Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy
Chapter 24: Stop pretending to be dead, get up quickly

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Stop pretending to be dead, get up quickly

"Does this... count as her killing him?"

"If she hadn’t pulled the arrow out, he might have lasted another minute..."

"Isn’t she the drug dealer from yesterday? I remember she said her blood-stopping medicine could stop heavy bleeding from a ruptured artery? Seems like it was all lies?"

"It’s already pierced through the neck... worse than a ruptured artery, right?"

The crowd couldn’t help but whisper among themselves, and someone even speculated, "Could she have... the real purpose of experimenting with her medicine’s effectiveness?"

Qian Qi looked up at these people, she naturally heard all these suspicious words, but she didn’t take them to heart. After sprinkling the powder, she stood up.

At this moment, a hand suddenly grabbed her arm.

"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to escape!" A boy with a distinct nose and eyes tightly grabbed Qian Qi’s arm, shouting to those around, "This is murder, you can’t run away, underclassman!"

Hearing his words, some students who didn’t see clearly thought Qian Qi was really going to run and quickly shouted, "Don’t run, don’t run, you have to stay here first!"

Qian Qi turned her head to look at this boy, and a memory that wasn’t there before suddenly flashed across her mind. She paused, then a faintly amused expression appeared on her face.

She turned around and also tightly grabbed the other person’s arm, her mouth curling up with a few mischievous threats, "Who are you, classmate, why are you spouting nonsense, you’re making things difficult for me?"

The boy’s face stiffened, then he couldn’t help but sneer again: It seems Chen Miaomiao didn’t lie, Qian Qi’s brain is indeed broken, and she can’t remember certain things.

Otherwise, it would be impossible not to recognize him as Chen Tong.

"Underclassman, don’t misunderstand." Chen Tong’s mouth curled up with a slight malice, "I mean no harm, but now someone is dead, and you just sped up his death, which counts as manslaughter. You should stay here and wait for the school to investigate."

He originally thought he should find some way to quietly deal with Qian Qi, but unexpectedly, after learning about the Blood Stopping Magic Potion, he followed Qian Qi secretly and discovered such a flawless opportunity.

Moreover, this was brought upon herself by Qian Qi, who pulled out the arrow from someone’s throat foolishly!

Chen Tong suppressed the overwhelming joy in his eyes. The thought of Qian Qi being taken away and tormented by the people he bribed made him exhilarated.

He could not wait to see Qian Qi grovel on the ground, begging for mercy!

Qian Qi arched an eyebrow and examined Chen Tong’s expression. Unlike his restrained endurance, Qian Qi didn’t hide the sinister smile that she couldn’t suppress at the corner of her mouth.

This is interesting, let her think about how to "play with" this Senior Brother Chen Tong~

Seeing Qian Qi’s terrifying smile, Chen Tong couldn’t help but shudder, feeling a premonition of doom.

Under Chen Tong’s gradually awakened gaze, Qian Qi slowly lowered her eyes, lifted her foot, and kicked Xiao Wang on the ground, "What are you pretending to be dead for? Get up."

Her words left everyone on the scene dumbfounded. They turned to look at Xiao Wang in confusion, only to see the student who had been lying on the ground suddenly take a deep breath and sit up as if resurrected.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Wang lowered his head and coughed violently, and after coughing up the blood remaining in his trachea and esophagus, he touched his intact, painless neck with shock, "What the hell, I’m not dead?"

Xiao Wang’s return to life shocked everyone present, and several seconds later, someone suddenly cried out in astonishment in the now quiet crowd, "Damn it, is that Blood Stopping Magic Potion really that good? It can even save someone like him?"

"Is this a godly medicine? Someone pinch me, am I dreaming?"

"Wow, this, this... Big Boss! Do you have more of that powder! I want to buy it too!"

"I, I, I want it too! Big Boss, I want to buy a bag too!"

"Don’t fight with me, I came first! Big Boss, I want to buy 5 bags!"

At the scene, witnessing this miracle, the students swarmed towards Qian Qi, eager to immediately open their Light Brains to transfer money to her and establish good relations, "Big Boss, Big Boss! What’s your Light Brain number? Add me, add me!"

The atmosphere on the square shifted in an instant, just moments ago tense and on edge, now turning into a frenzy of purchasing.

Seeing the situation going against him, Chen Tong immediately wanted to escape in the chaos.

However, as soon as he turned, he found Qian Qi’s five fingers tightly gripping his arm. Amid the noise of the crowd, she looked at Chen Tong playfully, her expression becoming more and more eerie and sinister.

She silently mouthed:

Found you.

Chen Tong’s heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, the shooting instructor for the second year and the doctor from the school hospital also rushed over. After pushing through the crowd, they panted and asked, "Where’s the patient? Did you move him?"

Then they saw Xiao Wang, with a shocked expression, haphazardly wiping his bloodstained neck. The school doctor screamed in fright, "Don’t touch the wound! Who pulled out his arrow, are you out of your mind!"

Students around couldn’t help but laugh in a knowing way. Xiao Wang, upon seeing the school doctor and instructor, quickly explained, "It’s alright now, my wound is already healed."

"What?" the school doctor exclaimed, "Didn’t the student who called say you got an arrow stuck in your neck?"

Even though students in shooting practice would deliberately control the size of their arrowheads, it is by no means a minor injury!

"Really, it’s nothing now. I used the Blood Stopping Magic Potion." Xiao Wang wiped his neck, showing it to the school doctor, "See, no wound anymore."

On Xiao Wang’s neck, there was only a faint pink diamond-shaped scar, suggesting the powder wasn’t enough to completely heal it.

The school doctor meticulously examined it and confirmed that it was indeed the scar left by an arrowhead. But in such a short time... the school doctor couldn’t help but question, "Did you say Blood Stopping Powder?"

Neck injuries are not so easily treated, the Blood Stopping Powder... judging by its name, shouldn’t it only stop bleeding?

Just as Xiao Wang was about to explain, Qian Qi suddenly tugged on the school doctor, "School doctor! Better take Xiao Wang to the hospital for a thorough check-up, just in case!"

The school doctor realized this and nodded, quickly calling colleagues over to take Xiao Wang to the medical van.

The shooting instructor also wanted to follow but was suddenly stopped by Qian Qi.

"What’s up, student?" the instructor patiently asked, thinking Qian Qi had something important to ask.

Qian Qi tightly gripped Chen Tong’s arm, her face, which had been eerily smiling, instantly turned into a look of grievance as she turned to the instructor with a crying voice, "Teacher! I want to report, someone just took advantage and harassed me!"

The instructor’s face instantly turned serious, "Who? Which girl harassed you?"

Qian Qi: ???

Ignoring it, Qian Qi pointed at Chen Tong, whose face was turning dark, "It’s him!"

The instructor turned to look at Chen Tong, and then: ???

The instructor looked back and forth between Chen Tong and Qian Qi, and after a moment, she carefully asked Chen Tong, "Student, this student is saying you harassed him, is that true?"

"Qian Qi! Are you freaking insane!" Chen Tong couldn’t hold back from cursing, "You’ve got nothing to offer, why would I harass you?"