Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 563: Chapter 543: Confirmation

Watching Luo Qianqian leave the school, Elvis looked utterly perplexed, ”Are you going to my place?”

”No, I have a place to stay around here,” Luo Qianqian shook her head, but in the next second, she stopped and awkwardly turned to Elvis, ”Are you coming along?”

Elvis looked as though it was only natural, ”Of course, I even skipped class for you.” He spoke earnestly, as if filled with a sense of righteousness.

Luo Qianqian awkwardly touched her head, ”Usually, there’s one, or maybe two kids living there, so it might be a bit dirty. Don’t get your hopes up too much.”

After all, she had witnessed the tidiness of the environment where Elvis lived that morning. Remembering her last visit there, where trash could pile up to fill the room, she inwardly shook her head.

”Kids?” Elvis seemed quite interested in the word, probably because Luo Qianqian was just a kid herself.

”Yes, my little brother, picked him up.” He was really picked up, found for free, always overflowing with misplaced sympathy.

Elvis nodded, ”A little boy, a bit disorderly is normal. I understand.”

Luo Qianqian laughed foolishly, without any hesitation, as Elvis hadn’t even asked her for a reason and had taken her back to his place that morning. Besides, Qin Nuan would be coming over soon too.

”So, as long as you’re not too shocked, it’s fine.” Luo Qianqian said and then turned around, heading for the destination.

Elvis followed with ease. When they got there, Luo Qianqian still took a couple of deep breaths, inhaled deeply once more before she took out the key and opened the door.

Then she was stunned. Had she gone to the wrong place???

Seeing Luo Qianqian frozen at the doorstep, Elvis quickly pulled her aside, fearing the odors inside might have overwhelmed her.

However, as soon as he peeked inside, he was also taken aback. What was going on???

The room was filled with numerous pink, red, and white balloons covering the floor. Additionally, there were two giant teddy bears sitting on the couch, one with a bow tie and the other with a bow, positioned at either side of the sofa.

”What’s going on???” Luo Qianqian was utterly bewildered. Don’t tell her that such a little devil like Lu Simiao knew about the Qixi Festival?

”Why are you just standing at the door? Come on in!” Qin Nuan quickly arrived, and the first thing she saw was Luo Qianqian and Elvis standing stupidly at the doorstep.

She pushed them both into the room, and before they knew it, both of them fell on the floor inside. Qin Nuan also appeared at the doorway, her mouth agape at the sight inside the room: ”Is this the work of that little devil or my elder brother?”

She knew well that Luo Qianqian didn’t have the time in Siberia to mess around like this, and found herself helpless. What was the situation now?

Was it that Comrade Qin Wen failed to report the situation, or was it that little friend Lu Simiao was in puppy love?

”We’d like to know too.” Luo Qianqian struggled to get up from the floor but didn’t have time to deal with the balloons. ”I need to check something first; you guys start cleaning up.”

Luo Qianqian headed straight into the study. It was a place Lu Simiao wouldn’t enter, so it wasn’t affected by whatever had happened.

Skilled, she turned on the computer, directly navigated based on her previous search for Xiu Ran, and then raising her voice, called out, ”Nuannuan, where was that small valley from last time?” as she flipped through Xiu Ran’s file, stopping at the section listing his home address, her gaze sharpening.

Qin Nuan was startled for a moment, then blurted out the address from memory, Luo Qianqian curled her lips, it was indeed just as she had thought.

With such a bottomless pit behind him, it’s no wonder Xiu Ran was too embarrassed to mention it. In that case, was the last donation also deliberately orchestrated by Xiu Ran?

”Is there a result?” Hearing Luo Qianqian silent, Qin Nuan hesitated for a moment before directly entering the study.

Elvis was looking at the greeting card on the table, which only had writing on it. Colored pencils were set aside, apparently ready for more drawing. And on the handmade card, it read: ”Sister, Happy Qixi Festival, may you be happy forever.”

Your forever brother: Lu Simiao.

Elvis raised his eyebrows, celebrating Qixi Festival for Luo Qianqian? Wasn’t that a bit absurd? Not to mention they would have classes tomorrow, and young students don’t even have half-day sessions. Qixi Festival is not like the Mid-Autumn Festival when there’s a holiday.

The two people in the study also had serious faces: ”Do you mean, because we didn’t donate, she ended up in this situation?”

”I’m afraid so.” Luo Qianqian pointed to the address on the file for Qin Nuan to see, who was also stunned.

”Can’t be, right? We only donated a few hundred yuan initially, didn’t we? That doesn’t make sense.” Qin Nuan shook her head repeatedly. That amount of money couldn’t even cover a good meal for a few of them at a restaurant.

”It probably isn’t, but there must be something we don’t know about afterward, right?” After all, Luo Qianqian had only been in this dorm for the first month, while Qin Nuan had been living there for over a year. If Qin Nuan didn’t know, then she had even less chance of knowing.

”She could have told us, right?” Qin Nuan still disagreed vehemently, racking her brain and unable to recall any mention from Xiu Ran about having difficulties.

Maybe, that person appeared very early?

Luo Qianqian contemplated for a moment but didn’t plan to check the surveillance. After all, if the initial encounter showed no hints, it meant tracing Xiu Ran’s exact path from his arrival, which would be too time-consuming.

”Perhaps it was because of previous concealments that it was embarrassing?” Luo Qianqian wasn’t very clear about Xiu Ran’s thoughts, but one thing was certain, something had happened before they took the money that was embarrassing to mention, and then, after they found out, Han Chen appeared.

”Who doesn’t have a past?” Qin Nuan didn’t think much of it. Speaking of the past, although nothing significant had happened recently, spiritually and emotionally, she’s experienced much more and naturally wouldn’t blame someone just for a little secrecy.

But thinking about it, her reaction was a bit over the top after the money was gone, wasn’t it?

Maybe it was the distrust and suspicion within the dorm that led Xiu Ran to his current predicament?

Luo Qianqian shut down her computer: ”So what do we do now? Go or not go?”

Elvis, hearing their conversation, just raised his eyebrows. No matter the consequences of this matter, the decision was now in the hands of the two girls in the study. He had no reason to interfere, nor could he.

”Youth is wonderful, isn’t it?” Elvis sighed softly, and notably, this sigh was clearly heard by Luo Qianqian and Qin Nuan, who looked at each other for a moment and then nodded firmly to each other.

Qin Nuan: ”Exactly, we’re still young. There’s no reason to hold onto a small mistake forever.”

Luo Qianqian: ”Then let’s go. After all, it’s been a long time since we’ve had such a thrilling experience. My heart is restless; if I keep quiet, I fear my body’s response will decline.”

Knowing that what lies ahead is unknown, it might be just a scare or perhaps fraught with danger, the unknown is the most terrifying. Yet, the two of them still exchanged a smile.

They had long experienced life and death. Even if it were just a dream, what they now possessed was something to be envied; youth is a one-way adventure.

Not to take risks, wouldn’t that mean they’d aged?