Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 258 - Chapter 258 Chapter 224 Banter

Chapter 258: Chapter 224 Banter Chapter 258: Chapter 224 Banter In the staff dormitory, Chen Jieyu slowly set down her mobile phone.

The balance in her bank account enveloped her in a deep sense of powerlessness.

More importantly, it was the sense of contrast that came with the comparison.

She felt sorry for her mother, so she bought her insurance.

But now she was actually a bit unclear… Does she, pity me?

Some time had passed since National Day when she went back to her hometown.

She had only called Chen Jieyu once.

Chen Jieyu didn’t pick up, and she didn’t want to.

But after that, the other party never contacted her again.

“Is it because she also doesn’t know what to say?”

“Or does she also think there’s no need to say anything?”

Chen Jieyu’s heart always tilted towards one side or the other.

Right at that moment, her phone vibrated. After seeing who sent the WeChat message, the gloom in her eyes softened a bit.

—-It was Cheng Zhu.

“Do you want to ride with me tomorrow?” Cheng Zhu asked.

He had previously mentioned wanting classmates to help him playtest “Sheep.”

So, he contributed a certain amount of funds for this autumn excursion, even paying for the chartered bus himself, and anyone who passed the game that day could win a prize of 1000 yuan.

But Cheng Zhu himself didn’t plan to ride the bus.

He intended to drive there himself.

Since he was not an ordinary college student with nothing to do over the weekend, having his own car would allow for more flexibility in case something unexpected came up.

The Land Rover had already been returned to Lin Lu, so, later on, his good buddy Jiang Wanzhou would bring his Mercedes Benz G-Class over.

“Speaking of which, always driving other people’s cars isn’t great.”

“This feeling of being kept by a wealthy woman, it’s enough to enjoy it for a while.”

“Anyway, now I have enough money on hand, I’ll get a car next week.”

At this moment, Chen Jieyu looked at the WeChat message on her phone and wondered, “You plan to drive there yourself?”

As a counselor, she worried for a moment, feeling that Cheng Zhu doing so might seem a bit unsociable, a bit too special?

But then she thought about it, the bus was booked with his money, after all.

“Yeah, right, you know I have a lot of things to take care of, and this B&B is so remote. In case there really is some situation, it’s more convenient to have a car,” he explained his reason.

He had long passed the stage of showing off his car to fellow students.

Moreover, he hadn’t bought a car yet.

Not like some young kids, showing off the cars they borrowed every chance they got.

“Speaking of which, it’s 2014 now, and the Mercedes Benz G-Class isn’t as hot as it became later on. There aren’t as many people buying this car as there were later.”

“You know, later on it became a so-called price-inflated myth of a car. If you wanted to buy one, you’d have to pay at least a couple hundred thousand more.”

“But it really does hold its value,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Jieyu agreed: “Okay.”

Seeing her agree, Cheng Zhu then notified the three oath sons in his dorm 309 group chat: “I’m driving myself tomorrow, not taking the bus.”

“Brother Zhu! Take me with you!” Dong Dong said outright.

“I want to ride in the luxury car too!” Liu Feng chimed in.

Zheng Qingfeng was sparing with words: “+1.”

Are you kidding? It’s so much cooler for us dorm mates to go together in one car.

“The counselor will ride with me tomorrow,” Cheng Zhu said. “If you guys want to come too, it’s fine. Just squeeze together a bit in the back seat.”

Upon hearing this, all three refused in succession.

Cheng Zhu could interact with Chen Jieyu very naturally, and he was even always in a dominant position. They, however, could not.

This counselor with gold-rimmed glasses and a stern demeanor would make them feel somewhat uncomfortable sharing a car.

“Brother Zhu is still so awesome,” Dong Dong sighed in the dorm room.

“Not just sitting with a hot chick in the passenger seat, but damn, she’s the counselor! Too awesome!” Dong Dong utterly admired the act.

Luxury cars and beautiful women are always what men aspire to.

Moreover, with this beauty’s special identity, it naturally felt even more unique.

Liu Feng, listening on the side, nodded silently.

He couldn’t help but remember the last time he and Chen Tingting encountered Brother Zhu and the counselor on campus, where both of them had clearly been drinking and smelled of alcohol.

Although he hadn’t spread the word about this incident, it definitely remained fresh in his memory.

“You think Brother Zhu is just pretty familiar with the teacher?”

“You have no idea; the two of them have gone out to eat and drink together!” Liu Feng thought to himself.

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Xinhang Apartment, Building B, Room 601.

Cheng Zhu was fiddling with making milk tea at home.

This cup of milk tea was for Jiang Wanzhou to drink.

Since he was delivering the car, he deserved a little treat.

A good buddy has to be spoiled once in a while, right?

In the end, he made a cup of taro milk tea.

The brown sugar was all left at the studio, and none at home. Plus, this thing needed to be cooked in advance. He was too lazy to make these especially for Little President Jiang, so he didn’t make the signature milk tea for his store in the future: Roasted Brown Sugar Boba Milk.

—-There was affection, but not too much.

A few minutes later, he received a WeChat message from Jiang Wanzhou.

“Come down, come down, I’m here!”

“Coming.”

After changing his shoes, Cheng Zhu took the milk tea downstairs.

Jiang Wanzhou, standing next to the Mercedes Benz G-Class in a lightweight trench coat, would have been quite a hit with the schoolgirls if it weren’t for the slightly effeminate air about him.

“Here, Little President Jiang, I made this taro milk tea for you!”

Jiang Wanzhou looked surprised: “Really? You actually learned to make it?”

“Laughing to death, what’s so hard about this? Don’t you just need hands?” he handed it over.

Jiang Wanzhou took the milk tea, looked at the cup first, noticing that the presentation wasn’t too shabby and didn’t have that messy feeling in the cup.

This made him even more incredulous that Cheng Zhu made it.

“Then I’ll give it a try.” He inserted the straw.

After taking a sip, Jiang Wanzhou grimaced, “Damn, I believe it! It’s too rich for me!”

Cheng Zhu didn’t bother with him: “Remember to finish it, it’s a piece of my heart!”

“I’m afraid I’ll feel sick from the richness later on,” Little President Jiang rolled his eyes dramatically.

After complaining for a bit, he pulled out the keys to the Mercedes Benz G-Class from his pocket and handed them to Cheng Zhu: “Take it, take it. Didn’t you say you wanted to swap cars with me? Where’s your car?”

Cheng Zhu had used the excuse that the mountain roads were hard to drive on to ask him to bring the G-Class for him to use, and he would swap cars with him.

The audacious man took the car keys and put them in his pocket, then pointed to the pink electric scooter parked nearby: “Right there, that one.”

The flamboyant Little President Jiang paired with the pink electric scooter, good stuff! What a beautiful picture!

“Cheng Zhu!!!!” Jiang Wanzhou began to wave his manicured finger again.

After all, he was a man with dreams of being an overbearing CEO.

You’ve never seen an overbearing CEO riding a pink electric scooter, have you?

Today, I even wore a handsome brown lightweight trench coat, damn it!

Watching his adorable behavior, Cheng Zhu pulled a cigarette out, placed it in his mouth and lit it. “What? Isn’t an electric scooter a car?”

“It’s one thing for you to swap your electric scooter with me, but a pink one? You think it matches my vibe?”

Cheng Zhu inwardly snarked: “Damn, it matches you perfectly, okay?”

But he wouldn’t say such a thing out loud, to save Jiang Wanzhou from blowing up on the spot and trying to scratch his face off.

“What does it matter? I often ride it around campus, and everyone still calls me a hunk, right?”

Jiang Wanzhou fell silent.

“Anyway, I’ve given you the keys. You can ride it if you want. I tell you, this season, it’s hugely comfortable to ride an electric scooter. Put on a trench coat, then let the wind whoosh by. Tsk tsk.” Cheng Zhu even sighed a bit, throwing the keys to Jiang Wanzhou.

Once he got back upstairs, he stood at the window and looked down.

He watched as the trench-coat-clad Little President Jiang hesitated in front of the pink electric scooter for a moment, then lifted his leg and mounted it.

Watching the perfect match unfold before him, Cheng Zhu couldn’t help but murmur, “Damn, I should have asked him to be a spokesperson.”

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The night grew deeper, and before long, it was ten o’clock.

Cheng Zhu had arranged to meet Hu Yan for a late-night snack at ten thirty.

He sent a WeChat message to Hu Yan: “Do you want me to pick you up at the hotel?”

“No need, no need, I’ll take a cab over,” Hu Yan replied instantly.

Cheng Zhu was also happy to save some effort.

After descending to the Mercedes Benz G-Class, he felt that this generation’s G-Class indeed gave a very bulky driving sensation.

Having owned a newer model in his previous life, he could compare it with the old one, noting a great chasm in the interior design.

But relatively speaking, the older model’s interior seemed to give off a more subdued vibe.

When he reached the barbecue restaurant, it was only ten-fifteen.

He entered the private room first and sent the room number to Hu Yan via WeChat.

The private room door was of a rather retro style, composed of wood and white cloth.

Therefore, with the light shining through, one could faintly see a silhouette if someone stood outside.

After a few minutes, Cheng Zhu noticed someone standing outside the door, hesitating to come in.

“Looks like she’s really nervous about having dinner with me,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

But the more it was like this, the more fun he found it, the more amusing it was.

That day in the claw machine arcade, he used lip reading to say the two words “Hu Yan,” revealing her identity, aiming for this effect, to return to the dominant position and avoid being passive.

Hu Yan stood outside, still wearing the black mask, took a deep breath, then opened the door of the private room.

As the door opened, she saw Cheng Zhu in the room, lifting his gaze towards her.

The room’s lighting was not harshly bright, but a kind of softer white light.

The light cast on his eyes made Hu Yan’s heartbeat speed up again.

—-“Encountered a Super Handsome Guy While Chatting Online”.

“Sit down,” Cheng Zhu smiled and said, “Take a look at the menu. I’ve already made my choices.”

“Oh, okay,” Hu Yan sat down across from him, extremely nervous.

As soon as she sat down, she started flipping through the menu to find something to do.

However, she could clearly feel Cheng Zhu’s gaze on her.

It was precisely because of this that she dared not lift her head.

After a few seconds, a slightly teasing voice reached her ears.

“You’re planning to eat snacks while keeping the mask on, huh?”

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