Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

To be honest, it was just a simple favor, and Chu Zihang wasn't the kind of old-fashioned person with strong principles; he often told lies.

When he was in junior high school, he would always find all sorts of excuses to trick his "dad" into allowing him to go out, but in reality, he was always going to see his own father.

Chu Zihang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, when can we talk to your uncle and aunt about this? Today?"

After the "overpass incident," Lu Mingfei stayed out all night with Chu Zihang. The next day, Chu Zihang accompanied Lu Mingfei to his home to explain, thus having met Lu Mingfei's uncle and aunt once.

"Let's do it today," Lu Mingfei said. "There's no time like the present, so next time we won't have to trouble our senior brother to make a special trip."

"They're all just small things." Chu Zihang picked up his coffee cup and took a sip. "But your uncle and aunt shouldn't be home until evening, right? What should we do next?"

"Hehehe, I actually do have some things to do this afternoon."

Lu Mingfei took out a small notebook from his bag, opened it, and found some phone numbers and addresses on it.

"These are some rental listings I found in the Poly residential area next to Shilan Middle School. I'm planning to check them out later. Are you coming along, senior? Could you give me some advice?"

Chu Zihang hadn't expected Lu Mingfei to be so well-prepared. He guessed that Lu Mingfei had been thinking about moving out for a long time and had finally put the plan on the agenda.

"Alright, let's not delay, shall we go now?"

"okay!"

When the two walked to the counter, Chu Zihang naturally took out his wallet from his pocket, ready to pay the bill, but unexpectedly Lu Mingfei took out two hundred yuan first and handed it to the cashier.

"Pay the bill."

"Okay, students, your combined bill is..."

Actually, a little over a hundred yuan is not a small amount for Lu Mingfei right now. After all, he will soon need to rent a place, buy a mobile phone and a computer, all of which are places where he will need money.

However, having taken advantage of my senior brother so many times before, now that I finally have some money, I should at least treat him back.

……

Poly Community is a mid-to-high-end residential community near Shilan Middle School, about one kilometer away as the crow flies, just across one traffic light.

Before choosing this place, Lu Mingfei compared it with other nearby residential areas. Although there were some closer, they were either not as well-equipped as this place or the rent was higher.

This is not only a new residential area built just two years ago, but it's also a rare example of an area that achieved separation of pedestrians and vehicles and built an underground parking garage as early as 2006. The landscaping and property management are also quite good.

Although a straight-line distance of 1 kilometer doesn't sound particularly close, it only takes about ten minutes to walk to Shilan Secondary School, which is much shorter than my previous commute.

Even Chu Zihang nodded slightly after entering the community and said, "Not bad, the community environment is quite nice."

"Let's contact the landlord now."

Lu Mingfei opened his notebook and leaned close to Chu Zihang, "Senior brother, take a look, which houses should we start looking at?"

Chu Zihang's gaze fell on Lu Mingfei's notebook. After scanning it, he took the pen from Lu Mingfei and quickly crossed out several rental phone numbers.

"Let's rule these out for now."

"why?"

Lu Mingfei glanced at them and saw that the ones Chu Zihang had eliminated were basically the cheapest ones.

“These rooms are all large studios or two-bedroom apartments. It’s not enough if you’re living with Chen Wenwen and Liu Miaomiao at the same time,” Chu Zihang said seriously. “Although we can consider sleeping together in the master bedroom, it’s more convenient for each of us to have our own independent living space if the three of us are living together.”

Three people living together?

Lu Mingfei blinked blankly.

No, you still remember this incident, Senior Brother with facial paralysis?

Chapter 74 Su Xiaoqiang's Gift

Judging by his face alone, the expressionless senior brother looks like a meticulous old-fashioned person, but I never expected him to be such a sly and repressed person inside.

Lu Mingfei harbored resentment.

However, after hearing what Chu Zihang said, Lu Mingfei was also a little itchy to try it.

The main issue is that the price difference between a three-bedroom apartment and a two-bedroom apartment is only two or three hundred yuan. I just wanted a bigger place to live more comfortably. I wasn't thinking about anything else!

After excluding two-bedroom apartments and large studios, there are only three or four rooms left.

Lu Mingfei contacted the landlord in the order listed in the notebook.

When the landlord saw that the tenants were actually two students, he was taken aback, and then a worried expression appeared on his face.

Fortunately, Chu Zihang had his ID card with him, and after seeing that Chu Zihang was over 16 years old on his ID card, they were relieved.

As long as you are 16 years of age or older, the law allows you to rent a house on your own without needing your parents' consent.

The two looked at several houses. Since they were in the same neighborhood, the general layouts were all similar. The differences lay in the orientation and decoration of the houses.

The orientation of a house determines the amount of sunlight it receives. After all, it's in the south, so sufficient light is very important; otherwise, the house will smell musty during the rainy season.

As for the renovation, for Lu Mingfei, as long as it's comfortable and acceptable, that's fine.

However, Chu Zihang was still very conscientious and pointed out several problems with Lu Mingfei's houses.

Either this company used too many precast panels, resulting in excessive formaldehyde; or that company had poor wiring, failing to provide network ports and sufficient power outlets.

In the end, only room 1409 in building 13 passed Chu Zihang's "senior brother's strict selection".

Moreover, the landlord's child also attends Shilan Middle School, and the landlord even recognized the academically excellent senior student with facial paralysis, so he gave Lu Mingfei and his friends a discount of 200 yuan per month.

We finally settled on a price of 1450 yuan per month, which also included internet and property management fees.

However, the landlord said the room wouldn't be available until late August.

But Lu Mingfei wouldn't be able to move in until almost the start of the school year anyway, so it didn't really matter.

……

Having chosen the house to rent, the rest was simply a matter of convincing my uncle and aunt.

Fortunately, the "Chu Zihang" name is quite useful. When the aunt heard that Chu Zihang, a model student from Shilan Middle School, invited her good-for-nothing nephew to share an apartment, she immediately smiled like a flower. She even said that after Lu Mingze was admitted to Shilan Middle School, she would also send Lu Mingze there to get some of Chu Zihang's academic success.

However, Chu Zihang deftly defused the situation.

His aunt wanted Chu Zihang to stay for dinner, but he declined. After sitting at Lu Mingfei's house for a while, he said goodbye to his uncle and aunt.

……

Before we knew it, mid-August had passed in a flash, and as we entered the latter half of August, the house was finally vacated.

Chu Zihang registered the tenant information using his own ID card, and then helped Lu Mingfei purchase some commonly used daily necessities.

Although the dishes, bowls, shower gel, and shampoo didn't seem very expensive, they still cost Lu Mingfei several hundred yuan, causing him another pang of heartache.

However, after seeing the complete supporting facilities around the community, Lu Mingfei instantly felt relieved.

That's life. When you leave a stressful environment and move to a freer place, you'll find that everything changes dramatically.

"It's just that this place is a bit far from the Liyu Internet Cafe, so I probably won't be able to go there often in the future."

Thinking of the place that had been with him for so long, a place that felt like a "refuge" to him, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but sigh.

……

Although the rental situation has been temporarily settled, Lu Mingfei will still stay at his uncle and aunt's house for the next few days before school starts.

Since school hasn't started yet, his uncle and aunt are probably worried that something might happen to Lu Mingfei if he moves out so early, so they are not willing to let him go for the time being.

But it's alright, since Lu Mingfei hasn't had time to get a cell phone and computer yet, he can just keep using that old laptop at home for now. At least it'll be a tool to contact Liu Miaomiao, Xiaotiannv, and his senior brother.

Little Fairy went back to her hometown two days ago. According to her, Cheng Long's new movie "Baby Project" is amazing and she wants Lu Mingfei to go see it when it is released.

While replying "okay, okay," Lu Mingfei thought to himself that he had actually seen it a long time ago; this movie was a frequent hit on CCTV-6.

However, in Lu Mingfei's memory, "Baby Project" was indeed the last movie Jackie Chan filmed with such a dangerous approach.

Although "CZ12" was touted as Cheng Lung's last action film, it was clear that his body was no longer able to perform such action scenes.

"I'll go see it when it's released," Lu Mingfei thought to himself. After all, he hadn't seen Brother Chenglong's movie in theaters yet, so this would be a way of repaying him with a movie ticket.

"Let's invite Liu Miaomiao to go see it then!"

Thinking about how long he'd known Liu Miaomiao, it was always her who asked him out; he'd never asked her out before.

Thinking of this adorable little girl, Lu Mingfei's heart stirred.

"I wonder what Liu Miaomiao has been up to lately. Has she come back from out of town? I'll ask her later. I was just about to buy a new phone anyway, so I'll ask Liu Miaomiao to go with me."

In fact, Lu Mingfei knew that Liu Miaomiao was definitely clueless about mobile phones and other electronic products, and didn't need to know anything about them, because she only needed to buy the most expensive and popular models at the moment.

But mainly, he found himself missing Liu Miaomiao a little.

Unbeknownst to him, Liu Miaomiao had already taken up more and more space in his heart.

……

After dinner, Lu Mingfei went online and sent a message to Liu Miaomiao.

After waiting for a while, Liu Miaomiao still didn't reply, so she was probably not online.

However, although Liu Miaomiao did not respond, Su Xiaoqiang did send him a message.

RoseiraSu: At home?

It gets straight to the point, very much in Su Xiaoqiang's style.

Lu Mingfei typed: Here.

RoseiraSu: Can I go out now?

Lu Mingfei glanced outside the door. His aunt was washing dishes, and his uncle was watching Lu Mingze do his homework at the dining table.

Lu Mingfei: If it doesn't take long, it should be fine.

RoseiraSu: If it's not long, how long is it?

Lu Mingfei: Within half an hour?

RoseiraSu: Is ten minutes enough to get from your home to Xinyu Internet Cafe?

Lu Mingfei: That's enough.

RoseiraSu: Okay, then come to the entrance of Xinyu Internet Cafe. I brought you something nice.

Lu Mingfei: What good stuff?

RoseiraSu: Why ask so many questions? Just come out if I tell you to.