The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 496 - Chapter 496 Chapter 495 It's Time for Her to Face Her Feelings

Chapter 496: Chapter 495: It’s Time for Her to Face Her Feelings Chapter 496: Chapter 495: It’s Time for Her to Face Her Feelings Lu Mian listened to his calm and magnetic voice, and the scenes he described seemed to slowly emerge before her eyes.

His words effortlessly sketched out for her a wonderful and incredible future, warm and comfortable.

Despite the beautiful scenes, what twined around her heart was a fine and dense, ever-spreading pain.

Perhaps it was the pain of not being able to attain it.

Lu Mian clutched at her chest.

However, as he spoke, her brother’s words involuntarily sprang to her mind.

She hadn’t expected Director Qi to say these things to her.

Unexpected and overwhelming.

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Xiao Qimo noticed her emotions seemed a bit turbulent and thought to himself that his words must have touched the little rascal.

Otherwise, what was she lost in thought about?

He was sure that the little rascal was happy tonight.

After such a reunion dinner, she rarely smiled so genuinely.

He hadn’t missed a single one of her expressions.

Perhaps it was time to tell her, to have her confront her own feelings.

Otherwise, sooner or later his mother’s sharp eyes would perceive the issue.

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“Director Qi!” Lu Mian suddenly looked up, interrupting him and meeting his gentle and calm gaze, “Please don’t say it.”

Perhaps sensing what he was about to say, she quickly cut him off.

She didn’t want him to say it.

Otherwise, wouldn’t Director Qi become the kind of person her brother had described?

Yes, as long as she stopped him quickly enough, Director Qi wouldn’t be that kind of person.

Lu Mian put on a relieved smile.

“Director Qi, good night.”

Xiao Qimo pressed his lips together, lifted his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.

His gold-rimmed glasses slightly lifted as he lowered his lashes, hiding the complexity in his eyes.

Still not accepting it, huh?

It was then he spoke, “Do you want to watch this romantic movie with me?

It’s quite good.”

“Huh?” Lu Mian looked up in astonishment.

“What I just described was a scene from the movie,” Xiao Qimo raised his hand, intending to tousle her hair but, for some reason, curled his fingers and flicked her forehead instead.

“Don’t think too much,” he smiled, “Little rascal, good night.”

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On the morning of the first day of the new year, Lu Mian awoke as usual.

Surprisingly, she could sleep comfortably in the Xiao Family’s bed.

Xiao Huazun and Qi Zhen were already downstairs, both dressed festively today.

The middle-aged woman had a good figure, and the purple-red winter cheongsam she wore made her look even more graceful and elegant.

The middle-aged man’s purple-red shirt matched his wife’s, clearly a specially coordinated couple’s set.

As Lu Mian came downstairs from the upper floor, she noticed this detail at first glance and smiled knowingly, feeling envious.

“Happy New Year,” Qi Zhen greeted Lu Mian with a warm smile as she came down.

“Uncle, Auntie, Happy New Year.”

“Mianmian, come here!” Qi Zhen waved to her, hiding something behind him with a mysterious air.

Lu Mian obediently walked over.

“Here, your New Year’s red packet!” Qi Zhen eagerly handed Lu Mian a large red packet.

“For me?”

Lu Mian hesitated, then accepted it with both hands, feeling its heavy weight.

Qi Zhen patted her hand, “Just take it.

This is a New Year red packet, a tradition in our family.

Don’t be shy!”

“Thank you,” Lu Mian replied, taking it without looking at the amount, but it was a thick stack, quite substantial.

Xiao Qimo and Yun Sang also came downstairs.

The two brothers, one wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was elegant and reserved, profound and restrained.

The other was wild and unrestrained, with pride in his eyes that wouldn’t dissipate, headstrong and untamed.

The refined man had one hand casually in his pocket, while the unrestrained man had both hands clasped around his neck, as both pairs of their equally long legs descended the steps leisurely.

This scene was extremely pleasing to the eye, definitely the perfect models that magazine covers would crazily vie for.

Even Qi Zhen couldn’t help but lament, “What a pity for the Yun Family’s good genes.”

Seeing Xiao Qimo and Yun Sang coming down, Lu Mian waved the red packets in her hand at them cheerily.

“I have red packets,” she said.

It was her first time receiving them.

She was genuinely happy.

Xiao Qimo passed by her, his hand with a watch slowly pulling out from his trouser pocket, tenderly ruffling her hair, his smile indulgent, “Remember to hide it well.”

“Mhm,” the girl’s eyes twinkled like stars.

Yun Sang also passed by Lu Mian, looking at her soft and obedient appearance, carefully holding the red packet, and couldn’t help but also want to ruffle her hair.

Just as his hand uncontrollably reached out, Xiao Qimo in front quickly sensed it.

A sharp, warning look swiftly landed on Yun Sang’s hand.

Yun Sang felt as if he were being dissected by a blade and pretended to raise his hand over Lu Mian’s head, cracking a joke, “After one night, little sister, you’ve grown taller, haha!”

The last “haha” was dry and forced.

Qi Zhen watching from the side couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Yun Sang, keep calling her ‘little sister,’ and people will really think she’s your sister!”

“Xiao Mom, I’m just kidding around,” Yun Sang didn’t care at all, “Otherwise, what should I call her, Mianmian?

Wouldn’t that person want to kill me?”

Someone named Mo: Wants to do it right now.

Qi Zhen laughed while passing a red packet to Yun Sang, “Here’s yours.”

“Thank you, Xiao Dad, Xiao Mom.”

He was quite familiar with the drill and accepted it without any pretense, even opening it to have a look right there and then.

In the end, Xiao Qimo also received a red packet.

However, the two men looked at the red packets in their own hands, then at Lu Mian’s, feeling discriminated against.

“Xiao Mom, why is her red packet so thick?

Why do I have so little?”

Lu Mian held back a laugh, her eyes lively as she pressed the red packet into her pocket, securing it.

Qi Zhen was very clear in his stance, “If you have the ability, become a girl too!”

Yun Sang: …

After a lively morning, the Xiao Family welcomed their first wave of guests.

Lu Mian wasn’t very skilled at socializing, and although Qi Zhen was eager to show off his daughter-in-law, he didn’t want to force her, so he specifically left Xiao Qimo behind and had Yun Sang accompany her upstairs.

Before they went up, Xiao Qimo gave Yun Sang a warning glance.

Yun Sang: Alright, alright, alright.

The first to visit were the Shen Family this year.

Madam Shen, Huang Lijun, brought her younger daughter, Shen Yiyao, merrily to the door.

Xiao Qimo generally didn’t participate in such occasions, but this year, he had been ordered by Xiao Mother to entertain the guests.

Therefore, he got quite annoyed when the butler reported that Shen Yiyao had also come.

Qi Zhen completely ignored his son’s complaints.

After Huang Lijun arrived with her daughter, the two families exchanged pleasantries and greetings.

Xiao Huazun quietly left the conversation, leaving Xiao Qimo reluctantly listening in.

Shen Yiyao couldn’t hide her joy; this year she not only entered the Xiao Residence but also saw Brother Qimo.

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If it were in the past, the moment she appeared at the Xiao Residence’s doorstep, she would probably be chased away by the butler and security.

But this year, to her delight, she smoothly came in with her mother.

For a moment, she remembered that girl who was with Xiao Qimo, and her heart understood.

Needless to say, Xiao Madam must be dissatisfied with that girl!