Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 321: Chapter 303: The Discrepancy in Action

”So, why do I have to go?” Luo Qianqian touched the equipment in her hands, her face filled with fear. These were real, real guns, and real knives, all real!!! How did she know they were real? She had casually cut a sweet potato with a knife just now, and had felt no resistance at all. It snapped right into two halves.

”Can’t you show a bit of ambition?” Chang Xi was also excited, but not afraid. After all, she had handled guns before; it was no big deal for her, and her shooting accuracy was pretty decent.

”Can ambition be eaten? Giving us these things makes me feel like we’re going to kill someone!!! What if we get caught? How will I take my exams?” Luo Qianqian was nearly crying.

Meanwhile, sitting in the car with them, Zhang Jin was momentarily speechless. Why did this kid think so much? He silently turned his head, looking outside the car.

”Kill someone? We’re just here to intimidate them a bit, just to scare them. If it really came to it, you would probably piss your pants,” Chang Xi initially felt a bit nervous, but seeing Luo Qianqian freaking out had actually calmed her down. She couldn’t help but laugh at Luo Qianqian’s lack of courage.

”Can I get out of the car? I want to go back and write my paper,” Luo Qianqian pouted, gloomily.

Zhang Jin, speechless again, didn’t understand why the boss had insisted on bringing these two girls along on their first mission, as there were other rookies too. He especially felt this small one, trembling with a knife, would be a hassle.

”If you get out now, do you believe the Great Demon King would just grab you and throw you into the enemy’s den?” Chang Xi quipped, looking outside where the sky was turning a murky gray, almost completely dark now.

”Squad leader, I’m scared...” Hearing Chang Xi say that, Luo Qianqian felt even more wronged. She moved next to Zhang Jin, ”Can I just stay in the car later?”

Zhang Jin’s face twitched uncontrollably. Being this timid, he couldn’t understand why she had come along in the first place.

After a long moment of helplessness, he nodded reluctantly, ”Then don’t run around, just stay put.” After all, Qin Liang had only asked these two to come along to watch, otherwise, he wouldn’t have let this trembling-legged kid join them. Since it was about gaining experience, what difference did it make? After all, she was still young, and Zhang Jin’s heart softened a bit.

As planned, the cars stopped a long distance away and everyone except Luo Qianqian got out with their equipment. After a moment’s thought, Zhang Jin left her a bullet, ”Here, take this as an amulet. Give it back to me later.”

Luo Qianqian nodded continuously, stuffing the bullet into her jacket pocket, and curled up in the car, watching the others walk away.

The target this time was a town inn. Since it was unclear if the innkeeper was in on it, Qin Liang had set up an advance team to disguise themselves and stay at the inn. They had also blocked all escape routes using the map provided by Luo Qianqian, slowly securing the key from the innkeeper. They didn’t even need to show any ID; the innkeeper readily handed over the key upon seeing the gun, clearly aware of who was staying at the inn.

Qin Liang was very satisfied with the innkeeper’s sense of timing, gesturing for his team to spread out and head upstairs, not noticing the unpredictable expression in the innkeeper’s eyes.

The operation went smoothly, but the number of people seemed fewer than initially investigated. Qin Liang felt something was off but couldn’t pinpoint what exactly.

Meanwhile, Luo Qianqian, hiding in the car waiting for the main force to return, suddenly noticed several people carrying huge boxes walking this way. She instinctively locked the car doors and hid under the seat, sensing that these people meant harm.

As expected, not deviating from Luo Qianqian’s prediction, a few men were indeed heading in this direction. ”Damn, good thing we got the inside info, otherwise we’d all be trapped inside.”

”The kid was right, the cars really are all parked together, but there are no keys,” a middle-aged man put down his box and glanced at the windows of the three vehicles, frowning.

”Smash them. You can start these cheap cars without keys,” the leading middle-aged man eyed a few minivans and a jeep, frowned decisively, and pointed at the minivan, ”That one is too conspicuous, not good for escaping.”

Luo Qianqian sat in the car, listening to the voices outside, and thought to herself, ”This is not good, clearly the one that got away. Is this fate? Does the person alone always get killed first?”

She then shook her head; what killed first, all these were wild thoughts. But seeing these few people, Luo Qianqian became somewhat worried about Qin Liang and the others. What kind of situation allowed these people to escape?

Then she heard a cracking sound. The glass of the van she was in shattered, sending a chill down her spine. A box was thrown onto the seat above her; then she heard the sound of the car door opening, and the car shook twice as someone sat down. Luo Qianqian felt like her breathing was about to stop.

’Crackle, crackle’—the sound of sparks. Watching too much TV, Luo Qianqian knew they were trying to start the car, and her heart grew even more bitter. She wished she had gone along with them.

Qin Liang looked at the people on the ground, notified the relevant departments, and scanned the surroundings. He suddenly asked in a deep voice, ”Where is Ye Meng?”

”Ye Meng is in the car; she’s too scared to come out,” Zhang Jin hurriedly answered.

Qin Liang breathed a sigh of relief. Luo Xiying, who had been pretending to be an ordinary customer in the dark, couldn’t sit still anymore, feeling her eyelids twitch, tightly clenching her fists.

”Drink more hot water,” Bai Yixian comforted from the side.

Luo Qianqian hid under the seat, tightly holding the gun and the dagger. It didn’t matter which one; if she was discovered, she would be the one to die.

She calmly judged the situation. Listening to the sounds, there seemed to be three people. Internal information indicated that there was an insider within the squad, and as soon as they entered the town, there would be a signal on the phone. Anyone involved in the operation could potentially have brought a phone, and those in the same van knew she was still inside, but these three obviously didn’t, so she could rule them out. Even so, there were still nearly twenty suspects, excluding those in the jeep, another van, and a few who went ahead to lay an ambush.

Luo Qianqian felt so tired. This wasn’t like being in the military; it was more like being a police officer, or even a SWAT!

What she didn’t know was that, in such a remote border area, the military had far more authority than the police.

Luo Qianqian’s legs kept trembling, partly because the window had broken letting in a draft, and partly because she was too scared.

Just then, the vehicle started moving. Luo Qianqian wanted to cry but had no tears. ”Boss, if you don’t come back soon, I’m going to be taken away. I can’t fight all these people alone, and I don’t even know if they have weapons!”

”I always feel, it has to do with that kid we fought with the vultures last time; otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Just happened to find us,” a middle-aged man grumbled as he leaned against the chair back, causing it to tremble. Luo Qianqian felt the trembling of the chair back and shivered.

”That kid got hit in the vitals, right? Even if he didn’t die, it wasn’t much different. And poor us, we still have a batch with the boss lady,” the voice came from the front, and Luo Qianqian immediately identified it as the driver.

”No worries, we paid her well, that saucy woman won’t betray us.” A wicked laugh followed: ”That old lady’s skin is really quite fair.”

”Without her, we wouldn’t have gotten the news this time, don’t go too far,” another cautioned.

”I haven’t done anything; she came to us herself, there’s no reason not to use what’s offered free.”