The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 591 - Chapter 591 Chapter 590 These things are very expensive

Chapter 591: Chapter 590 These things are very expensive Chapter 591: Chapter 590 These things are very expensive The voice appeared abruptly, and Lu Mian slightly squinted her eyes, stopping her steps half a meter away from the flower rack.

She didn’t continue forward but turned her head toward the source of the voice.

She saw a middle-aged woman dressed in simple clothes, wearing an apron, hurriedly rushing over with a broom, using her body to block in front of the flower rack, vigilantly protecting the flowers behind her.

Lu Mian was slightly puzzled.

The woman’s expression was serious and even a bit fierce as she warned, “These cannot be touched!”

As she spoke with a thick local accent, Lu Mian guessed she must be a local and probably a servant or a nanny of some sort here.

After all, her behavior was markedly different from that of the butler, Uncle Xin, from last night.

Lu Mian nodded and took a step back, “Okay, I won’t touch them.

I’ll just look.”

“Looking is okayaEUR|” the middle-aged woman muttered, “All these are carefully cultivated varieties, very expensive.”

After saying this, as if not reassured, although she continued sweeping the floor with her broom, she hovered nearby, keeping an eye on Lu Mian out of the corner of her eye.

Lu Mian wasn’t one to make a nuisance of herself, she glanced at the exquisite orchids on the rack and turned to leave.

She walked around the hall but didn’t find Xiao Qimo’s presence.

She didn’t feel at all uncomfortable and leisurely strolled from the living room into the vast courtyard.

She had arrived late yesterday and hadn’t observed carefully.

Now in the clear morning, she saw that the yard was also set with numerous flower stands, adorned with various plants and flowers.

Learning from her previous lesson, this time she automatically kept a distance of one meter and observed these plants.

It wasn’t that she was interested in them, but that the farm only had flowers, and they were everywhere she looked, making it hard not to see them.

Eventually, her gaze settled on a few pots of thriving plum blossoms, and she paused.

Weren’t those the Biejiao Wan Shui variety, known as Z Country’s number one plum?

This variety was quite precious and hard to buy in the market.

With water-red color and scattered petals, it was truly pleasing to view.

Seeing Biejiao Wan Shui here, and more than one pot at that, indirectly confirmed that this farm was extraordinary and its artificial cultivation was definitely advanced.

Now, she was even more curious about the underground laboratory.

She wondered how far their research on Netherman and the RE Factor had progressed.

Of course, with Director Qimo’s capabilities and the research teams he had hired, they were surely industry-leading talents.

She was just worried that three months might not be enough to achieve the results she wanted…

Lost in thought, she hadn’t expected the middle-aged woman who was in the living room just earlier to follow her out, pretending to sweep near her with a broom.

The woman’s behavior was as if she was guarding against Lu Mian like a thief.

Lu Mian narrowed her eyes.

“If you have something to say, you can just tell me,” she said indifferently.

The woman swept the ground casually, “Oh, those plum blossoms are also very valuable.

You’d better stay far away.”

“Aren’t these things meant for viewing?” Lu Mian retorted.

If they were so valuable, why not keep them inside, perhaps in a safe?

“It’s not the same.

These varieties are very delicate, and an inexperienced person could harm them if they’re not careful.”

Even if Lu Mian was indifferent, being watched and warned like this was becoming irritating.

Before she could speak, a woman in her mid-twenties stepped out from the doorway, wearing glasses, looking elegant and knowledgeable.

“Auntie Fang, the third-floor corridor is a bit dirty, could you go and clean it up?”

The middle-aged woman known as Auntie Fang turned and saw her, politely calling out, “Miss Yuelu.”

YueluaEUR|

Lu Mian had finally met the owner of this name.

“This guest wanted to see the flowers, so I was introducing them,” Auntie Fang explained.

Everyone on the farm knew that Xin Yuelu was Xin Bo’s daughter, and Xin Bo’s position was akin to the patriarch of the farm; everyone had to follow his lead.

So, everyone treated Xin Yuelu with greater respect.

Xin Yuelu was not oblivious to the maid’s implication, flashed Lu Mian an apologetic smile, and then instructed Auntie Fang, “Auntie Fang, it’s alright.

These flowers are here for people to enjoy.”

She was helping Lu Mian out of a tight spot.

Auntie Fang clicked her tongue, “But these are the fruits of your hard labor, each pot could be sold for tens to hundreds of thousands, they are not for just anyone to casually view.”

Tens to hundreds of thousands, for a woman born and raised in this small town, counted as a huge sum of money.

Xin Yuelu said nothing, but turned and smiled at Lu Mian, pausing for a moment when she saw Lu Mian’s delicate face.

“Miss Lu, right?

Don’t take it to heart, feel free to look around.

Just as long as it is notaEUR|” Her voice trailed off slightly, “Anyway, a visitor is a guest, just be at ease.”

She graciously smoothed things over for Lu Mian, who responded with a faint smile, then suddenly asked, “Are these flowers for sale?”

Xin Yuelu nodded, “They are for sale, as this is also one of the farm’s sources of income.

But I’m not very familiar with the sales side of things, my responsibility is in cultivation.”

“You are impressive,” Lu Mian said unenthusiastically, already losing interest, thanked her, and then went back inside the house.

Outside, in the courtyard, the nanny Auntie Fang sidled up to Xin Yuelu, gossiping, “Miss Yuelu, who is she, and why were you so courteous to her?

What if she damaged something?”

Xin Yuelu helplessly replied, “She is a guest brought by Mr.

Xiao, said to be Mr.

Xiao’s girlfriend.

Auntie Fang, just let her be, we must give Mr.

Xiao face.”

“aEUR|Right,” Auntie Fang pursed her lips, “I’m mainly worried that she hasn’t seen these things before, might not know how to handle them gently, that’s why I reminded heraEUR|”

Xin Yuelu chuckled, “Auntie Fang, we also need to mind our methods, don’t we?”

aEUR”aEUR”

After returning to her room, Lu Mian sent a text message to Xiao Qimo, not asking where he was, but where his wallet was.

Xiao Qimo didn’t know what she wanted to do and, being unsuspecting, promptly replied that the wallet was on the desk, and even included the bank card’s PIN.

150513.

Lu Mian stared at this password, the same series of numbers againaEUR”could it be that all his passwords were the same?

Lu Mian found Xiao Qimo’s wallet and soon went downstairs again.

However, this time after she went downstairs, she did something that surprised both the maid Auntie Fang and Xin Yuelu.

Auntie Fang had not left the hall, for fear that Lu Mian would come down again and start touching things.

When she saw Lu Mian actually appear, she immediately reverted back to thief-guarding mode, only this time she was a bit subtler and not so obvious.

Lu Mian scoffed, pulled out a hair-thin steel wire from her electronic watch on her wrist, walked to the living room’s orchid shelf, and with deft, stylish movements, snipped a few blossoms of the thriving orchids, taking them in her hand.

“AhaEUR””

Auntie Fang, caught off guard, let out a scream.

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