DLSRWAR Chapter 76 Just playing around.

Qin Yumian finished her popsicle and continued to complete the blackboard newspaper.

Wu Yu walked in with a workbook, asking loudly, “Has anyone seen Qiao Xiaohan?”

Qiao Xiaohan’s deskmate shook their head, “No.”

Others also said they hadn’t seen her.

Qin Yumian jumped down from the desk, and Qiu Gaotiao, leaning against the wall and playing on his phone with a popsicle in his mouth, mumbled, “Clean my desk.”

Ye Hancheng threw a cloth to him, “Clean it yourself.”

Qin Yumian put the remaining chalk back on the podium and turned to Wu Yu, “What happened to Qiao Xiaohan?”

Wu Yu said, “She didn’t hand in her exam paper, and the teacher asked me to see if she forgot it.”

Qiao Xiaohan’s deskmate spoke up at that moment, “She didn’t come this afternoon.”

Qin Yumian asked, “Did she take leave?”

Wu Yu replied, “If she had taken leave, the teacher wouldn’t be asking why her exam paper wasn’t handed in.”

Qiao Xiaohan was one of the few students who completed her homework diligently every day. Although she had a low presence in class, Jiang Yue still had a good impression of her.

Qin Yumian got off the podium and asked Qiao Xiaohan’s deskmate, “Do you know Qiao Xiaohan’s phone number?”

Qiao Xiaohan’s deskmate shook their head, “No.”

Although they were deskmates, Qiao Xiaohan was not talkative, and since they had been seated together, they had barely spoken to each other.

Wu Yu asked, “Could something have happened?”

Qin Yumian said, “I’ll check her dormitory.”

Hao Jiajia stood up, “Class Monitor Qin, I’ll go with you.”

Qiu Gaotiao had just finished a game, and he looked up, asking in confusion, “Who is Qiao Xiaohan? Is she from our class?”

Although Qiu Gaotiao had only been around for a week, he was already familiar with most people in the class.

Ye Hancheng glanced at him, “If she’s not from our class, could she be from another class?”

Qin Yumian and Hao Jiajia ran to Qiao Xiaohan’s dormitory and knocked on the door for a long time without any response.

Hao Jiajia said, “It seems she’s not in the dormitory.”

If she wasn’t in the classroom and wasn’t in the dormitory, where could she have gone?

“Let’s ask at the school gate,” Qin Yumian said and turned to leave.

Hao Jiajia hurried to follow her.

On the way to the school gate, they suddenly heard some people whispering.

“Xu Caiquan is bullying someone again; the girl was so scared she cried.”

“What can we do? Are you brave enough to help her?”

“Xu Caiquan is like a mad dog; who would dare provoke him?”

Qin Yumian suddenly stopped.

Hao Jiajia asked, puzzled, “Class Monitor Qin, what’s wrong?”

Qin Yumian didn’t answer but walked up to the two boys who had been talking, “Did you just say Xu Caiquan is bullying a girl?”

The two boys were startled, “Uh, yes.”

Qin Yumian asked, “Is that girl short and wearing glasses?”

“It seems so.”

Qin Yumian narrowed her eyes, “Where are they?”

“At the place where the sports equipment is stored.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Yumian headed towards the warehouse.

Hao Jiajia jogged to catch up, “Class Monitor Qin, are you suspecting…”

Qin Yumian replied coldly, “You should return to the classroom first.”

Hao Jiajia couldn’t fight, and if the girl the two boys mentioned was indeed Qiao Xiaohan, she wouldn’t be of much help and would be better off returning to the classroom to get help.

“Class Monitor Qin, be careful. I’ll go to the classroom and call Brother Han and the others.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Hao Jiajia quickened her pace towards the classroom.

Qin Yumian also started running. When she got close to the warehouse, she heard the muffled sound of a girl crying.

She looked around and then bent down to pick up a rock.

In front of the warehouse door, several people, both male and female, were gathered together with their hair dyed in various colors, and Xu Caiquan was among them.

Xu Caiquan crouched in front of a girl wearing glasses. Her school uniform was askew, and her white T-shirt underneath had been partially torn. She tightly clutched her clothes, her face streaked with tears.

It was evident that this was a case of school bullying.

Xu Caiquan took a drag from his cigarette, blowing the white smoke onto the girl’s face. “I’m not actually interested in someone like you. I’m only asking you to do something for me. If you agree, I’ll let you go. But if you don’t, it won’t just be your clothes that get ruined.”

The girl, her face pale with fear, timidly looked down.

She stuttered, “W-what…what do you want?”

“Qin Yumian is from your class, right?” Xu Caiquan’s voice was harsh as he held a half-burnt cigarette, “The cut she gave me last time really hurt. So tell me, should I return the favor?”

The girl looked up at Xu Caiquan with shock but quickly lowered her head again.

Xu Caiquan’s voice was like a venomous snake, cold and vicious. “It’s simple what you need to do. Since you’re in the same class, it should be easy for you to put something in Qin Yumian’s drinking water.”

The girl shook her head, “N-no…I can’t.”

As soon as she finished speaking, someone yanked her hair hard, causing her head to tilt back.

“Have you thought it through? If you don’t agree, I can’t guarantee what I’ll do,” Xu Caiquan said, his gaze drifting over her chest.

The girl’s face was deathly pale, filled with terror, her tears falling continuously, “I can’t…”

Xu Caiquan’s patience wore thin. As he was about to rip the girl’s collar, a stone suddenly hit him on the head.

In pain, Xu Caiquan swore, “Fuck! Who hit me?”

He turned around and saw Qin Yumian standing a short distance away, coldly.

The others also turned to look.

Qin Yumian glanced briefly at Xu Caiquan’s hand gripping the girl’s clothes and thought to herself: It seems that last time’s cut wasn’t deep enough.

Xu Caiquan greeted nonchalantly, “Hey, Sister Mian, what are you doing here?”

Qin Yumian crossed her arms, her eyes icy, “If you want revenge, come at me. Why are you bullying my classmate?”

Xu Caiquan stood up and shrugged, “We were just playing around with her.”

“Playing around?” Qin Yumian walked over, lifted her foot, and kicked him, then followed up with a punch, “I’m just playing around too.”

Xu Caiquan fell to the ground from the kick, and his mouth bled from the punch.

“Fuck!” The others, seeing their leader getting beaten, immediately rushed forward.

Qin Yumian stepped on Xu Caiquan’s chest and turned her cold gaze toward the others, “If you want to see both his arms broken, then come over.”

Hearing this, the others, who initially wanted to avenge their leader, hesitated.

Qin Yumian’s gaze returned to Xu Caiquan. Her already exquisite features were now chillingly beautiful, her almond-shaped eyes dark and stormy.

Xu Caiquan felt a twinge of fear and forced a smile, “Sister Mian, we really were just joking with her.”

Qin Yumian curled her lips into a smile, “What’s so funny about that? Why not joke with me instead?”

With that, she suddenly kicked Xu Caiquan’s arm, making him cry out in pain.

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Author’s Note: Tomorrow, Big Orange will see how his wife heroically saves the beauty(?)

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