Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 67: Chapter 66: The Legendary Mixer

For a moment, Dorm 309 fell into utter silence.

The boys who just entered college were still quite innocent, plus it was still the year 2014.

Dong Dong thought that after getting to know the campus with his roommate and adding a pretty girl on WeChat en route, he could already look down on everyone else in his dorm room.

But who would have thought, they had someone who never went out but could charm your socks off just by opening his mouth!

That saying… was crass but true!

That wasn’t some immature suggestion you gave, it was a damn mature slick suggestion.

Cheng Zhu was just testing Dong Dong on purpose, all because of the way the latter had talked earlier—trying to act cool while still being green.

“You meet a girl on the road, know nothing about her, come on, tell me, isn’t that just being led by lust?”

Sure enough, as soon as Cheng Zhu’s words dropped, Dong Dong started nodding vigorously: “Brother Zhu, you’ve got a point there!”

In fact, Cheng Zhu had another plan.

He began persuading gently, “Let’s not talk about anything else. The girl just started at a new school today, she must have roommates, right?”

“Doesn’t that mean she made at least three new friends today?”

“And if the girls visit each other’s rooms in the dorm, wouldn’t she get to know even more people in one go?”

“If I remember correctly, it was you, Dong Dong, who said the girls at our University of Science and Technology were top-notch, right?”

“I personally suggest, we appoint Dong Dong as our Dorm 309 head, and extend an invitation for a gathering to that girl’s dorm room to have dinner together in the cafeteria tonight!” Cheng Zhu raised an eyebrow: “Let’s give it up, guys!”

As soon as he said this, Liu Feng and Zheng Qingfeng instantly became restless.

A dorm gathering? The legendary dorm meet-up?

“Clap clap clap!” Liu Feng immediately started to applaud enthusiastically.

Zheng Qingfeng began to raise his hands to join in clapping vigorously, then suddenly remembered he was supposed to be the aloof type. His expression changed into an indifferent one as he started clapping softly.

I’m just… going through the motions!

Dong Dong was initially baffled by Cheng Zhu, then became completely flustered by the applause.

Suddenly being put on such a pedestal, and young and thin-skinned at that, how the hell could he refuse?

He didn’t even realize yet who was controlling the entire pace, just that he had become some sort of official now.

Being the dorm head seemed okay too; it was kind of an official position anyway.

Wait till I tell my dad the good news; he might even send me money to treat everyone, and I could ask for more!

But just having added the girl on WeChat, I hadn’t even figured out how to break the ice yet, couldn’t think of what should be the first thing to chat about, and they’re already assigning me tasks to organize a gathering?

“Ahem, it’s not like…” Dong Dong started drafting his speech, sorting out his lines.

But Cheng Zhu nudged him with his shoulder, asking, “What major is that girl studying?”

“Fashion design,” Dong Dong answered.

Cheng Zhu’s voice lifted a bit: “Do you understand the caliber of girls who study fashion design? I don’t need to say more, do I?”

The others didn’t understand, but it seemed like they would be much better than those in our computer science major?

“Still…” Dong Dong felt troubled.

Cheng Zhu put an arm around his shoulder and said, “Worthy of a man who wears ‘big Converse’, indeed impressive.”

Dong Dong’s heart bloomed with happiness, recognizing the quality, knowing I’m wearing RO, not regular Converse.

“Not bad, Brother Zhu, I didn’t know you were also trendy!” Dong Dong now valued him even more.

“Stop calling me Brother Zhu, dorm head, where’s your phone?” Cheng Zhu urged him.

Liu Feng was almost drooling with anticipation, while Zheng Qingfeng pretended to be calm, but kept reaching for his water glass.

As the conversation moved swiftly, after reaching this point, Dong Dong reluctantly picked up his phone, opened WeChat, then his hands froze.

“What, can`t type in pinyin? How about switching to handwriting?” Seeing him not moving for a long time, Cheng Zhu asked with concern.

“What are you talking about! I don’t know how to chat,” Dong Dong revealed his true colors.

As he looked around at the three of them, he asked: “What should I say to start?”

Here it comes, the classic university men’s dorm WeChat chat segment!

A clueless guy, coupled with a bunch of self-proclaimed strategists.

It’s a classic of classics.

Liu Feng: “Don’t look at me, I don’t even dare ask for WeChat.”

Zheng Qingfeng: “I`m aloof.”

Finally, they all turned to Cheng Zhu.

Although he had refused to join the walk around campus and had been a bit of an outsider, he now somehow became the backbone of Dorm 309.

He said directly, “Just tell her, hello classmate, we’re all new here with no friends yet. Our dorm would like to have a mixer with yours, maybe we could have dinner together?”

“Will it work?” Dong Dong hesitated to send the message.

“She just needs to reply that she`ll check with her roommates, and you can consider it a done deal,” Cheng Zhu seemed very certain.

“Really?” Dong Dong was doubtful but went along with it anyway.

A little while later, she actually replied: “I`ll need to ask my roommates.”

A few minutes later, she agreed to Dorm 309`s invitation.

Suddenly, Dong Dong and Liu Feng erupted with a wolf howl, while the mature-faced Zheng Qingfeng strategically drank half a bottle of water, cooling down his burning heart, then continuing to stay aloof.

Cheng Zhu just felt that freshmen were so green.

A girl willing to add you as a friend suggests a good first impression.

Once she goes to ask her roommates, the roommates are bound to gossip about who this guy is when they hear a guy proactively asked for her WeChat. Wouldn’t their gossip fire roar into life? Each one would undoubtedly be curious to see what this guy looks like.

Besides, it was the age when young girls were just beginning to feel romantic interests. Do you think only guys want to interact with the opposite sex?

A lot of guys lose right at this first step, because they lack courage, because they’re timid.

Now, Liu Feng and Zheng Qingfeng were the most thrilled.

Initially, Dong Dong adding a girl had nothing to do with them. Now, with the impending dorm mixer, things were different.

“Brother Zhu, you really are a prophet!” Liu Feng offered some flattery: “Have you really only had one girlfriend?”

Cheng Zhu had indeed had only one girlfriend in this life, but if you counted his past life… he thought hard for a long time and still wasn’t quite sure how many there were.

The main question was, he wasn’t sure if some counted as girlfriends. He’d been intimate with some girls but couldn’t even remember their real names. That couldn’t count, right?

Like the bartender Ye Zi, he didn’t even know her full name.

So, after adding and subtracting, he really couldn’t come up with a clear answer. It had become a math problem!

When other guys asked him this question, any answer would do. But if a girl asked, Cheng Zhu would say no more than three girlfriends—three was the limit for this question, the standard answer. Any more would definitely be too many.

Anyway, “the Way generates one, one generates two, two generates three, three generates all things,” right? It’s in tune with the great Dao!

He patted Liu Feng on the shoulder, his voice earnest, “Chuaner, that’s not important. Are you sure you don’t want to freshen up now while it’s still early?”

Liu Feng and Dong Dong immediately sprang from their chairs and started picking out clothes.

Zheng Qingfeng remained calm but secretly took some hair gel out of the drawer.

After his plan succeeded, Cheng Zhu finally said, “By the way, I won’t be joining the dinner. A senpai has invited me to dinner, and I have already agreed. Let this not be counted as the first official dinner of Dorm 309, okay?”

“What?” The three of them turned around together.

In this moment, sunlight streamed in, bathing Cheng Zhu, dressed simply, in a golden glow. Standing over six feet tall with a rogue handsome face, it was clear as day why so many girls liked him.

Although they hated to admit it, he was undoubtedly the most handsome in Dorm 309, perhaps even in their whole class.

In the mixer, he would outshine everyone in terms of looks, and the girls’ attention would probably focus on him.

Dong Dong was annoyed by this, realizing that no matter how much he dressed up, the hell, he couldn’t compete with this guy.

Now that he was the dorm head, though, for the sake of dorm unity, he said, “Brother Zhu, can’t you dine with your senpai another time?”

“I’m afraid not, how about this, I’ll come for a bit, but I’m not eating,” Cheng Zhu suggested.

He had laid all that groundwork precisely to skip the dorm dinner and dine with Shen Qingning and Lin Lu.

But, he definitely needed to show up for a bit.

What if there was a stunner in the new girls’ dorm?

Wouldn’t they be missing out if they didn’t get to see me?

Just making an appearance, leaving an impression, couldn’t go wrong.

Surely there must be some stunners among the freshmen.

As for having dinner, that was optional. Cheng Zhu figured it would probably be a painfully awkward meal with forced conversation, not really his style.

When Liu Feng heard Cheng Zhu was having dinner with an elder sister, he buttoned up his favorite floral shirt and said, “Brother Zhu, you’re dining with that goddess senpai today?”

“Yeah,” Cheng Zhu nodded.

Zheng Qingfeng and Dong Dong exchanged a look.

They felt that Liu Feng was a good guy overall, managed socially well, but this person seemed like he hadn’t seen much of the world. His use of exaggerated terms, could the word “goddess” really appear in real life? At the very least, this word should be reserved for the class beauty… no, department beauty!

Wait till I rise in the social ranks at university, I’ll show him what’s what!

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Dorm 309 and the fashion design girls scheduled their meeting for 5:30 p.m.

Cheng Zhu and the two elder sisters had their appointment at 5:45 p.m.

Surprisingly, the cafeteria was quite crowded that day.

The food at the University of Science and Technology’s cafeteria didn’t really suit Cheng Zhu’s taste. But having not had it for so many years, he indeed missed it a bit.

“It’s been a long while since I’ve seen the amazing skills of the university cafeteria aunties,” Cheng Zhu thought.

As the four walked along, they had an dignified air about them, marching confidently with steps that knew no kin, chatting and laughing, pretending to be at ease.

But the moment they stepped into the cafeteria, except for Cheng Zhu, the other three instantly wilted.

Zheng Qingfeng kept a stern face, silent and somber.

Liu Feng looked around anxiously.

Dong Dong just kept his head buried in his phone, typing, not daring to look up and find the girl he had added as a friend.

In contrast, Cheng Zhu casually bumped into him, asking, “Is it that group coming towards us?”

“Ah, yes, yes, yes!”

“Then how about saying hello?”

“Oh, okay, okay!”

After Dong Dong greeted them, he immediately felt the girls’ gaze converging on him, as if they were quietly giggling and chatting about something, somewhat egging him on.

The mixer had already started!

Little Dong instantly felt his face heating up, quickly crouched down, kept his head low, and somewhat inexplicably began… tying his shoelaces.