The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 372 - 371: When she was feeding someone else, Director Qi was standing outside the door.

Chapter 372 -371: When she was feeding someone else, Director Qi was standing outside the door.

Gu Jingyi’s words felt like a giant hammer, heavy and thudding against Sheng Zijin’s head, buzzing in her ears.

Yet Gu Jingyi’s face was filled with naive sincerity.

She looked towards Lu Mian and apologized earnestly, “Lu Mian, it’s not that I wanted to frame you on purpose, I really didn’t. And I’m also very grateful that you saved me. I accidentally implicated you, causing you to even enter the pavilion.”

As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket and tapped on something, “If you don’t believe me, you can listen to this recording. This is the conversation I had with Sister Sheng. I really didn’t lie!”

Gu Jingyi casually played the audio file aloud.

The voice that came through was the very words Sheng Zijin had used to coax Gu Jingyi into giving false testimony.

Sheng Zijin’s gentle face was almost completely distorted.

Lu Mian paid no attention to these matters, simply arching her eyebrows slightly, a touch of amusement in her eyes.

Some people think they are using others, but they don’t realize that they are the ones being used.

The moves Gu Jingyi made were indeed beyond her expectations. In just a few sentences, she had completely extricated herself, including the fact that she had deliberately caused her to go to the pavilion.

The onlookers all silently watched Sheng Zijin, the instigator of this mess.

They didn’t feel that Gu Jingyi was innocent, but they immediately felt that this daughter of the Sheng Family truly lacked the grace of a lady from a distinguished family.

And Sheng Zijin was totally dumbfounded, her eyes in disbelief as she looked at the little sister she had always taken care of.

She watched this seemingly innocent girl with two ponytails mercilessly stab her in the back.

She wanted to defend herself, but the recording was right there, leaving her no room for explanation. All her schemes were exposed, and she had become the mastermind behind the scenes.

She was speechless, unable to utter a single word.

The glory of the Sheng Family that she had so taken pride in was being stripped away bit by bit, leaving nothing behind.

“Captain Wang, I…”

Wa Zhiqi couldn’t care less about these matters, deciding on the spot, “As you just said, take care of this matter however it should be handled! I have things to do. Farewell.”

Sheng Zijin opened her mouth, watching as Wa Zhiqi walked further and further away.

These people were brought by her, her words had sealed her fate, and now they had become the weapons restricting her, nailing her firmly to the column of shame.

Xiao Qimo’s eyes conveyed a chilly light, a dangerous glint passing over Gu Jingyi and Sheng Zijin, and after taking long strides over, his gaze finally settled on Qiong Can.

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“Lawyer Qiong, do you still wish to represent Gu Jingyi?”

Qiong Can wasn’t clueless about which way the wind was blowing; seeing Captain Wang’s attitude made it clear. He hastily waved his hands, “No, no, not for all the money in the world.”

Xiao Qimo decisively spoke, “Very well, then I’ll trouble you to file a lawsuit against Gu Jingyi and Sheng Zijin on behalf of Miss Lu Mian as her lawyer.”

The rest, he would take care of on his return.

“Ah?” Qiong Can was stunned, having a former lawyer sue their own client? What kind of move was that? Was this really okay?

Sheng Zijin’s face twisted as if she had been slapped repeatedly.

Gu Jingyi, on the other hand, hung her head with an inscrutable expression.

While Qiong Can was hesitating, he looked up to meet Xiao Qimo’s deep eyes and immediately agreed, “Alright, alright.”

Lu Mian turned her head to glance at Xiao Qimo and silently gave him a thumbs-up.

Such a ruthless move.

But brilliant.

——

With the truth of the pavilion case out in the open, by the time Lu Mian returned to school, the truth had already been clarified.

She guessed it must have been Director Qimo who had helped her, and she made another mental note of this.

Unaware, she seemed to owe him a lot.

Worried, she didn’t know how to repay him.

Physics group office.

Ding Cai was correcting the class assignments from yesterday when Zhang Wenqiang knocked and walked in, carrying something in her hand.

As soon as Ding Cai saw her, he wasn’t in a good mood, “Teacher Zhang, the matter with our Lu Mian has been cleared up; there is no need for you to trouble yourself with educating her.”

“No…” Zhang Wenqiang’s demeanor today was different from before, with an awkward air like someone who had done something wrong.

She had always been dominant, and the teachers had never seen her like this before.

Zhang Wenqiang lifted the item in her hand, “Teacher Ding, I bought some cherries for the students in your class; please share them.”

“???”

Ding Cai’s first reaction was: These cherries are poisoned.

The second reaction was: Zhang Wenqiang must want to use the fruit-eating moment to get Director Qimo to catch their class breaking discipline!

“I can’t accept this fruit,” Ding Cai waved her hand, not even looking, “You’d better save it for the top students in your own class. Don’t worry, I won’t report you secretly!”

A box of cherries isn’t cheap, and such a large box showed the teacher really went all out.

“Teacher Ding, I have no ill intentions…” Zhang Wenqiang knew all too well how terrible her image was, due to her usual nitpicking behavior.

“Even so, that won’t do. The final exams are approaching, and if my lovely students get a stomachache from the fruit, how can our class strive for the top ten in the grade!”

“…”

Zhang Wenqiang sighed and then gave Ding Cai a deep bow.

“Teacher Ding, it’s my fault. Because I couldn’t transfer Lu Mian to my class, I thought she was ungrateful, and I kept nitpicking her. I was blind to my own faults, narrow-minded and problematic. I’ll go and reflect on this. But this time, I truly come to apologize. This fruit is just a small token of… my apology to Lu Mian…”

Now, she truly felt ashamed to face Lu Mian, so she could only ask Ding Cai for a favor. A box of fruit wasn’t worth much, but her daughter also said that she must demonstrate the right attitude in her apology.

Ding Cai paused for a moment, with a look of innocent naivety: “Why though?”

Zhang Wenqiang muttered to herself, “She did save my daughter, after all!”

Ding Cai thought Zhang Wenqiang must be out of her mind to say such a thing, until he heard the last sentence, which sent shivers down his spine.

They too had heard about Zhang Wenqiang’s daughter’s incident—she was rescued by the Wucheng Guardian God just in time to avoid disaster. Everyone was too scared to think about that night, sweat drenching their palms, feeling how fortunate her daughter was.

But now Ding Cai was completely confused. He asked, “Teacher Zhang, what do you mean by that?”

Zhang Wenqiang’s tone was melancholic, “Teacher Ding, no wonder you’ve been so indulgent with Lu Mian, you knew who she was all along.”

“Who is she?” She’s the school’s all-subject genius, she’s Cang Xue who everyone tries to imitate, she can trade stocks, she’s great at Go, she’s never lost a fight, and she is also the founder of the school’s “Lu Mian Scholarship”…

Zhang Wenqiang pushed the cherries she was holding towards him, giving him a wink.

“Who else could she be but the Wucheng Guardian God?”

The Wucheng Guardian God?

Ding Cai: ???!!!

Speed… Speedy rescue…

“Teacher Ding, what’s wrong with you, Teacher Ding!”

The office was thrown into chaos.

—-

Ding Cai’s philtrum was turning a bit blue from being pinched, and walking into Classroom 25 with a box of washed cherries, his footsteps were unsteady.

The students were all conscientiously reviewing their notes; they seemed cuter with every look he took.

Except for the big shot seated at the back near the window.

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The more he looked at her, the more he felt his eyes were going to be blinded.

That all-encompassing golden halo, that sparkling glimmer, it was all Lu Mian’s glory.

Ding Cai patted his own face and approached Lu Mian.

Ah, the radiance was too strong; he didn’t dare to get too close.

“Alright, students, for this physics class, I’m giving you twenty minutes to relax!”

“???” The class couldn’t believe it.

Ding Cai had already lifted the box in his hand, quickly grabbing a large handful and placing them on Lu Mian’s table first.

“Lu Mian, eat up! I checked them, they’re non-toxic! Very sweet!” His attitude could not be any better.

He was smiling as if bathed in a spring breeze, then he saw Lu Mian, who was quietly reading a novel, closing her book and staring at him inexplicably.

“They’re from Teacher Zhang, as an apology to you,” Ding Cai explained in a soft voice.

Lu Mian understood, and the next second she narrowed her beautiful eyes, tapping her fingertips on the desk.

Teacher, it seems like you’ve stumbled upon something you shouldn’t know…

The girl’s cool gaze shone too brightly for Ding Cai, who quickly averted his eyes and started distributing the fruit to everyone else.

The classmates didn’t know what had happened, but being able to enjoy cherries during class time—and with the head teacher taking the lead—was simply awesome!

Pang Hao and Shouhao turned their heads, each holding three or four shiny golden cherries in their hands.

“Did Teacher Ding hit the jackpot?”

“Has Teacher Ding lost his mind?”

“…” Lu Mian quietly popped a cherry into her mouth, not sure if he had lost his mind, but she certainly had a headache.

The commotion in the class was not small and could be heard from far away. Other classes were quiet, conducting lessons, so even a little bit of noise from one class stood out starkly.

Pang Hao finished his own cherries and gazed at the small mound of fruit on Lu Mian’s desk with a look that screamed ‘I want some.’

Lu Mian pinched a cherry, smiled, and said, “Open wide.”

“Ahh.”

“Ahh,” Shouhao joined in for fun, also opening his mouth wide.

Lu Mian picked another cherry, plucked the stem, and with a distance of a full meter, fed them with precision, as if feeding two pets…

Pang Hao and Shouhao gave a thumbs up, utterly satisfied.

Seeing this, other students also joined in the fun, and even those sitting far away opened their mouths eagerly, displaying looks that begged to be fed, to be favored.

The girls, too shy to open their mouths, simply opened their palms to catch the cherries.

Lu Mian held the cherries in her hand, uncharacteristically not spoiling the fun, thinking it was a good chance to practice her accuracy.

The boys caught with their mouths and the girls with their hands, and the whole class was happily engaged.

Until at the entrance of Classroom 25, a tall figure loomed—a cold and desolate presence.

That figure’s pressure was so overwhelming that as soon as he stood there, everyone noticed.

The class suddenly fell silent, scrambling to their seats.

Lu Mian, sitting in her chair, leaned back and turned her head to see Xiao Qimo standing at the doorway, staring ominously at them.

More specifically, staring at her.

She couldn’t explain why, but she felt a slight guilt, coughing lightly and pretending to study, flipping open the novel on her desk.

She even pretended to underline and make notes with her pen.

Just as Ding Cai was about to rush over to explain, Xiao Qimo spoke up, his voice very cold.

“Lu Mian, come out with me.”