Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy
Chapter 39: "Shocking! A Stunning Teenage Girl Falls in Love and Fights with a D-level Contracted Beast?

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: "Shocking! A Stunning Teenage Girl Falls in Love and Fights with a D-level Contracted Beast?

Qian Qi returned to the dormitory and found her classmate Miao Miao lying on the bed, both arms and legs wrapped in layers of medical bandages.

"Miao Miao!"

Qian Qi couldn’t help but cry out in surprise and immediately pounced onto her bed, her face full of concern, "How did you get hurt like this? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I’ll get revenge for you!"

How could anyone treat her spare little wallet like this!

She was even too embarrassed to let Miao Miao treat her to a meal!

Chen Miaomiao, who was suddenly hugged despite being covered in injuries, twitched the corners of her eyes continuously, utterly speechless and disgusted by this crazy woman Qian Qi.

Who bullied her? Who else could bully her? Wasn’t it this damned Qian Qi!

She had finally managed to sneak into the office to find Qian Qi’s application for magic plants, thinking she’d gotten the formula for magic potion ingredients. But unexpectedly, Qian Qi’s application included as many as 30 types of magic plants!

After inquiring, she found out that Qian Qi had actually signed contracts with classmates, promising that if she helped them heal the magic plants and complete the lab reports, they would give her the remaining seed quotas.

Ironically, Qian Qi did help them heal the plants!

She initially held a glimmer of hope, thinking these magic plants were all ingredients for Hemostatic Medicine, even shamelessly asking all her classmates for tips and diligently recording the growing and healing methods for those magic plants...

But during the growing process, quite a few mishaps occurred, and she nearly got bitten to death by the magic plants!

Moreover, the sheer number of plants she had to grow required day and night care for several days, leaving her pale and emaciated, with dark circles under her eyes. She finally managed to go to a hotel with Senior Brother Chen, but she fell asleep before anything could happen!

In the end, she shamelessly asked for the finished products from classmates, but even when she went to the lab to make potions, she almost got disfigured from an explosion!

She had scrambled this hard and ended up with nothing but endless scars on both her mind and body!

And all of this was Qian Qi’s fault!

She now felt there was no magic potion formula to begin with; the Hemostatic Medicine was just merchandise Qian Qi brought in from outside. The magic potion formula was merely a smoke screen by Qian Qi!

"You, let go of me!" Chen Miaomiao said angrily through gritted teeth, her wounds were nearly being squeezed open by Qian Qi!

"Oh, oh, sorry, didn’t mean to hurt you, Miao Miao."

Qian Qi quickly let go, shaking her head and sighing at her state, "Sigh, I wanted to invite you to the betting scene with Senior Brother Chen the day after tomorrow. Looking at you like this, I guess you can’t get out of bed."

Chen Miaomiao’s heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly turned to Qian Qi, "You and Senior Brother Chen Tong? What did you bet on?"

Why didn’t she know?

Why would Senior Brother Chen suddenly face off with Qian Qi? Wasn’t he avoiding exposure? Or did he fancy Qian Qi?

Qian Qi touched her chin and asked in puzzlement, "Miao Miao, I only said Senior Brother Chen, I never mentioned Senior Brother Chen Tong..."

Chen Miaomiao secretly thought, "Oh no."

"I, you said Chen, and I could only think of Chen Tong!" Chen Miaomiao quickly explained, "And if it wasn’t for you fighting with him, I wouldn’t even know such a person..."

"Oh, I see." Of course, Qian Qi chose to believe the pitiable Miao Miao, who had no one to care for her, "Alright, take care and rest well, I won’t disturb you anymore."

With that, Qian Qi returned to her bed.

Chen Miaomiao: ???

No? After saying that, you’re just leaving? What is the bet between you and Senior Brother Chen Tong?!

Unfortunately, Qian Qi wasn’t going to answer her. She sat on her bed, delightfully opening her latest model Light Brain, and within a few minutes, couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Oh my, Senior Brother Chen is truly humorous." She occasionally let out such laughter, "Why is he rushing to give me money?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I must treat Senior Brother Chen better in the future~"

"He’s really my silly little darling~"

Qian Qi’s ambiguous words instantly put Chen Miaomiao on alert, fearing that Qian Qi would block her prepared escape routes. She immediately opened her Light Brain to confront Chen Tong with full momentum.

[Miao Miao desperate grind]: Senior Brother! Are you colluding with Qian Qi?!

[Chen Tong not sorrowful]: ??? Are you mad or something?

[Miao Miao desperate grind]: ???

Why would Senior Brother Chen Tong call her crazy? Although Qian Qi can be scary when fierce, she’s also quite beautiful when she doesn’t smile!

The key point is she can even get something as profitable as Blood Stopping Magic Potion; who wouldn’t be envious?

Chen Miaomiao didn’t believe Chen Tong wasn’t envious, and he might even disregard past grievances, planning to seduce Qian Qi with beauty and money!

Moreover, he had previously settled for less and chose to collaborate with her to kill Qian Qi, now he could settle for less and collaborate with Qian Qi to kill her!

After all, Chen Miaomiao had slept with Chen Tong for almost half a year, how could she not understand what kind of person Chen Tong was?

His heart wasn’t much purer than hers.

What if Chen Tong got blinded by profits and decided to first take her out with Qian Qi?

Or perhaps take her out first, then Qian Qi?

The more Chen Miaomiao thought, the more she felt Qian Qi’s words were not without meaning; she might have already learned everything from Chen Tong and couldn’t wait to come here to intimidate her!

No way, she must go see in person what these two plan to do together the day after tomorrow!

While Chen Miaomiao was having a mental storm, Qian Qi was feeling comfortable and extremely pleased with herself.

She lightly tapped her fingers on her Light Brain and opened the Awakener University forum.

The top of the list was the topic of "Blood Stopping Magic Potion" that had been fermenting for several days. She clicked in and saw quite a few students speculating in Hemostatic Medicine, and the prices were getting higher and higher.

"Oh my, these students do have a business mind~"

Qian Qi grinned, but she wasn’t on the forum to see these things.

She changed her forum username and then commented:

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Shock! Master Qian Qi made a bet to have a life-or-death battle with a D-level Contracted Beast?]

The post instantly attracted a crowd:

[--No way? That’s wild! A life-or-death battle with a D-level Contracted Beast, is she out of her mind?]

[--That’s a D-level beast, even a senior graduating at the D-level might not be able to win!]

[--No, you’re focusing on the wrong point! The key is where the battle will take place, I want to watch it!]

[--I want to watch too!]

Seeing the post gaining traction, Qian Qi continued leaving cheerful messages:

[--Dongfang Qianqi: The day after tomorrow, 10:00 a.m., Beast Square. Don’t miss it!]

[--Wow, thanks Brother Dongfang, I’ll definitely come and watch the day after tomorrow!]

[--Everyone remember to bring umbrellas, I think we’ll be covered in blood.]

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Not necessarily, I heard this duel will test Master Qian Qi’s new potion: Defense Fruit!]

[--Whoa? What new potion? What did I miss? Tell me about it!]

Qian Qi’s fingers moved lightly, and a large wave of elegant and magnificent Defense Fruit descriptions were typed out. Satisfied that the post was hot enough, she exited the "Blood Stopping Magic Potion" topic and sinisterly stretched her finger joints.

Just promoting this match in a single hot topic wasn’t enough, right?

Qian Qi planned to sweep every topic!!!

With a click on the Light Brain, Qian Qi sorted by topic popularity and began crazily leaving comments to hype in major topics.

Under the hot topic "#Who is the most beautiful campus flower/prince in your heart?":

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Explosive! A stunning flower season girl and a D-level Contracted Beast in a love-hate relationship, to find out the details, visit Beast Square at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow!]

Under the hot topic "#Is the principal really bald?":

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Principal shocked bald! An ordinary student absurdly decided to face a D-level Contracted Beast? He decided to rush to Beast Square at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow to prevent such an unfortunate fate!]

In the heated topic "#Which awakening skills combination is the strongest?":

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Let me be blunt, all your combinations are trash! If you disagree, come to Beast Square at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow and debate with me! I’ll show you what a true strongman is!]

Qian Qi didn’t even spare some cold topics.

Under the niche topic "#When will our school give away hover balance bikes for free?":

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Rumor has it! The magical item the whole world craves will be sold at Beast Square at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow!]

Under the niche topic "#Whose feet smell the worst in our school?":

[--Dongfang Qianqi: Breaking news! At 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow, the person with the best-smelling feet will wager against the one with the smelliest feet! Go to Beast Square to find out whose feet smell the worst!]

Qian Qi spent nearly the whole night wandering the forum, continuously leaving comments to draw the attention of Awakener University students to this Contracted Beast duel.