Chapter 25: You Don’t Understand Anything!
The bell for class rang, and Nie Qiu stood up and returned to her seat.
Chen Li had actually hated Nie Qiu from early on, but ever since she had beaten her into the hospital, this person had been making her look bad and lose face since her return. She turned her head and saw Nie Qiu constantly looking at the necklace in her hand, thinking she must treasure that broken necklace.
At noon, Nie Qiu went to the canteen to eat. Chen Li, along with a few girls, pulled Nie Qiu’s schoolbag out from under the desk and threw it on the ground. The girls kicked the schoolbag back and forth, scattering its contents. One girl squatted down and picked up the necklace from the ground, “Chen Li, found it!”
Chen Li frowned. A tacky gold necklace, who even wore gold necklaces anymore! Her frown deepened, and she waved her hand, “Throw it in the trash can.”
The girl also looked at the gold necklace in her hand with disgust. She tossed it, and the gold necklace fell into the trash can behind the classroom in a beautiful parabola.
Chen Li said to a girl, “Go throw the trash into the big trash can. After the trash is collected at noon, the garbage truck will come to collect it in the afternoon.”
The girl nodded, picked up the trash can from the ground, and ran outside. Chen Li sneered, Nie Qiu, let’s see how you find it! Of course, she knew Nie Qiu’s family wasn’t wealthy, so that gold necklace was probably the most valuable thing her family owned. She would definitely get scolded for losing it!
When Nie Qiu returned after eating, she saw her books scattered on the floor and couldn’t help but frown. This scene, like a typhoon had passed through or an earthquake had struck, looked like someone was deliberately messing with her! Moreover, only her things were thrown on the floor, making her realize this was definitely targeted at her!
Nie Qiu sighed, stepped forward to pick up her schoolbag, and gathered the books scattered on the floor, only to find that one item was missing! Yes, the necklace Nie Aifang had given her last night was gone!
Nie Qiu stood up, took a deep breath, and thought that if she had an enemy, it could only be Chen Li; she couldn’t think of anyone else!
She looked at Chen Li, who was about to leave, and shouted, “Chen Li, stop right there!”
The classmates who had returned to the classroom after lunch stared blankly at Nie Qiu’s aggressive demeanor.
Chen Li pretended not to hear and walked out with her sisters, chatting and laughing. Nie Qiu rushed over and grabbed her arm.
“What are you doing? What? You want to fight?” Chen Li then looked at the other onlookers and pointed at Nie Qiu, saying, “Everyone saw? Everyone saw? Nie Qiu made the first move…”
“Where’s my necklace?” Nie Qiu interrupted her before Chen Li could finish speaking.
“Strange, why are you asking me about your necklace? How would I know about your necklace? Heh heh, you don’t think I stole it, do you? That’s hilarious. A tacky gold necklace, I wouldn’t want a hundred of them. Look, do you see the necklace on my neck? A platinum necklace, a limited edition from Bai Ya Fashion Company this year, over a hundred thousand. Do I need to steal your necklace?” Chen Li looked at Nie Qiu with scorn and sneered, “Let go of your hand!”
Nie Qiu glared at her, “Where’s my necklace?”
“I said, let go of your dirty hands!” Chen Li said fiercely.
Nie Qiu didn’t let go, just looked at Chen Li coldly, “I remember telling you yesterday not to mess with me. Did you take it as a passing breeze? You…”
“Nie Qiu, I’m here.” Before Nie Qiu could finish speaking, a childish voice echoed in her mind, making Nie Qiu freeze for a moment.
“Nie Qiu, I’m in the trash can.”
Nie Qiu released Chen Li and started looking around. Who was it? Who was speaking?
“Nie Qiu, I’m the little rabbit, I’m your necklace.”
The onlookers were bewildered by Nie Qiu’s sudden actions. Even Chen Li looked at Nie Qiu with some fear.
A necklace? Talking? If it were her previous life, Nie Qiu would definitely have thought she was having a powerful hallucination, especially since she hadn’t slept well last night. But now, Nie Qiu had a strong feeling of belief.
She had come back to life, wasn’t that also a miracle? There were countless unexplainable and mysterious things in this world. Although she believed in science, since she had been reborn, she had also begun to believe in the theory of the 21 grams of the soul.
She wasn’t afraid now; instead, she wanted to find the necklace quickly. This necklace was too important to her! It not only represented the most valuable item in her family but also represented Nie Aifang’s love. The meaning was always different.
She kept thinking in her heart, Where are you? Where are you? Where are you?
She heard a childish voice say, “There’s trash all around me, it’s so dirty. Nie Qiu, I should be in the trash can.”
Before the childish voice finished, Nie Qiu had already run out. When she returned to the classroom earlier, she had seen a girl from the class go downstairs to throw out the trash.
Nie Qiu ran to the large trash cans, panting. The trash was sorted now: recyclable and non-recyclable, as well as bins for hazardous waste.
She kept thinking in her mind, Where are you? What kind of trash is around you?
“There are trash bags, some bottles, and a lot of paper scraps,” the childish voice sounded again.
Nie Qiu took a deep breath, walked towards the bin for recyclable waste, opened the lid, and dumped out the contents. Then she began to rummage through it.
Chen Li looked at the girl who had just thrown out the trash and asked with a frown, “You threw the trash into this trash can just now?”
The girl nodded, looking at Chen Li nervously. Chen Li frowned, “Then… did you tell her that you threw her necklace into this trash can?”
“No, no, absolutely not, I didn’t tell her! I came back right after I threw the trash. I definitely didn’t tell her.” The girl shook her head and denied it. She didn’t know how Nie Qiu knew she had thrown the trash into the recyclable waste bin.
People passing by the trash cans couldn’t help but feel curious about Nie Qiu, who was rummaging through the trash. What could be so precious! The news of Nie Qiu searching through the trash here quickly spread, fueled by some gossips.
The necklace was very small, except for the rabbit-shaped pendant. In such a large trash can, finding a small necklace was actually not easy. And because it was lunchtime, quite a crowd had gathered around Nie Qiu, making noise. Nie Qiu seemed not to hear them, as she continuously untied bags of trash, then sifted through the bottles, boxes, books, paper, and other miscellaneous items mixed within.
More and more people gathered, some pinching their noses as they watched from the side, others whispering. Li Kai, Luo Xu, Zhang Haiyang, Wang Chao Lei, and a group of boys stood at a distance, watching quietly.
Nie Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her necklace. She picked it up and, under the scornful gazes of the crowd, took it to a nearby faucet to wash it.
Author’s Note: The promised extra update is here.
As of last night, there were 81 votes. Today, there were over sixty more votes, so I will add two more chapters tomorrow.
Please look forward to it.
