The Master's Mask Unveiled Again

Chapter 67: Chapter 66 Am I Not Innocent?

Not far away,

Xiao Qimo was hidden behind a building, silently watching in Lu Mian’s direction.

When he saw a boy approaching Lu Mian, his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

The boy stood a meter away, holding a brand-new and exquisite box of chocolates, and handed it over.

Lu Mian’s eyebrows knotted slightly.

“You eat it, it’s really good!”

The boy, probably very shy, placed the chocolate on the stone bench beside her and ran away like the wind after turning his head.

Lu Mian: “…”

In the meantime, Ye Jinwen sidled up to Xiao Qimo and egged on, “Qimo, aren’t you, the head of discipline, going to intervene?”

Someone was already giving chocolates to Little Mianmian, could their Qimo remain unmoved?

“She needs a little space to herself,” Xiao Qimo said indifferently.

Just as Ye Jinwen was praising him for his magnanimity and sudden change of heart, he heard Xiao Qimo’s voice again, full of interest, “As for the matter of puppy love among middle school students, it seems that it’s time to manage it…”

Ye Jinwen: Yep, that’s more like him!

Lu Xinnuan returned to the classroom with heavy steps.

She dared not raise her head, let alone speak.

The mere thought of her earlier words being heard by everyone made her wish she could vanish into thin air.

Zeng Na, her deskmate, came over carefully and asked, “Xinnuan, are you okay?”

“…”

With a guilty conscience, Lu Xinnuan raised her head, “Nana, what’s up? I’m fine…”

No sooner had she finished speaking than someone in the classroom began to mock.

“Lu Goddess’s heart is really big; she sets up her own sister and still acts like nothing has happened, tsk!”

“Exactly, if I hadn’t heard it with my own ears, who would believe it! She used to say all the time that Lu Mian had a psychological disorder and wanted to kick her out of school, saying she didn’t recognize Lu Mian at all. Where’s her face now?!”

“If I were Lu Mian, the first thing I’d do after coming back alive would be to take revenge on the Lu family!”

Lu Xinnuan listened to these voices, tears streaming down her face.

She had never suffered such humiliation, never lost face like this, beholding the classmates who usually flattered and held her up, her heart was filled with bitterness and rage.

She defended herself feebly: “How can you talk about me like that… I was kidnapped too, am I not innocent?”

“If you really feel innocent, then you should be nicer to Lu Mian!”

“It was she who didn’t want to acknowledge our relationship, she who severed ties with the family. It was never me!”

“Sigh~~” The class erupted into jeers, none believing her.

Su Jue was also in the classroom, annoyed by the discussion.

He rose from his seat and walked towards Lu Xinnuan.

Lu Xinnuan looked up at him with a pitiful expression, hoping for his support.

However, not even sparing her a glance, Su Jue walked past her and away.

Only his cold voice lingered in the air.

“I warned you, it was you who didn’t listen.”

Lu Xinnuan bit her lip hard, tears of humiliation and pain streaming down.

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Lu Mian didn’t return to class; her teachers were informed she was resting quietly on the back mountain, so they wisely didn’t disturb her.

It wasn’t until dusk began to fall that Lu Mian kicked at small stones and leisurely left the school grounds.

By then, school had already let out, and there weren’t many students left at the school gates.

When she looked up to cross the road, she saw under the opposite Firmiana tree, a refined and noble-looking man standing.

He had one hand in his pocket and his head tilted slightly.

The setting sun cast a glow upon him,

casting a halo around him that formed a pleasing picture, which made Lu Mian’s right hand itch to draw it.

Soon, the man across the street saw her.

Across the road, he extended his right hand towards her, his voice clear and penetrating to the marrow.

“Lu Mian, let’s go home!”