Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 91 - 82: What Does She Want from You?

Chapter 91: Chapter 82: What Does She Want from You?

A meal of crayfish at the school gate cost about a month’s living expenses for an average college student.

No way around it, Liu Feng and Zheng Qingfeng were adamant about not ordering staples and insisted on stuffing themselves with crayfish.

Just the mountain of crayfish shells in front of those two could have formed a small hill.

After the late-night snack, everyone headed back to the campus together. When they passed by the sushi restaurant, Cheng Zhu specifically pointed it out and told them that this was the shop he was about to rent.

Dong Dong curiously said, “Cheng, your parents trust you quite a bit, supporting your venture when you’ve just started college. My dad, on the other hand, tells me to focus on my studies first and says I can roll back to the family company after I graduate.”

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“To be honest, I really don’t want to work at home. There are fifty or sixty employees in the company; they won’t miss me,” Mr. Dong hinted with layers of meaning.

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Think about it, fifty or sixty employees, even if they were only on a base salary, his family would have to pay out a significant sum just in wages each month, which shows they have a pretty solid foundation.

Zheng Qingfeng, whose family was in real estate, opened his mouth to say something but ultimately chose to remain aloof.

Unfortunately, Mr. Dong’s topic wasn’t smartly chosen from the start.

Cheng Zhu replied, “It’s not that my parents are supporting my venture. I’m doing this on my own, and I haven’t even informed them yet.”

Dong Dong immediately felt his level of showing off was too low, and he regretted treating everyone to crayfish just now.

“Damn, Cheng, are you freakin’ rich. Do you have your own startup capital?” Dong Dong was immensely shocked.

The rent for the two shop spaces, plus the renovations and machinery, that wasn’t a small amount of money.

Damn it, aren’t you the freshman tycoon of Technology University?

Liu Feng, listening on the side, only thought Mr. Dong was showing off in front of us—why go embarrass yourself in front of the king of showing off?

Hasn’t he been slapped enough these days?

—Slow learner indeed!

Cheng Zhu didn’t even bother to tell this amateur show-off that he had earned this money on his own.

To avoid him digging deeper and nagging incessantly.

I’ll spare you this time; I won’t educate you further today.

The several girls studying fashion design looked at each other in disbelief.

Yao Yina completely understood that she was not from the same world as Cheng Zhu, and should just continue to idolize him as a male god, like chasing stars on campus. Flatter him, and don’t have unrealistic daydreams.

Guan Jiayue wanted to speak up several times but didn’t dare.

She always felt that Cheng Zhu looked at her strangely, as if there was a hint of mockery and playfulness in his eyes.

Honestly speaking, Cheng Zhu really disliked those girls who pretend to be pure in front of him.

You clearly know she’s a fun, open person, yet because she has ambitions and wants a long-term strategic partnership with you, she keeps putting on an act in front of you.

Maybe, you could’ve had a mutually beneficial relationship, right?

But this way, it’s kind of no fun.

We’re all thousand-year-old foxes—why play such tricks?

Compared to her, Cheng Zhu found Ye Zi quite agreeable.

At that moment, Zhu Yingying looked back at the sushi restaurant with some curiosity, “Cheng Zhu, why did you think of opening a claw machine store at the school gate?”

“Of course, because I think it can make money, and also to fulfill a little wish of my sister,” he said with an image of Little Youzi’s chubby face and cute little braids popping into his mind.

“Sister!?” Dong Dong perked up immediately: “Which sister, you have a sworn sister besides the two senior students?”

“Or are you already calling one of the senior students that in private?” Dong Dong was shocked.

Swearing sisterhood is so common during student days, let alone in 2014, even five or six years later people still do it. It’s pretty tacky.

But if you’re calling an older school senior ‘sister’… The girls from the female dorm couldn’t help but feel it was a delight to hear.

Girls are very concerned about their age; clearly being older, but when a guy insists on calling you ‘sister’… Ahhh, it’s killing me!

They even started to fantasize about it.

Cheng Zhu, speechless, said, “It’s my real younger sister. She’s still in kindergarten.”

“Ah? Then you are really a good brother!” Yao Yina immediately said.

She has a brother too, but they’re close in age and always fought when they were young. He often ended up getting beaten and still always orders her around, even coming to her for living expenses when he’s broke!

She felt even more firmly that the male god was excellent and had a vague feeling that any girl who dated him would be incredibly happy!

This is how women think—when you see a guy doting on his sister, you naturally think he will also treasure his girlfriend or wife.

That’s also why, for a while, bloggers who doted on their sisters gained followers rapidly—everyone loves to watch and fantasize.

Furthermore, that’s why many scumbags would say, “I want to have daughters in the future, not sons.”

Playing the daughter-slave card can have a similar effect, scoring points in some girls’ hearts.

Of course, these days, it seems most men indeed prefer to have daughters. But once they actually have one, given men’s understanding of other men, they are full of worries: in this world full of scumbags, what’s to become of my daughter?

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After entering the campus, everyone parted ways at the fork in the road.

In Cheng Zhu’s eyes, these four girls were like mobile loudspeakers, possibly spreading the word about his doll machine store through their chit-chat, building up a buzz.

A freshman opening a store right outside the school gate during military training is a good gimmick and topic.

Plus, Cheng Zhu already kind of had the image of a campus celebrity, and it’s hard to lower such heat.

Back in the dorm, after washing up, everyone lay in bed and started playing with their phones.

Cheng Zhu thought for a while and then, in the WeChat group with Shen Minglang as the admin, @ Shen Qingning and Lin Lu, asking them, “Do you guys know Zhang Qiqi?”

“I’ve seen her a few times but not close. Is it the senior year Zhang Qiqi?” Lin Lu replied.

“I don’t know her,” Shen Qingning responded more directly.

Unexpectedly, Boss Shen jumped in at that moment, saying, “I know her! She claims to be the internet celebrity campus belle of Technology University! I’ve seen her on Weibo!”

After saying this, Shen Minglang quickly added, “But I don’t acknowledge her status as the campus belle!”

To tell the truth, Shen Minglang didn’t just happen upon Zhang Qiqi on Weibo unintentionally.

He had searched for all the beauties at Technology University when he learned his sister would attend, intending to take advantage of his sister’s school connections to hit on college girls.

He had noticed Zhang Qiqi a long time ago!

Admittedly, there was a slight gap between her inherent conditions and his own celestial sister.

But no matter, she was barely good enough for Young Master Shen!

So, he had already probed Shen Qingning about Zhang Qiqi.

Knowing her brother well, Shen Qingning had replied evasively, “If you cause trouble in our school, you’re on your own.”

Shen Minglang thought to himself: “Heh! Am I your brother or are you mine? A sister now bosses her brother around! I usually indulge you, but do you really think I’m afraid of you? You better keep things in perspective!”

So, he replied with a strong “I won’t come if I won’t come!!!”

Now in the group chat, after belittling Zhang Qiqi, he didn’t forget to add, “The number one campus belle of Technology University is Qingning, and Lin Lu ranks second.”

“What’s this first and second campus belle nonsense, silly stuff,” Shen Qingning retorted in the group chat, seemingly irritated.

She and Lin Lu truly didn’t care about the campus belle title; they even found it embarrassing.

Walking on campus, if someone called them campus belles, they would feel uncomfortable.

But perhaps precisely because they took no interest in the title, it bothered Zhang Qiqi even more.

She’d been actively marketing herself, crafting a campus belle persona, spending so much time and effort.

Yet, for them, success had come without trying.

In the group chat, Lin Lu suddenly said, “Why did you ask about Zhang Qiqi?”

Shen Qingning stayed silent in the chat, but she too quietly waited for Cheng Zhu’s reply.

“It’s nothing; it’s just that today at the military training evening party, Zhang Qiqi was there too, and even danced a bit,” Cheng Zhu typed, deliberately omitting the part where Zhang Qiqi had specifically mentioned his name.

Shen Minglang immediately chimed in, “Sounds like you college kids have fun, even watching dances during the party. Remember to call your cousin next time.”

Wanzhou, who had been quiet, suddenly appeared, “Can you not be obnoxious?”

He suggested, “Let’s call the police!”

Lin Lu then responded to Cheng Zhu’s message, “It’s normal for her to dance; she participates in many school activities. She occasionally attends outside events too.”

“I’ve heard that since last year, many internet celebrity agencies have been contacting her, but she hasn’t signed with any,” Lin Lu shared what she knew.

“Oh, I see, alright then,” Cheng Zhu ended the topic promptly.

Then he started leading the conversation, announcing in the group about opening a doll machine store at the school gate and telling everyone to come; he would give each person a few hundred tokens.

Just as Lin Lu wanted to continue asking about Zhang Qiqi, she was immediately captivated by the new topic of opening a store.

Shen Minglang, at his bar at the time, seeing the group chat’s content, began to type, “Cousin, those kinds of stores don’t have much prospects nowadays. Small game arcades are popping up and dying off one after another. Your cousin isn’t going to spout empty words. Take my advice, maybe we should drop it.”

“The lease contract hasn’t been signed yet, we’re all family. Even if it has been, it’s no big deal. Maybe you should reconsider?” Shen Minglang began convincing in the group.

Although he had failed in his ventures time and time again, he knew one thing: don’t always think you’re so awesome and special—if nobody else can make a project work, there’s a reason, so don’t be stubborn.

True, Cheng Zhu’s e-commerce was thriving, but there is a significant difference between online and offline, and now physical stores are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.

“It’s fine, not a big investment. I won’t spend much on renovations, and doll machines can be resold,” Cheng Zhu didn’t elaborate.

Shen Minglang thought about it and didn’t insist further, only indicating he would bring people to spend money when the time came.

He knew clearly that Cheng Zhu was earning a decent income every month and could afford to dabble.

Putting his phone down, he thought, “My cousin might take a fall this time.”

“If he fails at the venture, I’ll just buy a few doll machines, after all, they can be given away as gifts to girls,” Boss Shen thought.

Yes, you’re still at the stage of giving dolls to girls; Boss Shen is already giving away personalized doll machines.

As the group chat topics ended, everyone got busy with their own things.

Lin Lu had been following an anime at home, but now she couldn’t focus on it anymore.

Her mind was once again on the topic of Zhang Qiqi, something she couldn’t avoid thinking about.

Even though it was a conversation from half an hour ago, it somehow kept resurfacing in her mind.

Thus, she began to message Cheng Zhu privately, “You still haven’t told us why you asked if we knew Zhang Qiqi.”

Seeing her message, Cheng Zhu revealed a knowing smile.

—Here it comes!

He deliberately hadn’t shared any specifics earlier, and only now, leisurely, did he inform Lin Lu that after Zhang Qiqi finished dancing, she took the microphone and specifically mentioned him, explaining the whole sequence of events thoroughly.

“Ah? Well, she’s indeed quite inexplicable,” Lin Lu replied after hearing it.

She even adorably furrowed her brows, wrinkling her nose with a little crease as her brain ran at full speed, trying to work out what Zhang Qiqi was up to, finding it quite annoying.

Cheng Zhu quickly typed, mocking her, “This is something that happened half an hour ago, and you came to ask me this? You seem to be quite inexplicably intrigued as well.”