Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack-Chapter 726 - 706: An Old Friend Comes and Becomes a Mystery?
``` 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"Mm," Shen Yan nodded lightly, her face showing no change in expression.
It was only then that Luo Qianqian’s face grew serious. Shen Yan had always been a meticulous and calm child in junior high. Her current hesitation was evident, was she facing some problem or...
Thinking of Xiu Ran’s matter, aside from friends like He Wenyu whom she could trust blindly, Luo Qianqian still decided to remain cautious.
The incident with Chu Ting had served as a stern warning. An innocent-looking person may not necessarily have a heart as pure and adorable as their appearance. Even with her old friends, the current strangeness forced her to heighten her guard.
"Is there something you need my help with?" Luo Qianqian hesitated before deciding to take the initiative to ask. After all, dilly-dallying was not a solution.
Shen Yan was stunned for a long while before she slowly nodded.
"What is it? If I can help, I’ll do my best," Luo Qianqian said. She wasn’t foolish enough to promise to help definitely. What if she got herself in trouble?
Yet, Shen Yan fell silent again. After a long thought, she suddenly asked, "Do you think Han Lei is safe?"
Luo Qianqian was stunned by the question and didn’t reply. She couldn’t answer whether he was safe, but saying he wasn’t didn’t seem right either. The Han Family now gave her the impression of a terrorist organization. If she had a choice, she definitely wouldn’t want to get involved again. Thinking about what Han Chen had said, she sighed faintly, "I can’t respond to that question."
After hearing Luo Qianqian’s response, Shen Yan gave a bitter smile, "He’s not living well, but he’s clothed and fed, right?"
Luo Qianqian nodded. That didn’t sound wrong. At the very least, what she saw confirmed it, and he still had the energy to come and settle scores with her. Clearly, his situation wasn’t too bad.
"Then that’s good, Qianqian. I just came to see how you were," Shen Yan said suddenly, smiling with a sense of relief on her face. She checked the time on her phone, "I need to catch a flight, so I have to go now. You should focus on your classes."
After speaking, she got up and ran off swiftly.
Luo Qianqian stood up, wanting to chase after Shen Yan but then sat back down, frowning. They had exchanged only a few sentences. Was Shen Yan really just visiting her out of simple concern? Impossible. She clearly remembered that Pei Yuhao and the others had messaged her, but she hadn’t replied. When she tried calling, the number she had was no longer in service. After asking everyone and not getting her new number, she gave up.
She picked up her bag and sat back down in the front row, her brows tightly knit, feeling perplexed. What was the purpose of this visit, really? Just to see her? But Shen Yan hadn’t shown any excitement upon seeing her, rather there was a hint of discomfort.
Elvis, noticing Luo Qianqian frowning, nudged her, "What’s wrong?"
"Something feels off about her. She didn’t seem excited to see an old friend after such a long time, did she?"
He Wenyu would just throw herself onto her, forgetting even to give the gifts she had prepared.
Maybe their friendship wasn’t that deep?
Compared to He Wenyu and Qin Nuan, who she was deeply bonded with, it seemed the interactions with her high school friends like Li Qi and Chu Ci were more relaxed. Today’s meeting brought no joy, only mounting suspicion.
Shen Yan ran out of the teaching building and slowed down her pace. She looked back at the life that belonged to Luo Qianqian, forcing a smile, "You need to be careful, okay?"
In the end, she couldn’t bring herself to entangle an innocent person in such a family as the Han Family...
She was willing to be the villain for Han Lei’s sake, but facing Luo Qianqian, a friend who had once made the same choice as her and to whom she had leaked information during times of crisis, she ultimately couldn’t do it.
She knew Luo Qianqian was already having a hard enough time, being targeted by the top leading lady and even the Han Family’s repeated hostilities.
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Han Chen...
She sighed softly, "The debt Han Lei and I owed you has been repaid, next time, I might really make a move, you know. Be careful."
"Shen Yan." Before she could finish speaking, she saw a man in a white shirt leap down from a tree nearby, holding a book, and he took off his glasses, "How about we make a deal?"
"Who are you? How do you know..." my name?
"You don’t need to know who I am, I can help you, but there is one condition." The man picked up a fallen leaf and tucked it between the pages of the book, "How about it?"
"Are you crazy?" Shen Yan didn’t hesitate and turned to leave.
But the man just smiled, "Are you willing to do anything for Han Lei?"
Hearing another name from the man’s mouth, Shen Yan’s face turned ice cold, and she clenched her fists tightly, "Who exactly are you?"
"Who am I? You can call me ’Mr. Perfect.’" The man said with a laugh, "All you need to know is that if you harm the girl in the classroom, what you’ll have to endure will far exceed your current situation!"
Luo Qianqian?!
Shen Yan’s eyes widened suddenly. Was it because of Luo Qianqian? How was that possible? Wasn’t it said that behind Luo Qianqian there was only the inconsequential Luo Family?
"Perhaps the person behind you hasn’t told you, but behind Luo Qianqian there’s a leviathan even she can’t contend with." The man spoke nonchalantly, his hands behind his back, "Considering that you once were her friend, I’d advise you that the wicked shall grind the wicked, and those who come together over interests will also part ways over them."
Shen Yan was immediately flustered, "You know?"
"You mean like how you arrived in Capital City half a month ago? Or where you’re staying, who you’ve met?" The man’s tone was full of disdain, "Did you think I’d let an enemy of someone I need to protect casually mix with outsiders? What if an oversight occurs, wouldn’t that be my dereliction?"
Shen Yan’s face had turned pale. She had taken care to travel by train and then by car to avoid detection, but had she still been noticed?
"What about Han Lei?" Shen Yan didn’t care about what might happen to herself and directly asked about the person she was most concerned about.
"He’s fine, no need for your concern..." After saying this, he whispered something to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan’s eyes widened in shock.
"What do you need me to do?" Without any hesitation, Shen Yan’s previous indecision was nowhere to be seen.
"..." The man chuckled softly, whispered a few words to her, and watched as Shen Yan nodded, then smiled, his lips curving upward as he walked away at a leisurely pace.
Looking at the departing figure of the man, Shen Yan let out a soft sigh. Luo Qianqian’s side always seemed to have a bunch of extraordinary people; from Xu Tianyi at the beginning to the group of four from Class One later, she always found a way to gather these people around her.
"But this way, I don’t have to do anything, and I don’t have to feel guilty anymore." Shen Yan smiled and turned to leave.
Meanwhile, the man slowly approached the teaching building, stepping in as the bell for class rang.
Luo Qianqian was still full of confusion, rubbing her messy hair while her thoughts ran wild.
