The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 470 - Chapter 470 Chapter 469 Director Qi, Help Me

Chapter 470: Chapter 469: Director Qi, Help Me Chapter 470: Chapter 469: Director Qi, Help Me To be honest, Lu Mian had no intention of sticking up for Ning Xiang; she simply asked out of curiosity.

In front of Xiao Qimo, Ning Xiang always had a carefree personality, and she had always shown a friendly and peaceful demeanor towards Lu Mian.

Even when chatting with the group of brothers downstairs, she would always say things like she couldn’t compare with Lu Mian, wasn’t as pretty as Lu Mian, and so on.

Now that Lu Mian suddenly asked her such a question, Ning Xiang just laughed.

“Girl, are you still curious about these things?

This stuff is too complicated to explain, I can’t make it clear to you in a few words, and besides, I think you wouldn’t be interested.

Mainly because there’s too much calculation involved, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Lu Mian’s somewhat indifferent face and slapped her own mouth, “Tch, I’ve been hanging out with those dudes for too long, I always speak without thinking.

Don’t take it to heart, okay?”

Lu Mian smiled, “I won’t.”

Xiao Qimo, who had been silent at the side, didn’t know if he understood Ning Xiang’s explanation, but he did understand what Lu Mian said and finally lifted his head from the computer to look at Ning Xiang.

The refined and handsome face bore an authoritative chill, he said coldly, “She just asked you a question, just answer it.

Is that question difficult?”

Xiao Qimo’s words really made Ning Xiang choke, she didn’t provoke Lu Mian’s anger, but instead embarrassed herself in front of Qimo.

“Qimo, that’s not what I meant.”

Ning Xiang held back her emotions and pretended not to care, “Yes, my laptop was hacked, but the other computers are fine.”

Lu Mian nodded and didn’t ask further.

Xiao Qimo seemed to grasp her meaning and smiled with a touch of sarcasm.

“Can you guys speak clearly?

Let’s not communicate with just glances, alright?

Qimo, what do you mean, exactly?

Help me fix the computer.” Ning Xiang didn’t quite understand their meaning.

Xiao Qimo didn’t want to help, too lazy to bother.

Lu Mian across from him didn’t want him to help either, and she definitely didn’t want the two of them to have a chance to be alone.

She withdrew her hands from in front of the computer, picked up a random book at hand, opened any page, and asked the man opposite her.

“Director Qimo, would you help me with a problem?”

Her tone was as light as a breeze, perfectly masking her true thoughts.

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Ning Xiang thought Lu Mian had too much guile; while she was discussing serious matters with Qimo, Lu Mian was muddling the waters, interrupting their conversation.

Ning Xiang glared at her, her gaze falling on the book in Lu Mian’s hand, speechless.

What kind of book was it?

It was just a novel, and she was asking Xiao Qimo to help her with a problem from a novel, as if she were fooling a ghost!

To think such a scheming woman could gain Qimo’s appreciation, Ning Xiang simply couldn’t understand it.

But what she understood even less was that, after hearing Lu Mian’s words, not only was Xiao Qimo not displeased, but he also seemed quite willing to walk over to her side.

The man supported the back of Lu Mian’s chair with one hand, while with the other, he earnestly pointed at the book in front of her, “Which problem?

Let me help you take a look.”

Lu Mian pointed randomly: “Here.”

Ning Xiang: …

This was the disparity; Lu Mian was telling her with her actions.

Ning Xiang understood.

Her computer had been maliciously hacked by the opponent, but Qimo didn’t care.

When Lu Mian went to Qimo with a novel to ask about the topic, he had rushed over immediately.

This was Lu Mian’s provocation, and she had received it loud and clear.

Ning Xiang took a deep look at Lu Mian, and in a place where Xiao Qimo couldn’t see, she sneered coldly.

She knew that kind of girl with a bit of beauty couldn’t be good; they were always so scheming.

She felt it was quite uninteresting to be defeated by such a simple trick.

How much real affection could a girl who relied on petty tricks and schemes win from a man?

Upon witnessing this scene, although Ning Xiang was annoyed, she didn’t show it.

She waved her hand and said, “Alright then, you guys go ahead, I’m going to see my father.”

After Ning Xiang left, Xiao Qimo and Lu Mian finally took their eyes off the novel, exchanged glances, and then, in sync, chuckled.

Xiao Qimo asked her, “What are you laughing at?”

Lu Mian countered, “What about you?”

Xiao Qimo’s hand casually fell from the armrest onto her shoulder, rubbing the delicate and slender shoulders of the girl, and with an extremely magnetic voice said softly, “I’m laughing at…

someone whose milk has expired.”

Hearing his words, Lu Mian snatched the novel from his hand, shrugged her shoulders lightly to break free from his grip, her cheeks slightly flushed, and then buried herself in the novel like an ostrich.

She refused to look at Xiao Qimo again.

This man was becoming more and more outrageous!

Really outrageous!

And her, it seemed she was also caring more and more about him.

Caring whether he was happy, caring whether he was healthy, worrying about the people around him, many fine details were spreading from her heart, much like a little grass that was tender and frail in the field of her heart, but at some point, its roots had dug deep into the ground, thick and entangled, impossible to pull out, growing stronger and stronger.

Lu Mian touched her chest, feeling as if it really was a bit like the novels described.

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After Ning Xiang left Xiao Qimo’s room, she ultimately still sought Ning Qun’s help to solve her problem, as she wasn’t yet capable of retaliating against Huan Yan’s provocation on her own.

Ning Qun, however, was skilled and resolved the issue after some time.

Ning Qun looked at his daughter and, recalling her behavior in the villa over the past days, kindly reminded, “Xiangxiang, you initially said you joined the team to broaden your horizons and to spend more time with me, that’s why I agreed to let you come.

But you should not develop other ideas just because Xiao Qimo is here.

Dad knows him well; no one can break the person he is committed to, and no one can change the decision he has made.”

Ning Qun advised her, having noticed that his daughter was intentionally or unintentionally getting closer to Xiao Qimo.

Though she hadn’t made it obvious, as her father, he had to preemptively guard against these things.

He didn’t want Ning Xiang to ultimately affect his relationship with Xiao Qimo.

Listening to her father warn her like this, Ning Xiang’s temper flared, and she sat down on the sofa with a lack of decorum, not even bothering to remove her shoes, and crossed her legs.

“Dad, what do you mean?

Why are you advising me?

Shouldn’t Lu Mian be the one you’re advising?”

“What others do is none of your business; just focus on your own responsibilities.”

“How can it be none of my business?

If I really join the Shadow Hunting Team in the future, of course, I’d hope that everything in the team is harmonious.

But, do you know what kind of person Lu Mian is?”