"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. Actually, he didn't think that there was anything funny about it. It was so touching. After so many years, 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. They were the only people in this VIP revolving bar anyway, so no one would come in and 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. In front of him was a tall and beautiful girl who 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 our new classmate, Lu Mingfei's family. Why are you 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 at 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 Chen Motong, and he didn't 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? Ming Fei, 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 with the stamp of the US Department of Education. His uncle saw several US 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 US Health Research Institute, the National Institute of Health, and the Bank of America. 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 Paleological Research Association 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 pretend to be expressionless.
"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 from the Ministry of Education approving the establishment of a private university, photos, business license, and my professor's letter of appointment are all real. What can you see?”
"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 saw that he was 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."”
4. select
In the dead of night, Lu Mingfei sat in front of his old-fashioned laptop. There were two things hanging on his laptop at the same time-QQ and StarCraft.
A long time ago, he had read a StarCraft novel called " Bloodstained Totem." In it, a giant robot fighting in outer space secretly used the military network to chat with a little girl on Earth. The giant robot named " Godzilla " was on a distant planet, fighting the terrifying Zergs under the low-level clouds of lead gray. As bullets rained down, he spoke warm words to the little girl. During the last call," Godzilla " told me that I was going to die, that my battery was running out, and that I was running out of battery. The little girl said,"Are you lying to me?" Godzilla said that it feels good to chat with you. Then it was forced to cut off, because on that distant planet, on the battlefield after the bloody battle, a grumpy puppy jumped onto the wreckage of a giant robot and tore its circuit with its claws.
Sometimes, Lu Mingfei felt that he was the giant robot and Chen Wenwen was the little girl. Sometimes, Chen Wenwen would tell Lu Mingfei the secrets in her heart. Lu Mingfei listened happily and replied with all kinds of cute emojis to show that he was listening carefully. However, Chen Wenwen never understood why Lu Mingfei did this, nor did she know that Lu Mingfei was online waiting for her hour after hour. Chen Wenwen wondered if she would be sad if Lu Mingfei's circuit was cut off one day.
Lu Mingfei felt very sad as he thought about it. He felt as if his chest was filled with battery liquid and the electrical circuits around his body were crackling.
The Literature Club's group chat was quiet. Without Chen Wenwen around, no one would discuss literature. The beauty of literature was mainly reflected in Muse, especially when Muse wore a white cotton dress that smelled like the sun.
In the StarCraft channel, the guy with the panda head was teaching a group of people the secret manual to defeat Lu Mingfei, the " number one cheap move " in the channel. Ever since he defeated Lu Mingfei, who was controlled by a red dot, he had become the hero who led the crowd to resist Lu Mingfei's tyrant rule in the channel. At this moment, the big-faced cat came online. The name " Nono " flashed in a thrilling manner.
Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. He hesitated for a moment." It's really you?”
"Yes, Chen Motong." Nono's reply seemed lazy." I have nothing better to do, so I came here to play two games." Have you decided to accept our invitation?”
"I haven't decided yet…How did you guys know my ID?”
"Norma found it, it wasn't difficult at all. You actually used an ID like 'Mingming', like a girl, and also' Sunset Cards'…Are you a transvestite?”
" It's a secret, it's a secret. I came to tease my brother…"
"I didn't have time to bother with your brother. His eyes kept sweeping across my chest.”
Lu Mingfei thought to himself,'You're the only one who can say that so confidently.' Lu Mingfei started to admire Lu Mingze's courage. Although there was a beautiful girl sitting opposite him, Lu Mingfei did not dare to look at Nuo Nuo. This girl was too bright and calm. She was like a good knife made of hard steel that was very useful for cutting people. In front of her, Lu Mingfei could not help but feel a little inferior. However, unlike the first time he met Chen Wenwen, he did not want to slip away when facing Nono.
"You seem to be spies." Lu Mingfei said.
"The only highlight of your resume is that you are good at competitive games, such as StarCraft. I'm here to verify on behalf of the school. It's not bad, but you're telling the truth.”
"Alright, alright. I've already lost."
"I lost. Norma and I played together. In the end, I found out that you were upgrading your base to level three because Norma secretly opened the map and saw it.”
"Cheating kills the whole family!" Lu Mingfei typed this sentence without thinking. This vicious curse in the StarCraft circle was like the Qing Gang saying " seducing second sister-in-law with three knives and six holes." However, it was always just a saying, and no one really minded.
"Whatever. I'm the only one in my family.”Nono's reply was extremely flat.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He couldn't imagine Nono's expression when she said that. Orphan? Parents divorced? A bitter childhood? None of this could be seen from Nono's face. She was completely a cold and proud little princess with a little malice.
"Don't tell me you're really a competitive gaming school…The school's secretary is playing Galaxy?”Lu Mingfei thought back to the terrifying micro-control and multi-line attack of his opponent in that game. It really didn't seem like a person could do it. If such a person existed in the world, he would have to have the ability to control two mice with both hands at the same time.
"Of course not. The things we study and the things we have to deal with are much harder to deal with than the bugs. That's the legendary…Forget it, let's not talk about it.”
"I'm not in the mood."
"Did you fall out of love?"
" Not yet…" Lu Mingfei suddenly felt like he was going crazy. Nuonuo was like a little witch who could see through his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. In front of this girl, he almost had nowhere to hide." I don't have a girlfriend, so of course I won't be heartbroken. Sister, what do you want?"”
" Sister sounds pretty sweet." Nono made a cheerful smiley face." Come on, tell me what happened. I might be able to help you."”
"What do you need help with? You're not from our school."
"I don't know Chen Wenwen either, right?”the little witch Nono said.
"How much do you know?" Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a great fear.
"Have you ever wondered why your parents didn't see you for six years and only wrote to you? Also, are you still wondering why Kassel Academy gave you such a high scholarship for a student with average grades? Do you think that all the explanations we gave you were all covered up?”
"Yeah, only my uncle and aunt didn't suspect anything…They thought my parents were too strong and could do anything…They kept asking me how I could get my brother out of here.”Lu Mingfei answered.
"But we have no comment. I can only tell you that you will always have a second choice, but whether you accept it or not depends on yourself. In fact, there are many things in this world that you don't know at all, so don't use your previous knowledge to judge what will happen in the future... For example, if you haven't dated a girl, you will never know what Chen Wenwen is thinking.”The little witch's evil nature was stirring again.
Lu Mingfei hesitated for a long time. He was prepared to show weakness to the little witch. Since she was so strong, she might have some unusual suggestions.
"What is Chen Wenwen thinking?" he asked.
" I don't know," the little witch Nono answered readily. Then, she changed the topic." But I'm also a girl. Although I don't know Chen Wenwen, I have female intuition!”
"Then what is your female intuition like?”
"She doesn't like you."
Lu Mingfei was so angry that fire almost spewed out of his nostrils, but his heart sank silently.
"But if you think it's good, go chase after her with all your might. There are always many ways to impress a girl.”Nono's foul mouth finally said something that could change the situation." Anyway, there aren't many cases where you like me and I like you. It's just one person chasing another. Do you understand 'court'?”
Lu Mingfei felt a glimmer of hope." How? I'm so far from her that I don't even have many opportunities to talk.”
"Then why do you like her? You don't know what she's thinking."
Lu Mingfei kept quiet. There were still some things he didn't want to tell Nono. For example, the afternoon when Chen Wenwen invited him to join the literature club, there was only Chen Wenwen and him in the classroom. He was wiping the blackboard. Chen Wenwen was wearing a white cotton dress, puffy sleeves, sneakers, and white socks. She was sitting on the podium humming a song. The sunset's slanted light shone on the newly changed desk. The creeper vines hung down from the window. It was spring and summer, and the flowers and trees were growing rapidly. Lu Mingfei could even hear the sound of them growing wildly when he was wiping the blackboard. He had already forgotten why Chen Wenwen wanted to stay that day. He only remembered that Chen Wenwen suddenly turned her head and asked him if he wanted to join the Literature Club.
The flowers and plants outside the window grew wildly, and the slanted light that shone through the window quickly dimmed. The chirping of cicadas seemed to have sped up by a hundred times. At that time, Lu Mingfei felt his soul being lifted into the sky. He felt time slipping through his fingers, and the clouds under his feet changed. He and the angel called Chen Wenwen looked at each other.
"Have you ever sent flowers?" Nono asked.
"Does foxtail grass count?"
"Tsk, have you ever seen a movie before?"
"When the school held an educational exhibition of revolutionary films, I sat next to her during the scene of 'The Sparkling Red Star'.”
"When is her birthday?"
"October 10th."
"Have you given me a birthday present?"
" She took my pen to write a reply to the boy who gave her the greeting card. Later, she forgot to return the pen to me. The next day, she said that it was a gift..."
"Can't you be more unlucky?"
"I don't think so either."
"Damn it, I'm so embarrassed to be like this with you!”Nono seemed to be furious.
"Little brother?"
"You are my junior." Nono said," Professor Guderian and I traveled thousands of miles from America to China to enroll students. I won't let you escape from me! Come, let me teach you a lesson. First of all, all girls had to be pursued! If you didn't take the initiative, would you still think that she would take the initiative to confess to you? Secondly, the most important thing for a girl was nothing more than happiness. It was not absolutely important whether this boy was useful or not, but whether you could give her happiness!”
"Happiness?"
"For example, if Chen Wenwen likes you very much, but you don't have any feelings for her, but one day you fail your exams and are extremely depressed, you suddenly see Chen Wenwen driving a Ferrari to pick you up. She touches your hair in public and says,'Don't worry, work hard, you'll do better next time.' Do you feel so happy that you're about to explode? Even if you don't have feelings for her, do you want to give in immediately?”
"Immediately! He would not hesitate! He tied a leash on himself and barked as he ran off with her!”Lu Mingfei answered firmly.
"Useless! This would seem too cheap. No matter what, he had to twist a little to welcome and reject!”
"Sister…what should I do?”
"It's time to go all out. If you want to pursue a girl who's so far away from you, you should not hesitate to spend money and not be afraid of failure. If you succeeded, you would have earned it. If you failed, it was only natural. It was my fortune to gain it, but my fate to lose it.”
"How?"
"Tell everyone you like her, loudly. " Bet on a man's dignity and future," Nono said." Do you understand girls? No girl would really hate a boy who was honest and bold enough to confess to her. Even if she didn't accept it, she would still remember you.”
"So what if you remember me?" Lu Mingfei was a little dejected.
"Take your beautiful memories to study in America. What do you think of this suggestion?”
"It still sounds tragic…"
" The best ending doesn't belong to ordinary people. You always have to fight your way out of the army. You have to be the last dog to pass through the cannon fire of countless Dragon Knights. When you have the last drop of blood left, you have to swing your claw to change the outcome of the battle! If you die on the way, it's very natural. However, a dog that didn't charge at the cannon fire wasn't a good dog!”Nono said.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He felt the murderous intent in Nono's words, and that beautiful and cold face appeared in front of him. That girl who was like a steel knife…Now, she swung her knife and stabbed Lu Mingfei in the heart, causing blood to splatter everywhere. Lu Mingfei made the boldest decision in his life. He wanted to be the puppy that rushed into the cannon fire. In the last three months before graduation, he told Chen Wenwen that he had liked her for three years. No matter how weak his last paw was, whether it could break through the girl's defense, he was determined to be a good dog! This made his heart feel warm.
"I know!" he said.
"Flowers. If you don't know what she likes, then roses. Dark red. No girl would not like roses. Music. Music is more motivating than words.”Nono said," Good luck, little brother!”
She went offline, and Lu Mingfei didn't have a chance to reply. Looking at the big-faced gray cat's profile picture, Lu Mingfei suddenly had a feeling that his bold confession would succeed. For this, he could give up the opportunity to go to America, or he might never see Nono again, this little witch. He was suddenly a little touched and felt that he would miss Nuo Nuo. Before Nuo Nuo, there had never been a girl who was so close to him, not even Chen Wenwen.
He had a strange illusion that the moment he successfully confessed to Chen Wenwen, Kassel Academy, Professor Guderian, and Nono would disappear from this world like bubbles.
At this moment, the world split into two paths in front of him. One led to the illusionary Kassel Academy, and the other led to the beautiful and warm Chen Wenwen. If he chose one, the other would disappear.
In the Starbucks cafe, Nono picked up the warm mocha and took a sip. On the screen of her laptop, QQ was still active, but she was invisible. Lu Mingfei's last message was a simple " thank you ". On the other side of the screen, someone called " Sonic " said," Shouldn't you be thinking of a way to recruit him into our school?" Why was he teaching him how to confess to a girl instead? Professor Guderian would really go crazy if he succeeded in his confession and refused to go abroad.”
"How can a confession like this succeed? Are you crazy? I was just teasing that fool.”Nuo Nuo wrinkled her delicate nose and revealed a cold smile." That Chen Wenwen sounds like a very artistic girl. She will only accept what she likes. If she doesn't like it, she won't care no matter how much you give her. That fool had been chasing after her for three years and had no chance at all. How could he get her by relying on music, roses, and saying I love you loudly? What a joke!"
"Then what you said is reasonable?"
"I said I was playing with him."
"Can you be any more immoral?”
" I can't." Nono shrugged." I have to admit that this is the most immoral thing I've ever done.”
"Then why are you still doing it? Why would he bully a future junior?”
"I just don't understand why the academy listed him as'S 'class on the enrollment list. I was only' A 'class back then. If I don't take advantage of him now, I won't be easy to bully once he enters the academy.”Nono's smile was a little evil.
"The rank on the enrollment list is nothing. In the end, it still depends on the results. Do you care so much about this rank?”
"Yes, I am." Nono raised her sharp and beautiful eyebrows." No matter what, I should be the best. I'm that perverted!"
"Alright, perverted Little Witch, but have you ever thought about it? You don't know that Chen Wenwen. If she's really as coquettish as Lu Mingfei, and she likes Lu Mingfei for three years but is unwilling to tell him, and is only waiting for a confession…Won't you ruin everything?”Sonic said.
The smug smile on Nono's face suddenly stiffened.
"Am I that unlucky?" Nono muttered to herself," No…definitely not…"
Lu Mingfei felt that Nono must be an angel who would bring him miraculous good luck. Just as Nono finished talking to him, Chen Wenwen suddenly went online and spoke in the group. The invisible guys also jumped out one after another. They were all lively and did not look like they were suffering from the nightmare of the college entrance examination at all.
"The college entrance examination is coming soon. Why don't the literature club hold a graduation party?”Chen Wenwen suggested.
The group cheered, and Lu Mingfei was among them. This kind of suggestion should definitely be brought up by Chen Wenwen. Zhao Menghua joked that Chen Wenwen was like Liu Bei of the literature club because she was absolutely attractive to men.
Only Su Xiaoqiang said coldly," There's nothing interesting about gatherings. I've been on a diet recently, so I only eat boiled vegetables and fruits. Moreover, I've done all the mock exam questions. How can I be in the mood?”
Su Xiaoqiang was actually willing to lower his status to join the literature club. Lu Mingfei had not expected this at all. The presidents of the tennis club and billiards club were Su Xiaoqiang's admirers and had invited them to join. However, Su Xiaoqiang had actually joined the literature club that her biggest rival was in charge of without even thinking. It did not look like she was here to join, but rather to ruin the scene.
However, Lu Mingfei soon discovered that Su Xiaoqiang's target wasn't Chen Wenwen, but Zhao Menghua. The reason why even the slow-witted Lu Mingfei was able to discover this was because the " Little Fairy " Su Xiaoqiang was very frank. Su Xiaoqiang treated the pretty girls in the school to a meal of Pizza-Hut. Suddenly, someone stood up, raised a glass of beer, and said," I'm treating everyone to a meal to tell everyone that I like Zhao Menghwa. Those who want to snatch him from me can come. I'm not afraid of any more people!" Then, she finished the glass of beer and her face turned red in an instant. This kind of boldness was similar to the time when a Tianjin gangster went to Beijing to make a living. When he went to a shop, he would tie his own pinky and someone else's pinky together and cut them off. If he didn't scare them off, he would tie his ring finger…and tie them all the way down. In their aristocratic high school, although the girls were a little arrogant, there was no one like the little angel who was charming, generous, and had a green aura. In addition, although Zhao Menghwa was first-class in sports, he was not that enthusiastic about girls. Soon, the other girls left. Everyone guessed that Zhao Menghwa would fall into Su Xiaoqiang's hands sooner or later.
"I want us to pool together to book a small theater to watch a movie.”Chen Wenwen said.
There was another round of applause. Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat as Nuo Nuo's words rang in his ears. Everything seemed to have been prepared for him. The small hall of the cinema, the movie, the music, and yes, the roses!
Even the heavens were helping him. If this still didn't work, wouldn't there be no justice?
"What are you looking at?" Zhao Menghwa asked.
"Transformers 2!"
"It's not even as good as Terminator 4!"
"Up is better. It's been the hottest these days.”
"Let's watch 'Story of the Robots'…I want to watch it again.”Chen Wenwen said.
"Wall-E? That's fine too. Let's bring food and drinks in.”Zhao Menghwa sounded a little regretful. He had a private English teacher since junior high school, and his TOEFL score was unimaginable among high school students. He never watched Chinese movies, so he only remembered the English titles of the movies.
"I'll pack popcorn and coke. I don't care about the rest!”The little angel was always generous when it came to paying.
"Then, little angel, we're a perfect match. I'll buy you popcorn and coke. What do you think?”Lu Mingfei couldn't help but say something like that again.
This was his personality. Obviously, the pocket money that his uncle and aunt gave him was only enough for him to buy a movie ticket for himself. However, he could not help but say something. Moreover, the words he said were cold and owing.
"Tsk! Who's a perfect match for you?" As expected, the little angel expressed her disdain.
Everyone else's chatter quickly drowned out Lu Mingfei's cold joke. Everyone was very interested in this plan. Before graduation, the students of the club would watch a cute cartoon in a small hall. It sounded like a great memory.
A cartoon with love! Yes, the key was love! Lu Mingfei's heart was about to blossom.
All of this seemed to be a hint. Chen Wenwen chose " Wall-E." The film was about a little robot with a dirty face. It was called Wall-E. It was a little guy who collected garbage and fell in love with a little princess-like girl, the robot EVE. Lu Mingfei actually liked the film very much, but he was too embarrassed to tell anyone. Others might not believe that he was so moved to tears at the last scene. He didn't even realize that it was the scene where Wall-E was crushed into a pile of scrap metal by the evil Captain robot. EVE rushed to find parts to save it and broke the sound barrier with Wall-E in his arms. That was probably love. Lu Mingfei felt that it was so touching that he purposely took a screenshot to use as his wallpaper.
Wait, wait! He was stunned. Maybe it wasn't fate, but Chen Wenwen was the one who chose that film…What was Chen Wenwen trying to say? Chen Wenwen told Lu Mingfei about the movie. She said that she cried when she watched it and felt sorry for the little robot.
"Then Lu Mingfei, come with me to buy tickets. Everyone, give your money to Lu Mingfei.”Chen Wenwen said.
Everyone in the group agreed. Lu Mingfei's main task as the director of the literature club was to collect money and run errands from house to house. It was customary to leave this job to him.
However, this time, Chen Wenwen said that she wanted to go together…
5. fate
Some roads were ridiculously long when you walked with some people, but when you walked with others, they were so short that people were reluctant to take a step.
The cobblestone road along the river that Lu Mingfei took after school was like this. This road was specially designated as a scenic pedestrian street by the municipal project. It cost a lot of money. On one side was the green and blue river, and on the other side was a cafe, a cinema, a flower shop, and various specialty stores. Although the scenery was good, it had nothing to do with Lu Mingfei because he had always walked alone.
But today was different. He was walking side by side with Chen Wenwen on this road.
"Lu Mingfei, which school do you want to apply to?”Chen Wenwen asked her.
The two of them had just booked a small hall at the cinema and decided to play " Wall-E." Then, he accompanied Chen Wenwen to buy a paper bag of bellflowers. Chen Wenwen said that her mother liked them. Lu Mingfei secretly looked at the price of roses. They were not sewn for the holidays, so they did not seem expensive. He could still scrape together the money to buy ninety-nine flowers. Now, Chen Wenwen was strolling home with him with a paper bag of bellflowers. This was the first time Lu Mingfei knew that Chen Wenwen's house was actually not far from his.
Lu Mingfei turned his head and glanced at Chen Wenwen. Chen Wenwen was wearing a white cotton dress. The sunset shone on her skin, making it seem transparent.
"I can apply to any school as long as I can get in.”Lu Mingfei said. He did not tell anyone that he had received an admission letter from an American university.
"Yes, will you go to school here at home?”
Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. He thought that Chen Wenwen was secretly asking him where he would be going.
"It doesn't matter where. A university with many classmates is the best.”Lu Mingfei said.
"Yes, I want to go to Beijing. Zhao Menghua and Su Xiaoqiang are going to Beijing universities.”Chen Wenwen whispered.
"Beijing is good." Lu Mingfei said.
"You like Beijing too?"
"Beijing has a big pot of lamb scorpions!" Lu Mingfei wanted to slap himself when he said that. What a good opportunity. As long as he was thick-skinned, he could say something affectionate like 'It's good to have you in Beijing'. He thought that he was too listless and did not even do what Nono had instructed him to.
Chen Wenwen smiled silently and replied with a low "hmm".
The sound of their footsteps was exceptionally clear in the silence. Lu Mingfei counted his steps and did not dare to look at Chen Wenwen.
He couldn't keep silent like this. He looked up and was stunned for a moment. The person opposite him was also stunned for a moment. He adjusted the huge sunglasses on his face and pulled the brim of his baseball cap.
Chen Motong, or Nuo Nuo, was also strolling along the street. He was wearing a pair of purple jogging shoes, a pair of tight jeans, a white tank top, and a blue striped short-sleeved shirt. She was stunned for a moment before a malicious smile appeared on her face. She waved her hand at Lu Mingfei." Hey! Hey!"
Lu Mingfei knew why she was so excited about meeting an old friend. It was purely for Chen Wenwen to see. He had experienced the wickedness of this little witch.
"Your friend?" Chen Wenwen was a little embarrassed. She was also affected by the sharp pressure on Nono's body. Nono did not look like she had grown up in this small southern city.
Lu Mingfei stammered, but Nono had already jumped in front of them.
"Hey hey! What a coincidence!" Nuo Nuo turned to Chen Wenwen." This is Chen Wenwen, right?”
"How do you know my name?" Chen Wenwen was a little surprised. She had always been shy in front of strangers.
" Listen to him, he said…" Nono suddenly paused and said," Right, you owe me ice cream, right?”
Blackmail, this was blatant blackmail!
However, as long as Nuo Nuo didn't spout nonsense, Lu Mingfei could even call her sister. Lu Mingfei quickly took out his wallet." I'll buy it for you, I'll buy it for you. What flavor do you want?”
"Strawberry jam on top." Nono took off his baseball cap and combed his dark red hair.
Lu Mingfei could only spend money to buy three ice-creams. He didn't have much money left in his pocket. He wasn't stingy when he bought it for Chen Wenwen, and he didn't feel bad when he bought it for Nono. As long as this little witch shut up, he was a little reluctant to buy the one for himself. The three of them chewed on ice cream as they strolled along the river. The locust tree flowers fell on Chen Wenwen's white cloth circle and Nono's baseball cap. Nono kept complaining while Chen Wenwen spoke to her in a soft voice. When the two girls were around, Lu Mingfei was like a huge light bulb. He had nothing to do with them at all. Lu Mingfei couldn't help but give Nono an angry look, but Nono acted as if she didn't see it.
"Did Lu Mingfei say a lot of bad things about me?”Chen Wenwen asked.
" No," Nono answered casually." He said he liked literature very much, so he joined the literature club.”
"Oh, I like reading too." Chen Wenwen said," Are you two junior high school classmates?”
"No, we were classmates in elementary school. But I've been studying in America since then and only came back recently.”Nuo Nuo turned to Lu Mingfei." Do you remember the creeper on the wall of our school building? When I went back that day to take a look, I had already climbed to the top of the building!”
Lu Mingfei nodded vigorously, thinking that the ice cream was worth it. Nono was a trustworthy businessman, and her words were vivid. However, he suddenly had an illusion that what Nono said seemed to be true. He clearly did not remember Nono being his classmate in primary school, but he remembered the Boston ivy. He was a little slow and had a bad memory. He had basically forgotten all his classmates in primary school. He only remembered the light shining through the green leaves of the Boston ivy on the wall. For a moment, he almost could not tell if Nono's words were true or if his own memories were true.
"Are you an immigrator?" Chen Wenwen asked. Many people in their school were talking about their family migrating.
"No, I have a Chinese passport. I'm just going to school. I'm a freshman at Kassel College.”
"Did you skip a grade? Lu Mingfei is only in his third year of high school."
"Oh, we're not classmates. I'm his senior sister.”Nuo Nuo quickly covered up her lie." Lu Mingfei, right?”
"Oh, Senior Sister." Lu Mingfei knew why Nono asked.
Nono smiled like a blooming flower.
In the end, they parted ways at the fork in the road. Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen continued to walk forward and Nuo Nuo went to the other side. Lu Mingfei looked at Nono's back as she skipped away. Once again, he felt that she would disappear just like that, along with another possibility in his life.
His uncle and aunt had been treating Lu Mingfei much better these past two days. After all, his aunt wanted Lu Mingfei to talk to his parents, whom he could never meet, and get Lu Mingze to study in America. Lu Mingze was very resistant to this. At the dining table, he pulled a long face and said that even if he wanted to go abroad, he had to rely on his grades and not his connections. Lu Mingfei knew that his younger brother was still brooding over his dumb luck. Moreover, Lu Mingze had been very unhappy these past few days because the Sunset's Mark was always offline. It made him feel as if his heart was scratching at his liver. Therefore, he had been hogging the old-fashioned laptop even more, not giving Lu Mingfei a chance.
As the aunt nagged at Lu Mingze for not being able to go online all the time and for him to learn more in order to be successful, she instructed Lu Mingfei to buy breakfast milk for tomorrow. Lu Mingfei walked out of the door and heard Lu Mingze suddenly become anxious for some reason and quarrel with his aunt.
His heart was in a mess, so he didn't go downstairs. Instead, he walked up the stairs. There was no elevator in this building, and the highest floor was only seven floors. The rooftop was filled with air-conditioning units and pipes. The property management had set up an iron gate in the corridor with the words "rooftop closed" written on it. In fact, no one would run up there if it wasn't closed. The stairs leading to the top floor felt like a horror movie. It was filled with cardboard boxes, two broken engines, and some broken sofas and wooden coffee tables that were abandoned by the seventh-floor residents. Everything was covered in dust, and the gap was too small to fit.
Lu Mingfei jumped through the gaps like a light kangaroo. He clearly remembered every landing spot, such as the two bricks in the cardboard box, the solid base of the broken motor, and the only leg of the wooden coffee table that was not broken. These landing spots were like a series of islands that helped him cross the ocean of trash. Opposite him was the iron gate. Outside the iron gate, there was a shadow and thousands of miles of starlight.
Lu Mingfei crawled out through the biggest gap in the iron door. He stood under the starlight and took a deep breath, looking at the city under the night sky.
Now that he was free, every time he arrived here, he felt like lying on the ground and enjoying the wind on the top floor, the sunlight, and the different smells of the city. Sometimes it was locust flowers, sometimes it was leaves, and sometimes it was the sweet fragrance of pineapples sold on the street below.
He sat on the edge of the concrete platform and carefully stretched his legs out so that the ground was dozens of meters away from his feet. He felt dangerous and light, like a bird flying high in the wind.
This was his secret territory. For the past few years, he would stay here for a while every afternoon and then tell his aunt that he was doing his homework at the long table outside the post office.
Under the night sky, the lights of the entire city lit up. The neon lights of the commercial district were pieced together, making it seem illusory. The hard skyline was hidden in the lights. The commercial buildings looked like square cages made of light from afar. In the distance was a wide lake, adjacent to the lake. The busiest elevated road in the city was filled with traffic. The elevated road passed by Lu Mingfei's residential area. From this position, Lu Mingfei felt that the lights formed a stream of light. Every speck of light in the stream was a living firefly. They were bound by the curved, slender elevated road and could only run forward to find an exit.
But there would never be an exit.
In the past, this city had always treated Lu Mingfei like this. They never had an exit. Now, there were suddenly two. One was to go to America, and the other was to go to Chen Wenwen.
In the afternoon, after he broke up with Nono, Chen Wenwen suddenly said that she wanted to go to the river to take a look, so Lu Mingfei accompanied her all the way to the river. They saw dandelions blooming on the grass and fluffy balls one after another. Chen Wenwen happily picked a lot and put them in a paper bag with the bluebells she bought. Then, she sat by the river with Lu Mingfei and talked. She took off her shoes and soaked her feet in the clear water. Chen Wenwen said that everyone would be separated after going to university. They might only be able to see each other during the summer vacation, and they might not be able to see each other for a long time. Many good friends would slowly forget each other like this.
When she said this, Chen Wenwen's eyes were filled with sadness, even more so than when she read Duras 'Lover when she entered school.
Lu Mingfei sat beside her and looked into her eyes. He watched as the wind blew the dandelions in the paper bag in her arms and scattered them on the water surface like a light snow.
Lu Mingfei couldn't be sure if this was a hint, but there was a little bird jumping in his heart.
At this moment, his phone vibrated. Lu Mingfei was a little surprised because only Professor Guderian knew this number. He had not told anyone yet.
"Lu Mingfei?" Nono's voice came from the phone.
"It's me. Who else could it be?”Lu Mingfei scratched his head.
"I'm just calling to tell you that there's another person on the list, but we'll only be taking in one student from China. Professor Guderian said he's flying to Beijing tomorrow, so he asked me to call you to make a decision tonight.”Nono's tone was calm and emotionless.
Lu Mingfei panicked." Can we wait until tomorrow?" Tomorrow…"
He wanted to say that he was going to do something earth-shattering at their literary club's event tomorrow. Then, he knew if Chen Wenwen was willing to accept his confession. If she accepted, he wanted to stay in China. Anyway, he wouldn't be able to see his parents in America. If he didn't accept it, he could bring the memories of his failure to America with Professor Guderian and leave a legend in his high school. The legend of a guy with average grades who was lucky enough to get an admission letter from an American university…
"No, Professor Guderian booked a flight for tomorrow morning.”Nono's tone was resolute.
Lu Mingfei was silent for a long time before he scratched his head." I understand."”
"What do you mean you know?"
"That's right. Then forget it." Lu Mingfei said," I'm not interested in studying abroad anyway…"
"You're ruthless enough. That Chen Wenwen looks just like that.”Nono said," Kassel Academy's door can only be opened once for each person.”
" Just because you're prettier than Chen Wenwen doesn't mean I'll like you…" Lu Mingfei said listlessly.
"Hero! I didn't expect you to be so ruthless!”Nono seemed to be angry." Fine! Goodbye!"
"What did he say?" In the presidential suite of the Regent Hotel, Professor Guderian stared at Nono nervously.
"He said forget it." Nono shrugged." Anyway, Professor, you can fly to Beijing tomorrow as planned.”
" But…" Professor Guderian was really anxious.
"But I'm not Chen Wenwen. If I were Chen Wenwen, I'd take care of him.”Nono frowned." You can't handle it even if you stay, Professor.”
"Who is Chen Wenwen?" Professor Guderian was confused.
"Professor, you look so anxious. If I told you that she was a girl who could defeat the entire Kassel Academy, would you use the commando team of the operations department to erase her from the world?”Nono stuck out her tongue.
"I'm afraid that I don't know how to do it, but the principal does!”Professor Guderian's eyes widened.
After the call ended, Lu Mingfei looked at the screen of his phone that was gradually turning off for a long time. Then, he lowered his head listlessly. He looked at the city under the night sky and thought about the farewell party tomorrow. Chen Wenwen had asked him to give a speech. He was going to do the most daring thing in front of the dozens of students from the literature club…
This listless fellow had always been like this in his later extraordinary life. Usually, he was as listless as a dried cucumber, but once he decided to do something, he would be as energetic as a soaked celery.
"I'm a person who occasionally goes crazy.”Is this Ricardo? M? It was Lu Hou's catchphrase.
There was only one fate, but there were many choices in life.
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