Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

"Senior brother, is Shikoku Island fun?" Xia Mi put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly and stood in front of Lu Mingfei.

She was wearing a dark blue velvet coat, with slightly curled hair at the ends. The sunlight was shining on her hair, stirring Lu Mingfei's heart.

Constantine, who was stuffed into a super thick and plush down jacket by some big sister like a penguin, had a bitter face as he took out the gifts that Lu Mingfei and Nono had given to Xia Mi, Eri and Ling Dai from Umezuji Town, as well as the metal box that Kougen Chisei had given them, from the trunk of the red Ferrari.

"Junior sister, have you seen Tokyo Love Story? It's the famous filming location, Umezuji-cho. We went there to watch the sunset, eat grilled sea bream, and drink sake." Nono instructed Constantine to handle the metal box with care. She probably heard the conversation between Xia Mi and Lu Mingfei, so she turned around and smiled at her junior sister.

Eiry, who was whispering with Zero not far away, suddenly froze.

The tips of this girl's ears moved like a rabbit, and she actually had the same special ability as Lu Mingfei.

"Umezuji-cho, I heard that many Japanese couples used to go there and carve their names on the platform of the station." Xia Mi held her chin and said seriously, "Brother, have you been to the platform of that station to have a look?"

"Well, the facilities at Meijin Temple Station are very old, and they are completely incomparable to the high-speed rail stations in China. The platform is also completely open, and when the express train enters the station, there will be steam flowing on the platform like water." Lu Mingfei thought for a while, "We did see names carved on the walls and fences with a knife many years ago, but they must have been cleaned up by someone. Many couples' names have been polished off, or only some shallow traces are left."

"What you said reminds me of the sycamore tree in front of the gate of Shilan Middle School. Many years ago, there was a Yue Lao Temple under that sycamore tree for praying for marriage. The temple keeper would tell the men and women who went there that as long as they carved their names on the bark of the sycamore tree, the marriage would be long-lasting and happy." Xia Mi had a lazy expression on her face, as if she was really recalling the sycamore tree in front of the gate of Shilan Middle School many years ago.

“Later, the Yue Lao Temple was moved to the south of the city, but the tradition of carving one’s name on the phoenix tree continued until we graduated. Zhao Menghua even boasted to me that he hung a marriage lock between himself and Chen Wenwen on the top of that tree.” Lu Mingfei said with a smile.

Unfortunately, in the third month after Lu Mingfei entered Kassel Academy, the fat boy Lu Mingze sent him a photo of a felled sycamore tree via QQ.

It is said that because Shilan Middle School has many students all over the world, some successful alumni united to make a large donation to their alma mater. The principal decided to use the money to expand the campus area and add a new teaching building, which was built on the original site of the sycamore tree.

As the saying goes, love is tied to the Yangtze River and flowers bloom on the paulownia tree. It seems that the lovers who prayed for marriage in the Yue Lao Temple and carved their names on the paulownia tree all had a good result in the end. There is no need to say more about classmate Zhao Menghua and Miss Chen Wenwen who hung the marriage lock. Although the paulownia tree fell, their friendship has never been broken. Perhaps.

Three weeks ago, Su Xiaoqiang sent a text message to Lu Mingfei, saying that Zhao Menghua and Chen Wenwen were going to get engaged on Christmas Day this year, and the engagement ceremony would be held at St. Mary's Church in BJ.

"The paulownia tree is a sacred tree that represents love in China, but these Japanese people actually carved their names in a train station just because of a TV series." The junior sister showed a look of disgust on her face.

Lu Mingfei thought, what the hell is going on in our China? You're not even human, so what's the point of distinguishing between nationalities? One of the original intentions of the founding of New China was to defeat you feudal restorationists, okay?

"Because sometimes love needs such an opportunity to sprout. It can be a bracelet or an earring, or a moment of eye contact. The TV series "Tokyo Love Story" inspired many young men and women in Japan about love at the end of the last century." Lu Mingfei said that the wind in Hokkaido is much colder and more biting than the wind in Shikoku Island. The entire forest seems to be swaying in the countercurrent of the air. There are rustling sounds all around, which are the frozen crisp leaves and the snow on the trees blown down by the wind.

He shrank his neck and wished he could put his head back into the same scarf as Nono's.

This is next to Lake Kussharo in the Higashi-Kushiro area. If you walk further into the lake, you will see Kotan Onsen.

Today, when Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo were heading to Meizuji Town, Constantine had been arranged by Lu Mingfei to cut down a very tall tree in the mountains, and decorated it with colorful lights, and set up the Christmas decorations next to the hot spring.

Even after hearing the news that Lu Mingfei and others were planning to spend Christmas in this area, Mr. Frost Gatuso dispatched several heavy helicopters to bring building materials and engineers from the nearest city. Within a few hours, they temporarily assembled a rather quaint log house by the lake. The heating system of the house was quite excellent, and even the winter in Hokkaido could not make Lu Mingfei and his friends feel the coldness of the mountains.

Constantine walked into the mountains panting, carrying a bag that was almost bigger than anyone else's, chatting with Nono as he walked.

Lu Mingfei patted the back of Xia Mi's hand and pouted at Eiry in the distance. The little junior sister glared at him angrily, put her hands behind her back and left lightly like a elk.

Eri was wearing a black coat that reached her knees. She was originally chatting quietly with Zero, but at this moment, the princess was looking down at her phone, probably because of a text message from some devil. The two of them stood quietly by the lake. A thin layer of mist was slowly flowing on the lake. The sunlight shone through the mist onto the waves and ripples on the lake, creating a hazy glow.

In the sunlight, Eri's figure is a light white, slender, distant and lonely.

Lu Mingfei waved to Eiry, and the girl immediately showed an excited expression on her face, and almost jumped in front of Lu Mingfei.

Only when he got closer did Lu Mingfei smell a faint scent on Eiry's body, which had the warmth of the sun, the moisture of dew, and a thin chill of some flower blooming in winter.

Her long dark red hair fell straight down on her shoulders like a waterfall without any trimming. When she came in front of Lu Mingfei, she immediately blinked with a faint smile on her face. Although her eyes reflected not only Lu Mingfei but also the mountains and water, no matter how he looked, he felt that he could only see himself in them.

"Is Umezuji Town fun?" Eri asked.

Her voice was clear, like the wind blowing through the pipes of a panpipe.

A long time ago, Eri had no right to speak in Sheqihachi, because although her voice was nice, every time she spoke, she uttered ancient dragon characters. Those dragon characters stirred in the air and resonated with the manic elements. Then the black god of death slowly rose from the earth, and a terrible disaster immediately befell this girl.

Before meeting Lu Mingfei, everyone who had heard Eri speak had died.

When she went out with Lu Mingfei for the first time, Yuan Zhisheng was even very worried that this poor girl with a dangerous and uncontrollable bloodline might be corrupted by the dragon blood, which would eventually lead to the whole Tokyo being affected by the word spirit called Judgment, and millions of people would turn to ashes amid the high-pitched chanting.

It has been exactly three weeks since Eri received the injection of Golden Holy Serum, and since then she has never been affected by the excessive concentration of dragon blood in her body.

But Lu Mingfei was not completely reassured. The number of times the Golden Holy Syrup was used in human history was very small, and even the ancient hero Siegfried was just a fragment of a myth.

No one knows whether the bloodline smoothed out in this way will have some dangerous sequelae? So even though he knew that Eri's words were powerful enough to threaten even the first generation, Lu Mingfei still never included the option of bringing this girl into the battlefield in his backup plan.

The process of an out-of-control hybrid degenerating into a Deadpool was originally a very slow process, with some people even able to linger on the edge of being human and Deadpool for decades until they died of natural causes.

But more people will accelerate this process, gradually losing themselves in those uncontrollable greed, shortening decades to a few years or even a few months. But the reason for accelerating this process is not that they wantonly release their desires, but that in the process of achieving this goal, they have to use the power of the Holy Word given by the Dragon Clan, which is far beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

That is the spirit of words.

Every release of the Word Spirit means the dragon blood in the body will surge. Hybrids with stable bloodlines will only feel tired when using the Word Spirit, and their energy intake requirements will become higher.

The fallen hybrids' use of words will push them step by step into the abyss of dragons.

Lu Mingfei couldn't be sure whether Eri's physical condition had completely stabilized or whether the dragon's will was lurking in her body.

If it is the latter, then once she uses the Word Spirit, the suppressed poisonous blood will be pumped by the heart to her limbs and bones.

Even the Nibelungen Plan couldn't save her at that time.

Lu Mingfei looked into her eyes, and the sunshine was reflected in her eyes.

"It's no different from the last time we went there. There are carp streamers everywhere, and the porcelain dolls are still placed under the eaves of the shrine on the mountain. Hermit crabs are everywhere on the beach, and when the tide goes out, they gurgle and spit bubbles to chase the sea that is getting farther and farther away."

“Will fishermen still deliver flatfish to restaurants at night?”

"Well, my sister and I had the freshest disc fish and grilled snapper, and the taste was no different from before. We'll go eat together after we're done here."

"Are you going back to Tokyo by train?"

"No." Lu Mingfei said, hesitating for a moment, "We drove to Haneda Airport and met your brother on the way."

Eri's bright eyes suddenly dimmed for a moment.

She has been staying with Lu Mingfei these days and has been very happy.

Sometimes Gen Chisei would also video chat with Eri, and the man in the video would always smile and say to Eri, "Just have fun, Eri. There's no problem at home. My dad and I can handle it."

But Gen Chisei didn't know that Eri was already a grown-up girl now, and she was no longer the head of the Uesugi family who could be fooled by telling some unfounded lies.

Even just through the mobile phone video, Eriya can see that Genjiro's cheeks have become much thinner, and he looks a little haggard, and sometimes his eyes are always filled with worry.

She did not love Gen Chisei, and even the relationship between the siblings was very cold. However, during the long time before Lu Mingfei appeared, only the giant tortoise would accompany Eri when she was most lonely.

Even though the only way Gen Chisei could imagine accompanying Eri was to play games with her, and he even inadvertently used games and anime to build a bizarre worldview in this girl's mind that had nothing to do with the real world, he was still the only man who cared about Eri before.

"What did my brother say? Does he want me to go home?" Eri lowered her eyes, her thoughts almost written on her face.

She is actually a good girl and doesn't want to make others feel sad for her, so the last time she and Lu Mingfei ran away from home, she took the initiative to return to Yuan Zhisheng on the last day.

This time, Gen Chisei didn't tell her to go home, but Eri knew that she was actually a weapon of the family.

If her brother encounters a bad guy who he can't defeat, she will go to the battlefield.

She was very afraid of Masamune Tachibana, but the bad guy always stayed by her brother's side, and Eri was very worried.

"He won't let you go back there again." Lu Mingfei said. He reached out to rub Eri's head, using some force, as if he was rubbing a kitten's head.

"Gen Chisei and I have a man-to-man agreement. He has handed you over to me... Remember the wedding we saw at Meiji Jingu? Just like the father of the bride handed the bride's hand to the groom's hand, from now on I will protect you."

Eri didn't understand many things, but she understood what Lu Mingfei said, so she raised her head, with a look of naive attachment on her pretty face, and rubbed her head against Lu Mingfei's palm with half-closed eyes.

"Will we have a wedding like that in the future?"

“Yes, yes.” Lu Mingfei said, lowering his voice as if chanting an ancient spell, “We are the ones who have taken back time from the hands of fate. Even the world cannot stop us from doing what we want to do. No one can stand in our way…”

At this time, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. It was a misty sun shower. In the colorful raindrops, Eri's expression was joyful and her eyes were bright. She reached out and hugged Lu Mingfei's arm. The girl's body temperature slowly warmed the man's heart.

"By the way, this is for you."

Lu Mingfei handed a small thing to Eiry. Eiry took it in her hand, opened the package curiously, and then was stunned.

"Don't you like it?" Lu Mingfei said.

"No, I like it very much." Eri carefully held the wrapped little porcelain doll in her hands. She raised her face and smiled at Lu Mingfei. Her smile seemed to have slowly dissipated all the sorrows of the past in the long river of fate. (End of this chapter)