Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

They really drove the Ferrari across Tokyo.

Lu Mingfei drove cautiously at first, but later he put the cigarette in his mouth and looked like a gangster.

All the way, Nuo Nuo chattered incessantly like a little sparrow, telling him about her past, and Lu Mingfei felt relieved. The luxury car in his control gradually became like a nimble fish, running wildly towards the west in the endless stream of traffic, leaving only a red shadow in the sun, which looked like a ball of fire.

After running for more than two hours, they got off the highway along a narrow ramp, and the view in front of them immediately became clear.

It was an asphalt road, wide and flat, with tall ginkgo and red maple trees on both sides of the road, but the beautiful leaves had all fallen off in this season, leaving only bare black trunks standing there, with messy and sharp branches twisted together in a mess, like withered hands reaching towards the sky.

The lower part of the trunk was painted white, and there was an IV bottle hanging next to it to supply nutrient solution to these big trees in winter. Three or four half-grown yellow dogs were chasing each other around the roots of a huge ginkgo tree.

At this point, Lu Mingfei had to slow down the car, because pedestrians had started to appear around, mostly groups of elderly people. There were also girls in sailor suits riding bicycles who flashed by in the shadows of the ginkgo tree trunks, like unicorns jumping and running in the woods.

The hems of their skirts and the ends of their hair were like the smooth manes of unicorns, and the sunlight seemed to have coated their winter skirts with a thin layer of gold.

"If it's spring or summer, this should be a cool green path, right?" Nono put both his hands on the car window, then rested his chin in his arms and looked up at the blue sky, which was so high and so far that it seemed like he could see heaven, which was rarely seen in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Flocks of black crows flew through the criss-cross network of electric wires, their feathers trembling in the wind, and some fine down fell off and landed anywhere.

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything. He drove in silence until he saw the first ramen restaurant at the end of the asphalt road.

"Matsuyama Ramen Restaurant".

It's called a store, but it's more like a street vendor pushing a cart and hawking his wares.

It was a wooden carriage that could be seen everywhere in Japan, and was called a "Lamanya carriage" in Japan.

Eri's father, Mr. Uesugi Koshi, has lived most of his life selling ramen in the streets and alleys of Tokyo from a wooden van like this one. The wooden windows can be opened to form a awning, and the boss can put tables and chairs under the awning, while the ramen chef works in the van.

However, Lu Mingfei knew that the old man who had broken with his family because of the war actually owned an entire street of property in the name of himself, and it was in a prosperous place like the center of Tokyo.

To be honest, 99% of the people in this world are not qualified to sympathize with him, because Mr. Uesugi Koshi is the real rich man...

Lu Mingfei parked the car in the parking area temporarily drawn with crayons, took Nuo Nuo's hand and walked towards the van on the moss by the roadside. Several young people in the uniforms of a nearby middle school poked their heads out of the game room on the side and looked at these two men and women with cool looks and cool mounts, but they didn't know why they chose to eat a bowl of cheap ramen in such a place.

Besides, it was only eleven o'clock at this time, far from time for lunch.

But Lu Mingfei just wanted to stop here for a while and calm his mind.

"What would you like to eat, sir?" The ramen chef with a white towel wrapped around his head stretched his neck from behind the counter. He turned out to be a very young kid, probably only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a smile on his face.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then he stepped out of the shed and looked up at the sign.

It is indeed a very old thing. The van looks like it has not been moved for a long time. The moss on the roadside and the water stains flowing along the drainage pipes extend all the way to the side of the van, and the entire lower half is painted green.

"This shop belongs to my grandpa. He's been in the hospital these days, so I'm here to take over for two days." The child grinned and raised the dough in his hand. "But the taste is no different from my grandpa's cooking. The big chicken chop ramen is the signature dish of our shop!"

"Then let's have two large bowls of chicken cutlet ramen." Nono said in not-so-fluent Japanese.

She didn't learn much of the language of this country, and her ability to communicate with people was entirely based on her talent.

The so-called talent means that by watching Lu Mingfei talking to others, she can remember the pronunciation of many Japanese words in just one go.

The ramen was served soon, steaming hot and fragrant, garnished with chopped green onions and a little green vegetables.

“It tastes really good.” Lu Mingfei took a big sip of the soup and nodded in praise.

He wasn't actually that hungry, but the stomachs of hybrids were much stronger than those of ordinary people, and their metabolism was much faster than that of ordinary people, so his stomach was almost empty.

"Grandpa can make soup with pork bones and chicken. The guests are very lucky. This is what Grandpa made before he went to the hospital last night." The boy was cutting two braised eggs for Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo, and served them on a delicate small plate.

"Today is my first day at work. I thought we would have to wait until later to open."

"Please heat up another pot of sake for us." Lu Mingfei smiled and said, "By the way, is there a shop nearby that sells grilled Cape mackerel?"

"Yes, it's across the street." The boy stood up to warm up the wine for Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo, and pointed to the opposite side of the narrow window. "The store is not busy now. If the customers need anything, you can tell me and I will help you run errands."

"Thank you so much." Lu Mingfei accepted it calmly.

Nuonuo swallowed the noodles in big mouthfuls, staring out the window.

There is actually no good view outside the window. This is already Shikoku Matsuyama, and we have long left the prosperous Tokyo metropolitan area. It can neither compare with the glittering places like Ginza and Roppongi, nor can it compare with the luxuriant den of Kabukicho in Shinjuku that makes people linger. In front is the wide and clean asphalt road, and behind is just a narrow street, which should be a small alley in the residential area. On both sides of the alley are small square box-like single-family houses and street lights that can only be seen at a long distance. It has a bit of the Japanese kind of coldness, cleanliness and a sense of isolation that makes people feel uneasy.

When the sake was served, Lu Mingfei filled Nuo Nuo's glass, and then the two of them clinked their glasses together. In a blink of an eye, the glass of warm wine was in their stomachs.

After getting the change from Lu Mingfei, the boy trotted across the street to buy them some grilled Cape mackerel. After hearing that the grilled chicken skewers and stuffed tofu in that restaurant tasted great, Lu Mingfei also asked him to buy these two foods.

"Go a little further and you will reach Umezuji Town." Lu Mingfei suddenly said.

Nuonuo was picking up a whole piece of chicken steak from Lu Mingfei's bowl and putting it in her own bowl. She nodded: "Yeah."

The stove beside them was burning brightly, and the girl's profile was illuminated by the firelight, looking rosy and pleasant.

"Sister, why did you think of going there?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice.

The tepid winter sunlight cut through the edge of the shed, with a smooth break, like a peerless knife that separated light and darkness and cut off the sunlight.

Lu Mingfei was facing away from the outside, and the golden glow fell dimly on his head and the scarf embroidered with gold edges, which turned into a light iron gray from Nuonuo's perspective. "You've taken the little mute there before, and I think it must be a very good memory for you." Nuonuo raised her face and looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes seriously.

Her long hair fell softly on her shoulders, her four-leaf clover earrings dangled steadily, and her dark red pupils seemed bright and flickered with a faint light.

"She's not a little mute."

Nuo Nuo was stunned for a moment and then burst out laughing.

Lu Mingfei didn't know what she was laughing at, and looked at her with his head tilted.

"Nothing, I just think Eiry looks more like your daughter." Nono narrowed her eyes.

Lu Mingfei’s face turned red.

“It doesn’t matter actually… Sometimes I feel like she trusts me too much, and I’m silly enough to act like anyone can bully me.” Lu Mingfei also ate the ramen in big mouthfuls. Unexpectedly, the ramen here was extremely delicious, with some Hakata flavor and some Kanto characteristics. It was a bit weird, but very novel.

"If you continue like this, she will never grow up. One day, you will not be by her side, and then the world will be too cruel for her." Nono was chewing a chicken steak and whispered incoherently.

"I think so too... In fact, the day before we took her to Umezuji-cho, we conspired to send Eri to China and then to the United States via China." Lu Mingfei shook the sake cup. At this time, the boy had returned with a stove and grilled Cape mackerel, as well as grilled chicken skewers, grilled octopus feet, and Japanese tofu stuffed with beef and pork and steamed.

"Caesar gave me a Desert Eagle. At that time, if I fired a gun with that thing, the recoil would crack my shoulder, because that Desert Eagle was actually a modified version of the equipment department... Anyway, Caesar filled it with a bullet made from the Philosopher's Stone. He told me that the thing was extracted from Norton's bones. If Eri doesn't cooperate, then execute her..."

Nuonuo drank the soup in big gulps and secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei's face over the edge of the bowl.

"He told me about this incident and said that he felt like a bastard at the time, but it was a good thing that this bastard did the right thing," said Nono.

Lu Mingfei smiled and said, "Yes."

"Using Norton's bones to kill Eri is...too cruel for me. I just can't do it."

He spoke slowly, sipping the sake in his hand.

At this time, the grilled Cape mackerel was sizzling with oil dripping from the bottom, and the grilled octopus legs next to it were slowly bending up. The smell of the seasoning on it was spreading like the burning Nordic flame. Nono's straight nose twitched and a happy expression appeared on his face.

"It smells so good..." she said.

Stuffed tofu is also delicious.

Just like in China, the food in these small places might taste better than the fancy restaurants in the big cities.

Because the shops are not doing one-time business, but business with repeat customers. Your food must either be delicious or affordable, or both. Otherwise, who will come to be your repeat customer?

After lunch, Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo continued on their journey. Neither of them mentioned Eri again. Nuonuo seemed curious about everything around them, the blue batik signs at the doors of the shops, the rusty railway tracks built on the hillside with pine beech, honeysuckle and mountain rose on both sides, and the sound of the tide that could be heard across the mountains or forests.

This means that they are very close to the seaside. This is already the southwestern tip of Shikoku Island. If they walk further, they will soon see a small sign for Umezuji Town.

"Brother, do you know why I brought you here?"

“Isn’t it because of the good memories or something?” Lu Mingfei said nonchalantly. He had already seen the open-air parking lot that still felt very familiar after all these years. There was no car in the parking lot, and the street lights on all four sides stood alone, like loyal guards standing at their posts.

"I feel like a storm is approaching..." Nono whispered. She looked at her own face reflected in the rearview mirror, not knowing whether she was panicking or calm.

"We may be leaving Japan soon and will never come back. If you don't come out and take a look, you will never have another chance. I have always wanted to walk with you the same path you and Eri walked together, because I think it must be really beautiful, so beautiful that people like Caesar and Chu Zihang would rather betray the school's doctrine than give you away."

She held her chin to look at Lu Mingfei's profile and reached out to touch the man's cheek.

Lu Mingfei had a calm expression and calmly looked in the rearview mirror as he parked the car into the parking space.

Nuonuo's profile allows her to see many things that Lu Mingfei cannot see, and also makes her intuition far stronger than that of ordinary people.

She could feel the storm approaching Lu Mingfei and had no doubts.

He just wondered if maybe it wasn't a storm.

It could also be the end of the world.

The end of mankind, the end of this world.

After jumping out of the car, they heard the lingering sound of the tide echoing between heaven and earth. Nuo Nuo stretched lazily and looked up at the clear sky. Lu Mingfei had already locked the car door.

"Hold my hand." Nuo Nuo stretched out a slender white hand with her fingers slightly drooping. Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then reached out and held Nuo Nuo's hand.

The girl's hands were actually a little cold, so Lu Mingfei put his hands in his coat pockets. The two walked out of the parking lot side by side. Nuo Nuo easily took Lu Mingfei's arm and leaned her head on the man's shoulder.

She raised her head to look at Lu Mingfei's profile, unwilling to look away, as if she wanted to engrave that face in her heart and never forget it.

"Senior Sister, what are you looking at?" Lu Mingfei asked. He looked around to identify the direction. It had been a long time since he came here and paid attention to the news of Meizuji Town. Even he had almost forgotten the layout of this town.

"You can't look at my husband." Nuo Nuo hummed and arched her back on Lu Mingfei's shoulder.

Lu Mingfei's face turned a little red.

He had never been addressed this way before, and he was a little shy when he first heard it. (End of this chapter)