The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 408 - 407 I’m Here with You
Chapter 408: Chapter 407 I’m Here with You
Chapter 408: Chapter 407 I’m Here with You
Shao Yunxuan shook her head.
“Oh mom, don’t say that.
It’s quite rare to run into someone in Jinjing, and there’s nothing wrong with exchanging a few words.”
“You!” Shao’s mother disapproved: “Speaking of Jinjing, I remember your childhood friend Fu Shuangshuang is in Lucheng, a neighboring city of Jinjing, right?”
“Yes, their family moved here only a few years ago.”
“What an impressive family, they’ve been thriving these past few years and even bought a house in Lucheng.
We should take the opportunity to visit, since it’s not too far away.”
“Sure, I’ll send Shuangshuang a message.”
Yunxuan meticulously adjusted her clothes and combed her hair before taking out her phone.
She opened the chat app and sent a message to Fu Shuangshuang.
[Shuangshuang, guess whom I saw?
Your cousin Lu Mian!]
—-
Lu Mian’s conversation with Qiu Shu was interrupted like that and there was no need to continue.
Lu Mian kicked the bluestone on the ground and waved her hand at Qiu Shu, “I’m off, you deal with the rest!”
Qiu Shu watched her airy departure, pausing on the spot for quite some time before silently driving away.
Mo Si and Mo Nie, who were tailing from a distance, carefully watched Lu Mian head back.
“Miss Lu met a man…
How are we going to report this to Mr.
Qimo!”
“Just tell the truth.”
“Then I think Mr.
Qimo will be even more irritable.”
While driving, Mo Nie expressed his disdain for him, “Mo Si, I always feel that you’re acting weird lately.
Let me tell you from my bitter experience, never lie to Mr.
Qimo, and definitely do not be duplicitous; otherwise, you’ll have a line of people from F Continent and N Pole Continent waiting for you.”
Mo Si: “But, aren’t you curious about what relationship Miss Lu has with that man?
I feel that our Mr.
Qimo is under too much competitive pressure…
Of course, what’s more important is!
How can Miss Lu just go upstairs and leave Mr.
Qimo to wait?
He’s still waiting for her!”
The abandoned dark-bellied man feigning drunkenness on the big bed: You little rascal, are you really just leaving me here?!
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Lu Mian went upstairs, grabbed a novel from her room, and then went back downstairs.
It was now evening, and the air was cool.
Wrapping her coat around herself, she headed to the Zitan Pavilion.
Walking this distance, a fine sweat broke out on her body.
When she arrived again at Xiao Qimo’s room, she was taking off her jacket while knocking on the door.
There was no response from inside the room, and she suddenly remembered Xiao Qimo was drunk, likely unable to open the door for her at this moment.
Just as she was about to turn around to find Ye Jinwen or Mo Si, she hadn’t taken a step away when the door opened from the inside, revealing a rather sullen and weary handsome face.
“Uh…” Lu Mian, seeing Xiao Qimo opening the door for her, felt apologetic, “Did I disturb your rest?”
After she said this, she noticed the man’s thin lips press tighter, his face growing darker.
Drunk men really do have terrible tempers.
She mentally tsk-tsked.
“Should I leave and let you continue sleeping?” She pointed down the hallway.
You little rascal.
Xiao Qimo silently recited in his mind, his gaze falling on her arm where she held her coat, which seemed to be pinching a novel.
He belatedly realized something, not saying a word and decisively stepped aside to make way.
Lu Mian walked in smoothly.
“Did you just go out?”
As Lu Mian walked ahead, she heard Xiao Qimo’s muffled voice from behind.
She responded with an “Uh-huh,” “I went to see someone.”
“A man?”
“Mm.”
Lu Mian honestly answered everything, with no intention of hiding any details.
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Xiao Qimo stared at her retreating figure, taking a very deep look.
So, who is that man?
What were they talking about?
It seemed on the phone that she mentioned going somewhere.
A date, maybe?
Who exactly is it that made that little rascal put down her drunken self and go out to meet him?
Although he had sent Mo Si and Mo Nie to take a look, he couldn’t make out the content of their conversation, which made him even more anxious.
The competence of these two subordinates really wasn’t up to much.
After Lu Mian reached the living room, she found that Xiao Qimo was still standing there motionless.
Thinking he was still drunk, she put down the clothes and book she was holding, and helped Xiao Qimo back to the bedroom.
Taking into account her experience from last time, she was very careful and didn’t fall onto the bed again.
“You should sleep a bit more.”
“You’re leaving again?” the man blurted out.
Lu Mian paused, her gaze sweeping over the single sofa in the bedroom, “I’ll read my book here.”
That meant she was going to stay with Xiao Qimo.
The man’s complexion visibly improved, and that was more like it.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he whispered softly, “If you come in, don’t go out again.
The sound of the door opening and closing is too loud, and I can’t sleep well.”
Lu Mian crossed her legs on the sofa and subconsciously nodded.
“Okay.”
This time, Xiao Qimo really fell asleep.
Even though the bed was big enough to easily accommodate two people, that steadfast girl didn’t budge an inch and sat securely on the sofa, reading her novel.
He took off his glasses, lay flat, and quietly sighed.
He really didn’t know what was so interesting about the domineering CEOs in those books.
He, a living, breathing person, couldn’t even compare.
At this moment, Xiao Qimo felt jealous not just of people, but also of a book.
He was genuinely feeling sleepy.
Having genuinely poured so much alcohol into himself, even if he wasn’t drunk, he was still tired.
He had been forcing himself to stay awake just to find out what was happening with her.
Now that he knew she was right by his side, he gradually let go of all his emotions and guard, truly falling asleep.
Even his mobile phone rang several times on the nightstand, and he didn’t hear it.
Lu Mian thought it would disturb his rest, and directly muted the phone.
From start to finish the phone’s screen was facedown.
She had no interest in prying into others’ secrets and didn’t look even once.
Lu Mian sat in Xiao Qimo’s room until after eight o’clock.
Hearing sounds at the door, she quickly got up before the other party could knock and opened the door with extreme care.
Vice-captain Xun Xiaoran was holding a laptop in one hand, the other hand that was about to knock hung in mid-air.
Next to him stood Cheng Feng, his face full of smiles.
“Hey!
We meet again!”
Xun Xiaoran turned his head and glared at Cheng Feng.
When he saw that it was Lu Mian who opened the door, he paused and then chuckled, “You’re still here?”
Lu Mian blocked the doorway and whispered, “Is there something you need?”
“Oh, our team leader said that Mr.
Qimo’s programming is very good.
We have a difficult problem in the team that no one can find the flaw in, and we were hoping Mr.
Qimo could give it a try.”
“Looking for a flaw?” Lu Mian asked casually, glancing over his laptop.
Although Xun Xiaoran was quite reluctant to have her staying here, today’s situation was special.
With Mr.
Qimo drunk, they had no choice but to let this girl stay.
When he saw Lu Mian glancing at his laptop, he instinctively pulled back slightly, a bit defensive.
After pulling back, he then remembered that a girl like her wouldn’t possibly understand that kind of problem.
“Can you ask Mr.
Qimo for me?” He had heard some noise from this side and came over because they said Mr.
Qimo was awake.
Lu Mian leaned against the doorpost, her gaze flickering slightly before replying, “Give it to me, and I’ll pass it on to him.”
