The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 631 - Chapter 631 Chapter 631 There was once an opportunity right in front of you

Chapter 631: Chapter 631: There was once an opportunity right in front of you…

Chapter 631: Chapter 631: There was once an opportunity right in front of you…

Xiao Qimo rubbed his glasses lenses several times.

Without the obstruction of glasses, his deep ink-like eyes under long lashes appeared even more sharp and keen.

Silent and focused on cleaning his glasses, he emanated a menacing aura that sent a chill up Mo Si’s back, like a fierce beast on the hunt.

Mo Si called out tentatively, “Grandpa…”

After a long while, Xiao Qimo finally put his glasses back on, regaining his refined and noble demeanor.

The sharpness and danger from before dissipated, returning to his usual calmness.

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“Yun Sang dares to do this…” Xiao Qimo seemed to have thought of something, and he chuckled inexplicably, “Maybe he really does want to take a younger sister.”

“You aren’t angry with God Yun, are you?”

“Heh,” Xiao Qimo tossed the used white handkerchief into Mo Si’s chest, “I’m not angry.”

Mo Si: …Grandpa, guess if I believe you or not?

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That night.

Xiao Qimo found it hard to fall asleep, so he went to the balcony to enjoy the cool breeze.

The weather in Jinjing was beginning to warm up.

The temperature during the day was still mild, but in the deep of night, the cold wind funneling into one’s neck was still bone-chilling.

Xiao Qimo didn’t feel cold, only emptiness and loneliness.

Taking a pack of cigarettes from the bar, he lost interest as soon as he opened it.

The little rascal had quit, so he shouldn’t start either.

The man idly took one, just sniffing it at the tip of his nose.

Ye Jinwen, wearing his thin pajamas, was taken aback when he unexpectedly saw Xiao Qimo also there, feeling a kindred spirit of the destitute in a foreign land.

“Seventh Brother!” Ye Jinwen quickened his steps to the balcony, hehe, cheered by finding someone who shared his plight, “What’s up?

Can’t you sleep either?”

Xiao Qimo tossed the unlit cigarette he was holding.

His hands resting on the railing, he wasn’t pleased to see Ye Jinwen.

“Don’t you know why I can’t sleep?”

His words were sharp enough to cut, and Ye Jinwen instantly clammed up, embarrassed.

He really hadn’t meant to…

“Seventh Brother, don’t be so upset.

Didn’t you get your revenge successfully?

As for my pursuit of my wife, it’s hopelessly far away…”

Ye Jinwen gazed into the pitch-black night sky, just like his feelings, devoid of any starlight.

Finally, Xiao Qimo gave Ye Jinwen a straight look, his brows furrowing at the sight of that baby face.

“What happened to your face?”

Ye Jinwen touched the scar on his cheek, accidentally causing himself pain and grimacing.

Xiao Qimo pondered, “Is that from the ruse you staged by hurting yourself?”

Ye Jinwen shook his head, “Not exactly.

I just slipped while chasing Xi Xi and hit my face on the toilet.”

Hitting your face on the toilet…

Xiao Qimo couldn’t help but admire the injury process.

He suspected that Ye Jinwen had forgotten that he possessed martial arts skills.

Ye Jinwen lamented, “Sigh, this ploy doesn’t work well, and I can’t use it carelessly.

You might end up like me, with instant karma.

I wasn’t hurt originally, but in the end, I still got injured…”

“Oh, is that so?”

As Xiao Qimo spoke without any expression, he took out his mobile phone’s notepad and added a note behind the words “self-injury ploy.”

[Use with caution]

Ye Jinwen was genuinely in a bad mood and didn’t notice Xiao Qimo’s subtle action.

He boldly jumped onto the railing, sitting on it in a dangerous posture, back facing the void.

With just a light push, he could fall down from there.

“Qimo, it seems like it’s really over between Xi Xi and me.

She asked me to stay away from her…”

Ye Jinwen rarely sounded so negative and dejected, always exuding the image of an optimistic and sunny young man.

Now, he appeared haggard beyond belief.

Regardless of whether Xiao Qimo was a good listener, he quietly poured out his heart.

The refined man asked him why.

“She said her heart isn’t with me anymore, but…

I can feel that she still cares about me, that she isn’t devoid of feelings for me.

It’s just that because of past events, there’s always been a barrier between us, like she’s standing right in front of me but I can’t hold her, can’t get close, and can only watch helplessly as she drifts further and further away.”

“Even if I break off my engagement with Yixin, it doesn’t seem to lift that barrier,” Ye Jinwen sighed.

“I could tell, ever since the time she cut Shen Yiyao’s hand at the Shen family’s place.

She has truly changed; it was only me refusing to accept it…”

“So, where is her heart now?

How much does she still feel for me…”

Ye Jinwen rambled on with little logic, just voicing whatever thoughts came to him.

“Qimo, I’m really envious of you.

Even though you have your Big Cousin as a huge obstacle, at least Little Mianmian’s heart is with you.

You both like each other, and that’s the most precious thing.”

Indeed, Xiao Qimo also felt it was precious, but in some respects, he envied Ye Jinwen.

“You and Ya Ling have known each other since childhood, while Lu Mian and I missed out on more than twenty years of time together.”

He was not content.

Twenty years, enough time to do so much.

Ye Jinwen laughed wordlessly.

“Once, you had an opportunity right before you, and you didn’t cherish it.

If you had agreed to let Little Mianmian join the Shadow Hunting Team, you two would’ve definitely been the divine power couple of the CTF realm.

Then, you could have had seven or eight more years together.”

Xiao Qimo: “…”

Could he not regret it?!

Ye Jinwen laughed again and continued to reminisce, “And also, remember when you were seven years old and went to Wucheng?

How come you didn’t meet Little Mianmian there?

If you had met then, you two might…”

Ye Jinwen began to count on his fingers.

Without any expression, Xiao Qimo answered, “That year she was five, we would have had fifteen more years together.”

So why didn’t he meet Lu Mian then?!

If he had met her back then, he would have made sure she wouldn’t have had to struggle so much, and maybe everything would be different.

Seeing that Xiao Qimo took the topic to heart, Ye Jinwen quickly comforted him, “Don’t be sad, Qimo.

What does a longer time together amount to?

I’m still single, aren’t I?

You and Little Mianmian, that’s high-quality love, something others can only envy.”

Xiao Qimo nodded.

There’s a good side to girls who are straightforward, once they’ve made up their mind they don’t look back, and no one else can lead them astray.

He smiled faintly, consoling Ye Jinwen more out of loyalty than anything else.

“You have a foundation of feelings for one another, and some things might not be as you think.

You should try to understand Ya Ling, rather than just clinging to memories, expecting her to return to the past.”

Xiao Qimo reminded him.

Ye Jinwen didn’t quite understand and was about to ask for clarification when Xiao Qimo had already diverted the topic.

“By the way, that strategy you mentioned earlier of catering to their preferences will probably be ineffective.

Lu Xi has preconceived notions about those from wealthy families and won’t easily give me his recognition.”

“Then just wait for Lu Xi to start working, and that’ll be the end of it.

Once you and Little Mianmian return to Wucheng, who can control you?”

That was indeed in line with Ye Jinwen’s style.

Xiao Qimo glanced at him, “Some issues can be left to time, but others can’t.

Ye Jinwen, you should also change your temperament.”

“Qimo…”

As they were speaking, Xiao Qimo’s phone suddenly started buzzing.

Even set to vibrate, in the quiet of the night, it sounded particularly abrupt and out of place.