Chapter 61: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner
In the business area of the bubble tea shop, Lu Mingfei and Zhu Yan sat opposite each other, with a cup of milk tea in front of each of them.
There is also a sign on the door that says "temporarily closed", and there are only Lu Mingfei and Zhu Yan in the business area of the bubble tea shop.
On the other side of the powder-blue wooden door, two girls were whispering to each other.
"Sometimes I really can't understand your thinking."
Lu Mingfei took a sip of milk tea and looked at Zhu Yandao.
"What don't you understand?"
"You should ask me where I can understand," Lu Mingfei complained, "Let's talk about why you insist on fighting me, you don't look like a martial arts idiot like a battle maniac......"
"I should have said that I was born from killing and death," Zhu Yan said, "To be precise, I was born from the evil aura on the battlefield where nearly 10 million creatures died, and it is my instinct to pursue battle. β
"Nearly 10 million people? What kind of world do you live in?! β
Lu Ming was not shocked.
Ten million, what is this concept?
This is a country!
"It's a bit like your world, but it's much bigger, and human civilization is a bit similar to your ancient times hundreds of thousands of years ago, but ordinary people generally don't starve to death like they did in ancient times."
"Why? Also, What does it mean to be an ordinary person? Does it simply refer to an ordinary person of average status or a ......"
Lu Mingfei wanted to gather some information.
"Ordinary people who are different from cultivators."
Zhu Yan said lightly, "Ordinary people are people who don't have spiritual power. β
"Spiritual power?"
"Yes, in our world, spiritual power is the mainstream power, and the alien beasts and living beings other than the mountain and sea beasts generally cultivate spiritual power," Zhu Yan paused, "The power of the mountain and sea beasts is often self-contained, and what I cultivate is evil qi." β
"You said that ordinary people in that world generally don't starve to death......"
"There is spiritual power in that world, and the grain output is only a little worse than the high-quality grain in your world, but the per capita arable land area is much larger than yours."
"The per capita cultivated land area is okay......" the corners of Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched, "You came to this world to specialize in geography?" β
"Live and learn," Zhu Yan said with a smile, "I actually like your world, although your world also has wars, but generally speaking, it is much more peaceful than mine." β
"Tsk, there is a big difference between you and Zhu Yan in my imagination."
"What do you imagine? Imagine according to the records of the Classic of Mountains and Seas in your world? β
"Hmm."
Lu Mingfei nodded.
"Tsk...... The account of that thing, while generally correct, is still full of errors in the details, and the account is incomplete. "Zhu Yan doesn't seem to be very interested in the mountains and seas of this world.
"Oh? For example? β
Lu Mingfei began to set up information.
"First of all, I remember saying that I will not cause war, but can predict it."
Zhu Yan didn't seem to find out that Lu Mingfei was tricking him, or maybe he found out but didn't care.
"In addition, our abilities are not only related to war, I can also predict other disasters, but they are far less accurate than war, and I am not interested in other disasters."
"You're only interested in war?"
Lu Mingfei said curiously.
"No, I'm only interested in the strong, in fact, I don't like war, but whether a war happens or not depends on the greed in people's hearts, it's not something I can decide, since I can't stop it, then use it to screen the strong."
Zhu Yan shrugged indifferently.
"You don't like war? Weren't you born on the battlefield? β
"I was born on the battlefield with evil spirits as my roots, but I love fighting, not war." Zhu Yan said, "The battle with the strong will make my blood boil, this is a kind of enjoyment. β
"But wars are often the misery of ordinary people, and the suffering of the weak does not make me happy, it only makes me feel annoyed and annoyed. It is especially disgusting to see all living beings suffering because of the ambitions of those vile and greedy people. β
ββ¦β¦ Brother Zhu Yan is noble! β
Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up.
"Gao Yi is a fart!" Zhu Yan disdainfully, "If I were really high-minded, I should have stopped those wars, with my strength, I can actually stop many wars in advance, but it's one thing to look unpleasant, and it's another thing to make a move." β
"It's normal, it's not related, it's understandable."
Lu Mingfei thinks this is normal, why should a person pay for a group of strangers who have nothing to do with him? He owes no one anything.
"The nature of life is selfish," Zhu Yan's face was full of indifference, "The life and death of others has nothing to do with me, if I can't get used to it, I won't do it myself at most, but I have no reason to fight for them." β
You're disgusted by a puddle of dog poop on the road while you're walking, do you pinch your nose and go up to clean it up?
Anyway, Zhu Yan said that he would never do, he would only leave the far away.
"After all that, are you going to fight or not?"
It has always been Lu Mingfei who asked, Zhu Yan replied, and now Zhu Yan suddenly turned against the customer.
ββ¦β¦ Don't worry, at least pass the Spring Festival first. β
Lu Mingfei couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
"Okay, after all, we are also friends, give you a chance to accompany your family to have the last Chinese New Year's Eve dinner!"
Zhu Yan readily agreed, and by the way, he also said a cruel word.
"Humph! That's what I should have told you! β
Lu Mingfei went back.
Zhu Yan just wanted to fight back, but Lu Mingfei showed an expression of wanting to say something.
"Lao Zhu, I have a question, I don't know if to ask?"
"What?"
"You just crossed over and you were human?"
"Of course not, when I first came to this world, I realized that this was a world dominated by humans, so I used my remaining strength to transform into a human form, and then I fainted because of the loss of strength......"
"So, were you wearing clothes at the time?"
The smile on Lu Mingfei's face when he asked this made Zhu Yan want to slap him twice.
He Zhu Yan was judged to be hungry by Tang Yueyan's stupid girl because he had no clothes at that time!
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
Zhu Yan coughed violently.
No way! This topic cannot go any further!
Zhu Yan decided to change the subject.
"Hmm...... Are you a couple with that girl? β
This way of changing the topic is not ordinary blunt, but it is very effective for Lu Mingfei.
"No...... No, why do you ask this? β
Lu Mingfei was a little weak-hearted.
Damn it! Why should I have a weak heart!
YesοΌ Plan to pass!
Zhu Yan took advantage of the victory to pursue.
"Because that girl obviously likes you!"
"How do you see that? You've just met her today! β
"As long as you're not blind, you can see that she likes you!"
Zhu Yan complained.
She ...... She didn't say it again! Don't guess! It's not good for other girls! β
Lu Mingfei hurriedly denied it.
"Guess? As long as you're not blind or stupid, you'll be able to see that girl has all eyes on you! You are the absolute most important presence to her! β
"How can't I see it!"
"Because of your cowardice!" Zhu Yan's voice suddenly became much higher, "If you dare to summon even half the courage to look into her eyes, you can read in it that her world is all you!" β
"You don't make sense, huh? You are a strange beast and still understand the love of little girls? β
"Nonsense! Of course I understand! That girl looks at you exactly the same way she looks at me! β
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Across the door, in a room full of flowers.
"You like that boy named Lu Mingfei, right?"
Tang Yueyan pushed a cup of hot cocoa to Zero's hand.
Zero has no response.
"Oops, oops...... Is it so cold? β
Tang Yueyan, who was ignored, pretended to be very sad.
ββ¦β¦β
Zero remains unmoved.
"Huh? It's boring......"
Tang Yueyan sighed: "Okay, if you don't like to talk, I won't tease you." β
"I just wanted to tell you," she looked into Zero's eyes, "if you really like that guy, you should just tell him." β
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"I know he's important to you, and you can even love him without caring if he loves you or not," Tang Yueyan said and suddenly smiled, "Just like I like that stupid pig." β
"But why didn't you confess to him? You've decided to let him fill your own world, don't you even have the courage to confess? β
The expression on Tang Yueyan's face was like that of a confidant big sister next door.
"You didn't confess."
Tang Yueyan's expression froze like that of a big sister.
"Ahem...... Cough...... That one...... After all, they're girls...... It's normal to be shy......"
Her face was a little hot, and her voice also carried the sweetness peculiar to a girl in love.
ββ¦β¦β
Zero looked at her expressionlessly.
"Ahem! Don't look at me like that! I'm not the kind of person who doesn't dare to confess myself, but I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic and incite others to confess! β
Tang Yueyan, who was a little embarrassed by Zero's staring, said: "That's it!" You like that boy named Lu Mingfei, I like my big red hooves, and we didn't confess to them, just-"
She lengthened her voice: "How about we confess to them together on Chinese New Year's Eve?" β
"Together?"
"Of course it's not really together," Tang Yueyan waved her hand, "This city will set off fireworks all night on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the whole sky will be lit up by colorful fireworks, how about we confess to them when we set off fireworks?" β
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Zero still didn't speak, but his eyes seemed to be a little moved.
"Fireworks! Super - romantic! Once a year! If you miss it, you'll have to wait a year! You treat him as the only one in your own world, what's wrong with confession! β
ββ¦β¦β
Zero nodded slightly.
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Chinese New Year's Eve, eight o'clock in the evening.
On the dining table of Lu Mingfei's house.
"Come on! Zero, eat a piece of ribs! β
The aunt sandwiched the largest piece of braised pork ribs into a bowl of zero β from the perspective of a housewife, it was a sign of the aunt's extreme satisfaction with the girl.
"Thank you."
Zero thanked him obediently, and then skillfully used chopsticks to divide the ribs into two parts along the muscle texture, and sandwiched the larger part into Lu Mingfei's bowl.
Uncle and aunt were overjoyed.
"Tons and tons ......"
Lu Mingze didn't say a word, picked up the lemon juice in his hand and drank it all.
"Zero, are you still used to living these days?"
Zero lived at his aunt's house for a month, and gave his aunt a lot of face in front of the relatives who came to visit.
"Hmm."
Zero nodded.
"It's good to get used to it, it's good to get used to it," the aunt said happily, "then do you still like our Chinese New Year?" β
Zero glanced at Lu Mingfei.
"I like it."
"Then I'm going to come back next year......"
"Hmm!"
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After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the time was already approaching ten o'clock unconsciously.
Lu Mingfei originally wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but he was kicked out of the kitchen by his aunt along with Zero.
The aunt asked Lu Mingfei to go out with Zero to enjoy the fireworks, but because Lu Mingfei was not interested in fireworks, he didn't know where to watch the fireworks.
With a twitch of his brain, Lu Mingfei took Zero to a place he used to go to often.
Next to the air conditioner.
Entering Lu Mingfei's apartment building, through the iron fence leading to the roof, there was an air conditioner that was constantly humming.
In the past, if Lu Mingfei was tired of staying in an Internet cafΓ© after school, he would sit next to the old air conditioner, listen to its "buzzing", and look out at the city until the sun went down.
Lu Mingfei has inexplicable feelings for this place.
But then he regretted it.
The location next to this air conditioner is not large, and it used to be more than enough to accommodate a lonely Lu Mingfei, but now with the addition of zero, it seems a little crowded.
If it weren't for Zero's petite stature, she wouldn't even be able to get in.
But now that Zero has come in, she is limited by a small space, so she can only cling to Lu Mingfei's body.
A faint, Arctic poppy-like aroma lingered on the tip of Lu Mingfei's nose.
There was an astonishing warmth and softness coming from his body.
Lu Mingfei's heart was beating wildly, he froze, and his eyes stared directly at the dark night in the distance.
"Damn! Fireworks! β
Lu Mingfei, who has always been indifferent to fireworks, has never looked forward to its arrival so much as he did at this moment.
Fireworks can relieve the awkward and ambiguous atmosphere between two people at the moment, but it is delayed.
Suddenly, Zero's fingertips carefully touched Lu Mingfei's fingertips.
Zero's five fingertips fit together with Lu Mingfei one by one.
First index finger to index finger, then middle finger to middle finger, then ring finger and ring finger......
Lu Mingfei turned his stiff neck and looked at Queen Zero.
He froze.
Under the bright moonlight and starlight, what appeared in front of him was not the face of the perfect, cold, and noble royal highness, but the face of a shy and timid girl in love who was as ruddy as drunk.
Not only is the face red, but the girl's earlobes with sterling silver earrings set with broken diamonds are also red.
Under the moonlight, the girl's crystal skin glowed with a moving luster, she bit her lip gently, and her eyes had feelings that Lu Mingfei had never seen before.
"I ......"
Zero's voice was soft and glutinous, with a rare hesitation.
"Can I still come to your house for the next Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?"
As if he had mustered all his courage, he whispered and conveyed his thoughts to Lu Mingfei in a rather childish way.
ββ¦β¦β
Lu Mingfei's breath froze, and he even felt that his thoughts were stagnant.
His eyes drifted around, frantically thinking about a way to "break the game".
"If you dare to muster even half the courage to look into her eyes, you can read in it that her world is all you!!"
Zhu Yan's words exploded in his mind.
Lu Mingfei narrowed his gaze to zero's eyes.
He really saw himself.
In the girl's jeweled eyes, he saw his reflection clearly.
And the girl's heart.
"Whewββ!"
In the distance, a beam of orange-red fireworks rises to the dome and then blooms in a brilliant way.
Under the bright flame light, the girl's eyes were clear and her earlobes were reddish.
The diamonds on the sterling silver drop earrings reflect a dazzling brilliance.
"No,"
Lu Mingfei shook his head.
"Whewββ!"
"Huhββ! Whewββ! β
"Whewββ!"
After the first fireworks, countless lights rose and bloomed.
Under the fireworks in the sky, Zero's slightly wide eyes reflected the joy of Ambilight.
"Every time."
Lu Mingfei said.