Know Yourself in the Dragon World

Chapter 424: The Secret Chamber of the Past (4)

"Senior Brother." Lu Mingfei jumped onto the underground floor, and Ling threw the boxes up one by one from below.

After summarizing, there were only eight boxes, three boxes of bullets and five boxes of guns.

Put them next to each other and remove all the foam pads, then the problem will be much easier.

"Yeah." Chu Zihang stood up, "Sorry, I'll go down now."

“No need.” Lu Mingfei took out the ID card and threw it to Chu Zihang. “Everything that needs to be done down there has been done. If you want to go down and take a look, that’s fine. There’s nothing down there. It’s a place to store weapons and some incident investigation materials.”

"Oh." Chu Zihang glanced at the ID card and fell into silence for a long time.

"I took photos of the investigation materials. We can study them slowly when we get back." Lu Mingfei noticed Chu Zihang's mood and comforted him, "Brother, if we have a chance, we can go back to the academy and ask the principal about your father when he wakes up."

"Yes." Chu Zihang put away his ID card, "I have to summarize the current information when I get back."

"Brother, are you feeling better?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Chu Zihang walked over to Lu Mingfei and helped him carry the box. "When I was at Shilan Middle School, I investigated his affairs, but found nothing. There was nothing I could get. The only information I knew was the badge of the Half-Decayed World Tree."

"So you checked the academy, Senior Brother."

"Yes, but there is no information about him in the college. I asked Professor Schneider and the principal."

“Zero said that it’s possible that what your father is doing is very secretive, similar to being undercover, and cannot be revealed. So, he may really be a member of the academy, but only his superiors know about his existence.” Lu Mingfei took the last box and stepped back to make enough space for Zero to jump up.

"Maybe." Chu Zihang's mood had calmed down a lot.

In fact, there was no sign of discomfort on his face before, he just had a gloomy face, which he always had.

"I'm so tired, let's take a break." After Ling came up, Lu Mingfei sat down on the ground.

Chu Zihang was responsible for the finishing work, closing the secret door and restoring the bed to its original state.

After a busy night, the three of them took a break in this secret room and enjoyed the rare tranquility.

"Brother, can I listen to some music?" Lu Mingfei asked Chu Zihang.

This kind of thing is like a question of inheritance rights. This was the place of my senior brother's father. Now that his father is gone, it should belong to me.

"Okay." Chu Zihang stood up and walked to the old record player. "You choose the disc and I'll teach you how to use it."

"Can I open a bottle of wine?" Ling stood in front of the wine cabinet.

"Sure." Chu Zihang replied.

Just like that, the music started and the smell of whiskey filled the secret room.

Ling washed the three wine glasses, filled them with wine, and the three of them sipped them slowly.

The three of them each had their own thoughts and remained silent amid the music, letting time slip by like flowing water.

When the bottle of wine was empty, Chu Zihang took another bottle from the wine cabinet.

Lu Mingfei narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand to scratch his messy and dusty hair. "Brother, I'm sorry. I'm also a bit tongue-tied sometimes."

"It's okay." Chu Zihang poured the wine into Lu Mingfei's glass.

"I just want to comfort you, but I don't know how to say it." Lu Mingfei was not drunk, but the alcohol stimulated his talkativeness. "In fact, I don't think there is any need to comfort you, brother. This is a good thing! Anyway, you found your father's secret base."

"You're right." Chu Zihang was not trying to comfort Lu Mingfei, but was telling the truth.

This is indeed a rare good thing. The information that Chu Zihang had been searching for but could not find is now clearly placed in front of him.

He should be the one to say thank you. Without Lu Mingfei, he would probably be trapped in a cage. Chu Zihang was well aware of this.

“Brother, why have you always been so nice to me?” Lu Mingfei suddenly asked, and felt that this question was a bit gay, so he added: “I mean… Brother, why do you always help me? Maybe I really am a dragon, or maybe I am an uncontrollable monster.”

"I owe you a favor. You won a free day when you first came to the academy. You can't be confirmed as a dragon now, so I'm not the only one helping you. Just like when we were on the investigation team, everyone was helping me with my bloodline issue." Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei sat back to back, each holding a wine glass.

"But you have helped me a lot, brother. You helped me when I was in trouble. This favor should have ended long ago." Lu Mingfei smiled bitterly: "And I didn't help you at all, and I always cause trouble for you."

"You saved me in the Nibelungen on the Beijing subway. If it weren't for you, I would have died there." Chu Zihang said again.

"But I would also die in that situation, Brother. Am I being very selfish?"

"No."

"That's useless. I was really useless before. During the investigation team's hearing, I was too embarrassed to attend. Everyone was trying their best to help you, but I did nothing."

Chu Zihang was silent for a moment before saying, "But now that you know this and have changed, I feel that what I'm doing is meaningful."

“Brother, do you also hope that I can change?” Lu Mingfei’s bitter smile became increasingly fainter. “Everyone seems to hope that I can change, and everyone is helping me.”

"It's not just this reason. Can I ask you a question?" Chu Zihang seemed to have changed into a different person. He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. "Ask you guys."

"You tell me, Senior Brother." Lu Mingfei pricked up his ears, "We will all help you."

"If our positions were reversed, and I turned into a dragon one day, would you kill me?" Chu Zihang asked seriously.

It is indeed a serious enough question.

Lu Mingfei choked on the wine and coughed for a long time.

Zero remained silent and did not respond.

“Brother… cough cough cough…” Lu Mingfei patted his chest, and after recovering, he said in the same serious tone: “Brother, I definitely won’t do that. I have already killed Lao Tang, he was my friend, and later he was defined as a dragon. I also killed Fenrir, he was as dumb as a child. I never felt that I killed a dragon, and I have been wondering whether my decisions were right or not.”

“Who cares if he’s right or not!” Lu Mingfei suddenly became excited, “The decision can be made in advance. I won’t kill you.”

"What if I am forced to be against you like Norton?" Chu Zihang asked again.

Lu Mingfei was speechless, and after a moment he smiled and said, "Brother, you think too much. I can kill the Dragon King because I am a monster. If the roles are reversed, I won't be able to kill the Dragon King. You know me, I am very timid. If the roles are reversed, I can't beat you, let alone want to kill you."

Chu Zihang's silence was deafening, and Lu Mingfei knew that his answer was not an answer.

“No, Brother…” Lu Mingfei sighed, “I already consider you a friend. Even if you are really a dragon, I will not do it. Maybe… such an answer will make me look like a traitor. I am a traitor. If it is you, it doesn’t matter if you are the traitor.”