Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

"Huh?" A hint of surprise flashed across Liu Miaomiao's face, then she immediately waved her hand, "No need, Lu Mingfei, you specifically chose a window seat."

"no problem, no problem."

Without a word, Lu Mingfei stood up from his seat and spoke in fluent English to the bald, burly man sitting in seat C:

"Could you please get up for a moment? My friend is sitting in the seat."

Liu Miaomiao blinked, somewhat surprised.

Lu Mingfei's English grades are barely passing... how come his English pronunciation is so standard?

And it's a London accent!

Moreover... he has quite high emotional intelligence; he could even tell what I was hesitating about.

Liu Miaomiao, of course, did not know that Lu Mingfei had actually studied abroad in his previous life.

Although the entire Kassel College speaks Chinese and doesn't have a strict requirement for English, living abroad and being exposed to it all the time has helped students develop fluent English communication skills.

As for the London accent... that's because he spent too much time with that old man Angers, and his accent got corrupted.

The bald, burly man stood up. Lu Mingfei stepped out of his seat first, then, like a loyal butler, put his hands behind his back and let Liu Miaomiao sit down in seat A.

"Thank you." Liu Miaomiao stared at the ground and nodded slightly to Lu Mingfei.

Chapter 26 Liu Miaomiao's Airsickness

As the final announcement on the radio ended, the white Bombardier CRJ900 roared to life and soared into the sky like a bluebird.

As one of the world's most common regional jets, the Bombardier CRJ900 has a cabin layout that can accommodate 70 passengers.

Excluding the 12 business class seats and 20 premium class seats, there are only 38 economy class seats. It can be said that Lu Mingfei's class has booked most of the plane.

The restless young men, of course, wouldn't let go of this opportunity to sit next to their goddess. They tried every means to find out where Liu Miaomiao and Qiao Yiran had chosen to sit. However, when Liu Miaomiao's admirers learned that their goddess had actually paid for an upgrade herself, they sighed and felt resentful. At the same time, they all went to find out where Lu Mingfei was sitting.

They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Lu Mingfei was also sitting in economy class, just like them. They thought to themselves that although they hadn't been able to share a seat with their goddess in the last years of junior high, Lu Mingfei hadn't either.

When rumors of an ambiguous relationship between Liu Miaomiao and Lu Mingfei surfaced, she didn't choose to sit with him. What does this mean? It means Liu Miaomiao was avoiding suspicion!

In other words, most of the things circulating on the Shilan Middle School forum are just baseless rumors, and I still have a chance. Although the chance is slim, being close to zero and being zero are two different things.

However, just as everyone boarded the plane, reality dealt them a heavy blow. To their shock, they discovered that Liu Miaomiao, who should have been sitting in business class, was instead crammed side-by-side with Lu Mingfei in a corner of economy class.

Moreover, Liu Miaomiao blushed so sweetly, her eyes were practically overflowing with shyness, and she felt utterly heartbroken, feeling that it didn't matter whether she went on this graduation trip or not.

Others go on graduation trips to give their youth a perfect ending. What are you doing on your graduation trip? Just to be a third wheel in someone else's youth?

"Lu Mingfei... he's bullying us too much." One of the boys sitting in the front row grumbled.

"That's for sure," another person in the crowd replied. "He not only secretly pursued Liu Miaomiao, but also flaunted it in front of a bunch of single guys. It's utterly inhuman."

A sigh escaped the crowd, and then silence fell.

The teacher sitting in the front row of the cabin was completely baffled, wondering why the students, who were so lively and energetic when boarding, had become so lifeless once they sat on the plane.

……

Of course, it wasn't just the boys who admired Liu Miaomiao who became lifeless.

Shortly after the plane took off, Lu Mingfei noticed that Liu Miaomiao's complexion was not normal, and she seemed to be very uncomfortable.

"Are you alright?" Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment before asking Liu Miaomiao beside him.

Although he felt that he should avoid talking to Liu Miaomiao and proactively avoid suspicion during this time when rumors were rampant, seeing Liu Miaomiao's unpleasant expression, he also felt that he shouldn't ignore her.

After all, compared to Liu Miaomiao's health, avoiding suspicion is a minor matter.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Liu Miaomiao turned her head, covered her chest with her hand, and answered with a forced smile.

"But your face is so pale," Lu Mingfei thought to himself. He had never seen Liu Miaomiao so weak before, and looking at her made him feel uneasy.

"Are you really alright?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask again.

"I'm fine." Liu Miaomiao shook her head. "I think I'm just a little airsick?"

"Airsickness?"

Lu Mingfei was surprised that Liu Miaomiao said she got airsick. In his eyes, a girl from Liu Miaomiao's family background should be traveling the world by plane all the time and should be immune to airsickness by now.

However, seeing Liu Miaomiao's pale and sweaty appearance, it was indeed a typical symptom of motion sickness.

"Mmm." Liu Miaomiao nodded with difficulty, her brows furrowed tightly, clearly enduring some uncomfortable feeling.

“I’ve always had motion sickness, and I also get carsick. My dad used to bring me motion sickness medication when I flew abroad. This is my first time flying by myself, and I forgot to bring my medication, so I’m feeling a bit unwell.”

"Liu Miaomiao, you should have said you were airsick earlier! You scared me half to death. I thought something had suddenly happened to you."

As Lu Mingfei spoke, he took out a backpack from his luggage, rummaged around in the side pocket for a moment, and then pulled out a small bottle and handed it to Liu Miaomiao. "Here, dimenhydrinate tablets, for motion sickness. Take this, I'll go get you a glass of water."

Liu Miaomiao took the medicine from Lu Mingfei's hand, her eyes showing some surprise: "Lu Mingfei, why... why did you bring motion sickness medicine?"

"It was my first time flying, and I was worried I'd get airsick, so I bought a bottle in advance. I figured even if I didn't get airsick, other classmates might need it, and it actually came in handy," Lu Mingfei said.

In fact, a few years later, most domestic flights will have motion sickness medication on hand. If you need it, just tell the flight attendant and she will bring it to you.

However, in 2006, flying was something that many people could only dream of. The services offered by many airlines were far less comprehensive than they are now, so people had to bring their own motion sickness medication.

As for why Lu Mingfei developed the habit of carrying motion sickness medication with him, it was because those lunatics at Kassel College always liked to convert passenger planes into fighter jets and fly them like they were racing cars, making Lu Mingfei's stomach churn every time he flew on their planes on missions.

But you can't expect the people in the equipment department to prepare motion sickness medicine for you on the plane.

Therefore, Lu Mingfei had to bring a bottle of dimenhydrinate every time he took a flight with the academy, and over time he developed the good habit of bringing motion sickness medication when flying.

Unexpectedly, his good habit actually came in handy this time.

"Sit still, I'll go get you a glass of water from the flight attendant," Lu Mingfei said, preparing to stand up.

Liu Miaomiao chuckled and reached out to tug at Lu Mingfei's sleeve.

"You don't need to run over to get water, Lu Mingfei. Look, there's a button above your seat. Just press it, and the flight attendant will come by herself."

Lu Mingfei looked up and, sure enough, saw a button on the wall of his cabin.

Lu Mingfei reached out and pressed a button, and then a "ding-dong" sounded from the loudspeaker. A short while later, a flight attendant came over.

After learning that Lu Mingfei wanted a glass of water, she turned and walked towards the tea room.

"Sorry, this is my first time flying," Lu Mingfei said with a laugh.

Actually, it wasn't his first time flying. Lu Mingfei had flown many times, but he rarely took regular flights; he mainly flew with the Kassel College.

The key issue is that the executive department is the ones flying the planes—they're not preparing flight attendants.

Considering the abundance of talent at Kassel College, with beautiful female students everywhere, it seemed a waste of resources for them not to recruit a few to the Executive Department specifically for flight attendants, but instead to send them all over the world to fight Deadpool and dangerous hybrids.

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Miaomiao waved her hand quickly, as if afraid that Lu Mingfei would misunderstand something. "I wasn't making fun of you or anything... I just thought you were a very interesting person, that's why I laughed. I didn't mean to look down on you."

"No need to explain. I know you don't mean to look down on me, after all, you are Liu Miaomiao."

Liu Miaomiao was taken aback, not knowing what Lu Mingfei meant by his sudden words.

What she didn't know was that Lu Mingfei was actually remembering things from his past life.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself: "In my past life, I was so unlucky, yet you still bothered to talk to me. So of course I know you didn't mean to look down on me just now..."

Chapter 27 Arrival in the Capital

The flight from Lu Mingfei's hometown to the capital takes about 4 hours.

At first, everyone in the class was very excited, admiring the clear blue sky and the white clouds below through the cabin windows. Those with DSLR cameras were even snapping photos of the scenery outside the window.

But after the initial excitement of boarding subsided, everyone seemed to have agreed to suddenly quiet down.

Experienced travelers would pull out novels they had prepared beforehand to pass the time, while those with MP3 players would simply plug in their earphones and go to sleep. Those with nothing could only flip through airline brochures in their seat pockets to kill the time.

Meanwhile, the bald, burly man sitting to Lu Mingfei's left simply spread out an airline brochure and covered his face, fast asleep. Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "This guy is both tall and tough."

Lu Mingfei was the type of person who brought nothing with him.

Logically speaking, Lu Mingfei, who frequently traveled the world by plane in his previous life, should have had some tips on how to pass the time on airplanes. And indeed, he bought a complete set of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" to take on the plane.

The problem was that his aunt thought the set of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" took up too much space. After putting it in Lu Mingfei's backpack, there was no room left for the jar of Erba sauce, so she put the book in the box for Lu Mingfei.

When Lu Mingfei arrived at the airport, he forgot about this again and checked the set of books along with his suitcase. They're probably lying in the lower deck of the plane now.

Unfortunately, he went to bed very early last night and is now full of energy, so he can't rely on sleeping to get through this period.

"Oh well, nothing to do is nothing. It's only four hours anyway," Lu Mingfei sighed inwardly.

However, the observant Liu Miaomiao seemed to notice Lu Mingfei's predicament. She took off her left earphone and asked:

"Lu Mingfei, didn't you bring anything to pass the time? Like a novel or something?"

Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised that Liu Miaomiao would take the initiative to speak to him. "I did bring it, but I forgot to take it out of my suitcase," Lu Mingfei answered dejectedly.

"Oh."

Liu Miaomiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Do you want to listen to music with me? I'll share my headphones with you."

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? After all, there's something... you know, between us—"

Lu Mingfei was still somewhat concerned about the rumors surrounding him and Liu Miaomiao.

He himself didn't care about being teased by others. But Liu Miaomiao was, after all, a girl, so she had to be a little more mindful of that.

Liu Miaomiao seemed to know what Lu Mingfei was referring to, and her ears started burning again.

She bit her lip and glanced at Lu Mingfei from below, as if she was annoyed that he had brought it up again for no reason.

The memories of death are attacking both of them at the same time.

Liu Miaomiao straightened her bangs, avoided Lu Mingfei's gaze, looked ahead, and muttered softly, "What's the big deal? Let them spread rumors if they want. As long as we have a clear conscience, it's fine—do you want to listen?"

"want…!"

Since the piano princess Liu Miaomiao had said so, the head steward Lu Mingfei had no choice but to obediently offer his hands and take the other earphone from Liu Miaomiao's hands.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei was quite curious about whose songs this girl, who might be the most musically accomplished at Shilan Middle School, had saved on her MP3 player.

Jay Chou? David Tao? Or the popular idol Wang Leehom?

The MP3 player Liu Miaomiao used was an iPod, which was not very well-known in China at the time, and its initial price was $399.

Price is secondary; the main issue is that in 06, the grey market in China was still dominated by Sony products, and iPods were still hard to find in China. I don't know how she managed to get one.