Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack
Chapter 508 - 488: Who is the person behind the scenes? (Part 1)

Chapter 508: Chapter 488: Who is the person behind the scenes? (Part 1)

The next morning, Cong Rong and Cao Yingying had already left, and Zhang Yun and Xiu Ran had also gone to class. There wasn’t a sound in the dormitory.

Qin Nuan sighed, lying on her bed and kicked Luo Qianqian’s bed with her foot, "Hurry and get up."

Luo Qianqian was already up. Hearing Qin Nuan’s voice, she also sighed, "It feels so strange for it to be this quiet."

Normally, their dorm was always bustling. As soon as it was time, if one got up, the others couldn’t sleep anymore, regardless of having classes or not, and they would all head to class together, laughing and causing a ruckus.

It never seemed that noisy before, but now that it was quiet, she found it quite eerie.

"Get up, okay?" Qin Nuan eventually sighed. Things had happened that were too bizarre. If everything was still normal now, she would be truly frightened.

Luo Qianqian hummed, her eyes trailing to the ceiling with a hint of melancholy. She had woken up when Cong Rong left, knowing clearly that Cong Rong had stood in the room for a while before leaving, not knowing whether to say goodbye or wait for someone to say farewell.

When Cao Yingying left, she hadn’t paused, but after she stepped out, she softly said goodbye.

She knew when Zhang Yun and Xiu Ran left, but she had to pretend not to know. She also knew that Zhang Yun had messaged her before leaving the room reminding her not to be late.

"Who do you suspect?" Qin Nuan gave a bitter smile as she gazed around the empty dormitory, her face filled with discomfort, her bitter smile tinged with complete helplessness.

Luo Qianqian was startled, hesitating for a moment before saying, "They all have motives..."

"I know," Qin Nuan gave a bitter smile, pulling out the boxed soy milk she had bought earlier and handed it to Luo Qianqian, "Going on like this, it won’t be long before we break down. Shall we apply for day schooling?"

"I’m a freshman," Luo Qianqian sighed. It was fine for Qin Nuan to apply for day schooling, but as a freshman, it wasn’t possible.

"Then who do you think is the least suspicious?" Qin Nuan looked at the soy milk in Luo Qianqian’s hands, her pupils dilating, "Don’t drink it!"

The moment Luo Qianqian was about to put the straw in her mouth, she stopped instinctively.

Qin Nuan snatched the soy milk from Luo Qianqian’s hand, her fingernails scraping the box, peeling off the hot glue that sealed the straw, and saw the soy milk slowly seeping out from where the glue had been, her face turning pale.

Luo Qianqian was also stunned, staring in disbelief at what was happening.

After a moment, Qin Nuan grabbed a plastic bag and put the soy milk in it, "You go to class, I’ll find Shiba."

Luo Qianqian was taken aback, just about to say something, but heard Qin Nuan say, "If neither of us are here, it will arouse suspicion."

Luo Qianqian thought about it, and indeed, before figuring out what it was, it was better for them to pretend they didn’t know anything. After all, yesterday they hadn’t even thought about checking their food and drinks. Now that both Cong Rong and Cao Yingying were gone, it was best not to talk too much.

Luo Qianqian herself had doubts, what kind of motive could drive someone to do these things?

She obediently went to class and took notes diligently. Just before class was about to end, Elvis finally spoke, "Have you encountered any trouble recently?"

Luo Qianqian instinctively became alert. What did this question mean? What did he know?

She then shook her head, "What trouble?" Her face was all Dan Ran, and seeing nothing amiss, Elvis secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "It’s nothing. I just felt you seemed out of sorts."

Luo Qianqian smiled and shook her head, "I didn’t sleep well, felt like there were mosquitoes last night."

Elvis nodded and did not speak anymore.

After class, Luo Qianqian grabbed her bag and exited the academic building. At Qin Nuan’s request, she carried her essential items with her at all times—her wallet, credentials, two mobile phones, and her sewing kit.

While others rushed to the cafeteria, she checked the location Qin Nuan had sent on her phone’s screen and ran under the blazing sun to the school gate to catch a taxi.

It was as if a dog was chasing her.

Qin Nuan was in Qin Wen’s office. Watching Luo Qianqian arrive in a rush, she pushed the just-delivered chicken leg rice towards her, "Why are you in such a hurry? My brother isn’t even back yet."

...The message didn’t say that. Luo Qianqian looked at the rice and raised an eyebrow, "Wow, chicken legs? I thought given your personality, you would have brought me a couple of pig’s trotters instead."

Wait a second, pig’s trotters...

"Did you also meet with Conan today?" Qin Nuan realized belatedly.

Luo Qianqian nodded, a look of frustration on her face, "And it seems like big brother is coming back too???"

"Hehe..." Qin Nuan was speechless. Cong Rong had already left, and she didn’t know if Luo Yanwu was aware.

"Why do I feel like things have been off lately? Could it be Mercury in retrograde?" Luo Qianqian said seriously, with no delay in her hands as she quickly opened the wooden fast-food box and grabbed a chicken leg, biting into it.

"Why don’t you say it’s because someone is cursing you?" Qin Nuan rolled her eyes, "I’m starting to suspect there is some mastermind behind the scenes directing this."

"Detective Conan? The Men in Black Organization? FBI? Don’t scare me, although our process of shrinking from taking medication does seem similar haha..." She seriously considered whether there really was a Men in Black Organization.

Just then, the office door was pushed open. Qin Wen looked strangely at the two sisters eating, stuffing their mouths with food, a look of disgust on his face, "Can’t you deign to eat downstairs?" He frowned and opened the window, letting in a wave of heat. Although it was dizzyingly stuffy, the fragrant smell of the chicken legs did dissipate a bit.

Qin Nuan turned the air conditioning down two more degrees before putting down her chopsticks, "How is it?" Her face was tense, fearing the soy milk contained something deadly.

If she hadn’t been paying attention and had missed the spot on the soy milk, she’d now be facing Luo Qianqian’s corpse.

"I’m beginning to think you’re teasing me." Qin Wen frowned as well, "It’s just a bit of honey, isn’t it? Do you need to act like someone’s out to murder you so early in the morning?"

"Honey?" Qin Nuan repeated incredulously.

Luo Qianqian raised an eyebrow, quietly continued eating her chicken leg rice, and listened for more.

"It’s actually very exquisite honey, the pollen seems rare." Qin Wen nodded, glanced at the smoothie set aside, casually took a sip, then added, "It’s harmless to the human body."

Qin Nuan’s face was filled with disbelief. Harmless? Then why go to all this trouble? And to inject it with a syringe, no less?

If she hadn’t been absent-minded, her gaze wouldn’t have caught that spot on the soy milk, and she wouldn’t have noticed—it was all a coincidence: "Really? Then why do it so sneakily?"

After hearing what she said, Qin Wen was caught between laughter and tears, walked over, and patted her on the head, "Have you been silly from the heat lately? Heatstroke or what? What kind of things are you saying?"

Luo Qianqian hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Then, could that honey react with some special substances?"