The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 385 - 384: Director Qi, You’re Not Coming Back Next Semester, Are You?! (Extra)

Chapter 385: Chapter 384: Director Qi, You’re Not Coming Back Next Semester, Are You?! (Extra)

The drama king Pao Hao continued to wipe away his tears.

He couldn’t just blatantly refuse Lu Mian, could he?

What else could he do but to trick his dad and mom!

After all, it was his dear parents who had conspired to trick him in the first place!

Lu Mian: …

Xiao Qimo, on the other hand, leisurely put away his phone, crossed his arms, and watched the drama unfold.

During the lull when Guo Shuitian and Li Shuyun were desperately trying to explain things to their son, he tilted his head and said to Lu Mian in an indifferent tone, “Every family has its own problems. Why don’t you talk to Pao Hao?”

He spoke with upright composure.

Lu Mian opened her mouth, feeling that something was not quite right.

Still, she spoke up to persuade, “Pao Hao, your uncle and aunt surely didn’t mean that. You don’t have to go with me. I have some friends over there, and I can take care of myself, it’s okay.”

Xiao Qimo furrowed his brow: He has some friends in Jinjing… what does that mean?

Li Shuyun felt quite embarrassed: “Miss Lu…”

“Chief Guo, Auntie Guo, don’t worry,” Lu Mian shook her head. “Also, please stop calling me Miss Lu. Just call me Mianmian.”

“Okay. But, Mianmian…”

Xiao Qimo elegantly and genteelly pushed up his glasses, interrupting the couple’s enthusiasm, “The two of you can rest assured, I will also be in Jinjing during that time and will take good care of Mianmian.”

As he spoke, his tender gaze brushed across Lu Mian’s face.

Lu Mian dodged his gaze, her eyes falling, feeling that the way he said “Mianmian” was different from anyone else.

Guo Shuitian nodded, “With you there, we can be at ease.”

“Indeed, Director Qimo is much more reliable than our son Haozi!” Li Shuyun agreed wholeheartedly.

Pao Hao, who dodged a bullet, curled his lips.

Mom and Dad, you’re too naive. With Director Qimo around, it’s brother Mian who is the least safe!

—

As the day to depart for Jinjing approached, Lu Mian packed up her luggage simply, and the day before leaving Wucheng, went to the villa in the suburbs.

Sui Yuan, Ya Ling, and Yuren were all there, just waiting for her.

The group enjoyed a reunion meal and then headed upstairs to the recreation room to play billiards.

Lu Mian leaned against the windowsill, arms crossed in leisure, watching Yuren and Ya Ling duel.

Sui Yuan stayed by her side, cradling a hot cup of milk and sipping it intermittently.

“Mianmian, you need to take care of yourself on this trip to Jinjing. Be a good girl, pay attention in class, and get good grades…” she murmured a reminder with every sip of milk.

Lu Mian laughed, “What kind of grades do you expect me to get?”

Then she turned sideways, lowered her head to look at her, the distance very close.

Sui Yuan slightly lifted her head, barely touching her forehead, and her cheeks instantly turned red, “Ah, you’re always getting so close to me…”

She lamented and blurted out, “Just do as before!”

Lu Mian chuckled softly and rubbed the top of her head, which felt softer than ever.

“Okay.” She blinked, “You haven’t opened the gift I gave you last time, have you?”

“Not yet.”

“Open it when I tell you to.”

Sui Yuan felt an itching curiosity, “What’s inside, really?”

“Wait until I bring back the admission offer, then I’ll tell you.”

“…”

Their conversation ended just as Yuren had pocketed the last ball, leaving Ya Ling without even a chance to play, who grudgingly left the field.

“Your turn, Mian,” Ya Ling tossed the cue stick to her.

Lu Mian took it with one hand, her eyes smiling with a hint of mischief as she walked to the billiard table and picked up the chalk, leisurely rubbing it on the cue tip.

Her movements were skilled and somewhat nonchalant.

Yuren was arranging the balls with the triangle rack, quickly setting up all of them.

Lu Mian broke.

Yuren simply put down his cue and stood nearby, smiling as he watched.

“Mianmian, things won’t be the same in Jinjing as they are in Wucheng. If something happens, remember to go to Sikong,” Yuren paused, “Although I don’t know what happened between you two, he won’t ignore you.”

Lu Mian acknowledged with a hum, leaning down to shoot while making casual conversation, “Don’t worry, I have it figured out.”

Zero didn’t agree, making a face on the side, “Brother Mian, you’re just too self-reliant, always reluctant to bother others. You didn’t even explain the situation with Gu Jingyi last time.”

“Ah…” Lu Mian felt slightly guilty, pushed the cue, and though she was supposed to pocket three balls, she only sank two.

“Mmm-hmm.” Zero watched her intently.

Lu Mian coughed lightly, her clear apricot eyes flickering with cunning as she spoke indifferently, “Zero, what’s the deal with you and Ye Jinwen?”

Zero: “…”

Yuren pinched the bridge of his nose beside them, see, this girl always has a way to shoot someone down with a single sentence.

“Mianmian, don’t change the subject, I also want to know about the Gu Jingyi situation,” Yuren continued to press, shaking his head.

Naturally, Lu Mian wasn’t going to be easily cornered to spill the beans, she took her time with another shot, saying airily, “Handsome Yu, the Wang Family’s intentions are becoming increasingly clear, they’re set on swallowing up the Liang Family. Your niece’s hundredth-day celebration might have some scheming behind it…”

Yuren: “…”

In the end, two out of three people were shut down by her retorts.

Sui Yuan was smirking on the side.

History is always astonishingly similar, whenever they got together, there always had to be a round of mutual ribbing.

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Wisely, Sui Yuan kept quiet, not saying a word, even giving Lu Mian a big thumbs up, looking at her with adoration.

Lu Mian cleaned up with a single stroke, coolly tossing the cue into the rack, then walked over and gave Sui Yuan an affectionate noogie.

Zero: I am speechless.

Yuren: I am at a loss for words.

Sui Yuan smiled with his eyes crinkling, took out his phone, and wrote in the notes app.

[We all have secrets, we all have scars, we use the little warmth we have to protect each other.]

——

Principal Zhang’s office.

Xiao Qimo came to bid farewell, inevitably bringing up the matter of the pavilion.

“Principal Zhang, I’ve already collected some samples from the pavilion, and I will hand them over to the research institute for analysis after I get back to Jinjing.”

Principal Zhang thought to himself that this ancestor of theirs finally had time to deal with the issue; having such a dangerous place in their school had their principal very worried.

Previously, the incident with Lu Mian and Gu Jingyi had occurred, but fortunately, with the truth revealed, the matter was properly handled.

Otherwise, Kunpeng School would have had to shoulder the blame once again.

But he understood, no one could get close to the pavilion, let alone enter it. Now, his only hope was the gentleman before him.

Xiao Qimo seemed oblivious to Principal Zhang’s eagerness, remaining leisurely and even offering a solemn explanation.

“Principal Zhang, the more complicated a problem is, the less one should rush it. Scientific research always takes time, don’t you agree?” He sat with his leg crossed, utterly relaxed.

Principal Zhang nodded vigorously, “Yes, yes, yes.”

I don’t even know what you’re researching, and I wouldn’t dare to ask.

Dare not rush! Dare not rush!

But now, at least this gentleman had taken the samples back to Jinjing, which gave him a glimmer of hope.

Principal Zhang smiled somewhat relievedly and asked, “So next semester, you probably won’t be back, right?”

His words carried a hint of hope.