Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 103: Chapter 91 Lin Lu: I Won_2

And my mom is a relatively traditional woman; she wouldn’t allow me to date during my university years.

Few men would actually give up on a girl because her parents don’t allow her to date in university, especially when her parents aren’t from Hang City.

Men would just take it as a sign—she’s a good girl with strict family education and no dating history!

Once, Xu Shao got into an argument with some people in the Weibo comments for some special reason, then blurted out that they had dined together, and Zhang Qiqi promptly deleted those comments.

After deleting them, he didn’t even feel annoyed.

“No way, can’t let my parents know we’re in touch.”

One sentence, and he even found it sweet!

See, I’m not like those commenters fawning over her!

I… I’m her little secret to be kept hidden!

Hehe, hehehehe!

—”Persistent Visit” version 2.0.

The day after the comment was deleted, he thoughtfully bought Zhang Qiqi a gift.

She refused it, but he racked his brains for reasons to make her accept.

Today, outside the milk tea shop, Xu Shao was also deeply impressed by Cheng Zhu’s words and smile.

Only as a man, he felt himself being ignored, even challenged.

“Son of a bitch, can’t you see there’s a man standing next to her?”

“She’s about to be off the market, you know that?”

“Young freshmen just don’t bloody have any EQ or brains.”

What irritated Xu Shao even more was that Cheng Zhu really never gave him a glance from beginning to end, truly treated him like air.

It was only when he and Zhang Qiqi left the milk tea shop together that he and Cheng Zhu finally locked eyes for the first time.

The look in the other’s eyes, he found it a bit incomprehensible, always felt a bit odd.

Yes, tonight a bunch of people found Cheng Zhu really weird.

“But that makes sense, what kind of brains can a person have if they fail and then open a small arcade outside of school?” Xu Shao reconciled with himself at once.

Now, he just wanted to wait and see him fall on his face.

Little did he know that on Zhang Qiqi’s side, she was quite looking forward to the opening of Cheng Zhu’s new store.

By then, she could go there to spend, then observe his attitude.

“After all, I’m a Weibo influencer, a significant part of my followers are from Hang City.”

Since she cultivated the image of the Hang City university belle, local attention was naturally much higher.

“He’ll definitely welcome me to his store.”

Which business wouldn’t love influencers checking in at their store?

Plus, she felt that Xu Shao, lately, had become a bit too arrogant.

“It’s time to give him some difficulty.”

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In dorm room 309, Cheng Zhu held his phone, briefly discussed the work arrangement following the new product launch in the “Persistent Visit” work group, and then leisurely opened his chat with Lin Lu.

Their conversation stopped at the last meme Lin Lu sent, an old foreign man aiming a gun.

These days, conversations often end in memes.

Someone sends a meme, and if you don’t reply for a while, it’s tacitly understood the conversation is over.

But if you want to pick it up again, that’s easy.

“Just didn’t look at my phone,” he typed, responding to her meme.

Cheng Zhu was slow to reply at the start anyway, taking over ten minutes, so the continuity in his behavior was maintained.

On Lin Lu’s end, she had been huffily rolling on her bed, had already beaten up her piggy plushie, and had a brainstorming storm.

Naturally, her current focus was on, “You seem busy, huh!”

“Lately I’ve been super busy, was just occupied with the Taobao store, and tomorrow I have to meet with the renovation worker. Plus, my classes are pretty full right now.”

“I might not even have time to oversee the renovations for the claw machine store. When you’re free, could you help me keep an eye on it?”

If it were any other day, Lin Lu, being helpful, would have gone if a friend asked and she had time.

But today was different, so she retorted, “Why should I help watch over your store!”

“Because you certainly know your stuff; doesn’t your family run a renovation company?” replied Cheng Zhu.

Lin Lu’s family had a building materials business and also ran a renovation design company.

“Psh! Why would I have to watch it for you, why should I?”

“Because I hired your family’s renovation team.”

Lin Lu immediately sent three question marks: “???”

Crazy, not telling me sooner! I could’ve gone and said hello, you dummy!

Now it’s probably too late with contracts signed.

Plus, Lin Lu was well aware her family’s renovation company was busy. A small project like Cheng Zhu’s was likely outsourced, and the workers were probably not from her company.

But it’s not something one would say outright.

“Seriously, I just don’t get you. I’m not going to help! I’ll tell the workers every day to skimp on your shop’s work!”

She said it, but she’d made up her mind to help watch over it; she knew too well how deep the waters of renovation could be.

Lucky for him to have a senior like me!

But Cheng Zhu understood what she was thinking, yet still typed during their chat: “I’m not afraid. If the work isn’t up to quality, on time, I’ll go to the school forum and bad-mouth you.”

Lin Lu: “???”

You’re killing me! Cheng Zhu is just infuriating!

Where’s my pair of scissors? I want to stab this Cheng Zhu to death!

As she fumed, her phone buzzed again, and he sent another WeChat message.

“Oh, about Zhang Qiqi, I was just joking. Honestly, I plan to open an influencer-focused shop, and since she’s a minor influencer, I was thinking she might come in for a check-in.”

Suddenly bringing it back to the earlier topic caught Lin Lu off guard.

In human communication, the casual “Oh, by the way” often reveals a lot of intention.

Why all these sudden recollections?

Only if you keep thinking of it, will there be an “Oh, by the way.”

“Why is he still on this topic, and explaining so seriously…” Lin Lu couldn’t help but mutter, yet a strange sensation was taking root within her.

It was as if this matter was so important.

But the question was, was it he who found this matter important, or… was it he who thought I found it important?

She couldn’t help but remember the last time she took the initiative to privately message Cheng Zhu, inquiring why he mentioned Zhang Qiqi in the group chat.

After he gave her a rundown of the entire military training night, Lin Lu instinctively said, “Huh? Then she’s really quite inexplicable.”

Then, Cheng Zhu threw back at her, “That was half an hour ago. You’re coming to me just to ask this? Seems like you’re the one who’s quite inexplicable.”

Now, with a smile blooming on her face and her cute dimples popping out, Lin Lu frenziedly typed so hard her fingers on her phone, “hmm-hmm” escaping her lips. Finally, I’ve got a chance!

She mimic his style: “That was half an hour ago. I don’t care about whether or not you add her as a friend, you’re the one being quite inexplicable.”

Cheng Zhu, face calm, cooperatively replied with a meme of an old lady kicking someone, indulging her, and typed to show he remembered each of their conversations: “Copying how I talk, huh?!”

Lin Lu saw the meme and his message, her lips immediately pouting in smugness.

She placed the beaten piggy plushie back on the nightstand, smoothing out the wrinkles on its clothes, and murmured to it, “This time, I’ll let you off!”

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(ps: First update, 4000 words, asking for monthly tickets at month’s end.)