The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 429 - 428 Is Lu Mian Such a Good Student
Chapter 429: Chapter 428: Is Lu Mian Such a Good Student?
Chapter 429 -428: Is Lu Mian Such a Good Student?
“This…” He flipped through a stack of sheet music one by one.
“What’s wrong, Master?
You don’t like it?
But to me, he’s a genius arranger.
Free-spirited and unrestrained, wildly flourishing, something to be envied…” When Shen Yixin spoke of this person, the emotion on her face was clearly different.
Chu Kong nodded in agreement, “Indeed, very good.
He deserves the title of a genius.
Who is he?
Someone from our circle?”
“His name is Mi Lu.
He’s not from our circle.
He never participates in public performances, and if someone commissions a piece from him, he’ll write it if he feels like it and won’t if he doesn’t.
These pieces were all released by him, and I copied them from the Internet.”
“Not bad at all.” Chu Kong kept nodding, also very approving, “His style actually resembles that of your junior disciple sister’s piece.”
“Then I’m sure that I and junior disciple sister will have a lot in common.”
“Yes, I wanted to consult with you about that today.
If you don’t like her, Master definitely wouldn’t insist on taking her as a disciple.”
Chu Kong really was protective of Shen Yixin.
This girl, who had shown a talent for the piano at just two years old and had won her first city-level championship at six, was once his most prideful star.
“Okay, don’t worry about it, Master.
But taking on a disciple is indeed a matter that requires caution.
My opinion is only part of it; we should also listen to what others think.”
“Hmm, I have my own plans for that.” Chu Kong had long had calculations in his heart, “She’s twenty this year, very young, and can be nurtured slowly…”
Shen Yixin nodded, her gaze falling on her left hand, concealing a trace of bitterness.
She herself was only twenty-two this year.
Chu Kong noticed as well, feeling a frustration that he could not quell, “Yixin, aren’t you willing to talk about what happened back then?”
“…” Shen Yixin turned her face away, “I’ve told you, Master.
I just fell off a horse by accident and got stepped on.”
“You’re not the careless type!
Are you hiding something for someone?”
Shen Yixin tucked her long hair behind her ear, “Master, you’re overthinking it.
I’m not hiding anything for anyone.
By the way, I have something to do later, so I’ll be leaving first!”
Chu Kong: …
Every time I ask about this, she runs away!
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On this side, Shao Yunxuan and Fu Shuangshuang strolled leisurely through the Yangfan Hotel.
As they walked, they seemed as if they were already young ladies from upper-class society, both quite enamored with that feeling.
As they passed by the Yulan Pavilion, Shao Yunxuan glanced inside and slowed her pace.
“Shuangshuang, do you know where I saw Lu Mian?”
The Yulan Pavilion was quite quiet at the moment, not sure if there was a class going on.
“Right here.” Shao Yunxuan pointed at the villa’s entrance, “Lu Mian said herself she’s training inside here!”
She said this with a smile in her voice, but it was clear it wasn’t a smile of admiration.
Fu Shuangshuang looked up, scanning the Yulan Pavilion from top to bottom, disbelieving.
“What kind of training?
What if someone’s been cheated?”
“I don’t know, she didn’t say.”
Fu Shuangshuang’s frown deepened, “Lu Mian never did well in school and wasn’t likable either.
What kind of training could she possibly be attending?
I think it’s more likely some insurance team building or health product sales pitch, the kind of training that can brainwash people…”
“Who knows.” Shao Yunxuan didn’t think Lu Mian was qualified for any training either.
After thinking about it some more, she laughed again.
“Right, it seems she has a boyfriend now, looks to be over thirty.”
“Over thirty?” Fu Shuangshuang understood the implication in her tone, “Is she being someone’s mistress, or has she been kept?”
After saying that, Fu Shuangshuang hugged her own arms with a shiver of disgust.
If that were true, they definitely couldn’t associate with Lu Mian anymore—not that it wouldn’t be embarrassing enough.
After all these years, the Lu Mian’s family was indeed becoming more and more depraved.
The two stood at the entrance, sighing for quite a while, when they saw a girl with somewhat dark skin and plain clothing approaching to enter Yulan Pavilion.
Shao Yunxuan hurriedly pulled Fu Shuangshuang over.
“Hey, classmate, hello.
Are you staying here for training?”
Fang Xilan was holding several delivery boxes in her arms, having been sent out to pick up parcels.
Suddenly hearing someone calling her, she slowly turned around.
From their attire, wearing brands she’d seen in advertisements, she figured they must be quite wealthy, so her attitude improved a bit.
“Yes, I am.
Is there something you need?”
“Do you know Lu Mian?
Is she here?”
“Lu Mian?” Fang Xilan looked down at the parcels in her arms, her fingernails tapping on the box, and nodded.
“Oh, I actually do know her!”
Shao Yunxuan and Fu Shuangshuang were both somewhat surprised.
“What do you guys do here?
What kind of training is it?”
At this, Fang Xilan swelled with pride, pointing inside the yard to a roll-up banner and said, “This is the national training ground for the physics competition, attended by the top fifty students in the country.”
Shao Yunxuan and Fu Shuangshuang were even more astonished.
Lu Mian?
Taking part in this kind of competition?
And among the top fifty in the country?
What kind of international joke was this?
Hadn’t she always been at the bottom of the class?!
Though Shao Yunxuan was a student at Kunpeng School, she had been training out of town for the past six months and wasn’t up to date on the goings-on at the school.
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As for Fu Shuangshuang, she was even more clueless.
Both were academic underachievers with a natural aversion to physics.
“So, she’s good at studying?” Fu Shuangshuang asked with a furrowed brow, still in disbelief.
Fang Xilan frowned and hugged the parcels a bit tighter, “I’m not sure.
She doesn’t pay attention in class and always seems to be reading novels…”
Shao Yunxuan and Fu Shuangshuang both revealed expressions of ‘I knew it.’
But regardless, the fact that Lu Mian could participate in such a competition was still surprising to them.
“By the way, have you seen Lu Mian’s boyfriend?
What does he do?” Fu Shuangshuang smiled, “I’m her distant cousin.
I heard she was here and came to check up on her.”
“Boyfriend?” Fang Xilan shook her head, “I’m not sure about that.
I’ve seen men come looking for her.”
The way she spoke was unclear, leading Shao Yunxuan and Fu Shuangshuang to assume that Lu Mian definitely had some involvement with men, and not just a little.
Both curled their lips in disdain.
Before leaving, Fu Shuangshuang glanced back at Fang Xilan and sneered with a reminder, “Oh, and you should tell your classmates to keep their valuables safe.
She’s from a poor family, and she used to steal when she was younger.”
After saying that, she left, arm in arm with Shao Yunxuan.
Fang Xilan watched their retreating figures, her eyes flickering with a touch of mockery.
She had thought Lu Mian was so aloof and virtuous, but it turned out she was this despicable.
They both came from poor backgrounds, hers was even worse, yet she put on airs!
She wouldn’t even let her borrow a notebook, even though she had helped her before!
——
Fu Shuangshuang chatted and laughed with Shao Yunxuan all the way as she called her father, Fu Yao.
“Dad, Lu Mian really is at Yangfan Hotel for training.
But she has a boyfriend now.
Let’s invite them both over for dinner!”
