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Su Enxi's brain started working at high speed.
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In mid-December, along with Lu Mingfei's novel royalties of over 12 yuan, came the news that his previous essay had been shortlisted for the finals.
The vast Shilan Middle School had three essays shortlisted for the final round of the provincial high school essay competition.
All thirty essays in the final round are guaranteed to win at least a third prize in the provincial competition.
This is a battle of the gods among millions of high school students across the province. No one knows who will truly stand out. Only those who participate know the pressure they are under.
Not to mention the ordinary top students in Lu Mingfei's class, even Chu Zihang's essay didn't make it to the finals.
One story by Lu Mingfei, one story by Xia Mi, and another about a group of ordinary female academic geniuses.
The boys who heard the rumor were very excited; Chu Zihang's control had loosened!
God bleeds; He is not invincible! Lu Mingfei, you are a hero to all the boys except Chu Zihang!
It's like playing a game where, facing the final boss, a brother closes his eyes, fearlessly charges forward to initiate a team fight—it's exhilarating...
Then, they saw their rising star, Lu Mingfei, playing badminton with Xia Mi and Chu Zihang...
The badminton game between the three was spectacular. They smashed the shuttlecocks without holding back, and the swishing sound made you instinctively want to dodge.
After Xia Mi awakened her bloodline, her physique improved dramatically. Despite her small stature and short stature, she can jump as high as 1.8 meters.
The only disadvantage is that Lu Mingfei didn't have a powerful cheat code, but everyone was just playing around and wouldn't get really into a fight.
The three took turns. After playing for most of the class, Lu Mingfei went to buy water, while Xia Mi and Chu Zihang stopped after deciding the winner of their round.
The two went to the bench under the tree and sat down one at a time to wait for Lu Mingfei to return.
After sitting down, Xia Mi asked Chu Zihang, "Senior Chu Zihang, why didn't your essay win an award?"
"Perhaps we went a bit off-topic." Chu Zihang's eyes remained calm, showing no negative emotions despite his defeat in the provincial essay competition.
When Lu Mingfei returned with the water, he first handed it to Chu Zihang, who was nearby, saying, "Water."
"Thank you."
Lu Mingfei walked over to Xia Mi and handed her another bottle of water.
Xia Mi smiled brightly as she took the water, "Thank you, Boss Lu."
Then Lu Mingfei sat down next to Xia Mi.
Because Xia Mi initially sat in the middle, Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi were quite close after he sat down, with only a fist's distance between their shoulders.
But none of the three paid attention to the distance and quietly drank water to quench their thirst.
Actually, the system wanted to sit a little closer to see if Xia Mi would move aside.
Unfortunately, it wasn't on the account. Lu Mingfei, who was controlling the account, became shy in public and didn't want to get too close to a girl he wasn't in a committed relationship with.
Chapter 73 Akira Sakurai
Lu Mingfei's thin skin prevented the system from collecting the data it wanted.
Later, he argued with the system, saying, "It's not just for Chu Zihang to see; it's in public, so Xia Mi will most likely avoid it..."
Having read so many systems analyses, he no longer dares to use the word "certain."
Because the system's success rate in analyzing events is only 98% at most, it meticulously leaves a 2% margin to guard against unforeseen circumstances.
[...which is perfectly reasonable...]
Lu Mingfei's actions were within the system's expectations. Just as it had previously taken precautions against Lu Mingfei stopping writing or not writing enough words after the system stopped hosting, it was not surprised that Lu Mingfei had failed to deliver.
This suddenly made Lu Mingfei suspect that the system's perpetual 98% certainty was also a precaution against him...
He wisely continued to take over the care of the child.
The afternoon classes continued as usual. After school, I went home to cook dinner, checked on Panpan's progress, and then did an hour of simple exercises such as running and push-ups.
There aren't many gyms in the city, at least not in Lu Mingfei's memory, but the system is also quite cunning in arranging outdoor workouts.
There are quite a few students at Shilan Middle School, and several of them live nearby. If they see Lu Mingfei exercising, their impression of him might change and deepen further.
If they tell others about it while chatting in class, they might gain some unexpected fame.
After exercising, the system went back to eat high-quality protein, feeling very hungry.
After finishing my meal and taking a shower, I glanced at the stock market and casually invested my newly received royalties into the stock market to continue making money.
Over the past few days, Panpan has witnessed everything Lu Mingfei has done, and his strong self-discipline in his daily life has earned her deep admiration.
Later that night, Lu Mingfei couldn't get started with "The Origin of Alchemy," so the system didn't accompany Panpan to work on alchemy in the study. Instead, Lu Mingfei wrote in his room to earn money.
Xia Mi came to visit again, and she stayed with Panpan in the study to study alchemy.
Actually, it was just to harass Panpan, who was focused on studying alchemy.
"Brother Lu Mingfei and Sister Xia Mi, my essay was selected for a provincial competition. Do you know how prestigious this award is? It's the best in the whole province..."
Xia Mi enthusiastically told Panpan, who hadn't even finished elementary school, about what happened at school.
Panpan listened quietly to these unfamiliar things, and then, observing Xia Mi's expression, would say "Wow, that's amazing!" at the right moment.
Her performance, so convincing, quickly wore Xia Mi down, who then roughly rubbed her little head.
"Wow, Panpan, how are you so smart!"
Although Panpan came from a family with limited formal education, she was certainly good at reading people and situations.
She then brought up things that Panpan could talk about: "How have you been staying at your brother Lu Mingfei's house these past few days?"
“Great! Brother Lu Mingfei…” Panpan praised Brother Lu Mingfei without hesitation.
In fact, neither Lu Mingfei nor the system would show any special concern for Panpan, so as not to put pressure on this smart child.
Lu Mingfei's normal treatment made Panpan feel very comfortable living here, without feeling scared or afraid, and it felt more like she had joined a family.
"Brother Lu Mingfei still insists on exercising every day..." Panpan's clever little eyes watched Xia Mi's expression, trying to figure out what Xia Mi thought of Brother Lu Mingfei.
Xia Mi listened with amusement, not showing any significant emotional fluctuation in front of her.
Panpan knows that when she gets married, she definitely hopes that the two people who care about her the most can...
"Da da da!"
Three knocks on the door interrupted Xia Mi's cheerful conversation and Panpan's speech.
Xia Mi, Panpan, and Lu Mingfei all came out of the room, looking at the doorway with some confusion.
Not many people know about Lu Mingfei's family.
"Who?"
Panpan called out and ran forward to open the door.
The door opened, and a tired-looking young man stood outside. He immediately spotted the people inside the house.
His gaze lingered on Lu Mingfei's face. The two locked eyes for only a moment before the young man knelt down at the door, bowing his head and presenting an opened email with both hands.
???
The three people in the room looked at each other, puzzled.
……
An email quietly landed in the staff dormitory of a school in Japan.
When the school janitor, Akira Sakurai, woke up, he was somewhat bewildered to see the email on his pillow, wondering when it had been delivered.
The door to his single dormitory room was made of iron and was always locked from the outside at night; the noise of opening and closing the door was enough to wake him up.
But the letter landed silently beside his pillow. What if the sender wasn't there to deliver a message, but to take his life...?
Sakurai Akira touched his neck, feeling a chill. But then he smiled knowingly. He was going to die anyway, there was no tomorrow, so why bother with these things?
He opened the letter; inside was a letter, a card holder, and a vial of medicine.
The pale-colored potion came with instructions. Injecting it would put his life on a countdown timer, leaving him only one month. But during that time, he would gain the power to escape the school…
Akira Sakurai's breathing quickened involuntarily, feeling the power to escape this school! However, the reminder that his life was on a countdown brought him back to his senses.
According to his family, if nothing unexpected happens to him by the time he turns 40, he will be free to leave this school prison.
He gritted his teeth, put down the medicine, and picked up the letter.
The letter recorded an incident: a young man named Lu Mingfei in China casually saved a dangerous mixed-race person who had no prior connection with him.
The situation of that dangerous hybrid is extremely precarious; it has already reached the point of dragonification.
The letter didn't specify what technology Lu Mingfei used or how much he paid, but with Lu Mingfei's help, that dangerous hybrid had shed his red-label status and could now live in the sunlight as a normal person...
Looking at Lu Mingfei's profile picture, Sakurai Akira's breathing quickened.
As a normal person, living freely in the sunlight... wait, why should Lu Mingfei save him?
He continued to open the small card holder, which contained dozens of large Japanese yen bills, as well as a piece of paper detailing the entire smuggling process, including the money for the smuggling and the route to Lu Mingfei's house after disembarking...
They even considered the awkwardness of him not knowing Chinese when he went to China, and marked all the details clearly. Theoretically, he could go to Lu Mingfei's house alone without saying a word, knock on the door, kneel down and beg him to save him.
This is clearly an attempt to get him to escape and seek refuge with Lu Mingfei...
The school bell rang, it was time to go, and even the dangerous mixed-race school worker had to get to work.
Sakurai Akira suppressed his excitement, almost gritting his teeth to keep his emotions from getting out of control.
But after finishing his work, he looked at the green hills outside the school wall, and then at the electric fence on the school mast...
Students and staff are not allowed to leave the school because they are dangerous mixed-race individuals. The school is surrounded by electric fences, making it essentially a prison.
Japanese mixed-race individuals are placed in a dangerous prison.
After completing high school, Akira Sakurai did not pursue university studies but was instead assigned to work as a school janitor.
His family comes to check on him every year, saying that once he turns 40, he can leave the school and live a normal life outside...
At 40, almost an old man, only then can he gain freedom and connect with the outside world... Thinking of this, Sakurai Akira chose to return to his dormitory without hesitation.
……
Xia Mi, surprisingly fluent in Japanese, translated Sakurai Akira's letter and his purpose, then asked Lu Mingfei, "So what do we do with this guy? We don't know who leaked the information, but Panpan..."