Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

However, it wasn't until he landed in Portugal that Lu Mingfei truly experienced the power of the Mediterranean climate.

Fortunately, the genetic advantages of mixed-race individuals are evident in many aspects, and their tolerance to hot and cold is also better than that of ordinary people. Therefore, even wearing long sleeves and trousers, Lu Mingfei felt that he could barely accept it.

However, seeing the strange look in the eyes of the little fairy beside him, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt as if he was being looked down upon.

Wait, will the little fairy think I'm physically weak?

"I didn't expect Portugal to be so hot, so I only brought long sleeves and trousers!" Lu Mingfei explained immediately.

"I didn't say anything." Although the little fairy said this, she had a smug smile on her face, as if she had successfully pulled off a prank.

She blinked and said, "Since you didn't bring any summer clothes, I'll take you to buy some as a gift. Otherwise, it'll seem like I'm being stingy."

When the little fairy said she was going to take him to buy clothes, Lu Mingfei initially thought she was going to take him to a department store or something similar. But after winding through the streets, they ended up in a large open space.

The open space is located in a corner of Gulegon's city center. It seems that vehicles are not allowed here. The compacted yellow earth is densely packed with stalls. They sell everything from drinks and snacks to handicrafts I've never seen before and clothing with a distinctly Portuguese flair.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling as if he had accidentally wandered into a market in a small southern town. He had always thought that going to markets was a custom only in China, but he never expected that in a tourist city in Portugal, a country with a long history of capitalist empire, Louis Vuitton handbags were being sold for ten euros each, with a sign next to them confidently claiming that they were made of genuine crocodile skin.

Seeing the familiar craftsmanship of these street vendor goods, even Lu Mingfei began to doubt the source of this leather bag, wondering if it came from some distant Eastern country, perhaps from a certain country or a certain country.

"Well, did you ever think that there were markets here in Portugal?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

Lu Mingfei nodded and clicked his tongue in admiration: "I really hadn't thought of that."

However, Lu Mingfei remembered that the so-called Obon festival fireworks display in Japan always included street stalls, much like the temple fairs during the Chinese New Year or Mid-Autumn Festival.

The only difference is that the stalls in Japan are arranged a bit more systematically, and the anime promotion adds another layer of filter to these festivals, making them seem quite lively. But in the end, it's just ordinary street vending.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that customs all over the world are pretty much the same, only they are presented in different ways, which is why there are individual differences.

“Don’t underestimate these street stalls,” Su Xiaoqiang said proudly. “Although Fifth Avenue in New York and Montmartre in Paris are known for selling clothes from all over the world, only places like these can sell the most authentic Portuguese traditional clothing. Many elderly women from Gulegon who worked as textile workers in their youth make hand-sewn clothes here to sell when they have nothing else to do. When I was little, my mother would bring me here every time we went back to Portugal. The clothes I’m wearing now were also bought here.”

"Actually, China has places like this too," Lu Mingfei added.

"Really?" The little fairy turned her head, a suspicious expression on her face.

"Of course it's true." Lu Mingfei guessed that Xiaotiannv probably had never been to a rural market. "After we get back to China, I can take you to see it if I have time."

"After we get back to China..." Su Xiaoqiang pursed her lips, "We'll talk about things after we get back to China. Let's buy your clothes first."

Lu Mingfei followed Xiaotiannv into the market. To be honest, the density of the crowds in the market exceeded Lu Mingfei's expectations.

Although Gullão is one of Portugal's most famous tourist cities, similar to Xi'an or Zhangjiajie in China, social media apps like Instagram or Google Maps didn't exist back then. These hidden gems in Gullão could only be discovered through word of mouth among tourists.

Su Xiaoqiang turned to look at Lu Mingfei, hesitated for a moment, and then took the initiative to tug at his sleeve. Lu Mingfei was also taken aback for a moment, and then let the little fairy walk ahead and lead him. Their fingertips would occasionally touch each other as they walked.

Walking a little further in, Lu Mingfei even saw one of those booths in China where you could shoot balloons with a gun; after hitting a certain number of balloons, you could win a prize. He wondered if this counted as a form of cultural export.

Su Xiaoqiang clearly noticed the stall, whose style seemed quite out of place at the market. Lu Mingfei noticed that Su Xiaoqiang's gaze seemed to be drawn to something on the stall. Following Su Xiaoqiang's gaze, Lu Mingfei saw a 101 Loyal Dog doll among a pile of prizes.

It seems that Little Fairy really likes this series of dolls? Lu Mingfei remembered that when he hid in Little Fairy's boudoir last time, he also saw a 101 loyal dog doll on Little Fairy's bed.

Seemingly realizing she had been looking at it for a while, Su Xiaoqiang quickly looked away and glanced back at Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei, meanwhile, silently memorized the location of the stall.

Venturing a little deeper, the two finally reached the end of the market. At the end was an open space, not very large, but teeming with people. It seemed most of them knew that local specialty clothing was sold there.

Su Xiaoqiang led Lu Mingfei to the innermost stall. Upon seeing Su Xiaoqiang, the old lady at the stall immediately greeted her with a smile and then said a few words in Portuguese, as if the two were old acquaintances.

The old lady glanced at Lu Mingfei, then smiled kindly and said something to Su Xiaoqiang. Lu Mingfei couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, but he saw that after hearing those words, Xiaotiannu's face immediately turned red, and she hurriedly pursed her lips and waved her hand.

"What exactly did that old lady say?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"Mind your own business!" The little fairy turned her head and glared at Lu Mingfei, her pretty face slightly red, and she gritted her teeth fiercely.

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==I'm a bit tired from catching the train today, a long journey, I'll make it up to you tomorrow!

Chapter 216 The Most Irresponsible Board Member of the Academy

Lu Mingfei originally thought that these bright red and colorful Western European-style clothes would not suit him well, but after putting them on and looking at himself in the full-length mirror, they actually fit him quite well.

Of course, no matter how open-minded Europe is, Lu Mingfei wouldn't change his clothes in front of everyone. He just draped his short-sleeved shirt over his long-sleeved shirt and looked at himself in the mirror.

However, the reason why these outfits all looked quite good on Lu Mingfei was mainly because the Little Fairy's standards were extremely high. Every time Lu Mingfei changed into an outfit, he would be scrutinized by the Little Fairy's quality inspector-like gaze, and then she would wave him off to change into the next one.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt like a Barbie doll playing a dress-up game with the Little Fairy, being dressed and undressed at her beck and call. But this wasn't the first time he'd been bossed around like this by the Little Fairy.

Back when he accompanied his daughter to a social dance and they went to the CBD to buy suits, they did the same thing as today, trying on almost every suit in the entire Ocean Classic Mall.

After buying the clothes and exchanging a few more words with the old lady at the stall, Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei returned the way they came.

Su Xiaoqiang took out her phone, glanced at the time, and realized that it was almost five o'clock.

She and Lu Mingfei left around one o'clock in the afternoon. They didn't do much, just strolled around the garden, visited a few churches, bought some small gifts at a gift shop, and then took Lu Mingfei to the market to buy some clothes. Time flew by and passed by quietly.

However, looking back, it seems that Lu Mingfei and I have done quite a lot...

You don't realize it when you're doing these things, but when you come to your senses afterwards, you realize that you've actually accumulated a lot of little things, and it feels like happy times pass by exceptionally quickly.

"Shall we just go back?"

Su Xiaoqiang put away her phone and looked at Lu Mingfei beside her, asking a question.

Seeing Lu Mingfei carrying a bunch of bags and packages, Su Xiaoqiang hesitated for a moment before reaching out her hands to him.

"Here, I'll take half for you," Su Xiaoqiang said.

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei was suddenly taken aback. He hadn't expected that this young lady could be so considerate.

Seeing Lu Mingfei's gaze directed at her, Su Xiaoqiang blushed and quickly explained:

"You, you mustn't misunderstand! I'm not worried about you being exhausted or anything!"

The little fairy looked away slightly and said fiercely, "I was just worried that if you carried so many things by yourself, you might accidentally drop and break the gifts I gave to Miaomiao and the others, and then we would have to buy new ones, so I helped you carry some of the load."

However, his tsundere nature hasn't changed at all.

Although the little fairy said that Lu Mingfei should give her half, this weight is nothing to Lu Mingfei now.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Mingfei handed a few lighter bags to Xiaotiannv. This way, he could satisfy her desire to help him without tiring her out.

When Xiaotian saw that Lu Mingfei only handed her the bag containing the clothes, while she carried the heavier items, she immediately understood what he was thinking. She pursed her pink lips slightly and said nothing.

"Are we going back now?" Lu Mingfei asked. "Isn't there anywhere you'd like to visit?"

Unbeknownst to them, their roles had reversed. Instead of Su Xiaoqiang acting as Lu Mingfei's tour guide, leading him to local attractions, Lu Mingfei was now accompanying Su Xiaoqiang shopping.

Lu Mingfei had gotten used to this situation.

In his past life, every time he went out on a mission, he agreed that he was just a lackey or an extra for his expressionless senior brother Caesar and the others, while they were the main force and he was just there to earn some internship credits. But in the end, he always ended up carrying the seven deadly sins and fighting the dragon kings hand-to-hand.

Compared to risking one's life against the Dragon King, it seems much more relaxing and enjoyable to go shopping with beautiful women.

“I don’t see anywhere else, and besides… we’re carrying so much stuff,” Su Xiaoqiang said, shaking her head.

"Then wait for me for a moment," Lu Mingfei said.

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned. Before she realized what Lu Mingfei was going to do, she saw him run to the stall where people were shooting balloons with toy guns not far away, then put everything he was holding down at his feet and picked up a gun.

"Boss, how much is it for one session?" Lu Mingfei asked in English.

"One euro for ten bullets, one bullet equals one point, and points can be redeemed for prizes," the stall owner replied in English.

In 2006, the exchange rate between the Euro and the RMB was roughly 1:10. One Euro for ten bullets meant that one bullet cost about one RMB, which was certainly not cheap.

However, after seeing that the 101 Dalmatians doll only cost 20 points, Lu Mingfei felt it was acceptable. 20 yuan definitely wouldn't buy such a large doll in China—of course, that's assuming he could hit all 20 shots.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then took out four euros and handed them to the shopkeeper: "Forty bullets."

"Do you want to play this?" Su Xiaoqiang followed over and asked Lu Mingfei.

"Just a little fun." Lu Mingfei squinted one eye, raised the gun, and held it up in front of his eyes to find the aim. "It's been a long time since I've played around with this."

This kind of shooting game was something Lu Mingfei hadn't experienced in a long time. In his previous life, he was a loser, not good at many things. Apart from StarCraft, shooting was one of the few skills he could be proud of.

Many people only know that he scored 100 points in 10 shots during high school military training, but they don't know that back in elementary school, when he played the balloon-popping game at a street stall near his aunt's house, he had already taught all the street stall owners a lesson, so much so that later on, the owners would quickly pack up their stalls as soon as they saw him.

"Tch, do you think you can hit it?" Su Xiaoqiang scoffed.

That's what she said, but Su Xiaoqiang just wanted to be a little proud. Although she didn't participate in the second half of the military training due to health reasons, she had still heard about Lu Mingfei's glorious record of hitting the bullseye in ten shots.

"How about we make a bet?" Lu Mingfei said jokingly.

Su Xiaoqiang originally wanted to say, "Let's bet, who's afraid of who?", but then she immediately remembered that she hadn't fulfilled her previous bet with this guy, not to mention that shooting was this guy's forte.

Thus, the usually arrogant and haughty little celestial maiden, unusually, once again cowered and lost her composure.

"Pah, I'm not betting with you!"

Lu Mingfei had no intention of actually betting anything with Su Xiaoqiang. Seeing the little girl obediently admit defeat in front of him, he smiled and said nothing more, holding the gun in front of him.

With a "pop," a balloon on the wall five meters away burst. Before Su Xiaoqiang could react, she saw the balloons next to her burst one after another with a "pop," and in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingfei had popped most of the balloons on the wall. All of this happened in less than a minute.

Although Su Xiaoqiang was mentally prepared for Lu Mingfei's marksmanship, she was still shocked when she actually saw it... Of course, the stall owner was even more shocked.

He knew perfectly well what kind of toy guns these were; the barrels had been tampered with, and the sights were far from the real gun trajectories.

However, even under these circumstances, this boy managed to hit the target every time. If Lu Mingfei hadn't stopped in time, he would have almost thought that Lu Mingfei was hired by his competitor to sabotage the event.

Su Xiaoqiang stood obediently to the side, waiting for Lu Mingfei to go inside the stall and exchange his gift with the owner. As soon as Su Xiaoqiang saw Lu Mingfei come out from behind, she went to greet him, but something was suddenly stuffed into her arms.

Su Xiaoqiang looked down and was stunned. It was actually the 101 Dalmatians plush toy.

I only glanced at him a few times without even realizing it, and this guy noticed me?

"This is... a gift for me?" Su Xiaoqiang asked cautiously.

"Otherwise, weren't you staring at this plush toy the whole time?" Lu Mingfei nodded. "The shopkeeper said it would cost twenty points to exchange for one, and I had forty points. So I exchanged one for you and one for Miaomiao. Consider it a thank you for being my tour guide."

As she spoke, she held up a Hello Kitty doll from behind her and said, "I'll give this to Miaomiao to take back later."

Su Xiaoqiang snorted lightly: "Don't you find it troublesome?"

but……

Su Xiaoqiang held the doll tightly in her hands.

It's probably because of this gentle, unassuming nature that Miao Miao likes him.

And myself too.

……

When the two returned to the manor, the group from Kassel College had already returned as well. They didn't see Ye Shengya or the others, only Professor Mans, smoking a cigar, leaning against the Bentley door, chatting with Louis.