Chapter 1 Confession Lu Mingfei pushed open the toilet door and walked in, his heart pounding. He took a deep breath, turned on the faucet, and splashed the cold water on his face with both hands. The cold water brought a moment of clarity, but it could not dispel the tension and anxiety in his heart. He stared at himself in the mirror, and his eyes, which had seemed a little lifeless before, now revealed a bit of determination. "Lu Mingfei, you can do it. You have made perfect preparations this time. You will definitely succeed. If your confession fails, you can just go abroad to study." He placed his hands on the sink, holding the edge of the sink tightly, as if he could get some courage this way. The water that had just been splashed on his face slowly dripped down his cheeks. He looked at his nervous face in the mirror, and kept talking to himself to cheer himself up. His name is Lu Mingfei and he is an ordinary senior high school student who is about to graduate. Yesterday, he received an admission letter from a top foreign university, something he never dreamed of. He originally thought that with his poor grades he could only attend an ordinary second-tier university in China, become an ordinary white-collar worker after graduation, get married and have children, and live an ordinary life. However, the interview yesterday seemed to change his fate. When he learned that he not only passed the interview but also received a high scholarship, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. However, he soon fell into a dilemma again. If he went to study abroad, he might never be able to be with the girl he liked again. The girl he liked was called Chen Wenwen, a literary girl who wore a white dress and liked to sit by the window in the library and read quietly with Duras's "The Lover".
Chen Wenwen is the head of the school's literature department. Yesterday, she proposed to hold a graduation party for the department. Lu Mingfei, as the deputy head of the literature department, was the first to respond to the call and worked hard to help the girls prepare for the party. Originally, something as noble as literature had nothing to do with Lu Mingfei, an old fan of the second dimension, who only liked to read young and passionate comics and rushed to the Internet cafe to play StarCraft as soon as school was over. But who made the head of the literature department Chen Wenwen? So Lu Mingfei joined the literature department without hesitation. By doing odd jobs for the literature department and doing things that other members were unwilling to do, he was successfully promoted to deputy head by the girl. In order to have common topics with Chen Wenwen, this poor guy read a lot of literary works in the library, but he still had nothing to talk about with the girl. Instead, he felt a little sad because of reading some Japanese literature. This time they planned to book a small hall in a movie theater to watch a movie. This would be the last gathering of the literature department before graduation. Lu Mingfei felt that this might be the only chance in his life to confess his love to a girl. "Flowers, music, and loud confession, with these three things I should be able to succeed." He remembered the winning confession method he learned from the senior student who interviewed him at a top foreign university yesterday. He had already figured out a way to arrange the music. The movie they watched in the cinema this time was "Wall-E", and the soundtrack where Eve and Wall-E broke the sound barrier was extremely touching. Lu Mingfei bribed the projectionist with a pack of fake Zhonghua cigarettes in advance. When this part was shown, the projectionist would turn on the lights of the cinema. Then he would walk to the front of the screen under everyone's surprised gaze, and loudly confess his love to Chen Wenwen with the accompaniment of touching music. He had already thought of the words to confess his love. He pieced together the most romantic sentences from the books and movies he had read, which he had carefully memorized in the past, fantasizing about saying them to the girl he liked one day. Now, the opportunity has finally come, and for this purpose he even practiced on the rooftop for an entire night last night. As for the flowers... Lu Mingfei carefully took out a white plastic bag from under the sink, and then slowly opened it, as if there were some priceless jewels inside. "Phew~ It's still intact. I spent so much energy picking them." He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw what was inside. In the bag was a bunch of relatively intact dandelions, which he had spent a lot of energy picking yesterday. There was a large patch of dandelions on the back hill of their school. Dandelions would scatter if the wind blew, and Lu Mingfei had to pick almost all the dandelions off that patch before he could just keep this relatively intact bunch of dandelions. According to his observations over the past three years, Chen Wenwen likes dandelions very much. Whenever the dandelions are in full bloom in the back hills, Chen Wenwen will go to the back hills to see the dandelions, and at that time, Lu Mingfei will hide aside and look at the girl standing among the dandelions. When the wind blew, the girl's pure white skirt swayed gently, and she was surrounded by dandelions all over the sky. Under the orange sunset, she was so beautiful. That scene was deeply engraved in Lu Mingfei's heart and became his most beautiful memory. Besides the fact that Chen Wenwen liked it, another reason why Lu Mingfei chose Dandelion was that Dandelion was free and only took some time, and a loser like him lacked money the most and time the least. He saved the money for flowers and rented a cheap suit. There were only a few clothes in his closet that he had worn for a long time. He felt that such a big thing as confession should be more serious. Before going out, he secretly used his uncle's hairspray and made a hairstyle similar to that of Daniel Wu on the poster. He looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a suit and a new hairstyle. He looked quite decent. He carefully took the dandelion out of the bag and held it in front of the mirror, intending to rehearse the confession he was going to say in front of himself in the mirror.
He took a deep breath and recalled the practice on the rooftop last night, going through every word in his mind. He pondered every sentence and every pause countless times. The dandelion in his hand looked particularly fragile under the light, and the tiny hairs seemed to be about to fly away at any time. He felt that his courage was as fragile as this dandelion, and could be blown away by the wind of reality at any time. He actually knew that his confession would most likely fail, but he still wanted to charge at the windmill like Don Quixote, as an explanation for his three years in high school. Just as he raised the dandelion and hadn't spoken yet, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt someone leaning behind him and blowing a deep breath. "My flowers!!!" Lu Mingfei looked at the dandelions floating in the air and the bare stems in his hands, and let out a shrill scream. "Brother, the flower language of dandelions is love that can never stay. No one would use dandelions to express their love to others." Just as Lu Mingfei was looking at the dandelions floating in the air with tears in his eyes, a childish voice came from beside him. Lu Mingfei turned his head angrily to look. He wanted to see who blew away the dandelions he had picked with so much effort. He was a little boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a pure black tuxedo, with slightly curly hair and a fair and tender face as cute as a doll. I would have thought he was a nobleman from some family. The most peculiar thing was that his pupils were actually light gold. "Brother, I have never seen anyone express love with dandelions. The dandelions will fly away before you even get close to the girl. To express love, you should use red roses. The flower language of red roses is 'I love you, every day', representing the most passionate love." The boy smiled at Lu Mingfei and said, with his hands behind his back as if holding something. The white fluorescent light in the toilet shone on the boy's young face, making his smile look so pure and innocent. "Of course I know I should use red roses, but that also depends on whether I have money!" Lu Mingfei bent down angrily and put his hands on the boy's fair face and pinched it. Although he was very angry, he had not lost his mind, and he did not use too much force to pinch the boy's face. The boy's face was as soft as marshmallow, and Lu Mingfei couldn't help but pinch it a few more times. "Alas... maybe this is life." Lu Mingfei sighed, removed his hand from the boy's face, and then his whole body drooped like a deflated ball. His confession had failed before it even began. His shoulders slumped and his eyes became dull, as if the weight of the world was pressing down on him. "Where..." The boy stretched out his hands behind his back, and Lu Mingfei realized that he was holding a big bouquet of red roses. There were 99 roses in the bouquet arranged in a heart shape, with bright red petals stacked up like a burning flame, as if every petal was telling of passionate love. The peach-colored petals appear very soft and elegant, with rich layers and a light tea scent. Lu Mingfei had asked at a flower shop before that a bouquet of roses this big would cost nearly 1,000 yuan. This was undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Lu Mingfei, who only had 100 or 200 yuan in pocket money a month. Not to mention that this bouquet of roses was completely different from the ones he saw in the flower shop and looked very expensive. The boy stuffed the flowers into Lu Mingfei's hand. "Is this... for me?" Lu Mingfei was a little dazed as he looked at the rose stuffed into his hand, his eyes lingering between the bouquet and the boy. "Brother, aren't you going to confess your feelings? Dandelions can't do that." The boy rubbed his cheeks which had turned red from being pinched by Lu Mingfei just now, and said with a smile. "How do you know I'm going to confess my feelings? Could it be that... you were sent by Nuonuo to help me?" Nuo Nuo was the senior student whom he asked for advice yesterday on how to confess his feelings to a girl. Apart from her, Lu Mingfei had not told anyone else about his plan to confess his feelings today. "Nono? Just take it as that." The boy was stunned for a moment when he heard Lu Mingfei's words, but soon smiled again.
But for some reason, Lu Mingfei seemed to see a hint of cunning in that lovely smiling face, like a fox that stole a chicken, with a mischievous gleam in his eyes. There was an elusive mystery in the boy's smile. "If it's not Nuonuo, then who is it?" Lu Mingfei couldn't think of anyone else who would come to help him except Nuonuo. "Brother, don't think too much. Time is running out." The boy raised his hand and showed Lu Mingfei the watch on his wrist. Nearly twenty minutes had passed since Lu Mingfei left the cinema and went to the bathroom. As time went by, Lu Mingfei, who had calmed down, became panicked again. He went to the bathroom halfway through the movie to practice his confession. The movie would soon reach the position agreed upon with the projectionist, but now he became timid again and was afraid to step into the screening room. "Brother, to confess your feelings, you need not only courage but also wallet." The boy walked up to Lu Mingfei, put his hands on his shoulders and said seriously. Lu Mingfei looked at the boy standing on tiptoe and putting his hands on his shoulders. His cute little face had a serious expression, as if he wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to do so. "Come in." The boy removed his hand from Lu Mingfei's shoulder and snapped his fingers toward the bathroom door. Soon, a beautiful lady wearing a black leather jacket and a high ponytail, with an almost perfect figure and a delicate face, pushed open the toilet door and walked in, carrying a bag. Her long legs and tall figure could not be ignored, but her face, which seemed to have been kissed by God, had no expression at all and looked a little unapproachable. Every step she took as she walked in seemed to carry an invisible pressure. Lu Mingfei looked at that beautiful face and those long legs that were longer than his life, and was stunned for a moment. This was probably the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life, much more beautiful than the stars on TV, but he soon came to his senses. “Miss…you…you’ve come to the wrong place…this is the men’s restroom…” Lu Mingfei looked at the beautiful woman approaching him, and spoke stutteringly with a hint of panic in his voice. The woman ignored Lu Mingfei's words, walked up to Lu Mingfei, snatched the rose from his hand, placed it on the sink beside him, and then began to tear off the cheap suit on him. Before Lu Mingfei could react, his suit was torn off by the woman, and then the woman started to pull off his pants. "Ya Butterfly!" Lu Mingfei yelled, then desperately grabbed his pants and looked at the woman with horror. Then he slowly backed away and leaned against the wall like a frightened quail. The beautiful woman completely ignored Lu Mingfei's struggle and continued to strip his clothes off. The woman was incredibly strong and Lu Mingfei was like a rag doll being manipulated at will. He had no power to fight back and was soon stripped down to his underwear. He was huddled naked in the corner like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. A gust of cold wind blew past, and he couldn't help but shiver. After stripping off Lu Mingfei's clothes, the woman took out a suit from the bag she had just brought in and tried to put it on Lu Mingfei. "I'll do it myself!" Lu Mingfei quickly took the suit from the woman's hand. As soon as he touched the suit, he felt a soft feeling. The smooth surface of the suit also exuded a natural luster, which made it look noble and not vulgar. That cheap suit he was wearing before was complete and utter garbage compared to this one. After Lu Mingfei put on his suit, the woman took out some bottles and cans from her bag and started spraying them on him, then started fiddling with his hair. Her slender fingers gently shuttled through his hair, as if she was carving a work of art, and every movement was carried out with unparalleled delicacy and refinement. "Very good." The boy exclaimed in admiration as he looked at Lu Mingfei who was being played with by the beautiful woman like a doll. Lu Mingfei walked to the sink after hearing the boy's praise. He looked at himself in the mirror in disbelief. His messy hair was meticulously combed back, and his thin figure looked taller and more three-dimensional against the backdrop of the high-end suit. The original unlucky guy disappeared, and in his place was a rich young man who seemed to have billions of assets. There was a hint of confidence in his eyes, and the whole person looked brand new.
"Oh, and this, it's perfect." The boy took off the watch on his wrist and put it on Lu Mingfei's wrist. It was an exquisite watch, with sparkling diamonds inlaid on the dial, which looked luxurious but not vulgar. The strap felt cool and soft, as if it had merged with his skin. "Who are you and why are you helping me?" Lu Mingfei was completely confused about the current situation. Everything that happened suddenly seemed like a dream. "Brother, now is not the time to talk about this. The time is almost up. Let's talk about it after the confession is successful." The boy picked up the rose on the sink and stuffed it into Lu Mingfei's hand, then patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder with an expression that said, "Hurry up, you've been strengthened." "Then...you guys just wait here for me. I'll come back to find you after I succeed in my confession." Lu Mingfei wanted to say something else, but the agreed time was approaching, so he could only solemnly pick up the roses, open the toilet door, and walk towards the screening room. "Boss, aren't you afraid that our Cinderella will succeed in her confession and won't go to Kassel College?" The beautiful woman who had been standing aside without saying a word, looked at Lu Mingfei's departing back, and finally couldn't help but ask the boy. "Mai, you have to know that Cinderella's magic will disappear at midnight, and then he will turn back into that bad-mouthed loser. It's hard to say what will happen after the confession is successful." “Alas… To be honest, I really hope that he can succeed in his confession and stay in the country to live out his ordinary life, but the future is out of my control, and I don’t know where his destiny will take him…” The boy’s light golden pupils looked deeply in the direction where Lu Mingfei left. His voice carried a hint of helplessness and melancholy, as if he was facing an inevitable fate. At this moment, the atmosphere in the bathroom became extremely quiet, with only their two voices echoing in the air, as if a rehearsal of fate had begun. Lu Mingfei walked on the way to the screening room, and his originally timid heart gradually became firmer. He felt like a knight who had been blessed by magic, now wearing shining armor, holding a sharp sword, and burning with endless courage and confidence. If he had just taken the best sword in the village and set out on his own to defeat the Demon King before, now he was wearing the best divine armor and leading thousands of troops to the Demon King's castle. Every step was full of determination, as if even the floor beneath his feet was shaking with his determination. He pushed open the door of the screening room and walked in. The lights in the screening room were dim, and warm animation pictures were playing on the screen. Everyone was immersed in the plot of the movie, and no one cared when he left or came back. Only Su Xiaoqiang, who was sitting next to him in the last row, noticed it. "Why did you take so long to come back? It's been almost half an hour. I thought you fell into the toilet... Wait, where did you get such a big bouquet of flowers?" Before Su Xiaoqiang finished speaking, his eyes were attracted by the bouquet of beautiful roses in Lu Mingfei's hand. The rose bouquet was particularly eye-catching under the dim light, as if each petal was emitting a soft glow. The peach-colored petals, layered one on top of the other, formed a romantic heart shape. Each flower looked so bright and juicy. Lu Mingfei ignored Su Xiaoqiang's words and walked straight towards the screen. He held the flowers and walked with great determination, as if declaring war on his own destiny. He came to the screen holding flowers, and everyone's eyes were attracted by him. At this moment, Lu Mingfei was like a brave knight, walking towards the battlefield under the gaze of everyone. "Lu Mingfei, what are you doing!" One of them, a man sitting in the middle seat, wearing a suit and shaped like a ball, shouted loudly. His name was Xu Miaomiao, Lu Mingfei's classmate and also a member of the literature department. The movie just happened to arrive at the location that had been agreed upon with the projectionist in advance. The music started playing, and on the screen, Eve and Wall-E broke the sound barrier and flew across the sky. The soundtrack of the movie was full of touching emotions. At this moment, the lights in the cinema lit up and shone on Lu Mingfei, making him the focus of the entire screening room. “This is? Lu Mingfei!?” Everyone in the literature department in the screening room looked at Lu Mingfei in front of the screen, looking like a nobleman, in disbelief. Lu Mingfei now seems to be shining, completely different from the inconspicuous loser he usually is. Su Xiaoqiang was even more surprised when she saw Lu Mingfei clearly, because she recognized the suit Lu Mingfei was wearing. It was a high-end suit hand-made in Italy and was very valuable.
What surprised her most was the watch on Lu Mingfei's wrist, which was a Patek Philippe worth tens of millions. As for why she knew it so clearly, it was because she had just gone to Italy with her father to customize such a suit some time ago, and also participated in an auction, where this Patek Philippe was the finale item. Chen Wenwen, the girl in white sitting in the front row, was also staring blankly at Lu Mingfei in front of the screen. She recognized that what Lu Mingfei was holding was the "Juliet Rose", the most expensive rose in history that she had seen in a book before. At this time, the projectionist also poked his head out of the screening room door and gave Lu Mingfei a thumbs up, with a fake Zhonghua cigarette Lu Mingfei gave him in his mouth, with an expression that said "come on boy". Lu Mingfei took a deep breath after seeing this, and recalled in his mind the words of confession he had rehearsed for a long time. "Three years have passed, and our classmates in the literary club will probably be separated. Maybe we will rarely get together again after we are separated. From now on, every time in spring, summer, autumn and winter, when the flowers bloom and fade, the snow falls and the snow melts, we will no longer be together. , I feel a little sad when I think about it... As a director of the literary club, I am very happy to stand here and give the final speech. Originally, these speeches should be given to all the students, but I only want to say to one person..." "Lu Mingfei, what on earth do you want to say!" At this time, another ball sitting next to Xu Miaomiao opened his mouth and shouted loudly. His name was Xu Yanyan and he was Xu Miaomiao's twin brother. "Shut up! I'm not going to tell you! I just want to tell Chen Wenwen! I've liked her for three years! Don't say three, three, and three more years! I don't want to be a good person all my life!" Lu Mingfei roared in the most vicious tone of his life. He roared out all the sadness and depression of his secret love in the past three years. He felt that at this moment he was very much like those suited thugs in the movies. He turned his gaze back to Chen Wenwen, who was sitting in the front row. "Chen Wenwen, I like you." When Lu Mingfei said the four words "I like you", he felt relieved, but soon he became nervous again. He was looking forward to the next answer, but was afraid to hear the answer he didn't want to hear. "I...I..." Chen Wenwen looked at Lu Mingfei in front of the screen, feeling a little at a loss. She stammered for a long time but couldn't utter a complete sentence. At this time, Zhao Menghua, who was sitting on the other side of Chen Wenwen, stood up, and the two brothers Xu Miaomiao and Xu Yanyan, who were sitting behind him, also stood up immediately and handed something to Zhao Menghua. It was a huge bouquet of red roses with what looked like 999 flowers. Although they didn’t look as pretty as Lu Mingfei’s roses, they crushed Lu Mingfei’s in terms of number. Zhao Menghua was also wearing an exquisite suit today and had his hair combed like an adult. He was at the top of the "List of Those Who Should Be Punished" in school after Chu Zihang graduated. Not only was his family rich, he also had good grades and was even good at sports. There were a lot of girls in school who liked him, and he had a large group of younger brothers who served him wholeheartedly. "Originally, I wanted to say some things after the movie, but I didn't expect something unexpected to happen. But it's not too late to say it now, Chen Wenwen! I like you! I have liked you since the first time I saw you three years ago!" Zhao Menghua knelt on one knee with flowers in her hand, then took out a box from her arms and opened it. Inside was an exquisite platinum ring, which seemed to be engraved with something. Chen Wenwen looked at Zhao Menghua kneeling on one knee, covered her mouth in surprise, and there seemed to be sparkling tears in her eyes. "Promise him! Promise him! Promise him! Boss Zhao is awesome!" All the members of the Literature Department sitting in the audience, except Su Xiaoqiang, started to make a noise, while Su Xiaoqiang sat in his seat, his face almost turning green with anger. The Xu Miaomiao brothers immediately came behind Zhao Menghua and held up a huge banner that read "Chen Wenwen I Love You". "Lu Mingfei, you are such a loser, you want to take advantage of others and look at yourself. The monitor is the woman our boss Zhao likes. This literature department party is specially prepared for Zhao and the monitor. Go back to where you came from! You are wearing some knockoffs and you want to show off your wealth. Ugh!" The two Xu Miaomiao brothers, who were like balls, held a banner and arrogantly mocked Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei ignored them and stared at Chen Wenwen, waiting for her answer. The lights of the cinema seemed to be focused between him and Chen Wenwen, and the air was filled with tension and expectation. Chen Wenwen's eyes wandered between Lu Mingfei and Zhao Menghua, and finally she said softly to Lu Mingfei: "Lu Mingfei, I'm sorry... I still like Zhao Menghua more..." The gentle words hit Lu Mingfei's heart like a heavy hammer. At that moment, he seemed to hear the sound of his heart breaking. He felt that his timid, soft but passionate heart was torn into pieces in an instant. Zhao Menghua was so excited that his mouth almost cracked when he heard Chen Wenwen's words. He took the ring out of the box and put it on Chen Wenwen's middle finger, then hugged her in his arms and gave Lu Mingfei a provocative smile. That smile was full of the pride of a winner, as if declaring his sovereignty.
"Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss!" The people in the audience started to make noises again. Zhao Menghua hugged Chen Wenwen and looked down into her eyes. Chen Wenwen's cheeks flushed, and she raised her head, closed her eyes, and leaned towards Zhao Menghua. "Oh! Oh! Oh!" There were ghosts howling all around. Lu Mingfei looked at the two people kissing each other and wanted to throw the rose in his hand directly at them, but in the end he did nothing. After all, this bouquet of flowers is not his, and he will have to return it later. He lowered his head so that people around him could not see his expression, and the hand holding the rose also dropped. The originally bright and juicy rose seemed to begin to wither, and the elegant fragrance began to dissipate. A voice kept echoing in Lu Mingfei's mind. "I should have guessed this outcome a long time ago. How could a girl like Chen Wenwen fall for a loser like you?" "When everyone was setting up the screening room together and you were the only one sent away, you should have guessed that everyone wanted to play a trick on you, but why didn't you give up, Lu Mingfei?" "why why why?" Lu Mingfei felt himself enveloped by endless darkness. He felt extremely cold and his whole body was shaking. Drops of warm water dripped down his cheeks onto the ground. Lu Mingfei felt that he should leave. This place was like the wedding of a prince and a princess, with the prince and princess standing in the center of the stage accepting blessings from the guests, and he was just a clown for their entertainment. He started running towards the door of the screening room. He felt like a stray dog running away from its home. When the people around him saw him leaving, they burst into unbridled laughter. "Look, that guy looks like a dog!" Only Su Xiaoqiang said: "Lu Mingfei, wait for me!" Lu Mingfei ignored the laughter and Su Xiaoqiang's shouts behind him and just ran forward desperately. He had only one thought in his mind, which was to escape from here. Every step was like escaping from a nightmare, and everything around him seemed to be mercilessly laughing at his failure. Soon he passed through the projection room and came to the door of the cinema. He pushed the door open and ran out. The air outside was cold and biting, like a ruthless reality rushing towards him. He had just run to the middle of the road when suddenly a dazzling light from a distance shone on him, dazzling him. He could not help but stop and shield his eyes with his hands before he could see clearly what was emitting the light. The roar of the engine came from not far away, followed by a violent crash. Lu Mingfei felt as if he was flying in the air, and soon he fell heavily to the ground. A sharp pain shot through my body, and blood continued to ooze out, beginning to form a small pool of blood on the ground. "Damn it! Damn it! Lu Mingfei, you can't die. If you die, the school will kill me!" A vague voice sounded in his ears. "Am I going to die? Is this what death feels like?" Lu Mingfei lay on the ground, his consciousness gradually becoming blurred. Before he completely fainted, he saw a red Ferrari in front of him with its high beams on and its hood completely dented. The white airbag in the car had already popped out. A beautiful woman with fiery red hair, wearing high heels and a red evening dress, covered her head, staggered open the car door, and walked towards Lu Mingfei. She seemed to be muttering something, but Lu Mingfei could no longer hear it. He only felt his body getting colder and colder, his consciousness gradually drifting away, the world in front of him becoming more and more blurry, and finally he fell into endless darkness. Please forgive the update issues. I will try my best to finish this book. (End of this chapter)