allendalepharm Chapter 3 Do you like me?
Chapter 3 Do you like me?
"ah?!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Wenwen's eyes widened, and she involuntarily took a step back, dropping the books she was holding to the ground.
"What...what are you saying..." Her face flushed red, and she began to stammer.
Seeing her like this, Lu Mingfei became even more convinced of his judgment.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in dating or anything like that right now."
"The path to enlightenment is endless, and I do not want to be distracted."
After saying that, he got up and left.
Chen Wenwen was left standing there, bewildered and lost in thought.
"Are you alright, Wenwen? What's wrong?" Just then, Zhao Menghua, who had just entered the classroom, came over, picked up her books, and asked with concern.
"What nonsense is Lu Mingfei spouting now?" He clenched his fists, his face turning grim.
Since entering his senior year of high school, Lu Mingfei suddenly became eccentric one day.
They talk about "the Great Dao" and "cultivating immortality" all day long.
Although he has become much more restrained now, he has also become more taciturn and rarely speaks to others.
"Oh, it's nothing...it's nothing. I just didn't hold the book properly and it fell." Chen Wenwen's voice was a little flustered. "I have to go now."
Her mind is in a mess right now, and she needs to find a quiet place to calm down.
How could Lu Mingfei say he likes her? It's simply... absurd.
But no matter what, it was the first time someone had so openly expressed their love to her, and even her ears turned a blush.
Watching Chen Wenwen flee as if her life depended on it, a shadow of gloom flashed in Zhao Menghua's eyes.
Lu Mingfei is going too far with what he's doing, and some of his actions have even crossed his bottom line.
They're really... courting death.
On the other side, Lu Mingfei arrived at the top floor of the teaching building, where the staircase leading to the rooftop was sealed off by the school.
But he didn't care, and after uncovering the door, he pushed it open and went inside.
So-called rules and regulations are nothing more than shackles that bind the weak.
For him, who was single-mindedly seeking the Tao and pursuing the greatest cause, it was nothing more than air.
If he weren't under eighteen and hadn't yet mastered extraordinary powers, he would have left school long ago and traveled the world.
Standing on the rooftop, Lu Mingfei enjoyed the breeze for a while, but his mind was filled with thoughts of the extraordinary phenomena he had discovered in the city during this period.
Leaving aside some horror stories that have been proven to be urban legends in the past, the closest, or rather the most likely, event to be a supernatural phenomenon was the passage of Typhoon Dandelion four years ago.
A black Maybach appeared battered and bruised in a field, the damage on the car hardly resembling what a typhoon could cause.
Even more bizarrely, the car was completely empty.
Lu Mingfei searched for his past life experiences and found that apart from the memory of that day when it rained heavily, he had not heard of such a mysterious event.
This may be one of the differences between the two worlds, and also the place where clues to supernatural powers are most likely to be found.
No matter what, whether it's telekinesis or some other kind of supernatural power, as long as I can gain power, that's fine.
Lu Mingfei clenched his fist, then relaxed it.
With his current physique, which is only close to the half-step perfection of the mortal body, he cannot rashly get involved in such a supernatural event.
Fortunately, he has already found like-minded people in the local forum.
Of course, rather than being like-minded people, they are more like a few enthusiasts who are keen on finding so-called mysterious events.
He and these people had arranged to explore a haunted house this weekend.
As for this so-called literary society, he decided to find an opportunity to quit it directly.
It's just a bunch of students living in an ivory tower expressing their sentimental feelings about spring and autumn; they're even reading outdated books like "The Lover."
Lu Mingfei felt it was necessary to bring those ancient texts to life ahead of time, so that they would know what books they should truly read.
After school, Lu Mingfei didn't rush to leave as usual. Instead, he caught up with Liu Miaomiao, the pretty girl who played the piano in his class.
They were classmates in junior high school, so their relationship was fairly good.
"What do you want from me?" Liu Miaomiao spread her five fingers, her slender fingers tracing the air, her fingertips dancing as nimbly as an elf.
She is a Grade 10 pianist and a regular at parties and performances.
"I heard your father works at a local publishing house?" Lu Mingfei asked in a deep voice.
"Hmm." Liu Miaomiao turned around, tilting her head, her big eyes blinking. "Why are you asking this?"
She was aware of Lu Mingfei's recent strange behavior, but after all, the two had been classmates since junior high school.
She had done even more embarrassing things when she was a kid than this; she just thought Lu Mingfei was acting out what people online call a case of "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome).
"I have a first draft of a novel that I'd like to have published by your father," Lu Mingfei said truthfully.
He also tried to publish his online novels on the Endpoint Novel website.
However, at this point, the other party not only had to mail a paper document, but also required his guardian to sign it because he was under 18 years old, for the document to be valid.
His aunt would definitely not help him, and as for his uncle... his uncle is afraid of his wife, so he probably won't help him either.
"Write a novel? You?" Liu Miaomiao found it somewhat amusing.
Although Lu Mingfei could be considered a founding member of the literary society, she didn't think he had any literary talent.
After all, everyone in the class knew that he joined the literary club just for the sake of the club president, Chen Wenwen.
Even all the boys in the literary society joined with this idea in mind.
However, no one from her family came to pick her up today, and since she had nothing else to do, she could have some fun teasing the other person.
"Although my dad is the vice president of the publishing house, he doesn't participate in the specific business operations. And I heard that their publishing house has very strict requirements for the published works," Liu Miaomiao said seriously.
"I once saw a book he brought home that was called either The Four-Body Problem or The Three-Body Problem, but it was never successfully published."
"My book is different; it contains profound truths," Lu Mingfei replied, frowning slightly.
Liu Miaomiao covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Every author who submits a manuscript says the same thing."
Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that it was very difficult to make these ignorant mortals understand him.
Or rather, before he gained true power, everything he said was probably just a laughing stock to others.
"I see." Lu Mingfei nodded. "I understand."
You don't understand a damn thing!
Liu Miaomiao looked at the other person's blockhead and snorted softly.
"Alright, considering we've been classmates for years, give me the manuscript. I'll take it home and show it to my dad. I'll put in a good word for you then. Publication might be unlikely, but getting an excerpt published in a magazine is still possible."
"We'll talk about it later," Lu Mingfei suddenly interrupted her.
Liu Miaomiao frowned slightly, somewhat displeased.
But then, a rough, hoarse voice rang in her ear.
"Where did this pretty girl come from? How did she end up with such a good-for-nothing? Come here, come over to me. I'll take good care of you and make you feel so good you'll fly."
The two of them found themselves in a dark alleyway.
Figures flashed out from both the front and back of the alley, the leader being a bald, burly man; the voice just now came from his mouth.
The other person's gaze, which seemed to devour her, swept over Liu Miaomiao from head to toe, and a lewd look appeared in his eyes.
Liu Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat; she knew perfectly well that she had encountered some kind of thug.
"What are you trying to do? Let me tell you, my dad knows the police chief!" she shouted, trying to appear calm.
"Your dad knows the bureau chief, so I know the mayor!" The bald, burly man laughed loudly. "It's just that you went with that kid; you weren't very lucky."
His gaze fell to the side.
"So your name is Lu Mingfei?"
Instead of panicked pleas for mercy, he was met with a whistling gust of wind from a punch!