Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 237 - Chapter 237 Chapter 203 Little Youzi Wow

Chapter 237: Chapter 203 Little Youzi: Wow! Chapter 237: Chapter 203 Little Youzi: Wow! In the living room, Shen Qingning looked directly into the eyes of her young stepmom and listened to her words, her heart tightening.

Speaking of which, Wang Yushan had been choosing her words carefully before she asked the question.

Her tone was also kind of playful, half-joking.

After all, she was the stepmom, and their age difference wasn’t that much, she was careful not to overstep.

“You don’t have feelings for Cheng Zhu, do you?”

But how could the current Shen Qingning not understand her own heart?

She, too, had already begun to harbor feelings.

Getting the [Bond] achievement: harboring feelings for Cheng Zhu.

What was even worse was that, as soon as Wang Yushan’s question came up, she couldn’t help but think back to everything that happened in the back seat of the Land Rover last night.

After being kissed by him, how could she not like him?

And it was… not just one kiss, but two!

Yet the proud tsundere that she was, she didn’t tell a lie, but her response was, “He and I are good friends.”

Indeed, that was the current relationship–just friends.

It was nothing more than a kiss, given the “lips friendship!”

The beautiful stepmom watched Shen Qingning’s serious face and smiled, saying, “I was just joking.”

After thinking for a while, she added, “I’ll make a phone call later. This thing can be done, but it’s an exception to help him in this way. I predict there will be some minor troubles afterward; other merchants might have some opinions openly or secretly.”

“The key is whether his store can take off.”

Shen Qingning nodded slightly, “I have confidence in him.”

“Alright,” Wang Yushan seemed to agree to the matter.

Hearing this, Shen Qingning felt a bit more at ease.

Then, she began to feel a strange sense of expectation.

Because he said he would bribe me.

When Zhou Jielun holds his tour, he wants to invite me to his concert.

I hope I can hear “The Longest Movie” at the concert.

After chatting a few more sentences in the living room, Shen Qingning went upstairs.

Wang Yushan sat alone on the sofa, eating fruit and turning on the TV with the remote control.

“Ningning doesn’t seem to be lying,” she thought to herself.

“And with Shen Minglang’s temperament, if he treats Cheng Zhu as a good friend, then he probably thinks there’s nothing between Cheng Zhu and Ningning.”

“Otherwise, he would definitely stir up some trouble.”

“This young master seems quite confident in him, huh?”

Wang Yushan naturally didn’t know that Shen Minglang’s confidence was purely because he believed Cheng Zhu liked Ningning’s best friend, Lin Lu.

With this line of thought, even if he noticed Cheng Zhu acting differently toward Qingning, he would think he’s trying to gain points with the girl he likes by getting close to her best friend.

This tactic was quite common, Shen Minglang also played this game sometimes.

Winning over a girl’s best friend would definitely increase his own success rate.

The fair and good-looking stepmom leaned back and thought of another thing.

“Ningning mentioned last time that Cheng Zhu and Wanzhou grew up as childhood friends, the two of them have been playing together since they were little, and their relationship is particularly good.”

“And Wanzhou, the guy is a bit… a bit…”

At that thought, her eyes widened suddenly, and a terrifying guess emerged in her mind!

Ningning takes care of him, Shen Minglang is so confident in him, could it be that he and Wanzhou are actually…

“No, no, no.” Wang Yushan cursed herself a few times inwardly; how could she think such things?

It must be said, young stepmoms are indeed trendy and open-minded.

On the other side, in the “Youu Come to Play” store.

Cheng Zhu had already helped Little Youzi win 5 dolls.

“Brother, that’s enough!” the little girl with twin ponytails said it was enough.

Bringing home any more would just get her mother nagging again.

She also tugged at Cheng Zhu’s large hand, signaling she had something secret to say.

After Cheng Zhu crouched down, she whispered into his ear, “Brother, let’s secretly put this little sheep back, we already have one at home!”

Hearing his little sister’s words, he found it amusing. So she only enjoyed the process and wanted to put it back in order to continue the business?

“No problem,” Cheng Zhu patted her little head and then prepared to take her to Star City for dinner.

As they left the store, he actually saw Pei Yan.

This vice president of the student council of Technology University was still in his usual style, wearing a white shirt and even a tie under it.

Autumn had arrived, and he even wore a black jacket outside.

Tsk tsk tsk, quite stylish, huh!

“Cheng Zhu junior.” He greeted Cheng Zhu proactively upon seeing him.

“Yeah.” Cheng Zhu nodded, a bit reluctant to deal with him, and unclear about what the guy was up to.

“I was just passing by, just taking a look, the business seems to be doing pretty well,” he said.

Cheng Zhu knew by his demeanor that he was neither just passing by nor just taking a look.

But he didn’t care about it.

Honestly, he always felt that Pei Yan owed him a favor.

According to the memories of his previous life, wasn’t this student council vice president beaten up later by some hot-tempered student?

You think you’re something with your little bit of power, huh? I’ll give you a taste of your own medicine!

The situation was better now because, due to Cheng Zhu, the school leaders thought the student council had a bad atmosphere lately and started reforming, leading to many people toning things down.

“That Pei Yan kid, maybe because of me, avoided a beating.”

“You’ve profited now, huh!” Cheng Zhu pondered with emotion.

Just as he was about to take Little You to get a taxi, Pei Yan said, “Junior, do you have a moment for a chat?”

“I have to take my sister out to eat; kids need to eat to grow, don’t chat too much, if we chat too much, there’ll be no time.” Cheng Zhu found him annoying.

Pei Yan felt displeased inside but kept up a smile on his face, maintaining the elegance of the “elegant weirdo” that he was, and said, “Junior, I heard you want to transfer this shop?”

“Our student council has always paid close attention to the entrepreneurship of alumni, and we care a lot too…”

He began to speak at length.

He really liked to start with “our student council.”

Just as Cheng Zhu’s patience was almost at rock bottom, he asked, “How’s the shop transfer going?”

Cheng Zhu couldn’t help but laugh when he heard that.

Damn, you’re here to fish for information, aren’t you?

Don’t tell me you actually think that because you’re the vice president of the student council, coming here to show concern will seem natural?

“Going smoothly. I’ve been in touch with a few potential buyers, and I’ve also indirectly contacted an investment firm from Shanghai,” Cheng Zhu was worried that this news wouldn’t get out.

You’re the student council vice president, you know many people, and you talk a lot, spread the word for me!

“Venture capital firm?” Pei Yan was slightly startled.

“Yeah, Yue Lingjing’s uncle.” Cheng Zhu directly named names to enhance credibility.

Those ready to take over the shop, listen up, a venture capital firm has expressed interest in investing in me!

Of course, whether a real investment round will take place is uncertain, since the other party just wanted to talk, and Cheng Zhu outright refused.

But if this news got out, those who originally had this idea would surely be even more confident.

Pei Yan had heard of Yue Lingjing, the first-year student famous for her good looks.

During military training, many seniors would deliberately pass by to see if she was as beautiful as the rumors claimed.

Now that Cheng Zhu had brought up her name, Pei Yan truly believed the story.

Today, Pei Yan came here to inquire for Xu Shao, and he even volunteered for it.

“The transfer matter, good to know it’s smooth. By the way, junior, our student council will continue to follow your game project.”

Cheng Zhu internally: Idiot.

What I need is the attention of the school leaders; your concern doesn’t help at all.

It’s just a bunch of people watching me show off, the “shocked bystanders” that you are.

After hailing a taxi, Cheng Zhu took Little You to Star City.

Standing at the entrance of the mall, he squatted down and said to the round-faced little girl with twin ponytails, “Little You, ‘Youu Come to Play’ might be sold, but your brother is already building you a new castle.”

Cheng Youu was slightly taken aback by the hefty amount of information.

“Youu Come to Play” is going to be sold?

And there’s a new castle?

As Cheng Zhu pointed out the store that was undergoing renovation, “Look, I will open a milk tea shop for you right here.”

Hearing the words ‘milk tea shop,’ Little You’s eyes lit up, and she looked up at Cheng Zhu in surprise, her ponytails flying back.

“Really?”

“Of course, it’s true; the renovation is underway!”

She looked in the direction Cheng Zhu pointed and saw the milk tea shop under construction, exclaiming with a small,

“Wow~”

Inside Star City, Cheng Zhu and Little You were eating pizza.

The pizza was indeed a bit too big for her small palms.

She had to lift it with both hands and open her little mouth to take a bite, getting her face and hands covered like a messy little cat.

This was Little You’s favorite pizza, but she didn’t like the green peppers inside.

When ordering, she had Cheng Zhu lift her up so she could talk to the waitress eye to eye, and said in a milky voice, “Sister, can we not have green peppers? I can’t eat green peppers.”

The waitress thought there must be some reason, because she said she couldn’t eat them, and considering how adorably cute the little girl was, the waitress replied with a smile, “Little sister, what happens if you eat green peppers?”

After serious consideration, Little Youzi furrowed her brows and finally came up with a reply,

“It makes me unhappy.”

Now she was very happy, thinking that pizza without green peppers tasted just great.

Cheng Zhu thought a few more green peppers would actually have been better to keep it from being too rich.

Right then, his phone beeped. Originally, he thought it might be Lin Lu looking to chat, but it turned out to be Ning Bao.

From his understanding of Shen Qingning, he suspected this proud tsundere would probably play dead for two days after yesterday’s kissing incident, then pretend nothing ever happened.

She probably wouldn’t initiate contact at all these two days.

Unless there was something important.

As expected, Shen Qingning’s WeChat message read, “I’ve already talked about the gate matter, but you and the mall need to cooperate with one another on how it’s handled.”

“Oh? What do you mean?”

“The mall will act as if it doesn’t know about it, as if you resolved it privately on your own–better to ask forgiveness than permission. It’s best to cover it up during construction so no one sees it. Finally, the mall might issue some form of punishment like a fine or something since it’s a formality.” Shen Qingning typed.

Cheng Zhu immediately understood.

Probably worried about complaints from other merchants.

Having an extra door for a shop, which lets customers come directly from outside the mall instead of through the main entrance, is definitely a benefit.

The mall needed a way to save face too.

With such a result, Cheng Zhu was more than satisfied.

Going through Qingning’s back door was indeed reliable!

What a relief!

Don’t even speak of a fine being a mere formality; he wouldn’t care even if it was real.

But, oh boy, the tone you used in your message, so official.

Well, this is the attitude you chose yourself!

It’s one you picked yourself!

“Thanks, you really helped me out big time this time, I’m grateful.” Cheng Zhu replied just as formally.

Shen Qingning could sense that their chat seemed to revert to the way it used to be, with a subtle sense of distance once again.

People can be strange sometimes. Although it’s me being a tsundere, choosing to be this way first; when they see the other person acting the same, they can’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

Despite how intimate we were last night…

Shen Qingning turned into a sour and bitter lemon once again.

Isn’t it said that being tsundere is a sickness?

Just as she was feeling this way, Cheng Zhu sent another WeChat message.

“So, the Zhou Jielun concert I said I’d use to bribe you–do you want to go or not?” He deliberately put it like that, bringing it up again himself.

Shen Qingning’s mood, which had just surfaced, seemed to find an outlet at that moment.

“I want to go.” She typed with a slight upward curve to her lips.

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