Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 229 - 196 Bullying Shen Qingning_2
Chapter 229: Chapter 196 Bullying Shen Qingning_2
Chapter 229: Chapter 196 Bullying Shen Qingning_2
These numbers, for an ordinary college student, are still quite shocking.
A meal costs nearly ten thousand?
A tiny shrimp costs over a hundred?
— Damn!
The main thing is, we have only completed the game development, so the boss treated us to a meal.
This isn’t a celebration feast after the game made big money!
Man, what kind of standards will be there in the future?
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At the mall’s first floor, Cheng Zhu took Shen Qingning around the construction site.
Then, he pointed to a spot and said, “I just want to put a small door here, no need for a big one.”
Shen Qingning nodded, even took out her phone and snapped a photo, saving it.
After doing these, Cheng Zhu said to her, “Let’s go, up to the KTV.”
This made Shen Qingning feel like she was wearing the same clothes as that day, and even the unfolding events seemed similar.
Only that day it was about accompanying her worrisome brother to drink; today, it turned directly into singing and drinking with him.
Personally, she isn’t really fond of places with many unfamiliar people.
But she could tell, Cheng Zhu was happy after the game development was completed.
Since he had invited her, she really didn’t want to spoil his mood.
“It won’t go on very late, right?” she asked.
“No, we can leave early,” Cheng Zhu said, smiling at her.
It sounded a bit strange though.
“Let me tell you, in this kind of situation today, they’ll definitely come to toast, so we need to leave early. Otherwise, it’s easy to get too drunk later on, and I might even black out,” he continued.
“You seem experienced?” Shen Qingning looked at him.
Of course, he had experience!
Besides, everyone was young, and since he was the boss, they would definitely come forward to toast, but it wasn’t good to be too ostentatious, surely he couldn’t say “You drink, I’ll pass,” right?
In my previous life, what kind of drinking parties hadn’t I attended?
He had been a big shot at drinking gatherings and had also accompanied other big shots.
Not to mention wild parties with drinking buddies.
But now, Cheng Zhu casually replied, “Anyone could guess it would be like this.”
Once they arrived at the KTV, Cheng Zhu ordered a set of Hennessy and also two boxes of beer.
When everyone had arrived, just as he had guessed, they took turns coming up to toast.
Cheng Zhu barely sat down before he had already downed several glasses in succession.
Among the toasts, there were some groups of girls included.
The girls, however, felt embarrassed to clink glasses with Cheng Zhu, so they clinked with Shen Qingning instead, causing her to also drink two glasses, inexplicably becoming Cheng Zhu’s drinking partner for the evening.
After drinking a bit, Dong Dong instigated, letting Cheng Zhu start by singing a song as an example!
Truthfully, many young people are shy about singing in KTV, feeling embarrassed and even extremely nervous.
But how could Cheng Zhu be like that?
As someone accustomed to liquor-filled scenes, he definitely had several iconic songs.
Shen Qingning sat by, quite curious about what Cheng Zhu singing would be like.
Previously, during Shen Minglang’s birthday, everyone had come to KTV, but they were all too busy playing drinking games, hardly anyone actually took to singing.
“I’m afraid after I sing, no one will dare to sing anymore,” Cheng Zhu casually picked up the microphone and shook his head.
He confidently walked up to the song-selection stage and casually picked one of his staple songs.
— Zhou Jielun’s “The Longest Movie.”
As soon as he started singing, he had that flair: “Our beginning is like a long movie.”
Everyone’s expressions turned from anticipation to either surprise or admiration!
Cheng Zhu wasn’t the type whose singing voice was loud and rough. His singing voice and his everyday speaking voice gave two distinct feelings.
This song wasn’t easy to sing, having many pitch changes and falsettos.
Dong Dong glanced at Zhu Yingying sitting next to him, only to see her staring intently at the singing Cheng Zhu, obviously completely captivated by his voice.
Damn it! Brother Zhu! Is there anything you can’t do!
Leave some room for others, will you? I was just thinking on the way here about what song I could sing to mesmerize Yingying!
Crap! There’s no competing!
Shen Qingning just quietly sat beside Cheng Zhu, sometimes glancing at him, sometimes looking at the lyrics on the screen.
“Love, isn’t it precious because it’s unspoken—.” Cheng Zhu had reached the last line before the chorus.
It must be said, sometimes certain lyrics really resonate with you.
At that moment, Shen Qingning involuntarily thought about that night’s stubborn words, remembering sitting on the electric scooter’s backseat, clutching his shirt tail, and telling him, “Cheng Zhu, I… I don’t like you.”
That matter was never mentioned between them afterward.
She could pretend to be blackout drunk.
But she wasn’t sure what Cheng Zhu thought.
Just then, Cheng Zhu was heartily belting out, “Remember you told me to forget, remember you told me to forget! You said you would cry, not because you cared!”
After the A section of the song finished, people in the private room started clapping and cheering.
Cheng Zhu realized halfway through his singing, “The lyrics of this song… why do they seem so proud?”
He didn’t do this on purpose; it was a belated realization.
That was a small surprise.
Once the song ended, just as Cheng Zhu had said, after he finished singing, people were somewhat embarrassed to sing.
But it didn’t matter, tonight was meant for everyone to relax, so they just played some drinking games together, playing a game called [Ms. Cards].
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During the game, Shen Qingning didn’t have much luck and ended up drinking quite a lot.
At ten o’clock, her phone received a call, the caller was Shen Minglang.
“I’m going outside to take it,” she picked up her phone and told Cheng Zhu.
“Alright, I’ll come with you,” Cheng Zhu followed her out of the private room.
“Hello, brother, yes, I’m outside.”
“Yes, it’s at KTV.”
She guessed he could hear the howling from the next room.
“With Cheng Zhu,” Shen Qingning glanced at him, responding to Shen Minglang’s question on the phone.
Cheng Zhu looked at her, asking, “Want me to take it?”
Shen Qingning actually handed him the phone.
“Hello, cousin, it’s me.”
“Motherfucker, cousin! You go to karaoke without me? Feeling distant now, huh?”
“No, no, today it’s a gathering for my game studio. Just finished developing the game, so I brought the employees out for a bit of fun, we’re at Star City now,” Cheng Zhu explained.
He added, “Originally today was to discuss the bubble tea shop with Shen Qingning, then we ended up having dinner and singing here at Star City.”
“Oh, I see!” Shen Minglang understood.
Since he and his stepmother had a tense relationship, and Star City’s affairs were managed by his stepmother Wang Yushan, he really didn’t want to be involved.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help Cheng Zhu; he was afraid of making things worse by losing his temper.
Over the phone, Shen Minglang didn’t forget to say, “Hey! Cousin! I absolutely trust you, let Qingning drink less!”
He really hadn’t thought Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning would end up together.
Based on Shen Qingning’s past behavior and her own words, everyone around her believed she wouldn’t date during her college years.
He had always felt that Cheng Zhu might have some interest in Lin Lu.
That sense came to him on his own birthday.
So afterward, he kept saying, if Cheng Zhu could win over Lin Lu, I’d wash his underwear for a year.
Thus, he was sure nothing would happen between him and Qingning.
Shen Minglang: Cheng Zhu! Not a blood cousin, but might as well be! Completely trustworthy!
Holding the phone, Cheng Zhu cheerfully said, “Don’t worry, cousin, you can be completely at ease! With me here, who can bully her?”
Having had some drinks, Shen Qingning stood by, listening to Cheng Zhu and her brother chat over the phone, always slightly tilting her red-blushed face, watching him speak.
At that moment, she heard Cheng Zhu’s words, and for some reason, memories of the past surfaced in her mind.
For instance, when the rumor about them dating first started at school, he unexpectedly greeted her saying, “Hello, rumored girlfriend.”
Even her own words that night, saying she didn’t like him, were prompted by his earlier comment: “You have such a high profile at school, people are intimidated, if everyone thinks you like me, some might not dare to date me.”
She couldn’t help but lower her head, whispering very softly, “Nonsense, you’re the one who bullies.”
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