Dragon Raja: Oh no! Lu Mingfei has been diagnosed with depression!

The following morning, at the Regent Hotel.

On the ninth floor, in the executive VIP bar, Lu Mingfei returned once again, and Professor Guderian, dressed in a formal suit, sat opposite him.

Ye Sheng and Jiu Deyaji had developed a psychological aversion to Lu Mingfei, and no matter how much Professor Guderian tried to persuade them, they refused to sit opposite Lu Mingfei. So they simply acted as waiters, hurriedly putting down their plates and running off to face the wall in repentance.

"How long do you think the professor can keep this up?"

Ye Sheng lowered his voice. Early in the morning, he and Jiu Deyaji had been woken up by Professor Guderian, who excitedly showed them the text message he had sent to Lu Mingfei.

This naive old man spent the whole night browsing through Norma's database and finally came to a conclusion: the so-called "sincerity is the ultimate weapon" means to have a heart-to-heart talk with each other, to have a sincere and in-depth conversation. Only in this way can Lu Mingfei's heart be moved.

So, as soon as it was dawn, Professor Guderian couldn't wait to send Lu Mingfei an invitation text message, ostensibly wanting to have breakfast with such an outstanding student. His words were as sincere as a love letter from a teenage boy to his crush. Ye Sheng felt his jaw was about to dislocate from just a couple of glances at it.

The professor was so happy simply because Lu Mingfei had accepted his invitation, and he felt that the honor of a tenured professor was within reach.

He held Lu Mingfei's reply and boasted to Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya, saying that in critical moments they still had to rely on him, the professor, to step in. Although he was old, his charm was still burning bright, and even this handsome man and beautiful woman couldn't compare to him in this respect.

Ye Sheng also saw the reply. Lu Mingfei was truly sparing with words, replying with just a single "good". But that one "good" made the over-fifty-year-old man so excited that he seemed to have been given a second spring.

He and Shudeya felt even more terrified and dared not sit with Lu Mingfei. They thought to themselves that Lu Mingfei was really strange. The professor hadn't even made eye contact with him yet and he had already been trained like this. What would happen if they met!

"The professor should be able to hold out for half an hour, right?"

"Itsuka Yaki answered."

"I bet Lu Mingfei will figure out the color of the professor's underwear in 10 minutes."

Ye Sheng shook his head. "Want to take a gamble?"

"What's the stake?"

"One request."

Ye Sheng thought for a moment, "The loser has to grant the winner one request... Of course, this request can't be too unreasonable, it has to be within a reasonable range, and there's no time limit?"

"make a deal!"

Jiu Deya and Ye Sheng exchanged a glance, and then lightly bumped fists in mid-air.

Professor Guderian, unaware that he had become part of the bet between Ye Sheng and Jiu Deyaji, was loudly introducing Kassel College to Lu Mingfei.

He made thorough preparations, showing Lu Mingfei a copy of the official university license registered with the U.S. Department of Education for verification, and also took out a photo album, pointing to each photo and telling the story behind them.

But Lu Mingfei simply closed the beautifully bound photo album and pushed it to the other side of the table.

"Does Lu Mingfei have a problem?"

Professor Guderian was somewhat bewildered. According to the admissions process provided by Norma, Lu Mingfei should have listened quietly to his description of the history of Kassel College and then looked at the photo album with him.

He also slyly put a photo of Ye Sheng in a windsurfing competition in the album. When Lu Mingfei saw this photo, he would ask if Ye Sheng had participated in such a competition, and then he could take the opportunity to introduce the honors of the academy.

This is known in psychology as the cue familiarity effect. When a familiar person or thing suddenly appears in an unfamiliar environment, this familiar cue will quickly awaken past memories and dilute the sense of alienation brought about by the unfamiliar environment.

Nono said that Lu Mingfei suffers from depression, so last night he also looked up related information and was shocked by the symptoms described in the information. That's why he used such a subtle way to try to break down Lu Mingfei's mentality step by step, but he was interrupted before he could do it.

"Let's skip these tedious steps. I believe your time is also valuable, Professor. If you want to recruit me, you'll have to offer something that will win me over."

Lu Mingfei politely passed the choice back to Professor Guderian.

Guderian couldn't find any fault with him at all, and felt that Lu Mingfei was not as terrible as Ye Sheng and Nuonuo had described; on the contrary, he was quite polite.

However, he was struggling with what kind of offer to make. If he could give Lu Mingfei the entire Kassel College, he would wholeheartedly agree.

"I can allocate $36,000 in scholarships from my name every year... no, every semester, that's enough for you to finish four years of college."

Guderian tentatively revealed his bargaining chip: his power was limited, and he couldn't offer any better terms.

"Ye Sheng must have told the professor about what happened during yesterday's interview, right?"

"Yes! You are the best student I've ever seen! You have tremendous potential! I would regret it for the rest of my life if you couldn't be my student!"

Guderian praised Lu Mingfei's performance, saying it was no joke at all, and his eyes were as sharp and sincere as a steel knife.

He stared directly into Lu Mingfei's eyes, attempting to use this steel blade forged from "sincerity" to break through Lu Mingfei's psychological defenses.

But Lu Mingfei didn't move an inch, his fingers lightly tapping the table.

Ye Sheng, sitting in the corner, shivered as if in response, and quietly turned his head to take a look. Here they come! Yesterday, Lu Mingfei had the same expression, and he saw through all their pretense just by tapping on the table.

"I know that dragons exist in this world, and the students at Kassel College are probably all human-dragon hybrids."

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then asked, "So, in the academy, social classes are determined by bloodline?"

Professor Guderian corrected his statement:

"We do indeed divide students into different levels based on their lineage, but this is absolutely not for the purpose of class division. In fact, we have always adhered to a system of individualized education, where students of different levels receive different educations, and the difficulty of practical assignments is adjusted according to lineage level. Our goal is to educate the world's best elites! We firmly believe that every student has their own strengths!"

He spoke with righteous indignation, as if he were giving his acceptance speech at an awards ceremony.

"That reason is too weak."

But Lu Mingfei shook his head. "If it's just about individualized instruction, you don't need to create a 'ranking' system. Let me guess... the so-called ranking system is actually just to help you distinguish the proportion of dragon blood in your students' bloodlines, right?"

Guderian was horrified, his mouth agape but he couldn't utter a word.

"Looks like I guessed right."

Lu Mingfei nodded and continued, "Based on this, if the proportion of dragon blood in the bloodline is too high, it might cause the hybrid to go berserk? You've recruited a lot of students, and it's impossible to keep an eye on everyone at all times, so you've divided them into levels. This way, you only need to keep an eye on those students who might go berserk, which saves a lot of manpower and resources."

"You've pushed those students who are more likely to lose control to higher positions... Your so-called practical assignments are basically dragon slaying, aren't they? What's the best way to control a group of crazy people who are prone to losing control? Send them to the most dangerous battlefields... You've treated those who are prone to losing control as expendable resources, so that those who remain are stable, like the survival of the fittest among organisms."

Professor Guderian's scalp tingled. He had never thought about these questions in detail. Lu Mingfei's speech became faster and faster, as fast as machine gun fire. The bullets pierced the thin membrane separating the truth, and all the filth seeped out from that hole.

He wanted to stop Lu Mingfei from continuing, but a huge fear rose from the bottom of his heart, and his limbs were as weak as a girl's long hair on her forehead, which would be blown away by the wind.