Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 91 - 091 Completely give up on the Qin Family, success! [1 more update]

Chapter 91: 091 Completely give up on the Qin Family, success! [1 more update]

Hearing this, Madam Qin’s pupils shrank sharply, and she couldn’t help but take a step back, "You and Shen Que..."

Just the day before yesterday, she had been telling Patriarch Qin that she suspected that as soon as Qin Xian awoke, he was taken away by the police, and it was definitely not just a coincidence.

She always had this vague feeling that she was being led by the nose by someone.

But Patriarch Qin told her not to overthink it, what kind of person was Shen Que? Who in all of Shenzhou could make him obey orders?

Even when facing his mentor, the Supreme Elder of the Su Family, he dared to point at his nose and curse.

Yet at this moment, the last point of doubt was shattered, and the logic of everything finally came full circle.

Even if she still wasn’t clear on how exactly Ye Wanlan managed to mobilize Bureau 723, nor how she had convinced Shen Que.

Could it be that these four years, Ye Wanlan dropping out, entering the modeling world, acting as a body double, were all just a facade of playing the pig to eat the tiger?

The scheming was just too deep, and the capacity to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens too strong!

"Indeed, I knew I wasn’t wrong!" Madam Qin said with a defeated look, muttering, "It was still you, you had planned this all along."

One link led to another, each closely interlocking.

The moment they fell for the first trap, they would never be able to extricate themselves.

"After all this, Madam Qin still hasn’t seen clearly that this is your responsibility." Ye Wanlan walked past Madam Qin without giving her another glance, "The last time, the fifty million could have been written off."

Madam Qin opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a single word.

By this time, there were many more people at the school gate, coming and going, she bit her lower lip and quickly left.

"Madam." Steward Qin still looked panicked, "What should we do about the third young master? Can we really just watch him be taken away?"

The crimes of Qin Xian, if severe, could mean the death penalty; if minor, life imprisonment.

Even if he behaved well in prison and received a sentence reduction, who could know what the Qin Family would become in ten or twenty years?

Madam Qin had a premonition that if the Qin Family crossed paths with Ye Wanlan in the future, it would truly be the death of the Qin Family.

Originally, she had also been thinking about how to eliminate Ye Wanlan, but this incident told her that she must stay far away.

She couldn’t fathom what kind of trump cards Ye Wanlan possessed, and a person who had not yet revealed their trump cards was definitely not to be provoked!

"What to do? What else can we do?" Madam Qin gritted her teeth, "After he’s discharged, can’t he just stay obediently at home? Why did he insist on opposing Ye Wanlan? He really must not want to live!"

Steward Qin remained silent.

With these words, how could he not understand that the Qin Family had completely given up on Qin Xian.

"Go to the company, the stocks have been too volatile lately, we must stabilize them." Madam Qin pressed her temples, "Yiwei will be back in a couple of days too, with him around, I can relax a bit."

Qin Yu was the heir that the Qin Family focused on cultivating; as long as Qin Yu was safe, the Qin Family could be preserved for a long time.

She had to warn Qin Yu that in all of Jiangcheng, everyone else could be provoked but absolutely not Ye Wanlan.

**

The morning consisted of physics and history exams, with physics having eight out of ten examinees.

Under Xue Yiwei’s intense gaze, Ye Wanlan walked indifferently into the history examination room.

Xue Yiwei’s expression turned cold in an instant.

"You challenge her, how could she possibly accept?" Su Xubai naturally knew what Xue Yiwei was thinking, "Let’s go to the exam, stop giving her looks."

Xue Yiwei smiled, "If she doesn’t accept the challenge in the final exam, how can she evade it in the training camp?"

The physics competition summer training camp gathered the top physics students from all the high schools in Jiangcheng, and even she and Su Xubai weren’t sure they could secure a place in the top three.

If Ye Wanlan went, she could only be at the bottom.

Twenty minutes later, the bell rang, and the exam officially began.

Ye Wanlan got the history paper and quickly skimmed through the questions.

There was no difficulty in these questions, but she still enjoyed doing them.

Every history question she did deepened her memory of history.

Shenzhou had its golden age and its times of chaos; every time period made up the five thousand years of Shenzhou.

And she always needed to remember, the national disgrace and her family’s vengeance had not yet been avenged.

Ye Wanlan soon finished the entire set of history papers, leaning back in her seat, but then she started to recall the dream she had the night before.

It might have been because she had been overly tired these past few days, but she dreamt of Shenzhou engulfed in war, countless people dying, innumerable cultural relics being plundered.

Small artifacts were violently stuffed into bags, large ones that couldn’t be transported were smashed into pieces and then painstakingly taken away piece by piece.

She heard the cries of these cultural relics, echoes that lingered in her ears even after waking up.

Ye Wanlan closed her eyes briefly, then picked up her pen and listed a few places on her scratch paper—

Global Center Museum, Starman Federal Empire Museum, Northern Lands Museum, South Ming National Museum...

There were a total of twelve museums around the world, housing many of Shenzhou’s cultural relics.

Ye Wanlan pondered, then planned out a list for these places, thinking about how she could bring back the lost artifacts.

The supervising teacher once again stopped by Ye Wanlan’s desk, staring at the names of countries on the scratch paper, his mind somewhat befuddled.

Why did this student switch to war mode while answering history questions?

What are these things she’s written?

The supervising teacher was a bit lost for a moment but could identify a few phrases he recognized from the grand work "The Art of War by Sun Tzu."

"..." He fell silent for a moment, then quietly walked away.

When it was time to collect the draft papers, he planned to take his to a university classmate who specialized in ancient warfare studies for consultation.

By 5:00 p.m., the foreign language exam had officially concluded, leaving only the choice of two out of four subjects – biology, chemistry, politics, geography – for tomorrow’s tests.

Ye Wanlan got into Rong Yu’s car.

"I’m so sorry, Student Ye, we had something to attend to this morning and couldn’t pick you up," Rong Yu said. "We’ll definitely continue to drive you to school tomorrow."

Ye Wanlan raised an eyebrow.

She wasn’t a child anymore. What was wrong with going to school by herself?

"Shall we eat out today, or go back home?" Yan Tingfeng asked, tilting his head.

Ye Wanlan said indifferently, "Let’s not eat first. I’m going to visit the prison."

"Prison visit?" Rong Yu leaned forward, curiously asking, "Whose prison?"

"Qin Xian."

The evidence in the case was rock solid. Though the trial hadn’t started, Qin Xian’s situation was indistinguishable from that of someone who was already thoroughly incarcerated.

Ye Wanlan approached alone and sat in front of the glass window.

Two prison guards escorted Qin Xian over.

"Ye Wanlan!" Qin Xian, who had been despondent up to that point, suddenly became excited upon seeing the girl, "It’s you, it’s all because of you!"

In the past, he had been to the police station many times, but he would be released unscathed within three days at most.

This time, he also waited for the Qin Family to bail him out, but after such a long time, no one came.

Madam Qin had visited once before, speaking words as if they were close, but she remained tight-lipped about how to get him out.

Even the Qin Family was out of options?!

"When you made a move against my uncle, you should have thought about the price you’d have to pay," Ye Wanlan looked up, "You should also be grateful that you live in modern society."

If it had been 300 years ago, when she was her past self, a simple beheading would suffice.

For a moment, Qin Xian almost thought Ye Wanlan was going to kill him.

He broke out in cold sweat, terrified, yet he still managed to bluster, "Then why didn’t you kill me that day? Go on, kill me and you’ll be done for too!"

"What are you talking about?" Ye Wanlan’s voice was calm, and she smiled faintly, "I was busy shuttling between the hospital and the police station that day; when did I even see you?"

Qin Xian stared at her intently, his throat issuing a hoarse sound, his eyes rolling white uncontrollably.

"I came to tell you that the Qin Family has given up on you. Your mother even came to plead with me," Ye Wanlan stood up, "Behave well while you’re in here, and strive for a sentence reduction by meritorious service."

Stricken by a rush of fury, Qin Xian fainted then and there.

Rong Yu couldn’t help but rub his arms.

That statement was truly heart-wrenching.

He suddenly felt that Student Ye was more suited to be a psychological counselor than he was, capable of probing into the psyche of others!

Rong Yu looked at Ye Wanlan with a melancholic gaze, "Student Ye, can you not enter the psychology field in the future? I’m afraid I’d be out of a job."

Before Ye Wanlan could respond, Yan Tingfeng said indifferently, "Do you also want to return to Yunjing?"

"I don’t!" Rong Yu muttered, "I still have to complete the old man’s mission."

**

Two days later, the final exams officially ended, but the students still had to return to school for classes.

Apart from the twenty-three students attending the physics competition training camp, the rest would be catching up on lessons until the end of July.

Today, teachers from each subject were going over the test papers, and after listening to them, the students’ lingering hopes were thoroughly extinguished.

"Such twisted math problems, I’d be happy just to pass."

"I bet the physics questions were set by Old Ren. Even God Su didn’t get the last one completely right."

In the corridor, Xue Yiwei was on the phone.

Mother Xue asked with concern: "Have the final grades come out? How did you do?"

"The grades probably won’t be completely out for another two days. I’ll go check with the math department first," Xue Yiwei said.

"Alright then, don’t hesitate to tell your mother if there are any difficulties," Mother Xue advised, "Get along well with Xubai. Even if there’s no other gain from this trip to Jiangcheng, making contact with the Su Family is quite good."

Xue Yiwei, however, was not content to stop there: "Mom, didn’t you tell Aunt Su that Jiangcheng would definitely undergo major changes? We absolutely cannot miss this opportunity."

"Alright, alright," Mother Xue laughed, "It’s good that you have this aspiration, but don’t force things. Even now, we still haven’t seen any major changes in Jiangcheng."

She had also heard from the Su Family that the Rong Family had sent core members of their direct lineage to Jiangcheng.

However, she knew very little about the Rong Family, who were enigmatic, and she had never even seen any member of the Rong Family.

After ending the call, Xue Yiwei gave it some thought, then headed for the office of the head of the math department.

"Teacher, have the results come out? I checked my paper, and I conservatively estimate my score should be above 135 points," she said.

"Oh, it’s Yiwei. Are you asking about the overall rank for math?" The head of the math department pushed up his glasses, "All the teachers have uploaded the scores. The total score and the individual rank should be out. Let me check."

Xue Yiwei nodded, stepping forward, her gaze fixed unswervingly on the screen.

She, too, wanted to know who ranked first in the math test this time, herself or Su Xubai.