Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei returns from Sekiro

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of rain outside could be heard in the hall, but this did not affect the atmosphere of the wedding at all.

Lu Mingfei picked up the Bible on the ground, dusted it off and gave it to Master Yue.

"Does Master Yue often come to the church part-time?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"About two or three days a week, usually on weekends, I will come to the church to worship, and I will also help people conduct baptisms." Uesugoshi took the Bible, "Occasionally I will help take care of the children, because this church is a community church, and there are many young people. The parents’ children have not yet got off work after school, so our place is equivalent to a temporary boarding house. The school’s teachers will take the children to the lobby until their parents pick them up from get off work. I will tell the children stories from the Bible. Happy to listen.”

"If your mother knew, she would be happy for you." Lu Mingfei comforted.

"Alas" Uesugoshi sighed and looked at the rain outside the door.

"Are you interested in sitting at my house for a while?" Uesugoshi invited: "With such heavy rain, the church will be a wedding venue all day today. What I mean is, do you want to have a dinner at my house? I will treat you well."

"This" Lu Mingfei looked at Huiliyi.

"I want to eat ramen." Eriki held up the notebook.

"I am a ramen chef. I have been making ramen for decades. Although I can't say how good my craftsmanship is, I have the most repeat customers in the nearby streets." Uesugoshi expressed himself positively.

"Is your home far from here?" Lu Mingfei couldn't refuse it now that he was talking about it.

"It's in the community next door. I have a house in the community."

"Then excuse me."

"Don't bother, don't bother." Uesugi smiled, stood up, and said something to the priest.

When he reappeared, he had taken off his priest's clothes and was holding two black umbrellas.

"Come with me, it's very close." Uesugi Yue waited at the door and handed Lu Mingfei a big umbrella.

Lu Mingfei opened the umbrella and put Huiliyi under the umbrella hat.

Uesugoshi led the way, raindrops fell on the umbrella with a crashing sound, and slender water droplets flowed down the edge of the umbrella. Water gathered on the street, and cherry blossom petals floated on it, and flowed into the sewer with the water.

Soon, they arrived at Uesugoshi's home.

This house is located in a narrow alley. The decoration is very period. The roof is made of blue tiles and it has only one floor.

Uesugoshi took out the key and unlocked the door. After pushing open the wooden door, the entrance was clean and tidy. A yatai cart was placed at the door with the word "Ramen" hanging on it.

"Please come in." Uesugoshi pulled the light cord, and warm yellow light filled the entire cabin.

"Excuse me." Lu Mingfei and Eliyi got into the entrance hall, stepped on the carpet, and sucked away the water from the soles of their feet.

"You don't need to change into slippers, just come in directly." Uesugoshi said.

Entering the house, the decoration inside is very simple, with crosses hanging on the walls, a kotatsu on the tatami, a small kitchen, a toilet, and a bedroom. The entire house adds up to only sixty square meters.

Lu Mingfei and Eliyi sat on the hay cushions.

"Would you like some tea? We also have sake and coke."

"Let's have tea."

Because of the rain, the air has become cold, so I want to drink something hot at this time.

Uesugoshi brewed two cups of hot tea and placed them in front of Lu Mingfei and Eriki, and said apologetically:

"I live alone and this is all I have at home."

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Mingfei picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The whole house looks very neat and simple. There are no electronic devices such as refrigerators and TVs. When you walk in, you feel like you have returned to the last century.

Only the kitchen looked rich, with pork and vegetables, and all kinds of seasonings. A bag of eggs hung on the wall, and there was a pot filled with brine, with barbecued pork and braised eggs soaked in it.

This is indeed the home of a master ramen chef.

"Can we have ramen for dinner?" Master Yue put on his apron.

"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded, "Actually, we came here just to find Master Yue's ramen stall to eat noodles. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily on the way."

"I'm on vacation today and won't open until tomorrow. If you go to see me, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." Master Yue washed his hands carefully, then picked up the dough, and soon the whole piece of dough turned into long and thin ramen noodles.

"That's amazing." Eriyi clapped her hands.

He opened the gas tank, took two ladles from the large pot of tonkotsu soup on one side, and filled another small pot.

Under the cooking flame, the rich aroma of tonkotsu comes to the face, making people's fingers lick.

Master Yue is skillful in his movements, as if he has been immersed in this art for many years.

After that, he cut a whole plate of barbecued pork and put fried peanuts on it and brought it to the table.

Then he started to make the sauce, and after waiting for a while, three bowls of tonkotsu ramen were brought to the table, steaming hot.

Master Yue wiped his hands with a handkerchief and sat across from the two of them. There was no oil on his apron. His skills were very good.

"Please tell me if the barbecued pork is not enough."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei and Hui Liyi picked up the chopsticks, blew on their faces, and put them in their mouths.

"How is it?" Uesugoshi asked slightly anxiously.

"taste good."

"tasty."

Uesugi breathed a sigh of relief, "You are guests in my home today. If you need anything, you must tell me. You are welcome."

"Is there anyone else at Master Yue's house?" Lu Mingfei took a sip of noodle soup.

"No more." Uesugoshi shook his head, "I have been living alone since my mother passed away."

"Don't you have any children?"

Master Yue is at least sixty or seventy years old. At this age, he should be full of children and grandchildren, and enjoy family happiness, but he lives alone and makes a living by pushing a cart and selling noodles. It is really pitiful when you think about it. .

"I was just about to say this." Uesugi licked his lips, "I think the probability of two people who look so similar appearing in this world should be extremely low."

"You mean Eli Yi and your mother may be related by blood? Are you relatives?" Lu Mingfei said.

"No, it's not just relatives. Let me tell you straight, I think Eriko is my daughter." Uesugi took a deep breath, "My real name is Uesugi. You may have heard of my name, but not It doesn’t matter if you pass, because it’s not a very important thing.”

"Are you from the Sheqi Eighth Family?" Lu Mingfei frowned.

Eriko put down her chopsticks and looked up at Uesugoshi's face.

"I quit the Sheqi Hachi family many years ago. Now I am just a ramen chef."

"Based on your last name, are you from the Shangsan family?"

"Yes, I am the emperor of the previous generation."

"No wonder."

"Are you a descendant of the Sheqi Eighth Family?"

"No, I'm not." Lu Mingfei shook his head, "I'm a freshman in Kassel, less than a year after I entered school."

"A student from Angers?"

"The principal has only taught us 'Dragon Family Genealogy' and 'Swordsmanship'."

"Forget it, don't mention these things." Uesugi picked up the teapot and filled Lu Mingfei with hot water. "I don't want to discuss the past. I have withdrawn from that world. Please treat me as an ordinary person."

"Have you really been selling noodles for decades?"

"To be precise, it's sixty years. The memory of the past has become very blurry to me. Let's talk about other things. For example, my child, do you remember where you grew up?" Uesugi Yue hoped. He looked at Eri Yi calmly, took out the necklace, and handed the photo to her, "Do you think of anything when you see this photo? Do you feel very friendly?"

Eriyi held the photo in her hand and nodded.

"I knew this was your grandma. Her name is Charlotte Chen. Look, you two are exactly the same." Uesugoshi smiled happily.

"Wait a minute, Master Yue, are you too hasty? Are you sure that Eri Yi is related to you by blood? Is there a possibility that she is the child of your mother's sister, and you are just relatives, after all. There seems to be a big age difference between you two."

"I don't deny this possibility." Uesugi said seriously: "But this possibility is very low, because my mother is an orphan. She grew up in the church since she was a child. I have never heard that she has any brothers. Sister, and it’s very simple to prove this, just go to the hospital and do a paternity test.”

"So you called us here because you want Eriyi to do a paternity test with you?"

"No, no, I just want to treat you to ramen, because when I see you, I seem to see my mother. I really miss her." Uesugi said nostalgically.

Eriki looked at the photo and imitated Sister Charlotte's dignified sitting posture, keeping the same posture and even smiling.

Uesugoshi couldn't help but stare blankly, and stretched out his hand in a daze.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" he kept repeating these three words.

Eriki returned the necklace and wrote in the notebook, "I want to hear her story."

"This story is not a good one." Uesugoshi shook his head.

"She is my grandma?"

"I guess so. If you put on a nun's uniform, she'll look exactly like she did when she was young."

"Then tell me, I want to hear it."

Eriko looked directly into Uesugoshi's eyes, her eyes clear and transparent.

Uesugoshi and Eriko looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

"That was what happened before I left the Sheqi Ba family." He let out a long sigh.

“I told you that when I was a child, I lived in Lyon and grew up in a church school. I could see my mother every day, but I didn’t tell you that nuns in the church are not allowed to get married and have children. If a nun who makes eternal vows violates the regulations, my mother and I will be expelled, so we cannot recognize each other and can only be intimate in private."

"Actually, I wasn't religious at all when I was a child. I lived in the church just because my mother was there. I thought she and I would always be together. But one day, my bloodline awakened and I couldn't control my spirit. Three blocks were occupied by me. Destroyed into ruins, then the family’s messengers appeared in front of me and said they were here to welcome the new emperor, and then I left France and came to Japan because they said this was my country and I could dominate everything.”

"I haven't told you about my father yet. He is one of the last generations of the upper three families. He fell in love with my mother and gave birth to me. However, I did not see him after I came to Japan. He already dead."

"It's not easy for everyone." Lu Mingfei sighed. He also thought of his parents. Counting on his fingers, it was almost 10 years since his parents left. How many 10 years can there be in life?

Isn't he the same as Uesugoshi now? I can only look at the photos to remember my mother.

There is also Jiulang and Miniang, who may not be able to see each other again in this life.

For a moment, he felt that he and Uesugi had the same feeling, and he felt like a rabbit was dying and a fox was sad.

When he gets old, will he be lonely and widowed like Uesugoshi?

This is a really sad thing.

At this moment, Eriki seemed to feel something and held his hand tightly.

Warmth came from the palm of his hand, and his heart also became warm.

He couldn't help but wonder whether Eri Yi needed him more, or whether he needed Eri Yi more.

Lu Mingfei and Hui Liyi clasped their fingers: "Please continue talking."

Uesugoshi nodded: "I don't feel much about dad's death. Although my mother often tells me how good dad is, I have never seen him. After I came to Japan, I received a grand welcome. My family wanted to turn me into a Japanese. They taught me kendo, tea ceremony and Japanese singing, and arranged for national treasure-level Noh theater masters to perform for me alone. I also have seven Japanese wives, and my subordinates assured me that they are all top-notch. The Japanese beauty, the real Yamato Nadeshiko, would bring a happy family to a man in power."

"Is one of them Hui Liyi's mother?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"No." Uesugi shook his head and his voice gradually became lower: "I came to Japan more than sixty years ago. You should know that at that time, the whole world was in chaos, and I was the King of Japanese Movies."

"The Emperor's shadow?"

"I am the emperor who is truly in power, but I have never even stepped outside the palace door. What I do every day is to have fun with my seven wives, and then accept an audience. Only those famous figures in history are qualified to have an audience. I, Tojo, Matsui, Yamamoto, Konoe, Doihara..."

"Aren't these all Class A war criminals from World War II?"

"I knew nothing about them at the time. They knelt down and offered their loyalty to me. I sat on the throne and accepted their worship, and then gave them blessings. After they left, I went to find my wife. Other than that I don’t care about anything else.”

"This sounds like a lustful dream, so why did you escape from the Sheqiba family? What does this have to do with your mother?"

"Not long after, World War II broke out." Uesugoshi became much older. "My mother died in this war, and I am the culprit."

He held his head and drank all the wine in the glass.

Only then did Lu Mingfei realize that there was a wine bottle on the corner of the table, within easy reach.

Uesugoshi often drank alone at night, and there was a cross hanging on the wall facing him.

What kind of life is this?

I live in regret every day, relying on alcohol to numb my nerves, but I always judge myself with my faith.

The pain and suffering he endured seemed to be condensed into substance and passed on.

Thanks to "Braised Purple Eggplant" for the 100-point reward