The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 821 - 820: Didn’t Perform Well in the Exam

Chapter 821: Chapter 820: Didn’t Perform Well in the Exam

Four men dressed in training gear had grown up in the Chixia Sect since they were young.

The Chixia Sect was a place dedicated to nurturing highly skilled martial artists, their kung fu was strong, and their senses were sharp.

The four exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of puzzlement in the others’ eyes.

At this time, it was impossible for anyone to be in this part of the back mountain.

Sui Yuan was even more confused.

After exchanging looks, the four swiftly made a very cautious decision.

"Retreat."

It wasn’t that they were afraid to take action; ten or eight opponents would pose no problem to them. They just didn’t want unnecessary complications. If they could safely take away the third miss, that would be best.

If not, then they would have to wait for another time.

The current situation in the Chixia Sect was not good, so everyone was trying not to stir up trouble at this time.

The four men hurried along.

The leader, before leaving, left a message for Sui Yuan.

"Third Miss, the Second Young Master needs you, think about it carefully."

Sui Yuan was suddenly left alone, not even having had time to react to their sudden appearance or disappearance, just standing there, dumbfounded.

Her mind was filled with the phrase "the Second Young Master needs you."

She hugged her backpack tightly as her body helplessly slid down.

But—

She slid into a pair of cool arms.

Sui Yuan turned around and, after seeing who it was, her eyes reddened instantly, clinging more dependently to the other person.

"Mianmian..."

Lu Mian steadied the weakened Sui Yuan, pressed down his heartache, and gave her a comforting hug.

Those sharp eyes were icy, gazing into an unknown distance.

When he spoke, however, his voice was gentle and patient.

"Why are you here?" This was the tenderness that Lu Mian showed uniquely to Sui Yuan and his four friends.

Sui Yuan’s gaze flickered.

Lu Mian became instantly irritated, let go of Sui Yuan, and lifted his foot to chase after someone.

If she had not heard wrong, there should have been someone here just now.

Without hesitation, Sui Yuan wrapped her arms around him.

"Mianmian! There’s no need to chase."

She knew she couldn’t fool Lu Mian, nor did she dare to, "It was my brother who came looking for me, he wants me to go back."

"..."

Lu Mian’s lips slightly pursed and in the end, he gave up the pursuit, but his mind recalled the green belt under Yuanyuan’s dormitory building a while ago.

He had sensed someone there at that time as well.

It seems the opponent was skilled.

Lu Mian temporarily set his thoughts aside, supporting Sui Yuan away from the back mountain and back to the teaching building.

On the way, he asked, seemingly nonchalant, "What are you thinking?"

Sui Yuan was bewildered, completely dispirited.

"I don’t know, I’m confused. He said he needs me..."

Lu Mian gently lowered his eyelashes.

He knew Sui Yuan had a close relationship with her older brother, it was normal for her to feel reluctant.

Just like the way he had been unwilling to give up on the Lu Family in the past.

"Let’s focus on the exam first," Lu Mian said with a steady voice, offering silently comfort as he escorted her to the examination room.

Sui Yuan entered the examination room on time, while Lu Mian was five minutes late.

Everyone had started answering their papers by the time she arrived late.

Jiang Yingyue looked up from her exam paper, her eyes landing on Lu Mian with a hint of schadenfreude.

This exam seemed doomed for Lu Mian’s failure from the very start.

—

In the principal’s office.

Principal Zhang had the person in charge meticulously check the signal jammer for a second time but found no fault with the machine. With the person’s abilities, they also couldn’t track down what had occurred during those two minutes when the connection was lost.

The person in charge, lacking the ability, apologized to Principal Zhang for not being able to clarify the situation.

Principal Zhang slammed his hands on the desk, "Thank goodness nothing happened this time. You keep a close watch on the jamming device these next few days!"

Luckily, the incident occurred before the exam had started and the papers hadn’t been unsealed, so it didn’t result in any consequences.

Otherwise, the situation really would have been irreparable.

Principal Zhang was anxious and quite frightened. After sending the person in charge away, he said to Han Jin, "Mr. Han, should we find someone more capable to take a look?"

Han Jin didn’t speak.

Su Lao, however, solemnly recommended, "Mianmian is not bad at programming. You can let her have a look."

Upon mentioning Lu Mian, the crowd of three immediately shifted their attention to the monitors.

They clicked to enlarge the surveillance feed of Lu Mian’s examination room.

Normally, they would take turns to praise her, but upon seeing the girl in the examination room, they were stunned.

Three heads displayed three question marks each.

——

From the moment Lu Mian had sat down, her heart hadn’t been at peace.

She listlessly flipped through the examination paper, her eyes on the questions, yet her thoughts lingered on Sui Yuan’s question.

Would Yuanyuan choose to go back?

Lu Mian didn’t know the answer; on the left side of her draft paper, she wrote "will," and on the right, "won’t."

She placed her pen on the draft paper and gave it a casual spin; the pen spun around.

When she spun the pen, it made hardly any noise. Except for the exam proctor who warned her with a few glances, no one else paid her any attention.

After spinning for a few rounds, the pen slowly came to a stop, with the tip finally pointing at "will."

Lu Mian, however, was not satisfied with this answer.

Thus, she repeated the action once more.

Jiang Yingyue, who had been focusing on her own questions, only needed to glance to the side slightly to see Lu Mian.

Watching Lu Mian engrossed in spinning her pen, she was momentarily shocked and instantly flabbergasted.

Really?

Really?

Jiang Yingyue took a closer look, certain and sure of what Lu Mian was doing.

You don’t know the answer to the multiple-choice questions, so you start relying on metaphysics, huh!

This kind of behavior could only be seen in classes with poor performance. During regular exams, one could tear up the draft paper, write ABCD, and draw lots.

The college entrance exam wouldn’t allow it, so Lu Mian had to rely on spinning her pen to make choices for the multiple-choice questions.

Jiang Yingyue rolled her eyes dismissively.

She had thought Lu Mian was quite capable!

As it appeared, Lu Mian was not even worthy of being her rival.

Pfft.

Lu Mian repeated the action several times on her side, but strangely, she never arrived at the desired answer.

Eventually, she stopped, her face as cold as ice, her breath heavy as she started to work on the problems.

——

After the math exam was over, many people knew that Lu Mian left the examination room with a dark face.

The low pressure enveloping her from head to toe made people steer clear of her.

So at that time, even Principal Zhang, Han Jin, and others didn’t dare to mess with Lu Mian anymore, let alone ask her to help with the jamming device.

In the subsequent exams, Lu Mian’s mood didn’t improve much either.

Before the exams were even over, people’s discussions had shifted from comparing answers and complaining about the difficulty of the questions, to focusing on Lu Mian.

It spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred.

Almost all the senior high school students knew that Lu Mian, the teacher on whom great hopes were pinned and who could have vied for the top provincial scores, did not perform well this time.

Even her behavior of drawing lots for the multiple-choice questions in the exam had been brought up.

Xiao Qimo and Xiao Jianli had also heard the school rumors. Although they both had a lot of confidence in Lu Mian, Principal Zhang was also hesitant and sounded quite distressed, so Xiao Qimo had a clue.

Thus, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the college entrance exam in front of Lu Mian.

And Xiao Qimo, even more so, put aside his work and during the time awaiting results, either played games with Lu Mian or looked for teammates from the Shadow Hunting Team to play Capture The Flag (CTF).

Lu Mian felt irritable, but still noticed that the people around her had been acting a bit strange lately.

She couldn’t be bothered to pay attention and ultimately never said a word.

Until June 23rd.

That was the day the college entrance examination results were released.