Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 488: Chapter 468: The Dormitory Struggle (Part Seven)

Class was unremarkable, and Luo Qianqian didn’t gather with other students to chat. She just sat quietly in the front row, listening and taking notes, unaffected by those seated behind her.

After the last morning class, Luo Qianqian noticed a strange problem; if it was a required course, why were there so many fewer people?

As soon as she stepped out of the academic building, she saw Qin Nuan frowning tightly, standing in the shade, and she hurried over, ”What’s wrong?”

”Don’t even mention it. Didn’t you notice how many girls were missing from class? They’re all at the basketball court, watching a handsome guy face-off. I figured it’s better to just find you directly. What if you went to check out the excitement too? I’d starve to death, right?”

”Handsome guy?” Luo Qianqian chuckled lightly, ”How handsome? Yhan Miyuan?”

Qin Nuan gave her an irritated look, ”The school hunk. You tell me if that’s handsome or not.”

Luo Qianqian widened her eyes in surprise, ”Wow, seems impressive, indeed. So what are we eating for lunch? Where’s the gift?”

She slung her backpack over her shoulder, clearly with no intention of joining the onlookers.

Qin Nuan spread her hands and pulled out a gift box from her bag, her face a picture of resignation, ”I just knew you couldn’t wait.”

”Haha, I just wanted to see if it was going to be one of those tacky things where you get ninety-nine flowers and I get one,” Luo Qianqian blinked, not minding Qin Nuan’s gaze and immediately unwrapped the gift box. Seeing what was inside, both their expressions shifted.

It was a necklace, shaped like cherry blossoms, and it looked somewhat familiar.

”Ah, isn’t this what Second Aunt mentioned before?” Luo Qianqian blinked.

Qin Nuan felt her neck, realizing she wasn’t wearing that particular necklace, and said dejectedly, ”I have one just like it too. Maybe Luo Yanran got your gift mixed up with mine.”

”It wasn’t from that day he confessed, was it?” Luo Qianqian asked outright. Seeing Qin Nuan nod, her face showed understanding, ”It makes sense that there wasn’t enough time to prepare. But now we have the same one, huh?” She hugged the box, her face full of smiles.

Qin Nuan paused, then quickly said, ”Then I won’t—”

”Won’t what? Not wear it anymore? Hey hey hey, do I seem that petty to you?” Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, her gaze full of dissatisfaction with Qin Nuan, ”I meant, we have the same thing, it’s a symbol of good friendship!”

Qin Nuan touched her neck awkwardly, of course knowing Luo Qianqian wasn’t petty, but she was worried Luo Qianqian might overthink it, especially since the necklace she had was originally meant for Luo Qianqian but ended up being given to her.

Luo Qianqian’s sharp eyes noticed a tiny cherry blossom at the end of the necklace’s chain, with the character ’Luo’ engraved on the petals.

She curled her lips, ”Feeling guilty toward me? Aren’t you going to treat me to a meal quickly? Or do you think you’re so beautiful that you can satisfy me without food? I’m not Fourth Brother.” She teased without hesitation, making Qin Nuan’s face turn slightly red.

”What are you talking about?” Qin Nuan looked at her reproachfully, ”Shall we go for barbecue?”

Luo Qianqian nodded, her lips curving into a smile as she put away the necklace. She didn’t need such a thing; after all, she was still a child and shouldn’t indulge too much in luxury.

”So what did he send you?” Luo Qianqian narrowed her eyes: ”I can’t believe he only had flowers delivered and brought my necklace without having something for you.”

Qin Nuan gave her a helpless look. Why did she have to dig so deep into everything?

”It’s a watch.” Qin Nuan lifted her sun sleeve to reveal her wrist, where a delicate and petite wristwatch appeared.

”Hey, good taste,” Luo Qianqian nodded in approval, ”I thought with his personality he would’ve directly given you a ring or something...”

Qin Nuan looked at Luo Qianqian without any good humor, ”Why not just send me a box of condoms directly?”

”That won’t do, I strongly advocate that you first marry him and confirm he won’t hurt you, and then it’s not too late for you two to do that thing,” Luo Qianqian shook her head. Although she knew Luo Yanran very well, that was from the perspective of a sister, from a family member’s perspective, not from the viewpoint of a woman.

She admitted that Luo Yanran was an exceptional man, but that didn’t mean he was perfect and incapable of making mistakes.

Starting over wasn’t easy; she still hoped that Qin Nuan would take a good look at a person before deciding.

Qin Nuan looked deeply at her, then revealed a sweet smile, whispering, ”Do you know? Meeting you really is the greatest luck of my life.”

”Same here,” Luo Qianqian smiled, gazing into Qin Nuan’s eyes, the two of them sharing a laugh in perfect understanding.

The secrets and understanding between the two of them were incomparable even to the closest of kin; if possible, they both wished to continue their lives peacefully without any unexpected incidents.

Walking past the basketball court, the two of them headed out of the school.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy who leaped up during the game squinted his eyes slightly when he saw the tall and short figures walking past. He revealed small tiger teeth and scored a three-pointer.

”Luo Qianqian, eh?”

After landing steadily, he calmly walked to the side to wipe off his sweat, ”Comrade school hunk, we’ll stop here for today. I’ve got something else to do.” His fluent Mandarin was entirely different from the clueless expression he had before. Picking up his backpack, he turned and left, not lingering for a moment.

Han Chen watched the person leaving, furrowing his eyebrows slightly, shouting aloud, ”What’s your name?” as if recognizing a kindred spirit.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy curved his lips but said nothing, simply waving his arm at the basketball court behind him.

His name, huh? You’ll all know it soon enough.

Luo Qianqian quietly stuffed herself with meat, having no time to speak, but soon her attention was caught by some people who had just come in at the table beside her. She quickly ducked under the table, pretending to tie her shoelaces.

It wasn’t until those two sat down that she raised her head with a peculiar expression and then buried it into the condiment dish.

Sensing something was off with Luo Qianqian, Qin Nuan, who sat across her, quickly looked around and lowered her voice, ”What’s wrong?”

Luo Qianqian pointed at the person behind Qin Nuan, opened her mouth wide, and mouthed the words: Hei Yu!

”Huh? You want to eat fish? I thought you didn’t like it?” Qin Nuan said this but shook her head at her, urging her to hurry up and eat.

The two of them fell completely silent and hastened to pay the bill and leave after finishing their meal.

Hei Yu and the man wearing a cap and sunglasses had just started ordering when he spoke, ”Did you follow me here just to spoil my meal?”

”Like I wanted to? That kid is too cautious,” the man shook his head and adjusted his sunglasses, ”But why does she run away like a mouse who has seen a cat when she sees you? Slippery as an eel?”

Hei Yu felt helpless; how would he know? But he understood that the kid was also wary of him.

”Then what are you planning to do by getting that kid to come close to her?” Hei Yu asked slowly.

The man hooked up the corners of his lips, took a sip of warm water, and from under the brim of the cap, a hint of silver white appeared: ”That’s a secret.”