Chapter 100: Chapter 99 I think… I have fallen in love
Lu Mian woke up from a nap only to find the room empty.
With a toothbrush in her mouth and rubbing her temples, a flicker of emotion swept through her clear eyes, unseen by others.
She arrived at school on time.
As usual, she casually took her seat and started reading a novel while others were busy with their homework or submitting their papers; she remained unmoved.
Even the class monitors who might have wanted to say something to her, upon approaching, were pushed back by her distant demeanor.
Lu Mian kept to herself; in the entire class, the only people she conversed with were the two underachievers, Fat Hao and Shouhao.
Gathered together, the three students at the bottom of the grade scale, were subjects of mockery from the others, not that they cared.
Fat Hao was a bit quiet today. After Lu Mian arrived, he greeted her and then turned his head back, burying himself in whatever he was busily scribbling.
Shouhao, who sat diagonally in front, whispered to Lu Mian: “Fat Hao’s depressed.”
“Why?” Lu Mian raised an eyebrow.
“His dad has cracked several cases in a row…” Shouhao said in a low voice, sounding somewhat helpless.
Fat Hao, having overheard, turned around with a gloomy expression: “At this rate, my dad’s going to be promoted to deputy director!”
Shouhao: The way he says it, it’s just begging for a punch!
Lu Mian smiled faintly, flipping another page of her book as if nothing mattered: “So?”
Shouhao looked puzzled: “Fat Hao, even though it was the Guardian God of Wucheng who did those things, your dad deserves some credit too, doesn’t he? He’s upright and brave, standing up for others—it’s only fair that he’s recognized. Besides, the Guardian God hasn’t been found yet. When they do find him, they can just give him the award separately later.”
As if getting depressed over this was worth it.
Fat Hao shook his head, “You don’t understand. It’s not because of that, I found out who the Guardian God of Wucheng is!”
“Who?! Spill it, spill it!” Shouhao was excited.
He was a super-hero fanatic, and such plots greatly interested him—the Guardian God of Wucheng was essentially a superhero, after all!
Lu Mian’s expression remained light and indifferent as she turned another page of her book.
“It’s a girl! The Guardian God of Wucheng is definitely a girl!”
“A girl? That’s explosive news!”
Lu Mian shifted positions, “How do you know?”
“Last night, she threw evidence of a company delaying wages at the entrance of my dad’s workplace. When my dad opened it, a neatly folded sheet of paper fell out…”
Fat Hao took a deep breath, “This paper was hamburger paper, you know, the kind that prevents oil stains when we eat hamburgers, right?”
Shouhao nodded but still didn’t understand.
Lu Mian, however, slightly narrowed her attractive almond-shaped eyes.
“The issue lies with this hamburger paper. There’s a cartoon cat head drawn on it and, after my analysis, I’m certain it was drawn by a girl! I even took a photo! The moment I saw it, I felt… I fell in love.”
He surreptitiously took out his phone and showed the photo to Shouhao and Lu Mian.
After a glance, Lu Mian smiled and stood up, “I’m going to the restroom.”
Lu Mian twirled a pack of tissues in one hand, a mocking grin on her face as she texted Zero.
[You did that on purpose.]
[Bite me!] Zero replied.
Lu Mian didn’t say anything more, just snorted coldly and entered a stall.
Last night, she couldn’t move around easily, so she had Zero find some evidence at Chairman La Yang’s company. But that guy did something unnecessary behind her back.
She recognized the hamburger paper with the cat head drawn on it—it was something she had doodled absentmindedly at some point.
Fortunately, that was the only trace exposed…
Lu Mian suppressed the frustration in her heart and walked out of the restroom with a calm expression.
But she was stopped by someone blocking her way.