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Chapter 231 - Chapter 231 Chapter 197 Are You Not Giving It_2

Chapter 231: Chapter 197 Are You Not Giving It?_2 Chapter 231: Chapter 197 Are You Not Giving It?_2 After the round of games ended, he prepared to take Shen Qingning and leave.

“Well, we’re gonna head out first, you guys keep playing for a bit,” Cheng Zhu said as he stood up.

“Don’t go, Brother Zhu! Stay and play for a while longer!” Dong Dong wouldn’t let him leave.

Right now, all he could think about was the next round of card drawing. I must get “Crazy” and win it back!

He didn’t even consider whether his brainpower was enough to fool Cheng Zhu.

“I and Shen Qingning have things to take care of tomorrow. You guys keep playing,” Cheng Zhu said, not bothering with him.

He glanced around and decided the booze in the private room was enough for them to drink, so he didn’t order more.

With these young folks’ drinking capacity, any more would make it easy for things to go south.

After all, Cheng Zhu had a different status, so everyone gave in after a few attempts to persuade him.

If Dong Dong wanted to leave at this point, there would be a bunch of people teasing: “What’s wrong? Can’t keep up drinking? Can’t handle your liquor?”

After leaving the private room, Shen Qingning let out a sigh of relief, then turned to Cheng Zhu, “I’m… going to the restroom first.”

There were people in the private room’s restroom, probably throwing up, so she chose to go to the one outside.

“Okay, I’ll wash my face too,” Cheng Zhu said.

He just felt that since Shen Qingning had drank quite a bit, it was better to keep an eye on her.

Cheng Zhu pulled out his phone and checked the time–it was only ten forty.

“Still early,” he thought.

Inside the bathroom, Shen Qingning stood in front of the mirror, washing her hands and glancing up at her reflection.

She noticed she was wearing the same outfit as the day they had enjoyed the evening breeze, quite unintentionally.

And just like last time, she felt a bit too tipsy.

“Only last time, it was just me who had drunk. Today, he’s also had quite a bit,” she thought to herself.

At this moment, as she looked at her own face in the mirror, she felt her cheeks were rather red.

After drying her hands with a paper towel, she used her cold hands to gently pat her cheeks, which felt quite warm.

If things were to go as they did that night, the two of them would next ride an electric car together, then head to Youu Come to Play.

But today that certainly was not happening.

Cheng Zhu himself had drunk quite a bit and he came here by taxi.

As for Youu Come to Play, the shop was already on the market, and it probably wouldn’t be long before it was sold.

After leaving the restroom, Shen Qingning saw Cheng Zhu extinguishing the cigarette he was smoking.

“Let’s go,” he said.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder, making their way slowly toward the elevator.

Shen Qingning’s car was parked on the second floor of the underground car park. Once inside the elevator, Cheng Zhu asked, “Do you want to go see your brother and your cousin?”

“Not today, I’ve been drinking,” Shen Qingning responded.

“What does that have to do with drinking?”

“You haven’t met my cousin. He’s actually a good guy, but… he can be pretty naggy,” she reminisced.

It seemed as though she recalled something funny, a rare faint smile appeared on her face. Of course, it might also be because she was more animated after drinking.

“Let me tell you, whether it’s me, my brother, or Wanzhou, sometimes we all intentionally ignore him.”

“Even in group chats, we do the same.”

“Once we engage him, he just won’t stop talking. When he gets excited, he’ll ask us to join him for a group voice call.”

Cheng Zhu chuckled: “Is that so.”

He guessed this cousin was the eldest of their group and probably would nag quite a bit when he saw Shen Qingning had been drinking.

“But I’m a bit hungry.” Cheng Zhu hadn’t had a main meal in the evening, and he preferred to eat something after drinking to avoid feeling bad the next day.

“I have some bread I bought this afternoon in my car, okay?” Shen Qingning offered.

She wouldn’t eat late-night snacks under any circumstances.

“That works, just a little something,” Cheng Zhu nodded.

After reaching the parking lot, they quickly found Shen Qingning’s Land Rover.

Shen Qingning got into the back seat because she planned to call a driver, so she thought she might as well stay in the back rather than the passenger seat.

Cheng Zhu opened the door on the other side and naturally took a seat in the back as well.

The space inside the car was limited, and the two of them ended up in this small space together.

Even the air didn’t circulate, as the car wasn’t started.

For some reason, Shen Qingning felt her face getting hotter, as if both could sense each other’s breath.

“Here’s the bread. I’m gonna start the car,” Shen Qingning handed him the bag with the bread and then got ready to step out.

“I’ll do it.” Cheng Zhu was sitting behind the driver’s seat, so it was more convenient for him.

After he started the car, he naturally sat back down in the rear seat.

Shen Qingning’s phone automatically connected to the car’s Bluetooth, and music began to play automatically.

To their surprise, it was Zhou Jielun’s “The Longest Movie.”

“Can’t be this coincidental, right?” Cheng Zhu took a bite of the bread and looked at Shen Qingning, who was quite close, with a somewhat teasing gaze.

“Uh.” She didn’t know how to respond after drinking.

“You didn’t secretly download this song after hearing how well I sang it at the KTV, did you?” Cheng Zhu smiled.

“This song was already in my playlist. I just hadn’t downloaded it after changing my phone, but since I heard it, I downloaded it,” Shen Qingning answered.

That was almost an admission.

At this moment, Cheng Zhu felt a slight stirring of emotions.

It was akin to singing a signature song at KTV, and the girl sitting next to you listens attentively, then immediately downloads it on her phone while still in the private room.

It’s a small act, but in a stage of ambiguous feelings, it’s quite touching.

“I sang pretty well, didn’t I?” he asked.

Then he hummed along with the song playing in the car.

“It’s okay,” she replied.

“What do you mean okay? Zhou Jie himself might not beat me!” he boasted.

“Have you listened to his live concert?” Shen Qingning asked.

She chose to divert the topic so as not to respond to Cheng Zhu’s boastful remark.

In his past life, Cheng Zhu was a regular at various star concerts, usually taking his sister along.

He’d been to Zhou Jielun’s concerts three times with different girls.

Taking girls to music festivals or concerts can be a nice touch.

He preferred the latter since music festivals can be pretty exhausting.

Going to concerts with a girl is great since the atmosphere is lively and can be quite romantic.

These places also fulfill girls’ needs for taking pictures.

If the seats were good, posting in Moments could also satisfy a bit of vanity.

Of course, someone like Cheng Zhu in his previous life wouldn’t want to be featured in someone else’s Moments.

Neither would he let others appear in his Moments.

For people like him: vows are fine, WeChat Moments, not so much.

But later, it was impossible to get tickets for famous singers’ concerts, and scalpered tickets were unbelievably expensive, making the cost rather high.

Two tickets plus travel and hotel expenses were not insignificant.

But he didn’t care about money and liked concerts.

However, in this life, he’d never been to any singer’s concert and said, “I’ve never been to his concert.”

“Me neither. I wanted to go one summer but couldn’t because of some things,” said Shen Qingning.

“Then how about this, if you sort out the matter with the little door of the tea shop for me, I’ll take you to a Zhou Jielun concert when he tours! This promise is long-term!”

“Is this a bribe?” Shen Qingning turned and asked.

“Yes,” Cheng Zhu turned, his eyes fixed on her with an intense stare: “I am bribing you. Don’t you want it?”

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