Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 75: Chapter 73 The Cosmetics Were Stolen

The last day of military training was the grand parade, the time to inspect the outcomes of a month’s training. Huo Sining, as the team leader, stood at the very front.

Xue Jingjing, who stood behind and failed to take Huo Sining’s place, felt extremely dissatisfied. However, remembering how Huo Sining had been given the cold shoulder by her classmates from the Mathematics Department Class 2 in both the class and the dormitory after the camping trip ended, Xue Jingjing’s mood improved considerably.

No matter what, her and Du Yanlin’s scheme to drive a wedge had worked well; just one camping trip had painted Huo Sining as a selfish villain who disregarded the collective honor and suffered all kinds of disdain and mockery in Class 2.

However, such things were ultimately just minor irritations. For Huo Sining, she never considered those unrelated people as friends. Therefore, the snide remarks from a few strangers didn’t affect her much.

On the contrary, during this camping trip, Huo Sining actually made some new friends.

After spending a day with them, the simple and naive personalities of the boys, including Liu Yan, appealed to Huo Sining. Although these boys were six or seven years younger than her, Huo Sining thought it was nice to have a few friends like them.

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After the parade meant that the military training was finally over, Chen Deping announced this news on the platform, and everyone couldn’t help but cheer.

One month of time isn’t too long nor too short, but many people have been sunburned into looking like African refugees because of the summer sun, appearing both awkward and comical.

Xue Jingjing and Du Yanlin also got their skin peeled off by the sun, but Huo Sining and Luo Jinzhi seemed no different than before the training. Seeing this, Du Yanlin couldn’t help but lower her head, her eyes flickering with jealousy and resentment.

After the grand parade, Huo Sining chatted with Wu Shengyu for a while before returning to the dormitory.

By that time, the girls who were quick to pack had already taken their belongings back to the cars of their respective departments. Only Luo Jinzhi sat on her bed reading a book while waiting for Huo Sining.

Huo Sining had already mostly packed her things. She picked up her backpack and called to Luo Jinzhi to leave.

Luo Jinzhi felt something was off when she shouldered her luggage, noting it felt much lighter than before. Her steps faltered.

Seeing the puzzled look on Luo Jinzhi’s face, Huo Sining couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

Luo Jinzhi hurriedly searched through her backpack but couldn’t find the problem. She was about to shake her head and say nothing was wrong when her gaze landed on the small pocket on the front of her backpack.

She paused, quickly unzipped that pocket.

Sure enough, it was completely empty—none of the bottles and jars that were supposed to be there remained.

Luo Jinzhi’s complexion changed instantly, “Ningning, the skincare products you gave me are gone!”

Hearing this, Huo Sining frowned. She had claimed that the makeup was counterfeit just to fend off the two mercenary women, Du Yanlin and Xue Jingjing. Luo Jinzhi didn’t know the price of that makeup, but that didn’t mean Huo Sining was also unaware.

The set Huo Sining had given Luo Jinzhi was genuine Caudalie products brought by Su Jinyuan. Although Huo Sining hadn’t heard of Caudalie before, knowing it was from Su Jinyuan, she could guess without thinking too hard that it certainly wasn’t cheap. Besides, previously Du Yanlin had also mentioned that the set of makeup was worth at least four to five thousand yuan.

Such expensive makeup, it’s difficult not to attract someone’s attention.

On the day Huo Sining gave the makeup to Luo Jinzhi, it was also because she didn’t want Luo Jinzhi to think of her as a wealthy person and distance herself from her, so she deliberately said it was a buy-one-get-one-free gift from the boss.

But she hadn’t expected that this carelessness would give an outsider the opportunity to take advantage.

Luo Jinzhi didn’t know the true value of the makeup set, so she usually just threw things carelessly into her cabinet without paying much attention, which allowed someone who knew their worth to spot the opportunity and have the thought of stealing.

Looking around the dormitory, everyone had mostly left at this point, and she guessed that it would be impossible to find out who took the items.

Huo Sining knew that there was nothing that could be done about this matter. She felt helpless and let out a sigh, comforting Luo Jinzhi, “It’s gone, it’s gone. The bus is waiting at the door; let’s get on it first.”

Luo Jinzhi didn’t have as many thoughts as Huo Sining, probably because Huo Sining had told her before that the makeup set was a promotional gift. Although she was a bit angry when she found out the skincare products were gone, she wasn’t particularly anxious.

However, she felt somewhat depressed and reluctantly said, “I had only used a little bit of that skincare set. Even though it was a gift, the effect was really good. My skin has become whiter and smoother recently, just from using it.”

Huo Sining couldn’t help but smile, “As long as it was effective, that’s good. Someday when I go to the farmers market, I’ll bring you a new set.”

Luo Jinzhi shook her head and refused, “How could I let you do that? You already gave me a set. It’s my fault for not taking care of it and losing it; how could I let you buy another? Tell me the address of that store, and I’ll go buy a new set myself.”

Huo Sining suddenly felt a bit guilty. She had no idea where that shop was located; she had made it all up. She didn’t even know where the farmers market was.

Unfortunately, Luo Jinzhi was a stubborn girl and asked very seriously. After she finished asking, she stared straight at Huo Sining.

Huo Sining’s face grew a bit unnatural, and she forced a laugh, then randomly made up an excuse to get by, “I didn’t really pay attention to the address of that shop, but once I’m there, I’ll know where it is. How about this, when I go there someday, I’ll take you with me.”

“All right!” Luo Jinzhi didn’t suspect a thing and happily nodded before following Huo Sining to the entrance of the training camp.

Chen Deping stood at the entrance watching the students board the bus. When he saw Huo Sining, he smiled and walked over to hand her a piece of paper with a phone number on it:

“Little girl, you have good physical strength. I might as well be considered half your teacher. Don’t neglect the things I’ve taught you when you return home. This is my phone number; call me if you need anything.”

Huo Sining felt surprised. Over the month, Chen Deping really did give her some special attention, teaching her a lot about close combat and boxing. However, Huo Sining truly hadn’t expected Chen Deping to leave his phone number with her.

Seeing Chen Deping’s sincere face and his look of reluctance, Huo Sining felt a warmth in her heart. She took the piece of paper and gave him a respectful military salute, “Thank you, sir, for taking care of me during this time.”

Chen Deping smiled warmly, completely different from his usual cold-faced Yama demeanor, “You don’t need to thank me; I’m just fulfilling a request. Go back now, perhaps we will meet again soon.”

Chen Deping said these last words with a sly and mysterious expression. Huo Sining paused and gave him a puzzled look but in the end, she didn’t voice her question.