Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 500: 480 Chapter: Once Again

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”So, the timing of the thefts for both of you matches,” Luo Qianqian raised an eyebrow.

There were two possibilities for Cao Yingying: one was that the thief was crying ’stop thief,’ so she would know the exact time, meaning her time had to be accurate; the other possibility was that she really did lose money, which was why she knew.

”Where did you put your money, Cao Yingying?” Luo Qianqian bit her lower lip tightly before finally asking.

Taken aback, Cao Yingying then pointed to her own cabinet: ”In the cabinet, it should be under the bag of things I just bought.”

Luo Qianqian walked to the front of the cabinet and pulled it open in one swift movement, frowning slightly at the contents—apparently, various clothes and bags that Cao Yingying had brought back these past two days, none of which were worth less than two hundred yuan.

After casually flipping through, Luo Qianqian’s face took on a more serious expression.

”Are you sure you didn’t remember it wrong?”

”Huh?” Qin Nuan was incredulous: ”How could that be? I still have the withdrawal reminder on my phone.”

Luo Qianqian frowned and nodded.

That meant the thief was only after cash and not interested in valuable items. Not necessarily uninterested though; some items could be traced back to their owner, like Qin Nuan’s watch, which had a customer number on it.

If it was an outsider, it would be one thing, but if it was someone from the dorm, what exactly was it for?

Cong Rong seemed to have thought of something as well, pursing her lips: ”Why don’t I make up the money for you?”

Qin Nuan was about to say something but was immediately stopped by Luo Qianqian, who smiled: ”No worries, at worst I’ll just stop tricking Nuannuan into buying me snacks.”

Cocking her head towards Qin Nuan, Luo Qianqian gave a meaningful look, her eyes drifting towards the other people in the room.

Qin Nuan understood her meaning.

If it was someone from the dorm in urgent need of cash for some unspeakable reason, it would be embarrassing to not be able to admit it now. Once they resolved their pressing issue, they would most likely return the money.

And if it wasn’t someone from the dorm, it didn’t make sense that they hadn’t heard rumors of theft from other dorms.

With this in mind, Qin Nuan didn’t say anything more, and the earlier mention of calling the police before Luo Qianqian’s return was also completely dropped.

They all knew Qin Nuan wasn’t one to make things up out of thin air, and in the dorm, the only three people who could casually fork out a thousand yuan were Luo Qianqian, Qin Nuan, and Cong Rong.

It wasn’t their wish to suspect a roommate and friend with whom they had always gotten along well.

They were more suspicious of Cao Yingying, who was always at odds with them, but Cao Yingying insisted she too had lost money.

No one spoke until the bell rang, and they were only then jolted into grabbing their books and dashing out the door, running wildly to their respective classrooms without any regard for their image.

No one noticed a pair of eyes filled with guilt.

”Why are you late?” When Luo Qianqian arrived at the classroom, the teacher smiled and let her back to her seat; it was Yue Xiluo’s class.

”... I overslept,” Luo Qianqian lied with her eyes wide open, but no one knew.

The classroom was fully seated, except for the seat beside Elvis, which was still empty.

After sitting down, Luo Qianqian was full of gratitude: ”Thank you for saving my seat, otherwise I might have had to stand through the class.”

Elvis just smiled and didn’t reply.

Yue Xiluo’s classes were humorous and easy to understand, the key point being that he didn’t ask questions, so the number of students coming out of interest had increased a bit.

As Luo Qianqian took notes with a serious expression, she suddenly heard Elvis speak: ”I’m going to have a health check-up, do you have any recommendation for a place?”

”Uh? I usually just go anywhere, I don’t have any particular choice,” Luo Qianqian said seriously.

No surprise showed on Elvis’s face, he just smiled and nodded: ”Me too, it’s said it’s best to have a health check-up every six months.”

A health check-up? Hadn’t she already been for a health check-up last time? What did Elvis’s words imply?

Was there something reminding her or what?

”But I already went before, you know?” Luo Qianqian replied with a light smile, her gaze fixed on Elvis: ”So what do you think I should check for?”

Elvis, unfazed, merely chuckled: ”Check why you haven’t grown taller.”

Luo Qianqian was exasperated; was he talking about her height issue?

Having heard Elvis’s explanation, she didn’t make much of it, simply ignoring him and paying attention to the class.

After class, Luo Qianqian went straight back to the dorm, ignoring what Wang Zi and Sun Bin were saying about a class dinner over the weekend. Qin Nuan had sent her a message, asking her to return to the dorm as soon as possible after class.

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Qin Nuan indeed was already in the dormitory, and even the others had come back.

”What happened?” Luo Qianqian was a bit surprised.

Qin Nuan looked directly at Cao Yingying.

After a moment of silence, Cao Yingying took out a pair of shoes she hadn’t worn yet and showed the inside to Luo Qianqian. These shoes had been kept in a shoebox in the cupboard, and inside the shoes was a neat stack of money, all in one hundred yuan denominations.

Luo Qianqian blinked, ”Isn’t it only those who are getting married that step on money? This is really fashionable.”

”What are you talking about.” Qin Nuan gave her a glance and explained, ”She came back to pack her things and somehow came across it, then didn’t take it out either.”

Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes and directly took out the money to count it, twelve bills, and asked Cao Yingying calmly, ”Is this yours?”

Cao Yingying shook her head.

Luo Qianqian calmly handed one thousand yuan to Qin Nuan and two hundred yuan to Cao Yingying, ”There, isn’t that settled? What’s there to be confused about?”

Yet, why did she find herself inexplicably and wholeheartedly excited? This familiar feeling...

After Qin Nuan and Cao Yingying took the money and checked it, it was indeed brand new, but their hands soon developed tiny bumps and started to itch, ”What’s going on?” Qin Nuan instinctively tossed the money back onto the desk.

Looking at Luo Qianqian, they noticed her eyes shining scarily bright and slightly red. After a moment of shock, they wrapped the money with a towel, grabbed Luo Qianqian, ”I’m going to the infirmary to have my hand looked at, you guys go eat first!”

The familiar situation, last time Luo Qianqian seemed to be worse off, her eyes already blood red, now just slightly red was already a lot better.

Seeing the beads of sweat on Luo Qianqian’s forehead, Qin Nuan quickened their pace.

They quickly took Luo Qianqian to the infirmary, the only problem was, Fang Rou was not there.

Qin Nuan was frantic, hopping around, ”Hang in there, Qianqian, I’ll go find her!” Saying so, they helped Luo Qianqian to lie down on a bed to one side, and hurried out of the infirmary, carrying the towel and the money inside.

Soon after they left, Fang Rou returned from another direction and upon seeing the bright, blood-red eyes on the bed, she understood the situation immediately.

Without waiting for Luo Qianqian to speak, she administered the injection.

Luo Qianqian closed her eyes.

When Qin Nuan returned and saw Fang Rou already there and Luo Qianqian with her eyes closed, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She pulled out one hundred yuan.

Fang Rou looked puzzled, ”What for?”

Qin Nuan showed her hand to her, ”Am I having an allergic reaction?”

Fang Rou took the money, and the next second, she threw it onto the floor, ”Where did you get this?”

Qin Nuan’s face darkened, ”My friend paid me back.”

There was no reason to go into specifics with Fang Rou, so Qin Nuan was a bit dismissive.

Fang Rou looked at Luo Qianqian with concern, ”Has she touched it?”

Qin Nuan was taken aback, then nodded.

Despair crept onto Fang Rou’s face, ”Give me the money, I’ll exchange it for you, no problem. How much do you have?” As she spoke, she took the towel, donned plastic gloves before she picked up the money, ”I’ll get you cash. Wash your hands thoroughly and apply some of this.” She exited with the towel and the money.

Qin Nuan hardly had time to react before her belongings were taken. She could only watch Fang Rou’s retreating figure, wash her hands, and apply the ointment. Noticing that Luo Qianqian had also touched it and slightly frowning, she took the ointment intending to apply it to Luo Qianqian as well, only to find that there were no red spots on her hands, but the skin was overall reddish.

She had originally planned to have her brother test it, but now...

They couldn’t even figure out what was happening with Luo Qianqian.

It wasn’t long before Fang Rou returned, carrying an IV drip. Seeing Qin Nuan with ointment in hand, at a loss over what to do with Luo Qianqian’s hands.

”Step aside for now, her situation is different from yours.” The drugs inside her body had residuals, and external stimulus had triggered a part of it, coincidentally coming into contact with a substance that had the opposite medicinal effect, which is why her whole body was feverish. However, due to the drugs inside her body, the external substance did not remain on the skin surface but instead neutralized it.

The only problem was that in order to neutralize the substance, the automatic activation of the drugs in her body was too strong, necessitating the use of other drugs to press it down.

”Can you explain to me?” Qin Nuan asked coldly as she watched Fang Rou prepare to hang the drip for Luo Qianqian.

Fang Rou let out a sigh, ”The stuff on the money will cause bumps if touched by ordinary people, and if left untreated, it will just be red and swollen for a couple of days. But she’s different. You should consider, whether someone is targeting you or her. If it’s you, it’s no big deal, but if it’s her...”

”What would happen?”

”Then this time it may just be a probe. Next time, it won’t be just mere unconsciousness.” Fang Rou gave her a glance, ”That’s all I can say, I won’t tell you more. Even if you wanted to investigate that substance, you wouldn’t be able to find anything.”