The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 599 - Chapter 599 Chapter 598 I Have to Listen to Her

Chapter 599: Chapter 598 I Have to Listen to Her Chapter 599: Chapter 598 I Have to Listen to Her Xin Bo became silent, warily watching the elegant man whose expression had abruptly changed.

However, Xiao Qimo turned his head to ask the girl beside him, “Did you remind them yesterday?”

Lu Mian nodded, “Yes, I mentioned it briefly.”

“Huh,” Xiao Qimo’s elegant and gentlemanly features flipped like the pages of a book.

One second, he was comforting Xin Bo with magnanimity, the next second his gaze upon Xin Bo turned cold and sharp, colder than the chill outside.

He glanced at the researchers going back and forth carrying pots in the yard, then back at Xin Bo, and with thinly pursed lips, he gave an emotionless command.

“Quarterly bonuses are canceled, everyone carries the pots back and forth thirty times.”

“Mr.

Xiao?!”

Xin Bo had not expected that just sighing a few words could provoke Mr.

Xiao’s anger.

Xiao Qimo’s gaze grew even colder.

“I have to listen to her, do you dare not to?”

With an authoritative and domineering tone, he looked sternly at Xin Bo, exuding a chill.

“You deserve it!” He slowly uttered these two words.

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A cold sweat broke out on Xin Bo’s back as he hung his head in shock and fear.

They indeed deserved it…

But he had thought last night that setting up the protection was a lot of work, and it couldn’t be that all this trouble was just because of a girl’s words, right?

Yet he had not expected Mr.

Xiao to say something like this.

Now, he finally understood, despite Miss Lu’s young age, she must possess no small skills to be kept by Mr.

Xiao’s side, and it seemed she also had quite a say.

“I’m sorry, Mr.

Xiao, I apologize, Miss Lu…”

Xiao Qimo flicked his sleeve and, with Lu Mian, turned to leave.

Xin Bo respectfully watched their departing figures until they were gone, the tense moment finally passing.

At this time, Pu Zongyang was just coming in, carrying a pot of frozen orchids.

“Xin Bo, what did Mr.

Xiao say?” He was there to inquire about the outcome.

Xin Bo sighed, “Quarterly bonuses canceled, each person to carry these pots back and forth thirty times.”

“What?!” Pu Zongyang was close to jumping up, “I don’t want to carry it even once, let alone thirty times.

This must not be Mr.

Xiao’s idea, is it that troublemaker’s words?”

Xin Bo glared at him, “Miss Lu didn’t even bring the matter up to Mr.

Xiao.

This time, it was my oversight.

Just accept the punishment honestly.”

“Xin Bo!

What are we, eh?

We’re highly educated individuals.

Among these fifty-plus researchers, each one is an outstanding genius.

How can we be made to do this menial work!”

He was so exasperated that he simply dropped the pot he was holding onto the ground, grumbling resentfully.

“We’re already overworked managing an additional farm.

Since it can’t be mechanized, we rely on manual cultivation by us highly educated individuals.

Can’t you negotiate with Mr.

Xiao?”

Xin Bo shook his head.

“Who told us not to listen to Miss Lu’s advice last night?

If we had, these flowers wouldn’t have been lost, and we wouldn’t have to carry these pots thirty times!”

If even Mr.

Xiao has to listen to Miss Lu, what right do they have to refuse?

The fact had proved that Miss Lu was correct.

“That’s because she didn’t make herself clear!

A mere casual reminder like that, who would take it seriously?

If she had truly wanted to help, why didn’t she go tell Mr.

Xiao about this matter!” Pu Zongyang looked away, “I think she did it on purpose.”

Xin Bo felt this kid was completely delusional, absorbed in his research without grasping even the basics of social interaction.

“Would you talk less!”

Pu Zongyang held his breath, frustrated for quite a while before he finally spat out the sentence.

“Anyway, I just feel she’s not serious…

Look at her, staying in Mr.

Xiao’s room again last night, what’s the point of preparing a room for her…

Since she came to the farm, she’s been nothing but trouble.”

“Enough, stop talking nonsense, get back to work!”

After the morning’s incident passed, the sales manager tallied the losses from last night, which were almost fifty million.

Lu Mian felt quite distressed after learning this, knowing that the loss could have been avoided, yet it still resulted in such a huge deficit.

Fifty million, it could have built so many Bright Education buildings.

Fifty million, if you donate ten thousand to each poor family, it could help 5000 families.

As she murmured calculations about the money, she walked through the courtyard, watching the group of delicate researchers working in the biting cold wind without any expression on her face.

During the break, Dong Li ran over to Lu Mian, thanking her for her help the day before, or he really could have been kicked out of the team.

Lu Mian pulled her down jacket tighter around her.

“Miss Lu, Pu Zongyang is a student of Group Leader Yuelu, he bullies others by throwing his weight around, has a sharp tongue, don’t take it to heart,” Dong Li said, “It’s only right that we be punished to work today, don’t feel guilty.”

Lu Mian didn’t feel guilty at all, just asked, “Is your phone working now?”

“It’s fixed, completely usable now.”

“Have you ever received any ads, spam links or anything like that on your phone?”

“Yes.” Dong Li chuckled, then scratched his sparse hair and said, “Yesterday when I was reading a novel, a hair growth ad popped up…”

Lu Mian had an idea, it was still not clear whether it was an attack or not, she planned to observe for another couple of days.

Speaking of hair growth ads, it was necessary for Lu Mian to remind him, “Hair loss and baldness are due to permanent damage to the hair follicles, if the follicles are dead, how can they grow hair?

So…

using that stuff, it’s useless!”

“…”

The stark reality was laid out in front of Dong Li, who drooped along with his pitiful hair, “I’m medical school trained, I know…”

He just didn’t quite want to accept it, that’s all.

“Miss Lu, I’m going to get busy, if you need anything on this farm, just find me!” Dong Li, patting his few hairs and wearing a naive smile, ran back to continue moving flower pots.

Lu Mian didn’t stop him, and glanced at the time on her wristwatch, it was time to go back to her room to check on the growth condition of the newly-improved Netherman.

As she turned around, she ran into Xin Yuelu, who was walking out of the farm’s main hall.

To Lu Mian, Xin Yuelu didn’t really evoke any feelings; if anything, she simply hoped that Xin Yuelu would quickly cultivate a Netherman that grew well.

But whether it was her own misconception, she seemed to detect a hint of slightness from Xin Yuelu, even though the latter had spoken up for her and was fairly polite in her speech.

Xin Yuelu saw Lu Mian, smiled at her with a purposeful look, and stopped in front of her.

“Miss Lu, I have a matter I’d like to discuss with you,” she said.

Lu Mian narrowed her eyes slightly, “Please, go ahead.”

“It’s really not a big deal, I just hope you can put in a good word for these poor old men in front of Mr.

Xiao, to spare them from this futile labor,” Xin Yuelu gestured to her punished colleagues outside as she spoke.

Lu Mian paused for a moment, and understood.

Xin Yuelu had come to ask her to plead on their behalf.