Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 287: Chapter 269: Something Happened

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However, after that one clap of thunder, there didn’t seem to be any more, and Luo Qianqian walked out of the bedroom again, holding her rabbit doll. She slightly furrowed her brow at the wailing and howling coming from the TV, and continued to eat at the dining table.

”Are you afraid to be alone with me?” Xu Tianyi came out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hand, filled with egg custard.

Luo Qianqian lowered her head, feeling guilty; she couldn’t just admit she was shy, could she? But then again, there was nothing to be shy about since she had thick skin: ”How could I be?”

”That’s good,” said Xu Tianyi as he sat next to Luo Qianqian and pushed the custard in front of her. ”Eat up, don’t starve yourself.”

Luo Qianqian was taken aback and remembered Xu Tianyi’s stomach. She lowered her head slightly, took the bowl, and asked leisurely, ”Have you eaten?”

”I have,” Xu Tianyi nodded. ”What are you planning to do later? Study or study or study?”

”I have a few questions I don’t understand; could you explain them to me later?” Luo Qianqian was aware of Xu Tianyi’s abilities.

”Sure,” Xu Tianyi said with a satisfied smile.

After finishing the meal, Luo Qianqian conscientiously washed the dishes and wiped the table clean before she took her papers to find Xu Tianyi.

”Where do you want to study?” Xu Tianyi asked with a hint of a smile as he looked at Luo Qianqian.

Her pretty face blushed, ”The kitchen. I’ve wiped the table and chairs clean.”

Xu Tianyi didn’t say anything more but nodded his head.

”This is wrong.”

”The auxiliary line is incorrect.”

”Take a closer look.”

”Is it the sine function?”

”You calculated the pressure wrong.”

”The molar mass is incorrect.”

Questions like these swirled around Luo Qianqian’s ears. She felt quite competent at school, but next to Xu Tianyi, she felt incredibly inadequate, even making mistakes on such simple things. Perhaps she had a problem with her intelligence? Thoughts like this haunted Luo Qianqian’s mind and refused to dissipate.

”Buzz buzz buzz.” Suddenly, the phone on the table rang. She glanced at the caller ID and was momentarily stunned. Was that Chu Ci?

”What happened? Did you get rained on? Or were you bullied?” Luo Qianqian immediately bombarded her with questions as soon as she answered the phone.

”My cousin said, Luo Xiying has had an accident! It’s your youngest uncle!”

”What?”

Isn’t Chu Ci’s cousin Li Juanjuan? Can Li Juanjuan’s information be trusted?

”It’s what Second Uncle said, my cousin just called me, I don’t know the specifics.”

”I’ll go ask right away, don’t worry, call me if something happens.” Luo Qianqian said quickly.

”What happened?” Xu Tianyi said, noticing the change in Luo Qianqian’s expression, and asked with concern.

”Contact the Luo Family.” Luo Qianqian hurriedly started calling Luo Xiying, but the phone was always out of service area; reaching out to Bai Yixian was the same.

After some thought, Luo Qianqian managed to get through to Second Uncle’s phone, but she was hung up on.

”You don’t need to call anymore.” Xu Tianyi put down his phone with a gloomy expression: ”There has been an accident.”

Luo Yanhai also hurried back, ”Don’t run around; the transfer has already been arranged, and I need to go home first because something came up,” he said, pretending as if nothing was amiss.

A heavy feeling settled in Luo Qianqian’s heart: ”What happened to my youngest uncle?”

Luo Yanhai was stunned and looked over at Xu Tianyi. Seeing him nod, he thought for a moment and then said, ”It’s nothing serious, just a problem with a task; he got a bit hurt.”

”If you don’t tell me, I’ll buy a plane ticket right now and leave with you,” Luo Qianqian said, glaring at him.

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”There’s nothing wrong, what are you thinking about so wildly?” Luo Yanhai also glared with his eyes, ”Don’t you trust your brother or what?”

”Buzz buzz buzz...” Luo Qianqian’s phone rang again; it was Luo Shufan. Luo Qianqian’s eyes showed even more urgency as she answered the call.

”Qianqian, stay at home and don’t run about. Brother is coming home to find you... Who are you?”

”Brother! What’s happening!!”

”It’s nothing, Qianqian, Brother will call you back in a bit.”

The call was disconnected, and tears immediately fell from Luo Qianqian’s eyes, ”Brother, you better tell me now!”

Luo Yanhai looked at Luo Qianqian’s expression and also became somewhat worried because of the last two sentences.

”The Luo Family and the Han Family have started a war, and Second Uncle neutralized the most capable member of the Han Family’s direct lineage during a mission,” Luo Yanhai said while holding his phone, ”I also just found out about this.”

”What’s the matter with my brother?”

”He must have been targeted by the Han Family; now the whole Luo Family is in their sights.” Luo Yanhai gave a bitter smile, ”Qianqian, I really need to go back. Will you be obedient, please? Don’t run around.”

Luo Qianqian was stunned, then nodded her head, watching Luo Yanhai leave, the tears flowed down her cheeks like they cost nothing. What on earth was happening?

”The Han Family... They’ve been planning this for a long time,” Xu Tianyi shook his head, took Luo Qianqian into his arms, and after a moment’s thought, added, ”I’ll stay with you.”

Even in Xu Tianyi’s embrace, Luo Qianqian could not feel a trace of warmth; her hands were trembling slightly, ”Help me keep it from my mom; hide my brother’s stuff and the Luo Family’s issues.”

”Okay.”

She kept trying but couldn’t get through to Luo Shufan’s phone. Then the old Luo house called her. They explained the reason for the situation and told her not to run around and to look for Tang Chen if anything happened, as there were emergency measures in place. Xu Tianyi took over the phone and explained Luo Shufan’s situation, and then the person on the other side became anxious and hung up quickly.

”Why would they capture my brother?” Luo Qianqian seemed somewhat puzzled.

”Because the Luo family doesn’t have many descendants, losing one is a real loss,” Xu Tianyi said grimly, ”It’s just that both you and your brother are defenseless, of no use to them—could it be because of what Grandpa Luo has?”

”But that has nothing to do with us, right? If they want it, they could just exchange for it, as long as they show enough sincerity.”

”What they want is to exchange nothing for a gold pig,” Xu Tianyi pursed his lips and gently patted Luo Qianqian’s back, ”With the next three generations like you, Grandpa Luo certainly won’t let you guys come to harm, so...”

Luo Qianqian frowned, thinking hard—had anything this big happened in her past life? It didn’t seem like she’d heard about it.

”I have to go to Capital City.”

”No!!!!”

”Xu Tianyi, he is my brother, my own brother!”

”You can’t go.”

”I have to!”

”Then you have to step over my body.”

Luo Qianqian pushed Xu Tianyi away and returned to her room, made a call to He Wenyu, and then picked up a pair of scissors. Looking at her long hair, she steeled her heart and snipped it off, changing it to shoulder-length. She found a curling iron to curl some parts, making it into big wavy tresses like a punk-rock girl would have. She then pulled out some cosmetics, awkwardly starting to apply lipstick and draw on eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, and mascara. However, it was a ghastly sight, looking as if somebody had punched her in the eyes. She rummaged for several flashy items of clothing—no matter how gaudy: a pink tank top, white shorts, a purple short-sleeved jacket—then found a pair of colorful tube socks that she’d used in a festival before. She gathered a few items—clothes, bank cards, ID, cash, a mobile phone, and a charger—into a bag, grabbed her keys, and opened the front door.

Xu Tianyi, anxious and pacing outside the door, saw Luo Qianqian’s getup, and an expression that was a mix of surprise, a desire to laugh, and distress crossed his face, ”Why did you cut your hair?”

”Now, no one will recognize me as Luo Qianqian, right? Are you still going to stop me?”

Xu Tianyi felt some discomfort looking at the long strands of hair on the ground through Luo Qianqian’s eyes.

”Wait, I’ll go too,” he said and then started looking through Luo Shufan’s clothes in the room.

Luo Qianqian pulled out a floral shirt that Lin Jiayou had previously bought, ”Wear this,” she suggested. Xu Tianyi paused, then nodded his head.

Luo Qianqian continued searching and picked out sunglasses, a fake thick gold necklace that looked like An Zilan’s, and chewing gum. After considering Xu Tianyi’s attire, she thought for a moment and then put a devil-patterned hat that Luo Shufan had bought during his rebellious stage onto his head.

”I’m really not going to get married off now, and you’re going to be responsible for that,” Xu Tianyi said, shaking his head at his reflection.