Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

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Why can't I find Xia Mi's QQ even after searching through my entire friend list...?

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The private jet landed skimming the sky.

As the boarding stairs were in place and the cabin door opened, the passengers of the private jet slowly disembarked.

This was a strange group: the young man leading the group had a rather effeminate face, was quite young, with prominent eyebrows, and wore a long black trench coat. Behind him were a man and a woman; the man had a fierce-looking face, while the woman appeared shrewd and capable.

The two stood on either side, flanking the beautiful red-haired girl in the middle dressed as a shrine maiden.

A dozen or so men in black suits followed closely behind the group; it was unclear whether they were bodyguards or staff members.

Guided by the staff, the group arrived at the immigration hall. The customs officer opened the passport, saw that the person was a Japanese national, and was about to ask questions in English when the young man immediately waved and smiled.

"You can speak Chinese, I understand it."

"Your Chinese is excellent." The staff member smiled and asked the question according to procedure: "Who are you?"

"Genji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Representative Director, Genji Chisei." The man smiled in return.

Chapter 58: Fellow Countryman Meets Fellow Countryman

A white Toyota Alphard sped along the highway.

Crow drove the car, Yasha sat in the passenger seat, Genjiro and Erii sat in the most comfortable second row, and Sakura Yabuki, dressed in a women's suit, sat in the last row with a laptop open in front of her.

"Eri, are you feeling alright?" Genji asked.

Erii took the notebook from Genjiro's hand and carefully wrote in Japanese, the pencil making a "rustling" sound as it drew on the page: "It's alright."

Judging from Erii's current physical condition, she seems to be performing relatively normally in all aspects. However, it's unclear how long this normalcy will last.

Like a piece of porcelain with a smooth surface but cracks all over the inside, it may look perfect, but it might shatter into pieces with the slightest touch.

"How long can Erii's normal physical condition be maintained?" Genji asked Yabuki Sakura in Chinese.

"Judging from the current situation, we should be able to maintain this for about five days without any problem," Yabuki Sakura replied.

Hearing Sakura Yabuki's words, Genjiro's tense body relaxed a little. Ever since he set foot on this foreign land, his mind had been in a state of high tension.

This wasn't entirely due to his discomfort with the unfamiliar environment; rather, it was because he felt a strange sense of destiny during this unexpected journey.

It was as if they were human-shaped crystal figures on a classical stage, guided by unseen ropes, to this place that they had long heard of but had never set foot in.

He looked at Erii, who was pressed against the glass window, curiously looking at the scenery outside. Her small feet, clad in white tabi socks, peeked out from under the hem of her shrine maiden outfit.

Several medical equipment cables extended from her shrine maiden outfit, connecting to Sakura Yabuki's laptop.

For Erii, who was confined to the headquarters of the Snake Clan year-round, such opportunities to go out were extremely rare. Especially coming to a foreign country across the ocean.

Even a wisp of cloud on the horizon outside the window is something new and surprising to her.

Watching Erii's curious back, Genji felt both fortunate and worried that she had the opportunity to go out.

Of course, there was still a lot of confusion.

This trip to China was completely unexpected. A listed company in this coastal provincial capital has business dealings with Genji Heavy Industries, and Japan needs to send a representative to sign an agreement with the company.

Overall, the other party is of a decent size, but it is still far behind international giants like Genji Heavy Industries.

There's absolutely no need for the family to send me personally to China for liaison; sending any mid-level manager would be more than enough.

But his father insisted that he come and make the trip, and also asked that Erii be brought along.

Genjiro couldn't understand his father's thoughts at all. Didn't he know how worrying Erii's health condition was?

Even though it was he who had been the one to place Erii under house arrest.

The Toyota Alphard began to slow down and spiraled downwards. Suddenly, the wide sea view across the bridge disappeared. Erii moved her hand away from the window and sat properly in her seat.

"How much longer until we arrive?" Genji asked, worried that Erii's health might not be able to withstand a long car ride.

"We should be there soon," said the crow.

After driving for a while, a skyscraper suddenly came into view. It turned out that they had entered a CBD area, and even the surrounding buildings had become modern.

There are very few buildings this tall in Japan. The tallest building, Yokohama Landmark Tower, is only 70 stories high. Erii had only ever seen it on TV before, so the moment the building appeared, it immediately caught her attention.

"Shall we stay here tonight?" Erii wrote in her notebook.

Genji smiled and replied, "Yes, Erii likes it."

"I like it. It's so high up here. Erii has never been this tall before. You can see so many things."

The Alphard stopped at the entrance of the InterContinental Hotel in Preux.

Before the concierge at the entrance could even come down the steps to greet these distinguished guests, several black Lexus GX400s followed closely behind. Then, a group of men in suits got out of the Lexus cars and escorted the passengers from the Alphard out of the vehicle.

The concierge had never seen anything like this before. The scene resembled a gangster in a Hong Kong movie causing trouble. He stood dumbfounded on the steps, unsure whether to go down to greet the guests or turn around and call security or the police.

Genji helped Erii out of the car, his brows furrowed.

"I've said it many times, this is China, don't bring your Japanese way of doing things here."

"Understood, boss." Crow and Yaksha bowed to Genji. Yaksha turned around and reprimanded the men in suits behind him in Japanese.

"I'm sorry, I startled you." Yuan Zhisheng nodded to the concierge. "Could you please help us park the car?"

Before the concierge could answer, the crow had already tossed the car keys to him. Sakura Yabuki put away her notebook and ECG patch and walked ahead, while Genji helped Erii through the door.

“I want to live in the highest place,” Erii wrote.

Yuan Zhisheng smiled and nodded: "Okay."

……

After checking in at the front desk, Sakura Yabuki and the group took the scenic elevator. As the elevator ascended, the city gradually unfolded before their eyes.

"Sakura-san, what's that?" Erii showed Sakura the notebook with the writing on it, then pointed to a spot outside the elevator.

Following Erii's pointing finger, Sakura Yabuki looked towards a park near the CBD.

The park's facilities seemed rather ordinary: a few tree-lined paths, two basketball courts, and a large open space with some kind of equipment installed there. Many people were strolling around inside.

“Ms. Erii, that should be a park,” Sakura Yabuki replied gently.

"A park? Neon lights too?"

"Yes, Ms. Erii."

Erii wrote a reply, neither sad nor happy: "I haven't been there."

Sakura Yabuki was taken aback. Looking at the neat and cute handwriting in front of her, she suddenly felt a sense of sadness.

Before she could figure out how to respond to Erii, Erii wrote down new sentences in her notebook:

"That park, Erii, can we go there?"

This time, Erii didn't show the notebook to Sakura Yabuki, but instead showed it to Chisei Genji. She knew that at home, only her brother's orders were valid.

Genjiro had just witnessed Erii and Yabuki Sakura's entire conversation. Faced with Erii's question, he simply smiled lightly, affectionately patted Erii's head, and said in a tone of official authority, as if he were an adult:

"As long as Erii behaves well these next few days, I'll allow Sakura to take you for a walk in the park."

The elevator stopped on the 52nd floor.

A slender woman dressed in a Japanese yukata stood at the elevator entrance, her foxy eyes widening for a moment, clearly surprised by the large number of people inside.

“Go up there,” Yuan Zhisheng reminded him with a smile.

"I went up too." Mai Shude smiled gracefully, stepped into the elevator, pressed the button for the 86th floor, and then turned her back to the group.

"A Japanese person?" Mai Shude asked in Japanese without turning her head.

Genji hesitated for a moment, then chose to answer in Japanese: "Yes."

“This city is not like Beijing or Shanghai. It’s not easy to run into someone from your hometown.” Mai’s tone was slightly raised, and her voice sounded like a lazy cat yawning.

She knew how to be tactful and didn't ask about the purpose of Yuan Zhisheng and his group.

After Mai finished speaking, a brief silence fell over the elevator, during which no one spoke again. The quiet atmosphere was broken only by a "ding-dong" sound.

Mai Shude slowly walked out of the elevator, swaying her hips, and waved to Genji and the others behind her: "See you again sometime."

"Yes, I hope we'll be destined to meet," Yuan Zhisheng replied cheerfully.

Chapter 59 Liu Miaomiao, Takes the Initiative!

It's quite strange. Lu Mingfei not only went through his entire friend list but also checked the history of friend requests, but he still couldn't find Xia Mi's QQ number.

Lu Mingfei was puzzled. He remembered that he and Xia Mi had exchanged messages at the time.

Am I dreaming?

No, it can't be a dream. I'll have to ask Xia Mi properly next time I catch her.

Not only this one thing, but also things about Odin, he felt that Xia Mi should know quite a bit about it as well.

Chu Zihang replied a little later: "Sorry, I'm out of town right now and just saw this. What's up?"

"Your senior brother with facial paralysis went out of town? That's quite rare." Lu Mingfei replied politely, "No rush, senior brother, you go ahead and do your own thing."

Chu Zihang replied, "Okay, then let's meet again when I get back in a few days."

……

After chatting with Su Xiaoqiang and his expressionless senior brother, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt like he had nothing to do.

Life is sometimes like this. Sometimes you feel like everything is piling up at once, one thing after another, and you don't even have time to breathe. Other times you feel so relaxed that your egg hurts.

However, the reason why Lu Mingfei feels idle is simply because he is too free right now.

Almost all of Lu Mingfei's classmates enrolled in bridging courses during the summer vacation to learn high school courses in advance, but Lu Mingfei didn't. His aunt didn't enroll him.

My aunt said that bridging classes are useless, they only rip people off, and it's a waste of money to attend them. She said that it's better to study hard and put in the effort in your daily life than to attend any tutoring classes.

That's what they say, but Lu Mingze was only in his second year of junior high school during summer vacation, yet his aunt had already enrolled him in a bridging program for the third year.

Whether he reports it or not is irrelevant to Lu Mingfei now. Having lived in the US for several years, his current English level is more than enough to handle the college entrance exam. Chinese has always been one of the few subjects Lu Mingfei excels at, thanks to his past obsession with Chen Wenwen. Even his previously weakest subjects, math, physics, and chemistry, were caught up in during his time at Advanced Education High School.

As for the other subjects like history and geography, well, just kidding. Lu Mingfei majored in Dragon Genealogy at Kassel College, specializing in studying dragon family trees and delving into the dark side of history.