zero, and I have never met anyone like that in our lives, okay? And what the hell is Xia Mi? Even if a human-dragon relationship were allowed, she's still my senior brother's girlfriend, okay? In the 'Young and Dangerous' movies, they say that picking up a boss's woman is punishable by three cuts and six eyes!"

Lu Mingze smiled gently.

"Just like you said, you haven't met Nuonuo and the others in this lifetime, and Xia Mi and Chu Zihang haven't met either. I told you a long time ago that the world is a giant Nibelungen. In your past memories, perhaps these two people have some connection. But in their memories, they are just passersby."

"In this life, Xia Mi seduced you and got close to Odin through your mark. Even if you let Xia Mi meet Chu Zihang, Chu Zihang will not have any feelings for Xia Mi. He will only think of Xia Mi as an ordinary pretty junior."

Lu Mingfei was speechless for a moment, then started cursing: "Did you suddenly appear just to instill your warped values ​​in me? Are you going to lecture me with that twisted harem theory again?"

"There's no such thing as right or wrong values, brother. There are only right or wrong people. Sometimes, accepting a group of them is more likely to make them happy than rejecting them one by one."

The little devil sighed.

"Brother, don't you really like reading 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'? Think about Zhang Wuji, he liked Xiao Zhao but didn't take the initiative. Did Xiao Zhao find happiness after leaving for the Persian headquarters? Was Yin Li happy? Was Zhou Zhiruo happy? Liu Miaomiao is the girl you love, that's true, but no one says a person can only have one beloved girl, right?"

For some reason, even though Lu Mingze's arguments are all fallacies, Lu Mingfei always ends up speechless and unable to refute them.

Maybe he had always had this dark thought in his heart, and then Lu Mingze dug it out... Damn, what boy hasn't fantasized about the life of having three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines?

"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what you came out for. If you just wanted to lecture me, you've already done that. I have to go to Liu Miaomiao's house to meet my future in-laws. If I listen to your rambling any longer, I'll be late."

"Do I need to ask why I'm here to help you, brother? Of course, I'm here to solve your problems!"

As Lu Mingze spoke, he pulled out a folder from somewhere and handed it to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei took it instinctively.

"What is this?"

"A special gift package for winning over girls! Originally priced at 998, you can get it for free with just one positive review, dear." Lu Mingze winked. "Brother, you can open it and take a look first. If you don't want it, you can return it for free."

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, tilted his head to one side to hold the umbrella, and opened the folder with his hand. Inside was a stack of euros, a passport issued to Portugal, an airline ticket, and a small Portuguese dictionary for everyday use... There was even a long-term leave slip stamped with the seal of Shilan Middle School.

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. He quickly flipped open his passport and, sure enough, there was his own photo on it. The passenger name on the ticket was also his, and the final destination was Porto, Portugal.