Chapter 463: Chapter 462: She is my person

Chapter 463: Chapter 462: She is my person

He knew that the team was backed by Xiao Qimo and that the presence of a girl there must have been permitted by him, so he naturally didn’t bring up anything about team rules.

However, there was something he wanted to discuss with Xiao Qimo.

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After sending the group of young guys to the training room, he called Xiao Qimo out for a private talk.

——

Lu Mian had also returned to her room where Ye Jinwen was scratching his head in frustration, increasingly wanting to tell Lu Mian the truth.

“Little Mianmian, I have something I want to talk to you about.”

Lu Mian had casually dealt with a team member and taught him a heavy lesson.

Looking up indifferently, she asked, “What is it?”

Ye Jinwen, considering her demeanor and recalling his brother’s terrifying gaze, spoke with a strong desire to survive, “Ah, it’s nothing.

I just wanted to tell you that girls who focus on their work are really attractive!”

Lu Mian touched her chin and nodded, accepting the compliment naturally.

——

After calling Xiao Qimo into the office, Ning Qun began somewhat awkwardly, “Qimo, there’s something I’d like to discuss with you.

My daughter, who is on winter break, happened to come across me during my business trip and she wants to stay with me for a while.

You know, her mother and I divorced early, and I’ve never really taken care of her.”

Xiao Qimo frowned and continued to listen.

“Her major in university is network security and I’ve tested her hand speed, which is quite good.

If you think it’s suitable, I feel that she could be a backup player for our team.

After all, we need new blood, and I feel sorry for those kids.”

As the first one to break his own rules, Xiao Qimo, if he insisted others to follow the rules, would seem a bit…

He nodded, “The matter of the backup player, you discuss that with Yun Sang and the others.

But we don’t have girls on the team, and it’s not convenient for her to stay among a bunch of men.

Please see to the arrangements yourself.”

“The girl is…”

Xiao Qimo gave a slight smile, “She’s my person.”

Ning Qun understood that the girl was also temporarily staying and wouldn’t be there for too long.

Well, at least his daughter could stay with him for a while.

Ning Qun then called Ning Xiang, who wasted no time, packed her luggage, and arrived at the Shadow Hunting Team on the same day.

A large group of people welcomed her as if greeting a princess.

After all, she was the coach’s daughter, which made her somewhat special.

Moreover, after arriving, she sparred a few moves with the players, who all came to admire her.

The first exception in the team was Lu Mian; the second exception now was Ning Qun’s daughter, Ning Xiang.

Ning Qun was the coach who had been with Shadow Hunting Team from the very beginning.

Back then, the national cybersecurity competition wasn’t as popular, and he was an inexperienced coach.

As Xiao Qimo and Yun Sang outshined, Ning Qun grew along with them.

Their bonds were very deep.

Later on, when Xiao Qimo left Shadow Hunting Team, Ning Qun couldn’t bear to leave and stayed, constantly bringing in newcomers and taking Shadow Hunting Team back to its peak.

In the team, only he and Yun Sang were the old-timers.

He was earnest and responsible, and he had indeed led Shadow Hunting Team to carve out a niche for itself.

Because of Xiao Qimo’s permission, and because Ning Xiang was the coach’s daughter and had met the players before, her straightforward and boyish personality meant she quickly became close with the team members.

Those players who had rarely interacted with girls treated her presence as if they had received a special benefit, constantly surrounding Ning Xiang and peppering her with endless questions.

They had been just as enthusiastic with Lu Mian before, but now that Lu Mian belonged to Mr.

Qimo, they didn’t dare to be so overt.

Moreover, Lu Mian’s personality was somewhat aloof.

Ning Xiang, on the other hand, was much more cheerful, treating them like brothers, very forthright, and open to fun.

Sometimes, she could crack a joke, and no one would mind.

——

After chatting with Ning Qun, Xiao Qimo left the office.

Ning Xiang was already waiting in the lobby; the moment she saw Xiao Qimo come out, she left her group of brothers and strode carefree towards the well-mannered man.

Lu Mian just so happened to be going out, standing by the second-floor windowsill, and saw a girl with short hair talking to Xiao Qimo.

Her eyes flickered, and she stopped in her tracks.

She asked Ye Jinwen beside her, “Who is that girl?”

After listening, Ye Jinwen clicked his tongue and said, “How strange that Lord Lu would actually ask such a question!”

He stroked his chin and said, “Ning Qun’s daughter, Ning Xiang.

When Seven and the others were training or competing, she would be around.”

Lu Mian responded with a nonchalant “Hmm,” feeling inexplicably emotional.

Standing in that spot, she could clearly see the situation downstairs, where Ning Xiang, after exchanging pleasantries with the team members, made her way towards Xiao Qimo.

She seemed very familiar with Xiao Qimo, bouncing up to him from behind and patting the man’s shoulder.

She patted quickly and also jumped back swiftly.

When Xiao Qimo turned around, Ning Xiang flashed him a triumphant, mischievous smile.

Ning Xiang wasn’t very afraid of Xiao Qimo; she appeared quite at ease talking with him.

By comparison, Xiao Qimo was much more reserved, sitting emotionlessly on the living room couch, busy with his own matters.

Ning Xiang didn’t mind this; Xiao Qimo had always been like this, ever since the early days when he established the team.

How old was he back then?

He was probably not yet fifteen when he and Yun Sang established this battle team.

At the age of fourteen or fifteen, while many were still busy attending classes and studying in a classroom, he had already completed his studies and was founding a battle team with his buddies.

She was also twelve at that time, and she remembered quite clearly.

She knew exactly how much those two boys loved programming.

They bought every book about programming they could find to read, and their bookshelves at home and in the team’s space were filled with books on programming.

Sometimes when she visited her father, the first thing she’d pick up would be those books.

She found them quite readable too.

Perhaps it was because of the environment she grew up in, but when she went to university, she ended up in the same field.

She had seen their passion, knew how much they loved this industry, and had witnessed Xiao Qimo’s glory, the proudest moment of the Shadow Hunting Team.

Ning Xiang sat close to Xiao Qimo.

“Seven,” she called him, “it’s been such a long time since we last met, hasn’t it?

Seems like I haven’t seen you since you left the team.”

She reminisced to herself, but Xiao Qimo was too busy to entertain her and just grunted in response.

“You’ve really made an exception this time, agreeing to let me stay here.

I thought for sure you wouldn’t consent.

I was so young back then, when my dad said he’d leave me in the team’s place for a couple of days, you were against it.”