Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 306 - Chapter 306 Chapter 242 Past and Present Life_2

Chapter 306: Chapter 242 Past and Present Life_2 Chapter 306: Chapter 242 Past and Present Life_2 Some people were genuinely there to offer their congratulations, but others just wanted to check out the popular shop bustling with pretty girls to boost their social media.

Although it was noon, the claw machine store still had booming business.

However, it seemed slightly less than before.

Pei Yan and Xu Shao understood this.

“These past few days have been continuously rainy, and suddenly it’s gotten colder, which is quite normal,” Pei Yan said.

Xu Shao nodded, feeling the same way.

“But winter is a season suitable for dating, so even if it gets colder, the shop’s business won’t be bad,” Xu Shao said with a smile, confident about this point.

He had seen many Korean dramas, where the winter season often set the stage for the stories.

First snow and coats almost always go together.

Why not come to the shop and grab some fluffy toys? Wouldn’t that set the perfect romantic winter atmosphere?

As the two chatted while eating, Pei Yan picked up his phone and glanced at his student council group chat.

Inside the chat, someone mentioned they had bumped into Zhang Qiqi at the library entrance, where she was taking photos for a very pretty high school girl.

Pei Yan looked at Xu Shao and said, “Look at this group chat, there’s a Public Relations member who bumped into Zhang Qiqi at the library, and it seems she brought this young girl today?”

“Right, why didn’t she come to the ribbon-cutting ceremony today?” Pei Yan mused, suddenly remembering this detail.

“I saw her name on the flower baskets; she sent two, and they both looked quite expensive,” he said with a laugh, deliberately bringing up the topic.

Pei Yan thought it was a good sign that a girl would spend a lot on carefully selected flower baskets for the opening of a man’s shop!

Upon hearing this, Xu Shao paused for a moment before saying, “That girl is her cousin. She went to pick her up from the station this morning, so it wasn’t convenient for her to come.”

“I see,” Pei Yan nodded, not dwelling on it any further.

Xu Shao naturally didn’t clarify that he had paid for both baskets.

He thought Qiqi might forget to prepare the baskets if she attended the ceremony and would feel embarrassed seeing that everyone else had brought them.

Moreover, he was quite disappointed. Many of his friends had come today, and he had wanted to introduce Qiqi to them.

Just then, Xu Shao picked up his phone and began texting the girl he liked.

“Qiqi, are you at the library?”

After sending the message, Zhang Qiqi instantly frowned tightly, her mood souring.

Someone she didn’t like had suddenly got hold of her schedule and told her as much–if not outright, then implicitly–and that certainly tinged her mood with irritation.

“How did he know I was just at the library?” the well-known campus beauty thought, annoyed.

She picked up her phone and started typing, “Yes, my cousin wanted to tour the campus. I need to accompany her this afternoon and later, I have a meeting with the owner of Ancient Mountain Culture to discuss some matters.”

Her reply was essentially a roundabout way of saying: I’m busy! Don’t bother me; my afternoon belongs to Cheng Zhu!

Xu Shao, on the receiving end, read her message as, “She’s detailing her entire schedule for today to me! Sharing all her plans!”

Sweet! He was already feeling sweetened!

Anyway, he and Pei Yan had just taken over the claw machine store and had lots of bits and pieces to attend to that afternoon; he doubted he’d have time to accompany Qiqi.

Little did he know that just a few minutes later, someone else was sending almost the same message to Zhang Qiqi.

Cheng Zhu: “You were just at the library?”

“Right!” Zhang Qiqi replied instantly.

Hey, he knows where I am, which means he must be keeping an eye on me!

People in the world all carry some degree of hypocrisy.

It’s just that some are extremely hypocritical, while others not so much.

“Will you still be at the school this afternoon? If so, I can come pick you both up?” Cheng Zhu asked.

Since Zhang Qiqi was helping connect the dots, it would obviously be better for her to stick with him from the start.

“Sure!” the other side quickly agreed.

The mood spoiled by Xu Shao was instantly uplifted at that moment.

After putting down her phone, Zhang Qiqi said to Meng Yiyi, “Cheng Zhu is driving to pick us up this afternoon.”

“Okay.”

He has a car as a freshman?

Indeed, my cousin wouldn’t like someone poor.

But that makes sense, his claw machine store is doing well, which must be quite lucrative, right?

Meng Yiyi just wanted to see what Cheng Zhu looked like and what unique charisma he possessed.

…

…

By around 2:30 in the afternoon, Cheng Zhu left his studio.

Before leaving, he grabbed two cups of roasted Black Sugar bubble milk tea.

Each product was still in the flavor adjustment phase, perfect for the cousins to give feedback.

Hang City was getting colder by the day, and a cup of hot roasted Black Sugar bubble milk tea would warm anyone up with just a sip.

Cheng Zhu had arranged to meet with Zhu Youwei from Ancient Mountain Culture at a spot called Tea House,

a fairly upscale site, with a not-so-modest spending level, suitable for sitting down and discussing matters.

Inside the private rooms, girls in cheongsams would serve tea, not only skilled but definitely with great figures.

If you wanted to listen to music, they could also arrange for girls to play traditional instruments like guzheng or pipa.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.