Rebirth Counterattack with Space

After saying goodbye to Tian Lili, the two parted ways. Then, Qi Xinrou thought for a bit and took out her phone to dial the pager number of a classmate of her older sister. That person was someone she had managed to get into a front desk job at the Baili Group through Baili Chengye.

Over the years, Qi Xinrou had also deliberately maintained contact with her, knowing that she was Baili Chengye’s girlfriend. The woman flattered her accordingly.

"Rong Sister--"

Qi Xinrou had already thought of an excuse, she would say Baili Chengye had been anxious and restless since yesterday but would not say a word. She was concerned and wanted to ask if something had happened on the Baili Group’s side?

Before Qi Xinrou could get the words out, the person on the other end of the line abruptly said, "Is that you, Xinrou? I was just about to call you. There’s big trouble. Yesterday, our chairman was taken away by the police, and I heard all of the company’s finances have been seized. Everyone in the company is panicking. Nobody has the mind to work; everyone is gossiping and worrying about it..."

Qi Xinrou felt a darkness before her eyes, and her throat suddenly became parched and hard to speak.

Wasn’t the chairman of Baili Group Baili Chengye’s father? His father was taken away by the police, and the finances were seized?

No wonder Baili Chengye said there was a problem with the company account, probably all frozen, right?

The secret was out.

Yes, it must be that news of Baili Group’s action against Zhao Group had leaked. How could Zhao Xuan’s grandfather, with all his cunning, not have safeguards in place? Even though he was now lying there, it was unknown whether he was alive or dead—how could he not have loyal followers after so many years of running the business?

A shiver ran down Qi Xinrou’s spine. She didn’t know much of the inside information, but it wasn’t little either. Based on fragments of information, she could infer that Zhao Xuan’s grandfather’s illness was no ordinary matter.

Baili Chengye’s father had been arrested, and it was possible he wouldn’t be able to shake off charges as severe as plotting for money and murder. At that time, let alone Baili Chengye becoming nothing but a poor lad, he would also turn into the son of a murderer.

This wouldn’t do, she couldn’t be associated with such a person in any way.

Qi Xinrou gave a few perfunctory responses to "Rong Sister" on the phone, hung up, and then paced back and forth anxiously, thinking about how she could extricate herself perfectly.

At that moment, she felt the urge to go back to the apartment outside B University where Baili Chengye lived, pack up everything, and disappear. However, remembering the one hundred thousand yuan, she darkened her eyes in restraint.

Suddenly, she thought even if she wanted to leave Baili Chengye, what about her studies? She would graduate in another year, and a diploma from B University wasn’t something she had the courage to give up just by saying so. As long as she was still at school, she couldn’t possibly get rid of Baili Chengye.

She didn’t dare bet her diploma on such matters between men and women becoming public.

Taking a deep breath, Qi Xinrou forced herself to endure. For now, she couldn’t get rid of Baili Chengye, but fortunately, earlier on, because Baili Chengye had to coax Zhao Xuan to make her family contribute money and effort, her relationship with Baili Chengye had always been kept secret.

Apart from one or two close girlfriends, most people didn’t know she was Baili Chengye’s girlfriend. And because Chengye had previously downplayed their relationship at campus, not many people knew about his relationship with Zhao Xuan either.

Qi Xinrou deep in thought shook her head and decided that for now she could only follow Baili Chengye. She even needed to take good care of him, "comfort" him, and not show any signs of disgust or impatience. As long as she waited until graduation, by that time, the sky would be the limit. She just had to take the money she had saved over the years to buy a new apartment and move her parents...

Baili Chengye would graduate in nine months, and as long as she was careful to keep their relationship from becoming widely known in the days to come, and endure until Chengye’s family didn’t make a comeback, without being tricked into getting a marriage certificate with him, there wouldn’t be too many problems.

Having made up her mind, Qi Xinrou no longer hesitated and went directly to the off-campus unit she shared with Baili Chengye, planning to first take some of her favorite and most expensive clothes and jewelry back with her. Whatever she could take later, she would; what couldn’t be taken wouldn’t be too upsetting to leave behind.

Moreover, by putting away her nice clothes and jewelry and keeping a low profile, wearing simpler clothes was also for Chengye’s benefit. It would make her appear not interested in dressing up which might even earn Chengye’s "thoughtful" gratitude, right?

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Past one o’clock in the afternoon, Qi Xinrou returned to her less-than-fifty-square-meter home with a suitcase. On seeing her daughter return, Qi Xinrou’s mother’s eyes immediately rounded: "Rourou, didn’t you just come home yesterday? What is this about? Did you have a fight with Chengye?"

"No, I just organized some clothes to put at home," Qi Xinrou’s face was not looking good. When she returned to the off-campus unit, she found out that Baili Chengye had almost taken all of her jewelry, leaving behind only worthless trinkets.

"Oh, is it because you have too many clothes again? Are these clothes unwanted? Just in time, I’ll take them to your cousin Peach. You don’t know how much she treasured the few old clothes you didn’t want last time you brought them back, she really liked them."

The ’cousin Peach’ mentioned by Qi’s mother was Qi Xinrou’s uncle’s daughter, who was the same age as Qi Xinrou but two months older. While she was speaking, she started to open the suitcase Qi Xinrou had brought back.

"Don’t take all the clothes to your brother’s side, leave a couple for Xinyi. Don’t just look after your own family," Qi’s father said somewhat annoyed.

"How am I only looking after my own family? Isn’t it because Peach is about the same age and has a similar figure to our Rourou? Xinyi is still young and shorter. Even if we give these clothes to her, she can’t wear them," Qi’s mother stood up with her hands on her hips, confronting Qi’s father, "Tell me, is it your sister who has been talking nonsense again? She’s always been good at causing trouble..."

"What does it matter if you keep one or two? Rourou brought back so many clothes, it doesn’t hurt to just pick a few to shut my sister’s mouth, does it?" Qi’s father said impatiently, exasperated, "I can’t even say anything without you going on and on."

"And now you are right? What else does your sister do but stir up trouble all day long? Don’t tell me her daughter can’t wear my daughter’s old clothes. Even if she could, I wouldn’t give them to someone I don’t like. These so-called old clothes are neither old nor worn – they are good and new. Why should I benefit someone I don’t like?"

"You..." Qi’s father was suddenly enraged.

"Mom, Dad, stop arguing. I won’t give these clothes to anyone; not only these, but even the ones I bring back in the next few days, I want to keep them; they’re all my favorites. Without my permission, please don’t make decisions on your own," Qi Xinrou interrupted what looked like a brewing "war" between her parents, staring seriously at both of them, worried that without being clear, they’d start gifting away her nice clothes as "favors."