With Lu Mingfei's brain, he probably wouldn't be able to think of such a romantic method even if he racked his brains. However, there were people who could. There were people whose brains were better than Lu Mingfei's and whose English was even better than Lu Mingfei's. They had English teachers at home since they were young. Wasn't it normal for them to use a coquettish small "i"?
Lu Mingfei quickly went to look at Chen Wenwen. Chen Wenwen was looking at Zhao Menghua. Her eyes were like summer dew that was about to drip down. When she and Lu Mingfei were sitting by the river, they were so depressed and silent. But now, they were different. Lu Mingfei could see the happiness in his eyes.
Lu Mingfei felt like he was going to be petrified. He suddenly remembered that the dandelion in his bag had been rubbed too hard along the way. Perhaps there were only bare stalks left?
"Go back! Go back! Without you, it wouldn't be a sentence!" Someone shouted.
Lu Mingfei could only slowly walk back to the screen and stand on the copy paper. He lowered his head and did not look at anyone, so the small " I " looked particularly dull from a distance.
" Today was supposed to be our Literature Club's gathering, but I took this opportunity," Zhao Menghua said loudly." We're going to be separated soon. I don't want to regret it. I want to tell Chen Wenwen that I have to take a gamble since it's already on the screen!" If we separate in the future, we won't be able to see each other. I like someone for three years, and no one will know.”
"Good! Good! Boss, good job!" Xu Yanyan and Xu Miaomiao clapped their hands together, and Zhao Menghua's good brothers also clapped their hands.
"Female lead! Go on stage! The female lead! Go on stage!" Zhao Menghwa was clearly well-prepared. There were already people cheering him on.
A beam of spotlights shone on Chen Wenwen. Chen Wenwen, who was dressed in white like smoke, had no choice but to stand up like an angel. She walked slowly onto the stage, her face so red that tomato sauce could be squeezed out. Zhao Menghua's good friends surrounded her and asked in the tone of a youthful and passionate inspirational movie," Do you agree?" Hurry up and agree! Zhao Menghwa is very good!"
Lu Mingfei's ears were blocked from all the sounds in the theater. To him, the theater was as quiet as the world had just opened. Only one person's voice could break it.
"I like Zhao Menghwa too." Chen Wenwen said in a mosquito-like voice.
The silence was broken. It was as if lightning had pierced through the sky and shot straight into the heart of the sky. Rain fell.
Amidst the cheers, Lu Mingfei heard a cry. He looked up to find that person and saw the usually proud Su Xiaoqiang running out with her face covered. He wanted to catch up and pat Su Xiaoqiang's shoulder to comfort her, but he was the 'I' that couldn't move.
Everyone ran up to the stage and surrounded Chen Wenwen and Zhao Menghua as if they were guests at a wedding ceremony. Lu Mingfei felt that everyone knew, only he and Su Xiaoqiang were kept in the dark. Perhaps it was already known that he liked Chen Wenwen, so no one told him.
"Hey, so silly." Lu Mingfei said to himself as bitterness rushed into his nostrils.
The music was loud and Eve broke the sound barrier and flew across the sky with Wall-E. It was a little girl who wanted to use all her abilities to save her beloved little loser. In the end, they depended on each other in the music of an old-fashioned romance movie. How touching! It was too fitting for the current scene. Zhao Menghua put his arm around Chen Wenwen's shoulder, and Chen Wenwen lowered her head and leaned on his shoulder.
The projectionist came in from the side door with the fake Zhonghua that Lu Mingfei had given him in his mouth. He snapped his fingers with a 120,000-point heroic spirit and a disdainful gaze. He tilted his head 45 degrees and gave a strong thumbs up. He muttered something as if to say," Brother, I've settled it, right?"”
"F * ck you, are you out of your mind?”Lu Mingfei wanted to grab his collar and shake him.
However, he had no strength left, so he slowly squatted down against the screen, wanting to rest. Anyway, no one was paying attention to the phrase " iLoveYou " anymore, so it didn't matter if he became a lower-case " e."
It turned out that everyone knew about it, including Chen Wenwen herself. Lu Mingfei found it very funny. He quietly walked off the stage and headed to the entrance of the theater. On the screen behind him, Eve's face was plastered against Wall-E's. The music was warm and sweet. Chen Wenwen was still Eve, but he was not Wall-E. He was nothing.
Oh no, he was a fool. He was played and played a crucial role.
"Don't run away, don't run away. All extras get red packets!”Zhao Menghwa's brother shouted at him," Everyone has done a great job!”Lu Mingfei turned around and glanced at Zhao Menghwa. Zhao Menghwa narrowed his eyes and made a face at him. Lu Mingfei felt that he should go back and play against Zhao Menghwa. However, it was obvious that his sports results were far inferior to Zhao Menghwa's. Moreover, Zhao Menghwa had a group of brothers. He had been listless for too many years and was already used to it. Thus, he replied with an " oh " and turned around to continue walking onto the stage as his " I."
At this moment, light shone from behind him like lightning breaking through the dark clouds. Someone pushed open the door of the theater.
Angel Descends (Part 1)
There were a few times in a person's life when they felt like they had seen the Door of Angels open. Lu Mingfei had waited for eighteen years, and at his worst moment, the door finally opened.
The angel who walked in looked around with a sharp gaze.
Everyone fell silent when they saw her. Firstly, they did not know why an outsider had suddenly barged into their gathering space. Secondly, this person's light overwhelmed everyone present.
She was too dazzling, so dazzling that Lu Mingfei thought she was here to show off.
"Ricardo, we don't have enough time. Do we still want to continue participating in the event?”Nono said in a clear and cold voice. Everyone in the lecture hall could hear what she was saying.
She had completely changed her style of dressing. Her dark red hair was neatly combed, and she was wearing a dark purple business suit, a moon-white silk shirt, purple stockings, and a full set of custom-made jewelry inlaid with gold and purple crystals. She was also ten centimeters taller than the last time Lu Mingfei saw her. The oppressive feeling made Lu Mingfei's legs go weak. Fortunately, Nono gave him a push in time, allowing him to stand firm.
" Oh, I…" Lu Mingfei slowly stood up from his chair. He had never felt this way before. He had become the focus of everyone's attention, like a hot water kettle on a solar stove. He felt as if he was about to be burned by those people's gazes. At this time, he felt that anything he said would be stupid.
"Is this a performance outfit? If the quality wasn't good, he would just change it after the show ended.”Nono waved behind him.
Nuo Nuo had probably brought the staff of a clothing store. Two girls with exquisite makeup took off Lu Mingfei's clothes as soon as they came up.
Just as Lu Mingfei was about to dodge, Nono had already taken out a comb from her small bag and started combing his hair. The extreme gentleness was somewhere between his mother and his sister. Meanwhile, the two salesgirls were holding five to six suits and five to six pairs of leather shoes for Lu Mingfei to try on and match. They were obviously very dissatisfied that they could not take off Lu Mingfei's shirt and pants in public. Lu Mingfei heard a salesgirl complain that such pants were not easy to match!
"This is our Richardson Road M.”Nono had that kind of considerate smile on her face.
However, she was actually facing Lu Mingfei's classmates, while Lu Mingfei had his back to them. Nuo Nuo combed her hair while happily pinching Lu Mingfei's dejected face, making him look like a big man who had been beaten up. Lu Mingfei looked at her with a bitter face and knew that she was very proud of her miserable appearance. This little witch would never accept that others were stronger than her. She could only suppress others and save others, not the other way around.
"That Zhao Menghwa is deliberately messing with you, junior.”Nono said.
"How did you know?"
"I'll use some beauty to make your little fatty talk.”Nono was full of pride.
"How do you use beauty?"
"I just took the initiative to talk to him." Nana pinched his face harder. "Do you think I treat everyone as my brother?”
The two salesgirls finally felt that they had found a good match. Finally, they put a folded handkerchief into Lu Mingfei's pocket and looked at Nono for her opinion.
Nono frowned slightly." Time is of the essence. Don't spend time on the details. Let's leave it at that."”
"Hello, everyone. Ricardo still has an event tonight, so we'll be leaving first. Everyone, take your time and have fun.”Nuo Nuo bowed slightly to Lu Mingfei's classmates, revealing the flawless smile of an experienced butler in a western mansion. It was cold and hard to pick on.
"Ricardo?" Zhao Menghwa said.
"That's his name too. That's what we usually call him.”Nono said.
"Let's go! He had to raise his eyebrows and chest! What are you doing?" Nono's hand poked Lu Mingfei's waist.
Lu Mingfei knew that resisting this girl would not do him any good at all, so he changed his stance and walked out. It looked like Nono was following behind him, extremely obedient. If it wasn't for the fact that Nono looked a little taller than him, Lu Mingfei would have been even more proud.
However, Lu Mingfei wasn't very happy. He thought that Chen Wenwen was looking at his back as if she was looking at something strange. He had made Zhao Menghwa unable to be proud of himself, but he had not gained anything either.
Everything dissipated like light.
There was a car parked under the headlights at the entrance of the theater. Nono opened the door for him. It was a Ferrari 599 GTL Fiorano that was as red as flames. Lu Mingfei read a car magazine and knew that this thing cost about five million yuan. He looked at Nono hesitantly, guessing if Nono had stolen it. In his mind, Nono was a little witch and a flying little thief. She was everywhere and omnipotent.
"Hey, hey, calm down. They've followed us out, and they're all looking at you. You have to put on an expression that says,'What's a Ferrari? Other than a Bugatti Veyron, there's only a Maybach in my house!”Nono's lips quivered.
What kind of expression was that? Lu Mingfei thought.
He got in and Nono closed the door for him. Then, she got into the driver's seat and started the engine. The Ferrari dashed out like a wild horse. Lu Mingfei knew that he was getting further and further away from his past, but he didn't look back. The fiery red Ferrari sped along the elevated road under the night sky. The two sides of the elevated road were brightly lit. Nono's driving was extremely explosive. Relying on its good acceleration and solid chassis, he shuttled through the traffic, leaving one car after another behind. The two of them didn't say anything after getting into the car. Lu Mingfei looked at the lights that were quickly disappearing outside and felt that he was dreaming. Now, he had become a small firefly in this stream of light, rushing forward with the other fireflies. He didn't know if there was an exit ahead. What was worse was that the steering wheel was not in his hands.
"I really didn't expect to encounter such a thing.”Lu Mingfei muttered.
"What is it? The girl he had a crush on gave him a few beautiful slaps in the air and then kicked him into a corner?”Nono glanced at him.
"It means that she was picked up by a hot girl in a Ferrari in front of so many people.”Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
"Of course. I didn't drive anyone over.”
Lu Mingfei thought that she might not be the only hot girl in the world who drove a Ferrari. However, for the sake of seeing Justice Draw just now, he swallowed his words and let this proud girl continue to be proud. After all, it was not annoying when she was proud.
The car shook violently, and Lu Mingfei lost his balance. Nono turned the steering wheel violently and turned off the elevated road, driving into a small road that no one could see. The car stopped in front of a 24-hour pharmacy. This was the only light source on the street.
"Damn it, I might have run out of gas.”Nono slapped the steering wheel hard.
Lu Mingfei pointed at the fuel gauge." If this car's fuel gauge is similar to a normal fuel gauge, then we're out of gas. You didn't cheer before you came out, did you?"
Nono frowned." I don't know how to cheer."”
"You know how to drive, but you don't know how to refuel?”Lu Mingfei was confused.
"When I was at home, someone helped me add it, so I just opened it.”Nono sighed like a typical young lady." No one cares about this when we go out.”
Lu Mingfei didn't think that it would be easy for someone like you to say such words to flaunt your wealth and ask for a beating.
"Let's get out of the car and get some fresh air. We'll wait for them to send a car to pick us up.”Nono opened the car door and jumped out.
"We can walk a few steps to get a taxi.”Lu Mingfei said.
"I don't want to walk. I'm wearing high heels.”Nono used the simplest reason to reject his suggestion.
Lu Mingfei looked under Nono's dress and saw a pair of Mary Jane heels that were at least ten centimeters long. He thought to himself, No wonder she had evolved from a sporty loli to a little mature sister in an instant.
Nuo Nuo stuck close to Lu Mingfei proudly." Look, I'm almost as tall as you."”
"Will you die if you don't become a superhuman?" Lu Mingfei sat on the curb and hugged his knees. The night wind lifted his hair.
Nuo Nuo didn't cherish her exquisite dress. She glanced at the road sign, sat down beside Lu Mingfei, and lowered her head to send a message.
"Why are you so nice to me?”Lu Mingfei pretended to ask casually.
" It's not 'we' who's good to you. It's 'I' who's good to you. The academy doesn't care so much about you. Professor Guderian is still foolishly waiting for your call in the hotel.”Nono slapped him on the head." I'll return the favor. You bought me ice cream."
Isn't it eating?"
"Is an ice cream worth that much money?”Lu Mingfei lowered his head listlessly." Where did you get this car? Are you all very rich? I read in the magazine that this car costs 5 million.”
"You know about the Black Prince Group, right?"
Lu Mingfei nodded. It was one of the largest companies in the area. Whenever the chubby chairman appeared on the news, he would always attend some event with the mayor and the secretary of the municipal party committee.
"Their family has business with our family. I borrowed this car from them to play.”
"Borrow such an expensive car? What if he bumped into her? Even if you sell me, it won't be enough."
Nono combed her dark red hair that had slight natural curls." I like red cars. My hair is a little red. I won't hit it. I've been driving since I was fourteen.”
Lu Mingfei thought of the ice cream he had treated Nono to. Nono had asked for strawberry-flavored ice cream, probably because it matched her hair. She was really a girl who would die if she did not show off.
Angel Descends (Part 2)
The two of them sat there shamelessly for a while. Lu Mingfei suddenly turned his head and sized up Nono." Hey, you didn't plan this, did you? Why else would you be wearing this? Are you the kind of person who pretends to be a big sister when you have nothing to do?”
"No, it's too easy to fool you. Why is it so troublesome?”Nono pouted." I wore a T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers when I went out, but when I saw you go on stage, I knew that you had been played. I drove to buy a set of clothes at midnight, changed into it, and ran in. It was just in time.”
Lu Mingfei looked into her eyes and knew that she wasn't lying. He was so touched that he wanted to cry, but he held it in and pretended that nothing had happened.
"After experiencing such a tragic setback in life, have you thought it through?”Nuo Nuo patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." Why don't you just obey us?!" Chen Wenwen doesn't like you anyway. What's the point of you staying?”
"Can you stop poking at people's wounds? " Don't mention her name." Lu Mingfei turned his head away." She didn't do it on purpose. She just couldn't sense my existence at all."”
"Tsk! How could she not be involved in the matter of fooling you?”Nono pouted." Alright, alright. Let's not talk about it then. No one here likes you anyway."”
Lu Mingfei scratched his head." I say, why did you guys recruit me? Just because of my parents? Then isn't your enrollment too unfair? Are you going to give me some secret mission? But what can I do? Can you make it clear that if you're done for during the mission
I also know why I died.”
Nono shrugged and spread her hands." Other than being able to play StarCraft freely with the red dot and the trackpad in your left and right hands, what other skills do you have?" What secret mission can I give you?"
Lu Mingfei couldn't do anything to this girl. He had already seen through her. If he was a little tougher, Nono would be ten times tougher than him. He couldn't force her, so he could only use his wits. He used his shoulder to nudge Nono." Are we considered friends? I'll just let my friends know." He did it in front of Nono
He made a gesture of "a little" and said in a flattering tone,"Otherwise, I'll feel uneasy. It won't be good."”
"There's nothing wrong with it. If you're still up and down, you'll still be up and down like when you had a crush on a little girl."
"You're starting again!" Lu Mingfei pointed at Nono's nose.
"Okay, okay, okay. Your little heart is very fragile. I won't say it.”Nuo Nuo stuck out her tongue at him.
Lu Mingfei glared at Nuo Nuo, who turned her head away and ignored him. Her beautiful side profile had a strand of curly hair, long curly eyelashes, and a round nose. Lu Mingfei thought indignantly that Nono wasn't that old and always acted like an older sister.
"I can only tell you that you are very important to us. It is not Professor Guderian's decision to enroll you, but the principal's decision. "As for why the principal thinks so highly of you," Nono's eyes revealed the charm of a little fox. Call me sister!"
Lu Mingfei resisted it in his heart for a while, but he soon gave up. As a guy who didn't have a strong sense of existence, he really didn't have much bottom line to defend. Besides, he only called this good-looking girl his sister. Perhaps Nono was really a little older than him.
"Big sister." Lu Mingfei enunciated every word clearly.
"Yes, be good." Nuo Nuo patted Lu Mingfei's head proudly." But I don't know why the principal wants to recruit you.”
Lu Mingfei was furious.
Nono spread her hands." But what's wrong with that? We're a formal college, not an international human trafficker. We even gave you a scholarship. If I say that your results are not bad, I'll look like a hypocrite."
Lu Mingfei was at his wit's end with this girl." Alright, alright, I agree. What if I don't? I didn't study well either, and I couldn't get into a good school even if I took the college entrance examination. I was in the limelight in front of all the students today. What would they think of me?”Lu Mingfei lowered his head." How am I supposed to go back if I don't agree? I don't even know myself."
He suddenly felt very sad, as if there was a mouthful of turbid air in his chest that he could not spit out.
The Ferrari 599 GTL Fiorano in front of him, the princess-like Chen Motong beside him, the $36000 scholarship, and the distant Kassel Academy were all like illusions. He didn't know why they had come to his side, and he didn't know when they would suddenly disappear. He was like the protagonist of the male version of Cinderella. The witch gave him a beautiful girlfriend and a Ferrari sports car, but it would lose effect at midnight and he would be returned to his original form.
Who was he, Lu Mingfei? What value was there? He couldn't even explain himself. As long as he said " No, I don't agree " now, would Nono suddenly disappear into a bubble? Just like the bubble that Chen Wenwen had hidden in his heart for a long time, she held someone else's hand when she dissipated and laughed wildly.
Nuo Nuo looked at his downcast eyes and saw that the words " I'm quite sad " were clearly written in his eyes. Her heart softened a little, and she suddenly reached out to scratch Lu Mingfei's head into a mess. She said loudly," You look like a little white rabbit whose butt was wiped by a bear!”
Lu Mingfei was so angry that he almost burped." You're the one whose butt was wiped by a bear. Your entire family was wiped by a bear.”
Nono was not angry. She opened her arms and tilted her head to look at him." Come, little bunny, give me a hug!”
Lu Mingfei was taken aback. He looked down at Nono, and his gaze fell on her chest, which was as soft as a mountain ridge in spring. He suddenly felt a fever. In order to prevent himself from collapsing in Nono's arms due to his high fever, he hugged his chest tightly and shrank back, putting on a vigilant look." Why are you taking advantage of me for no reason?”
Nuo Nuo stuck out her tongue at him." Look at your pathetic face. I'm just comforting you. Are you tofu? You're at most dried tofu!"
"Dried tofu also has its dignity!”Lu Mingfei had no choice but to say something irrelevant to cover up his panic.
"After this village, there won't be such a shop!”Nono said as she took off her high heels." My feet hurt. My feet hurt."”
"I agree. When will you enroll?”Lu Mingfei said.
Nono placed the pair of purple-gold high heels by the side and jumped onto the street wearing only her socks. She was not afraid of getting dirty." This is more comfortable! Look at how much I've sacrificed for you! I hate wearing high heels. Am I righteous?" She hopped around in the imaginary grid with one foot and one foot." Did you play hopscotch when you were young?”
Lu Mingfei shook his head. He did know how to play hopscotch, but no one had played such an ancient game since he was young.
"I used to play by myself. No one played with me, so I wasn't familiar with the rules.”Nono said as she lowered her head and jumped, her dark red hair bouncing.
Lu Mingfei looked at her back view, at her waist wrapped in a silk dress, and suddenly had two completely different feelings. One was that her back view was a little lonely, and the other was that it was a pity not to hug her just now!
"It's useless for you to promise me. You have to call Professor Guderian. Only when you use the phone that the academy gave you to call him will everything take effect.”Nono said.
"Take effect? What is effective?"
" You never knew your choice. After you made this call, the hidden option was activated." Nana actually used the same words as Norma's letter." We always say that there is always another choice. It depends on whether you want it or not.”
"Hidden options?" Lu Mingfei didn't quite understand what she meant. He turned on his phone and dialed Professor Guderian's number. Professor Guderian was obviously waiting for his call and immediately picked up.
Lu Mingfei licked his lips." Professor Guderian, I've thought it through. I'm ready to sign the document.”
"Sign and agree?" Professor Guderian's voice sounded even more nervous than Lu Mingfei's. It was as if Lu Mingfei was a peerless beauty who had agreed to marry him.
Lu Mingfei looked at Nono, who was jumping on the grid, in confusion. Nono made a face.
"Sign and agree, of course I agree.”Lu Mingfei felt that his words were like the girl at a wedding saying " I do."
This was a strange night. In the first eighteen years of his life, he had lived quietly, but from this night onwards, he became an existence that could not be ignored.
"Voiceprint verification passed. You have obtained my personal authorization. Lu Mingfei, serial number A. D. 0013, connected to Kassel Academy. I'm Norma. I'm very happy to be at your service. Your ticket, passport, and visa will be delivered within three weeks. Kassel Academy welcomes you.
" Professor Guderian's voice suddenly switched to a clear, slightly mechanical female voice.
"Norma, don't cut my line. Let me continue.”Professor Guderian's voice came again." Mingfei, I went to the school secretary to help you with the voiceprint verification and signature. Norma will take care of the rest. Just wait for the email. You and Nono
Together? I'll send a vehicle to pick you up immediately. There are still a few papers for you to sign.”
The call ended in a hurry. Lu Mingfei could hear the excitement in Professor Guderian's voice.
"Norma is the central computer of the academy. She is a humanoid computer. She will solve everything. As long as you have the voiceprint authorization, Norma will do everything quietly.”Nono said," Let's wait and play hopscotch together!”
"Oh, okay!" Lu Mingfei said.
He didn't fully understand what Nono meant when she said," Norma will do everything quietly." The moment his voice was transmitted to the other side of the ocean through radio waves, a massive amount of data packets surged out of the supercomputer called Norma and went to the world.
In different corners, the data about " Lu Mingfei " was changed without anyone knowing. A brand new " Lu Mingfei " was constructed out of thin air. His education, birthplace, birthday, and even his report card were all changed. A brand new passport immediately entered the production process.
Some other secret data channels were connected. Thousands of portals containing confidential data on Earth were opened to " Lu Mingfei." Kassel College opened its arms to welcome this new student.
A loud voice traveled through the dark night sky. Lu Mingfei raised his head and saw a huge black shadow approaching at a low altitude.
"It can't be?" he muttered.
"Why is the old man so anxious to pick you up?”Nono also pursed her lips." A helicopter has been sent over."
On Friday, May 15th, 2009, a black helicopter flew across the sky of a small southern city like a giant bird and flew over the head of the young Lu Mingfei.
The war hidden in history was about to begin.
(There's another update at 9 p. m.)
Chapter 14-The Train Station in Chicago
As Lu Mingfei stood in the Chicago station, he couldn't help but complain that the treatment given to new students by Kassel Academy was vastly different from before.
The black helicopter sent him straight to Beijing. When he landed downstairs at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Professor Guderian was waiting for him with a smile. All the documents for admission had been prepared. He opened a Mont Blanc pen and put it in his hand.
Red labels were pasted on the places where the signatures were made.
"If there's no problem, just sign it. It's actually a very simple procedure.”Professor Guderian said to him in a tone that was almost like the devil trying to persuade Faust.
"Damn it, who knows if there's a problem or not.”Lu Mingfei muttered in his heart. That damned document was written in a complicated mix of English and Latino. He couldn't understand it at all.
However, he still signed it. While he was scribbling his name, Nono leaned against the wall beside him and blew on her bubble gum, looking as if it had nothing to do with her.
"Then go back and pack your things.”Professor Guderian put away the document and nodded in relief." We'll meet in the United States in three months.”
Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. Shouldn't we board a private helicopter and fly straight to the United States? The officials from the Exit-Entry Administration let us in without blinking. As soon as we got off the plane, a luxury car would come to pick us up and drive us to the ancient aristocratic school shrouded in mystery.
School?
"Oh, Nono and I still have to interview a few other students in Russia. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind sending you on your way.”Professor Guderian seemed to have noticed his confusion." And you need to familiarize yourself with the way to Kassel College. You can go through the necessary procedures yourself."
I remember it more clearly." Then, he patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." Relax, my student. Compared to many Chinese children who study abroad, you have the least pressure. You don't have to bring any luggage. You just have to bring a sharp heart and a studious spirit.”
Lu Mingfei thought to himself that he didn't have any of these two items, but Lu Mingze had some. He wondered why they didn't recruit Lu Mingze.
Therefore, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to board an overseas flight alone. After connecting flights in Los Angeles, he landed at the International Airport in Chicago. According to Norma's itinerary, he would take the CC1000 express train at the Houston train station to go to Kassel College.
However, there was a problem. He did not find this express train in the train schedule. Although he did not even need to buy a ticket, the ticket had already been sent to him by express mail. However, he did not know which ticket gate would lead to the CC1000 express train. He tried to ask the staff on duty in English, which was not very fluent. The staff on duty obviously knew nothing about it. They only repeatedly said that the new train schedule contained all the information about the train number. If you need help, please check it carefully.
Lu Mingfei was very embarrassed. This had something to do with the 20 dollars he had left in his pocket. Although his aunt was not nice to him, she still gave him 500 dollars for the expenses on the road. However, when the customs found out that Lu Mingfei had brought more than a dozen pirated PlayStation 2 discs with him, his aunt donated them to Chicago customs in the form of a fine. The damned fatty who gave Lu Mingfei a fine receipt wrote down a frightening number on the receipt while praising Lu Mingfei's taste." Is this Resident Evil IV? I like this game. My whole family loves it, especially my grandmother.”
Lu Mingfei muttered to himself," Does your grandmother like to shoot zombies with a game controller? Fine it is fine, leave some, don't say anything else
Fatty left 20 yuan for Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei looked at the sandwich shop and thought about how he could survive for a few days if he spent 6 yuan on a sandwich and coke set meal and couldn't find the CC1000 express train by tonight. He didn't even have a SIM card to call Norma. Of course, he didn't have a mobile phone either. He gave the N96 to his uncle as a parting gift.
Finally, his hunger overcame his worries about tomorrow's hunger. He took out the last 20 dollar bill.
"One dollar, one dollar is fine." someone said beside him.
This was a typical begging phrase in the United States, just like the Chinese beggars singing about the falling lotus flowers. However, for a poor person like Lu Mingfei, a dollar that was enough to buy a small cup of Coke was practically a lifesaver. Moreover, he could have unlimited refills here.
"No, I'm very poor. I don't have money." Lu Mingfei expressed his thoughts in simple English.
"I'm not a beggar. I have money to buy sandwiches, but I'll choke to death without a cup of coke.”The other party was also very simple and concise.
Lu Mingfei finally noticed that it was a tall and thin young man. His face hidden under his beard was quite handsome, but his eyes that were as bright as candlelight made people feel a little uneasy. He was wearing a dark green checkered shirt and a pair of sloppy pants that had probably not been changed for two to three weeks. Perhaps he was not a beggar, because beggars were not as sloppy as him.
"Fingal, I lost my wallet while reading.”In order to prove his identity, the young man took out the dictionary class textbook from the bag on his back.
Lu Mingfei had an idea. The book was written in English and Latin-language, which he didn't understand at all. It was exactly the same as the admission document he had signed.
"Are you waiting for the CC1000 express train?”Lu Mingfei asked.
Both sides were silent for a while, and each took out a train magnetic card from their pants pockets. Unlike the other train tickets at the Chicago train station, this magnetic card was black, and there was a huge tree pattern with lush leaves painted on it.
"Are you a new student?" Fingel was munching on his sandwich and enjoying Lu Mingfei's Coke.
After verifying each other's identities, the two of them quickly reached a mutual trust. They only had twenty-five dollars in their pockets. Lu Mingfei suggested that since the coke was free to refill, they didn't need to buy two cups at all. They only needed two straws and double the number of refills to make both of them full. Fingel didn't have the hygiene pursuit and restraint of a young man from a developed country. He appreciated the great imagination of this Chinese student.
"New student, what year are you in?" Lu Mingfei asked.
" Fourth year. I should have graduated four years ago," Fingal said." I was held back. You don't understand. Their graduation oral defense was really too stupid.”
"Then have you taken the CC1000 express train?”
" Every semester, we take the train at the beginning of the semester. Otherwise, we can only go there by helicopter or on foot. The campus is in the mountains, and only this train goes there. No one knows who controls the departure. Anyway, no one at Chicago train station knows. The last train attendant who knew the train schedule died two years ago. He said that the train had been in operation since before World War II.”
"You don't know the schedule?"
"Of course not." Fingel calmly made Lu Mingfei feel that it was stupid of him to ask this question.
"Then what should we do?"
"Wait, there will be a car. You still don't know that secretary named Norma. When she wants to care about you, she can accurately locate you even if you're in Antarctica. She knew we were waiting for a car here, so she probably didn't send a car because our priority wasn't high enough?”
"Prioritization?" Lu Mingfei was confused." What's that?”
"It's something similar to a noble's status. In Kassel Academy, high-priority students will have some privileges, and the academy's resources will be provided to them first. However, the priority was confidential.”
"You've been in school for eight years, but your priority isn't high?”
"Of course not. Aren't I struggling to drop out of school and make up for my credits?”Fingal remained calm.
"Is it easy to find a job at Kassel Academy? Why are you so reluctant to drop out of school and study in the fourth grade for four years?”Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.
"No, they assign jobs!" Fingel spat out a mouthful of carbon dioxide loudly, looking very full.
As night fell in Chicago city, Lu Mingfei looked out of the window of the train station. The dark skyscrapers stood like giants. The elevated railway sprinkled bright sparks as the train passed by. Pedestrians hurried, and neon lights went on and off. The world seemed so illusory.
This was the third night he and the German student Fingel had spent at Chicago station. They didn't have the money to stay in a hotel, so they could only sleep on the bench in the waiting hall wrapped in the blanket that Fingel carried with him. If it weren't for the fact that their magnetic cards could pass through the ticket gate, they would have been chased out by the security guards. However, no one at the Chicago train station knew what was going on with this mysterious CC1000 branch express. Some staff even guessed that their tickets were just some kind of special souvenir ticket. The Hangzhou train station had issued something similar.
However, this train did not exist.
Fingal did not mind. He said that it was the same for him every time he returned to school. It was useless to ask the staff. Students with low priority had to wait for the bus, and students with high priority would be picked up by the bus when they arrived at the station. They would get on the bus through a secret passage without causing any commotion.
Lu Mingfei had no choice but to ask how low their priority was. Fingel said it was similar to the serf class in the Middle Ages. When Lu Mingfei opened his mouth in surprise, Fingel comforted him by saying that there were actually people who were lower than serfs, and that some people's priority was as low as mules.
Only Fingel and Lu Mingfei were left in the huge waiting hall. There was no overtime bus tonight, and only two sleepy guards at the door were still watching over the two homeless people who were about to take the "non-existent train." Fingel held the reference book in ancient words and circled around the bench in the waiting hall. His long hair and thick X (can't play...) His full beard made him look like a nineteenth-century philosopher, and his shirt and pants showed that he was obviously a cynic. Lu Mingfei sighed and began to complain about his unreliable parents, the mysterious Professor Guderian, and the mischievous Nono. They worked together to trick him into a foreign country and ignored him, as if he had never existed in this world.
Didn't they know that they had to give a little warmth to a young man like him who didn't have a sense of existence to motivate him?
Lu Mingfei's stomach was growling with hunger, but he had already relied on the guard to give him half a sandwich for his last meal. Now, he only had a few quarters in his pocket. He really didn't know how to walk to the still lit " subway " sandwich shop. He thought he might not be hungry after sleeping, so he wrapped Fingel's blanket around himself and curled up on the wooden bench facing inside.
Perhaps it was because he was hungry, or perhaps he was really sleepy, but his consciousness gradually became a little dizzy. He heard the sound of the bell ringing from afar.
The bell kept ringing in the night, as if it came from a church in the distance. It gave Lu Mingfei the illusion that the huge bell was hanging above his head. It reminded him of the wilderness under the moon and the dark shadow of the church in the distance. He thought of the people running on the wilderness with torches. The fire could not illuminate their faces, and their faces were hidden in the shadows. They ran towards the full moon, which was unbelievably large and half of it sank below the horizon.
Lu Mingfei felt that those people wanted to jump from the mountain peak to the moon
He was shocked. He didn't know why he would think of all this and why he suddenly had such a crazy imagination.
However, his imagination was so real that he seemed to have personally witnessed that strange and magnificent scene at some point in time.
Why was there such a monotonous bell sound? Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that something was wrong. He was in Chicago, and outside was a bustling road. It was noisy and crowded. Why could he only hear that monotonous and lonely bell? He did not hear any bells during the day. There should not have been a church nearby.
He suddenly sat up on the bench. A huge moon slowly rose outside Chicago train station. Moonlight poured in through the French windows, like a tide rushing into the shore with irresistible power, but it fell on him silently.
The entire waiting hall was enveloped in the cold moonlight, and the shadows of the floor-to-ceiling windows were cast on the backs of the benches.
A boy sat silently on the bench, his face full of moonlight.
Chicago Train Station (Part 2)
Lu Mingfei sat up in shock. The boy was less than a meter away from him, and he couldn't find Fingel. The two guards were gone, and the lights at the subway sandwich shop in the distance had been switched off. Only he and the boy were left. He didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dare to speak or even breathe hard. At this moment, there was a silence in the waiting hall that no one dared to break. The little boy looked to be from China, about 13 or 14 years old. He was wearing a pure black evening gown, and his young face was flowing with radiance.
Lu Mingfei didn't know why such a young child would have such a sad expression on his face. When and why did he come? There were so many benches here, but he sat beside him, as if he was guarding a sleeping person.
Lu Mingfei lifted the blanket off his body and sat uneasily beside the young man, facing the moonlight with him. The two of them looked at the moonlight in silence. Time passed slowly, like two people looking at the sea.
"Exchange?" the boy asked softly.
"What?" Lu Mingfei didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Exchange?" the boy asked again.
"Change what? "I don't have any money left," Lu Mingfei thought of the few coins left in his pocket.
"So you still rejected it?" The boy slowly turned his head. His golden pupils were flowing with a flame-like light, like a mirror reflecting fire.
All of Lu Mingfei's will was swallowed by the flames in an instant. His entire body trembled violently, and as if he was on the verge of death, a huge force appeared in his body. He suddenly dodged backward.
"Don't jump in your dreams, you were like a frightened flea!”Fingal complained.
Lu Mingfei didn't understand the word " flea ", but he could imagine it. He jumped up like a frightened animal and bumped into Fingal who was reading.
Was he frightened? The Chinese boy with golden pupils in her dream? What was there to be surprised about? What color of contact lenses did the Cosplay girl at the comic convention not wear?
"Sorry, sorry." Lu Mingfei said to the senior who had eaten two of his sandwiches.
"I came to tell you that the car is here.”said Fingal.
Lu Mingfei suddenly heard the sound of a train horn. Yes, Fingel was right. It was a train station entering the station. It sounded the whistle, and the light of the car's headlights flashed through the window. According to the train schedule, there should have been no trains by now. This was a night without an overtime bus, but the unpunctual CC1000 branch express had arrived.
A man in a dark green train attendant uniform walked out of the empty ticket gate. His uniform was classical and exquisite, completely different from the staff on duty at the train station in Chicago. He had a golden train attendant badge on his hat, a flashlight in one hand, and a black card reader in the other.
"Hey!" He took the initiative to greet the two guards at the door.
The two guards woke up from their deep sleep and returned the greeting. They did not seem to realize that it was such a crazy thing for a train attendant to appear in the Chicago station in the middle of the night. After greeting them, they lowered their heads and continued to doze off. Lu Mingfei pressed his forehead. If he hadn't seen too many strange things in the past few days, he would have thought that either the world or himself had gone crazy.
"CC1000 branch express, Kassel Academy student Fingel Vonflings, freshman Lu Mingfei, check your tickets and board the train.”the train attendant said.
Lu Mingfei took out the ticket from his pocket with his sweaty fingers and followed Fingel to the conductor. He felt like a soul walking to heaven, waiting for the judgment of the angels. He thought, Damn it, why did he agree to this strange Kassel Academy to study for its degree? It was obvious that this academy hid a secret that was bigger than the entire Earth, and it was possible to study for four years in a row. He thought that he was probably really seduced by the beauty because he felt at ease when he saw Nono.
The train attendant was very calm, as if this was just an ordinary train with fewer passengers. He took Fingel's ticket and ran it through the ticket inspection machine. The green light lit up and a beep sounded.
"Finger, why aren't you dropping out?" The train attendant and Fingel started chatting." I thought I wouldn't see you this year.”
" But I don't know anything else." Fingal scratched his messy hair." I have to find a job for myself." Did my priority drop again?"
"Yeah, it's been demoted to 'F'. You've been demoted from' A 'class, which means you've already fallen from heaven to hell. That's why I didn't arrange for a car to pick you up.”The train attendant said," These two days, we've been transporting new equipment and large equipment to prepare for the practical classes of the new semester.”
" Are you saying that the Huns turned into beasts?" Fingal toot.
When Lu Mingfei's ticket slid past the ticket machine, the green light lit up and the sound of a beep was heard.
"Is it the new student Lu Mingfei?" The train attendant's beautiful green eyes lit up." I'm very sorry for being late. Actually, your priority is the highest,'S'. However, there are very few people with such a high priority in the school. I thought that the printed train was' B', so I didn't arrange the train in advance. By right, I should have put aside other things and come to pick you up as soon as possible.”
“‘S'？”Fingal's eyes widened." Isn't the principal the only one with an 'S'?”
"There are still a few people with'S 'rank.”The train attendant said," Alright, alright. Get in the car. Just the two of you."”
"I just want to ask you one question before I get in the car.”Lu Mingfei didn't dare to breathe, but he still forced himself to ask this question.
"Tell me." the train attendant said calmly.
"Is this really an official train? Why wasn't it on the train schedule? Why didn't you arrive on time?" Lu Mingfei couldn't take it anymore. Who knew if this train was an express to hell or something? He stepped on it and saw the Fallen Angel Lucifer.
"Yes, the government of Chicago has specially approved it to go straight to Kassel College. The road there is not easy to walk. It's not on the train schedule because it's a branch express train. It's a branch train that runs irregularly. Do you know the special trains that go from the public railway to some mines and factories? We're the same as those people. You see, your tickets can also pass through the ticket inspection machine here, right? They are all official tickets." The train attendant's answer was very calm and did not keep her in suspense at all.
"But why does a university have to be so mysterious?”Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
"A rich university like us can do whatever we want. Isn't it just donating some money to the Chicago government? As for the rest, you can ask the temporary tutor when you are on your way to the school.”The train attendant suddenly switched to pure Chinese. Lu Mingfei remembered the plan of the " Chinese Campus " that Professor Guderian had mentioned. It seemed that everything was true. Even the blonde train attendant at this strange university could speak fluent Mandarin.
They followed the conductor to the high-speed train that was parked in the dark. The train was black and streamlined. The dazzling black-and-white vine pattern unfolded on the black paint. It was unbelievably gorgeous under the moonlight.
There was only one light on in the carriage, and a familiar figure stood in the only open door. It was Lu Mingfei's temporary mentor, Professor Guderian. This old fellow was obviously very happy about the reunion, and he opened his arms from afar.
A Conversation
The train started and sped through the dark night. Lu Mingfei, Fingel, and Professor Guderian sat opposite each other. Lu Mingfei and Fingel had changed into Kassel Academy's uniform. They wore a white shirt, a dark green suit, and a dark rose-red scarf. The Kassel Academy's World Tree emblem was embroidered on their chests. Although the tailor had never seen Lu Mingfei before and had never measured his figure, he had made the clothes fit him perfectly. His waist and chest were not off at all. Even Lu Mingfei felt that he had become more handsome.
"Finger, don't put your bare feet on the sofa.”Professor Guderian said," You should know how important the orientation is to our new students.”
Fingel had to put his foot away. In front of Professor Guderian, this senior who looked like a science maniac became much more obedient.
"Coffee or hot chocolate?" Professor Guderian asked.
He sat on a dark green sofa against the wall, behind him was a painting covered by canvas.
It was an elegant and luxurious carriage. The walls were decorated with Victoria patterned wallpaper, and the portholes were wrapped in solid wood. A handmade solid wooden table separated the students and teachers, and the dark green leather sofa they sat on was embroidered with gold thread. Lu Mingfei felt that this carriage was simply designed for the emperor or some head of state. He had no idea why he was sitting here.
"You can order a glass of hard liquor or something. We'll provide it.”Professor Guderian said.
"You can drink when you meet a mentor? Kassel Academy's rules were really lax.”Lu Mingfei said.
"Anyway, drink something to calm you down, in case you hear something screaming.”said Fingal.
" Then I want a cup of cola with sleeping pills," Lu Mingfei forced himself to say something stupid.
" Dreams can't change reality." Professor Guderian scratched his head." First of all, I'm sorry I'm late. I've been in Russia for too long, but I still haven't found a qualified candidate. When I returned to Kassel Academy, I realized that the train attendant had mistaken your priority, so I decided to follow the train and personally welcome you. Secondly,"
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