The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 761 - Chapter 761 Chapter 760 Dump Your Boyfriend and Take Over the

Chapter 761: Chapter 760: Dump Your Boyfriend and Take Over the First Team? Chapter 761: Chapter 760: Dump Your Boyfriend and Take Over the First Team? [Rules are rules.]

Rules are rules…

Everyone could imagine the tone in which he said that phrase.

Yun Zhijuan threw down his fishing rod, frantically massaging his temples.

Xiao Qimo! You! Stubborn! Pig!

The situation was a bit awkward.

No one replied anymore.

Only the second team sent a message.

[f**k@Team One Commander God of Death]

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Lu Mian felt extremely annoyed, clearly being stepped on for someone else to climb up.

Just like students have student records, commanders also have their own profiles, where all their information is recorded. Those who make mistakes are to be kicked out of the organization.

Inside, Lu Mian cursed vehemently with the filthiest words she knew.

Moreover, her privileges were to be revoked for a month.

Lu Mian understood all the overt and covert struggles within the organization. Since Team One’s stance was so clear, there was no need for her to be polite anymore.

The mask she set her sights on, she was determined to have!

Focused on this goal, Lu Mian walked through the campus, calling Yun Zhijuan as she went.

Yun Zhijuan answered the phone quickly, his location unclear but sounding quite spacious.

He hurriedly disassociated himself, “This decision was made by everyone. Mian Xiaobao, don’t be angry.”

The other eight commanders probably couldn’t imagine that their upright and just leader was, in private, a woeful master who frequently had to coax his disciple with soft words.

“I’m not angry. But can I ask if I can forgo this merit? Just return my privileges. I’m investigating something very important recently.”

“What are you looking into? I’ll help you.”

Lu Mian stopped by a flower bed, her gaze turning frosty: “Dr. Hua.”

Yun Zhijuan was silent for a moment, the old man finally letting out a deep sigh, “Mian Xiaobao, can’t you focus on something simpler? To be honest, I really can’t discuss this one.”

“I figured as much.”

Lu Mian’s tone was cool, not blaming Yun Zhijuan.

Yun Zhijuan was in charge of the entire IEG, facing international responsibilities, not just one person. Everyone coveted and respected a position within IEG, feeling that its members held high status.

But the organization has its rules, and it is also subject to international leadership’s supervision.

Yun Zhijuan painstakingly explained, “I’ve clarified things with the international leaders. A minor punishment to serve as a major warning. Just go through the motions for a month, right? After this is over, if you want the position of leader, your master will give it to you.”

“When will you give it to me?”

Lu Mian immediately asked.

Yun Zhijuan: That impatient tone!

“Soon,” Yun Zhijuan said meaningfully.

Lu Mian’s eyebrows knitted slightly, the old rascal’s serious tone was rare.

“Do you have something going on?”

“…” Yun Zhijuan chuckled dryly, “I’m fine, as the leader and your master, what trouble could I have?”

“Then you better take care of your Team One Commander!”

“…”

Yun Zhijuan looked out at the vast, hazy lake and gazed up at the sky, fatigue tinting his wrinkled face.

He couldn’t help doubting the divination he had done for Mian Xiaobao back then, questioning its accuracy now.

He definitely saw ties between her and his junior, though he couldn’t see the specifics of their entanglement, only that their ultimate path was towards the marriage palace.

But now, he began to question his own divination skills.

Had he seen it wrong?

With the situation now in disarray, Yun Zhijuan didn’t know how to bring them together anymore.

“Master…” Lu Mian called out softly.

Yun Zhijuan immediately responded, sounding somewhat emotional, “Mian Xiaobao, why don’t you dump your boyfriend and take over the first team? That way, no one will fight with you for my position.”

“…” Lu Mian gave a cold smile, her tone even more chilled.

“Thank you, but even if I were to take someone, it wouldn’t be him–not even if he were a pig.”

Yun Zhijuan: …

Lu Mian, somewhat aggressively poking at the ground, raised her head just in time to see Xiao Qimo, with one hand in his pocket, walking towards her from a distance.

Bathed in the sunlight, he was enveloped in a faint halo.

The perfectly tailored suit he wore accentuated his physique, his grace and composure in every movement, his presence nothing short of extraordinary.

The irritation that had filled Lu Mian’s heart just moments ago cleared up in an instant.

To the person on the other end of the phone, she said gently, “Old man, I’m getting married. After this, stop setting me up with anyone.”

Yun Zhijuan was silent for a long while before merely uttering an “Oh,” and hanging up the phone.

Lu Mian didn’t know what his attitude was, so she sent Yun Zhijuan a private message, but ultimately didn’t receive a reply from him.

She turned off her phone screen, and Xiao Qimo arrived just at that moment.

In front of him, Lu Mian held the phone in her palm, twirling it around several times, and smiled lightly.

“Director Qimo, is it inappropriate for me to make calls and play with my phone in front of you?”

“Oh, is it?”

Xiao Qimo, completely unaware, replied, “I didn’t see it.”

Absolute favoritism, absolutely unequal treatment!

Without seeing anything amiss, the man walked past her, and whether intentionally or not, his body grazed against Lu Mian as he moved by.

Lu Mian stepped back slightly.

Lu Mian looked up at the teaching building where some students still lingered in the corridor during the break.

“This is a school.” Lu Mian reminded softly, “If the head of guidance gets caught dating, Principal Zhang will probably have a meltdown…”

“No matter.” Xiao Qimo casually put his arm around her shoulder.

His tone remained gentle, his features scholarly and refined, yet the words that came out were both cunning and shameless.

“If it comes to that, I’ll just become the principal.”

Lu Mian: …

“Oh, then you do that.” Lu Mian said calmly, “I’m graduating in two months.”

Xiao Qimo: …Could you be any more blunt?

“Cough, who were you on the phone with just now?” The man changed the subject.

“With my teacher.”

Lu Mian didn’t elaborate, and Xiao Qimo nodded, not pressing the matter further, but he did say, “When can you arrange for me to meet this teacher of yours?”

“I’ll do it as soon as I can, but he’s very busy and often not in the country.”

Listening to her, Xiao Qimo thought the teacher must be quite capable in his profession, and probably very strict as well.

He wondered whether the teacher would be satisfied with him as his future son-in-law.

As Xiao Qimo pondered this, Lu Mian casually stuffed her hands in her pockets, coolly lifted her foot, and kicked a pebble away.

She asked offhand, “Director Qimo, have you found any information about Dr. Hua?”

“I’m already on it.” Xiao Qimo gave her a reassuring look, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get to the bottom of it for you.”

Lu Mian: …My commander privileges…

“Oh yes, the kidnapping and the lost cases have been completely closed internationally,” Xiao Qimo summed up succinctly.

Lu Mian paused for a moment, “You know about it?”

The man paused as well, uh-oh…

He’d let slip that detail unintentionally.

But…