Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 525: Chapter 505: Who is the person behind the scenes? (Part 17)

After changing clothes and washing her face, Luo Qianqian finally went downstairs.

But the very act of lowering her head, as if to hide something, let Luo Yanwu and Qin Nuan notice something was off, and they immediately stopped Luo Qianqian and saw her eyes, bright red.

Looking at her nose, that was also bright red.

”What’s wrong? Who made you cry?” Luo Yanwu frowned deeply.

Luo Qianqian shook her head, ”I just spoke with my brother and missed him a bit.”

”Shufan?” The only person who had the privilege to be called ’my brother’ here was Luo Shufan. As Xi Ming had said, he could never compare to Luo Shufan. After all, the time they had spent together was so much less.

”Yes,” Luo Qianqian forced a smile, ”I haven’t seen him for over a year, and he doesn’t even know what clothes I wear anymore.”

There was a moment of silence; Qin Nuan didn’t speak, and neither did Luo Yanwu.

They were unable to offer comfort, after all, they were powerless regarding Luo Shufan’s departure.

”Then you need to grow taller so that he’ll be pleasantly surprised when he sees you,” Qin Nuan hugged Luo Qianqian, gently patting her back, ”Qianqian, you have to try hard to grow taller.”

”Right, I’ll go buy you twenty pounds of ribs to eat every day,” Luo Yanwu also understood that Qin Nuan was trying to divert Luo Qianqian’s attention. They couldn’t replace Luo Shufan, but temporarily distracting Luo Qianqian was still doable.

”I’m not a pig,” Luo Qianqian pouted, still with sadness in her eyes but a smile on her face, ”By the way, Third Brother, we ran into Xu Xiaoxiao during dinner.”

”If you hadn’t mentioned it, I’d have forgotten—the Xu Family seems to be having an engagement party on the eleventh, with Xu Xiaoxiao and what’s-his-name...” Luo Yanwu slapped his head as though he just remembered, ”I was even thinking about whether to send them a pile of shit or not.”

Luo Qianqian’s eyes widened, ”Third Brother, are you planning to cause a scene?”

”Who’s causing a scene? Birds of a feather flock together. If I don’t send a pile of shit, what else matches her?” Luo Yanwu squinted his eyes, ”Don’t think I’ve forgotten the time she hit you.”

Luo Qianqian was touched, ”Third Brother, I think the best revenge would be to marry her and then domestic abuse her every day. Make her sweep the floors, cook, do the laundry without feeding her enough, and the key point is not giving her clothes to wear and not allowing her to go out.”

Qin Nuan shivered, ”That’s a bit twisted...”

Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, continuing darkly, ”This is twisted? In my opinion, she should be married off to some bastard—that’d be fitting for the things she said about Xu Tianyi! Hmph, she’s not even worthy of carrying my Third Brother’s shoes!”

”Exactly, I can carry my own shoes,” he said, as if terrified that Luo Qianqian would actually pair Xu Xiaoxiao with him, which made both Qin Nuan and Luo Qianqian laugh.

”But a bastard, huh?” Qin Nuan, however, curved her lips into a smile.

Seeing this expression on Qin Nuan, Luo Qianqian’s eyes sparkled, ”Do you have some insider information?”

Qin Nuan nodded slightly, lips hooked, ”It just so happens to be my brother’s old rival.”

”A lawyer?” Luo Qianqian’s eyes widened in disbelief—such a sacred profession.

”Uh... a doctor... Qin Liang’s competitor,” Qin Nuan shook her head.

Luo Qianqian’s mouth fell open. That profession was even more sacred, wasn’t it?

”Don’t ruin someone’s life...” Luo Qianqian pursed her lips.

”Don’t worry, he’s not a doctor anymore, you think it’s easy to get into a hospital?” Qin Nuan smirked, ”He’s now a man who keeps single women company, charging by the hour.”

”...Gaga?” Luo Qianqian looked to Luo Yanwu on the side, and could only ask tentatively.

”Not really, he’s got high standards after all; should be a High-Level ’Gaga’,” Qin Nuan nodded affirmatively.

Luo Yanwu was utterly befuddled.

”What a pity,” Luo Qianqian sighed, a perfectly good doctor, and he chooses to be a quack.

”How do you know?” Luo Qianqian asked again.

”I heard it from an acquaintance of that family who joked about it, saying he looks like that someone,” Qin Nuan said vaguely, but Luo Qianqian immediately understood her meaning.

”Help him out?” Luo Qianqian raised an eyebrow.

Qin Nuan pondered for a moment and then nodded.

Before Luo Yanwu could react to what ”quack” meant, the two were already hand in hand, heading back to their room, leaving him alone in the living room.

”Is it reliable?” Luo Qianqian closed the door and immediately asked.

”This person, I heard, was born to a woman abandoned by his father. The mother worked hard to raise him, but she suddenly fell ill and passed away, leaving him somewhat in despair. Didn’t I mention it? He used to be a rival of my brother. After that incident, he wasn’t the same, dropped out before graduating. He harbors a lot of hatred for his biological father, but his mother left no information about that man. If it weren’t for that coincidence, he would never have been able to find the person,” Qin Nuan said with some regret. ”He’s also a pitiable person. Under his mother’s care, he never suffered hardship. Becoming a quack must have been a spur-of-the-moment decision.”

”And what happened after that?” Luo Qianqian frowned.

There are so many professions to choose from, why degrade oneself like this?

”After that? That man had no other children. He was the only offspring, and naturally, he was brought back home,” Qin Nuan sneered. ”He then pretended to be eager to learn and started working in the company. After all, he was the man’s only bloodline; where would he have any suspicions? After testing him for a while, they began to hand over some business to him. He is very smart. Every task he undertook, he resolved perfectly. Then he set a trap, registered a shell company abroad, and bankrupted their family in one fell swoop. Afterwards, he freely left the country and never returned.”

”Wow, that’s ruthless,” Luo Qianqian said, giving a thumbs-up.

”Now, it’s almost time to meet that person. Taking the initiative is also an act of kindness,” Qin Nuan squinted her eyes, her face a picture of coldness. ”Some people just can’t be treated kindly.”

Luo Qianqian nodded. ”When is it? I’ll go with you.”

Qin Nuan nodded. She felt a bit uneasy about seeking out such a person who could take the time and effort to plot against his own father. She didn’t know what kind of person he was.

”We’ll go secretly tomorrow, don’t let your third brother find out.”

Luo Qianqian nodded in understanding.

Obviously, they couldn’t tell Luo Yanwu about something like this. Although Luo Yanwu adored her, she preferred not to expose him to this calculating side of hers, nor did she want her other relatives to see it. On this matter, she and Qin Nuan could agree.

”But, how do we contact him?”

”Online,” Qin Nuan raised an eyebrow. ”I remember his screen name is ’An,’ like Pan An. If you search, they should have a separate website.”

Luo Qianqian turned on her computer and, after a while, indeed found an inconspicuous website. It bore a striking resemblance to Ye Liang’s website, only this one looked like it sold flowers.

She opened the website’s chat box: Hello, I’d like to book An.

There was an immediate reply from the other side: Meet at Floral Language Cafe at seven o’clock tonight.

Luo Qianqian’s mouth twitched, feeling that the cafe was as fancy as the website’s page: I don’t have time today, how about tomorrow afternoon at one?

After waiting a moment, the reply came: Sorry, our business hours start at seven in the evening.

Qin Nuan snatched the keyboard and quickly typed a line: Tell An, one o’clock in the afternoon at Time Cafe, I have the news he wants, near the door at the booth, I’ll wait for him.

After a long time, just as Luo Qianqian thought they had been blocked, she saw a line of text: Understood.