Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 445: Chapter 425: Lu Simiao Goes Out (Part 1)

”Luo Qianqian, hurry up and get out of bed.” Luo Yanran, entrusted by his girlfriend’s older brother, was calling the person whose phone was dead to wake up. However, with grandparents at home, he couldn’t just barge into his sister’s bedroom and had to knock on the door outside her bedroom with a good temper.

Luo Qianqian opened her eyes and then closed them again, ”Don’t bother me, go play with Nuannuan.”

But the next second, she jumped up, ”Why is it so bright? Hey, hey, hey, is it twelve o’clock???” Glancing at her watch, Luo Qianqian was baffled—an unexpected series of events—she and Qin Wen, along with Lu Simiao, were supposed to meet at eleven-thirty...

”If you don’t get up, Qin Wen might just come over to look for you.”

Luo Yanran’s voice came from outside the door with a smile and a hint of laughter, Luo Qianqian didn’t even bother to reply, plugged in her phone, and said to the outside, ”Call Second Brother Qin and tell him I’m up already.” After finishing her words, she rushed into the bathroom. She secretly thought that she really should not have stayed up late last night browsing forums and reading ghost stories.

She quickly washed up and changed her clothes. Fifteen minutes later, she went out, and Qin Wen’s car was already parked at the entrance of the neighborhood. Seeing her embarrassed expression, he hooked his lips, ”Did you call that kid?”

”I did.” Luo Qianqian nodded, got into the car, sat in the back, and fished out her phone, telling Lu Simiao she would be downstairs in ten minutes.

”Are you catching up on sleep now for school starting in a few days?” Qin Wen pulled out some cosmetics that Qin Nuan had left in the car, looked at them briefly and handed them to Luo Qianqian, ”Use some sunscreen, you’re still a girl after all.”

Luo Qianqian nodded, recognizing the brand as one Nuannuan frequently used.

”So why did you get up so late?” Qin Wen asked without a hint of blame. The morning’s court case had been resolved smoothly, so he called Luo Qianqian only to find her phone turned off. Realizing she hadn’t woken up, he then called Luo Yanran.

”I was watching various school ghost stories, which were scary but made me want to keep watching.” Luo Qianqian said embarrassingly, ”So my phone died, otherwise I had an alarm set.”

”The fact that you could still sleep is quite something.” Qin Wen smiled, as this wasn’t a surprise to him since Qin Nuan had done the same before.

”How did the court session go today?” Luo Qianqian asked with an embarrassed smile, showing concern for Qin Wen.

Qin Wen grinned, ”It depends on how you look at it, from my perspective it was a win, but from the opponent’s perspective...”

”Who cares about the opponent! It looks like you’re in a good mood,” Luo Qianqian laughed foolishly.

Qin Wen nodded without denying, ”Did you finish buying your school stuff?”

”Clothes? Sunscreen? Shoes? Got them all. We live so close, there’s no need to buy that much,” Luo Qianqian nodded, thinking about the pile of clothes bought at home, which was unavoidable.

”Didn’t you buy some decorative items? Don’t you girls need stuff like curtains? I heard Nuannuan mentioning it a few days ago.” Qin Wen raised his eyes to her, ”Didn’t you think about these things? Was everything prepared by your family?”

”Oh right, yeah...” Luo Qianqian suddenly realized. Her family had even prepared slippers for her, but she had never thought about this detail because it was something people not staying in dormitories wouldn’t consider.

”That’s what I thought.” Qin Wen smiled, ”Luckily, Nuannuan thought of it and prepared for you.”

Luo Qianqian embarrassedly lowered her head. Previously, she had been with Chang Xi at his place, and even after Fang Rou joined, there was plenty of space, never face-to-face with others. Staying at Hei Yu’s place involved a single room, making preparation unnecessary, and the same was true at Hu Si’s, where she lived alone without any experience of being a lodger.

In her last life, she had lived in a dormitory for two years, but her memory of it was quite blurred now, given that it was a long time ago.

”Hehe, it’s good to have acquaintances to help out.” Luo Qianqian grinned, showing her teeth and then saw a young boy standing on the roadside. Just as Qin Wen parked the car, Luo Qianqian opened the door, ”Hop in, haven’t you been waiting too long?” She checked the time on her phone—it was less than fifteen minutes—but the look of Lu Simiao showed that he had indeed been waiting for a while. She handed him a tissue with empathy; his face was flushed from the midday harsh sun.

”Yeah, just came down.” He took the tissue, curving his lips sweetly, ”Did sister oversleep?”

Luo Qianqian wore an embarrassed face, although she had only mentioned a little issue while calling earlier, how did even a kid come to know about it?

”Pfft.” Qin Wen couldn’t help but laugh.

Luo Qianqian glared at him, ”My phone died and grandma didn’t wake me up.”

Luo Qianqian had misunderstood Yue Tingyu, who had gone upstairs early in the morning to wake her granddaughter when she didn’t come down, and upon receiving no response despite knocking, she just pushed the door open. Seeing her granddaughter fast asleep and even drooling, she decided not to wake her up. After all, it was rare to see her granddaughter sleeping so soundly.

”Oh, this is my brother’s girlfriend, my good friend—Qin Nuan’s Second Brother, Qin Wen.” Luo Qianqian introduced them eagerly the next moment they met.

”This is the little brother I consider my own, Lu Simiao.”

Lu Simiao immediately put on a serious expression, ”Hello, Brother Qin Wen.”

”Hello,” Qin Wen nodded.

Lu Simiao looked at Luo Qianqian with a hint of a smile, ”Doesn’t Brother Qin Wen also have an older brother named Qin Liang?”

Luo Qianqian nodded, ”Yes, yes, Brother Qin Liang is also a very good person.”

Did Qin Liang unwittingly receive a compliment card? But what was that ’also’ about? Qin Wen glanced at Luo Qianqian in the rearview mirror and then continued driving.

Luo Qianqian touched her nose. Did she say something wrong? She definitely caught that look.

Or was she supposed to say Qin Liang was a not-so-good person?

Since there was someone else present, Lu Simiao didn’t cling to her like usual, but behaved solemnly like a little adult.

Upon reaching the mall and getting out of the car, Luo Qianqian frowned at Lu Simiao, ”Did you grow taller again?”

Overhearing this, Qin Wen looked at them both. Lu Simiao wasn’t particularly tall, but Luo Qianqian’s height seemed to be slow in changing.

”Right?” Lu Simiao gloated, ”I grew three centimeters.” He stretched out three fingers, smiling until his eyes narrowed into slits.

Luo Qianqian patted his head without a word, wondering why she couldn’t grow as quickly.

”Should I buy you some calcium tablets?” Qin Wen said, looking at Luo Qianqian’s unhappy face, smiling as he patted her head.

Luo Qianqian looked displeased, ”Don’t pat my head, it will stunt my growth.”

Then she saw Lu Simiao looking at her unsatisfactorily.

Realizing her hand was on Lu Simiao’s head, she sheepishly withdrew her hand.

Qin Wen smiled, ”How about it? I heard that taking calcium helps you grow taller.”

”Yes!”

”Yes!”

Luo Qianqian and Lu Simiao said in unison.

Qin Wen’s eyes crinkled with laughter.

”I’ll buy some for you in a bit.”

Ever since his sister got into college, he hadn’t felt this sense of pride as a brother, which was one of the reasons he was willing to interact with Luo Qianqian.