Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 710: Chapter 690: Everyone in the Dormitory is So Busy

”Huh? No one’s in the dorm?” Luo Qianqian, puzzled, pushed open the dormitory door, while Lu Simiao, due to gender issues, was stopped downstairs. Luo Qianqian and Qin Nuan had planned on making it quick, but who knew there’d be no one around?

”What’s going on? Weren’t they all not going home?” Luo Qianqian looked utterly confused.

Qin Nuan picked up her phone and directly called Cong Rong, only to find the ringtone coming from inside the dormitory, a melodious piano sound that was indeed pleasant to the ears.

Cong Rong hurried over from the next dorm, and seeing the two people standing in the dorm, she exclaimed with surprise, ”Qianqian, you’re back.” She looked Luo Qianqian up and down, just like a mother worried about her child who hasn’t come home for years.

Qin Nuan pointed to herself, ”What about me? What about me?” she interjected, a touch displeased, edging her way between the two.

”We just had dinner together the day before yesterday,” Cong Rong said calmly, letting go of Luo Qianqian’s arm, ”Good, you haven’t lost weight.”

Luo Qianqian giggled and stuck out her tongue at Qin Nuan, ”See, my charm is greater.”

”Indeed, she bragged to me all night yesterday about the specialty products you brought. She’s flattering you for the gifts, isn’t she?” Cong Rong covered her mouth and giggled softly. She had been worried all night about why she should send Luo Qianqian money and seeing that there was nothing obviously wrong with her, she too breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Nuan laughed proudly, ”I received them earlier than you did.”

Luo Qianqian was amused yet frustrated; she hadn’t realized Qin Nuan had such a mischievous side. She pulled a small box from her backpack, giggling, ”This is a gift from my maternal family, not from my in-laws. Don’t thank the wrong people.”

Qin Nuan was exasperated, ”What maternal family? Clearly, they are the in-laws. If it were me, saying maternal family would make more sense.”

”Who else to thank if not our little Qianqian?” Cong Rong took the small box, kissed Luo Qianqian on the cheeks, ”This is a thank you from your sister, not your sister-in-law, okay?”

”Pfft...” Qin Nuan burst out laughing, amazed at how Cong Rong could think of such things, especially the sister-in-law bit.

Even after saying it, Cong Rong’s face turned a bit red. She looked carefully at the bag Qin Nuan was carrying and chuckled, ”So you’re here to bring warmth?”

Luo Qianqian spread her hands, gesturing that it was just on the way, ”What about Zhang Yun? And Cao Yingying?” There was no need to ask about Xiu Ran; he was still on leave, so how could he just come back like that?

”Zhang Yun enrolled in an amateur culinary class, saying something about capturing a man’s heart through his stomach. Now she’s constantly running between the beauty salon, classes, and dorms, very busy indeed.”

”Cao Yingying is probably still at the hospital, right? She sometimes comes back in the daytime to catch up on sleep.”

Cong Rong sighed, as on normal days, she was mostly the only one in the dorm. If it weren’t for Qin Nuan regularly taking her out shopping or eating, she would have really just been in the library all day. She didn’t go today because Qin Nuan had mentioned early on that she and Luo Qianqian would come over.

Luo Qianqian nodded silently, taking out two, actually three, gifts from the bag and placing them on three beds.

All three gifts were Fortune Beads, not specially boxed like those Qin Nuan and Cong Rong had, just in little fabric bags then wrapped in a layer of wrapping paper.

Cong Rong was startled, looking at the gift in her hands and felt a bit touched. She hadn’t expected Luo Qianqian to differentiate the gifts.

That’s how it is, could becoming relatives and general friends be the same?

It was just that Zhang Yun and Lin Jiayou had not made things official yet, otherwise Luo Qianqian would have hesitated to change Zhang Yun’s portion as well.

”Do you want to join us for dinner?” Qin Nuan looked at Cong Rong with an inviting expression, ”It’s still early anyway.”

”No, no.” Cong Rong shook her head and waved her hands, ”I have a meeting soon, and I have things to do, let’s talk about it when school starts.”

Luo Qianqian blinked, then nodded her head. She stood on her tiptoes and patted Cong Rong’s shoulder, her face serious, ”Don’t work too hard, big brother will worry about you, I will worry too.”

”Pfft...” Qin Nuan held back a laugh on the side. Although the words were serious, somehow they always ended up sounding funny when Luo Qianqian said them.

”Stop it.” Cong Rong also had a face of helplessness, ”If you keep this up, I’m going to tell your little fiancé about this.”

Qin Nuan sat on the bed, leaning forward laughing silently, making the bed creak along with her.

Tell Jimo Cheng? Luo Qianqian’s face looked a bit strange. It seemed her senior brother wouldn’t scold her, would he?

Luo Qianqian pouted, ”Alright, I’ll stop.” Her eyes rolled around, and she moved closer to Cong Rong, ”Aren’t you afraid my big brother might swindle you out of money and charm? Daring to transfer money to me so casually?”

Cong Rong paused, then laughed, ”There are mainly two reasons for that. First, it’s because it’s you. If it were someone else, I definitely might not have, You’re not only his sister but also my roommate. If something really happened to you, I wouldn’t just stand by. Second, if we talk about swindling money, it should be me swindling money. After all, his salary card is in my hands.” Her face was calm.

Luo Qianqian’s mouth fell open, ”Wow...” So it’s really popular to give out bank cards? Then she felt reassured holding onto it.

”Don’t worry, I won’t spend his money...” Cong Rong quickly added another sentence, as if afraid Luo Qianqian might misunderstand.

Luo Qianqian quickly waved her hands, ”Spend it if you want, it’s going to be yours eventually. Feel free to spend it now. I support you.”

It wasn’t like the two were madly in love, spending a bit of money was nothing. Even if they didn’t end up walking down the aisle, it was fine to have spent the money; after all, a woman’s youth is her most valuable asset, spending her best years with someone who wouldn’t even spare some cash is hardly fair, is it? And if they did make it to the end, then their finances would be shared anyway, so what’s a little spending? It’s none of her business what goes on in someone else’s family.

Cong Rong paused.

Luo Qianqian then chuckled, ”Hehe, so I won’t be returning the money from yesterday to him.”

Qin Nuan wore a speechless expression. You’re treating it like a consolation for emotional distress? And clearly, the blame falls on Luo Yanran, while Luo Yanwu is just an innocent victim.

There was no helping it; the Luo family brothers doted on Luo Qianqian more than just a little.

Due to Luo Shufan’s previous disappearance, the guilt had all piled onto Luo Qianqian. They wanted desperately to find Luo Shufan but were powerless to do so.

They could only treat Luo Qianqian even better because, no matter the reason, Luo Shufan wasn’t there to watch her grow up or be her support when she was sad. They naturally tried their best to make up for it as her brothers.

”I think he’d be very happy to.” Cong Rong smiled.