Chapter 179: Chapter 178: You Guessed Exactly Right
Lu Xinnuan was completely unaware, exited her own results page, and said the pleasant words, “Maybe, it’s a perfect score this time too.”
The lively atmosphere immediately cooled down.
Pei Jinlan and Lu Xingtang returned to their seats, sitting with proper decorum.
Fu Man discreetly tugged at Lu Xinnuan, signaling her to drop it, not to make the situation too embarrassing.
Lu Xinnuan smiled, but still asked Lu Mian for her admission ticket number.
Lu Mian’s expression was indifferent, but she gave it to her anyway.
Before checking the results, Lu Xinnuan gave Lu Mian one last glance, chuckled softly, and pressed the button to query, as if opening Pandora’s box.
Fu Man turned her head away.
Recalling what Lu Mian’s classmates had said on the day of the exam, she felt a touch of wishful thinking. She didn’t expect Lu Mian to score a hundred again; she would be thankful for anything that wasn’t too embarrassing.
However, the results that were supposed to come quickly never triggered Lu Xinnuan’s voice—why the delay?
She looked back, doubtful, only to see Lu Xinnuan holding her phone, already dumbfounded.
“What’s wrong with Nuannuan?” asked Yellow Jade with concern.
Lu Xinnuan didn’t come back to her senses, her eyes wide with horror, repeating, “How is this possible, there must be a mistake… this can’t be…”
Fu Man took the phone, her brows furrowing as she took a glance. With that one look, she abruptly stood up.
Her expression was as shocked as Lu Xinnuan’s.
The mother and daughter’s reactions left Lu Chengweng and the others stunned—just how bad were the scores for their faces to look so unsightly?
“Alright, no matter the scores, we are all family, there’s no need to hide anything. Speak up!” Lu Chengweng shook his head.
“She… she…” Lu Xinnuan stuttered, unable to find her voice.
“Can’t say it out loud, huh?”
The slightly rising tone, tinged with mischief and laziness, finally drew a sentence from Lu Mian, who was five meters away. She had just finished a game, looking at her full equipment inventory with joy.
She stretched her neck lazily from side to side and stood up.
All six pairs of eyes stared fixedly at her.
Lu Mian gave Lu Xinnuan a glance.
Lu Xinnuan shivered all over, mustering all her strength to spit out three words.
“One hundred percent.”
“What?” the other four elders were thunderstruck, unbelieving.
Fu Man’s mouth hung open, her words coming out stiffly, “National number one.”
Lu Chengweng and Yellow Jade were no longer composed, both standing up.
Lu Xingtang and Pei Jinlan also rose instinctively, their eyes on Lu Mian were so unfamiliar, as if they had never known her.
Surrounded by various peculiar glances, Lu Mian remained indifferent. She tilted her head, one corner of her mouth curved upwards in a smile, becoming more wild and malevolent.
She mercilessly twisted the knife.
“You guessed it right, I got a perfect score again.”
Lu Xinnuan’s face turned the color of liver, and she could hardly stand. Even though Lu Mian hadn’t lifted a finger, she felt as if her face had been slapped repeatedly, with stinging, burning pain.
The living room fell into a heavy silence.
No matter how much the adults disliked Lu Mian, this time they had been firmly slapped across the face.
Scoring a perfect once might be called luck or coincidence, but what about twice?
The competition results laid out clearly, leaving them no choice but to believe!
Lu Mian… she had really changed.
She was different from two years ago.
Her personality had grown colder and more solitary; she had become more powerful.
Fu Man and Lu Xinnuan stood there speechlessly.
On the other hand, Pei Jinlan knew how to smooth things over, hurrying to calm everyone down with a smile, “Sister-in-law, Mianmian is now as excellent as Xinnuan. You will be blessed in the future.”
Lu Chengweng also nodded, “With you girls, the Lu family will get better and better!”
“Why don’t we go eat? The servants have prepared everything,” Pei Jinlan suggested.
Everyone prepared to move.
However, Lu Mian, unrushed, took a stack of papers from her bag and handed them to Lu Chengweng.
“There’s a document here, please sign it.”