Chapter 109: Options for the Harem Route
Open mind café.

The wind chimes that welcomed guests rang, the door opened, Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei entered the store one after another, and then the action of closing the door caused the wind chimes to ring again.

The waiter at the counter looked up and smiled.

"Welcome, or a flat white and a tiramisu?"

"Yes, just send it to my old place when it's done."

After the little angel finished speaking, she turned to look at Lu Mingfei and signaled him with her eyes that "order whatever you want to eat".

But before Lu Mingfei could say anything, the waiter's eyes had already fallen on him.

"We also have strawberry-flavored Swiss rolls today, would you like to try it?"

Of course Lu Mingfei recognized the waitress on duty today, she was the senior from Shilan Middle School who worked part-time here as Chu Zihang mentioned. But he didn't expect that she would still remember him after meeting so many different people in the coffee shop every day.

"You can try it, and then... have a flat white too."

"Ok."

"Stupid scholar." The little goddess muttered secretly.

The two sat down face to face in the booth by the window. Su Xiaoqiang pretended to be nonchalant, but in fact he was looking at Lu Mingfei guiltily.

The reason why she chose Open Mind to date Lu Mingfei was that she had been hanging out here after school in the past few days. Being in a familiar place would give her a feeling of being at home, which could more or less make up for her psychological weakness.

only……

"I didn't realize you were a regular here. I even knew you liked strawberry Swiss rolls."

Su Xiaoqiang said with a bit of depression in his heart.

I originally wanted to give myself a buff, but ended up giving it to the opponent as well, and the buff on the opponent might be even stronger than mine.

"In fact, I've only been here a few times." Lu Mingfei said truthfully, "I always came here with Senior Brother Chu."

"Senior Brother Chu? Chu Zihang from the second year of high school?"

"Yes."

Lu Mingfei nodded. He was not surprised why Su Xiaoqiang knew his senior brother with facial paralysis.

Chu Zihang is a prominent figure in Shilan Middle School, even more symbolic than the school flag of Shilan Middle School. Students of Shilan Middle School cannot fail to know Chu Zihang, just as Westerners cannot fail to know Jerusalem.

The waiter brought the coffee and desserts for the two of them, and the topic about Chu Zihang was lightly touched upon.

Open Mind is a hidden gem shop that Su Xiaoqiang discovered after she enrolled in Shilan Middle School. Its desserts and coffee are quite to her liking.

But now she felt a little bored, her whole mind was on Lu Mingfei, and she was anxiously wondering what this guy wanted to talk to her about.

But Lu Mingfei was not impatient at all, and he was leisurely enjoying the Swiss roll in front of him with a very annoying expression. The little goddess was so angry that she wanted to throw the tiramisu in front of him on his face.

In the end, the little goddess failed and lost her temper. She took the initiative to ask Lu Mingfei:
"Don't you have something to talk to me about? If you have something to say, say it now."

The content of his words was still as aggressive as before, but his tone was obviously timid.

No matter how proud the little angel is, she is just a girl of fifteen or sixteen. She is usually very impetuous, and she is very confident when she helps others analyze their love problems. She cannot understand when others worry about their love problems. But when such a thing really happens to her, she will still be at a loss, because she is in the same situation.

Although Su Xiaoqiang looked at Lu Mingfei's thick eyebrows and big eyes and firmly believed that he was not the kind of scum who would take advantage of others' misfortune, what if this guy was a sex-hungry ghost who would not even let his buddies go?
In fact, on the way here, Lu Mingfei was thinking about how to resolve the matter with the little goddess.

The simplest way, of course, is for no one to mention the joking bet between the two of them, and let the matter naturally pass.

It's just that the simplest method is not actually the best method, it's just the laziest method. Let time solve this matter. The knot in the little goddess' heart may still be there, but it's just hidden.

After much thought, Lu Mingfei felt that for a girl like Xiao Tiannv, it was best to play straight.

"It's about the bet we made before..."

Just as Lu Mingfei finished speaking, he heard two "clicks", abruptly interrupting his words.

Lu Mingfei's attention was attracted by the sudden collision sound. A metal fork fell first on the white porcelain plate and then on the ground, just not far from his feet, with some cake that had not been licked clean on it.

The fork in his hand didn't fall, so it must have fallen from the little goddess' hand. Before continuing, Lu Mingfei had to pick up the fork for the little goddess like a gentleman.

The moment he bent down to pick up the fork, Lu Mingfei accidentally glanced under the table opposite him.

The summer school uniform of Shilan Middle School is a British-style skirt with a very conservative style. It falls all the way to the knees, completely covering the girls' white and straight thighs, leaving only a section of their calves that is very suggestive.

It's just that Su Xiaoqiang is quite special. As a mixed-race girl, she is much taller than girls of the same age. Even wearing flat shoes, she is almost 170cm tall. The one-size-fits-all school uniform skirt cannot completely cover her thighs, revealing a half-real and half-illusory absolute area between her knees and thighs, which attracts many young boys to dream of her riding horses and crossing icy rivers.

Therefore, Lu Mingfei glanced unconsciously under the table and should have seen a very erotic scene. It should have been a pair of legs stretched straight out from under the skirt, hanging crookedly to one side, with the thighs tightly closed inside the skirt.

However, what appeared before his eyes was not only the erotic scene he had imagined, not only the absolute sexy area and the slender and beautiful calves and ankles that could be held in one hand, but also a pair of dangling short legs, wearing a little black dress and little leather shoes, so thin and skinny that the feet could not even touch the ground.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, then he immediately picked up the fork and sat up straight.

The expression on Su Xiaoqiang's face at this moment was dazed, shy and flustered. Lu Mingfei had never seen such an adorable panicked expression on the little angel's face.

Judging from the little goddess's expression, she must have heard what I said just now about wanting to talk to her about the bet.

But he didn't have the mind to carefully observe the little angel's pretty face, because the little devil was sitting next to Su Xiaoqiang.

Stand collar shirt, black formal suit, bow tie.

"Thank you, Onii-chan!"

The little devil smiled brilliantly, revealing a row of white teeth that looked as if they were made of porcelain. He naturally took the fork from Lu Mingfei, wiped it clean, and started eating the other half of the tiramisu that had not been scooped out.

In fact, Lu Mingfei still couldn't understand the pattern of Lu Mingze's appearance.

Normally, he would only come out when he was in danger or needed help, but sometimes he would come out for no apparent reason.

For example, in the previous life, when he was having dinner with Chen Wenwen at Aspasia and preparing to confess his love, Lu Mingze suddenly appeared and cut off his peach blossom. But on the graduation trip, when he and Liu Miaomiao went to Judequan for dinner and there was no seat, he jumped out to assist him.

Lu Mingfei was so confused that he didn't know whether Lu Mingze wanted a sister-in-law or not.

"What are you doing out here this time?" Lu Mingfei asked calmly. Lu Mingze first finished the cake in his mouth, then took out the handkerchief from his jacket pocket to wipe his mouth, and then smiled and said:

"I can answer your first question first, brother. I don't want a sister-in-law."

"Shit! Can you read minds?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He didn’t expect that the little devil knew about it, which was just a fleeting thought in his mind.

"And what do you mean you don't want a sister-in-law? Are you happy that my brother is single?"

"Brother, please listen to what others are saying first."

Lu Mingze rested his elbows on the table, folded his hands and rested them on his chin, grinning evilly.

"I don't want a sister-in-law, but I want a group of sisters-in-law."

Lu Mingfei held his forehead with his hand, "Here it comes again..."

"You don't want it? You say one thing and mean another." Lu Mingze said, "I represent your true heart, brother. If you didn't have any fantasies, why would you rent a three-bedroom apartment? Just because of Chu Zihang's words? Isn't there something else going on in your mind?"

Lu Mingfei was startled, as if he was suddenly hit by something he didn't want to admit.

"Look, you can't deny it."

"Why can't I deny it? I have money, so I can be willful. I can buy two strings of candied haws and eat one string and throw the other away. Of course, I can also live in a three-bedroom apartment by myself."

For some reason, as soon as he saw Lu Mingze, Lu Mingfei seemed to have turned into the bad boy he was many years ago.

It was as if Lu Mingze had said, he was his true inner self, and when facing Lu Mingze, all his growth over the years would be peeled off like silk threads being peeled off a cocoon. In front of Lu Mingze, he would always be like being stripped naked.

This impatience towards Lu Mingze stems more from his inner resistance or fear.

"Okay, okay, it's okay if you don't want to admit your feelings now, brother. I understand."

Lu Mingze shrugged, smiled and continued:

"Brother, aren't you going to ask me why I suddenly showed up? I'm just reminding you that we're about to reach a critical option point, so please be careful when choosing the next option."

Lu Mingfei was stunned. "What options?"

"Of course it's Su Xiaoqiang's heroine line."

The little devil laughed quite heartily.

"Choose different options, and the next story line will go to two different branches. If you ask Su Xiaoqiang to fulfill the agreement, she will really become your lover; if you tell her that you don't take it seriously, then the world line will converge to another branch, and you will return to being ordinary classmates again."

"Pfft, pfft, do you think this is some kind of love game? And there's no way the little angel would take that joke seriously, right?"

"But isn't life just a game?" Lu Mingze spread his hands. "Don't forget brother, you are still in the state of reloading the game, and even retain the attributes of last week. Even my four exchange opportunities have been reset."

The little devil’s words suddenly left Lu Mingfei speechless. Yes, he had been reborn twice, so how could the authenticity of this world be credible?

Lu Mingze continued, "As for whether Su Xiaoqiang will take that joke seriously... I can tell you clearly, brother, as long as you ask her to fulfill the agreement, she will definitely do it."

"How can it be!"

"When have I ever lied to you, brother? Kassel College has an outrageous Free Day. The winner of the Free Day can confess his love to any girl and no one can refuse. Have you ever seen a girl refuse? It's just that you don't dare to use this right."

Lu Mingze smiled and said, "Although abiding by the result of the free day is an unwritten rule of the academy. Ordinary bets may not have such a strong binding force, but whether or not to abide by a bet depends on the person. If it was Finkel, he would have cut ties and refused to acknowledge it long ago. But Su Xiaoqiang is the kind of girl who will do what she promised you. Even if she is reluctant, she will admit it, not to mention..."

He stretched out his voice as if to arouse Lu Mingfei's curiosity, "...She may not be unwilling. Brother, you just saw her pair of white, straight and slender legs, right? With just a word from you, maybe you can sit next to Su Xiaoqiang and touch her beautiful legs. Brother, dare you say that you are not eager to do so?"

"Pah, pah, pah, who are you calling Su Xiaoqiang? I am also a beautiful lady, okay?"

"A hungry person craves food, a thirsty person craves water. People who have been restrained for too long will unconsciously pursue bold and crazy emotions, just like untying the shackles that bind the body and running freely against the sun."

After Lu Mingze finished speaking, he sighed earnestly and said faintly:

"It's Blood Sorrow."

"What is Blood Sorrow?" Lu Mingfei was confused by what Lu Mingze suddenly said.

"That's what's stopping you from admitting your true thoughts, brother."

Lu Mingze smiled faintly.

"Brother, you obviously like Liu Miaomiao, and you're still a little obsessed with Chen Wenwen, but you always say 'brother' and 'brother' to ignore your feelings and desires for Su Xiaoqiang. It's because your blood sorrow is too severe."

"Not accepting them for their own good is just an excuse. If it's for their own good, shouldn't you leave a strong impression of love in their youth, so that when they look back in their old age, they can still remember that beautiful youth many years ago?"

"In the final analysis, it's because you are too afraid of loneliness, brother. Because you are afraid of loneliness, you are afraid that you will still be lonely after being with them, so you would rather not destroy the fantasy in your heart. This is the tragedy of people with destiny."

Seeing Lu Mingfei silent, Lu Mingze tilted his head and smiled.

"Okay, brother, I'm leaving now. I hope you can choose the right option, the one that leads to the only harem."

As he spoke, Lu Mingze suddenly put Su Xiaoqiang's fork into Lu Mingfei's Swiss roll, then quickly pulled out the fork that Lu Mingfei had used and threw it at Lu Mingfei's feet.

Two "ding-dong" sounds.

“Fuck, you…”

Lu Mingfei picked up the fork and stood up. He didn't say "what" because he found that the frozen time was broken by the two "ding-dong" sounds just now, and the hair on the little goddess' forehead swayed slightly in the cold air of the air conditioner.

"Thank you, thank you."

Before Lu Mingfei could say anything, the little angel hurriedly snatched the fork from Lu Mingfei's hand, wiped it clean with a tissue, and buried her head in eating the cake, as if she was trying her best to cover up her inner panic.

"What do you want to say about that bet?"

……

(End of this chapter)