Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei who returned from Sekiro

Shadow Emperor
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sound of rain outside the house 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 handed it to Master Yue.

"Does Master Yue often come to the church to work 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 preside over people's baptism." Uesugi Koshi took the Bible, "Occasionally, I also help look after the children, because this church is a community church, many young people Parents’ children have not left work after school, so our place is equivalent to a temporary boarding house. The teachers of the school will take the children to the lobby until their parents pick them up after get off work. I will tell the children stories from the Bible. Would love to hear."

"If your mother finds out, she will be happy for you." Lu Mingfei comforted.

"Oh..." Uesugi sighed and looked at the rain outside the door.

"Are you interested in sitting at my house for a while?" Uesugi Yue invited: "With such heavy rain, the church will be the wedding venue all day today. I mean, would you like to come to my house for dinner? I will treat you well."

"This..." Lu Mingfei looked at Eliyi.

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

"I am a ramen chef. I have been making ramen for decades. Although I dare not say how good my craftsmanship is, I have the most repeat customers in the nearby streets." Uesugi expressed himself actively.

"Is your home far from here?" When it came to this point, Lu Mingfei couldn't refuse.

"It's in the community next door, and I have a suite in the community."

"That's disturbing."

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

When he reappeared, he took off the priest's clothes and held two black umbrellas in his hands.

"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 covered Huili's clothes under the umbrella hat.

Uesugi Yue led the way ahead, the raindrops fell on the umbrella with a clattering sound, and the slender drops of water flowed down the edge of the umbrella, the water gathered in the street, the cherry blossom petals floated on it, and flowed into the sewer together with the water.

Soon, they arrived at Uesugi Koshi's home.

This house is located in a narrow alley, the decoration is very old-fashioned, the roof is made of blue tiles, and there is only one floor.

Uesugi Yue took out the key to unlock it, and after pushing open the wooden door, the entrance was clean and tidy, and a trolley was placed at the door, with the words "Ramen" hanging on it.

"Please come in." Uesugi pulled the light rope, and the warm yellow light filled the whole cabin.

"Excuse me." Lu Mingfei and Huiliyi got into the entrance, stepped on the carpet, and sucked the water from the bottom of their feet.

"You don't need to change your slippers, you can just come in." Uesugi Koshi said.

Entering the house, the decoration inside the house is very simple, with a cross hanging on the wall, a kotatsu on the tatami mat, a small kitchen, a toilet, and a bedroom. The whole house adds up to no more than [-] square meters.

Lu Mingfei and Eliyi sat on the hay woven cushions.

"Would you like some tea? Sake and Coke are also available."

"Let's drink tea."

Because of the rain, the air has become cold, so I want something warm to drink.

Uesugi made two cups of hot tea and placed them in front of Lu Mingfei and Eriyi, and apologized at the same time:
"I live alone, and that's all I have at home."

"It's ok."

Lu Mingfei picked up his teacup and took a sip.

The whole house looks neat and simple, without electronic equipment such as refrigerator and TV, walking in is like going back 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 char siew and marinated eggs in it.

This is indeed the home of a master ramen chef.

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

"Yes." Lu Mingfei nodded, "Actually, we came here to find noodles at your ramen stall, Master Yue, but we didn't expect it to rain heavily on the way."

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

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

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

Cooked by the flames, the rich aroma of pork bones hits the face, which makes people's index fingers move.

Master Yue's movements are skillful, as if he has been immersed in this way for many years.

After that, he cut up a whole plate of char siu and put fried peanuts on the table.

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

Master Yue wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and sat across from the two of them. His apron was not stained with oil, and his technique was very good.

"Let me know if the char siew is not enough."

"Okay." Lu Mingfei and Huiliyi picked up the chopsticks, blew on the noodles, and put them in their mouths.

"How is it?" Uesugi Yue asked a little nervously.

"taste good."

"good to eat."

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

"Is there no one else in Master Yue's family?" Lu Mingfei took a sip of the noodle soup.

"No more." Uesugi shook his head, "Since my mother passed away, I have lived alone."

"Have you no children?"

Master Yue is in his sixties or seventies. At this age, he should be full of children and grandchildren, enjoying family happiness, but he lives alone and pushes a small cart to sell noodles for a living. It's really pitiful to think about it. .

"I was just about to talk about this." Uesugi licked his lips, "I think the probability of two people with such similar looks appearing in this world should be extremely low."

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

"No, not just relatives, let me just say it, I think Erika is my daughter." Uesugi Yue took a deep breath, "My real name is Uesugi Yue, you may have heard of my name, but you haven't. It's okay to pass, because it's not a very important thing."

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

Erika put down her chopsticks and looked up at Uesugi Koshi's face.

"I quit Saki Hachiya many years ago, and now I am just a ramen chef."

"Listen to your surname, are you from the Shangsan Family?"

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

"No wonder."

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

"No, I'm not." Lu Mingfei shook his head, "I'm a student in Kassel, a freshman, and I've just enrolled for less than a year."

"A student from Angers?"

"The principal only taught us "Dragon Family Genealogy" and "Sword Class."

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

"You really sold noodles for decades?"

"To be precise, it's 60 years, and the memory of the past has become very blurred to me. Let's talk about other things, for example, child, do you remember where you grew up?" Uesugi Yue hoped Looking at Erika, he took out the necklace and handed the photo in front of her, "Will you think of something when you see this photo, and will you feel very kind?"

Erika held the photo in her hand and nodded.

"I knew it. This is your grandma. Her name is Charlotte Chen. Look, the two of you are carved out of the same mold." Uesugi smiled happily.

"Wait, Master Yue, are you being too hasty? Are you sure Erika and you are related 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 more seriously: "But this possibility is very low, because my mother is an orphan, she grew up in the church, I have never heard that she has brothers Sister, and it is very simple to prove this, just go to the hospital and do a paternity test."

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

"No, no, I just want to invite you to eat ramen, because when I see you, I seem to see my mother, and I really miss her." Uesugi said nostalgicly.

Erika looked at the photo, imitating Sister Charlotte's dignified sitting posture, maintaining the same posture, even smiling.

Uesugi couldn't help staring blankly, and stretched out his hand in a daze.

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

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

"This story is not beautiful." Uesugi shook his head.

"Is she my grandma?"

"I think so, if you change into a nun's dress, it will be exactly the same as when she was young."

"Then tell me, I want to hear."

Erika looked directly into Uesugi Koshi's eyes, her eyes were clear and transparent.

Uesugi Yue and Erika looked at each other, silent for a long time.

"That was before I left Sheqi Bajia." He sighed long.

"I told you that I lived in Lyon when I was a child and grew up in a church school. I saw my mother every day, but I didn't tell you that nuns in the church are not allowed to marry and have children. If the church finds that it is against the Lord The nun who made the eternal vow violated the regulations, and my mother and I would be expelled, so we can't recognize each other, so we can only show some intimacy in private."

"Actually, I didn't believe in religion at all when I was a child. I lived in the church only because my mother was there. I thought I would always be with her, but one day, my blood awakened, and I couldn't control the spirit of speech. Three blocks were blocked by me. Destroyed into ruins, and then the envoys of the family appeared in front of me, saying that they came to welcome the new emperor, and then I left France and came to Japan, because they said this is my country and I can dominate everything.”

"I haven't told you about my dad. Dad is one of the last generations of the Shangsan family. He fell in love with my mother and gave birth to me, but I didn't see him after I came to Japan. He already dead."

"Everyone's life is not easy." Lu Mingfei sighed, he also thought of his parents, counting with his fingers, parents left for almost 10 years, how many 10 years can life have?
Isn't he the same as Uesugi Koshi now?I can only look at the photos to recall my mother.

There is also Jiulang, Mi Niang, who may never see each other again in this life.

For a while, he felt that he and Uesugi felt more and more empathetic, feeling like a rabbit died and a fox was sad.

When he gets old, will he be lonely like Uesugi Koshi?

It's a really sad thing.

At this moment, Erika felt something and held his hand tightly.

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

He couldn't help thinking whether Erika needed more from him, or he needed more from Erika.

Lu Mingfei and Eriyi clasped their fingers together: "Please continue talking."

Uesugi Yue 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 waka, and arranged for me to be performed by a national treasure-level Noh master. I also have seven Japanese wives, and my subordinates assured me that they are all top-notch The real Japanese beauty, the real Yamato Nadeko, would bring a happy family to a man in power."

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

"No." Uesugi shook his head, his voice gradually lowered: "I came to Japan more than 60 years ago. You should know that the whole world was in chaos at that time, and I was the King of Movies in Japan."

"The Emperor's shadow?"

"I am the real emperor in power, but I have never even stepped out of the gate of the palace. 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 eligible to have an audience. Me, Tojo, Matsui, Yamamoto, Konoe, Doihara..."

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

"I didn't know anything about them at the time. They knelt down and offered their loyalty to me. I sat on the throne to accept their worship and then blessed them. After they left, I went to my wife. Other than that I don't care about anything else."

"It sounds like a lecherous dream, so why did you escape from the Sheqiba family, and what does this have to do with your mother?"

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

He hugged his head and drank the wine in the glass.

It was only then that Lu Mingfei realized that there was a wine bottle at the corner of the table, and he could reach it with his hand.

Uesugi 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 remorse every day, relying on alcohol to paralyze my nerves, but always judge myself with faith.

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

　Thanks to "Braised Purple Eggplant" for the reward of 100 points
　　
　
(End of this chapter)