The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 416 - 415 What is Director Qi’s birthday
Chapter 416: Chapter 415: What is Director Qi’s birthday?
Chapter 416 -415: What is Director Qi’s birthday?
That evening, Zitan Pavilion issued the new team regulations with utmost speed.
Deputy Captain Xun Xiaoran, after Yun Sang returned to his room, came knocking on his door soon after.
The captain was a capricious and casual person, so he, the deputy captain, had to bear everything alone, busy with multiple tasks.
Fortunately, Xun Xiaoran was a diligent and hardworking person.
He was always serious about his duties and observed rules strictly.
Seeing that Yun Sang was now free, he immediately came over to discuss matters with him.
“Captain, while you were sleeping this afternoon, Mr.
Qimo helped us solve a difficult programming problem,” he began with praise, “Twenty people on our team couldn’t solve it after half a day, but he managed it in just five minutes.”
Yun Sang had expected as much when he heard this, yet he couldn’t help but feel more awe.
The capabilities of that old fox had not diminished over the years.
As if a thought struck him, his gaze drifted to somewhere distant, and his voice held a hint of ethereality, “He is indeed very talented.
If you guys have the chance, you could learn a lot from him.”
“Oh?” Xun Xiaoran stared at Yun Sang’s expression, which seemed odd.
The captain was not one to frequently praise others.
Those who received his praise must be individuals of formidable strength and deserving of respect.
Xun Xiaoran nodded gravely.
“By the way, Captain, have you seen the new team regulations?” Xun Xiaoran shifted from the matter at hand to the team’s affairs, “I think this rule is too harsh.
Does the big boss have some issue with us?”
“What?” Yun Sang hadn’t seen the new team regulations yet.
“Here, that one.” Xun Xiaoran picked up a nearby notebook and opened a message for him.
[During the training period at Yangfan Hotel, all individuals are prohibited from walking around the hotel shirtless or in underwear, and must wear the unified winter team uniform.]
Yun Sang read the new team regulation word for word, his elegant brows raising in a rebellious thrill.
He and Xun Xiaoran looked at each other at the same time, each wearing only their underwear, and the two shared a glance.
“Damn!
He’s even harsher than me!”
——
Lu Mian returned to Yulan Pavilion by herself.
After ten o’clock at night, unlike the bustling Zitan Pavilion, this place was already very quiet.
There was no one in the hallway, only the warm yellow lights continued to shine with unwavering duty and tenacity.
As Lu Mian rounded the lobby on the first floor and headed toward the elevator, she suddenly encountered someone.
The person must have just come out from the dining area, one hand holding a cup of hot milk, the other carrying a sandwich.
She stepped aside to give way to the other person.
Xiu Qian hadn’t expected to encounter Lu Mian here.
He glanced subconsciously at his wristwatch, a touch of irritation furrowing his brow slightly, “You’ve just returned?”
Lu Mian nodded her head.
The elevator opened, and she walked straight in.
Xiu Qian followed behind.
Inside the elevator, he glanced at the glowing floor numbers, seeing only a number 6 lit up.
He silently shook his head and quickly pressed number 4.
In that brief moment as the elevator began to move, he spoke in a faint voice laced with a hint of admonishment, “Coming to a foreign place alone, without parental control, you should learn to be self-disciplined.”
Lu Mian gave him a puzzled look.
“In the last two competitions, you indeed performed excellently, achieving full marks.
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But don’t forget, the people around you are working hard too.
If you remain complacent, you will eventually be surpassed by others.”
Xiu Qian’s intention was to urge Lu Mian to focus on her studies since many of the trainees at the training class were reviewing frantically in their rooms.
Lu Mian responded with a nonchalant “Oh.”
Xiu Qian: …
Just then, the elevator doors opened.
Xiu Qian walked out a few steps and stopped at the elevator entrance to hold the doors, which were about to close, then turned back to look deeply at Lu Mian, “I will definitely surpass you and win the championship in this competition.”
This time, Lu Mian gave him an encouraging gesture as if completely unconcerned, seemingly unworried about being surpassed by others.
Xiu Qian: …
Lu Mian returned to her room and only then remembered the two suitcases that Mo Si and Mo Nie had brought her.
She scratched her head, impatiently starting to pack her luggage.
Two suitcases sprawled on the floor.
The suitcases were equipped with those universal combination locks, three digits each, one on each side.
She recalled Mo Si and Mo Nie had not told her the combinations.
She glanced around, thinking that if she were to kick them open, it might be too noisy and disturb others’ rest.
So she casually sat on the floor, stroking her chin and guessing the combinations.
For the first one, she tried her own birthday.
106.
She was in luck, it opened on her first try, but only one half.
When she tried the other lock with this set of numbers, it didn’t open.
She seemed to have an idea, chuckled softly, and without much fuss sent a text directly to Mo Si, whose number she had saved when Mo Si got hurt while saving Zero.
[What’s Director Qimo’s birthday?]
Mo Si had just laid down on the bed when he saw the message and jumped up immediately.
Big news!
Miss Lu is asking him for Mr.
Mo’s birthday!
She didn’t ask Mr.
Mo himself but asked him instead.
Could this mean Miss Lu is planning a surprise for Mr.
Mo?
Mo Si immediately replied to Lu Mian like he was presenting a treasure.
[Mr.
Mo’s birthday is on August 23, the cusp of Leo and Virgo!]
Lu Mian didn’t read the latter part of the message, her expressionless face inputting the numbers 823.
OK, it unlocked smoothly.
Meanwhile, Mo Si felt that his last message wasn’t enough to convey his thoughts, and he quickly sent another.
[Miss Lu, you’re a Capricorn, right?
Mr.
Mo’s star sign is very compatible with yours!]
Lu Mian, as she opened the suitcase, glanced at the message.
She didn’t expect Mo Si to study astrology.
Was that stuff accurate?
She smiled, not taking it to heart, but she made a mental note of the number 823.
On the other hand, Mo Si held his phone, sinking into deep thought as he stared at the message which got no further replies.
Suddenly, he remembered that Mr.
Mo had personally set the passwords for those two suitcases…
The sweet candy in his mouth turned into bitter glass shards.
Mo Nie ruefully put away his phone, sweating for Xiao Qimo.
Mr.
Mo, will you smoothly take Miss Lu home this year?
——
After opening the suitcase, Lu Mian casually flipped through it, finding mostly winter clothes.
She picked up one piece, the tag still attached.
Scanning the brand…
She felt it was such a waste.
Apart from clothes and some trivial daily necessities, the two suitcases also contained a thick B5 notebook, seemingly several stitched together, hefty and solid.
Lu Mian wasn’t interested in the clothes, but the notebook caught her attention.
A black cover, devoid of any decorations except for a capital letter X at the lower right corner.
The notebook seemed to have some age to it, and despite being well-preserved, it couldn’t fend off the yellowing and aging.
She picked up the notebook, her bare fingers turning the first page, and what had been a casual and indifferent gaze abruptly turned serious and profound.
