Dragon Tribe: Still Thinking Until Now

After the girl was no longer so timid, she quickly let go. It was a bit inappropriate to say that she let go, but it was more like she ignored Caesar and Chu Zihang. This made Caesar begin to wonder if the aesthetics of this hellhole of Japan were out of touch with the outside world. Even if he and Chu Zihang ignored their personal abilities and only looked at their appearance, they were the type who could mix well in the upper class, and there were many barons and princesses who wanted to elope with him.

But in the eyes of the head of the Uesugi family, the two of them were like air.

Although they were eating in a very ordinary restaurant, Eri kept her waist straight and chewed silently, like a swan with its head lowered to drink water. There was profound beauty in every move she made.

But in Chu Zihang's eyes, the gangster princess named Uesugi Eriya stayed very close to Lu Mingfei even when eating, which was a symbol of insecurity.

She really had no need to be afraid. Even though Chu Zihang and Caesar didn't know how much power was hidden in Eri's body, even though she was just an ordinary girl who was frail and sickly, standing behind this girl were people who were trying to survive in the shadows throughout Japan.

If she wanted to kill someone, Eri didn't even need to do it herself. She only had to express the slightest bit of disgust towards that person, and immediately a wolf-like gangster would come out with a knife and chop that person into pieces.

It seems that she really trusts Lu Mingfei.

Chu Zihang thought.

Moreover, the aristocratic temperament of this girl made Chu Zihang feel that she came from a family more noble than Caesar. This was really incredible.

The Gattuso family is almost the most prominent family in the entire mixed-blood world.

"Shouldn't you send Master Uesugi home tonight?" Caesar asked. He had ignored Eri because she might not respond even if he asked her, and they were not familiar with each other.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment: "Well, send Eri back to Genji Heavy Industries tonight. Her body can't support being outside for too long." When he said this, Eri's eating movements slowed down significantly. It was obvious that the girl was still very resistant to going home.

Lu Mingfei noticed this and tapped the girl's thigh with his finger.

"It's okay, go home and rest for a few days, I will come to pick you up again to go out and play," he said.

Eiry's eyes seemed to brighten in an instant. The girl nodded heavily and looked at Lu Mingfei with a silly smile.

"Our schedule will be quite busy next. After all, the school arranged us here for exchange study. The study group sent by the Japanese branch to the college has already started in-class training. Professor Schneider is very dissatisfied with the fact that our learning progress is still zero." Caesar had to clear his throat to get Lu Mingfei to focus his attention back on himself.

"Are we really here for exchange studies?" Lu Mingfei retreated tactically. He had no idea that a study group composed of Japanese people had arrived at the academy.

Chu Zihang said seriously: "I'm sorry to tell you, that's right."

"Tomorrow morning from 9 to 11, we need to learn how to operate underwater robots and underwater manned platforms at the Rock Flow Research Institute. I heard that the operating manuals are as thick as ten centimeters." Caesar said.

Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched: "I hope the font on that thing is incredibly large."

"I hope so too." Caesar nodded. "From 3 to 5 pm, we will be studying the three-dimensional composition and theoretical knowledge of the Alchemical Magic Gear. It is a specialty of the Japanese branch. So far, only the Dragon Age ruins with complete ancient Alchemical Magic Gears have been excavated in Hokkaido."

"After seven o'clock in the evening, we will have practical classes with the Executive Bureau's action team. Professor Schneider said that he plans to let Yuan Zhisheng give us a grade in this course." Caesar shrugged after he finished speaking.

"That's it." Lu Mingfei said with a bitter face, "I'm sure I'll fail the exam."

"It's okay. The principal won't revoke your scholarship because of this." Chu Zihang patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder to express his sympathy.

Chapter 181 Going Home

After eating eel rice in Shibuya, Chu Zihang's group talked about the arrangements for the next study tasks, and also mentioned that Finkel was going to come to the Japanese Executive Bureau for an internship, but only mentioned it briefly.

Lu Mingfei thought it was natural that the president of the Lionheart Club and the chairman of the Student Union, who were both very famous in the academy, would not be interested in a loser.

Similarly, Caesar and Chu Zihang also felt that it was natural for Lu Mingfei to be uninterested in Finkel's affairs.

When leaving the store, Eri said she wanted to see the sea. After seeing the note written by Eri, the proprietress took out a map of Tokyo from the inner room and showed it to Lu Mingfei, probably because he was the only man among these people who looked normal.

The proprietress suggested a stretch of coastline near Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, where it is said that you can enjoy the magnificent view of Mount Fuji and see the night view of Enoshima reflected on the sea. It is also a famous sunset spot in Shonan.

Very close is a public beach called Qili Beach, which is a three-kilometer-long coastline where you can walk along the beach.

With a rich man like Gattuso by his side, Boss Lu doesn't care whether the destination is a public beach or not. If not, he will turn it into Gattuso's private beach.

Anyway, after they finished their meal, they jumped into the black Lexus parked at the door and headed towards the place that the little girl longed for, which was like the end of the world, thousands of miles away from the human world.

In Caesar and Chu Zihang's imagination, it should be a place similar to Portofino or the Gold Coast, with sea breeze, beach, waves and palm trees as the main themes.

Eiry probably didn't realize what the beach meant. She just heard the proprietress say that she could see the sunset there, and she immediately looked at Lu Mingfei hopefully.

Perhaps she still remembered the sunset she had seen in Umezuji-cho.

Some things settle with the soul, like wine, which becomes more and more memorable as it becomes more fragrant. Even if you smell the wine again after many years, you will still remember the wine you drank with an old friend under a peach tree.

Even for Caesar this was a very novel experience. In his not-so-long life, he had certainly driven to many places. It was certainly not a big deal that Gattuso had visited every interesting corner of the world.

But Caesar had never been on such an unreliable journey.

He was wearing expensive custom-made suits with gorgeous ukiyo-e embroidered on the lining, each holding a sword in his hand, wearing fine leather shoes, driving one of the best mass-produced luxury cars in the world, and speeding away from Tokyo with his junior and his beautiful girl.

Holding a map obtained from the proprietress of the unagi grilled fish restaurant, the young man and the girl sped along the intercity highway covered with fallen red maple leaves, heading southwest, which actually reminded Lu Mingfei of the grand escape.

Tokyo and Kanagawa are both the largest metropolitan areas in Japan. Even the areas between cities do not appear deserted. The sunlight on the green avenues is dappled and shines through the windows of passing cars. Caesar, who was driving, opened all the windows. Eri stuck her little head out, and the spots of sunlight fell on her fair skin, like crystal jade.

Lu Mingfei leaned back in the back seat, the wind blowing in and making his hair messy. Occasionally he would turn around and meet Eiry's eyes, then smile knowingly.

Before getting in the car, Chu Zihang bought iced cola for everyone. At this time, Caesar was resting his elbow on the car window, holding the can of soda in his hand, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and heading towards Kanagawa against the oncoming wind of 90 miles per hour.

Because there was no intention to get rid of the people from the Sheqi family who were responsible for protecting Eri, the Lexus continued to move forward at a constant speed of 80 kilometers.

A team of roaring motorcycles whizzed past the two sides of the Lexus. These literary tycoons liked to run on the roads outside Tokyo. There were small flags with skulls on the back seats of their cars. They puffed out their chests and had bulging bellies. Although they wore black helmets and rustling coats, it could be seen that they were all middle-aged men.

Soon they reached a section of the road where they could see the coast, and Caesar slowed down.

Huili held Lu Mingfei's hand tightly. She did not look at the man beside her, but just looked outside. The airflow outside the car window ruffled her long red hair like a seductive elf, and the girl's eyes reflected the shape of freedom.

The maple and palm trees rustled in the oncoming wind, and their red leaves fell in the sun like flying snow, which was breathtakingly beautiful.

The lady boss said that her hometown is Kanagawa, and when she was a child, she often went to that beach to catch crabs. At night, she and the children from the same village would skewer the crabs with harpoons and grill them for food. Finally, they really came to the beach where the lady boss grilled crabs. It was the end of a small road that branched off from the main road. There was a vast sea in front of it. There were already many cars parked in the natural parking lot at the end of the road. Obviously, this place is no longer the deserted place it used to be.

People on the beach were playing volleyball in the sun, and girls in swimsuits were playing in the shallow water, their skin as white as pearls. No one turned back for Lu Mingfei and his friends, as if it was natural for people to visit such a place.

Caesar parked the car, and Eri held Lu Mingfei's hand, opened the door and walked out, the slightly salty sea breeze blowing in their faces. You can indeed see the sun setting soon from here, it feels so good, like the joy of meeting an old friend again.

Standing on the low hillside overlooking the clean beach, Eri hugged Lu Mingfei's arm tightly, and she gently rubbed the man's shoulder with her side face. The fragments of bright sunshine fell between the leaves of the palm trees, like a piece of gold sprinkled on them.

"I didn't expect there would be a restaurant in a place like this, and it looks pretty good." Caesar looked at the end of the beach. He could see a very quiet restaurant without even looking to the end.

"Where there are people, there will be consumption, and there is no shortage of people looking for opportunities everywhere," said Chu Zihang.

He remembered that "Dad" was a very organized person. No matter how busy he was, Mr. Lu would always take some time out to do activities that maintained family harmony, such as taking Chu Zihang to the amusement park or the aquarium. Of course, the beach, a holy place that brought parents and children closer together, was also indispensable.

Chu Zihang used to be forced to go to those less crowded beaches. He remembered that restaurants near the sea always had outdoor seats. Sometimes when he went there alone, he liked to sit quietly, guarding a bottle of whiskey or any other alcohol, looking into the distance until the sun faded and only the light of the beacon was left on the sea. At that time, he always thought that it would be great if his father was there, so that they could drink this bottle of wine together.

"Eri wants to play in the water?" At this time Lu Mingfei touched Eri's hair.

Eri shook her head and wrote, "I'm not in good health, and playing in the water will make many people unhappy." She actually wanted to write that her brother was unhappy, but for some reason she didn't do it.

"I looked up some guides online about this area. It says we can rent beach chairs and umbrellas. The restaurant also sells fresh coconut milk on the rocks. We can play cards on the beach," Chu Zihang suggested.

Caesar hesitated for a moment before nodding, "If the three of us were out alone, I'd suggest going to a larger beach to see if there were any pretty girls who needed help applying sunscreen, but if the head of the Uesugi family was with us then I'd also suggest playing cards."

From the perspectives of Chu Zihang and Caesar, it was obvious that Eri's mind was not as mature as her appearance. In this case, even a nobleman like Caesar, who was raised as a black sheep by his family, had no intention of inviting the girl to put on a bikini and go swimming.

Anyway, that's all. Lu Mingfei would still think of this afternoon after a long time. Everything was fine. Under the sun, the coast of Kanagawa Prefecture stretched to the end of the horizon. The palm trees were swaying in the wind. The sun slowly slipped from directly above to above the sea. Under the parasol, Eri twisted her beautiful eyebrows and carefully wrote down the rules of the game. Caesar laughed and said, "You lose, put it on quickly." Then he pasted the long note on Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang's face.

Until today, many tragedies have not happened. This is the autumn of 2010, and Lu Mingfei has changed the fate of some people.

In fact, fate still follows like a shadow on this long thorny road, and the tragic ending is still waiting in the not too distant future for someone with a dagger to chop it into pieces.

Lu Mingfei was thinking at this time that there was still a chance for everything, and everything could still be changed. He actually knew his fate, but he was unwilling to accept it. All the bad results should be exposed by him, even if he wished it, even if he thought so.

They only stayed there for six hours, but Eri felt that she would never forget this day. She had never known that people could have so many friends in the world. She and Sakura's friends crossed the 50-kilometer-long green avenue between Tokyo and Kanagawa, and also passed the middle-aged uncles on motorcycles who cheered loudly when they arrived at their destination. The palm trees and long bridges were gradually left behind. After passing through all this, she saw the blue sea that she had seen before.

The door of the restaurant at the edge of the beach opened and closed in the sea breeze. On the door hung strings of wind chimes, the tinkling sound was pleasant and distant. Seagulls flew up and down on the beach, and when the sun finally began to slowly sink, the afterglow enveloped all of them without reservation, and long shadows were dragged on the sand behind them.

At sunset, Caesar took Chu Zihang to the restaurant to order dinner for today. Before leaving, Chu Zihang hesitated and pushed Lu Mingfei.

All their actions were done behind the childlike girl. Eri stood quietly on the edge of the tide, her dull yet gorgeous eyes reflecting a golden-red light, as if a piece of remaining gold had been suddenly ironed.

Little by little, the setting sun took away all the warm colors from the earth and the sea, and the pale red waves created huge ripples on the distant sea level.

Lu Mingfei put down the cards in his hand and carefully stood next to Eri.

Her eyes were very clear, dull but bright. At this time, the clouds and the sea in the sky turned the color of fire. Lu Mingfei could watch the moment the sun set through those beautiful eyes.

The girl also looked at him, and they stared into each other's eyes. At this moment, it was as if the tortuous fate had finally reached its grand ending. The light and shadow of the past life and the present life intersected. Lu Mingfei and Eiry were both standing at the end of the world, singing with sorrow, joy, worry, and everything in the world was singing the reunion after many years.

Lu Mingfei smiled silently, and Huili also smiled silently with her head tilted. Her lips were moving, and Lu Mingfei could see Huili's lip language.

She said, "I want a good friend."

In fact, what Eri wanted to express should be more straightforward, but she doesn't know the word love or the word like, she only knows friends.

Lu Mingfei touched the girl's head and rubbed her hair.

He reached out and hugged the girl's stiff yet soft body, whispering in her ear: "I will always be by your side."

Darkness enveloped them at this moment.

At this moment, for Eri and Lu Mingfei, the meaning has been closely linked to the cry deep in their souls.

Today they came to the coast of Kanagawa, went to another Umezuji-machi, and felt as affectionate as if they were travelers returning to their hometown.

Lu Mingfei could feel his own heartbeat, it was so firm, so... steady and powerful, as if it would never stop. And the person in his arms was so warm, so soft, and he was stubborn and unwilling to let go of his arms around the man's waist.

In the last ray of sunlight, their silhouettes were fixed, like rocks on the coast. Chu Zihang leaned against the door of the restaurant with a frown. At this time, a rolled and lit cigar was handed to him, and the man's expression slowly relaxed.

"You see it." Caesar lit a cigarette for himself, and they stood side by side looking towards the sea.

Chu Zihang didn't say anything.

"The Dragon King's revival is unprecedentedly concentrated. You and I both know what this means. A new era and a new order are coming." Caesar said, patting Chu Zihang on the shoulder. "Why don't we focus more on slaying the dragon instead of focusing on the love triangle between adolescent boys and girls?"

Chu Zihang glanced at him, then turned his head and took a deep puff of his cigar.

After a long time, Chu Zihang nodded slowly.

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In the hotel, Lu Mingfei was helping the little girl pack her luggage. The beautiful clothes were neatly folded. Rilakkuma and the little yellow duck were sitting in the corner of the box, and the little stone turtle curiously poked its head out of the cage to look around.

They ordered a lot of food at the restaurant by the beach, including grilled bird skewers, grilled unagi, fresh sashimi, and stone crabs that had just been delivered by the fishermen.

There were not many people eating there. Few tourists would stay at a beach so far away from the city at this time, especially now that autumn has arrived.

The flames in the center of the table were jumping, and an ugly manta ray was spread out on the diamond-shaped iron net above the flames. Fish oil dripped into the fire and sizzled, and at the same time the flames jumped more happily.

It was already past seven in the evening when they returned to Tokyo after dinner. Ying drove the black Hummer and waited downstairs of the hotel where Lu Mingfei and his friends stayed last night, with a gentle smile on her face.

Lu Mingfei said he would go upstairs to help Eri pack her luggage and then come down to ask Miss Sakura to wait for a moment. Sakura said, "Lu, please don't mind me, as long as it's before twelve o'clock, you can play as long as you want."

After going upstairs, Eri insisted on taking a bath first, which was one of the few hobbies of the little girl. Lu Mingfei agreed without hesitation and began to pack up the room.

Although Eri's room had not been used much, there were still a lot of clothes scattered on the bed, and small dolls scattered all over the floor. Lu Mingfei folded the clothes one by one and put them away. As for girls' underwear, Boss Lu had seen it before, so he calmly put it in a plastic sealed bag and stuffed it into the corner of the box, and then threw the small dolls into the box one by one.

After doing all this, he took out a can of unfinished orange-flavored soda from the freezer, opened it for himself, turned on the light, and sat cross-legged on the bed to watch TV.