Chapter 283 Photo
Lu Mingfei walked out of the plank road and looked back. The red-haired girl was waving goodbye to him in front of the quaint manor. Uesugi Eriya had been there when they left, and now that they had returned to where they had parked, she was still there.

The setting sun sank into the lake, leaving only a corner to dye the sky red. The forest under the setting sun was dyed red, and a crimson figure stood among the trees, reflecting the eyes of the setting sun, seeming to reveal reluctance.

“…Don’t make it like we’re parting forever.” Lu Mingfei sighed, took out his cell phone and sent her a message saying they’d meet at school tomorrow.

"Okay, see you tomorrow!" Uesugi Eriya quickly replied with a big smiley face.

Lu Mingfei looked back again, and the red figure was completely hidden by the trees and could no longer be seen. He also turned around and walked out of the woods towards the sunset.

Honestly, aside from her lack of common sense, Uesugi Eriya is actually a very nice girl. She is pretty, has a good figure, and comes from a famous family. It would be an honor to have seen a girl like her, not to mention being her classmate or deskmate.

If before this, Lu Mingfei could still regard Uesugi Eri's kindness to him as the mutual attraction between otaku friends, then after today, this statement no longer holds water... or it has long been untenable.

He will probably never forget the excited look in Eri Uesugi's eyes when she first looked at him, yet she didn't dare to show it, for fear that he would be scared... She seemed to be longing for a companion.

That look was like a lonely little animal drenched by rain, walking through the dark, cold, and endless forest. The forest might be full of dangers, and there might be other animals, but no one could ever be her companion.

Because she is special, so special that other animals stay away from her.

Suddenly, she discovered that somewhere in this endless forest, there was another little beast just like herself. He was obviously as special as herself, but he had retracted his claws and fangs, curled up his tail, pretended to be a harmless animal, and mixed with the weak but numerous creatures in the forest, almost becoming one of them...

Lu Mingfei shook his head and pulled back his thoughts. Uesugi Eriya had a sister and a father, a big mansion, and more than a dozen maids. How could such a person be better than him who had been sold many times by his parents?
It's just that... Lu Mingfei recalled the mistake just now. A normal person would never casually expose their body in front of other people. Unless this person is someone she trusts very much, to the extent that looking at each other's bodies is just a "small matter".

Lu Mingfei felt that Uesugi Eri's trust in him was inexplicable, and she believed in him so completely, as if whatever he did was natural. He couldn't tell if this was a good thing, but he felt that this trust was a bit heavy.

"The Nibelungen Project..." he said softly. Theoretically speaking, if a beautiful girl suddenly appeared next to him, it might be related to the Crystal Palace Project.

He couldn't help but sigh that the elders were quite attentive, turning a breeding plan into a Galgame. He could choose who he liked and who he didn't like, which almost made him think that he was really the prince of Cassel.

However, he had a feeling that Uesugi Eriya's sudden appearance in his life seemed to have nothing to do with this plan. Even if it did, it was her own wish...

"Don't look anymore. The person is already invisible." said Chen Motong who was following Lu Mingfei silently.

She had been silent since Shangshan's house left, with her head down, wearing high heels, and continued to play the leaf-stepping game with herself. Her hair and eye color were the same as the sunset, and when she walked on the plank road, she seemed to disappear into the forest illuminated by the twilight.

Lu Mingfei suddenly came to his senses and found that he had turned around again without knowing when, looking towards the manor in the forest. The setting sun gradually sank, leaving only the last ray of light, shining on the ancient eaves of the manor that had not yet been covered by the trees.

This is like a thousand-year-old temple in the mountains. There are only temple halls and bells, but no people.

Chen Motong came to Lu Mingfei's side and looked at him with a hint of mockery in his eyes: "Seeing the body of a beautiful girl, do you feel complicated?"

Lu Mingfei glanced at her indifferently, without paying any further attention, and continued walking forward.

Chen Motong walked shoulder to shoulder with him and arrived at the edge of the South Lake before the sun completely disappeared. She felt the autumn breeze blowing from the lake and said to herself, "Don't worry, it's nothing. After all, she doesn't care, so why should you care?"

No one answered, and Chen Motong didn't care. She looked around to make sure there was no one around. Then she lifted the hem of her dress, not caring whether the scenery under her dress would be seen by people around her, climbed over the guardrail, sat on the stone by the lake, threw off her high heels, and began to take off her stockings.

Lu Mingfei couldn't pretend to be dumb now: "Hey! You just learned your lesson not long ago, have you forgotten it so quickly?"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. It's just a foot soak." Chen Motong looked back at him, her scattered hair blown by the evening breeze, like a burning flame by the calm lake.

Lu Mingfei wanted to turn around and leave, not caring about this suicidal guy. But he was worried that tomorrow's headline in Sunan would be something like "Red-haired young girl dies tragically by the lake", and as a companion, he seemed to be involved.

I threw my silk stockings aside and put my white feet into the lake. The autumn evening is not like the hot summer. Even after the sun sets, the lake water is still warm. The autumn lake water is so cold that people don't want to touch it even when the sun is still rising, let alone now when it is almost night.

“Would you like to try it?” Chen Motong turned around and invited Lu Mingfei with a relaxed look, “It’s warm and quite comfortable to soak in.”

As she spoke, her two white feet, still visible in the cold and dark lake, slapped the water. Water splashed and wet her skirt and exposed long legs. Her two white feet were like two nimble fish.

"...No, I've done this kind of thing of dragging people into trouble for ten years." Lu Mingfei couldn't help laughing. Chen Motong really thought he didn't see that she shivered and then gritted her teeth.

"Boring." Chen Motong's plan to drag people into the water failed, and he quickly withdrew his foot.

She bent her long white legs, wiped her feet on her wet skirt, and then tentatively touched the lake surface, which had regained its calmness, with her reddish toes. When ripples appeared on the lake surface, she seemed to have adapted to the water temperature, and then soaked her feet in the cold water again.

As for her skirt that had already been wet, she wiped the hem of the skirt on her equally wet long white legs, and then lifted it aside, still not caring about the scenery under her skirt being seen by people around her.

The material of her dress was thin to begin with, and after it got wet it stuck tightly to her body, making her already slender waist look even thinner, and even her delicate belly button could be vaguely seen.

Lu Mingfei glanced at her and said, "You really are not afraid of being hurt by a needle."

"That's nothing. If anyone wants to get stye, it's you who will get it." Chen Motong bent over and looked up at him. "I have a set of private photos myself. Compared with what's in there, this is just a small scene."

Lu Mingfei looked at her strangely, he knew the meaning of private photos. Many people choose to keep photos of themselves when they are young, and because most of these photos are mainly about showing the body, they are almost always just underwear, or nothing at all, highlighting a sexy and casual look.

Lu Mingfei looked at Chen Motong strangely again. Judging from her erratic mental state, the latter possibility was more likely. Chen Motong suddenly looked at him and said with some dissatisfaction: "What are you thinking? I'm a serious person, okay?"

She continued, "I originally wanted to hide this set of photos for 20 or 30 years, when I am no longer young and my hands are full of wrinkles, then I will take it out and show it to those little boys. Then when they are about to have a nosebleed, I will tell them that this is my sister when she was young. Unfortunately, it has passed its shelf life now."

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes at her. This was something that someone in her mental state could possibly do.

"It's a pity. Later I thought, I dressed up beautifully and took so many beautiful photos, but in the end I have to hide them for 20 to 30 years before I can show them to the public. Wouldn't it be a waste of all my dressing up so beautifully?" Chen Motong sighed, "So I want to find someone to show the photos to."

She said, and suddenly winked at Lu Mingfei: "We have a pretty good relationship. We even live together. I'll show you that it doesn't seem to be a disadvantage."

"No thanks, I'm afraid of getting stye." Lu Mingfei replied calmly, "Also, don't talk about living together, you just simply live under the same roof with me."

"No, you won't get stye from looking at sexy photos of beautiful girls." Chen Motong blinked and persuaded, "Someone said that looking at sexy photos can make people feel happy, which is the best way to prolong life."

“Forget it. I’m still afraid of getting stye.” Lu Mingfei replied indifferently.

"There are also accompanying behind-the-scenes footage, which includes some photos that were not officially included. They are also very good..."

Unable to help but roll his eyes, Lu Mingfei could imagine that if Fenrir suddenly lost control of his claws one day and dug out this thing from under his bed, he would be covered in mud, and even if it wasn't that, it would be that, the kind that he couldn't wash off even if he jumped into the Yangtze River.

Chu Yumei and Lucrecia might say that it is natural for boys to like sexy photos of girls. But can you explain why they like sexy photos of their besties?
At this time, perhaps the superwomen next door would just pass by and come in to find out what happened. Su Enxi immediately patted her chest and said, "If you like this, you should have said it earlier. Among the three of them, except for Renata who lacks hard conditions, which of the other two is not better than Chen Motong?"
Hmm? Wait a minute... Lu Mingfei's forehead suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he realized that he seemed to have overlooked something. He thought about it carefully and realized that it was the task entrusted to him by the female superheroes opposite him - to investigate Shangshan's house.

He forgot...forgot...this...

Lu Mingfei remembered that Jude Mai said that there was something strange about the Uesugi family. So was it strange that Uesugi Eri felt like taking a bath and undressing in front of him? He felt that if he really told this back, Jude Mai would probably corner him and tell him that if he wanted to see this kind of weirdness, he could see it to his heart's content...

Chen Motong was still talking: "Look, there is actually a benefit to leaving a photo. After all, we are not sure which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. What if... I mean what if, what if the person dies suddenly, wouldn't it be nice to leave a photo to remember him?"

Lu Mingfei suddenly patted the fence. Chen Motong was startled and looked at him with a little complaint: "I say, if you don't want it, then don't do it. Why are you making such a big fuss?"

Lu Mingfei glanced at her, thought for a moment and said, "You can go back alone later. I want to walk by myself."

"Hmm?" Chen Motong seemed to have discovered something. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the forest behind him that was already shrouded in darkness.

A faint light overflowed from the woods. It was not noticeable during the day, but it was quite obvious at night.

"Do you want to walk alone? Or do you want to find a girl to walk together?" Chen Motong looked at him teasingly.

"You should go back earlier. Don't play around and get yourself into the bottom of the lake again." Lu Mingfei glanced at her and reminded her, "Also, don't talk about the things that are gone. It's unlucky to do that late at night."

Chen Motong suddenly stopped talking. She stood up from the water and looked at Lu Mingfei silently.

The night slowly fell, and she had an inexplicable smile on her face, which was still white in the night: "Are you... worried about me?"

"No, I'm just afraid that if you're really dead, I'll become the number one suspect." Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes at her.

Chen Motong wiped her feet with the stockings she had just taken off, put on her high heels and climbed over the railing again. She walked to Lu Mingfei with her long white legs and a subtle smile on her lips.

She blinked her eyes and said, "Thank you for your concern. In return, I will keep your itinerary tonight a secret for you."

“No thanks. If you go back honestly, that will be the greatest reward you can give me.” Having said that, Lu Mingfei turned around and walked casually by the lake.

"Don't say that. I trust you very much." Chen Motong said behind him, "If I were to say how much I trust you, it would be that even if everyone in the world doesn't trust you, I still trust you."

Lu Mingfei turned his back to her and waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm not in such a bad state that I'll be despised by the whole world..."

……

The Shangshan residence is divided into two parts. The front house is used to entertain guests and is the daily activity area for the housekeeper and maids. The back house behind it, although the appearance is still a Suzhou garden-style courtyard, the internal structure has been changed to a Japanese style.

This is where the three young ladies live, and only female family members can enter. Even Inuyama He, the housekeeper, can only stop in front of the door of the back house.

"Sister, your feelings towards Lu Jun are too obvious tonight." In the Japanese-style room, the woman in top shirt Wangshu sighed.

She took a pillow, placed it on the tatami, and then put the head of Uesugi Nanryusei, who was drunk and lying casually on the tatami and had no intention of moving at all, on it, thus preventing the eldest daughter of the Uesugi family from suffering from a stiff neck the next morning.

Her face had become pinker than usual, and even her slender, white neck was stained with an alluring color. At this moment, Shangshan Nan Liusheng no longer had the feeling of a lady from a noble family or a reclusive scholar.

Uesugami Nan Liusheng snorted a little uncomfortably, and said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "But, she looked at Eri's body!"

(End of this chapter)