Chapter 222: The Gaotingen Family (6000 words long chapter)
Lu Mingfei has gotten used to being mistaken for being in a relationship with someone.

Ever since he came back from the Japanese light world, there have been many rumors about him in Shilan Middle School.

In the beginning, he was rumored to be the boyfriend of the beautiful piano player Liu Miaomiao. Later, it was said that the little goddess Su Xiaoqiang also intervened, turning this marriage that was supposed to be doomed into a complicated and bloody love affair.

Two days ago, Lu Mingfei had nothing to do after arriving in Portugal, so he used his mobile phone to log into the Shilan Middle School forum and took a look. He was shocked to find that the harem in his rumored harem had also joined the literature club president Chen Wenwen and the new school beauty Xia Mi.

Some even said that the relationship between him and Lin Huihui, the half-step school beauty, was a little unclear.

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

God has mercy on him. Although he still has feelings for the little goddess, he is a very upright person. He has never even held the little goddess' hand, let alone Chen Wenwen and Lin Huihui. If he allows the rumors to continue, he will be known as a scumbag!
And because he jumped four times among the campus beauties of Shilan Middle School, he successfully surpassed Chu Zihang, who had topped the list of This Beast Should Be Killed for three years, and became the new KO.1 of This Beast Should Be Killed list.

The reason why the ranking of this list of those who should be killed is called "KO." instead of "NO." is because the names on the list are the ones that all the students of Shilan Middle School - mainly the boys of Shilan Middle School - most want to KO.

However, Lu Mingfei could tolerate the rumor spreading on campus. Besides, although the students of Shilan Middle School were not good at anything else, their ability in spreading gossip was comparable to that of the paparazzi of Kassel College led by Finkel. Lu Mingfei tried to dispel the rumor several times but to no avail.

But even after running to Portugal, some people mistook him and the little angel for a couple.

Lu Mingfei originally wanted to explain to Father Bernardo immediately that "the relationship between him and the little angel was not what he thought, they were just friends."

But as soon as he opened his mouth, something seemed to be stuck in his throat, preventing him from saying the words to distance himself from the little goddess.

He once again thought of the day when the little angel confessed her love to him in the heavy rain.

Although it is natural and normal to distance myself from the relationship with the little goddess, but if I say it out loud, will it hurt the little goddess?

Before the relationship changes, people can do many things without restraint. But once the delicate balance between each other is broken, many things become restrictive.

Lu Mingfei was still thinking about this matter when he suddenly heard the little goddess beside him speak up:
“No, no, no, no, that’s not it.” Su Xiaoqiang waved his hand, with a reluctant smile on his face, “You misunderstood, he and I are not…”

……

Louis had finished what he had asked. After bidding farewell to the priest, Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang left the church accompanied by Pastor Eric.

The huge wooden door with intricate patterns closed behind him. Lu Mingfei walked beside the little angel, and the two of them walked through the bustling Tagus Street.

Although the priest suggested that the two of them could go around Santarém, his mission was just to accompany the little angel to the Church of Santa Maria de Mavila. After the mission was completed, there seemed to be no reason to stay.

The street artist who pretended to be Jesus and tricked tourists into taking photos with him, as well as the tourists who were deceived just now, have disappeared. Perhaps they have been invited by the police to go have coffee. The original spot was occupied by a street painter selling oil paintings. A young couple was asking the street painter to draw a picture of them together.

Lu Mingfei looked at Su Xiaoqiang beside him. The little angel had her hands behind her back and lowered her head. Her feet in white high-heeled shoes gradually poked out from the hem of her white skirt, and the blue veins on her fair insteps were faintly visible.

It was not until today that Lu Mingfei realized how obvious the outward manifestations were when one could only hide all the feelings in one's heart while the person one secretly loved was right beside one's side.

Even though the little celestial being was such a heroic woman, when she walked beside him, the aura of loneliness shrouding her was very obvious.

In fact, in Lu Mingfei's impression, this was not the first time that the little angel had suffered a broken heart. Once upon a time, he and the little angel were brothers and sisters who had suffered a broken heart at the same time.

Of course, after that time he was saved by Nono, but the little angel ran away crying with her face covered. Later he went directly to Kassel College and rarely saw the little angel. Only when he came back during the winter and summer vacations, he would occasionally meet the little angel on the road.

But he heard that the little angel at that time adjusted very quickly. After Zhao Menghua and Chen Wenwen had been together for only a few days, the little angel swept away all the haze like a prince sweeping the world. When she saw Zhao Menghua on the road, she would not even raise her eyelids to look at him straight in the eye.

It was also for this reason that he believed the little angel's full recovery after experiencing a few days of low pressure, and thought she had really adjusted.

Of course, he later found out that the little angel had not really adjusted. She was just like himself when he heard that Caesar and Nono were engaged, pretending to be indifferent and trying to endure it.

At this moment, he seemed to feel something in his heart twitching slightly.

"Should we go back after lunch?"

Lu Mingfei suddenly asked the little goddess beside him, stopped and broke the silence first.

"……Eh?"

The little goddess also stopped and looked back at Lu Mingfei, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

“Well, you see…” Lu Mingfei made an excuse without changing his expression, “We came out early in the morning, and it’s almost noon now. It will be very late when we go back. Why don’t we have lunch here before going back?”

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, blinked, and his watery eyes flickered.

"What do you want to eat?" Su Xiaoqiang pursed his lips and asked.

"You are half Portuguese, so why don't you do your best to introduce yourself to me?"

"Portuguese food is actually not that delicious, not as good as Chinese food..." Su Xiaoqiang said, paused, and waved his hands like he was in the past, saying: "Forget it, forget it, I will reluctantly take you to a few restaurants I have eaten at. Follow me, I won't care if you get lost."

……

What the developed capitalist countries in Western Europe have the most of course is a variety of expensive restaurants.

In a nearby high-end restaurant, the two sat by the window. The little angel flipped through the card folder like a book, and the golden membership card flew between her pink and charming fingertips before she even applied the Dankou.

Of course, every time she made a move, it was either Michelin or Black Pearl. Listening to the clattering sound of various membership cards, Lu Mingfei truly felt what it felt like to have a mine at home.

He originally thought that the little angel's card holder only contained membership cards for a few high-end restaurants and luxury stores in her hometown, but when he accidentally glanced at it just now, he found that the little angel actually also had a membership card for the Chateau Joel Robuchon restaurant that he and Eri had eaten at in Tokyo.

And when he saw the Aspasia restaurant membership card being flipped over by the slender fingertips of the little angel, his heart suddenly moved, and he inexplicably recalled the drunken joke he made with the little angel when he was having dinner at the Aspasia restaurant.

"Are you used to Portuguese food?" The little angel sat opposite him and asked.

"Everything you eat at your house is OK."

Lu Mingfei raised his head to answer, and his eyes met with the little goddess's for a moment, but the other party immediately avoided his gaze.

"To be precise, that's my uncle's house... Never mind, I'll order for you the dishes I make at home." The little angel lowered her head, called the waiter, and ordered the dishes one by one in Portuguese, which Lu Mingfei could not understand.

The dishes were neatly placed one after another. In fact, eating was secondary. Lu Mingfei just felt that he should do something at that moment, so he called the little goddess.

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that there seemed to be nothing he could do for the little angel. At best, he could just accompany the little angel to have a meal or go somewhere to have some fun.

"Suddenly I feel like my life is getting more and more twisted?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

This sentence is of course Lu Mingfei's inner voice, but it was not said by him, nor even by himself in his heart. Instead, someone said this sentence in his ear.

He was stunned, looked up, and glared at Lu Mingfei in one go.

Lu Mingze, wearing a Portuguese-style outfit, was sitting opposite him, greeting him with a smile, as if he had just returned from a trip.

Lu Mingfei took a closer look and found that Lu Mingze's clothes were exactly the same as the ones Su Xiaoqiang bought for him. The only difference was that the clothes Lu Mingze wore were smaller, a children's version of Lu Mingfei's.

The little devil dangled his feet that couldn't touch the floor and started his conversation with a greeting in Portuguese: "Olá (Hello)! Brother, Há muito tempo no ver (Long time no see)!"

"I don't want to see you either." Lu Mingfei said with a grunt, not giving Lu Mingze a good look.

He didn't have any negative emotions towards Lu Mingze. He might have been a little afraid before because Lu Mingze had actually used threats and inducements to coerce him and took away three quarters of his life.

But now he has died twice, and the health bar should have been refreshed to 100%, so the fear of Lu Mingze is almost gone.

The only thing that made him unhappy was the bad luck buff on him, just like it would rain whenever the rain god went out. Whenever this guy appeared next to him, nothing good would happen.

"Brother, your words are really hurtful. I have traveled thousands of miles from China to find you." Lu Mingze pretended to sniff.

Lu Mingfei sneered: "I see you are quite happy. Have you been visiting many tourist attractions these days?"

“I can’t help it.” Lu Mingze spread his hands innocently. “After all, it’s a rare opportunity to come to my sister-in-law’s hometown, so I have to take a look around.”

Lu Mingfei felt like sticking out his tongue: "Pah, who is your sister-in-law again?"

"Brother, your three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines are all my sisters-in-law." The little devil stretched out his childish fingers and counted them one by one: "Let me count, Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen, Xia Mi..."

"Stop." Lu Mingfei quickly made a "stop" gesture, "Did you come all the way here just to make up rumors about me? If you have something to say, say it quickly. After you fart, your brother and I still need to eat." "Caldo Verde soup, codfish, Portuguese fried cod fish cakes..."

Lu Mingze turned around and looked at the dishes on the table, calling out their names one by one like Han Xin inspecting his troops: "Although they are all classic Portuguese dishes, I still like Chinese food the most, followed by French and Japanese food."

After saying that, he picked up the fork in front of Lu Mingfei, picked up a piece of cod cake and put it into his mouth.

“But the cod used is of high quality, with fresh meat and a nice texture,” Lu Mingze commented.

"It's not for you to eat, but you still picked it up." Lu Mingfei curled his lips.

He did not show any dissatisfaction with Lu Mingze using his own knife and fork to eat his meal, nor did he urge Lu Mingze again.

He and Lu Mingze are old acquaintances. Although he still doesn't know the pattern of Lu Mingze's appearance, he knows that during the paused time, most of the things Lu Mingze does will not affect the reality. After the time stop ends, the food on his plate will still remain intact.

The more anxious you act, the more leisurely Lu Mingze will keep you in suspense. At times like this, it's better for Lu Mingze to talk to himself. After he has finished talking nonsense, he will naturally reveal the real purpose of his appearance.

Sure enough, after Lu Mingze tasted all the dishes on Lu Mingfei's plate, he took out a napkin from somewhere and wiped his mouth, then said with a smile: "Brother, remember to thank my sister-in-law for her hospitality on my behalf later. I'm full, so let's get down to business."

Lu Mingfei finally sat up straight, like a student who was finally willing to listen to the teacher carefully.

The little devil's nonsense can go in one ear and out the other, but once he says he's going to get down to business, then you have to listen carefully to what he says next. Just like when he appears, he always brings bad luck, and he often tells Lu Mingfei how to solve the problems that are about to arise.

This was also the experience that Lu Mingfei gained after he had learned a lesson from his failures. Once, he was wary of Lu Mingze, ignored his words, hid in the wine cellar and drank to escape, and in the end, something happened that made him regret for the rest of his life.

Although Lu Mingfei still feels that Lu Mingze is eyeing his little life value...but he will no longer avoid what he should do.

If there is any growth he has made after his rebirth, it is that in addition to his improved physical fitness and improved emotional intelligence, he is no longer embarrassed in front of girls and can handle them with ease; he will no longer avoid problems that need to be faced.

"Go ahead." Lu Mingfei said.

"First of all..." Lu Mingze said, "Brother, are you really not going to fulfill that bet? Sister-in-law said that at the time. In my opinion, as long as you bring it up, sister-in-law will definitely agree to it."

"First of all," Lu Mingfei interrupted Lu Mingze expressionlessly, "Your sister-in-law currently has only one, Liu Miaomiao; secondly, I, your brother, am not a fickle person; and furthermore, if you show up just to talk about your perverse harem theories again, then you can get lost."

"I'm not the Lu Mingze from your Lu family, so I can't roll around smoothly." Lu Mingze smiled brightly, "And it's not fickle to equally share your love with everyone who loves you. Don't you like watching Stephen Chow's movies? Wei Xiaobao has seven wives! Or are you afraid that I will tell you what you think and ruin your moral integrity?"

“Goodbye!” Lu Mingfei saw the guest off.

“Okay, okay, brother, you really can’t take a joke.” Lu Mingze shrugged, sighed, and suddenly changed the subject: “Portugal has not been very peaceful recently.”

"I know about this. Isn't it just secretly smuggling 'antimony' or something?"

When Lu Mingfei brought up this matter, he wanted to settle accounts with Lu Mingze: "Didn't you tell me before? You even arranged a visa and flight ticket for me, and tricked me into coming to Portugal to protect Su Xiaoqiang. But it turns out that his family is a mixed-blood family, and they have a relationship with Kassel College."

"If I didn't say that, would you have followed me?" Lu Mingze had a faint smirk on his face. "Brother, you are not a proactive person. Chen Wenwen was like that before, Nuonuo was like that, and now Liu Miaomiao is like that. If I hadn't been pushing your butt all the time, you would probably still be a virgin solo now."

"Bah, what's with the butt push? Can't you be a little kid and not talk so dirty?"

"Where are the clean devils in this world?" Lu Mingze smiled, "And the 'not peaceful' I'm talking about is not just ordinary not peaceful. It may be more serious than you think, brother."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, and his expression gradually became serious. Although he didn't know what kind of species the little devil was, he knew what kind of existence he was. When he held the seven deadly sins, even slaying dragons and destroying the world was a piece of cake for him. The king of the earth and the king of the mountains, who was known as the one who held the power of "power" among the four monarchs, was not even enough in front of him.

Even Lu Mingze said it was not peaceful... This might mean that the degree of danger of what happened in Portugal might really be beyond Lu Mingfei's imagination.

"How dangerous is it?" Lu Mingfei sat upright, "Dragon King level?"

"That's not the case." Lu Mingze said, "But compared to the Dragon King-level incident, it's only a little bit worse. Brother, how many hybrid organizations do you know?"

"Hybrid organization?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. He didn't know how Lu Mingze turned the topic to this point.

He paused, looked into Lu Mingze's eyes and slowly answered: "Kassel College?"

"Count it as one."

"Secret party? The Eight Snake Clan?"

"All of them. What else?"

What else? Lu Mingfei pondered, and suddenly remembered the name of an organization he heard from Charlotte a few days ago.

"Will Solomon's Temple be held?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Bingo!" Lu Mingze nodded. "The Solomon's Temple is the largest and most powerful mixed-blood organization in Europe. Of course, mixed-bloods have been developing for thousands of years, and there are certainly far more organizations than this. But these are basically the larger ones."

"So? You suddenly came out just to teach me about the world of hybrids?"

"Of course not." Lu Mingze said calmly, "I just want to tell you, brother, that except for the Sheqi Eight Clan which is relatively far away, the above organizations have basically sent people to participate in the investigation of the 'Antimony Incident' - so brother, you know how dangerous this incident is, right?"

Basically everyone has been sent to Portugal?

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He knew that Kassel Academy had sent people to Portugal. After all, he and Aki lived under the same roof and saw them every day. The Temple of Solomon was a mixed-race organization in Europe, so it was normal for them to send people to Portugal.

only……

"Did the secret party also send people?" Lu Mingfei asked after hesitating for a moment.

Lu Mingze smiled and said, "Brother, haven't you already met her?"

"Have you seen him? I don't have any impression of him."

"It's not 'he', it's 'she'."

"she?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, trying to recall the women he had come into contact with during this period. Suddenly, a name popped up in his mind. He turned to look at the little devil: "Are you talking about Charlotte? She is actually a member of the secret party?"

Seeing Lu Mingze nodding with a smile, Lu Mingfei was very surprised. He didn't expect that the little girl, who was younger than him, was actually a member of the most powerful and mysterious mixed-blood organization, the Secret Party. He thought that the Secret Party was full of old guys like Principal Ange.

But on second thought, he remembered the story that Ange had told him about his grandfather Lu Shanyan. When the elite organization Lionheart Society within the Secret Party was first established, all the members of the Lionheart Society, including the legendary dragon-slaying hero Menech Cassel, were very young.

People like his grandfather Lu Shanyan and the principal Angers, who was only a second-tier figure in the secret party at the time, were only in their early twenties at the time.

In this light, it is not so surprising that Charlotte joined the secret party at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

"To be precise, a member of the secret party is just one of her identities." Lu Mingze turned his head and said, "Haven't you seen the last name on her passport? Gao Tinggen. Brother, think about where you have seen this name."

"Gottingen?"

To be honest, he had always felt that this surname sounded familiar, and he always felt like he had seen it somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where. Now that Lu Mingze said this, Lu Mingfei lowered his head and pondered again.

Damn, where have I seen this before?

"Kassel College is where you always go before carrying out a mission," Lu Mingze reminded.

"Kassel Academy? The place we need to go before the mission."

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and tried to recall the process of executing his mission. There were no rules when he was outside the school, and Norma usually sent the mission directly to their email. But when he was inside the school, he had to follow the process, report to the Execution Department, and go to the Equipment Department to sign an agreement not to abuse weapons.

Wait, equipment department?

"Damn, isn't there a portrait of a man named Gottingen hanging on the wall next to the main door of the Armaments Department? Is Charlotte related to that man?"

Lu Mingfei recalled a painting he saw every time he went to the Equipment Department. It looked very much like the famous quotes hanging on the walls of elementary school classrooms in China.

"Brother, you finally remembered." Lu Mingze twisted his mouth, "The first director of the Equipment Department was from the Göttingen family. What you saw was a portrait of the first director of the Equipment Department. In fact, the Göttingen family is one of the oldest alchemy families in Europe and one of the seven school directors of Kassel College."

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(End of this chapter)