Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 150: Chapter 130: The Name ‘Cheng Zhu’ Is Enough

The next day, Ye Zi got up early and dressed carefully, picking out an outfit that exuded youthful vitality.

She first took a taxi to Technology University.

After entering the campus, she walked down the tree-lined avenue, observing the energetic university students.

There were also quite a few young couples, radiating the sweet scent of adolescent love.

This woman, who came from a poor family and started working at a young age, couldn’t help but sigh to herself, “It’s so nice to be able to study.”

So she wandered around the school, imagining Cheng Zhu’s life on the campus.

Seeing the cafeteria, she thought, “He must eat and chat with his friends here.”

Seeing the library, she wondered, “Has he ever borrowed books here? I wonder if he’s the type to come and read.”

Seeing the campus lake, she guessed, “He surely must have taken walks here with the girl he likes, right? The night scene must be beautiful.”

After touring around Technology University, she headed to the off-campus “Youu Come to Play.”

Watching the students queuing at the cashier to buy tokens, her mouth slightly agape, she couldn’t help thinking how amazing Cheng Zhu was to be so good at whatever business he undertook—this place was truly beautiful, a perfect spot for taking photos, no wonder it was so popular with young people.

Ye Zi didn’t go straight to the staff for a card but instead stood silently at the back of the queue, waiting her turn.

She didn’t have any ulterior motives; she just thought that this way, she could legitimately stay in the store for a little bit longer.

At Technology University’s entrepreneurship base, Cheng Zhu had come over at ten in the morning and filled out a form.

He did not encounter the busy Director Li there.

School leaders, well, you can’t necessarily find them when you’re looking for them.

Of course, that wasn’t important.

For now, all Cheng Zhu really needed was for the school to approve a piece of office space for him, to save him some rent.

If it weren’t for the fear that the exposure of his side hustle selling QQ lingerie might not look good, he might have considered moving the “Persistent Visit” studio to the free space within the school.

Of course, Cheng Zhu believed there are no secrets in this world, and truth can’t be concealed forever.

No matter how careful he was, his identity as a QQ tycoon would eventually be revealed.

The point was what height he would have reached by the time it became publicly known.

He was currently focusing on the domestic market, but he also planned to take QQ lingerie to the international market in the future.

Don’t forget, Guan Yun County is destined to be known as the QQ capital of the world!

The majority of the world’s QQ lingerie comes from there.

The export market for these goods looked incredibly promising in the coming years!

Moreover, he’s always creating new styles. If he doesn’t sell them himself, someone else will likely knock them off and sell them overseas.

“Maybe in the future, I’ll also be able to wear the hat of cultural exporter?” Cheng Zhu started to get ahead of himself with pride.

After filling out the form at the entrepreneurship base, Cheng Zhu handed it to a senior who worked there.

This person’s name was Zhao Xiaodong.

Zhao Xiaodong took a look at the form Cheng Zhu handed over and couldn’t help but look up at him, “Cheng Zhu?”

“Yep, that’s me,” he responded with the awareness of a campus celebrity.

“You’re from the School of Information, right? Sure enough, you guys always have your hearts set on making games,” he said with a smile, used to this trend by now.

Zhao Xiaodong gave him a word of caution, “The school’s game projects have all failed these last two years and haven’t made a good impression, so whether or not it will be approved… it’s hard to say. You should prepare yourself, junior.”

“No big issue, it will definitely be approved,” Cheng Zhu replied confidently, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. Seeing that his senior was eager to chat, he offered, “You smoke?”

“I do, but not here.”

“Let’s go then, have one outside,” said Cheng Zhu with a laugh.

Zhao Xiaodong was curious about this rising star on campus and didn’t mind stepping out for a smoke and a chat.

After taking a drag, he asked, “Why are you so certain your project will be approved?”

Cheng Zhu exhaled a puff of smoke and squinted his eyes, “What the project is isn’t important. What’s important is that my name is written on the form.”

Zhao Xiaodong: “…”

This junior was just as cocky as the rumors suggested!

But for some reason, listening to his nonchalant tone, Zhao Xiaodong found himself somewhat convinced.

After leaving the entrepreneurship base, Cheng Zhu didn’t head directly to “Youu Come to Play.”

“Persistent Visit” studio had run into a small issue, and Cheng Zhu needed to deal with it.

Although the store had become the only internet-famous QQ shop, it was still important to participate actively in some platform events.

There was a problem with applying for an event, which he had to address urgently.

In 2014, the events on Taobao were not as frequent as they later became, where a new one seemed to pop up every other week.

The rules for the events were relatively simple, unlike later when not just buyers would be confused by the calculations, but sellers might be baffled too…

When busy, Cheng Zhu would quickly forget about Ye Zi.

After sorting out the issues, Wang Anquan, standing to the side, said somewhat embarrassed, “Brother Zhu, it was my bad.”

“It’s nothing, it’s your first time handling this kind of thing. It’s perfectly normal. Just make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Cheng Zhu wasn’t harsh with his childhood friend.

In the “Persistent Visit,” Cheng Zhu had already entrusted much of the day-to-day work to Wang Anquan, while he focused on the bigger picture.

“Come on out, let’s talk,” Cheng Zhu said, patting his shoulder.

The two stepped outside, and Cheng Zhu looked at him, “You got enough money?”

“Plenty, I can’t even spend it all by myself,” Wang Anquan replied.

Cheng Zhu gave him a share of the profits every month, so Wang Anquan’s income was quite substantial.

“If I remember correctly, aside from family, you haven’t hidden the fact that you work at a QQ store from friends around you, have you?” Cheng Zhu asked with a smile.

“Nope, Brother Zhu, I’ve just played it up a bit outside, always said I’m part of the management,” Wang Anquan answered honestly.

“You’re not wrong to say that; in the store, you are second in command, definitely part of the management,” he looked at Wang Anquan, curious, “So how do your classmates and teachers view you?”

He knew his own exposure was inevitable and wanted to learn from Wang Anquan’s personal experience.

“It’s a mix,” he recalled.

“Some think I’m awesome, but others find it strange, insistent that I must be a scumbag, even though I’ve never even held a girl’s hand,” Wang Anquan was a bit speechless.

He left some things unsaid; he knew others talked behind his back, calling him sleazy.

Cheng Zhu patted his shoulder, “Huh? You’re in university now, aren’t you seeing any girls?”

In his memory, according to the normal trajectory of his past life, Wang Anquan did have a first love in college, but it ended seamlessly, with the girl moving on to someone else right after they broke up.

It’s rare for such seamless transitions to occur without someone cheating.

Wang Anquan, hearing Brother Zhu’s question, shook his head, “Brother Zhu, isn’t it because you taught me the meditation of ‘Supreme Sword Skill’—’With no woman in heart, the sword naturally excels’?”

Cheng Zhu laughed and cursed, “I told you to keep your heart free of women, not to have no women by your side!”

He knew Wang Anquan was the kind of person who could be deeply affected by emotional injuries, which is why he fed him such sophomoric nonsense.

But he didn’t expect this naive guy to take it so literally.

He certainly didn’t hope that the future power holder of “Persistent Visit” would be someone who’d never experienced anything in life!

That would be outrageous, not conducive to the company’s future development.

If you’re only strategizing on paper, how can you create a great product?

“Besides, when I told you to keep your heart free of women, I meant don’t be obsessed with them, you get it?”

“Sort of,” Wang Anquan chuckled.

Seeing his expression, Cheng Zhu couldn’t help but laugh out loud too.

In the end, he just said earnestly, “I will eventually hand over this store to you.”

Wang Anquan’s eyes lit up immediately, “Including the shoots for product modeling?”

“Damn, you’re really enthusiastic about that part, aren’t you? Not so much with serious dating,” Cheng Zhu was impressed.

“Give up on that thought; in the future… perhaps someone else will be responsible for that,” Cheng Zhu shattered his fantasy.

“Alright.”

As the conversation ended, Cheng Zhu suddenly remembered Ye Zi.

How could I forget my female model.

He picked up his phone and messaged her, “Are you still at the store?”

“Boss, I just left, I’m having lunch at your off-campus location. A guy even asked to add me as a friend just now, but I didn’t accept…” she reported in great detail.

“After you’re done eating, just go directly to the hotel, I’m not at the school side,” Cheng Zhu directed, sending her a location.

He realized that in his chat history with Ye Zi, there actually wasn’t much conversation.

Because he rarely messaged her and she didn’t privately message him, just posted on her Moments.

But their chat history was littered with hotel locations—damn so many, and all different hotels at that.

Besides that were the transaction records…

One word, brilliant!

Ye Zi received the hotel location and promptly replied with her “Yes, Boss” meme.

And when Cheng Zhu arrived at the hotel, Ye Zi had already been waiting for a while.

She had already checked into the room, and Cheng Zhu had to go to the front desk to register with his ID.

Every time they went to a hotel, they arrived separately, the first person opened the room, and the latter registered with their ID.

Damn, if you don’t register together at the front desk, and there’s a check-up, their chat history would definitely be incriminating evidence.

Together, they stepped into the elevator and arrived on the hotel’s 28th floor.

As Cheng Zhu walked toward the room, he glanced at the handsome photo and name on his ID card and asked, “By the way, Ye Zi, I still don’t know your full name.”

“Boss, my real name doesn’t sound nice, my parents gave me a super old-fashioned name.”

“Oh? I get it, what’s your name in the martial arts world then?” he asked.

Many girls who disliked their birth names would sometimes adopt a different name for themselves when meeting others, even if they didn’t legally change it.

Such girls, Cheng Zhu had seen many. Some, a bit more non-mainstream, liked to pick obscure characters, which Cheng Zhu didn’t even recognize.

Of course, when he went out, he didn’t use his real name either but made up all sorts of weird names, obviously fake.

That way, when you say the name, the other person gets the hint, and the understanding ones know what kind of relationship to maintain.

Upon hearing his question, Ye Zi, holding the room card, opened the door, stepped inside, and answered, “Ye Shu.”

She slowly took off her coat, sat on the bed, and in a sultry voice said to Cheng Zhu, “The ‘Shu’ that means comfortable.”

(ps: Second update, asking for monthly tickets.)