The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 461 - 460 Can you find the information on this bookmark
Chapter 461: Chapter 460: Can you find the information on this bookmark?
Chapter 461: Chapter 460: Can you find the information on this bookmark?
Physical training was a good excuse, and Lu Mian subconsciously nodded in agreement.
After nodding, she let out a sigh and looked at the person across from her, Sikong Jian.
“Are you okay?
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Have you encountered any danger?”
Sikong Jian thought of the things he had done, placed the stack of books back where they belonged, and spoke with seeming indifference.
“There’s no real danger, just not much freedom.” As long as he didn’t do anything out of line, he was temporarily safe.
The saying ‘to accompany the emperor is like companioning a tiger’ applied here as well.
But no matter what, this was the path he chose, and he had no regrets.
Lu Mian engaged in casual conversation, mentioning Ya Ling, Sui Yuan, and Yuren.
Sikong Jian leaned against the adjacent shelf, quietly listening.
He truly longed for time to freeze at this moment.
“It’s nice that you can all be together,” Sikong Jian remarked.
Lu Mian paused briefly, “We’re all waiting for you.”
“What about you?
After you wait for me, what then?”
Lu Mian didn’t quite understand and lifted her eyes to look at him.
Sikong Jian gazed at her clear, large eyes and silently sighed.
“Mianmian, I’m not by your side to accompany you all the time.
But it’s okay, I have patience.
I can teach you little by little.
Do you know how relationships between people are distinguished?”
Lu Mian showed interest in hearing more.
“For example, when I first met you, you didn’t dislike me, which means the first impression was okay.
If I asked you out and you didn’t refuse, it means you think I’m acceptable.
If I touch you and you don’t flinch, it means our relationship is not bad.
If I give you gifts and you keep them, it means you have a favorable impression of me.
If I say I like you, and your heart races, then that means…”
Lu Mian listened up to this point and then pushed the book she had just taken from the shelf back into place.
She took a ring on a red string out of her pocket and gently shook it across the bookshelf.
Sikong Jian’s eyes sharply narrowed.
Lu Mian, unaware of his emotions, spoke frankly, “With this ring, my heart won’t race; it can moderate that.” Sikong Jian stared at the ring, his eyes darkening.
But he quickly concealed that emotion, blinking and softly calling out, “Mianmian.”
His tone carried a hint of coquettishness, speaking in a very gentle way, “The bookmarks I sent you, you still have them, right?
I made those by hand.
Considering how busy I am yet I still put in the effort to think of you, show me some tenderness, will you?”
He looked as pitiful as a little puppy, but Lu Mian knew this was only a part of Sikong Jian.
Sikong Jian also had a cruel and sinister side.
Lu Mian pursed her lips and did not respond to his question, instead she said, “If you are unhappy there, tell me.
I’ll come get you.”
I’ll come get you…
These words sounded more like a promise, a profoundly important one to Sikong Jian.
If Sikong Jian didn’t know Lu Mian’s personality, he might have taken those words as a term of endearment.
Unfortunately…
Sikong Jian managed a wry smile, “Ever since you broke through the security of that illegal lab and one by one rescued us, I knew you were really incredible.
It’s just, I can’t leave yet.”
He still had very important things to do.
The news of the pavilion being the last vanishing point was something he released to Han Jin, and it was hard-earned information he had gathered.
He wouldn’t just stop there; he didn’t want Lu Mian to fall into danger alone.
If he could share some of the risk with her, he had an undisputed obligation to do so.
Sikong Jian didn’t want to talk about those heavy matters.
Having the rare opportunity to see her, he preferred to create more varied experiences between them.
“Mianmian, the weather forecast says it’s going to snow soon.
On the first snow, accompany me to see it, I’ll definitely take leave!”
When she heard his words, Lu Mian suddenly remembered that Xiao Qimo once said that the snow in Jinjing was beautiful.
How beautiful, she had never seen.
“Mianmian?”
Hearing his voice again, Lu Mian felt sorry for her distraction.
When she looked up at Sikong Jian, he was expectantly awaiting her answer.
Lu Mian felt somewhat helpless, “Sikong, can you not like me?”
After these words were out, there was a long stretch of silence and quiet on the other side, and it wasn’t until Lu Mian had already walked a distance away that Sikong Jian didn’t catch up.
It was only after a long while that he leisurely followed, his tone somewhat dissatisfied.
“If you don’t want to accompany me, just say it.
Why use such a hurtful excuse to fob me off?”
Lu Mian furrowed her brows, “I’m serious, you could bring me…”
Her sentence was unfinished as Sikong Jian interrupted her.
Sikong Jian seemed to realize what she was about to say, and quickly bowed his head to hurriedly check his wristwatch.
“Sorry, I’ve got something urgent.
I need to go back first.”
As Sikong Jian hastily left, he turned back after a few steps and instructed, “Go back early.
Pray you don’t run into any bad guys, otherwise they are certainly in for some bad luck.”
Lu Mian cursed him playfully, “Get lost!”
In a soft and gentle tone.
“I just like watching you curse at me.” Sikong Jian said this, then shamelessly made his escape.
Not long after his figure had disappeared, Lu Mian carelessly picked out two books and hastily settled the account.
When she walked out the door of Xinhua Bookstore, she looked into the vast night sky and was somewhat lost in thought.
Sikong Jian, how can I tell you so you will understand?
Wandering on the street, Lu Mian glanced at the small map on the digital watch and realized that the IEG Building was nearby.
Since she was out, it was a good opportunity to do some research there.
She carried a backpack with her own mask and clothes.
Finding a restroom to change, she took advantage of the darkness to enter the IEG Building.
Meanwhile, in one of the building’s lounges, a playful old man was leisurely savoring his tea.
Next to him sat a gentle and elegant man with gold-rimmed glasses.
Xiao Qimo looked across at Yun Zhijuan, pushing the bookmark in his hand over.
“Can you have a look at this for me?
Have you seen anything like it?”
Yun Zhijuan looked at him, glanced at the bookmark, but didn’t pick it up, and instead said with a bit of a cold tone, “You only come to me when you have a need, and leave me aside when you don’t.
I’m not going to look at it for you!”
“…” Xiao Qimo pinched the bridge of his nose, “Brother, please.”
Yun Zhijuan was somewhat intrigued by this, as the attitude was quite sincere.
“All this for just a bookmark?”
Only then did Yun Zhijuan take the bookmark in hand and scrutinized it carefully.
Apart from the lone “See” character, indeed, no other information could be discerned.
Xiao Qimo was quite restless, “Did you see anything?
Can you trace the production information of this bookmark, its sales channels, the end customers?”
Yun Zhijuan saw him hurried, and scoured his mind for a lot of related information, but there was nothing about this bookmark.
He set the bookmark back on the table and pushed it over again, “I haven’t seen it before, it’s difficult to judge.”
Xiao Qimo grew even more irritable, “You haven’t seen it either?
Then give me the highest authority so I can check for myself.”
He wasn’t shy about asking Yun Zhijuan for the highest authority.
The highest authority was something only the leader had, and Yun Zhijuan gave Xiao Qimo a sidelong glance.
There was always this feeling of being usurped…
“There’s no use in you getting the highest authority if it’s something I’m unaware of.
Besides, you’re not the leader, so why should I give you the highest authority?”
He wasn’t without disciples; wasn’t it better to pass the position to a pretty, cute, and well-behaved disciple?
“…”
Xiao Qimo gave Yun Zhijuan a deep look, with a hint of dangerous aggression.
The feeling of “being usurped” in Yun Zhijuan’s mind became even more pronounced.
He was just about to say something when his phone received a message, and a mysterious expression flickered across Yun Zhijuan’s eyes.
