The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 981 - 980: I Will Get Back a Hundred Times What They Owe You!

Chapter 981: Chapter 980: I Will Get Back a Hundred Times What They Owe You!

Brother!

Sui Yuan felt a cold shiver run through her heart.

The face before her was still so familiar.

The person in front of her shared her blood.

Sui Yuan had imagined countless scenarios where she might encounter family members at Chixia Sect, but she hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.

She had originally planned to come quietly and leave quietly. Let everyone move on and live out this life in peace.

But what must come will always come.

The atmosphere was a bit delicate.

The cafeteria was crowded with many students. Seeing that the situation was turning strange, Mo Fan immediately shooed everyone out without hesitation.

Thankfully, the students had mostly finished eating, and within ten seconds, the cafeteria became empty, leaving only Lu Mian, Sui Yuan, and three others.

Lu Mian held Sui Yuan protectively in her arms. When she observed Jing Che again, she finally understood where the sense of familiarity came from.

This time, even she was somewhat stunned.

She didn’t know the connection between Sui Yuan and Chixia Sect.

"Chunchun..." Jing Che froze for a long time, then suddenly seemed to realize something. He stepped forward and tried to grab Sui Yuan’s wrist to pull her outside.

However, with Lu Mian there, he didn’t even get the chance to approach.

He watched as Lu Mian swiftly maneuvered, taking Sui Yuan out of the way and evading his movement entirely.

Jing Che reached out in vain, staring at his empty hand, surprisingly perplexed.

He had started practicing martial arts relatively late, but thanks to his family genes, he was a naturally gifted fighter. In the few years since being retrieved from the orphanage, he had made rapid progress, his skills considered among the best.

A young girl avoiding his move... it had to be coincidence, right...?

Lu Mian took a big step back with Sui Yuan in her arms. She could feel the tension and resistance radiating from the girl held tightly against her chest.

The trauma from the AorB kidnapping incident wasn’t something easily erased.

No matter how much Yuanyuan missed her biological brother, how could she not think about the pain of "brother lives, sister dies" when facing him directly?

Those memories replayed over and over again—how could she possibly feel happy?

Lu Mian had seen Sui Yuan trembling in fear, cutting off her black hair resolutely, and waking up from nightmares crying, "Dad, save me..."

Chixia Sect had the power to intervene!

They simply valued boys over girls and refused to lift a hand to save her!

This pain of being abandoned by her family, her dear Yuanyuan would spend her entire life trying to heal from it...

The cold, aloof girl reexamined the two men standing before them.

Jing Pei, Jing Che.

Gone was her former gentleness—only endless coldness and fury remained.

She had vowed to always stand by Sui Yuan’s side, no matter the reason or the consequences.

Anyone who bullied Yuanyuan was her mortal enemy.

"Chunchun, come with me!"

Jing Che insisted. He seemed to have many things he wanted to say to Sui Yuan privately.

Lu Mian respected Sui Yuan’s feelings, but now she could only sense Sui Yuan’s entire body shaking violently in her arms, clutching her desperately and shaking her head furiously.

Lu Mian understood. Without wasting a single word, she shoved Jing Pei and Jing Che aside and left with Sui Yuan.

But Jing Che wasn’t about to give up so easily. He immediately kicked over a chair in an attempt to block Lu Mian.

Too agitated, he failed to control his strength.

"Miss Lu, watch out!"

Mo Fan hurried to protect her, but ultimately, his speed was just slightly too slow.

All he could do was watch as the chair flew straight toward Lu Mian. But before anyone could react, the girl didn’t even look back—her palm clenched into a fist, her right arm snapped forward, and she knocked the chair back with brute force!

The chair flew at a blistering speed, smashing directly into Jing Che.

Mo Fan didn’t flinch.

Neither Jing Pei nor Jing Che managed to react!

"Bang!"

The wooden chair struck Jing Che, crashing to the ground in pieces.

Sui Yuan’s heart trembled. She quickly grabbed Lu Mian’s right arm, feeling like her heart might explode.

"Mianmian, your hand... your hand..." She was so distressed she was almost crying.

She didn’t care about her brother—she cared only about Lu Mian.

"It’s nothing."

Lu Mian didn’t let her inspect it. Radiating an aura of unstoppable determination, she was like a god of war, ready to kill all in her path.

No one stopped her this time. She effortlessly took Sui Yuan away, leading her to a small training ground near the cafeteria.

Lu Mian’s anger had nowhere to go. Inside, she was simmering with frustration to the extreme!

Without caring what equipment was in front of her, she punched it directly.

The cold, hard equipment made a resounding "bang"!

Sui Yuan thought she might have heard the sound of the equipment breaking apart...

——

The noise wasn’t quiet, and the instructors passing by outside all turned their heads simultaneously to glance in that direction.

"Whoa! Who tested their strength now?"

The small training ground here was filled with strength testers. The disciples of Chixia Sect’s greatest pastime was training themselves, measuring their power, breaking records, and starting the cycle again.

"Judging by that noise, it could be a top-three result!"

"Might even be number one!"

Jiu Ping heard this and turned to shake his head at the crowd of disciples. "Impossible! The number one record belongs to Senior Mo Fan. Who can break his record?"

"True! Senior Mo Fan took out five women with one punch—he’s unstoppable!"

"Hahaha..." Jiu Ping, struck by an inexplicable laugh, guffawed arrogantly, "Five? No, ten is more likely! Look at those female students—besides makeup, gossip, and swooning over men, what else can they even do? At best, maybe they’re useful for having babies..."

"What’s worse, when it’s time to have babies, they still shamelessly demand dowries from us!"

"As if they’d ever think about it—the entire world’s achievements, aren’t they all created by us men?"

"..."

Their mocking voices grew louder and louder, shamelessly echoing all the way to Lu Mian’s ears.

Those men’s jeering laughter, sharp and inflated.

Lu Mian’s black-and-white eyes were now burning red. She gazed at Sui Yuan and finally asked, "Is this place your home?"

Home.

Sui Yuan’s tears streamed down her face.

When her family took her from the orphanage, she had been so happy, so full of hope!

She finally had a complete family, more kin to care for her.

She truly loved everything about this place.

Even when she heard gossip, even when she was treated differently, even when she suffered grievances, she thought they were just joking. She never truly realized the toxic roots of these people.

Until the kidnapping incident.

The biases and thoughts deeply ingrained in her father were laid bare.

Her closest relations didn’t love her—not even a little.

They had only wanted to bring back her brother to inherit the family business. She was just the one who came along...

Sui Yuan nodded slightly.

At this point, she could only gather the courage to tear open her scars and tell the truth.

"Yes. Sect Master Jing Heng is my father, his wife is my stepmother, Jing Pei is my grandfather, and Jing Che is my brother who I once relied on to survive..."

"..."

Lu Mian wanted to know why she hadn’t uncovered this information earlier.

Before, when Yuanyuan was too shaken to recall these things, she hadn’t pushed her to remember, fearing it would hurt her.

But when she’d helped Yuanyuan erase her original background, she hadn’t found anything connecting her to Chixia Sect.

Not like Ya Ling with the Ye Family, or Yuren with the Liang Family—those were things she could investigate and uncover.

Sui Yuan seemed to know what Lu Mian was thinking. Tears filled her eyes, but a bitter smile spread across her face.

"When they brought me back from the orphanage, they never planned to register me. My grandmother even arranged to sell me to a buyer right after the kidnapping incident, hoping to make a good profit... Chixia Sect never acknowledged me publicly, nor did they leave any trace of my existence."

No wonder!

Lu Mian felt rage and guilt—she hated herself for having changed the military training location to Chixia Sect, hated herself for dragging Yuanyuan into this mess while trying to complete her mission.

She had worried so much about Yuanyuan going home, but she had personally sent her back into this hell.

Lost in her increasingly volatile emotions, Lu Mian raised her head. Her bloodshot eyes locked onto Sui Yuan, resolute and fierce.

In that instant, she made up her mind.

Yuanyuan, everything they owe you—I will make them pay back a hundredfold!