The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 741 - Chapter 741 Chapter 740 The Big Shot is Busy

Chapter 741: Chapter 740: The Big Shot is Busy Chapter 741: Chapter 740: The Big Shot is Busy Ding Cai handed the stack of certificates to Lu Mian.

Lu Mian found them quite bothersome as they took up a large area of her desk and left no room for her novels.

After calling out “Teacher Ding,” she put down the novel in her hand.

Ding Cai said, both delighted and pleased, “Lu Mian, these are the certificates you’ve earned from the province, the school, and various competitions while you were gone.”

All kinds of awards like the Outstanding Pioneer, Province’s Outstanding Student, and so on, had all been applied for by Ding Cai on behalf of Lu Mian.

Lu Mian also lived up to expectations, holding on to her unbeatable grades, she securely clinched all sorts of honorary certificates.

This time, Ding Cai was not at all worried about Lu Mian’s lackluster record; with all these awards on display, when she went to compete for school placement, her achievements were dazzling indeed–they were all bonus points.

Lu Mian used her arm to push the certificates aside.

Looking up at her class teacher, Ding Cai, who was as concerned as a mother hen, she tugged at her lip and said, “Don’t give them to me, I have nowhere to put them.”

No place to put certificates…

The thought processes of a high achiever were indeed unique!

The classmates were all quite vexed; their Mian was just that cool, and there was nothing to be done about it!

This angered Ding Cai considerably, and squinting her eyes, she said, “Come with me to the office,” and took Lu Mian away.

The crowd: feels like their class teacher’s Fast-acting Heart-saving Pills aren’t enough again.

Following Ding Cai to the office, Lu Mian had her hands in her pockets, nonchalant. To those unaware, it would seem as if she was being taken to the office to be reprimanded, but in fact, she was only going… to be praised.

“Lu Mian is back!”

The physics department was exceptionally enthusiastic about Lu Mian’s arrival.

“The teachers think about you every day, especially your Teacher Ding, who mentions you eight hundred times a day.”

Ding Cai, feeling a bit shy, waved her hand, “Stop it, stop it, I have to discuss something important with Lu Mian.”

“Oh, it’s about the direct admission to the school, right? That’s important. Go ahead and talk!”

The other teachers didn’t come over to make small talk with Lu Mian either. Ding Cai, smiling and apparently having forgotten to be angry, even moved a chair for Lu Mian to sit on.

However, before Lu Mian could sit down, her phone began to ring.

Completely forgetting she was in her class teacher’s office, she took it out and answered the call nonchalantly.

Shocking! A sophomore student openly making a phone call in the office; is this the decay of morals or the distortion of human nature?

Ding Cai looked towards her colleagues for help: Should I pretend to be blind, or play dumb?

The call was from Elder Su, saying that news of her return to Wucheng had spread these last two days.

The purpose of Elder Su’s call was merely to invite Lu Mian to the Su Family for a meal, which Lu Mian suspected might involve being nagged to play Go, so she declined calmly.

Ding Cai waited patiently for Lu Mian to finish the call, still smiling as if she hadn’t seen anything, and pulled out a stack of papers from the desk drawer.

Still looking just as concerned as ever.

Feeling the long-absent sense of teacher-student affection, Lu Mian’s usually bold gaze softened a bit, and she listened patiently as Ding Cai prattled on.

“I called you over to talk about the physics competition this time. Here’s your score report. You must have heard from the others; it’s a perfect score again.”

That “again” was laden with emotion.

As Ding Cai spoke, she fixed her gaze on Lu Mian’s head, marveling at how clever she was.

How were other students supposed to survive with her consistently perfect scores?

In the history of physics competitions, there surely had never been such a score, and it was likely that no future competitor could break this record.

Ding Cai felt that being Lu Mian’s teacher, he himself had grown a lot smarter.

“This stack is the school’s application forms, with the top ten universities in the country all here. Take a look, and decide which one you’d like to go to.” Ding Cai laid them out one by one for Lu Mian, taking the matter of the guaranteed admission very seriously.

“You’re the only one in the country to receive such treatment. Even Zhang Yanyan from the senior year, he only got extra points on his college entrance exam,” said Ding Cai.

Other students with outstanding competition achievements would get varying degrees of extra points for the college entrance exam, unlike Lu Mian, who could pick from any of the top universities in the country.

Of course, the other students didn’t participate in the competitions for nothing. Even though they weren’t guaranteed admissions, they were also eyed by major universities early on, and when the college entrance exam results came out, it was time for the universities to compete for these students.

This was also the original intention of the training for the physics competition, with the competition committee secretly targeting the top students.

Lu Mian gave a nonchalant glance and didn’t bother looking through the application forms, “Teacher Ding, I’ve already decided which university I want to go to.”

“Oh?” Ding Cai asked with interest, “Come on, tell me.”

Lu Mian’s tone was light, “Qing University will do.”

“…”

A faint smile appeared on Ding Cai’s face; this statement gave him the illusion that the university Lu Mian chose wasn’t a prestigious institution, but instead a kindergarten that anyone could attend.

Ding Cai respected Lu Mian’s wishes and picked out the application form for Qing University from the stack, “Qing University is a good choice. Their Physics department is ranked first in the country; you will definitely be able to make your own way there…”

Ding Cai was talking casually as if discussing everyday family matters when Lu Mian was interrupted by her phone vibrating again.

Ding Cai: The big boss sure is busy.

The humble little Ding made a ‘please’ gesture, “You take it first.”

Students being asked by the homeroom teacher to take a call, other than Lu Mian, one wouldn’t find a second one in the school.

This time it was Director Guo on the phone, saying that Mrs. Guo missed her and asked if she was coming over for a meal.

Lu Mian could feel the warmth from these people, but she had just returned to school and indeed had some things to take care of, so she smiled and said there would be a chance later.

All this was overheard by Ding Cai.

There was the highly respected Old Su from Wucheng, and Deputy Director Guo from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, both inviting Lu Mian to dinner.

And key point, Lu Mian had turned them both down.

He felt if he were not Lu Mian’s homeroom teacher, to see her even once might be very, very difficult…

Just as Ding Cai was entertaining this thought, Principal Zhang came knocking.

The teachers in the office each got up to greet Principal Zhang.

Unquestionably, Principal Zhang was there to find Lu Mian. He went to the classroom first, heard Lu Mian had come here, and directly came looking for her.

However, the person in question showed no self-awareness, simply greeted Principal Zhang, and went on to pick up the competition results and certificates from the desk, bidding farewell to Ding Cai.

“Teacher, you go ahead with your meeting.” She thought they were about to have a meeting.

Principal Zhang: ???

All the teachers: ???

Both Principal Zhang and Ding Cai were caught between laughter and tears.

“Lu Mian, I made a special trip to invite you out for a meal! Teacher Ding will join us too!” Principal Zhang hurriedly added, fearing she would leave, “I even ordered hamburgers from MM Ji Restaurant, since I heard you like them.”

“Ah.” The initial refusal at the tip of her tongue changed to acquiescence, “All right then.”

Ding Cai stealthily gave Principal Zhang a thumbs up, feeling quite proud.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

It was their principal who had the clout after all!