Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 555: Chapter 535: Confusing (17)

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”Pretending to be a scam victim is no easy feat,” Luo Qianqian lamented aloud, completely oblivious to the fact that her statement made everyone turn to stare at her, ”You have to pick who to bump into, without caring whether they have money or not. What if you encounter some penniless wanderer? Wouldn’t that just be a waste of time and effort?”

The man almost spat out blood. What did she mean by ’penniless wanderer’? Was his judgment that poor? Having hung around here for so long, he couldn’t believe he couldn’t distinguish the destitute from the wealthy—if that were true, he might as well go home and sweep floors. Moreover, did impoverished people just stroll around here? Anyone who could come here had to have some wealth, albeit to varying degrees.

Besides, you’re going to get swindled when you buy things anyway, everyone’s being deceived, so why not just give it to him? At the very least, he wouldn’t cherish every piece of junk as if it were a treasure!

”Pfft...” Qin Wen burst out laughing, and the next second, he covered his mouth, pretending it wasn’t him who laughed.

Children will be children, after all. The kids who usually seem so mature can still have such wild and fanciful thoughts, can’t they?

Old Master Luo had finished giving his instructions and just so happened to hear Luo Qianqian’s words. He couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head as he looked at the walking stick in his hand, having grown so accustomed to it that he’d forgotten it was no ordinary item.

”Police officer, sir, I’ll send the surveillance footage over to you later,” Old Master Luo said amiably, just as he had from the start.

Qiu Yu nodded in acknowledgment and then turned to Luo Qianqian, ”Let’s go, we need to record your statement. I really don’t understand what you’re doing here.”

Luo Qianqian stuck out her tongue, ”Isn’t it because Grandpa’s birthday is coming up? Just strolling around casually, you might stumble upon some Qin Dynasty treasure.”

”When it comes to the Qin Dynasty, all I can think of are the Terracotta Warriors. You’re not trying to pick up a Terracotta Warrior, are you?” Qin Nuan asked with a face full of incredulity.

Luo Qianqian glared, ”Of course not. I just mentioned the Qin Dynasty because it was the first united empire, just said it in passing. Might as well just pick up some antique from the Xia Dynasty.”

Stone?” Cong Rong said, her face full of black lines.

At this point, Luo Qianqian was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. How was she supposed to respond to that?

Qiu Yu was speechless. Did she really think that treasures were just lying around everywhere? Most of the stuff here was fake! Even the slightly genuine items were astronomically priced.

Old Master Luo looked at Luo Qianqian’s expression, laughed, and pulled a jade pendant out of his trouser pocket, ”Come to Han Moxuan after you’ve recorded your statement, you’ve helped the old man, so I want to give you a birthday gift for your grandfather.” After seeing Luo Qianqian’s reluctant expression, he added with a smile, ”Of course, it’s not for free, you still have to buy it with your own money. I can give you a discount, and it’s guaranteed to be authentic.”

Luo Qianqian quickly accepted the jade pendant, looking at the large ’空’ character on it, she blinked and accepted it cheerfully, knowing she’d return it later anyway.

Qin Nuan looked envious, but her face was relaxed. It seemed that Luo Qianqian’s efforts were not in vain; she had saved herself the trouble of searching for and authenticating the item.

Qiu Yu raised an eyebrow, seeing Qin Wen’s stern expression, he decided not to let Luo Qianqian go just yet.

Soon his colleagues arrived and took all the people described by Luo Qianqian onto the police car.

Luo Qianqian ignored the hostile looks from those people, what was there to be afraid of? She wouldn’t come back here again, right?...

Following Qiu Yu, she returned to the police station, backed up the photos, recorded her statement, and signed her name. Then she was sternly lectured by Qin Wen, who ordered them not to visit chaotic places! Especially not the ’three halls and one room’, blah blah blah. Suddenly, Luo Qianqian felt like she was back in elementary school, blinking, ”But it’s Nuannuan’s birthday tomorrow, how are we supposed to celebrate if we can’t go out? They turn off the lights in the dorm at night.”

Overwhelmed by Luo Qianqian’s innocently phrased question, Qin Wen said, ”Then I must accompany you if you go to such places!”

”Who would want an annoying parent tagging along on a girl’s birthday?” Qin Nuan pouted, but seeing the change in Qin Wen’s expression and sensing he was about to say something, she quickly changed her tune, ”Yes, yes, yes, I would be so upset if my second brother didn’t come.”

Qin Wen’s face brightened slightly, and he said, ”I’ll drive you there and then on the way take you back to the school.”

Qin Nuan grumbled her agreement; after all, they always seemed to stumble upon one incident or another.

Cong Rong maintained her smile the whole time, watching Qin Wen scold Qin Nuan and Luo Qianqian, feeling completely detached from it all.

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Though Han Moxuan was not very large, its storefront had an ancient charm, and it was very generous and low-profile. From the outside, it even had a bit of that ancient charm.

Qin Wen didn’t let them go in alone; after all, he had never been to this place before and was not at ease.

All four of them entered the shop together, and then Qin Nuan was attracted by the jade ware displayed in the counter.

Luo Qianqian was looking around and found the person who seemed most like the steward, ”Hello, the old Master asked me to find him.” Saying that, she took out the Jade Pendant.

The person saw the Jade Pendant and immediately gave a bow, then said, ”Hello, Young Master Kong has been waiting for you for a while now, please come this way.”

Seeing this, Qin Wen was about to follow but was stopped by the person, ”Hello, only internal staff are allowed beyond this point, please wait here.”

Luo Qianqian blinked her eyes. Could there be some precious treasure inside? ”Nuannuan, Second Brother, Cong Rong, you wait here for me, Old Master Luo doesn’t seem like a bad person, don’t worry.”

Listening to Luo Qianqian say this, Qin Wen didn’t insist any further. Cong Rong, however, was attracted by a Jade Bracelet on the side and was looking at it intently. She nodded at Luo Qianqian and then lowered her head back to it.

Luo Qianqian followed the person inside, not knowing how many turns they had taken, until they finally reached the door of a room: ”Young Master Kong is inside the room, please go in,” he said, knocking and pushing the door open.

Luo Qianqian nodded her head, her face speechless.

As soon as she entered, she saw an enormous bookshelf filled with books, a hint of amazement flashed in her eyes: ”Is this what they mean by ’Knowing three hundred Tang poems by heart, you can recite without being a poet’? With so many books, you must be quite literary, right? If I read this many, even the chicken wings I eat would start tasting like ink...”

Then, she heard soft laughter coming from behind the bookshelf.

Luo Qianqian turned around and saw Old Master Luo sitting behind a desk. This place was conspicuously full of books, with bookshelves everywhere. The bookshelf at the entrance functioned as a screen, and behind it was the true Book Pavilion.

”Old Master Luo,” Luo Qianqian said respectfully as she placed the Jade Pendant on the desk.

The elder paid it no heed, looking at Luo Qianqian, ”What gift do you want to give your grandfather?”

Luo Qianqian pondered for a moment, ”Something that can express my wishes for grandfather’s longevity and health, and that he can take out and look at any time without worrying about it getting damaged.”

The elder laughed and shook his head, then casually pointed at several items on the table, ”Take a look and see if there’s anything you like.” These were things he had specially picked out from the storeroom before Luo Qianqian arrived.

There were four items laid out.

The first item was a scroll, and upon opening it, she realized she had underestimated the item—it was an embroidery of the character ’Longevity,’ composed of countless smaller ’Longevity’ characters in various fonts, an embroidered Longevity Picture!

Luo Qianqian’s mouth dropped open in disbelief, then she carefully rolled it back up and gently placed it down.

The second item was a Thumb Jade Ring, but Luo Qianqian didn’t recognize what it was. Besides, she didn’t know Old Master Luo’s size, so she quickly passed over it.

The third item was a piece of red stone. Luo Qianqian glanced at it a couple of times; it was quite nice-looking, but giving a stone as a gift... she moved on to the next item.

The fourth item was not a single item but four—a set of the Four Treasures of the Study.

Luo Qianqian held the inkstone, widened her eyes, and then set it down, ”Old Master Luo, you’ve taken a lot of trouble, but I don’t want any of these things.”

Old Master Luo was quite surprised and looked into Luo Qianqian’s eyes, signaling her to continue.