Lu Mingfei has a good relationship with the old gatekeeper.
Shilan Middle School is a private high school, and with some exceptions, the students are powerful.
Gu Bei pretended that his family had a good background, and even the janitor would not stop him when he led Lu Mingfei to skip class.
Gu Bei also has a good sense of humor and always likes to stuff a pack of cigarettes into the uncle's arms.
Even the uncle looked at Lu Mingfei and smiled happily.
In Gu Bei's words, men don't have to smoke, but they can't live without cigarettes in their pockets.
What was handed out was not a cigarette, but a human connection.
In fact, before Gu Bei was reincarnated, he was just a young girl who had just graduated from college, and he knew a lot about people and the world.
But Gu Bei couldn't stand it, so these two attacks on Lu Mingfei, who was just starting out, were really a dimensionality-reducing blow.
In fact, Lu Mingfei prepared cigarettes for the uncle today, but he suddenly remembered that Chen Wenwen was following behind him, and in the end he was unable to squeeze the Yuxi in his pocket into the wrinkles on the uncle's face.
Fortunately, Gu Bei's favor with the uncle was good enough, so the uncle made an exception and opened the door for Lu Mingfei.
Thank you boss, thank you uncle, thank you Yuxi.
Lu Mingfei decided to give the cigarette to the uncle before leaving, and then followed Chen Wenwen into the school with his tail wagging.
Shilan Middle School is deserted during the summer vacation.
The campus of the University of Nottingham is empty. In the noisy campus, only cicadas are making noise.
But now it’s the end of July, and the cicadas are chirping a lot less.
The basketball court is also empty. Ever since Chu Zihang suspended school, no matter how enthusiastic the game is on the court, it can no longer attract young girls.
The girls are all studying hard. Some hope to accompany their boyfriend Chu to the High School Affiliated to Peking University, while others want to apply for Kassel and become university alumni with their boyfriend.
Lu Mingfei was noncommittal.
As a member of Shilan's superpower trio, he could more or less guess why only the eldest brother and his senior brother in the school were sent out.
Kassel is probably not a place that ordinary people can go. If you become an alumnus, your chances may be greater.
The two of them walked slowly, and Lu Mingfei's mind was running wild. He felt that the common scenery at this time had faded away from black and white, and added a touch of color.
He enjoyed this moment, but he only regretted that the designer of Shilan Middle School failed to design the school bigger. He only walked ten minutes to reach the mobile classroom of the literary club.
Chu Zihang followed the two of them, wondering why Lu Mingfei was so annoying. The five-minute walk took ten minutes, and they kept saying some incomprehensible words.
But that’s how people are, they want to be together longer, they want to walk a road that will never end, they want to share things that they find interesting with her, and even getting a “hmm” can make her excited for a long time.
The two people packed up the literary club's books and packed them up.
Chen Wenwen picked a few books that she had not read much and put them in her bag. She held a copy of Shen Congwen's "Border Town" and sat reading while humming.
Lu Mingfei went to get a basin of water, cleaned up the dust in the classroom, and then wiped the blackboard.
After Lu Mingfei finished wiping the blackboard, he turned around and saw Chen Wenwen with her head down reading. Suddenly, she felt as if time had gone backwards, returning to the afternoon when she first entered school.
That afternoon, there were only two people in the classroom, Chen Wenwen and him. He was wiping the blackboard. Chen Wenwen was wearing a white cotton skirt, sneakers, and white socks, sitting on the podium and humming softly.
The slanting light of the setting sun shines on the newly replaced desks, and the wall-creeper hangs down outside the window. The evening between spring and summer is especially quiet.
Chen Wenwen suddenly turned around and asked Lu Mingfei, do you want to join our literary club?
Lu Mingfei felt as if he had turned to stone, with only his heart beating rapidly.
The flowers and plants outside the window are growing wildly, the sun is setting, the chirping of cicadas seems to have accelerated a hundred times, time slips from the fingers, the time changes, and the gaze between him and Chen Wenwen seems to be eternity, and it seems to be a moment.
The setting sun climbed up, and the chirping of cicadas still echoed in my ears. Chen Wenwen was still wearing a white dress, as if she had returned to last summer.
The singing stopped, and Chen Wenwen felt Lu Mingfei's gaze. She raised her head and looked at him, confused: "Lu Mingfei?"
Lu Mingfei felt something stuck in his throat. He racked his brains to recall the confession quotes he had prepared, such as "The spring breeze is not as good as you", and "Nothing is you, nothing is not you" , but when it was pushed to the lips, it only turned into a simple sentence.
"Chen Wenwen, I like you."
Time froze, this should be the most thoughtful thing Lu Mingfei has done in his more than ten years of life. Even if he had faced Gu Bei who wanted to "kill people and silence him", Lu Mingfei had never felt his heart beating so fast. Suddenly, it sounded like a deer inside was smashing the wall, and every time it hit it, it shouted "Eighty!"
Straight ball!
Chu Zihang, who was listening in the corner outside the classroom, felt a little weird. This slightly crazy young man was completely different from the submissive Lu Mingfei in his impression.
Even if Lu Mingfei published a short 300-word essay to set the stage for his feelings, Chu Zihang would not find it so abrupt. The situation in front of him was more like Lu Mingfei giving up on himself.
Chu Zihang would not know that Lu Mingfei not only prepared a short essay, but also wrote 500 words, but he could not say it out.
Chen Wenwen pursed her lips, lowered her head, covered her face with the book "Border Town" in her hand, and slowly read out the words in the book with a soft voice.
"Everything cannot be arranged by human beings. We should not force it too much. I hope that we can all be more sensible and be able to untie the bonds of love and hate."
Lu Mingfei didn't know what this sentence was originally used to express.
But he knew that now, this sentence was Chen Wenwen's rejection.
Heartache?
not at all.
Do you regret it?
nor.
After a year of emotional dedication, Lu Mingfei felt nothing at this time.
Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered a book he had read in a literary club.
It's funny to say that not a single sentence of the confession quote that I carefully wrote down was used, but the text that I accidentally read came in handy.
"Chen Wenwen, I once ran to you desperately, imagining that you would be moved by my persistence. Even if there is a whole world between us, as long as we get closer every day, one day I can hold your hand."
"But it's all an illusion. No matter how hard I try, I can't get to you because you always stand where you are."
Chen Wenwen buried her head in the book and said nothing.
Lu Mingfei suddenly smiled. There was no emotion in this smile, neither sad nor happy, just relaxed.
"But now, Chen Wenwen, I don't like you anymore."
Lu Mingfei was relieved.
If there were no Gu Bei, no Chu Zihang, no dragon blood, and no magic, then Lu Mingfei would probably be depressed to death after being rejected by Chen Wenwen.
But things are different now. Lu Mingfei is no longer the same Lu Mingfei. He has always had more than one choice.
Maybe Lu Mingfei is even glad that Chen Wenwen rejected him.
Because he was with Chen Wenwen, an ordinary person, Lu Mingfei was destined to live an ordinary life.
Two years later, he may have a deep love for Chen Wenwen, but now, he would choose a wonderful world.
The prelude of youth may not be love, it may also be light and distance.
The little devil in the bookstore seemed to feel something. He raised the wine glass in his hand and looked in the direction of Shilan Middle School. Mai Shutoku and Zero beside him also raised their wine glasses.
"Drink this cup to the full, and the king's new life will be celebrated."
