8 o'clock in the morning.
"Hello ---- you?"
The door of the Internet cafe was pushed open, and a head with messy hair poked in.
That's Lu Mingfei.
He was wearing ordinary casual clothes today, carrying a bag, his hair was messy, and there were some dark circles on his face, but he looked very excited.
Morien, who was sitting at the front desk, raised his head, took a look, and raised his hand to say hello.
"Hey, it's quite early?"
Morien was sitting at the cashier desk at the front desk, with a few fried dough sticks and two cups of soy milk in front of him.
He glanced at the clock on the wall.
It's only 8 o'clock in the morning.
The Door Opening time of this Internet cafe is from 8 o'clock during the day to 12 o'clock at night.
This Internet cafe is somewhere between formal and informal. It allows you to turn on your computer and surf the Internet without an ID card, but it will be closed after 12 o'clock.
Therefore, those who have to stay up all night have already gone to other places, and those who don't need to stay up all night can't get up now, so there are no people in the Internet cafe now, except for one Morien.
Lu Mingfei is today's first guest.
He came early in the morning, and I haven't seen him so active in class.
"Here, sit down." Morien pointed to a computer near the front desk and motioned for Lu Mingfei to sit in front of that computer.
"It's coming, it's coming." Lu Mingfei was carrying a backpack and immediately walked quickly to sit down and put the backpack at his feet.
He stretched his neck and glanced at the table in front of Morien, and subconsciously spoke in vain, "Brother eats so much, it's good, it's good, it's a blessing to be able to eat."
Lu Mingfei has a habit of saying bad things easily when he is nervous.
Today he came to learn Beyonder Ability from "Experts from the World". He was so nervous that he couldn't sleep last night. He secretly hid himself under the quilt and watched the "Etiquette of Apprenticeship" on his laptop in his room all night. He covered his head and computer with the quilt and huddled under the quilt.
The cousin who slept in the same room thought he was doing something bad and turned his back to him while sleeping with a look of disgust on his face.
Last night, Lu Mingfei watched the apprenticeship ceremony, apprenticeship tea, and washing the master's feet all night long.
When I came to the Internet cafe today, I stole a box of tea from my uncle's house while he was still asleep.
It was tea that my uncle had never been willing to drink even once since he bought it. He placed it on the cabinet in the living room at home in the most conspicuous place. Guests can see it as soon as they enter the door.
But he just let it go and never let anyone drink it, and he was reluctant to drink it himself.
This is so cheap Lu Mingfei, I can just pack up a whole can and take it away.
As soon as the nonsense words came out of his mouth, Lu Mingfei felt something was wrong.
It's bad, I can't get rid of the habit of talking about it.
If you offend the other person, you won't be able to learn superpowers.
However, Morien was not angry, he just laughed happily.
"Yes, it's a blessing to be able to eat."
"Do you want to eat something together?" Morien picked up a fried dough stick and asked Lu Mingfei.
"No, no, I've already eaten." Lu Mingfei waved his hand quickly.
On the way here, he had already bought two steamed buns and had breakfast.
"Okay." Morien nodded, then he broke off a little bit of the dough stick and handed it to the side.
A Moth landed on the fried dough sticks, picked up the fried dough sticks with its two front legs quite out of proportion to its size, and opened its mouth to gnaw on it.
"Uh--this is for feeding insects?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.
"Yes." Morien nodded matter-of-factly, "Although I can indeed eat more at one time, it's not necessary."
"Eating is enjoyment, not a task."
"Ah this----"Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say for a moment.
"What? You feel aggrieved when I ask you to share a fried dough stick with my child?" Morien joked.
"Don't worry, I'm not belittling you, nor do I mean to give you power." Morien broke off another small piece and handed it to Dragon Feast, who had already finished eating. "It doesn't matter if you don't want to eat."
"Uh--Yeah." Lu Mingfei scratched the back of his head, intuitively thinking that he had missed a huge opportunity.
Isn't that what is said on the Internet? In an interview, dozens of elites participated together, and the person who got the job was an ordinary interviewer who carefully discovered a paper ball in the corner of the conference room and threw the paper ball into the trash can.
"By the way, brother, what's your name?" Lu Mingfei then remembered to ask Morien's name.
He took the tea he stole from his uncle out of his schoolbag and put it on Morien's table.
Morien glanced at it and pulled it aside.
He doesn't like drinking tea very much, but some of the children may like to nibble tea leaves, so he will share it with the children later.
"My name is Morien." Morien said while drinking soy milk, "I can see that you really want to learn something."
"Then let's stop talking nonsense and get started.
Lu Mingfei was very excited, but he still pointed at himself in surprise.
"Well, don't you need an assessment or something?"
That's what he said on the internet.
What kind of thing is it to do three kowtows and nine bows against all odds?
"What kind of test do you want?" Morien looked at him speechlessly, "I asked you to come here, why should I test you?"
"Yes----"
"Go to the refrigerator and get a cup of Coke to drink by yourself." Morien pointed at the refrigerator nearby, "I'll treat you to it."
"Gu----"
Lu Mingfei immediately recalled the feeling of being dominated by Morien using the "boil Old Man" tactic yesterday.
"Is there going to be a concentration test later?"
"Where's all the nonsense? Just forget it if you don't want to drink." Morien was speechless.
"Then I won't drink." Lu Mingfei replied with a smile.
He was still worried that there was some fraud involved.
"It's up to you."
Morien originally planned to give Lu Mingfei some drinks to calm down the shock and avoid any problems later.
But since the other party refused, he didn't force it.
"Before I teach you the real thing, I want to ask you a question." Morien's voice appeared in Lu Mingfei's mind, "You want to learn these things to show off to the girl you have a crush on, right?"
"Her name is Chen Wenwen, right?"
"Uh----yes----" Lu Mingfei replied hesitantly.
He had long realized that Morien was talking to him directly telepathically.
So he was not surprised that his thoughts would be noticed by the other party.
He looked at Morien and didn't realize that a translucent Moth landed on his head and slowly melted in.
Morien put down the soy milk cup and spread his palms with a smile.
"You like her, but she treats you like a dog.
A picture is gathered in the palm of Morien, like a holographic projection.
It was a quiet girl wearing a white dress, communicating with a handsome boy.
"Tomorrow I will prepare a suit for Lu Mingfei to wear."
"When the time comes, let him and the two fat brothers serve as the background for my confession to you. Don't worry, I will definitely arrange things beautifully and give you a romantic enough confession."
"Everyone can see that that boy wants to confess to you. In that case, let him serve as the background for when I confess to you."
The boy said to the girl in the dress.
"Then - isn't this bad for Lu Mingfei?" the quiet girl said softly, but even Lu Mingfei could tell that she was just being polite and had already accepted the proposal.
"Hey, is it important?" The boy shook his hair coolly, "Is his opinion important?"
"In the worst case, I'll give him a red envelope later.
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Lu Mingfei looked at the two people in the picture and recognized their identities at a glance.
Chen Wenwen and Zhao Menghua.
The girl he has a crush on and the "big brother" in the class who is both good at academics and rich.
He listened to the words from Zhao Menghua and looked at the projection of Chen Wenwen. He wanted to see Chen Wenwen say "This is wrong" to Zhao Menghua.
But Chen Wenwen just nodded and said nothing.
"Wow, you look like a dog now." Morien pointed at Lu Mingfei and said.
He took out a mirror from under the counter and looked at Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei subconsciously looked in the mirror and saw a drooping face that really looked like a stray dog that had been soaked by water.
Why a stray dog?
Because the family dog will have someone to comfort it and help dry its hair. But he knows that his uncle and aunt will definitely not care about his mood.
Morien stood up from the chair, walked around behind Lu Mingfei, hooked Lu Mingfei's shoulder, and brought the picture in the palm of his hand to Lu Mingfei's eyes.
"Do you think your secret crush is well hidden? No, no, no, everyone in your school knows."
"This guy named Zhao Menghua spent a lot of money to spread news about you in the school just to embarrass you."
Morien's voice echoed in Lu Mingfei's mind, with an inexplicable sense of confusion.
Lu Mingfei's emotions were immediately aroused.
He didn't know why he was so emotional today, but he just felt like crying inexplicably.
"Everyone in your school knows that you have a crush on Chen Wenwen. They may not know who Chen Wenwen is, or who you are, but they definitely know that a poor student Lu Mingfei has a crush on the awesome literary girl Chen Wenwen."
"Only you think you're hiding it well."
Morien lowered the voice in Lu Mingfei's head like a whisper.
He put away the picture in his hand and tapped Lu Mingfei's eyebrows.
"Chen Wenwen knows very well, but you are a good dog, and she can use it very well. As long as you smile at you casually, you can do anything for her."
"So she didn't tell you."
Word-Eating Fool, who had integrated into Lu Mingfei's head early, flapped its wings and aroused Lu Mingfei's anger.
But the anger only rose a little, and was quickly suppressed.
He is too weak.
"Tsk." Morien tutted, "You can't do this."
Morien stood behind Lu Mingfei, putting his hands on his shoulders left and right, and patted his shoulders gently.
"I can teach you how to use Beyonder Ability, but I don't want to teach a dog that no one wants."
"It's your choice, do you want to be a human or a dog?"
Lu Mingfei really wants to shrug and say, "Just be a dog. I have been a stray dog for so many years, and I don't miss this time."
But for some reason, he couldn't say these words today.
He sat quietly in his seat, and Morien didn't rush him, just looked at him.
He pondered for a long time, and finally spoke slowly and in a difficult tone.
"I want--to be human--"
"Yes, that's how it is." Morien leaned down and came close to Lu Mingfei.
"Let's play a game. If you win, I will give you an extraordinary item, okay?"
"What?" Lu Mingfei turned his head in confusion, then moved his head slightly to the other side, putting some distance between him and Morien.
"A gold coin," Morien raised a finger, "It's pure gold and very valuable, but don't spend it."
"I know that with your current personality, it's difficult to be a truly upright person, so you don't have to make decisions about anything. You can pin the decisions you want to make on this gold coin."
"What do you mean----" Lu Mingfei didn't quite understand.
"You'll know tomorrow." Morien smiled and squeezed his shoulder, "But you understand how to play games, right?"
"I understand this." Lu Mingfei nodded.
After all, he is Homo sapiens. Although he is a bit weak, he is not a real dog.
Morien pushed the hands that were on Lu Mingfei's shoulders forward, put her elbows on his shoulders, and put her hands on the left and right in front of him.
On Morien's right hand, there is a golden gold coin.
Lu Mingfei doesn't know many styles of gold coins. I don't know what kind of souvenir it is. I only know that there is a pattern like an insect's elytra printed on the gold market.
"Look, this is it." Morien said, "Toss a coin and guess heads or tails. Can you play it?"
"Yes----" Lu Mingfei nodded.
Morien Put the gold coin in your right hand and flick it upward with your thumb.
The gold coin rotated downwards and slowly fell, and was caught by Morien's right hand.
This is standard heads-and-tails, where one side tosses a coin and then catches it before it falls, allowing the other side to guess.
Just when Lu Mingfei was about to guess heads and tails, Morien slowly opened his right hand and found that the gold coin had disappeared and was no longer in his hand.
Lu Mingfei subconsciously looked to the left.
Morien's left hand slowly spread out, but the coin was not inside.
"Are you asking me to guess where the coin is?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"You are stupid. I told you that you guessed heads and tails." Morien gently patted Lu Mingfei on the back of the head. "The numbers are heads and the patterns are tails."
"So----I guess it is----right?"
I didn't quite understand it, but Lu Mingfei answered the question subconsciously.
After guessing, Lu Mingfei asked tremblingly.
"Did I----guess it right?"
But Morien's answer exceeded his expectation.
"How did I know?" Morien put his hands on his hands, stood up straight, and staggered back to the front desk.
"Ah?" Lu Mingfei was confused, "Then----the result?"
"How do I know?" Morien answered again.
That means I didn't take it seriously.
Lu Mingfei lowered his head in silence.
It seems that the other party doesn't like me at all.
This is a polite refusal.
"Do you want to turn on the computer?" Morien suddenly changed the topic and pointed at the computer in front of Lu Mingfei with his chin.
"Uh--open?" Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
It seems that he can't learn this real skill.
Then he can't go all the way in vain, he's already here.
"Okay." Morien nodded, selected the computer Lu Mingfei on the computer at the front desk, turned it on remotely, and then started timing.
For the next whole day, Lu Mingfei stayed in the Internet cafe in a daze. He watched more and more people in the Internet cafe, and watched the sky getting darker.
Yesterday he made a hundred yuan from Morien, which was enough for him to spend a day in an Internet cafe.
If you are thirsty, order Nutrition Express; if you are hungry, order a bowl of instant noodles.
A whole day is quite easy to pass.
It wasn't until 7 p. m. that Lu Mingfei took off his headphones tiredly.
He had been playing games all day, but he couldn't be happy today.
He stood up from the chair unsteadily, said goodbye to Morien at the front desk, opened the door of the Internet cafe and walked out.
Sun It's almost sunset, and the whole sky is filled with red flaming clouds.
Lu Mingfei staggered on his way home, thinking about what happened this morning.
He was absent-minded all day today and had no interest in playing games. He lost several games in a row.
"Do I want to be a dog or a human being----"
Lu Mingfei repeated this question.
"As expected----As expected, I still want to be a human being----"
"Who would want to be a wild dog that no one loves?" he muttered.
His right hand felt quite sore, and he felt as if he had been clenching his fist today and never opened it.
Wait?
Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something, raised his right hand, brought it to his eyes, and slowly opened it.
Lying quietly in his right hand was a gold coin, which was a gold coin with a face value of 999.
Numbers face up.
Right side up.