The Master's Mask Unveiled Again

Chapter 125: Chapter 124: Seventh Brother, You’re in Trouble

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“Oh?” The sophisticated man elegantly crossed his legs, his long limbs overlapping in a relaxed and lazy pose, yet his tone carried a strong sense of oppression as he said with composure, “Feel like taking a chemistry lesson?”

“Awoo!”

Ye Jinwen felt as if his lifeline had been seized, and he did not utter another word the entire journey.

Xiao Qimo drove Lu Mian home. Although Lu Mian was drunk, she obediently did as she was told. She scanned her fingerprint and walked straight to the bedroom. Sometimes it was hard to tell whether she was really drunk or not.

Xiao Qimo sighed and tucked her in with a thin blanket.

Watching her instinctively curl up into a ball, and hearing her light and even breathing, his gaze grew heavy.

“You little rascal, are you really not sad?”

Only a low whine filled the room, with no one to answer him.

He drew the curtains for her and slowly left Lu Mian’s house.

Once back next door, Ye Jinwen’s incessant gossipy curiosity followed closely behind Xiao Qimo like an eager puppy.

“Brother Qi, don’t you think the name of the MM Ji Restaurant is… quite unique?”

The sophisticated man didn’t respond to him, and walked towards the sofa.

He continued talking to himself, “MM, translated, means Mianmian! Boss Yu and Lu Mian are friends, and he has given Lu Mian burgers to eat several times. His own restaurant’s name is MM Ji. Geez, it sounds so intimate! I bet they’re more than just friends!”

The temperature in the room suddenly dropped a few degrees.

Ye Jinwen, oblivious, let his imagination run wild until he suddenly clenched his fist in his palm.

“Brother Qi, could it be that the large flat next door was a gift from Boss Yu?! MM Ji Restaurant is so profitable, buying a large flat would be a matter of minutes. This explanation makes everything clear! Oh my God, I feel like I’ve uncovered some earth-shattering secret!”

The room temperature continued to fall.

Ye Jinwen kept on fantasizing.

“Before, it was unrequited love from the infatuated, but now it seems the belle is already spoken for…” He clicked his tongue, “Brother Qi, you’re going to get the cold shoulder.”

He was reveling in his thoughts when he suddenly sensed a murderous intent from a certain direction, and hurriedly covered his reckless mouth.

However, it was too late.

He watched as a smooth, round object flew toward him, entering his mouth without error.

Ye Jinwen was caught off guard, almost choked to death and had to lean over, clutching his chest, to spit out the object lodged in his throat.

It was a grape.

He looked over with a mournful expression.

The culprit, Xiao Qimo, was flipping through a magazine with cultured elegance, indifferently saying, “Don’t mention it, eat more.”

Ye Jinwen: “…”

Diabolical dog!

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The next day.

Lu Mian casually carried her backpack, heading towards Class 1 (25), but before she reached the classroom door, she could hear the noisy commotion inside.

“Did you guys see Guo Zihao’s Moments? He studied over the weekend! Hahaha, Guo Zihao, share with us how fast you learn!”

“The third to last in the entire grade dares to talk about studying—what else is in your brain besides food?”

Guo Zihao, incensed, rolled up his sleeves. Even posting a Moments update resulted in ridicule—do underachievers not have human rights?

Shouhao defended him at his side, “We post our own Moments. If you don’t like it, don’t look at it! Does mocking others show your quality?”

The crowd didn’t care and laughed even louder.

“Oh, and you! Talking about unlocking a new world in front of a bunch of wine bottles. Are you the Drunken Beggar, So Hak-ki? Do you learn better after drinking? Hahaha…”

“Posting Moments like those, you’re just waiting for everyone to tease!”

“The second to last and the third to last talk about the joy of studying—this joke’s gonna keep me laughing for a year!”

Guo Zihao and Shouhao grumbled in their hearts: It was the last in the class who taught us.