Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 108 The Little Fairy's Free Gift Plot

There are fifty rankings in one column. There are none in the first column, the second column, or the third column.

Su Xiaoqiang's bright eyes scanned all the way to the end of the second list before finally finding her name in the tenth column.

805 points? 476th place?

805 points? How is that possible? The young girl felt she must be doing something wrong. She couldn't possibly only get this score in a minor subject.

Following the total score were the scores for each subject, but Su Xiaoqiang, standing in front of the first list, couldn't see them clearly and slipped through the crowd like a fish.

Several boys who were looking at the list were pushed aside. Just as they were about to lash out, they saw a pretty girl walking past them without even glancing at them, and the foul language that was about to slip out of their mouths was swallowed back down.

Some people like the feeling of being high above, but the little fairy has been up there since birth and has never come down. She is already used to being stared at, so she doesn't care about the increasing number of eyes focused on her and is too lazy to pay attention.

I finally squeezed to the front of the second list, looked up, and found my name.

"Su Xiaoqiang, total score 805, Chinese..."

Su Xiaoqiang froze for a moment, her beautiful eyes widening in shock.

"zero?"

This zero has no other meaning; it doesn't refer to some 155cm tall, blonde, Russian girl, but simply represents a number.

A lone Arabic numeral 0 lay in the column for Su Xiaoqiang's Chinese language score.

Xiao Tiannv's first reaction was that there must have been a mistake in some part of the grading process, which resulted in her Chinese score not being counted.

But then I remembered that during the exam that day, after checking the questions on the test paper, I turned back to the first page and started answering.

Because I saw that the essay topic was one I had seen in an essay writing book, I was quite pleased with myself, thinking that the guy could never surpass me.

Because I'm getting a little too cocky.

So...did I write my name on the test paper or not?

In terms of scores in the other eight subjects alone, Xiaotiannv can be said to be the most outstanding and unparalleled in history. Not only is she more than 20 points higher than Lu Mingfei, but she also left Zhao Menghua, who was in second place, by almost 10 points.

However, with her Chinese language score added, Xiaotiannv fell directly to the 500th place.

What about the bet with Lu Mingfei? Should we compare the scores of eight subjects or the scores of nine?

The little fairy's eyes were calm and indifferent, her willow eyebrows unsure whether to furrow them tightly or slightly, her heart was filled with inexplicable tension and turmoil, and each thud of her heart reflected a different emotion.

Then, all those emotions ultimately coalesced into a single, heartfelt word uttered through gritted teeth.

"It's all that guy's fault!"

……

Although not every subject had a class today, all the test papers were still handed out during the break.

Liu Miaomiao happily brought Lu Mingfei his score of 69th in the grade. Her pretty face was flushed, and her radiant smile seemed to make her even happier than if she had gotten first place in the grade herself.

Of course I'm happy! The original expectation for Lu Mingfei was only that he be in the top 70% of the grade, but Lu Mingfei actually got into the top 70% of the grade.

She had initially worried whether her parents would agree to let Lu Mingfei tutor her. Now that the person she liked had done so well on the exam, she was even more confident in persuading her parents.

Liu Miaomiao ranked 37th this time, a fairly stable performance. However, although she ranked about 20 places higher than Lu Mingfei, the main difference was in the subject of Ideological and Moral Education.

If we disregard moral character and only consider the other eight subjects, Lu Mingfei's score is higher than Liu Miaomiao's.

Furthermore, Lu Mingfei checked the exam paper and found that he had lost some points due to the format of the answers in subjects such as history and geography. If there had been no format issues, his score would have been even higher.

As for the "Super Little Fairy," Lu Mingfei had considered it, but felt that with his ranking of 69th, it was unlikely to be possible.

However, Lu Mingfei was still quite shocked when Liu Miaomiao said that Su Xiaoqiang only scored 805 points this time.

"Little... Su Xiaoqiang's scores in math and moral education are both very high, aren't they?"

“Yes,” Liu Miaomiao nodded, “but she got 0 in Chinese. She said she thinks she forgot to write her name.”

"Forgot to write your name?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. If he were to say that the naive Liu Miaomiao forgot to write her name during the exam, Lu Mingfei would probably believe it. But to say that the little fairy forgot to write her name, Lu Mingfei felt that it was hard for her to make such a basic mistake.

At this point in the story, it feels like a visual novel with an eroge twist. With harem routes only available in New Game Plus, who wants to explore different side stories and see bad endings? Just focus on the romanceable girls and enjoy the ride!

So the game producer typed some code and gave Lu Shenren a built-in Feng Ling Yue Ying character. He didn't have to painstakingly develop the character in his daily life. As long as he triggered the key event of "making a bet with Su Xiaoqiang", he could ignore the favorability and character attributes and get a free personal story of the little fairy.

Of course, Lu Mingfei would never do or would not do something like the Japanese netizens who used bets to blackmail others.

However, when Lu Mingfei encountered the little fairy's evasive and hesitant gaze in the air, much like Asuka meeting Shinji or Rin Tohsaka meeting Shirou Emiya, he found the experience quite peculiar.

……

However, although Lu Mingfei knew that Su Xiaoqiang was avoiding him because of that joking bet, Liu Miaomiao had no idea that there was a bet between Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang.

During the entrance exam, everyone finally had lunch together and walked home together again. Why is Qiangqiang walking alone again today?

Liu Miaomiao ran to ask Su Xiaoqiang, but the little fairy just replied with a complicated expression, "My allergy has flared up again."

Liu Miaomiao certainly didn't think that Su Xiaoqiang's allergy was a real allergy. She still remembered what her good friend had said a few days ago: "She's been allergic to Lu Mingfei lately."

So, Liu Miaomiao pinned the blame on Lu Mingfei again.

"Speak up, and you'll be treated leniently if you confess."

During the afternoon break, Liu Miaomiao ran to Lu Mingfei's seat again, looking indignant: "What exactly did you do to Qiangqiang that makes her not want to see you anymore, just like last time?"

"We really didn't do anything," Lu Mingfei said righteously.

Heaven have mercy, I haven't said or done anything yet, and the little fairy is already feeling guilty.

"If you didn't do anything, would Qiangqiang hate you so much?"

Although Liu Miaomiao said this, she still trusted Lu Mingfei in her heart. After all, having known him for so long, Liu Miaomiao felt she had a very clear understanding of the character of the person she liked.

However, she also knew that her good friend was a very nice person, easygoing and carefree, and wouldn't easily hold grudges.

Therefore, she felt that there must have been some misunderstanding between Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei, which caused the two of them to have a rift between them!

"After school, why don't you go and ask Qiangqiang? If there's any misunderstanding, explain it clearly."

As Liu Miaomiao spoke, she suddenly lowered her head sadly, "I'm actually in a difficult position because you two are ignoring each other like this..."

Lu Mingfei knew that there was really no need to explain this matter much; Xiaotian was probably just feeling a bit awkward because she had just lost the bet.

As long as you don't bring it up, the little fairy will let it go on her own after a few days.

However, seeing Liu Miaomiao's worried expression, Lu Mingfei still hesitated a bit.

"But aren't I supposed to go to the club with you this afternoon?" Lu Mingfei asked.

They had originally planned to go to the classical music club after finishing their exams last Friday, but Liu Miaomiao's senior was not at the club that day, so the matter was postponed until today.

"It's okay, there's no rush, we can go tomorrow."

Although Liu Miaomiao dislikes breaking promises, when faced with two choices, resolving the conflict between Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang is clearly more important at present.

Having said that, Lu Mingfei did not refuse any further.

Even this little girl is so worried about me, so I can't let her keep worrying, can I?

……

Su Xiaoqiang was distracted all day today.

Liu Miaomiao thought it was because of a conflict with Lu Mingfei, while the other girls thought it was because the proud Su Xiaoqiang failed Chinese and was so distraught.

There was no conflict, and she wouldn't be discouraged by forgetting to write her name in a Chinese exam. She wasn't obsessed with rankings; knowing her true level was enough for her. Scoring 805 in eight subjects and 910 in nine subjects was equally impressive.

She was distracted all day, thinking about Lu Mingfei.

She knew that, given Lu Mingfei's personality, he definitely wouldn't bring up the exam, but it still bothered her. It was like a red thread tangled in a knot, impossible to untangle. This inexplicable feeling made her restless and confused.

As soon as the school bell rang in the afternoon, Xiaotiannu immediately packed her schoolbag and rushed out the door, one of the first few to leave.

Although she knew last Friday that Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao would be visiting the club, she decided to avoid them just in case they bumped into each other on the way.

She pattered down the stairs and had just reached the bottom of the teaching building when she saw Lu Mingfei already waiting at the door with a backpack on his back.

The two people stared at each other.

Lu Mingfei broke the silence first, tentatively nodding, "Shall we walk together for a while?"

The little fairy took a step back, frowning. "What do you want to do?"

What do you think I want to do?

"I... let me clarify first," the little fairy said somewhat guiltily, "my grades in eight subjects are definitely not worse than yours!"

"Alright, alright, you didn't lose," Lu Mingfei said. "Let's find a place to sit for a while and talk about something else."

Su Xiaoqiang looked him up and down warily: "Could this be a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken?"

Lu Mingfei knew that the little fairy was like an unusual cat; if stroking her with the right hand didn't work, he had to try stroking her against the grain. So he deliberately played hard to get:

If you really don't want to walk together, then that's fine. I'll go first then.

Sure enough, the little fairy immediately called out to him from behind: "Wait a minute."

"You act like nobody's afraid of you."

Lu Mingfei turned around, and Xiao Tiannv had already thrown her bag behind her and hurriedly followed.

"Do you like coffee?" Little Fairy asked impatiently, her brows furrowing in her usual manner. "Open your mind, let's talk over there?"

……

First, I want to apologize to my readers.

I spent a little more time thinking about this chapter, so I abandoned a few of the openings I had prepared and opted for a newer pace that might allow me to get into Su Xiaoqiang's side of the story more quickly.

Actually, I wasn't intentionally padding the story; I was just writing based on my intuition. The outline only included the important subplots that advanced each character's storyline, so figuring out how to connect and refine these subplots was my daily task.

The following points will place less emphasis on intuition and involve more thoughtful consideration.

There will be another update later. As for the extra update, I respect the opinion of the patron, and I plan to write a short side story about Xia Mi.

Chapter 109 Options on the Path to the Harem

Open mind café.

The welcoming wind chimes jingled, the door opened, and Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei entered the shop one after the other. The closing of the door then caused another jingling of the wind chimes.