My name is Lu Mingfei, not Lu Mingfei!

Chapter 219 218.Sakura \u0026 Little Monster (2)

"For you!" The ramen chef pushed two plates up, each containing a stack of dried tofu and a braised egg. The accompanying drinks can be oolong tea or sake.

"Thank you, boss!" Lu Mingfei's mouth was full of food. Even his thanks were unclear, but he still tried his best to nod and give a thumbs up.

"What's there to thank you for?" The ramen chef untied his turban and sat on a high stool to rest. "It's a blessing for people like us to meet diners who know what they're selling! I can watch you eat what I cook. The smile is so happy, and I am very satisfied! A small side dish only costs a few bucks."

"The boss must have been a good person when he was young, right?" Lu Mingfei said after trying hard to swallow everything in her mouth, "That's why even if you are older, you still like young people like this!"

"If I were a good person, there would be no bad guys in this world." The ramen chef smiled helplessly, "Little girl, you and the men around you are not the same person, are you?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned. She was indeed not from the same group as them. Whether it was Caesar, Chu Zihang or Yuan Zhisheng, they were all scripts for rich second-generation male protagonists. Someone like her could win in the elite Kassel. There are still very few people who have been struggling all the way to this day.

"How did you, boss, figure it out?" Lu Mingfei was curious.

"Isn't that what people in the underworld are like? A young man always has a beautiful girl by his side. From what you said that day, I knew he was from the underworld." The ramen master looked like he was talking in a cliché, as if he wanted to advise Lu Mingfei, "Girls your age, they just think the gangsters are cool and that's why they join them. They are vain! What do you mean, it's better not to get involved with them."

Lu Mingfei understood. The ramen chef understood Chinese but not every word was fully understood. That day, I went to eat noodles with Yuan Zhisheng and we talked a lot. The ramen chef heard that Yuan Zhisheng was a member of the underworld and said After learning some philosophy of life, he also regarded Caesar and Chu Zihang as people in the underworld, so he imagined a Japanese-style love story.

"It's not what you think, boss!" Lu Mingfei wanted to explain away the relationship, but she didn't know where to start.

"Still can't let it go? Forget it, this is not something you will listen to if I say it. It's really hard to understand if you haven't experienced it. Just don't regret it in the future." The ramen chef waved his hand, saying that he didn't want to bring up this topic. .

Lu Mingfei really couldn't laugh or cry. Sometimes people are always willing to believe what they believe, and even other people's explanations look like prevarication in their eyes. Just let the boss think that she is someone like Lu Mingfei. Anyway, now she is hanging out with the Sheqi family and is no different from the underworld.

Eryi didn't pay attention to what the people around her were saying, she just silently bit into her own braised egg. Although Lu Mingfei had taught her the bold way to eat ramen, she was still eating other things. Her Royal Highness, it seems that a braised egg can be bitten into a carved pattern with such grace.

"You can actually eat this like this!" Seeing this, Lu Mingfei picked up her braised eggs and dried tofu and threw them into the soup bowl, which would infuse them with the rich flavor of the soup. Many famous restaurants in China have this way of eating, such as mutton steamed buns in Shaanxi and beef soup in Huainan.

But in Japan, especially when it comes to ramen, Japanese people basically don’t use this way of eating. Their side dishes are often dumplings, tempura, or edamame pork chops, which are actually not suitable for soaking in soup sauce. Lu Mingfei didn't care about this. She just wanted to teach the young lady in front of her how to cook common people's food, and she wanted to promote Chinese style even in Japanese territory.

After the teaching just now, Eriyi seemed to regard Lu Mingfei as a master in the field of gourmet food. She immediately imitated Lu Mingfei's method and added half-eaten braised eggs and dried tofu into the soup. Although the ramen master saw it, But there is no statement saying that this is blasphemy. In his opinion, food is best if the guests are willing to enjoy it. As long as the guest finds it delicious in another way, he should eat the noodles even if he is upside down.

Eriki picked up the thoroughly delicious dried tofu and took a bite. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise. At Seraki Hachiya, her meals basically consisted of traditional Japanese meals and Western meals from luxury restaurants when she went out. For There is basically no contact with Chinese food or anything else.

"It's amazing! It has completely changed the taste!" Hui Liyi wrote in a small notebook for Lu Mingfei to read.

Lu Mingfei felt that she was very honorable, and Eliyi was really good at handling her. No one would appreciate the praise from a beautiful girl.

People are always surprised by the aspects that they have not been exposed to. No matter how you look at it, Eriki looks like a pure young lady who has not had much contact with the outside world. She is as simple as a blank sheet of paper. Although she does not have many expressions, she does have some. Every time you look at her, you can tell what she is thinking, it is all written on her face.

There are very few girls with this kind of Shimizu noodle style these days. Girls on the streets of Tokyo even tan themselves and dress up like Shibuya style, with their coats tied around their waists and earrings bigger than eggs. Eri seems to have traveled through a world hundreds of years ago. Her long hair seems to have not been taken care of at all. It is only supported by her natural beauty. When she sits down, her hair is as beautiful as a waterfall. luster.

Her family must be quite special, right? Maybe Eriki is a famous shrine maiden in some shrine. I wonder if there are groups of men in black looking for her all over the world, Lu Mingfei thought.

The soup pot that the ramen master never stopped was always bubbling and bubbling, and the two happy female diners were in a hurry. Lu Mingfei reached out to wipe away the soup from the corner of Eliyi's mouth. Eriyi turned to look at Lu Mingfei curiously. The stains on the raised fingertips suddenly came close to Lu Mingfei's lips and licked them. She stuck out her tongue to show Lu Mingfei the soup that she had also wiped away.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a while and said to herself, girl, although you have a simple face, your style is very bold! She didn’t know that Eriki had learned this from anime. In those love dramas, this kind of intimate interaction between the male and female protagonists was indispensable. Thinking about it with a coy but pretty expression, it should make people happy, so she did that.

The surging cumulonimbus clouds quietly poured down the overwhelming torrent under the cover of night. In just a short time, rainwater flowed across the floor outside the roof car, and big raindrops splashed in all directions.

The rooftop car did have a roof to protect it from the rain, but the stools were still placed on the ground. The rain hitting the calves brought an icy chill. Lu Mingfei and Eriyi involuntarily curled up their legs and got closer to each other. The small shed was filled with smoke. The mist covered each other's faces and warmed their hearts.

They didn't see that on the long street not far away, small groups of motorcycles and various flamboyant sports cars formed their own small groups. The engines roared like thunder, and the motorcycles were all driven by... The gangster wears a raincoat and sunglasses, and the lining is deliberately opened to reveal vicious tattoos. These people's eyes swept over the faces of every girl in sight, and the water almost splashed to the side of the car. However, they did not get off the car and lift the curtain to take a look, because they could not see the seats here. There are two girls' legs on it.

The cell phone rang in her pocket, and Lu Mingfei took it out. It was actually a call from Chu Zihang.

"Hello, senior brother?" Lu Mingfei answered the phone. Chu Zihang is the kind of person who won't call you for three hundred years if nothing happens. There is basically no possibility of calling you, and if there is really a small matter, he He is more willing to use the email function of the Night Watch Forum to contact him, because he knows that with Lu Mingfei's level of Internet geek, the computer will definitely light up as long as he is awake.

"It's raining heavily, where are you?" It was indeed Chu Zihang's voice on the phone. He was standing in the corridor outside the commercial street with a group of men and women taking shelter from the rain. Water was pooling on the steps in front of him. , almost submersing the soles of the shoes. The difference is that he has two umbrellas in the bag in his hand, and he can leave at any time, unlike those stupid couples around him who are yelling about how this happened, but their faces are filled with happy smiles that they can stay a little longer.

Ah? Lu Mingfei blinked, wondering what kind of speech was this? Senior brother, you are suddenly in love and want to show off your boyfriend power. Do you want to come over and give me an umbrella on this rainy day?

"You're still playing in the store, what's wrong?" Lu Mingfei remained calm and wanted to continue to find out. She was still not sure what Chu Zihang's intention was with this call.

"Akihabara?"

"No, it's in Bunkyo District."

"When to go back?"

"I don't know, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and I didn't bring an umbrella. If I can't do it, I can just find a hotel or a bed and breakfast or something to stay for one night. Even if I take a taxi back, I will feel like a drowned rat." Lu Mingfei looked at it. He glanced at Eri Yi next to him and didn't intend to say anything. On a cold and rainy night, he went to rent a room with another girl he met for the first time to take care of her. It sounded like an act of cheating. However, Chu Zihang's mind shouldn't think so. He would only choose to believe Lu Mingfei's lame lies. Even if he knew it was a lie, he would not expose it as long as it was innocuous.

"Okay, remember to take care of yourself." Chu Zihang just cut off the phone because he felt that there was nothing left to say. The phone calls with Lu Mingfei were always like this, and it was up to him to end it.

He looked up at the night sky. The colorful neon lights were still shining brightly. Even the falling raindrops could be lit up by them. The heavy rain that came quietly only drove away the cos girls who were looking for customers on the street, but it could not extinguish the enthusiasm of the guests. Enthusiasm, every shop is filled with people inside and outside, and the feasting and joy will not stop here. The spring rain in Tokyo comes and goes quickly. The night is long and we have plenty of time to wait for the rain to stop. Anyway, there is another person by our side.

It was raining heavily. Chu Zihang squeezed the bag in his hand, opened his umbrella and walked on the lonely way home.

He didn't tell Lu Mingfei on the phone that he was in Akihabara now. He really came here in the afternoon as Caesar suggested, carrying the limited edition dorayaki and pineapple buns he bought in Ginza. He remembered that Doraemon liked to eat this, and pineapple buns were the favorite food of Shana, the first-generation tsundere and cute girl whom Lu Mingfei had mentioned by chance.

According to Lu Mingfei's preferences in his memory, he walked through almost every store that Lu Mingfei might visit, from handicraft shops to game card dealers, from video game arcades to maid cafes. He even went to play with Lu Mingfei today. The arcade and the cafe where he and Yuan Zhennu stayed together, but Lu Mingfei had already walked a few streets when he arrived and didn't encounter them.

He strictly followed Caesar's instructions and learned to buy things that Lu Mingfei might like. He even checked online to see if doing so would really make his girlfriend happy. Netizens' enthusiastic answers were all in the affirmative.

He was looking forward to meeting her in a certain store. He would never say hello, but would stand silently behind her admiring the handicrafts until she found something she liked and came back to her senses to check out. When he hit me, he covered his forehead and planned to apologize. When he looked up, he saw who was standing here.

The idea is always so beautiful, but the reality is always more skinny than you thought. Chu Zihang was ready for everything, but he didn't expect that he would really not find Lu Mingfei. After a phone call, he realized that she was not here at all. , not even an umbrella is needed.

Caesar once said to him that if a man can't even find where the girl he likes will go, then he'd better stop practicing on the road of love. Chu Zihang thought that Caesar must have done the same thing as Nono. When the confident blond man finally saw Nono, he would definitely hug Nono from behind.

He couldn't help but began to wonder whether such a false relationship was really a mistake. He couldn't grasp Lu Mingfei's preferences at all, but Lu Mingfei knew him well. Such a relationship was simply unfair, and Lu Mingfei's unilateral unfairness fair.

Maybe I am simply not qualified to fall in love with anyone... Maybe I have never been ready to become a real boyfriend... Maybe, the promise I made because I didn't want to see her lonely expression was a bad idea from the beginning. Beautiful mistake that happened.

On the way home, Chu Zihang's face was expressionless, as serious as a judge in a court hearing. Rain fell along the eaves of his black umbrella. He passed by a handicraft shop and saw a model of the loyal dog Hachi displayed in the window.

That is a dog well-known in Japan. Hachi’s owner goes to get off work at Shibuya Station every day. Every time Hachi hears the buzzer of the train at five o’clock in the afternoon, he will rush out of the house to greet him in front of the station. owner. No one taught it to do that, but in its daily life, it caught the habit of arriving home after the train buzzed.

Later, Hachi's owner died, and Hachi would still appear in front of Shibuya Station every day. His owner never appeared from that gate again. Little Eight didn’t know what his family told him about the meaning of death to his master, but he still went to the station every day after hearing the five o’clock buzzer of the train, no matter it rained, no matter the wind, no matter whether spring was coming or autumn was coming, no matter summer was approaching the winter solstice.

Chu Zihang still remembers the ending of that story. He and his mother watched the whole thing together in the movie room at home. Xiaoba lay in the snowdrift in front of the station that winter and slowly closed his eyes. This time, it finally Reunited with his master, the master once again walked out of the Shibuya Station platform, opened his arms and let Hachi jump into his arms, smiling and patting his head.

For a dog, maybe that is the happiest moment in its life, and it finally lives up to the years of waiting.

Yuan Zhisheng once said that he was like the Pinta Island tortoise named George. His dream was to bite open the barbed wire fence and play in the mud in his own puddle. And Chu Zihang felt that he was like the Akita named Xiao Hachi. Dogs like Akita have very poor obedience, but once they recognize someone as their master, they will never leave him again in his life and will not obey. Second Master's Order. Maybe this is the reason why Xiaoba goes to the station as always. He knows that his master is gone, but he still subconsciously looks forward to his return.

Just like now, he knew that Lu Mingfei was no longer in Akihabara, but he couldn't stop hoping to see her making faces in front of a certain window when he looked back.

Chu Zihang silently took out a pineapple bun from his bag and took a bite. He didn't like sweets very much, but this time, he wanted to know her favorite taste.