The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 500 - Chapter 500 Chapter 499 I Just Want to Show the Girl I Like to My Parents

Chapter 500: Chapter 499 I Just Want to Show the Girl I Like to My Parents Chapter 500: Chapter 499 I Just Want to Show the Girl I Like to My Parents Lu Mian’s words, unabashed and direct, came out just like that.

Even Qi Zhen, despite her perceptive nature, was taken aback by Lu Mian’s statement, letting out a loud “ah” and was at a loss for words for a while.

Thinking she hadn’t been heard clearly, Lu Mian emphatically repeated herself.

“Auntie, I’m really jealous.”

“…”

That wasn’t it.

Qi Zhen was confused, utterly baffled.

Wasn’t this girl clueless?

How did she suddenly come out with such a statement as if she had unlocked her governor and conception vessels from nowhere?

Feeling jealous was good, but Qi Zhen felt something was amiss.

This…

this wasn’t part of the plot she had planned!

As Qi Zhen was lost and didn’t know what to do,

Lu Mian patted Qi Zhen’s hand, consoling her earnestly: “Auntie, Xiao Qimo doesn’t like god-sisters, and I think there’s no need for you to recognize any god-daughters.

Even if you do want to recognize one…”

Qi Zhen looked up, more bewildered than before.

What did this have to do with god-daughters?

Lu Mian smiled shyly: “If you do want to recognize a god-daughter, could you consider me?”

Qi Zhen: Hiss!

How was she supposed to respond to that?!

What she wanted was a daughter-in-law, not a god-daughter!

“Mianmian, I was just speaking off the cuff just now.

The important thing isn’t about a god-daughter; it’s about you and Qimo!” Qi Zhen explained.

“Oh.” Lu Mian didn’t seem to take it in, slightly disappointed, she pursed her lips and eventually managed a faint smile: “Auntie, it’s okay!”

Qi Zhen: …

Qi Zhen watched as Lu Mian turned and left, talking to herself.

After a few steps, the girl seemed to remember something and turned back to say: “Auntie, I’ll go to the calligraphy and painting institute for Xiao Qimo tomorrow, I can help with little things like that!”

“Mianmian, it’s not…”

“Don’t worry, I will safely bring back Grandpa Xiao’s calligraphy and paintings.”

Qi Zhen could only watch helplessly as Lu Mian floated away, and Xiao Huazun appeared from somewhere, hastily dragging his wife back to their room.

“Wife, I’ve been feeling uneasy lately.

I always feel like someone is stealing you…”

Qi Zhen paced back and forth at the doorway of the room, nodding weakly, “I feel it too.”

“Right!” Xiao Huazun, feeling neglected, spoke discontentedly: “Relying on my male intuition, I think our future daughter-in-law is not into Qimo, but into you…”

Qi Zhen: !!!

—

Lu Mian returned upstairs and saw Xiao Qimo looking at her with a dark expression as soon as she reached the staircase.

The hallway was bathed in good sunlight.

He had taken off his suit jacket; his shirt sleeves were casually rolled up a few times, one hand in his pocket, revealing a strong and firm section of his forearm.

The gold-rimmed glasses on his prominent nose made him appear refined and scholarly, an elegant gentleman.

However, at that moment, his facial features betrayed an innate hardness and chill that seeped into the bones.

It was an expression Lu Mian had never seen before, those eyes hidden behind the glasses were pitch black, roiling with deep emotions she couldn’t quite understand.

Lu Mian paused her steps, and as she reached the final stair, she slowly spoke, breaking their gaze.

“You don’t have to go to the calligraphy and painting institute tomorrow.”

“Whether I go to the calligraphy and painting institute or not, doesn’t matter at all,” said Xiao Qimo, his voice filled with a chilling depth.

Even as the universe slept, Lu Mian knew at this moment that Xiao Qimo was angry.

Slowly frowning, a pain struck her heart for no reason.

He was angry, and why was she feeling upset too?

“What’s wrong?”

“Just now, you told my mom you were jealous, right?” Xiao Qimo’s tone carried a hint of self-mockery and also a touch of reluctance, his gaze coldly fixed on her as he spoke with an unreleased fierceness.

“You don’t get jealous because I’m alone with other girls, yet you get jealous because my mom said she would take a goddaughter.

Lu Mian, when will you ever understand!”

He almost spat out these words through gritted teeth, struggling to control and suppress, but the cold hardness still seeped through.

“…”

“You only know that I became the headmaster of your school, but you don’t know that I did it because of a single word from you.

You only know that I forbid you from dating early at school, but you don’t know I just didn’t want you to date others early.

You only know I live next door to you, but not that I should have left Wucheng for a mission long ago.

You only know I stayed at Zitan Pavilion to train with the team, but not that if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t care about them at all.

You only know 6V7 is my code name, but not that 6V7 actually means ‘Lu for wife.’ You only know I took you back to the Xiao Family to let you experience my family atmosphere, but not that I just wanted to bring the girl I like to show to my parents.”

Xiao Qimo spoke calmly, his voice as unruffled as if he were reading an essay.

His low, magnetic voice struggled to suppress the emotion within.

After all, he was afraid of frightening her.

Ultimately, he couldn’t bear to be too harsh.

Lu Mian looked up slightly, meeting his wounded, beast-like eyes, and the pain in her heart became even clearer.

She subconsciously raised her hand, feeling as if a blunt axe had been added to her chestaEUR”Xiao Qimo cut her with each word he said.

Not lethal, but excruciatingly painful.

“Lu Mian,” Xiao Qimo took a deep breath, “if the person I’m waiting for is you, to me, that’s not waiting, but love.”

He completed the words he hadn’t finished that day.

“Xiao Qimo.” Lu Mian, feeling somewhat panicked for some reason, swallowed hard, eager to explain, “I’m sorry, I just nowaEUR|”

“My mom must have understood already,” Xiao Qimo pulled his hand from his pocket, interrupting her, “here, we don’t need to pretend to be temporary boyfriend and girlfriend anymore.”

After saying that, he frowned deeply at Lu Mian and then turned and walked away.

The sunshine reclaimed the ground, and though it was warm, it left a great chill in Lu Mian’s heart.

She watched his rigid back, and in the end, she didn’t step onto the last stair.

Xiao Qimo, I’m sorry.

—

Despite the mishap in the morning, the Xiao Family estate remained lively.

Apart from Xiao Qimo not showing up again, everyone else went about as usual.

Lu Mian quietly asked Mo Si, who said that Master Mo suddenly had a lot more work and was incredibly busy.

Even at lunch and dinner, it was Mo Si or Mo Nie who brought his meals up to him separately.

Qi Zhen and Xiao Huazun weren’t oblivious to this, they just tacitly chose not to point it out.

Their son had been extraordinary in intelligence since childhood, succeeding smoothly in just about everything.

Only in matters of the heart had he experienced rare setbacks.

Qi Zhen didn’t take it to heart, and he continued to treat Lu Mian just the same.

It was Lu Mian who felt downcast and gloomy, barely eating a few bites before returning to her room.

Their gloomy state made Yun Sang sweat, he covertly asked Qi Zhen whether they should mediate, to which Qi Zhen said there was no need, not yet.

Yun Sang clicked his tongue in wonder: There’s a good side to being single!

Although lonely, but happy!

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