Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, but still obediently put on his shoes and socks, made up an excuse to tell his uncle, and then went out.

Of course, I didn't forget to log out of QQ before leaving the house.

……

It was already August, and Lu Mingfei was walking briskly along the old road under the dim yellow lights, a stark contrast to the leisurely strolling pedestrians.

The summer evening breeze caresses your face, lessening the daytime heat and adding a touch of tranquility and peace that belongs only to the night.

As I walked to the entrance of Xinyu Internet Cafe, the mosquitoes appeared as black dots floating haphazardly in the air under the streetlights.

A black Audi A6 was parked in front of the Xinyu Internet Cafe. Su Xiaoqiang leaned against the rear door of the Audi A6, idly scrolling through her phone. The dim light from the screen shone on her face, giving her a cool and aloof beauty that was completely different from her usual self.

Upon hearing the "tap tap tap" of footsteps, Su Xiaoqiang subconsciously looked up, and the moment she saw Lu Mingfei, a smile actually curved her lips.

However, the smile vanished in an instant. Su Xiaoqiang snorted and tossed a black box to Lu Mingfei when Lu Mingfei was four or five steps away from her.

Without warning, Lu Mingfei hurriedly caught it. It was heavy, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a Nokia mobile phone box.

"A gift I brought you from Hong Kong." Su Xiaoqiang crossed her arms, blew pink bubble gum, and stood with her long, slender legs alternating. "You'd better thank me properly."

Chapter 75 Cell Phone Address Book

"A gift? A cell phone?"

Lu Mingfei peered at it under the light and realized it was still a Nokia N73, a new model that had only been released in Hong Kong on July 31st.

This phone was a classic in 2006. Its sliding camera design revealed a large Carl Zeiss lens when opened, and its beautiful ID design set a trend worldwide at the time.

It's like wishing for something and having it happen; when you want milk, your mother comes; when you miss your maternal family, your uncle comes.

"The latest Nokia N73, so generous!"

In his previous life, Lu Mingfei would have casually said something like, "I have no way to repay the kindness of this beauty," but in this life, Lu Mingfei has toned down a lot and is not as foolish as he was in his previous life.

"I noticed you haven't had a cell phone for so long, and sometimes I can't reach you, so I specially brought this back for you from Hong Kong. It cost me over four thousand dollars. How are you going to repay me?"

Lu Mingfei's eyes darted around: "Do you expect me to repay you with my body?"

"Pah! Go ahead and ask Xu Xu to be Liu Miaomiao, don't try to take advantage of me!"

Su Xiaoqiang lowered her hand from her chest, stuck out her tongue in a mock-unfriendly manner, and gestured with one eye towards the front of the Audi. Lu Mingfei then suddenly remembered that Su Xiaoqiang had arrived in his family's car. Someone from her family must be in the driver's seat.

Who? The driver? The butler?

It can't be someone's father, can it?

Using the dim light, Lu Mingfei strained to peer into the car and saw a head of silvery, mottled hair.

Su Xiaoqiang seemed to know what Lu Mingfei was looking at, so she took two steps closer and whispered, "Don't look, it's not my dad, it's my housekeeper."

"Then there's no need to panic."

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief; he almost mistook it for a father harassing a daughter.

Su Xiaoqiang said arrogantly, "Look at your cheap attitude. I should have told you that it was my dad sitting in the car. Let's see if you dare to be so foul-mouthed next time."

"Next time?" Lu Mingfei hugged the box to his chest, feigning surprise. "You're going to give me a phone again? That's so embarrassing..."

The little fairy sneered, straightened up, and scrutinized his expression: "You're dreaming! You haven't even taken this phone apart yet and you're already thinking about the next one. Is this how you are when you're in a relationship—always wanting more than you have?"

Actually, Lu Mingfei wanted to complain to Su Xiaoqiang, "If Liu Miaomiao is in my bowl, then you're in the pot," but remembering that the butler from Xiaotiannv's family was still watching nearby, Lu Mingfei could only keep those words to himself.

However, if the conversation continued any further, it would inevitably turn into a confession session for Lu Mingfei. Therefore, Lu Mingfei did not continue the conversation following Xiao Tiannv's words, but instead subtly changed the subject.

"We'll talk about the next phone later. You just said you wanted me to thank you, what kind of thanks do you want?"

To everyone's surprise, the little fairy waved her slender hand, looking every bit the chivalrous heroine, and said, "I was just joking. I was planning to give it to you anyway. I bought a lottery ticket with you earlier and won a little pocket money, which made me feel good, so I bought you a phone."

Lu Mingfei had thought that Xiaotiannv wanted his help with something else, but he didn't expect that she had simply driven all the way to deliver his phone.

Just like Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage, Liu Bei moved the Crouching Dragon with his humility and perseverance. Just as Liu Bei was about to impart his Longzhong Plan, which outlined his strategies for governing the world, he discovered that Liu Bei had only come to deliver cotton-padded clothes to Zhuge Liang because winter was approaching.

Who wouldn't be moved by this?

Lu Mingfei said politely one last time, "Why don't you make a request? Otherwise I'll feel uneasy taking it."

Unexpectedly, what the little fairy said stunned Lu Mingfei: "That's fine too."

what?

No, I was just being polite. Aren't you going to try and pull me back a little?

"However, I haven't decided what to ask for yet. You can use the phone for now."

Hearing this, Lu Mingfei understood. He guessed that Xiao Tiannv probably didn't intend to make any demands on him. She was just saying it so that he could accept the phone without feeling guilty.

"Oh right, there's something else I almost forgot to give you."

The little fairy took out her wallet from her Gucci handbag, flipped open the card holder with a clattering sound, and various black, silver and gold cards flew between her slender fingers, finally stopping on a certain page.

He swiped the card holder, pulled something out of the hinge, and stuffed it into Lu Mingfei's hand.

Lu Mingfei looked down and saw that it was a half-page that had been casually torn from a notebook and folded into a neat square.

The moonlight seemed to pierce through the clouds in an instant, spreading down from the night sky and showering the two of them.

"What is this?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"My phone number." The little fairy laughed, hands on her hips. "Save it for me as soon as you get back, and remember it."

……

Before going home, Lu Mingfei casually bought a few notebooks, pens, and some compasses and set squares from the small supermarket downstairs. He put the phone box in the bag and covered it with the notebooks.

As expected, when he got home, he was met with a fierce interrogation from his aunt. Fortunately, Lu Mingfei had already prepared an excuse. He opened the bag and handed it to his aunt, saying that school was about to start and he needed to prepare his stationery in advance.

Fortunately, his aunt only knew that Lu Mingfei had gone out, but didn't know how long he had been gone, so Lu Mingfei managed to get away with it.

The first thing Lu Mingfei did upon returning to his room was to lock the door from the inside and then open the cell phone that Su Xiaoqiang had given him.

Su Xiaoqiang bought Lu Mingfei a glossy black one.

Although the Nokia N73 is not as refined as the designs of later smartphones, its industrial design was quite good in 2006, with many clever touches.

Moreover, compared to the formulaic mobile phone designs of later generations, the designs of the feature phone era were more diverse. Even with a single design like a smooth cover, each brand had its own variations.

Lu Mingfei pressed the power button, and as the classic handshake screen appeared, the familiar yet unfamiliar "Symbian 9.1" operating interface popped up.

With this phone, it's much easier to contact Liu Miaomiao, my senior brother, and Xiaotiannv.

"correct."

Lu Mingfei took out the small piece of paper Su Xiaoqiang had given him from his pocket, opened it, and in the center of the torn half-page was a line of neat handwriting with a mobile phone number written on it.

"We also need to save the little fairy's phone number."

Lu Mingfei opened his contacts and selected to create a new contact.

"Su Xiaoqiang, 1370594XXXX".

"It's done!"

I never expected that the first contact on my new phone would be Xiao Tiannv. Fate can be quite mysterious sometimes.

"Oh, by the way, I'll borrow Lu Mingze's laptop from his room to log into QQ and ask him and Xiao Mao for their phone numbers, and save them too."

Lu Mingfei hurriedly put on his shoes and got out of bed when he suddenly heard a "beep!" sound.

I picked up my phone and saw that I had accidentally pressed the dial button when I got out of bed.

However, there is no SIM card in the phone now, so I can't make calls.

Lu Mingfei glanced at his phone screen and casually closed the pop-up contacts, but then suddenly stopped.

He took a deep breath, pressed the dial button again, and opened his contacts.

Against a black background, two names lie quietly.

One is Su Xiaoqiang, whom I just entered.

The other one was actually...

Xia Mi?

Chapter 76 She's Just My Junior Sister

Why does my brand new phone have Xia Mi's number on it?

No, actually, thinking about it carefully, that time I chatted with Xia Mi on QQ was quite strange.

I clearly remember not adding anyone named "Life is Like Summer Flowers" on my QQ friend list, but Xia Mi has inexplicably appeared in my QQ friend list.

However, when I tried to find Xia Mi's QQ account again on subsequent visits, it disappeared from my contact list.

In her past life, Nono had hacked her QQ account through Norma and added her as a friend without granting her friend permissions.

However, this is something that Xia Mi could not accomplish using this method.

Because my new phone doesn't even have a SIM card, it can't connect to the internet at all.

Want to find out? It's simple. The person in question has their contact information right in my phone. Just buy a phone card tomorrow and ask them, then you'll know what's going on.

……

Because of this incident, Lu Mingfei also forgot about asking his senior brother and Liu Miaomiao for their phone numbers.

But there's no rush. I can ask for the phone number anytime, and school starts in a few days, so I'll see him every day at school. I won't need the cell phone much then.

The next morning, Lu Mingfei took his ID card to the business hall and got a phone card.

Actually, in 2006, telephone number control was not strict. You could buy mobile phone numbers at any newsstand, and you didn't need to register your ID card; you could just insert a SIM card and use it.

However, Lu Mingfei knew that with the rapid development of the internet, the control over mobile phone numbers would gradually become stricter.

When that time comes, whether you apply for WeChat or Alipay, you will need to register a mobile phone number with your own ID card; otherwise, you will not be able to link your bank card.

So Lu Mingfei simply used his own ID card to apply for a phone number, which would make surfing the internet more convenient in the future.

The process of getting a phone card is not complicated and takes about ten minutes.

Lu Mingfei signed up for a 29 yuan/month plan, which included 30 minutes of free calls, 10MB of data, and several text messages.

It sounds a bit meager, but in the 2G era, people surfed the internet slowly. If you were just browsing text-based web pages, 10MB of data was barely enough.