Volume 2 Hello, Xia Mi Chapter 121 One Senior Brother, Two Points (Part 4)
When Lu Mingfei woke up, she had a splitting headache. She could probably guess that she was drunk. People who rarely drink alcohol are more or less sensitive to alcohol. Back then, there was a great man in Shilan Middle School who could get drunk after drinking wine. For that guy, alcohol was almost an allergen.
The thunder shook the glass windows. She sat up and looked out the window. The lightning illuminated the buildings on the boulevard. Heavy rain began to pour down in a few seconds. The roof of the car was banged loudly, as if a monk was hitting the can like a wooden fish.
"Awake?" The person in the driver's seat glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled.
"Why are you driving?" Lu Mingfei was confused. She looked left and right, but couldn't find the man with expressionless face. "Where's my senior brother?"
"Oh, as soon as you woke up you were busy asking about your senior brother, and you didn't care much about your pretty junior sister. It's really like a couple in love, and it feels like a long time since you last saw each other." Xia Mi liked to tease this couple of idiots. "Chu Zihang went to Runde Building to carry out a mission. He said he could do it alone. Our mission is to eat and drink well and give you a good birthday. If the mission is completed quickly, maybe he can meet us before 12 o'clock."
Lu Mingfei sat there blankly, feeling for a moment as if she had been abandoned by Chu Zihang. Did his senior brother dislike her being a burden? So he was unwilling to wake her up to carry out the mission that was supposed to be a two-person mission? No... With that straight man's brain, it was more likely that he felt that a drunk person was not suitable to continue doing risky things, so he chose to do it himself.
Damn it, he got drunk at the wrong time! She, Lu Mingfei, should have had the opportunity to work with Chu Zihang to show off her training style in the past six months, and show off two sets of sword skills for the senior brothers to applaud and congratulate her. Now the beautiful plan has been ruined! Chu Zihang will never mention this matter when he returns to the academy. He will only write in the mission report that this classmate Lu Mingfei is very good, and the mission cannot be completed without her instructions. I think she has made great contributions in this operation, and she should be given credits and rewards! It was full of official language and the best praise.
"Unhappy?" Xia Mi thought Lu Mingfei's behavior was strange. "Chu Zihang specially prepared a birthday party for you, which shows that he cares about you very much. Shouldn't you be happy and accept it?"
"I no longer care about birthdays..." Lu Mingfei murmured.
If her parents were still around, if she was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, perhaps she would receive hundreds of gifts every birthday, filling up her yard, and there would be many beautiful girls and handsome boys coming to the party, just like Chu Zihang does every year on his birthday.
But Lu Mingfei was just a child who stayed at her aunt's house, and she had no choice. Her aunt would not remember Lu Mingfei's birthday, she only cared about whether Lu Mingze had a good birthday. But her uncle would secretly deduct a little from his few private savings on her birthday every year and secretly put it in Lu Mingfei's school uniform jacket. In this way, Lu Mingfei could at least buy herself a small cake and a candle every year, and secretly light a candle in the room in the middle of the night, saying "Happy Birthday to me" in the dim light of the swaying dawn.
How could a person who always has a bad birthday care about how her 19th birthday is? Compared to a birthday cake or a sumptuous dinner, she would rather perform a mission with Chu Zihang on this special day, and then hear him say happy birthday again at the end, thank you for being with me on this day.
Lu Mingfei is such a girl. She never asks for anything from anyone. What she wants is really cheap and easy to achieve. But even such wishes rarely come true, just like today when she accidentally got drunk and missed the thing she wanted to do most.
"I understand. Actually, I haven't really celebrated my birthday." Xia Mi suddenly said. Lu Mingfei saw her dim eyes in the rearview mirror. A strand of long hair hung down to cover up the sad past. "But we ca n't just turn down other people's kindness because we're used to it. Since we didn't have any opportunities in the past, we'll use this time to make up for it all. Eat the most expensive food, drink the most expensive drinks, and pile cakes high enough to reach the ceiling! The best answer to Chu Zihang is that when he comes, we'll be like two little pigs that can only grunt when they're full, rolling around on the chairs and unable to straighten our backs!"
The Porsche slid along the quiet tree-lined road and slowly slowed down. The old red brick house by the lake appeared in the rain at the end of the road.
This is an old mansion called Huyuan No. 1, because it is the only house number on the entire Huyuan Road. The heavy black iron gate was opened, and the Porsche drove straight in and stopped in front of the old house.
Xia Mi rolled down the car window. The whole old house was pitch black. Looking in from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the dining tables covered with checkered tablecloths were empty. There was no one in sight. The door of the old house was closed. The only old-fashioned chandelier was on above the door. A waiter in white was standing in the rain with a large umbrella, and a large red carpet was draped over his slightly bent arms.
"Aspaisa has reserved the entire place tonight. Miss Charlotte S. Lu, you are our only distinguished guest tonight." The waiter in white walked down the steps and stood on the quaint floor tiles. He bent slightly and held the umbrella towards the car door, while he himself stood in the rainy night where large drops of rain were still falling after passing through the shade of the trees.
Of course the best restaurants must have the best service. When it rains heavily, we cannot say that we cannot open the door because of the strong wind and rain, and ask guests to park their cars and enter the store with their own umbrellas. That will make the front of the store full of messy and dirty footprints. A good restaurant like Aspasia is prepared to welcome private guests on rainy nights.
The waiter in white bent down and spread out the red carpet, spreading it on the short path from the car door to the steps . The large umbrella covered the ladies' heads.
"Senior brother is so nice to you." Xia Mi's expression was full of envy. Any girl who sees a boy treating the person he cares about so attentively would probably feel a little envious and hope that in the future she would become a dazzling princess like she is now.
"I don't understand the world of the rich..." Although she was dressed gracefully like a socialite who came to eat in such a place, Lu Mingfei was still the Cinderella at heart. In her opinion, it was enough to have a seat in such a restaurant. She didn't expect that her senior brother would book the entire Aspasia with a stroke of his pen.
Soothing music sounded, and a waiter in white walked to the center of the dim old house, struck a match and lit the floating wax on the table. The warm light illuminated the faces of the two girls sitting opposite each other, as well as the necklace placed in the glass display case in the middle of the table.
Pure white crystal, even the refracted candlelight is as bright as under the scorching sun, the texture is extremely transparent, made into a crescent with a morning star hanging in the middle. The Baccarat below shows that it is from France, a time-honored company specializing in crystal handicrafts with a history of more than 200 years. In this line, they can pat their chests and say that they are the leading masters.
"This is a small gift specially prepared by Mr. Caesar Gattuso to celebrate Miss Lu's 19th birthday." The waiter in white smiled and opened the glass cover. He stood behind Lu Mingfei with the necklace and put it on her on the spot. "He said he regretted not being able to be there in person to congratulate her. He hoped you would like it."
"Caesar gave it to me?" Lu Mingfei gently touched the cold thing that had the word "rich" written all over it, and was completely confused. "Isn't this the meal Chu Zihang ordered?"
"No, we did receive a message from Mr. Chu, but Aspaisa already had another reservation at that time. It was Mr. Gattuso who contacted us through MInt and changed tonight's reservation to yours." The waiter explained the whole story and poured them rosé aperitif.
Lu Mingfei thought about it and seemed to understand. His senior brother couldn't do it so he found someone to do it, and this person was his good rival Caesar. No wonder Caesar's gift was specially placed on the table. Are these two people going to duel on her birthday invitation to see who is more cool? How come it suddenly turned into a romance story? The Cinderella-like heroine was favored by the gangster boss and the company president, and the two fought for the same girl and got bloody...
"Senior sister, you are so charming!" Xia Mi's eyes were full of stars. "Isn't Caesar the president of the student union? Is he pursuing you too?"
She had been to the Night Watch Forum and had taken preparatory courses, so she had some understanding of what was going on in Cassel.
"He has a girlfriend, and he's very loyal. For Nuonuo, he rejected all the movie actresses who threw themselves at him." Lu Mingfei felt that she couldn't hold on any longer. Sugar-coated bullets can really make people bow down. Their revolutionary will is not strong enough, and their words are weak. "I think he did this just to compete with his senior brother... The key to the problem is that Chu Zihang ordered food for a girl. Even if this girl was replaced by an old country woman, Caesar would do the same."
"Eh~ Caesar tastes so strong!" Xia Mi pinched her nose to express her disgust.
"You'll understand once you meet him. He's a top-notch nobleman. He respects all girls, no matter how old they are." Lu Mingfei looked Xia Mi up and down, focusing on her breasts and face. "He will definitely care about you. You'll definitely be the most beautiful girl among the freshmen this year."
"Why do you make it sound like I'm going to sell myself!" Xia Mi frowned, "I actually prefer Asian men. I really can't appreciate European aesthetics!"
"For example?" Lu Mingfei became interested and expressed her concern for her junior sister's lifelong event. It was natural for two girls to talk about gossip . This was human nature.
"Like Senior Brother Chu." Xia Mi's face was serious and she answered decisively.
Lu Mingfei's heart trembled, as if a little goblin had taken away Cupid's arrow that belonged to her.
"Senior sister, are you and senior brother really not together?" Xia Mi was like a cunning little white fox, and every word she said was filled with malice to lure mortals into a trap.
"That's not the case." Lu Mingfei shook her head and thought to herself, I want it too, but Chu Zihang is such a male god. There are so many girls coveting him. If I really want to be with him, I have to pick a group of pretty girls first. There is no chance that they like me. I just covet their bodies. I drool over the pictures in my mind every night.
"But I always feel that your relationship is not ordinary." Xia Mi rolled her eyes, "Do you know what my senior brother said about you?"
"What is it?" Lu Mingfei asked quickly. She really wanted to know this question.
"Let's drink first." Xia Mi pouted, "It's a birthday, so we can't miss out on eating and drinking!"
Lu Mingfei had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and take a quick sip.
"You haven't finished drinking! Why are you raising goldfish there?" Xia Mi glared.
Lu Mingfei had no choice but to fill up the rest. It was not a good idea to let someone who had just sobered up drink again. Fortunately, in the Western style of pouring wine, only one-third of the bottle would be filled to evaporate the aroma of the wine. In addition, table wine had basically no alcohol content, so it was not a problem to pour it from the bottle.
"He said so." Xia Mi imitated Chu Zihang's tone and demeanor. Her expression was frozen as if she had facial paralysis, and her words were full of magnetism. "I always feel that Lu Mingfei and I are the same type of people. Looking at her is like seeing myself. I am not happy, so I hope that she can be happier. It's like entrusting something that you can't get to another person."
"I thought... she was some silly, innocent girl or the little sister next door, how come it's this?" Lu Mingfei was confused. At first she thought she was someone else's sister. She should change her name to Chu Mingfei.
"That's a very high evaluation! It means that Senior Brother treats you as his own! It sounds like there's a hint of treachery!" Xia Mi looked like a traitor. "I asked him if he had any other relationship with you, and he said no. Considering that Senior Brother is a natural straight man, I can only think that he was speaking from his heart. Don't be angry if I tell you the truth! Chu Zihang obviously doesn't have that kind of feelings for you. He just treats you as a very good friend of the opposite sex. He doesn't have many friends, so he will be extra nice to some of them."
"Yeah, I know." Lu Mingfei said softly and nodded. Xia Mi didn't need to remind her of this kind of thing. Although Chu Zihang acted like a real boyfriend in the afternoon, this guy is just like that. He will do anything for the mission. He doesn't care about his own face to give you face. Otherwise, why do so many girls in Shilan Middle School like him? It's all because of this style that they have touched the hearts of girls, just like her, Lu Mingfei, because of the love that started from that rainy night and the hairband notice.
This is a secret love, which cannot be seen in public, because I am afraid that if it is exposed, we will not even be friends anymore, but I still refuse to give up, so I have to pretend to be very close to each other every day, bumping into each other's shoulders, and saying, "Hey, hey, I have a party on Saturday, do you want to pretend to be my boyfriend?" I say these words with a proud face, but in my heart I want to rush over to hug and act coquettishly, saying "Come and accompany me".
If Lu Mingfei was a naturally domineering girl like Su Xiaoqiang, this relationship wouldn't be so torturous. She would push Chu Zihang up against the wall in front of Cassel's comrades, step on the brick on his shoulder with her legs raised high, and domineeringly stroke her hair that was messed up by the wind, saying, "I like you. Tell me if you want to do it with me or not! If you dare to say no, tonight will be your big day as the wife of a cottager!"
But Lu Mingfei is such a cautious girl. She was oppressed too much in the first half of her life. Now she has lost that sharpness. She just wants to be a beautiful girl behind the scenes, holding her husband Chu Zihang's shoulders and watching him grow up little by little, and finally become a powerful and influential person.
The premise of such a future is to let Chu Zihang admit that he likes her, because she, Lu Mingfei, already likes that bastard steel straight man to the point of not being able to like him any more, and all she needs is a nod from him. But such a seemingly simple step is as difficult as ascending to heaven... In the end, it is doubtful whether that guy really doesn't like girls and just wants to be gay with Caesar. He is too damn Liu Xiahui, so anxious that a bunch of girls scratch their bald heads and turn into nuns.
"So, senior sister, do you like senior brother Chu?" Xia Mi asked another question. There was warm candlelight flowing in her eyes, and her cheeks were slightly flushed from drinking. She was so beautiful that it seemed as if heaven had accidentally opened its door, and an angel had fallen into the dirty mortal world.
Lu Mingfei felt a little ashamed of herself. She could be a graceful princess with her crystal shoes, a branded skirt and a little makeup, but a princess is always a princess. You have money and time, and you can spend a lot of time to build yourself up, thinking you can sit on the throne of the world's number one girl. But until the golden dusk of that day, when the heaven was secretly opened and the winged angels strolled out and landed on your open-air balcony, you realized that princesses can never compare to angels, because they are born beautiful and don't need to spend so much effort.
It was rare that Lu Mingfei was jealous for a moment and said something against her will: "I don't like it."
Yes, Lu Mingfei didn't like Chu Zihang. How could the word "like" be enough? What she wanted was to get him, to write in his heart that this was Lu Mingfei's property. That should be called... love, right? Love is enough, because you have to stay together for a lifetime. When you are young, you can like many people, but in the end you can only love one person.
"That's great." Xia Mi smiled faintly, "If you don't have that kind of relationship, then I'll try to pursue him?"
Lu Mingfei's friendly smile froze on her face. She felt as if something had cracked in her chest, and the wine she had just drunk was burning her stomach.
She knew she was destined to compete with many girls, but she didn't expect to compete with her best friend. The marks of Xia Xia Mi Mi in the sunset had long transcended the cyberspace and were as close as a pair of twin sisters. But the sister suddenly said that we have our eyes on the same man. If you don't like him, then I will go and get him.
What a clichéd romance plot, is it necessary to give people a stomachache? Is it necessary to let an angel descend to the princess? Cinderella worked so hard to become a princess, did the screenwriter have to be so cheap and just send down a angel?
This time, she was really a little sad.
