After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 382

Chapter 382: Borrowing Life
“Goodness, it seems fortune favors me!”

Upon hearing someone had found treasure, Little Wang swiftly followed along and spotted a 50g gold bar on the coffee table, swaying her head somewhat smugly.

After all, she had once found fifty thousand yuan!

About to speak, she noticed Zhouzhou’s expression turning uneasy and hurriedly floated over, asking, “Zhouzhou, what’s wrong?”

Qin Er also noticed, curious, “Zhouzhou, what happened?”

Zhouzhou’s smile vanished from her little face as she approached Qin Dong with a nervous tone, “Big Brother, are you feeling unwell?”

Hearing this, Qin Dong was slightly taken aback and shook his head, “No, I’m fine.”

Impossible.

Zhouzhou looked at his expression; his forehead was dark, with creases forming on his nose bridge, a clear sign of a premature death. But his countenance had been smooth sailing before.

What was going on? It seemed somewhat familiar. Remembering something, she suddenly turned to look at Little Wang.

Glancing at her, then back at Qin Dong, she realized. Their features were identical!

She hurriedly pulled out the blank book Ancestral Master had given her from her bag and hastily flipped it open. Sure enough, there were already two words written inside: Borrowing Life.

Zhouzhou realized in a flash. She had said Little Wang’s fate could have lasted many more years, yet she died young.

Now, her third brother was showing signs of an untimely death. It turned out someone had borrowed their lives. And this money was undoubtedly the fee for borrowing life!

With this realization, her expression tightened, and she quickly reached for the gold bar on the coffee table.

Seeing her move, Qin Er was slightly puzzled. Although they were fond of money, they had principles and never resorted to theft. What was going on with her today?

Qin Lie also noticed the anomaly and walked over, asking, “What’s going on?”

Others also looked over.

Looking up, Zhouzhou explained, “Dad, this is borrowing life money deliberately left behind. If Third Brother takes this money, he implicitly lends his life to the other person. Judging by his appearance, within seven days, he will surely meet an untimely death.”

After speaking, she glanced at Little Wang.

Seeing her gaze, Little Wang suddenly widened her eyes, trembling fingers pointing at herself, “Have I also lent my life to someone?”

Zhouzhou nodded.

Little Wang instantly looked dumbfounded. The fifty thousand yuan she had boasted about for years now became a joke. It turned out her luck had never been good…

Hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.

Grandma Qin’s body trembled, and the next moment, she quickly stepped forward and threw the gold bar out from Zhouzhou’s hand, nervously watching her.

“Will everything be fine like this?”

Zhouzhou glanced at Qin Dong’s appearance and shook her head, “No, it starts automatically when taken away.”

At her words, everyone’s hearts trembled fiercely again.

“What should we do then?” Grandma Qin was so anxious, she turned back and patted Qin Dong, “You little brat, why do you pick up random things? Quickly, tell us, where did you find this?”

Qin Dong was a quiet kid, but that didn’t mean he was dull. On the contrary, he was quite clever, always doing well in his studies, and not prone to trouble.

Never did they expect that when he did cause trouble, it would be such a big one.

Qin Xi also tilted his head to look at him, “Third Brother, when did you pick this up? Is it from…that place?”

Realizing something, he asked in astonishment.

Qin Dong’s eyes flickered slightly, but he remained silent.

Qin Xu immediately seized the key word and asked, “Where?”

Realizing he had slipped up, Qin Xi quickly covered his mouth, vigorously shaking his head, shrinking into the corner against the wall, his sturdy frame now appearing somewhat shrunken. Getting hit by Uncle was painful; he definitely didn’t want to say anything.

“You say it yourself.” Qin Xu’s gaze sharpened as he looked at Qin Dong.

Seeing that he couldn’t hide it anymore, Qin Dong pursed his lips and said, “I found it at Dongyang Street.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Xu immediately understood. There had just been a murder case at Dongyang Street, and he must have gone to take a look.

Guan Jinghua was infuriated upon hearing this. Her two sons, one obsessed with money and the other daring and reckless, she couldn’t understand what was going on with them.

The elder son loved money, at least it wouldn’t get him killed.

But the younger one, when he was three years old, he dared to follow them to the crime scene, not at all afraid of the bloody scene, even watching with relish.

The moment she turned her head, she saw the excitement in her son’s eyes, which frightened her, so she quickly took him to see a psychologist, afraid he would grow up to be abnormal.

Fortunately, everything was normal. He was just interested in solving cases, and the doctor jokingly said it was genetic.

She didn’t think there was anything wrong with it; she just didn’t let him go until the case was solved. She never expected that he would sneak out and had his life borrowed!

She felt dizzy and almost fainted.

Qin Xu quickly reached out to catch her, helping her sit down on the sofa.

Zhouzhou also ran over and gently pressed acupuncture points on her hand, saying, “Auntie, don’t worry, Third Brother will be fine.”

Seeing her so upset, Qin Dong also felt somewhat guilty. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, “Mom, don’t worry. We’ll check the fingerprints and catch the person who borrowed my life. Once we catch them, we’ll figure something out.”

After speaking, he looked at Zhouzhou.

Zhouzhou nodded, “Yeah, as long as we catch the person, Third Brother will be fine. I have a way to deal with the bad guys.”

At this, Guan Jinghua finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling better now that there was a plan.

Thinking about it, she couldn’t help but glare at Qin Dong again, “You’re not worried at tall, are you?”

He was so calm.

Qin Dong still had a calm expression on his face. “What’s the use of being worried? It only leads to chaos.”

This child.

Qin Xu couldn’t help but pat him on the back, “Don’t pick up random things anymore in the future.”

Qin Dong nodded.

Zhouzhou also looked at him. In fact, she didn’t spend much time with her third brother. He was always reading books or watching where there were unfortunate kids involved in cases.

But she thought her third brother was so cool for not being afraid at all. She liked it!

Noticing his gaze, Qin Dong glanced at him and quickly looked away.

Seeing that they had all calmed down, he continued, “I saw a suspicious person at the scene.”

“Who?” Qin Xu immediately looked over.

“An old man. At that time, all the onlookers were panicking, but only he was smiling.”

“The old man you followed?” Qin Xi leaned over and asked.

They had followed him because they saw something was off about him, and then they found the gold bar.

Qin Dong nodded, “It’s him.”

“Did he smile?” Qin Xi scratched his head, his honest face full of confusion, “He looked quite worried to me.”

“He was pretending.” Qin Dong said calmly, “At the time, his eyebrows were relaxed, the corners of his eyes were slightly downturned, and the muscles around his eyes were slightly contracted, indicating he was very happy at the time. Although he seemed nervous, his body was actually relaxed. He had known the outcome long ago.”

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou blinked, “Third Brother, do you remember what the old man looked like?”

Qin Dong nodded and described his appearance.

After listening, Zhouzhou and Little Wang looked at each other in shock.

This description was clearly of Old Li!