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However, even Liu's parents were helpless in the face of this bizarre situation, except for their anxious and extremely gloomy expressions.
Liu Miaomiao completely broke down, tears streaming down her face.
Time stretched on endlessly in despair.
But miraculously, about ten minutes after his heart stopped beating, Lu Mingfei felt a faint but clear heartbeat again in his chest.
Even more strangely, all his vital signs quickly returned to an extremely stable state, as if his death just now was only an illusion.
Liu Miaomiao insisted on staying, and together with Ling, she stayed by the bedside, taking care of the seemingly sleeping body without leaving its side.
But extreme grief and exhaustion eventually overwhelmed her. She lay on the cold edge of the bed and fell into a deep sleep, with faint traces of tears still on her cheeks and her hair disheveled.
Only Zero remained standing there, back straight, silently watching Lu Mingfei, who seemed to be in a deep sleep.
"Dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door, and a soft female voice drifted into the room: "Miss Ling, I've come to bring you breakfast."
"come in!"
Liu's mother pushed open the door and entered, carrying a tray with three bowls of seafood porridge on it.
"How is Mingfei?" Mother Liu asked with concern as she looked at the sleeping Lu Mingfei.
"Still asleep!"
"Oh! You guys have breakfast first, I'll collect it later," Liu's mother sighed helplessly.
After saying this, Liu's mother placed the tray on the table beside her and left the room.
"Ling, have breakfast first!" Liu Miaomiao brought a steaming bowl of seafood porridge to Ling and handed it to her.
Zero didn't refuse; instead, she took the bowl and quickly finished the steaming porridge.
This action left Liu Miaomiao dumbfounded. She knew that Ling was a mixed-race person, but this was steaming hot porridge. Wouldn't it burn her mouth?
"Thank you!" Ling replied briefly, then handed the bowl back to Liu Miaomiao.
Liu Miaomiao took the still-warm bowl and her gaze fell on Ling's resolute profile.
A thought popped into her mind.
“Zero, can you tell me some stories about you and Lu Mingfei?” she asked cautiously.
"That happened seventeen years ago..."
Chapter 80 School Board
Portofino, Italy.
Amidst the fluttering leaves, a black Maserati sedan wound its way up the mountain, drove into the Splendid Hotel, and stopped next to the white building nestled against the cliff.
It was a detached building with white marble walls and small windows, like a small medieval fortress.
The parking lot was full. There was a Lamborghini, an old Jaguar, a gray-silver Mercedes, and a yellow mountain bike. Surprisingly, the yellow mountain bike was occupying a parking space by itself.
The driver's side door of the Maserati was opened, and an elderly man with snow-white hair emerged from it.
His expression was serious, and just by standing there, he exuded a powerful aura that was awe-inspiring.
From the back seat, a young man also got out of the car. He was dressed in a white suit, had long golden hair and blue eyes, was tall and slender, and had a handsome face. No matter what social occasion he was in, this young man would attract attention.
The young man's name is César Gattuso, the heir to the Gattuso family, one of the most powerful mixed-race families in Europe, and one of the top candidates for the future board of directors of Kassel College.
"Caesar, wait here for a moment!" the old man said.
“I understand, Principal Angers!” the young man replied respectfully.
Caesar watched Angers' figure disappear behind the door, and the door of the small fortress slowly closed from the inside out. As the four ancient locks fastened simultaneously, the building was completely isolated from the outside world.
“It’s really hard to understand why Principal Angers would convene a board meeting at this particular time,” a man’s voice sounded behind Caesar.
Caesar didn't reply. To be honest, he himself didn't know what had happened or why he had been summoned to this place.
Logically speaking, he is not qualified to attend a meeting of this level.
Koange brought him here, only to hear that it was at the behest of his carefree father.
A young man dressed in a black suit stepped forward, bowed to Caesar, and said nothing more.
"Percy, what do you think is the purpose of this sudden board meeting?" Caesar asked.
"I don't know!" Percy replied simply.
"Even you don't know?"
“You flatter me too much. How would someone as insignificant as me know the secrets of the board of directors?” Percy said.
“However, the fact that Principal Angers and the school board are so cautious is most likely related to the Dragon King!” Passy added.
“Dragon King…” Caesar repeated the word.
“Yes, Dragon King! I really can’t imagine anything else that could alarm the powerful figures on the Board of Trustees except for events of Dragon King level!” Percy confirmed.
"So I'm just going to wait here? Wait for them to call me in?" Caesar glanced at Percy beside him.
Percy squinted, a smile on his face.
“Yes, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until they reach a decision before we call you in,” Percy replied.
"Then what do you think they want me to do by allowing me to come to a place like this?" Caesar asked.
“If I’m not mistaken, your father wants you to be the leader of this mission,” Percy guessed.
"Task?"
"Yes, the mission to slay the Dragon King!"
"If the Dragon King were so easy to kill, they would have all died out over the past few thousand years," Caesar said dismissively.
“Perhaps Principal Angers has some secret intelligence in his possession!” Passy said.
Caesar said no more. He would just wait for the people inside to call him in, and he would know what had happened.
……
"Angers, you're late!"
As soon as Angers entered the secret room, an old man tapped his cane in dissatisfaction.
“I was delayed a bit picking up your nephew on the way,” Angers said as he walked to the end of the long table and sat down.
He shook the small brass bell beside him: "Then I declare that this Board of Directors meeting is officially open!"
The old man, leaning on his cane, didn't say anything more, his face was just gloomy.
This place was originally a place for ancient ascetic monks to practice, so even during the day, the light is extremely dim. A row of candlesticks is placed on the long table, and the candlelight illuminates the faces of all the school board members.
There were six people in total, four men and two women.
Sitting on either side of Angers were two very old men, dressed in expensive black suits, with dark red handkerchiefs stuffed in their empty jacket pockets. One held a string of sandalwood prayer beads in his hand, while the other leaned on a cane.
One of them was a middle-aged man wearing a yellow tracksuit, with a bicycle helmet on his right.
One was a young girl of sixteen or seventeen, with her long, light golden hair piled on top of her head, and behind her stood a butler wearing white gloves.
One was a young noblewoman dressed in expensive clothes, with the face of someone in their twenties but the expression of someone in their thirties.
Angers shook the small brass bell:
"The situation is urgent, so I won't waste time talking to you."
"I have received news that the King of Earth and Mountains has appeared, and in two days it will be extremely weak, which will be the perfect opportunity for us to kill it."
The old man, leaning on his cane, picked up the copper bell in front of him and shook it:
"If that's the case, you can take full responsibility for this dragon-slaying plan, so why hold a board meeting at the last minute!"
It is a tradition of the Board of Trustees to ring a bell before speaking. Others may ring the bell to speak only after the person who rang it has finished speaking. This is to maintain a good meeting environment and avoid arguments.
Angers rang the bell again:
"Beside the King of Earth and Mountains, there is another being of the Dragon King level."
"What?" X5
The middle-aged man shook a bell and said in a deep voice, "Who is that Dragon King-level being?"
“Look at the documents in front of you,” Angers said.
The five men immediately picked up the documents in front of them and examined them carefully by candlelight.
A moment later, the young noblewoman shook the copper bell in front of her:
"Principal Angers, what exactly is going on?"
After the young lady finished speaking, the two old men rang the bell at the same time. They looked at each other, and then the old man with the cane spoke first.
"Angers, you must give us an explanation!"
The old man holding the prayer beads nodded slightly without saying much, seemingly sharing the same sentiment as the old man with the cane.
The butler behind the young girl whispered something in her ear, and the young girl picked up the copper bell and shook it:
"Principal Angers, I'd also like to know, what's the story behind this Lu Mingfei in the files?"
The young girl held up the document; the first page of the document was a young man's resume.
A headshot is printed in the middle, with supplementary information about him below.
The middle-aged man rang a bell: "Principal Angers, are you trying to say that this Lu Mingfei is the Dragon King-level being beside the King of Earth and Mountains?"
Angzhe nodded: "Yes!"
With a loud bang, someone slammed their hand on the table, causing even the candlelight on the long table to flicker due to the wind pressure from the hand.
The old man with the cane roared, "Angers, it was you who went against everyone's wishes to let Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini have this child, and now you're telling me that this child is the Dragon King, and that he's standing with the King of Earth and Mountains?"
"Are you kidding me?" The old man slammed his hand on the table again.
All eyes turned to Angers, awaiting his explanation.
Chapter 81 Angers, are you planning a rebellion?