Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 421: Chapter 401: There are many reasons why love fades, possibly distance_2

Lin Xu hurriedly changed the subject and took out a large red express package, ”Qianqian, your admission letter arrived last week. Hurry up and open it.”

Luo Qianqian nodded, and amidst everyone’s expectant gazes, she opened the admission letter. Xu Tianyi saw a line of text and frowned, ”Computer Science?” But he saw Luo Qianqian nodding as if it were a matter of course.

Seeing everyone’s puzzled expressions, she laughed lightly, ”I’ve learned a bit and am quite interested in it.” This was completely misleading to her family; Xu Tianyi knew that she had been forced into learning these things and had a complete aversion to touching a computer if it wasn’t necessary.

After reading the admission letter, Lin Xu said nothing. Instead, it was An Zilan who spoke up, ”Shufan is abroad and Jiayou is not coming back. Qianqian, didn’t you contact Brother Jiayou while you were there?”

Luo Qianqian shook her head; it was Lin Jiayou who hadn’t contacted her, and she was very busy on her side.

Lin Xu glanced at his wife and then at everyone in the room with a smile, his face showing no signs of strain, ”He’s a grown man, why would you need to worry about him? Relax, if there’s anything, he’ll call. Just look at how he always asks for living expenses on time every month.”

An Zilan gave him a reproachful look, then beckoned Xu Tianyi to put down his things, take a seat, and rest.

Luo Qianqian, on the other hand, was whispering with He Wenyu on the side. Then she watched as Luo Qianqian’s face grew darker and darker, then stood up and said to An Zilan, ”Mom, Xiao Yu, Tianyi, and I are going out for a bit.”

An Zilan frowned, initially wanting to stop them. However, since it wasn’t just a man and a woman together, and Xiao Yu was also there, she did not stop them.

Xu Tianyi noticed that Luo Qianqian’s expression was off. As soon as they left the house, he pulled her aside and asked, ”What’s wrong? Why do you look so upset?”

”Catching a cheater,” Luo Qianqian said angrily, kicking her shoes, ”Let’s go and see. If it’s true, I’ll take a picture and send it to Brother Jiayou.”

He Wenyu nodded; it wasn’t a lie, she had indeed seen it with her own eyes. But whether they could catch the affair in action, she didn’t dare guarantee.

”What happened?” Xu Tianyi looked at He Wenyu, knowing he wouldn’t get anything out of Luo Qianqian.

”It’s about Lin Jiayou, the son from Qianqian’s Mommy’s remarried husband. We saw his girlfriend at the airport today, hugging and cuddling with a guy as they came out,” He Wenyu spread her hands: ”It was the same girl you saw earlier when you arrived. She probably doesn’t remember me and didn’t notice us.”

”You should call your brother first to ask,” Xu Tianyi said after a moment of silence, ”If she’s bringing him home so openly, maybe they’ve already broken up.”

Luo Qianqian suddenly realized, stopped in her tracks, and was now downstairs where whatever was said couldn’t be heard by the adults upstairs. So, she hurriedly took out her phone and dialed the number.

The phone rang for a long time before someone answered, ”Hello? Who is it?” The background noise sounded chaotic, and the mood of the person on the phone seemed very bad.

Luo Qianqian said, ”Brother Jiayou, it’s Luo Qianqian.”

There was a two-second pause on the other end, then the noisy sound receded, ”What’s up? Why are you calling me all of a sudden? Has someone bullied you?”

”No,” Luo Qianqian quickly denied, ”Where are you right now at home?”

”I’m at home,” Lin Jiayou said.

”Then come here, I’m downstairs. We need to meet and talk,” Luo Qianqian said directly, then glanced at the people around her. She hesitated for a moment before adding, ”I happen to have someone I want Brother Jiayou to meet.”

Lin Jiayou was stunned for a while before asking in a daze, ”You’re back? Wait for me, I’ll be there in twenty minutes, no, ten minutes. I will definitely be there within ten minutes.” Then he hung up the phone.

Luo Qianqian spread her hands, unceremoniously sat down on a flowerbed nearby, and then He Wenyu and Xu Tianyi sat down on either side of her.

He Wenyu, frowning, had also heard the phone call: ”Uncle and Auntie probably don’t know about Brother Jiayou coming back.”

Luo Qianqian nodded, it seemed to be the case.

Xu Tianyi didn’t speak but kept waving his hands to chase away the mosquitoes.

In less than ten minutes, a motorcycle sped over, and a man with the smell of alcohol got off, parked, and took off his helmet, which spun in the air and landed steadily on the handlebars. Standing in front of Luo Qianqian, the man executed the motion in one fluid step.

Luo Qianqian, seeing the man’s weather-beaten appearance, raised an eyebrow, ”It looks like you already know what I wanted to talk about.”

”What matter?” Lin Jiayou finally noticed the alcohol on his breath, scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, and looked at the other two people, ”Xiao Yu is here too, and this is...?”

”Xu Tianyi.” Xu Tianyi stood in front of Luo Qianqian with a distant smile, blocking Lin Jiayou’s alcoholic fumes.

”Ohhhh, Qianqian’s mighty god, I know.” Lin Jiayou nodded, turned his head to look at Luo Qianqian behind Xu Tianyi, ”What’s the matter? You seem so serious.”

”Brother, do you know... um, are you single?” Luo Qianqian asked cautiously, a bit embarrassed.

Lin Jiayou was taken aback, sighed, and nodded, ”How did you know?”

Luo Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief and recounted what He Wenyu had seen at the airport.

Who knew Lin Jiayou would frown, ”Taken back? Which one? The one from her school, or the one from her work, or the one who’s married?”

Luo Qianqian’s eyes widened, He Wenyu’s mouth hung open in surprise, while Xu Tianyi’s expression remained neutral.

Lin Jiayou took out a cigarette, lit it, and then offered it to Xu Tianyi, ”Want one?”

Xu Tianyi shook his head and then, sensing a gaze, turned around to see Luo Qianqian’s yet-to-be-retracted threatening and intimidating look, and chuckled as he ruffled her hair.

Lin Jiayou sighed, ”Our school had an early break, and I thought I’d go see her without telling her. I went there, bought flowers, and planned to wait for her at the school gate. But when I left the florist, I saw her entering a hotel with a man. If it were just a matter of falling out of love because we were long-distance, I’d have nothing to say. I found a place to sleep, planning to confront him the next day, as we’d been together for four years. The next day, I went to their school, but then I saw her cozying up to another male classmate on the way to the library. I asked around and learned that she had already been with that guy for a year and a half. I planned to go back, but that evening, I saw her again, this time strolling with a middle-aged man, all while she kept messaging me without a break. I didn’t know how to go on or how to break it to my family, so I just came back, and I didn’t go home to avoid worrying my dad.”

Luo Qianqian’s eyes bulged, ”Playing four different men??? Is she trying to become a centipede spirit with all that cheating?”

But Lin Jiayou emphasized, ”That’s what I saw.”

Then he took out his phone, opened up a certain penguin app, and there were countless unread messages. Luo Qianqian looked at the top conversation, opened it, and it was filled with talk of love, affection, and missing each other.

Luo Qianqian mischievously suggested, ”Meet up with her?”

He Wenyu, on the side, was eager to try, ”Yeah, yeah, meet up with her and beat her so she can’t take care of herself.”

”Forget it.” Lin Jiayou shook his head, quickly typed something on his phone, and then expertly turned it off.

Luo Qianqian raised an eyebrow, ”Going home?”

Lin Jiayou shook his head, ”Another day, don’t want to worry Auntie.”

Thinking of her mother’s pregnant belly, Luo Qianqian acquiesced to his decision.