Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 148 - 128 Another Batch of New Arrivals for [Persistent Visit]
Chapter 148: Chapter 128 Another Batch of New Arrivals for [Persistent Visit]
Inside “Youu Come to Play,” Zhang Qiqi had helped the muddle-headed Liu Feng take photos at various check-in spots again.
The sudden appearance of Shen Qingning had spoiled her mood for the day.
If it were online, she was confident she could go toe-to-toe with Shen Qingning, as the other person wasn’t good at taking photos, had poor expression management, and a terrible sense of camera presence.
But whenever they met in real life, she always felt overshadowed.
Of course, Zhang Qiqi stubbornly believed it was because her family was wealthier.
After they finished taking the photos, the duo didn’t linger in the claw machine arcade.
She mustered up the energy to say goodbye to Cheng Zhu and mentioned that she would post the dance video on Weibo tonight.
Liu Feng had been secretly sizing up her friend and noticed that since the appearance of that coolly detached girl, Qiqi seemed somewhat deflated.
She, however, found it normal—how many women in the world could really compare to that kind of top-tier beauty?
Once they stepped out of the store, she whispered, “Qiqi, who was that girl just now?”
“Just… a junior in our school,” Zhang Qiqi said.
“Oh,” Liu Feng didn’t probe any further.
Still, she couldn’t help but express her envy, “I saw that she was wearing Chanel’s new season piece just now; that design is out of stock in domestic boutiques, and the clerks usually reserve them directly for their VIP customers.”
People in their circle really loved researching luxury goods.
“Tsk tsk, driving a car worth over two million to school, I’m so envious. And not to mention, those long legs in a Land Rover really look good, super cool,” she said.
Listening to this, Zhang Qiqi felt increasingly uneasy.
Seeing that Zhang Qiqi’s expression had worsened, Liu Feng immediately chose to shut up.
She could vaguely sense that Qiqi’s attitude toward that handsome guy was completely different from how she usually treated other guys.
But if Qiqi’s rival was that person…
Well, it looks like even the glam internet celebrity of the school might have a taste of love’s bitterness!
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Within “Youu Come to Play,” after giving some instructions to Wang Wei, Cheng Zhu left his little shop.
As he walked back to the dormitory down the tree-lined avenue, he thought for a moment and then took out his mobile phone to initiate contact with Shen Qingning, “Are you feeling better?”
He used to deliberately not chat with Shen Qingning, but after the dreamy night before, continuing that would be just stupid.
Soon, he received her reply, “Hmm.”
It was clear this ice queen wasn’t good at small talk.
She was really just answering questions and nothing more.
A conversation should go back and forth, not just one person asking and the other answering.
Cheng Zhu looked at his phone, didn’t bother finding a new topic, and deliberately stayed silent, sliding the phone back into his pocket as he continued walking.
The autumn campus had an air of crisp freshness.
But the youthful female students, plenty of them, were still stubbornly baring their legs.
Of course, even if it started snowing, those who dared to bare legs still would.
“Not a single formidable one,” he mused, looking at the succession of pale thighs, feeling they all fell short when compared to Shen Qingning.
Just as he was about to reach the dormitory building, the phone in his pocket vibrated.
“I really troubled you last night,” Shen Qingning initiated a WeChat message, and began to try finding topics to talk with guys.
It was still somewhat awkward, and her typing was rather formal.
“It’s okay, just a bit of back pain,” Cheng Zhu started bluffing.
With his physique, it was unlikely that he’d be worn out just by her leaning on him for a bit, especially since she was soft and fragrant.
After sending that, he swiftly added, “Didn’t we say about having a meal? This meal can then cancel out the obligation, haha!”
“That’s fine,” she replied very straightforwardly.
Cheng Zhu had previously mentioned inviting her and Lin Lu to eat together.
So, if your invitation to eat gets canceled, Lin Lu’s still stands.
Anyways, laying the groundwork first, it could be a fallback option for him in the future.
Standing outside the boys’ dormitory, Cheng Zhu texted, “Your outfit today was really nice. It’s a shame you didn’t take a photo in the store.”
He sensed that Shen Qingning seemed somewhat concerned about Zhang Qiqi and Liu Feng, probably because she saw him recording videos for them, so he mentioned it.
Of course, he also genuinely believed that her look for the day matched her personality well.
The most important part was… Shen Qingning wore black stockings today!
Beneath her Chanel-style skirt, she wore black tights.
Inside the house, Shen Qingning, looking at the WeChat message from Cheng Zhu, immediately got up and walked briskly to the full-length mirror in the dressing room.
She checked her reflection from all angles.
“I seem to have worn this outfit when I met him before,” she recalled.
“The only difference is…” she looked down at her fine long legs, adorned with black stockings.
She had chosen to wear black stockings today purely because there was a small bruise on her leg.
Many people wake up the day after drinking to find unexplained bruises, not knowing when they hit something.
Now, she wasn’t sure if Cheng Zhu’s sudden compliment was because stockings added points in his mind?
She rarely wore them herself, whereas Lin Lu often excitedly adjusted her leg and exclaimed, “Oh my, Ningning, if you wore stockings… tsk tsk, which man could resist!”
For the moment, any displeasure about Cheng Zhu filming dance videos for others disappeared.
After all, after filming their video, Cheng Zhu thought it was most regrettable she didn’t take any photos.
Her phone pinged with a message from Lin Lu, saying she’d be home in about forty minutes!
“Miss me, Ningning?” she teased.
Shen Qingning replied half-heartedly, “I did, I did.”
Then, eyeing the time, she murmured to herself, “Forty minutes, huh?”
She headed to the shoe cabinet, traded her slippers for the shoes she’d worn to school, and drove back to “Youu Come to Play.”
She was going there to take photos.
On the way, her feelings were mixed.
She hoped Cheng Zhu would be at the store, yet also hoped he wouldn’t be.
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And she somewhat regretted driving back after reaching home.
Upon arriving outside the store, she took a deep breath before opening the car door and heading towards “Youu Come to Play.”
Cheng Zhu was no longer in the store.
Shen Qingning felt a slight disappointment, but it also eased her nerves.
She approached the shop assistant Wang Wei, “Hello, could you help me take a photo? Just one will do.”
“Ah?” Wang Wei was initially startled, then promptly said, “Sure, sure!”
She even displayed a strong sense of compliance.
Meanwhile, Cheng Zhu had returned to his dormitory.
The three nosy guys in dormitory 309 immediately interrogated him, almost resorting to torture.
“Brother Zhu! Who did you spend the night with outside yesterday?” Liu Feng asked.
Being part of the “Chasing Deer” CP fandom, he internally screamed that it had to be senior Lin Lu!
Indeed, it was a ship name he coined himself, taking one character from each of their names, signifying the eventual fulfillment between Cheng Zhu and Lin Lu.
“No night returns! As the dorm leader, I must thoroughly interrogate you!” Dong Dong even put on airs as the dorm head.
The usually reticent yet cool Zheng Qingfeng was concise: “Speak!”
But he felt he wasn’t entitled to speak to Brother Zhu so disrespectfully, aware that this was a golden thigh, so he added, “Please, speak up!”
Cheng Zhu stood tall, looking down upon them: “Heh! Since when do you lot boss me around?”
“I didn’t sleep with any girl. There was something urgent last night, and I couldn’t come back to the dorm. This morning, Dean Zhang and Director Li visited the shop, so I went back,” Cheng Zhu replied, annoyed.
“Ah? The dean went? Damn!” Dong Dong’s eyes went wide.
If he received such treatment, he’d call his dad immediately, bragging about his success and asking for an increase in pocket money.
“Brother Zhu, did the dean really take notice?” Liu Feng was equally astonished.
“It’s not that serious, and it’s not as exaggerated as you’re making it sound. It’s just that they’ve recognized I have potential. Have you read fantasy novels? The prodigies always get noticed when they enroll, always…” Just as he was about to launch into a monologue, his pocket vibrated again with his phone.
He had been wondering why Shen Qingning hadn’t replied to his messages.
But Cheng Zhu wasn’t the type to sheepishly wait for a reply. I’ve got plenty to do, only an idiot would just wait around.
Dude, are you waiting for a reply, or is it an imperial edict?
Their chat history had stopped at his last message: “Your outfit today was really nice. It’s a shame you didn’t take a photo in the store.”
To his surprise, Shen Qingning sent a photo at that moment.
It was a picture of her in the outfit Cheng Zhu had casually complimented, standing in front of the doll wall.
That photo surpassed any reply.
“Hisss—, she really doesn’t know much, but what she does can instantly outplay many high-level players,” Cheng Zhu felt a small hit.
Still, this proud girl added below the photo, “Lin Lu said she wanted a fruit platter, so I came to the fruit shop, and then I stopped by your store.”
Cheng Zhu replied with a silly emoji, with a kid stretching their eyes wide with fingers.
“Not bad, not bad at all,” he said.
Inside dormitory 309, everyone noticed Cheng Zhu suddenly stopped talking and began replying to messages, instantly guessing he was chatting with a girl.
That’s when Liu Feng remembered something.
“Brother Zhu, I picked up your package too. Put it under your desk,” he spoke up.
“Really?” Cheng Zhu pulled out his chair, took the package from under the desk, and saw the sender was from Guan Yun County, pausing his movements and not immediately opening it.
Because inside, there were the next series of samples from “Persistent Visit.”
These were designs that did not exist on the market yet.
Cheng Zhu was well aware that the store’s regular QQ lingerie styles were already performing well.
At this time, it made sense to expand the range a bit, to include niche but surprisingly popular styles with not negligible monthly sales.
Just to give an example.
“Have you ever heard of the black Spiderman tight-fit bodysuit?”
