The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 737 - Chapter 737 Chapter 736 The whole school knows youre the only

Chapter 737: Chapter 736: The whole school knows, you’re the only one who doesn’t! Chapter 737: Chapter 736: The whole school knows, you’re the only one who doesn’t! Su Jue looked like a thief caught red-handed, panicking as he withdrew his gaze, his heart beating faster and faster.

It took him a while to calm down, realizing that his behavior was too impolite. He wanted to adopt a proper posture and smile at Lu Mian, but by the time he was ready, Lu Mian had already looked away.

Su Jue: He really blew it.

The bell signaling the end of class shattered the classroom’s tranquility. The senior students, especially those in the top class, were not so sensitive to the bell, as they didn’t want to miss a single second.

Not many people rushed out of the classroom, some were even still discussing the problems the teacher had gone over.

Sui Yuan didn’t notice that Lu Mian was waiting for her outside. She kept her head down, working on something in her notebook, and finally lifted her head with a struggle, looking both troubled and hesitant.

She was still not good at talking to people. Although the shadows in her heart had decreased a lot since the kidnapping case ended, it wasn’t possible for her to recover all at once.

She wanted to ask a classmate for help with a problem.

“Yingyue…” Sui Yuan said in a tiny voice, poking the girl in front of her, “Yingyue, I didn’t understand this problem just now; how do you derive the second-to-last step?”

The girl she called Yingyue was the top student in the class.

The girl turned around, glanced at Sui Yuan’s notebook, and replied indifferently, “The formula is in the textbook, you can find it if you flip through.”

Sui Yuan let out a small “Oh,” and said “Thank you.”

Sui Yuan was one of the top three in the class, and her grades were always stable and excellent. However, when it came to mathematics, it was actually her weakness, which pulled down her overall score considerably.

Worried, she closed her textbook and exercises book. As she was hesitating about whether to ask someone else, she looked up and saw a beautiful girl standing outside the window. Her timid gaze suddenly brightened, and she immediately packed up her bag and left the classroom.

The girl at the front desk, Jiang Yingyue, turned her head to look at her.

Lu Mian met up with Sui Yuan, his palm naturally ruffling her head as he said, “Let’s go, everyone’s waiting.”

The so-called ‘everyone’ was, of course, their small group of five people.

This was their first proper reunion since the end of the kidnapping case, a reunion that was open and unconfined.

Even Sikong Jian had specially cleared his schedule and hurried to Wucheng for the meet-up.

They no longer had to worry about someone being dragged away, nor did they have to fear their identities being revealed or their relationships being seen through.

All these were things to be happy about.

Sui Yuan’s eyes shone brightly, “Let’s go.”

Lu Mian took her bag, slinging the strap casually over his shoulder.

As the two walked towards the corridor staircase, Zhang Yanyan caught up from behind, surprised and delighted, “Lu Mian, it really is you!”

Lu Mian stopped and waved at him.

Zhang Yanyan’s glasses seemed to have gotten thicker. He was genuinely pleased, “It’s so good to see you!”

Since they had fought side by side in the physics competition, Lu Mian showed considerable face to Zhang Yanyan, chatting a bit more than usual.

“How did you do on the physics competition?”

Zhang Yanyan confessed honestly, “Pretty good, I got third place nationally!” He had a look of satisfaction in his eyes, clearly very pleased with his performance.

Lu Mian nodded, “I still don’t know my score.”

“…”

Zhang Yanyan found it amazing. Lu Mian truly didn’t care about his own results. Anyone with the slightest concern for the competition would have checked as soon as the results were out.

With the internet being so developed, all one needed to do was enter their ID number to find out.

Zhang Yanyan said helplessly, “You got a perfect score! Everyone in the school knows, except you!”

Lu Mian: …Uh.

“Our headteacher and yours are in the office, chattering away just like a crosstalk duo, praising you to the skies,”

Lu Mian let out an “Ah” and said, “Looks like getting recommended for enrollment shouldn’t be a problem.”

Her gaze shifted to Sui Yuan, with a hint of self-satisfied pride in her eyes, as if expecting praise.

Sui Yuan urged her, “Go get your grades tomorrow, and let’s talk after you’ve got your transcript!”

“Okay, I got it.”

Lu Mian agreed and, without saying much more to Zhang Yanyan, left with Sui Yuan.

Zhang Yanyan watched their retreating figures: Boss, I still have so much I want to say…

MM Ji Restaurant.

It was still the same private room number one.

This time he came back, Sikong Jian brought a gift for everyone.

For Lu Mian, it was a box the size of a shoebox. Lu Mian initially didn’t want to accept, but Sikong Jian insisted.

All five of them took their seats, clinked glasses of orange juice, and the atmosphere became increasingly lively.

Halfway through the meal.

Ya Ling put down her glass and started stirring things up again.

“Come on, let’s give a farewell.”

The others looked up, puzzled.

Ya Ling set an example for everyone with a distant look in her eyes and a bright smile on her red lips.

“When I was kidnapped along with my foster father, the moment I was abandoned, I stopped daring to dream of a day like this.”

The four became silent.

Ya Ling took a small sip of her juice, “I’ve been an orphan since I was young; the Ye Family was my only home. Who knew my foster mother would make such a choice? It’s not about the money; at that moment, I suddenly realized that she really had no affection for me. But I don’t blame them; it’s all over now.”

After Ya Ling finished, she pushed her glass to the side, towards Yuren.

Second in the relay, Yuren took over.

Yuren sat upright and meticulous, as he always did, methodical and strict in his ways.

“I was kidnapped with my half-brother, at first I didn’t understand why our father and stepmother wouldn’t spend the money to save the two of us. Most of the family business was built by me; it wasn’t that we couldn’t afford this money, even ten times this amount wouldn’t cause any financial strain. Later, I understood, it indeed wasn’t about the money. My father, stepmother, and that brother had long wanted all the family property for themselves.”

After Yuren finished, he took a sip of juice and passed the glass to the next person.

Sui Yuan’s gaze drooped slightly, and he took a while to gather his thoughts.

“I was kidnapped with my brother. My brother and I are blood-related, and for many years we depended on each other in the orphanage. We were so close we didn’t want to be adopted separately, passing up chance after chance to have a warm family, until our relatives found us. At first, I naively thought they would be kind to us, but later I realized they only wanted a boy to carry on the family business. To them, I was probably just part of a valuable arranged marriage.”

After taking a sip of juice, Sui Yuan slowly and carefully pushed the glass towards Sikong Jian.

Sikong Jian raised an eyebrow slightly.

This round of confessions…

With the other three having confessed, it would seem pretty dishonorable for him not to tell the truth.

Seeing that he was ready to speak, the other four leaned on their hands or gazed intently, as if ready to listen to a story.

Sikong Jian had hardly ever spoken about his family matters.

He kept a lot of things pressed down in his heart, and never let them erupt.