Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 504: Chapter 484: Investigation (Part 1)

”Why are you so fast? Didn’t you go to class?” Luo Qianqian took the food and walked shoulder to shoulder with Qin Nuan on the path, avoiding the passing students.

”I didn’t go, I discovered a few things,” Qin Nuan frowned, ”but I can’t guarantee if they are true.”

”How did you get the news?” Luo Qianqian raised her eyebrows, took a bite of the baozi Qin Nuan brought, and the soup dripped down Luo Qianqian’s chin and hand.

Qin Nuan hurriedly wiped her clean, then hesitated before saying, ”From Fang Rou.”

”Fang Rou?” Luo Qianqian paused mid-bite, fell silent for a moment, ”You first tell me what it’s about.”

Qin Nuan nodded, ”The Cong Rong family went bankrupt, it’s said they don’t have much money left, and it’s pretty tough for them now.”

”When did this happen?” Luo Qianqian looked shocked, ”I had no idea.”

”It’s recent news, I heard she might not even know yet.” Qin Nuan sighed and continued, ”Cao Yingying apparently has a younger brother who has some expensive illness.”

”What illness isn’t expensive...” Luo Qianqian couldn’t help but complain, noticing Qin Nuan’s glaring, she quickly gestured a zipping motion with her hand and quietly nibbled on the baozi.

At the Luo family, Luo Baozi sneezed.

”Zhang Yun recently got a beauty card.”

”Xiu Ran got a boyfriend.”

”No way, someone’s family is bankrupt, there’s a sick person at home, and yet buying beauty cards, having a boyfriend, what’s the big deal? Don’t we have any freedom at all? Friends can’t deprive someone of their privacy, right? Where did Fang Rou get this explosive news? Ask her if she has any gossip on Yhan Miyuan,” Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, clearly displeased as she ate the baozi.

”Because all these cost money?” Qin Nuan rolled her eyes, ”What I mean is, do you think it’s believable?”

”Who knows? It’s hard to judge any of it, okay?” Luo Qianqian frowned, stuffing all the food into her mouth, taking a sip of the still-hot soy milk, ”How did she get her news? And how did she tell you?”

”I just went to get some ointment; she told me then,” Qin Nuan was completely open, as there was no one else but Luo Qianqian she could talk to about such matters.

”Listen, let’s check into it more, and not believe everything,” Luo Qianqian was silent for a while before she continued, ”I also don’t know how to judge this person.”

”I feel the same, it’s headache-inducing,” Qin Nuan sighed, asking, ”Why did you come out?”

”Class ended,” Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, ”Could you please keep up with my schedule?”

Qin Nuan touched her nose and quickly said, ”Then shall we go to my second brother’s place? The school internet cafes are not safe.”

Luo Qianqian nodded in agreement, she always carried her wallet and keys with her, so there was no need to go back to the dormitory; the two of them piled up a bunch of snacks and headed straight to the house Qin Wen lent to Luo Qianqian.

Upon reaching the house, they discovered a problem: the room was a mess which was quite baffling. The money was still on the table, although a good amount was missing. Most of the trash consisted of instant noodles and supermarket shopping bags, including snack and beverage wrappers, all bagged up, yet untidily piled in several heaps.

”What’s happening here? Is the kid throwing a party?” Qin Nuan was completely baffled.

Luo Qianqian slightly frowned, ”Snacking is one thing, but why are they eating instant noodles too? Can they grow taller that way?”

Out of nowhere, a chubby boy came out of the room. Seeing Luo Qianqian and Qin Nuan, he looked terrified. Clutching a shopping bag with a thirty-centimeter-long sausage, he yelled at them, ”Who are you guys? Don’t come any closer, I’m going to call the police!!!”

”I haven’t even said anything yet. What are you yelling about?” Luo Qianqian, quick-tempered as ever, snatched the sausage from the taller chubby boy’s hand, tore it open, and took a bite, ”What are you doing in my house? Stealing stuff?”

”Your house? This isn’t Lu Simiao’s... Ah? Ah! You must be Simiao’s sister, right? I’m his classmate.” The thought seemed to dawn on the chubby boy, who immediately changed his attitude, surprising Luo Qianqian immensely.

”Oh, you live here?” Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, ”Is Lu Simiao coming back tonight?”

”Ah, yes, he is coming back. Have you eaten? Can I make you some instant noodles?” The chubby boy was earnest.

Luo Qianqian was speechless, ”We have food here, you eat something too. You guys didn’t touch the study, did you?”

”No, no, Lu Simiao wouldn’t let me, so I didn’t go,” the chubby boy quickly raised his hands, his attitude extremely earnest.

Luo Qianqian nodded and walked into the study.

Although Qin Nuan hadn’t said a word, it was only because of her height advantage that the chubby boy didn’t dare do anything at first. After all, Luo Qianqian looked just like a little chick.

Of course, if a fight really broke out, the ’little chick’ wouldn’t hold back.

Qin Nuan was glad that due to Luo Qianqian’s greediness, they had bought quite a variety of snacks. She placed them on the table and said, ”Wash your hands before eating, just leave some for us.”

The chubby boy obediently nodded his head.

Qin Nuan, carrying the milk tea that both had already drunk, went into the study and saw Luo Qianqian had already turned on the computer.

”I’ll use my phone to send Lu Simiao a message later, telling him not to buy groceries tonight, we’ll take them out for dinner, mm, I’ll send it after school hours.” Luo Qianqian said as she handed her phone to Qin Nuan first.

Qin Nuan nodded, casually picked up a book, and sat down quietly to read.

”Oh my god...”

”What happened?” Hearing Luo Qianqian exclaim so soon, Qin Nuan quickly put down her book and leaned in, only to see that family issues had already hit the news. It was only a matter of time before Cong Rong would find out.

”What should we do now?” Luo Qianqian was somewhat at a loss.

”Keep your heart in your stomach; Cong Rong isn’t someone who can be knocked down by this,” Qin Nuan smiled, ”Do you think she’s always been so calm? That’d make her seem too mature. In her first semester of university, she faced a setback. She almost didn’t recover from losing a spot she deserved, teetering on the edge of breakdown. She valued that speech competition highly, but later, without explaining, she registered on her own without going through the school, met the person who took the school’s spot in the semifinals, and ousted them decisively, reaching the finals. She knew that being sad or distressed was useless in those times, the best way was to empower herself, not to let others take what’s hers and remain silent. Since then, Cong Rong has become a bit more mature, and that’s not a bad thing. Look, she’s managing quite well, isn’t she?”

”It’s terrifying when such people break down, okay? How do you comfort Cong Rong if she cries? And, this kind of thing...” Luo Qianqian frowned, ”She can’t really help, can she?”