Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack-Chapter 717 - 697: Specifically Asking for the Little Girl?
"Mr. Jimo, is it? Your family’s goods are in our hands," said the voice on the other end of the phone.
Jimo Cheng had an amused look on his face, "Hmm, and then?" He had no idea about the call that Old Master Jimo had just received outside.
The person on the other side was surprised by Jimo Cheng’s calmness. Glancing at the record sheet in hand, they noticed that the Jimo Family’s goods were actually the least valuable, which made them frown. It seemed that a portion of the Jimo Family’s goods had already been shipped away in batches? "You’ll need to cooperate if you want your goods back."
"How should I cooperate?" Jimo Cheng casually turned on the speakerphone and placed the phone on the table in front of the three of them, unable to resist smiling at the sparkling light in Luo Qianqian’s eyes.
"Please start by telling me the name of the hotel where you’re staying for the jade transaction and your room number, so I can register you."
"Oh, we don’t have money, so we’re staying at an old lady’s house, with meals included, and it’s not expensive," Jimo Cheng said with a straight face.
"..." The other end seemed taken aback by his answer and was somewhat dumbfounded.
On this end, Luo Qianqian was desperately trying not to laugh aloud, her words sounding as sincere as could be. The quality of scammers these days was pretty high, much better than those from before.
"Then do you know Mr. Jimo who’s staying in room 1008 at the Fuli Hotel?" The person on the other end didn’t know how to continue the conversation and could only ask this.
No sooner had these words left their mouth than both Luo Qianqian and Jimo Cheng’s faces changed color—wasn’t that their room? Even a scammer shouldn’t know the details so precisely, should they?
After hesitating for a moment, Jimo Cheng pretended to ponder, "Ah, my cousin, right? He’s probably out having fun somewhere now, what’s up? Are you looking for him for something?"
"May I ask if you know his number?"
"I do, but my cousin has always forbidden me from giving out his number to strangers, sorry. Maybe you should ask someone else?" Jimo Cheng’s facial expression was quite different from his lazy tone of voice.
Luo Qianqian thought hard but couldn’t figure out how Jimo Cheng’s information had been leaked. However, almost in a flash of insight, she remembered that the contact information they left at the auction was Jimo Cheng’s.
"Oh, thank you then. Do you know the little girl who is with your cousin?"
In an instant, Jimo Cheng’s face took on a grim look. The little girl? Without a doubt, it had to be Luo Qianqian!
Luo Qianqian was also agape. What was going on? 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
"I know her," Jimo Cheng continued without betraying any emotion, his eyes alone betraying a chill that showed he was listening.
"Could you give us her information then? Rest assured, as soon as you do, we will immediately return your family’s goods to your home."
"Let me call you back in a bit after I talk it over with my cousin," Jimo Cheng said.
"Alright, alright."
After hanging up, Luo Qianqian’s face took on an ugly expression, "They are looking for me?" The ’cousin’ Jimo Cheng spoke of was himself, and the only little girl staying with him there, without any doubt, was Luo Qianqian alone.
"I will check with Grandpa first; I’ll call you, and when you receive it, don’t mind it," Jimo Cheng said, his face full of unease. He decided to make the phone appear as if he was really making a call. Luo Qianqian also placed her phone on the table, and both calls were connected.
The three of them quickly left the study, and Jimo Cheng immediately asked, "Grandpa, what happened to that batch of goods?"
Old Master Jimo looked surprised, "How did you know?" He hadn’t planned to tell him, wondering why the three children all looked so serious.
Old Master Luo looked at his granddaughter’s deeply furrowed brow, "Did someone contact you?"
Old Master Jimo also paused, realizing that even if someone wanted to reach out to him, they couldn’t, so they would have to use the most recent contact information, which meant the number registered at the hotel auction was the clue.
"It seems they are looking for Qianqian and me," Jimo Cheng said with pursed lips, recounting the phone call’s content.
Old Master Jimo was confused, "That doesn’t make sense. If we’re talking about kidnapping for ransom, Jin Nian is more valuable. Not many people know Qianqian’s identity, so there’s no reason for them to target her."
However, Jimo Cheng didn’t see it that way; in his eyes, Luo Qianqian was worth much more than him.
To capture him, at most it would be a matter of ransom, but for Luo Qianqian—that was a gambling stone expert. In front of him, apart from deliberate actions, she had never slipped up, even correctly appraising that last piece of gambling stone that rarely failed.
Her value exceeded his, with Luo Qianqian present, gambling on stones would simply never be a loss, but who could it be? Who would have noticed this?
Luo Qianqian immediately had a guess, that card.
Could it really be because of this that they wanted her? If only she hadn’t brought it back...
"Grandfather..." Jimo Cheng glanced at Luo Qianqian, then at Old Master Luo, who was worried about Luo Qianqian, and bit his lower lip tightly, "I have been hiding something."
"What?" Jimo Cheng was taken aback, not expecting his grandson to suddenly make such a statement.
Jimo Cheng looked at Luo Qianqian and helplessly tugged at his lips, "Qianqian’s talent in gambling on stones, of those I have seen, none surpass her."
Old Master Jimo was directly stunned, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, Qianqian’s gambling stone talent is extremely high, of all the people I’ve seen, she has a unique rate of turning stones to jade."
"I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about what does this have to do with the matter at hand?" Old Master Jimo looked puzzled.
Jimo Cheng clenched his fists tightly, "I suspect someone has taken note of her talent."
Luo Qianqian was startled, could you not be so frightening? Could it be they wanted to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? Was this also because of the Warm Jade?
"Qianqian." Old Master Luo directly looked at Luo Qianqian, his eyes filled with inquiry.
Luo Qianqian hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Old Master Luo sighed and sat back down on the sofa. He had thought it was the Jimo Family that would bring his granddaughter into trouble, but it appeared that who was dragging whom down was really uncertain.
This granddaughter of his had given him too many surprises from childhood to now, and it had turned into shocks.
Old Master Jimo looked at Luo Qianqian, "Come with me," and walked into the study.
Luo Qianqian was momentarily stunned but hurriedly followed. After a moment of hesitation, Jimo Cheng followed too.
Meanwhile, Qin Nuan and Old Master Luo sat in the living room, silence spreading throughout the home.
Old Master Jimo, seeing the two phones in the middle of a call without any surprise, just took two boxes off a shelf, "Which of these is more valuable?"
Luo Qianqian looked at Old Master Jimo in amazement but after seeing the seriousness on his face, she reluctantly reached into her pocket and grabbed the Warm Jade. One hand was placed on the box, feeling nothing, and the Warm Jade also showed no change.
After a moment, she shook her head, "I don’t know."
Old Master Jimo opened the boxes to reveal two scrolls of books.
Old Master Jimo nodded, then put the books back in their place and took down two Jade Pendants, both snow-white and translucent.
"Which of these two is more valuable?"
Luo Qianqian felt the Jade Token, but still shook her head, "I still don’t know."
"Jin Nian, bring the two stones from the balcony here."
