Chapter 185 On the train

The wind under the sun was so hot that Lu Mingfei was sweating.

Although he is just an outsider, he is concerned about it as if it were a plot in a TV drama... Maybe it's because he has a sense of identification, like looking in a mirror?

Su Beixun was silent for a while and then said, "How did you know this place?"

"It's this piece of paper." The girl took out a creased white paper from her pocket. "Just now a paper airplane flew in through the window and landed right next to my hand. It says you will be here before ten o'clock."

I seemed to hear the cheerful laughter of a child.

Su Beixun didn't know what to say.

He understood the girl's feelings, but he had no desire to respond. From childhood to adulthood, his interactions with others always seemed to be separated by a thick layer of glass, hazy, blurred, and indifferent.

Perhaps, this is the blood sorrow that Ye Sheng mentioned?

He didn't know, and he didn't want to know. He just wanted to solve this problem quickly instead of wasting time here.

The helicopter began to warm up and the propeller started spinning in place, with a rumbling sound in the wind.

"Goodbye." The girl pursed her lips and said this.

She smiled, looked up, and looked at the boy in front of the stairs with regret and tranquility. The sun cast a halo, more beautiful than the armless Venus.

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

【What are you doing, big sister? 】

He shouted in his heart, "This is a plane that is about to go to a foreign country! What's the point of just saying goodbye instead of saying something emotional at this time?"

He hated her for not fighting for it, but then he felt that maybe such a girl was a thousand times better than he imagined.

Because only if someone truly loves you, they would not want to hold you back from the future at this time.

"...Well, goodbye." Su Beixun said softly. He turned around, and his back was gradually engulfed by the cabin without any regrets.

The hem of the coat fluttered in the wind and then disappeared.

[Leaving now? Just like that? ]

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. Once again, he was sure that the top student was an emotionless species!
He swears!
If Chen Wenwen, no, if any girl was willing to sneak out of school and run wildly in the sun for an hour just to say goodbye to him, he would definitely cry to death here!
He suddenly felt that the academic bully was hateful.

But it doesn't matter what he thinks about this kind of thing. If TV dramas were all shot according to the audience's ideas, how could there be so many clichéd plots?

Lu Mingfei sighed, feeling that the gap between people was really huge. They were obviously going to the same school, but he looked like a homeless puppy who was taken in by a kind person. However, the top student was like a lion walking towards the wilderness with his head held high.

Lu Mingfei didn't dare to look into the girl's eyes. He laughed dryly, lowered his head and fled into the cabin.

"Senior." The girl looked at Nono next to her and said politely, "Can I go to Kassel?"

"No way." Nono shook her head. She didn't use words like "estimate" to perfunctorily say: "Kassel College's enrollment is quite special. If you don't receive a notification this round, then it's completely impossible."

The girl's eyes dimmed.

Nuonuo suddenly became curious: "You like him very much? Why?"

She is not a gossipy person, but after witnessing two bloody and abusive romances that ended in failure within just a few days, she couldn't help but want to explore the thought processes of today's high school students.

"Why..." The girl was stunned.

She thought back to all the interactions she had with him, polite, courteous, unfamiliar...all of them seemed insignificant, not unforgettable, and not unique.

So, why is it? The girl doesn't know, but...whatever!

Just like fish swimming in the water and birds flying in the sky, young people’s love does not need a reason. When the wind blows through the heart, there will always be something left in it.

The girl looked at the big black bird flying into the distance and tucked her hair behind her ears.

She decided that she must be admitted to the University of Chicago! It was like buying a third ticket and sitting in the movie theater all afternoon on Saturday!
After all, they said goodbye to each other, didn't they?
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Amid the bustling crowds, the colorful glass dome gives the Chicago train station a church feel.

According to the itinerary sent by Norma on his mobile phone, Su Beixun will take the CC 1000 express train to Kassel College.

Lu Mingfei followed behind, panting, carrying two huge suitcases. When he wanted to bend down to rest, the pressure cooker in his backpack made him fall backwards.

"CC 1000 Express? Never heard of it... The ticket seems to be real, but it's really not in the train timetable." The staff on duty said after taking Su Beixun's ticket.

Lu Mingfei got furious when he heard this.

He held the only $20 left in his pocket, wondering if the top student would give him a meal out of humanitarianism before he starved to death.

I think so... After all, outstanding young people in the new era all emphasize the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics.

Just as he was daydreaming, Su Beixun took out his cell phone and dialed an unnamed number.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Norma's voice was still so steady that Lu Mingfei felt relieved instantly when he heard the lingering sound.

"There is no CC 1000 express train at Chicago Railway Station." Su Beixun calmly described the situation.

There was a pause on the other end of the phone. "I'm really sorry, there was a problem with the dispatch. I'll arrange a vehicle for you right now, and it will arrive around 2 a.m."

Two o'clock in the morning?

Su Beixun glanced at the time on the call interface and found that there were still more than five hours left, so he hung up the phone and prepared to find a place to rest.

"The express train will arrive at 2 a.m." Su Beixun repeated, then left with his bag. Lu Mingfei subconsciously wanted to follow, but was soon hindered by the gift and the flow of people.

"Forget it, at least the nerd knew to tell me, which means he can see me." He comforted himself in a very Ah Q-like way.

With his assets, he didn't have much choice.

Just when Lu Mingfei was standing at the door of Subway, thinking about what he should eat, someone begged behind him: "One dollar, just one dollar..."

Lu Mingfei turned around and saw a tall and burly young man.

……

The floor-to-ceiling windows in the waiting hall are very large, and you can see the dark skyscrapers outside, but the neon lights below are extremely bright, illuminating the hurried steps of pedestrians.

A loud whistle sounded, and the friction between the wheels and the rails was so harsh that it seemed as if you could see the sparks created by the friction between steel if you closed your eyes.

Lu Mingfei, who was in his sleep, kicked the blanket away with a fierce kick and sat up from the wooden chair in a daze.

The burly man leaning against the side screamed, covered his ribs that were attacked, and slapped the floor with his other hand: "Are you a toad? How can you kick so hard while you're asleep?"

Lu Mingfei did not hear the man's complaints. His head was dizzy, and his mind was full of the wilderness, the church, the bells, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy with golden eyes in a dress.

Is it a dream?
Lu Mingfei didn't know. But he was no longer in the mood to think about it, because the man suddenly took his hand.

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingfei was shocked and began to wonder if the guy in front of him was German or British? "Hey, don't be shy, junior brother, we still have a long future." The bearded man pouted and threw a seductive look, which made Lu Mingfei feel that it was very wise to have two straws when they drank Coke together.

"Hurry up, junior brother! Take your luggage with you, the car is coming." The man said with a smile.

Only then did Lu Mingfei notice the bright lights on the platform, and Su Beixun, who had been standing there in a scarlet coat.

"Huh? Are you also a freshman at Kassel Academy?"

The man came up, looked at his face, and then smiled slyly: "My name is Finkel, and I'm the most senior figure in Cassel. As long as you are willing to treat me to a meal, I can even steal a girl's lace for you."

Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched, thinking that the seniority of repeating a grade for eight years was really terrible. He said to him, "Wait a minute, senior brother, the top student is different from the losers like us. He is a serious person."

"A serious person? There is no one more serious than me in Cassel!"

While adjusting the dark green plaid shirt with his greasy hands, Finkel turned his back and whispered his experience: "You don't understand! How can I steal the underwear of a guy like this and resell it if I don't have a good relationship with him?"

Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded. He finally understood that this guy had no bottom line at all. He once again seriously thought about Finkel's nationality.

Su Beixun didn't say anything. He scanned the man's sturdy muscles hidden under his tattered clothes and his strong heartbeat that seemed to jump out of his body with his scarlet pupils, and squinted his eyes with interest.

Finkel suddenly shuddered.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I don't know." Finkel frowned and lifted his chin solemnly: "It feels like the last time I went to the hospital for a colonoscopy and the doctor spread my buttocks and looked at my entire body."

You're definitely British!

Lu Mingfei dodged in panic the hand that Finkel occasionally reached for his shoulder and rushed into the black train painted with a silver-white vine pattern.

Su Beixun followed closely behind. Finkel, who was at the back, had his pupils darken for a moment. He glanced at the black-haired boy in front of him who was a head shorter than him, and then he started shouting in an unfocused manner again.

"Wait for me!"

Get on the train.

The carriage is in an elegant European style, with walls decorated with Victorian-style patterned wallpaper, portholes wrapped in solid wood, and dark green leather sofas embroidered with gold thread.

Behind a long oak table, sat an old man whom Su Beixun had never seen before.

"Professor Guderian." Lu Mingfei said.

"Oh~! Oh! Mingfei, come and sit down!" His tone was so weird, like a otaku who was called by his name by a 2D goddess.

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that Kassel seemed to be a school run by the British.

After Professor Guderian entertained the S-class treasure, he looked at the A-class next to him and smiled equally enthusiastically: "You must be Su Beixun, right? It's our first meeting. My name is Guderian. Don't be restrained. Kassel doesn't have so many rules."

Su Beixun nodded and sat down.

Finkel, who was at the back, sat down next to Professor Guderian.

The old man's face darkened instantly: "Why are you sitting here?"

"One against three is too weird, two against two looks more comfortable." Finkel picked his nose and wiped it under the table.

Professor Guderian's eyelids jumped, but he tried to hold back, but still picked up the tray on the table and smashed it on Finkel's head.

There was a pop.

Finkel fell to the ground unconscious with blood all over his head.

Lu Mingfei immediately straightened his back, folded his hands on the table, and put on an obedient look as if he was studying hard and listening attentively.

"Coffee or hot chocolate?" Professor Guderian asked, leaning against the wall as if nothing had happened.

Lu Mingfei looked at the blood-stained tray and asked cautiously, "What do you think?"

He was afraid that if he gave a bad answer, he would end up like his useless senior brother.

"Please give me a glass of milk." Su Beixun said expressionlessly.

Seeing the top student being so brave, Lu Mingfei quickly responded: "Me too."

Soon, two cups of hot milk were placed on the table.

"Here is a confidentiality agreement, please sign it." Professor Guderian took out two documents and handed them over.

Su Beixun took it and flipped through it. This document was written in Latin and English, and was more formal than the one Ye Sheng brought.

"3E exam? What is this?" Su Beixun asked, pointing at a string of unfamiliar words.

Lu Mingfei, who was trembling as he signed, suddenly looked up to him. The top student was indeed a top student. He could even understand such a mysterious book!

But then he stared at his own name in a daze... If there was something wrong with this document... then it wouldn't be effective if he crossed out his signature now, right?

"This is an entrance qualification exam that the college requires every student to take, and corresponding scholarships will be awarded based on the exam results," explained Professor Guderian.

After Su Beixun signed his name, Lu Mingfei felt relieved to return the document with him.

"Before you officially enroll, there are some things you need to know." Professor Guderian put away the documents: "Kassel is a regular university registered with the U.S. Department of Education. The school system is four years. It adopts a classical closed education system. All students must live on campus."

"We will issue a formal degree certificate upon graduation. But unfortunately, the certificate from our school cannot help you find a major in other universities. If you want to study for a master's or doctoral degree, you can only choose to study at our school."

Lu Mingfei became alert and immediately thought of those fake universities in China: "You mean... not a real degree?"

"No, it's just that our profession is special." The old man chose his words carefully: "Very special."

Lu Mingfei glanced at the indifferent top student and asked with blinking eyes: "How special can it be?"

"Just like the seminary mainly studies the knowledge of God, the medical school mainly studies the human body mechanism, and the business school mainly focuses on transactions between each other. Kassel is also such a special school, and what we study is..."

Professor Guderian stood up, grabbed a corner of the canvas of a huge oil painting in the carriage, and shook it open.

The dim light shines down.

On the screen, there is a sky as cold and hard as steel, full of cracks, from which flashes of light like flowing flames can be seen. A dead tree is rooted in the bones of the wasteland, and its dense branches support the sky. It is so huge, so magnificent! But even so, it cannot cover the black monster below with its wings full of skulls.

Su Beixun was in a trance for a moment.

He seemed to see a wing dangling from the sky, passing over the glacier and splitting the sea in two. Countless people looked up to the sky and roared, holding up the brilliant throne of the sky with their proud backs.

"Dragon?" Lu Mingfei's voice trembled.

"Yes, a dragon. To be more precise, the Dragon King Nidhogg. According to the Norse mythology, the Old Edda, he will bite off the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil at the twilight of the gods. On that day, the world will be destroyed."

(End of this chapter)