Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 80: Chapter 74: Do You Understand What a Grandmaster Is?_3

“Don’t keep grinning like an idiot, are you that happy just to see some handsome guys training?” Cheng Zhu said, annoyed.

“What do you mean? I’m here to see you panting like a parched dog!” Lin Lu said with a laugh.

“So I’m a dog now am I? And not just any dog, a parched dog? Damn, you’re really specifying my breed now?”

“Forget about that, I’m asking you! Did you use the sunscreen I gave you?”

He teased her on purpose, “Aiyo, I really forgot!”

“Ah? How can you be like this? I went out of my way to buy it for you after I finished my dubbing work that day! I even reminded you last night!” Lin Lu was a bit angry.

She felt neglected that she’d gone to the trouble of getting him a gift and he didn’t seem to care, leaving the voice actress feeling a bit slighted. Her spirit seemed to wilt a bit as if her vitality were draining away.

Cheng Zhu saw her deflated state, and suddenly an idea sprouted in his mind.

“No, I was just fooling you, I really did use it.”

“You liar! You definitely didn’t!” Lin Lu was angry now and definitely wouldn’t believe him.

She looked up at Cheng Zhu, her eyebrows furrowed and the corners of her mouth turned down, all pitiful.

Cheng Zhu knew she wouldn’t believe him, and that was exactly what he wanted—her disbelief!

“Hey, still don’t believe me, huh? Just you wait!” Cheng Zhu walked out and called over his three rambunctious roommates.

Dong Dong and Liu Feng trotted over like excited puppies, with faces full of the excitement of front-row gossip-watchers.

Zheng Qingfeng was also anxious inside, but he restrained himself and walked slower than the two rambunctious ones by three paces, maintaining his cool image.

Cheng Zhu said to Lin Lu, “These three are my roommates.”

“I told them that I used the sunscreen before I left in the morning, but she doesn’t believe me,” Cheng Zhu said to them, looking to see which roommate would be the most agreeable, so he might later take them on as his sworn son.

Lin Lu listened as Cheng Zhu made a big deal out of calling his roommates, feeling a little embarrassed and overwhelmed.

Ah! I didn’t want to prove it like this! Ahhh! Why is he calling more people?

What’s with your expressions, why do you look like you’re gorging on a couple’s drama, ah! You can’t possibly think I came all the way here just to ask about the sunscreen, right?

No way! It was supposed to be a trivial matter, so why has it suddenly become such a grand show?

Ah! There’s a weirdly ambiguous feel to the air now. Stop! Just stop!

This was making her feel strange, to the point that the answer to her question no longer seemed to matter.

Now, she didn’t even care if Cheng Zhu took the gift seriously; she just wanted this atmosphere to end quickly.

But, does the answer really not matter?

—It matters a lot.

You want the atmosphere to end? Then what the hell am I doing calling these three minions over as if I’m the Grandmaster?

Pile on! Keep piling on the atmosphere!

Among the trio of cheeky dogs, the shortest, Liu Feng, was the first to declare with all the seriousness one could muster:

“Sunscreen? I applied it, yeah!”

“We even asked Brother Zhu if he would share some with us,” he said with a laugh. “He refused, but he’s not a stingy guy; he said he’d compensate us with a red packet as if we’d used it! Hahaha!”

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Among the trio of cheeky dog swordsmen, Liu Feng earned Cheng Zhu’s favor first.

Well done, lad, your path has just widened.

Brother Zhu here, if given the chance, will deign to be your wingman.

To let you experience the effect of the strongest wingman!

Dong Dong and Zheng Qingfeng were not as cooperative, even playing at betrayal within their dormitory.

What Liu Feng said was, “We asked Brother Zhu for sunscreen to apply, but he refused to give us any.”

But in reality, only Dong Dong, that fool, actually asked for some, while the others did not.

Cool and usually laconic, Zheng couldn’t help but stab his roommate in the back: “He’s the one who asked.”

“You damn…” Dong Dong admitted defeat.

The situation wasn’t a big deal, but when it was brought in front of the lady who provided the sunscreen, who also happened to be a gorgeous college goddess, he did feel a bit ashamed and quickly said, “No, no, it was just a joke! I didn’t take the red packet either, ahem!”

It was all too real, this whole act was too real!

Of course, this was a genuine incident, not an act.

Lin Lu sat on a bench in the corridor, laughing, “What the heck, red packets now!”

“I get it, I get it, okay? Is it not enough to know you’ve used it?” she looked up at Cheng Zhu beside her and murmured, “To think you would call your roommates to prove it…”

“Well, it’s your own fault for not believing me.” The dog of a man flashed a grin and started passing the buck.

Lin Lu looked at his smile and, for some reason, just felt that he was up to no good!

It is making me feel embarrassed. The vibes here are too weird.

I’ve gotta escape! Run, run, run!

“Alright! I know, I know! It’s not important, it’s not important. I don’t care if you use it or not, why should I care? I gave it to you, it’s up to you, right?” She promptly got up from the bench, her speech becoming increasingly disordered.

“You guys have another training session soon, take a good rest first. Well, I’ll be heading off now, bye!”

“Bye then!” She waved to Cheng Zhu quickly, picked up her bag, and left, executing a proper ‘Lu Lu, run fast’ routine.

Cheng Zhu watched as she walked away; Lin Lu was muttering something as she hurried off, but it was unclear what she was grumbling about.

He reached out and clapped Liu Feng on the shoulder, out of blue, asking, “Chuaner, got any plans for a romance in college?”

“Brother Zhu, of course!” Liu Feng immediately said.

“Got someone you like? Tell me in secret, okay?” He raised his eyebrows suggestively at Liu Feng.

“Sure thing!” Liu Feng was visibly excited.

Was Brother Zhu about to pass on his knowledge to me?

Dong Dong and Zheng Qingfeng exchanged puzzled looks.

What the hell were those two doing?

“We can only tell Cheng in secret? Can’t we know too?” Dong Dong even said, “Chuaner, you’re not trying to keep it from me and Zheng, are you?”

Liu Feng: “…”

Man, with your slow uptake, you’re going to struggle in the future.

The four of them left the corridor, with Dong Dong still hung up on being betrayed by Zheng, shoulder bumping each other playfully as they walked.

Dong Dong, skinny as he was, bumped into him, muttering curses.

Zheng Qingfeng was chubby, he returned the bump with a cool and expressionless shoulder charge.

People in Dorm 309 were generally easygoing, open in conversation, and fond of having fun, without holding grudges.

In roommate relationships, it’s the secret scorekeeping that’s most feared, the issues that are never brought out in the open.

Meanwhile, Lin Lu had walked far away.

Girls often focus on different things from boys.

Girls tend to think more about the details, and love to delve deeper.

He refused to share the sunscreen but offered red packets instead—what did that mean?

It indicated willingness and generosity, as if he would have shared it if he had bought the sunscreen himself.

But because it was a gift from someone else, it was absolutely off-limits?

Suddenly, the sunscreen became special, its value and significance elevated.

Or was it not the item that was special but… the person?

The same piece of information sounds completely different when it comes from someone else’s mouth.

“Ah! What am I even thinking about!” Lin Lu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

Go away, get these messy thoughts out of my head!

“When I gave it to him, he didn’t seem to care much and even mocked me!”

“I can’t understand him, can’t understand him! No more thinking! No more thinking!” She quickly strode forward, taking large steps.

But soon, her pace slowed again and the steps got smaller.

“What’s with him, always saying the opposite of what he feels! Hmph!” Lin Lu’s step lightened up a bit.

She clutched her small bag, tapping her little leather shoes, trying not to think about it too much, only to keep coming back to it.

Yes, she had run away, but the strange atmosphere she’d stirred up still lingered with some warmth.

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(ps: Second update, a long chapter, not splitting it, looking for monthly votes.)