Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 197: Chapter 185: Does Pei Yuhao Still Have a Fan Club?

After bidding farewell to Zhang Ye, the Luo siblings still spiritedly slung their backpacks over their shoulders and headed to school, as there was no longer any danger.

”Luo Qianqian? It’s about time you got here.” The language teacher, a gentle and petite old lady, was giving a lecture. She was reading from the textbook with great emotion when the knock on the door interrupted her. She had been maintaining a stern face, but it instantly bloomed into a warm smile, like chrysanthemums in full autumn bloom, ”Come to my office after class.”

Luo Qianqian nodded and obediently returned to her seat.

Not long after she had sat down, Pei Yuhao, who sat behind her, passed her a note: Be careful lately, I heard Wang Wei’s dad left home and bought dangerous goods, how about I walk you home after school?

Luo Qianqian thought to herself, your news is kind of okay, but a bit outdated as far as she was concerned, and replied: Your news is out, besides, my brother picks me up every day, you’ve seen it yourself.

”Luo Qianqian, stop turning around and talking to someone,” Qian Yuling, her deskmate, suddenly said to Luo Qianqian.

Luo Qianqian was dumbfounded, when had she spoken? The note she was holding fell onto Qian Yuling’s desk due to the abrupt remark, and Qian Yuling picked it up, glanced over the content, and let out a cold snort, ”Teacher, Luo Qianqian is disturbing our class, passing notes.” Saying so, she tore the note and threw it into the trash can.

Luo Qianqian was dumbfounded, Pei Yuhao was dumbfounded, Pei Yutian and the others were all dumbfounded—so you’re still paying attention to the lesson? With the class thrown into such chaos, you claim you’re paying attention to the lesson?

Luo Qianqian looked at Pei Yuhao with confusion. Had he offended Qian Yuling? Otherwise, why take it out on her for no apparent reason? It was truly baffling.

Pei Yuhao looked just as puzzled, but Pei Yutian displayed a mysterious smile on the side and gave Luo Qianqian a glance, indicating for her to turn back around.

After class, Luo Qianqian was supposed to go to the office, with Pei Yutian and Li Qi following her.

”Are you curious about what’s going on? Come, let our Miss Li Qi explain it to you,” Pei Yutian said with a schadenfreude smile, looking at Luo Qianqian.

Li Qi had a look that said ’we share the same plight’ as she looked at Luo Qianqian, ”Is Pei Yuhao handsome?”

Luo Qianqian, not understanding the correlation, nodded, ”That look ranks among the top in our class, and our school, don’t tell me...” Trouble brought on by a beautiful woman, Luo Qianqian sighed to herself.

”It’s exactly what you’re thinking,” Li Qi said helplessly, nodding while looking into Luo Qianqian’s eyes, ”I went to the same elementary school as Pei Yuhao, and we used to live close by, so we got along well and often played together. Then, for no reason, she would constantly tattle on me, one day saying I talked during class, the next day saying I stole something, the day after that saying I hit someone. We weren’t even in the same class, but she’d run to our class to snitch.” Li Qi shook her head and held her forehead, all three people present knew who she was talking about, ”Initially I thought she would be normal after starting middle school, assuming she had moved on or come to her senses, but it turns out she’s still the same.”

”I’m the vice president of my brother’s fan club,” Pei Yutian said, covering his mouth to hide his laughter, ”You better keep your distance from my brother; he’s like a virus. Whoever gets too close to him ends up suffering.”

”Pei Yuhao really is trouble,” Luo Qianqian waved her hand, ”I’m off to the office.” She did not see Qian Yuling as a threat at all, after all, they were deskmates. In Luo Qianqian’s eyes, aside from people who could be called friends, a deskmate was supposed to be an even closer relationship than classmates in a school.

”Qianqian, it’s good you came today. Here’s the topic; hand it in before Friday, and make sure it’s over five hundred words, okay?” The language teacher said with a beaming smile. She even pulled out an Apple along with the essay requirements and handed them both to Luo Qianqian.

”No problem,” Luo Qianqian nodded. After all, essays in high school were usually over eight hundred words—five hundred was nothing. She glanced at the topic, a semi-proposition essay: Love as —. Then she looked at the Apple in her hand. The teacher didn’t even eat them, why keep bringing them? Surely not just to give to students.

”Write it well, bring it to me to look over and I’ll help you revise,” the language teacher said, still smiling warmly, ”If you have any questions you don’t understand, come and ask me.”

”Okay, then I’ll head back to the classroom first,” Luo Qianqian said with a beaming smile, ”Thank you for the apple, teacher.”

What is love like? Love is like a tide. As Luo Qianqian was walking, she thought of that song, but she didn’t plan to use a topic that anyone else could use. To win the prize, the title had to be unique and innovative, closely related to the theme, the content rich and touching, the introduction clearly stating the main idea to guide the entire essay, the sentences beautifully crafted, and the conclusion summarizing the whole.

Love, in a middle school student’s composition, anything could be written about except puppy love.

Luo Qianqian shook the paper in her hand, folded it, and tucked it into the pocket of her school uniform, holding the apple as she entered the classroom.

”Luo Qianqian, how come you get an apple every time you go to the office?” Pei Yuhao was quite dissatisfied. There were many people who went to the office, but few came back with an apple.

Seeing Pei Yuhao’s gaze fall on her apple, Luo Qianqian certainly didn’t want to give it to him. She blinked, ”Maybe I’m just lucky, and you’re not, but have you even been to the office??” Who didn’t know that the class president’s biggest fear was going to the office?

”Wash it before you eat, don’t get a stomachache,” Pei Yutian said to Luo Qianqian as he returned with Li Qi. Seeing the apple in her hand and then looking at his brother’s expression, he wore a face of helplessness. At home, he had never seen his brother eat apples from their own house, yet at school, he envied someone over an apple, shaking his head slightly. Then he said to Luo Qianqian.

”I know,” Luo Qianqian laughed lightly. ”Let’s eat it together at lunch.” She also raised the apple in her hand towards Li Qi, and then rolled her eyes at Pei Yuhao, ”Stay away from me, you’re a virus, and I’m weak and scared.”

Pei Yutian couldn’t help but laugh on the side, but upon catching his brother’s sweeping glance, he quickly covered his mouth with his hand, ”Sneezing at a time like this, are you catching a cold?”

Luo Qianqian also curved her lips into a smile when she saw her desk mate, Qian Yuling, return and then she turned back and sat down.

”Luo Qianqian, come to the sandbox at the playground during lunch break, someone is looking for you,” Qian Yuling said cheerfully. However, Luo Qianqian keenly noticed that not only was there no smile in Qian Yuling’s eyes, but there was also resentment?

Don’t tell her that she was being held a grudge against just for passing a note to Pei Yuhao. She even stayed back at school with Pei Yuhao for an hour every day.

”Who? Just because someone is looking for me, I should go? How prestigious,” Luo Qianqian could see Qian Yuling’s ill intentions and wasn’t about to be fooled. She turned to Pei Yuhao and said, ”Someone is looking for you by the sandbox at lunch, remember to go.”

Qian Yuling had originally whispered to Luo Qianqian, but Luo Qianqian turned her head and directly told Pei Yuhao, catching her off guard.

”Who is it? Just because they’re looking for me, I must go? How prestigious,” Pei Yuhao scoffed, understanding the situation from Qian Yuling’s fierce glance, then continued, ”But if you’re going, I can come with you to have a look.”

”I’m not going to any such thing, who can summon me?” Luo Qianqian snorted, ignoring Pei Yuhao and addressing Qian Yuling, ”It’s your business that you like him; don’t drag me into it. I’m still young, but that doesn’t mean just anyone can take a fancy to me.” After speaking, she took out a test paper from her bag and paid no attention to the three people staring at her in astonishment.

”Bro, your face isn’t that irresistible,” Pei Yutian couldn’t resist taking pleasure in his brother’s predicament.

”You!” Qian Yuling was simply furious with embarrassment.

”Huh?” Pei Yuhao felt like he was shot while lying down.