Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Lu Mingfei suddenly reached out his hand towards the painting that was half-hidden behind Xiaotiannv's buttocks.

Su Xiaoqiang was clearly not expected by Lu Mingfei to launch a sneak attack, and instinctively tried to retreat. However, in her haste, she lost her footing and her high heels tripped over each other.

Suddenly losing her balance, Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, and then she saw the scenery in her field of vision suddenly fly downwards, and she fell backwards uncontrollably.

"It's over!" That was the first thought that flashed through Su Xiaoqiang's mind.

She didn't care about falling, but she still protected the painting behind her.

If it falls over like that, the painting will...

Su Xiaoqiang closed her eyes.

However, the imagined scene of her falling to the ground did not happen. Because an arm that was both strange and familiar had already wrapped around her waist and caught her just in time before she fell.

She felt her sensitive waist being tightly embraced by arms. Su Xiaoqiang opened her eyes, and the boy's meticulously groomed, clean face was right in front of her.

The long-lost scene felt like a dream, as if it transported her back to many days ago to the social dance where she had boldly proposed to the boy that she pretend to be his boyfriend.

After they finished their first dance, they sneaked out of the party and were walking on the lawn downstairs at the hotel when she accidentally fell. The boy put his arm around her waist in the same way.

At that time, he did not belong to anyone.

"Are you alright, Little Fairy?" Lu Mingfei asked with a hint of worry on his face.

Su Xiaoqiang closed her eyes again, her heart pounding wildly, as if a thousand little deer were running through her chest. She thought to herself that she would never wear high heels out again!

Especially when I go out with this guy!

"No, it's okay!"

After a brief moment of regaining her senses, Su Xiaoqiang immediately stood up and pushed the boy away, but for some reason her legs went weak, her whole body felt numb and tingly, and she could barely stand.

"Are you really alright?" Lu Mingfei was still a little worried. "You didn't twist your ankle or anything, did you?"

I don't know why, but whenever the girls he's with experience a fall or similar accident, they tend to sprain their ankles very easily. It's almost like some kind of curse.

Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip and lowered her head, trying to move her ankle. The ankle joint moved normally, showing no signs of sprain.

"Didn't twist it..."

For some reason, Su Xiaoqiang felt a little regretful.

Feeling the touch and warmth of the boy's hand still lingering on her waist, Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip and looked away, pretending to be calm as she smoothed her slightly disheveled hair: "Look how rude you are, you almost made me fall down—hey, if you really want to see, you can see."

As Su Xiaoqiang spoke, she handed the painting she had hidden behind her back to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei wasn't sure if the little fairy was playing hard to get, but after the incident, he was neither in the mood nor comfortable actually taking the painting to look at it. So he immediately said:

"No need, no need..." Lu Mingfei waved his hand.

"Hey, I already gave you a chance, but you didn't look at it yourself," the little fairy pouted and said. "You can't come and snatch it again later."

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips; in truth, he was somewhat eager to see it.

"The business is done, and the painting is finished." Su Xiaoqiang put her hands behind her back, tiptoed, and took a step closer to Lu Mingfei. "Since you're not going to look at it—shall we go back?"

I didn't realize it until I was sitting next to the little fairy, but after checking my phone, I found out that it was indeed getting late.

Lu Mingfei nodded, and Su Xiaoqiang walked lightly to Lu Mingfei's side, keeping a distance of about half a meter. They walked side by side, completely unaware that the painting in her hand had been quietly unfolded behind her at some point.

In the painting, a girl and a boy sit side by side on a bench, with the Church of Santa Maria de Mavila in the background. In this somewhat realistic oil painting, the boy's posture is slightly stiff, while the girl's expression is somewhat tense. However, it's clear that both the boy and girl subtly convey a sense of happiness.

……

I'm taking a day off to regroup.

I'm taking a day off to regroup.

As the title suggests, I've been feeling a bit down lately, so I'm taking a day off.

Recently, many readers have commented that the Portugal part of the story is a bit slow, probably because it introduces more characters. I'll adjust the outline to speed up the completion of the Little Fairy's storyline, and then return to the main storyline of everyday campus romance.

I originally planned to take a day off at the end of last month, but I had half a manuscript on hand, so I finished writing it and published a chapter instead.

I'll be updating a lot more in the second half of this month.

Chapter 228 Snake Deadpool

As they crawled around the corner, the darkness was suddenly pierced by a burst of light. The sudden blinding light felt like a sharp sword, causing the shadowy figure to instinctively squint.

A sharp pain shot through his head, and a wave of dizziness and disorientation washed over him once more. The shadowy figure clutched his head, unsure of what the ray of light piercing the darkness meant, but the last vestiges of consciousness in his mind compelled him to crawl forward.

It was as if something important was waiting for him ahead.

As the light source drew closer, his consciousness began to return, and he heard a rustling sound. The surrounding space was narrow and cramped, filled with a fishy smell. After a while, he finally remembered that he was in a cave.

The splashing sound is the sound of water flowing gently.

The sound of water ahead meant that the exit was probably not far away. He propped himself up on his arms and crawled forward like an insect. The cave was hard and rough, with countless pebbles embedded in the earthen walls, but his arms did not bleed from the scrapes.

Then, as the sunlight shone into the cave entrance, he could barely see his arm. Dense, bluish-gray, fish-scale-like scales were embedded in his skin, as if he were wearing a very thin suit of armor.

He paused for a moment, his hazy mind failing to perceive anything amiss, as if the scales were naturally growing on his body.

The only thing he knew was that he should keep climbing forward.

Only in this way can I escape.

……

Lu Mingfei looked up from his phone screen and at Su Xiaoqiang beside him.

"The nearest train back to Gullango is in an hour. Should we take a taxi directly to the train station to wait, or walk there leisurely?" Lu Mingfei asked.

He was walking side by side with Su Xiaoqiang along the riverbank, a gentle breeze blowing in their faces. There were no railings along the riverbank, so many people were fishing.

Su Xiaoqiang tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Shall we walk there slowly? Anyway, it's not far from the train station. We don't have anything to do if we go there early."

Lu Mingfei nodded in agreement with the little fairy's suggestion, without any objection.

The main problem is that despite Portugal being a long-established capitalist country, its train stations are really inferior to those in China. They're stuffy and hot, some places don't even have air conditioning, and the smell of sweat mixes together in the air. If Lu Mingfei had a choice, he would have preferred to walk there. At least the outdoor scenery is quite nice, and the air is fresher.

Turning onto the stone arch bridge spanning the river, ripples spread across the water's surface in the wind.

Su Xiaoqiang exclaimed "Ah!" because she had been drawn to a butterfly that had landed on the edge of the bridge. A gentle breeze rippled across the river.

Seeing the proud and aloof celestial maiden display such a girlish side for the first time, Lu Mingfei felt a slight stirring in his heart. However, compared to his actual age, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old celestial maiden truly did seem to be just a little girl.

He didn't urge them, since there was still plenty of time before the train's departure.

Lu Mingfei stood behind the little fairy, watching her tiptoe cautiously approach the butterfly. She stopped a few steps away, choosing not to get any closer, as if afraid that getting too close would scare the butterfly away.

“It’s beautiful,” Su Xiaoqiang suddenly said.

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

The woman's scream shattered the tranquility like a knife, startling the riverbank. The source of the sound wasn't far. Lu Mingfei moved closer to Su Xiaoqiang, and the colorful butterfly, startled, fluttered its wings and flew away.

The screams were very close to him, and Lu Mingfei found the source of the sound almost instantly. A crowd of onlookers gathered around the girl who had screamed, and the riverbank was soon packed with people.

Directly opposite the girl, from a drainage outlet under a bridge on the riverbank, a burly, dark, humanoid figure crawled out like a distorted lizard. Its body was covered in something resembling a mud- and blood-stained placenta. It looked like one of those grotesque alien creatures straight out of a Hollywood movie.

As the dark shadow crawled and writhed along the riverbank, the girl on the shore screamed in terror again.

"what is that?"

Lu Mingfei heard the little fairy's voice beside him trembling.

Lu Mingfei just stared blankly at the thing, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The sunlight illuminated the layers of scales on the dark figure. Perhaps due to the deformed joints in its claws, it moved very slowly, only able to propel itself forward by pushing itself with its long tail.

Lu Mingfei had seen this deformed creature, whose bone structure was somewhere between that of a human and a reptile, before. That knowledge came from Professor Chu Zihang. The reason that creature resembled a lizard with its hind legs broken was because it had undergone bone and blood abnormalities, causing its legs to merge into a tail, much like the mythical python with legs.

In the elevator shaft of the Snake Clan, he, along with Chu Zihang and Caesar, had once engaged in direct firefights with these creatures, armed with rifles and Gatling guns. He knew this guy was far more difficult to deal with than a typical Deadpool.

But... why is there a snake-like Deadpool in Portugal?

However, now is clearly not the time to worry about that. Although Deadpools are living beings, they have lost their minds and are neither human nor sentient. They crave fresh flesh and blood and will attack humans based on their sense of smell.

"Everyone, scatter!" Lu Mingfei shouted at the crowd from the bridge.

However, the roar clearly had no effect. The crowd was buzzing with excitement, discussing what kind of creature this suddenly appeared. His roar, falling into their chatter, was like a raindrop in a pond. Some were even excitedly looking around, wondering if a film crew was shooting a movie.

"Little Fairy, call the police right now!" Lu Mingfei shouted to Su Xiaoqiang beside him.

Lu Mingfei certainly didn't expect the police to play any role in the fight against Deadpool. The snake-like Deadpool was covered in armor-like scales; even if a bullet from the Desert Eagle, the king of pistols, hit it head-on, the bullet would simply bounce off its dragon scales. Only a Gatling gun equipped with armor-piercing rounds could barely break through their defenses.

Deadpool has an insatiable thirst for human blood. Once this snake-like Deadpool leaps into a crowd, a bloody feast awaits him. With his extensive mission experience, he knows the immediate priority is to disperse the ordinary onlookers gathered on the riverbank. And in this regard, the police are clearly more effective than him at dispersing the crowd.

Damn it... to make matters worse, I don't even have a brick on hand.

Startled by Lu Mingfei's sudden order, Su Xiaoqiang was momentarily taken aback. She instinctively wanted to ask Lu Mingfei why.

But after seeing the serious expression on Lu Mingfei's face, she realized the seriousness in his words.

And judging from his expression, it seems he knows what the monster in front of him is.

When Su Xiaoqiang first met Lu Mingfei, her impression of him was just that of a pathetic internet addict.

Perhaps, it's also a bit erotic.

Because when we first met, this guy was staring at my feet.

Besides that, there were some busybodies. When a pornographic webpage popped up on my screen, even though I didn't know it, that guy came over and closed it for me as if we were old friends.

However, as their relationship deepened, she and Lu Mingfei became more and more familiar with each other, and she also developed some different views on Lu Mingfei.

He's quite tall, and as for his looks... well, he's barely somewhat handsome.

The longer she knew Lu Mingfei, the more mysterious he seemed to her.

The archaeologist's parents, the British aristocratic air hidden beneath the surface of decline, and the fact that he and the female shareholder of the Black Prince Group were childhood sweethearts.

That loser who loved playing games in internet cafes gradually became more and more unfamiliar to me.

Looking at Lu Mingfei's profile, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly had many thoughts and questions. But she just pursed her lips and obediently took out her Nokia N73 from her pocket.

She didn't know why she, who had always been proud and rebellious, was so compliant with Lu Mingfei's words. She simply had a strange feeling about him, as if his words held an undeniable authority that compelled her to obey. It was like an ancient emperor issuing commands to his beloved concubines.

"Have you called the police?" Lu Mingfei asked, keeping a careful eye on the snake-like Deadpool.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded obediently: "I've signed up."