Chapter 99 Xia Mi's Secret Base

To be honest, when Lu Mingfei was studying at Shilan Middle School in his previous life, he never really walked around the gymnasium. He would only follow the group for a routine visit during the annual physical examination.

This stadium looks quite impressive from the outside, but when you run in it, you will find that it may be even bigger than you imagined.

Xia Mi pulled him and ran "pat-pat-pat" through the corridor of the gymnasium in the evening, her long hair flying and the fragrance of the sun wafting in the air along the way.

They passed by the basketball hall, the ice hockey hall, the track and field hall, passed by countless rooms, passed by the spiraling concrete stairs. When the light gradually dimmed and there was no way to go, an iron door that was not old but slightly corroded finally appeared at the end of the last floor of the corridor.

It seemed as if it had been waiting here, awaiting their arrival.

"Where is this?" Lu Mingfei asked, stopping in front of the door.

The running just now didn't make him tired and out of breath, but his breathing was still a little disordered.

"We just walked through the passage for logistics personnel, right?"

"This is my secret base. I discovered it by accident when I was wandering around out of boredom."

Xia Mi smiled proudly, with cute little fangs showing at the corners of her mouth.

"By the way, Senior Brother, you are the first boy to visit my secret base!"

"Then I'd be honored."

"Yes, yes, you must be grateful to your junior sister."

Lu Mingfei looked up at the door.

"What's behind this?"

He tried to push it, the door was heavy, probably made of stainless steel or some other corrosion-resistant alloy. The door lock opened from the inside, but it was locked, and the lock body was firmly stuck in the door lock.

This type of door installed on the high floors of a gymnasium needs to take many security-related issues into consideration, so it is often made thick and complicated.

"Students aren't usually allowed to come to places like this, right? Do you have a key?"

"Why would you need a key for something like this? Senior brother, please make room for me."

Lu Mingfei moved to the side, and Xia Mi came over slyly, holding the nose of the lock with one hand and pressing her slender white index finger on the lock core with the other.

As she turned her finger lightly, there was a "click" sound and the lock body stuck in the door lock was retracted.

The miraculous method even made Lu Mingfei stunned. Then he belatedly remembered that this cute and soft junior sister in front of him was actually Jörmungandr, the king of the earth and mountains who held the power and authority among the four monarchs.

She could even easily find the most suitable "eye of force" to destroy the roller coaster track at Six Flags Amusement Park, and opening a lock without leaving a trace was of course a piece of cake for her.

"Isn't it amazing? It's a magical skill to pick locks! If you want to learn it, I can teach you at a cheap price. I guarantee that you will master it and I will never cheat you!" Xia Mi said, patting his chest, looking energetic.

“No, what’s the point of learning this skill? Am I going to be a little thief like you?” Lu Mingfei complained.

"Brother, you are a man, you can't be a little girl thief, you can only be an old man thief."

Xia Mi raised her face, looking arrogant and unconvinced.

"And this skill is really useful, okay? After you learn it, you can go to Liu Miaomiao's house or Su Xiaoqiang's house without any obstacles without a key. Romeo and Juliet had to meet on the rooftop, but you can meet directly in the room."

"Pfft, pfft, what are you thinking about? Pay attention to your current personality, okay? Did you just say something that a 14 or 15-year-old innocent girl would say? And who the hell is Su Xiaoqiang!"

To be honest, Lu Mingfei was actually a little moved at that moment. I emphasize, it was really just a little bit! But he knew that the key to this skill was not the technique, but Xia Mi's natural mastery and control of strength.

Even if you know the principle of this skill, it will be useless without her miraculous power control ability.

"What's so secretive about this? Brother, don't you know that there's an old Chinese saying that dragons are inherently lustful?"

Xia Mi shrugged indifferently, then turned around and pressed her whole body against the iron gate, as if she wanted to use all her strength to push open the door in front of her.

The sharp contrast between the petite figure and the heavy door made Lu Mingfei involuntarily want to go up and lend a hand.

But before he could reach out his hand, there was a "clang" sound, and the metal bearing made a tired rotation sound, and the setting sun came towards him in the dust.

This was obviously a small terrace or something like that used for inspecting the exterior walls. It was surrounded by iron railings, and was only an inch in size, a few meters long and wide, and could only accommodate five or six people standing at the same time.

To the front and side is the old teaching building, and in front of that is the new building. The terrace is not blocked by the teaching building, and the view can be seen along the straight tree-lined avenue all the way to the Shilan Middle School flag at the school gate in the distance.

Lu Mingfei had never thought that there would be such a scenery in the gymnasium. The wind blew, moist and fresh, as if it wanted to blow away the summer heat and the slowly setting sun.

Xia Mi turned around and pushed her hair behind her ears in the wind.

"How about it, Senior Brother? Isn't this place nice? I often come here to get some fresh air after cheerleading practice."

As she spoke, she squatted down, reached out to push the hem of her skirt down behind her thighs, then passed her legs through the iron railing and sat down along the edge of the terrace, her small feet in stockings dangling in the air as if she were playing in the water.

"Brother, please sit down too. Don't be shy!" She patted the empty space beside her, "Or are you scared, brother?"

Of course Lu Mingfei would not feel restrained or afraid.

He also had a similar secret territory, which was on the rooftop terrace of his aunt's house. The stairs leading to the terrace were piled with debris thrown away by the residents of that house, and there was an old iron door with a large gap at the entrance to the terrace.

He often crawled through the gap and sat on the edge of the roof, enjoying the wind and light, looking at the view of the steel forest, and smelling the different scents of the city in four seasons, all of which were the fragrance of seasonal flowers.

"Won't it be dirty just sitting like this?"

Although Lu Mingfei said this, he still imitated Xia Mi's actions, sat down close to the edge, and stretched his legs through the gap in the iron railings.

Xia Mi supported her chin with her hand, turned to look at him, with admiration in her eyes.

The feeling of having your legs hanging in the air is wonderful, dangerous yet light. The view after sitting down is lower and more unique than when standing up. Because the view from higher up is blocked by the old teaching building in front, you will unconsciously look down.

There is a lawn under the terrace. On the tree-lined avenue a little ahead, students from Shilan Middle School are walking in groups of three or four. They probably just finished club activities and are preparing to go home.

Xia Mi's feet seemed very small. When her legs were swinging, the uppers of her little white shoes were loose at her heels, falling up and down. Lu Mingfei was nervous, as if she might fall down at any time.

"Do you just sit here when you have nothing to do?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"What do you mean by 'I have nothing to do'? Don't think I'm that lazy, okay? I can work intensively 24 hours a day!"

Lu Mingfei snorted, "What can you do sitting here?"

Xia Mi blurted out naturally: "Observing you."

Any pretty girl who says she'll observe you when she's free is most likely interested in you.

But this formula doesn't work on Xia Mi. She is different from other pretty girls. The observation she said might really mean observation itself. "Brother, have you forgotten? When we were in Nibelungen, you sold yourself to me as a guinea pig, and that's why I let you and Liu Miaomiao go. So I must exercise my rights as a master and observe your movements at all times."

Lu Mingfei curled his lips, "That sounds scary."

"Then think about it from another angle. Imagine a beautiful girl who has a crush on you, my senior brother. She waits every day in a place where she can see you, waiting for you to turn around at some point so that your eyes can briefly meet in the air."

Xia Mi smiled and swung her legs, "Isn't it more romantic to think this way?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned, "Can you see me here?"

"I can see a little bit."

Xia Mi spread out the thumbs and index fingers of both hands in front of her, forming a rectangle like a camera, with one eye squinted and the other wide open.

"The fourth teaching building from this side is where you are. Your classroom is on the far right of the second floor. You sit in the last seat by the window."

Following Xia Mi's instructions, Lu Mingfei actually found the window where he was sitting.

"Then look straight ahead from this tree-lined avenue. Do you see the playground? Right in the middle is your class's camp during military training. I saw you doing horse stance and knocking down the instructor, and when you carried Senior Sister Su to the school infirmary. I saw it all clearly."

Xia Mi swung her legs while waiting for the boy next to her to make some skilled complaints, but to her surprise, the complaints she imagined never came.

She turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei, but saw that Lu Mingfei was leaning on the edge of the roof with his hands. He was not looking at her, but gazing into the distance. It was unclear where he was looking. Perhaps he was not looking anywhere, but just watching the sunset in the distance.

The desolate and lonely feeling made Xia Mi's smile freeze on her face and her eyes looked a little dazed.

But immediately, a cheerful smile returned to Xia Mi's face. Xia Mi reached out and patted Lu Mingfei on the back and said:

"Brother, please stop pretending to be profound. Being profound is not your style."

This slap seemed to bring back the original Lu Mingfei. He rubbed the place where Xia Mi slapped him. Wow, she didn’t hold back at all.

“Why pretend to be profound? Why not just look at the sunset?” Lu Mingfei said while rubbing his back.

In fact, he was just imitating Xia Mi's perspective to look at things, looking at the tree-lined avenue, the playground, and every visible window of the teaching building.

Although the word "observation" sounded light when it came out of Xia Mi's mouth, imagine a person sitting on an empty rooftop watching the hustle and bustle of other people. This feeling of loneliness can only be experienced by being there.

In his previous life, Lu Mingfei had three years of high school, at least he had a crush on Chen Wenwen to look forward to, and there were also some internet-addicted teenagers in the Internet cafe who praised Lu Mingfei as a god. But what about Xia Mi?

Did she sit in a place like this every day in her previous life to observe Senior Brother Chu?

Am I going to sit in a place like this and observe myself every day for the rest of my life?

Although dragons and humans seem to be enemies who will fight to the death, Lu Mingfei still sympathizes with this little dragon girl.

"It's about time to go back. We've been out for so long." Lu Mingfei said, sensing that the atmosphere was gradually getting weird.

"Don't worry, sit for a while. Your Liu Miaomiao won't come out for a while. She is holding a bouquet and being coaxed by the vice president to do cheerleading."

"You know all this?"

"Yes, there is a brand, a brand."

Xia Mi suddenly increased the amplitude of her swinging feet, as if there was an invisible sea in front of her, she was picking up the sea water with her bare feet, the crystal water splashing between her exquisite ten toes. Lu Mingfei's heart also rippled with the swinging.

Suddenly, the little white shoes flew out and fell on the lawn below the roof with a "pop" in front of the two people's sight.

"..."

The two were silent for a while, and suddenly Xia Mi turned around, lowered her head and looked up at Lu Mingfei.

"Senior brother..."

Xia Mi pursed her lips in a fake way.

As expected, the beautiful girl looks beautiful in any action. Even with such poor acting skills, Lu Mingfei cannot refuse her.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Lu Mingfei stood up reluctantly, holding onto the ground with his hands, and pulled his legs back from the railing to stand up.

Push open the heavy iron door and go down the spiral stairs.

Although the road was not very familiar, fortunately there was a door if I walked straight down the stairs. When I opened the door, it was right at the backcourt of the gymnasium, and next to it should be the lawn where Xia Mi's shoes fell.

Lu Mingfei looked up at the terrace and soon found the lawn directly below it. However, there was more than one pair of white shoes lying on the lawn, and another pair was upside down a few meters away.

"..."

Lu Mingfei looked up and saw Xia Mi looking down from several floors above, shaking her two tender white legs.

"Senior Brother, I got it!" Xia Mi cupped her hands in front of her to make a trumpet shape.

"?"

Before Lu Mingfei could react to what Xia Mi meant by this, he saw Xia Mi suddenly stretch her hand out from the railing. As soon as she let go, something like a white ribbon blown by the wind floated down and almost landed on Lu Mingfei's face.

Fortunately, Lu Mingfei was quick-witted and caught the thing with his hands.

It was a pair of stockings, made of pure cotton, still with the warmth and fragrance of having just been worn.

“Oh my god, what the hell is this!” Lu Mingfei shouted upwards.

"There's one more, brother, please catch it carefully, don't drop it on the ground and make it dirty!"

As Xia Mi shouted, she threw down the other sock, which was rolled up into a ball and was soft and fluffy, like a furry squirrel.

Lu Mingfei felt like a pervert now, holding a girl's stocking in one hand and a pair of freshly worn and still slightly damp white shoes in his arms.

Seeing that both socks were caught steadily by Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi made a face on the terrace, and her voice and laughter fell together.

"If you catch it, bring it up to me. Senior Sister Liu Miaomiao is about to come out. We need to hurry back."

"Depend on!"

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(End of this chapter)