Chapter 480, Stars and Flowers
(The plot requires it, and some readers may not have read Dragon Clan, so I am adding a plot. Of course, this chapter is published as a reflection chapter, so it is free. Also, this chapter is not considered an update, nor an additional chapter. Those who have not read Dragon Clan can just get a brief understanding of Lu Mingfei and Nuonuo, and those who have read it can just treat it as a review.)
(In short, this process happened, but I was too embarrassed to write it in the main text, so I posted it like this.)
(After all, Lu Mingfei’s storyline won’t overlap with the protagonist’s for a while.)
At the edge of the spring lake on the top of the mountain, Nuonuo leaned half of his body out to look down the mountain. The slope was so steep that he would fall down if he was not careful.

“Hey!” Lu Mingfei hesitated to pull her up, “If you fall down, you’ll die.”

"There are no fireflies left." Nono muttered.

"firefly?"

"The stars I'm talking about are big fireflies. In the summer, they fly up from the bottom of the mountain along the waterfall. They are very beautiful. In the summer, the mist is also very thick, and it looks like stars rising in a cloud." Nono said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I didn't realize it was a cloudy day until I got to the top of the mountain."

Lu Mingfei cursed in his heart, this senior sister is really a witch? Everything he thought was interpreted, including those that were hidden very deeply... But when he thought about it, he didn't have any deep thoughts.

Lu Mingfei is eighteen years old and has a beautiful life like a blank sheet of paper, only as deep as a strand of hair.

"Have you heard of Guixu?" Nuonuo stared at the waterfall. "It is said that there is a place in the ocean where the seabed disappears. When the seawater flows there, it becomes a huge waterfall with a drop of thousands or tens of thousands of miles. If a person falls there, he will never reach the bottom and will starve to death while falling..." Her voice was very light. "The soul rises slowly like a firefly, guided by the stars, and floats back home."

Lu Mingfei stared blankly. This allegory as deep as the sea exceeded the limits of Bai Zhi’s thinking.

"Hey, are you serious?" Nuo Nuo still looked down, "I can agree to it. Anyway, you have the privilege of pursuing girls for three months without being rejected. I can give you three months."

Lu Mingfei shuddered. He thought that the thoughtless words had been automatically erased by the silence just now.

"Hey... maybe on the first day Caesar will use that knife of his called Dick Tudo to turn me into Dongfang Bubai?" He scratched his head.

"So you want to climb into my bed? I thought it was just a date for dinner and a movie." The witch sister looked back at him with a curious look.

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth wide, but no sound came out. This chatterbox was speechless and an egg could be stuffed into his mouth.

"Okay, I'm just kidding." Nuonuo shrugged. "I just said that I wanted to bully you when I saw you. Don't you think you're funny?"

Nuonuo was busy tying her hair while Lu Mingfei hung his head, feeling that he was completely and utterly defeated.

"I'm going to be a lobbyist," Nono said, "How about joining the student union?"

"Is this Caesar's honey trap?" Lu Mingfei was stunned and a little disappointed. In this summer, where fireflies fly up from the bottom of the mountain, Nuonuo wanted to talk about this matter.

"No, it has nothing to do with Caesar."

“It doesn’t matter?” Lu Mingfei thought no one would believe this.

"You don't know Caesar yet. He is a politician, but he is very conceited and doesn't want to spend time on winning people's hearts. He thinks he is a trustworthy leader and you should follow him. If you don't want to follow him, he won't bother to pay attention to you. At most, when you become an obstacle in his way, he will kill you... I invite you, it's my invitation, it has nothing to do with Caesar's position, it will be good for me if you join."

"benefit?"

Nuo Nuo tilted his head: "This way I will have my first little brother."

"What do you want a younger brother for? Aren't Caesar's younger brothers your younger brothers?"

"He is him and I am me. I am Caesar's girlfriend, not the hostess of the student union." Nono remembered something, "Oh, sorry."

"I'm sorry?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

"It was someone from the student union who signaled the band not to stop. He probably wanted you to embarrass yourself for a longer time." Nono said, "But it wasn't Caesar. Caesar doesn't care about you that much."

"It's okay." Lu Mingfei said, "In fact, it's all because of Finger's crazy behavior. He said something like 'I was also an Elvis back then' and made me lose face."

"Actually, I wanted to save you, but Caesar would be unhappy." Nono shrugged, "I have to take care of the host's face."

Lu Mingfei's heart moved, and he lowered his head to look at his feet soaking in the spring water. It turned out that Nuonuo had also thought about coming to save him again, but at that time, she was smiling so happily that he didn't feel it at all. It's really hard to understand what this girl is thinking.

At that time, I felt a little resentful towards Nuonuo, right? Why did I feel resentful? Because I was saved by her once, so I thought it was natural that she would come to my rescue again?
There's really no reason for this.

“Don’t talk like I’m counting on you to save me. If there’s a chance, I’ll help you… even though it doesn’t seem like it’s my turn to do anything.” Lu Mingfei pretended to be relaxed, “You’re so capable, you think clearly about everything, and you can handle everything by yourself.”

"You can do me a favor right now."

"what?"

"Give me a birthday present. I guess Caesar has prepared one, but he's probably looking for the intruders all over the campus right now, right? He's competing with Chu Zihang to see who can find them faster." Nuo Nuo said calmly, "Girls always need presents on their birthdays. This way they'll feel valued."

"I... I'm not prepared..." Lu Mingfei was so anxious that sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

"Then it depends on your response, Junior Brother." Nuonuo spread his hands, "How can you be prepared for everything when traveling in the martial arts world?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head: "Actually, I have a handkerchief. I could have folded a handkerchief boat and let it float over for you."

"Junior brother, I didn't expect you to have such a romantic idea! Tell me! What romance novel did you read this from?" Nuonuo narrowed his eyes and smiled.

“But…” Lu Mingfei pulled out the wrinkled handkerchief from his trouser pocket and opened it to show Nuo Nuo. It was colorful, from the green of mustard to the yellow of mayonnaise to the red of chili sauce. It looked like a faded floral bed sheet.

Nuo Nuo frowned: "How disgusting! You have such mixed tastes in sashimi." Lu Mingfei stuffed his handkerchief back into his trouser pocket awkwardly: "Will Caesar send you a gift tomorrow morning?"

"Birthday presents can't be given too early or too late. They should be delivered to the person when she is waiting, and you should say 'Happy Birthday' in person," said Nuonuo. "It will be different if you are late."

Lu Mingfei was stunned, and suddenly remembered what Professor Guderian said to him: "Mingfei, Mom and Dad love you."

It was true. Some words could only be said in person at the right time and place. He saw people gossiping about Ye Sheng and Ya Ji in the school network discussion area, saying that they must like each other very much. He remembered that time at the dinner table, Nuonuo jokingly said, "Why haven't you gotten married yet?" Now that the time has passed, it's no use to say it again.

In the book "Zi Bu Yu" by the beautiful cartoonist Xia Da, there is a line in the cartoon: "Missing is not a mistake, but a passing." This is probably what it means!

Nuonuo took out his cell phone and placed it on the rock next to him. It was an Apple iPhone, and the round back reflected the light.

"I was born at 9:15 in the evening. Let's wait and see if anyone calls to give me a gift before 9:15." said Nono.

Nine fifteen. Lu Mingfei was stunned. This time sounded very familiar.

"Don't come on. Even if Caesar didn't make it, how could others not give you gifts?" Lu Mingfei thought that Chen Wenwen received dozens of gifts on her birthday.

"No, all potential suitors were scared away by Caesar's domineering aura." Nono laughed, "Speaking of which, do you want to go somewhere in the United States?"

“I want to go to New York,” Lu Mingfei said. “I know a friend in the United States, his name is Lao Tang. Lao Tang and I used to play StarCraft together, and he said that if I came to the United States, he would take me on a Greyhound ride to travel around.”[1]
"Take a Greyhound ride? It's fun." said Nono.

"You have a Bugatti Veyron and a Ferrari and you still say Greyhound is good, which makes people think you really care about poor children."

"No, Greyhound has its advantages. You just follow it and get off when you see a place you think is beautiful. You don't need to drive or plan a direction. It's just like rolling the dice to see where you will travel to." Nono said, "Tell me about your past to kill time."

"Then it's only fair that you say what I say."

"Well," Nuonuo thought for a moment, "wait until your birthday to tell me."

"Okay! It's a deal!"

That night Lu Mingfei couldn’t remember how long he talked. He talked about everything from Chen Wenwen to Liu Miaomiao, from Chu Zihang to Zhao Menghua, from hot feet to cold feet, and finally he was shivering with cold.

At the end of the speech, Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that he was the only one talking, but he didn't know whether Nuonuo was listening or not. Her eyes sometimes fell on her mobile phone, and sometimes looked into the distance.

"Okay, let's go." Nuonuo glanced at his watch and put away his phone.

"Yeah, okay." Lu Mingfei also stood up and patted his butt. "Are you waiting for someone to call you?"

Nuo Nuo was stunned, then smiled with narrowed eyes: "Yes, I'm waiting for someone to give me a gift."

"Isn't it Caesar?"

"Not Caesar."

"Who are you waiting for?"

"Don't tell you."

"You're being arrogant."

"What's so arrogant about a girl waiting for someone to give her a gift on her birthday?" Nuo Nuo jumped up, "I'm really waiting for someone to give me a gift."

Nuonuo walked in front with her shoes in her hand, humming a song softly. Lu Mingfei followed closely, and there were bright car lights in front of them.

"Have you received your birthday present?" Nuonuo asked casually.

“Yes.” Lu Mingfei thought about it. In fact, his uncle would also give him a small gift on his birthday, and occasionally there were gifts from classmates. For example, in return for the CD, Chen Wenwen gave him a pen.

"I haven't received it." said Nono.

"No way?" Lu Mingfei didn't believe it.

"Because I was very stubborn when I was little, I didn't want to tell anyone my birthday, I thought my birthday was my secret." Nono stood on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky, "Later I realized that secrets are not fun if you don't tell anyone. If you keep your birthday a secret, no one will give you a gift. In fact, you still want a gift in your heart... It's just too awkward and I don't want to say it out."

"And Caesar?"

"Caesar just found out. He checked my admission information. I didn't actually tell him."

Lu Mingfei was a little dazed. At this moment, in his eyes, this majestic girl named Chen Motong suddenly became very, very lonely, a lonely and thin girl.

He glanced at his watch. It was just past 9:15 p.m. Suddenly, he remembered something.

"Show me...the flowers..." He recited it softly, as if reciting an ancient magic spell.

(End of this chapter)