The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 391 - 390: Haven’t seen Director Qi for Seven Days

Chapter 391: Chapter 390: Haven’t seen Director Qi for Seven Days

A few senior boys had offered some advice to Lu Mian, before each hauling their luggage away.

Lu Mian, holding her simple black backpack, got the message.

Just be a bit too wild, and you’ll be ostracized, huh!

OK.

Lu Mian took the elevator to the sixth floor, and since she was on the last batch to come up, the girls from her class had already found their rooms by then.

Everyone had their own suite, which showed how generous the committee had been this time.

Passing by the hallway, Lu Mian heard a faint argument coming from one side but didn’t bother with it and instead located her room number.

After swiping her card to enter, the first thing she did was to check the surroundings; it took a few minutes to ensure the room was safe. Then, she took the backpack off her shoulder and began to tidy things up simply.

Her main luggage was at her brother’s apartment, so she only carried a few items needed temporarily. It was very simple, not much to arrange.

Except for those few beloved novels.

She pulled them out one by one, planning to put them on the bookshelf.

Just then, someone knocked on the door, which she assumed to be hotel staff, and walked over to open it.

However, standing before her was a plainly dressed girl with somewhat dark skin.

Lu Mian tilted her head, thinking for a moment; she seemed to have seen her downstairs earlier on.

“So, you live in this room!”

The accent of the speaker was quite distinct, and Lu Mian remembered who she was.

She responded indifferently with a “Hmm,” “Is there something you need?”

“Oh, I just came to see you. My name is Fang Xilan, and you’re Lu Mian, right?”

Fang Xilan stood at the door, looking quite restrained.

Lu Mian could tell that the other was eager to find friends; her smile was forced and superficial.

Without saying a word and not closing the door, she went back to her room to continue organizing her novels.

Fang Xilan followed her inside, looking around. Coming from a poor family background, she had never seen such a luxurious house in her life, so it was natural that she was curious.

“Lu Mian, your room seems a bit different from ours…”

“Is it? I wouldn’t know,” Lu Mian replied indifferently, continuing to take out her novels without much attention to the comment.

She didn’t know, nor was she interested in how the others’ rooms looked.

But she was already used to the bed back home in Wucheng and wondered if she could sleep well here.

Fang Xilan nodded repeatedly, “Yeah! Our rooms aren’t as big, and we don’t have sofas or TVs, and your decor is different from ours too…”

“Have you gone to see many people?” Lu Mian asked casually.

In this girl, she saw self-consciousness and eagerness to please, someone who was not naturally outgoing or talkative but felt compelled to act more proactively, more enthusiastically.

In fact, it was quite unnecessary.

“I only approached you,” said Fang Xilan, looking somewhat dejected as she lowered her head.

She had noticed Lu Mian downstairs.

Lu Mian’s luggage was minimal, her clothes fairly plain, and she always stood outside the crowd, not fitting in.

Fang Xilan thought that Lu Mian’s family must be quite poor too, so she memorized her name.

Poor Lu Mian, unaware of Fang Xilan’s thoughts, had been busily organizing her own novels and the few simple pieces of luggage she had.

Fang Xilan did several laps around Lu Mian’s room, inspecting every corner, before her gaze finally rested on the pile of novels Lu Mian had packed, expressing her surprise, “Is this all you brought? These books only? What about your physics textbook?”

“I don’t need it.”

Fang Xilan: “…”

No wonder she had just mentioned giving up; it seemed that her academic performance must be quite far behind, likely falling into the hopeless category for a sprint.

Watching Lu Mian busy herself without engaging in conversation, Fang Xilan felt a bit timid and spoke softly, “Lu Mian, my family isn’t very well-off, I’ve never seen these things before. Please don’t laugh at me…”

“I won’t.”

“Really?” She thought they had similar experiences and felt as though she had found a kindred spirit. “You’re really nice. They always mock me for being a country bumpkin and even forced a room exchange on me that the teacher had assigned…”

Fang Xilan’s voice grew fainter.

“The room originally assigned to Qiao Yaning was the one at the very end, but she said that room was bad, with too much yin energy, and insisted on swapping with me. Her family is local to Jinjing, so I had no choice.”

Lu Mian thought about it and figured the arguing she had heard earlier must have come from them.

“Also, Lu Mian, aside from that Qiao Yaning who we shouldn’t provoke, there’s another person in our class we can’t afford to offend,” Fang Xilan murmured, whether or not Lu Mian was listening. “His family is also from Jinjing and is said to have quite the background. His name is Xiu Qian. Be extra careful and make sure not to cross paths with him!”

Lu Mian, disinterested in these matters, finished packing her things and then gently issued an eviction notice.

“Classmate, I’m going to take a shower. You should return to your room first.”

“Ah.” Fang Xilan paused, taken aback by the direct request, “Oh okay. I’ll come to see you again another time…”

Lu Mian pressed her lips together, said nothing, and watched her leave with a sigh.

She wasn’t good at socializing and didn’t like this kind of unexplained overture.

After closing the door, she turned to look at her room again and unexpectedly discovered that the decoration style of the room was very much to her liking, with small details similar to the spacious flat she used to live in.

For example, the arrangement on the desk and the water dispenser were all within easy reach because she preferred not to move around when busy; if she needed something and had to get up to get it, she would most likely give up.

Suddenly, she lay back on the bed, facing a week of training camp ahead. During that week, there would be a few days to celebrate the new year, followed by another week of training.

This meant, she would not see Xiao Qimo for seven days.

Seven days wasn’t a particularly long time for her. But at this moment, she found herself somewhat concerned about this span of time…

Probably, Xiao Qimo had already returned to the Xiao Family by now.

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Lu Mian lounged in her room for a while until Fang Xilan passed by, inviting her to the second-floor classroom.

Lu Mian asked her to go ahead; the other girl was persistent and insisted on going together.

The two arrived at the classroom to find Bi Jun and Tan Tong already there.

The teachers’ attitude noticeably improved upon seeing Lu Mian.

“Lu Mian, find a place to sit down,” they said.

Good students tend to consciously choose seats in the front row; Fang Xilan, being one of the top students in her own school, naturally preferred the front. It offered more opportunities to interact with the teacher and a clearer view of the whiteboard.

She intended to pull Lu Mian to sit in the front with her, but as she turned, she saw the aloof girl heading towards the very back row.

Pausing, and considering Lu Mian’s grades, she ultimately didn’t follow and chose a seat near the front.

Lu Mian habitually picked a spot in the last row by the window, but this time, as she approached, a figure glided past her. Just as her fingers were about to pull the chair out, the other person also grabbed the back of the chair.

Neither had noticed each other until that moment, when they finally looked up.