Dragon Clan: Thought So Far

Tchaikovsky's symphony was no longer playing, and the firewood was still crackling in the fireplace. Lu Mingfei and Ling sat on opposite sides of the table, silently eating their respective bowls of hot pot-braised beef. The beef's gravy was thick and exuded the smell of fresh fennel and parsley.

Outside the window, the cold winter wind in Moscow blew the birch trees, as if someone was whispering in the forest.

"Remember what I said I don't like Moscow, because it's too cold here." Zero held a bowl of broth from the iron pot and blew it gently, and layers of brightly colored broth rippled on the surface. Thin ripples.

When she spoke, the expression on her face was indifferent, and the look in her eyes was indifferent, as if nothing had happened just now, as if the powerful, machine-like, efficient and stable Her Highness Nomannova had never shown her fragile side. .

"Yeah." Lu Mingfei said.

"When I was very young, I lived in the northernmost port of Siberia. People there called that port Black Swan Port." Zero said.

Lu Mingfei no longer concentrated on the pot of braised beef in his hand, and sat upright with an expression of listening. Although after adding parsley, this Russian favorite high-calorie food is actually quite to his liking.

However, after Eriyi had escaped with him for so long, it was time for Lu Mingfei to learn to be a proper listener.

"A sentry told me that the nearest city is Verkhoyansk. Do you know Verkhoyansk?" Zero asked in a low voice.

"I've heard that when I was studying at Shilan Middle School, there was a girl named Chen Wenwen in my class. She said that the loneliest place in the world is Verkhoyansk, in the north of Siberia. That town was in the Tsarist era. It is a city where political prisoners are imprisoned. During the long cold winter, political prisoners often commit suicide because they cannot endure it any longer." Lu Mingfei took a sip from his glass.

To this day, when he mentions the name Chen Wenwen, he doesn't feel much flutter in his heart, and this is indeed the case, because in fact, Lu Mingfei had a crush on a young girl many years ago.

"Three hundred and forty kilometers further north from Verkhoyansk is the Black Swan Port. It takes five days to arrive by dog ​​sled if the weather is good." Zero said, "There are no supply stations in the middle. Ordinary people can't get there." To go that way is to die."

"Did you grow up in that kind of place?" Lu Mingfei asked hesitantly. He actually had a lot of doubts. Those hallucinations that seemed to be frozen in the depths of his memory always called out the name Zero over and over again. Every fragment of memory had the silhouette of Zero.

It's like a ghost who grew up with you. She left when you grew up, but one day the ghost appeared next to you in another identity.

In addition, the icebreaker Lenin that sank under the Japanese Trench sailed out of an unnamed port in Siberia. Is there any connection between the Black Swan Port and the unnamed port?

And it stands to reason that the kind of place Zero mentioned is not suitable for human survival at all. The outdoor temperature in winter is at least 30 to 40 degrees below zero. The wind, waves and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean will also affect the communication between there and the outside world.

Even if the Russian government builds a secret military port on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, children should never be brought in. The people stationed there should be soldiers made of iron.

"Black Swan Harbor was an orphanage and a genetic research laboratory that for a long time was directly responsible to the Kremlin. The government sent there children like us found from across the country with antisocial personalities and difficult Those who have been corrected will not be able to leave for the rest of their lives, and those of us with normal personalities will be sent back to Moscow after a period of time," Zero said, she lied. Completely opposite to what Lu Mingfei saw, Ling has always been a girl who lies habitually. She rarely lies to Lu Mingfei. When this happens, there is no emotion in her eyes, like a paper doll.

Lu Mingfei nodded when he heard Ling say this.

Who could people like them be?

Nothing more than a hybrid.

In the world, especially in the East, most people have recessive dragon genes hidden in their bodies. These genes have a very small probability of awakening naturally, but in a huge population base, even small probability events will change. Extremely frequent and uncontrollable. Even though there are secret parties, orthodox organizations, and this society and that society's organizations are trying to guide these people to join the mixed race society and hide their existence, but with the development of the times, the government's control over the people is gradually improving over time, and many Countries have discovered that some people have far better physiques than others, some people have incredibly high intelligence, and some even have special abilities that are difficult to explain by science.

As a result, corresponding research institutions came into being.

However, the Abrahamic Bloodline Covenant is still helping Cassel College keep the secrets of the Dragon Clan, and members of the Secret Party who have entered all political parties in every country in the world are also playing an active role in this matter.

"Where are your father and mother?" Lu Mingfei asked, and then he twitched the corners of his eyes and wanted to punch himself twice.

Children who can live in orphanages, where can their parents go?

"I was sent there when I was very young. I don't remember the appearance of my parents. If I think about it carefully, they are just vague figures." Zero said, "My father smelled of alcohol and he liked to prick me with his beard. Mom was beautiful, but she didn’t have much memory. They both died.”

"I'm sorry." Lu Mingfei was silent for a few seconds and filled Ling's glass with wine. Ling then picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Nothing. The friend who went to them on my behalf said that they wanted to sell me again to find a good position for my father and a lot of money for my mother. They also said that if I stayed with them, I might be sold to them one day. I don’t want those bad old men with big bellies and drunken noses to be my wives, so he will kill them all,” Ling said lightly, although Lu Mingfei secretly complained that your friend is really lawless, buddy. Don’t you know that today is a society governed by the rule of law? What do you do when the police uncle comes to your door with handcuffs, but you don’t know how to answer the phone, so you can only drink one glass after another.

The sturgeon vodka in the barrel has been drunk a lot. Russians always drink the vodka after cooling it. The alcohol tastes like it has been frozen. It is easy to drink it, but it heats up in the stomach and every breath is exhaled. Every breath smells like alcohol.

According to this situation, Lu Mingfei thought that the two of them would have to spend the night here today.

But he is not worried about Eli Yi. She has really grown up now. Lu Mingfei sometimes even feels that the person beside him is his senior sister, because now Eli Yi's eyes are as spiritual as Nuonuo's eyes. .

Big girls know how to take care of themselves, and Zero left a platoon of ace mercenaries in the Elizabeth Palace. Even if the GRU wanted to carry Bobosha in, it would take at least an hour. That long time is enough to travel. Mingfei and Ling rushed back.

Furthermore, Lu Mingfei doesn’t think anyone in Moscow can threaten Eri Yi. According to the grading system of Kassel Academy, the little monster is now the most powerful S-class in history, and its bloodline is extremely stable, and can even be destroyed in a short period of time. Competing with something like Odin. If the GRU really wants to take action against Eriyi, then what Lu Mingfei needs to worry about is those poor special forces.

"I was very scared when I was in Black Swan Port, because the doctors there would operate on those children with mania. After the operation, they would no longer be manic, but they would remain dumb and stupid. I think one day I will She would also become dull and stupid." Zero stared at the flames in the fireplace. She also drank a lot, her face was rosy, and it looked like a beautiful red apple in the firelight. "I made a mistake once and was imprisoned. In confinement, I lay on the iron gate and cried, saying "Mom" while crying, and the nurses yelled through the iron gate to cry, and they became quiet after crying. "

"You are so damn unworthy of the title Nightingale!" Lu Mingfei cursed those inhumane nurses. He thought how lonely it would be for such a young child to be locked behind an iron door. It's as lonely as looking up at the stars alone on the rooftop, bored out of your mind and giving every star you see a name that no one else knows, while right behind you, the place you call home is exuding a warm and hazy atmosphere. Under the light of the window, my uncle and aunt were celebrating my cousin's birthday. The small birthday cake was placed on the table and written with chocolate on the surface, "Happy 15th Birthday to My Dearest Son Lu Mingze."

"That was the last time I cried loudly in that port. At that time, I really wanted to call people all over the world to save me, but I kept crying until late at night, until I could no longer make a sound and no one came. "Zero looked at Lu Mingfei, his eyes reflected the dancing firelight, but his expression was cold.

The snow reflects the light cast by the cast iron lamp and then shines in through the window, shining on her thin shoulders and shining on her solitary and almost transparent wrists.

In fact, everyone should understand the truth. The kind of person who wants to cry out to the whole world for help is precisely the person who no one in the world will save.

Zero's eyes were a little stunned for a moment, because Lu Mingfei raised his hand and touched the top of her head.

It wasn't a gentle touch, like rubbing a kitten's head.

"If it were now, as long as you said you were scared, I would appear by your side." He said, "Don't worry if I'm lying, and don't worry if I'm saying something nice. That's the kind of person I am. , Zero, as long as you feel scared, just tell me, it doesn't matter whether the thing that scares you is Nightingale or the devil... I can help you get rid of him. "

At this point, Lu Mingfei suddenly smiled silently.

He was probably the one who had the most contact with things like the devil in this world, but he didn't know that Lu Mingze hadn't appeared for a long, long time.

As if dead.

"Someone said something similar. When I was unhappy, he would bark to me like a puppy, and even asked me to call him a little loser." Ling said, she was still looking into Lu Mingfei's eyes coldly, Lu Mingfei was stunned.

What a little loser...

So is this the reason why Her Royal Highness had such a big reaction just now?

"There are some things I can't tell you, Lu Mingfei, but I want you to know." Zero grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand touching his head and put it against his cheek.

The girl's skin had the texture of jade, but it warmed up after drinking wine and warming up the fire. She looked at Lu Mingfei through the slits of her eyes like a cat, and she said:

"Like you said, you will always answer my call, and I will always answer your call... I will help you with whatever you want to do, and the devil can't force you to do anything you don't want to do."

Lu Mingfei's heartbeat seemed to stop for a beat, and then vibrated rapidly like a drum.

Zero suddenly let go of Lu Mingfei's hand. She pushed the cup filled with vodka in front of Lu Mingfei and looked into his eyes intently.

"I've told you my past, now it's your turn." She winked.

"What is this, a moment of confession?" Lu Mingfei obediently drank the liquor that Her Royal Highness pushed towards him in one gulp. This made Zero's face look better and his eyes softened a lot.

"Actually, you've already dug up all the stories about me. I really don't know what to say..." He was a little embarrassed and regretful. We used to have supper with Ling all the time. After drinking a few glasses of red wine, we would tell Ling all about everything from childhood to adulthood. Ling even knew that Lu Mingfei had always thought that his senior brother's mother was so charming and charming and that she was very young. When I was young, I secretly vowed to look for a beautiful girl like Aunt Su in the future. Lu Mingfei really didn't have any psychological burden when hearing these words from Ling. First of all, Ling was definitely not a big talker who spread rumors everywhere. Secondly, Lu Mingfei really respected Aunt Su. Even if the senior brother knew about the unhappiness in this guy's heart, In reality, all I can do is sigh and say that my mother is indeed the best, and she can still charm little boys when she is old and yellow.

"I heard from Chu Zihang that you were very popular in school before. Many girls chased you, and the girl named Su Xiaoqiang was the best among them." Ling showed a rare gossip look. Lu Mingfei was a little embarrassed, but Still sighed and said:

"That's different. Many people fall in love with a crooked-necked tree when they are young. Shilan Middle School is so big, and the only people girls can come into contact with are people like me. There's nothing I can do about it."

"I heard that she is madly in love with you?" Ling raised his eyebrows, pulled the cup back, poured the wine and took a sip.

"We are not from the same world. It will always be an irreparable mistake to drag ordinary people into the world of mixed races." Lu Mingfei said, "As for Su Xiaoqiang, I think she is actually a very cool girl who can dance hip-hop. , I heard that when I was at the University of Chicago, I was the president of a hip-hop club with a group of international students.”

"She came to see me off when I left that small city for the first time a few years ago. At that time, she had just finished a banquet. She didn't have time to change into her high heels and dress. Daddy Su helped her carry her luggage, and Su Xiaoqiang stood beside her. She was wearing small high heels and jingling. We were chatting and joking, saying that if we missed each other, we would just fly there. She also said that she would book a high-end restaurant in Chicago in advance, and mentioned the one where I invited her to eat last time. The taste of the oysters was too bland. I told her that you were acting coquettishly and insisting on eating at that restaurant for several days, and she started to scratch me." Lu Mingfei smiled, "So she didn't seem to say goodbye at all until she sent me away. Sad.”

He didn't say anything. Zhao Menghua later told Lu Mingfei that he saw the little goddess watching the stars alone on the school observatory, which used to be Lu Mingfei's favorite place.

Zero stared at Lu Mingfei's face, as if a flower had bloomed on that face.

However, after drinking, Lu Mingfei opened up his chatterbox and let go. He also pushed his wine glass in front of Ling, "How can I listen to the story without drinking? Drink quickly!" He shouted.

Zero didn't make any ink. He picked up Lu Mingfei's cup and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing the drink, he burped.

The last time he was looking for that thing, Lu Mingfei returned to the small town in his hometown. Su Xiaoqiang dropped out of the University of Chicago early and returned home. Father Su was in poor health, so she returned home to inherit the family property. The eldest lady who landed by air, despite all the opinions of her father, was still being violated by her subordinates. She was so busy that she wanted to give her father some air.

When Lu Mingfei went back, Su Xiaoqiang explained that if you don't leave, I will support you. Lu Mingfei smiled and pointed to the north and said I want to go there. Su Xiaoqiang drank and stuck to Lu Mingfei and asked why he was going to BJ? Lu Mingfei said I was going to Siberia.

Su Xiaoqiang didn't think he was bragging when he heard what he said. He just said with bright eyes that I will go to Siberia too, and I will pick you up when you come.

"Have you ever liked her before?" Zero asked.

Lu Mingfei scratched his hair, "Probably, if it were before, I might not admit it." He said, "But Xia Mi said that I have a great soul, and there are enough people in my soul. , so I can now face things calmly that I didn’t dare to face before.”

"As for me, have you always regarded me as a friend with whom you can have a supper together?" Zero's body leaned forward slightly, and Lu Mingfei said to his heart, Jing Ke stabbed Qin Tuqiong dagger, come on, come on, come on.

He considered his words and finally looked seriously into Zero's eyes.

"No." He said. Strangely enough, after Lu Mingfei said these two words, Zero's eyes suddenly began to wander, as if he didn't dare to look into his eyes.

But in fact, Lu Mingfei wants to say a lot. For example, this is what you have been thinking about. In fact, you can just ask directly. Another example is that I really like you because you are one of the few people who were willing to help me in the past. Ah, it’s just that I don’t think I’m worthy of you and what qualifications does a person like me have to talk about the future.

Another example……

Thank you, little girl, for everything you did for me in the past that was actually shattered...Thank you for dancing with me in the Norton Pavilion.

But he didn't say anything, because in this world there was no dance that shocked everyone in the Norton Hall. In this world, Lu Mingfei armed himself with power and strength. He ignited his golden eyes and walked into the Norton Hall. In front of Caesar, he said condescendingly that I would be free for one day, which was really high-spirited. He even forgot that he was the bad guy who couldn't forget about his senior sister. Looking back, it seemed like it was something someone else had experienced.

Hearing Lu Mingfei's answer, Zero seemed to smile. Her smile was too shallow, and the curve at the corners of her lips disappeared immediately. Lu Mingfei thought it must be his imagination.

"How did you spend your time with the head of the Uesugi family?" Zero asked again with a straight face, but his expression inexplicably reminded Lu Mingfei of the time he used to listen to the teacher's lecture with a serious face in class.

"It was the turn of summer and autumn when we escaped to my house. I would go out every morning to look for clues, but she insisted on sending me out. I would arrange my shirt collar and tie. In the evening, she would learn to cook dinner, and sometimes I would buy convenience goods. Bring home the bento from the store." Lu Mingfei smiled. It was obvious that he was very happy when he was with Eri Yi. It was a past event that is hard to forget. "The principal didn't prepare that much cash, so I'll use it sparingly. , so we would also buy high-end seafood sashimi at half price. When she ate, she would squint her eyes with satisfaction. After the meal, we would play games or read comics together. Sometimes Eri would also go there with great interest. When we go for a walk, we walk along the streets full of ginkgo flowers. We often play video games or buy comics together. She likes to take photos of photo stickers. Whenever she sees a photo sticker machine, she always goes over to take a photo, and she always pulls me along. Take at least one photo.”

In fact, Lu Mingfei was confused by the fact that a very beautiful girl like Eriyi took such overly beautiful photos. He always felt that the photos were not as beautiful as her own.

But Eriyi felt that Lu Mingfei could be included in the photo every time she took a photo, so that when she was alone, she could look at Lu Mingfei in the photo and think about their future. Every time she did this, Eriyi Liyi always giggles happily.

The winter in Moscow is harsh and tight, and the snow has stopped again, but the sky is still gray under the sunset.

Ling stood up opposite Lu Mingfei and walked staggeringly in front of Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei didn't know what Ling was going to do and looked at her blankly.

But Zero just stretched out his hand to help him adjust the collar of his shirt and fasten the buttons of his cuffs.

The girl squatted down in front of Lu Mingfei. She was actually smiling. She looked very beautiful when she smiled, reminding people of those brisk clouds in the sky.

"Then I can also help you sort out your collar and tie in the future." She said, "We can also go buy half-price seafood sashimi together, and we can also play video games and buy comics together."

"I will always be with you. If you want to die, I will die with you. If you want to fight someone, I will bring a knife and a gun. No one in the world can stop us."

"So, Lu Mingfei, are we together?"

Her voice was extremely low and gentle, but as solemn as a stone in the sea, which no matter how big the waves could not break away.

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. He just reached out and took Ling into his arms, and the girl buried her head on the man's chest. At this moment, Lu Mingfei smelled the cold fragrance on her hair, like honeysuckle or osmanthus.

"I love you, Renata." Lu Mingfei whispered against Ling's ear.

Zero's body froze, and she looked outside through the gap between Lu Mingfei's shoulder and the window frame, her dull eyes burning with fire.

She suddenly thought that there was something charming about the winter in Moscow. Although the sky was dim gray, the shop windows on the roadside reflected orange light. The streets were full of houses with crimson roofs, and people around her Lu Mingfei was waiting for his next glass of strong drink.