Volume 1 Hello, Lu Mingfei Chapter 60 Blue Bird (Part 2)
The cola and orange juice clinked together, bubbling with cool bubbles. Lu Mingfei always felt that when she grew up, she would become the kind of socialite who would drink with handsome guys in social occasions every other day. But now, sitting here with Chu Zihang, eating hamburgers, chicken nuggets and fried chicken legs with cola and orange juice , it was as if she was back to the dinner time with classmates in high school, relaxed and comfortable, and she looked a few years younger.
At that time, Chu Zihang was still the most beautiful girl in Shilan Middle School. He and Lu Mingfei kept a distance between Prince Charming and Cinderella, as if they would never meet in their lifetime. I still remember that when Chu Zihang celebrated his birthday, he only invited a few people, but in the end, all the beauties in the class came to his house. Dozens of people surrounded his yard, and the colorful dresses almost drowned him completely. During the whole process, he didn't even say a word, but just worked silently in front of the grill, handing each skewer to the beautiful girl, as if he was not the host of the birthday party, but just a waiter in charge of grilling skewers.
Chu Zihang would never have thought that Lu Mingfei was actually there that day, but she was just outside the fence of his villa. Chen Wenwen had originally planned to give him a set of hardcover books, but the girls around her always started with limited edition POLO shirts. Chen Wenwen changed her mind temporarily and wanted to give Chu Zihang her autographed CD of Jay Chou, so she asked Lu Mingfei to help run errands.
So Lu Mingfei was fortunate enough to participate in Chu Zihang's birthday party, although she only handed the CD to Chen Wenwen across the garden fence, but she at least remembered that Chu Zihang's birthday was June 1st. The older sisters of Shilan Middle School always sang and danced with the children under the same blue sky on Children's Day.
That year, Lu Mingfei would never have thought that in the future she would be sitting alone at a dining table with Chu Zihang to eat. The once colorful and beautiful girls were nowhere to be seen, and instead, Cinderella, who couldn't even get through the door, had the last laugh.
"That post on the forum... Have you read it, Brother?" Lu Mingfei asked cautiously. She still held on to some beautiful fantasies, hoping that Chu Zihang had only sent an invitation on the forum and had not read the paparazzi post that was pinned in red.
"Fingal's posts." Chu Zihang nodded. "Everyone likes read them. His presence is like a spice to the Night Watcher Forum. He always comes up with something new."
Well, the death sentence had been announced. Lu Mingfei was silent for a few seconds. She felt that she had nothing to lose in life, so she just shamelessly rushed to the end.
"I was the one who lied and said you were my boyfriend... so Finkel wrote it down as if it was true to attract people's attention..." Lu Mingfei muttered with her head down, twisting her fingers under the table, "I'm sorry... I've affected your reputation."
It is not a good thing to casually establish a relationship with others. In ancient times, if a commoner said that he was a relative of a noble, he would be beheaded if he was found out. Chu Zihang would definitely not put a knife on his neck, but Lu Mingfei felt that she was no different from being dead at this moment, she was dying of shame.
Chu Zihang actually doesn’t like to hear people say the word “I’m sorry”, because a wrong thing is a wrong thing, and it won’t change just because you bow your head in fear and trepidation. The best way is not to bow your head and apologize, but to find a way to get things back on track.
He wanted to talk to Lu Mingfei as a senior brother, saying that the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously, and that people should be down-to-earth and not brag about anything. But Lu Mingfei's uneasiness was almost written on her face. She looked like a flower that was trampled on the roadside and could no longer raise her head. She always felt that she would cry as soon as he opened his mouth. Compared with the three words "sorry", Chu Zihang couldn't stand seeing a girl crying in front of him, especially someone he knew.
"Do you know what Finkel's nickname is in the academy?" Chu Zihang said after thinking for a moment.
"The king of repeating a grade?" Lu Mingfei was about to cry. If one had to say what Finkel's greatest characteristic was, of course, that he had gone to school for eight years.
"No, it's the king of paparazzi." Chu Zihang smiled faintly. "People will treat paparazzi as a joke and will not take what they say seriously. So you don't need to think that the post will have any impact. Everyone will just think that it was fabricated by Finkel. The truth still needs to be revealed by facts."
"It is true that facts speak for themselves!" At this moment, in the garden outside the restaurant, a camera hidden among the branches clicked, and Finkel half-knelt and looked at the printed photos with satisfaction. A handsome man and a beautiful woman sat opposite each other, their eyes full of affection, and it seemed that there was only each other's figure in the depths of their pupils. What a perfect pair of golden boy and jade girl. Anyone who just looks at the photo will think that this is a perfect match, and anyone who opposes will be roasted on a rack.
As the king of campus paparazzi, Finkel's keen sense of smell always allows him to appear at critical moments. For example, in the Night Watch forum, the administrator has the right to peek at members' private messages. This is unacceptable to most online forum users, but in Kassel, there are only two administrators of the Night Watch forum, Finkel among students and Vice President Nicholas Flamel among teachers. If teachers also tend to peek at gossip from everyone's private messages, then everything will become natural.
The new king, Guns N' Roses, and S-level beauty Lu Mingfei is undoubtedly the focus of the entire Kassel Academy. At this critical moment, Finkel's camera will not leave Lu Mingfei in all directions. Although he is a loser in the eighth grade, he has an entire news department under his command. Unless Lu Mingfei stays in the dormitory building and does not go out, it is absolutely impossible for her to escape Finkel's surveillance.
A cold touch suddenly touched the back of his head, and Finkel subconsciously raised his hands in surrender. But in an instant he realized that it was not a gun, but a spoon. He then turned around to see who the hero was, and surprisingly he had the same opinion as himself.
The expressionless Russian girl held a silver spoon in her hand and looked like she had just finished a midnight snack. Compared to the sturdy Finkel, the garden was a more suitable hiding place for her. As long as she went in, even gods would not be able to find her.
"Why are you here too?" Finkel was very surprised. It was normal for a paparazzi like him to appear at the place where the protagonists were having a tryst, but it was a bit unreasonable for the Russian girl to come out in the middle of the night to watch the couple's date instead of sleeping.
"Girls should always have someone watching them when they go out at night." Ling glanced at the camera in Finkel's hand, "You never know if you'll run into a dog that bites people randomly."
"Then have you ever considered that you are also a girl?" Finkel laughed, "But it doesn't matter, I will take responsibility!"
The silver spoon was placed horizontally between the two of them. If Finkel came any closer, it would poke his neck.
"Listen, I don't care about your paparazzi behavior. This is your career." Ling said coldly, "You can say whatever you want, but don't post random photos. Those things will affect Lu Mingfei's life. She is just an ordinary freshman. Don't draw all the attention to her."
"S-level is not ordinary. There hasn't been an S-level student in the academy for decades." Finkel smiled.
The spoon immediately pressed forward and sank half an inch into Finkel's throat. What was used was the handle of the spoon. This kind of thing could kill a person in the hands of an ordinary person, let alone the dragon-slaying elites in Kassel Academy.
As the paparazzi king of Kassel, Finkel had certainly experienced many threats like this, usually half-jokingly, of course there were also those who really grabbed his tail and beat him up, but this was the first time like today. Zero exuded a faint murderous intent. She would definitely not kill a student in Kassel Academy, but if she stabbed someone to this extent, no one would care.
"You make me think you like her." Despite being threatened fiercely by Ling, Finkel couldn't help but say, "Ordinary roommates wouldn't take it so seriously."
"No, I'm just someone standing next to her. I hope she can be happy, that's all." Ling took back the spoon. After a brief period of unhappiness, she did not leave, but just kicked Finkel so that the paparazzi would give her the best position.
The loli and the strong man stayed in the garden together, enjoying their date under the moonlight through the window.
“So everyone just regards that post as a joke and doesn’t believe it at all?” Lu Mingfei blinked her eyes, a little naive and a little innocent, as if she had just experienced the guidance of a Buddhist master and suddenly became enlightened.
"Kassel is essentially a paramilitary structure. It used to be much more serious than it is now. It was President Angers who made Kassel more like a school, and he was also the one who strongly supported the indulgence of a free day." Chu Zihang said, "Everyone here is busy, and there must be something to entertain themselves, even professors are no exception. Maybe someone did take that post seriously, but it didn't affect me. Some people used to say that Susie was my rumored girlfriend, and now we are still a good partner."
Lu Mingfei secretly complained to herself, "Brother, you are really a top-notch Liu Xiahui. Although I have never seen Su Xi in person, I only fought with her from a distance. But I think Su Xi, like the fans of Shilan Middle School, is also a girl named Chu. What girl is willing to be your good partner for no reason? Only if you really like someone will you be willing to stay in this position, just waiting for your stupid head to open up one day!"
Chu Zihang has always been a person who never lies. If he says there is no problem, then there is really no problem. Lu Mingfei is somewhat relieved. What she cares about most is not herself, but whether this matter will affect Chu Zihang's reputation. As the president of the Lionheart Club, I think the senior brother has to lead his subordinates. The most taboo thing for a leader is to have any gossip about him, which will greatly affect his career and the evaluation of him by his superiors. This is what Lu Mingfei learned from her uncle.
"Since there's no problem...then senior brother, can you please do me a favor?" Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up again.
"Well, you say." Chu Zihang never avoids lending a helping hand, but many people stay away from him because of his expressionless face, subconsciously thinking that he is very cold. In fact, he is very easy to talk to, as long as you are willing.
"Didn't I win a day of freedom..." Lu Mingfei said while paying attention to Chu Zihang's expression. If he showed any displeasure, Lu Mingfei would quickly stand up, bow and apologize, and then run away. "One of the rewards for a day of freedom is that you can date anyone and cannot be rejected for three months..."
The corner of Chu Zihang's eye twitched, and he had a bad feeling.
“Could you please be this person, senior brother?” Lu Mingfei clasped her hands together and bowed her head in begging earnestly.
Chu Zihang began to regret that he had agreed without asking what it was.
"Why... me?" Chu Zihang couldn't figure it out. He had always thought that he was not very popular with girls. Many outgoing girls would become well-behaved girls in front of him and speak softly. He thought it was a sign that they were afraid of him. Lu Mingfei was okay, but she also showed some of this today. Chu Zihang wanted to treat her with a kind attitude as much as possible, but he almost couldn't hold back when he heard Lu Mingfei say that she wanted to date him for three months.
"Because that's what Finger's post said... Everyone thought we were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. But if I publicly announced that I would use the right to pursue someone for three months without being rejected on you, everyone would understand that we were not in that kind of relationship, because how could boyfriend-girlfriend need to use such coercion? No one would like it." Lu Mingfei's words were firm and persuasive, and her sophistry was quite credible. "And you also saw that Finger exposed all my information and emphasized that I'm single! I don't want anyone to pursue me during my college life and affect my studies! If I go home with a foreign boyfriend, my aunt will beat me to death!"
Lu Mingfei's calculations were very sophisticated. She had thought about it on the way here. If the senior brother was very generous and didn't care about this matter, then she would immediately bring out her rights for three months, first act pitiful and cute, and then persuade him with emotion and reason. She only said that a foreign boyfriend would not work, but she didn't say that a Chinese boyfriend would not work either. Isn't it easy to pretend to be together for three months? Just make it a done deal and then announce to the public that we really fell in love during these three months! Who can point fingers at us then? Everything will go smoothly!
"...Won't it affect your reputation?" Chu Zihang didn't care about his side. Boys would never suffer losses in such matters. What's more, the winner of Free Day would be the boss. Lu Mingfei had this right. Even if he refused, Lu Mingfei could unilaterally enjoy the rights she deserved.
"No way! Brother, you are such an upright and noble person, how could anyone doubt you and me!" Lu Mingfei quickly said something nice to smooth things over.
"If you really need such a person... I can help you." Chu Zihang nodded. If Lu Mingfei didn't mind, then he really had no reason to refute. It was just a figurehead. They wouldn't go on dates, eat, and hold hands together every day, right?
"Brother, you are so good!" Lu Mingfei clapped her hands and cheered, raising her glass to invite Chu Zihang. The little man in her heart sang and danced, waving her little fan and spinning around, thinking to herself, "Brother, your greatest strength is that you are too kind-hearted, and your greatest weakness is that you are too kind-hearted. You are so easy to fool!" She could even imagine how Queen Lu Mingfei would play the man surnamed Chu in the future. On the throne, she held her chin with one hand, wearing a long red dress and stretching out her slender long legs. As long as she called him gently, Chu Zihang would kneel kiss her, saying, "My queen," and put on her high heels for her personally.
