The next morning, Regent Hotel.
This was the most luxurious hotel in this small city. It was a global chain and was a five-star hotel. Lu Mingfei's uncle liked to drink tea and chat with his friends in the lobby. He would always ask the waiter to refill the tea until it turned into plain water. This way, the cost was not high, and it also gave him a sense of superiority as he enjoyed the world's top service. His uncle called Professor Guderian on behalf of Lu Mingfei. The professor was very happy to say that he had arrived and was staying at the Regent Hotel. The uncle immediately expressed that he was an old customer of Li Jing and was very familiar with him. Then, he made an appointment for breakfast.
It was rare for the whole family to come together. The uncle sat in the lobby bar with his stomach full and legs crossed. He taught Lu Mingze the principle of " the best person is the one who suffers the most." At the same time, he praised Li Jing's good service and gave him dark chocolate when he drank tea. He said that this dark chocolate was good stuff and was rich in adrenaline, making people feel happy. This was the extraordinary thing about a top-class hotel. His aunt was complaining that his uncle was a prodigal man who spent all his money on such places. If he wanted to eat dark chocolate, he could find an acquaintance in the chocolate factory and buy it for 20 yuan per catty.
"Mr Lu Mingfei?" A well-dressed waiter walked to the table.
Lu Mingfei had never been addressed as " Mister " before, so he hurriedly stood up.
"Our guest, Professor Guderian, asked us to arrange breakfast in the VIP rotating room on the ninth floor.”
"I'm also a regular customer. Why didn't I know that there was a VIP rotating bar?”The uncle was puzzled.
"It's like this. The VIP revolving bar is not open to the public. It's only open to guests in business suites and presidential suites for free. Professor Guderian booked the presidential suite.”
"The presidential suite?" The uncle was shocked.
"American schools are really rich!" Her aunt instantly forgot that she originally wanted to verify the identity of this school and see if the letter was a scam. In front of the presidential suite, she suddenly felt a deep respect for Kassel Academy.
The VIP elevator sent the family of four to the top floor. The moment the elevator door opened, a silver-haired burly old man came up to him. After a glance, he accurately held Lu Mingfei's hand." Hello! Lu Mingfei!"
"Hello…Professor Guderian, your Chinese is really good.”Lu Mingfei immediately felt stage fright.
In this VIP revolving bar with only a group of them, the tablecloths were white and the cutlery was silver. Looking out, it was the most beautiful lake view in the city. He was actually treated as an important person. He could not adapt to this increase in status at all. He was even more worried that he would be cheated and sold.
Professor Guderian was obviously a very sensitive person. He completely ignored Lu Mingfei's timid gaze and scratched his hair happily." Is that so?" Was it that good? In the past two years, our college has been tilting the setting of foreign language education towards Chinese. Everyone knows that China will become one of the most prosperous places in the world!”He looked at Lu Mingfei with an expression of trying to win him over." This way, if you become our student, you can skip the foreign language course!”
" But I have to learn English, don't I…" Lu Mingfei grinned." My TOEFL score is average."”
" No, it's not necessary," Professor Guderian said sincerely." We started the 'Chinese Campus' project seven years ago. Now, everyone on campus speaks Chinese, from professors to librarian, including cleaning aunties! That's why we didn't even consider your English results!”
'Damn it,' Lu Mingfei thought to himself.'If they didn't even consider that barely passable TOEFL score, then what do they value me for?' A report card with an average score of less than 80 in all subjects in high school? A dry personal account? A life without any bright spots…How could the professor show such a happy expression when facing such an application?
"Hello, Professor Gu. I'm Lu Mingfei's uncle.”The uncle squeezed between Professor Guderian and Lu Mingfei. Because he couldn't remember the name Guderian, he cleverly simplified it to " Professor Gu."
"Your uncle and nephew really don't look alike!”Professor Guderian seemed a little out of line, and the uncle looked a little embarrassed. This made the aunt, who was originally going to push the uncle away, give up the idea.
"Breakfast is ready. Let's eat together.”Professor Guderian invited him warmly, but his eyes were still on Lu Mingfei.
The expensive breakfast included salmon rolls and freshly squeezed lemon juice, and the VIP revolving bar was so grand. All of this immediately dispelled his uncle's displeasure. After all, it was not embarrassing that Lu Mingfei did not look like him. Professor Guderian expressed that Kassel College felt that Lu Mingfei's various abilities were quite comprehensive and had great potential. His uncle ate a salmon roll and happily said that Kassel College was an elite American school. The grandeur of China University really couldn't compare.
Professor Guderian was well-prepared. He took out a copy of his university license registered with the United States Department of Education for his aunt, who was still a little suspicious, to look at. He also took out an album and showed it to Lu Mingze. He introduced them one by one. This was the library of Kassel College, the sports hall of Kassel College, and the concert hall of Kassel College. It looked like the architectural style of this college was classical and the facilities were luxurious. It was like a medieval castle that had been completely renovated. There was also a photo of a windsurfing board with the emblem of Kassel College on it flying on the blue waves of Lake Michelle in summer. Professor Guderian said that it was a regular windsurfing competition held by the college every year. They had beaten the University of Chicago for three consecutive years, which meant that the University of California, as a top university in the United States, was nothing.
After his uncle praised the girls who were watching the windsurfing competition for their good figures, he spoke frankly about Lu Mingfei's education. He believed that Lu Mingfei's diverse abilities and potential had a lot to do with his lenient education method when he was young. Professor Guderian nodded repeatedly. His uncle had been recognized and was very happy. He suddenly remembered a very old book called " Harvard Girl Liu Yiting ". He could not help but slap his thigh and say that he could write a book called " Kassel Boy Lu Mingfei ". He could also sell millions of copies in China. He would be famous and make money. Wouldn't that be great? Therefore, he asked how much influence Kassel Academy had in the United States compared to Harvard. Professor Guderian was stunned for a moment before patting his chest and saying that Kassel Academy, an exquisite aristocratic school, had almost the same influence as Harvard in the upper class. He could rest assured.
Lu Mingfei lowered his eyes and listened to the two of them talking happily. He couldn't help but have a strange feeling. This wasn't an interview, but a marriage. Lu Mingfei was the daughter who stayed at home to pay for the dowry. The man was very eager, and the woman's family was happy to take advantage of the situation.
When his uncle was at a loss for words, Lu Mingfei finally mustered up the courage to ask the question he had always wanted to ask." Professor Guderian…which aspect of me do you think is…better?”
Professor Guderian was stunned for a moment." Both are good! We look at the overall quality of our students and don't care much about the results.”
" But," Lu Mingfei refused to give up." Kassel Academy even offers a scholarship. The conditions are really good…Why do I find it hard to believe?"”
Professor Guderian scratched his white eyebrows and had to answer this question seriously." Other than grades, there are other reasons. Your parents happen to be honorary schoolmates of our college and have donated to important research projects in our college. We will give priority to the children of our schoolmates, even if they are honorary schoolmates.”
The four of them were all stunned. Lu Mingfei's heart skipped like a rabbit that had just woken up. He had already forgotten how long it had been since he had received accurate news from his parents. Every time his mother wrote a letter, she would just nag about taking care of her health and studying well. She never mentioned what they were doing abroad.
"Then I can see them?" Lu Mingfei asked anxiously.
Professor Guderian shook his head." Actually, I've never seen them before. I heard that they've been busy with an important research project, so they've been hiding in the jungles of South America all these years. However, I have a picture of them and a letter your mother wrote to the academy about this matter.”
He flipped over the photo on the last page of the album and placed it on the table in front of Lu Mingfei. It was a summer garden. In the distance, he could vaguely see the classical and luxurious library of Kassel Academy. In the near distance, there were countless vines, so green that it was gloomy and transparent. A man and a woman were walking hand in hand in the vines. The man was wearing a loose white shirt and a pair of trousers. He had a pair of wooden slippers on his feet, and the woman was wearing a pure white cotton dress. It was a little like Chen Wenwen's first time reporting. Lu Mingfei reached out his fingers and gently touched the faces of the two people on the screen. They were his parents, and he could still vaguely remember their faces. Lu Mingfei had a strange feeling. That man and woman were really far away from him, far away from a corner of the world that he could never go to. He suddenly felt a little sad. The man and woman looked at each other's faces with a warm smile. It was obvious that they were alone. They had probably forgotten that they had a child together.
Uncle and Auntie nodded as well. Auntie even made a critical comment." The two of them are already old. They're quite romantic!”
The letter was short and printed. It was probably something like an email:
Dear Principal Angers, I haven't contacted you for a long time. I hope you are as well as before.
We probably won't be seeing each other for a long time. The recent research is very intense, and we can't leave, so please keep your bottle of Chateau Latour red wine for us to taste when we go back.
My child, Lu Mingfei, is already 18 years old. He is a smart child. His grades may not be that good, but we all believe that he will make a difference in academics. Therefore, if possible, please help Cassel College to accept him.
I can't tell him personally, so I can only ask you to pass on my message that Dad and Mom love him.
Yours sincerely, Giovanni
Professor Guderian put the letter back into the envelope and handed it to Lu Mingfei. At the same time, he did something unexpected. He said in an extremely affectionate tone and not very standard pronunciation," Mingfei, Daddy and Mommy love you.”
Lu Mingze couldn't help but laugh at this stiff message. His uncle and aunt couldn't keep their faces straight either. Lu Mingfei's mother's words were so gentle in the letter that it was almost tear-jerking. However, when it came out of the mouth of the 1.9-meter-tall burly man, Guderian, it really made people laugh out loud. Lu Mingfei and Professor Guderian also smiled. The atmosphere at the dining table was harmonious.
"Are you relieved now? We're not liars!" Professor Guderian smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Okay, I'm going to the bathroom." Lu Mingfei said.
Lu Mingfei walked into the bathroom and closed the door. He leaned against the door and tears flowed silently. In fact, he felt that nothing was funny. It was so touching. Years later, his mother still remembered to tell him that she loved him. This gave Lu Mingfei a reason to exist in the world. Even if it was repeated by a burly professor who was 1.9 meters tall, it wouldn't make any difference. " I love you." She had to say it out loud. Saying it out loud was different from writing it on paper, especially for a listless child like Lu Mingfei who lacked love. Tears streamed down his face, and he felt even sadder. After all, there were only a few of them in this VIP revolving bar, and no one would come in to disturb them. The bathroom was more luxurious than the standard rooms in other hotels. Lu Mingfei leaned against the door and squatted down, tears streaming down his face.
Until a pair of dark purple jogging shoes suddenly appeared in front of him.
Lu Mingfei was shocked. He looked up and saw a girl standing in front of him. She was wearing a pair of jogging shoes, a pair of tight-fitting jeans, a white tank top, a blue striped shirt, and a baseball cap.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He felt that there was something wrong with the scene in front of him, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. There was only a tall and beautiful girl in front of him. She was looking at Lu Mingfei from the corner of her eyes. The pure silver four-leaf clover pendant on her earlobe swayed, and the diamonds embedded in it were dazzling.
"This is the women's restroom." The girl slowly revealed the problem to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei returned to the breakfast table with his head hanging low. The tall, beautiful girl followed behind him with a cold expression. Her slightly charming eyes were like sharp knives.
"Oh, let me introduce you. This is Chen Motong, a student of our Kassel Academy. He's Chinese and is accompanying me to China this time.”Professor Guderian said," Nuonuo, this is the family of our new classmate, Lu Mingfei. Why did you come so late?”
"Nono?" Lu Mingfei was stunned when he heard the name.
"I ate at a food stall last night and my stomach wasn't feeling well. I was in the bathroom just now.”The girl named Chen Motong took off her baseball cap and let down her long hair. She sat next to Professor Guderian.
"Why didn't you ask me to go with you?”Professor Guderian's reaction was regretful.
"Professor, Norma said that your weight loss program is not over yet. You can only eat two meals a day.”Chen Motong ignored the old man's craving for food and glanced at the last salmon roll on his plate." You'd better eat more. After this, there's only one meal left."”
Professor Guderian was like a child being disciplined by a strict mother. He scratched his head, sighed, and began to eat his last salmon roll.
Lu Mingfei was very grateful that Chen Motong didn't mention the embarrassing incident of him entering the wrong washroom. However, the moment this girl appeared at the dining table, the happy atmosphere immediately dissipated. That girl was like a proud princess with sharp words. Even when she looked directly at you, it would make people feel that you weren't in her eyes. Her beautiful eyes were actually focused on somewhere behind you. At this moment, she was sitting at the seat closest to the window and smearing butter on her bread. Under the sunlight, her long hair glowed a deep red, like wine.
This was the first time Lu Mingfei had met such a beautiful girl. She wasn't like Su Xiaoqiang, who cared about how others looked at her with envy, nor was she like Chen Wenwen, who was so weak that she only thought about her own matters and avoided other people's gazes. Chen Motong didn't care about the looks of others at all. He had a fearless look on his face, which obviously made his uncle feel pressured. The uncle was secretly looking at Chen Motong's wrist, not the lines of the wrist. Lu Mingfei knew what he was looking at. He was looking at the silver Omega watch with diamonds on Chen Motong's wrist.
"Do you mind if I eat your share?”Chen Motong finished his silver codfish, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and looked up at Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei hadn't touched the piece of silver codfish on his plate.
Lu Mingfei could only nod. He didn't know how to reject this Chen Motong, nor did he think that the lemon juice pan-fried codfish was delicious.
"Nuo Nuo, mind your manners. We are not in the academy's dining hall.”Professor Guderian said as he ate his salmon roll.
" He's lost his appetite." Chen Motong glanced at Lu Mingfei." Look at how distracted he is. He'll probably go to the wrong men's and women's washrooms."”
Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. Chen Motong revealed a teasing smile that only Lu Mingfei could understand. He took Lu Mingfei's entire breakfast tray over.
"Really? Mingfei, what else are you worried about?”Professor Guderian hurriedly stared into Lu Mingfei's eyes and said," The opportunity to enroll in Kassel Academy is very rare. I suggest that you don't give up!”
"I still have to think about it." Lu Mingfei lowered his head.
Uncle, Auntie, and Lu Mingze simultaneously revealed expressions that said," Is this guy crazy?" Professor Guderian's information had been checked by his aunt. It was stamped by the American Department of Education, and his uncle saw several American politicians who often appeared on television in the photos. They were smiling and talking to students and teachers in dark green uniforms. Everyone had the " World Tree " emblem of Kassel College on their chests. The scholarship plan that Professor Guderian took out was signed by the American Health Research Institute, the National Institute of Health, and the Citicorp Bank. The scholarship was transferred to the Bank of America, and the Bank of America promised to issue a monthly cash check to the recipient of the scholarship, Mingfei Lu. In addition, Professor Guderian's tenured professor certificate from Harvard University and his letter of appointment as a member of the American Society of Paleologists were used as evidence. Even Lu Mingze felt that Lu Mingfei had a really good pair of parents. Although they had not shown their faces for seven to eight years, they had immediately done such a big thing at the critical moment of their son's life. However, in the face of such a great opportunity, Lu Mingfei still had to think about it.
Professor Guderian's expression was a little ugly." Is Kassel Academy not good enough?”
" No." Lu Mingfei waved his hand." I…"
"She's my first girlfriend." Chen Motong said as he chewed on the codfish.
The table suddenly fell silent. Lu Mingfei was so embarrassed that he wanted to hide under the table. Lu Mingze's ears were obviously pricked up. His uncle and aunt also cast suspicious looks at him. Only the sound of Chen Motong chewing on the codfish was exceptionally clear. She revealed her bright white teeth and gave Lu Mingfei a beautiful but unfriendly smile.
"I'm just joking." Chen Motong pushed the empty plate forward." We're not close. We just met today, didn't we?”
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Only Professor Guderian looked around blankly. He didn't know why the atmosphere suddenly became tense and relaxed.
"Our Mingfei won't fall in love, right, Mingfei?”Her aunt gave Lu Mingfei a relieved look. Lu Mingfei didn't find a girlfriend behind her back. This made her feel that her position as the leader of the family hadn't been shaken. Moreover, she also felt that no one should be so blind as to fall for Lu Mingfei. The one who should have found a girlfriend should be Lu Mingze.
"No, who wants me?" Lu Mingfei grinned as he chewed on an earthworm. This way, his mouth was always moving, so he didn't have to put on a fake expression.
"Students should focus on their studies." her aunt said happily.
You're upgrading your base to level three." Chen Motong suddenly said.
Lu Mingfei's expression suddenly became indescribably strange.
After sending Lu Mingfei and his family to the private elevator, Professor Guderian frowned and asked Chen Motong for his opinion." You're saying that they didn't believe us? But there's nothing wrong with the documents. The documents, photos, business license, and my professor's letter of appointment from the Ministry of Education approving the establishment of a private university are all real.”
"The most problematic thing is that you're using money to enroll students, but you still have to bring so many documents to prove yourself. You even have to treat their parents to breakfast at the VIP club of a five-star hotel, and you even have an expectant expression.”Chen Motong did not stand on ceremony.
"But Lu Mingfei's importance on the enrollment list is 'S'. If we let an' S'-grade student run away, the board of directors will be very unhappy!”
"It's okay. I'm just playing hard to get." Chen Motong shrugged." That guy will definitely obey us!”
"How do you know? I can see that he is very hesitant, but his family is fine.”Professor Guderian scratched his head." What is he hesitating about?”
"She's my first girlfriend." Chen Motong said.
"Don't joke around when they're all gone.”
"I'm serious." Chen Motong stuck out his tongue." I'm not full yet. I'm still hungry."”
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