Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 290: Chapter 272: Uncle’s Friend

It didn’t actually them take long, but early the next morning, the phone rang. Xu Tianyi jumped up from the bed and grabbed the phone, ”Take Luo Qianqian, be at the address I send you in twenty minutes. It’s not safe where you are.” He hung up just after speaking, and soon a message arrived on Xu Tianyi’s phone. The place wasn’t far, but considering the time to wash and change clothes, Xu Tianyi didn’t care about gender propriety and went straight to Luo Qianqian’s room to wake her up. Fortunately, Luo Qianqian hadn’t changed into her pajamas and had only washed off the dark red stuff from her face before bed.

”Qianqian, get up, people are here.”

Luo Qianqian was initially going to pretend to keep sleeping, but she suddenly realized it wasn’t her brother’s voice and then remembered yesterday’s events. She hurriedly got up, ”Where are they now? Is there any news from my brother?”

”Let’s change locations and talk about it, hurry up and wash up,” Xu Tianyi sighed slightly. It was tough for just a child to bear so much.

Luo Qianqian quickly went into the bathroom. Though there were no tissues, there were new toothbrushes available and a toothpaste that seemed to have been used once, along with a towel. She inspected carefully, it didn’t seem like they were from before but probably bought by her brother during his previous visit, so she used them.

”Tianyi, I didn’t bring any makeup... What should I do?” Luo Qianqian lamented as she looked in the mirror at her clothes that didn’t match her bare face.

Xu Tianyi took out a big bag of disposable masks he had found in the room earlier, ”Sunglasses, masks, no one can tell. Come on, let’s go down and buy something to eat.” He had checked the house yesterday, there was nothing to eat even though the fridge was plugged in.

With the mask on and sunglasses in place, Luo Qianqian also took out a sunhat with a Fuwa pattern that she had found yesterday, not knowing when her brother had bought it.

”I’ve noticed something,” Xu Tianyi said, standing behind Luo Qianqian as she pushed her hair under the hat.

”What?”

”Your hair looks like it’s been chewed on by a dog.”

”...”

Still, they managed to leave the house smoothly, and Luo Qianqian even locked the door behind them with a key.

Once outside, they didn’t mind the stares of others and casually, like a young couple, bought breakfast and headed to the address on the message.

”This place looks kinda expensive.” Luo Qianqian frowned. If it was a temporary rented address it was one thing, but if it was bought, had she underestimated these people before?

”Don’t say anything out of place later, I haven’t met them either,” Xu Tianyi whispered as a reminder, then raised his hand to knock on the door.

The door opened to reveal a pretty girl who looked to be around eighteen or nineteen, ”Luo Qianqian? Xu Tianyi?”

Xu Tianyi nodded.

”Come in,” she then turned to shout inside the house, ”They’re here.”

A man stepped forward, checked his watch, and nodded in satisfaction, ”Good, you’re not late.”

”But do the two kids have money to pay?” the girl asked, pouting.

”You deal with him directly if you want to take money from his junior.” the man checking his watch said with a light laugh to Luo Qianqian, ”We are friends of Luo Xiying; my code name is Wild Wolf.”

Luo Qianqian thought to herself, Isn’t he more of a wolfhound?

”I’m Bo Mei; you can call me Sister Meimei.” The girl stuck out her tongue and said playfully to the two of them.

”Brother Wild Wolf, Sister Meimei.” Xu Tianyi nodded slightly, his gaze unreadable. Although he had only seen two people, he was very familiar with the aura they carried, the aura of Luo’s young uncle, an aura that had experienced death.

”Hello, Uncle Wild Wolf, Sister Meimei.” Luo Qianqian greeted with a smile.

Wild Wolf nodded in approval, ”The young lady knows her manners.”

Xu Tianyi was momentarily speechless; these were obviously Luo Xiying’s good friends, right? Otherwise, why would he be satisfied with being called ’uncle’ but not with the younger ’brother’?

Luo Qianqian continued cheerfully, ”Uncle Wild Wolf is a good friend of my young uncle, but business is business. I’ll pay as long as you find my brother.”

”Would you like an advance payment, a one-time full payment, or to pay after the job?” Luo Qianqian firmly believed that only by paying could she calmly wait for news of her brother. Otherwise, she felt they might not try their hardest.

Seeing Wild Wolf’s expression, Bo Mei shrank her neck and muttered quietly, ”I was just speaking off the cuff.”

”You’ve already called me uncle, so listen to your uncle. Take that money and buy yourself some sweets instead. Asking for money to find your own nephew, what a joke,” Wild Wolf emphatically declined Luo Qianqian’s offer.

”Exactly.” A young man walked out of the room, looking to be only about twenty-one or twenty-two, but the heavy dark circles spoiled his handsome features, ”But the information is limited. Luo Shufan was taken away outside the mall. It was the mall’s anniversary yesterday, so there were a lot of people, and there was also a performance show outside. While the license plate was obstructed, I still found it. However, this car turned out to be wearing false plates. The real owner couldn’t possibly know because they’re currently driving this car on their pilgrimage. The car stopped after entering the airport, and two hours later, it was driven back by the rental company’s owner. An hour later, four private planes departed from the airport, each flying in a different direction—north, south, east, and west. The number of people inside was the same, but faces were unrecognizable.” The man chuckled lightly at Luo Qianqian, ”I’m Ke Ji, and my legs aren’t short.”

”Ke Ji, hello Uncle.” Luo Qianqian looked at his overly handsome face and found it somewhat difficult to call him ’uncle,’ but she thought about it and still did, ”Was my brother taken away in one of those planes?”

”Yes, because there was nothing on the flight information, and nothing in the car, but it’s worth mentioning that your brother’s phone was taken by one of them and intentionally placed in the Han Family’s flower bed,” Ke Ji nodded, his investigations thorough with nothing overlooked.

”Planes? The Han Family doesn’t have the capacity to dispatch four planes... At most two.” Xu Tianyi furrowed his brows, feeling that something was increasingly amiss. Pretending to be the Han Family’s doing? What was the benefit? To divert the attention of the Luo family? But indeed, the Han Family were suspects?

”Moreover, these four planes are owned by families from different provinces and cities, yet oddly, none of these four families seem to have any overt connection,” Ke Ji continued.

”Overtly, meaning no ties in business, economics, or marriage, yet all these families mysteriously appeared in the Capital City heading in different directions. Is there someone connected to all these families, or...?” Luo Qianqian also rested her chin in her hand, puzzled. Different provinces and cities, no overt connections—how did they meet? In dreams?

”Indeed, all four families had their planes borrowed by someone and a significant amount of money was paid through different guarantors to borrow them, indicating a family or individual of substantial influence and background,” Ke Ji nodded.

”Have all four planes returned to their respective families? Check if there’s anything unusual,” Luo Qianqian thought, confident that if her smart brother had realized his situation, he would have tried to leave clues.

”There is, in the south plane in the gap of a seat, a piece of a shopping receipt was found. The date and time on it coincide with the time Luo Shufan left the mall.” But it was torn in half.

The south? Luo Qianqian was confused.