Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's War Journey

Lu Mingfei returned to the classroom on time before the bell rang and then took out his textbook.

However, Su Xiaoqiang, who was standing next to her, immediately came closer like a cat that had smelled fish. Her big eyes sparkled with gossip as she whispered something.

"Hey, Lu Mingfei, I just heard that you carried Chen Wenwen all the way from the back mountain to the infirmary! How about that, are you ecstatic now? Did you finally get what you wanted?"

"Chen Wenwen twisted her ankle, so I carried her to the infirmary. And as I said, I don't like her anymore," Lu Mingfei said without looking up from his textbook.

"This is unbelievable..." Su Xiaoqiang was truly dumbfounded as she looked at Lu Mingfei's completely calm demeanor.

If it were the old Lu Mingfei, he would probably have blushed to the roots of his neck and stammered if he had the chance to have such close contact.

"The teacher is here," Lu Mingfei said casually, turning his gaze to the English teacher who walked in through the door in high heels, thus ending the conversation.

Su Xiaoqiang opened her mouth, but all the gossip and questions in her mind were swallowed back. She sat up straight, feeling like a cat was scratching at her heart.

Is this guy serious?

She secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei's cold and hard profile, and for the first time realized that this loser, whom they had always treated as a background figure, actually had a mysterious aura about him.

Lu Mingfei continued to listen attentively to the teacher's lecture. Now he either had to save money to go to Chicago or get good grades to study abroad in Chicago.

He didn't have any good ideas for making money. He couldn't possibly go out and rob petty thugs every day. Besides, where would he find so many petty thugs to rob and save enough money to go to Chicago?

Therefore, getting into a university in Chicago through the exam is more realistic. As long as he studies hard for a year, he will definitely be able to go to Chicago. The only question is whether Nono will still be in Chicago a year from now.

As the school bell rang, students poured out of the classroom like birds released from their cages. Lu Mingfei leisurely packed up his textbooks, intending to go back and further solidify the knowledge he had learned that day.

During his studies, he seemed to forget everything that had happened in the Andes Mountains.

No matter how cruel it was, he only stayed in the Andes Mountains for a month. Although this month completely changed him, a month is not a long time in his eighteen years of life.

In the context of his entire life, a month is just a very insignificant period of time. He has a long future ahead of him. He needs to get out of the shadow of that month. Perhaps when he is old, he will revisit this memory.

When he's too old to walk anymore, he'll surely look back and marvel at having had such an experience in his youth.

Lu Mingfei casually picked up a crumpled plastic bag with a supermarket logo printed on it, stuffed the textbook inside, and then carried it out of the classroom.

He didn't notice that five pairs of eyes in the classroom were all focused on his departing figure.

Chen Wenwen's gaze towards Lu Mingfei was somewhat subtle, Su Xiaoqiang's was purely burning with curiosity, while Zhao Menghua, Xu Yanyan, and Xu Miaomiao's gazes were even more complex, with a hint of expectation in them.

After hearing that Lu Mingfei had carried Chen Wenwen all the way, Zhao Menghua had been looking forward to the end of school.

Chen Wenwen was the girl he had his eye on, and now this loser he used to look down on had actually touched her. He was definitely a hundred times unwilling.

All he wanted now was for Lu Mingfei to be taught a lesson. He had already received word that the gang of thugs were staking out the door, and not only that, he also planned to tip them off.

"Boss Zhao, are you sure we'll be alright?" Xu Miaomiao asked nervously.

"What, you don't trust Boss Zhao?" Xu Yanyan slapped Xu Miaomiao and scolded her angrily.

"Don't worry, my dad has already made arrangements. They won't bother us anymore. After this matter is resolved, that purple-haired guy will even come to apologize to us yesterday," Zhao Menghua said while texting on his phone.

"Boss Zhao is awesome!" Xu Miaomiao and Xu Yanyan exclaimed at the same time.

"Let's go see a play next."

After seeing Lu Mingfei leave the classroom, the three of them left the classroom together without prior arrangement.

It was rush hour at the school gate, with all kinds of private cars lined up in long queues, completely blocking the road. Many parents were driving their own cars to pick up their children.

Carrying the simple bag containing his textbooks, Lu Mingfei silently walked through the crowd toward his uncle and aunt's house.

He seemed somewhat lonely amidst the crowd around him, but the crowd also made him realize that he had fully returned to human society.

Perhaps after some time he will be able to readjust to his surroundings and become the Lu Mingfei he once was.

He deliberately avoided the crowds and chose a shortcut that required passing through a small park. Not many people took this route. Most students at Shilan School were picked up and dropped off by their families or drivers. Only someone like Lu Mingfei, who had no one to pick him up, would take this route home.

But he had only been in the park for a short time when two vans suddenly blocked his way.

Soon, more than twenty thugs with brightly colored hair, wearing tight vests and revealing various tattoos filed down, each clutching a gleaming machete.

Lu Mingfei recognized the thug with purple hair and a bandage on his nose at the front; he recognized him as one of the three thugs he had met in the early morning.

The purple-haired thug pointed at Lu Mingfei and excitedly shouted to a burly man next to him with a hideous scar on his face.

"Scarface! It's him! This is the guy who robbed us of our money last night and injured one of our brothers!"

The man called Scarface sized up Lu Mingfei, his eyes so fierce they looked like he wanted to devour him alive.

"Kid, you're pretty arrogant, aren't you? You even dare to mess with people from my Black Snake Gang?"

Lu Mingfei stopped and looked at the group of thugs in front of him, who were holding sharp knives and had unfriendly expressions, but his face remained expressionless.

"I can return the money to you, but it will take some time, and I can return double the amount. Let's leave it at that, okay?" Lu Mingfei said, without showing any sign of panic.

The school was not far away, and he didn't want to get into a conflict with these people, otherwise his life would be completely disrupted.

Scarface was stunned for a moment, then burst into maniacal laughter as if he'd heard the funniest joke ever: "Hahaha! Kid, scared now? Double? You think I'm some beggar trying to fob you off?"

The fleshy muscles on his face twitched, making the scar look even more ferocious: "You injured three of my brothers, robbed us of our money, and tarnished the reputation of our Black Snake Gang! You think this little bit of money can settle things? Dream on!"

The purple-haired thug fanned the flames, saying, "Scarface, why waste your breath on him! Cripple his legs and teach him a lesson!"

Behind the bushes not far away, Zhao Menghua and his two companions, who had secretly followed, watched this scene with bated breath.

Zhao Menghua felt a mixture of vengeful pleasure and instinctive fear of the violent scene before him, his palms were covered in cold sweat.

On the other side, Chen Wenwen, who had also quietly followed, turned pale with fright when she saw the gleaming machetes and the menacing thugs. She instinctively covered her mouth tightly with her hand to prevent herself from screaming.

"Wait a minute! How much does he owe you? I'll pay!" At this moment, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly appeared, blocking Lu Mingfei's way, and took out her wallet.

She had just secretly followed Lu Mingfei, after all, she was very curious as to why Lu Mingfei had suddenly changed so much, and she never expected that he would be entangled with some thugs.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and so were the thugs, before they all burst into loud laughter.

"I didn't expect a beautiful woman to save a bear and want to pay for it. Fine! We'll let it go with the 50,000!" Scarface said with a smile.

"Fifty thousand?!" Upon hearing this number, Su Xiaoqiang's pupils shrank sharply. In 2008, the average wage of urban employees nationwide was only 29229 yuan. The other party was asking for fifty thousand yuan. This was simply outrageous!

"What? Can't come up with it? If you don't have 50,000, that's fine too... then let us break that kid's legs, and this matter will be settled!" Scarface's smile vanished, his face hardening again. He brandished the gleaming machete in his hand and said in a chilling tone.