Chapter 188 Meeting Again in the Rain

After the school festival, the city is ready for November.

October 10st was Halloween. After the crazy school celebrations of the previous two days, even adolescent boys and girls were inevitably tired, so this festival, which was quite lively in other schools, was not very popular in Shilan Middle School.

It was raining heavily. Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi stood under the eaves together, watching the dripping water in front of the eaves like a silver curtain with strings of pearls and jade.

Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi have been living together for more than half a month, but they usually don't go out together, mainly to avoid suspicion. Putting aside the fact that he is now a family man, the fact that he lives with a junior high school student is exposed is enough to make him suffer.

But today they were trapped in front of the breakfast shop by the same rain. Originally, Xia Mi went out first, and Lu Mingfei went out later, but when they passed by the breakfast shop near the community, they were stopped by the poor Dragon King who forgot to bring money when he went out and asked him to help pay the bill.

It just so happened that Lu Mingfei hadn't had breakfast yet, so he followed Xia Mi and ordered a bowl of noodles. Just after taking two bites, the lead-gray rain clouds were suddenly pushed over the city by a gust of sea breeze.

Autumn rains come with the season.

"This rain should have nothing to do with Odin, right?" Lu Mingfei asked depressedly, looking at the rain curtain.

"It doesn't matter. Everything is related to Odin. This is just a natural phenomenon!" Xia Mi held the shoulder strap of her schoolbag. "It rains a lot in autumn in this city, okay? Brother, don't get PTSD!"

"PTSD?" Lu Mingfei asked, "What does it mean?"

“It’s the abbreviation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder! Its Chinese name is post-traumatic stress disorder, which is a mental illness.”

Xia Mi pointed a finger and explained while shaking her head: "If a person suddenly suffers a disaster or natural disaster, it may leave a psychological shadow and trigger PTSD easily."

"You know a lot." Lu Mingfei said casually.

"Thank you for the compliment, senior brother!" Xia Mi smiled brightly.

"Then do you know how to stop the rain? If we don't go to school, we'll be late."

"Brother, why don't you take off your coat and protect us from the rain? Just like they always do in TV dramas!"

"No, why don't you take off your coat to keep us out of the rain?"

"Because I'm a girl, a girl!" Xia Mi said confidently, "Brother, can't you be a little more gentlemanly?"

Lu Mingfei refused mercilessly: "No."

"Eh..." Xia Mi's eyes widened, and she spoke in an exaggerated, drawn-out tone like a female character in an anime, "My senior brother was so gentlemanly yesterday and carried Senior Sister Liu Miaomiao like a princess. He even secretly ran to the terrace of the gymnasium with Senior Sister Liu Miaomiao to be intimate with her. Why can't he do that to me?"

Lu Mingfei was suddenly speechless.

Since returning from the school celebration party last night, Xia Mi has been making fun of him about this matter. She can always turn the topic around to the fact that he kissed Liu Miaomiao on the terrace of the gymnasium yesterday, as if she is still brooding over this matter.

Although it was a bit unethical for Lu Mingfei to secretly go to Xia Mi's secret base to pick up girls without her knowledge...but Xia Mi had been living and eating for free at his home for so long, so what was wrong with him borrowing her territory!
Moreover, even though she no longer had the power to seal Liu Miaomiao's memory, she could still feel what Liu Miaomiao and she did through the brand... Lu Mingfei even doubted whether this little dragon girl had really lost her power or was pretending.

"I understand, I understand, stop talking."

Lu Mingfei sighed, took off his schoolbag and handed it to Xia Mi, who took it from Lu Mingfei with a smile. Just as Lu Mingfei was about to take off his school uniform jacket, a ray of light suddenly shone in from the rain.

Then, a clear horn sounded. Lu Mingfei turned around and saw a black Audi A8 parked beside the road. Then the window of the back seat rolled down and a girl wearing black sunglasses waved at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei was subconsciously stunned. Although the other person was wearing huge black sunglasses, Lu Mingfei still recognized it as Su Xiaoqiang at a glance.

Today...I left home quite late.

I didn't expect that the law of triggering female characters when going out would work in heavy rain.

In Lu Mingfei's impression, the character of Little Goddess seemed to have not appeared for a long time. Since he was busy with the school anniversary, the intersection between him and Little Goddess seemed to be getting less and less, and he rarely saw Little Goddess even during the routine lunch time.

When Lu Mingfei suddenly saw Su Xiaoqiang in this situation, he actually felt as if he was in another world.

It was like a gust of passing wind suddenly coming towards you.

Xia Mi nudged him with her elbow, looking like she was watching a lot of fun and not minding the trouble: "Your Shura Field is here."

"Stop talking nonsense, okay? You're just a little girl, where did you learn these words?" Lu Mingfei muttered.

But the little fairy suddenly appeared in front of him and waved at him. What did it mean?

As Lu Mingfei was thinking, the cell phone in his pocket rang. Lu Mingfei took out his phone and was stunned.

Caller ID: Little Angel.

Lu Mingfei's previous nickname for Liu Miaomiao was Liu Miaomiao, which he later changed to little girl. After confirming his relationship with Liu Miaomiao, he changed it to Miaomiao. His nickname for Su Xiaoqiang has always been little goddess.

Lu Mingfei answered the phone.

"Ignore me? You've got guts!" Su Xiaoqiang said aggressively, "I waved to you so many times to come over, why didn't you move at all?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned. It turned out that the little goddess was waving at him just now. Was she asking him to come over?

Because of the abnormal behavior of the little goddess recently, Lu Mingfei, who claimed to be Su Xiaoqiang's best friend, was not sure what instructions were behind each of the little goddess's actions. In addition, the friendship between the brothers had deteriorated.

So even though he saw Su Xiaoqiang waving at him just now, he was not sure what she meant until Su Xiaoqiang called him.

"Come on, you're only allowed to park here for five minutes. If you exceed the time limit, you have to pay the fine to Uncle Li." "Okay!"

As soon as Lu Mingfei replied, the other party hung up the phone. Xia Mi blinked, raised her head and said, "Brother, we have a car!"

……

Thinking that he would lose 500 yuan worth of gold coins if he exceeded the time limit, Lu Mingfei ran over with a somewhat tumbling step. When he got to Su Xiaoqiang through the open car door, his hair and the corners of his clothes were all wet.

Su Xiaoqiang glanced at Lu Mingfei who was squeezing in from the side behind his sunglasses, and moved to the side while saying, "Uncle Li, turn on the seat heating."

"Okay, miss."

Uncle Li turned on the seat heating while apologizing, "I'm so sorry, Master Lu Mingfei, I wanted to pick you up with an umbrella, but there is a camera in front, so it's not convenient for the driver to leave his seat casually."

Lu Mingfei quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, you're welcome."

The engine started with a roar. Feeling the comfortable temperature and a strong push coming from his back, Lu Mingfei relaxed his body. He carefully looked at Su Xiaoqiang who was sitting next to him with his peripheral vision, not knowing what to say to break the silent atmosphere in the car.

Normally at this time, it would be most appropriate for Xia Mi, a third party, to lead the topic, but Xia Mi had a half-smile on her face, and it was obvious that she was just watching the fun.

Lu Mingfei was still thinking about the right topic, but Su Xiaoqiang broke the deadlock first.

"Why are you looking so shifty?" Su Xiaoqiang rested his hands on the window sill, supporting his chin and frowning.

"Uh."

The little goddess's reaction was more normal than he had imagined. Or rather, the little goddess's reaction was more like the little goddess's than he had imagined, and even more like her in her previous life.

The little angel in my previous life was like this. She never showed mercy to me and always said something shocking. We would quarrel whenever we met. You sneered at Chen Wenwen, whom I had a crush on, and I mocked Zhao Menghua, whom you liked. We were simply a pair of enemies who loved and hated each other.

Lu Mingfei couldn't say that he didn't know what to say to her so he kept observing her. He quickly found a good topic to divert attention.

"Why are you wearing sunglasses?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned, and he adjusted the frame of his glasses with his hand, and spoke hesitantly: "I have a stye these two days, so I wear sunglasses to cover it up."

Lu Mingfei said "Oh".

Su Xiaoqiang's gaze passed Lu Mingfei and looked at Xia Mi beside Lu Mingfei.

"Is this the junior sister who greeted you in the gym before?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

Before Lu Mingfei could answer, Xia Mi took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, Senior Sister Su! I'm from the third grade, Xia Mi."

Su Xiaoqiang nodded and greeted Xia Mi. The car fell silent again, with only the deep voice of the Beach Boys echoing faintly in the car:

"If all the good girls were from California..."

The breakfast shop was not far from the school. In half a song, the Audi A8 stopped at the intersection next to the school.

Uncle Li handed the spare umbrella to Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi. After Su Xiaoqiang got out of the car, the sound of the car door closing was heard, blocking out the Beach Boys' "California Girl" from the noise of the rain.

"Thank you, Senior Sister, for giving us a ride." Xia Mi said, "My teaching building is quite far away, I'll leave first?"

It was not known whether Xia Mi was being disloyal and deserting the army, or was deliberately trying to embarrass Lu Mingfei even more, but after saying hello, she started walking away in the puddles, with raindrops being trampled everywhere by her black Japanese leather shoes.

Only Lu Mingfei was left, holding an umbrella, standing in the rain with Su Xiaoqiang.

Lu Mingfei was wondering whether he should go into the classroom with the little angel or leave first, when a refreshing voice sounded beside him at the right time.

"What are you standing there for? Let's go." Su Xiaoqiang walked to where Lu Mingfei stood shoulder to shoulder and said, "Or are you waiting for someone else?"

“Not waiting for anyone.” Lu Mingfei said, “Let’s go together?”

"if not?"

Su Xiaoqiang shrugged. "I'm going to be late. I'm leaving first. You can follow me if you want."

She left after saying a few words, not caring whether Lu Mingfei followed her or not.

It seemed as if she had indeed changed, but also as if she had not changed at all, and had always been that powerful and proud daughter of heaven.

I don't know whether this change or the sameness is a good thing or a bad thing. But for the little goddess herself, it might be a good thing.

Lu Mingfei was lost in thought. The moment he looked up, he discovered that the little goddess had walked quite far away. The imposing figure split the crowd like a knife, and she really didn't wait for him.

"Depend on!"

Lu Mingfei cursed in his heart and quickly followed.

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(End of this chapter)