Chapter 40: I Can’t Win!

“…Would you like to claim your reward now?”

Shi Qingqing pressed ‘No.’ If she claimed it, it would probably just turn into another card. Say what you will, this thing was still a piece of high-tech gadgetry. Losing it would be a pity.

She decided to leave it in her phone, as a kind of souvenir.

Shi Qingqing opened QQ and claimed the few uncollected red packets she’d received before her phone had shut down for maintenance.

To her surprise, her personal account balance had risen to over eighty yuan!

After subtracting the twenty-odd yuan left from yesterday—after buying medicine and porridge—she realized she’d snatched about fifty yuan today.

She’d managed to grab a hundred red packets today, totaling at least five hundred yuan!

If all of that had been hers, how could she not have become rich overnight?

But…

Well, fifty-something yuan was enough to make her happy.

Off to the supermarket!

To buy something delicious!

Just as she walked out of the school gates, Shi Qingqing felt something drop over her head.

Everything went black.

Next thing she knew, someone had hefted her up and was carrying her away.

Kidnapping?

Shi Qingqing was terrified.

Hey, did you get the wrong person?

Qingming was a prestigious high school, and kidnappings were not unheard of, but apart from being poor, she had absolutely nothing to her name. Why would anyone kidnap her?

Before she could even call for help, she was shoved into a car.

The vehicle sped off with a roar.

“Look, gentlemen, you must have made a mistake. You’ve definitely kidnapped the wrong person—no one would pay a ransom for me…”

Shi Qingqing pulled off the black cloth covering her head.

She looked around at the people inside the car.

All of them dressed in black suits, expressionless, with agile, powerful builds—men who looked as if they could kill a bull with a single punch.

She… didn’t stand a chance!

The car was speeding, the windows tightly shut. Judging by how fancy the car was, the soundproofing was probably excellent too—no one would hear her if she screamed.

One of the kidnappers seemed vaguely familiar, but with her poor memory for faces, she couldn’t place him.

“You’re… you’re… Actually, I don’t know you!”

Shi Qingqing decisively pulled the black hood back over her head.

It was over. She’d seen their faces.

Books always said that if you saw the kidnappers’ faces, they wouldn’t let you live…

Damn it, her red packet system had just leveled up to two, she hadn’t even begun her journey to riches and glory, and now she was going to be silenced by kidnappers—what a way to go, she’d never rest in peace!

Luo Hua found her reaction hugely entertaining.

“We didn’t get the wrong person. It’s you.”

“No, no, no, gentlemen, you definitely made a mistake! Let me go, I promise I won’t tell anyone, truly… sob sob, I have elderly family, and little ones depending on me…”

“What do you mean, little ones?” Luo Hua’s every move in the car was visible to the Young Master up front.

He was in the mood to tease the little girl.

Shi Qingqing replied mournfully, “I’m raising two turtles. They can’t survive without me—they’ll starve, and that’s a life, no, two turtle lives… Please, gentlemen, let me go. My whole family, young and old, would be eternally grateful.”

…

Luo Hua nearly burst out laughing.

No wonder the Young Master had taken a liking to such an ordinary girl—he probably wanted her around for comic relief!

…

In the front car, Zhan Su was taking a sip of water when he suddenly started choking.

“Young Master, are you all right?”

“I’m fine. Keep driving.”

“Yes, sir.”

****

All the way, Shi Qingqing pleaded and sobbed until her throat was dry.

She begged, she cried, but it was no use.

The car stopped soon enough. Spotting her chance as the door opened, Shi Qingqing shouted at the top of her lungs, “Help! I’m being kidnapped!”