When I woke up early, I heard cicadas screaming desperately, the sun was shining a little poisonously, and the room was as stuffy as the monster steaming the fat monk in "Journey to the West".
Lu Mingfei lay on the cold tiles on the floor with his limbs spread out like a pig that had been slaughtered alive. His eyes were fixed on the electric fan blades that were shaking slightly up and down. The wind chime hanging on the window was swinging gently, and the white sign was written in ink.
The word '大吉' is constantly rotating to reveal the blue cloudless sky behind it.
The house was so quiet that the only thing that could be heard was the rising and falling movements of the chests of something between a dead pig and a dead dog. Occasionally, the clear ringing of a bicycle bell could be heard outside the window, and occasionally the sound of a popsicle seller's horn could be heard along the sun-baked streets.
The seasoning of summer is naturally mixed with the chirping of cicadas. The sound is like a broken radio next to the barbecue. The sizzling noises resound through the clear sky one after another, trying to drag people back to a longer time.
.
Even Lu Mingfei's thoughts are constantly drifting away in these traces of summer: Will I die if I continue like this? Does the world love me? Will tomorrow be better? Where is my future? Tonight
What to eat? Does anyone love me?
No one gave him the answers to these questions. Jay Chou's "Daoxiang" drifted from the street outside the window. The lyrics were sung "If you fall, you don't dare to move forward. Why do people have to be so fragile?"
"Degenerate" was scolded, stabbing his spine intentionally or unintentionally.
But the more the lyrics scolded Lu Mingfei, the lazier he became, and the lazier he became, he didn't want to move. Without the wisdom to buy bamboo mats in advance, the cold ceramic tiles were the last bit of warmth he needed to survive this summer - the cold temperature.
Crunch.
The blades of the electric fan suddenly rose and fell, and Lu Mingfei's eyes suddenly widened, like a beached whale seeing the waves of the rising tide... Unfortunately, everything fell into dead silence again after that, and the popsicle seller outside the window was still shouting.
Jay Chou in Xiangli was still running forward, while the cicada screamed desperately.
The room was as quiet as if someone had died. If we were to be honest about who died, it must have been Lu Mingfei's innocence - what defeats us in this world is often not innocence, but innocence and enthusiasm.
On July 17, 2011, during the summer vacation of his freshman year at Kassel College, Lu Mingfei was lying in the small house at home where there was a power outage, like a beached whale waiting for death.
In the contemporary society of the 21st century, hot summer is no longer a rare disaster. In the high-carbon society, the apocalyptic topic of global warming has surpassed the Four Monarchs, Black Emperor, Ragnarok and other disasters that are sung every day.
From my personal perspective, what's even worse is that any of the above is true... but Lu Mingfei has no real feelings about any of them.
For Lu Mingfei, the Four Great Monarchs, the fate of mankind, and global warming are all too far away for him. They are as far away as the red balloons floating in the sky, hidden in the reflection of the glass curtain walls of the buildings, flying farther and farther.
High until it disappeared out of sight, it exploded with a bang.
Even if he knew that those were mirages that were destined to happen or had already happened, he could not change the direction, so he never panicked or worried.
He feels that the so-called disaster is to wait until the meteorite passes over your head and you look up to see its trajectory and wind pressure, and when the price of pork rises to the point where you have to jump off the chopping board and bite you, then you can truly realize: Oh
, it turns out that the end of the world is really coming.
For example, he can already feel the disaster befalling him. The street commissary notified his community of a power outage early in the morning. There will be no electricity on his meter until nine o'clock in the evening. It just so happens that today's mobile phone weather forecast
A red high temperature warning has been issued. The maximum temperature will reach over 40°C at 1 p.m., which is enough to make lunch on the hood of a car by cracking an egg.
With the power outage in this weather, Lu Mingfei felt like a little pudding in the refrigerator, melting away little by little, leaking from the gaps in the tiles until it seeped and dried into the concrete and steel bars of the building.
Scientists say that solar activity interferes with the positioning of whales, causing them to mistakenly swim into the beach and die because of their magnetic field induction. However, Lu Mingfei thought that maybe those whales were simply exposed to the sun and were so hot that they couldn't stand it like himself. He couldn't think about it for a while and ran aground.
Then died.
Lu Mingfei felt that he was the whale that couldn't be imagined. He lay on the ground and felt the high temperature as he cut open his body one by one, roasting every organ inside until crispy. The cicadas chirped and whispered whether it was better to add cumin or chili.
He didn't consider the feeling of this whale wanting to eat a popsicle at all - the popsicle seller downstairs was indeed shouting, but when Lu Mingfei's thoughts were distracted, he had already followed the tricycle away, and he had already gone downstairs to catch up.
It was too late, so in the end I could only sprinkle cumin and chili powder.
He suddenly missed the Dragon Slaying Academy far away in Illinois. Although their professors and students were bullshit, their courses were also bullshit, and their outlook on life was even more bullshit, at any rate, that academy was founded by the Bronze Masters known as the Four Monarchs.
After the carpet bombing with the Fire Lord Constantine, the Humane Academy was able to pull out the power grid again the next day.
There was never a power outage at Kassel College. The only power outage that Lu Mingfei remembers after enrolling was when the Norma power grid was blown up by an intruder. Other than that, the air conditioner can be enjoyed all year round. Where is the red high temperature warning?
A power outage for maintenance is such a waste? But after the holiday, Lu Mingfei also completely said goodbye to the 24-hour late-night snack restaurant Yangfafu, and returned to his aunt's house in the coastal city - this was the only place he could come back to.
Already.
It's quite nonsense to say.
Lu Mingfei never felt any sense of belonging to Kassel College, a place where "dragons" ruled the world as an intelligent race, but the facts told him that it was never the place that gave people a sense of belonging in this world, but the place.
The people from that place - originally he had made up his mind that if Lin Nian chose to spend the summer vacation in the college, he would have to follow him around as a leg brace.
But it is a pity that as soon as the holiday came, Lin Nian directly bought a plane ticket with Xiaotiannu and went home. After Chu Zihang stayed in school for three days to handle the affairs of the Lion Heart Club, he also flew back to China; Student Union
Chairman Caesar asked for leave in advance and returned to Portofino before the holiday. The reason was that if he went late, he would miss the best waves on the Portofino coast... The consciousness of the leader of the Lion Heart Student Union suddenly became clear.
In the end, even Fingel, who was in the eighth grade and will be in the ninth grade next year, packed up the huge gambling money he had earned through the illegal opening of the market after one school year and returned to his hometown in Germany. He took the CC1000 express train to leave school.
At that time, Lu Mingfei was so excited that he suffered from horse hoof disease. His scholarship was stuck because he had not returned several papers. He turned around and searched for the probability of high-speed rail derailment...
After returning to the dormitory, Lu Mingfei suddenly found that he was the only one left in the originally huge place. Everything on each bed was neatly tidied up. When he stood in front of the dormitory door in a daze, Ling Ling passed by behind him.
(After the Battle of Constantine, men and women lived in the same dormitory building.) She looked so small and was dragging a suitcase that looked bigger than hers to go back to the Soviet Union...oh no, Russia.
Looking at the empty dormitory building, Lu Mingfei suddenly had the illusion that Kassel College was just a dream. Now that he woke up from the dream, he had to go back to the coastal city where his aunt lived day and night.
The nagging, uncle’s complaints and instructing all day long disappeared. When the plane crossed the Bering Strait, took a taxi from the train station and sat along the familiar road to the end, carrying the suitcase and stood in front of the familiar community building,
Only then did he realize that he had really stepped back from the dream to reality.
In Kassel College, he was the gunman who sniped the Dragon King in the back on the night of the Battle of Constantine. He was a survivor of the Bronze Project deep in the Yangtze River and a witness, participant, and two of the fall of the Four Kings.
The Dragon Kings who have only existed throughout the ages have died directly or indirectly in his hands. His name is as famous as the Destined Dragon Slayer. Countless senior sisters who usually walk on the street and dare not take a second look have faint signs of making secret glances.
(an illusion, but not necessarily).
But what about returning to this coastal city? Faced with his familiar aunt and uncle, and the thick radish strips that were not dipped in salt, he still looked like a bad kid who had his ears twisted and preached after surfing the Internet after school at Shilan High School.
After all, Lu Mingfei wants his parents. He really hasn’t seen his father and mother this time. It is said that they are still carrying out a secret mission in a mysterious place. Lu Mingfei will have to hold the ashes and cry in mourning if his identity is exposed. If he wants a daughter,
My friend, there are indeed a lot of beauties in Kassel College, all of them are over 1.7 meters tall. If you pick any one of them, they are the future stars that Beijing Film and Television are eager to recruit. But after a whole year, the only one who has been around is like Lu Mingfei.
The only thing that means (stopping from the scandal) is the Russian girl named Zero, who is still far away from bringing her home; finally, let’s talk about money.
Oh...Lu Mingfei seems to have quite a bit of money.
With the help of Sister Lin Nian, those papers were successfully submitted the day before leaving school. The professor won a lot of praise and said that Lu Mingfei must be invited to do a public defense at the beginning of the summer semester... This made
Lu Mingfei was sweating profusely after paying sister Lin Nian "a little" for her hard work, but she could only go straight to the bridge.
The scholarship of 36,000 US dollars, after deducting the hard work fee, the remaining 35,500 US dollars is stored in the black card that is both a student card and a centurion. It is a huge amount of money that Lu Mingfei has never had in his life. But people who know how to do it have
If money floats, you will get stabbed. Lu has learned the art of keeping a low profile and biding his time. When his aunt and uncle ask about the scholarship, even if he is despised by the whole family, he has to pretend to be dumb... After all,
He was counting on this little treasury so that he could find no job after graduation and open an Internet cafe to live.
All in all, even if it's summer vacation, without those scumbag Dragon Kings and the Executive Board's "XXX Plan", life will still be the same, except that the number of times my aunt is forcing me to do it every day has increased. I am admitted to the University of Austin
The frequency of his cousin Lu Mingze arrogant in front of him has also increased... But does Lu Mingfei care? Does he care?
The three views that are washed away by someone Lin, someone Chu, and someone Kai every day have long been rotten. Unless you, Lu Mingze, can blow up the next resurrected Dragon King with your bare hands, what else can Lu Mingfei do?
The one who showed off in front of me, after all, he was also one of the three best students of Kassel who went to the Hall of Valor and received the award from Principal Angers. I heard that this honor would allow him to directly enter the executive department without assessment after graduation... What a ghost! Look at Ye
Sheng and Aki seemed to have lost half of their lives during the "Kuimen Project". In the future, he will never be angry with the iron-faced zombies when he opens an Internet cafe to charge minors for Internet access.
After "Daoxiang" was finished, "Qilixiang" was played again. Cicadas were chattering in the branches outside the window. The morning of the power outage really felt like summer. Lu Mingfei moaned as if he was suffering from heatstroke. In the living room behind the door, his aunt was cleaning the floor.
After sprinkling water to lower the indoor temperature, Lu Mingze went to his classmate's house, while his uncle took advantage of his job to enjoy the air conditioning and afternoon tea somewhere, because when he left, Lu Mingfei noticed that he was wearing the fake
A very real Rolex for afternoon tea...
The laptop on the table has a black screen and is in standby mode. Without the support of a router, it cannot connect to the Internet. This means that his last connection with Cassel College has been cut off. The professor and tutor usually chatter about "Daily Holiday Report of Cassel College".
I can't even access the "table" URL. It's even harder to log in to the overseas URL www.i-cassell-you.com on my 3G cellular network hotspot and connect to this broken laptop.
I can't do "daily" things, but I feel like there's nothing necessary to do. I'm not a busy person like Lin Nian. During the summer vacation, I play StarCraft every day, do the summer homework left by the principal, and memorize the Dragon Clan's messy "Hundred Years"
"Loneliness" is a history with the same name, and one day passed by in a daze.
That's pretty good. Lin Nian's "daily life" must be a report every day, right? Where did he destroy the dangerous hybrid organization today, where did he go to hunt down the fallen Deadpool tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow took a plane to a certain jungle.
Killing resurrected pure-blood dragons in the depths, Indiana Jones or Flying Eagle are not as diligent as him... It's not that I'm envious, at least Lin Nian sitting on who knows which plane now has air conditioning.
?Maybe there was even a soft-spoken flight attendant who handed me pickled plum juice. I really envied him for lying on the ground to escape the heat despite the high temperature warning...
Thinking wildly, Lu Mingfei squinted at the electric fan swinging up and down, hoping that the power would be restored soon so that he could go to Lu Mingze's room next door to blow on the air conditioner (they had shared rooms). At this time, the aunt next door was extremely worried.
The penetrating voice came again, "Mingfei! Don't get up early in the morning and play on the computer. Go down and buy a bag of Cantonese sausages and a handful of spring onions, and then go to the communication room to see if there are any new parcels sent!"
The aunt's voice echoed around the huge house, breaking in and out of the wall. Why didn't you take your aunt with you when you first broke into the Bronze Palace? Stand in front of Baidi City and roar a few times, Norton
I'm sure I couldn't bear the magic sound filling my brain, so I rushed out to bite and swallow this annoying middle-aged woman. This is much easier to use than Constantine's remains, and it also saves money...
Lu Mingfei climbed up from the ground without hesitation, looking up at a loss. The wind chimes on the window sill stood there quietly, the white strips of "Daji" no longer rotated, and the city outside the window was shining brightly in white.
, the sidewalk trees on the street didn’t move... Even the wind stopped after the power outage. Going out in this kind of weather is really life-threatening.
"Hurry up! I've been calling you for a long time! Don't be lazy. When people are lazy, they are poor. It's you who is lazy and poor!"
It seemed that his aunt was still worried about the delayed scholarship that Lu Mingfei had lied about. Lu Mingfei once again confirmed that hiding his clumsiness was a good choice. He agreed repeatedly, took off his undershirt, and held a wet handkerchief to prevent a power outage.
I dipped some water in the water bucket and wiped it on the muscles that showed signs of exercise. I put on a new white T-shirt and shorts, put on sandals and went out.
Avoiding the water that his aunt splashed on the soles of his feet, Lu Mingfei opened the door, lowered his head, and jumped out... He felt like a roast duck had entered a stuffy oven, and the sweat that he had just wiped away couldn't help but seep out from every pore.
, behind her, her aunt shouted that she had finally cooled down a bit and quickly closed the door. Lu Mingfei could only close the door behind him and sit on the entire Flame Mountain alone.
The sun shone on the corridor, making the reflections of several steps dazzling. Lu Mingfei walked beside the wall to avoid being exposed to the sun. He squinted and walked in the quiet corridor. Summer noon is comparable to late night.
Apart from the disturbing sound of cicadas, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was completely silent. The green trees outside the window at the corner were also wilted and were roasted. They asked for help on the windowsill, but Lu Mingfei couldn't even save himself. How could he save it?
?I can only curse in secret and beat the electricity bureau to death.
Walking to the ground floor, Lu Mingfei suddenly stopped because he noticed a figure wearing a hat not far away standing at the electric switch at the exit of the building, fiddling with something unknown, sweating profusely.
Lu Mingfei took another look when he passed by with his hands folded, but just because of this glance, he suddenly stood still. He stared at this man who kept fiddling with the electricity meter and switch of the building, and he didn't even have time to wipe away the sweat that fell from his forehead.
...The most important thing is that he found that this man was wearing a blue overalls with National Grid written on it, and a work bag at his feet, which was full of maintenance tools and a mobile phone.
Someone from the Electricity Bureau?
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, suddenly overjoyed, and subconsciously asked, "Master?"
"What?" The figure wearing the hat turned around. It was a man. He looked a little fierce and had a scar on the corner of his eyebrow, but he spoke in a gentle manner.
"Master, what do you do?" Lu Mingfei asked.
The man was stunned for a moment and looked at Lu Mingfei, and Lu Mingfei looked at him. The tools in the tool bag lay quietly. For a while, neither of them spoke. The sun shone brightly on the ground three steps away from them.
Dazzling my eyes, the cicada's chirping made me choke and speechless.
"I'm sorry for being such an idiot. What I mean is, master, can you make sure you are from the Electric Power Bureau?" Lu Mingfei wanted to raise his hand to slap himself, but the toes of his sandals were digging into the three-bedroom apartment.
"Yes..." The fierce-looking master was a little confused, "I heard that there is something wrong with the power system in the community here and it keeps tripping, so I came over to take a look... There are indeed some problems, but they can be repaired, I guess.
You don’t need to wait till night, you can call me at 1pm.”
"That's a good relationship." Lu Mingfei scratched his neck and immediately smiled, "Master, it's really hard to work on a hot day. If you want some water, I'll come back later and bring you a bottle."
"Ah, okay, thank you...Are you out for something? Young man." The master looked at Lu Mingfei.
"Buy something, master, please take your time...I'll bring you water later!" Lu Mingfei felt better after hearing that he could call in advance, and he happily stepped out of the big road that he didn't even want to enter.
After taking two steps in the sun, I cursed secretly, and then I quickened my pace and walked farther and farther in the bright sunshine.
Under the corridor of the community, the master holding a wrench looked at Lu Mingfei's figure melting in the sun like an ice cube. Suddenly, he was sweating violently several times, and his breathing became heavy for no reason. After dozens of seconds, he took out the work bag from the side.
He took out a mobile phone.
"This is Blackhawk, the target has left, repeat, the target has left... I suspect I have been exposed!" he whispered.
"What's going on?" the other end of the phone asked in a low voice.
"Target person... you are more alert than I thought. You seem to have seen my disguise!" The master held a wrench in one hand and a mobile phone in the other with a deep look.
"...How is that possible! Did you say something wrong?"
"Absolutely not. He asked me what my job was as soon as he came up... The target person is more vigilant than we thought! You must be careful in your next actions!"
"Copy that." said the other end of the phone. "Act according to the plan and don't mess up, otherwise there will be a river of blood!"