The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 438 - 437 Just do it if you want to, it’s not about getting something
Chapter 438: Chapter 437: Just do it if you want to, it’s not about getting something
Chapter 438: Chapter 437: Just do it if you want to, it’s not about getting something
In the end, she didn’t say anything.
Fu Yao added another sentence, “Tomorrow your younger uncle will also come over, I’ve told him about your dating, and he’s very keen to help you strategize.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Mian nodded her head, “Okay, I’ll be there tomorrow.”
Before hanging up the phone, her eldest uncle made a point of emphasizing, “Bring your boyfriend!”
Lu Mian hung up the phone with concern.
Bring a boyfriend, but who could she bring?
Should she bring Director Qimo?
Such a cold and aloof man as Director Qimo, would he attend such a boring event?
Besides, if Director Qimo goes, surely many people won’t believe it, right?
Lu Mian, preoccupied with her thoughts, walked along the road, not noticing Ye Jinwen driving up from behind her.
Ye Jinwen honked the horn, and since the distance wasn’t too far, Lu Mian didn’t get in the car.
Ye Jinwen drove very slowly, keeping an eye on the road while resting an arm on the car window, leisurely chatting with her.
“Getting engaged isn’t easy.”
He sighed; his youthful, vibrant face, which had once been full of energy and sunshine, now looked hollowed out, carrying a persistent gloom and dimness.
“Huh?” Lu Mian didn’t quite understand, “Aren’t you getting engaged to her because you like her?”
Ye Jinwen waved his hand, “No choice, I owe her.”
“Owe her?
Does owing someone mean you can compensate with marriage?”
She was even more puzzled, and then slowly pulled out her phone and sent a text to Zero, [Ya Ling, will you come to Jinjing for a visit?]
Ya Ling replied to her very quickly: [Not even if I were beaten to death.]
Alright, Lu Mian had no other option; she knew that Ya Ling didn’t like coming here.
Just as she put away her phone, another text from Ya Ling came in, [Mianmian, it’s the new January of the year, we should make our payment to Guangming School again.]
Lu Mian nodded her head, [You go ahead and take care of it, with dedication, as usual.]
Ya Ling replied, [Okay, I know they are all blind children, I will handle it as well as I have in the past.]
Ya Ling added another message: [Mianmian, aren’t you being too low-profile?
You still wear the label of a philanthropist but never talk about it to the outside world, tsk tsk.]
Lu Mian responded lazily, [If I want to do it, I do it, not to achieve anything.]
[I’m impressed!]
Lu Mian knew about Ya Ling’s ability to handle matters; she was not worried about anything.
Ye Jinwen didn’t know what she was busy with and mumbled to himself, “Big boss Lu is so busy,” and let it be.
They headed back to Zitan Pavilion together.
At noon, the four of them gathered around a table for a meal; this time, it was still a loving lunch delivered by Mrs.
Xiao, as delicious as always.
Lu Mian found that she had gained a little weight these past few days, her appetite also improving.
When they were about done eating, something seemed to strike her, and she turned to Ye Jinwen in front of her, suddenly asking, “Who is the big boss of Shadow Hunting Team?”
Ye Jinwen had long wanted to tell her this news, but at the time, with Cheng Feng’s ambiguous attitude, he dared not to reveal it recklessly.
Now that Little Mianmian had asked, he naturally volunteered.
Ye Jinwen was just about to boastfully claim the title when Yun Sang, sitting beside him, suddenly kicked him under the table.
Yun Sang looked at Lu Mian with a meaningful question, “What’s wrong?
Time to settle scores?”
Ye Jinwen paused, “Settle what scores, has the big boss owed you money?”
Lu Mian put down her chopsticks, concluding the meal.
The chopsticks made a crisp “clatter” as they hit the table, a bit cold.
She said indifferently, “When I was 14, I had applied to join the Shadow Hunting Team, but I was rejected due to my gender at that time.”
“It’s quite normal for a team to reject an applicant, which I can understand, but what I can’t understand is your rejection based on gender, without even giving me the chance to be tested.”
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She spoke these words calmly, finishing them in one breath.
After hearing this, Ye Jinwen suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
All his excitement had dissipated, replaced by a sense of dread.
He!
He’s currently the big boss of the Shadow Hunting Team!
Even though it’s only in name, but if Little Mianmian were to find out, wouldn’t he die a horrible death?
Yun Sang had known about this matter for a long time and had intentionally brought it up to remind Ye Jinwen, this naive sweetie, who unknowingly had taken the blame for others many times.
With his intelligence, he could never outplay Xiao Qimo in this lifetime.
Yun Sang also put down his chopsticks, watching the atmosphere at the table, waiting for the drama to unfold.
However, speaking of Xiao Qimo, he was by nature a refined scoundrel and a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
As the two brothers should have understood each other long ago, this kind of scene didn’t fluster him at all.
He leisurely put down his utensils, his gaze shifted to Ye Jinwen, and he smiled slightly.
“Ye Jinwen, there’s no need to hide it anymore, Lu Mian has known all along.”
Ye Jinwen shuddered, the implication in those words was significant.
One was that Lu Mian had known for a while that he was the big boss, the other was…what was Qimo implying?
At this moment, he really didn’t want to go through fire and water for his brother, but the reality was, he had been stabbed twice by his brother and still had to keep smiling.
Great!
Just great!
He had to carry this pot whether he liked it or not.
Ye Jinwen couldn’t swallow his last bite of food anymore, he looked at Lu Mian sheepishly, pleading with Little Mianmian, “I was wrong.”
Lu Mian had already guessed as much, and stating it clearly now only made it more certain.
But still, this was Ye Jinwen, the Ye Jinwen who had saved Ya Ling.
She helplessly shook her head and let out a sigh, muttering as if talking to herself, “What can I do to you?
After all, you saved her…”
Her voice was not loud, and the three men beside her didn’t catch it clearly.
Although Lu Mian found the rejection by the Shadow Hunting Team hard to understand, she had calmed down now.
Perhaps it was fate that she didn’t join the team at 14, only to encounter them during this physics competition.
Maybe it was destiny’s way of giving her a chance to get even, sending these team members her way, so she could have her fun teasing them when she pleased, which was quite enjoyable.
She remembered what Cheng Feng had told her that day, feeling that these kids also had it quite tough, leading a disciplined life and unable to dress casually.
To think Ye Jinwen, usually so easygoing, managed his business with such strictness.
She looked up at Ye Jinwen and asked in a negotiating tone, “Brother Jin, do you think it’s possible to change the team rules?”
Ye Jinwen’s heart skipped a beat, his first instinct was to look towards Xiao Qimo.
Those team rules were personally set by Qimo, he couldn’t make such decisions!
His eyes fluttered, hesitantly shifting towards Xiao Qimo, “Uh…
can they be changed?”
Xiao Qimo leaned back, his beautiful fingers subtly forming the sign of Zero towards Ye Jinwen.
His thin lips parted, and he began to speak unhurriedly.
“Think it over carefully.”
