Chapter 22: Mist
In fact, it was proven that making jokes was indeed the best way to forget worries. After a round of battle of wits and courage with Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei, exhausted both physically and mentally, no longer had the energy to curse the broken plan.

Apart from the idiotic performance of the six-member gang that made the school atmosphere cheerful, there was nothing much to say about the day's classes, and the same went for the group dance practice in the afternoon.

Zhao Menghua looked at the absent-minded Lu Mingfei and the indifferent Su Xiaoqiang, and felt that he had won. In fact, he didn't care who led the dance, because he had been in the limelight enough. However, not everyone could go up, even if they were just to be a supporting role.

Then, he saw that his dance partner Chen Wenwen was looking towards Lu Shuairen with the same absent-minded look.

"Zhao Menghua is very unhappy with you, so the reward points are increased by 5."

Lu Mingfei came back to his senses and looked at Mr. Zhao with a questioning look. No, are you so bored today?

Since everyone's enthusiasm was not very high, the instructor could only reluctantly announce the disbandment. Anyway, the students who can go to Shilan Middle School are either super excellent or have a good family background. Most of them have dance skills, so this practice is nothing more than a formality. And the welcome party is more of an impromptu performance.

As for Lu Mingfei, who was given up by others... Su Xiaoqiang, his dance partner, didn't say anything, so why should others be anxious?

After finishing the practice, Lu Mingfei looked up at the sky. The setting sun dyed half of the sky red. Although it was almost dusk, it was still clear. However, the changeable weather in southern Jiangsu has been a long-standing phenomenon. The current sky is too deceptive.

The crappy plan said that the Nibelungen would only appear when it rained, so Lu Mingfei decided to check the weather forecast to confirm it, and then he froze in place. He realized that he had been tricked by the crappy plan again, because the rainy season was coming!

……

Chen Wenwen looked up as she walked out of the supermarket. The night sky, which was clear a second ago, began to drizzle. White mist appeared on both sides of the street, bringing a touch of coolness to the busy street.

Chen Wenwen actually likes this kind of atmosphere. Southern Jiangsu is located in the Yangtze River Delta. In ancient times, it was the territory of Suzhou, also known as the Jiangnan region. There is no need to say much about the mist and rain in Jiangnan. The poems left by countless literati and poets have already explained it well enough.

Chen Wenwen only regrets that there is no ancient town in southern Jiangsu that matches her name. Otherwise, she would hold an oil-paper umbrella on a rainy day like this, walk across the stone bridge in the rain, and listen to the rain hitting the banana leaves and the thunder. The feeling of waiting for the rain in the blue sky is really intoxicating.

Unfortunately, she didn't bring an umbrella when she went out, so she couldn't even walk in the rain. Who knew that it would suddenly rain when the night was just fine?

The lights at the entrance of the supermarket suddenly flashed twice, and an inexplicable cold wind blew past. Chen Wenwen couldn't help but hug her shoulders. She was still wearing a half-sleeved long skirt for the summer night. The fog around seemed to be a little thicker, so thick that the road was invisible. There were originally many pedestrians on the road, but they disappeared at some point. The only sound left in the silence was the sound of raindrops.

Chen Wenwen felt a little weird and turned around, wanting to go back to the supermarket to wait. This scene looked like the beginning of a horror movie, but she was not the kind of character in horror movies who had to go over to see what was wrong. Then, she suddenly didn't dare to move, because the supermarket door behind her disappeared without a trace, the lights completely disappeared, and was replaced by a white mist.

Chen Wenwen felt like she was about to cry. At this moment, the heavy fog suddenly moved. A harsh friction sound was faintly heard in the sound of rain, as if something was about to come out of the fog.

There was a "click" sound like a sudden thunder, and Chen Wenwen was startled. She was stiff all over when she heard footsteps approaching. She wanted to run, but her weak legs could not move at all.

"Why are you standing here?" Lu Mingfei asked in confusion. Chen Wenwen's body softened and she leaned against him.

"Hey hey hey! What are you doing......"

"...So you haven't seen anything yet, but you're scared like this?" Lu Mingfei said to Chen Wenwen, who looked frightened.

Although he knew what was going on, and that not only was it scary, but there were also real things that might eat people, he couldn't show it.

"I, I, I'm really scared..." Chen Wenwen, who was sitting in a corner of the supermarket, said softly. Her face was flushed, half because of the heating in the supermarket and half because of shyness.

Lu Mingfei looked outside. The rain had stopped and the fog was slowly dispersing. He said, "Let me take you home first. Since you are so scared, try not to go out at night in the future."

"It wasn't like this before, and there were a lot of people outside just now. I don't know how it disappeared." Chen Wenwen explained in a low voice, "It's the fog. The fog was so strange. The supermarket was clearly right in front of me, but I couldn't see it."

Lu Mingfei looked at her with some surprise, but he didn't continue chatting. He walked to the supermarket entrance and said, "You just scared yourself. Stay away from the fog in the future."

"Yeah." Chen Wenwen, who still felt something was wrong, responded softly, stood up and followed Lu Mingfei.

Although the rain had stopped, there were still a few raindrops floating in the sky. Lu Mingfei looked back at Chen Wenwen, who was wearing thin clothes, and held up the umbrella. There was nothing he could do. The girl behind him looked so pitiful that she was almost crying. If someone didn't know, they would think he had done something to her.

Chen Wenwen's home was not far from the supermarket. After the fog cleared, there were indeed many people walking around. No wonder she dared to go out alone at night. Lu Mingfei's umbrella was not too big, so it was a bit crowded to hide between two people. Chen Wenwen, who seemed to be afraid of the fog that had not yet cleared, subconsciously leaned inside, not realizing that her whole body was almost sticking to Lu Mingfei.

No, you looked like you were afraid of me this morning, Lu Mingfei couldn't help rolling his eyes in his heart.

Lu Mingfei stopped in front of a large residential building and said, "This is it? Come on up, don't go into places that look strange, especially alleys, by yourself."

Chen Wenwen blushed again, gathered her hair and looked down at her toes. She whispered, "I'm not a primary school student anymore. Thank you. I was the same yesterday."

"Then I'll leave." Lu Mingfei turned around holding the umbrella.

"Wait." Chen Wenwen called him from behind, "Well, the welcome party is this weekend. If... I mean if, if the instructor feels that you are not suitable to lead the dance and wants to replace you, do you want to be my dance partner?"

(End of this chapter)